| ID is be aibamed x. ; a righte= 4q Or, ſbathe ſay, each orevery one of thoſe, whom he now ſaid, uſnſsand that they ſhould bow their knees to God, and ſwear by him, verſe frength, 23. Or, :xjball be (aid, ſuch a&ive Verbs being oft uſed imperſo- fHeb. nilly » By or from God alone, or the Meſſiah, who is the true nghteouſs Jehovah as well as Man. s To juſtifi: me from all things from which 1 wer, coula not be juſtified by the Law of Moſes, as is ſaid, As 13.39. This Plainly points us ro the Miah, wheſe very name is, the Lord of our Righteouſnels, Jer. 23. 6. and whoſe great buſineſs it was to bring in everlafting Righteouſneſs, Dan. 9 24- and who is made unto us of Goa Righteouſneſs, i Tor. 1. ;0 & Support and affittance to bear all my burdens, and overcome all my enemies, and perform all my duties. , The !enſe, The Gentiles ſhall expe& and obtain from Chriſt botk | Juſtification, or Foregiveneſs of fins by his Blood. and SanCifica- } cio by his Spirir. #« The Gentiles ſhall come to God and Chriſt, ; either i. By conſtraint, or neceflicy to be judged by him at the laſt day. Or 2. Willingly by Prayer to feck, and by Faith to re- ccive Righteouſneſs and Strength from him : Which ſeems better to agree with the foregoing Clauſe, which ſpeaks of true Believers only Coming to Cariſt is put for believing on him, Matth. -- 1. 28. John $. 50. and 6.55, 56, 57. and elſe-where. x Or, but (as this Particle is oft rendred ) all that are, &c. . But all his implacabie enemies thall be brought to ſhame and puniſhment. .
25 In the LORD hall all che ſecd of Iſrael y be ju- ftified z. and thall glory ||.
y AY] Ifraclites indeed, whether Jews or Gentiles ; all Believers, who are frequently called God's 1/ra+! in Scripture, as Pſal. 24. 6 Rom. 9. 6. and 11. 26. Gal. 6. 16. z Acquirted both from real guilt before God, and from all falſ: aſperſions before the World ; For this Juſtification of the true {/rael is oppoſed to their enemies being aſhamed, verſe 24 which ſeems to deſign their publick ſhame and confu'ion before God and men _ Shall not only receive him, but ſhall rejoyce and triumph in him as their God and portion. | CH A P. XLYL The ruine of Babylon and her Idols, 1, 2. God's Love and Faithfulneſs
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a The chief Idol of the £2b)/minns, Jer. 50.2. and 51: 44. cale ledby prophane Hiſtorians 7rpzter Belus. b As the Babylonians uſed to vow down to him to worſhip bim, ſo now he boweth down and iubmirs himſelf to the vi&orious Perſians, c Another of the famous Idojs, which uſed to deliver Oracles, as his name ſignifies. 4 Were taken and broken, and the materials of them, which were Gold, and Silver, and Braſs, as both Scripture and ocher Authors witneſs, were carried upon Beaſts into Perſia. - e O ye Perſians; to whom he ſuddenly turneth his ſpeech, as is uſual. f They lie upon the backs of your Catte) like dull and unprofitable and heavy burdens to the beaſts, as they had been to Men before. | WI3H 1:
2 They g ſtoop, chey bow down together h, they lk - could not deliver the burden 3, but + themſcives are * Heb. Milli gone into captivity. or
g£ E'!ther, r. The Idols, of whom theſe words are uſed, verſe r. Or, 2. The Babylonians, who are ſufficiently implyed in that ex- preſſion, their Idols, verſe 1. h Either, 1. One as well as another. Or, 2. The Babylonians and their Idols together, neither could help the other. 7 Either, 1. The Idols could not deliver them< ſelves, who were now a burden to the Beaſts, and carried away by them. Or, 2. The Babylonians could n:t deliver t!.cir Idols, which he now had called Burgens. And this Senſe ſeems moſt probable from the following Clauſe, which clearly ſpeaks of the lame perſons or things; but themſelves, &c. Heb. their Souls : For although zhe Soul is here put for the Perſon, as it commonly 1s, yet that Title is never given to any Idol or lifeleſs thing, bur only to ſuch Creatures as have or had Souls within their Bodies. So the meaning of this and the foregoing Verſe, is this, That neither the Babyloiians nor their Idols, could either fave them- ſelves or one another; but both are bowed down, and goae into Captivity together. :
3 Hearken unto me, O houſe of Jacob, and all the remnant of the houſe of Iſrael 3 * hich are born by me, from the belly, which are carried from the womb & .
z Fitly ſo called, with reſpeC& either, 1. To all the Tribes of Iſracl, Ten of which were now loſt and gone. OF, 2. To the ſtats of the Jews at their return from Babylon, there being . only a rem- nant of the two Tribes which did return, k Whom I have nou« riſhed, and cared for from time to time, ever ſince you were a People, and came out of Egypt ; and thar as affeCtionately and teri- derly, as Parents bring up their own Children,
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And thar care and kindneſs which I have had for you fromthe beginning, I will continue to you to the end; never forſaking you, unleſs you wilful'y and obſtin=tely caſt me off, as the Jews did when their Meſſiah came. » You ace my W-rkmanſhip, - both as you are Men, and as you are my peculiar People ; and therefore I will preſerve and deliver you. |
5 * To whom wil ye liken me, and make me equal,