Chapter » and here turneth his Speech to them, and gives them Countel what to do, to prevent, if poſſible, the threatned Deſolas tion. In theſe firſt Words he adviſeth them to the Praftice either, 1 of Juſtice : Pay that Tribute of Lambs and Goats which you obe lzged your ſelves to pay unto David, and to his Poſterity, 2 Sam: s: 2. and pay it notunto Ijrael, as you have done, 2 Kings 3: 4. bu unto the King of Jadah, who is the rightful Heir of Dav:d,andKing ofthe Land : Or, 2: of Piety : Send @ Lamb, for a Sacrifice unto zod, who is the Ruler of the Land ; to wit, of your Land no leſs than of ours. or of #he earth, as the Word is commonly rendred,who 1S *he God of the whole carth, and he is called 1/s: 54: 5.-the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, Iſa: 37: 16. Make your Peace with Ged, by Sacritice, for all your Injuriesdone to him, and to his People. Theſe Words may be underſtood Ironically, and the Deſign of them may be tO repreſent their miſerable and deſperate Condition ; as if ke had ſaid, You have tried all other ways, and ſought to your Igols, <: 15: 2. andall in vain ; now ſeek to the God of 1/rael,who alone can help you Bur als! he is highly incenſed againſt you, and coming to deſtroy you Bur this ſeems rather to be a ſerious Ad. vice, by comparing theſe Words with v:3, 4. 65 Aneminent City of Moab, ſeated upon a Rock, which is here named, either becauſe the King and his Court at this time reſided there, or for ſome other Reaſonthen evident,though now unknown. c To the Wil- derneſs of Moab, of which we read Numb, 21e 11. Dent: 2: 8 and fo onward to Zion, as it follows. Or, this may be added as a Deſcrip- tion of the place called Sela. Hence ſome render the Words,Sels of the ilkracs - and others, Sela which lieth or looketh towards rhe wilderneſs. And this Limitation might be the more neceſſary, to di- ſtinguiſh this from other Places of Moab called by the ſame name, which, ſignifying « rock, might be common to ſeveral places it that Rocky Country. 4 Unto the Temple upon Meunt Z7on,
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fords of Arnon g. e Or, etherwiſe, as this Particle is ſometimes uſed; if you do not follow my advice, f Which knows not whither to go, nor whatta do. g Which was the Border of the Land of Moab, where they were, cither being carried that way into Captivity, or rather with deſign to flee out of their own |
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right, asto all men, fo particularly tro my People, to whom you have bzen moſt unr:ghteous and unmerciful. & Or, as the ſhadow | of thenizht, large and dark, as the Shadow of the Earth 1s 1n the Night-jeaton, The meaning is, Conceal and prote&t my People in the time of their Diſtreſs and Danger, as this Metaphor is explain» ed in thereſt of this, and in the following Verſe, / Mine our-ca(tr, as it follows wv. 4. thoſe of my People whichare driven out of their
Land. » Unto their Enemies, as thou haſt treacherouſly dene 1n tormer times.
4 Let mine out-caſts » dwell with thee, Moab, be thou a covert to them from the face of the ſpoiler : for the + executioner is at an end 0, the ſpoiler
ceaſeth, + the oppreflours are conſumed out of the rand,
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n Whom though I have forſsken, and ſorely chaſtened, yet I do, and ſtill wilj, own for my People; and Ido obſerve,and will requite, both the Kindneſſes and the Injuries done to them. o Sha ſbortly be deſtroyed, and my people ſhal c're long bereſtored,and then thoa wilt not loſe the Fruit of thy Kindneſs. The preſent Tenſe is put for the Future, as it is uſually in Prophecies.
Ra 5 And in mercy þ * ſhal the throne 4 be [| eſtabliſh- Mc:4:7. ed, and he ſhal fit upon it intruth s, in thetabernacle
Luk-1.33- r of David,judging and ſeeking judgments, andhaſting (O27 righteouſneſs x. tered,
p By my mercy. Though they have ſinned, and Iam now pus+ nilhing their Sins, yet I will deliver them for my own - Mecctes ſake, 4 The Kingdom of Judah, Therefore for thine own fake ſhew them Kindnels in this day of their diſtreſs ; for they wiil be capable of requiting thee. r Their King, which is eaſily and neceſ= {arily underſtood. 5s Which may reſpe& cither 1. the Manner of his Government, exerciſing Truth and Juſtice: But that is mere plainly and fully expreſſed in the laſt part of the Verſe» Or, 2. the Continuance of ir, in truth, 7. e. firmly and conſt:ntly; for 3-4th is oft put for the ſtability and certainty of a thing, as 2 Chron: 32e 1. Prov: 11. 18. Ija: 61,8, And this makes the Argument more conſiderable to the preſent purpoſe. TheKingdom thal not only be reſtored, but firmly ſetrled : Therefore it is your Intereſt, O Moatites to be kind to my Peop'-. rt In the Houſe, or Palace,which 1s called a tent, or tabernacle, cither becauſe Houſes are frequent'y ſo called in Scripture, as 2 Sam: 20 1. I Kings $: 66. and 12: 16+ F with reſpe&unto the unſettledneſs of Davids Houſe, which now indeed was more like a Tabernacle than a ſtrony Palace ; and yet notwithſtanding its preſent [mbecillicy' ſhould be firmly eſtablith-
ed «Searching out the Truth of Cauſes and Things with care and diligence, which is the Duty ef a Judge. x Neither denying, nor yet delaying Juſtice. And theſe gooa Qualifications tzem to be here men:10nea, partly to.teach the Rulers of M.ab their Duty to-