Heb. be- here amT, ſend mee. 8 71.6, 4 To deliver the following Meſſage. The change of the Num- ber, Iand ws, is very remarkable ; and both being meant of one and the fame Lord, doſufficiently intimate a plurality of Perſons in the Godhead. e Gods laſt and great Favour to him did both en- courage and oblidge him to be forward in Gods Service. 9 And he ſaid, Go and tell this peopief, * Hear ||t Matz13:14 ye indeed, but underſtand not ; and | fee ye indeed, but -4:12: PEICELVE NOT 4 UE: 8: 19:" F Nor my people, for I diſown them, as they have rejefed me. g 0h:12:40: The Hebrew Words are Imperative; yet they arenor to be taken as Q:28:26: a Command what the people ought to do bur only asa Signiticati- OM:11: 8:1 and PrediQtion what by their own Wickednets,and by Gods Or, with- aft Judgment, they did and would do, as is manfeſt by Mar: 13:14: © As 28: 26: where they are ſo rendred. And Imperative Words a- & Se. * mong the Hebrews are frequently put for the furure,as is well known Heb. -o the Learned, The ſenſe is, becauſe you have ſo long beard my Words, and ſeen my Works,to no purpoſ?, and have hardned your ; FINESSC. Hearts, and will not learn nor. reform, I wilt puniſh you in your 7% own kindgyour Sin ſhall be your Puniſhmen:.Iwill{till continue my Word and Works to you, not in Mercy, and for your Good, bur to aggravate your Sin and Condemnation 3 for I will blind your Minds, and wichdraw my Spirit, ſo that you ſhall be as unable, as now. you are unwilling, to underſtand or percive any thing that may do you good. : , ' Xo Make the heart of this people fat b,and make their Jer:5: 2: ears heavy 5, and ſhut cheir eyes &: * leſt they ſee / with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and under- ſtand with their heart: and convert m2 and be healed x. þ-i. e. Stupid and ſenſcleſs ; For the Fat which is in the Body is without ſenſe ; and Fatneſs in the Heart, makes it dull and heavy. Thus this Phraſe is uſed, Pſa!:119: 750. And this ſeems beſt to a- gree with the following Words: This making of their Hearts far, Y is here aſcribed to the Prophet, as it isaſcribed to God in the repeti- | tion of this Prophecy, Joh: 12: 40: becauſe God inflited this Judg- ment upon them by rhe Miniſtry of the Prophet, partly by way of Predi&ioo, foretelling thar this would be the effe& of his Preach- ing ; and partly by way of Judicial Operation, withdrawing the Light and Help of his Spirir, and giving them up to tae Power and Arts of Satan, and to their own Miſtakes avd Lufſts, whereby they are eaſily and commonly led to turn Gods Word, as they do other things, into Occaſions of Sin. i Make them dull of hearing, as //a: 59: 1: Zech. 7: 11: asſomerimes the Ears are made by an exceiliive Noiſe. k Heb. 4awb their eyes, as the Word is uied al- ſo, Iſa: 44: 18. ! Tharthey may not be able, as before tney were not willing, to ſee. »» Tura from their ſinfu] Prattic-s unto God. n Of Sin, whichis the Diſeaſe ofthe Soul, by Remiſſion and Sanc- tification, and of all thedeadly Eff:&s of Sin. 11 Then fſaidI, Lord how long s ? And he anſwer-
ed, Until the cities be waſted without Inhabitant, and Heb: 2. the houſes without man, and the land be Þ utterly de-
e with ſolate p, olation, o An abrupt Speech, ariſing from the Prophets great Paſſion and Aftoniſhment « How ſhall this dreadful Judgment laſt ? þp Unril this land be totally deſtcoyed, firſt by the Babylonians, and afterward by the Romans.
12 And the LORD have removed men far away 9, and there be a great forſaking in the midſt of the land 7.
g Hath cauſed his People to be carried away Captive into far Countries. r Till Houſes and Lands be generally forfaken of their Owners, either becauſe fled - away from the Sword into ſtrange Lands, or becauſe they went into Captivity.
y I3 Bur yet in it ſhall be atenth s, || and it ſhall re-
turn #, and ſhall be eaten « : as ateil-tree, and as ar oak x whoſe || ſubſtance is in them, when they caſt their leaves :ſo the holy ſeed ſhall be the ſubſtance thereof z.
s A ſmall remnant reſerved, that Number being pur indefinite- ly, as is very uſual. £ To wit, out of the Babyleniſh Capriviry, into their own Land. » That remnant ſhall be devoured and de- ftroyed a ſecond time, by the Kings of $yris, and afterwards more effeually by the Romans. x Or, Yet, as, &c. Or, never- theleſs as, &c. ſuch Particles being frequently underſtood in the Hebrew, as hath been noted again and again. So the Senſe of the following Words of the Verſe ſeems to be this, alrhough the Fewe i/þ Nation ſhal undergo a ſecond and greater Defolation by the Romans, yet there ſhall be another Remnant, not ſuch an one as
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