/ Courts, now he is come to the very Houſe it ſelf. f Thar ſtately large
Porch, beautified with the high curious and mighty brafs Pillars, 7a-
chin and Boaz,, of which ſee 1 Kings 6. 3. and 7- 15.21. g The bra-
zen Altar for burnt-offerings, which was placed in the Court before the
Front-of the Temple, and is here repreſented in its proper Place,
-- is only part which is ſpecified of their irreligious Religion, -— — Sick Tears an infamouſly luſtful and unclean Whore- h onger or Votary of Yenws, ſnarch'd from her by an unhappy Woung _— chis Weeping implieth all the beaſtly Rites of
K1IE unparalel'd Judgments; fo the Concrete in the ſuperlative degree is ſometimes expreſs'd in the Abſtra&; as here 'ris, or theſe Judgments are already neat at hand : It may point at the Chief Commanders in the Babyloniſh Army : d not thoſe that were now Officers under Z:ad:kiah and commiſſioned by him, bit thoſe whom God hath appointed ro deſtroy the City ; Angels, ſay ſome; the Chaldean Commanders; think others; 7. e. e Every one; 'tis an H brew Idiom. - f each of theſe had a Weapon proper for that kind of DeftruQion which he was to ef. fe&; and ſo ſome ro ſlay with Sword; another wirki- the Peſtilence, another with Famine; each had his proper Work herein; and 'tis called his Deſiru#ion: g Denoting both Readineſs unto, Ex pedition in
and Strength for the Work. | NING:
2 And g behold, + ſix # men that came from the way oft Heb. the & higher gate, which -| lizth toward the ! north, and» is every man a - ſlaughter-weapon m»: in his hand: and one; man » among them was clothed with » linen, with a wri. Sinepeu of ters inkhorn by Mis + ſides and p they went in and ſtood bis 6reate beſide the q brazen altar. | in in
g So ſoon as Command was given out, th:ſe Miniſters of God's juſtÞ/eee? | Diſpleaſure appear ready to execute. h That was the preciſe Num. t H-d. »f+ ber, neither more nor fewer. # In Appearance and Viſion they were?” 7 loins. Men, and the Prophet calls them as he ſaw them ; whether Angels in the ſhape of Men, or whether really Men, needs not much Enquiry; they come without Delay. & Either becauſe being more inward, 'ris higher than the outward, as in all Buildings upon Aſcents where you go up by ſteps from the outward Parts rowards the inmoſt Building, or becauſe it was built morelofty than the other, enlarged likely by Fothan, 2 Chron. 27. 3. [Infinuating whence theic DcſtruQtion ſhould come; from Babylon came that Whirlwind, ch. r. v. 4. which was ro Overthrow Jeruſalem. And this North Gate was the weakeft both by their Sins there committed, and by its Situation, which invited 4:10. chus and Tits to pitch their Tents on that ſide when they beſieged ir, and on this ſide the Chaldcans did firft enter. » See ver. 1, » Not Companion, but as one of great Authority over them, who are as Offi. cers waiting on him on every ſide. o A Garment proper to the Prieſt.