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John Trapp on Micah 1:9

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Micah1:9

Verſe 9. For her wound is incurable,] Or, ſhe is grievouſly ſick of her wounds; Or, her wounds are full of anguiſh, neither is there any to pour in balm of Gilead, to allay it:Speed. 432. Camd. in Middleſex. any to lick it whole, as the Lady Elinor did her husband Prince Edwards wound, traiterouſly given him in the holy land, by an Aſſaſſine, with a poiſoned knife.

for it is come unto Judah,] viz. Samaria's wound and Plague is come, i. e. ſhall ſhortly come, though now they live, as if out of the reach of Gods rod, or as if they had a protection.

he is come unto the gate of my people.] Sennacherib (fleſhed with former ſucceſſes at Samaria, which had been carried captive by his father) came up to the very gate of Jeruſalem, as an over-flowing ſcourage: and thought to have cut off all the Jews at once: as if they had had all but one neck. He came up over all his channels, and went over all his banks. He paſſed thorow Judah, and over-flowed, reaching even to the neck: and that ſtretching out of his wings filled the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel, Eſay 8.8. But Immanuel ſoon took a courſe with him, Eſay 37.33. ſo that though he came to the gates, yet he entered not into the city: nor ſhot an arrow there, nor caſt a bank againſt it. Look upon Zion, ſaith that Prophet, the city of our ſolemnities, and ſee if Jeruſalem be not ſtill a quiet habitation, Eſay 33.20. Walk about Zion, ſaith the Pſalmiſt, and go round about her, tell the towers thereof. See if any be miſſing ſince Sennacherib came up againſt them. Mark yee well her bulwarks: are they diminiſhed? conſider her palaces: are they at all defaced? Pſal. 48.12, 13. What if Jeruſalem be wicked? yet Sennacherib is inſolent. If therefore Jeruſalem ſhall be ſmitten with the rod of Sennacheribs fear, Sennacherib ſhall be ſmitten with the ſword of Gods revenges, who of all things cannot endure a preſumptuous and ſelf-confident vaunter: but will deal with his people, not according to his ordinary rule, but according to his Prerogative. Surely Iſrael hath not been forſaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hoſts, though their land was filled with ſinne againſt the Holy One of Iſrael, Ier. 51.5.

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