are in the outmoſt corners «. cut off in= | 7 We read of a Dedn the iflue of Cham, Gen, 10» 7,The other the *? ©9775» Poſterity of Abraham by Jokshen, Gen. 25. 3. It ſeemeth to be a OT» having f Ciry of Idumea, Chap, 49.8. ſ Tema deſcended fiom Iſhmael, Gen, 25, the cornerg | I5. his Poſteriry inhabited in Arabia, Iſa. 21. 14+ where they are of the ) | joyned with thoſe of Dedan. t Buz was one of the Poſterity of N4- hair polled hor, Gen, 22,21. Theſe were people mixed with the Saracers or Ara- Chap.g. | bians. u That dwell in the corners or furthereſt parts of the World. 2,7 Some interpret it of the faſhion of their cutting their Bcards,as the np. 49.
24 And all the kings of Arabia w, andall the kings of the * mingled people that dwell in the deſert x.
w There were ſeveral Kings in Arabia, 2 Chron. 9g. 14, x People Chap. of ſeveral Nations that were got together in the Defart, and had 49. 31+ made to themſelves ſeveral Kings or Chief Rulers. See Ver. 25 And all the kings of Zimri y, and all the kings 20»
of Elam z, and all the kings of the Medes 4.
7 Thoſe deſcended from Zimram, Abraham's Son by Keturah,
Gen. 25. 2. ( the Zamarens as ſome think mentioned by Pliny ) z By
the Elamites are meant the Perſians deſcended from Sem. Gen. 10 22,
Elam is alſo mentioned Iſa. 22. 6. See alſo Chap. 49. 34. a The Me-
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near 6,
b All under the Government of the Chaldeans, or ( as others )
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at them,.and curſc them, which expreſſions we have before met with in the ſame cauſe. But kere ariſeth « doubt how the Prophet Hith(ss 7t is thir day)whereas this Prophecy Yer.r. was in the fourth Year of -Jehoiakim, bur Jeruſalem was not made ſuch adeſolarion, till the eleventh Tear of Zedakiah, which was 18 Years after. ſome " think ?that 'though the thing were yet to come, yer the Propher ſpeaketh of it as paſt, becauſe of the certainty of it, which is but axwhat is ordinary in the Propherical Writings, Others think that
; known, with whom there was ordinary commerce. d And the
theſe words were added after rhe Captivity of Ferem:;ab, writing over his former Prophecies. Others from theſe words judge thar this part of the Chapter,was a Prophecy at ſome other time follow-
c That is, in thoſe parts of the World which were at that time
King of Babylon, who was laſt of all to drink of this Cup of the Lord's Fury. That he is here meant is plain from Chap. 51. 41, where Sheſhach 1s thus interpreted. But why Babylon is called She- ſhach, 1s an harder queſtion and not eaſily reſolved. Thoſe who think the Prophet gives Babylo! here another Name to avoid an | Odium from the King of Batylen, ar this time their Enemy, nei- , ther conſider the uſual Courage of this Propher, nor that he ſpeaks
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thought that Babylon 1s called $S/»4jh2ch from the IName of an [ol
called S$2acb which they worſhipped, to whoſe honour they yearly
| kept a Feſtival for five Days rogetiier, which they cal;ed Shace, and
rhey tay that during this Heſtival Cyrus torck Babylon, But theſe are
all uncertain gueſſes, it is enough for us to know, that by the King
of Shejhach is meant the King of Bavel, as the Prophet expounds himſelf, Chap. 51. 41. : : .
27 Therefore thou ſhalt ſay unto them, Thus ſaith
* [Tab. 2: the LORD of hoſts, the God of Iſrael * Drink ye and
16. be drunken, and ſpue, and fall, and riſe no more, be- cauſe of the ſword which I will ſend amongſt you.
28 And it ſhall be if they refuſe to take the Cup at
thine hand to drink, then ſhalt thou ſay unto them,
Thus faith the LORD of hoſts, Ye ſhall certainly
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e The meaning of theſe two Verſes isno more than this; God Tet Jeremiah in a Viſion know that it was his Will, that he ſhould prophelie a certain, and inavoidable Ruine to all theſe Nations, which was brought upon all the reſt by the King of Babylon, whom God made his inſtrument to execute his Vengeance upon them); And lait of all upen the King of Babylon himſelf by Cyrus King of Perſia. This judgment which he t-lleth them ſhould be by the Sword, he expreſi:th by the effe&s, falling and riſing no more, and commands them to 4rnk it, to comport with the Metaphor ofthe Wine cup of God's Fury, mentioned Yer, 15. The drinking of Cups of heady intoxicating Wine ordinarily producing ſuch effe&s as /puing aad falling, &c. This Cup of the Lord's Fury be aſſures th:m, they ſhould not turn by, but ſhould moſt certainly drink
It. 29 For lo, I begin to bring evil * on the city which is + called by my name, and ſhould ye be utterly un- ' puniſhed f? ye ſhall not be unpuniſhed : for I will call Ezek. 9:6. for a ſword upon all the inhabitants of the earch g,
Obad. 15. (ith the LORD of hoſts. |
Luk. 23. f By the Citv called by his Name, or upon which his Name was 3I. called, he means Jeruſalem. elſewhere called the Hely City, The t Heb. up- Apoſtle, 1 Pet 4. 7. Spezketh much ro this purpoſe, The time is a” GP ome that judgment muſt begin at the houſe of God, and if is firſt begin Ry PANE at us, what ſhall the end be of them that obey not the Goſpel of God. If Is called. God ſparetb not the green Tree, how ſhall he ſpare thole that are dry and withered? Athieſts, and leud and profane Perſons have litt!e reaſon to promiſe thzmſeIves an eſcape trom God's righteous Judgment, wien they ſee God nor ſparing rhoſe that moke rhe higheſt profefſi;n of him, and ftand in ſome Relation to him. g Ir
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