before it came, Jer, 9. I. and was now much more affe&ed when he ſaw the Judgment was come, he wept plentifully and conſtantly, as forcheir fins which had brought theſe Judgments upon them, ſo for rhe Judgments themſelves, as Indications of Gods Diſplealure and wrath againſt them for their Tranſgreſſions.
5o Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven 6.
h That is, until the Lord ſhew me ſon e favcur. on Chap. 1+ ver. 9.
51 Mine cye affefterh F mine heart, || becauſe of ; 1,4, all the daughters of my city &. my ſoul.
k The Eye and rhe Ear, are thoſe Organs of the Body, by which || Or, more the Soul exerciſeth irs Senſes to bring in all Obje&s whether pleas than-all. fant or ſad to the underſtanding to judge of them, according to the judgment of which vpon them it 1s zfc&ed, with Joy or Sorrow,
Delire or Averſation, &, A&nd theEye is the chicfeſt of theſe, be.
cauſe its Evidence is more certain, and leſs ſubjc& to deceit. The Prophet, and moſt of the Jews were Eye-witnefles to the Evils which
had befallen the Jews, and which at preſent were upon them, ſo as
their Hearts were the moreafffefted. The word Tranſlated afe#,
is by ſome noted to ſignifie to wafte and conſume, which are the ef
fefts of adeep affefting the Heart with fad and miſerable ObjeQs.
k Our Margent tells us, that it may be alſo read more than all the Daughters of my City ; according to which, the ſenſe is, that he was
more affetted with the State of Jeruſalem, than the tendereft Wo-
man that had lived in it; bur ir is as well, if not better in this
place rendred cauſally; ſhewing the reaſon of his deep afflition,
viz. all thoſe Miſeries he had {cen fall upon all the-Fewiſþ Nation, * Pſal. or vpon all the Inhabitants of Jeruſalem. 35. 19. &
See the Notes
52 Mine enemies chaſed me ſors like a bird, * with- pa 4. &
our caule /. 9.3. & 115+ 161,
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Chap. III.
where, ſo mine Enemies to whom I gave no cauſe purſued me-
52 They have cut off my life in the dungeon ; and | ofthis nature which we meet with as Propheſies, r1ongh tome of
caſt a ſtone upon me mm, PD ” Dungeon ſeemeth not to be here taken literally for the loweſt
The Lamentations of F E R E M TI A BH.
I As Boys beat a Bird from Buſh to Buſk, ſuffering it to reſt no q P/al. 69. 22,23, 24, & and 109. 6,7, 8,9, to, &c. Fer. 11+ 20,
and naſtieſt place in Priſons, which probably wzs the portion but of
a few of the Jews; but metaphorically for the loweſt and ſaddeſt condition of Miſery. Their Enemies had brought them into the deepeſt Miſeries of the cutting off of their Lives, and as Men uſe ro rol] great Stones upon the Months of Dens and Pits, where they have ſhut up Perſons to make them ſure from eſcaping our, ſo their Enemies had dealt with them, doing what Jay in them to makethetr Condition remedileſs and deſperate.
*Pſal.69+ 54 * Waters flowed over mine head », the: * I ſaid,
2. & 124+ ] am cut off 0. |
- th Mi&ions often in Scripture are called Water, Iſa. 28. I7, 18. inf —5, : ar®® 55. 19. oTam utterly undone, there is no hope for me.
prom 55 {C*Icalled upon thy Name, O LORD, out of
* Pal. the low dungeon p.
330. 2, p Thar is, out of my deepeſt afflition, as Jonah out of the belly
of H:1, Jonah 2. 2. I cried unto God, and called upon him for mec-
Cy. Soi re oY : 56 Thou haſt heard my voice 9, hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry r.
q 1 in former great Aff; tions applied my {lf unto thee, and thou didſt hear me. r Shew me now the ſame favour. . Our former expzrience of God's goodneſs to us in hearing our Prayers, ought to hold up our hands in Prayer, and beget a co:fidence in us, that we perſiſting in our Duty, ſhal find God the ſame God, yeſterday, this day, and forever. : LY |
57. Thou dreweſt near in the day bat I called on
thee s: thou fſaidſt, Fear not fr. | s There was atime when I was in diſtreſs, and called upon thee, and thou didſt draw near unto me. God is never far off from an
nafive ſenſe, for the Gold which adorned the Temple either in irg
of us, as fo his «ſſential preſence; . nor is 1t poſſible thar he ſhould, ' For he filleth all piaces. Burt he is ſaid t6 be near us, or far off from | us, as he manzifelts, or doth not manifeſt his goodneſs to us by a&ts of gracious Providence; of that drawing near the Text ſpeaketh: God being infinite in goodneſs and mercy, is ſpoken of as abſent from thoſe Perſons and places, where he is not ſhewing mercy, and preſent only there where he ſheweth forth his goodneſs, and to be drawing nigh to them to wh'»m he begineth to ſhew Mercy. # Thou didſt incourage me formerly upon my Prayer.
58 O LORD, thou haſt pleaded the cauſes of my ſoul
#, thou haſt redeemed my life >». JEL
# Thou haſt been woar to take my part againſt my Enemies, not like a Lawyer by word of mouth, but attually and really pleading my Cauſe. w Thqu haſt ſaved me from many a danger which louked fataily upon me. RE RR
59 OLORD, thou haſt ſeen my wrong x, judge thou my cauſe y. rx ;
x Thou haſt a perfe&t knowledge of Mens perverſe; and unrigli- t-ous dealings with me at this time. y Do thou judge betwixr me and mine Enemies, and deal with them according to what ſhal ap- pear juſt ro thee. | | :
60 Thou haſt ſeen all their vengeance z, «ndall their imaginations againft me a. .
z Thou haſt been a witneſs to all their fury and rage. # And al} their ma'icious and bloody contrivances againſt me. |
64 Thou haſt heard their reproach, © LORD? and all their imaginations againſt me 56. - ;
þ Whatever knowledge Men get of things done from their Eye or Earg thou baſt from thy omniſciency, thou knoweſt not only their malicious aCtions, but words ad thoughts. ;
62 The lips of thoſe that roſe up againſt me and their
device againit me all the day c. | c That is, thou haſt obſerved and not-d the motions, or produfts of my Encies lips, and their ſecret devices, befure they came out of their lips. 7 0 LES. $ 63 Behold their ſitting down, and riſing up, * I am > Ver. 14: their muſick 4. ED d Thar is at all times when they ſit down, and riſe vpT am their ſong» Though probably the words have a ſpecial reference to their ſitting down at Feaſts, and at their merry meetings, I am all the ſabje& of theic diicourſe, they ſpend their time in mocking and fcof- fing at us, and at. Jeruſalem ; we are they that make them ſport. _. *Prag.4." 64 J* Render unto them a recompenſe, O ORD, i according to the work of their hands e.