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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 1:30

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Ver. 30. For ye shall be as an oak.] Peccato poenam accommodat; By oaks they sinned, and by a withering a oak is their punishment set forth: as also by a garden that wanteth water, wherein everything fadeth and hangeth the head, as suffering a marasm. Well might God say, Hosea 12:10, "I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets," such as are very natural, plain, and proper.

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