ries, and in that caſe the living Man hath no juſt reaſon to cem- P/ain, Lam: 3. 39. : 16 Therefore g all they that devour thee * ſhall be ' Exod:23- devoured, and ail thine adverſaries, exery one of them | ne ſha!l go into cavtivity, and they that ſpoil thee thail be a ſpoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey bh. | g The Particle - 127 is thought here to be i!! Tranſlated zhere- | fore, for m:nifeſtly iris not 2 cautal or illative, and rtcſe who interpret it therefore, refer mt to what went before, Yerſ; 10. 11. Tt were better Trar{l:ted nevertheleſs, or notwitkſtaniing yet, ſo the lear- ned Author of rhe Erglijh Annotations thinks 1t ſhould be Tranilated, Ija: 7. 14: and 30 8. and 1n many Other Texts. 4 So this Text is adec/aiatior: of Go/''s free mercy, though this People had juſtly provoked the Lord by their iniquitins ro punith them,yer he would at length revenge tiem of their Faemies, and thole that ſpoiled them ſhould fe; his Juſtice, and b- themte'ves ſpoiled, fo 1/z: 10, T2.and 33. 1. God ordinarily punith<th thoie thit have been Ene- mies to his People, more ſeverely than his People have becn puni- ſhed by tiem, che Reafors are, becauſe rhough thay ſerve God in chaſtiſing his People, yet they do ir not defignedly 3 Iſa: 10:7.and commonly they exceed a meature in tac rexecuting Gods vengeance. 17 For I wil ieftore heaj-h 4 unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, faith the LORD, becauſe they called thee an outcaſt, /azi»z, This is Zion whom
no man ſeeketh after &.
z As the miſerable ſtate of this People was by the Prophet, Yerſe T2. 13. deſcribed under the fimilirude of a man wounded and brue- fed and ſick, fo their more proſperous ſtate is deſcribed under the notion of health, and God'saCtivn in reſtoring chem, exprets'd un- der the notion of healing both here, and in many other Texts, 1ſa: G. 10. and 19. 22. and 57. 38, :9. k The Particle here Tranilated becauſe may ſo ſignifie here, for often the ſcorn and Contempr of ; Goi's Peoples Enemies,cauſerh God ro make haſte to their S4lvati- on,and Deliverance,but many think that ir were better Tranſlated al:hough, as it is, Joſ: 17: 18. though the Heathens ca!l thee one thar I have caſt off, as a man doti his Wile ; yet they ſhall ſee the contrary, for I will heal thee cf thy wounds. & Though they deriding ſay, this Zion waam nane car's fur : Some think that in this they alluded to the original ſigaikcation cf the word Tzion, which i5 a dry or waſte place. C
18 4 Thus faith the LORD, Beho!d, I willbring a- gain the captivicy of Jacob's cents, and have mercy on his dwelling places 1, and the city (hall be builded upon her own || heap, and the palace ſhall remain after che
manner thereof |
I This Verſe manifeſtly 1s 2 promiſe of the rebuilding of the CTi- ty, and was fulfilled in th- times of Ezra, and the Term Caprivi- zy, which in its proper {-nſe relites ro Perſons, not to places,being here applyed ro places, ſignifies che miterable State of Jeruſalem, u- pon the taking it by Nebuchainezzar, which God promiſeth to changeor alter under the notion of bringing again; So we read of the Captivity of Job, who yer ſt, &ly was never a Captive, Job 42. 10. m Whether by the term heap be meant the haap of Rubbiſh, into which the Ciry was turned. uponthe takjng of it by tae King of Babylom, or th< hill upon which thz City was builded,is not much material ; by che Palace is meant eicher tae King's Houſe, or the Temple; fo the verſe is a Promiſe of the building again of the Ciry, the Temple, and che chief Governours Houſe, all which was ful- filled by Ezra, Nehemiah and Zorababel, the Hiſtroy of which we read in the Books wrote by Ezra and Nchemiah.
19 And * out of them fhal proceed thankſgiving », and the voice of them that make merry o, and I will multiply chem, and they ſhall not be few p; I willalfo
glorifie them, and they ſhall not be [mall 9.
# Thankſyiving to'God, as Chap,r7. 26. either Thank-Offerings, Lev: 7. 12, 13. or vocal Thanſgiviags, 0 Either 1a a religious ſenſe or in a Civil ſenſe; if it be taken in the former 1t fignificth rheir Mirth at their Religious Feſtivals,of which we read much 1n Scrip- ture, Pſal: 42. 4. and 18. 15, c. if in the latter, 1t ſignifteth their happy and joyful ſtats after their reſtauration, p Though they be diminiſhed ia the Captiviry, yet I will return to them in my won- ted Pcovidences, and multiply them according to my promiſe ro Abraham, ſo as they ſhall be for number many. q And as to their
uality it ſhall be honourable ; though during thoſe 70 Years they ſhall bz a People of mean, or norepuration, yet after thar time they ſhall recover their ancient reputation, and again be a People great for Honour and Glory. :
20 Their children alſo ſhall be as aforetime r, and
their congregation ſhal be eſtabliſhed before me /, and
IT will puniſh all chat oppreſs them #-
» Their Poſterity alfo ſhall be as happy, and in as much repute, as they were before this carrying into Babylon. J Their Church. or the B»dy of the Penple of the Jews, ſhall from Generattoa to Generat1* on be eſtabliſhed. . £ An41rhough in thoſe times there will be fome thar will oppreſs them,” yet they thall. nor eſcape my Vengeance thatdo it; for I will prote& and detend them. :
21 And their nobles ſhall be of themſelves, and their
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pove:nour (hall proceed from the midit of chem », and I will cauſe him to draw near, aud he (hall appreach unto me # : for who is this thatengaged Is heart © ap- proach unto me ? ſaith the LOKE p.
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