it prevaileth againſt chem f ; he hath ſpread a ner for my feet g, he hath turned me back : he hath made me
deſolare, and faint all the day, w 2 _, F Fy Fire he means aJudgment as conſuming, andas afflictive as E fire in the Bones, which had conſumed the ſtrength of the Jews. £g That: is, God had brought them into a condition wherein they were entangled, and could not get out, The Holy Man owner God as the firſt cauſe of all the evil they ſuffered, and Entitles God "to their various kinds of afflictions; both in Captivity, and during irhe Stege, looking beyond the Babylonians who were the proximate -inftrumental cauſe. : . 14 The yoke of tranſgreſſions is bound by his hand : they are wreathed, and come up upon my -neck 3: he hath made my ſtrength to fail ; the LORD
*hath delivered me into heir hands, from whom I am not
: ahle:toriſe up &. q . þ Still the Propheteyeth God in all, and acknowledgeth his Ju-
Kice-while he ec: | their afflictionsthe yoke of their cranſgreſſions, that © _.. » "5s, which was put upon their neck, upon the ſame account that
i | Yokesare put about the Necks of Beaſts that uſe to break Hedges, *&*+. and bound to keep them faſt. / My puniſhments are twiſted as Cords, to make them more ſtrong ; I have a complication of Judg- ments upon me, Sword, Famine, Peſtilence, Captivity, they are not only prepared for myNeck, but they are already put upon it. & All 'my valiant Men, the ſtrength of my Nation 1s breken, and Iam fo p fallen, that I am not able to riſe again» . -% 15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my 2A mighty men inthe midſt of me /: he hath called an al- ks ' femblyagainſtme,tocruſh my young men =» : theLORD 6 IF hath trodden || the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as winepreſ; 110 4 wineprels ».
=, of the Fire 4 In the midf# of me, may be Interpreted either as pleonaFical, or ag I in denoting the place in which they loſt their valiant Men, viz. in the = 7 midft of the Giry during the Siege, not in the Field. » Inſtead of
thoſe ſolemn Aſſemblies that were wont to be callgd together wich=
in Hieruſslem by ſound of Trumpet for the ſolemn Worſhip of God ;
God had called an Aſſembly of Chaldeans as Adverſarics againſt the
City, to cruſh the Inhabitants of it. » God had trodden upon the
= Jews as Men uſe ro ftamp Grapes in a Winepreſs, where they uſe to "cruſh them to pieces to get outthe juice, and then they throw the
husks that are good for nothing upon the Dunghills, Theſe are
®Jer.13. 7 17. and
T 4+ 17. Chap. 2. 18...
2? and that pleatifully ; p having neither thee preſent with us as for- {merly dv our owns or comfort, nor any Friend that will deal by
The Lamentations of FEREMIAYQ,
Chap. I» us as Friends ſometimes doby others in ſwooning fits to fetch back
their Souls. q Either the other Cities of Judah ( Jervſalem was the
Morker City ) or my people, my Inhabitants, are waſted deitroyed
and made delolate, becauſe the Enemy hath prevailed. Fn
17 * Zion ſpreadeth forth her hands », and there ;; * Jer.4.3t, none to comfort her /; the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob that his adverſaries ſhould be round a» bout him z: Jeruſalem is as a menſtruous woman a- monegſt them «.
r The ſame in this Verſe is meant by Ziow, Jacob and Feruſalem unleſs Zion more ſpecially ſignifieth the Jews conſidered as a Church. becauſe of the Temple built upon it. She ſpreaderh our her hands 2S 1n a poſture of mourning, and bewailing herſelf. { But ſhe had none that could afford her any comfort. # God had commanded concerning the Fews who were deſcended from Jacob, ( their twelve Tribes from his twelve Sons) that their Enemies ſhould incompaſs them, » They were become loathſome and filchy even inthe Eyes of their Enemies like Women, which were {ſeparated from the con- gregation during their legal Uuncleanneſs.
18 F The LORD is * righteous, for I have * rebel- *Dan.g'7, led againſt his F commandment w 3: hear, I Pray You * 1 Sam. all people, and behold my ſorrow : my virgins and my 12:!4, "5: young men are gone into captivity x. + rae ag
w The Prophet either direð thoſe that feared God what they ſhould ſay, or expreſſeth what many of them did ſay in the Name of the reſt. acknowledging both the Lords Juſtice and F aithfulneſs, becauſe they had been diſobedient ro the Commandments of God. x In theſe words the Prophet only perſonates a paſſionat Woman beg= ging pity of all becauſe her Children were taken from her.
19 I called for my lovers, but they * deceived me y; * Jer. 393 my prieſts and mine elders gave upthe ghoſt in the ci- 14- ty, while they ſought their meat to relieve their ſoul z.
7 T defired help of my Allies and Confederates who courted my Friendſhip and Alliancein my Proſperity, but they failed mine ex- peCtation, none of them either would or could ſuccour me. z My Mitery was ſuch through the Famine, that not only my common people but thoſe of the beſt rank in the City, Magiſtrates and Prieſts 6s 98 as they went along the Street ſeeking Bread to ſatisfie their
unger-
20 Behold, OLORDa, for I am in diſtreſs ; my * bowels are troubled: mine heart is turned within * If 16. me, for I have grievouſly rebelled s * abroad the fworg !!:Jer-48. bereaveth, at home rhere is as deathb. I ng.
Spas” Re 2-11. Hoſ.