Others Tranſlating it {zars as we do, underſtand it of their Souths
back upon Cyrus his Proclamation of
31 Behold, I z»againſt thee, O :hu + moſt proud | # 3 _ © g. 3 - F s - ſaich the LORD God of hoſts, for thy day is come, the ray
ofa Mans Feart in a [:]1f-opinion, cauſed from ſome thing wherein We havea large
| The linnerexalteth himſ, againſt God, and either judgeth himſelf wiſer, or more mi ay - can
32 And the | moſt proud ſhal ftumbie and fall, and + Heb; and I will kindle a fire in his rides
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which Cyrus diverted by cutting ſeveral Channels, till he had drained
ir {0 low, that it became paſlable for his Army to go over : Others think that a want of Rain his here threained b God gives the reaſon of this Judgment which was their Idolatry, aad exceeding zeal for it.
29 Therefore * the wild beaſts of the deſerts with
* Tfa. 83. 22, & 34. the wild beaſts of che iſlands ſhall dwell there, and the 14 Chap. owls fhal dwelltherein : and itſhal be no more inhabired 6.37: for ever: neither ſhal ic be dwelt infrom generation to = generation. | *Gen.19. 40 * As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and 0 the neighbour cities thereof, ſaith the LORD 3 ſo ſhall 2'319- no man abide there c, neither ſhall any ſon of man Chap. 49. d . 18, well therein» | | c The ſubſtance of both theſe Verſes is, That Babylon ſhould be totally ruined, as Sodom and Gomorrah, ſo as there ſhould be no Ha- bitation for Men, bur wild beaſts only of all ſorts ſhould inhabit and lodge in it, The fulfilling of this, we havenot in holy Writ, only the beginning of its accompliſhment, it being taken by Cyrus who only made them Triburaries, and rook away their Government. But they rebelling againſt the Emperour of the Medes, Darius Hyſt aſpis a ſucceeding Emperour pulled down their Walls. And about 250 Years after Seleu:us Nicanorg a Grecian Prince, and the Medes being before conquered by Alexander the Great, utterly deſtroyed Babylon, ſo asin the time of Hadrian the Roman Emperour, there was nothing left ftanding of that great City but ſome pieces of Walls. _ | 41 * Behold, a people ſhall come from the north, 5 :.Þ and agreat nation, and many kings ſhall be raiſed up
from the coaſts of the earth .
da The Medes and Perſians with their Armies, who ſhall alſo have many other Kings, who from the ſeveral parts of the earth thall joyn with them and help them.
42 They ſhall hold the bow and the lancee: they are cruel and will not ſhew mercy f: * their voice ſhal roar *IGa,s; 30. like the ſeas, and they ſhall ride upon horſes, every one put in array like a man to the battel, againſt chee, O daughter of Babylon g.
e Theſe were the two uſual weapons of Soldiers in thoſe Countries, Chap. 6. 23« f The Perſians were a crucl bloody People. g Theſe Phraſes ſignifie no more» than that the Enemies ſhould come upon Bavjlow in a terrible manner, and prepared to deſtroy them.
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble : * anguiſh took holdon him, and pangs as of a woman in travail b.
þ The Medes ſhall not be more prepared to deſtroy the Babylonians, than they fhall be unprepared to mak? any reſiſtance ; as God will inimate their Enemies, 1o he will diſpirit them, ſo as they ſhall faint upon the report of their coming, and be like a Woman upon whom ſtrong pangs of Travail are.
44 Behold, he ſhall come up * like a lion from the id *" ſwelling of Jordan, untothe habitation of the ſtrong : but I will make them ſuddenly run away from her : and who zs a choſen man bat T may appoint over her ? Il Or, for who islike me ? and who will || appoint me the emvent me time ? and who is that ſhepherd thar will ſtand before to plead, me -
45 Therefore hear ye the counfel ofthe LORD, that he hath caken againſt Babylon, and his purpoſes that he hath purpoſed againſt che land of the Chaldeans : ſurely the leaſt of the flock ſhall draw them out : ſurely he ſhall make their habitation deſolate with them 5.
7 See the Notes on Chap. 49. 19. where we have applied unto Edom all that is here ſpoken againſt Babylon. |
46 Arche noiſe of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations &.
þ We have much the ſame ſpok?n with reference to Edom, ch 49. 20. The words are only expreſſive of the greatneſs of the deſtruction of Baby/on, which ſhould be ſach as ſhould make all thar part of the World ſhake, and the noiſe of it would ring throughout all the Nations in that part of the Earth.
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The ſevere Judgment of God againft Voluptuous, Covetous, Tyrarmical and Tolatrous Babel, in the Revenge, and for the Redemption of Iſrael, I 58. Feremiah delivereth the Book of this Prophecy to Seraigh, to
' be caft into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual {faking of Babylon, 59 64.
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4PHus fichthe LORD, Behold, I will raiſe up againft |
+ Heb. AI Babylon, and againſt them that dwell in + the wee/h:ort. midſt of them thac riſe up againit me, a deftroying wind ad
# In this Chapter the Prophecy of the deſtruQion of Babylon is continued under new Metaphors; he begins with that of a Wind, a deſtroying Wind, ( as northerly Winds are ordinarily very perni- cious, ) but the Hebrew Idiom fo ill ſuiteth that of other Languages. that it is no ealie matter poſitively ro aſſert the ſenſe of the words uſed. In the Hebrew they are and ro or againſt thoſe that inhabit the heart of thoſe that riſe up. Some would have ir thole that are wiſe in their own opinion, and are taerefore ſaid to dwell in their hearr. Others, thole that are ſecure ; bur the beſt Interpreters judge our Tranſlation to have beſt hir rhe feale, —— them that dwell in the heart, 1. e. that is in the midit of the Chalaeans who are here ſaid * have riſen up againſt G Q D, to ftrive againit G OD, Chap. 56. 24;
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2 And will ſend unto Babylon * fanners, that ſhall , ci]
fan her, ard empty her land þ : for in the day of trouble aP-j Af | 15.7.
chey. ſhall be againft her round abour c. E-5* J2-Bes