John Trapp on Isaiah 13:16
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Isaiah13:16
Ver. 16. Their children ſhall be daſht in pieces, &c.] As had been prayd and prophecyed long before, Pſal. 137.9. and this was but lex talionis: See 2 Chron. 36.17. Lam. 5.11.
Their houſes ſhall be ſpoyled, and their wives raviſhed] As thoſe three Commandements. Thou ſhalt not kill, Thou ſhalt not commit adultery, Thou ſhalt not ſteal, are ranked together in the Law: ſo they are commonly violated together in the lawleſs violence of war.
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