8 And he|| cried, Aliong: my LORD, Iftandjo,
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cried out, I ſfcealſoa L'on,ro wit, marching before the Horfe-mens f: and Chariots already mentioned : which they ſuppoſe ro repreſent Cyrus or Darius marching in the Head of their Armies. Or, as it is rendred in the margin, and by divers ochers, he cried as (which Par- ' nicle is oft underſtood,as hath been formerly ang frequently noted) # lion, with a terrible Cry, as being affrighred with the Viſion, and withal ſignifying the dreadfulnels of thar Judgment which was here repreſented as coming upon Babylon. h The warciman ſpeaks thele Words either to God, or to the Prophet, who by command from God had ſet him in this Place and Station; to whom therefore he gives the follewing Account of his Diſcharge of the Work wherewirh he was intruſted.. According to thy Command Ihave ſtood & doyerſtand continually,both day & night,upon my watch-tower.
9 And behold &, here cometh a chariot of men /, ,- -., with a couple of horſemen mm: and he » anſwered and Nd: ſaid, * Babylonis fallen,is fallen : and all the * graven images of her gods o he
k The ſum of what I havediſcovered is this. ! Not filled with Jer: 50: 2. Goods, as Chariots of Burdef uſe to be; but provided with Men, © 5 1: 444 to fight from or with them. »» Underſtand, and a Char!o: of Aſſes, and a Chariot of Camels; which is eaſily underſtood trom wv 7. where they are expreſſed. » The Prophet 1ſa:zas, who ſer the Warchman 3 or the Lord, by whoſe Command he was ſet, wv: 6: who here gives an expiica:1onof the Viſion. es Which 1s men- oned as an Evidence rhat ſhe was fully conquered, beczuſe otherwiſe they would not have ruffered their Idols to have be-n thrown to the Ground. p God, by the hands of Cyrus, his Inſtrumenc, Or, it is an indefinite Speech, he hath broken, &c. for they are broken, &Cc. H:
10 O my chrelhing 9, and the # corn of my floor r Ns chat which I have heard of the LORD of hoſts, the God of Iſrael, have I declared / unto you z. |
q Threſbing 1s here put for the Corn threſhed, as it is explained in the following words, the A being frequently put for the Objs&, as captivity for the Caprives, feer for the thing feared, Oc, as hath been nored before. And the Corn threſhed is here metaphoricaclly put for People ſorely afflifted znd puniſhed, which is oft expreſſed by Threſhiog, as 1(a; 25: 10: & 4:: 15, Mich: 4: 13, Oc. © This is ſpoken either, 1- of the Jews, to whom he now turneth his Speech, whem God did grievouſly threſh and affli& by the Babyloni- ans,and whom he here comforts with theſe Tidings,as if he had fard, though thou wilt be threſhed firſt, yet Babylon ſhall be threſhed laſt,and moſt dreadfully,and their threſhing ſhall be thy Deliverance This Interpretation is thought neceſſary, becaule of the latter clauſe of the verie, wherewith this is tobe joined. Or, 2»: of Bebylon. O my threſhing : or, thou art my threſhing, whom I have undercaken to threſh and puniſh. And fo this is fitly mentioned here, to aſſure 'them that this Prophecy of Babylon's Fall muſt neceſsarily be accom-
; Pi:ſhed, becauſe the Almighty was engaged in the Work-And this
| Inrerpretation ſeems not to be inconſiſtent with the reſt of the
| verſe, as we ſhall ſee. » The corn which I will cauſe to be threſh- 'ed upon the Floor. Heb. the ſor of my floor. For the title of ſon is ofc given £o lifeleſs things, as Arrows are called 7he ſons of the bow, or
of the quiver, Job 5: 7:& 14: 28, re. ſ What I have foretold is ;not my own invention, but the Word of God, and therefore ſhall infallibly come to paſs: 7 Either, 1, unto you my People, or Hearers ; for all the Prophecies, even concerning other Nations; were publiſhed ro them,and for their uſe and Comfort : Or, 2.Un- to, ( or, concerning, as this Hebrew Particle is ſometimes uſed, ag the Learned know) you Babylonian:, to whem this was in ſome ſort declared, becauſe it was publiſhed amongſt the Jews,and by their means might e-ſily come to the knowledge of other People, and conſequently of che Babylonians. Nor is it unuſual for the Prophers, in their Prophecies delivered to Gods People concerning Baby!on,by an Fpoſtrephe to turn their Speech to the Babyloni:ms themſelves; of which we have Inſtances, Jer: 50. 24, 31,& 51. 13,14, 25, 26.
Ir The burden of Dumah v. He # calleth to me y out of Seirz, Watchman a, what of the night b ? watchman, what of the night c 2?
u Either, 1, ofa part of Arabia, fo called from Dumeh, one of Iſhm#e!'s Race, Gen: 25. 14. 1 Chron: 1. 30. Or rather, 2. of Edom or 1dumea, as ſeems moſt probable from the mention . of Mount Setr, which was a part of Edom ; which may here be called Dumah, either by an abbrevtiarion, or cutting off the firſt letrer from 1dus mea, as Ram is put for Aram, I Chron: 2. 9. Job 32. 2. or rather prophetically and ſarcaſtically ; for Dumah ſignifies filent ; Where- by he intimates, That Edom, which was much given to vain boaſt- ing and railing againſt Gud, and againſt his People, as we read elſewhere, ſhould be brought ro ſilence and utter ruine. And ſuch new, and enigmatica)}, and fignificant Names are elſewhere
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