Revelation 16:13

Like frogs; loathsome, creeping, unclean things.

The dragon; the devil. See note to chap Revelation 12:3.

The beast; the first beast that rose up out of the sea. chap Revelation 13:1.

The false prophet; the second beast that rose out of the earth, chap Revelation 13:11, was in league with the first beast, chap Revelation 13:12-15, and wrought miracles before him.

That this beast is here to be understood is certain from chap Revelation 19:20. Here then is represented a league between the civil and ecclesiastical persecuting powers under the direction of Satan, and the three frogs seem to denote their emissaries and agents, exciting the nations to a general warfare against Christ and his people. This brings on the final decisive conflict so often foretold in the holy writ, and again set forth in chap Revelation 19:11-21. There are times when certain forms of spiritual delusion seem contagious. Nations become morally insane. Satan and his servants, the secular and ecclesiastical persecuting powers, send out their vile agents to revive their drooping interests, increase their influence, and concentrate their powers. But the final issue will always be a new victory of the truth.