her by Commerce and hon ard called by ſome i __._ a9 Tyre, which they ſay, was tuilt and firſt inhabired ty a Co) 2th che S:4onians ; and therefore ſhe muſt needs be greatly conce wn = the DeſtruQion of Tyr#s. J That pert ofthe Sea in whitt; 7; = -<anny and from which Ships and Men were ſent into all "pet gp This isadded to explain what he meant by the ſea, even " waroguaf : might be called the ſtrength of the Sea, cither aQtively, i ab fended that part of the Sea from Pyracies and Injuries; or © "mg
ly, becauſe it was defended and ſtrengthned by the Sea which on. compaſſed it. And this Title is here given to 7Tjrus, to ſhew m_—
great cauſe of Confuſion and Fear $:45: had from this Ex2a ” ” which for ſtrength was mnch inferiour to Tyrus, #1 who wg > exceeding fruitful and populous, that I ſent forth Colonies i £
other Countries, ( of which the Famous City of Carthage wa =>
am now become barren andAdeſolate. nn
F As atthe report concerning Egypt, ſo ſhall they be
ſorely pained at the report of Tyre x. : . * According to this Tranſlation the ſenſe is, All the neighbou ing Nations ſhall be no leſs terrified at the Tidings of the Der Q. Jon of Tyrus, than they were of old vpon the Report of God's f> 8
mer and dreadful Judgment, upon the Egyprians ; of which ſee Ba
I5-14, 15, 16. Jo: 2. 9. 11, Becauſe they ſhall deſpair of refitins that enemy againſt whom that vaſt and potent City, which ”—
eemed 1mpregnable, could not defend it felf. Bur the words oe by the Seventy, and other both ancient and latter Interpreters re . dred otherwiſe, and that very agreeablyito the Hebrew Texr When the report (to wit, of the deſtruction of Tyre ) came, or ſhall com (which Word is eaſily underſtood, as it is above, w: 3. and in % ther Texts of Scripture before mentioned _) z0 the Egytians, the ſhat be ſorely pained according to the Report of Tyre : their Grief ſha]] be af: werable to the Report ; as the Report is very dicadful, fo thawe Grief and Anguiſh ſhall be very great : or, they ſhall fear leſt the ſhould be deſtroyed in like manner as Tyras was deſtroyed. , 6 Paſs ye over to Tarlbiſh p, howl ye inhabitants of the iſle Voz 3 Flee from your own Country to Tarſus of Cilicis, and their be <a CS on — as Others render the Place Paſs
ver the Sea, which 1s oft call'd Tarſhiſh; 'hi SR. liar wr Reagpong Jhiſh; of which ſee on v: r. z OF 7 1s this your joyous city a, whoſe antiquity is of ancient days b ? her own feet ſhall carry her c+ afar off THeb:na to ſojourn 4d. — # Thar formerly lived in ſo much Pomp, and Pleaſar curity. 6 Being built before Joſbua's time, _ IS EE IG 19: 29. £ Whereas before, hke a delicate Lady, fhe wopld not ſer the ſole of her foot to the ground, as the Expreſſion is, Deur. 28:56.
To ſeek for new Habitations. For, as ſome of FDI
, a : Mm the Tyrians we - ken and Carried Captiveinto Chaldta and other Places, fo fy by Sea into ſzyeral Parts of the World, Carthage, and divers other Towns of the Midland Sea. as is recorded by antiene Hiſtorians. 8 Who hath taken this counſel againſt Tyre e, the crowning city f, whoſe merchants «re princesg, whoſe trathquers are the honourable of the earth ? | e Words of Admirations who and where is he that could imagine or Curſt atrempr fuch a thing as this ? This is the work of God, as 1s expreſſed, wv; 9. and not of Man. f Which was a. Royal City, Fer; 25: 22. and called a Kingdom, Ezek; 28: 2, 12. and carried away the Crown from all other Cities, and Crowned her ſelf and her ci- t1zens with Glory and Delights. g Equal to Princes for Wealth, and Power, and Reputation. 9 The LORD of hoſts hath purpoſed it þ, Þ to ſtain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the
honourable of the earth z.
h This is the Lord's own doing therefore do not doubt it, nor wonder at it. * God's Deſign is by this one Example to abate and abaſe the Pride of all the Potentates of the Earth, that they may ſee and know what weak and wretched Creatures they are, when God - leaves them, and ſers himſelf againſt them.
10 Paſs through thy land & as a river /, O daughter of + Heb!
Tarſhiſh 2, there 3s no more | ſtrength ».
k Tarry no longer in thy own Territories, but flee through them, and beyond them, into other Countries, for Safety and Relief. [ Swiftly, leſt you be prevented 3 and continually, till you be all gone; and in Sholes and multitudes. 2 OZ 7% ; forof her he ſpeaks both in'the foregoing and following words. And Drus might well be called the daughter of Tarſhijb, i: e: of the Sea, as that word 1s uſed, ver: 1. and elſewhere, becauſe it then was an ifland, and therefore as it were born of the Sea, and nouriſhed and brought up by ir. # Heb. no more girdle : the Girdle, which ſtrengthens the Loins of z " Man,is pur for ſtrength as Job 12: 21-& 38. 3. Ir behoveth you, O People of Tyrus,toflee away,as Iadviſe you; for your City is unable to defend you; your wealth, the Sinews of war, is Joſt; your Walls | broken down; the Sea,which,like a Girdle,furrowned and defended you,is now in part filled up by your Enemies,who have joyned yau co the main land, your fermer Friends and Allies forſake you.
11 He o ſtretched out his hand p over the ſea g, hey, -
ſhook the kingdoms r: the LORD hath given a com- ,,,;zy » mandment /|| againſt F the merchant city 7, to,deſtroy merch
the || ſtrong holds thereof. | man. o The Lord, ex reſſed, V: 9. P To Nrike it, the Antecedent t Heb being pur for the Conſequent. q Or, againift the Sea; 7: e againſt CENA Tyrus, the Daughter of the Sea, as ſhe was now called ; and con- | ou ſequently againſt all thoſe Ships and Men which uſed to Traffique Srengiita with Tyrus, and were enriched by that Trade, and therefore ſuf- fered in her Fall. r Heb. He made the' Kingdoms to tremble ; eithery - 1- the two Kingdoms of Tyre and Sidon; or ratker, 2+ the neigh- bouring and confederate Kingdoms, as appears by comparing this
+ Heb. vf
pollue,
girdle,
ſpoken, even the ſtrength of the Sea te, ſaying, 1 travel not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nouriſh up
young men, nor bring up Virgins #,
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