Tie taking of Jeruſalem, carry ing away the People, their Retury, latter part of the Verle.
1, ——8. Chriſt the Branch of Righteouſneſs : His everlaſting Kingdom and Priefthood: And Bliſſed Seed, 15, —— 26,
Jorful State and ſetled Government, 9, --— 14+ [
9 T Andiit ſhall be to me a name of joy, a praiſe and an honour before all che nations of the earth
| which ſhall hear all the good that I do unto them :
I Oreover the word of the LORD came unto 2 and they ſhall fear and tremble, for all the g00d-
. . . { Jeremiah the ſecond time. (while he was}
yet * ſhut up in the court of the priſon, ſaying a.
a See the Notes on Chap. 32. 2. Jeremiah was torced ont of the Temple. God followerh him to thePrilon, and there revealeth his mind to him once and again. The wickedneſs of the Jews in perſecuting the Prophet could not make Gods Promites of no effe& for mercy to be ſhe wed to the People after the captivity, which though made before, ere again confirmed a ſecond time, for this Chapter in ſubſtance contains no more than Promiſes of the like nature with thoſe in the following Chapters.
2 Thus faith the LORD the # maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to eſtabliſhirt, the LORD --
his name b.
b Toe maker therasf, that is,ſay ſome, of Feruſalem (ſo Mr. Cal- vin) or the maker of theſe Promiſes (fo others interpret it) his Name is Jehovah, fo as he hatha ſufficiency in himſelf ro make good his word to eſtabliſh Jeruſalem, or to eſtabliſh the word ipokenby him for the eſtabliſhment of ir.
3 Call unto me, and I will anſwer thee, and ſhew
1 Or, .,;4-thee, great and || mighty things which thou kno welt
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notc.
c Gol either ſpeaketh tothe People to pray unto him , or to the Prophet on the behalf of the People to pray, promiſing him he would ſhew them great things. ObjeF. But how doth God ſay that Jercmzab did not know them, when God before this time had revealed them to the Prophet,and the Prophet had revealed them. Sol, He did not know them before God had revealed them, and though God had revealed them, yet by his Prayer in the tormer Chapter it appears he did not tully underſtand them, or firmly believe them as he ought to have done. 5 £4
4 For thus faith the LORD, the God of Iſrael,
concerning the houſes of this city, and concerning
the houſes of the kings of Judah, which are thrown
dovrn by the mounts, and by the ſword 4.
4 That is,which in Part are thrown down,and ſhall yet further be thrown down, by the Engines of War which the Chaldeans ute to batter down the City. See before, Chap. 32. 24. Some read, for the mounts, as if they were thrown down by the Citizens to make room for the-Citizens to caſt up defenfive Mounts. The word tranſlated Swerd,may be as welltranflated Hammers or Mat- COCKS, as it 15 2 Chron. 24. 6. It is tranſlated Axes, Exek. 26. 9,
5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans e, but zt rs to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have flat in my anger, and in my fury f, aud for all whoſe wickedneG I have hid my face from this CILY 7
e It is very difficult to determige whether theſe words contain
an entire ſenſe in themſelves, or what connexton they have with the foregoing words. Not to repeat Mens diverſe apprehenſions, {of which 2 large account is given by the Author of the Englifh Annotations) Ttnink they Judge beſt who think they have an en- tire lenle 11 themlelves, and judge that they here mentioned, are the Fews of whom the Prophet ſaith zhey come, becauſe he Tnew they would ſally out and fight with their Enemies, but to no purpote, but to fil] their Houſes with their own dead Bodies, whom he would cauſe in hisanger to be ſlain. g For their wick- edneſs which they had provoked God by, and cauſed him to hide nis face from that City which had ſo much of his countenance formerly.
G5 Behold, I will bring health, and cure, and I will cure them +, and will reveal unto them the a- bundance o f peace and truthz.
© Thelatter part of this Verſe expoundeth the former, for by hezlth and cure, the Prophet meaneth peace, and truth. We met with the like metaphorical expreſſion, Chap, 30. 17. See the note; on that place. The miſerable, diſturbed ſtate of a Nation being
' compared to Wounds and Sickneſs, the reſtoring of it toapeace-
able, proſperous ſtate, js fitly called its Health and Cure. 7 By truth here ſeems to be meant fazthfulneſs, or ſtability ; not truth of propoſitions. g-d. I will after this great wound which I have given this People, bring them again intoa quiet and peaceab)e ſtate in which they ſha)l abide many days.
7 And1I will cauſe the captivity of Judah, and the
. captivity of Iſrael to return, * and will build them
24. 6, and aS at the firſt þ. 31.4. and #& In this Verlethe latter part is expounded by the former :
42. I Os
the reſtoring of them is called buzlding them, in oppoſition to the throwing them down by the Mounts mentioned, Ver. 4. unleſs by building be to be underſtood not laying the foundation of their new Stare, but the further proſpering them inthar Stare.
S And I will cleanſe them from all their iniquity,
whereby they have ſinned againſt me, and I will
neſs, and for all the proſperity that I procure unto it 0, n I will do ſo well by this People, that other Nations ſhall ho-
nour and praiſe me for my goodnels to them. o And not only ſo,
but ſhall fear to ingage againſt a Nation ſo beloved and favoured
by me, Exod. 15. 14, 16. Others interpret it of a Religious fear,
and trembling, to which God's Mercy to the Iſraelites ſhould 1n- vite thoſe People that ſhould ſee, and hear of it ; but I think the tormer is the moſt probable ſenſe of the Prophet here.
to Thus faith the LORD, Again there ſhall be heard in this place, which we ſay p ſhall be deſolate without man, and without beaſt, ever in the cities of Judah, and in the ſtreers of Jeruſalem, that are deſo- late without man, and without inhabitant, and with- out beaſt.
p Thoſe of yon who though you find no great difficulty to be- lieve what I have Prophefied concerning the Chaldeans taking this City, ſeeing it upon the matter already taken, yer find adifficulty to believe what I tell you about the Peoples returning, and the
rebuilding of it. The Lord ſpeaketh the one as well as the other, there ſhall be heard agaia in it, &c
11 The* voice of joy, and the voice of gladnefs, « cp,p. the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the z, 34. and bride, the voice of them that ſhall ſay *, Praiſe the 16. 5.
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