thou uſe ſa much Art and Skil!, -and take ſo much Pains, to g0 and ſend here and thereto contralt a Fri:ndſhip with Forreign people, and to bring them to rhy Embraces, Ja. 57. 9, 10. Or chinking to ſet a good Face or Gloſs vpon the Matter, and excuſe thy ſelf, as if thou couldeſt delude Gods Pſal. 78. 36, 37- whereas all thou doſt is to get Acquaintance with other Idolaters- »u 2. e. To commit Filthineſs with thy Idols ; a Synecdoche of the kind. 2. e. Thou art become fſo vile that even Strumpets themſelves may cometo learn of thee, 2 Chron, 33. 9- Or by thy Example : Na- tions that have been vile enough of themſelves, by thy Example are become more vile, {| i. e. Thy A&ions ; a Metaphor. ©
24 Alſo in thyskirts .*. is found the blood of the ſouls of the poor innocents y : I have not found it by T ſe-
cret ſearch z, but upon alltheſe 4.
. .*. Viz. Of thy Garments; a Synecdoche of the Kind : The tokens of thy Cruelty may be ſeen openly there ; or in thy hands, as the LXX ; or a M:taphor from Birds of Rapine, whoſe wings are bloody with theirPrey ; but not ſo well. yz. e. Inthee is found the Mur- ders expreſſed here by blood of innocent Perſons, meant here by Souls, comprizing both their, Sacrificing of their little Children to their Idols, Pſal. 106. 37, 38- Exek. 16. 20, 20, 36. Murdering Souls as well as Bodies; and alſo all thoſe Cruelties, Oppreſſions, and Murders, that they executed -upon poor innocent Perſons, which were not a few, in what Manaſſch did, 2 Kings 21. I6. Exek. 7. 23. and 9.9 and in ſpecial the Prophetsy ver. 30. that came 1n Gods Name to reclaim them ; which notes their deſperate Malice, as well as Cruelty, ro ſlay their Phyſicians. z Heb. by digging ; as if the Earth had covered the Blood, or as if they had comrnitted. their Wickedneſs in ſome obſcure places. s Upon thy Garments openly enough, as expoſed to publick View. There needs no ſuch ſtrict Scrutiny to be made. ;
35 Yet thou ſayeſt b, becauſe Tam innocent c, ſure- Iy his anger ſhall turn 4d from me. Behold, I will plead with thee e, becauſe thou ſayeſt, I have not fin-
ned f.
{ Heb. giggt"g .
| b Or interrogatively, Dareſt thou ſay ? Haſt thou the Impudence
eo affirmit? c Clear of this whole Charge. d Shall not break out againſt me, Ja. 5. 25. e I will proceed in my judgraent againſt
7 thee, verſe 9. Chap. 25- 31. Or it is a ſoft Expreſſion, wherein he
ſhev's that he will not a& like a Tyrant, carried on raſhly and fu- riouſly, but as a Judge, regularly and righteovſly, Ezek 20 35. and it ſhews, that he will convince her. f Becauſe thou doſt juſti- fie thy ſelf, as if I had no cauſe to be angry with thee. God is not angry with her ſo much becauſe ſhe hath ſinned, as becauſe ſhe will not acknowledge her Sin. | |
26 * Why gaddeſtthou about ſo much to change thy way g2 thou alſo ſhalt be aſhamed of Egypt &, as thou waſt aſhamed of Aſſyria.
g i. e. Thy AQtions: a M:taphor. See on Verſe 33. Why doſt thou ſhuffle thus with me, to ſeek Auxiliaries any where, rather than to cleave to me, wer. r8. See on Jſa. 57. 9, 10, Or, 'tke Strum- pets, whoſe love is never fixed, but ſometimes1et on one, ſomerimes
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; on another. þ Thou haſt run tro 4ſhria, and then to Egypt, and. : they ſhall both make thee zſhamed by their diſappointing of thee: |
*Jhou ſhalr be aſharhed of Egypr, as others have been, 7/a. 36. 6. Or, ; rather, Ezypt ſhall ſt+nd thee in no more ſtead than 4ſhria hath done, | Iſa. 30. 3» 5» And how 7Tilgath Pilneſer ſerved them, fee 2 Chron. 28» 20. Brtore Hezckrab's time the Jews made a League with the 4ſ- ſyrians, againſt the Syrians, and the Iſraelites, and then againſt the Egyptians : neither proſpered; He tells them, they muſt expe& no betrer Succeſs from Egypt. ; ; 27 Yea, thou ſhalt go forth from him #, and thine hands upon thine head &: for the LORD hath rejected
thy confidences /, and thou ſhalt not proſper in
; Some apply it to the ſad and ineffeQtual Return of the Ambaſ- ſ:donrs, being diſappointed in their expeQation from the King of Egypt ; but rather, all the help thou canſt procure from abroad ſhall nor prevent thy Captivity, but from hence thou ſhalt go. k An uſual poſture of Sadneſs and Mourning, 2 Sam. 13 19. ſuited here to her going into Captivity, / Refuſed to give Succeſs unto them, | 2 Chron. 16. 7. Or reje&ed thee for thy Confidences, or he diſap- proves thy Cenfidences, viz. All thyRefuges which thou ſcekeſt out of God m2 Yiz. In thy Refuges and Dependencies,
CHAP. II, | God's Forbearance with the Idolatry of Judah, who is worſe than Iſrael, | | g-—iI. Both called to Repent, with Goſpel promiles, 12 I9. |
| Miſery by Sin ; Salvation only of God, 20— 2x. ; Liens” Þy7 "ow ſay », If a man put away hiso wife, and ſhe | ſojing. 20 from him, and becomes another mans, ſhall he return- unto her again p? Shall not that land be greatly polluted q ? But thou haſt played the harlot Th with many r lovers; yet return again to me, faith the
n Or, Men uſe to ſay. If this, with the four following Verſes, be. Jong to the former Chapter, then it ſeems to expreſs God's Conde- | ſcenſion to them, 9. d. though, if a Woman forſake ber Husband, and be married to another Man, the Law will not permit him to receive her again ; yet God would receive thee again upon thy re-
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