| | g/ The calamity ſhall be both univerſal, which even thy King ſhall not be able to avoid, much leſs the Subje&s, who have far leſs advantage and opportunity for eſcape ; and irrecoverable, becauſe he who ſhould prote& or ſecure them 1s loſt with them. See Lam: 4. 20. h Either being corrupted by their examples and counſels, or compelled to it by th-ir tyranny.5o what formerly was their choi-e and delight,now becomes their plagueand miſery. And this doubt- leſs was the condition of many J/raelites under the Aſhrian and Ba- byloniſh captivities,as We may gather from Jer:44.17,18,19. and other places, tho' many of them kept themſelves free fromthat infettion
27 And thou ſhalt become *an aſtoniſhmenr,a prove:b and a by-word, among all nations ; whither the LORD ſhall lead thee. |
7 All other nations ſhall wonder to ſee ſuch calamities befal ſuch
a people; And when they would expreſs any dreadful affliction 1n
a proverbial way, they ſhall make uſe of thy example: They ſhall
alſo iport themſelves in thy miſeries, and ſay, Theſe are the peo-
tic6.15. ple of the Lord, the only Saints upon earth, Oc. 3 Hag. 4.6. 38 * Thou ſhalt carry much ſeed out into the field, an ſhalt gather but little in* for the locuſt ſhall conſume it.
29 Thou (balt plant vineyards, and dreſs them, but ſhalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes 3 for the worms ſhall ear them.
40 Thou ſhalt have Olive-trees throughout all thy coaſts, but thou ſhalt not anoint 5hy ſelf with the oil; for thine olive ſhall caſt his frur.
x Thou ſbalt beger ſons and daughters, but | thou (balt not enjoy them: for they ſhall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees, and fruit of thy land (hall the locults [Orpoſeſe» [| conſume.
43 The ſtranger that is within thee &, ſhall Þ get up a:
*;Kin.9.7 Jer. 24+ 9+ and 25. 9- Zech. 8.
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+Heb.they ſhall not be thines
+Heb. a/- hoye thee very high,and thou (balt come down very low. ſend above |, (i. e.)Within thy gates; who formerly honoured and ſerved gr hg : _ and were ſome of them glad of the crums which fell from thy taDdIC. . | {cre 44 He ſhall lend to thee, and thou ſhalt not lend to wn. him: *he fall be the head and thou ſhalt be the tal. 'Lam.1-5- 45 Moreover, all theſe curſes ſhall come upon thee, and ſhall purſue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be de- ſtroyed, becauſe thou hearkenedſt not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments, and his ſtatutes which he commanded thee, 46 And they / ſhall be = thee for a ſign, and for a wonder »», and upon thy ſeed for ever : I (z.e.) Theſe curſes now mentioned. m (i.e.) Signal and won- derful to all that hear of them. 47 Becauſe thou ſervedſt not the LORD chy God "hap. 32. With joyfulneſs, and with gladneſs of heart, * for the a- 15. bundance of all things ».
7 Or, tnthe abundance of allthings ; for this is oppoſed to in hun- ge”, inthirſt, &c. verſe 48. And the Hebrew Mem: oft ſignifies in, as Exod:.25. 18. and Job. 19. 26. Pſal: 72. 16.
$ Therefore ſhait thou ſerve thine enemies, which the LORD hall ſend againſt thee, in hunger, and in thirſt, and in nakedneſs, and in want of all :hings, and he ſhall put a yoke of Iren o upon thy neck, until he have deſtroyed thee. | | o Which thou canſt neither well bear, nor break. See Fer: 28.
I3, 14.
PPP _ * The LORD (hall bring a nation againſt thee and 6.2, from far, from the end of the earth, «s * /wift as the
Luk. i9.. eagle flyeth p; a nation whoſe tongue thou ſhalt not F
43. underſtand :
Je.48.40. > Heb: 4s the Eagle flies, (i.e.) not only ſwiftly, as 1s expreſſed in 49- 22. our tranſlation, for which the Babylonian is noted and compared to
He 4's an Eagle, Jer: 4. 13. Ezek: 17. 3. Dan: 7. 4. Butallſo fiercely and
tHeb ra greedily, as the Eagle to its prey; "alſo ſtrongly and irreſiſtibly.
-9ea7 Poſlibly this may be underſtood of the Romans, who did come from far, from the end of the earth, more truely and literally than the Chal- deans, whoſe Country was not far from Jude, and this may allude to the Eagle which was in their Enfigns.
5o A nation Þ of fierce countenance p, which ſhall not regard the perſon of the old, or ſhew favour to the young.
p Heb: Strong of face or countenance, (7.e. ) bold and impudent, hardy and undaunted, cruel and uncompaſſionate and inflexible, ſparing no Age nor Sex. |
51 And he (hall eat the fruit of thy cattel, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be deſtroyed ; which alſo ſhall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the in- creaſe of thy kine, or flocks of thy ſheep, until he have deſtroyed thee.
52 And he ſhall beſiege thee in all thy gates.until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou cruſt- edſt, throughout all thy land, and he ſhall beſiege thee in all thy gates,throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
53 And * thou tbalr eat the fruit of thine own +body,
Jo. = the fleſh of chy ſons, and of thy daughters (which the Lan, 2,7. LORD thy God hath given thee)in the fiege,and inthe and 4.10, ſtraitneſs wherewith thine enemies ſhall diſtrefs thee.
bHeb,belly
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£3 t: , } | | Chap. XXVIIF and toward* the wife of his boſom,and toward therem- _ | nant of his children, which he (ball leave: | q (i.e.) Unkind, envious, covetous to monopolize theſe dainty
*ch. 1: its to themſelves, and grudging that their deareſt relations ſhould have any part ofthem. |
55 So that he will not give to any of thetn, of the fleſh of his children whom he ſhall eat: becauſe he hath -othing left him in the ſiege,and in the ſtraitneſs where- with thine enemies ſha!] diſtreſs thee In all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to ſet the ſole of her foot upon the ground for delicateneſs and tenderneſs, her eye ſhall be evil r towards the husband of her boſom, and towards her ſon, and towards her daughter.
r (7.e.) Unmerciful: She will deſire or deſign their deſtru&ion for her food.
57 And towards her f young one 5, that cometh out + Heb« 4 | from berween her feet, and towards her children which 7-974 the ſhall bear :: for ſhe ſhal) eat them for want of all things ſecretly in the ſiege,and ftraitneſs wherewith thine enemy ſhall diſtreſs thee in thy gates.
s Heb: Afrer-birth: That which was loathſome to behold. will now be pleaſant to eat; and together with it ſhe ſhall eat the child which