John Trapp on Zechariah 7:2

Verſe 2. When they had ſent] They? who? Not the Pr[illegible: 1 letter]nces of Perſia that were now proſelyted, as the vainglorious Jewes (and after them Heymo and Hugo) would have it, for the honour of their nation. Nor the Samarinans (as ſome in Theodoret held) as ſeeming to Judaize in part, to joyne Jewiſh ceremonies with heatheniſh rites. But either the Iewes yet [illegible: 1 letter]emayning in Babylon, as Calvin conceiveth (blaming them [illegible: 1 word] their ſloth [illegible: 1 span] commenthing them for [illegible: 1 span] they [illegible: 1 span] vice) Of elſe the whole body or [illegible: 1 span] laſt[illegible: 2 letters] [illegible: 1 letter]ome particul[illegible: 1 letter] man not named [illegible: 1 span] I [illegible: 1 word] in the fifth moneth [illegible: 1 span] Enallage; the ſingular [illegible: 1 span] name of the whole [illegible: 1 span]

unto the houſe of God] Not to [illegible: 1 span] from Bethel (as the [illegible: 1 span] likely. But, to the houſe of God, [illegible: 1 span] to the [illegible: 1 span] nigh finiſhed: and that [illegible: 1 span] que[illegible: 1 letter]tion here [illegible: 1 word]

Sherezer, and Regemmeleeh, and their men] that is, their [illegible: 1 span] were men of rank and faſhion; as it was fit they ſhould be in [illegible: 1 span] polyment. And here the Sep[illegible: 1 letter]uagim, by their correct tranſlating of the [illegible: 1 span] have cauſed a ſtrange coyle among thoſe that ſtrive to defend them [illegible: 1 span] they tranſlated againſt their will: and thereſore what can we expect from them but ſlippery doing? It is moſt ſure, that the tranſlation of theirs which we now have, is full of errours: and that they pervert diverſe clear prop[illegible: 1 letter]eſit [illegible: 1 span] Jeſus Chriſt, and have occaſioned many miſtakes, being themſelves mnay times groſsly miſtaken as here: unleſſe they did it wilfully. Some [illegible: 1 span] men think that the Septuagint that we have now, is not theirs. It was burnt [illegible: 1 span] (as ſome hold) in the library of Alexandria, or (as others by [illegible: 1 span] when he burnt Serapion.

to pray before the Lord] Heb. to intreat the face of the Lord, [illegible: 1 span] prayers and ſacrifices in the moſt ſolemne ſort. The Hebrew properly [illegible: 1 span] Lord with prayers, to ſet upon him [illegible: 1 letter]ith utmoſt [illegible: 1 span] untill he yeeld, to urge him (as they did the Prophet 2 [illegible: 1 span] 17.) [illegible: 1 word] he be aſhamed to deny, till we put [illegible: 1 letter]m to the bſuſh, or leave a blot in his [illegible: 1 word] (as ſhe Luke 18.5. unleſſe we m[illegible: 3 letters]revaile. This muſt be done, eſpecially when we are to converſe with Pro[illegible: 1 letter]nets about ſoule-buſineſſes, caſes of conſcience &c.