10 Then ſhalr thou break the bottle in the fight 1 Paſhr et of the men that go with thee q. * and put him In the ltocks e that crc in the Boz q The earthen Bottle which Ferſe 1. he was commanded to car- gare of Benjamin, which was by the houſe of the
ri with him into che Valley of the Son of Hinnom (where he LORD f.
now was) in the fight of the ancient of the Prieſts, and of the | 1 x+ 5 not ſaid how he ſtruck him, though fome think it moft People, the Men who there were eppwnm ewe Ns ich the _ probable, thar it was with his f/} as the talle Prophet {truck 2. phet. Tius ſymbolical, or ſacramental teaching by {1gns, was mucn | .,;,h, ; ng. 22. 24. e Weare as uncertain what is here meant in uſe by the Prophets, | by Stocks, whether ſuch an Engine as is 1n uſe amongtt us ro-py. 11 And ſhalt ſay unto them, Thus ſaith the LORD . niſh Offenders, which we call by that Name. Or as others, 2£; of hoſts r, Even fo will - I break this people and this | Engine like our Pillory, where Maletadors are faftred by tz Necks. Or, as others with three holes, one for the Neck of te . - ! Offender. one for each Hand; or whether merely a Prifen wti;ere p > . p - . ] 3 = p 2 . 4 oo: N.1% made , whole again /, and they ſhall * bury them in | he was kepe all Night a Priſoner; the H-b:word will not deter- ere Ve NC | mine us further than that 1t was a place of reſcraint, and where | r - —_— SI to COEINE Lagann dar ur | neg determine, _ Conjectures = 25 Incertatn as them know that he ſaid nothing with his Lips, but Wnaa ad | needlels, ere 15 as much uncertainty as to the p.,2ce, where res by his _ - A _ __ C _ ag nh this dre yr thefe me were; we are told it was near the Ten:- all che Armies of his Creatures. { Go4 by ordering n1s Fropnet gfe, and 1n the High Gare of Benjamin, but whether this was 2 ro carry no other Veſſel but one of Earth, had a deſig n upon the | Gate belonging to the Temple that opened toward that part ofthe breaking of it,not only to ſhewv them that he would bruiſe, wound Country which was the Lot of Benjamin, or a Gare of the City that or {ndamage them greatly, but 10 deſtroy them, as there ſhould opened that way, whether in the inner Wall, or outer Wa!l, w1e- be no prelent remedy, If a Veſfel of Brals, Silver, Gold, 7c. be ther called the High Gte, becauſe nearer the Temple, or upon broken, it may be mended, but an earthen Veſſel it —_— == ' fome other account, are nice and curious Speculations, the dcter-
not be made whole. See the like 1/aiah 30. 14. t- Hetells them © mjnation of whick 15 of no moment for us to know. that chis Tepher, which they had made a place ot barbarous flaugh-
*Þ- 3*- and * have poured out drink-offerings unto other » Chap 7. Gods Xs
cer for the Children, kill'd for Idolatrous Sacrifices, ſhould con- tinue for a Slaughter-houſe, bur of another nature, even for them that had committed ſuch wickedneſs in it, who ſhould be flain there in ſuch plenty, that they ſhould want ground to bury dead Carcaſles 1n.
12 Thus will I do unto this place, faith the LORD,
and to the inhabitants thereof, and ever make this ci- |
ty as Tophet 7. 7 That is a place of Slaughter and Burials, or a baſe, ignomini- ous place, or where the noiſe of Drums ant Trumpets, and Cry-
ings and Yellings ſhall be heard. as uſed to be 1n Tophet- 13 And the houſes of Jeruſalem, and the houſes of
the kings of Judah ſhall be defiled asthe places of To-
they have burnt incenſe unto all the hoſt of heaven,
w Under the Judaick Law, perſons and places were defiled by couching dead Bodies, or any unclean filthy thing; God threat- neth in this ſence to defile Tophst, as ic was ſaid before it ſhould be filled with dead Bodies which ſhould be buried, or lie unburi- ed there. He ſheweth that the aforementioned Judgment of fil- ling places with dead Bodies, ſhouid be reſtrained to Topher in the Valley of Hinnom, but reach to the dwelling-houſes at Hieruſalem, both their Kings Houles, and the meaner Subjects. x The pro- voking cauſe of which ſhould be their Idolatry, -which they had alſo brought 1ato their dwelling-houles,for they having flat Roots, had upon them, though not burn: Children in Sacriticeto Idols, yet poured out Drink-Offerings to the Sun, Moon and Stars, and to other Idols,
14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had ſent him to propheſie, and he ſtood in the court of the LORD's houſe y, and ſaid to all
the people.
y Feremiah had now diſpatched the Errand upon which God had ſent h1m to Topher, coming back by God's directions, he {lands 11 the Court which was common to all people, where the moſt might hear.
15 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, the God of Iſrael, Behold I wiltbring upon this city and upon all her towns, all the evil that I have pronounced a- gainft 1t ; becauſe * they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words z.
&@ Heaflureth the people from God, that be would moſt cer- tainly juſtihe all his words, and bring to paſs all his Threats a- gainſt that Cicy, and that they may thank themſelves for it, for hardening their heart, fo as all that he had ſaid made no impreſ- lion upon them, nor fout;d any place with them.
CHAP. XX.
Paſhur ſmiting Jeremiah for bis Prophecy rece:veth 4 new N1me, ;n1 a fearſul_Duom, 1, —— 6. *Jeremiah's Impatience under their Treachery and Contempt, 7, -—— IO, Rejoyceth in hope of PFengeance, 11, —— 13. Curſeth his Birth, 14, —— 18.
O WW Paſhur the ſon of Immer the prieſt 4»
vw howas alſo chief governour in the houſe of
LORD 6, heard thar Jeremiah propheſied theſe
i 3 Andit came topaſs on the morrovw, that Pa- ſhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the ſtocks #-
' Then ſaid Jeremiah unto him, the LORD hath not called thy name Paſhur, but || Magor-mitabit
} That g Pollibly by this time the mad-braig'd Prieſt, thought he had /-47 7955
done more than he could juſtifie by Law, tor if he were a falſe £5%4*