b-tpeak'each other. m 11 the lcattered Villages, there 15 n0 lafety {or us, let us retire into places of greater ſecurity, Matth.24-16, 17,3, poſſibly they thought they 1night be ſecured there,as they j-o:1 been beto;e in the time of Scnacherib. n Keep clole within ear walls,fay or do nothing to provoke the Enemy,but fit down, an bewali the deiperatenels of 6ur condition, Lam. 3.25, 29. Or cremblingly expect the ifue of this ſad War, for there is go poſh b:licv of making head againſt tuch an Enemy, that bears down all Letore them. o They now begin to perceive, that the Hand of Go:! is in all this,and thar rhereſore they kave not a word to lay as it they were wronged.God hath put them to ſhame ; much leſs courage to oppoſe the Bahyloniars, their heart fails them, tney are as Men in a great terror and conſternation, God hath put 2s 10 tence, let us be ſilent. p Or Poiſon, probably the name of lome po:lo2nous Herb, with the juice or infuſion whereof they were wontto kill Pertons,as Hemiock, Nightſhade, 8c. See Hoſ-10.4. It no'es thole bitter deſtructive Judgments tiat God was bringing upoa them, Chap. 9.15. which did [pring trom that bitter rovt of their 1nning againſt him, as in the next words.
*Cl2p.14 15 We* looked for peace, but no good, came, SE 1d tor a time of health, and behold, q :ronble.
g Viz. Upon tte pertwaſion of our Prophers,we expected that
the'e Troubles would never come, but all would be well, but we hd our ſelves meerly deluded by them, we looked 1o long, till even our Eves tailed us, but we ſee no remedy tor us, Lam.4.17. A Merayter : Miſeries are often in Sci ipture compared to Diſeaſes, and Deliveraiices to healing, Deuts 32. 39. Pſal. 103. 3. Chap. JJ» 6, FT 16 The » ſhorting of his horſes was heard from / Dan : the whole land trembled at the ſound of the neighing of his z {trong ones : for they are come and 4 Heb. the have devoured the land and + all that 1s # in It : the
Idols? the like kind of Speech is in 2 Kings 7. 3. and the cloſe of the Verſe ſeems to favour this,or,as others,and a expoſtulatory La- mentation of the People, that the cruel adverſary ſhould prevail over a people, that had God ſo near them, Pſal. 48. 2, 3.and 76. I, 2, nath God now left us? and is the promiſe of his continuance here at an end? Pſal. 89. 36, 37, 3%. g As if God ſhould ſeem to reply here ; Ler them not think it ſtrange, ſeeing they have turned their backs upon me, and truſted to Idols, which are but vanity, Chap. 2. 11, 13-Called vanity, not only becauſe Ido!s are as nothing, but becavſe all the Confidence that is put in them is vain, and becaule Idolaters are vain in their Minds,and want un- Cerſtanding. I have not forſaken them, but they me.
20 The harvelt ih paſt, the ſummer is ended, and we arc not : ſaved.
h And the Winter no time for War,the Peoples continued com- plaint, not unlike that Yer. 15. the Year is gone, and we are ſtill truſtrared in our expectations, the time that we expected help trom Egypt, Tja. 30.3» 5. iViz. By the Egypiians, or any other Confederates. WW
21 For the & hutt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; 1 am / black ; aſtoniſhment hath taken hold on me.
k The Prophet here ſhews how deeply he is affeted with the Peoples miſery, he deeply ſympathized with them, it ſignifies breach, 1 am broken in my Spirit, and fo it anſwers to the breach thatis made upon the People. 1am as thoſe that are clad in deep Mourning, Pſal. 38. 6. Chap. 14. 2. m Iam amazed to think that my people ſhould fin themſelves beyond help, no reme- dy tor them, as the next Veilſe, that no threatnings or Counſels ſhould prevail with them.
22 I:thereno* balm in 7 Gilead ? Isthere no o Phy-
ſuirſs acity, and thoſe that dwell therein. :
LIEN CL r 1 he tury of the Chaldgzans March is diſcribed by the ſnorting of their Horſes,w hich is a noiſe they make through their Noſtrils When they are Chated, and tretted. ſ #. e. Even to Feruſalem,q.d. the dread tulnels ot the noite ſhall be heard from far,or rather,tho Feruſalem lecms to be ſecure, yet the turtheſt Coaſts of the Land are in great conſternation, wi/7- the utmoſt boundary of Canaan Northward,throngh which the Chaldean Army was tO March. See C'"ap. 4. 15+ Or it is laid 29 be heard, either the noiſe it ſelf, or the {-112 of it, Chap. 6. 24. t His choice Horſes or Cavalry, or his ſtout and ſturdy ones, asthe word ſignifies,and expreſſed by their brisk ti olicktomneſs and courage in the word neighing properly
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ſician there? why then isnot the health ofthe daugh- 46. 11.and
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Gen. 37, 5.chap.
ter of my people Þ p recovered. 51.8. n Gilead was eminent for Balm, Gen. 43. 11. taken for Roſy || Heb. or Turpentize, which is a kind of more liquid Rofin, and either gone up.
flows or drops from certain Trees of its own accord;or their juice flows trom feveral holes pierced into them, as from the Pine,Ce- dar, Cypreſs, or Terebinth Tree. Heb. Tſeri. Gr. p*#731 from of to flow, or run. Lat. Reſina, Engl. Rofin. A near affinity of the words in each Language, the nature whereof is to diffolve hard- nels, to clear, and cloſe up wounds. o Or Chirurgeon, probably in a Country where were ſuch plenty of Remedies, there could not | want Atheiſts,whereby their cures might be facilitated,by means
app! ied to Horſes, under tandirg here the chiet of them.and the of which the Galeadites and Arabians did excel there. pþ Heb. gone