Anger it ſelf, q. 4. I ſee a Pot coming,meaning the Babylmian Army flowing in up-n them, like boiling or ſca!ding Water, as ſome in terpret it: but this ſ-ems not to be ſo congrous to the Viſton; but rathzr thus, the Babylonians fhould Beſiege, as a Fire pl-ys round the Furnace, when ir is to be made” Boil, ſo ſhould theſe Caldeans b-gurt it, as verſe 15. and reduce the Inhabitants to moſt miſerable Ex:remities, with unſpeakable Cruelty, as if they were like fleſh xcaſting by the fire, or boiling in a Por, as their Sufferings are de- ſcrib:d, Micah 3. 3- u Or front of the Pot, or Furnace, the place where the Fire was put in, or blowed up to make it boil : as a Por, hanged in the form of a Furnace, ſeems to be all bur one and the ſame Pot or Veſſel, the face of which may be eaſily conceived to fand toward the North, not the mouth of the Por ; for that looks dire&ly upward, unleſs we conceive it to be repreſented in the Viſt- on leaning, of which Conceit there is no need, x Indicating from whence their Miſery ſhould come,verſe 14+ viz: from Chaldea, which lay North from Jeruſalem.
14 Then the LORD ſaid y unto me,out of the * north
£ Chap: & an evil ſhall + break forth 4 upon all the inhabitants 4: 6: and oft the land 6b,
| & 1. y Ex->lained this Viſion. 2 # e. From Babylov, a Metonymy of the | fHeb: Be gybjef ; for though it lie Eaſtward, yet it is North from Feruſalem, | eneds as iyirg four Degrees more fr>m the EquineQial. See werſe 13. #s I: ſhal be withheid,or reſtrained, no longer in my Treaſure; I will J-r it out; 4:2. That evil of puniſhmear repreſented by the Fire. þ Though God gave almoſt all the then known World to the King of Babylon, yet here he underſtands the Land of Judea, Chap. 25.
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15 For lo, I will * call c all the families d of the kingdoms e of the north, ſaith the LORD: and they ſhall come, and they ſhall ſet every one his throne f at the entring of the Gates g of Jeruſalem, and againſt all the walls þ thereof round about, and againſt all the ci- ties 4 of Judah. |
c Or, I am upon calling, it is at hand, Tam about to incline the Northern Countries te joyn together in this Work, Chap. 6. 22. and 10. 22+ and 25. 9, 26. d Or Kindreds; wiz. thoſe divers Countries and Nations, that were under one Lord. as a chief Ruler is called the Father of his Country. e Yiz. The Babylonians, and their Afſi- ſftants, the M:des alſo being in Confederacy with rhem, whoſe King's Daughter Nebuchadnezzar married. f Their Seats, Pavilions or Tents ſhal ve pitched, which ſhal be as ſo many Thrones, where I will ſee my Judgements executed by the Chaldeans, Chap. 52. 4 g Ar the <nrring to the Gates, or way leading to the Gates, Judges : 9. 35. 2, Kings 7. 3+ Chap. 43+ 9. which Beliegers have always a | ſpecal regard to, that there be no going in, or coming out, 1/a. | 22.7. h Fhry ſhal begirt it round, noting the great Multirude, Power, ani Courage of the Chaldeans, i There were none of them ſhould tare any bctter than Jeruſalem.
16 And I will utter my judgements & againſt them touching all their wickedneſs, who have forſaken me }, and have burnt incenſs unto other gods 2, and wor- ſhipped the works of their own hands »-
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Chap. 39+ 5- Or, I will place my Bounty and their Uanworthineſs befere them. Or, I will upbraid them with their Ingrat tude, Re- bellion, and breach of Covenant, &c. I will ſpeck with them by thee Jeremiah, and others of my Prophets. / Either noting thePer- ſons againſt whom, or rather the Cauſe for which, becauſe they have forſaken me; the ſame Particle being ſo uſed, Chap. 13: 25. and elſewhere. Or their Sins whereby, as it is alſo expreſſ-d, Chap.
E6. 11. and 22. 9- m2 4.e. Worſhipped ſtrange gods, a Synecdoche of
the ' part fer the whole. » 7. e. Their Idolatrous Images exprefled kere by a Pcripiraiis, 1ſa. 2. 8.
17 C Thou therefore gird up thy loins s, and ariſe p, and ſpeak unto them all that I command thee 92 be not diſmayed at their faces r,leſt I || confound thee / be- fore them 7. | Ts
o By this Expreſſion God quickens, and haſtens him upon his Work, not to ſtand heſitating, but to be doing; prepare thy ſelf; for it is a Speech taken from the Cuſtom of the Countries where they did wear leng Garments; and therefore they did gird them up about them, that they mighr not hinder them in any Work that re quired Expedition. See the Phraſe and PraCtice, Exed. 12. 11, 2 Rings 4+ 29. and in many other Textss Ir implies two things; 1. Speed and Diſpatch. 2. Courage and Reſolution: Jeb 38.3. p Another Expreſſion to the ſame purpoſe, to ſpeed him abour. his Work : the lik- Chap. 13* 4+ 9 Heb. Shall command thee, r Diſcover no Fear, and conc:al ro Meſſage, See werſe 8. ſ Heb. Break thee in pieces, either l:{t thou prove confuled a: d ſhartered in thy Notions, and unable to deliver rhy Met g+,):{t I leave thee,and ſorſak2 thee Or, leſt I Terrifie thee wori: than t ey ace «ble ro do, even to run thee. See Marth, 10. 28. #8 I: ſeerns to be ſpoken by way of Agyrayarion; Go.) wculd ſhame him, or deſtroy him even in tyeir fitht, ro be- come th ir Reproachi Or, think not to clcepe any more than Uriah, Chap. 26. 23.
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18 For behold «, T have made thee this day * a de-* If: 5o: - I ap: 6: |
fenced city x, and an iron pillar y, and brazen walls 2 Ch againſt the whole land a, againſt the kings of Judah, - "m_ againſt the/princes thereof, againſt the prieſts there"
« Heb F:r I, lo, q-. d. for my part, I will not fail to do what T have promiſed, to ſtand by thee. x Heb: City of Defence, impreg- nable, v-hich the two following Expreſſions do import, it ſhould be ſupported with y Pillars, nos of Wood, but of Iron. z And en- compaſſed with Wajls, not of Stone but of Braſs, noting hereby
; both great Uprightnelis, and alſo Strength. #2 i: e: All its Iahvbi- ; tants 1') genera], none to be ſpared, as he doth particularly rank
Ot, them in their ſevera! Degrees in the following words, Ezck. 11. 3. 7+ Some pur the face of the pot for the |
Por it ſelf; as the face of the cold, the face of his anger for Cold, and |