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perftirion. »r He ſhews what would be the good effe&t of their Obe= dience, Exod. T:.26. Deut. 5. 29, 33. which implies, that their Suf- ferings are from their Perverſneſs, as it is expretled in the next verſe.
24 But they hearkened not, nor / enclined their ear, but walked in the counſels 2nd in the [|f imagina- || Or, f:b- tion of their evil heart ; and + * went backward, and mm not « forward. Ee + Hebe { It notes ſometing of an higher degree of non attention, than » Chap.
Ntrength, and may be underſtood by Children and young ones. b They | heat the Oven, Hearth or Stone on which they were baked. c Pre- pare all the Mat-rials, of which to make Cakes ; probably they | were of ſome particular ſhape, or had ſome peculiar Impreſſ}- on of ſome of their gods ſtamped upon them, like the Popiſh Wa: | fers, ſome ſay ſtamped with Stars, as being offered up to the Hoſt of i Heaven, or with ſome peculiar Star, Amos 5+ 26. Ati 7.43, d Or, frame, or, workmanſhip of Heaven, this is diverſly interpreted ; ſome | take it for the Sun, which is ſignified by a word of the Feminine | ender, 1a. 24. 23+ and of a Feminine ufe, Nah. 3+ 17. ſome for the | ori as the Sun was looked upon as King, ſo the Moon as the Queen of Heaven, becauſe of the largeneſs of her Body, in which ' he appears, and of the Light ſhe gives, but eſpecially by reaſon of the Government ſhe exerciſeth over Inferiour Bodies; others, more probably, for the whole Hoſt of Heaven, Jer. 8. 2. and 19.13. and ſo the LXX ;- according to which probably for their ſakes they re- ceived divers Stamps and Impreſſions ; they that would ſee more, may conſult the Engliſh Amer. and the Synmep. e Yiz, Wine and other ſtrong Drinks, Exed. 29. 40, 41- Numb.28. 7. The Devil is GOD'S Ape, and raught Idolarers to uſe the ſame Rites and Ceremonies that were uſed in God's Worſhip 3 therefore here theſe Idolaters in
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| It 0D 32« 33 they hear, Chap: 7.26. and 11.8. noting not ovly their ſlightneſs, bur their ſtiffneſs. © Or fubbirnneſs, See Chap. 3. 17. u Like reſtive Beaſts; ſee Chap. 2. 27. a ſign of thei- Conrempr, implying either, I- They were worſe by their Admon'itions and Corr=<&ions, and ſo nothing did thrive with them; or, 2. From the very firſt they have gone farther and farther from me, as werſe 25, 26. 3- Orelſe depending upon their outward Services, they ſet not my Commands before their Eyes,bur caſt my true Worſhip behind their backs, Matth. 23, 23.
25 Since the day that your x fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, TI have even y fent unto you all my ſervants the prophets, daily riſing up early, and ſending them.
x God ſeems to upbraid them with their ſtock, they came of a perverſe kind, their very Fathers were ſo before them, and they have coninued in their perverſeneſs, Neh. gs 16, 17. they did por now begin tro be rebellious, but ir had been their practice all along ; never cealing from the time their Fathers came out of 4g5pr, to the y God rce!ls them what care he had taken to inform them in their Duty and Happineſs, not once or _ a
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26 * Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but * hardenedtheir neck; they did z worſe than 2 their fathers.
z Their Fathers had done bad enovgh, but they were ſo farfrom reforming, that they did worſe than their Fathers, Jud. 2. 19. chap. 9. 3. and whereas he had ſaid before your Fathers 4 Now chang- ing the perſon heſaith their Fathers, as it were in grear diſpleaſure turning away from them to the Prophet, as one ſpeaking, but in vain, to ſuch a ftupid people. |
27 Therefore thou ſhalt ſpeak b all theſe c words un- to them, but they will not 4 hearken to thee: thou ſhalt alſo call unto them, but they will not e anſwer thee. |
b Viz. Revive upen them all that thou haſt been ſpeaking to them from me theſe qo Years and upwards. c Whereby God fhews, that there is nothing wanting on his part ; for notwithſtanding all their Perverſneſs, yet he ſtil warns them by his Propher, which will leave them the more inexcuſable, Ezek. 2. 5, 7. d This muſt needs be a great Trial ro the Prophet chat he is aſſured that be ſhall ſpeak to them in vain. Bur this God acquaints him with before- hand, partly for Jeremiahs ſake, that he ſhould not be diſcouraged, but the more emboldened, though he ſaw no Succeſs, Ezek 2. 7» and part]y for the peoples fake, that being fore-told of rheir Obſti- nacy they might bethink themſelves and rep-nt, if yet there might be hope, Lam. 3- 29. e This ſhews their farther RefraQarineſs, that they were not only deaf to Gods Meſſage by his Propher, bur though he cried loud, followed one Exhortation with another, yet they would make no Return unto it. :
28 But thou ſhalt ſay unto them, this zs af nation that obeyeth not the voice of che LORD their God, nor receiveth g || corre&ion : truth is periſhed, and 1s cut off from their þ mouth.
| ec in a way of Conternpr, 9. d. a Nation more than Heathe- riiſh though they profeſs themſelves a peculiar people to me, yet to be numbred among the Gentiles. g i, e, Anſwer not the Ends of Ccrre&ion, viz. ro be inftrufted, Chap. 5. 3. and ſubmit their necks to the Yoke, which laid the Foundation of all their Rebellion. þ There is no truſting or believing them in any thing they ſay or do; no Veracity or Fideliry, but perfidious both co God and men, being all filled with Hy pocrifie, Lyes, and Deceits.
29 * Cut off thine i hair, O Feruſalem, and calt 3: k away, and take up alamentation on high / places : for the LORD hath reje&ed and forſaken the generation
of his 9 wrath.