John Trapp on Isaiah 1:7

Ver. 7. Your Countrey is deſolate] Here the Prophet ſpeaketh plainly, what before, parabolically: thus many times the Scripture explaineth it ſelf, Joh. 7.39.

Your Cities are burnt] So that there is ſometimes but an hours ſpace, inter civitatem magnam, & nullam, ſaith Seneca, betwixt a fair City and an heap.

Zar alienum ſignificat & hoſtem. Your land ſtrangers devour it] that is, Enemies: In which ſenſe alſo an Harlot is called a ſtrange woman, ſeemingly a friend, but really an enemy: ſhe will deſtroy his peace who is overcome by her.

In your preſence] to your greater grief. Witneſs the experience hereof in our late ſtripping and deſolating times, whereof we have here a kind of Theological [illegible: 1 letter]icture.