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15 For lo, I will make thee ſmall amongſt the heart of a woman in her panes : :
Heathen, and deſpiſed among men /.
{ Obadiah in his Prophecy againſt Edom, Yer. 2. hath much the lame words importing that God would bring the Edomzes very low, and make them very contemptible.
| 15 Thy terriblencſs hath deceived thee, and the ” pride of thy hearts, O thou that dwelleſt in_the _ clefts of the rock «, that holdeſt the height of the
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z 0ba4iah in his Prophecy againſt Edom uſeth much the ſame expreſſions, Ver. 3, 4. The word that is here uſed being of the number of thoſe which are but once found in Scripture hath given Interpreters liberty to abound in their ſences oft ; ſome tranſlat- ing it Arrogance, ſome, thine 740!, but the beſt Interpreters un- derſtand by it their terribleneſs to others, their being fo potent that others were all afraid of chem, this deceived them, making them to conclude themſelves ſecure, and out of danger; ro which is alſo added the pride of the heatt. u The Country of Edom being mountainous they are ſaid ro dwell inthe clefts of the Rocks, that is, in places impregnable, and inacceſſible as they thought in the heights of the Hill. w But the Lord lets them know no place wasto his power inacceſſible oc impregnable, for if they dwell as high as the Eagle, which the Scripture tells us, Fob 39. 27, 28. Maketh her nejt on high, and dwelleth and abideth upon the rock, #pon the crag of the rock, yet he would bring down.
17 Alſo Edom ſhall be a deſolation : every. one that goeth by it, ſhall be aſtoniſhed, and ſhall hiſs at all the plagues thereof -.
x The like is ſaid of Babylon, Chap. 5o. 13. it appears from 7 Kings 9.8. that it was a kind of Proverbial Expreſſion, when they would expreſs a great deſolation, or great Plagues, that thoſe who paſſed by ſuch a place, ſhould be aſfonifh:4, and hiſs a: it,
* Gen. rg, 18 * As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomor- 25. Deut. rah and the neighbour cities thereof, ſaith the LORD: 77-23 noman ſhall abide there, neither ſhall a ſon of man _ dwell in it y,
y Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Neighbour Cities were utterly
. deſtroyed, and therefore are {er down both here ard Chap. 50. 40. Ws as patterns of an utter ruine and deſolation.
_ 19 * Behold, he ſhall come uplike a lion from the «+ .i# *Fvelling of Jordan, againſt the habitation of the > 1:5, ſtrong x: but 1 will ſuddenly make him run away
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7 See the Notes on Chap. 48. 40, 41. wherethe very ſame thing, and under the ſame Phrales, was ſpoken againſt Mozb, That which is chreatned is the Enemies coming {wittly upon the E tc- mites and preying upon them, and the fear that ſhould ſurprize them which ſhould make their hearts faint as the heart of a Wo-
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23 T *Cecncerning Damaſcus k. Hamath 1s con-* 7c. g. founded, and Arpad /: for they have heard evil ti- 1» 2-1
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k The Prophet comes to denounce the judgments of God againſt", Syria, another Nation of the Gentiles, Damaſcus was the head Ci- tyof Syria, Tſz.7.8.and 17. 3. or Aram ( as in the Heb. ) becauſe it was a Country inhabiced by the poſterity of Aram one of the Sons of Sem, part of it lay betwixt Babylon and Arabi, and was called Meſoporamiz, lying betwixt the two Rivers of Tjgris and Euphrates, Laban and Naaman were of this Country, David had War with them, 2 8am. 8.5. and 10. 18. So had Abb,
1 Kings 20.20, and Foram 2 Kings 8.28. And Abax, Ifa. 7. 3. afcer God's long pitience with them he threatens them with ruine, as by Feremizh 1n this place. ſo by Amos 1. 5, Damaſcus being the head of this Country, 15 ſometimes pur (as here) for the whole Countrey. 1 Hamath and Arpad were two Cities alfo of Syriz, 2 Kings 18. 34. m The Prophet foretels tnat they alſo ſhould hear of 11] News, an Enemy that is coming againit them, and char they ſhould be melted through fear, and their Courage ſhould tail them, they ſhould be as troubled as the Sea is in a Storm, ” _ Inhabitants that lived near to the Sea ſhould be trou- ed. | 24. n Damaſcus is waxed feeble, and turneth her ſelf to flee o, and fear hath ſeized on herp - * anguiſh® chap; 2nd ſorrows have takea her, as a woman in -tra- 4 ;:. and vall q. | 39. 6.
n Syria whoſe head is Damaſcus, hath loſt her oid Courage and Valour ; it was wont to be a formidable County to irs N21gh- bours. 0 But now they flee Letore their Enemies. p They are teizedt and overpowred by their own fears. q Great Sorrows are ordti- narily in Scripture expreffed by the fimilicude of the pains of a Woman in Travail, we have met with it often in chis Prophecy, | Chap. 6. 24. and 22. 23. fo Pſal. 48. 6. Micah 4. g.
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(The Hebrew Particles are not always well rendred in our Tranſlation, and our Learned Enzlih ,Anzotator hath rightly ob- ſ-rved this piace,as one inftance, for Noe lakzn, cannor be herean Warive,buris much better cranſlated [are!y,as a note of aſſertion. You threatneth the Sj1i27s witha certain ruine, and detolarion.
27 AndI will kindle a fire in the wall of Damal- cs 7, and it ſhall conſume the places of Benha- . ded ve.
tf will brivg a Judgment that ſhail burn in D2Maſcus like a Con- ſuming Fire, # and ir ſhall reach to tl;e Royal Scar of B-nhadadz el- ther that which was the Royal Seat of B-nhadad, 2 Kings 8.7.0 elſe Ben-hadad, ( ſignifying the Son of Hidad ) ( which was ter Idol) was the common Name of all the Kings of S;11a, as Pha- ra0h was to the Kings of Egypt, Amos 1. 4.