John Trapp on Zechariah 7:7-8

Verſe 7. Should ye not hear the words which the Lord ha[illegible: 1 letter]h cryed] q.d. Hath [illegible: 2 letters] not ſpoken loud enough, long enough? Hath he not ſufficiently declared his[illegible: 3 letters] concerning theſe external actions, and eſpecially concerning a faſt prophaned through wickedneſſe Iſai. 58.3, 4. Jer. 14.12. and eiſewhere. Sed ſurdo ſ[illegible: 1 letter]ul[illegible: 1 letter]m; All hath been but as a trumpet ſounded in a dead mans ear: you are altogether uncounſellable, untractable: and all that hath been ſpoken hath even been ſpilt upon you.

ſhould ye [illegible: 1 letter]ot the words] So the Original runs, by a conciſe and ſhort kinde of ſpeaking, well befitting a ſharp reproof. Should ye not hear them and heed them? which if you had done, you might have ſpared that labour of comming to us: and out of the former propheſies have reſolved your ſelves.

when Ieruſalem was inhib[illegible: 2 letters]ted, and in proſperity] But then their hearts were fat as [illegible: 2 letters]eaſe, and the proſperity of thoſe fools deſtroyed them: who,Frov. 1.3[illegible: 1 letter] 3[illegible: 1 letter] if they had hearkned to wiſdom, had dwelt ſaſely: and lived quite from the fear of evil. Surely as thoſe that lie on down pillows cannot well hear: ſo ſuch as be at caſe in Sion, cannot profit by good counſel. It is by correction that God openeth the eares of men, and fealeth their inſtruction. Job. 33.16.

when men inh thit the South of the pla[illegible: 1 letter]n] Heb. the South of the plain, that is, the bounds and borders, that part of the countrey that lieth moſt open to the inrodes of the enemy, and hath moſt of all felt the deſolations of war. See Jer. 1[illegible: 1 letter].26, and 32,44.

Verſe And the word] See the Note on Verſe 4.