11 Leave thy fatherleſs children, I will pre- ſerve ter alivez and let thy widow trult in me 7.
m The only queſtion npont his Verſe is whether in the whole of it, be a promiſe,or a threatning ; if it be a promiſe the fence is, that though this great deitrnftion ſhould come upon the * Body of the Elomites, yet God would take care of ſome of their fatherle(s Children, whoſe Perects being carried into captiviry they had none to provide for chem: ifir beraken as an rronical threatning 1t foundeth ruine to thoſe as well as the reſt,and Twill, isas much as I will not ; bur others rhink that theſe are rather to
2 underſtoo.1 with the ſupply oi fome other words. There & nor, OC there ſhall be none to ſay, leave thy fatherleſs Children, 8c. and whoſo conſidereth thoſe words in the tenth Verſe, hi feed ſhall be (poiled, will fee reafon to judge it rather a threatning (whether by way of Irony or 00) than a promite»
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Chap. XLIX.
but thou ſhalr ſurely drink of zr.
SEREMIAH
12 For this ſaith the Lord, * Behold, they whoſe judgment was not ro drink of the cup », have 2 Oval. 16. aredly drunken, and art thou he that ſhalt altoge- | ther go unpunuiſhed, thou ſhalt not go unpualſhed,
n That by the Cup is meant the Wine Cup of the Lord's Wrath,
| from her a, and who # a choſen 1» the; I may ap-
Pount over her b ? for * who 5 like me c ? and who* Exod. will || appoiat me the time ? and who 5 that ſhep- 15-71 herd that will ſtand before me 4 ? | _-* JB gnIS
T This Verle 1s very variouſly interpreted, ſome by he under. COT Os
ſtand che Jews, fone un« Vert mein , lone underſtand Nebuchatnes: p '
| a, 13 For I have ſworn by my ſelf, ſaith the LORD,
and that by thoſe whoſe Judgment was not to drink of it.are meant the Jews is not to be doubte( 3 but the Queſtion is how the Pro- phe: ſaith, that it was not the Judgment of the Fews to drink of this Cup? The word here uled is of ſo various ſigaifications as makesthe fixing the ſence of it here difficult, it cannot here fignifiz Fuſtice, for in that ſence it was the Fews Fulgments to drink ot 1t, nor can it here (as it often doth) ſignifie the effe&t ot Juſtice,God" judicial dilpenſatian 3 for they had drank of ir, fo it was their judgment. Ic muſt be caken 10 the favourableſt ſence imaginable. Fitter they who in regard of their relatioa to God, and God'sre- lation to them might have looked upon it as noneof their portion, yet have drank of it : Or they who in compariſon with others d1d not deſerve to drink of the Cup, yet have drank of it, and can you think to eſcape, no thou ſhalt nor eſcape, bur muſt ſurely drink of - it, 1 Pet. 4. 17. The time is come, that judgment % b:gyn at the houſe of God, and if it firſt begin with that where ſhall the end
ſari the £4»mites, I think the laſt is molt probable, to be here meant, be-aule of the next words. The E tomite, ſhall come Que againſt the Ch4ldemns , lik: a Lion, as Lyons lurking abou: xe dan when it overfloweth, come out to take their prey. a Theſe words are variouſly underſtood, thoſe who by be in the former part of the Verte underſtand Nebrchadner7r, interpret the run. ning here mentioned, of his running ove: the whole Country of Elom ; to me 1t appeareth a much more probable ſence co inter. pret 1t of the E lomites running away from N buchadne33ar Out of their own Country, which ſeems to be underſtood by hi; 341] that makes a difficulty is the particle from, which yec makes the lence good enough, if by her we underſtand the Elemit:s own Land In the Hebrew it is, I will break them, or I will quiet them, and make them to run. b Whom ſhall I ſet over Elom? tnco whoſe hands ſhall I give that Countrey that he may rule over it? 5 For I can do whatſoever pleaſe. c And who will appoint me a time to plead with Men, to Fob 9. 19. or a time to fhght. 4 Whac 15
God, an Edomite muſt not expect 1t.
that Bozrah ſhall become a deſolation, a reproach, a waſte, and a curſe, and all the ciues thereof ſhall be uy perpetual waſtes 9. I | o As Men when they wonld confirm their promiſe or threatning to do any thing, add an Ozth to ir, fo doth God, who, having n> greater to ſwear by, ſwears by himielf, Chap. 44+ 26+ that which God would here confirm was his threatning againſt Edom, expreſt under the notion of Bozrah, ( a part for the whole) Boxrab being ic's principal City, 1/2. 63@ + 35 well as a City of Mab, ( as
that Ring or Porentate of the Earth that will ſtand before me 2
25 Therefore hear the counſel of the LORD chat he hath taken againſt Edom, and his purpoſes that he hath purpoſed againſt the Inhabitants of Te- man e: Surely the leiſt of the flock ſhall draw them out /, ſurely, he ſhall make their habitatious deſo- lace with them g. 5
e Elom and Teman in this Verſe ſignifie both the ſame thine God calls to men to hear the reſolutions he had taken un 2gainſt cne Edomites, Refolutions as wile as ſteady as if they had been ta- ken upon the wiſe!t countels, and deliberation. f God is reſolved
Gather ye together, and come againſt her, and ruſe to
the battel r. |
þ Obadiab beginneth his Prophecy much with ſuch words. God hath revealed his Will to me in a Viſion, or a Dream. q He ſpeaks after the manner of earthly Princes, who uſe to ſend their Ambal- ſadors to other Princes to declare their minds tro them. The mean- ing is, God hath made ſuch impreſſions upon other Nations, he
14 *I have heard arumour from the LORD p, and an Ambaſſador is ſear unto the Heathen 9, ſaying,
to drive out the E lomizes, and the leaſt of Nebuch1dneqqir's Forces ſhail drag them out of their lurking places, and God wi!l make the place where they dwell a deſolation.
21 Theearth is moved at the noiſe of their fall : at the cry, the noiſe thereof was heard in the -|- Red-# Heb- ſea h. weedy Seg, h That is, the ruine of the Edomites ſhall be ſo great, that all Nations round about it ſhall be affected ac the noiſe of their fa] and though the Ked- Sea, or the weedy Sea be at a great dillance trom them, yet their noiſe ſha!l reach chither.
22 Behold, * he ſhall come upand flie as the eagle, + Cha;
hath inclined them, or ſet them on work, to get together in Ar-|and ſpread his wings over Bozrah : and at that day 4. 13: