John Trapp on Isaiah 9:16
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Isaiah9:16
Ver. 16. For the leaders of this people cauſe them to erre] by their ill counſel and example. Exempla enim non ibi conſiſtunt, ubi caeperunt. The Ancients placed the Statues of their Princes and Patriots near the fountains: to ſhew that they were the ſpringheads of good or evil to the publike. Some read the words thus, Thoſe that bleſs this people (viz. the falſe Prophets) have been miſleaders; ductores fuerunt ſeductores. Pope Pius 2. hath this memorable ſaying, Nihil excellenter malum in Eccleſia, In Hiſt. Auſter. Catholica patratur cujus prima origo à ſacerdotibus non dependeat, ni forte occulto quodam Dei conſilio fiat.
And they that are led of them] Or, bleſſed by them. Obiecti. Tremel.
Are deſtroyed] Or ſwallowed up, or blindfolded.
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