but now murderers 6b. | © u A Nireeof Admiration at ſo ſtrange, and ſad, and fudden a Change, x Jeruſalem which in the Reign of former Kings was faith» ful to God. y Is filled with Idolatry, which is common'y cal- led Whoredom, = Judgment was duly and truely executed in all its Courts. 2 It was famous for being the Seat of Juſtice, which did nor only paſs through it, iike a way faring Man,but had its ſettled abode init, 6 Under that one groſs kind, he comprehends all ſorts of unrighteous Men and PraQtices as may be gathered by the oppoſi. tion. Oaly their Connivance at that horrid Crime of Murger is noted, to afſureus, that orher Crimes of Jower nature were not on- ly unpuniſhed, but evenencouraged- ; : : 22 Thy liiver is become drols c,thy wine mixt with
water d. c Thou art wofully degenerated from thy former purity; &d If there be any ren:aindecs of Religion and Juſtice iii thee, they are *Pro:29:24 mixed with many and great Corruptions: *Ez:2512: 23 Thy Princes are rebelliouse, and * companions Hof. 4.18: of thieves f: * every one loveth gifts £ and followeth Mic: 3:11 after rewards þ : they * judge not the fatherlefs, neither Rgere5:2fs doth the cauſe of the widow come unto them 7. | wy e Againſt me their Soveraign Lord; they caſt off my yoke, and make their own Wills and Luſts the Rule of their Life and Govern- ment. . fPart'y by giving them connivence and countenanceg and receiving a recompenſe from them for it ; and partly by praQtiſing | the ſame Violence, and Cruelty, and Injuſtice that "Thieves uſe. 5e. Bribes given to pervertJuſtice, which are ſeverely forbiddea, Deut: 19: 17. & 27:25. h Purſuing them with all eagerneſs, and by all means poſſible. ; They are ſo far from doing them Juſtice, that theyw illnot ſo much as give them a fair Hearing of their Cauſe,becauſe they cannot make their way to them by Gifes.
24 Therefore ſaith the Lord, the LORD of hofts, " the mighty One of Iſrael, Ah, * Iwill eaſe me & of
mine adverſaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
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25 And I will reſtore thy judges o as at thefirſt p, aud thy counſellers q as at the beginning : afterward * thou *Zechs.;z | (halt be called 9, The city of righteouſneſs, the faithful clty, _ 0 T will give the ſuch Princes and Magiſtrates, p Heb. 4s thou badft in rhe beginning, either, 1, of thy Commcn-wealth ; ſuch as Moſes and Joſhua : or, 2. of thy Kingcow, ſuch. as David, q Thy Princes {hall have and hearken to wile and faithful Counlelors, which is a ſingular blfling to Prince and People. q To wit, juſtly and rruly ; thou ſhalt be ſuch : fer, zo be called is ot put for zo be, as Iſa: 4: 3: & Gr: 6: Mat: 5: 9. :
27 Zion r {hall be redeemed s with judgment *, and [| her converts « with righteouſneſs x, | Or,chej
r The Jews that live in or near Zien, and worſhip God in Zion. *#4t returi 5 Shall be delivered from all their Enemies & Calamities- 7 Or, by *f her, Juagment, i.e, by Gods righteous Judgment, purging out thoſe wic= - ked and incorrigible Jews, who by their {ins hindred the Deliverance of the People, and puniſhing and deſtroying their unmerciful Ene« mies, who kept them in cruel Bondage, as he did to the Babylonians, whereby he made the way open for their deliverance. « Heb. her returxers, thoſe of them who ſhz11 come out of Captivity into their own Land, x Or, by righteouſneſs. e. either by my Faithfulneſs, in keeping my promiſe of delivering them after ſeventy Years; or by my Gooodnels ; for both theſe come under the name of Righte= ozſneſs in Scripture-uſe. 28 Andythe* Fdeſtruction ofthe tranſgreſſors and of the ſinners ſhall be together z, and they that forſake
the LORD ſhall be conſumed, 27. &92- 9s y Or rather, Bur, as that Particle is oft uſed; for here is a mani- & 194: 35, felt oppoſition. z Though I will deliver my People from the Baby- Heb, loniſh Captivity, yet thoſe cf them who ſhall ſtill go on in their 7e#king. wickedneſs, ſhall not have the benefit of that Mercy, but are re-
ſerved for a more dreadful and total deſtruQtion.
29 For they ſhallbe albamed # of the oaks|| which ye | Or, gods
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.#s Not with an ingenuous and penitential ſhame for the Sin, but with an involuntary and penal ſhame for the diſappointment{of their hopes which they had in their Idols. 6 Which, after the manner of the Heathen, you have conſecrated to IdoJatrous Uſes, thar un« der them you might worſhip your Idols, as they did Ezek: 6; 13: Hoſ: 4: 13: See Ija; 57: 5: Jer, 2: 20. and 3: 6, cIn which,as well ;$ in the Groves,” they committed Idolatry ; of which we read 1a: 65: 3: and 66: r79. d To wit,for the Place of your Worſhip, which is oppoſed to the Place which God had choſen and appointed for his Worſhip.
30 For yeſhall be as an oak whoſe leaf fadeth ; and
aS2 garden that hath no water e. | e As you have ſinned under the Oaks and in Gardens, ſo you 'hall be made like unto Oaks and Gardens, not when they are green and flouriſhing, but when they wither and decay.
31 And the ſtrong f ſhall be as tow g. || and the ma-| or, x | kerofit þ asa ſpark ; and they (ball both burn together, bi wwk,
and none fhall quench ther.