to Clear the inward parts from noxious humours. See I/a. 1, 16, 17. 7 Fiz. From all filthineſs of Fleſh and Spirit, 2 Cor. 7. 1. James x, 21. r This hath reference in this place to Temporal Salvation;it 15 preſcribedas a means to prevent the judgements that are impen= ding on them, as is plainly expreſſed, verſe 4. yet not excluſive of Spiritual Salvation, 2 Theſ. 2. 13. Ti,'3. 5. $5 Wicked thoughts, or rather hopes or 6xpeQation from any helps, Chaps 2. 5, 37. plea» fing thy ſelf with vain fancies of ſafety and ſecurity, which thoughts of thine will aſſuredly bring ruine and miſery upon thee, which 1s inevitably coming, as in the next verſe.
If For a voice 7 declareth from Dan «, and publiſh- ech affliction from mount Ephraim.
. # 1.e. Either the voice of the Prophets, that is fill ſounding it in your ears, and declaring it unto you, or rather the rumour and. noiſe ofthis Army is already come through your Land, you have the heavy tydings of this great affliction, Chap. 8. 16. to note the near approach of it. « This is ſaid to come from Dan and Ephraim, be- cauſe Dan was thefirſt place theſe Chaldeans muſt come to, it being the utmoſt boundary of Canaan Northward, and Ephraim the inner; moſt border of 1-ael in the North of Judea, intimating the march of the Babylonians through all 1rae! toward Jeruſalem.
16 Make ye mention to the nations x, behold, pub-! liſh 7 againſt Jeruſalem, hat watchers z come a from. a far country b, and give out their voice c againſt the Cities of Judah. |
x Theſe are either the Nations in Judes, or theſe words are a Proclamation, ſummening in the Nations by the Chaldeans, as it were in purſuance ofa Commiſſion from God, to bring great Armies together againſt Jeruſalez, or they are the Prophers turning away from Judah, as deſpairing of doing any gaod upon them, and cal- ling for the Nations to execute God's Sentence. y Let her be ac- quainted with what is coming upon her, let her have publick no- tice before hand, that ſhe may be warned. z Military Watchers, 1. Ce. the Chaldean Soldiers, that ſhall ſo carefully ahd watchfally en. - compals Jeruſalem, that none ſhall eſcape; poſſibly a Metaphor from Hunters, that in hunting their Prey, lay wait at every patlage, that the game may noteſcape. See 2 Kings 25. 4, 5. Or poſlibly, there may be an alluſion ro Nebuchadnezzar's Name, the Heb. word for Watchers being Notſerim, which comes from Natſer, the end of his Name, as if they were termed Nebuchadnezzarians, as the Keepers, or Guards of his Perſon ; as they were called Ceſareans from Ceſar. a They are now at hand, you may as it were ſee them» 6b From Chaldza, c They will proclaim War againſt them ; or a ſhout, cis ther encouraging Soldiers to the Battle, or triumphing after the Victory; or the Outcries that they will make, ſuch as the Turks now make in their Onſets, Chap. 2.15. :
I7 As keepers of a field are they againſt her round about d ; becauſe she hath been rebellious e againſt me,
faich the LORD. ops |
d They will ſtrialy befiege her, as Keepers of a FieJd will be careful whe go in, and who go out, Zcch. 12, 2. they will watch that none go inito relielve them, and alſo, that none get out to e- ſcape : See 2 Chron. 16. 11 e God doth not threaten his Judgments only, but he Jlabours to convince them, thar there is a ſufficient Realon for it, both here, and in the next verſe. ee
18 * Thy way f and thy doings have procured theſe * pin; things unto thee g, this is thy wickedneſs, becaulc it is 107% 17, bitter þ, becauſe it reacheth unto thine heart.
f Thy manner of Life, ad particularly thy IJolatries. g 9.4. Thou canſt not lay any blame upon me. + Thy wickedneſs hath been the cauſe of this thy grievous afflition, 1/2, 50. 1. Chap 2.17, 19. of this thy bitterneſs of bringing ſuch a bitter enemy againſt thee, a Metonymy of the Efficient, which hath reached unto thy very Heart, as the ſword is ſaid toreach unto the Soul, verſe 1>. 2
i9 } * My bowels, my bowels z, I am pained at + *I. rg.5 my very heart k, my heart maketh a noiſe in me, I can- 2nd 26-19.
| | and 21. 3, not hold my peace #9, becauſe thou haſt heard, O my |
and. 22. 4, ſoul, the ſound of the trumpet », the alarm of ware Heb. rhe z; Here begins the woeful Complaint of, and the great Trouble the walls of my Prophet was in, vpon the conſideration of theſe things, crying out heart. as one even under great pain and rorment, doubling his words for want of vent, thereby expreſling the exceſs of his forrow, which in words was inexpreſſible, the like 2 Sam. 18. 33. which ſorrow of his he expreſſeth, Chap. 9. 1,10. k& Heb. The walls of my heart, or my heart ſtrings, that ſurrounded and encompaſſed my Heart. are ready to break; he may poſlibly allude to their encompaſſing the Walts of Jeruſalem: Or, the proper meaning is, my Heart is ready to break, the LXX rendzreth it doth beat or pant. - | Is diſturbed within me, I can have no reſt nor quiet within, . Job 30. 27, Lam. 1.20, m 7 cannot forebear my Complaints, I am ſo troubled and ' grieved, Job, 7. 11. 1/a. 22+ 4. 3 i.e. I have heard in the ſpirit of Frophecy ; it is as certain, asifI now heard the Trumpet ſounding, and the alarm of War beating up. : "#1596 op TRIES : 20 * Deſtruction upon deſtruction 9 is cryed, for the » pj,
whole land is ſpoiled p: ſuddenly are my tents 9 ſpoiled, 42. 7.
and my courtains in a moments | | 6 E' 3 * A
VI. F, 25.
*Chap. 5. 20. 18. 46. 28,
Jap. IV.