John Trapp on Isaiah 33:8-9

Ver. 8. The high-ways lye waſte] and by-waies are more frequented, through fear of the enemy.

He hath broken the Covenant] Irritum factum eſt pactum. He took the money ſent him, but comes on nevertheleſs, though he had ſworn the contrary, 2 King. 18.14, 17. It is ſaid of the Turks at this day, that they keep their leagues (which ſerve indeed but as ſnares to intangle other Princes in) no longer then ſtandeth with their own profit.Turk. Hiſt. 755. Their Maxime is, There is no faith to be kept with dogs; whereby they mean Chriſtians: as the Papiſts alſo ſay, There is no faith to be kept with Hereticks, whereby they mean Proteſtants: But why kept not Ʋladiſlaus King of Hungary his Faith better with Amurath the great Turk? or our Henry the third with his Barons, by Papal diſpenſation? Vah ſcelus! vae perjuris.

He hath deſpiſed the Cities] and will not take them for his Subjects: he ſcorneth the motion.

He regardeth no man] He vilipendeth and ſlighteth all Jewels generally.

Metaphora Proſ[illegible: 1 letter]popoetica.Ver. 9. The earth mourneth and langiſheth] Or the land luget & languet: thus they go on in their doleful relation: Miſerrima ſunt omnia, atque miſeranda. What ſad work hath Antichriſt made of late years in the Chriſtian world? what deſolations in all parts?

Lebanon is aſhamed and hewn down, Sharon is like a wilderneſs] Eaſt, Weſt, North,P. al. 80 13. and South of the Land are laid waſt by the enemy and the avenger: that boare out of the wood, that bear out of the Foreſt.