Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 3:1

FOr behold , the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staf[illegible: 1+ letters] , the whole stay of bread , and the whole stay of water:

Look upon it as a thing as certain as if it were already done.

All the Supports of their State and Church.

Called elsewhere the staff of bread; whereby is understood, either, 1. the Nourishing power of Bread, which wholly depends upon Gods Blessing; or rather, 2. Bread it self, as this Phrase is understood Levit. 26. 26. Psal. 105. 16. Ezek. 4. 16. and directly explained Ezek. 5. 16. Bread which is the Staff of Life.