And he took him a potsherd – The word used here חרשׁ chârâsh means a fragment of a broken ve el; see the notes at Isaiah…

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it
His mouth was shut, his lips were silent, not one murmuring and…

The devil tempts his own children, draws them to sin, and afterwards torments them when he has brought them to ruin. But this child of God, he torm…

When Satan had received the power, he proceeded to execute it. The text continues, “So Satan went forth from the face of the Lord and afflicted…