niſhed c, and the prophets «. ſhall wonder x.
f The King, viz. of Judah, and the great Men, that ſhould have encouraged the People in ſuch a calamitous day, and been their great ſupport, ſhall not only be afraid, but their own hearts ſhall melr within them, they ſhall be even at their wits end. See Joſh. 5. r. They ſhall have no heart at all ro do any thing, they ſhallnor be able to help their People, either by their Counſel, or Arms; their Courage will utterly fail, and their Counſel periſh. See P/alm 73. 26. This was fulfilled in Zedekiah, Jeremiah 39. and 52. whoſe flight would not advantage him. * Shall be in ſuch a conſternation, that they ſhall not know what courſe to take. u Yiz. Falſe Prophets, That had nothing bur viſions of peace for them, Ezek. 13. 16. Zech. 23-3, 4. Chap. 8. 1. See next verſe. x Not ſo much at the diſap- pointment of their Propheſies,for they knew well enough they were falſe, Ch. 23. 26, 27. as that they ſhould be poſſeſſed with the ſame horrour,& frights with the reſt, not knowing where to ſhew,or ra- ther to hide their heads for the ſhame that would fall upon them, when their lies ſhould be diſcovered, they would be put to ſhame, and periſh with the reſt, and whither ſhall they cauſe their ſhame
76 Then faid 1, Ah Lord GOD y, ſurely thou haſt
greatly deceived & this people, and Jeruſalem, ſaying, Ye (hall have peace 4; whereas the ſword reacheth un-
to the ſoul 5. = 3 The Heb. aha, is a word both of admiration and lamentation
together; they are Jeremiak's words, and complaint breathed out my great ox and ſighing'of Soul, which he expreſſeth more emphatically, Chap. 23-9. % Either hath ſuffered them to be thus deluded by theſe falſe Prophets, 1/s. 63. 17. Ezek. 14. 9. compare 1 Kings 22. 21, 22,23, and 2 Theſ. 2. 11. or poſſibly, it may beread better by way of Interrogation, 9. d. How can it poſſibly be, that thou ſhouldeſt ſuffer thy people to be thus deluded by their falſe Prophets, Num. 23. 19. thou being a God, that canſt not lie, Titus 1, 2. 4a Under the word Peace is comprized, and intended all good, intimating all things ſhould go on proſperouſly with them, Gen, 37. 14. and ſeems the rather to be thus expreſſed, becauſe it was the common language and phraſe of the falſe Prophets, Chap. 8. 11 and 23.17. b To perſwade them it ſhould be well with them, when the ſword is at the door, not only ready to take away the comforts of Life, buteven Life it ſelf, Soul being put for Life, verſe 30. Pſalm 69. 1+ Matth. 16. 25, 26. It may intimate alſo a great cut- ting off, and ſlaughter among them, eſpecially ther great ones, they being, as it were, the Soul of the People. _
it Ac that time c shall it be faid to this people, and
to Jeruſalem 4, A dry wind e of the high places in the wilderneſs f toward g the daughter of my people, not
to fan, nor to cleanſe b.
c There ſhall be tydings brought both to the Country and City, verſe 5. d Viz. When Nebuchadnezzar 1s upon this expedition, verſe 7. e The meaning is a drying wind, ſuch as ſhall blaſt, and ſcorch where it comes, without any Rain or moiſture, or any other way for uſe or refreſhment, as the laſt word inthe verle intimates, and ir may alſo allude unto the Coaſt, from whence this wind comes, viz from Babylen, or the North which drives away Rainy Prov. 25. 23. for it points at the ſtormy and furious irruption of the Babyle. ni Army, deſtroying all before them, a Metaphorical Alegory, Chap. 23. 19. and 30. 23, 24 Ff Orin the Plain, where there is no ſtop or obſtacle in the way to hinder the wind, or to break its fury, 1/a. 21, 1, Chap. 13. 24. See on Tia. 63. 13. g i.e. DireGtly, and de- fign:dly, coming along in the way leading to my People, for ſo we areto underſtand this expreſſion, the Daughter of my People, as the Daughter of Zion, 11a. 1. 8. or rather, the Daughter Zim, which is as comely and beauriful in my eyes, and tender to me as a Daughrer, Chap. 9. 1. hþ Not ſuch a gentle wind, which is made choice of to ſeparate the Chaff from the Whear, the bad from the good, but ſo boiſterous and violent, that it ſhall depopulate, ſweep away, and lay waſte all rogether, Chap. 50. 1. Exek. 21. 3.
12 Even || a full wind z from thoſe places shall come
[Or, aful- 7 Ga unto me & : now alſo will # I give ſentence / againſt
- wind t2mthoſe. THeb _ " I F.:ller than they. A wind too ſtrong for them* This is rl a farder deſcription of the former wind, it thall be full, even a fuller wind, that ſhall do its w_ i ner k Earp are either 's Words, 9. d. It ſhall preſently come to me eceive my Fd oae = be at my Beck, and co my Will, Pſalm 148. 8. Or, they relate, as it were, what will be the Language of the Peo- ple at that time wnro me, for againft me. I q. d. The coming of this terrible wind, ſhall in eff:& ſpeak the execution of my judge-
ment upon them, which is pointed at by this word now, viz. at the
time of the coming of this terrible ſtorm from Chaldea, Heb, utter
iudzement, viz. nor by word, but by deed, my judgements ſhall
ſpeak, as well as my Prophets. Bs
I e.58 13 Behold; he shall come up as clouds ms, and * his
"1b. 1.8. chariors ſþall be as'a whirlwind »: * his horſesare ſwifter than eagles's Wo unto us, for we are ſpoiled o. | m Lithes noting the vaſt number of them, 1/2. 60, 8. Heb. 12.7,
or rather, the great ſpeed and ſwiftneſs, with which Nebuchadnez-
1Y10T BRAN,
, S108 or the ſuddenneſs of them, when not expeted, Clouds often ri- Wil | ling on a ſudden, and overſpread the whole face of the Heavens, "HAAAE zar ſhall march againſt them,1ſaiah 19. 1. Yu perbolical deſcri Whit the ſwiftneſs of Eagles in this Verſe, Choy! cs. 8. my ror gg wr -JIVÞ the ſwiftneſs, notes alſo the confuſion and amazement, that they | w1ll cauſe, 1/aiah 66, 15. o The dreadful apprehenſions, that the Wt! |
People have of their wofull condition, or poliibly the words of the un Propher lamenting their miſery. | f,
14 O Jerutalem, wath thine heart p from wicked- neſs q, that thou mayeſt be ſaved »: how Jong ſhall thy vain thoughts { lodge within thee? - |
þ Cleanſe your inward parts, O ye Men of Jeruſal.m, not your 1ands only, as Hypocrites do, but your hearts, James 4.8. The ſame Exhortation with verſe 3, 4- only in another Metaphor of waſh= ing, which ſeems to be taken from ſuch Potions, thatPhyſicians give