birations. CHAP FLVEEL | God reproveth their hypocriſie and obRinacie by his Propheſies, 1: 8. Hz! ſpareth them for his Names ſake: And that they may learn to know him aright, 9 11, Gox's powerful Salvation a motive to Obedience, 12 17. God lamenteth their kackwaraneſs, 18. 19. Dc:liverance | out of Babylon, 20, 21. No peace to the wicked, 22.
Ear ve this a, O Houſe of Jaceb, which are called | ] by the Name of Ifrael b, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah c: which ſwear 4 by the Name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Ifrael
e, but not in Truth, nor in Righteouſneſs f. |
a What I am now going to fay againſt thee, that thou mayeſt be aſſured, that that great Deliverance, which I have determined and declared to give thee, is not for thy own ſake, but for my Names fake. b Which are !ſrselites in name, but not in Truth, as it fol- Iows. c From the lineage of your Progenitor, Judah, as waters flow from a Fountain, and as the [/-aelites are ſaid to be of zhe Fountain of Iſracl; Pſalm 68. 26. Compare alto Deuteron, 33. 28. Prov. 5.15, &. 4d Which profeſs the truce Religion; one aCt of Religi- e Either in Oaths, or otherwiſe: "That own -him, and ſeem to glory in him as their God, and call themſelves by his name. f Which are the two chief I 9 of a lawful Oath, Jerem. 4. 2. They are guilty cf falthood and injuſtice, both in Oaths, and in their whole Converſation. :
| 2 For & they hall call chemſcives of che Holy City b, and ſtay themſelves i upon the God of 1ſrael, the
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g Or, as others render it, and this Particle frequently ſignifies, Though. And fo this is added as a great aggravation of their want, and negl-<& of Truth and Righteouſn-is. þ They glory in this, that they are Citizens of Jery/atem, a City ſanCtited by God him- ſeIf to be the only Place of his true Woiſhip, and gracious Pre. ſence; Which as it is a great Priviledge, fo it laid a great Obiiga- tion upon them, to walk more holily than they did. 7 Not by a true and well-grounded Faith, but by a vain and preſumptive con- fidence, flattering themſelves, as that People commonly d:d, thar they ſhould .enjoy Peace and Safery, norwithſtanai':g all their wic-
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frequently obſerve, and ſharply cenſure in them. k Or, Whoſe name is the Lird of Hoſts.
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/ Thoſe things which have formerly come to paſs, which I punttually foretrold from time to rime before they came to paſs: Whereby I gave you fuil Proof of my God-head. m What my mouth forerold my hand effefted.
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2 Therefore I gave thee the more and clearer Demonſtrations of my Divine Nature and Providence, becauſe I knew thou waſt an un- believing and perverſe Nation, that would not eaſily nor willing'y be convinced. o Which will norbow down to receive my Yoke; nor to obey my Commands. Ir is a Metaphor raken from untamed and flubborn catte]: Of which ſee alſo Nehem. g. 29. Zech. 7. 11. £FAs 7.51, The ſenſe is, I conſidered that thou waſt unteachable and incorrigible. p Thou waſt impudent, and therefore wouldſt bold!y pretend that thou didſt foreſake me, for want of full con« v:Ction of my Divine Authority, and of thy duty : Therefore I de. termined that I would leave thee without excuſe. PERS 2
5 T have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to paſs I ſhewed ir thee s, leaſt thou ſhouldeſt ſay, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven imags and my molten image hath command- ed them. I er
q I foretold theſe things, that ir might be evident, that they were the effe&s of my counſe!, and not of thine Idols as I knew thou waſt very inclinable to believe. | In
6 Thou haſt heard ; fee all this r, and will not ye de- * clare it 5? I have ſhewed thee new things from thistime tr;
even hidden things, and thou didſt not know them. }.
5s As thou haſt heard all theſe things from my mouth, from time time, ſo now I adviſe thee to ſee, (i.e.) ſeriouſly to conſider them, and to lay them to heart. - I call you to witneſs: Muſt you not be forced to acknowledge the truth of what I ſay ? Deny itif you can: Or, have ye not declared it unto all People as occa« ſion required it? Have you not boaſted unto the Genriles. of this as your Honour and Priviledge ?t AndI have now given thee new PrediQtions of ſecret things, and ſuch as till chis time were wholly: unknown to thee, as it follows, concerning thy deliverance out o Babylon by Cyrus. |
7 They are created now «; and not from the begin- ning x; even y before the day whenthou heardeſt chem
not z; leſt thou ſhouldeſt ſay, Behold I knew them a:
u (i. e.) Revealed unto thee by me; broughr to light, as things are by Creation. Things are frequently ſaid to be made or done in Scripture, when thev are declared or manifeſted, Job 5. 3. 7 curſed, j.e. I pronounced it curſed, Pſalm 51. 4. That thou mighteft be juſtified, 1. e. declared and acknowledged to be Juſt, Hoſea. 5. 15. Till chey acknowledge their offence; Which in the Hebrew is, till theybe guilty. ox Feb. Not from thence, not from theſe ancient times when other things were revealed unto thee. y Heb. and ( or, or; as this Particleis frequently uſed: ) b-fore this day, fuch Pronouns are oft underſtood, as we have ſeen: And this day anſwers to ow in the firſt Clauſe: And this Clauſe ſeems tro be added as an expoiition of the next foregoing Clauſe, which is more general and ambiguous, not from then or before this day. mt Heb. And thou didſt not hear th:m, to wit, before this time in which God hath revealed them tro thee by my Miniſtry. a Either by thine ownSagacity;or by the he!p of thing Idols. The ſenſe is, That it might appear, that rhaou hadſt the knowledge of theſe things only from me, who made known unto thee only, what, and when I pleaſed.
8 Yea thou heardeſt not, yea thou Kneweft not b, yea fom that time that thine ear was not opened c : for 1 knew that thou wouldeſt deal treacherouily 4, and waſt called ea tranſgreſſor from the womb. Bs