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Cities ſhall be deſtroyed. Nopþb particularly ſhall be wholly de-
Populated, and J2id waſte and have none to dwell in it.
22 Egypt # #tea very fair heifer ; but deſtrution
COM0ti: 1t coineth out of the north 4.
4 That 15, Zeype iS now in a thriving, proſperous condition, ha- ving not uled to be under any Yoke like an Heifer, that 1s fair 2nd fat, but ſhe will not be io long.ſhe is but as a Beaſt fatted for ehe Slaughter, and there are Slaughter-men, coming out of Chal- &-: that will ki!] this fair Heiter, and make her a Sacrifice to the
Ju!ice of God-
21 Alſo herhired men are in the midft of her, like
Chap. XVII
27 T * But fear not thou, O my ſervant Jacob, * 16a. a. and be not diſmayed, O Iſrael; for behold, I will 53; & 4. ſave thee from afar off, and thy ſeed from the * © *++ land of their captivity, and Jacob ſhall return, and be in relt and at eaſe, and none ſhall make him a- fraid.
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my ſervant, faith the LORD, for I am with thee, for I will make a full end of all the Nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make * a full end of thee, but corret * Chap,
7 1 ++farrcd Bullockse, for they alſo are turned back, a4] thee in meaſure, yet will I || not leave thes wholly ro. 24.
ba locks ; 4 * . Ss fre fled away together : they did not ſtand f becauſe|ynpuniſhed r. the day of their calamity was come upon them, ad
the jte!te.
the time of their viſitation g.
e The mercenary Soldiers allo which the Egyptians have hired from Cuſh and Pur, and other parts are at preſent in a flouriſhing proſperous ſtate. f We have tranſlated ?I here ill, ic had bezn better tranſlated but, for that is maniteſt]y the ſence. Though they at prefent lying in Garriſons be fat and flouriſhing, like Bul- lacks in the S:alls, yet when it cometh to it they ſhall not ſtand bur turn back, and flee as well as the reſt, g Becauſe the time 1s come when God reſolyeth to puniſh them, and bring calamity up- on them. When the time is come which God hath ſet in his Coun- fels, wherein he will puniſh Perſons or Nations; no probabili- ties to the contrary are much conſiderable.
22 The voice thereof ſhall go like a ſerpent b, for they ſhall march with an army, and come agaiult her
with axcs, as hewers of wood 7.
h Ezyp: is now like an Heiter that makes a great b2!lowing,but the time ſhall come when ſhe ſhall make a leſſer noite like the hil- ſing of a Serpent, when it ſeeth it ſe}t ſer upon. 7 For the Chal d-ans ſhall come with a great Army, armed with Bartle- Axes, as ifthey cameto fell down tome Wood ina Foreſt, or Wood.
23 They ſhall cur down her Forreſt, ſaich the LORD, though it cannot be ſearched &, becauſe they are more than the Graſhoppers, and are 1nnumera-
ble /.