John Trapp on Zephaniah 2:6
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Zephaniah2:6
Verſe 6. And the ſea-coaſts ſhall be dwellings and cottages for ſhepherds] It ſhall be waſt and untilled, and therefore unfrequented by any but ſhepherds, who pitch their tents up and down, where they may beſt feed their flocks in deſert places.
and folds for flocks] God may do thus in his juſt judgement upon his enemies, that live in his good land, and not by his good lawes: but wo be to our Depopulatours, that drive out men, and put in cattle: that betray townes, as Rome did Carthage, with a diſtinction, We will ſave the city, but deſtroy the towne. How dangerous it is to prove Abaddons, appeareth by Gods puniſhing hand upon William the Conquerours, iſſue in New-forreſt, wherein 36. Pariſh Churches had been demoliſhed by him, with the removing of all the inhabitants, to make room for beaſts, or dogs-game. There his ſecond ſonne Richard was gored in hunting by a Deer;Speed. Rufus his other ſonne, miſtaken for a Deer, was by chance ſhot thorow with an arrow. Henry likewiſe his Nephew, whileſt he hotly purſued the chaſe, was ſtruck by a bough into the jawes: and, as Abſalom, left hanging untill he died.
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