12 I will declare thy ri e, | for they ſhall not profit thee f.:.
4 IT will no longer be ſilent and patient towards thee.
' may be put for the Righteouſneſs of thy Works by taat fo figuce; | of which ſee the firſt note on verſe 8. whereby he means their wick« edneſs, which he calleth their Righteouſneſs, either Ironically, or, becauſe 1t was covered with a pretence of Righteouſneſs, and they alledged that this was a juſt and Jawful thing, when, they were diſtreiled, to ſeck for h:)p from their Neighbours of Allies. The ſenſe is, 1 will diſcover whether thy Works be Righteous, as thou pretendeſt they are: My puniſhments ſhall manifeft the wickedneſs of thy ations. f Theſe aQtons tha!l do thee no! good bur much} hure. | |
13 When thou crieſt g, let thy companies deltverthee þ. but the wind ſhall carry them all away 5; _— hw, eakethern | ; but be that putteth his truſt in me, ſhall poſ- ſeſs the land, and ſhall inherit my holy mountain m.
g To wit, unto me for deliverance. þ Expettit not fromme whom thou haſt forſaken and deſpiſed, bur from rhoſe forergn rroops to whom thou haſt foughr and trufted for ſuccour. # Bur they 3 ihail
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* Hall be ſo far from faving thee, that they ſhall not be able to del:- ver themſflves, but Thall be carried away ſuddenly and violentiy by the blaſt of mine anger. & A vapour or puff of Breath which quick- ly vaniſheth away.. It is the fame thing in cffe& with the Wind. 1 Or, rake them awsy, as this verb ſignified, Ho). 11. 13. and clle- where, m Shall enjoy my favour and preſenc: in my Temple.
* 14 And ſhall fay », *Caſt ye up, caſt ye up o, pre- pare the way, take up the ſtumbling block out of the way of my people-p.
n Heb. And he jhall ſay: Or, and one ſball ſay. God will raiſe up a Man who ſhall fay theſe words, and that with authority and et- ficacy, 1d as the thing fhall be done. o Make cauteways, where it is ne-dful, for their ſafe and eafie paſlage, p Remove all things which may hinder them in their return. : ;
15. For thus faith the high and lofry One that inhabi-
f 24.8 terh eternity, whoſe name #s Holy q, Idwell in the high
— thy 12, and holy place; * with him alſo rot zs of a contrite and
(d 1:3.6. bumble (pirir 7, to revive the ſpirit of the humble, and
@. 66.2. tO revive the heart of the contrice ones.
9 Who is omnipotent, everlaſting and unchangeable. holy in all his Words and Ways, and therefore both can and will deliver his ,People, as he hath promiſed to do. r With ſuch alſo whoſe Spirits are broken and humbled by AMiftions, and by a ſenſe of their fins for which they were aftlited ; which doubtleſs was the caſe of many of the Jews in the Babyloniſh Captivity : Whom there- fore he here implies that God would pity and deliver out of their Diſtreſles. , :
x2 86 For * I will not contend for ever s, neither will
Nom s I be always wroth: for the ſpirit ſhould fail before
2.Job 34. MC, and the ſouls * which I have made 7. |
+Hcb.i2. 1 will not conſtantly proceed to the utmoit ſeverity with fin-
k ful men in this life, and therefore I will put an end to the miſe- ries of the Jews, and turn their Captivity. t For then their Spt- rits would ſink and die under my Stroke, and I ſhould do nothing elſe bur deſtroy the Works of mine own hands. Therefore I con- ſider their Infirmity, and ſpare them. Compare P/alm 78. 38, 39.
and 103. 13, 14.
17 Forthe iniquity of his covetouſnefs « was I wroth,
H#:b.twrzs and ſmote him: I hid mex, and was wroth, and he
ws away, Went on | forwardly in the way of his heart y. be, 0 1 which fin the Fews where eminently guilty, as is expreſly
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fins for which God contended with them: x I withdrew my Fa+« your and Help from.him, ard left him in great calamities. y Yet he was not retormed by corre&ions, bur in his diſtreſles treſpaſſed
thoſe ſinful courſes which were choſen by, and were molt pleaſing to'the luſts of bis own corrupt heart, ; ;
- 18 Thave ſeen his ways 2, and will heal him5: 1 will lead him alſo, and reſtore comforts unto him, and
_ eto his mourners 4d.
#: T have taken notice of theſe evill ways in which he ſeems re- ſolved ro walk, and 'that'be is neither bettered by Mercies nor Judgments. 4 Or, yer 7 will heal him... Although I might juſtly