laſted the remaining two Months of the 9:4 Year, and the whole 10h M Year, except ſome five Months wherein the Babylonian; retired to fight FR the Egypmans, beat them, ſpoiled them, and returned to the Siege of the Fernſalem, which laſted to the 9th Day of the 4th Month of Zedekial'ls, Þ %
r1:/) Year, So that one whole Year, and three Weeks, and 4 Days; or 13 Months, at 3o Days in each Month, takeing up 390 Days; an diſcounting the five Months and odd Days inthe £g1ptian Expedition, you come to the Continuance of 390 Days in the threatned Sieg2, and poſlibly this may be the Intent of the Prophecy.
6 And when thou haſt ; accompliſh'd them, lie & a. gain on thy right ſide, and thou Jhalt bear the iniquity of the 72 houſe of Judah » forty days: I have appointed thee * -þ each day for a year. |
i Almoſt accompliſhed, or when about to accompliſh them ; 7. e. 4g V: Days, betore the 39o do expire ; at the end of 360 Days turn thou to +
this 1s the true Account, appears from this Verſe compared with * = Chap. 1. two firſt Verſes, and Chap. 8. wer. 1. fay ſome, and thoſe very "RE learned Men. Others will have the 4. Days diſtin&t from the 390,” | © and reckon them by themſelves ; and lo the better and Grammatical Þ ConſtruQtion in the H:b. ſeems to carry it, for it ſpeaks in the Perfe& Tenſe, and lying a fecond time. Bur be theſe Numbers diſtinEt, or ut one, 15 no great concern, either way they do plainly ſpeak God's wounderful Patience with 1/-ae! and Judah, and point out the time of ; the Miſeries of both for their Sinfulneſs. & A ſecond time Hcb. - 1 Fd, ver. f. » of the two Tribes, fay ſome; of the Royal Family, ſay others, and countenance it with 7/a. 22. 27, and then Jſ-ac! diſtin- guiſhed is the whole body of the two Tribes, and the Remnant of the ten T'ribes that eſcaped, and embodied with the two Tribes, as ſome did at firſt diviſion; others afterward in 4/2, 7:hoſaphat, Hexen Þ -» » kiah and Jofrah's time, left their Places and came to Jeryſ/cm, ; » 'Tis plain they are ſo many Years, but not ſo plain where to begin them ; whether from Manaſſes, or more probably from 7o/7a/s re. newing Covenant, until the DeſtruQion of the Temple, which is 45 Years; during which time God deferred to puniſh, expe&ing whether they would keep Covenant and walk with God, or retain their Ydo. 3 latries and wicked Ways ; which latter they did for 13 Years of 70/73/'s i Reign, for 11 of Jehojakim, and 11 of Zedekial's Reign, and five of his Captivity; which amount to juſt 4o Years, and they are mention. ed apart ſay ſome from the 390, becaufe they were more wickedly abuſed to promote Sin.
7 0 Therefore thou ſhalt p ſet thy face toward the ſiege q
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of Jeruſalem, aftd thine r arm ſhail be 5 uncovered, and * thou ſhalt propheſie againſt it.
0 And Heb, p While thou lieſt on thy Side thon ſhalt fix thy Conn. tenance on the yourtrait of beſieged Jerz/alem, with angry and m<n4. Ccing Looks. q Not which was in the Land of 7:d4ah, but on that de. {cribed in the Tile, the Emblem of the other. » Thy right-arm, the ſtronger and more ready to a&t. +5 Naked and ſtretched our, as being RO ready to ſtrike and ſlay. 7 This very Emblem doth threaten, which Þþ 2 is a vilional Prediction ; and no doubt Zzel/e! unfolded theſe Riddles Y on juſt Occaſions; and this was a prophelying to them, ſometime by Signs and ſometimes by Words.
8 And behold, « I will lay x bands upon thee, and thou Þ 7 ſhale not turn thee + from one ſide to another, till thou ſau haſt ended the days of thy y ſiege. | |
z Who-ever were the Perſons that laid Bonds on Zzelie! in chap. 3," ® ver. 25. here 'tis plain that the Lord doth it. » If the Prophet repre. ſent the beſieged Citizens who mult be Captives in Bonds,then 'tis like. ly theſe Bonds were viſible and material, that they might be a teach. ing Sizn and Admonition ; that as they ſaw the Prophet in them, fo certainly he ſhould ſee that come to paſs which was fgnified by them If he repreſent the Chaldeans as thoſe who were by Divine Power as faft bound to this Siege, till the City be taken, as he was tied to the place whence he could not ſtir a foot ; then inviſible Bonds, which none feel or ſee but the Prophet, may ſuffice; theſe aſſuring him that thoſe could move no more from the Siege than he from that Side he lay And though the Egyptian Army make ſome Diverſion, yet it is [very like the Siege was not quite raiſed ; but they kept the City 'blockt up, whilſt the Groſs of the Army drew off to fight Pharao!”s Army, according to that Jcr. 37. 9. the Chaldeans ſhall not depart. | '} Plural Heb. Sieges, either becauſe 'twas like two Sieges by thar little Tnterruption of 3 or 4 Months, or elſe becauſe of the Length and Soreneſs hereof.
9 © x Take thou allo unto thee 2 wheat, and barley, and bean, and lentlles, and miller, and {| ficches, and put, them in 5 one veſle], and make thee bread thereof, a [7 C cording to the number of the days that thou ſhalt lie upon Þ * F thy ſide ; three hundred c and ninety days ſhalt thou cat thereof.
z Provide thee Corn enough; for a grievous Famine will accompany the Siege, a Whereas all ſors of Grain are to be provided, it atlures
us all would be little enough, Wheat and Barly would not out-laſt the 1 Siege; coarſer and meaner mult be provided, though leſs fit for Bread. < 6 Mix the worſt with the beſt ro lengthen out the beſt, that the Mix- p ture may render them uſeful in ſuch neceſliry, c He mentions only be 390, the 4o Days either concur with them, or elſe becauſe they refer rig to the time after the City was taken ; whereby ſuch as ſurvived and goc ſome liberty to go abroad, found Food for themſelves; if they eſcap'd | the Sword of the Enemy, and were got into the Country they wante not Bread. | 2h 10 And thy 4 meat which thou ſhalt eat, ſha be by © P weight f twenty ſhekels a day: from g time to time jhait ſy thou eat It. s BY 2 a The mean and coarſe Bread which thou muſt eat, and be co!- -Fr3 tent with. e Not full, as once, not as much as you will ; but a 1%) Bu © Pirtance delivered by weight to all, which beſpeaks the exrream I af If nur ®
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