- 4 Thar which is in part thrown. down, and ſhall yet further be thrown down, by the Engines of War which the Chaldeans uſe to batter down the City, - See before chap. 32. 24. ſome read for the *Ch mounts, as if they were thrown down by the Citizens to make room 26. fyr the Citizens to caſt up defenſive Mounts, the word tranſlated 446 Sword may teas well tranſlated Hammers or Mattocks; asit is 2 Chron,
34- 6 Ir1s tranſlated Axes, Ezek. 26. 9.
5 They cometo fight with the Chaldeans e, but it is to fill them with thedead bodies of men, whom I have flainin my anger, and inmy fury f, and for all whoſe wickedneſs I have hid my face from this city g.
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entiie ſenſcin themfelves, or what connexion they have with the
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which a Jarge account is given by the Author of the Eng! .Jb Annet a< | tons, I think they judge beſt whothink they havean entire ſepſe 4 10 themſelves, and judge that theThey here mentioned, are the Jews of whom the Prophet ſaith they come, becauſe he knew they woutd fally our and fight with their Enemies, but to no purpoſe, bur to fill their Houſes with their own dead Bodies, whom he would cauſe in his anger to b: ſlain. g For their wickedneſs which they had pro- voked God by, and cauted him to hide his face fromthat City which had ſo much of his countenance formerly.
6 Behold, I will bring it health, and cure, and I will cure them h, and will reveal unto.them the abuny
dance of peace and truth .
þ The latter part of this Verſe expoundeth the former, for by hea'th and cure, the Prophet meaneth peace, and truth ; we mer | with the like. metaphorical expreſſion, Chap. 30. 17. See the notes on- | | that place. The miſerable diſturbed ſtate of a Nation being com- | pared to Wounds, and Sickneſs, the reſtoring of it to 2 peaceable | proſperous ſtate is firly called irs Health and Cure. # By truth | here ſeems te be meant fairhfulneſs, or ſtability, not truth of pro | policions ; 9. d. T will after this great wound which I have given this People, bring them again into a quiet and peaceable ſtate in which they ſhall abide many days.
7 And I will caufe the captivity of Judah, and the captivity of Iſrael to return, * and will build them as * Chap: + Hel
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k 1a this Verſe the latter part is expounded by the!former : the os — ! Talaks reſtoring of them is called bu:lding them, in oppoſition to the © throwing them down, by the Mounts mentioned; Yer. 4. unleſs by building be to be underſtood not laying the foundation of their new State, burthe further proſpering of rhem in that State.
8 And I will cleanſe them trom all their iniquity, whereby they have ſinned againſt me, and I will * «q,,, pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have ſinned; z;: 34: and whereby they have tranſ{greiſed againſt me . Micah 7?
m Here is but one thing expreſſed by two Phraſes; the word 18: by us tranſlated cleanſe ſignifies to exp:ate or purifie with alluſion ro the legal purificaticns, ſo as cleanſing muſt not be underſtood of Regexeration, but of that pardon which is mentioned 1a tie Jatrer part ofthe Verſe,
9 T And it ſhall beto me a name of joy, a praiſe and an honour before all the nations of the earch, which ſhall hear all the good that I do unto them :
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2 I will do ſo well by this People, thatother Nations ſhall ho« nour and praiſe me for my govdnets to them. o And nor only ſo | bur ſhall fear to ingage againſt a Nation fo beloved and favoured ! by me Exed. 15. 14, 16. others interpret it of aReligious fear,and trembling to which Gods Mercy to the I/raelites ſhould invite thoſe People that ſhould fee, and hear of it ; bur I think the former is the moſt probable ſenle of che Propher here.
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2 The ſum of this Verſe is, that thoſe that ſhould be carried into captivity ſhould return, and upon their return chey ſhould be in their former States, both as to Civil TranſaQtions, they ſhould again Marry, and give in marriage, and as to Civil and Spirituzl Joy,they ſhould publickly praiſe the Lord as they were wont to do in the words of David, Pſal: 106. 4. and 107, 1, and 118, 1. and 136. 1. ( we have a record in Holy Writ of the fulfilling of this Prophecy upon the laying the foundations of theſecond Temple, Ezra;3.11-) and offer ſacrifices of thankſgiving. See Nehen: 12. 27. :
12 Thus faith the LORD of hoſts, Again in this pes which is deſolate y without min, and without
eaſt, and in all the cities tuereof, fball be an habita- tion of ſhepherds, cauſing their flocks to lie down,
7 That is a great part of which is, and the other part ſhall foonbe deſolate. In all rhoſe places there ſhal be flocks and Herds of Sheep and Goats, which the Shepherd hall take care ofasin former times.
13 * In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the ſouth, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jeruſalem, and in the cities of Judah, ſhall the flocks paſs again under the hands of / him that telleth chem, ſaith ths LORD.