Chap. VIIT. F £5 & © 0 Chap.VIIIe | ſpal be for Briars and Thorns, No man wall either buy or lure it v_ whom at this time they ſought to deſtroy ; or, rather 2. the Peos
any terms. ple of I!rael, of whom he laſt ſpske, v. 4. and who are the chief ſub- 24 With arrows and with bows d ſhal men come} j-& pk - rod in this and theforegoingChaps . . e briars and Jr; and who aid rejoyce not only 1n their own King Pekas, but al- —_— becauſe all the land ſhal become ſo in theAſſiſtanceotlo powerful anAllie asRez:n was.lOr rather aeſpi>
: (eth,as theWord properly& moſt frequently ſignifies. » That ſmal} &
4 Either to hunt, or to defend \ themſelves from Wild Beaſts, contemptibleRiver orBrook which nc by An. aaa fr i» lived {s-
which commonly abide in ſuch delolate and avergrown Grounds. cretly oppoſed to the great Rivers ofT7:gris and Euphrates, by which 25 Andon all hills that ſhal be digged e with the
che Aſhrian Empire was fort ifi2d. Hereby he underſtands rhe mn= *Chap:32 mattock, there (hal not come thither the fear of briars [nitions and ſtrength of the Jews, which their Enemies derided and
19. and thorns f; * bucit (hal g be for the ſending forth of |-<onremned. » Gently, as lictle Rivers do. oxen, and for the treading of lefſer catrel hb _ 7 Now therefore « behold, the LORD bringeth « Or, that were dizged, to wit, formerly; that uſed to be digged | UP upon them p the waters of the river q ſtrongand ma-
and drefled for the planting of Vines, or other choice Fruit-trees. | ny, evez the king of Affyria, and all his glory : rand
f The Words thus rendred, found like a Promiſe : But that doth |, © el-oon ; | no way agree with the ſcope of the place. And they may be, and all bis <panray up over all his channels Ss, and go over
are by ſome, underſtood not of Briars and Thorns =growing 1n , | ; of Fey thoſe Grounds, which would hinder the feeding of Carter Meng 0 Becauſe they deſpiſe the Oppoſition which they have from Shi (. but of ſuch wherewith they were fenced, and by which the Catre &o3þ and Jeruſalem, they ſhal have a mare potent Enemy. p Upon were affrighted or hindred from breaking into them, which cauſe Iſrael. See on the foregoing Verſe. q Of Euphrates, oft called the of their Fear being now removed by the general Devaſtation, River, for its eminent greatnels : Whereby he underſtands the 4ſje they might now enter there, and feed at pleaſure, as the |744» Forces, as the next Words explain the Metaphor. » His nu- next Words imply. Or they may be rendred thus, as they merous and puiſſant Army,in which he gloried.See Js. 10: 8.5 This are by a late Learned Interpreter, That there might not come thirher,&Cc, great River ſha] overthrow its own proper Channels. The meaning which is mentioned as the Reaſon why they were digged and dref- | 15 This great Monarch ſhal enlarge his Dominions, and add the ſed, that they might be freed from Briars and Thorns. So Lands of Syria and Iſrael to them. Some render the Words, he ſhal there is only a defe@ of the 5 "i particle aſber, which is frequent | ? with all þ15 channels or ftreams:for the Hebrew Particle al ſome< & not onlyas it ſignifies whicMſſar as it is taken finally for that, as | FINES ſignifies with, as Job 38: 32. But it ſeems hard to underſtand iſa: 5: 11. and 10. 2. and elſewhere. g Orever ( as this Particle is the ſame Particle one way in this Clauſe, and another in the laſt oft rendred ) there ſhal be, to wit, a place ; which Word is under= Clauſe. Beſides, che laſt Clauſe favour s the former food, 2 Sam: 7. 1+ 1 Kings 18, 12. Or the Words may be thus ren- the ſame thing being repeated in it, as is uſual in the Sacred Writs dred; And all hills that ſhal be digged and thorns, even they or each | 1285+ Or, this may be underſtood of the Channels & Banks of the of them ſhal be, the Singular being taken colleQively, as is very u- People or Land of 1jrael. The Enemy being repreſenred under the ſual. þ All ſorts of Cartel may fairly enter, and feed there, the Metaphorofa River breaking in upon their Land, may fitly be ſaid Fences being broken down, and the Owners generally {lain,or car= to overflow all their Channels and Banks, to wit,all places boch low ried into Captivity« and high, ſo that nothing ſhal be able ta withſtand his Fury.
8 And het ſhal paſs through udah »; he ſhal one HT
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Syria and Iſrael ſhould be ſubdued by Aſſyria, 1——4. Judah alſo ſhould + the ſtretchin 3 © ALS ne My the neck x, and 7he on a
be afflifted, 5 ——8. Gods Judgments irreſiſt:ble and to be feared,g=e-13. 'S out Oras wings 7 al fill the breadth of of thy ia he The Lord fs aSanFuary te the :04ly, a Stone of ſtumbling to the Wicked, thy land, Oo Immanuel z. ſhal bet
14, 15+ The Prophecy ſure, God to be waited on, Necromancers wor to be e Or, zt, to wit, the Riverw: 7. which yet deſigns the ſame Per. 17 *5cfgE
conſulted, but the Prophecy, their Miſery, 162-22. ſon and Thing, ro wit, the Invaſion of the King of Aſjria. u And our of, þis
Oreover the LORD ſaid unto me, Take thee a | #Þ<n he ſhal have finiſhed his Work againſt you, won?
he ſhal invade the A a - . - r . . » h. TI Sz great r oll «, an d write init with a mans Pen b, Land of Judah as Semnacherib did ſome few years afrer his Conqueſt. Ch.7.14