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John Trapp on Habakkuk 2:17

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Habakkuk2:17

Verſe 17. For the violence of Lebanon ſhall cover thee] Here, for the comfort of Gods people (which is the main ſcope of this propheſie) he repeateth the chief cauſes of Babylons calamity: viz. her cruelty to Lebanon, that is, to all Judaea (a part being put for the whole.) Or elſe he ſpeaketh of the violence done to the Temple, which was built of the cedars of Lebanon; as was likewiſe the Temple of Diana at Epheſus made of Cedar-wood. The devil loves to be Gods ape. This violence in firing the Temple, and deſolating the countrey, ſhall cover thee all over, as a garment doth the body: yea, it ſhall be as the ſhirt, made for the murthering of Agamemnon, where the head had no iſſue out.

and the ſpoil of beaſts which made them afraid] Men are here called beaſts, as the land, Lebanon: theſe were ſpoiled and terrified, theſe were murthered and maſſacred by the Chaldeans, who ſhall therefore be ſeverely puniſhed, and this written, as it were, over their heads, to ſignifie for what they ſuffer. Becauſe of mens blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. See the Note on verſe 8.

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