Hazovites, Elamites, or Perſians, ( the moſt of which had been Enemies to the Jews) in tacſe two Chapters he denounceth God's Judgments again!t che Chaldeans and Babylonians. Thele were ro eXecute God's Vengeance onal! the reſt,and therefore are then -
get, which ſhould be a great mulrwude of Camels and other Carcel. þ The lartcr words are the words of the Prophet, in the Name of pthe Lord, threamning ruine to thele Kedarens and Hazorites, tho' they lived 1n corners, and mighr upon that account think them-
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3,64, Ve - ſclves ſecure 3 God faith, he would ferch them our of their urmoſt corners, and bring calamity from all parts upan them. 33 And Hazor* ſhall be a dwelling for dragons,
* Chap, :-,22 aid a deſolation tor ever ; there ſhall no man abide there, nor azy ſon of man dwell in ir z. ; Thar1s, rhe whole Countrey ſubje& ro the King of Hazor ſhall be defolare. See Tſa. 34. 13. Chap. 9. 11.
| 34 | The word of the LORD, that came to Jere- 2p. miahthe prophet againſt * Elam, in the beginning of 25. the reignof Zedektah king of Judah, ſaying, &.
k Elam was the Son of Sem, Gen. 10. 22. his poſterity were called Z/amites, rheſe were the Perſzans as 1s moſt probable, tho' ſome judge thar rhe Perſz2ns were at too prear diſtance from the Zews tobe the People meant here, but we read of no other E/2n
ſelves rhreatned 1n the laſt place to be deftroyed:by the Mea-: ; the Prophecy againſt chem, 15 mixed with many gracious promi- ſes to the Jews.
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publiſh, and | ſet up a ſtandard, publiſh, and conceal not b : fay Babylon is taken, * Bel is confounded c, Mcrodach is + pci: brokenin pieces, her idols are confounded, her ima- iijt »p- ges are broken 11 pieces d. = * Clu b The Prophet calls ro Men to publiſh it amongſt other Nations, 5:44 and to ſerup a St:ndard ro make ſome fignal, to gather all! Peo- ple rogether to hear whar he had to ſay from God againſt Badylor, which had been an infirumenr of great miſcihicf unro moſt People that lived about them, to whom it would therefore be glad and joyful News to hear that Bavyion the common Enemy was ruin- ed. c Thar by bel and Meroduch are meant rwo principle 1drls of the Bavylonians, molt think , buc whar, is not fo weil agreed, Some think thar Bel 15 Gaze! by conmradiction, bur they judge moſt probably, who think 1t was the image of one Belvs, who was for-
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q As they be in the condition of lo& Sheep, fo rhey have teen
. . ® & bs 0 _ 5 wef}ad in Scriprure that Merodzch was ſome of their Rinzs Nimes, under the fate of loft Sheep, which every D32, Fox, Wolf de- !
I\z. 39. 1- Chap. 52. 31. rhoſe who defire to be furcher ſarisfied a-
bout theſe Idols, may read rhe Englif Annotations upon Ia. 45.1. deftroying rem rhey have dane no MLy&ctufe rt and our A:zotations upon thar Verſe, Ir was an ordinary practice as the fins of the Jews did borh expoſe them to the wi amongſt the Heathens when they had any Princes died, that had and alſoem\9ldned their Enemics,and encoura2<11 «1
vours. r And tnoſe that are their Enemies t
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Leen famous 1n their Government, to pay 4 Divine Homage to that they did God Service in deſtroying them, « Tis 1 264 atdocs a their Images and Srarues. Theſe ſdols are ſaid ro be confounded, Jufi.e. Some think this is 2 Name here given ro G24 —_—_ 2d,
4 Fither becauſe they fhorld nor be avlear this pinch ro he'p their deed 15 the ha\Mcation of Juſtice, but whether rhe Suppliaurs, or beciuſe they ſhould be deftroyed together with the call him ſo may be a queſtion, Orhers therefore think th
filly People thar adored them.
3 For ont of the north there cometh np a nation azainft her c, which ſhall make hor land deſolate, and none ſhall dwcll therein : they ſhall remove, they ſhall depart both man and heal .
e From Mcfia which lay Northward to Babylon and Aſſyria,
through which Cy'us his way to Babylon lay. f This Prophecy , was a righteous God, in whom Juſtice dwelr, and who would be ſeemeth nor rorelare only ro Cyr his firſt raking of Babyloz,who farrhful ro his Promiſes, t And he was their hope, and had een dealr very gently with ir, but -ro a ſecond raking of it by Darts he 1n whom their Fathers before them had hoped, and that nor in
the King of the a27edes, who upon their defeRion from the Perſe2n Monarchy, came and made an horrible devaſtation amongſt chem, hanging up (as ſome tell us) four thouſand of their Nobles and flay- ing multitudes of the common People 3 or of the miſchief done them afterward by $elzyczs Nicanor, who 15 ſaid to have built a
City, which he calied Se{eucia, within fourſcore and Ten Miles of |
Babylon, by which means he brought Bavylon to an ucrer deſola-
t10n.
4 T 1n thoſe days, and in that time, faith the LORD, the children of Iſrael ſhall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weep- ing” - they ſhall go and ſeek the LORD their God þ.
2 In the davs wherein God ſhall begin ro execute judgment up- on Babylon, ( which was in the time of Cy75 Emperour of the Medes ) the Children of J:42b fhall come our of Caprivity, and ſome of the Children of T/r2! (viz. thoſe of the Ten Trives) hearing that their Brethren were gone our of the Captivity of Bx- bylon, ſhall go up alio from the ſeveral places into which they were diſpoſed by the 4fſjrians: Weeping eirher for ſorrow inthe ſence of their ſins which had brought the miſcries of Captivity upon them, or for joy that God ever {h2uld ſhew them (uch a Mercy as to bring them home again iuto their own Country. + And choſe thar feared God, whether of che Ten Tribes, or of the Kingdom of Judah, worſhipped God ar Jeruſ2/en, after their old accuſto- med manner. ? ; ;
5 They ſhall ask the way to Zion with their faces
thitherward, /aying 7, Come and let us joyn our ſelves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant, that ſhall ne-
ver be forgotten k&. | z That is, thoſe of Judah and Trae! chat fear the Lord (hall ſer1- ouſly and ſteadily ſeek che true God, and the true way of his Wor-
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