John Trapp on Zechariah 11:2

Verſe 2 Howle fir[illegible: 1 letter]rce that is ye of lower rank: or ye meaner cityes, thoſe daughters of le[illegible: 1 letter]uſalem, that felt the Romans force: [illegible: 1 word], take up a loud out-cry, a doleful ditty after the manner of thoſe that are carri[illegible: 3 letters] captive by the enemy. Pſal. 137 3. For there they, that carried [illegible: 1 letter]s away captive, required of us a ſong: and they that waſted us, qui contumulaban[illegible: 1 letter] nos, that threw us on [illegible: 1 word] (ſo Tremellius [illegible: 1 letter]endreth[illegible: 1 letter]t, conſer Iſa. 25.2.) or thoſe that made us [illegible: 1 span] noſtri, (ſo S[illegible: 1 letter]hindler) required of us mirth.

becauſe all the mighty are ſpoiled] the magnifico[illegible: 1 letter]s, the men of power as they are called Pſal. 76.5. ſtout hearted and every way able for ſtrength, courage and riches; [illegible: 1 span] which oft take away the life of the owners, and exp[illegible: 2 letters]e them to ſpoile; as every man deſireth to lop the tice that hath thick and large boughs and branches.

howle O ye oakes of Baſhan] Ogs countrey, who only remained of the remnant of Gyants Deut. 3.11. The Iews fable that he eſcaped in the flood, by-riding aſtride on the Ark. By the oaks of his countrey underſtand, the ſtrong and eminent. The Chaldee rendreth it Satrapae provinciarum, ye provinciall Governours.

for the forreſt of the vintage] Or the defenced forreſt, viz. of Lebanon i. e. Ieruſalem that ſeemed impregnable, but at length came down ruit alto à culmine, as a cedar that is felled by a Mighty One Eſay 10.34. Death hewed its way thorough a wood or forreſt of men in a minute of time from the mouth of a murdering peece, or ſome ſuch warlike engine. When the ſword is once ſharpened, it makes a ſore ſlaughter: it contemneth the rod Ezek. 21.10. q. d. what does this ſilly rod do here? theſe leſſer and lighter judgements? let me come, Ile make work amongſt them: down with theſe oakes, down with this defenced forreſt &c.