7 That which he hath greedily and induſtriouſly ſucked in as plea- fant and wholſom Nouriſhment, ſhall in the iſſue be as ungratcful and deſtruftive to himas the poyſon or head ( for the H=brew word ſignifies both, and the poyſon lyes in the head ) of 4ſps would be to one that ſucketh it. » Together with its Teeth,in which the Poy- ſon lurks, which it conveys by biting a Man.
17 He ſhall not ſee » the rivers, || the flouds, the
brooks of honey and ||butter o. | Or,
2 i. e. Not enjoy, asthar word is oft uſed ; as Pſzlm 196, 5. Eccl. ſrean' 2.1. 0 That abundant fatisfa&tion and comfort ( oft ſignified by 6rw#. theſe or ſuch like Metaphors ; as, Pſal. 36.8. 46. 5-1/a. 7.15, 22: [Or,009 & 41. 18. )either which he promiſed ro himſelf from that great E- ſtate which he had got by deceit and oppreſſion; or which good men through God's blefſing may and commonly do enjoy,
18 That which he laboured for p, ihall he reſtore, and ſhall not ſwallow it down q : f according to his ſubſtance 5hall the reſtitution be r, and he ſhall not re- joyce therein s. the (+.
Þ Heb.Laboxr ; 7. e. the Goods which were gotten with labour,et- g,,vyl
Ch. 7.8, I'0,
Pſ.73.36, & 103. 16,
X
+ Heb PR n4 v
ther 1. By the labour of others ; or rather, 2. By his own Jabour : ,,,1ay. Which may relate as well to the Goods of others, which he gotnot without pains and difficulty;or to his own Goods honeſtly gotren by the ſwear of his Brows. And this is an aggravation of his Milery hat he was forced to reſtore not only other mens Goods which were 12: his hands, but his own alſo to make reparation for their damages. q To wit, ſoas to hold it ; for otherwiſe he did ſwallow it, but withaldid ſpeedily vomit it up again, v. 15. which was as if he bad not ſwallowed it He ſhallnor poſſeſs it long, nor to any conſider ble purpoſe. # ive, He ſhall beforced to part with all his Eſtate to
make .
Chap. Xx,
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Chap:
Heb. eruſbed,
* Fecleſ. $, 13, I5, #Heb- know?
| Or,there ſhall be
none Jeft fe or
his meat.
| Or, trou- bleſom,
311dgment. g This Phraſe notes both the -.uthor of his Plagues, {zxod, and he nature and quality of them, that they ſhall come v- | pon him like rain ; 7. e. with great vehemency, and fo as he cannot -
h As uc fell upon thy Sons, Chap» b 18, 19g. :
"If.24. 18, Jr.48 43. Amos5.r9
f Heb. the lightning x6 ah, 4. Hab gg *Ch18.11
"6.
d.0.6
make compenſation for his Wrongs done to others. 5 5. e. He ſhall not enjoy what he had gotten, -becauſe ir ſhall be taken from him.
19 Becauſe hehath + oppretſed,and bath forſaken the poor t ; becauſe he hath violently taken away an houſe
which he built not «, ES
# By his Oppreſſion he brought men to utter Poverty, and then forſook or left them in that forlorn eſtate, affording no Mercy nor Help to them. Or,ſome he made poor by hisOppreſlion,and others that were poor he ſuffered to perith for want of that Relict which he ſhould and might have afforded them ; which is a crying fin in God's fight, aud one of thoſe fins for which God deſtroyed Sodom, Exck. 16+ 49. and therefore fitly mentioned here as one of the fins for which God puniſhed this wicked man. Or, He oppreſſeth- and leaveth poor ; as Bro::ghton renders it. # i.e. Which was none of his. Hcb. Hz hath violently takin away an houſe, and ( or, but ) dd not build ( or, reparr, as building is oft uſed ):t; ro wit, that Houſe for his own uſe ;-1. e. he did not build or poſſeſs that Houſe as he intended to do, but was cur off by God's hand before he could en- joy the fruit of his Oppreſſons : EE
20 * Surely he thall not | feel quietneſs in his belly x ; he ſhall not favg of that which he deliredy.
x i. e. He ſhall have no peace nor ſatisfa&tion in his mind in all his Gains, partly becauſe of his perpetual fears and expeCtations of the Wrath of God and Man, which his guilty Conſcience knoweth that he deſerves : and partly becauſe they ſhall be ſpeedily taken away from him He fti}l continueth che Metaphor ofa Glutton, whoſe Belly is not quiet untilf it hath vomited up that wherewith he had oppreſſed it; y 7. e. Any part of his good and delireable things,but he ſhall forfeit and loſe them all. .
21 || There ſhall none of his meat be left z, therefore ſhali no man look for his goods 4.
z For his own future uſe ; bur he ſhall be ſtript of all. # It be- ing publickly known and obſerved that he was totally ruined,none of his Kindred or Friends ſhal trouble themſclves to ſeek for anyRe- licks of his Eſtate,as is uſually done after mens deaths.But this Verſe is and may be rendred otherwiſe : There ſhal none be left for hus meat (7. e. he ſhail leave no Heir who ſhall poſſeſs or enjoy his Goods ) becauſe ( for ſo the Hebrew Particle 4l-chenis oft uſed ; as Gen. 39.26. Num. 14. 43. Pſalm 42, 7. Jer. 48. 36. ) none of bus goods ſhall remain, either fr bis Heir, or any other ; all ſhall be utrerly loſt. ;
22In the fuineſs of his ſufficiency he ſhall be in ſtraits þ: every hand of che || wicked c ſhall be upon him. b In the height of Proſperity and Abundance he ſhall be diſtreſſed
and tormented cither by the horrovrs of an unquiet Mind and guilty , Conſcience, woich makes him every moment expe& Divine Venge- |
ance to fall upun his head : Or rather,becauſe of the ſudden and un- expe&ted Aſſault of oth-r men combining againſt him, and ſpoiling ail his Goods,as it follows.cWho lives by injury and the ſpoiling of others,and by God's Providence are direR&ed to fallupon him.Or,*f
7 OD B.
the labourer, whoſe wages poſſibly he harh detained ; Or, of ſuch as
are in trobls or miſery, as this word ſignifies, Job 3. 20- who may jo''ntly invade him,cither becauſe their neceſſity tempts and drives them to ſpoil others ; or rater becauſe they were ſuch as had been
brought into their Calamity by his Oppreſlions, and therefore now |, God, which he would hereby intimate, that they were not ſuch
take R<parations from zim
that part. Tt 1s probable he mentions this in reference to the like expreſſioivaf Job, Chap. +6. 13+ q Into which it had entred, and wherewith ifwas co'cured, r To wit, the Terrours of Death; be» cauſe he perceived by the tinEtvre of his Gall upon the Weapon, that his wound was mmcurable. Or Horrcurs of Conſcience, becaute he cannot hve, and dare not die. |
26 All darkneſs sſhafl behid t in his ſecret places « : a fire not blown (ball conſume him ; it thall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle y.