t That add new 'urchaſes of Houſes and Lands to their former Poſſ:fions. Nor thar this was in it ſelfunlawful, but becauſe they did this from an inordinate and inſatiable defire of Riches, and with the Injury of their Brethren, as is manifeſt from the foregoing »nd following Words. «That they alone may be the Lords &Owners,:nd all others only their T<nan's and Servants.
9 |Inmine ears, ſaid the LORD x of hoſts, + Of 2 trutl; many houſes ſball be deſolate y, ever great and fair, without inhabitant, |
x I beard God ſpezk what I am now about to utter. Heb. I the ears of the Lord, Which may rel2te excher,r. to the foregoing wores ; The cry of your fins, and of the oppreſſed,is come into Gods E-rs; he hears and ſees it ; and will certainly punith it : O72. to the fol- lowing clauſe, which, being of great importance, heuſhers 1+ with an Oath ; I ſpezk ir in Gods Ears, as well as in yours; I call God co witneſs the rcuth of what I ſay.yTne houſes which you have ſo gree- dily covered, ſhall caſt you eut, and become de!ol.te.
10 Yea,ten acres of Vinevard ſhall yield one bath z,
and the ſeed of an homer (hall yie:d anephah 4,
-z To wit,of Wine. The Bath contained abour eight Gallons. Thus an Acre didnot yield one G-F on. @ Which was of the ſame quan- tity wich the Bath, only the Bath was the meaſure of 11quid things, the Ephah of dry things ; and an Ephbah was the tenth part of an Homer, Ezek: 4;:11. So in ſtead of that great increaſe which thar truitful Land commonly yielded,they ſhould loſe nine parts of their Seed. Thus a fruitfal Land was made barren.for their wickedneſs, according to Gods threataing, Pſal: 107; 14. and they had as little comfort in their Lands, as in their Houſes; which were the two kinds of their Purchaſes, v. 8.
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*Prov: 23: 11 * Wo unto them that riſe up early in the mor- «gu | ning b, that they may fellow ſtrong drink, that conti- 9, #14 ave until night, c, zl wine ||inflam=them 9.
b Which was unuſual, and ſcandalous in that caſe, Eccleſ, ro: 16: AFs 2:15. They made Drinking their daily Trade and Buſineſs. £ Thereby waſting both precious time,and Gods good Creatures,and the health of their Bodies,as well as of their Souls. d He uſeth this word partly to ſhew their folly and miſery, b-cauſe the Wine was fo far fromquenciing and ſatisfying their appetites, that it did in- deed inflame and increaſe themzand partly to prevent the vain excuſe of them whothought themſelves innocent, becauſe they did not drink to Drunkenneſs,although they caſt themſelves into an intemperate heat through their excels. |
» : -—_ 6 | 12 And*the harp and the viol, the tabret and the $003 4:27 pipe,and- wine are in their feafts e: but* they regard not Pal: 28: 5: the work of che LORD f, neither conſider the operati-
-on of his hands. | RY give up themfelves wholly to Luxury, and that in a ve- |
| ways reproving and threatning us, fHe only thinks to affright us
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\ and is yet doing, and abcut to do among them 3 his grievous Jug. ments, partly infl:Qted, and partly threatn-d, which required ano. ' ther courſe of life, even to give themſelves to Faſtirg and Prayer and Reformation, that ſo they might remove the incumbent, ind prevent the approaching calamitiev I3 * Therefore my people are gone into captivity g, « x becauſe they have no knowledge þ : 1 ans ? icdge + : and Þ their hon- + He therp ourable men z are famiſbed, and their multitude dried 2/1) are up with thirſt, men 0; fax & Either, 1. Are aftually gone, which was true of the Ten Tribes © in H-zekiah*s Reign, 2 K:7gs 18: 9: unter whom this P: optec might be uttered 3 cf 2. Sh:1! certainl;. and ſhortly go, as t!.c Two Tribes afterward did. þ N>» ſerious Corfideration of Gods Works and of their oynDuty and Danger, ; Who thought themſelves quite wt of reach of Famine. | 14, Therefore hell E hath enlarged + here ſelf, and o- + Heb: be pened her mouth without meaſure / : and their g:ory m, out, | and their multitude, and their pomp #; and he that re- joycetho, ſhall deſcend into it. | t Or, he grave, as this Word moſt commonly ſignifies. 1 To rea ce:ve tavie vaſt Numbers which ſhall die by this Famine or other wiſe, as is here upplied. m Their Honourable men, as they were called. v.13. being diſtinguiſhed both here and there from the mute tude, n All their G'ory thall die with rhem. o That ſpendeth a1l _ days in Mirth and Jollicy, and caſteth away all. Cares anq ears. !
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15 And * the mean man ſhall bebrought down,and ,,** *% the mighty man ſhall be humbled p, and the eyesof the * 7 lofty ſhall be humbled.
Þ All of them,both high and low, ſhall bebroughrt-to deftru&ion,
16 But the LORD of hoſts ſhall be exalted in Judg- | 3 mentg, and||f God that 1s holy ſhall be ſancified » in Oral Righteouſneſs 5. } Heb. the
9 By the ex«curion of this juſt Judgrent upen his Incorrigible Enemies. r Shall appear to be an holy Gud, Judgments.