John Trapp on Micah 1:11
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Micah1:11
Verſe 11. Paſſe ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir,] Or, thou that dwelleſt fairly, as it were in a city ſet with Saphires, ſee Eſay 54.11. ſuch as was Suſa in Perſia, and Antioch in Syria, a city ſo ſweet and ſpecious, that Mahomet never durſt come into it, leſt he ſhould be there detained by the pleaſure of the place. Saphir here (ſay ſome) may allude to Samaria, that inſtead of her fairneſſe ſhall be expoſed to ignominy and nakedneſſe: they ſhall be carried away, young and old, naked and bare-foot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the ſhame of Samaria, Eſay 20.4. So the Popes champions dealt by the Waldenſes in France, thoſe ancient Proteſtants. One great city of theirs they took, and put to the ſword ſixty thouſand. To another they they gave quarter for life; but ſo,Rivet. Jeſuita vapul. 331. as that both the men and the women ſhould depart ſtark naked (partibus illis quae honeſte nominari non poſſunt, ſanctorum illorum cruciatorum oculis expoſitis) and ſhew all.
The inhabitants of Zaanan] Loci pecoroſi, ſaith Junius, the countrey of flocks. Some make it to allude to Zion. Others ſay, it ſignifieth an out-let: and make it to be as a gate to the kingdome of Judah. Theſe came not forth of their gate in the mourning of Bethezel, or of the place over-anent, to condole with them, as having their hands full at home, and matter enough of mourning for their own miſery.
He ſhall receive of you his ſtanding] The enemy ſhall ſtand and ſtay amongſt you, till he hath ſubdued you, and made a clear conqueſt: hee ſhall not give you over, till he have done the deed.
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