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SAEED { It ſhould ſeem that this Country was fnll of very fruitful Val. lors, which we know are always the moſt fertile places, lying 104er a1 at a greater diſtance trom rhe Sun than Mountains,and a'{o receiv 149 at lecond hand the moiſtiire that fallsupon the Hills anc being utrally watered with Rivers, irom whence they may be cailed /.irz Plli-s extner as flowing with receptacles of Wa- rer, or p.cuty of Corn and Grafts, though tome read it (andir {eems rather more agreeable tothe Hebrew) thy Valley floweth, either with the 5/094 of Men {lain. or floxerh away, the fertility of if cealerh Or derazeth, Or Fluod of Water: ſhall:deſtroy the truit of rich Valites, 2c. m Ammon having never been in Cove-ant With Ged, the word inthe Reb. (though it comes from ATW which {ianifhes to return) fecmerh 11] tranſlated back-fliding, rhou that haft turned thy felt away trom God. » Thou that rruſtedſt jr ©; Riches, or 1n thy Valleys full of Riches. and promiledſt chy iejf ſecurity from the ſiruation of thy rich Countrey thinking none c0u1d come art thee,
5 Behold, Twill bring a fear npon thee, faith the Lord GOD of hoſts, from all thoſe rhat be ahonr
7 thcew, and ye ſhall be driven out every man right
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5.1 BOP F: j to the Trarlires when tg Canzzn. They affiſted the King of Moab | will againit them, Jude 3. 13- and made War againſt them Tudg. 19.9. TH 3nd 11, 4. Na: fþ thei King made an inroad upon chem, 1 Sam. [1.8 12. 12. Pavid fought with them in his time, 2 Say. 8. 12. and
15, Ap Y?” ['Þ JF Chap. ALLA w As {ecure as you think your ſelves, I will cauſe vou to 9£ ' afraid, and your Enemics ſhall be all thoſe that are rcund about ; YOU x And you ſhall be driven out every Man either 11ght forth | 1nt0 lome Country oppoſite to you, or apart ore trom ancther, or {o that you ſhould be glad ro flee right torth, and never look back, L'1t only forward, tor any place of ſafety that appteareth next before you. y And when you are wandering, being driven by your Enemies, you ſhall find none that will be willing tore-
Celye Or entertain you.
s And afterward * I will bring again the* Chap, captivity of the children of Ammon, faith the #7: 52 LORD 2.
7 Such a promiſe we read of Chap. 48. 47. concerning Moab, bur when this was fulklled the Scripture ſaith not : Feſephas tells us ſomething, but it is rather thought to reter to the Conver ſ1-
01 of ſome of the Ammonites as well as Other Heathens unto Chriſt.
7 F Concerning Edom, thus faith the LOR D=* 9448. of hoits a, 1: wiſdom no morein Teman » ? 1scoun- V. 8. ſel periſhed from the prudent ? is their wiſdom niſhed * ?
a The Edmites were the Poſterity of Eſau theeldeſt Son of aac, but difinherited, the Blefling being given to his younger Brother Facob who was the head of the twelve Tribes of the I(raelites, Gen 27. 29. God there Ver. 39. promited him that ke ſhould have a -fat and plentiful Country, though his Brother ſhould be his Lord,and foretold,that he ſhould break his Brothers Yoke from of his Neck ; the Land of Seir was his Country. Gen. 32. 3. The Edomites coaſted ſouthward upon Canaan, the 1/- raelites paſſed by their Coaits to go into Canazn, their way lay through Edom, but their Ring refuſing to ſuffer them to go thro”, God ordered them to go another way. Balaam prophefied their ruine, Numb. 24.18. they were Enemtes to the Iſraelites in Saul's time, 1 Sam. 14. 47. ard in David's time, 2 Sam.8$. 14. and A4ma-
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4. tie Reman Empire, yet 1{ract being alſo ſubdued by them, and
ziab's time, 2 Kings 14+ 7+ Who flew of them ten thouſand, and cook Selah and calling it Fckteel, many of the Prophets foretold their ruine, Jer2miah 1a this place, Exek. 25. 12,13, 14. Jo 3.19. Amos 9. 12, Obadiah 1. 8. 2al.1. 4. b Teman wasa City of Edom mentioned alſo Exek 25.13. Amos 1+ 12. Obad 9. Eliphay Job's Friend was of this place, Jeb 2. 11. It was a place tamous for wiſe and prudent Men, oft which Eliphaq was not the meaneft, c The Prophet asks what was become of all their Counlel and Wit- dom, for which the Arabians, the Temanites in particular, were 10 famous 2 Now they were at their wits end.
8 Fleeye|!|, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants | or, ths of Dedan, for I will bring the calamity of Eſau up- are returre on him, the time that I will vilit him e. \ back.
4 Dedan was the Son of Joh ſham, 1 Chron. 1. 32. from which
it is probable that the City Dedan had its Name, it is reckoned Chap, 25. 23+ With Tema and Buy, and is mentioned Ezekiel 27, 15,20. and 38.13. It was a City of Arczbia joyning on Idu- mad, Tſa.21. 73, they being Neighbours to the Elomites are cal- led to flez, ana to get into Caves and holes of the Earth, where they might dwell deep in the Earth and be in ſome ſecurity,which they would not bein their own City ſo near tothe Emites Country,tor God was relolved to bring mitery upon theEdomites, a time of calamity in which he would viſit them with his Judg- ments. There are other critical readings of theſe words, but this leemeth to be the plain ſence of them.
9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave /ome gleaning, grapes ? if thieves by night, they will deſtroy + till they have enough f. Heb. f We have much the ſame 0badieh 5. the (cope of the Prophet ther ſu in this place is only to ſhew that Edom ſhould be totally deſtroy. #79 ed, their deitruction fhould not be like the gleaning of Grapes, where the gatherers content themſelves with taking the principal Clufters, but tor ſingle Grapes, or ſome Cluſters they leave them {mall: Nor yet like the robbing of Thieves, who take for their hunger, and when they have got enough leave the relt,
Io But I have made Eſau bare g, I have uncover- ed his ſecret places h, and he ſhall not be able to hide himſelf / : his ſeed 1s ſpoiled &, and his brethren and his neighbours, and he z- not /,
g But the Edomites ſhould be lett bare. þ And though they ſought to hide themſelves in ſecret places, yet God would there fiad them our. 7 And there ſhould be no places ſufficient to hide them. k All cheir Children ſhould be deſtroyed, 1 and the Xoa- bites their Rinſmen, and rhe Philiftines their Neighbours ſhou!d be rutned as well as they,