6 Even men, and women, and children, and the kings daughters g, and every perſon that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, the ſon ofShaphan ; and Jeremiahthe Pro- pher; and Baruch the ſon of Neriah. £ Ofthe King's Daughters here mentioned, ſee Chap. 41. 10. "7 SO they came into the land of Egypt bh, for they 0- beyed nor the voice of the LORD, thus came they ever to* Tahpanhes 5z. hb Egypt at this time,though it was humbled by the King of Baby- , by an inroad he had made into it, of which we read, 2 Kings 24. 7. yet it was a diſtin Kingdom,and being near to Canaan,the Jews often fled thither for San tuary,and borrowed afliſtance againſt their Enemies from them. Of this City we read little but in Holy Writ, 1 Kings 11. 19. we read of a Queen of Egy;t called Tubpenes, in honour to whom probably this Ciry was builded, after whoſe name this City was called, of which the Scripture faith nothing, but in this Prophet, Chap. 2. 16. in this Chapter, and Chap. 44.and 46. 14. it appears by Yer. 9, that it was at this time the place where
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ther theſe Captains and the Jews came, forcing Jeremiah and Baruch along with them.
8 © Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, faying,
9 Take great ſtones in thy hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which 5s at the entry of Pha-
arg houſe, in Tabpanhes,inthe ſight of the men of Ju- ah &.
k God commandeth rhe Prophet to take theſe Stones, and to place them in the Clay,&c. for a ſign of what we ſhall meet with expoun- ded in the next Yerſe; it is plain from hence that the King of Egypr, Called Pharaoh, either reſided, or at leaſt had a Royal talace in Tatpanhes, Jeremiah is dire&ed to fix theſe Stones at the entrance in- to this Palace. This hath made Interpreters divided about rhe true ſenſe of the word, which is here tranſlated a Brick-kiln. Thar the word ſo ſignifies is out of doubr, and is ſo tranſlated, 2 Sam. (2.31. All that troubleth ſome, is, that they fancy there ſhould not be a Brick-kiln ſo near the King's Place ; but poflibly- thoſe Learned
*M<n do nor enough conlider the difference of times and Places : "Great Princes Sons and Davghters, do not uſe in our Age to keep "Sheep, which yet we know Jacob's Sons and Laban's Daughters did ;
M 15; &x H. | Chap. XLIV,
place called by the Name ofthe Palace. Others think it might bean Houfe uſed not for making, but poliſhing Earthen Ware. Bur the greateſt” offenfiveneſs offuch Kilns with us, is from the Smoke, of which they had none, drying their Bricks in the Sun, Bur it is a nicety not worth to many gucſles. 10 And fay unto them, Thus faith the LORD of hoſts che God of 1frael, Behold, IT will ſend and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon * my ſervant 1, * See and will fethis throne upon theſe ſtones. that I have higq Eze-29.8,
2», and he ſhall ſpread his royal pavilion over them.
{ Now God expounds his meaning in his former Command, he ordered Jeremiah to take Stones and hide them in a place near the King of Egypt's Palace ; now he tells them, that this- was for a ſign that N-buchadnezzar ſhould ſet bis Throne, and ſpread his Pavilion in that place. This Nebuckadnezzar God calls his Servant, becauſe he was to obey him in whar he ſhould do, though he intended nor ſo Thus Aſyris is called, the Rod of his anger, Iſa. 10. 5, and Nebuchadnezzar is ſo called, Chap. 25.9. and 27.6. m God owneth
the _— to be laid by himſclf, becauſe they were laid at his Com. mand.
11 And when he cometh, he ſhall ſmite the land of Egypt, and deliver * ſuch as are for death to death, ſuch as are for captivity to captivity, and ſuch as are for the * Zech Iword to the ſword ». Its 7, » He propheſicth the certain ruine of the Egyptians by the King of Babzlon, tome of whom the King of Babylon thould {lay, others of them he thould lead away into Captivity as Priſoners of War. See the like Phraies, Chap. 154 2. 12 And1 will kindle a fire in the houſes of the gods ofEgypte, and he bail burn them, and carry them a- way captives p, and he ſhall array himſelf with the land of Egypt 9, as a ſhepherd putterth on his garments 7, and he thall go forth fiom thence in peace 5.
» God by his Prophet declares a particular hatred to the Tdols of Egypr, that he would burn up their Temples. 3. e. by the hands of Nebuchaanezzar, p He fhall carry away both the 1dois, and the In= habitaiits of Egypt Captives. q That 1s with the Spoils and Plun«
. der of the Lau of Egypr, the King of Babyien ſhall clothe his Army. : FOU unacquaintedne:s with rhe tafſhions of Shephers cauſeth dt-
vers gucflcs at the icnce of this Phiaſe ; that which the beſt Inter Prerets fix 1a as the bei} is, That as a Shepherd that while he hath becn attending his F.ocks, goes n any Rags, and is careleſs of his
+ Clothes, but when he goes home at Night he put on his Coat; ſo
the Babzlomyb Soldiers, when they have finilhed their Work in the Conquelt ot £gypr, ihall go home clothed in the better tabirs ofthe Egyptians. j :nd the Armies ſhall go home in Peace, as Conque-= rors not foiled in their unvertaking.
13 He ſhali break allo | the images of [| Bethſhemeſh, | that zs in the land of Egypt ; and the houſes of the f Heb. guds of rhe Egyptians (hail he burn with fire «. - ae og
£ Beth-jhemejb 1gnifies the houſe of the Sun, and it is alſo the Name 20 Ag of a City in &gyp:,to moſt rake it here, as the Name of a Ciry, which _—
had its Name trom a fainous Temple build:-dinir to the honour of bn of, the S.n. This Idol is called On, Gen. 41. 45. By this it appears the San
that the Egyprians, as well as other Pagans, paid Divine Adoraticn to the Creature. u God threat: ns not only the deſtruttion of the 140. latrous Temples, but the Houſes of the Inhabitants of Egypr, by the King of Babylon; fiom whence theſe Jens, would they have believed might have underſtood,that they would not have the ſecurity which they promiſed themſelves in the Land of Egypr.
C H A P. XLIIV.
Jeremiah repreſenteth to the People in Egypt, the former Sins and Puniſh ment of Judah, » lo. He Propheſyeth their Deftrafion in Egypr, 11 14. Their Obſtinacy, is 19. Threatned, 20 28. For a Sign, the Deſtruftion of Egypt # foretold, 29, 30.
HE word which came to Jeremiah concerning all che Jews, which dwell inthe land of Egypt a,which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph,and
in the country of Pathros, ſaying 6,