9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captaia || of the guard, þ or. :;- carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the acar/ha!, people that remained ia the city, and thoſe that fell T_ Hev. away, that fell to him, with the reſt of the people Pe J that remained 27. _—
This Nebuzara4an what in that place, which we call the Prs- voji-Marſhat, with them it was call'd the Captain of the Guar and here are two ſorts of Priſoners reckoned up, whom he carried { y, .. away. I. Such as after the Armies where come into Fudea had ;1w"Om yielded themſelves. 2. Such as when they took the Ciry,remain- * £10 1t:not being before conſumed by the Sword, Famine, and Pe- ftilence ; and {o were taken upon the ſtorming or ſuprizal of the City. Both ſorts were carried away Prifonefs although ir is proba- ble,chat the Zonquerour reared the former much more gently than he rreated the latter, as 1s uſual in thoſe cales,
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain ofthe guard, left of the poor of the people whieh had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards, and
fields -+ at the ſame time 7. + Heb, n This 15 uſual with Conquerors, for whoſe Prefir it is not that 3x th
the Countries conquered by them, ſhould lie waſte, like Wilder- ſame aav?
nefles, bur be peopled, and manured that they may render ſome
Tribute to them «: withal the Juſtice of God 15 often ſeen in this,
thus reſtoring to them ofc-rimes with advanrage by the hand of
Enemies that prove Conquerors, thoſe Eftares which 1n corrupr
times their proper Magiſtrates by violence and oppretfion took
from them, or ar leaſt more than conpenſaring their lofles by Atts
of Violence and Injuſftice.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, gave
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might dig it thorough :poſſibly.theſe particulars are the rather ſer down, to ſhew as how God verified whar he had revealed 1n this | matter to the Prophet, Ex2k. 12. where God ler the Propher er. 3, To prepare ſtuff for removing, and to remove by day,in the feht ofthe People from his own place to another place, and Ver. 4. To g9 out at even in their fight, as they that go ont into Capti-ity, To dig through te wall jn their feght, and carry our thereby : Is thiir ſight to bear it on his ſhoulders, and carry it fo>th in the twilightz to cover his face, ſo as nor to ſee the 210114, and Ver. 6, he told him, that 1n all this he was tobe ſien; and Ver. to, tells him, This burden concerneth the Prince 77 Feruſalem ( who was thar Zedekiab ) Ver. 12, And the Prince that is among them, (hall bear upon his (houlder in the twilight,
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captain of the guard, ſaying, hy the haz 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him %. Heb no harm, but do unto him even as he ſhall ſay unto ,,4 :1;1.e thee 0. ; eyes p08 o It is more than probable, that Nebachadnez;ar had been in- him.
formed by ſome of the chief Commanders of his Army, who had 1c from ſome of the Fews, that had <ſeaped out of the City to the
| Chaldean Army, that Jeremiah had conſtantly told the King to the
the Nobles, that the Chaldeans ſhould rake the City and as ſteadily perſwaded both rhe King and Princes and People to ſurrender it to
and ſhall go forth, they ſhall dig through the Wall, to go 6:t | them, and prevent the effuſion of Blood, and that he was 1mpri-
thereby be ſhall cover his face, that he ſee not the ground with bis eyes.
s But the Chaldeans army purſued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho,and when they had taken him they bronght him up to Nebu- chadrezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in che land of
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þ Thus God by his Providence fulfilled his Threatning by his Propher E:ebiel, Char. 17. 12, Rival was upon the Borders of Can12% as appeareth from Numv. 34.11. It was in the Land of Hin) of which ve read, 2 King. 17. 24. being one of thoſe Pro- vince 11 the Dominion of the King of A4ſſ142, from whence he brought Men to place them 1n the Land of 1jae! afcer that he had eorquered rhe Ten Tribes, It 15 not uſaal for Princes upon Con- queſts to (tin Judgment upon Princes conquer'd, but the reaſon of 1 10 this caſe was, becauſe Zedehizh was a Triburary to the Ring of 3:bjlon, and fo fubjeR to his Pover, having made a Covenant vich him,and fecured his Allegiance by his Oath to him, and then rebelled againſt him, as we read, Ez. 17. 13,14, 15, 16, 17,18.
6 Then the king of Babylon flew the ſons of Zede- {uh 11 Riblah before his eyes : allo the king of Ba- bylon flewallthe nobles of Judah 7.
; Thus rhe ſtu>bornnels of this Prince, and his Nobles, proved the Ruine of h1s Family, and of themſelves, and of the whole People, The Nobles were great Authors of this miſchtefand brought Z:4ebizs into that ofſtinacy which he ſhewed ro rhe Pro- phers admonirions and Exhortations upon them, therefore a more cxemplary Puniſhment 15 raken. The #:rew calls rhe Novles wwit- $1, either from their white Garments, or from that Can- a9! of $144it which ſho:ld be found in Perſons of their Quality,
- Morcover he put our Zedekiah's eyes,and bound him-F with chains to carry him to Babylon k. Þ Thus the two Prophecies were fulfilled,that of this Prophet,
Chaz. 24. 4. that Z:4:h21 (hould nor die by tbe Sword : and that of F-chiz!, that ie ſhould not ſex Babylon, though be (hould die thr, Eceh.12.13. Riblah was ar a great diſtance from Babylon,
where the king was at this time probably te be nearer his Army while the Siege lafted ar Jrr4{a/?m, and ro give orders abour it and :0 divert himſelf, rhe place being a pleaſant place, and the King not willing to trouble himſelf abour the Siege to go thither 1n Perſon, bur rhe Siege being over, he now removerh to Babylon, ind carricth Zedebiab and rhe reft of the Priſoners along with him -
8 & And the Chakdeans burnt the king's houſe,
ſoned for this,and had been a great ſufferer that way,and thar this made this Heathen Prince ſo kind to the Propher as to give this order. In the mean time the Hand of God 1s to be taken notice of, who undoabredly pur this into the Heart of this Pagan Prince 3 and we may learn, that none ſhall loſe any thing at laſt by being faithful ro the Commands of God, though they may be: for the preſent loſers, What we tranſlate, look well to him, 1s 1n the He-