& Yet before this glorious Promiſe concerning the removal of Iſra:s Sin and calamity be fulfilled, a dreadful and deſolating Judgmeat ſhall firſt come upon them. 1 Jeruſalem and the reſt of the Defenced cities in the Land, the ſingular Number being put for the Plural, m The moſt inhabited and Populous places. Or, as the Hebrew word properly ſignifies, their pleaſant habitations, whe- ther in the city or country, » Which was fulfilled in the time of the
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of Cattel, which may ſecurely feed there, becauſe there ſhall e no Men left to diſturb or annoy them. p Of cheir pleaſant Habitation ; of the young Trees which ſhall grow up in that rut- nated Country. : 11When the boughs thereof are withered q,they ſhall
be broken off r : the women / come and ſet them on fire : for * it 5s a people of no underſtanding 7 : there- fore he that made them «, will not have'mercy on them; and he that formed them, will ſhew them no favour.
q When they ſhall begin to wither, as they will when they are thus gnawed. and cropped by Cattel. r That there may be no hopes nor poſſibility of their recovery. { He mentions women, either becauſe it is their uſual Work in the Country to make Fires and'to gather Fewel for them ; or to ſignifie, that the Men ſhould be generally deſtroyed. * They do not underſtand either me or themſelves, either my Word or Works ; they know nor the things which concern their own Peace and Happineſs, but like bruit Beaſts, made to be deſtroyed, they blindly and willfully go in thoſe Couſes which will bring them to certain ruine. « Both as they are Creatures, and as they are his people ; for this alſo 1s expreſſed by making or form:ng, as Pſal. 100: 3: and 102. 18: and 149. 2. Thus he overthroweth their falſe & preſumpruous Conceits,that God would never deſtroy the Work of his own Hands, nor the Seed of Abraham his Friend for ever ; and plainly declareth the contrary. .
12 And it ſhall come to paſs in that day, *hat the LORD {hall beat off « from the channel of the river unto the ſtream of Egypt y, and ye ſhall be gathered one by one z, O ye children of Iſrael.
x Or, fhall beat out : Which 15 not meant in a way of puniſh- ment, which is rather deſigned by threſhing, as Iſa: 21: io: and 25:10. than by beating ; but as an A& of Mercy, as is evident from the following Clauſe of this, and from the next Verſe. It is a Me- taphor from ſome Grains which were beaten out with a Rod or Staff, of which ſee Iſa: 28: 27.28. and then were carefully gathe: ed and laid up for the uſe of man. y From Euphrates to Nilus, which were the two Borders of the Land of Promiſe, Jo. 1. 4: and 13. 3 All the Iſ-aclites which were left in the Land ; which are here op- poſed to thoſe of them thar are diſperſed into Foreign Parts, fuch as Aſjria and Egypt. » Which ſignifies either the ſmallneſs of the Remnant of that numerous People ; or rather Gods exaT and fin- gular Care of them, that not one of them ſhould be loſt. |
13 And it ſhall come to pals in that day, zhat the great trumpet & ſhall be blown, and they ſhall come which were ready to periſh in the land of Affyria 6, and the out-caſts in the land of Egypt c,and ſhall wor- ſhip the LORD in the holy mount at Jeruſalem.
a Which may be heard even to the remoteſt parts of the Earth. God ſhall ſummon them all togerher as it were by ſound of Trum- per, to wit, by an eminent Call or A& of his Providence on their behalf. He alluds to the Cuſtom of calling the I/-aelires togerher with Trumpets : of which ſee Numb. 10: 2, 3 65 Where the Ten Tribes were carried Captive. c Where many of the Jews were, as is manifeſt both from Scripture, as Jer. 43: 7:and 44:28. Ho. 8; 13. Zech. 10: 19. and from other Authors.
C H A P. XXVIII.
The Drunkenneſ; of Ephraim bringeth Deſtruition on chem : a Remnant ſhall be honourable, 1 8. their unteachableneſs, 9 13. their mock at Gods threatnings, 149———15+ Chriſt propheſied for a ſure foundation to Believers, 16. and d:ſtruffion to the mockers, who are exhorted t0 amend, 17 22. Gods Providence, it's work and ſeaſons towards the Church,
ſet out by @ Husbanaman 23 29, O to the crown of pride a, to the Drunkards b of Ephraim c, whoſe glorious Beauty 7s a fad- ing Flower d, which are e on the head of the Þ fac val- leys f of them that are F overcome g with wine,
2 That proud & inſolent Kingdom; for the Crown is oft put for the Kingdom, as ere 13:18. &c. 6 Either r. Metaphorically,drunk with proud ſelf-confidence,and ſecurity,and proſperity : Or rather, 2: Properly, by comparing this with wv, 7: and Hoſ. 7: 5. Amos 6. 6, where the Iſraelites are taxed with this fin. For having many and excellent Vines among them, they were expoſed ro this Sin, and frequently overcome by it. c Of the Kingdom of the Ten Tribes; which is commonly called by the name of Ephraim, as hath been oft noted before. 4 Whoſe Glory and Greatneſs ſhall ſuddenly wither and Periſh. e Which proud and drunken Iſraelites have their common and chief abode. Or, which is, #. e. which flower is ; or which beauty or glory is. f Either r. in Samaris, which might well be called the Head, as being ſeated upon a Mountain, and the Head of the Kingdom, and the head of the fat Valleys, becauſe it was encompaſſed with many fat and rich Valleys. Or, 2- Upon the chief or choiceſt ( as this word ſignifies, Exod. 3o 23. Cant. 4. 14. Iſa. 9: 14, 15+ and elſewhere) of the fat or rich Valleys: which they made occaſions and inſtruments of Luxury. g Heb. That are ſmitten,
' or broken, or overthrown, or knocked down 3 all which ſignifications of
this word fitly agree to Drunkaids.
2 Behold, the LORD hath þ a mighty and firong One 3, which as a tempeſe of hail, and a deſtroying ſtorm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, ſhall caſt down & to the earch with the hand 7.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
ſhall be trodden + under feet . þ To wit, at his Command, prepared and ready to execute his Judgments. # The King of Aſſria. k Underſtand zt, the Crown
either by that King's force or ſtrong Hand ; or by the hand of God, which ſhall ſtrengthen, and ſuceed him in this work. m The Ex- preſſion is emphatical; the Crown which was upon thefr own heads,