_ beareth them on her wings e. c (i. e.) Her young ones in the neſt, by a common Metonymy; whichſhe by her cry and motion provoketh to flic by her example. d As preparing her ſelf ro flie. e Or, as on her wings, (i.e) gently _ and tenderly and ſafely too, as if ſhe carried them not in her claws - For fear of hurting them, but upon her wings. 50 it is only an Ellipfis of the particle as, which is frequent, as hath been ſhewed. Though ſome ſay, the Eagle doth uſually carry her young ones wpon her wings. : ; 12 Sothe LORD alone did lead him f, and there was * no ſtrange God with him g. F (i. e.) When they were ſhut up in Egypt as in their neſt whence durſt not venture to fly nor ſtir, he taught and incouraged and enabled them tofly out and free themſelves from that bondage, and brought them into a ſtate of liberty and ſafery ; he dealt ren- derly with them, bearing with their infirmities, keeping them from | all harms. g To wit, to affiſt him at that work, or to deliver them. 'The more unworthy they in giving to Idols a ſhare in that wor- ” ſhip and ſervice which they owe to God only. | EOS x Ln made him ride on the high places of the earth b, that he might eat the increaſe of the fields, and he ©made him to fuck * honey out of the rock i, and oil out al: 81. - | ofthe flinty rock k. : h (i. e.) To conquer their ſtrongeſt holds, which oft-times are in the Mountains, and their Cities fenced with walls of greateſt ' height and ftrengrh, Dew. r. 28. and 2. 36. and 33. 29. 1s. 58. 14.\ ' Toride upon in Scripture phraſe, is to ſubdue or conquer, as P/al. - 45. 4. and 66. 12. Rev. 6.2. and 19. 11, 14. # This being a land fowing with honey, Exed.38.17. where the bees made honey even in woods, as 1 Sam. 14, Or in the holes of rocks, or in the trees that grew upon or among rocks. k The olive trees grow and fruQtifie Moſt in rocky or hilly places. | : ' T4 Butter of kine, and milk of ſheep with far of
' Lambs 1, and rams of the breed of Baſhan m,, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat », and thou didit drink the you blood of the grape o. or
| 1 For though the fat wherewith the inward parts were covered, was not to be eaten by them, but offered to God, Lev. 3. 9, 10 yet thatfat which was faſt joined to and mixed with thefleſh.they might eat, as the Jewiſh DoQors note. 1 A place famous for excellent cattel, Numb. 32. 4, and 33+ = (i. e.) With the fineſt of the grains or kernels of wheat; compared to kidneys for their ſhape and plumpnefs and largeneſs. Compare Pſa 87. 17. and 147. o Wine - Not mixed with water, but pure as it comes from the grape, which was of a red or bloody colour. See Pſal: 75. 8. I'a WS - 15 But * Jeſurun p waxed fat and kicked 9: * thou ** art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou arc covered with fatneſs 7: then he forſook God which made him, 7. and lightly eſteemed the Rock of his ſalvation. 7. þp (ic.) Iſrael, as is agreed by Chriftian and Jewiſh Interpreters; -6. whom he calls right or upright or righteous, (as the word lignifics) ' not thar they weie ſo indeed, bur parily by way of Inſtruction to mind them what they profeſſed and promiſed and ought to be ; and partly by way of exprob:ation,to ſhew them how unlike they were ro the people of God, which they pretended to be, and what a ſhame it was to them to degenerate ſp much from their name and profeſſion. 9q As well fed and wanton cattel uſed to do : he grew inſolent and rebellious againft God and againſt his word and ſpirit. r Which is here rightly underſtood and ſupplied, by comparing - this place with Job. 15. 27. Pſal. 17. 10.
' T6 They provoked him to jealouſie s with ſtrange . gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 5 (i.e.) To anger and fury, for jealouſie 15 the rage of a man, Prov. 6. 34. And withal it implies the ground of his anger, to wit, their falſeneſs to God whom they had owned and accepred as their hus- band, and their ſpiritual whoredom with other gods. 717.7. 17 * They facrificed unto devils r, ac. ro God x: pals m to gods whom they knew not x, to new gods, that came 7. 1 newly up y, whom your fathers feared nor z. dey-0.20. * (1- ©.) Un'o idols, which the devils brought into the world. Or. which 12 oppoſition to God, in and by which the devils oft-times mani- Shed d themſclves unto men, and gave them anſwers, and received
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Iſraelites are ſaid to have tempted, there verſe 9. 5b(1. &) Who hath adopted you to be his people, and- hath fhewed as much care and kindneſs to you, as if he had begotten you. 19 And when the LORD faw it, he [|abhorred them, be- NP cauſe of the provoking of his ſons, and of his daughters c. Poiſed on c Becauſe of their ſins whereby they provoked him to anger. ing Or, by reaſon of his great and juſt anger againſt them, he abhorred or reprobated or caſt of his ſons and his daughters, for ſuch they were by calling and profeſſion, but not in Truth and reality, verſe 5. _ 20 And he ſaid, I will hide my face from them, Iwill ſee what their end feall be d: for they are a very froward .
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d T will ſee and obſerve what will be the iſſue of all this, what will become of them at laſt : But this God doth not ſee only by way of ſpeculation but praQically, (7. e- ) conſiders with himſe]f what he ſhall do with them, and how he ſhall puniſh them, and ſees what he will or purpoſes to do. A ſpeech after the manner of men. Or, I will ſee is put for 1will make them and others to ſee, what the fruit of ſuch aCtions ſhall be. Hebrew verbs in Cal do oft-times take the ſignification Of Hiphile e Perfidious, that have broken their covenant ſo ſolemnly made with me.
2x They have moved me to jealoufie with that 2vhich is not God, they have provoked me to anger with | their vanities: and * I will move them to jealouſie with Hof1.10 thoſe which are not a people f, I will provoke them to 32 2%