Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he—the crocodile; a type of the awe which the Creator inspires when He rises in wrath.
breakings—namely, of the mind, that is, terror.
purify themselves—rather, "they wander from the way," that is, flee away bewildered [MAURER and UMBREIT].
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