! That is, he ſhall not be buried at all, oc he ſhall be buried in an indecent and contemptible manner, none attending him to kis Grave nor mourning for him.m The laſt Words of this Verſe incline ſome to think that Jchoiakins was buried near to Jeruſalem; but the Scrip= ture, which mentioneth his being carried into Ba#ylon, ſaith nothing of his being broughr back 3 nor is that veiy probable which ſeme fay, that the King of Babylon thought to have carried him to Baby. lon, but upen ſecond Thoughts altered his Purpoſes, and cauſed him to be lain ar Jeruſalem,and his Body to be 1gnominiouſly drags ged cur of the Gates. The Scripture ſairh expreſly, he -was carried to Babylon, 2 Kings 24» 15. and if he died there, yet this Text re. maineth true, the ſcope of which ſcemeth to be, to ſhew the Vanity of this Prince in his great and ſtately Buildings, which he was not like long to Enjoy, nor to be buried nigh to them, nor in any des gree of Honour proportionate to the Splendour of them.
20 Go up to Lebanon », and cry, and lift up thy voice in Baſhan o, and cry from the paſſages p ; for all thy lovers are deſtroyed 9»
1 The Hebrew Verb being feminine, lees us know, that Jeruſaa lem was the Place to whick this Speech is dire&ed : to the Inhabi.- rants of which the Prophet here cajleth to go up to Lebanon. o And to Baſhan. Both Lebanon and Baſhan were Hiils or Places that looked towards Aſſjria, from whence the Jews looked for help, and had it ſometimes, 3s 2 Kings 16. 7- he calls to them ironically to go up ro the mountainous parts of them ; where ſtanding and crying they might be ſooneſt and beſt heard. p What wetranſlate from the paſſages, others Tranſlate from the borders, or from the ſides. Others from Abarim. which is the Name of a Mountain, as well as Lebanon and Baſhan. Vide Numb, 27. 12. and 35. 47. which ſeemeth ta me the beſt Interpretation : The Meaning is, Goand cry for Help from all Places, but ir will be in vain 3 for q the Egyptians and Afſrie ans to whom thou wert wont heretofore co fly. chuſing rather to truſt to them than in me, are themſelves in the Power and Danger of the Chaldeans, who ſhall alſo deſtroy them. + Heb.
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22 The wind ſhall eat up all thy paſtures «, and thy lovers ſhall go into captivity , ſurely then ſhalt thou be
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Wind, which preſently ſcattercth the Clouds and the Smoak 3 or rieey ſhall bz blaſted by my Judgments, as Planrs are blaſted and eaten up by Winds. w And thoſe that have been thy Friends and Allies, Syria and Egyp:, an whom thou baſt truſted, ſhall chemſelves be made Captive- « Surely when thou ſeeft this, thou wilt be convinced, and aſhamed of thy wicked Cor.rſes.
23 O Þ inhabirant of Lebanon y that makeſt thy neſt in the cedars 2, how gracio!s ſhalt thou be a when pangs- come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail b. ;
9 Hieruſalem, which is called an, Inhabitant of Lebanon, either be- cauſe their Houſes were built of Wood cur down out of the For- xeſt of Lebanon, or becauſe they lived in as great Plenty and Delight as if they lived in Lebanonz or, becauſe they thought the Mounrain of L:banmn was a certain Refuge to them. » They are ſaid to ro make their Neſt in the Cidars; either becauſe their Houſes were builc of the Cedars of Lebanon, or becauſe of the Security they pro- miſed themſelves from, that Foreſt and Mountain, ſo full of and famous for Cedars. # What Favour. wilt thou find b. when my Judgments ſhall core upon thee as ſuddenly and as ſmartly as the pains of u Woman, in Travail come upon her: a Similitude often made uſe of by this Prophet, to expreſs the Suddenneſs, Unavoid» ableneſs, and Greatneſs of Judgments Chap. 4. 31. and 6. 24. and 13» 21. and 70. 6. and 49. 24+ and 50. 43. and fo in other Scrip» tures, Pſal. 48. 6. Micah 4. 9+. 1 Tho 5. 3. F
24 45 I live ſaith the LORD, though Coniah the ſon of Jehoiakim King of Judah c were the {igaet upon
my right hand «, yet wouid I pluck thee thence.
c By Coniah he meaneth- Jehoiakim, 2 Kings 24. 8. whoſe nams , was Jeconiah, 1 Chron. 3. 16. ) for all Joſfah's Sons had two Names, ' and ſo had his Grandchild Feconiah ) here in concemprt called Coniah 4 He ſaith, that though this Contah were as dear to him as his Signet. which every Man kcepeth ſafe, yet this ſhould not ſecure him from divine Vengeance.
25 And I will give thee into the hand of them thar ſeek thy lifee, of them whoſe face thou feareſt, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of the Chaldeans. |
e That is, into the power of the Chaldeans and Babylonians, whom they were atraid of, and juſtly, for they thirſted aftzr their Blood and Ruin:
26 And I will caſt the out, and thy mother that
bare thee, into another country where Ye were not born, and there ye ſhall die f.