to whom by an Apoſtrophe he direQeth his
them, or wth being here underſtcod, added. to ſhew, ry ſevere,
aS It 15 every Where.
Remnant of then, And ſo this Word is added as a Reafon why a Remnanr, and but aRemnant,ſhould return his Juſtice, and manifeſt his Mercy. And in this mixed ſenſe the Apoltle ſeems to expound this Place, Rom 9: 27, 28,
23For theLord GOD of hoſts ſhal make a Conſump- tion, even determined þ in the midſt of all the Land c. 6 The ſame thing is repeated in other Words, with ſome addition: God will execute his own Decrec concerning the DeſtruCtion of 1 ral, which he is well able to do, becauſe he is the Lord of Hoſts; c In all the Parts of the Land, not excepting Jeruſalem, which was to be preſerved in'the 4ſjrian Invaſion, when almoſt all the othey tenced Citicsof Judah ſhould be taken; but ſhouid afterwards be
taken and deſtroyed, as it was, firſt by the Babylonian by the Romans. 4 < TOY gn
24 Therefore 4 thus ſaith the Lord GOD of hoſts,O my people that dwelleſt in Zion e,be not afraid of the Ai-
why
up his ſtatf againſt thee, after the manner of” Egypt g,
deſtroyed, and a remnant of my people preſerved and reftored.e In Jeruſalem, which is frequently called Sor, as Pſalm 48: 12. and 87, 2. Ja: 1.8, 27, and 33: 20, «&c. Which he mcntions, becauſe this was the principal obj<&t of the 4/jrians deſign and rage, and there were the Temple, and Thrones of Juſtice, and the King and his Princes; and the multitudes had fled chither from the 4ſjrian, f He ſhal aiilict rhee,but not deſtroy thee. Compare 1 Kings 12;11. g As the Egyptians formerly did, and with the ſame ill tuccels to theme ſelves, and comfortable ifſue to you.
25 For yet a very little while,and the indignation 6 (hal ceaſe z,and mine anger in their deſtruction,
þ Mine anper, as it is explained in the next clauſe; either, 1, tow wards my People ; which ſhal weaken the 4ſjrian, whoſe preat ſtrength lay there ; of which ſeeabove v: 5. or, 2. towards the/(@ ſ[yrian, with whom God was very angry, wv: i2, &c. yea. fo an- gry, as not tobe ſatisfied without their deſtrution, as it fellows, : As anger commonly doth,when vengeance is fuliy executed.
{troyed becauſe of the anointing g.
p Theburden of the Aſryrian ; for ſo it was aQtvely, becauſe impoſed by him; though paſſively it was 7ſraels burden, as being laid upon him. 4 Our ofthe reſpect which I bear to that Holy Ui. ction, which I have eſtabliſhed amongſt you. And fo this may re= late either 1. to the Body of the People, who were in fome ſort a- nointed, being madeby God a kmgdom of prieſts, and an holy Qation, Exod: 19. 6. or, 2. to that ſacred Kingdom which God had, by his poſitive Precept, and ſolemn Covenant, eſtabliſhed jn Dzvia and his Poſterity for ever. The Jews therefore,and ſome o;hers,underſtand this of Hezzkiah, to whom God had a lingular reſpect, and upon whoſe Prayers God gave this Deliverance, as we read,7/s: 37. 15,&c. Poſſibly it might be better underſtood of David, who is oft men« tioned in Scripture by the name of God's anointed, as Pſalm 20: 6. & 89: 20, and 132:17- and elſewherez and for whoſe {fake God gave many Deliverances to the ſucceeding Kings and Ages, asis exprefly affirmed 1 Kings 11: 32, 34, 2 Kings 8. 19. And,which is more C0j.» liderable. God declareth that he would give this very Deliveranc?z from the 4frisn for David's ſake, 2 Kings 19. 34: and 20» 6. Þur the Mzſfiah, 1 doubt nor, is here principally incend:d, of whom 1-3- vid was but a Type;aid who wasin a peculiar manner anonred 4ÞQVe
frequently uſed in the Propuets of the times of the Golpel, as 1/o. 2: 11. and 4. 2. and 61. 10, &c. r Shal learn by this Judgment and Experience, never to truſt ro the Aſjriansfor Help, as 4a: and his People now did. f Not only by profetiion, but fincerely,
all his fellows, as 1s ſaid Pſal 45. 7. Forhe 1s the Fuuncation of all the Promiſes, 2 Cor: 1. 20. and of all rhe D-11verances
and Mercies granted to Gods Pcople ia all Ages; waence _ oy # 4 Diac
y Or, a remnant only, as before: For that this is a [cniny as well as a Promite in _reſpe& of o- thers,is evident from the reſi of this, ard from the following Verſe, = The Deſtruftion of the People of Iſrael was already decreed or de- rermined ( as it is in thenext Verſe ) by the fixed Countci of Gcd, and therefore muſt needs be execured, and like a Deluge overflow a As this Word isrendred Rom: 9: 28. the Prepofition in And this is , that although this Judgment of God may lecm ves > yetitis moſt juſt, not only by the Laws of ſtrj& and ri- gid Juſtice, bur even by the Rules of Equity and Clemency, as this Word oft fignifies, inaſmuch as he hath ſpared a ccnficerable when he might have deſtroyed them utterly,
Chip. X, 2T The remnant 7 ſhal return, even the remnant of *c> _
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f Or, aremuart, or, but a remnant, or, a reciuant only. Which
Particles are oft underſtood, as hath been formeriy and fre ucntly
'bſerved, and may be here ſupplicd from the following Verics.
27,
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3 becauſe God would both glorifie
{yrian : he ſhalſmice thee with a rod f, || and (bal lift LO up h:s ſtaff
a This is an inference, not from the words immediately fores for thee going, but from the whole Prophecy. Seing the 4ſjrian Jhal be *Exod:i4
rock of Orebm: and as his rod was upon the ſea », fo fat ſhal he lifr it up after the manner of Egypt. Cheo. dl
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Prophet makes uſe of this great promiſe of the Meſſiah, as an Af- ſurance that God would make good his promiſes oft peculiar De- liverances from their preſenr or approaching Calamities, as 1/s: 7. ' 14, Oc, and 9. 4, O&c.-And therefore the Propher might well ſay, that God would grant this Deliverance for Chriſt's ſake : E- ſpecially if it be conſidered, that this was the very Reaſon why
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miſed unto the Tribe of Judah, and unto the houſe of Dywid, until the coming of the M:ſiah, becauſe the Meſſiah was to come of the Tribe of Judah, and of the Poſterity of David, and was to ſucceed
David in his Throne and Kingdom ; and he was to bs known by this Chara&er : and therefore this Tribe and Houſe and Kingdom | were to continue, and that in a viſible manner, cl} Chriſt came.
28 He is come to Ajath r, he is paſſed to Migron * at Michmaſh he hath laid up his carriages /.