Þ To wit, in mercy, as tis Phraſe is uſed Ruth 8. 6, Pſal, 65. g. and elſewhere. 9q The Hebrew Word properly ſignifies, rhe hire f an Harlet;, which agrees well with the fornication in the nex: Clauſe: alchough theſe Phraſes 2re not to be underſtood properly, but me- raphorically, of Trading or Commerce with others, + Shal trade promiſcoully with People of all forts of Nations, as Harlots enter= tain all Comers, | | |
18 And her merchandiſe, and her hire ſhal be ho- lineſs to the LORD /: it thal not be treaſured nor laid up zz: for her.merchandiſe ſhal be for them that dwell before the LORD «, to eat ſufficiently, and for + dureable clothing. |
Jile ſpeaks not here of what the Tyr;au5s would do immediatly after their Reſtitution, but ſome time after it, even in the days of the M:ſiah; of which even ſome of the Jewiſh Rabbies underſtand it, and to which the Prophets have. a ſpecial reſpe& in their ſeveral Prophecies, and 1/aiah among and above the reſt of them. So this _ is a Prophecy concerning the Converſion of the Tyrians to the True Religion, of the Accomplifhment whereof, fomething is ſaid 4#s 21. 3, 4, 5. and more in other Authors, #7 Either out-of Cove« rouſneſs. or for the ſervice of their Pride and Luxury, as they fore merly. did ; but now they ſhall freely lay it out upon Pious and Charitable Uſes. « For the Support and Encouragement of the Miz niſters of Holy Things, who ſhal teach the good Knowledge of the Lord, who dwell in God's Houſe, and miniſter in his Preſence ; the Support of ſuch Perſons being not only an Att of Juſtice and Charity, but alſo of Piety, and of great uſe and neceflity ro maintain and propogate Religion in the World. Although this doth notex= clude, but rather, imply their Liberality in contrivuting to the Ne» csſlities of all Chriſtians. ;
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Judgements on Judah fir their defilements and tranſgreſſions, 1 I2: 4
Remnant ſhal praiſe God, 17, ;«>-15. God, by his judgments on his People and their Enemies, will advupnce his Kingdom 16, 2
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uſual with all Writers, when they write of their own Country; to call it the land, by way of eminency. There are many things int this Prophecy which manifeſtly concern this Land arid People;: and nothing, at leaſt before v. 21. which may be taken as a new and ad- ditional Prophecy, which is neceſſary to be underſtood of other Nas tions. But this I ſpeak with ſubmiſſion, and due refpett to thoſe Learned andJudicious Interpreters who take this to be a Prophecy. againſt Judez,and all rhe neighbouring Nations. 6 He will ſhortly. make it waſte, firſt-by the 4ſjrians, and then by the Chaldeans. c Bringeti it into great diſorder and confuſion. 0D 2 And it (hal bs, as with the people, ſo with the] *q prieſt 4 ; as with the ſervant, ſo with his maſter ; as with the maid, ſo with her miſtreſs ;
buyer, fo with the ſeller e; as with the lender, ſo with 1%» 23:
the borrower ; as with the taker of uſary, 1o with ths giverof fſury to hin. | i :
d The approxthing Calamity ſhall be univerſal, withour any rea ſpe& or diſtinQtion of Perſons or Ranks of Men; the Prieſts them-: ſelves having been Partakers of the Peoples Sins, ſhal alſo partake, with them in rheir Plagues. e The Purchaſer of Lands ſhal haye no more lefc than he that hath ſold all his Patrimony ; and all Per» ſons ſhal be made equal itt Beggaty atid Slavery. — - _, .,
3 Theland ſhal be utterly emptied, and utterly ſpoi- led z: for the LORD hath ſpoken this word. ET
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world flanguiſheth a»dfadeth away, +} the haughty people g fHeb #7 of the earth do languiſh, | heighth
only the Land of Judea, but alſo the neighbouring Countries ; But, if the proper Signification of chat word be urge?d, this Prophecy. * muſt beexrended to all the Parts of the World, which theſe Learns ed Men will not allow. And the world, . both in Scripture and o- ther Authors, isoften uſed Synecdochically for that which intruth is. but aſmal part of it; ar leaft in compariſon with the Whole; as it is not only of the Reman Empire, as Luke 2. 1. AGs11, 28. but: alſo of Babylon, Iſa 13. 1t. and which cometh nearer to the point, of this very Land of Judeas, asJoh, 12. 19. 18, 204 and elſewhere.An i therefore it may well be ſo underſtood here,es. ſpecially when this Word world is explained by thoſe other Words the earth, and the land, which the very next Verſe ſheweth to be meant of Iſrael or Judea as we ſhal there diſcover. z Not only Common People, who uſe tobe of low Spirits; but rhe: High, and Lofty Ones, whouſeto be ſtout ia their Words and Carriages towards me, .andto.deride my Threatnings. 5 * Theearth alſo þ is defiled und thereof ;: becauſe they have tranſgreſſed the laws &, changed theordinance 2, broken the everlaſting cove- nant m7. . | EONS "Jo hb Heb. Andthe land, or,, this land; for here is an *mphatical Article in the H:brew Text. 7 - By the Wickedneſs of its ' Peo+ ple ; of which ſee Levir... f8. 25, 279. Num.35: 33, Oc, & The - Laws of God revealed to them, and preffed -upon themiin a firi- | gular manner, called fimply the laws, as the Word of Godis off- times called che word by way of eminency. / God's Ordinafces concerning his Worſhip and Service ; the Singular being put col-; leQively for the plural. =. The Covenant made berween God: and 4br4ham,- andall his Poſteriry, renewed with the I[raehets at Singi, which was everlaſting, -both+ en God's pare, whbo. upon: "rhe Conditions therein expreſſed, engaged himſelf ro be a God to them and to their Seed for ever; - and on 1ra9!'; part, wha were LF 3 g>liged
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9, all the merry-hearted- » do ſigh.