* The Spirit ofProphecy again moved him. » Which 15 here cal. fed the Spirirofrhe Lord; or the Spirit of the Lord, as the Reb. will bear. & Deſcended, by its own A& powerfully, fweetly, and pre- vailingly entred the Man. &@ Inclined me that I could nor but ſpeak. > As thou gocſt by my Appointment, ſo be ſure to ule my Name an Authority. c Prophanely with Scoffs, as hath been reported, -7.3. 4 Ye may be allured all that ariſeth up in your Mind is known to me, I fee each one ofthe Imaginations of your Mind to ſoon as ever they peep up in your Heart, Your Thoughts I kaow afar off, P/al. 139. 2.
6 Ye have emultiplied f your ſlain in this city, and ye have g filled the {treets thereof with the ſlain.
e Many Murders,and great ones ( for the Heb. includeth both ) have you commited, either with Frauds or Violence, and fomerimes with colour and pretence of Law. f So called becauſe rhey were ſuch as God had not commanded to be cut off, but the Jews did it without Warrant from God. & Either left them murdered 1n the Streets. Or, rather by an Hyperbole. The Streets are full, every where ſome or other in every Street you have condemned and killed. *Tis an Expreſ- fion the Scriprure much ultth to ſer forth the bloody Effe&s of the Tew:ſh Rage, and of others.
243, 7 þ Therefore thus ſaith the Lord GOD?*, i Your ſlain, - whom ye have &laid in the midlt of it, they are the /tleſh,
city 7s the caldron : bur m1 will zbring you forth out of the midlt of ir.
b Your Murders are the cauſe of my Severity, and ſuch Sins firſt or Taft are furely punithed. 7 Scew.6. Or your flain,becautfe when they might, and would have faved their Lite by a ſeafonable Submiſſion, you perſuaded them to an obſtinate Oppoſition againſt the Chalaeans to Their DcſtruCtion. & Or placed (as the word bears; ) 'tis not unlike that they who perſuaded all to ſtay.,did provide or at leaſt help as many as did ſtay, to Habitations, and placed them in Houſes or Lodgings.
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F 2 fell upon me, down upon my face, and o cried with a * loud' voice, andy. nd « 13id unto me, Speak, Thus 6 ſaith the LORD, c Thus ſaid, p Ah Lord GOD, 4 wilt thou make a r full end of
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Civil State where Equity and Juſtice ſhould have been miniſtred i In Matters of Relzgion you have turn'd down-righc Iddlaters, ang b, with the greateſt Contempt of your God, the only true God, You have changed him for Gods of the Heathen round abour, and taken in their Modes and Abominations. And as tothe Civils you have been ac unjuſt, oppreflive, and perfidious, as theſe Nations that know nct
my Law. 13 Andit & came to paſs that / whenT propheſied, that Pelathiah the fon of Benaiah »- died: » then f:1] |
" ee Er. ur" .,- wi G0 , we? _ : GY -) = At, "2 th tis EE Fra del "MT ap 7% EAGLES,
the 5 remnant of l{rael ?
& Either this refers to ſome particular Predi&ion of the Death of this Man, as Jercmiah did of Hananial”'s Death, Jer. 28.17. thol d, not remember that Ezc{/c1 had ſpoke of it before, and therefore | take the Words for a uſual Tranſition 7 If you ſuppoſe the fir guels at the meaning of It came r0 paſs, then this will be beſt inter. preted by, {cording to, or Even as; if you adhere to the latter, then this 1h 15 W67!ft, or, As I was propheſying. m And ſo wasa Pleds or Prefage of the following Death ot the other twenty four. = Im. meCiately, in moſt humble manner, as that People were uſcd to do. Foſh. 7. 10. 2 Chron. 20, 18. He fell down upon his Face in order 9 pray. o With intenſe and earneſt Mind he prayed, as well as with 2 loud Voice. See chap. 9.ver. 8. Much like Phraſe is that in Ether 4. x. p An Expreſſion of his tender Compaſſions for them. 9 A very uſual way of interceding, and ſo common in Scripture, thar 'tis a wonde: any ſhould fiad fault with ir, who know the Scripture. r By ſlayins all as this Man is cur off 5s This Man's Name implieth one thor «. caped, or was delivered by God's good Hand; and perhaps the Po. phet alludes ro it however, is very ſolicitous as others were for the Remanant,which was ever leaſt, 2 Kings 19.30,31. 1ſa.10,21,22. Jer, 23.3. and 31. 7. and 1n this manner does Ezetze!, chap. 9. wr.s, intercede for the Jews.
I4 # Again the word of the LORD came unto me, ſaying, : It was a ſeaſonable Word to ſtop the Mouths of the inſulting 5:. Þ ruſalemites, and to encourage the Caprtives at Babylon.
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15 # Son of man, thy « brethren, even thy x brethren, Þ the -# men of thy y kindred, and all the z houſe of Ira). : wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jeruſalem: have a faid, || 5Get ye far from the LORD: unto c us i;:: this 4 land given in e poſieflion. |
1 See chap. 2 ver. 1. x Thy neareſt Kindred; which it ſeems were?
{The pieces which are to be caſt into the Caldron, and here be pu-
niſhzd. » Thar 15, the mighty, eternal, and juſt God. » Not in
Mercy, but in Wrath, by the conquering Hand of Ba6z/ow, I will
draw you out to greater Torment.
3 Ye have feared the ſword vo, and I will bring a ſword
upon you, faith the Lord GOD.
e Sinfully and forgetting God, you would have eſcaped the Sword of
tne B2b;{o1;ans, and attempted 1t by an Idolatrous Compliance. p For this very cauſe will T ſend that Sword upon you, and it ſhall ſlay your
Wives, Children, and Fellow-Citizens.
o And qI will bring you out of the midit thereof,
and 7 deliver you into the s hands of * ſtrangers, and « will Execute judgments among you. |
© Tho the Chalteans are the Means, or Inſtruments by which *ris done, yet L will ſo appear againſt you, that it thall be confeſſed thar I did it rather than the Chaldcans. r Defeating all your Projetts for
Eſcape ; ſo was Zedekiah when he ſecretly fled, and his Company with him, delivered unto Enemies and Strangers. -It denoteth a ful] Power over them. #7 Babylonians and others who
Impenitence refuted tne Pardon.
10 Ye ſhal) «fall by the ſword, T wiil y judge you in
the border of {rac}, and z ye hall know that I 2m che|miſes in the following Verſes. g ſay to them, and of them in Ba/y-
LORD. | x The Enemies Sword fhall flay you. » My juſt Judgments ſhall purſue you whitherſosver you fly, and overtake ſome of you. z Zede- £:ah and others, who were judged at Rib/a:b, 2 Kings 25. 20. | Ii. this ac ſhall b not be your caldron, neither {hal ye be the flelh in the mid(t thereof ; 5 I will czudge you in the border of [frael.