2 Thus ſaith the LORD, the God of Iſrael, Go, and ſpeak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and. * he ſhall burn it with fire. _ ' 3 And thouſhalt not eſcape out of his hand, but?® *-* ſhalt ſurely be taken and delivered into his hand,and thine eyes ſhall behold the eyes of the king of Baby- lon, - and he ſhall ſpeak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou ſhalt goto Babylon 6. + Heb, 3 ' 0 We hadall this Chaps 32. 3, 4. See the Notes there. mowh ſhall 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah/peck i :4y king of Judah, Thus faith the LORD of thee, Thou"® = ſhalt not die by the ſword. :
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þ The Law of 50d is called often a Covenant, becauſe 1t con- taineth the Will of God which he would have them do, ro which (whether they expreſs their conſenc or no) they are bound to conſent, and agree. But to the Jews all Gods Laws given on
Chap. XX XIV.
ing in peace, 4 and had an honourable Burial, _ me pry Pac Mount $in4i were a former explicite Covenant,God explicitley tel- inp aim would not allow AR, as " = "4 22.18, Ic ling them whar he would have them to do,and they as explicitely _— with wr m__ 9 bor Ron -16! 32mg cog promiſing they would do ir, Exod. 24. 3. ! Here was a double of the Gates of Jeruſalem, and no Man lame , aggravation of their fin, in breaking this Covenant made berween ro Zedrbizh they burned jw2rt odours for him, (after the manner} 04 anq them. 1. From the conſideration of God's kindneſs in of the Burial of Kings, 2 Chr00, 16, 14.) anE made ſolemn Lam*!-\ pringing them out of Feypt. 2. From the conſideration of their zation for him. The Jews in their Chronology, Called by them paving been Bondmen in Egypt, which ſhould have taught them Seder Olam, giveus the torm of rheir #1 FIRE thus. 4:95 © 'ro now the hearts of Bondmen, fo as to bave compaſſionated Zedekiah is dead, wro drank tie dregs of all Ages: That 15, WO | hem whom they kept in thelike diſtreſs in which they had been was puniihea for the tins of all former Ages. themſelves, and from which God had'{delivered them. We ftand 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet ſpake all theſe — ——— _ _—_ we _ ——_— in our _ words 2h kins of Indah in Jeruſalem. or willnot forger them, Ger. 35. 1. Asalſo ro compaſſionate a + by 298 Zedekiah Ki ” -n ] - dah in L ge ukedd them, who fall into the ſame Diſtreſſes that we have been in, and 7 \Whenthe king of Babylon's army FOugnt againit] gr of which God hath ſaved us: God expeReth that we ſhould Jeruſalem,and againſt all the cities of Judah that were|ſhew the fame compaſſion to others, Matth 18. 33. left, againft Lachiſh, and againſt Azekah ; for theſe] 14 At the end of ſeven years let ye goevery man
defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah e.
entruſted him with to rhe King,upon which he was impriſoned,as{ 4 1 1 g0 free from thee m2, but your fathers
weread h<fore, Cha). 32. 3.The time itſhould ſeem was, after that A ad bo ; the King of Babylon had Cen the Country, and taken the great- hearkned not unto me, neither inclined thelr ear 7. eſt part of it; only three fortified places remained, which he was| #7 This 1s but a Reperition of the Law, Exod. 21, 2. Dext. 15. Befreging, viz, Jeruſalem, which was the chief City of that Country, | 12. V hich concerned ſuch Perſons as were ſold by others, or had and Zz2-41h, of the Conqueſt of which we read, Joſ. 10. 31. dif- ſold themſelves. God would not have his People rake advanrage poſed of to the Tribe of ſudab, Joſh. 15. 39. and 43:4i2b, which of the ſudden and rafh a&s of their Brethren, which were the v-a5 a Ciry of J:4ah, of which we read in theſame Chaprers. effeRs of Paſſion. 1 Notwithftanding this Law with che Jews who SME CE . , | were always a very covetous griping People, did otherwiſe.
3 7's is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LOR made a covenant with all the people which were at] 171 to his neighbour p, and ye had made a covenant Fernſilem to proclaim liberty unto them .
f This Verſe plainly begnneth a new Prophecy, but at what par-icular time, this Revelation, or the publication of 1t was we are not told 3 only the occaſion of ir 1s recorded. God had made a particular Law reſpe&ing the J-wiſh Nation, That if any had bought an Hebrew ſervant, he ſhould ſerve but (x years, and in the ſeventh ſhould go out ſvee, Exod. 21.2 Deur. 15 12. Ir came into
Zedebith's mind ro makea Proclamation for the execution of this Law ; what moved him to it we have notrecorded. The learned
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your Servants. q And you made a covenant in my preſence to that purpoſe, and that'in the Temple, where it ſeemerh this Coye- nant was made,
16 But ye turned, and polluted my name 7, and
his brother an Hebrew, which hath been ſold || unto | Or, hath e The Prophet was not afraid to go and do the Meſſage God had |rhee , and when he hath ſerved thee fix years, thou ſold himſelf.
15 And ye wereÞ now turned o, and had done Heb. , after that the king Zedekiah, had right in my fight, in proclaiming liberty every fo dap.
before me in the houſe * which is called by my+ Heb.
0 Thar is, reformed in this particular , in which you had done 7) name #5 the thing which 1 commanded you, p proclaiming a liberty ro ca#ed.
Aurhor of the Engliſh Annotations, ovſerverh well that it was their uſval courſe, when they were 1n great ſtraits, to make ſome parrial Reformation, Jud. 10, 15, 16. Plal. 78. 34, 35: Fioſ. 6. I.