d were very fierceand miſchiey 7 £3yp* and Eri0Ma i; But withal, ſcems to deſign the crafe _ Erhicley of that People, and the danger of their Confederacy with them and the harm which they ſhould have from them. © 5s Thar there were flying Serpents in thoſe parts, is athrmed,nor only in Scri pture, ut alfo by Herodotus, Cicero, Ammienu, and divers other Authors. : The Jews deſigned by the ſame pronoun, rhey, wv. «.. 4 Either x. to lecure them : or rather 2. to procure their aflifance. * Much "_ there _ carrying Burdens, as 1s evident from: Gen. 4+, x; and 45. 23, Xc- y Upon the backs, which were ftrenothned wick bunches, by a Syn:cav:he. ; T wg 7 For the Epgyprians ſhall help in vain, and to no - purpoſe : therefore have I cryed || concerning Their ftrength is to ſit ſtill a;
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this &, || Or, 28 be. ||; *Ch.7:.4. | Or, Zo her, to Jeruſalem yer. _ oe and better for them to ſir quietly at. home, wn ing to me for help, than to go or ſend to Ezypt for help. He —_— 1::JDuſtriouſly to uſe an ambiguous word, Rahab, which lignifies oth ſtrength, as Job 9, 13, Pſal. go. 10. and Egypt, as Pſal, 87. 24 ja. 51. 9+ So called fromits ſingular Strength, to. intimare, that if they did not goto Rahab; Rahab, or what they expeted from Rakab or £2ypr, which was powerful Succour, ſhould come to them. S Now go, write it þ before them cin a table, and | note 1t in a book &, that'it may be for + the time to * Heb. the |) come e, for ever and ever : | Io , __— k| 6 Write this Prophecy and Wa:ning which I | c In their pretence, in the publick Afembly : For the Prophets were many times commanded to do ſuch- Aions, as well as to deliver their Metſages. 4 So this way to be written twice over: once 1n a Table, to be hanged up: in ſome publick place, that all rhat were then, and there preſent, might read it ; and again, in a' Book, that it might b# kepr for the uſe of Poſterity. e As a Witnefs for me and againſt chem, that I have given them fair warning, and that they have wilfully run upon their own Ruine. #1 9 That this is a rebeitious people, lying children f, children that will not hear the law of the LORD g © . - F, . f, Which profeſs one thing, and praQiſc another. g The Commands of God, either contained in Scripture, or delivered by my Mouth; whereby theſe Praftices areexpreſly forbidden to them. EE:
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1x Ger ye out ofthe way 3, turn afide out of the path, cauſe the Holy One of 1/racl ro ceaſe from before us &. EE, | |
; In which you now walk, out of your preſent courſe of Preachs ing unſavou:y, and frightful things to us. & Do not trouble us with harſh and repeated Meflages from God, as you uſe to- do.”
12 Wherefore thus ſaith the Holy One! of 1/rae!, | Becauſe ye deſpiſe this word, anderuff ia [| oppreflion / | Orfraud. | and perverſeneſs m, and ſtay thereon : SEES 7 [la the Wealth which you have gotten by Oppreſſion, whereby ' you new think ro procure Egyptian Succours ; of which ſee on v. 6. m And in your perverſe and Kebeilious Courte of ſending to Egypt for help. | | | 13 Therefore this iniquity = {hall be to you Xx 25s a of breach ready to fall, ſwelling out ina high wall, whoſe ©5623. breaking * comerh ſuddenly ar an inſtant o. © z Of ſending and truſting to Ezypr for Succout. o Like a Wall which is high, and ſeems to be ſtrong, but ſwelling forth in ſome, parts, which, upon the leaſt Accident, falleth down ſuddcnly to the Ground. Such ſhall be the iſſue of your high and rowring Confidence in Egyp?. | : | WOE
14 And * he ſhall breakit p as the breaking of + the Jas potcers veilel, that is broken in pieces ; he ſhall not'+ Heb. © ſpare ; fo that there ſhall notbe foundin che burſting of + barrel of ir, a (hread to take fire from the hearth, or to take the porters, water withal out of the pit. | Los p He, either God, or he whom God ſhall ſend againſt them : Os, It jbabe broken; tor ſuch Phraſes are oft taken indefinitely and paſs tively : it, chis iniquity laſt mentioned, v. 13 yoqur carnal confidence, and all the grounds of it, and you that lean upon it. £2 4 15 For thus faith the Lord GOD, the holy One of - Iſrael, * In returning q and reſt thall. ye be ſaved ; i quietneſs r-and in contidence s ſhall be your ſtrength ; andiyo would no 359 ES p qEither from your preſent purpoſe of ſending to Egypr ; or unto God, as the S-vnsy, and Syriack, and Arabick Tranſlators render it. Or, In quzetneſs ; for the Verb, from which this word comes, is elſewhere ſed in that ſenſe, 4s Pſal. 23. 3. Fer. 39. 10. and 46. 27. 7 In fitting ſtill, and quieting your own Minds. 5 To wit, rightly placed upon Me, and4my Promiſes for your deliverance. —- 16 But ye ſaid, No, for.we will flee upon horſes; therefore ſhall ye flee: and we will ride upon the fwitt ; therefore;thall they that purſue you, be ſwifc.” - 7, . + Our of this Land from the King of 4fhris; which it is very: EF 2robable, divers of the Richer ſort did, having ſent their Treaſures | ow PN before them, as we REES. odd ben ag] >. 17 * Ongthouland pallfce # at the xebuke x of ones. ,7 2
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