John Trapp on Isaiah 9:20
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Isaiah9:20
Ver. 20. And he ſhall ſnatch on the right hand, and be hungry] Inexplebilem illorum avaritiam & rapacitatem notat. They ſhall rape and ſcrape by right or wrong, and yet as ſick of a bulimy, or under the curſe of unſatisfiableneſs, they ſhall never have enough, Eccleſ. 5.10. See the Note there.
They ſhall eat every man the fleſh of his own arm] that is, they ſhall make a prey of they neareſt allyes. Some underſtand the text of civil wars which indeed are moſt unnatural: Imbelles damae quid niſi praeda ſumus? and concerning which One ſaith well, Diſſidia noſtra ſunt amicorum diſpendia, hoſtium compendia, & publica irae divinae incendia.
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