Or, ms king of things to come as if preſent. In Jehoiakim's time we read | ver be an Agreement betwixt the Jews and the Chaldzans; but to gainſt the of no ſuch plenty of Widows ; they were multiplied when the Ci- | me, the word of the next verſe ſeem to give us the ſenſe, that the Mi: her ty was belieged and taken in Zedeksal's time, toa great number, hy- | Fews ſhould certainly be over-run, and conquered by the Babyloni=
ans; for as the Norchern Iron and Steel is the hardeſt, and no Iron
_ and tha perbolically compared to the Sands of the Sea, p There is a great vas : Noung-men. riety among Interpreters, as to their Senſe of this phraſe, about | could break that, ſo God having edged and hardned their Enemies
which, thole that are curious may conſult the Engliſh Annotations u- | the Chaldeans, all their Oppoſition to them would fignifie no- pon this verſe. T4 _ _— at — meant CE thing. ' I n f the beſt Interpreters, who came not like a Thze ES , IEF 1 roo by night to rob _ to ſpoil, but withan Army in the * Fa _ Thy ſubſtance and thy treaſur 5 will I give to the "Sh day time : The Queſtion only is about thoſe Words againſt the Mo- | poil without price r, and that for all thy ſins, even * Chap. ther of the Toung M-n The Hebrew word, which Our Tranſlation ren- | 1 all thy bor ders /. | ; # "96 ders Toung Men, is WA, which properly ſignificth a cheice Man, | » All thy Riches and precious things ſha!l be ſpoiled, I will have or a perſon choſen, from the Hebrew verb which ſignifieth to.chuſe; | 29 regard, faith God, to loſsor gain in it, or there ſhall be no price ſo asit may as well be tranſlated the Mother of the choſen, as the Mother taken for the Redemption of them : for { what ſhall bedone, ſhall 4 of the Young-men. Becauſe Young men are looked upon as the choice be by me done for all the fins which thou haſt been guilty of in all ; Men, wherher for Beauty, or Strength and Ability for any thing, the parts, of the country. the word often ſignifies a Young man, Deut: 32, 25 2 Sam: 6.1 1. ang Twillmake thee to paſs with thine enemies,
1. Cant: 5: 15: Pſal: 148: 12. Iſa; 23: 4 Ezek: 9, 6- and in ma- | . netr WT ny other , 6 , ns will have the ſenſe ( as in our Margent ) into a land which thou knowelſt not, for a * fire is kind- Deurt. 3 All azainft the Mether, a Young Man, meaning by theYoung ManNebuch. | ted in mine anger, which ſhall burn upon you F. 2 Wl!
aangzar, and by the Mother Jeruſal-m : The Jews are in theCanticles} #t As the former Verſe. ſo this alſo mutt be underſtood not ofthe called theDaughters of Hieruſalem,and Hieruſalem which is above,is by the | Prophet, for he was not carried into Babylon, but of the people, whoſe Apoſtle called the Mother of 15 al, The Hebrew word is in the ſin. | captivity is threatned inthis place, and the cauſe of it declared, the gular Number; how we tranſlate it Tung Men, I underſtand nor, | wrath of the Lord againſt them for their fins, the effe&s of which Pagnine tranſlates it Ele#i, the Mother of the choſen. T do think, that | are compared to a Fire which ſhould burn them.
\ by the Mother is meant Hieruſalem, and that popul? may be un. | I I 7 3 B derſtood ro Ele#i Hicruſalem was the Mother of the Jewiſh | T5 O LORD, thou knoweſt «, remember me and People, or Judes ar leaſt, againſt whom Nebuchadnezzar the Spoiler, | viſit me-w, and revenge me of my perſecutors x, take
at Noon-day, was ſent ; and we know that the Jews were God's | me h "54, SOR . : | choſen people. , q This laſt clauſe is yet more obſcure than the other, thy ro us oy _—_ J: know, that for
| Word for word, as it is in the Hebrew 3 it 15, 1 have cauled to fall us | : ; | { . i. ths a 1 T, Th d here uſed N? . # Either thou knoweſt my ſincerity, how faithfully T have re. | pou #2 Jann, 000 07 ce Toes o word here uſed” "T2 Compman vealed thy will ; ſo Pſal: .139: 1, 23. Or thou tram my ſuffer.
ly ſignifies a City in Scripture, and is very rarely tranſlated others | ; ly ; g5, how wickedly they deal with me ; or thou knoweft what thou - ey ay * ”-_ ang = H_ ap — Fit bo halt todo, you is 1N thy etipore and reſolution to do, I will ſay | . h gs : no more unto thee; only for my own ſake I beg, w That I may { _ Ferrors 3 roger y - ”"_ _ _— CO ay and | not be out of thy thou «A nor Toy the ſe 96. of thy ns errors upon the Cy, r b pEcUre Ngnt- | while this people is under the viſitations of thy Wrath, Nebemtsh 5: fies Enemies, and is fo tranſlated, 1 Sam: 28: 16. P/al: 139:' 20, 19. and 13: 14. chap: 18: 20. x Thou haſt commanded me nor Dan: 4: 19. In this ſignification ofthe Word, the ſenſe is plain, I | ,G avenge my ſelf, Lord ! dothou avenge me upon my Perſecutors will ſendupon it the Enemy and Terrors. The Learned Author of (ſee the Notes on chap: 11: 20. and I7: 18, how the Prophet could our Engliſb Annotations obſerves it is tranſlated a Watcher, Dar: 4; 13, thus pray againſt his F Wine" ) , Comfboas thy word E —_— 37 _ — he er = os _ my degrees eos —_— be taken away into captivity ; though I be a ſinner yetexerciſe ro- them ſuddenly. a Watcher that Sringeth Terror; to which purpoſe | y,ard me patience and longſuffering. zLord remember that my Re- he tells us, the Chaldean Forces are compared to Watchers, chap; proach, and all that I ſuffer is for thy ſake, becauſe I have Fairbfully
# 16, 17. and 5: 6. publiſhed thy Truth, and maintained and defended thine Honour . | TOW 9 She that hath born ſeven +4 languiſheth ſhe hath | and Glory. = > * Exeks 23 | 1 8.9. given up the ghoſt, * her ſun is gone down while it | 16 Thy words were found #, and I did * eat them x, .3- |
was yet day i ; ſhe hath been aſhamed and confounded | 5, and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of Rev. 10: 9. | &, and the reſidue of chem will I deliver co the ſword, | my heart m, for f I am called by thy name, O LORD } He OY |
before their enemies, ſaich the LORD IU. | God of hoſts ». ; called upon