þ Babylon 15 not here called a Monntain becaulc ir was {icuared upon any Hills or Mountains, tor if appea! s from Genes no, 2, that it was fituated ina Plain, and we rcad /*r{e 13. that is gwe!s upon many Waters ; but becauſe ic was very "igh Tor Its Pow Cr, and Greatneſs, and had very high Walls and Towers, that it look. ed at a diſtance like an high Rocky Mountain, and as tome lay, (being a very large City).was full of Trees. They had deſtroyed many People of the Earth that lay near to them. i Gol threa- tens todeſtroy them notwithſtanding their Towers, and g1 eat Forttficattons, as many times they threw down Malefactors trom high Rocks, Mountains, and Precipices. k Aad to make them like Ang or Veſuvius, or like fome other Moutitains of Sulphur, or other bituminous matter fired, which are always burning, or elle he threatneth that their Cities and Towers which appeared like a Mountain ſhould be burnt.
26 And they ſhall not take of thee a fone tor a cor - ner, nor a ſtone tor foundations, bur thuu thuls be deſolate for cver ſaith the LORD /.
| God tkreatneth to Babylon an utter rave and Aftolation 1. as they ſhould not have a ſtone letr tic io ly a torn I10!1, or to
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27 Set ye up ſtandard inthe land, blow the trumpet amongtt che nations »”, prepare the natious agalnſt her,call together againſt her the kinodoms of Ararat 2, Minn, aad Aſhchenaz. », appoint a C:UPT2in agatnlt her p, cauſe the houſes to come up as the rough caterpillars q. :
m Theſe former words of this Verſe are expounded by thoſe that follow, ſetting up Standards, aud blowings of '7'rumpets, are preparatory to bring Armies together. the {ettiiig up of Standards, and blowing of Trumpets, a:e Milicary 214 of the Will of thoſe Princes or Captains General whole thoſe Scandards are, and to whom thole Trumpets belong, chat chole 521iers who a1eunder their Command thould gather cheialelves coperter to the places where thoſe Standards are let up, and clioie 1 rus pets blown. n What this Kingdom of 1-4/4: was, o Aud chol- of Minni and Afhchenax is very hard to J*rermine, we read of a Mountain called Ararat, where the At ceflel afrer the Flood, Geneſis 8, 4. Of Minni we read no where elle; mott Writers think theſe were two Kingdoms within Ariacnr. Ajh: 1; n17 dee ſcended from N94h by Faphat, Genftis 10: 3. certain it is that the Emperour of the Meter had the Dominion of thete plas es, from whence it is very probable chat either Cyrus or Drrius, or bath drew out Soliliers to hcipthem to conquer the Chaldeans. Þ Atter People aregathered together tor War.the firit thing to be dons is ro put them into Military Order, conſtituting a Captain Gene; 2}. q Let the Horſes come up like the roug Caerpillars. Others read it like the waſting, Caterpillar, or like che horrible atrighting Ca- rerpillar. Great Diſputes there are amongit critical interpreters what Caterpillars are hee meant, the Caterpillars being generally tmooth ; bur as we know not the complexion of inſects over all the World, io even amonglt us we ſee ſome Catterpillarsthac look a little rough ; chat which alone we are here co atrend is why the Median Horſes are compared to theſe inſects ; undoubt= edly it is eicher, 1, With celpeCt co their Numbers, for Cater- pillars in thote Countries uled to cone in vaſt numbers. 2, Or in regard of the horror and crembling cauſed by them in People when they came, being a great Plague to the places which che y infeſted .
28 Prepare agalnit her the nations wich the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of bis domi- nion 7. | r Here the Prophet declares thoſe particular Princes,and Nati- | ons that ſhould bz God's Infteuments to deſtcoy Bubylon, viz. Cz- rus and Darius the Etaperours of the Medes, with all the For- ces under their Command, and People under their Dominion, ©
29 And the land ſhall tremble and forrow /; for every purpole of the LORD ſhall be perfomed a- gainſt Babylon, to make the land of Babyloa a deſo- lation without an inhabicanc 7.
{ That is, Babylon or the Land of Chaldez ſhall tremble and ſorrow. t For Gad hath determined to deſtroy it, and to leave it wholly deſolate, lo as none ſhould dwell 1n ic,
30 The mighty men of Babylon have torhborn to fight,they have remained in rheir holds, their might hath failed *, they became as women / - they kave® If. burnt her dwelling places, her bars are brokea i265: Clap.
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and, if at any time they came out, their courage failed them, and they behaved themſelves more like Women than Men of War,ſo as their Enemies burnt theit Cities, brake down their Fortificati- ons, and made what havock they pleaſed.
31 One poſt ſhall run to meet another, and one meſſenger to meet another, to ſhew the king of Baby- lon that his city is taken at oze end x.
u We have had occaſion once again to recite what we have in Clvil Hiſtorians about the taking of Babylon by Cyras, viz, That it was taken by ſarprize, by the Median Emperours unexpecte civerting the River Euphrates by divers Channels which he cur ; as alſo that Babylon was a very vaſt City, the greatneſs of which mizht admit of Poſts, and Meſſengers from one end of the City to another to acquaint the King what was done at the other end of the City in which himſelt was Reſident, and it is ſaid that che King of Babylon when his City wastaken, did not know of his danger until the Enemy had entred the Cty.
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ling without an inhabitant e. 4 Heaps of Rubbiſh. e See the Notes on Chop. 5c. 39, 40 where the ſame thing was betore faid,