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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:7

Isa 1:7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers. Ver. 7. Your country is desolate. ] Here the prophet speaketh plainly, what before, parabolically. Thus many times the Scripture explaineth itself. Job 7:3-9 Your cities are burnt. ] So that there is sometimes but an hour’s time, inter civitatem magnam et nullam, saith Seneca, between a fair city and a heap. Your land,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:8

Isa 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Ver. 8. And the daughter of Zion. ] Jerusalem, which is called the daughter of Zion, say some, because standing at the foot of that hill as a daughter; it comes out from between the feet, being also cherished and tendered by God as his daughter. Howbeit, as dear as she was to him, she fell into deep distress when she became undutiful. Abused mercy turneth into fury. Is... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:9

Isa 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Ver. 9. Except the Lord. ] Jehovah, the Essentiator et Induperator, the Maker and Monarch of the universe. Had left unto us a very small remnant. ] Which he reserved for royal use; pulling them as "a brand out of the fire," Zec 3:2 or as "two legs or a piece of an ear taken by the shepherd out of the mouth of a lion." Amo 3:12 The apostle, after... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:10

Isa 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. Ver. 10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye princes of Sodom. ] Having mentioned Sodom and Gomorrah, Isa 1:9 he maketh further use thereof, probrosa hac appellatione auditores suos conveniens; sharping up his hearers in this sort, whom he knew he should not wrong at all by so calling them. see Ezekiel 16:46 ; Eze 16:48 Non tam ovum ovo simile; like they were, both princes and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:11

Isa 1:11 To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. Ver. 11. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices. ] All which, without faith and devotion, are no better than mere hypocrisy and illusion. It is, saith Oecolampadius, as if one should present his prince with many carts laden with dirt, or as if good meat... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:12

Isa 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Ver. 12. When ye come to appear before me. ] Heb., To be seen; else all had been lost. Hypocrisy is very ostentous, it would be noted and noticed; whereas true devotion desireth not to be seen of any save him who seeth in secret. Who hath required this at your hand? ] This is God’s voice to all superstitious will-worshippers and carnal gospellers. "Friend, how camest thou in hither?" Who sent... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:13

Isa 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Ver. 13. Bring no more vain oblations. ] Vain, because unacceptable, ineffectual, unsubstantial. Epitheton argumentosum, saith Piscator. Lip labour is lost labour, for God is not mocked with shadows of service; his sharp nose easily discerneth and is offended with the stinking breath of the hypocrite’s... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:14

Isa 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them]. Ver. 14. Your new moons. ] These were commanded to be kept, to mind them of God’s governing of all things, as from whom come all alterations and changes, and so to teach them to rely on his providence at all times and turns. This they thought not on, and are therefore turned off with contempt. Your appointed feasts. ] Or rather your set meetings, whether for feasts or... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:15

Isa 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Ver. 15. And when ye spread forth your hands. ] This was the ancient guise and garb in extraordinary and most earnest prayer, especially to spread forth the arms, and lay open the hands as it were, to receive a blessing from the Almighty. Exo 9:23 Psalms 44:20 ; Psalms 143:6 1 Kings 8:22 ; 1Ki 8:38 I will hide mine eyes from you. ] ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 1:16

Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Ver. 16. Wash ye, make ye clean. ] "Wash your hearts from wickedness, that ye may be saved"; Jer 4:14 "yea, cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded." Jam 4:8 But how is that done? "Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep," &c. Jam 4:9 Ye cannot wash your bloody hands in innocence; wash them therefore in tears, which are a second baptism of the soul where... read more

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