Moons, a ſeaton wherein ſuch As are abhorent even to Na- eic felf, Some underſtand this of the Idolatry they committed v new. Moon: but it more properly points at the Moneth of her Breeding, or growing big and weighty ; Mometh put colle&ively for Moneths, ſuch as Job ſpeaks of, Job 39. 1,2. Or mn her laſt Mo- neth,: becauſe they grow then unweildly. That this Creature fl-eps one Moneth in the Year, and that is the Moneth ſhe may be taken, is:generally deemed bur a Fancy: The Senſe of the Verſe 1s T hat though Jeruſalem be now madly bent upon going after her Idols, and o:her unclean Courſes, that there is no ſtopping or controling of her, as inthe next Verſe, and ver. 31. Chap. 22+ 21. yet the time way come, in their Afflictions, that they may grow more tame, and willing to receive Counſel as verſe 271. and Hoſ. 5. 15.
25 Withhold thy foot from being unſhod 3, and thy throat from thirſt : but thou faidſt, || There is no hope
'&. No, for I have loved ſtrangers/, and after them will I go mn.
5 Good Counſel given them by the Prophet to tarry at home ; either that they donot go a gadding after their fpiritu:1 or ___e Adulteries; or ſeek forreign Aids, thereby-to wear cut their ſhoes; a Metonymy of the Effe#, Jcſb, g. 13. or that thou pur not off thy
| Shoes to go into the Bed of Luſt, or uncover thy Feet ; a modeſt Hebrew Expreſſion. as alſo of other Languages, for expoſing thy Nakea- meſe, Exek 16. 25. or take not theſe Courſes that will reduce thee ta Poverty, to go bare foot, and bare legged, and to want wherewith ro qu-nch thy thirſt, as in the next Clauſe, Prov. 6+ 26. Iſa. 20. 2. 4. See-1(a. 5-13. k She ſeems to return a croſs Anſwer, the Word pointing'at ſomewhar that is deſparate, Ecct. 2. 20, Ir either expreſ- ſeth the Deſperateneſs of their Condition ; 9.4 we are as bad as we canbe, and there is no hope that God ſhould receive us wmto favour ;.or elſe by way of Interrogation, Is there no hepe? May we tot hold on ſtijl, and proſper ? Muſt we deſiſt from our ways? No. we will not, but we will go after other gods, and they ſhall defend us, 1/o. 57. 10. and Chap. 18. 12+ or the Deſperateneſs of their ReſoJution upon it, 9-4. We care notfiace there is no Remedy; you loſe your labour to go about to reclaim us ; which agrees with the next Clauſe. 1 Yiz. Idols, or ſtrange gods. m Come what will of it.
26 As the thief is aſhamed when he is found » : ſo is the houſe o of Iſrael aſhamed p; they, their kings, their princes, and their prieſts, and their prophers q.
| » Not aſhamed of his Sin of Theft, bur that he is found, that his Shifts ar d Blinds would ſerve him no longer, eſpecially if be have "had the Repurztion of an honeſt Man. o Or Families, the Twelve Tribes ; a Metonymy of the Subjeff. p Or confounded, in the Paſſive Voice, viz. when they ſhall be taken by Nebuchadnezzar, then their 'Tdols, which they went a Whoring after, ſhall be diſcovered, and 'ſo put them to ſhame; in the 4#ive Voice, their Inabiliry ro help them, verſe 28. 1. 1. 29, , Hoſ. 4. 19: and their ſhame will be the more, becauſe they had the Repute of being my people. q Rulers and Teachers, ſuch as ſhou!d bave given better Examples, and bet- ter Inſtruction.
27 Saying to a ſtock, Thou art my father ; and to [| Or, be.- a ftone r, Thou haſt || brought me forth /: for they © gotten me, have turned Þ their back: unto me, and not their face : — t Heb.zbe pt inthe time of their * trouble they will ſay, Ariſe,
| ofthe 1; and ſave us s. 0D. " *Ifa, 26, #7 Idol; a Metonymy of the Matter, ' becauſe Idols are made of theſe 16 Marerials, Dax. 5 4+ ſ Or begotten me ; ſo is the word uſed, Gen, =” 4. 18. This nores the ſottiſh ſtupidity ofthis people, to tzke a life- Jeſs Srock or Stone to be their Maker, and to give the Honour of God unto them, 1/a. 44. 17. They that make them are like unto them, as ſenſcleſs as they, Pſal. 115.8. * They turn their faces wholly to their Idols ; it notes the Openneſs of their Apoftacy, Chap. 4 24. » The uſual Language of God's Children in diſtreſs, P/al. 3. 7. and often elſewhere, when they found the Vznity of theirIdols, and their own felly in relying on them, that cannot he!p, or ſave, and rejeQing me, ver. 3r. then they will come to me, Judg. 10. 10. Hoſ. 5. 15. the ſame thing with finding her in her Mocth, verſe 24. herein . abuſing God's Gentleneſs, making him their neccſhiy not their Choice. ; { 28 But where are thy gods x that thou haſt made 2 thee ? let them ariſe y, if they * can fave thee in the © Tſa-45: time of thy Þ trouble : for according to the number of 20:». thy cities z are thy gods, O Judah- X fide x Thy Idols, viz. gods of thy own. making, what do they do for —"Y thee ?' Iſa. 31- 3. »y Either by way of Challenge, letthem produce their Idolsnow, to help them, it they can, whom they call their » Fathers, and their Makers: Or by way of Scoff, as Elijah to Baal's Prieſts: See Judg. 10. 14+ Beſides, in this word Ariſe there is an In- finuati6h of their Lifeleſneſs & Deadneſs, 1/a: 46. 7. Chap.1o0. 5. And farther, there may be a ſecret Reply couched in it, 9. 4. in your * Trouble you will fay to me, Ariſe, ſave us: now ſay ſo to them, " and ſee if they can ariſe, and ſave you. z 9. d. Thou haſt them near - to thee, and enovgh of them, imitating the Heathens, who had ac- -* Cording to Yarro, above 30000 Dieties; no marvelifI, whoam bur one be ſlighted, when thou haſt 1n every City at leaft one, 2 Kings x7. 29, 39, 31. and in Jeruſalem one in every ſtreet, Chap. 11. 13s It's a hard cafe ifnone, nor all theſe thy turelar gods can help thee: * See Deut. 32. 37, 38, 39. Make trial if any, or all of them together, ' can help thee. ' 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me ? ye all a have
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a q.9. You are all at my Mercy, why will you conterd 2 At] this that 1 charge YCu watts 3s clear and evident, ard all makes Aa. gainſt you, wer. 23+ 34. Wherefore do you expoſtulite, and pur me to my Procfs ? 'This they were good at, Chap. 16. 10. There is no« thing that you can juſtly reply, wer. 19. 6 7. e. Some ofall ſorts - there is not any one ſort of ycu innocent. -