f Heb. Jehovah : Who have all becing in and of my ſelf, and give bzeing to all my Creatures, and to all my promiſes, as this name I1gnifiess The everlaſting, and unchange«ble, and Omniporent God, who therefore both czn, and will fulfil all my premiſes, and plead the cauſe, and ſetup the Kingdom of my Son inſpighr of all Oppoſition, and deſtroy a)] thoſe Iduls which are ſet vp againſt him and me. g Which I muſt own and juſtifie to the World He ſeems 'O allude ro Exod. 3. 14, 15, and 6. 3. h1I will nor any longer tuf- fer that Honour and Worſhip, which is peculiar to me, to be given
ro Idols as it hath been, but IT will by Chriſt and the Goſpel, ab liſh Idolatry in the World. ? 6 PE!, abOn
9 behold, the former things are come to paſs and * * Chap:
new things do I declare ; : before they ſpring forth ] 43: 9 1* cell you of them k. 4 P 5 : & 44- 7»
; As all thingy, which Thave formerly promiſed or foretol!d, A IR have exatly come to paſs in their proper ſeaſons, and not one of © © them failed, as was noted Joſh. 23. 14. So you have great reaſon to believe, that whar I now promiſe. though it be new, and ſtrayge ta you, ſhall infallibly be accompliſhed. & That when they come to
paſs, you may know that I am God, and that this is my Work. Compare Jchn 11. 19.
10 *Sing unto the LORD a new ſong 1, and his praiſe *pcy: from the end of the earth »s : ye that go down to the 33. 3.
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1 Upon this new and great occaſion, the calling and Salvari rhereds the World by Chriſt, 2 All Nations from one od of the Rk -w another, who ſhall be ſharers in this Mercy: » You'that go by Sea Carry theſe glad tidings from Judea, where Chriſt was born, and Lived, and Died, and publiſhed the Goſpel unto the remoteſt parts
of the Earth, that they may joyn with you in ſinging £ t Praiſes for his marvellous kindneſs and Gs Argh pOBg arth God's
I1 Let the wilderneſs o and the cities thereof lift up their veice, the villages that Kedar p doth inhabit: ler the inhabitants of the rock ſing, lec them ſhout from the aq the mountains g.
_ © Thoſe partsof the World which are now like a Wilderreſs: not literalfy, for he ſpeaks of their Cities in the next clauſe, but ſpiri- tually, deſolate and forſaken of God, dry and deſtitute of the wa=- ters of God's grace, and barren ef all good fruits. p The Arabians: which were an Heatheniſh and Barbarous people, and well known to the Jews, and are Synecdochically pur cr all Nations in theſame circumſtances. 9 Having mentioned Cities and Villages, he now adds thoſe who dwell upon Rocks and Mountains, which are com« monly more Savage and Ignorant than others, and therefore hard-
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clare hispraiſe in the 1ſſandsr. | r In the remoreſt parts of the World, as well as in ' Arabia which was near to then. 2 13 The LORD ſhall po forths, as a mighty man, he ſhall ſtir up jealoutie £ like a man of war : hefhall cry, yea, roar # ; he ſhall || prevail againſt his ene- mies. | s To wit, to war, or battel, as this Phraſe is uſed, Numb, 1. \ 18, 2 Sams 11. 1+ & he ſhall fiir up himſelf, and his ſtrength, and anger againſt the obſtinate and implacable enemies of his Son and Golpel. « As a Lyon doth upon his prey, and as Souldiers do when they begin the battle» 14 I have long time held my peace x, I have been {till and refrained my ſelf ; now will I cry like atravail-
ling woman y, I will deſtroy and f devour at once z.
x I have for many ages ſuffcred the Devil and his Servants, Ty- rants, and Idolaters and Perſecuters to prevail in the World, to afflit my people, and to hinder the entertainment of my Dothiine and Worlthip in the World. y Now I will bring forth and accom- pliſh that glorious work which I have long conceived in my mind. z I will ſaddenly and utterly deſtroy the incorrigible enemies of my Truth, and of my Sons Kingdom. He alludes fo thoſe wild Beaſts which open their mouths wide, and devour all their prey at one morſel or at one time. ; ;
15 I will make waſte mountains and hills a, and dry up all their herbs, and 1 will make the rivers iflands,
and I will dry up the pools 5.
a Nct dry and barren ones, for theſe were waſte already, but ſuch as are clothed with Graſs and Reibs, as the following wordsimply. Which is to be underſlood Metaphorically, of God's deſtroying his n.oft lufry and flouriſhing enemies, who are cft compared in Scripture unto Muntarns and Hills. b I will remove ail impedimepts out of the way : which is expreſſed in the Propherical diak&/ by drying up Euphrates, that the way of the Kings of the Ea& might be prepa- red, Rev. 16. 12. Heſeems to allude to that whith God did 1p d1y- ing up firſt the Red Sea, and then Jordan, to give his people p:{lage in:0 Canaan, And this expoſition is confirmed by the folowing Verſe.
16 And I will bring the blind c by a way that they know not 4, I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkneſs light before them, and crooked things # ſtraight e. Thele rhings wall I
do unto them, and not forſaxe them f.
c The Gentiles who were blind and were called ſo above, ver 7. and in many ether places of Scripture, and were ſo accounted by the Jews, d By the way of Truth, which hitherto harh been hid- denfrom them, until by my Word and Spirit I revealed it to them, e I will take away all hinderances, and give them all advantages 2nd conveniencies for their Journey. I will direC& chem in theright way. I willenlighten their dark minds, and re&ifie their perverſe wills and affffe&tions. f Until I have brought them with ſafety and comfort to the end of their Journey.
17 They ſhall be * turned back, they ſhall be great- ly aſhamed that truſt in graven images g, that lay to the molten images, Ye are our gods.