Or, 2. of the Egyptians, and other ſtrangers, whom thou haſt hired .... - to aſſiſt thee, as indeed they did, whea the Cha!deans came againſt Sia them. This expoſition ſeems to agree beſt, as with the phraſe, thy ſtrangers, ſo with the ſcope of the place, and with the whole Context, eſpecially the foregoing Verſes ; .which plainly ſhews, that this 1s not, a Promiſe. to 7eruyſelers, bur a threatning againſt it. | 6 Quickly ,blown away with the leaſt Wind, by comparing this with the following Clauſe b Ofthy great Commaaders, and touteſt. | Souldiers- c This diſſipation and deſtruQiion of thy Strangers, and terrible cats ſhall come to paſs. FOR = 5 6 Thou
i* p 4
3
Chap. XX'X
Gods Altar, as it is rendred, Exek. 43. 1*, 16. which ſeems to be of the city. e |
| }
19: : | - 4 Y q !
; l
: - : 9 S Ter. 32.00 which * f is wonderful in counſel, and excellent in £ ad. 'F 1. + Heb: he'||/*
27, 28 hath made, Wl! 'T Theſe words contain the counſel won!l\\
1100 187! KF |
|
hath U7ads8 | |
un 1 l }
b f
0 + M1
: i
we |
\'F WT |
Sacrifices put tf Heb. cu# |||] rey. off the heads |
fe
14 hk if's ' 0
[ | i | | |
Chap. XXIX. 18 4 £ Thou dſhalt be viſited of the LORD of hoſts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noiſe, with frorm and tempeſt, and the flame of devouring firee.
J Thou, O Ariel or Jeruſalem, of, or to whom this whole Context manifeſtly ſpeaks. e With dreadful Judgments, which are frequently expreſſed in the Prophets, by theſe andſuch like Metaphors:
7 And the multitude of all the nations chat fight
againft Ariel, even all that fight againſt her, and her munition, and thart diſtreſs her, ſhall be as a dream of
a night viſion f. f Wherein it ſhall be ſo,
$ It ſhall even be as when a hungry mar dreameth, and behold he eateth ; but he awaketh, and his ſoul is empty g : or as when a thirſty man dreameth, and behold he drinketh ; but heawaketh, and behold be is faint, and his ſoul hath appetite : ſo ſhall the multicude of all che
nations be, that faght _ mount Zion 6.
g His appetite or deſire ( as #he ſoul is taken, Pſal. 41+ 4. and 78. 18, and elſewhere ) is unſitished. Or, his ſtomach or body ( as#he foul is uſed, Plal: 16: 10. ) is empty: þ No leſs unſatisfied and inſatiable, ſhall the Enemies of the Jews be, with all the Cruelties which they have committed againſt you ; and they ſhall be always thi ſting after more of your Blood, as if they had never taſted any of it. :
9 Stay your ſelves and wonder 3, || cry ye out, and cry &: they are drunken, but not with wine } : they
ſtagger, but not with ſtrong drink : | :
; Pauſe uponiit, and you will ſee cauſe to worider at the ſtupi- dity of this People, of which he isnow about to ſpezk. He direQ- eth his Speech, either to the Religious part of the People, or to thoſe particular perſons, who heard him, when he d-livered this Prophecy. & Cry out again and again, either in way of Supplication for them ; or rather through Aftoniſhment and Horror. Or, They take pleaſure or ſport themſelves ( as this word moſt commonly ſignifies ) and riet ; In the midſt of all theſe Threatnings and Dangers, they are ſecure, and give up themſelvesto ſenſuality ; which 1s matter of juſt wonder ! But either x. With drinking tbe Cup of God's fury, wherewith they are ſaid to be made drunk, 1/a. 51.17, 20. And then they are drunk, is put for, they ſhell bedrunk, after the manner of the Prophets. Or 2. With the ſpirit of gididnels or ſtupidity, which makes them like drunken Men, inſenſible of their Danger, and not knowing what to do,
io For * the LORD hath poured out upon you »- the ſpirit of dead ſleep », and hath cloſed your eyes: the pro- phets and your f rulers, the ſeers o hath he covered p«
m Which Phraſe notes the plenty. and vehemency of this Judg- ment, #» Hardneſs of heart, and inſenſibleneſs of your danger and miſery, which God is ſaid to ſend, becauſe he denies, or withdraws his Light and Grace, which alone can cure: thoſe Maladies. o Your Magiſtrates and Miniſters, whoſe blindneſs or ſtupidity is a great Curſe and Plague ro the People. Or, the Prophets, even the coief ( for rhe head is oft put for the chief of Perſons or things, as Exod 30: 23. 1 Chron: 12: 18, and elſewhere ) of your ſeers, p With che vail of ignorance and ſtupidicy, or as to their Eyes, which is underſtood out of the former Clauſe. And this laſt Clauſe 1s, and may be rendred thus, The Eyes ( which may be repeated our of the foregoing Clauſe )of your Prophets, and of, or even of your principal ſetrs ( or, and of your moſt mielligent rulers ) hath he covered.
Ir And the viſion of all q is become unto you, as the YOr, #!*r. orgs of a || book that is ſealed r, which me deliver to
one thatis learned, ſaying, Read this, I pray thee ; and
he ſaich, I cannot, for it zs ſealed. : .
12 And tae book is delivered to him that is not learned s ſaying, Read this, I pray thee : and be faith, I am not learned.
q Of all your Prophets, whether the true or falſe Ones. » In which no- Man can read, whilſt it is ſealed up, as books then ſometimes were, 1 Kings 21. 8. Eſfth: 3: 12, 13 being made in the form of Rolls, which was convenient for that purpoſe. s Unſealed and opened ; as the following Clauſe implies. God ſo orders the manner of delivering this Book, that neither the learned noc unlear- ned could read and underſtand it.
LS P-ck. ; 12 Wherefore the LORD ſaid, * Foraſmuch as this 33 3t- people draw near me t with their mouth,and with their at.15-8- jips do honour me, but have removed their heart far Mar. 7.6. from me x; and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men y : : To wit, in the afts of valgggs * u With outward Devotions,
- and the profeſſion of Religion. x They do not pay me that Love, and Fear, and Ob:dience, which I require, and prefer before all Sacrifices, and external Services, y They Worſhip me not in ſuch way and manner, as I have commanded and preſcribed, bur accor.
is explained in the next Verſe.
V Or, take your oxy 'e 8nd ri.
* Rom.
11.8.
T Heb. heads.
and traditions of their falſe Prophets before my Inſtitutions. For this wasa common Errour among the Fews, as we learn from Fer. 9.31: Hoſ: 5: 11- and many other Scriptures, and thus our bleſſed Saviour expounds this very place, Met, 15: 7, 8, 9.