John Trapp on Lamentations 2:9
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Lamentations2:9
Ver. 9. Her gates are ſunk into the ground] So they ſeem to be, becauſe laid on the ground, and covered with rubbiſh. The Rabbines fable, that the gates ſank indeed into the ground, that they might not come into the enemyes power, becauſe the Ark had once paſſed thorough them; and when the Prieſts that carried it ſang, Lift up your heads O ye gates, &c. they opened of their own accord.
The Law is no more] ſc. Read, or regarded. Inter arma ſilent leges: the noiſe of wars drowneth the voice of Laws.
Her Prophets alſo find no viſion from the Lord] See Pſal. 74.9. with the Note. Jeremy was alone, and haply thought when he ſaw all ruined, that he ſhould propheſie no more. Ezekiel and Daniel were far remote. This was no ſmall affliction that is here complained of. How woe-begone was ſinful Saul, when in his diſtreſſe he could have no anſwer from God, either by Ʋrim, or Viſion, &c. but had the devil to preach his funeral?
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