John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:10

Verſe 10. And they ſhall ſcoff at the kings] Heb. He ſhall ſcoff, i. e. Nebuchadnezzar ſhall, and that not once only, but often: ſhall make a practiſe of it,Hithpael uotat aſſiduam illuſionem. as the Hebrew word ſignifieth. Thus Adonibezek dealt by the kings he took: the Philiſtines by Saul 1 Sam. 31. Nebuchadnezzar by Zedekiah Ier. 25. and 29. 2 King. 25. as alſo by the kings of Egypt, Tyre, Arabia, and others whom he had taken, and uſed them haply, as Tamerlan did Bajazet, or thoſe other captive kings whom he cauſed as horſes, to draw his charret. How much better Evilmerodach, who, (mindfull of the inſtability of all humane affaires) lifted up the head and ſpake to the heart of his priſoner Jehojakin king of Judah Ier. 52.31. Cyrus who honoured his captive Craeſus, Herod. and made him of his Councell? (neither was he leſſe iuriched by the good counſell Craeſus gave him, then by all the wealth he had from him) Our Edward the third, who having the king of Scotland and the French king his priſoners here in England both together at one time,Speed. gave them ſtately entertainment, and made them princely paſtime, by holding royall juſts in Smithfield for their delight?

and the princes ſhall be a ſcorn unto them] Through the juſt judgement of God, who ſcorneth the ſcorners Pro. 3.34. that is, ſaith Rabbi Levi, facit ut aliis ſint ludibrio he maketh others mock them in their miſery, who in proſperity ſcoffed at thoſe that were better then they. Now therefore be not ye mockers, leſt your bands, be made ſtrong &c. Eſa. 28.22.

they ſhall deride every ſtrong-hold] as that which cannot long hold out againſt their aſſaults, how ſhould they, when God breaketh the barrs and ſetteth open the gates to them Am. 1.5. and 9.3. Pro. 21.30.

for they ſhall heap duſt and take it] i. e. by caſting up mounts and ramparts, take it with as much eaſe,Turk. hiſt. fol. 317. as if they were in ſport. The Turks have their Aſapi or, common ſouldiers, of whom they make no great reckoning, but to blunt the ſwords of their enemies, and to fill up ditches with their dead bodyes, that they may the better come at the town or fort, which they would take.