time of their Viſieation they ſhall r periſh» TEE ſtate, which he chuſethto deſcribe hereby, continuing this Mataphor q Either in their riſe, as ſpringiog from Men of corrupt Minds, | rather than any other, of a Shepheres Tent ; poflibly inſinuating rhe or the foundation of them : 4 Metonymy of the effe$, Teachers and | ground of it to ariſe principally from their Paſtors, the negle& encouragers of Lycs, Hab. 2+ 18. things rather to be ſcoffed at and | beth .of their Civil and Eccleia#ical Governours which thenext Verſe derided, than adored and worſhipped, and iris exprefl-d in the plu- | favours: | | | ral number tonote the multiplicity of rhem. » When Gnd ſhall have 21 For the Paftors are become brutiſh, 'and have a Controverſie with them, ſhall come ro reckon with Babylon and not ſought 3; the LORD & -: theref h C {h | her Idols, they and their Worſhippers ſhall be deſtroyed, alluding (; S 4'ol . 3 CONECEOTE Tu all not / poſſibly, ro the manner of che Pagan Conqueſts, who were wont | PIO per, and all their flocks ſhall be » ſcatterd. To carry away both Perſons, and theIdols of the Country, and ei=| # Not that the Propher rakes off all blame from the People, but that he layeth it ehiefly upon the Ralers of Church and State; for ſo
ther break them to pieces, or burn them : Thus were they ſer- | * ved by the Perſians, ſee on Iſa. 46. 11 This poſſibly may be ſpo- | 15 Paſtor taken frequently. See Chap. 23. 1, 2, 3. k Not ſoughc un- to him, and taken him into their Counſels. ! The Prophet gives
ken by way of Encouragement to the Fews, that took offence at the 3 the reaſon why nothing went well with them, namely, becauſe
Chaldean Idols, rhat were ſet up in their ſight, that God may : ſtrengrhen their Parience he tells them he viſits chem in Mercy, and there was ne regard had to Gedlineſs, without which wecannot ex- pe& a bleſſing upon any thing. 7 5. e. All that have been commit-
their pang in Judgment ; ve” will GO thoſe Idols. F he: ſhall b ed "rr | ortion of Tacob is not li ted to their care, ſhall be carried unto Babyl»z, and div F th 16 * The F P n J ike them, for he diſperſed abroad unto ſeveral Countries, for their > ooo me
is the : former of all things, and Iſrael 5s the » rod of : thei Fur ol his inheritance, the LORD of hoſts 5s his name. 22 Behold, the noiſe of the bruit is come, and a + 64ap;
; . | f che north-co M Yo A Periphraſis for the true God, who vouchſafeth to be the por- great COMMOTION VC © unery 0, tO 4:6. and
FRA of his people, and to beſo called, Deur. 32. g. Pſal. 16. 5. "_ make the cities of Judah deſolate, and a den of dras. 6: 23. many other places, becauſe he is in Covenant with his people in | 8ONS F- | | : : THE” Smet 4 the Meſſiah, whoſe Co-heirs are as dear to him asa Portion is, that | » The Prophet had divers times ſounded thisAlarm in their ears deſcends to a Man by Inheritance, and he tells you his Name in the | but to very little purpoſe, his words ſeemed bur as idle Tales, they cloſe of the Verſe, Ia. 47. 44- one who hath the whole Hoſt of | believed him nor; ke ſpeaks of it pertly,as one conceiving what dread- Heaven and Earth at his diſpoſal. # Idols are things framed and for. | ful Commotiens and Concufſions would beupon the Land by theclat- med, bur God is the former of all things, the maker of Heaven and \ tering of Arms, prancings and neighings of Hories, ſounding of Earth. u So called, becauſe the Portions and Inheritances of 77ae! | Trumpets, and rattling of Chariots, making as it were the Earth were meaſured by a Line, Reed, or Rod, and therefore called rhe to ſhake under them, when that vaſt Army ofthe Chaldeans ſhould rod of his Inheritance, Deut. 32. 8, g. Pſal. 74. 2, and becauſe th=v/ furiouſly break in upen them. Partly, in inuating an Antitheſes op=- were his by a continual Line of Succeſſion ; beſide 1ſ-ael is, UNH |; poſing the voice of God's Prophets, that had ſooften ſpoken of this, Schebet the Rod, or Scepter of his Inheritance, becauſe God did ler up i but they would. not hear, againſt this dreadful noiſe, which they his Kingdom in 1/rael. ſhould not but hear and ſee and feel roo: ' So that they that would
| | | IE .. | not learn of God's Prophets, ſhall be ſent ts harder Maſters, that { Heb. Zi. 7 Gather up thy Z Wares Our of the land, O F 1N- | fhall.reach them in a manner as G:geon did the Men of Succath, Jug, babirreſs, habitant of the z fortrels, |
$8.16. 6 See Chap. 1. 10.and 5.15. p See on Chap, 9; ts & 3. -/ 6 23 TO LORD,
them, even in thoſe which are more excentrick and erratick, which muſt needs argue an unparalle}'d skill, and underſtanding in God, which the word a:ſcretion doth here properly tignifie, Exod. 36. I. Job 12. 13» all which are his hardy-work, and do declare his glory, Pal. IQ. I. Ep :
12 When he uttereth his g voice zhere is al] multi- tude of waters in the h heavens, and he caulſeth the 5 vapours to aſcend from the ends of the earth : he ma- keth lightnings || with & rain, and bringeth forth the | wind out of his / treaſures,