broken, &c. And if this vary from the Grainmatical ConftruQion, yer
it carrieth very good Senſe, and agreeable to the foregoing Words.
Their whoriſh Hearts would ſtill have forgotren God, if he had not
broken their Hearts with Judgments; bur they remembred, when
broken; and this breaking was the Occaſion or Cauſe of their remen. bring God. Others read this paſſively, as our Verlion, and as che
Heb. Form moſt uſually bearerh, IT am broken; tis an Allvfion ro 2 miſuſed Husband whom a treacherous Wife hath broken, cither, 1, His Peace and Content; 2. His Love and Tenderneſis; 3. His Purience and Forbearance ; 4. His purpoſes; 5. His Offers and Promiles : 1 that, as overcome with Grief and Anger, he doth, contrary to his natural Diſpoſitionſ lay aſide his courting her Love, and in his Jca. louſy takes Revenge, and then ſhe bethinks her ſelf. So here. + Their Heart of Whoredom, 1. e. Idolatrous Heart which was full of that Sin. addicted to it, delighted in it, and wedded to it. » Idolatrous Hearts do aQtually depart from. God, as an adulrerous Wife a&ually departs from her Husband. þ As it vexeth a Husband to ſee his Wife fixing her Eyes with delight on the Adulterer, and turning them with ſcorn from him, as this breaks the Husband's Patience; fo in this caſe 1/-a2!'s Eyes were to Idols, and delighted in them, expe&Q:d hclp from them, were ready to ſerve them : All which broke their Husbands, 7. e. God”; Patience, and provoked his ſevere Revenges. q With a mixture of Grief towards God offended, of Indignation againſt_themſclves off-n- ding, of abhc::r:nce of the Offence, and ſhame before all for ir, ſhall thcy ſhew their Repenrance. r Wickedneſſes ; or, as P/al. 32.5. Iniqui= ties of Sin, the Deepeſt and darkeſt part of Sin, the complicated Evils that were in each A&. £Tis a Hypocrite's Repentance which is - bur for ſome, this of the reſerved Remnant fha!! be found, *cis for all Abominations, for all kinds of their Abominations
10 And they ſhall 5 know that I 222 « the LORD and that ] have not ſaid in x vain that I would do this
evil unto them.
t See, acknowlege, and believe it too. » The only one whom they ſhould worſhip, depend on, who can claim their Hearts, their Fear, Love and Truſt, as rightfully due. Juſt in my Ways, true borh to Threats and Promiſes. x Either, x. Wirhour cauſe, the Sufferers gave him juſt cauſe to pronounce all that Evil. Or, 2. Wichour effe& and to no purpoſe, I rold them that the Evils I would bring ſhould make them know that I am the Lord, and theſe Sufferers art laſt find this Efe& wrought in them. Their Sins were the Cauſe, and their Inſtruion is the Effe& of their Sufferings.
11 T Thus faith the Lord G OD, y» Smite * with *Chap. 21,
thine hand, and ſtamp with thy foot, and s ſay, Alas, '7- for all the a evil abominations of the houſe of Iſrael :
for they ſhall fall 5 by the ſword, by the famine, and by
the peſtilence
7 Here are two Atfftions commanded, and both ſignify a mixture of AfffeCion in the Perſon, as Wonder and Amazementr, Indignation and Diſpleaſure, Grief and ſorrow, Pity and Commiſeration; all which are required in the Prophet, to ſhew both the Evil of Sin he did ſee, and the Evil of Sufferings which he did foreſee on 1ſ-ae/. x Tell them what thou meaneſt by ſuch unuſual Geſtures, ſpeak with Grief, Alas ! a Sins in full growth, ripe to the Harveſt, make him cry out. 5 Grie- vous Miſeries coming on his People and on his Kindred ; the Houſe of I/-ac! muſt fall, be ruined, laid deſolate, and carried captive.
12 He that is far c off ſhall die of the peſtilence 4, and he that is near e ſhall fall by the {word, and he that remain- eth f and is beſiged ſhall die by che famine : thus will 1 accompliſh g my fury upon them.
e Either by his early and voluntary Flight from his own Countrey . Or, He that is carried away Captive, and fear by the Enemy into 2 far Countrey. 4 The Arrow I will ſhoot after them. e Who ſtays in his own Country, or dwells near to Ferzſalem, or would retire to ic when the Babylonians approach, but is taken before he can ger thither. f That ſurviveth thoſe ſlain, but is ſhur up and beſieged where he ſought ſafety, g I will ſatisfy my yuſt Diſpleaſure, and give them - full Meaſures of Puniſhment ; I will fulfill my Threats.
13 Then ſhall ye know + that I a2 the LORD, when their flain men ſhall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under eve- ry thick oak, the place ; where they did offer ſweec ſavour to all there idols.
h See wer. 3,4,5,6, 7, 10. i Each of which was accounted a fie Place for ſuch ſuperſtitious Rites, and in all which ſome or other of you did commit Idolatry, and ſhame to ſpeak it, burnt Sweets, rich Spices which God had given them, to Dunghil-Gods, ſtinking Idols, which the Devil had commended ro them, Dez. 32. 17.
14 So will I ſtretch & out my hand upon them, and make the land / deſolate; yea, m2 || more deſolate than the | Or, 45+ wilderneſs rowards Diblath, in all their habications, and they wa ſhall know » that I am the LORD, n f wn & This noteth the Greatneſs of the Blow, God ſtriketh hard when *-** he ſtrercherh out his Hand, and therefore you find a mighty Hand joined with outſtretched Arm. 1 A Deſolation (an Hebraiſm) for moſt deſolate. 9» And a Deſolation greater, or above the Deſolation of that moſt horrid Wilderneſs of Moab, which is here called Diblath, mentioned in a Dual Form, Num, 33. 46. and Jer. 48, 22. as ſome think, and deſcribed by Moſes, Deur. 8. 15. "Twas that wherein the fiery Serpents ſo much annoyed 1/ra:!. Or, I will lay their Habitations
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