o The 4c. hach only Ffth according to its conciſe Stile, we do wei. to ſupply, day, as in verſe 1. p Thamnz, as vzrſe. aniwering tO our June and Jiily. q This Account obſerved, will guide us 11 computing the times this Prophet referred to wer. 1. theſe five of 7ehojacnm, and the eleven of hisPredeceflor added tothe fourteen of 70/72/7's Reign,atrer he found the Law, make up 3o years, wer. 1. which likely might be rhe Jubilee, the moſt fit for ſo ſolemn a Paſſover as 70/722 kept. » Who is alſo called Feromah, and Coniah, whoſe Father 7e-0jachim was flain by the Chald:ans, and he after three Months ſhort Reign, voluntarily yield- ed up himſelf to the Chaldees, Of which rendition of himlelfe, and his, we read 2 Kings 24.12, &c. / Though this Man yielded up him- ſelt yet the Babylenians made him Priſoner, and carried him and his into Captivity ; and ſo Heb. .tvers, though ſome diſtinguiſh this from Captivity by calling it a Tranſmigration, the Heb. calls it Cap:iwiry,
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declaring the Mind of God what he would do, and as containing his Commands to Ezekiel! and to the People, to whom theſe Viſions ſpake by figns. « Leſt the Prophet ſhould want his Warrant, or the Jews except to his Advice ; it 1s plainly told them that Jehovah the Sove- reign Lord and Eternal God by Ezekiel counſels, warns, commands and threatens. z Empharically tranſlated as 'tis emphatically expreſft
+ H<b.
in Heb. Bring with him 'twas with him, ſo long he might diſcern, fo clear he might underſtand, fo near he could not be deceived, or eafily forget what he was to tell them. y Ezckzel ſignifies either the Strength
of God, or ſtrengthened by God, and in a few Syllablescontains what 1s
more largely ſet forth, Ch. 3. ver. 8, 9g. He ſpeaks ofhimfelfin athird Perſon. z Who therefore ſhall be regarded as one whoſe Intereſt among the Prieſts at Jeruſalem would be beſt promoted, if better things might be hoped and ſhortly expeQed, than he muſt now tell them ; it was likely he dealt truly with them, when he mult ſhare fo much in the {ad things forerold. He was of the Prieſts originally, he was a Prophet by extraordinary call. a Of a contemned Man, ſo the Ety- mology of the H:5. which gave the Rabbies occaſion to apply it to Fere- miah, and to account the Prophet either Son or Servant to Jeremiah. But 'tis a proper Name. 6 Enemiesto, and now Maſters of poor cap-
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ence; or theuniverſal Dominion of God, and the univerſal Subje&ion of the Creatures, a Some would have this not literally underflogd
Cauſe for it; but as theſe living Creatures had Wings, ſo they hag Faces, and what thoſe were the roth werſe does tell us. 5 If "twers every Face had four Wings, each living Creature would have ſixteen Wings, but *tis every one of the living Creatutes had four Wings. e With two they did fly, noting the Speed of their Obedience; and with two they cover their Body, denoting the Reverence of their Mind and Obedience.
7 And their feet d 2vere + ſtraight e feet, and the ſole ft of their feet as like the ſole of a calves g ſparkled h like the colour of burniſhed braſs. 4 Heb. expreſſeth the Parts below the Belly by Foot, their Thighs Legs, and Feet (as by Hand is meant the whole Arm) were of Hu. mane Shape. e Not bowing to this or that part, which argues weak. neſs; here is moſt elegantly deſcribed the unconquered Firmneſ wherewith Angels do the Commands of God: Their Readineſs and
their Wiſdom in doing ir, nothing low or brutiſh in their Ations,
tiv'd Jews, Church of God ; their God makes him a Prophet, who|f That which is properly the Foor. g Divided Hoof ſpake the Clean.
was an ordinary Prieſt in the Land of 7/-az/. c "Cho" a River of Me- ſopotamia, yer here ſeems placed in Chaldes, becauſe Meſopotamia was part of the Kingdom of the Chaldeans ; fo Chebar, or Chobar, was in the Land, z. z. within the Kingdom of Chaldea, but particularly in Meſs. potamia a Province of that Kingdom. & The Divine Impulſe moving with Power and Efficacy on Ezekze! for the Work, and clearly con- firming and demonſtrating in the Captive Jews, that he was the Pro- phet of the Lord, and ſpake to them in his Name; «he Spirit of Pro- phecy, as the Ch. Par, c God is not confined ; tho' moſt Prophets were in the Land of 1jrac!, yet here in Chaldea allo appears a great Prophet, and ſhould be hearkned unto.
4 TT And I looked f, and behold s, a whirlwind 4
came 2 out of the north &, a great cloud /, anda fire m7 info!ding - it felf, and a brightneſs » was about it, and
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out of the midſt of the fire 7.
neſs of the Creature, The Ox patient of Labour, a Beaſt for Sacti. fice to God, in theſe things Angels Servants of God well reſembled ; whatif we ſhould add a Slowneſs in pace ? Blefſed Angels are not over forward to Executions, yet ever go when bid. 4. It may refer to ei. ther the living Creatures, or to their Feet ; it ſpeaks either their Anger againſt an obſtinate ſinful People, or the Terror of executing God's
Judgments, or the ſelf-diſcovering Light of his Juſtice, or the Zeal of
Angels 1n a ſpeedy performing the Will of God, in which theic Swi. neſs enkindles theſe Sparks.
I did very diligently ſurvey the thirrgs that were repreſented to me
in the Viſicm. & This callsus to conſider what he had ſeen and repre- b A mighry, ſtormy, and turbulent Wind, a Wind that bears away, or bears down all before it; this denotes the Indignation and Judgments of God, a quick, impetuous and irreſiſtable Ven- Moſt grievous Judgments, repreſented as here, fo 1 Kings
ſented to us.