not : for I have redecined thee c, I have called theeby.
thy name 4, thou art mines
s Bue notwithſtanding thy groſs inſ-nſibleneſs under former judgments, for which T mighe juſtly tend far heavier ones upon thee; yet | will deal mercifully with thee. b That made thee his p20. ple, 2nd that in ſo miraculous a manner,as if he had creared thee a ſecond time our of nothing; and therefore he will be grzcious to his own workmanſhip. c From the Egyptians, and divers other ene-. mies ; and therefore I will redeem chee again. 4 By the name of Gods people, which was as proper aad peculiar to them; as the name of Iſrael.
2 When thou * paſſeſt through the waters, 7 will be with thee ; and through che rivers, they ſhall not 0- verflow thee : when thou walkeſt chrough the fire,thou (bale not be burnt; neither jhall the flame kindle upon thee e. |
e Though I will chaſtiſe thee for thy ſins, yet I will not ſuffer thine enemies utter)y re deſtroy thee, compare Fer. 3o. 1T. |
3 For I :m the LORD thy God, the holy One of Iſrael, thy ſaviour : I gave Egypt fer thy ranſom f, E- chiopia and Seba g for thee.
F This was fulfilled eith r, 1. When God ſmote the Egyptians, both firſt-boin and others in Egypt ; and drowned Pharaoh, and his Hoſt in the Red Sea, for the 1afery and benefit of his people: Org 2. When the King of 4fjria, either Sennacherib, as many think, or rather Eſar-haodon, who deſigned to revenge his Fathers diigracez and Jols before Jeruſalem, upon the Jews, but was diverted and di- reed by Gicd roimploy his Forces againſt Epypr, and Erhiopir, and Seba, «$ it follows. See the Notes upen 1/a. 20. 1, &c. g The Sz beans who were contederare with the Erkiopians, or Cujbiter,
4 Since thou . waſt precious in my tight, thou haſt been honourable, and I have loved thee & ; therefore
* Plot. 66s 12.
will I give men for thee z, and people for thy || + life. |! Or; _ hk So the ſenſe 1s, from that time that I choſethee for my pre- perſon. cicus and peculiar rreafure and People, I have had a great citeem jHeb. foul
and affeQtion for thee. Burt the words may well be, and by ſome are rendred thus, ce that ( or, For that: or, becauſe ) how waſt precicus in my ſight, thou waſt honourable, ( the tfaine thing re- peated in Uther words, ) and 7 leve thee. ; As 1 did give up the,
FA 4 Egypiians,
—_ IC Cs ap. YL. I x Egyptians, ſo I am ready to give up others to ſave thee, as occifion ©1-* Fear not, for I «m with thee; T will bring thy
* Chap. ' 44. -Ae® ſeed from the eaſt, and gather thee from the welt k, : 30: 109. _ þ Although the Jews ſhall for their fins be carried captives outo 46.27. their own Land Northward and Eaſtward into Babylen, and = bw :acent Countries, and others of them ſhall flee Southward an Neſtward, and ſhall there pine away in their in1quities, As 4: ned ; yet their poſterity I TE HOGS back into Canaan, from all the laces where they are diſperſed. ; m 6 I will fay to the no:th, Give up I: and to the ſouth, Keep not back ; bring my fons from far, and
my daughters from the ends of the earth. ! Thou who haſt ſc long had and he'd my people 1n Bondage, re- | ſign them to me, and permit them to returnto theirown Land. He
eaks either to the Countries themſelves by a Proſopopz1a: Or, - the Inhabitants of them. - Do not only permit bux aſſiſt and further their return.
7 Even every one that is called by my name » : for
* Pſal. *] have created him for my glory o, I have formed
EX 43 U.-
Chan. XIII told if. This French he repeated, becauſe this is the principal ar- gument uſed here, and Chapter 41. rodere: mire thisconrre ville betwe:n God and Idols. g Ard this I did wi en you did nt wor- thip any Idols. and therefore it could not be pretend: d ttatycu had this knowledge from them. 13 Yea, Þ before the day was h, T am he i, and there t Ie) 7s none & that can deliver out ot my hand /; I will f:,, work, and who ſhall + * lett it m + day.
þ Before all time: Or, which is all cne, from all «tcrr'ty ; Or, 1 ich, Srnce the day was, ſince the beginning of time and tl.irgs, in a!] ages 1 it ſince rhe Creation ef the Worid. i I 2m God, and I have prov.d each, my ſeif to be ſo. k Noneof thoſe which are cali-d pods. 1 Thar Jcb 9.12, can fave them whom I willdeſtrov. Therefore th-y ere imprrtent, © aÞr 14. and conſequently no gods. 9: Nor can they hinder me ir: zny o- ?7- 5nd ther work which I refolve to do. 40, Io,
14 Thus ſaith the LORD your Redeemer, tbe þ oly One of Iirael, For your fake I have ſent to Babylon », and have brought down o all their + nobles ?, and the F111, Chaldeans q, whoſe cry #5 in the ſhips r.
2 T bave terit Cyrus, andthe M-des and Perſians with him to war 2. gainſt Babyl-n to this very end and purpolc, that he might deliver
barres,
TE»; I have made him p. | Chyp, 29. gen Ba ne by my Name. IT own them for my people and Chil- 23.Job. 3+ dren : and therefore-whart kindneſs or cruelty you exerciſe to them, we” I take it as done to my ſelf. So it is an argument to move thoſe = ahi le to let their Caprives go: Or, it is an argument to contt1m _ The faith of Gods people, that God would deliver them, becauſe _—_ they are his own. 0 And therefore I will glorifie my Power and Goodneſs, and Faithfulneſs in delivering them. p I have not on- Iy- created them our of nothing, as I did all other people, bur 7 have alſo formedand made them my peculiar people.
* Chap» 8--Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and
+. 19- the deaf that have ears 9. LA
zek.12.2. q The ſenſe jseither, 1. Bring cut of Captivity my people who were blind and deaf, but now have their eyes andears opened by my grape. So this verſe relates to the foregoing paſſages: Or _ 2.0 ye Idolatrous Gentiles, produce and bring forth your falſe gods, which have eyes but {ce nor, and ears but hear not, as.1s ſaid Pſal. TI5+ 5, 6. So this verſe belongs to the following conrext, in wich God reneweth his c:nteſt with Idols ; which in this verſe he cal- leth blind, and in the next verſe proveth them ſo to be.
9 Let all the Nations be gathered together, and let
* Chap. the people be aſſembled r: * who among them can de- 41. 21,22. Clarethis s, and ſhew us former things #? let them bring forth their witneſſes «, that they may be juſtified x;