4 Leſt they ſhuuld think thefe Things would never be, ceaſe not to tell them from me, that they ſhall certainly come to paſs, vig, what was ſaid before, and what is ſaid now in this Yerſe (theſe Words ſpeak, thus ſaith the Lord, being beſt read ina Parenthe+- ſis.) b Heb. A Carcaſs of a Man, noting here and there a ſcattered Carcals. c As Feqabel was, 2 Kirgs 9.37. expoſed to all Contempr, ſtrewec up and down on the Superficies of the Earth. Heb. Face of the Field, and be offenſive by their ſtench to all thar paſs by, Chap. 44. 12. 4 Either Jaid in heaps by death, as the Harveſt-man doth his Cocks of Hay, or Sheaves of Corn, or rather, they ſhall be no more regarded than a few ſcattered Ears that drop our of the Reapers hand, which either 1ye on che ground and are eaten by Birds, or trod co dirt by Beaſts ; thus God would pour Cons tempt upon them, which muſt needs be grievous to ſo proud a People as the Jews were. e None ſhall have ſo much reſpeCt to chem, or Compaſſion of them, as to afford Burial, Chap 8. 2.
23 TJ Thus faith the LORD; let not the wiſe man glory in his wiſdom, neither let the mighty mar glory in his might, nor ler the rich man glory in his f riches.
f The Jews did glory in the Counlel of the” rablggy*1ms, the ſtrengh of the Soldiers, and the Wealth of their Cie: 2 1) bore God rakes them off from their yain Cor fideric+< that vt oh fey Counſels and Policy, Eccl. 9 11, nor thei” Furc-s and 4m, - 33-16, 17, nor their Wealth, or Riches, P»ov. ! 1 4. Eger. 7.1-. ſhould be able to deliver them from being either dettoy4d, or carried Captive by the Chal4zans. In thete, cr ſoive of tixcie. Men are apt to put their Contidences, and negiect God their only Suc=- _ in diſtrets; and therefore he putschem upon that inthe next
erle.
24 But * Jet him that glorieth glory in this, that * , og, ;;
he underſtandeth and g knoweth me, that 7 am the 31,
LORD which exerciſe loving kindneſs, judgment and = Cor.10.
righteouſneſs in the hearth : for in theſe things I i de- "7: light, faith the LORD.
g Whether we make any curious Diſtintion between ander- ſtanding God,as it that be more ſpeculative,whereby we rightly ap» pretend his Nature; and knowing God, as if that be more pradi- cal, as direCting the Converſation, we need not here enquire; yet certainly both center in this, that we ſo know and underſtand God as to truſt in him, and depend on him alone in all Condicions. þ Kindneſs,as it relates to his own people, Pſal.5.12. Judgment, with refer22ceto his puniſhing the wicked ; Righteouſneſs, namely,as he deals juſtly and uprightly with both, Pſal. 92. 15. The meaning here, I conceive,is ro ſhew God's orderiy governing and diſpoſing of things 1n the World in his diſtributive Juſtice,thar ail things are right and equal. 7 Both in himſelf and others, Pſzt. 11. 7.
25 © Behold the days come, faith the LORD,
that I will & + puniſhall :h2w2 which are! circumciſed, + Heb. vifts Kpor-
with the uncircumciſed.
k Viz. By the Babylonians. 1g. 4. Do not think to infiſt upon your External Privilege of Circumciſion, that you are Abra- hams natural feed,and thereby diſtinguiſhed from other Nations as you ſometimes were wont to do of the Temple, that you had God in the midſt of you. Do not think that ſhall priviledge you, for you ſhall ſee, ic ſhall not be loag &'re I bring the Chaideans, _
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Chap. IX.
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Chap. X.
thoſe other Nations, which either are circumciiedia the fleſh as well as you,an4 upon you alſo who are uncircumctled in heart as well as they, or whether Circum:ifion was loſt as being caſt oft by them. and ſo they were indeed uncircumciled : God tells them they ſhall fare alike : Hence in the Next Perſe, he ranks Fudab next to Azypt among the other uncircumciſed Nations; for he looks to the Circumciſion of the Heart, not of the Bady ; to 77- ward Worſhip, not outward oaly ; therefore ſome read 1t tae cir- cumciſed in Uncircumcifion.
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and thechil-
dren of Ammon, and Moab, and all rat are1n rhe
1 Heb. cut utmoſt m: + coraers, that dwell inthe wilderneſs : off into for all rbeſe nations are uncircumciſed, and all the
corn??s, Of horſe of Irael are n * uncircumciſed in the heart. baving 1 Some refer this to the place of their Habitation, as in Cor- 590 corey ners, remote parts of the \Wildernels, as it were ſeparared of their from other Nations and therefore might think themſelves tartheſt hair polled. remote from Danger ; bur ſome rather chule to refer it to their RET B06 Manners, as in cutting the corners of their Hair, which was for- $*- © bilden the Fews, Leviticus 19. 27. The like Delcription 1n +. Chap. 25.23. n See the foregoing Verſe. God regards not the 29,29 gutward Sign, bur principally retpe&ts the Circumciſion of the Heart. Here ends that Sermon that began at Chap. 7.
CHAP. X.
They are forbid to be afraid of the Token of Heaven, an1 cor- ſult Tlols which are warm, 1, 5. and no; to be compared with th: Majzity ani Power of Gol, who is Jacob's portion 6, —— 16. The Babylonians deſiroy the Temple; the brutifh Paſtors and the Flock are ſcattered, 17, - 22, The Prepher's humble Supplications, 23,——25F«
Ear ye the word which the. LORD ſpeaketh
unto » you, O houſe of p Iſrael.
o Here begins another Sermon, moſt probavly relating to Fechonias and the Jews that were already in Captivity. p The ten Tribes. |
2 Thus ſaith the LORD, learn not the way of the q heathen, and be not diſmayed at the ſigns of