.- concerning} Maher-ſbalal-haz-baz es, 2 ng! 28: 9, 13. x Soas they ſhal bein grear danger of ; n . e pe . ths in © Or, A great Volume, becauſe the Prophecy to be written 1n it | ver ſwelling fo high as ch bo ws Mock ji _ ph L- . '. was large, and God would have it written in very large and legible | overwhelm him. Such was the danger of Judahs fer On Fs + Charafters- 6 With ſuch a Pen as Writers uſe, Pſalm 41. 6. ſer: 8.6. | rib took all the fenced Cities of Judah 2 Kings 18. 13. and ſent his Ar wi y w 4s has that fo all may read and underſtand it. c Concerning that thing | againſt Jeryſalem. y Of tis Forces, or of the Wings of his Arm _ n +6 the which is ſignified by the Name of thy Child, which is here mentio- | they anciently were and till are called. z Of the Land of fedeh, { ſme ned by. way of Anticipation,as nor being given him till w.3. z. e.| called becauſe the M:fah, who is cal!ed by God himſelf Imman: . p + hs 4 concerning char which G'd is making haſte to do, the giving up the 7. 14. ſhould certainly be born aod live and die there. And thi $ make Jp Kingdoms of Syris and 1/rael for a Prey to the 4ſjrian, as this Name | is added empharically for the Conſolation of Gods People, ro aſſure is xpeing, V. 4 | exrhfal wicnefl p — _ noe NON this dreadful Scourge, yet God would * Kings 2 Al coOK Unto me raithtul witnelles, to TECOrd | make 2 Crtterence between Iſrael and Judah,and whereas Jjrael ſhould foe. þ * Uriah whe Prieſt, and Zechariah the ſon of be Jo broken by the Aſſyrian that they ſhould not be a People,as was threat« eberechiah, _ ch: wa yo thould be reſtored and preſerved, for the fake of d Perſons of unqueſtionable Reputation; who ſhould bear wit- —— per > brag _—_ and Miniſtry, according to neſs that the following Name and Prophecy was written and pub- COT IT 2
Interpretation,
Liſhed by me according to Gods Command. 9 Aſſociate your ſelves, O ye people and eſhal | Or, 1h, 3 AndTI j wentunto e the Propheteſs f,and ſhe con- | be broken in 1eces;and give (a i an of | Apt 1 br ceived and bare a ſon : then ſaid the LORD co me,Call] b: gird your Advns and ye ſhalbe broken in pieces; gird
unto his name Maher-ſhatal- haſh-baz. your ſelvesc,and ye ſhal be broken in pieces d. k e Heb. Icamenearto her. A modeſt Expreſſion of the Conjugal| a Syrians and Iſraelites. Immanuel's Name infſpireth the Prophet
AQ. f Socalled, partly as ſhe was the Prophet's Wife, Wives be-f wich new Courage, and makes him ſend a Challenge to all Gods Ea
ing frequently denominated from their Husbands Titles, as the nemies, and foretell their certain downfall, 4 Whoſvever you be,
Wives of Mayor, or Door, O's. are commonly called Mayoreſs,Dofo- | whether far or near, who do. or ſhal conſpire againſt Immanuel's
reſs, &c. and partly bec :uie Ihe did concur with the Prophet co the | Land. « Wirh Sword and Belt. Prepare your ſelves for War. 4 This
procreation of this Propherica} Child. | 'S repeated for the greater Aſſurance of the thing,and the Comfort of 4 For betorethe child ſhal have knowledge to cry.
lOr.' hs Gods Peopls, who are aptto deſpond upon ſuch occaſions.
12. My facther,and my mother g, ||* the riches of Damaſcus | | |
jrethe and the ſpoil of Samaria ſhal be taken away h before the | _ '? Take counſel cogether,and it fhal come to nought: Kingof 4ſ- king of Affyria #» ſpeak the worde, and it ſhal not ſtand 5 for God 5s ſia ſbal g To ſpeak, and to know his Parents;which is within the ſpace of with us f.
take away gwo years And this agrees with the other Prophecy, Ja: 7. 16. Be-] e Declare an
d fix your purpoſe, and make your boaſt of it, f The Almighty and only true God fighteth for us, and againſt you. He gives the Interpretation of the Name Immanuel expreſſed before,v:8. for though rhe Word in the Hebrew be the ſame here and there, yer | there iz teems to betaken properly, and here appellatively, as
theriches, forethe child ſbal know to refuſe the evil and chule the good, which requires Cc. a !onger time than o diſtinguiſh his Parents from Strangers; which '2 Kings ſuits well to Shear-jaſhub, who, being born ſome years before this, 10.9. wascapable of thar further degree of Knowledges ſoon as this was capable of the lower degree, þ The Kingdoms of Syria and Jſrae], j here ſignified by their two capital Cities, ſhal be ſtr'pped of their 11 For the LORD ſpake thus tome t with a ſtrong | Wealth and Power, as th-y were by T'g/ath-Pil:ſer, within the time handg and inſtructed me. that I ſhould not walk in +Heb. in here limited, 2 Kings 15: 29. i In his preſence, and by himſels and h : of chis peonle & {> , firength of
his Forces:For inScripture-uſe that is ſaid ro be before a Man, which the Way pP&OPie Y, laying, SEE is
58 inz or is put into 2 mans power, as Gen: 13. 9. and 20: 15, Oc. |, g With a vehement and more than ordinary Inſpiration, ſtrongly
and men are ſaid to be {mitren before rheir enemies, when they are | 1PPrinting ic 1n my Mind. +4 Ofthe generality of the People of
ſmirren by them, as Numb: 14. 42. Deut. 1. 42« Judges 20. 39. and Judah 3 whoſe eminent Danger and Calamity he foretells, v: 8. bur
"FIC oft elſewhere, Others refer tais Phraſe to the ancient Cuitom of withal gives — allurance that God wonld deliver _ them over
Conquerors, of ſending or carrying their Spoils before them into of it, v; 9, 19+ Which he doth to aggravate the preſent Sin of haz
their own Country - and his People, _ a5 pe God, and ſeeking to the King of 4ſſ=
s The LORD fſpake alſo unto me again, ſaying, ris for help, as they aid 2 Kings16: 6, 7,8, 10 SENG —_—_ ” = yr El —_ = waters| 12 Say ye i not, A confederacy &, to all them to L 8 dee - _ mom 20 ſofcly »,and rejoyce in Rezin and} hum __ pong m_ ſay, Aconfederacy : neither fear _ , : e their fear /, nor be afraid þ Either,1-The People of Jadah,whichate ſuppoſed to have grown mY pes | WE, "YE