29 heir tents and their flocks thall they take away a, they ſhall take to themſelves their curtains and all their
veſle!s, and their camels 6, and they ſhal cry unto them, Fear zs on every ſide c.
& Thar 1s, the Chaldeans ſhall take away the K:darens T:nts, for they being a Pcople whoſe Cattle were their livelyhood, had no fixed Houſes but Tents,which were moveable Habitations, cover= ed with Skins of Beaſts. b And the Courtains which they uſed to draw before thoſe Tents, and ſerved them as ſides, as gable ends of Houſes ſerve us, and all the Furniture of their Tents or Taber- nacles,and their Cattel,and either their Enemies ſhould fright them with terrible noiſes and outcries, or thzy ſhould themſelves cry out that they were ſurrounded with obje&s of fear.
30 7 Flee, + get you far off, dwell deep, O ye in-
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4 The words ſeem to be the Prophet's words of advice to this | People, to make ail che haſte they could away, and to ſecure theme . ſelves as well as they could, becauſe the King of Babylon had cer- : tainly been taking countel againſt them, and was reſolved to di
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26 * Therefore her young men ſhall fall in her ſtreets, * Chap. and all the men of war ſhall be cur off in that day, 5* 3*
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f The ſuppoſed reſult of Nebuchadnezzar's Counſels, giving charge ro his Armies to march againſt the Kedarers, which lived at eaſe and quiet, and took no cire. That had no Cities,nor Gates, nor Bars to n_ their Enemies out,nor were near any Neighbours
that could afſiſt them, nor very near to one another living in Tents, ſo might eaſily be over-run, and conquered, and made a
prey to Enemies. 22 And their camels ſhall be a booty, and the mul-
titude of their cattel a ſpoil g, and I will ſcatter into all F Chap. Winds * them that are | in the ucmoſt corners,and I wil: : 26-and bring their calamity, from all ſides thereof, {ſaith che
cb. Theſe words ſound like a part of the King of Babvlen's ſup-
275, Or, get,which ſhould be a great multitude of Camels and other Cattel. Ve 7 The latter words are the words of the Prophet, in the Name of Fe corners 1. Lord, threatning ruine to theſe Kedarens and Hazvrites, tho F their they lived in corners, and might upon that account think them- * ſelves ſecure ; God faith,he would ferch them out of their utmolt | corners, and bring calamities from al! parts upon them.
Chap: 33 And Hazor *ſhall be a dwelling for dragons, and Io: 22. a defolation for ever ; there ſhall no man abide there,
nor any ſon of man dwell in it z. " # That is, the whole Country ſubje& to the King of Hazor, fhall be deſolate. See I/a: 34: 13. Chap 9: 17. | 24 { The word of the LORD, that came to Jere- chip. miah the prophet againſt * Elam, in the beginning of 5:25- the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, ſaying &, | | þ Elam was the Son of Sem, Gen: 10: 22. his poſterity were cal- p ' Jed Elamter, theſe were the Perſians as is moſt probable, tho' ſome judge that the Perſians were at too great a diſtance from the Jews to be the People meant here,burt we read of no other Elam in Scripture but in Perſia, Dan: 8 2. and though they were indeed at a great diſtance, yet it is probable that Nebuchadnezzar having conquered the Aſjr:ans, might allo make ſome inroads into Perfis, the Emper- our of which afterward conqueced Babylon. This Prophecy being in the firſt Year of Zedekiah muſt needs be Jong before the thing was done, for it was ten Years before the King of Babylon took Hieruſalem, F | 25 Thus faith the LORD of hoſts, Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might 6.
5 All thoſe Eaſtern People were famous for the uſe of the Bow, the Elamizes in ſpecial, Iſaiah 22: 6. thoſe Bows were the chief of their offenſive Armour, tho by the chief of their might may alfo be meant their moſt mighty & ſtrong Warriours. ThisProphecy 1s pros bably judged to be fulfilled when the Perſians made a defettion from the King of the Medes,who was Son-in-law to N-buchadnezzar. Others think that this Prophecy was accompliſhed by Alrzander the Emper- our of Greece, or rather by his ei {es : ;
26 And upon Elam wili I bring the four winds,from
the four quarters of heaven, and will ſcatter them to- wards all thoſe winds ; and there ſhall be no nation
whether the outcaſts of Elam ſhall not come c. |
c The Prophet threatzeth the deſtruQtion of rhe Perſians, by a Confederacy of Enemies, ſuppoſe Babylonians, Meaes, Ke. which ſhould aſſault chem oa all ſides,as when the wind blows at the ſime time from all Quarters, which cauſeth a Whirlwind which driveth the Duſt every way hither, and thither, ſo he ſaith the Perſtans ſhould be ſcattered into all Nations.
27 For I will cauſe Elam to be diſmayed before their enemies, and before them that ſeek their life : and ] will bring evil upon chem, even my fierce anger, faith the LORD, and L will ſend the {word after them, ill T have conſumed them 4.