_— wo CO of the Gentiles, aS is evident fro reas tnat out of Babylon was long before the coming of the Me. fiah, and the calling of the Gentiles. z From all Places Rack far — near, into which either the Ten Tribes or the T'wo Tribes were carried poo war for the Places of both their Captivities are here named, of which it is needleſs todiſcourſe Particularly, becauſe they are well known, and have been conſidered in former Texts. Only Pathros was not named before ; and that was a Provinee in Egypr, which yet is ſometimes diſtinguiſhed from Egypr ſtrictly fo Called. See on Jer: 44: 1, 15. Exzek: 29: 143 & 3o: 14. 12 And he ſhall ſetupanenſign for the nations «,and ſhal aſſemble the out caſts b of Iſrael c, and gather to- 8Cther the diſperſed of Judah from the four + corners 4 11.9, of the earth. wing : # All Nations, Jews and Gentiles, who ſhall then embrace the : true Faith and the Meſſiah, as was ſaid v: 10, 'b That were driven and baniſhed out of their own Land, into Foreign Parts, as the Word implies. c Stri&tly ſo called, or of the Ten Trites, as is manifeſt both from their oppoſition to Judah in this Verſe and from the mention of Ephraim in the next verſe. | 13 * The envy alſo of Ephraim 4 ſhall depart, e and the adverſaries of Judah f ſhal be cut off: * Ephraim «
(hal not envy Judah. and Judah ſhall not vex Ephraim 8. E:
d 7: e: Of the Ten Tribes, frequently called by the name of E- phraim, as hath been already and frequenrly obſerved, between whom and Judah there were great Emulations and Contentions. Of Enemies they ſhall be made Friends, and of Wolves, Lambs : as was.faid before on wv. 6. they ſhall be united together in one Church under the Meſſiah, keeping the unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace. f N-t the Body of Ephraim, for they are ſuppoſed to be reconciled, and they ſhall not be cut off, but live in love with Judah, as we ice by the next Clauſe ; but thoſe few of them which poſſibly may continue in their Enmity againſt them, togerher with all the reſt of their Aciverſaries. g Not only all outward Hoſtilities ſhall ceaſe, but alſo their inward Animoſities»
14 But they ſhall flie upon the ſhoulders & of the Philiſtines coward the Weſt, they ball ſpoil F them; of
m wv: 9: 1o,
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ek: 37; 16, 22;
e *Ch:9;21
T Heb; :t;
the Eaſt rogether : | they ſhall lay their hand uponE- _ f dom and Moab, andthe children of Ammon fhal obey + Heb: them. Edom and
h Eitherit is a Metaphor from Birds and Beaſts of Prey which 4% ſbalt commonly faſten upon the ſhoulders of Cattel ; or from Wreſtlers, ** # la.
who endeavoured to catch hold of their Adverſaries ſhoulders, rhat #597 of
they may throw thew down Or, ſhoulder js put for # ſide, as Num: "#7 hands 34:11. Joſ; 15: 8, 10. Or, for Part or Quarter of a Counrry,as Dev: Heb:the 33+ 12. 35 They ſhall ſubdue them. Which is to be under ſtond of Pldren of the Spiritnal Victory which the Jewiſh A/iah ſhall obrain by his £299 Apoſtles and Miniſters ovec all Nations, in bringing them to the their 0þte Obedience ofhis Goſpel.For itis the manner of #he Prophets to ſpeak 9%. ofthe Spiritual things ofthe Goſpel under ſuch Corporeal Repreſen= tations.
I5 And the LORD ſhall utterly deſtroy & the tongue of the Egyvtian ſea /,and with his mighty wind ſhall he ſhake his hand »s over the Rivers, and ſhal ſmite it inthe
{even ſtreams 0, and make men gO over T dry-ſhod. ſhows; | & Shall not only divide. it,as of old,but will quite dry it up, that it * may be an Hi;;h-way,as it is explained in the next Verſe. 1'The Red Sea,which may w: i} becelled che Egyptian Sea,both becauſe it borders
f Heb: a
upon,Ezypt,& becauſe the Egyptians were drowned in it,which is called
@ Tongue in the. Hebrew Text, Joſ: 15:2,5. as having ſome reſemblance with a Tongue: For which reaſon the name oftongue hath been given
the Sea,s t +15 Sea did ſhoot out of the Main Ocean into the Land. m He alludes t» Moſes bis ſhaking of kis Hand with the Rod of God in it over the Sea; » To wir, of Egypr, N:l:s, as appears both from the foregoing and from the following words. o For whichN!lus is Famous in all Aurhors,and by which it emptieth it ſelf into the Sea. 16 And * there thal be an High-way far the remnanc
y that he came up out of che 23- __ *Exod:iqz
p As there was another Highway from Ezypt,in the former Verſe. _
ſc Caſe ſeemed to be m«<t deſperate. CHAP. Al.
4 thanksgiving of the Faithfull for their Redemption, T,
AS in that day «thou ſhalt fay, OLORD I will | A Praiſe thee : though thou walt angry with me,
thine anger is turned away, and thou comforteſt me.
a When this great Work of the ReduCtion of God's Iſrael, and of
the Converſion of the Geotiles, promiſed in the foregoing Chap-
2 Kings 117: 23. Who
F4 Us
2 Behold, God is my ſalvation b: I will truſt, and not be afraid ; for the LORD JEHOVAH #s my * +peod:rg
b My ſalvation hath not been brought to paſsby Man, but by the P{:118:14
3 Therefore with joy ſhall ye draw * water out of
the wells of Salvation c. * Joh: 4 c Your thirſty and fainting Souls ſhal be filled with Divine Graces 14: &7: and Comforts, which you may plentifully draw from God, in the 37: 38. uſe of Goſpe]-O:dinances, which was off ſignified by warer, bot
in the O'd ind in the New Teſtament. He ſeems to allude to the
State of Iſ-ael in the Wilderneſs, where when they had been torment»
ed with Thirſt,they were greatly refreſhed and delighted with thoſe
the Ten Tribes which were mixed with them, as is acknowledged both by Jews and Chriſtians: 3 becanſe this ſecond Deliverance was given them in the days of the M:{ish, and did accompany or
Waters which God ſo graciouſly and wonderfully afforded them in that dry and barren Land, Num: 20: 11: & 21. 16, 17,18. 4 And
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Hoſ; :: 11:
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| ſr. 6,
fHeb. leeſr 6
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gen ple 4, make mention that his name is exalted. 9
Vs #1s wi. of God for it.
; Heb. ex = F Sing unto the LORD, for he hath done Þ excellent ny things 3 thisis known in all the earth e.
| hap. XI. F-8: A I : «chr.16- 4 And in that day ſhal ye ſay, * Praiſe the LORD ||, ned y in his Poing forth XZ; ani the moon hall not
call upon his name, declare his doinzs among the peo-
d In all the earth, as it follows v: 5. unto the Gentile-world who . ſhal partake in the Blefling, and will joyn with you in the prailfing
e The Knowledge of this gloricus Work of our Redemption by the Meſia/ ſhal no longer be confined to Jſrael's Land, as it hitherto hath been 3 but ſhall reach to all Nations.