John Trapp on Ezekiel 9:8-9

Ver. 8. And I was left] And, as I was apt to think alone, Rom. 11.3.

I fell upon my face and cryed] This is the guiſe of the gracious in evil times; as may be ſeen in Moſes, Jeremy, Paul, Athanaſius, Ambroſe, &c.

Ah Lord God] Adonai Jehovi, (not Jehova, as elſewhere uſually) ſo the Saints have ſometimes prayed,Polan. tanquam ſingultientes in patheticis precibus, or rather ſighed out their moſt earneſt ſuits to God, as Gen. 15.28. Deut. 3.24. and 9.26.

Lavat. Wilt thou deſtroy all the reſidue of Iſrael] Brevis quidem est haec querimonia Prophetae: at multa complectitur: This is a brief but a complexive complaint, and hath much in it.

Nimis valde.Ver. 9. The iniquity of—Iſrael—is exceeding great] Still there is a cauſe (to be ſure:) and Gods judgements are ſometimes ſecret, ever juſt. And as ſwift rivers, when they once fall into lakes or ſeas, are at reſt: ſo are our reſtleſſe minds, when once they fall into the depth of the Divine Juſtice duely conſidered.

Declinatione & detorſione judicii, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. And the City full of perverſeneſſe] Or wreſting of judgement. Mutteh, id eſt miſhpat din Mitteh, ſaith the Hebrew Scholiaſt; that is judgement turned from the biaſſe, as it were: when the ballance of Juſtice is tilted o' t'one ſide, as Pauls word importeth, 1 Tim. 5.21.

For they ſay, The Lord hath forſaken the earth] See on chap. 8.12. Hic eſt fons omnium ſcelerum, ſaith à Lapide: hinc ruunt homines in ſcelerum abyſſum, ſaith Theodoret. When men are once turned Atheiſts, what will they not dare to do? what ſhould hinder them from laying the reines in the neck, and running riot in wickedneſſe?