ing them to have bre ordered by them. care taken of them,
On the ſuperficies of it, there ſhall be no| 1 | 'bur they ſhall lie 1n the open Country in the |King their peace with God, compared aiſo onthe ſame account,
M14 H Chap. V11.
ſerve the fit time by the temperature of the Air. / 7, e. Oblor-
iaſtin&t, and this is faid of the Stork; what kind of Fowl is h=re meanc 15 diſputable: Sze Engliſh Annot. and Lat. Synop. 8 The faine thing diverlified ia thele teveral Fowls, tha: know alſo their Seaſons. u This notes the great ſtupidity of his People, ſeeming not to have 2s much ſeate in them, as the Birds in the Air, not xnowing their Summer of Proſperity, to make a good uſe of God's Favours, nor the Winter of Adverfitz, either to prevear or remove
19. 42, 44. they know not their time for Repentance, and ma-
Air, till they rot into dung, or dry into duſt, as in the beginning |to the Braſts of the Field, Iſa. 1. 3. and thus Chriſts upbraids ,
of the Verſe. See P/al. 83+ 10. Chap. 9. 23. they ſhall be 12nomi-
nious even afrer Death.
3 And death ſhall be choſen rather than f life, by
all che reſidue of them that remain of this evil fami- ly, which remain in all the places whither I haveg driven them, faith the LORD of h hoſts.
f A Delcription of the unexpreſſibleneſs of their miſery, that notwithſtanding all the barbarilm of the Bubyloniars exercilecd both upon the living, and the dead, yet a ſmall ma:ter in com- pariſon of what the living would feel, of the greatneſs of which miſery there was a double cauſe ; not only there being led into Captivity, but God's diſpleaſure following them, even in their
baniſhment, being ſorely oppreſſed, + choſe threatnings,
Lev 26.36,39. See Fob 3.20,21. Rev. 9-1 one dilferi:d among the Mountains, and hiding Places of Fea, others 10 the De- Carr of Moab and Idimes, whither they fl-d for tear of the Chaldeans, and all other places, where God would ſcatter them, an Hypallaze. h He that bath all the Creatures as an Army at his Command, can do this againſt thoſe, with whom he 1s
diſpleaſed.
4 Þ Moreover, thou ſhalt ſay / unrothem, Thus! Gich the LORU, ſhall rhey fall, and not & ariſe ? ſhall| and c taken 1o, they have reje&:d the word of the | Or, heve (LORD; and what + wiſdom z in 4 them ?
work. k An Interrogation that hath the force of a negative, 7. e.!
he turn away, and not / return ? wo c Though poſſibly it be all in vain, yet thou ſhalt keep in th;
e. or will men, is theieno hope ? And are th«y upon chi . Soar deſperate 2 Or rather will Men fall and not arile? Are they ſuch Fools ? that having tallen by their ſins, and been foretold all that is coming, that they will not accept of a remedy, Chap. 7. 27. Hoſ. 1.4. 1. 1 A Metaphor taken from one that is out of his way, can any imagine tha if one tell him of it, and direct him aright, that he will not hearken co him, and turn back ? It is even agatoſt Nature it ſelf for a Maa not to ſeek his own good. h
s Why thenis this people of Jeruſalem ſlidden back, by m2 a perpetual backſliding ? They hold falt » de-
ceit., they refuſe to return. :
or res univerſal backſliding» Or rather obſtinate!y re- ſolved to hold on, though they ſee they are our of the way ; not out of levity or inconſiderateneſs, the Heb. word ſignifi. s ſtrength, the ſame uſed, Pſal. 13. 1. and tranflated for ever, implying a ſtrong, ſtiff, ſtout refulal. See Tſe. 57. 17. Chap. 3. 3. n Eicher their injufice and coxenages in circumventing one another, which was ſo frequent among them, Gbap. 9. 4, 5, 5. Mic. 7. 3,4. or their Hypocriſie whereby they thought to deceive God, but they did indeed deceive themlelves; the great impediment of their Re- pentance, Iſa. 44. 20. Or rather their ſticking cloſe to their falſe Prophets who did deceive chem,thence encouraging chemſe]ves in their wickedreſs,and pleaſing themſelves,that their Miſc ries ſhou!d not coine upon them. See on {j4. 3o. 10. Chap.5. 31. and 14 I3, I4, We |
6 I hearkened and o heard, bur they ſpake not p aright, no man repented him of his wickedneſs, ſay- ing, What have q I done ? Every one turned to his r
courſe, as the horſe ruſheth into the battle.
0 i. e. Toat I might bear, the Words rather of God than of the Prophet, which the continuance of the Speech ſeems to ſhew ir, the next Verſe, in the cloſe whereof it's plain that God ſpeaks, ex prefling himlelf after the manner of Men, who are wont to liſten diligently after the things they are very detirous of. See 1 Kings
20. 33. Mel.3. 16. Or, not ſo as the LXX, and the word is thus |}
uſed, Ex0.. 10. 11. Pſal. 1.4. not ſo as I would have hadthem, fo far from Repentance, that I do not perceive a word from them trending that way. q I ſee no tendency to Repentance, I ſee none of them ſo much as calling themſelves to account, not recoiling upon themſelves, where Repentance uſually begins, 2 Chron: 6. 37. as Men uſe upon an inconfiderate a&t to ſmite upon their| Breaſt, or Thigh, and ſay, What have I done, as 2 Sam. 3. 24. 1 To their accuſtomed way, committing all wickedneſs without reſtraint. See on Iſa. 59. 7. the an and unbridlednels of their Luſts, being {purred on by their Wills, is deſcribed in the next expreſſion, ſhewing how like a headſtrong Horſe, he runs away with his Rider, or compared to the delight, that ari Horſe ſeems to take in running violently, and headſtrongly into the Battel, as it 15 deſcribed, Fob 39. 21 &c. and this word ruſhing, ſignifying properly an inundation of waters; helps to ſhew their uncon- troulableneſs in another Metdphor : See this verified of them, Chap. 2. 23, 24+ It is ſaidevery one by an hyperbole, as Pſal. I4+. 3» and frequently elſewhere.
7 Yea, the ſtork in the 7 heaven knoweth her ap- pointed ſtimes ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the ſwallow obſerve the time of their : coming ; but
* Chap. 5, * my people know # not the « judgment of the +) Js LORD: :
r 7.e; In the Air; which is often called Heaven, where the Birds fly, Pſal; 8; 8, cortipare Epap: Fi 23. who poſlibly ob- |
the Phariſees, Marth. 16. 2, 3. x Either God's Vengea'ce in genera', or particularly hovering over Jeruſalem an Fidez, or rather the manner of God's Diſpenlations wich them. $9 the word is uſed, 1 Sam. 2. 13, and 8. 11. | 8 How do ye ſay, We are y wiſe, and the law cf the LORD zz with us ? Lo, certainly a!{ in vaia ' Or, ##
. . Y - > / * made he z:, the pen of the ſcribes z b in vain. —=— op ) 9. 4. Theſe things cooftered where is your W.ſdom > Wher:, des