A te” &, jhepherds | nor the principal of the flock to eſcape . : = «caps WARN « In ordinary diſpenſations of Judgmenr, there is ſome way lefe 7s from WI
to eſcape, and if there be any way of eſcape, great Men are !ikelieſ} &c» to find it, bur he telleth them that the greateſt Men ſhould find no way to flee from, or eſcape this terrible Diſpenſation of God. |
36 A voice of the cry of the thepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock ſhall be heard w : for the LORD hath ſpoiled their paſture |
w That is, there ſhall be heard a great outcry of the Princes and Rulers. When they ſhall ſee how the Lord hath ſpoiled the Cities in which, and their people upon which they have lived, and amongſt whom they were wont to feed ſecurely. |
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down be- cauſe of the fierce anger of the LORD y, _
} That is, the places where theſe great Men were wont to live ſplendidly, and dwell peaceably and ſecurely, ſhall be as ſurely de- ſt:oyed through the Lord's An er, as if it were already done, |
38 He hatch forſaken * his covert as the lion z:-for s their land is | deſolate, becauſe of the fierceneſs of the ». oppreſſor, and becaute of his fierce anger as oe | s. WW
z God had before compared himſelf to a Lyon. vey. 39. here he 4cſolation. JI declares himſelf to be about ttmove like a Lion, who when he g0- RANDY eth out to feek his Prey, leaveth his Covert. wid. Chap. 50 44. a TheefteQs of this riſing up of God out of his Covert is the deſo.. lation of the Land through the fierceneſs of the Enemy, cauſed from the fierce anger of God now ready to be poured our upon this People
CHA ÞP, XXVI.
The Prophet, by Gods Command, in the Court of the Temple, threatnath. that the Temple ſhall be es Shiloh, and the Land 8 Curſe: Ex- horteth to Repentancey 1 7. He tis apprehended and arraigned, $, ii. His . Apology, 12, I5. The Princes clear him by the Example of Micah, 15, t9. and of Urijah, 20, 23. and, by the care of Ahikam. 24.
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is In vain for you to promiſe your ſelves an eſcape, for God is about ro puniſh all your Neighbours. :
20. Therefore propheſie thou againſt them all theſe , words, and ſay unto them b, The LORD ſhall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habi- tation 3, he ſhall mightily roar upon his habication &, he ſhall give a ſhout, as they that tread the grapes, againſt all the inhabitants of the earth 7.
h Reveal my Will, unto them preſently, to revenge ſelf ups on them, in words to this ſence and purpoſe ; tell rfiem that I who hitherto have been toward them as a Lamb, will now be to them as a Lyon, ſo Joel 3. 16. Amos 1- 2. and 3. 8. and, as aLion will roar from Heaven 3 for though the Temple be ſometimes fo Called, yet the foregoing words frem on high expound this termin this place otherwiſe. k Or, in his habitation, which is more likely to be underſtood in Heaven, ( as the former ) than in Jeruſalem as divers would bave it, for God is here revealing his Wrath againſt foraign Nations, upon ſome of which theſe Judgments came after God had done roaring 1n or upon Jeruſalem. I A ſhour, ſuch as Soldiers uſe to give when they ſtorm a City, or afſaulc their Ene- mies ro incourage their Fellows, and ro d 1ſhearten their Enemies ; like the ſhout of thoſe that rread the Grapes, ſinging one to another,
' or rejoycing and triumphing in the YVintage |
31 A noiſe (ha'l come even to the ends of the earth, for the LORD hath a cont: overſie with the nations m: he will plead with all fleſh», he will give them thr
are wicked to the {word o, faith the LORD.
-m There ſhall be ſuch Confuſions and Noiſes, as ſhall Ring over all che World, for God's Quarrel is not againſt the Jews only, but other Nations alſo. Nor will he in any thing he doth, a& in- juſtly, if they will joyn Iſſue wich him,he will plead with them,ard mak it appear to al! that he afteth Righteouſly. o He will give up mary to the Sword, but they ſhall be ſuch onlyas by their wicked neſs have deſerved it, recompenſing to them their own Works and evil doings. ,
32 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, behold, evil ſhal
oforth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind Jhall be raiſed up, from the coaſts of che earth p. p It is much the {ame thing which was ſaid before, only repeat-
| fourth Year of Jehoiakim, ; mak«s learned Men thiok. it ought to have been placed before thar.
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| is the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the ſon of Joliah king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, ſaying a,
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25. is faid to have been revealed in the is in the beginning of his Reign, which
The affairs of theFewswerethen in a verydeſperate condition, Phararh Necho Kin, of Egypt had overcome Joſcah, and killed him in Bartle, Fehoahaz or Shallum, being made King in his ſtead, 2 Kings 23. 30, he had reigned bur three Months, and Pharaoh N:cho takes himy and impritoneth bim, and lays a Tribute upon the Land of 300 Tz lents ot Silver, and a Talent of Gold, and makes Eliakim King, changing his Name to Jehoiakim, wer. 33. 34, Now in the begin* ning of this King's Reign cometh this Word of God to Jeremiah, wero-<ugy being ſtill hardened, and going on in their finfull prattices, : |
2 Thus ſaith the LORD, ftand in the court of the LORD's houſe, and ſpeak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worſhip in the LORD's houſe, all the words that I commanded thee to Tpeak unto them þ ; diminiſh not a word c. | | x
b Tn ihe largeſt Court of the Temple, where the moſt may hear: what thou ſaycit, and there fpeak to all thoſe that dwell in any of the Cities of Judah, ( from whence-they were wont to come up more elpecially thrice in a Year to the Temple to worthip, Pſs.
122. 4. ) In the Gate or Court of that Houſe wherein they have tuch a confidence, do thou favd ( So Chap. 7. 2+ ) and declare unto them what I Command thee. « Neither ſmootaing what may appear rough, nor ſuppreſſing what may offend them, intirely de-+ livering my Will unto them, not thunning to declare unto them the whole Counſell of God, as Paul, As 20. 27. N.
3 If fo be they will hearken, and turn every man _ from his evil way d,. that I may *.repent me of the evil + Chaps which I purpoſe to do unto them, becauſe of the xs. s, evil of their doings e. _. re ah |