from her a, and who 3s a choſen man that IT may ap-
* Exod. point over her b ? for * who is like me c?and who will
| <<xges , [| appoint me the time ? and who zs that ſhepherd that
| Oc, cor. Will ſtand before me 4?
went me in % The Verſe is very variouſly interpreted, fome by he under-
judgmen;, ſtand the Jews, ſome underſtand Nebzchadnezzar, ſome underſtand the Edomites, I think the laſt is moſt probable to be here meant, becauſe of the next words. The Ezomites thall come out againſt the Chaldeans, like a Lion, as Lions lurking about Jordan when it over-
floweth,come out to take their Prey. # Theſe words are variouſly |
underitood, thoſe who by he in the former part of the Verſe un- derſtand Nebuchaanezzar, interpret the running here mentioned, of his running over the whole Country of Edom ; to me 1t appeareth a much more probable ſence to interpret it of the Edomites run- ning away from Nebucha#nezzar out of their own Country, which ſeems to be underſtood by her ; all that makes a difficulty is the particle from, which yet makes the ſence good enough, if by her we underſtand the Edomites own Land. In the Heirew it js, I will break th:m, or 1 will quie: them, and make them to rn. 6 Whom ſhall I ſer over £49 ? Into whoſe hands ſhall I give that Countrey that he may rule over it ? 6 For I can do whatloever I pleaſe. c And who will appoint me a time to plead with Men, fo 7ob g, 19. or a time to fight. d What is that King or Pocencate of the Earth that will ſrand before me ?
20 Therefore hear the council of the LORD, that he hath taken againſt Edom, and_ his purpoſes that he hath purpoſed againſt the inhabicants of Teman e : Surely the leaſt of the flock ſhall draw them our Ff, ſurely, he ſhall make their habitations deſolate with them g. |
e Evom and T:man in this Verſe fignifie both the ſame thing, God calls ro Men to hear the reſolutions he had raken up againſt the Edomites, Refolutions as wiſe and fready as if they had been: ta- ken upon the wileſt counſels, and deliberation. f God is reſolved ro drive out the Edomites; and the leaſt of Neouchadnezzar's Forces thall drag them out of their Jucking places, and God will make the place where they dwell a delolation. _
21 The carth is moved at tie noiſe of their fall : ar
i Heb. the crv,t'c noiſe thereof was heard in the 7 Red-ſea h. b That is, the ruine of the Edo»ites ſhall be fo grear, thar all
Nations round about it fhall be attccted at the noiſe of their fall,
and though the Red-Seza, or the weeay Sea be at a great diſtance
v Chap. from thin, yet thcir noiſe ſhall reach thither, :
4; 13- 22 Echold, * he ſhall come up aud flie as the eagle,
#148 x - Chap. RL
and ſpread his wings over Bozrah : and at that day ſhall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs #:-
z See the Notes on Chap. 48: 40, 41- where the very ſame thing, and under the ſame Phraſes, was ſpoken againſt Moab. That what is threatned in the Enemies coming {wiftiy upon the Edon zcs and preying upon them, and the fear that {þould furprize them
which ſhould make their hearts faint as the heart of a Woman that hath an hard labour.
dings, they are f faint-hearted, there is forcow || on the ea, it cann2t be quiet m.
of Syriz, 1/a.7. $. and 17:3. or 4ram (as in the Heb) becauſe it was a Country inhabited by the poſterity of Aram one of the Sons of Sm, part of it lay betwixt Bbylon and Arabia, and was called Me- Jopotamia, lying betwixt the two Rivers of Tigris and E-phrates.
2 Sam 8: 5: and 10. 18, So had Ahab, 1 Kings 29: 20. and Joram 2 Kings 8' 28. And Abaz 1[5. 7: 2. after God's long patience with them he threatens them with ruine, as by Jercmiah in this place, ſo by Ames 1: 5. Damaſcus being the head of this Country, is tome-
were two Cities alſo of Syria, 2 Kings 18: 34. m The Prophet foretells that they alſo ſhou!d hear of ill News, an Enemy thar is coming againſt them,and that they ſhould be melted through fear, and their courage ſhou!d fail them, they ſhould be as troubled as the Sea is in a Storm, or their Inhabitants that lived near to the Sea ſhould be troubled. |
24 » Damaſcus is waxed feeble, and turneth her ſelf
valour ; it was wont to be a formidable Country to its Neighvours. 0 But now they flee before their Enemies. p They are {e:zed.and overpowred by their own fears, q Great ſorrows are ordinarly in Scripture expreſſed by the fimilitude of the pains of a Woman in Travail, we have met with it often in this Prophecy, chap. 6:24. and 22+ 23. ſo Pſal: 48:6. Micah 4: 9. _ 25 How1s the city of praite not left, the ciry of my joy r2
r It is called the City of Phraiſe,becauſe it was a Ciry ſo much praiſed, a City of great renown, which the Prophet ſceing like to be deſtroyed, lamenreth either in the Perſon of the K.ng of Syria, or of the Syrian Inhabitants,wondering that the Conquerours ſhould
not ſpare ſo famous and renowned a City in which fo many did rejoyce.
faith the LORD of hoſts [
{ The Hebrew Particles are not always well rendred in our Tran- flation, and our Learned Engl:ſh Annorator hath rightly obſerved this place, as one inſtance, for 127 cannot be here an 1llative, but is much better Tranſlated /ureiy' as the Note of affertion. God threatneth the Syrians with a certain ruine, and deſolation.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damaſcus, and it ſhall conſume the palaces of Benhadad ».
# I will bring a judgment that ſhall burn in Damaſcus like a con= ſuming Fire. &« and it ſhall reach to the Royal Scat of Brnhadad, either that which was the Royal Seat of Benhadad, 2 Kings 8: 7. or ſe Ben-hadad, ( fignifying the Son of Hadad) ( which was their [dol ) was the common Name of all the Kings of Syria, as Pharaob was to the Kings of Egypt, Amos 1; 4, |
28 9 Concerning Kedar w, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor x, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ſhall ſmice, thus ſaich che LORD z, Ariſe ye, g0 up to Kedar, and ſpoii the men of the eaſt z.
w Keaar, Gen. 25: 13. was one of the Sons of 1hmael, whoſe Poſterity inhabited part of 41abia Petres. See Iſs. 21. 13, 17. We read of it, Pjal. 120. 5. Cant. 1. 5. Ezek; 27: 21» x We read of
Kingdoms in Joſbua's time, Jabin was King of it in the times of Deborah, Judg. 4: 2. y The Prophet foretells that Nebachainezzar. ſthould alſo conquer theſe Kingdoms. z And faith he heard the Lord call to Ne5uchadnezzar to go up againſt him.