John Trapp on Isaiah 1:31

Ver. 31. And the ſtrong ſhall be as tow] The Idol is here called the ſtrong one, either by an Irony, ſicut ſiquis ſceleſtum bonum virum dicat, as if one ſhould ſay to a knave, You are a right honeſt man: or elſe according to the Idolaters falſe opinion of it, and vain expectation of it: like as 2 Chron. 28.23. the gods of Damaſcus are ſaid to have ſmitten, or plagued Ahaz: not that they did ſo indeed (for an Idol is nothing in the world, and this ſtrong in the Text is weak as water, Ier. 10.5. 2 Cor. 8.4.) but he thought they did ſo: like as the ſilly Papiſts alſo think of their He-ſaints and She-ſaints, whereof they have not a few, but are ſhamefully foyled and fruſtrated: beſides that they are here and elſwhere threatned with unquenchable fire. Hierom following Symmachus, for tow hath the refuſe of tow which is quickly kindled.

And the maker of it] Or, and his work: that is, all your pains taken to no purpoſe in worſhipping your mawmets, and bringing your Memories (as they are called) and preſents to them.

And they ſhall both burn together] As one ſaith of Aretines obſcene book that it is opus dignum quod cremetur cum Authore, Boiſſard. Biblioth. Rev. 19.20. fit for nothing but to make a bone-fire to burn the Author of it in. The Beaſt and his Complices ſhall be caſt alive into the burning lake.

And none ſhall quench them] Hell-fire is unquenchable, chap. 30. ult. Mat. 3.12. This Origen denied, and is therefore juſtly condemned by all ſound Divines.