John Trapp on Isaiah 20:4
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Isaiah20:4
Ver. 4. So ſhall the King of Aſſyria led away] As men uſe to lead or drive cattel, for ſo the Hebrew word Nahag importeth; ſo are poor captives led: and ſo ſhall the Lord alſo one day lead forth with or in company of the workers of iniquity (notorious offendors) all ſuch as turn aſide unto their crooked wayes, Hypocrites and diſſemblers: when as peace ſhall be upon Iſrael, upon the pure in heart, Pſalm 125.5.
Young and old] Young men are for action, old men for counſel.Conſilia ſenum, haſtae juvenum ſunt. Pindar. [non-Latin text not transcribed], They were all carried away together in a ſad and ſorry condition, little better (and ſometimes more bitter) then death it ſelf.
Even with their buttocks uncovered] Vel ad Iudibrium, vel ad libidinem hoſtium, for the enemies either to ſcorn at, or to feed their filthy eyes upon. Thus and for ſuch a purpoſe dealt the mitred fathers with the poor Albigenſes (thoſe ancient Proteſtants) in France; when they had forced them to take quarter for their lives, voluerunt Epiſcopi viros & mulieres nudos egredi, &c. And ſo Tilly dealt with the miſerable Citizens at the ſack of Magdeburg. And much worſe then ſo dealeth the Devil with all his wretched captives, whom be driveth away Hell-ward naked and barefoot with their buttocks uncovered; Diſceopertis natibus. the ſhame of their nakedneſs expoſed to publick view, for want of the white Rayment of Chriſts Righteouſneſs that they might be cloathed, Rev. 3.18.
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