face of the pot for the Pot it ſelf ; as the face of the cold, - the
face of his anger for Cold and Anger it ſelf, 9.4. I ſce a Por coming, meaning the B1vylozian Army flowing in upon them,
like boiling or fcalding Water, as ſome interpret it: But this feeins not to be fo congruous tothe Viſion ; bur rather thus, The Bavylonians thouild beſtege, as a Fire plays round the Furnace when
Ir is to be m:de boil, ſo thould theſe Chaldeans begirt ir, as vey. 15.
and reduce the Inhabitants to moſt milerable Extremities, with unſpeakable Craeity, as if they were like Fleſh roaſting by. the
Ire, or boiling 11 2 Por, as their Sufferings are deſcribed, Micah
3- 3, # Or fron? of the Pot, or Furnace, the place where the Fire
Vas put 1n, or blowed up to make it boil : as a Pot hanged in che
form of a Furnace, feems to be all but oneand the ſame Port or Vellz}, the face of which may be eaſily conceived to ſtand toward
the North, nor the mouth of the Por; for that looks dire&ly up- ward, unleſs we conceive it to be repreſented in the Viſion lean-
ing, of which Conceit there is no need. x Indicating from whence
tzeir Miſery ſhould come, wer. 14. viz. from Chalaea, which lay North from Jeraſalcm. |
14 Then the LORD faid y unto me, out of the * north & an evil ſhall + break forth 2 upon all the in- * chap. 4 habitants of the land 6. 6. and 6.
7 Explained this Vition. =, 7. e. From. Babylon, a Metonymy 1s of the Subject ; for tho” it lie Eaſtward, yet ir is North from t Heb. Bz Jaruſaiem, as lying four Degrees more from the Equinottial. See opencd. ver.13. #It thall be with-held, or reitrained, no longer in my Treaſure ; I will let it our ; wiz. That evil of puniſhment Tepre- lenred by the Fire. 5 Though God gave almoſt all the then known World to the King of Babylon, yet here he underſtands the Land of Juaea, chaps 25. 9.
15 For, lo, I will *callcall the families 4 of the kingdoms e of the north, faith the LORD : and they ſhall co:ne, and they ſhall ſet every one his throne f at the entring of the gates'g of Jeruſalem, and againſt all the walls þ thereof round about, and againſt all the ci- ties 3 of Jucah. | |
c'Or, I am upon calling, Ir is. at band, I am about to incline the Northern Countriesto.-joyn together in this Work, chap. 6. 22. and 10. 22. and 25.9. 26. d Or Kindreds; viz. thoſe di- vers Countries and, Nations, that were under one Lord, as a chief | Ruler is. called the Father of his Country., e Fiz» The Babylo- n:ans, and their Aſſiſtants,. the Medes alſo being in Confederacy with them, whoſe King's Daughter Nebuchadnez2ar married. / Their Seats, Pavilions or Tents ſhall be picched, which ſhall be as ſo many Thrones, where I will ſee my Judgments execured by the Chaldeans, chap. 52.4. g Af the entring to the Gates, or way leading to the Gates, 7uag.. 9. 35 2 Kings 7. 3. chap. 43-.9. which Befiegers have always a fpecial regard ro, that there be no going 1n or coming out, Ja. 22. 7. þ They ſhali begirtir round, noting the great Multitude, Power, and Courage of the Chalde- o.. 7 There were none of them thould fare any better than 'Te- ruſalem.
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& Cauſe Sentence to be paſſed according to my Threatning. See chap. 39. 5. Or, I. will phce my Bonnty and rheir Unwor- thinzſs before them. Or, I will uobraid them with their Ingratt- tude, Rebellion, and breach of Covenant, &c. I will ſpeak with them by thee Jeremzah, and others of my Prophets. ! Either no- ting the Perſons againſt whom, or rather the Cauſe for which, becauſe they have forſaken me ; the ſame Particle being fo uſed. chap. 13.25. and elſewhere. Or, their Sins whereby, as it is alo expreſled, chap. 16. 11. and 22,9. m,4.e. Worthipoed ſtrange Gods, a Synecdoche of the part for the whole. », :. e. Their Ido- latrous Images, exprefſed here by a Periphralis, Iſa. 2. 8.
17 9 Thou therefore gird up thy loins o, and ariſe p, and ſpeak unto them all that I coramand thee 4: be not diſmayed at their faces r, le!t I | confound thee / before them 7.
o By this Expreſſion God: quickens and haftens him unon his Work, norto ſtand helitating, but ro be doing ; Prepare thy ſel: for 1t 15 a Speech taken fron the Cuttom of their Countries rat wear long Garments ; and therefore tney did gird them up about them, that they might not hinder them in ans Week that required Expedition. See the Phraſt and PraQtice, Ex 12.148. 2 K!1/35 4. 294 and 1n many other Texts: It imnlics tio thin; : 1. Speed and Dilpatch 2 Courage and Reſolution, Job 38. 2 Another Expreſſion ro the ſme purpoſe : bis Work: the like cp, 13. 4.
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7 Diſcover no Fear, and conceal no Meilage. See verſe 8. _ Break thee in picces, either leſt thou prove confuled and ſhattere in thy Notions, and unable to deliver thy Meſſage ; lettI leave rhee, and forſake thee. Or, Jet I terrifie thee worſe than mw are able todo, even to ruin thee. See Mat.10. 28. It _ - © ſpoken by way of aggravation, God would thame him, or deſtroy him even in their ſight, to become their reproach. Or, think not to eſcape any more than Uriah, chap. 26. 23- | , ; 3 18 For behold «, I have made thee this day * a de and an iron pillar y and brazen walls z againſt the whole land a, againſt the kings of Judah ; againſt the princes chereof, againſt che prieſts thereof,
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