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John Trapp on Isaiah 8:6

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Isaiah8:6

Ver. 6. Foraſmuch as this people] The ten revolted tribes not worth the naming: ſee ver. 5.

Refuſe the waters of Shiloah] Slight and contemn the ſmall means and ſtrength of the Church, humilem & obſcurum ſtatum regni Zionis.

That run ſoftly] at the foot of mount Zion, creeping and crooking ſlowly and ſlily: called therefore,De Bell. Gall. lib. 1. as ſome think, the Dragons well, Neh. 2.13. Caeſar ſaith the like of the river Araris (probably Sone) and the Poet Claudian of Nilus, Le[illegible: 1 letter]e fluit Nilus, ſed cunctis amnibus extat Ʋtilior, nullas confeſſus murmure vires.

And rejoyce in Rezin and Remaliah's ſon] rejoyce in a thing of nought, as Amos his expreſſion is chap. 6.13. The Hebrew here hath it thus, And joy is to Rezin, &c. that is, the Syrians and Iſraelites both are much cheared up to ſee that Judah is at ſo great an under; and ſo eaſy to be overcome, as they think.

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