i A Viley ſo called (as ſomethink) from the Mulrtitude of SenaZFerih's Army fliin there ; or, ( as others think / Bolies of MalefaQors put ro Death at: Golgorcha ( which was near) caſt, or buried there, & So called - ( as is thought) from the aſhes of the Sacrifices carried thither. 1 Some think rhar the Horſe » gate had its Name from the King's Horſes Jed our at 14 The ſum is, the whole City ſhal be built. - All theſe places ſhal be parts of rhe Holy City, and God's Name fſhal be ſanRtified, and be ſha] be worſhipped in chem all. » And the Ciry for a Jong time ſhal abide, 4nd not b: plucked up, nor thrown down , for we know aftzr many Years it was plucked up >y tne Roman. If we inter=
rer the word for everof a perpetuity,the Church of God muſt here be undzrſtood, againt w:uch the Gates of Hell thal never prevail, as Chriſt hath promiſed. POPC H AP. XXXIL Jeremiah in the Siege of Jeruſalem being impr:ſon:d by Zedekiah, buy-
&th a Ficld, r#keth Wrineſſes, arawdth a IWr.ting, ſealeth and dcli.
wereth ic ro Baruch to preſerve, as Tokens of. the Peoples Return,
IJ. 15. He prayeth with admiration of God's Majefty and Works n
and repreſenterh his own Confli#, 16,--25. God confirmeth the
Captivity for their ſins, 25, -— 35; but promiſeth @ gracious Re-
rurn, 36, 44: ;
He word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Jus dah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchad-
TEZZAT 8&4.
& That is ſomething more thana Year before the Ciry was tak- en, for ic was taken in the fourth Month of the eleventh Year of this K:ngs Reign, Chap. 39. 2. This renth Year concurred with the eighte-nth Year of the King of Babylon's abſolute Reign, who be- gan ſo to Reign in the third and fourth Year of Jehoiakim, Dan. 1.
1, ſoas Jehojakim's laſt Year was the ſeventh and eighth of Nebu+
chadrezzar, who is alſo ſometimes called Nebuch adnezzar and Nabu-
choTonojor. | :
2 For then the king of Babylon's army beſieged Je- ruſalem 6 : and Jeremiah the prophet was ſhut up in the * court of che priſon, which was in the King of Ju- dali's hoſe c,
b The King of Bz)ylmm ( as appears from 2 Kings 25. 1. and Chap. 39+ 1. ) befieged Hieruſalem in the tenth Month of the niathTear of Zedekiah, fo as he had beſieged it ſome time before the Revela- tion of chis Prophzcy came to Jeremiah, c time ?Priſoner, in a Priſon within the King's Houſe, The King could keep him from revealing God's Will to the People, bur he could not keep God from revealing himſelf to him. Priſons hinder us from Communion with Mn, bur often contribute to God's Peo- ple,freer and ſweetzr communion with him. In the mean time the de: perate hardneſs of this Prince, and theſe peoples Hearts ap- p=ar- in that the fear of an Enemy beſieging them could not awe them from ſuch outrageous as of Perſecution :
'2 For Zedekiah king of Judah, hed (but him up,fay- ing 4, Wherefore doſt thou propheſie, and ſay, Thus
faich the LORD, Behold I wil give this city into the
- hand of che king of Babylon, and he ſhal take it.
d We no where read that Zedekiah immediatly commanded Je. temiah to be impriſoned, he ſezmeth rather to have been favourable to Jeremiah, and judicious Interpreters think his preſent Priſon was a favourable Priſon ; but God accounterh Princes to do thac which their Miniſters or ſabordinate Magiſtrates do with their connivance, and without their hinderance. Though it be wild Divinity for any to ſay, that inferiour Miniſters or SubjeQts are excuſed by the command of the ſuperior, and the guilt Iyeth only on them ; yer itis as wild to ſay, they contraft no guilr by the extravagant a&ts of ſubordinate Magiſtrates whom they put in place, and can pu- niſh, and remove from their places.
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah,ſhal not eſcape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but ſhal ſurely be deli- vered into' the hand of the king of Babylon, and ſhall ſpeak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes ſhal be- hold his eyes
5 And he ſhal lead Zedekiah to Babylon e, and
* there ſhal he be until T vific him, faith the LORD f,
Thouph ye fight withthe Chaldeans, ye ſhal not pro- per g.
- e Here the cauſe ofthe Prophet's impriſonment is expreſſed, The |
things were true which Jeremy propheſied, and fulfilled, Chap. 39, 5, 6, 7. and Jeremy could nor forbear ſpeaking them becauſe he was ſent of God upon the Errand, Chap. 34. 2, 3. yet the King and C2urc could nor bear his words, f Interpreters are divided, whe- ther the viſtation here mentioned were a viſitation of Jugment, and the ſame with untill he die; or of mercy ; it 1s certain Zedekiah was no: put to Death, only his eyes put our, and hecarried into Baby- Ion, Chap. 39. 7» where ſome think he afterward found favour with the King of Babylon ; certain itis that he dyed in Babylmn, and had an honourable Burial,but whether he metwith anyother favour, or-no, the Scripture ſaith not ; Some will have the words read, wntil I viſit this People, and think that Zedekiah lived in Priſon in Ba- bylon till the Reſtauration; but he was 21 Years 01d when he be- ganto Reign, and reigned 11 Years, ſo as he was 32 Years old when he wascarried to Babylon, 2 Chron, 46. 11. and muſt be then - 92 Years eld when he died, which is hardly probable, conſidering the delicate Education, and Life of Princes. that he having loſt his
' Byes, and ſeen ſo much miſery, ſhould continue 60 Years longer,
'g Thongh you make many Sallies out upon the Chaldeans, that are
now befieging you, yet you ſhal be beaten in all, and not be able to drive them from your Walls. Hirberto hath been but the Pre- face to the Prophetical Type, and Diſcourſe in tais Chapter which aow followeth. 8
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