John Trapp on Isaiah 3:1

CHAP. III.

Ver. 1. FOr behold] This is alſo part of the former Sermon, though made the beginning of another Chapter: for of our Prophet that is ſome way true which Petrarch ſaith of Livy, viz. that he wrote many Books, quos in Decades non ipſe ſed faſtidioſa legentium ſcidit imperitia, which not himſelf but others without any great skill divided into Decads; ſc. Chapters.

The Lord—doth take away] Heb. is taking away, i. e. He will ſurely and ſuddenly do it, and thereby pave a way to the utter ruine of all. For as it was a Sign Sampſon meant to pull down the Houſe when he pulled away the pillars: ſo that God is about to ruine a State, when he plucketh away thoſe that are the ſhores and props of it.

The ſtay and the ſtaff] Validum & validam, ſo ſome render it, Sept. Piſcat. the Miriams as well as the Moſeſſes, Mic. 6.4. Others, baculum & bacillum, the ſtaff and the little ſtaff; all the ſupports and ſtayes of the State, both great and ſmall, one with another: Ceaſe ye therefore from man, as chap. 2.22.

The whole ſtay of bread] Suſtenance as well as Supporters, quicquid alimento aut munimento eſſe poterat.