16 From the # uttermoſt part of the earth » have we tHeb:wiy
' heard ſongs o, even glory to the righteous p;but I ſaid 4,
1 My leanneſs, my leanneſs r,wo unto me:the treaches f Heb: rous dealers have dealt treacherouſly /; yea,thetreache- £m" rous dealers have dealt very treacherouſly z, Fro , My , #® Fromall the Parts of the Earth or Land in which the Jews are PEI
Or ſha] be- o Songs of Joy and Praiſe. p Or, zlorybe to the rightee
ous; which may ſeem to be the Matter of the Song. By therigute=
0u5 may be here underſtood either, 1 the Generation cf Riohreors and Holy Men, who formerly were deſpiſed, but now, upon this eminent Deliverance, {hal be highly honcured; cr, 2. the Lord
whom they were exhorted to glorifie in the foregoing Verſe, ns who may well be called the righteous one, as he is frequently {tiled the holy one, as Hoſ. 11. 9. Habak. 3. 3, &«. or, 3. the Meſſiah, to whom | this Title of juſt or righteous is frequently given, as 7Ja: 53. 18. Jer, ! 23. 5- Zech. 9.9. &c. Andthe believing Jews call him rightecus emphatically, partly to intimate that he is the Author and Procu= | rer of aljtruc Righteouſneſs, and partly in oppoſition to rheir urbe- living Brethren, who rejeCted and condemned him as a Malefac« rior All which the Prophet foreſaw by the Spirit of Prophecy 9 But inthe midſt of theſe joyfulTidings,I diſcern ſomething which interupts my Joys and gives me caule of bitrer complaint and 1:
mentation. # I faint and pine away for grief, for the followj
Reaſon. / The Jews,who have Goes guilty of great N_
fidec,uſnet's towards God, are now ating the ſame Part, Which he
ſpeaks either, 1. of thoſe who lived in histime; or rather, 2. of
choſe who ſhould live when the Meſias was upon Farth, cf whom
he forfaw by the Spirit, that they would forſake God, and reje&t
their M:ſiah, and thereby bring utter Deſtru&ion upon themſelyes.
For ev<ntke Hebrew DoQtors expound this Place of the Perfideouſe *
nels of ſome fewsin the times of the M:fiah Andit isnot ſtrange
t at ſo {:d a ſight made the Prophet cry out, My leanneſs, &c. 8 He
repeats It to ſhew the horridnefs of the Crime, aud how deeply he
was affefed with it. #77. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the ſnare xare upon thee, ES
O inhabitant of the earth, King. 19, x Great and various Judgments, ſome aQtually inflicted, and os 17. Ames: thers expetted and juſtly feared as the punifhment of their laſt men» 19. tioned Ireachery. : 18 And it (hal come to paſs,zhar he who fleethfrom the noite ot the fear y.ſhal fall into the pic z; and he. that cometh up out of the midft ot the pit, ſhal be caken ,g,... in the ſnare ; for the * windows from on high are OPC= "pſ8: ns ned, and the * foundations of the earth do ſhake 4. 9 Upon the Report of ſome terrible Evil coming towards him; the Act fear, being here put for the Obje&, or the thing feared, as it 15 112 many places. And thus this very Phraſe is taken, Job. 15. 21; 2 Whenhe deſigns co avoid one Danger, by ſo doing he ſhall p:unge himſelf into another, and a greater Miſchief. a Both Heas ven and Earth conſpire againſt him. He alludes to the Deludge of Waters which God poured down from Heaven, and to the Earth- quakes which he oft-times cauſeth below, 19 Theearth is utterly broken down, the earth is
clean difſolved,the earth is moved exceedingly 6.
6 This is repeated again. partly to ſhew the dreadfulneſs and cer- tainty of theſe Judgments, and partly to awaken and affe& the {tu- pid 1/raelites, who greatly needed it.
20 The earth c ſhal * reel to and fro like a drunkard
4,and ſhal be removed like a cottage e,and the tranſ- greflion thereof ſhal be heavy upon it f, and it ſhal fall,
and not riſe again.
c The People of the Earth. &d Shal be ſorely perplexed and dif treſſed, not knowing whither to go, nor what to do. e Or, like # lodge ina Garden, of which this Word is uſed, 1/a. 1, 8. which is ſoon taken down, and ſet up in another place, as occaſion requires. Or as others render it, /ike a tent, whichis eaſily and commonly carried from place to place. f Thoſe Sins which they formerly e« ſteemed light and pleaſant, ſhal now be moſt burdentome and grie- vous to them, becauſe of rhe dreadful puniſhments which ſhat fol-
low them.
21 And it ſhalcome to paſs in that day g, zhat the LORD hal + puniſh the hoſt of the high' ones hat are on high h,and the kings of the earth; upon the earth.
g Either when God ſhal puniſh the Apoſtatical Jews ; or, aboutor after that time; or, in a time known to God: for this Phraſe js ofc uſed indefinitely, and without any reſpe& to the cime deſigned 1a the foregoing paſſages. þ The proud and potent Enemies of God, and of his People, who poſſeſs rhe High-places of the Earth. 7 Eli- cher, 1+ the great Monarchs of the- World, who now ſcorn and crample upon God's People; or, 2. the Princes and Rulers of J/rac! or Jzaah: for the Name of king is frequently given in ſcripture un- ro mean and inferiour Rulers, as Juag: 1. 7« 32 Kings 20. 1, 12. +Heb:with Pſal. 119. 46. and elſewhere. the gathi®
22 And they ſhal be gathered together & 7 as priſo- rh or Bf
ners are gathered in the || pir;and ſhal be ſbut up inche\q, am
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