Heb. For 1, 1o, 9. d. for my part, I will not fail to do what I have promiſed, to ſtand by rhee. x Heb. City of defence; im- pregnable, which the rwo following Exprefſions do 1mporr. It thould be ſupported with y Pillars, not of Wood, bur of Iron, z And encompalled with Walls, not of Stone but of Brais, noting hereby both great Uprightneſs, and alfo Strength. a, ze. All its Inhabitants in general, none to be ſpared, as he doth particularly rank them in their ſeveral Degrees in the following Words, intr- mating hereby, that tho' Men of all Degrees ſhould ſr themſelves againlt him, yer God would ſupport him againſt them all, and that he would carry him through his Work, though his Trou- bles and 'Tryals would not be only great, but long, 72. pailing chrough ſeveral Kings Reigns, therefore poſhbly faid Kings here in the PJural.
19 And they ſhall fight b againſt thee, but they ſhall not prevail c againſt thee : for I am with thee 4, {aith the LORD, todeliver thee.
bþ Make united Attempts upon thee. See Judg. 20. 11- c They
ſhall not be 2ble by all their Devices to ſhorten thy days, cap. 15. 20. and 20. 10, It. d Here is the reaſon given of lus Safery, Sod
will be his Guard. See verſe 8. 2 Tim. 4.17, 18.
CHAT.
God's numerous and. continued Mercies rondev the Jews in their Idolatry inexctſable, and unparallel” d in any Nation : and themſelves the Carſes of their Calamittes, 1 —19. Their groſs Idolatry, 20---28. Incorrigibleneſs, Blood-ſheading, and Hypocriſie, 29*--37-+
FR Oreover, the word of the LORD came unto me,
eſaying, |
e Now God begins by Jeremy to deal with the Jews, and to put
him upon his Work, having fitted him for it. This Seemzng notes ſpeed, and quick diſpatch about his Bufinels.
2 Go f, and cry in theears g of Jeruſalem h, faying,
thus ſxith the LORD 7z;. Iremember &|| thee, the kind-
7p neſs of thy youth », the love of thine eſpouſals», when
thou wentelt after me in the wilderneſs o, in a land
that was not ſown.
f Viz. From Anathoth to Jeruſalem. g Proclaim it ſo, that they may hear it. þ Declare God's Will to the Inhabirants there- of. A Metonymy of the Subje& # The Prophet's uſual Form of Words in this Book : whereby he frequently intimates, that. he came with God's Meſſage, not his own, and therefore direCts his Sermon here, as in God's Name and Perſon, to the whole Body of the People. k Trecord, or I mind thee of rhe Kindneſs thar was betweenus. Though this be ſometimes taken in a way of favour (Ne. 13. 31.) yet not always fo, as Neb. 13. 29. Pſal. 137. 7. m Either thoſe forward and early Affe&tions, of thine to me in thy Youth. Or rather, the Kindneſs that I ſhewed rhee in thy Youth, 1/2. 46. 3. for this relates ro the tine of God's bringing them out of Ezypt, which is ſometimes called rhe Birth of this People, 1/2. 44. 2+ Hof. 2. 3. and their Youth, 1a. 54+ 6. Hoſ.2.15. The Story ſeems to favour moſt this latrer Senſe, Deur. g. 6. 24. a Viz. When I entred into a Covenant-relation with thee at the giving of the Law, Exod. 24+» +, 8. Dcut. 4. 20, 23, 34. Exck. 16. 8, &c. o Either out of that Love and AffeQtion that thuu didſt ſhew to me in following my Condutt. Or rather, when thou wert led by mein the Wilderneſs, and I took tuch care of thee, both for Protection and Proviſion in that howling Wilderneſs, tho” thou didſt 1}] deſerve it, where nothing necetlary to thy Subſiſtence could have | been expetted : and therefore it is expreſſed in the next Words by a Penphrafis, a Land that was not ſowen, and more enlarged upon wer. 6. for it plainly appears by the Story,that they did not follow him with entire AffeCtion, but went a whoring from him, Amos 5. 25, 26. and which we have a large account of Pſal. 106. 7, &C.
& Exod. 19 : py T Hrael WA5 holineſs p unto the LORD, and the
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12.
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14.
firſt fruits of his increaſe q: * all that devour r him ſhall
oftend / ; evil ſhall come upon them 7, ſaith the LORD.
? Or Hey, the Abſtra&t for the Concrete, 7. e. a People dedi- cated ro God. Thns the Word is uſed, Lev. 21. 7. and 29. 14. ſet a part from other People tor my ſelf by peculiar Laws, and Rites. 7 This Supplement and is better left our, it being not in the Text, and rendring the Senſe more obſcure ; therefore better read, either, being the firſt Fruits, by Appojition : Or, as the firft
Fruits, 1. e. as the firſt Fruits were Holy to God, fo was J/-acl. |
- Or rather, devoyrcd : for ir refers to the time future, and fo the following Words : all that were injurious to him. 5s Or,did offend ; were 00NOX10Us, and liable to Puniſhment as he that dzvoured that which is Holy, Prov. 20. 25. t Came por them, - Some Evil was inflicted on them from the Lord, that was always wont to ſtand up for the Vindication of his people, as upon the Egyptians, Amaletites, Sihon, Og, the Midianices, 7114705, and others,
as the four leſt Books of Mo 4b! ors | x l#{t Books of Moſes do ab
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» (Kings and Princes, as Conductors. See 1 Kings 22. 17.
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dantly teſtifie ; and by theſe Expreſſions is infinuater!, thar nw they are like to find it orherwite, cp. 50. 7. this mindin - of them what God had done for them, making vray for the clottr ſer- ting home the following Reprouok.. |
4 Hear ye the word of (6eL.ORD «,O boule of 14- cob x, and ali the families y of tlie houſe of liracl.
z He befpeaks their Attention to whar he is about to ſpear as unto the Word of the Lord, telling chem, that he delivers God'- Meilage, and vents nor his own Paſſions : The like 7/2. r. 10. and e/ewhere frequently, both in the Old and New Teſtament, as 7 Cor. 11. 23. 1 Thefſ. 4. 15. x, 7. e. His Poſtericy, Jaceb and 1- racl here being the ſame, as it is Iſa. 43. i. y #72, Tribes, chap
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25;
5 TI Thus faich the L O R D, what iniquity < have your fathers found in me that are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity 2, and are become vain b 2