And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Ver. 14. I will advertise thee,] viz., What to do; as he did. Num 31:16 Parasites propound to princes, suavia potius quam sana consilia, pleasing but pestilent counsel, and so do officiously mischieve them; as the dragon is said to bite the elephant's ear, and there hence to suck his blood, that being the only place that he cannot reach with his trunk to defend.