' f Sernacherib ſhall flee away with all ſpeed from Jeruſalem, to his ſtrong City of Nineveh, Ifa: 37. 37. Or as it is in the Margenr, and as the words ly in the Hebrew Text, his rock (7, e. his Strength, the greateſt champions of his Army,to whom he truſted ) ſha# paſs away ( ſhall flee with all ſpeed from Jeruſalem ) for fear, leſt the Sword of the deſtroying Angel ſhould overtake them. g Ether, I. of any enſign. This dreadful Judgment ſhall ſtrike them with Juch a Terror, that they ſhall not dare to look any Enemy in the Face. Or 2. of the Lord's Enſign, which he hath lifred up againſt them. h So the Senſe is, Either 1. whoſe Fire is continually bur- ning upon the Altar in Zion ; which ſignifies his preſence and reſi- dence there. Or rather 2. who is, and will appear to be in Zn, likea fire to defend his People, and to conſume their Enemies ; for which end God promiſeth, that he would be unto Jeruſalem s wal of fire round about, Zech: 2: 5. And that he would make rhe Governeurs of Judah like # hearth of fire among the wood, or like a Torch of fire in aſbeaf; and that they ſhoutd devour all the people round about. Poſſibly theſe and the following words may be thus-rendred, and that very agreeable to the Hebrew words, who will be # fire ( to wit, a Conſuming Fire ) ro him ( to the King of 4ſyris of whom he is here ſpeaking) in Ze (from whence he will ſend forth that Fire which ihall conſume his Army : Or, for Zen, for Z'on's ſake ; for the prefix here rendredz», frequently ſignifies for, as hath been pro- ved ) and a Furnace to him inor for Jeruſalem: Butthis I only pro- poſe, leaving it to the Judgment of the intelligent Reader. 7 'The {ame thing repeated in other words.
| CH A Þ FXXXII. Chriff's Kingdtn, and its Bleſſing, x 8. Careleſs Women ſhall be
troubled, g 11. and the Lond laid waſte, 12 ——14. untill s Res foration, 15 20. TI Ehold, * a king « ſhall reign & in righteouſneſs, and
rinces c ſhall rule in judgement,
& This ſeems to me to be a diſtinct Prophecy from the former, and delivered at another time, and probably before thar which is For this is certain, and confeſſed by all, Thar the Propheites are not always ſet down in that order, in which the Prophets delivered, them. The foregoing Prophecy ſeems to have been delivered, not in the time of Abaz, for he ſent to the 4/riav, and nor to the Egyptian for help ; bur in the days
# EP. Chap.
To which courſe it is likes
and happy Government : but withal as Hezekia/ was an eminent Type of Chriſt, and of his King. hrift, as ma«
Chriſt, in whom thoſe things were more fully and eminently ac- compliſhed. Hexekiah, a Type of Chritt, and Chriſt Typified by him. 6 Therefore Hexekiah was not King when this Prophecy was delivered. And whereas ſome ſay, That he ſpeaks of the good Government of Hezekiah, after the deſtruction of Sennacherib ; it is eaſte to oblerve, that his Government was as good before that time as afterward ; and that in the very beginning of his Reign, he ruled with Righteouſneſs, 2nd the fear of God, as the Hiſtory plain- ly declareth, c The Miniſters of Stare, and Juſtice, and War, un« der the King. For a wiſe and good King will take care to have like Miniſters.
2 Anda man ſhall be as an hiding place e from the wind f, and a covert from the tempetit : as rivers of wa- ter 11 4 dry place g, #s the ſhadow of a | great rock in a weary land þ.
« Either, 1. The Man or King ſpoken of. Or, 2. each or every one, to wit, of his Princes. That King ſhall not patch UP an old Garment with new Cloth, nor mingle good and bad together ; but ſhall take care to purge out all the corrupe Magiſtrates, and as far as hecan, to ſettle good onesin all places. Aman is oft putfor eve- ry or any mn, as Iſa: 2; 20. and 3.5, 6. and elſewhere. e Unto the
cleaving to God, and with a deſign of ſeeking deep to hide this ther | P<OPIe under their Government, eſpecially to ſuch as are oppreſſed
or 1njured by thofe who are more potent than they. f From the lence : g No lefs refreſhing and accep- table thall this Kingand his Princes be to their Subjects. hIn a dry Metonymically, becauſe it makes Travellers weary; as death is cals
3 And theeyes of them that ſee, ſhall not be dim,
+ tne part ar and the ear . ſhall caſt chem away with indignation, and be forced to ſeek to | E ears of them that hear, (ball hearken z.
me for help. So this is added as an Argument to perſwade them |
# this is meant, Either, r. of the Princes or Magiſtrats, who are in ſtead of Eyes and Ears, both to the King, and to the Peo-= ple, who, by their Office, are to ſee and obſerve all things, and ro hear all Cauſes. Theſe, ſaith he, ſhall nor ſhut their Eyes, nor iuitcr them to be blinded with Gifts, to favour a rich Man in an unjuſt Cauſe ; they ſhall not ſhut their Ears againſt the Complaints of the poor opref{cd ones, as wicked Princes commonly do. Or,
' 23 of the people, they thall not ſhut their Eyes and Ears againſt
the good Countels and Examples of their Religious King and Ru- lers, as they have done formerly : Both Princes and People ſhall be reformed. This was done in ſome poor meaſure in Hezckiah's time ; but far more fully and eminently in the days of .the Meſiah, who, by his grace, changeth Men's Hearts, and cureth them of that wilful and obſtinat Blindneſs, whereof they had been guilty
before. Which clearly ſheweth, That this prophecy looks through
_— unto Chriſt. And the like may be ſaid of the following erſe.
4 The heart alſo ofthe Þ raſh & ſhall underſtand know- ledge 4, and the tongue of the ſtammerers m2 ſhall be ready to ſpeak || plainly.
k Who were haſty and heady in judging of Things ; which is an Argument of Ignorance and folly. 1 Shall become more knowing and conſiderate mn their Judgments and Afftions. »» That uſed to ſpeak of the things of God, darkly, and doubtfully, and unwilling- ly. As Men's Underſtandings thall then be enlighrned, ſo their Speech ſhall be reformed. Which though it was in part fulfilled in Hezekiah ; this Reformation being effected in ſome meaſure by his Counſel and Example, and by the powerful preaching of the Le- vites, whom he excited and encouraged to teach the good knowledge of the Lord, as 1s ſaid, 2 Chron. 30. 22. yet was truely and fully accom- plithed only by Chriſt, who wrought this wonderful change in an innumerable company both of Jews and Gent/les.
5 The vile perſon » ſhall be no more called || liberal
2, nor the churl p ſaid to be bountiful.