John Trapp on Isaiah 9:10

Ver. 10. The bricks are fallen down] Not thrown down by Providence, but fallen down by Fate or blind fortune. God is not ſo far honoured as once to be owned by theſe Atheiſts, who think they can make their party good againſt him, and mend what he had marr'd, whether he would or not. Thus this giantlike generation: and the like impiety is in the corrupt nature of us all; For as in water face anſwereth to face, ſo doth the heart of a man to a man, ſaith Solomon.

Prov. 27.19. The Sycomores are cut down, &c.] Another proverbial ſpeech to the ſame purpoſe: Sycomores were then very common in that countrey, and little ſet by, 1 King. 10.27. Now they are not to be found there, ſaith Hierom, as neither are Cedars in Lebanon.