Isaiah 33:18

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?

Ver. 18. Thine heart shall meditate terror.] But thou shalt now think of it as "waters that are past," calling to mind what speeches among those late distractions had fallen from thee. a

Where is the scribe?] Or, The muster master of the Assyrian army? Verba sunt insultantium et exultantium, saith Piscator; they are the words of God's people insulting over the enemy, now overthrown and dispersed. See the like done by the apostle. 1Co 1:10

a Olim haec meminisse iuvabit.