f This Supplement 15 not in the Text, they that approve it ren- der the Epithete comely varioutly, for one dwcling a: home as the Hebrew Nava doth alſo lignifie, Hab. 2.5. and fo the word 4e.:- cate ſerves to explain it, as ſhewing the reaſon of ber tarrying zt home, not as a good Houſwite, difcreerly guiding aud governing her affairs at home, as {he is deſcribed, Prov, 31. 10, &c. and 1. 2. 5. but through her delicacy expoiing her ſelf roall wontonnels, and voluptuouſneſs, tarrying at home ro giveentertatnmentto her Paramours, or ſhe through her ſtate and pride, is fo delicate and nice thatſhe w1ll not ſer her foot our of door, Dewt. 28. 56 potli- bly occafioned by the great Wealth and Riches thar God had ble{(- ſed Feruſalem with; this may alſo point at Jruaah's efteminacy that will be ſo difpirited as not to have courage to oppoſe rhe ad ver- ſary, but eaſily taken in ber Dwelling and Habircation. Others, as # beautiful Shepherdeſs ; fome there are, that rather chule ro ſupply the defeCt by the word Land or Paſture, as being thar, which 15s greatly defirable by Shepherds, as it the were ſome comely Sheps herdets, folacing her 1eJf in her delightful Paſture : See Ezek. 34. 14. and fo it may not be without ſome alluſion to the next /7/e, where her Enemiesare called by the Names of Shepherds, as being enticed by the pleaſantneis cf her Land.
3. The Shepherds with their g flocks ſhall come unto her; they ſhall pitch heir rents againſt her round about .*. ; they ſhall feed every one in his + place.
g The Prophet here proceeds in his M:taphor, and poſſibly the rather, becauſe hechuſethto ſpeakin the ſtile cfhisown Education which may allo give ſome countenance to the Supplement of Pa- tre, or Land -1n the tormer Firſe inſtead of Woman; the mean- ing 15, the Chaldean Princes, with their Armies, as fo many Flocks thall come into this pleaſant Land : Ser Chap. 12. 10. in which cx- preſiion there 15 ſomthing of a Scoff, as Chap. «16,47. - x thall fo place their warlike Tents, a« to torm a Sies: to beois 1 round, Chap. 1. 15. Exck, 4.2. þ Heb. hand, 7. e, near han Or befiae, or near one another ; thus 2 Chron, 21. 16. and 7b % 4 thus band 15 taken tor place, 2. e. cach one in his quarter or tation, not a Man, but thall do his part, and ſhallbe skilful. and powerful to deſtroy whereever he comes : It intimates 216 chat every thing ſhall be ſo much at the Enemies own 4dipoſal, that they ſhajl be a- ble to chute their own quarters, thzy ſhall place their Army in Wings and Troops, and Regiments, as they ce good, to their beſt
advantage, to be helpful one unto another, as Shepherds are wont
to do their Flocks ; or, they ſhall fighr in ſeveral Parties, and each deſtroy his yart aſſigned him through the whole Cou try, and they ſhall joyn as it were in one body againſt Jeruſalem.
4 Prepare ye ; war againſt her; ariſe, and let us go up at & noon. Wo unto us, for the / day 20eth away, for the ſhadows of the evening are m2 firecched Our.
UE The Prophet now pafſeth from his Metaphor to te!ll them plainly what he means by the Shepherds, Viz. Warriors : ws make theſe the words of the Chaldeans making preparations for their Invaſion, and it may be by ſome of their accuſtomed Rites chat rhey uſed before War ; bur they ſeem more probably ro be the Words of God inviting them, and calling them into chis Work therefore inthe Heb. it is ſanfif: War againlt her, Chap. 22. 7. he ſpeaks unto ſuch, 1s he had fanttitied; or ſer apart for this work his ſanitified ones, Iſa. 13.3. k This ſhews how ready they will be to obey God's C:11, thelike we read, J/s, 21. 5. and Mics they are ſaid ro go or march up at 00, not only to note their da»
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