John Trapp on Jeremiah 37:10

Ver. 10. For though ye had ſmitten] Pro Anxeſi ad icit Hyperbolen, he uſeth an Hyperbolical ſuppoſition for illuſtration.

And there remained but wounded men amongſt them] God cannot be without a ſtaff to beat a rebel. Virum malum vel mus mordet, ſaith the Proverb, A mouſe will bite a bad man. Milez Cobelitz, a Chriſtian ſouldier, ſore wounded, and all bloody, ſeeing Amurath the great Turk viewing the dead bodies after a victory, roſe up out of a heap of ſlain men,Turk. Hiſt. 200. and making toward the Conquerour, as if he would have craved his life of him, ſuddenly ſtabbed him in the bottom of his belly, with a ſhort dagger which he had under his coat, and ſo ſlew him.

Yet ſhould they riſe every man in his Tent] It is God who ſtrengtheneth or weakeneth the arm of either party, Ezek. 30.24. Thoſe that fight againſt ſpiritual wickedneſſes in their own ſtrength, are ſure to be foiled: and although the unclean ſpirit may ſeem to be caſt out, yet he will return to his old houſe, and bring ſeven worſe with him, Matth. 12.