f This relolution they preſently put in practice. Though it is certain that Jeremiah and Baruch were not willing to go along with them, and probably that many of the People were not w il- ling, yet tnele rebellious Captains forced them all along with
them, ſo as many of them were now a kind of Priſoners to their own Country-men.
entrance into this Palace. This hach male Interpreters dividel \bout the true ſence of the word wh'ch is here tranſlated a Bricke vi1n. That the word lo ſignifies is out of doubr, and :s lo tiantla- ed, 2 Siam. 12. 31. All that troubleth lome, is, that they fancy :here ſhould not be a Brick-hiln fo near the Kings Palice; but poſſibly thoſe Learned Men 49 not enough conſider the ditference of times and places. Great Princes So2s and Daughters, do not 11e in our Ape to keep Sheep, which yet we know Facyb's Sons
and Laban's Daughters did ; the Grandure of Princes v 25 not 19 2reat, bur it might admit of as plain a thing as this. Ocners lag the Palaces of their Princes were very vaſt,ſo that the Ecick-kiln might be ata diſtance from the entry into the Dwelling hole, tho' jt was at theentry of the place calted by the Name © tne Palace. Ochers think it might be an Houle uſed not for maktrg "2ut poliſhing Earthen Ware. But the greateſt offenliven<ts oj ſuch Kilns with us, is from the Smoke, of which they had none, drying their Bricks inthe Sun. Bar it {5a nicety not worth {5
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10 And ſay unto them, Thus ſzith the LORD of hoſts the God of Iſrael, Behold, I will ſend and take
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon * my fervant /, and w1ll ſet his throne upon theſe ones that I have hid 7, and he ſhall ſpread his royal pavilion over chem.
1 Now God expounds his meaning in his former Command,he ordered Feremiah to take Stones and hide them in a place near the King of Egypr's Palace ; now he tells them tht this was for a ſign that N:buchadnezqar ſhould tet his Thi one, and fpread his Pa- vilion in that place. This Nebuchadn-73.2r God calls his Servant; becauſe he was to obey him in what he ſhould do, though he intended not ſo. Thus Aſſjria is called the Kod of his anger, 11a, 10. 5. and Nebuchadnez2ar is fo called, Chap. 25. 9. and 27. 6: m God owneth the Stones to be laid by himleif, becauſe they were laid at his Command.
Egypt, and deliver * ſuch as are for death to death,
ſuch 25 are for captivity to captivity, and ſuch .z:
' are for the ſword to the ſword 7.
n He prophefieth the certain ruine of the Eg3tti27s bv the King of Babylon, ſome of whom the King of B.þy/on ſhould {lay, 0- thers of them. he ſhould lead away into Captivity as Pritoners ct War. See the like Phrales, Chap. 15. 2.
12 And I will kindle a fire in the houſes of the
gods of Egypt o, and he {hall burn them, and carr,
them away captives p, and he hall array himfelt with the land of Egypt 9, as a ſhepherd putteth on his garments 7, and he ſhall go torth trom Laence 17 peace 5. oo TD o God by his Prophet declares a particular hatred tori 10:3 of Ezypr, that he would burn up their Temples, 2. . Dy 22 hands of Nebuchadnez3ar. p He ſhall carry away both the idols, and the Inhabitants of Ezypr Captives. 9. That Is with tne >Pous and Plunder of the Land of Egytt, the King of Babtun ihall clot his Army. 7 Our unacquaintednets with che Faſhions of Shepiieras
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cauſeth divers gueſles ac the ſence of this Parele ; fnat kr op te beſt Interpreters fiX in as the beſt is, Taat 25 a Shepherd that while he hath been attending kis Flocks, goes tn any K2g5, and is careleſs ot his Clothes, but when he goes home at Night he pits on his Coat; fo the Bab;liniſh Soldlers when they have hothed cheir Work in the Conquett of Rn ſka}! go koie clo:hed -
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taking. '* oreat evil aoginſt 3p ' ; © Be | this oreat evil azainſt your ſouls ? to cnt off from you 13 He. break alſo + the imavzes of || Bethſhe-| 777 etc 11 ag OP p69 ous þ bs EJ , y 3 -] " d h LESS. is che find of Fovir |: and the hou | Man and woman, child and ſuckling -Þ out of Judan, 149 1d B10 25 HI s BAK 01 > 4 CG -» - >: o0 the Yods of the Fay Eo m1 he burn with{52 teave you none to remain bh. | EDIT $902 SOR ES PAany an uo Dura % hb Whar prudence can guide you to do ſuch aQionsas theſe, by IiVe 7c. which you cannot hurt God, but your ſelves on]
t Berb fiemeſh Gxnifies rhe houſe of rhe Sun, and it 1sallo the * Y2Imeofa City in Eoypr 34o moit take it here as the Name »f a City, which had its Name from a tamous Temple builded 1n it to te honour of tte Sun. This Idol is called On, Ger. 41. 45- BY this it appears, tha tthe Fovrtians, as well as other Pagans, paid Divine Aloration to the Creature. u Go4 threatens not only the Eeftration of the Lolatrous Temple, bur the Houles of the Inhabi- tants of E2ypt, BY the King of Bai;lon ; from whence thel:: J-ws, | have believed, mizht have underſtood, that they
wind tot | word nut have the {ſecurity whici they promited themieives 11 the Lani ol Ezyp:,
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- P ' 7 oO - 5 ood ſ aan . Jeremiah repro{- nterb £0 the People in Egypt, the former Sins and
Pacithnen of Judah, 8, -— 10. He propheſycth their Deſtru- ion in Eryrt, 11, I4. Ther Objt:nacy, I ;, o— I9, Tioreatzed, 20, -— 28» Fer 4 Sign, the Deſiruction of Egypt & foreild, 29, —— 30.
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