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Word V3") Rogeang, is here ill tranſlated divide, which hath! Nr bar nn. n. think thatGod here hath a reſpect to his dividing the Red Sea,chat the Iſraelites might pals over,which ſemeth nor at all here to be intended, The word ſignifieth to divide, bur it alſo ſignifieth to quzet and bring to reft, and is foin- terpreted, Chap 50. 34+ Iſa. 34+ 14- and in this very Chap. er.z. 2nd dotibtleſs were better here tranſlated, which quieteth the Sea when the Waves thereof roar. All theacts mentioned, are adts {peaking the Divine Almighty Power of him who is the Lord of all the Regiments in the Hoſts of the Creation.
£6 * If thoſe ordinances 4.depart from beforeme,
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' ceaſe, from being a nation before me for ever. —_ are Ordinances of Worſhip, which are God's Laws re- Jating to his Worſhip, and Ordinances of Fuſtice, which are God's Laws for the executing civil Juſtice, and Ordinances of Nature, which are God's Eſtabliſhments for the working of natura] cauſes in their order ; theſe are thoſe here ſpoken of, e Which ſhall hold and continue to the diſſolution of the World, the continuance of which God pawneth as a Pledge of the continuance of Iſrael as a Nation all the 4ays (fo it is in the Hebrew) that is many days, or 21l the days they ſhall keepcloſe with him, or which he hath ap- pointed. If we interpret it (as in our Verfion) for ever, it mult be underſtood not of Iſrael according to the fleſh, but, of the Caurch the true Iſrael of God, which ſhall never fail.
37 Thus faith the LORD *, if heaven abovecan he meaſured, and the foundations of the earth ſearch- ed out beneath, Iwill alſo caſt off all the ſeed of Iſrael for all that they have done, faith the LORD f.
f That is, I will never caſt of all the Szed of 1/rae!, (which pro- miſe the Apoſtle, Rom. 11. 1, 2. proveth to have been by God made good, notwithſtanding the rejeRion of the great Body of that People) for none but God can either meaſure the Heayens, or pierce into the centre of the Earth,
28 © Behold the days come, faith the LORD), that the city ſhall he built to the LORD from the: tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner g.
g Thatis, ic ſha!l be built round, as largely as ever, weread of this Tower of Hananeel, Neb. 3.1. and 12. 39. Zech. 14. 20. It! was in the South, or rather the Eaftern part ofthe City. We' read of the Gate of the corner, 2 Kings 14- 13. Zeoh. 14.10 moſt agree that itis in the North-Eaſt part of the City.
39 And the meaſuring line ſhall yet go forth, o-' ver againſt it upon the hill Gareb, and ſhall compaſs about to Goah h, |
þ That {s, it ſhall be built round about upon its old foundatl-! ons, Vid. Neh. 3. We are ignorant of the Ancient Situation of the
City, ſo are the Fews themſelves, therefore it is vain to pretend to an exact $sk1ll in theſe names of places. Some ſay Gareb ſigni-
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2 For then the king of Babylon's army hefieged Jeruſalem b : and Jeremiah tlie Prophet was ſhut up
Judals houſe c.
Chap. 39. 1.) beſieged Hirruſalein inthe tenth Month of the ninth Year of Zedekiah, to as he had beſieged it ſome time before the Revelation of this Prophecy came to Feremiah, c Feremiah was at that timea Priſoner, ina Pciton within the Ring's Houle, The King could keep him from revealing God's will ro the People but he could not keep God from revealing himſelf ro him. Dri. ſons hinder us tiom Communion with Men, but often coor iti» to God's . People, treer and tweeter communion with i;m. ba the mean time the delperate hardneſs of this Prince and ts; > Peoples Hearts appear, in that the tear of an Enemy befieging them could not awe them trom luch ou.r2gious ads of Perſecution.
3 For ZedekiahKing ot Judah, had ſhut him up. ſaying 4, Wherefore dolt thou propheſie, and ſay. Thus faith the LORD, Behold I will give thiscity into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he ſhall take it.
d We no where read that Zedegah immediately commanded Feremiah to be impritoed ; he ſeemeth rather to have been ia- yourable to Feremiah, and judicious Interpreters think his pre- tent Priſon was a tavourzbie Priſon ; but God accounteth Prin- ces to do that which their Miniſteis or ſubordinate Magiſtrates do with their connivance, adv witiout their hinderance. Tho' it be wild Divinity for any to fay, that inferiour Miniſters or SubjeQts are excuſed by the command of the ſuperior, and the guilt lyeth only on them, yet ir is as wild to ſay, they contract no guilt by the extrayagant acts of fuboidinace Magiſtrates whom they put in place, and can puniſh, and remove from their places. 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah ſhallnor eſcape our of the hand of the Chaldeans, bur they ſhall ſurely he delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and ſhall ſpeak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes
{ ſhall behold his eyes.
5 And he ſhall lead Zedckiah to Babylon e, and there he ſhall be untill I vitit him, ſaith the LORD F, Though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye Hall not proſper g. :
e Here the cauſe of the Prophet's impriſonment {s 'exprefles, The things were true which Fer:my prophetied, and fulfilled.Chas. 39. 5, 6,7. and Feremy could not forbear ſpeaking them, becaule he was ſent of God upon the Errand, Chap. 34. 2, 3. yet me King and Court con!ld not bear his words. f Interpreters are (:- vided, whether the vifiration here mentioned werea viſitation of Fudgment, and the lame with until he 472; or of mercy 5 it 15 cer= tain Zedekiah was not put to Death, only his eyes put out, and
fies a Scab, and the Hill had its Name from Leprous Perſons ly- | te carried into Babylon, Chap. 39.7. where lome think he after-
ing there. 5 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies z, and
; ward found fayour with the King of B2by/on. Certain ic is that he | dyed in Babylon, and had an honourable Burial, but whether he
met with any other favour, or no, the Scripture ſaith not. Some
of the aſhes k, and all the fields unto the brook of Ki-| will have the words r2ad, until I viſit this People, andthink char * Nehem. dron, unto the corner of the * horſe-gate towards the | Zedekzah lived in Prifon in Babylon tillthe Reſtauration ; but te
caſt /, ſhall be holy unto the LORD mn; it ſhall not be pluckt up, nor thrown down any more for e-
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