29 Call tozether the archers againſt Babylon z: all ve that bend the how camp againſt irround abounr ; let none thereot eic ompenſe her according to her work ; according to all that ſhe hath done, do
5ug a ? . ' Ar unto her : for ke hath been proud againſt the LORD, againſt the holy One of Iirael k. :
i The word tranllated Archers, fignifteth a'lo mary, and is by divers fo tranſlated, but the following words more uititte our Tranſlation. k The caſe of God's calling for Babylon's Enemies ainſt her, is allizned to be her Pride againſt the Lord.
30 Therefore ſhall her young men fall in the ſtreers, and all her young men ſhall be cut oil 1n that day /, faith the LORD. .
l See Chat. 49. 26. where we met with the ſame words.
31 Behold, I 2m againſt thee, O thou -F moſt proud, ſ;irh the LORD God of hoſts, tor thy day 1s come, Lie time that I will vitit thee 2. VE
m Babylon is particularly branded for Pride, which is the ſwel- ling of a Man's Heart in a fe!f-opinion, cauſed from ſome thing wherein he excelleth, or thinks he excelleth another. We have 2 large account of the Pride of Babylon, I{z. 14. 12, 13, 14.406 particularly of one of their Kings, Dan. 5. 20,21. Tae inner exalteth himſelf againſt God, and either judgeth himielf wiſer, or more mighty than he.
32 And the moſt proud ſhall ſtumble and fall, and none ſhall raiſe him up : and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it ſhall devour all round about him 7.
n Babylon before called the moſt Proud, here Pride inthe abſtract (which ſpeaketh this People exceſſively faulty in this thing) ſhai} {all, and io fall, as never more to berecovered and raiſed up.
33 Þ Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, The chil- dren of If{rac! and the children of Judah were opprel- ied together o, and all that rook them captives held Lnem falt they retuſed to let them go p.
o Not together in reſpect of times, for there was 150 years dit- ference betwixt che time of Tſra-!'s and Jzlzh's Captivity ; nor by the fame Enemy, 1ſraz! was carrie away Captive by the Aſſpriuns, Judah by the Couldeans, Together in this place fignifies no more chan that they were both oppreſſed, or alike opprefled. p And ſome may think that my Prophecies are but Flatteries, and vain words, for thote who have them 1n their hands are able to keep them, and will not !'e willing to let them go.
34 Their redeemer 7s ſtrong, the LORD of hoſts zs his name 4, he ſhall throughly plead their cauſe 7, that he may give reſt to the land, and diſquict the inhabitants of Babylon /.
The Lord whoſe Name is the Lord of Hoſts, 1s he that is their Avenger : (for to the word fignifies) and he isas ftrong as any of choſe that hold them faſt, and will not let them go. r He will plead their caule, not like a Lawyer, but actually, and rea]- Iy effect it, as pleading is often taken, as Chap. 25. 31. Exe. 17. 20. Joel 3.2. { Theſe are thetwo ends which God aimeth at, to give his People reſt, and to puniſh Babylon.
35 4 Aſivord zs r uvon the Chaldeans ſaith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wiſe zzez.
£ That is, there ſhall come a Sword, the Sword of the Medes,
uPon Bzbylon, and all the Land of the Cbaldeans, and all Orders of Perſons in it,
36 A ſword z upon the || + liars, and they ſhall dote#: a ſword i upon her mighty men,and they ſhall be diſmayed w.
u The word here tranſlated Liars, is by ſome tranſlated barrs, by ſome liars ; and in che Hebrew it hatn both fignifications ; which makes ſome think it 15 to be underſtood of the chief Men who are the Props, Stays and Bars ot a place whoſe Wiſdom God threatens ſhould tail chem, fo as they ſhould do, and ſhew them- teives Fools. Others Tranflacing it /zays as we do, underſtand it
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