John Trapp on Isaiah 16:8
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Isaiah16:8
Ver. 8. For the fields of Heſhbon langu[illegible: 1 letter]ſh] as being decayed and deſtroyed: hence ſo great mourning in Moab. Their father and founder was begotten in wine: and themſelves were likely great wine-bibbers. Hiſtorians ſay that ſome of their Cities were built by Ba[illegible: 1 letter]chus. Fitly therefore are theſe drunken Moabites bereft of their vines: as thoſe gluttonous Sodomites were of their victuals, Gen. 14.11. The Drunkards motto is Take away my liquour, and take away my life.
The Lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants therereof] The great Turk cauſeth all the vines to be cut down wherever he cometh, as hearing out of the Alchoran, that in every grape there dwelleth a devil.
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