neſs, Prov. 30. 20. noting their deep Hypocrifie, or elſe that barety this wouid -xpiate for ali their Abominations, as;f they could make GOD amenas for their ſins by rheir Duties, and cheir poſture of ſtanding notes their ſervice, 1 Kings io. 8. Prov. 22.29. c That is acknowledged to be my Houſe, and bears my Name, ded:cated to me. 4 That is, after they had appeared before GOD with their Sacrifices, eirher they thought themſclves ſafe from all danger, and freed from Gud's Judgments, Mal. 3 15- Or rather priviledged to return to all thoſe wi:kedneſles again, hereby noring their umpu- dence» See 1/s. 1.12, ©. LXX read it, we have abained from all theſe ns aS it cheſs were the lying words in which they truſt- ed.
11 Is * this houſe, which is called by my name, be-
come * a den of e robbeers in your eyes ? behold, even
I have f ſeen ir, faith the LORD. e Heb. Breaker through.
way Men, Dan. 11. 14. Do you look upon this Houſe as a Santtu- | ary and refuge for Robbers and Murderers, 4o you eſteem jr ſo, and is ; ir ſo in your Eyes, ſo ihe Phraſe is uſed Numb. 13.33, &c. hereby ' making me an Abetter of all your Lewdneſs, Ma:the 21. 13. a Me: a« pbory taken from wild Beaſts, and miſchievous Perſons, thar do both ſecure themſelves, and hide their prey in Holes, and Cves of the ; Earrh, Pſal. 10.8, 9. f q-d. As crafty as you are, you cannot hide theſe things from me, nor all thoſe workings of your thoughts abour them, Pſal.10. 1, 13, 14. Exek. 18. 12. He chek: their fooliſh vain i confidences, whereby they deceive themſelves, 1a. 29. 15. GOD willnot be blinded by all their vain Oblacions.
; 12 But go ye now unto my * place which was in g ' Shiloh, where I ſet my name art the + firſt, ard ſee
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| £ A place that did belong to the Tribe of Ephraim. Pſal. 58. 60. | comp. 61. The fituation whereof, ſee Fuages 21. 19. and call-d God's | Houſe, as the Temple is, » Sa. r. 3, 7. he ſends them hither for an Example, which had the ſame Priviledges and holinels with the , Temple, not to go thither locally, bur to caſt their thoughts back, i 2nd conſider of it, that they might know, rhat GOD'S Preſence is { not tyed to places, 4#s 7. 48. þ Where did at firſt give you the i Token and Pledges of my Preſence among you, when you tirſt en- tred into the plcaſant Land, noting the antiquity of Shiloh betore
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12 .And now, becauſe ye have done all theſe / works,
--h the LORD, and I ſpake unto you, * rifing up » _ and ſpeaking, but ye heard not ; "and * I called
72. and you, but ye anſwered nor. | | 4 "yrs $s bad, or worſe than they did at Shiloh, or 4 1 Eithbe® the ſame, or a r ET atroter Sica Erom
articularly thoſe mentioned, - . ligent in their Buſineſs, they uſe to riſe up early, Perkhms that are diligent 11 the! , ny they in lm Name
g.'d. I did not only ſpeak by my Prophets, aſed all diligence ro reclaim you, chap» 11- 7 8. and 25+ 3, 4. cal- ling earneſtly unto you, by which he means his Exhortations and
* which ought to have had ſome efficacy upon them, but ay rre-dar and Vaaeded; and would not come at my Cal), Prove 1. 24+ See on 2 Chrow. 36-15, i6. and on Iſa. FO». 2. Rs
14 » Therefore will 1 o do unto this houſe which 1s
| called by my name ; wherein ye truſt, and unto the place which I q gave to you and to your fathers, as I
ve done * to r Shiloh»
| ”* Becauſe they bave added this ther obſtinate refuſing of all Ad- 5g monitions to the reſt of their Provocations. 0 Yiz. Caule the con- «LY ſecrated things of the Tempie to be t:ken away by the hand of the ha. 26.6- Babylonians. p See wer. Jo 9 Yiz. Upon condition of your obedi- | ence, Pal. 105-44 45+ and therefore may juſtly, upon the breach of the Condition, take from you again, nay, by virtue of my Sove- rejgnity, Job I. 21. 7 See vere 12, |
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out all your Brethren,even the whole ſeed of s Ephra- im. ©
- {_ You ſhal have my preſence with, and watchful eye over you no mere, but I wil! ſend you into Caprivity to Babylon, as T did your Brethren into Aſjr1a. See on 2 Kings 17.6, 18. and he terms them here Brethrengto let them know, thar they, and J/rel proceeded from the ſame ſtocks and therefore had no reaſon to expett, bur ir ſhould fare aiike with them, ſeing their fins were alike, 2 King 271. 13, 14, &c. t Viz. Theten tribes, Iſa, 7: 1, 2. compared ; cailed by this Name often, becauſe that was the moſt numerous and potenc of all of them, Jeroboamn their firſt King was of that Tribe. :
16 Therefore * « pray not thou for this people, nei-
ther lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make in- rerceſlion to me : forT will not hear thee.