John Trapp on Zechariah 5:11
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Zechariah5:11
Verſe 11. To build it an houſe in the land of Shinar] That is, of Babylon, Gen. 10.10. and 11.2. where diverſe of the Jews ſtill remained in wilfull exile, as loth to leave their houſes and gardens, which they had builded and planted there, Jer. 29 5. preferring captivity before liberty. See 1 Chron. 4.22, 23. Hence, upon their finall diſperſion by the Romans, diverſe of them reſorted thither for entertainment. There Peter, the Apoſtle of the circumciſion, had collected an elected Church, 1 Epiſt. 5.13. and thence he writeth his Epiſtle to the ſojourning Jews ſcattered thorow thoſe Eaſtern parts chap. 1.10. from whence alſo thoſe kings of the Eaſt, Rev. 16.12. the converted Jews (as ſome expound it) are expected. And who can tell whether this land of Shinar be not the ſame with that land of Sinim, Eſay 49.12. Confer Eſay 11.16. Zach. 10.11. Or, by the land of Shinar here, may be meant exilium totius orbis, their generall rejection by all nations; the whole world being to them a Shinar, that is, a land of excuſſion.
and it ſhall be eſtabliſhed, &c.] This denoteth the diuturnity, or perpetuity of their puniſhment.
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