and the worm ſhal eat them like wool b : but my righ- teouſneſs ſhal be for ever, and my ſalvation from ge- | neration to generation. #* a Your Reproachers ſhal be eafilie deſtroyed, and ſo God will re. venge your cauſc upon them, and deliver you from their Reproach- es. b Like a woollen Garment, which isſooner corrupted by Moths or ſuch Creatures than linnen,
9 Awake, awake c, put on ſtrength 4, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the | generations of old. Art thou not ir that hath cut eRa-
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the moth ſhal eat them up # like a garment, |
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andelſewhere, | 1Nluſtrious manner than ever T have done.
014-13, hab f, and wounded the * dragon g ?
u Ecks © Thou who haſt carried thy ſelf 1tke one afleep, and unconcer- | lad ned for thy People. and unable to ſave them. The Prophet havirg ey foretold what Great things God would do for his Church, and long- f 0627. F. ing for the accompliſhment of them, and knowing that Prayer was | one means by which God fulfills his Promiſes, he poureth forth this Prayer to God in his own name, and in the name of God's People, dCloath and adorn thy ſcIf with mightie works put forth thy ſtrength, e Heb. hewed with thy Sword. f Egypt, ſo called here, and ”ſalms $7, 4. & 89. 10. cither from its Pride or ftrength. or trom the ſhape and figure of that Land, g Pharaoh, ſo called, Pſal. 74. 13,
Exch. 29. 3. & 32, 2. . . : p ; 10 Art thou not it which hath * dried the ſea 5,
the waters of the great deep? that hath made the depths of the ſea a way for the -ranſomed 3 to paſs over ?
| h Art not thou the ſame God, and as potent now as then thou | waſt. # For thy people whom thou didſt redeem and bring out of
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(h.35,10. _ Therefore k * the redeemed of the Lord ſhal re- and come with ſinging unto Zion, and ever- upon their head /: they ſhal ob- and ſorrow and- mourning
turn, | laſting joy ſha? be ® u tain gladneſs and joy, aways __ —_ Gb. And. This verſe contains ananſwer to the Pro- zher's Prayer. It is true, I did theſe great things, and I will do ; thelike again. 1 Like a Crown of Glorie, But for tre accomplith- ment of this magnificent Promiſe we muſt needs look beyond their | return from Babylon intotheir own Land, when they met with ma- nie diſcouragements, and troubles, and calamities, and extend it unto the coming of Chriſt, by whom theſe great things were procu- red, and actuallie conferred upon his People. | 12 I, even] am he that comftorteth you s who art
thou », that thou jhouldeſt be afraid * of a man that
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s xy ſhal die, and of the fon 'of man which ſthal be made * : Kh, by 6. as graſs n? ; | l wer, i a How -unreafonable and diſtruſtful art thou, O my Church !
1 1Petita 24s ne, O09, ! + how unlike to thy ſelf ! how unſuitable in t'efe deſpandencics un-
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protedted thee by my aln.ightie zower. See the ſame Phraſe, 7/z. ;
49. 2. # Thave given thee theſe Premiſes, :nd this proteRion in
all thy calamities, to aſſure thee of my care ard kindneſs to thee,
and that I will reform thee in a moſt glorious manper, and bring thee
unto that perfc&@ and bleſſed eſtate which is reſerved for the days of
the Meſfiah, whichin Scripture Phraſe is called a making of new Hea«
vens, and a new Farth, ta, 65. 17. and 66s 22. 2. Pet, 7. I3,
x That I may own thee for my People, ia a more
17, * Awake y, awake, ftand up z; O Jeruſalem, *#-52: 37 |
which haſt drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of
his fury a; thou haſt *drunken the dregs of the * cup ML þ
of trembling b, «nd || wrung them out c. | ES » Either 1; Out of the fleep of ſecuritie. Qr 2, Out of the ſleep Or ſuckeg
of death. Heb. Rouze wp thy ſelſ: come out of that foriorn and dil- them out, |
conſolate condition in which thou haſt ſo long been. This ſenſe ſuits l
beſt with the foilowing words, x3 Upon thy feet, O thou who haſt
fallen, and been thrown down to the ground, a Which haſt been
ſorely affiiRed ; for fo this Metaphor is uſed, Pſal. 75, 8, Jer. 25.
Is, Of'ce and 49. 12. b Which firiketh him that. drinketh it
ny deadlic horrour. c Drupk every drop of it. See on Pſal,
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18 There 7z5none to guide her amongall the ſons whom
the bath brought forth: neither js there any that taketh
her by the hand, of all the ſons :hat ſhe hath brought
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4 When thou waſt drunk with this Cup, ther thy Princes, nor Prophets, nor Prieſt: lead and ſupport thee, ;
Heb. happened. + Heb-
who ſhalbe ſorry for thee ? deſolation, and + deſtrugi- on, and the famine, and the, ſword : by whom ſball I comfort thee f ? *. | | e Either 1, Thoſe which were now mentioned, x. That ſhe was
drunk with the cup of God's wrath, v. 19_ 2, That ſhe had none to ſupport or comfort her in that conditiov., Or 2, Thoſe which here follow, which althouzh they be expreſſed in 4 words, yet they may fiilie be reduced to two things, the deſolation or devaFation of the Land and the deſtrufion of the People, by Famine and Sword. So Famind and Sword are not named as new eviis, but onlie as the particular ways or means of bringing the de$irudion there mentioned, and the words may be thus rendred, deſolation and deſtra&tim. even C this Hebrew particie bc: 1vg oft taken expoſitively, whereof many inftances have been given ) famine (C or, by famin-) and Sword, Or, two may be put indetinitely tor many, as double is put for abundantlie more, Job 11. 6, Iſa. 40 2, & 61, 7. Tech. 5, 12. and elſewhere, "& cannot fiadauy man who is able to comfort and relieve thee.
20 * Thy ſons have faintedg : they lie 4 at the head of all the ſtreets z ; as a wild bull in a net L 8 they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God:
g Theyare to far from beingable to comfort thee as was ſaid. vy- 18, That they themſelves faint away for want of comfort and chrough Famiuve, h Dead by Famine or the Sword of the Encmie : Where men enter tn or £0 out of the ſtreets, where the Evcmy found them either oppoiing their entrance, or running out of them to make an «ſcape, &þ Thyvſe ofthem who are not ſliin are ſtruggling for Life, and although they murmur at God, and fight with men yet they cannot prevail or eſcape. 3
2r Therefore hear now this, thou afMlied, and
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to thy own profeſſions and obligations: n Of a weak Mortal and
periſhing Creature. | 12 And forgetteſt the LORD thy maker o,that hath