John Trapp on Isaiah 15:3
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Isaiah15:3
Ver. 3. In their ſtreets they ſhall gird themſelves with ſackcloth] Saccum & cilicium non curat Deus: God careth not for theſe externals, where there is not an heart ſprinkled with the blood of his ſon. The ſacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? Prov. 21.27.
On the tops of their houſes] thence, as it were, to require help from heaven.
Weeping abundantly] Heb. deſcending with weeping, Miſeros ergo Papicolas, qui & ip[illegible: 1 letter]i cum fletu ad divos divaſque ſuas aſcendunt, cum ululatu deſcendunt. Scultet. like as with weeping they aſcended: they get nothing of their Gods, though they cryed to them. But He that goeth to the true God with an honeſt heart and lawful petitions, is ſure to ſpeed: See Iſa. 45.19.
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