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John Trapp on Isaiah 52:5

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Isaiah52:5

Ver. 5. Now therefore what have I here?] Cui bono? to what purpoſe or profit? for what wealth or worth ſuffer I my poor people to lie captives here at Babylon? Or, as others ſenſe it,Piſcator. what make I here any longer at Jeruſalem when my poor people are in durance at Babylon? why haſten I not to help them out?

They that rule over them, make them to houle] i. e. The Chaldaans, and after them the Romans, and then the Scribes and Phariſees, by binding heavy burthens grievous to be born, and laying them on mens conſciences, Mat. 23.4.

And my name continually every day (or, all the day long) is blaſphemed] That's all I get by the bargain.

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