17 All c *hands ſhall be feeble, and all knees 4 + ſhall be
weak as water.
c With which they ſhould hold the Inſtruments of Fortification, the Weapons of War, the Tools of Working, and that ſhould carry away their Goods, that they ſhall not beable to workat the Ramparts, nor fight in the Battel, nor earn their Bread, or carry away their Sub- ſtance on which they might ſubſiſt. 4 Which bowed to Idols, ſhall now fall under the Puniſhments of Idolatry, ſhall be neither ſtrong to ſtand in Bartel, nor to fly from the drawa Sword ; and this Weakneſs was on all, as 'tis twice repeated,
18 They ſhall * alſo gird e themſelves with ſackcloth, and f horror ſhall g cover them, and ſhame + ſha! be on all faces, and baldneſs : upon all their heads.
e A very general Uſage in the Eaſtern Parts, in deepeſt Sorrows and Diſtreſſes, to put Sackcloth on, and to gird it cloſe to their Bodies. f Either dreadfull Apprheenfions of growing Evils, or continued Sha- kings from Impreſſions of what formely they felr, according to Lew. 26. 16. 36. g Be on every ſide ,on no fide Safety or Quiet, and Con- fidence. þ Of Diſappointment, which breeds Conſternation, and ſhame of conſcious Guilt and unbecoming Deportment, which fills the Countenance as much with Bluſhing, as it fills the Conſcience with Guilt and Sin. 7 Either by pulling off the Hair amidſt their Sorrows; or, cutting off their Hair in token of greateſt Mourning, 7/s. 15. 2. Jer. 7. 29. and 48. 37. Amos 8. 10,
19 & They ſhall caſt their ſilver in the ſtreets, and
k Either, 1. The Jews themſelves, that they be the lighter to fly,
&KITEH ſhall pollute my ſecret 5 into it and defile it. | | 2 Either from the Jews, who cry under ſuch Violence and Profan« neſs: Or, from the Cha/deans who a it, neither retievins the onc nor reſtraining the other. 6 Either, 1. My encloſed Land of Jud-a Y Or, 2. My City Jeruſal:m; Or, 3. The Temple: And, 4 The Hotv of Holes; all which the Baby/ouian Conquerors rrampled under their conquering feet. c The Souldiers, who in truth robbed the Temple and here have their true Scile given them, are Robbers that uſed rhz Temple and it, conſecrate Gitrs without any reverence or reſpec. They ſhould break all open and ruſh into th: Places, which Jevrs Levires and Prieſts might not enter.
23 4 Make a chain 4: for the land is full of þb! crimes, and the city is full of violence. _
d Either to ſignify, that like Criminals they ſhould be brought i Chains before God their Judge : Or, as guilty and condemned ſho 11d be Ied away in Chains : Or, elſe as Captives in Chains carried away in Triumph, becauſe Murders and Oppreflions abounded in them. =_ e becauſe the Crimes which deſerved Death, abougded among them.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worſt F of the heathen, and they ſhal! poſſeſs g their houſes : I will alſo make the
pomp 4 of the ſtrong z to ceaſe, and * their holy & places* !hall be defiled. / f The moſt violent, proud and bloody Men; ſuch the Cla'dzans » ps ſhewed themſelves. g Nor only dwell in their Houſes, but by right © © of Conqueſt account them their own, and deſcending to theirs atter them. h The Excellency, Magnificcnce and Glory, whatever they boaſted of, either lirerally the Pride, or figuratively the Temple tha: the Jews gloried in. 7 Of the Jews who thought Jeruſal:m roo well fortified by Art and Nature,and the Divine Preſence,it being the City of God, ever to be overthrown. & All thar pertains to their Reli- gion, and exerciſe of it, Perſons, Places, Things, which now by thze:r abuſe of them are theirs, not mine, ſhall be polluted. ;
25 f Deltrution / cometh, and they ſhall » ſeek peace, ,;1.1, ..-. and therein fhall be none. en
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I Such as an angry provoked Power makes, when it cuts off all Root © © and Branch, 7 Either by enquiring of Prophets; Or, rather ſuing to Nebuchadnczzar, whom,after ſo many Affeonts,they will atrempr to pa- cify. » No ſuch thing can be had; they ſhould ſeek it elſewhere, and appeaſe their God who could give them Peace ; as for the Cha!dean, he will not, becauſe God dorh nor.
26 * Miſchief o ſhall come upon miſchief, and rumour+..., ...
p ſhall be upon rumour, * 9 then ſhall they ſeck a viſion of *Þſ-. 9. the prophets 7 : but the law ſhall periſh from the pricſt,and Lam. =. 9. | counſel from the antients s. Xp o Loſs upon Loſs, one Sorrow on the neck of another. þp Dreadful
News, one Poſt after another, of the Enemies Threats, Preparations, Marches, Succeſles and Cruelties, wounding the Heart of the ftouteR.
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Or, 3. Becauſe Nebuchadnezz.ar might poflibly reſerve it all to himſelf, having thoſe vaſt Thoughts ot
enlarging his Empire by Arms, which could not be done without great Treaſures. / Carried away into Babylon tothe Royal Treaſury :
Or, laid aſide as deſpiſed when cffered as a Ranſom of their Life :
Or, hid by the Jews in polluted places, which perhaps the Jews might think would be ſecureſt from ſearching, foraſmuch as the Chal- deans knew their Law forbad them to touch any unclean thing. 2 This
is the ſum of it; theſe Treaſures ſhall ſtand them in no ſtead. » If
the ſeIf-flattering Jews ſhould think much Silver and Gold might ran- ſom their Life when the City 1s taken, the Prophet removes this Con-
fidence, and tells them they ſhould not have enough to buy Bread to fill their own Bellies. o This Silver and Gold they valued too much, ly, abuſed to Pride, Luxury, Idolatry, and Oppreſ- fumbled at, and fell into Sin ; this now that they ftumble ar, and fall into deepeſt Miſery and Danger.
20 E As for the p beauty of his ornament, he ſet q it
in majeſty : but they made r the images of their abomina- tions, and of their deteſtable things therein : therefore have
I || ſer it s far from them. |