! That is,he ſhall not be buried at all ; or he ſha) be buried in] +1 indecent and contemptible manner, none attending him to Nis (rave, none mourning for him. m The laſt Words of this Verie :netige fome to think that Fehoiakin: was buried near to Jerruſ42/em ; but the Scfipture, which mentione:h h's being carried into Baby: {vn, faith nothing of his beirg brought back; nor 15 that very p:obable which tome ſay, that the King of Buhylos thought to hve carried him to Babylor, bur upon ſecond Thoughts alt: red lis Purpoſes, and cauſed him to be ſ{zin at Feraſalem, and his ody to be ignominiouſly drazged our of the Gates. The Scrip- tne faith exprefly, he was carried to Babylon, 2 Kings 24- IF. and if he died there, yet this Text remained crue, the {cope of which ſemeth to be. to ſhew the Vanity of this Prince in his great and fhately Buildings, which he was not Jike long to enjoy nor to be buried nigh to them, nor inany degree of Honour p: oportiovate to the iplendour of them.
29 Go up to Lebanon z, and cry, and lift up thy voice in Baſhan o, and cry from the paſlagesp: for all thy lovers are deſtroycd 9.
» The Hebrew Verb being ten.inine,. lets us know, that Fery- {:/em was the Place to which this Speech is direfted ; to the In- hebitanis of which the Prophet here calieth to go up to Lebanor, cand ro Brſkan, Both Lebanon and Baſhan were Hills or Places that looked towards Aſſyriz, from whence the Jews looxed for help, and had it ſometimes, as 2 Kings 16. 7. he calls to them zroniculy to go up to the mounta11ous parts of them; where ſtanding and crying they might be ſoonelt and beſt hear. p What we tranſlate from the paſſages, others Tranſlate from the borders, or from the ſides; others from Abarim, which 1s the Name of a Mountain, as well as Lebanon and Bafhan ; Vide | Numb. 27.12. and 33. 47. Which ſeemech ro me the belt Inter- Ii pretation ; the Meaning ts, Go and cry for help trom all Places, | but it will be in vain; for qthe Egyptians and Aſſyrians to | whom thou wert wont heretofore to fly, chuſing rather to truſt [| t© them chan in me, are themſelves in the Power or Danger 0] (\ the Chaldaars, who ſhall alio deſtroy them.
f Heb 21 | ſpeak to thee in thy | proſperity 7, br thou | Prof FCC T wil not hear {: * this hath been thy manner
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return thither they ſhall not return g.
they be fond of it as their Native Country, and may promiſe chemſelves ſuch Favours from the King of Babylon, yer there ſhall no ſuch thing be their portion.
28 [: this man Coniah a deſpiſed broken idol h ? 's be a veſſel wherein z5 no pleaſure/ ? wherefore are they caſt out, he and his ſeed & ? and are cait into a
land which they know not ?
h The prophet either ſpeaketh this in the perſon of God, or of the People,who are here brought in,affirming that this Prince «ho was the Idol of the People, was now through the juſt Judgment of God become like a broken Idol. 7 Or like a Vet- lel which Men care not for, being either fo crack'd, or ſo tainted :13t they can make no ule of it, and admiring at this Cataſtro- pae, and enquiring the Cauſe why it fo came to pals. k He, and is {eed. It is ſaid Yer. 3o, that no Man of his Seed ſhould pro- Fudah: Nor is there anv mention made of any of his Children where his carrying into Captivity 1s recorded, 2 Kzngs 24. 12. which makes tome think, that by hzs Seed here is meant the Poſterity of his Grandfather Foftah ; bur others think, that he had Children, either before he went into Captivity, or born while he was in Babylon: And Matth. 1. 12. ut 15 faid, that after they were brought 10Bbyl9n, Feconiah begat Salathiel.
29 Ocarth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD /.
[By Earth he either means the land of Judzh, to which he calls thrice, to fignifie the Dzatnels of this People,and unwilling - nels to hear,and believe what God ſpake by him ; or elle he calls to the whole Earth; as he calls Heaven and Ezrthto witnels, Deuteronomy 30. 9. and 32,1. Iſaiah i. 2, and 34.1. Fer. 6. 19,
| : ; <<. from thy youth, that thou obeyelt not. my voice 7,
_— - r I by my Prophets, ſpake to thee while all things went wel] ] ['s with thee,lo as thou haſt nor ſinned ignorantly or without warn- : ig. {1 have not iurprized thee with my Judgments,but thou re- _- tatedſt to hearken, and obey my Admonittons and Precepts.
r E:om the time that I brought thee our of the Land of Egyer, thou hat been thus a rebellious People.
22 The wind ſhall cat upall thy paſtures, and thy lovers ſhall go into captivity w, ſurely then ſhalt thou he aſhamed, and confounded tor all thy wick- cdneſs x.
u Eicher a vain Hope and Preſumption ſhall deſtroy thy Ru-
'zr5 and Governors, who flatter thee with Promiles of Proſpe-
| rity , or a [Judgment ſhall leize them that ſhall be like a violent vi Wind.which preſent]y lcattereth the Clouds and the Smoak ; or | they ſhall be blaſted by my Judgments, as PJantsare blaſted and eaten up by Winds. w And thoſe that have been thy Friends and Allies, Sjriz and Eeypr, in whom thou haſt truſted, ſhall themlelves be made Captive. x Surely when thou leeſt this,thou | wilt be convinced and aſhamed of thy wicked Courſes.
*11-b, 9 23 O + inhabitant of Lebanon y that makeſt thy
P4020). reſt in the cedars 2, how gracious fhalt thou __
when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman
1n travall b. 4 Hiern ilem, Which 1s called an Inhabitant of Lz barnon,either : f ; bHecaule their Houles were butit of Wood cut down out of the For-| } 1e!t of Lebanon, or becaule they lived in as great Plenty and | f Delight as if they lived in Lebazon ; or, becauie they thought | BY the Motuntain of Lebanon was a certain Refuge to them. &4 They | ly are laid to make their Neſt in the Cedars, either becauſe their i Houles were bailt of the Cedars of Lebanon 3 or becauſe of the le- | ] : curity they piomiled themſelves trom that Forreſt and Mountain |
fo tull of aid famous for Crdars. a What Favour wilt thou| rnd b, when ay Jaigments ſhall come upon thee as ſuddenly and 35 fartly as the pains of a Woman 1n Travail come upon her:
. Simil;tude often waie ute of by this Prophet, to expreſs the Suldennets, Lnavoruableneis,and Greatnels of Judgments, Chap. 4.31, 2nd 6.24. and 13.21, and 39.6. and 49. 24. and 5o. 43 and to in other Scriptures, Pſal. 48. 6. Micah 4. 9. 1Theſſ. 5. 3.