16: 11, 14, and 24. 19y 20. and fmuch Jeſs upon others. » Not preciſely; for there were ſeven thouſand Ele& Perſons among them, when they ſeemed to Elijah to be univerſally corrupt, 1 Kings
197 18 bur the Body or generality of the People. o For though
rhey profeſſ-d re worſhip and ſerve the true God, yet indeed they
had forſaken him. Or, a profane Perſon, as this Word is rendred, Jer. 23:15.as alſo 1/a: 32; 6. p Elſewhere called, a worker of iniquity, as
Job 31: 3. Pſa; 5: 5. Mat: 7:23, one that gives up himſelf to 2 conſtant courſe and cuſtom of Sinning. 9q i; e. Wickedneſs, which / is commonly called folly. They are not aſhamed to proclaim their
own Wickedneſs, and the Corruption of their Hearts breaketh forth
into ungodly Speeches.
18 For wickedneſs burneth r as the fire, * it (hal de- + (,,"
vour the briarsand thorns s,and ſhal kindle in the thic- 0:17. kers of the forreſt r, and they ſhal mount up like the lifring up of ſmoak #.
7 i: e. Shall burn you, as it follows, ſhal devour. Your Iniqnis &y ſhal be your Ruine, as God threatens, Exek: 18; 30: - Either 1, The Wicked, who are oft compared ro 8riars and 7h'rns, as 2 Sam; 23: 6 1/8: 27: 4. orrather, 2. The low and —_— | ons;
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ſ-ns ; for theſe are oppoſed to the thickets of the Forreſt, in the next
Clanſe. rn rhe Wood, where the Trees are ra!l, and ſtand thick,
having their Boughs entangled rogether, which makes them more-
ready br} to catch and to ſpread the Fire. x Sending up Smoak
like a vat burnacee Heb, with heighth or pride of Smoak, 1.e. with aſpiriny Smoak which in rhat caſe riſeth high, and ſpreadeth far
and fi!]-th all the neighbouring Air, Be
1,Through the wrath of the LORD of hoſts is *the
ko land darkned x, and the people ſhal be as the fewel #l{eb:1ear of the fire : no man ſhal ſpare his brother y. _ | » Either with the Smoak laſt mentioned, or with Miſery. Or,
burnt up, as the LXX- Chaldee and Avabick Interpreters render IT»
3 They ſhal deſtroy one another, as they did in their Civil Wars,
which were frequent among them, TheName Brother isoft large-
ly uſed among the Hebrews,even of the remoter Kindred, yea of the
*Chap:8.
1} 8-6;
that the firſt Word is elſewhere taken for a Negatfve Particle. Bur the former Tranſlation ſeems more geauine. © Or rather, in the place ( as this Particle ſignifies, and isrendred by Interpreters, Gen? 30! 2. and 50. 19. Exod: 16; 29. Jo: 5: 8. and ellewhere ) of the priſoners, or among the priſoners : And ſs in che next Clauſe, among or in the place of the ſlain. | 5 | O T Affyrian p, * the rod of mine anger 9, and jor, wer the ſtaff in their hand is mine indignation y. the Aſſyris p So it is Gods Call or Invitation to him'to take the Charge, and ar. ſet upon the Work. Or, Wo to the Aſſyrian, becauſe though he do + H-b? my Work, yet he doth it in a wicked manner, and for. wicked 45+ uv. Ends, as we ſhal ſee. q The Inſtrumene of mine Anger. wherewith * Jer:51*2 I ſhal chaſtiſe my People. r Mine Anger againſt my People puts the \|or,thoug
Weapons of War into their hand,and gives them Strength and Suc- ceſs in this Expedition. |
Fellow-members of one City, or Tribe, or Nation:
20 And he ſhaljſnatch z on the right hand, and be
hungry, and heſhal cat onthelefc hand, and they ſhal not be ſatisfied : * they (hal eat every man the fleſh of *h:49:26. his own arm 4. h : : z Every one ſhal greedily and violently ſeiſe upon any Proviſi- ons thar come in his way. Which implies, either great SCarcitys or intatiable Covetouſneſs, as is manifeſt from the next Claule. a Either, 1. properly; ſo it notes extream Famine in which caſe men are apt to eat their own Fleſh. Compare Jer. 19: 9+ Or, 2. Meraphorically, which ſeems beſt to ſuir with the following Verſe the Fleſh ovfhis Brethren by Nation and Religion, which are as ut were our own Fl:ſh, and are ſo called, 1/a. 58; 7. Zech: 11: 9« and conſequently, the Fleſh of their Arm, is in a manner the Fleſh of our own Arm. Andone Tribe was to another as an Arm. 7: e. A Support or Strength, which iscalled ar arm, 2 Chron;32:8. Jer.17., 5. and eiſewhers. ;
21 * Manaſſeh, Ephraim b, and Ephraim, Manaſ- ſch : and they together 5hal be againſt ſudah c. For all this his anger is not turned away,bur his hand is ſtretch- ed out ſtill.
b Though more near and dear to one another, than any other Tribe, being both Sons of Joſeph. c Which might be accompliſhed either before Shalmaneſer took Samaria, or afterwards. For though the 1faelites were miſerably deſtroyed at that time, yet they were not utterly rootedout. Of which, ſee my Notes on Js: 7. 8.
CHAP. 24.
The woe of unjuft oppreſſirs, 14. Of Aſſyria for their Pride and Am- bition * His follyin it, 5———19+ 4 remnant of 1raelſhal be ſaved and that ſpeeaily, 20 27. Sennacherib marching toward Jerulalem, 28 31. His judgment, 32 34.
'TFO unto them that * decree —_— decrees 2, and|| that write 6 grievouſuels c, which they have preſcribed:
a Unto thoſe Magiſtrates who make unjuſt Laws, and give un- juſt Sentences. b Either 1. the Scribes, who were aſſiſtant to the Magiſtrates, and oft=times did promote or execute ſuch Decrees ; or, 2. the unjuſt Magiſtrates, wnoſe Decrees were uſually wrirten, So the ſame thing is repeated in other Words. On'y this writing may note their Obſtinacy or Perſeverance in thetr unjuſt Decrees, and their proceeding to the Execution of them. « Grievous things, ſuch unjuſt Decrees as cauſe Grief and Vexation to their Sube jzeQs.
2 To turn aſide the needy from Judgment 4, and to take away the right from the poor e of my people f, that widows may be their prey, and hat they may rob
4 Heb:cut-
* Chap. 1: 13. ſoal ear.
Ppſ: 58:1. & 94'29- I Or,zo the priters1hat write grie- wouſneſs .
6 I will ſend hims againſt an hypocritical * nation, and againſt the people of my wrath « will I give him a charge x totake the ſpoil,and to take the prey, and + to + Heb'to tread them down like the mire of the ſtreets y. lay them
5 Not by expreſs Commiſſion, but by the ſecret yer powerful Con- ;reading. dut of my Providence, giving him borh occaſion and inclinationro this Expedition, # See on ch:9:17. u The Ohje&s of my juſt Wrath devored ro Deſtruion, # By putting this Inftin& into his mind.
» Which ſignifies that he ſhould eafily conquer them, and utterly deſtroy them, as he did after this time.