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Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 3:7

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Isaiah3:7

7 In that day shall he swear , saying, I will not be an healer : for in my house is neither bread nor cloathing : make me not a ruler of the people.

Heb. he shall l[illegible: 1+ letters]ft up; understand either i. his Voice; he shall cry aloud, to shew his earnestness in refusing the Offer; or 2. his Hand, which was the usual gesture in Swearing, Gen. 14. 22. Deut. 32. 40. &c. to shew his Resolvedness.

A Repairer of the Ruines of the State.

I have not sufficient Provisions either of Food or Raiment for my own Family; much less, as you falsely suppose, for the Discharge of so high a Trust.

Marginal references: Heb. lift up the hand.; Heb. binder up.

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