; a Ball which is caſt into a large and plain ſpot of Ground, where
' beingthrown by a ſtrong man it runs far and wide, Or, to a far Countrey, which ſeems to be here called large of ſpaces, not ſo much in it ſelf, for that was inconſiderable to him, whether the Land of his Captivity was large or little as ia reſpe& of its diſtance from the Place of his Firth and Abode. » The ſenſe of the Words thus rendred, feems to be this, Thy glorious Chariots wherein thou didſt ride in great State at Jeruſalem, ſhallthen and there be turned into ſhame to thy ſelf, and vo thy Maſter, to whom it is juſt matter of reproach, that he was ſo foolith as.to advance and truſt ſuch a faithleſs and unworthy Perſon. But the Words are dy divers os thers fitly rendred, there the Chariots of &by glory ſhall be, ( or, ſhall die or vaniſh, 5: e: That ſhall be the end of all thy pompous Chari- ots, and other Monuments of thy Pride) O thou who art the ſhame of thy Lord's Houſe, who by thy unjuſt and wicked Pratices haſt ex- poſed thy King and Maſter, and the Royal Family, to Reproach and Conterapt, | | 19 And I o will drive thee from thy ftation,and from thy ſtate ſhal he p pull thee down. | 0 The Lord, whole Words theſe are, v: 15. as is manifeſt from the following Verſes. p The Lord ; ſuch ſudden changes of Per ſons being very uſual in theſe Writings.
call q my ſervant * Eliakim the ſon of Hilkiah :
9 By my Spirit fitting him, and by my powerful Providence mos ving Hezekiahs heart to call him.
21 And I will cloth him with thy robe,and ſtrength- en him with thy girdle r,and I will commit thy govern- ment into his hand, and he ſhall be a father / to the Inhabitants of Jeruſalem, and to the houſe of Judah.
r There was a peculiar ſort of Robe and Girdle which was the Badge of his Office, which ſhould be taken from him, and given to Eliakim. { He ſhallnot only have the Authority of a Father, which thou now haſt, in which reſpe& all Rulers are called Fathers, as Exod: 20: #2, Numb: 36: 1, but ſhall alſo govern them with father- / and not with Rigour and Cruelty, as thou
oft.
22 And the Key? of the houſe of David will I lay upon his ſhoulder #: fo he ſhal * open and none ſhal "Job i2:74 {hut x, and he ſhal ſhut and none hal open.
# The Government, the power of opening and ſhutting, of let- ting men into it, erputting them out of it, whereof a Key is a fit Emblem ; whence the delivering of the Keys of an Houſe or City into the Hands of another, is a ſign to fignifie and confirm the gi- ving him the Power and Poſſeſſion of it. u He mentions the ſhoulder rather than the Hand, in which Keys are commonly carried, either from ſome Ceremony then in uſe, of carryiag a Key upon the Shoulder, either of the Officer of State himſelf, or of another in his name and ſtead; or to ſignifie that this was a Key of greater weight than ordinary, and that Government, which is deſigned by this Key, is an heavy Burden, and therefore in Scripture-phraſe ſaid to be upon # he ſhoulder, as Iſa; 9g: 6. x Againſt his will, or without his Commiſſion or Conſent.
23 And I will faſten him y as * a nail in a ſure places
z : and he ſhal be for a glorious throne to his fathers houſe s. |
3 I will eſtabliſh the Power in his Hands. = In the ſtrong walls, or ſolid Timber, in the Houſe : Which is oppoſed to Shebna's in- ſtability, ſignified by a Ball, v: 18. # By his prudent and righteous Goverment he ſhall procure great Glory, not only to himſelf, bur *+
to all that have any relation to him. This alſo is oppoſed to whas 15{aid of Shebns in the end of v: 18.
| 24 And they ſhal hang upon him all the glory of his fathers houſe b, the off ſpring and the iſſue c, all veſ- ſels of ſmall
to all the || veſſels of flagons e.
b Of his own kindred and Family,;who ſhall all dependupon him, and receive Glory from him ; of the Houſe of David, which is c2:- led his fathers Houſe, either becauſe Kings are called che fathers of all
' their ſubje&s,borh in Scripture, as x Sam:24: 12. 2 Kings 5: 13, & ; 16: 7- and in other Authors; or, as Clvin ingeniouſly conje&ures; | becauſe he was of the Blood Royal, Otherwiſe this had been no ; great Commendation to him, that he ſtudied ſo much the adyance« ment of his own private Family. And this ſeems more probable, becauſe this Charafter is oppoſed to that of Shebua,who was the ſhame of his Lords, to wit, the Kings houſe or Family, v: 18. 7: Great and ſmall, the children and Grand-children of his Fathers houſe. &4 The meaneſt of them ſhall receive a Luſtre and Advantage from their Relation to him: e All ſorts of Veſſels, great or ſmall, maan or precious, may be hanged upon him, withour any fear offalling; whereas ordinary Nails or Pins, if they be oppreſſed with too grear weight, are eaſily broken down, and the Vellels fall with them.
25 In thac day, faith the LORD of Hoſts, ſhall the
nail that js faſtened in the ſure place f, be removed,and be cut down, and fall : and the burden that was upon
it g ſhal be cur off: for the LORD hath ſpoken 3s.
f Shebna, who ſeemed to be ſo, both in his own Eyes, and in the _ Eyes of others. g All thoſe wicked Officers that were advanced and * Jer. 35; ſupported by his Power. 22.047: 4
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