k i.e. Nebuchadnezzar ( called here a Lioz, from his herceneſs, and itrengrh, Prov, 39. 39. A Metaphor ; eſpecially 1n this ex- pedirion, See 1/a. 5. 27, 28, 29. ) thall come. up from Babyloz where his chief ſeat is, Dan. 4-30. As Lions are principally among the thickets of the Foreſt, in Coverts ; this place being ſo remote, arid hid from them that they Jeatt expefted trouble to ariſe from ! Another deſcription of rhe fame perion ; of whoie de- Armues the Nations have had woful experience, 1/4. 1 4. called the kawmer of the whole Earth, Chap. 50. 23.9.4:
thence- ftroying 16, 17 and how , : . ſed in the next clauſe, he is gone torth trom his place ; be 15 al- ready upon his march. z 2. e. With a refoJution ſo to do. 0 7. e. As places uninhabited, ſoon Jie waft, and are overgrown with graſs ; 25 rhe notation of the word ſeems to import.
: - | $ For this gird you with ſackcloth p, lament and; howl 9; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turn-;
£4 back from us r. : p The uſual habit of, mourners, eſpecially in rhofe days, 1/2, 22.
ſhall you think to efcape him? m» 7.e, As it ts, expret-,
the Wheat, the bad from the good, but fo boiſterous and viglenr chat it thall depopulare, fweep aw and 3 A Chap. 51. 1. Ezck. 21.”
12 Eves || a full
a gentle wind, which is made choice of to ſenarare the Ch ' Waice ul tyYIer -* - =
wind i from thoſe »/
then.
: Heb. Fulkr than they. A wind roo ſtrong for them. This is
Gods words, 9.4. Ir ſhall preſencly come to me, to receive my Commullion, . and be at my beck, and do my wil, Pſal. 148. g. Or, they relate, as It were, what will be the Language of the Pe ple at that time. Unto me, for, arainft me. I q , The comin® of this terrible wind, ſhallin effect ſpeak the exvcttion of my judo- ment upon them, which is pointed at by chis word now, w; the tim of rhe coming of this terrible ſtorm from Chr; Hob, n:rer jagsmny, vis not by word, but by deed. My Judgments
To aC
| ſhall Tpcek, as well as my Prophets. 13 Behold, he ſhall come up as clouds w, and * his '
chariots fa! ve as a whiriwind 2: * his horſes ſwifter than Eagles: Wo unto us, for we ſpoiled o.
m Either noting, the vaſt number of them, 1a. 60. 8. H:b. 12. 1.
- s af. V ! p '\ po ; I - p4 C ! C ' - tf T2. Chad. 6. 26. Ir 16.23 calling Upon them to repent. q E neſet OI the {uddnneis OF ten, Wiicit NUT expected. Clouds Often i:{e
expreſſions do impecret the 1c:
Meg : ” WE 0" RENT "ant; HF y EI cral ways that men have to j{: forth | 07 2 Tudden, and overfpread the whole face of the Heavens. Or
- . ; © | -Y x» 42 + s >x 1 ob > Wop E OR _ Kg A / SY - / their bitrer complaints, and ſorxows of the mind, burh by tie | Taller, Tile ZLCaT {O5eed and 1w itcnaels, WITH which My: :cna0n!%%ar
geſtures of the body, Chap. 2.37. Luke 18. 13. and expreiſtons ot the Toneue, Pſal.-32. 3. !ſ2.59. 11. r Neither will it, un) it have accomplith-d its ends, chap 30. 24.
9 and it ſhall come to paſs ar that day faith the LORD, that the heart of the king hall periſh /, and the heart of the princes; and the prieſts {hall be aſto- niſked r, and the prophets » ſhall wonder x.
f The King, viz. of Judah, and the great Men, that ſhould hive encouraged the People in ſuch a calamirous day, and been their great ſupport, ſhell noronly be afraid, bur their own hearts ſhall meir within chem ; they ſhall be even ar their wits end.(See Joſh. 5. 1.) They ſh!] have no heart at all ro do any thing : They {hall nor be able ro help their People, either by their Counſel, or Arms; their Courage will utterly fail, and their Counſel periſh. Sec Pſal. 73. 26+ This was fultilled in Zcaeriah, Jeremah 39. and 52. whoſe flight would nor advantage him. #- Shall bein fuch a conſternation, that rhey ſhall nor know what courſe to take. « Viz, Falſe Prophets, thar had nothing bur viſions of peace for them, Ex:k. 13.16 Zech. 13. 3, 4. chap. 8. 11. See next Verſe. x Not ſo much at the diſappointment of their prophecies, (for they knew well enough they were falle, chap. 23. 26, 27. ) as thar they ſhould be poſſeſſed with theſame horror, and frighrs with the reſt, ncr knowing where to ſhew, or rather, to hide their heads for the ſhame that would fall upon them, when their 1yes fhould be dif- covered. They would be put to ſhame, and periſh with the reſt, and whither ſhall rhey cauſe their ſhame ro go ?
10 Then ſaid I, Ah Lord GOD, y ſurely thou haſt
orcatly deceived & this people, and Jeruſalem, ſaying,
* thall march againſt them, 1/3. 19. r.
| Hyperbelically deicribed by rhe ſwiftneis of Eagles, in this Verſe, Clap. 48. 8. » Which, bc- {des the fwitenefs, noces allo the confulicn and amazement; rl1ac they willcauſe, 7/.x. 66.15, o The ercadful appretentions, that
the people have of their woful condition : Or poflibly the words.
of the Propher lainenring their mifcry,
14 O Jeruſalem, waſh cline heart p from wicked- neſs q, thac thou mayelt be ſaved » : how long thail thy vain thot:ghts s lodge w thin thee 2
Pp Cleanſe your inward parts, O ve Men of Feruſa/:m: not your hands only, as hypocrites do, but your hears, James 4. 8. The fame exhorcation with Yerſe 3, 4. only in another Mz: aphos of waſhing, which ſeems to be taken from ſuch Potions, that Phyti- c1ans gtve to clear the inward parts from noxious humocrs. See Iſa. 1. 16, 17. q Yiz. From all filthine!s of Fleſh and $-irir,2 Cor. 7.1. Famer 1.21. r This hathreference in this place to T<:npo- ral Salvation. Ir is preſcribed as a means to Prevent the judoments that are. impending on them; as is plainly expreſſed, Verſe 4 yer not excluſive of Spiritual Salvation, 2 7Th-ſ. 2.-13. Tit, 3. 5. s Wicked thoughts; or rather hopes, or expe&arion from any helps, Chap. 2. 5, 37. pleaſing thy ſelf with vain fancies of fafery and ſecurity : which thoughts of thine will afſuredly bring ruine and mifery upon thee, which 1s inevitably coming ; as 1a the
next Yerſe. | ty Fora voice # declarech from Dan «, and pub-
liſhech affliction from mount Ephraim. # 7.e. Either the voice of the Prophets, hat is till founding ir
in your ears, and declaring it unto you; or rather, the rumour and noiſe ot this Army is already come through your Land. You have
Ye ſhall have peacz az whereas the ſword reacheth un- | rhe heavy rydings of this great affiifiion, Chap & 16. tor ame - to the Soul 5. |