John Trapp on Micah 2:6

Verſe 6. Propheſie ye not, ſay they, to them that propheſie] Prodigious impudency, thus to ſilence the Prophets, or elſe to preſcribe to them, according to the other reading of the text, Propheſie not, as they propheſie, for they are too tart: therefore Drop not ye who thus drop vineger and nitre, who vex our galled conſciences, no leſſe then the cruel Spaniards do the poor Indians naked bodies, which, Sr. Fr. Drake. for a ſport they do day by day drop with burning bacon: But let theſe drop that can ſmooth us up, that can utter toothleſſe truths, that will drop oyle into our eares,byſſina verba. and give us ſilken words; theſe be Prophets for our turns &c. God cannot pleaſe ſome hearers, unleſſe he ſpeak tinkling and tickling words. Now, theſe muſt get their eares healed (as Demoſthenes adviſed his countreymen of Greece) ere they can be in caſe to hear with profit. They muſt learn of Bees, to paſl[illegible: 1 letter] by roſes and violets, and ſit upon Time; to heed, I meane, ſound rebukes rather then ſmooth ſupparaſitations. There are that note a jeare it the tearm Drop. It is well known that the word Preached is oft compared to raine Deut. 32.2. Eſay. 55.10.11. The Prophets therefore are here in deriſion called Droppers or Diſtillers, Luk. 16.1[illegible: 1 letter]. and forbidden to do their office; or at leaſt, to drop in that ſort. Thu their ſucceſſors in evill the Phariſees (who were likewiſe coverous) derided Chriſt; And thus their predeceſſours alſo in Eſay's time put a ſcoſt upon him, and his preaching, cap. 28.10. where the ſound of the words in the Original carries a taunt as ſcornfull people, by the tone of their voice, and riming words, gibe and jeare at thoſe whom they vilify.

they ſhall not propheſie to them] q. d. You ſhall have your wiſh; my droppers ſhall give over dropping, and be no further troubleſome, nor take ſhame any more by propheſying to ſuch a perverſe people, ſo ſhameleſly ſo lawleſly wicked.

that they ſhall not take ſhame] Or, ſhall they not take ſhame? q. d. though they will not heare of it, that ſhame ſhall be their promotion, and confuſion their portion, yea they ſhall ſurely feel and find it ſo.