z Hew can{ thon expe& that I ſhall bearſuch Affeonts* I thall exvoſe my ſelf, and ſeem to lay aſide my power, I ſhall be look'd upon 25 ons, that either regard not ſuch Injuries, or cannot avenge them, as /7rſeg. o Thy Inhabitants both in City and Country. b But by Idols. Swearing is here put, not for any part of Wor- ſhip, as ſometimes it is, but for a religious Worthip and Service of thei, Chap. 4.2, c Here is nored the abuſe of God's Boun- ty, or the natural FFe& of our unſanQtified Proſperity, Devr. 32. 15. Chap. 2. 7. Jude 4, That which in good Men doth oft breed Forgertuinels, in bad Men generally breeds Filthinets : riting up to play the Wanton, was the Effect of Iſrael's Eatingand Drinking, Exod. 32.6. and of Sedom's Sin, Execk. 16. 49. ao Lither 1. Mc- ravhoricay to be underitood of their going a Whoriag after their Idols; or, 2. Properly for corporal Uncleinnels, they uſua}ly: going both together, Nam. 26. 1,2. Hof. 4. 12,14. e It may be read in the Nomina!ive Caſe, the Horſe of the Harlot afſum- Lied thraſclues, q. d. the whole Houſe of Iſrael, Jeruſalem, and Yuan, are but one Stew ; if it refers to thcir Tdolatry, then it alludes to their making the Temple a common Houſe of ſpiritual Hariotry ; bur rather, as it refers to corporal Uncleannefs , it ſeems 79 intimatethat they did not a& their Adulreries clandeſtine- Iy or by ſtealth, but laying aſide all Modeſty, they went to Har- lors Houſes like brute Bzaſts in company, as aſhamed of nothing.
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7 To note the Greatneſs and Unrulineſs of their Luſt, pampered Horſes being moſt wanton, like that Dexr. 32. 15. g Iris que- fioned, whether Morning relates to Horſes, or to Men; if to Hor- Jes, then they are compared to Stallions, that having been fed to the full over-night, and lainat eaſe, in the Morning they are moſt Iuſty ; being as we uſe ro ſay, Provender-pricks, But rather it ſeems torejate to Men, thewing that they were very early in going about their Filthinefles,Zeph. 3-7. following their Uncleanneſs with as great Eagernefs, as it 15 faid thar Drunkards follow ſtrong Drink, Jfa.5.11+þ 3. With an impetvous Earneſtneſs and unwearied Rumt- zng, they ſought after the Adulrereſſes to ſatisfie their beaſtly luſts. Irnotes, 1. The ſtrength of their Luſt, a thing in Horſes much ta- ken notice of by Authors. 2. The Unbridledneſs and Uncontroul- ableneſs of it, as 15 ſeen in the pampered Horles hunting after the Mare ,of which 1-ghing isa Sign, thus expretled, Chap.1 3.27. Thus the Grecians would expreſs Men extreamly libidinons by the Word rrTeCwa, and iT707:pret,and that they do imTuar:ir,fothe LXX, and thus deſcribed, Ezekiel 22. 17.
* Ver. 29. 9 * Shall I not 7 viſit for theſe things? ſaith the Chip.99-T, OR D: and ſhall not my k ſoul be avengedoa ſuch a nation asthis 2? ? 7.e. Puniſh, Pſa”. 3g. 32. Should T connive at ſuch things the wicked would tay, 1 did not ſee them, or take notice of them" Pſal. 50. 21. much to the ſame purpoſe with Perſe 7. beginn. and, Pimihment may. be termed Viſtiinz, as implying the Equity of Gods Procedures, that he firſt ſees and contiders the.caſe, before he inflicts Punithments, as in the caſe of Sodom, Gen. 18. 21. {poke after thz manner of Man. & Ir ſpeaks the Greatneſs of God's Diſpleafure, Shall not my very Soul be in this work of Vengeance * Pſal. 11. 5.
10 © Goye /up upon her walls, and »» deſtroy ; but make not a full # end: take away her 0 bactle- ments ; for they are not thep LORDS.
[O ve Babylonians, go now execute my Vengeance on rhem,
I give them up into your hands; behold, I give you a Com- milſon. » I permit and order you nor only to take the City, bur make havock of her Inhabitants, 1ſz. 10. 6. = Though God give them a large Commilſton to deſtroy, yet he purs in a Limi- ration, that he will referve a Remnznt from DeſtruC&ion ; he ſers bounds to the moſt raging Adverſery , beyond which he muſt not paſs, SeconChap 4. 27. o Lay her and all her Fortificati- ©ns level with the ground ; rake away her Counterſcarp, or high Towers, or whatſoever may tend to the Detence of a Ciry ; to ler Jeruſalem know, that ſhe did but in vain truſt to her high Wails and ſtrong Towers; and Battlements may as well be taken for the foundation of her Walls, which ſpread wider than the Wall it ſelf : The Word the Prophet uſeth, ſignifies rhings that | ſpread ; and thus it agrees with the Scope, tht is deſcribing the utter Overthrow and eradicating of it : Sothe LXX, rake away her Supports, p T undertake their Defence no longer ; T Jdilown them ; take my Protection from them , and give them up into your hands, O ye Chald.errs, though they make their boat thar they are theltcred under my Wing and ProteCtion, becauſe there
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dah have dealt very r treacherouſly againſt me, faith the LORD. OS | + | @ Whietier Iſrael be pur here for the Ten Tribes, and Juds5 & for the rwo, as often they are, Chap. 2. 4. and Junury other pla- ces; cr rather, whether Judah here be only exphcitive , and the ' Word meantof the two Tribes only, read thus, rhe Houfe of It- ; rae), even the Houſe of Judah, is not much mareria!. » Have apo- larized and dealt perfidioufly beyond meaſure, nor only as ro-the Grotineſs, but as to the Univerſality of it. 12 They have / belyed the LORD, and ſaid, not he, neither ſhall evil come upon us; neicher ſhall we ſee r: ſword nor famine. mY
[ This may ſignifie either a denying, viz. a renouncing, ma- king little or nothing of him, as ſome; or a denying, 7. e. nor believing, that theſe Words of the Propher were God's Words, or God did not ſay ſo; he gave the Prophet , nor any other , any ſuch Commiſſion, and poſſibly their Atheiſm might grow ro ſo high a degree as to deny his Providence, Power, and Juſtice, &c. 1o it agrees with the following Words, 7: # not he, or God did not ſpeak as he meant; bur he would only fright us, it ſhall not be thnas. #: This Siege or Famine, or any other ſuch dreadful Judgments, as Jeremiah ſpeaks of, ſhall nor befall us. Serving 1s uſed here for Feeling, asit is in Job 7. 7. :
13 And the prophets ſhall become # wind, and the word js not in x them, thus ſhall ic-be done y unto them,