x M * 26. th--: # All kind and degrees of Mirth ſhall ceaſe, Rev. 18. 23. all Te? ſhail be filed with Tneteions and Woe ; their ſinging Gents Ap rurned into ſighing ; | comfort of Hurnare Society, which is 70 be underſtood in this Ex. preſſion. b There ſhall be ſuch an utcer Devaſtation, that there {hall be neither Seaſon nor Plage for theſe Things, 1ſa. 64. 16, 11, chap 25. 10, where Marrying ſhall ceaſe, without which Mankind cannot ſubſiſt, there muſt needs be Dzſolation
CHAP. VAIL
The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive, 1, ——;, Their brutiſh Im- penirency, 43 7. Their vain boaſi of wiſdom : their Cuvetouſneſs, See curity, Impudence, 8,—12. Their grievous Judgments, 13, 17» Bewailed by the Prophet, 18, 22»
A T that time, faith the LORD, they ſhall bring
out the 2 bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the prieſts, and che bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inha- birants of Jeruſalem out of cheir graves.
@ This Chapter being a Continuation of the former, he proceeds in carrying on the Threating with higher Aggravations of the Judg. ment v/z. That when the time ſhall come ſpoken of chap. 7. 32+ the Chaldeans Rage ſhall reach, not only to the 7 pra but even againſt thoſe chat are 1n their Graves, and that ſparing. rione of any De- gree or Quality ; of the Nobles and Princes, as Manaſh and others, poſſibly .ed to it out of Greedineſs, tuppoſing to fiad great Trea- ſure 1n their Sepulchres; of the Prieſts and Prophets, principally. the falſe ones, as a juſt Judgment of God againſt them for decei- ving the pe:;ple; of rhe Inhabitants of Jeruſalem, out of their ſpight ind fury kindled againſt them, as Souldiers, or in Cont=<mpte and Ignominy ; and this notes the urter Deſolation of the City, nor only razing the Walls, bur turning up the very Sepulchres which were accounted Sacred, and not to be violated, D ,
2 And they ſhall b ſpread them before the ſun, and the moon, and all the hoſt of c heaven, whom they have &4 loved, and whom they have ſerved, and afcer whom they have walked, and whom they have ſought, and whom they have worſhipped : they (hall not be ga- thered, nor be buried ; they ſhall be for dung upon the face of the e earth. |
b Not gather them together into Charnel-houfes, as weuſually do out ot Humanity, but icatrer them about as it were to be turn- ed into Duſt and Dung. « 7Yiz. All the reſt of the Stars, toſhew that they ſhould nor lie our in the day-time only, but night alſo, before. the Moon and Stars, chap» 36. 30. Their Carcaſes ſhall be caſt to their Idols, Lev. 26.30. 2 King. 23+ 14, 29» A kind of Lex Talionis that as they had ſerved and worfhipped theſe Creatures, . God doth as it were,appornt them as SpeCtatorsand Witnefles of tris Vengeance, & what Cont-mpt he pours upon them, their Carcaſcs being brought before theix Idols, which will be ſo ſhameful, as if one ſhould draw: torth the Adultereſs, with the Adulterer 1nto openview, and expoſe. them together, &1t alſo inſinuates the inability. that is in theſe dumb Idolsto help themin their miſery. d This and the following terms: ſerve to expreis the greatneſs and variety oftheir affe&ion and zeal n their worſhipping of rhem, Dcut., 4. rg. 2 Kings 23- 5. chap. 7. 18, he multiplies words, as ir were implying, that there can
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And death ſhall be choſen rather than f life, by
| all the reſidue of them that remain of this evil family,
which remain in all the places whither I have g driven
them, ſaith the LORD of 4 hots. I
f A Deſcription of the unexpreflibleneſs of their miſery, that notwithſtanding all rhe barbarilm of rhe Babylonians exerciſed both upon the living, and the dead, yet 32 ſmall matter in compariſon of what the living would fee], of the greatneſs of which milery there was a double cauſe; not only their being led into Captivity, bur Gods diſpleaſure following them, even in their baniſhmenr, being ſorely eppreſſed, one of thoſe threatnings, Zev. 26. 36, 39- See Job 3- 20, 2T. Rev. 9. 6. g Some diſperſed among the Movnt«1ns, and hiding places of Judea, others in the Deſarr of Moab 'and Idumea, whither they fled for fear of the Chalatans, and all other places, where God would ſcatter them, an Hypalage, þ He that hath all the Creatures asan Army at his Command, can do this againſt thoſe,
with whom he is diſpleaſed. | Moreover, thou ſhalt ſay ;unto them, Thus
faich the LORD, ſhall they fall, and not & ariſe ? ſhall
he turn away, and not / return ?
. c Though poſſibly it be all in vain. yet thou ſhalt keep in thy work. k An agition that hath the force of a negative, 2. e. Surely none, or will Men, is there no hope ? And are they upon this
round deſperate ? Or rather will Men tall ard not ariſe? Are they
uch Fools ? that having fallen by their ſins, anc been foretold all that is coming, thot they will not accept of a Remedy, Chop. 7. 27. Hoſe 14+ 1. 1 A Metaphor taken from one that 15 out of his way, can any imagine, that if one tell him of it, and dire&t him aright, that he will not hearken to him, and turn back ? Itiseven againſt Nature it ſelf for a Man not to ſeek his own good. :
5 Why then is this people of Jeruſalem flidden back, by a perpetual backſliding ? They hold faſt » deceit, they refuſe to return.