u Or, as Learned Mr. Gataker renders it, Threſbed, which agrees well with the following Clauſe, Corn being firſt Threſhed, and then Winnowed. The Senſe is, There ſhould be ſuch plenty of Corn that their very Beaſts, inſtead of Straw, ſhould eat Corn ; and that not in the Ear, or with the Straw, but the pure Grain.
25 And there ſhall be upon every high mountains and upon every f _— hill x, .rivers, and ſtreams of f Ht waters, in the day of thegreat ſlaughter y, when the}. towers x fall. | : ln,
x Which are commonly dry and barren, and deſtitute of R; ' When God ſhall deſtroy the Enemiesof His People, He will "rn down his Bleſſings upon his Church, = Either properly, the Towers of Babylon, for which ſthe was Famous; or Metaphorically, the | high and mighty Potentates, which fought againſt Gods People, as
1/a: 2: 15,
26 Moreover the light of the moon ſhall be as the light of the ſun a, and the light of the ſun ſhall be ſevenfold, as the light of ſeven days 5, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and
healeth the ftroke of their wound c.
as For conſtancy and brightneſs ; Which, as alſo the following Clauſe, is to be underſtood Metaphorically, of the moſt glorious and comfortable Condition of Gods Church, far ſurpaſſing whart it was in former Ages. And fo this, as well as other paſſages in this Chapter, concerns the times of the Goſpel. b As if the Light of ſeven days were combined together into one: Its Light ſhal then be tranſcendently more bright and glorious, than it hath hitherto been. Which magnificent Expreſſions ſeem to be roo high for the delive= rance of the Fews, either from Sennacherib, or out of Babylon: And do much better agree to the times of th Goſpel, in which the Li ghe 1s far more clear and the Grace of God much more abundant, thaitever it was in former times.- And this expoſition ſeems the more probable, becauſe it is the manner of the Prophets.; and eſpecially of this, who is rightly called the Evangelical Prophet, to take all occaſions to ſpeak of the days of the Meſiah, and of the bleſſed Priviledges of that time and ſtate of the Church, among which, they conſtantly reckon ' Light, whether you take it for Knowledge or for Comfort, tobe one. c When God thall effeQually Cure the Wounds and Breaches of his People, firſt making up the Breach between Himand them, them making {ſ-ael! and Judah ro be one, who now are ſadly divided; and making Few and Gentile to be one Fold under one Shepherd, even the Mefiap, which the Prophets foretel, thar it ſhall be in the times of the Goſpel.
27T Behold 4,the name of the LORD e cometh from far f, burning wich his anger, || and the burden thereof is ,. - F + heavy g* his lipsarefull of indignation, and his tongue _—_—
as a devouring fre h. of flame, 4 Here __ the laſt part of the Chapter, wherein he gives them 5 Heb.
an earneſt of thoſe greateſt Mercies promiſed for times to come, by heavineſs, aſſuring them of the approaching Deſtruttion of the 4ſjrian Forces.
e The Lord himſelf: For as the names of Men are ott put for the
Men themſelves, as Numb: 26: 53: As 1: 15: Rev' 3; 4: and 11: 13.
So the Name of God is frequently pur for God, as Gen: 4: 26. Deut:
28: 58: Pal 20: 1.7, &- f Froma very remore place ; even from Heaven, whence God ſent His Angel to deſtroy them, 1: 37: 36. Poſſibly this Expreſſion may reſpett the Judgment of the 4ſjrians,
who looked upon God as one afar off, not only in his Preſence, which they thought to be confined to Heaven, but in his care of,
and aff-Ctions to the Jews ; and therefore, no more expeRted any oppoſition from Him, rhan from them who live in the ends of the
Earth. g He will inflit heavy Judgments upon them. h He hath pronounceda ſevere Sentence againſt them,and will give command
for the Execution of it.
28 And his breath z as anoverflowing ſtream &, ſhall reach tothe midſt of * the neck 1, * to ſift 2 the nations » with the ſieve of vanity o * and there ſhall be a * bridle
in the jaws of the people p, cauſing them to err 9. 9. 9- : Either 1. The breath of hu Noſtrils, as it is called, Job 4. 9. or * Chap.
The blaſt of the breath of hs Noſtrils; as Pſal: 18: 15. in both which places 37. 29«
it is mentioned, as a ſign and effe& of Gods Anger, and the cauſe
of the Deſtruftion of thoſe, againſt whom it is direfed. And the
Expreſſion ſeems to be borrowed from hence, that Men diſcover
their Anger by a ſtrong and vehement breathing through their
Noſtrils. Or 2. The breath of his Lips or Mouth, to which the deſtruQtion
of Gods Enemies is elſewhere aſcribed, as Job: 15; 3o. 1a: 11, 4.
which may be the ſame thing with hs L:ps and Tongue in the forgoing
eb. leavencd,
- hap.8.8, *Amos.
1 Verſe,or many deſign a ſtrong blaſt coming out of his Mouth : for
God is frequently ſaid to deſtroy wicked Men, by blowing upon them, as 1/a: 40: 7, 24: Ezek; 21: 31- and 22: 21+ k Coming from Him as vehemently asa mighty Torrent of Waters. 7 Shall bring him into a moſt dangerous condition, as a Man, who is in deep Waters, whichreach to his Neck, is in danger of being drowned and afterwards, as is related in the following Verſes, will utterly
of theearth s, and it ſhall be fat and plenteous : : in
| Deſtroy him. And this was fulfilled in Sexnacherib, who was highly
endangered, when he loſt ſo great a part of his Army, and ſhortly
after lain by his own Sons- Although theſe words may be added ; asa deſcription of the everflowing Stream now mentioned, and may | be thus rendred, which Reacherh even to the midft of the Neck ; for the relative Particle is frequently underſtood in Scripture. #2 To ſhake and ſcatter, as it were with a Sieve : or to try and vex,
as this Metaphor ſignifies, Amos g: gi Luxe 22: 3b S K. hs | Bla #5 p
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