neſs r. | o Will get great Glory by the marvelous defruQtion of ſo proud and potentan Army; and by the defence of his People. p For he is, and will appear to be ſuperior to his Enemies, buth in place and Power. He dwelleth in the Heaven, whence he can eaſily, and ir- reſiſtibly pour down Judgments upon his Enemies . Although theſe words may be, and by ſomeare joined with thoſe that follow, thus, For he that awelleth on high hath filed, &c. q He will fill Jeruſalem. 7 Either, s. with a glorious Inſtance of his juſt Judgment agiinſt the Aſjrians, Or, 2. with the execution of Juſtice by good Hez- kiah, as before it was filled with impicty and injuſtice under Ahaz: The Ciry ſhall not only be delivered from that wicked Enemy, bur ſhall alſo be eſtablithed and bleſſed with true Religion and Righ- Heb: the teouſneſs ; which was a great Addition to that Mercy. eh of 6 Andfj wiſdom and knowledge s shall be the ftabi- Salvation, lity of thy times*, and ſtrength of 1alvacion « ; the fear
W:/aom of the LORD is his treaſure x.
ow= 5 To govern thy ſelfand thy People well. : Of thy Reign; times being oft put for things done in thoſe times, as 1 Chron. 12. 32. Pal: 31. 1. & 37. 18, & He turneth his ſpeech to Hezekiah. The ſenſe is, Thy Throne ſhall be eſtabliſhed upon the ſure Foun- dations'of Wiſdom and Juſtice. « Thy ſaving ſtrength, or thy ſtrong or mighty Salvation. x And although thou ſhalt have great Treaſures of Gold and Silver, &«. yet thy chief Treaſure and De- light is; and ſhall be in promoting the Fear and Worſhip of God ; which ſhall be a great honour and ſafeguard to thy ſelf an people. He ſaith, hu Treaſure, for thy Treaſure, by a ſudden change of the perſon, uſual in theſe Books, IOr M:/3z. 7 Behold y, their || valiant ones z shall cry without a,
the embaſladors of peace b shall weep bitterly c.
3 That the Mercy here promiſed might be duly magnified, he makes a lively Repreſentation of their great danger and diſtreſs, in which it found chem. & Or, their Heraulds or Meſſengers, as the Hebrew Doors expound the word : Either 1. thoſe whom the King of 4þr:s ſent to Jeruſalem, 2 Kings 18. 17, Or rather thoſe whom Hezekiah ſent to treat with the 4ſjr:ian Commiſſioners, 2Kings
28+ 18. as the next clauſe ſheweth. @. Through grief and fear. 6 Whom he ſhall ſend ro beg peace of the Aſjrian. c Becauſe they | canyor obtain their deſires. - t
8 * The high-ways lie waſte, the wayfaring man #Judg.s.6 ceaſeth d, he hath broken the covenant e, he hath de- ſpiſed the cities f, he regardeth no man g, /
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a Becauſe the 4ſjrian Soldiers poſſeſſed and filled Sermacierib broke his Faith given ws Mobi of wa Faney os 7 ih of Money, 2 Kings 18. 14. 17. f The defenced Cities of Judah which he contemned and eaſily rook, 2Kings 18. 13. g Either to ſpare them, or to fear them, or to keep Faith with them. He nei- ther feareth God, nor reverenceth Man.
9 The earth mourneth h and languisheth, Lebanon is aschamed and || hewn down ;: * Sharon k is like a wil- [Or wich, derneſs,and Bashan and Carmel !|| shake off cheir fruits m. rod mwg,
Being deſolat and negle&ed. 7 By the 4ſjrians. Or, as the *Cha 35.
word ſignifies, and is here rendred by others, withereth or languiſheth, || Or, Yell becauſe its Trees are not now uſed by the Jews for their Buildings, Jer: 51.45; as they have been: And becauſe they are ſpoiled and deſtroyed by I the Aſjriaus. k A pleaſant and fruirful place, as appears from TI Chron: 27: 29. Cant: 2: 1; Iſa: 45: 2, | Two places eminent for fertility, and eſpecially for good Paſtures, Deut: 32: 14. 1 San. 253; 2. which are here Synecdochiczlly pur for all ſuch places. m Are ſpoiled of their Fruits. Or, as it is rendred in the Mar. NG by tome others, ze/l or roar, as this word is rendred, Jer: 51: 38.
by 4haz only : And he only begged his affiſtance for a particular ;
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10 Now will I riſe z, ſaith the LORD ; now will I : ' be m—_— now will I lift up my ſelf.
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S.-> ry ity, I will appear on the behalf of my People iT * Ye $hall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth ſtubble o, your breath as fire shall devour you p.
0 In ſtead of ſolid corn. Your great hopes and deſigns, O ye ſa ſyrians ) ſhall be utterly diſappointed, _ p Your Rage againſt my People ſhall bring Ruine upon your ſelves.
12 And the people $hall be as the burnings of lime
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9 Shall be burnt as eaſily and effeQtually, as Chalk is burned to make Lime. ;
13 Lear ye that arefar off, what I have done,and yerhat are near acknowledge my might ». r My power and Juſtice in deſtroying the Aſhrisns, ſhall be ſo
evident, that people, both far and near, ſhall be forced to acknows
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ledge it. | 14 The ſinners in Zjon are afraid s, fearfulneſs hath
furprifed the hypocrites; who among us shall dwell wich
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verJaſting burnings z ? by 5s This is ſpoken, not of the Aſjrians, as ſome would have it,but
che devouring fire? who amongſt us shall dwell with e-
; of the Jews, as appears both from the words themſclves, and fiom
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the following verics. The Prophet having f-rerold the Deliverance
i 5 4 1 . o . . of God's People, and the Deſtrucrion of their Enemies, wer. 10, 11,
& That Treaſure which you have raked together, by ſpoiling di- | 12: for the greate: illuſtration of that wonderful Mercy, here rea
rur's to the deſcription, and givesa lively Repreſentation of the diſe maland frighrful Condition, in which the Jews, eſpecially ſuch of ; them as were ungodly and unbeleving, were before this Delive-
oyed. Or rather 2. a&tively, | rance came. Althouga the godly Jews were in ſome meafure ſup« aterpillars or Locuſts ( for | ported by the ſenſe of God's Favour, and by Gods Promiles deli-
f the | vered to them by 1/a;ah ; yet the generality of the People were file n As \led with horrors and expectation of utter Deitruction. re How Locuſts eſpecially when they are ſent, and armed by Commiſſion ; thall we be able to abide the preſence, and endure, or avaid the
wrath of that God, who isa conſuming fire ; who is now abour ts