7 * Howbeit, he + meaneth not ſo z, neither doth 2 his heart think ſo, but 3 is inhis beart to deſtroy, and *Mic: NE
cut off nations not a few a. fHeb: wel
2 He doth not atall defign the Execution of my Will, and the no: mean Glory of my Juſtice, in puniſhing mine Enemies; but only to en- nor wil his} large his own Empire, and fatisfie his own Luſts. Which is ſea <n- hearr think ably added, to juſtifie God in his Judgments threatned to the 4/5 ſq. | rian, notwithſtanding this Service. 4 Tofacriftiſe multitudes of ' People to his own Ambition and Covetouſneſs; which is abomin- able Impiety. |
8 * Forhe | faith, Are not my princes altogether » kings b ?
b Equal for Power, and Wealth, and G'ory, to the Kings of o- ther Nations,though my Subje&s and Servants. See the like Vaunts &c. 2 Kings 20, 10, &Cc. t Heb:will
9 Is not Calno, as Carchemiſh c ? js not Hamath as ſay. Arpad d ? 5s not Samaria as Damaſcus e?
c Have notTI conquered one place as well as another, the firon=
ger as well as the weaker? Have Inot from time to time added n-w Cnnquelts to the old ? Calno ſeems tobe the ſame with Calneh, Gen. 10. 10.mor 6, 2, a great and ſtrong City. Carchemiſhwas a Ciry us pon Euphrates,of which 2 Chren;3 5: 20. Fer. 46: 2. d Hamath was an eminent City of Syria, not far from Euphrates, called Hemath, or Ha- math the Great, Amos 6, 2. of which ſee 2 Kings 14. 28 and 17. 24 Jer: 49: 23, 27. Arpad ſeemsto have been an obſcure Place, notbe- ing elſewhere named. Ts not that as ſoon conquered as this ? e Or, Shal not Samaria be as Dawaſcus ? Shal I not take that, as I have done this Ciry ? For although Dawaſcus poſſibly was not yet taken by the Arian, yet the Prophet ſpeaks of it as aQtually taken, becauſe theſe Wordsare Prophetically delivered, and ſuppoſed to be uttered by the Ring of Aſſyria, at or about the Siege of Samaria, when Damaſcus Was [aKen,
io As my hand hath found f the kingdoms of the i= dols g, and whoſe graven images did excel them þ of Jeruſalem; and of Samaria.
f i; e. Hath taken, as this Word is uſed, Prov: 1; 13. and oft elſe. where, the Antecedent being pur for the Coaſequent,becauſe what
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a Or, fom their right, as it is in the next Clauſe : or, from ob- taining a juſt Sentence, becauſe they eitiier denied or delayed to hear their Cauſes, or gave a wrong Sentence. e Whom I have in a ſpecial manner committed to your care. f Of Iſraelites who pro- feſs themſelves to be my People, and whom I did rake into Cove- nant with my ſelf5 and therefore this is an injury not only to them but to me alſo,
And * what will ye do g in the day of viſitationh, and in the deſolation hich ſhal come from far; : to whom will ye flee for help &? and where will you leave ] your glory m ? .
g To fave your ſelves þ When I ſhal come to vifit you 1n wrath, as the next Words limit-it, and as this Phraſe is eft uted a!though ſometimes it ſignifies a Viſitation in mercy, as Luke 19: 44. and elſewhere. # From the 4ſjr:ans. This he adds. becauſe cie I{rae- lites, having weakned the Fews, and being in Amicy with the Sy< rians their next Neighbours, were ſecure» & To rhe Syrians.r5 now you do? But they ſha] be deſtroyed together with you.,as they were 2 Kings 16. ITo be kept ſafe for your uſe, and to be r«{t-re] to you when you ca!} for it. ms Either 1. your Pow?rand Authoriry which now you ſo wickedly abuſe; or, 2.your Wealth, got by In= juſtice, as glry is taken, Gen: 31. 1, Pſalm 49. 16, 17. &c.
OY 4 Wirhout me they ſhal bow down » under o the Chig!25. priſoners, and they ſhal fall under the ſlain : * For all
: 12- this his anger is not turned away,but his hand 3s ſtretch- ed out ſ#1i1.
#» Tie Words thus tranſlated ſeem to contain an Anſwer to the foregoing Qu-itions ; In-vain do you ſeek for a Refuge and Help from others ; for without me, without my Favour and Help which you have forfeited, and do not ſeek to recover, and which I ſha] withdraw from you ; or, becauſe ” are without me, or forſaken by me, you ſhal bow down, notwithſtanding all your Succours. In the Hebrew here is a change of the Perſon and Number, which is very uſual in Prophetical Writings. The Seventy, and tome others, Joyn theſe Words to the foregoing Verſe, and tranſlate them thus that you may no: bow down: $o the ſenſe of the place is; What will you do to prevent your Captivity or Slaughter 2 And it is true,
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| ing and laying 1n ſtore. 5 Deprived of their former Glory and Po=
men find they commonly take to riiemſelves. g Which worſhip= ped their own proper Idols,& vainly imag.ned that they could pro- te& them from my Power,iJe call the gods of the ſeveral Nations, - not excepting fFeruſalem, Idols by way of contempt, becauſe none of them could deliver their People out of his hands, as he brags, Iſa: 37: 11, 12. and becauſe he judged them to be but Petty-gods, far inferionr to the Sun, which was the great god of the Aſſrians h To wir, in Reputation and Strength. Which Blaſphemy of his pro ceeded from his deep ignorance of the T'rue God,
11 Shail not, as IT have done unto Samaria and her idols. {o do co Jeruſalem and her idols 3 ?
3 I hal certainly do it,and neither God nor Man can hinder me. _
12 Wherefore & ir ſhal come to paſs, ther when the * 2 Kings | LORN hatA,performed his whole work 1 * upon mount 19: 3x Zion, and on Jeruſalem, I will F puniſh » the fruic + of THeb-v5 the ſtouc hearc of the king of Aflyria, and the glory of FE Heb of bis high looks ». | | thegre ts
& Becauſe of this impudent Blaſphemy.l Of chaſtiſing his People nels of ſo long and {© much as he ſees fit and neceſſary for them. » Heb. heart. viſit, to wit, in wrath. as before onwv. 3. = His infolent Words and Carriages, proceeding from intolerable Pride of heart.
13 For he- iauths, By the itrengch of my hand Thave done #r, and by my wiſdom p ; for Iam prudent: and I have removed the bounds q of the people, and have
| robbed their treaſuresr, and I haveput down s the in- | Or, lite habicants [| like a v-cliant man. | many peo o Not only within himſclf,bur before his Courtiers and others. pI * le. owe all my Succeſſes to my ov'n Power,and Valour,and wiſe Con- duR, and to no other Got or Man. 9 F have invaded their Lands, andadded them to my own Dominions, as this Phraſe is uſed, Pro. 22. 28, Hof: 5: 10. Heb: their prepared things, their Gold, and Sils ver, and other precious things. whica taey had 101g been prepar-