x If you would ſee your Doom ina Glaſs, look upon Jeruſg. lem, which according to my word I have dealt fo feverely with, that amongſt Men it would be called fury, though ia me it was but deliberate Juſtice, that my wrath declared againſt ir, (like Ji- quid things melted) diffuſed it ſelf into all parts of it : I will deal ſo with you ſoon after you ſhall have entered into that Land where you promiſe your ſelt ſo much eaſe, reſt, and proſpericy and asI threatned to make Feruſalem a Curſe, an Aſtoniſhment and a Reproach, Chap. 24. 9. and 29. 18. fo will I deal with you, and 1n this I will (faith God) deal worſe with you, that where-
which we meet with from Men, God inclineth their Hearts, tho' we receivethe kindneſs from their hands. q. The mercy which God here promiſeth theſe Men, is that the king of Bubylon ſhould give them a liberty to go every one of them to his own Iobert- rances, for at preſent they were baniſhed by their own fear, from their own Houſes, though not from their own Coun- trey.
13 But if ye ſay, we will notdwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORDour God 7.
y Our Tranſlation a little darkens the ſence, tranſlating the Heb. Particle 91399 Bilvi neirber, which ſignifies no more than wor, or by nom-ans,Numb,14.16. I Sam. 1. 2. and 20. 26+ Heſ.13.4. and it is certain here is but. one thing ſpoken of, for the thing wherin they diſobeyed the Voice of the Lord, was not continuing 1n their own Land, but going i1:0 the land of Egypr.
14 Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we ſhall ſee no war, nor hear the ſound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread, and there
will we dwell /. YE { The ſence of the words is obvious.they thought that their Lite inthe Land of Judah, would be ar beſt an uneaſte life, where they ſhould be continually alarm'd, with the noiſe of War, and tho' they could not fear the want of Bread in a Land that flowed with Milk and Honey, yet they alſo conſidered, that Egypt was a very fruitful Country, by the overflowing of Nilus, and the proſpeR of this made them quit that uſual fondneſs which People have of their Native Country. From whence appears that their great {in was unbelief, they would not take the Promiſe of God for a le- curity to them for a quiet and peaceable abode in Judah, but woul1 fancy noiſes of Drums, and Trumpets, and fear where no fear was ; the Prophet ſaw. they were reſolved, into Egypt they would go, to live a morecertain eafje Life (as they fancied) he therefore tells them, that if after their ſending him to Goc to inquire for them, and promiſing a compliance with his Will, and hearing now what that will was, this were their reſo]ution, he he had another word from God to them. 15 (And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah, Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, the God of Iſrael, if * ye wholly ſer your
faces to citer into Egypt, and go to ſojourn
there tr.) : t This Verſe is wholly prefatory to what followeth. If, ſaith God, all your mind beupon Egypr, and you be refolved thither
you will go.
as thoſe of your Brethren, that were carried from Feruſalem to Babylon, ſha]l ſome of them come back again after 60 Years, you
ſhall ſee this place no more. There was this aggravation of the Fews fin, to whom God was now by his Prophet ſpeaking they had lately feen the words of the Lord ſpoken by the ſame Pro- phet verified, and yet would take no warning, but ran into the lame ſin of Unbelief.
19 The LORD hath ſaid concerning you, O
ye remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt :
ay y.
People to liſten nnto him, and to believe and obey whar he ſaid, repeats again the ſame thing which he had ſaid before, affuring them that it was the Lord commanded him to ſay this to them. Criticks note the word which we tranſlate admoniſh, in this form, ſ1gnifteth to admonihh before Witneſſes.
ye ſent me unto the LORD your God, ſaying, Pray;
# ſhall tollow cloſe after you there in Egypt, and f Heb. there ye ſhall die z. - cleauy You,
taces to go into Egypt to ſojourn there, they ſhall die fo ſhall a by the ſword, by the famine, and by the Peſtilence, rhe men 6;
and * none of them ſhall remain, or eſcape from the *SeeChay, 44. 14, 20,
'my fury be* poured forth upon you when you ſhall * Chap; enter into Egypt: and * yeſhall be an execration,and 7. 20. an aſtoniſhment, and a curſe and a reproach, and ye * ect
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2 Or, you have uſed deceit, either towards God, dealing falſly with him, calling him to be a witneſs to your ſincerity in what you never intended any fincerity in, or towards me ; ſending me to enquire of God for you, and promiſigg to do according to what I ſhould reveal to you from God as his Will, whenas you never intended it; or towards your own Souls, as every finner doth but deceive his own Soul. You made a pretence of what was not in your hearts. a When you ſent me to pray God's di- rection for you, and made me ſuch a firm promiſe to d9 whatto- ever I ſhould reveal toyou from God as his will in this caſe.
21 And owl have this day declared :t to you 6, Burt yet have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any rhing tor the which he hath ſent me
unto you c.
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