John Trapp on Isaiah 3:5
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Isaiah3:5
Ver. 5. And the people ſhall be oppreſſed one by another] the greater devouring the leſſer, as fiſhes do. How ſhould it be otherwiſe, when there is either no Government, or not that which is good, but all things turned as here, topſy-turvy, without any reſpect to age, order, or dignity, and Virg.Scinditur incertum ſtudia in contraria vulgus.
This diſſention is the mother of Diſſolution, ſaith Nazianzen. This Diſſipation and perverſion of Order and Manners is the fore-runner of utter deſolation and ſubverſion.
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