they are here peculiar to I/rs:l, who is not only 2 third Party, as the others are, bot is the moſt eminent and bleſſed of rhe three, as being the
Fountain, or rather the Conduit-Pipe, by which the Blefling is conveyed to the other two, becauſe Chriſt was to be born of them, | and the Goſpel-Church and Ordinances were firſt eſtabliſhed among them, and from them derived to the Gentiles, r Or, of the earth, "Which may be added, to imply, that Gog's Blefling ſhou!d be conveyed from and by Iſrael, not only to the Egyptians and the Afrians, but to all the Nations of the Earth,in the midſt of which the Land of 17ae! might well be ſaid to lie. Or, of that Land, of which Iam here ſpeaking ; or, the Singular Number being put for rhe Plural, of choſe Lands, Egypt and Afjr:a, between which
ljrael lay. Whom the LORD of hoſts ſhall bleſs /, ſaying Bleſſed be Egypt my people ?, and Ailyria the work of
mine hands, and Iſrael mine inheritance. _ - \ Wiom i: e: which People ,to wit, Iſrael, Egypt, and Afjria, ex- preſſed both in the foregoing Verle, and in the following Clauſe of
t As before, i the miaſs of re ſhall be evidences of their Piery ir.
20 And * it 4 ſhall be for a ſign, and for © witnels unto the LORD e of hoſts in the land of
weakneſs of their Idols, they hall turn unto the-erue God. gs A r mighty Saviour, by a commoa Figure cajled Hendiadtr, as {ſmoke is put for # fmokie claus, Iſs: 4: 5. or, « Saviour ana z Prince, even Chriſt, who is ſo called A#s 5. 31. as is evident from the whole context, which apparently ſpeaks of Goſpel-times. And the emphatical Phraſe here uſed, direQed them to look for an
þ Shall acknowledge, and love, and ſerve them ; for words of
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2 Ac the ſame time ſpake the LORD + by Iftigh the fon of Amoz, faying, Go, ati looſe d the fick- -lorh « from off thy loins f, and pur off thy ſhoe from cay foot: And he did fo, * walkin” naked Z and 2are -foor, i |
4 Urgird it and put it off; the Anteced-n: put for the Conſe. quent, which is very uſual, as hath been of *n noted. God would ometimes have his Prophets to add to their Werd a viſible {ion to awaken Peoples Mines to a more ſerious Conſideration ef the Mat« cers propoſed to them. e Either, 1. his courſe and hairy Garment which the Prophers uſed to wear, 2 Kivgs 1:8: Zech:13 .q- as many =o 14eiſtand irt-Bur that is expreſſcd by anct:;er Word in the places quo» ted,and never,to my knowiedge, by rbjis Word ; Or, 2. his mourn« fu] Habit. which was commonly made of Sackloarh, and which he WOrc 1n token of his hearty grief for the great Calamiries which were already come upon Jſra:l, and were either come or coming upon Judah, f Upon which the upper (zarments were commonly girt, 1 Kings 20. 32. 2 Kings 9. 1. & Net wholly naked, which had teen indeccnr and ſcandalous, and wi:hal very dangerous, at leaſt ro do ſo for three years, as he did, wv: 3. but without his up« per Garment, as Slaves and Priſeners uſed to do, whoſe poſture he Was to repreſent. v: 4. And to the wcrd naked is uſed, 1 Sam: 19 24. 2 581m: 6; 20, John 21. 79, Thus alfo men are ſaid to be naked when they arc ill clothed, as Job 22. 6. Mat: 25. 36. 1 Cor. 4.17 James 2. 15. h Afterthe manier of Mourners, 2 Sam: I5. 30. and Captives 7F-r: 2, 25.
3 And the LORD ſaid, Like as my ſervant Ifaiah hath walked naked and bare-foot three years 5 for
a ign & and wonder upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia. # Not conſtantly, but when he went abroad among the People,ts whom this was appointed for a ſign. Some think it was only three days, a day being uſually put for a year in Prophetical Scriptures,as Neumb 141 33, 34. Exch: 4.4, 5, 6. Bur although a day be put ſor year, yet a year isnever put fora day. & Either, 1. when thig Judgment ſhould come; to wit, three years after this Prophecy. Or, 2. how long it ſhould continue; for three yezrs: For ſome have obſerved that the Choldeans ſpent ſo much time in Conquering Ezypt and Ethiepis.
- 4 So fhall the king of Aſſyrialead away I the Epyp-
ans prifoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and
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5 And they » (hal be afraid and aſhamed of Ethi
their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. ” All they that ſball truſt to them, and glory in them, as appearg from the following Words, the Pronoun they being put Indefinite. Iy here, as it is 1s: 2: 19. and elſewhere. But under this general expreſſion the 1/reclites not only are comprehended, but ſeem ro be principally intended, becauſe to them this Prophecy was delive« red, and they were eminently guilty of this Sin; of which ſee 7s.
JOo1 2- & 31-1. 6 And the inhabitants of this||iſle o ſhall ſay in that
day, Echold, ſuch is our expectation p whether we flee for help q, to be. delivered trom the King of A
and how hal! we eſcape r ? o Of this Land, in which the Prophet was, and to whoſe Inha. bitanrs, theſe words were uttered. For the Title of 1/es or [lands in Scripture is frequently given not only to Lands encompaſſed with the Sea, butallo ro ſuch Countries, as lay upon the Seaecoſts, as Pſal: 72. 10. Exck. 26: 15, 18. as Paleftita or Canaan did, yeato ſuch Countries as are remote or ſeparated from that Place in or of which the Words are ſpoken, as Eft: 10: 1. 1/s 24415: © 42: 4, 10g Oc. as Canaan was from Egypt, or at leaſt from Erhiopia. Add to this,that Canean had ſome reſemblance with an 7/e,cither becauſe
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this Verſe ; of wliom he ſpeaks as of one People, in the Singular Number, becauſe they are all united into one Body and Church. Or, Fer, or Becauſe ( as this Particle is taken, 1 Sam; 154 15. and elſewhere ) rhe Lord of hofts ſhall bleſs him or them. So this is added 25 a Reaſon why he ſaid, Iſrael ſhould bea Bleſſing to them all. x This Title and thoſe which follow, that were peculiar ro the Peo- ple of 7ſrael, ſhall now be given to theſc and ail other Nations of