, ONE £'T1 » 1] fooled treading down tread- | away all, or they have forſaken the Land, becauſe there was no : amy _ nagar Ha; Td” os Mod. Oppreſſi-] Food, Jer. 12. 44 A Figurative Expreſſion of an univerſal Deſola- « < ith one. exerciſe all manner of ways, as in the next Verſe, | tion. ; | = : | borh by Fraud and Force. Like? the Interpretation that Eſau puts 1T AndI will make Jeruſalem by heaps, and a * den + Iſa. 34 u = Jacob Gen. 27+ 36. not only ſuch as are near 1N Habirarion, of » dragons ; and I will make the cities of Judah + de- 13. | pearending Neighbourhood and Friendſhip, oy ow wo —_ {ojare, without an inhabitant. Chap. to, |} even a Brother will cxrcumvent, mo a bottom , The Wor dis| * iz. Of Stones, and Rubbiſh, y Noting a deſolate place, net 22: to be monſtrous In Nature, putting %; Name from Supplanting ; a any longer fic for the Habitation of Mankind, as the next words t Heb de herein Alluſion to 7acob, who had ng wiegasn f Carrying Tales | 4e ſpeak ; bur for hideous Beaſts ; asthey had made uſe of the Tem- J0/atien, [ey meg | - unlagAwhoy begs falſe, to the Diſturbance 7% tor a Den of Thieves, Chap. 7+ 11. The ſame alſo he afterwards ———_— DE nc 4, chap. 6. 28. and againſt the Law of threatens on Babyln her ſelf, Chap. 50. 37: of the Peace © 8 eig 12 * Who is the wiſe-man, that may underſtand God: Lev. 5H, 20: ill g || deceive every one his neigh- | this ? and who is he to whom the mouthof the LORD
Or,ock, __ = _ v4 Av ſpeak the truth : they have þ taught hath ſpoken, that he may @ declare it, for what the
their tongues to ſpeak lyes, and 4 weary themſelves to | land periſheth, azd is burnt up like a wilderneſs, that
mit iniquity none paſlerh through. COm - - : 7
de ; þ They have ſo fra- | = /'z. The ground of all theſe Evils, 9. 4 Is there not a wiſe £ Heb- TE _ b _ OE ms UE, that Lying is | Man among yeu, rhat will concern himtelf, and ſearch inro the _— nar Wo ahons that they cannot leave it: the ſame | Caule of al) theſe rhreatned Judgments, which hath provoked God ar pigs Jr the wild Aſs, uſed or taught to the Wilderneſs, to ſo great Diſpleaſure ? See Heſ. 14+ 9. Iris a Queſtion that im- _ 5 They "uſe a great deal of Induſtry, Dili- | plies there is none, or very few, that conſider common Calamities —_— ns in 1t al. 7. 14. Iſa. 5. 18. They ſpare | 1n the Cauſes of them ; but rather ſay of Judgments, it is a Chance,
&, an Bſal. 7. __ Top ho Labour, and feel no wearinel!s in it, whereby they are become | 1 Sam. 6.9
13 And the LORD faith, @ Pecauſe they have for- Ts Ying habitation # in the midſt of & deceit: |ſaken my b law, which I ſet before c them, and have
through deceit they refuſe to / know me, ſaith the | noc obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; —_ LORD Srl this, and the next Verſe _ to the former, viz, Bee < . :nform him, that | cauſe there are none can give the reaſon why the Land periſheth, & This oe _ torr? hypo _—_ lung "4 Sorefore therefore God will; or elle they refer to the 15 and 16 Verſes, as there 1s fy Pe EE ICooals by the AbſtraQ, Deceit, 4. e. Nothing | ſhewing the Cauſes of thoſe Judgments threatned; for either of the he exprefiet % Dec - one to another, znd Hypocrifie towards References do not alter the Senſe : ſee Chap, 5, 19. this Verſe con= among them, but LU Td for wake Men, 70b 25. 13. or tO cau- | tains negarive Reaſons. b He chargeth them with their Apoſtaſie, me, as Pſal. tog- 2. y " Sri himſelf among ſach a peoples and refuling to obey his Precepts, and conferin their Converſation tion and adviſe him, © be not enſoared by them, chap- 12. 6. | © them, <c Leſt they ſhould plead they were obſcure and hard to that he be very - +40? mough by their ſeveral weans they be uncerſtood, therefore hetelIs them, he had made it plain to them, E Either + 99g} ot 4 . week wg fs i {s of turning tome, or by | hey could not be ignorant of it, except it were out of Wilfulneſs hink ro ap tut eh prophets, who have all along deceived and Qbſtinacy : The like Expreſſion, Deut. I1. 32. ; : pork ening obſtinately reje& my Ways and Counſels, P/al. 36. 1, 14 But have walked after the [| d imagination of their | or, tubs on—_ es, own heart, and after e Baalim, which their f fathers borne{s- ' 7 Theretore thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts ; Behold, | taught chem. ] will melt them, and m try them : for how ſhall I» do] @ Or, Stubborrneſs and Obſtinancy : ſee chap. 7. 24. e See ch, 2+2Js yogreforoms heb th people Sd The Propher doth not charge them wich nzw Crimes, but with their or tne pn LTOUEA 24 chap. 6. 2y try them by melting them, tenacious ſticking to their Idolatry. f See Chap. 7. 18, It ſeems m The ſame Merap hat lefſer Affflitions will do, before I do they might partly thank their Education ſor ir, as well astheir own os te res. = oY Bax 6. I will bring Judgm —_ upon them, natural Perverſneſs : hence we ſhou!d learn to follow God's Coun- utterly de 7y Df che Chald: ans War, that ſhall clear away their ſel in rhe Scriptures, and not blindly follow our Fathers Counſe], The Fire on wind them, and purge away thoſe Deceits in which 4 _— or Examples, or our own Will, which is the worſt , b ifhed, Dan. 11+ 35. as when / . | Com Wet, "the "reſt remains ve. See on | 35 Therefore thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, the God iJja. 1. 25- * 9. &. There is no Remedy, I have tried all other | of Irael, Behold, I will feed them, cver this F4 people, oY ©. _ means, and they have been incffcftual, my people will rakeno warn- | with * 4 wormwood, and give them water of gall to * Chap, | * -ing; they are grown to fuch an height of Impiety, that T candoſ 7 - 23+ [5
E | . 6. 4+ d (= . ES A | | » -_ though they are my people, Oh. $ * 7 6. 1p crying £ This Supplement even ſhews that it is ſpoken Emphatically,
k Jon _ | though they be a people that preſume to be my peculiar. h Worms, ” TS hee fs pe our and whoſe Impieties have re Dutch A plant to purifie and cleanſe them, ſay ſome; but this nded 1 | :