cauſe her lighe to ſhine. | _ * Which conſiſt of many Stars, and therefore give a greater Iigtr. » Either, r. properly and really, by an Eclipſe ; for Pro- 'SICS 1N Heaven do ſometimes go, before or accompany great and publick Calamities upon earth: Or, 2. figuratively, and in appea= rance: All things ſhall look darkly and diſmally : men ſhall have no comfort nor hope, See the like Deſcriptions of a moſt calami- rous State, Iſa; 5. 39. and 34.4. Joel 2. 10 3t, Ge. 2 As ſoon as he riſeth, when he ismoſt welcome tro meni, and giveth them hopes of a pleaſant day. As ſoon 3s they have any appearance or hope of amendment, rliey ſhall be inſtantly diſappointed. » - .: "E ” 11 And I will f puniſh the world 2 for their evil, and tHeb.wiſe the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cauſe the arro- evil up gancy of the proud to ceaſe, and will lay low the bogs was? BY haughtineſs of the terrible 6, _ .. Br ker arts 74 4 The Babyloniſh Empire; which is called the world, as the Roman iniquiry. Empire afterward was. Luke 2.1, becauſe it was extended. to a great part of the World, and becauſe it was vaſtly populous, and Babyles it ſelf looked more like a World than one Ciry. 65 Of-them who formerly were very terrible for their great Power and Cruelty. ; , 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir c. _ c The Ciry and Nation ſhal be fo depopulated, that few men fhal be lefr in it. | EE nf OS ; 13 ThereforeI will ſhake the heavens, and the earth (ball remove out of her place 4 in |] the wrath of the ; LORD of hoſts, andin the day of his fierce anger. (| Or, d A _Poetical and Prophetical Deſcription of great Horrours and **S** og as if Heaven and Earth were about to meet toge= cnere 4 ; 14 And it e ſhall be as the chaſed roe f,and as a ſheep that no man taketh upg : they ſhall every man þ turn to his own people, and flee every one intohis ownland. e To wit, Babyln f Fearful ia ir ſelf, eſpeciaily when it is purſued by the Hunter. g In a moſt forlorn and negle&ed condi. cion. hþ Thoſe Souldiers of other and more warlike Nations whom ſhe had hired co aſſiſt her; which ſhe uſed ro doat other times,bur eſpecially upon this great occaſion : of which ſee on Jr. 5o. 16, Fl. Yo : k 15 Every one hat 3s found 3 ſhalbe thruſt through * w every Ons hat js joyned unts them, ſhall fall by the word.
; In Babylon, at the taking of iti The ExpeQation wkereofmade them flee away with all ſpeed.
16 Their children alfo ſhal be * daſhed to pieces be- » pp, ,,, fore their eyes &; their houſes ſhall be ſpoiled,and their g: Nah:3: wives raviſhed. ES we | 106
k As a Juſt Recompence for the like Cruelty ated by them upon the Jews, 2 Chron: 36. 17. which alſo was foretold Pſal. 138. 9. |
17 Behold, * I will ſtir up the Medes / againft then, * Jer; 537 which ſhall not regard ſilver, and as for gold, they ſhal 11, not delight in it 7. | es 25
I Under whom he comprehended the Perſians wha were their Neighbours,and Confederates in this Expedition. m Which is go be underſtood comparatively. They ſhall more eagerly purſue the DeſtruCion of the People, than the getring of Spoil ; whereby it ſhall appear, that they are only the Execuvioners of my vengeance againſt them ; they will accept no Ranſom to ſave their Lives. - |
18 Their bows. alſo (hall daſh the young men to pie-
ces o,& they hal have no pity on the fruit of the wombs their eye ſhall not ſpare children, Re
x Under which are comprebended their Arrows, and Poſlibly o- cher Weapons of War; for ſo gerierally ſometimes is the bow uſed in Scriprure, as 2 Sam: I. 18. Pſal: 78: 9. Iſs: qu 2. o Or, ſbatpierce the young men through: as the Chaldee renders it» | 19 And Babylon the glory of Kinzdoms p, the beau- + Heb. 5 ty of the Chaldees excellency q, ſhalt be fas when God *heover- overthrew * Sodom and Gomorrah r. | yen
p Which once was the moſt noble and excellent of all the King- »* T5 4. doms then in beeing, and was more glorious than the fucceeding _ Jer Empires, whence it was repreſented by the head of Gold,” Dans 2, 2F = * 37. 9 The famous and beauriful Seat of the Chaldean Monarcy. 7 je 45" Shall be totally and irrecoverably deſtroyed, as is more fully ex+ preſſed in the following Verſes; Which yet was not done imme. diatly upon the taking of the City by Darius and Cyrus,but was fulfil. led by degrees, as is confeſſed by Hiſtorians,and appears this day. , 20 It ſhal never be inhabitared /, neither ſhal it be dwelt in fromgeneration to generation : neither ſhal the Arabian # pitch tent there, neither ſhallcthe ſhepherds make their fold there.
{ After the DeſtruQion threatned ſhall be fully accompliſhed4 t Who dwelt in' Tents, and wandred from place to place, : where chey could find Paſture ; bur ſhal avoid this place, either becauſe the Land once noted for great fruitfulneſs,' is now become barren z or becanſe the Land is accurſed by God, and abhorred by all men ; or for fear of the Wild Beaſts, as it follows.
21 But + wild beaſts of che deſart ſhal lie there es and their houſes ſhal be full of + doleful creatures, and fHcb.z/ || + owls ſhal dwell there, and faryrs ſhal dance there x. t Heb. 0- u The Land being forſ.ken by Men, ſhall be poſſeſſed by Wild <bim. _ Beaſts, which love ſolitary places x What the Hebrew Words yl: l|Or, Oftris 2d here, and in the next Verſe, ſignifie, the Learned may ſee in m' ches. Latine Synopſis ; and for others, ir may ſuffice toknow that in which T Heb.
211 the Learned agree, that theſe are fiighrful and ſolitary Crea* Haughters
u, Luk: Io For the ſtars. of heaven, and the conſtellations x| 25, thereof ſhalt not givetheir light ; the ſun ſhal be * dark-
tures : Of which if I ſhould Particularly diſcourſe, I ſhould rather of 5he owt. perplex than cdifie the Vulgar Reader« 5 Q4 22 And
Char. XIV. ES:8# 1 4 H | | 22 And | the wild beaſts of the iſlands ſhall cry in | 4d Jay whom: thou wouldeſ?, and keep alive whom thou wouldeft Dan *heir [| deſolate houſes, and dragons in their pleaſant » Dan.
laces : and her time is near to come y, and her days ſhall not beprolonged z.