Ff Affeer all this. g The ſame ſpirir of God which carried him to Feruſal:m, and to the Temple, now brings him back in like manner to his captive Brethren in Cha/dca. Not corporally, bur in an Extaſy or Raptureof his Spirit by the Power of the Spirit of God. 7 Ir was a Viſion from Heaven, all that was repreſented ro the Propher was as 'twere let down from Heaven, and he having fully viewed ir, cis taken up again to Heaven. |
25 k Then I ſpake unto / them of the m2 captivity, z all the things that the LORD had ſhewed me.
& When the Extaſy was paſt. / Either the Elders who came tc him, chap. 8. 1. or, to the Body of the People. w Who were in thoſe parts where Exz-kicl was, for many were ſcattered into other parts of Chaldes, n Here is his Faichfulneſs borh to God, and the
People who were concerned to know ; for God had ſhewed them to the Prophet, that he might ſhew them to the People; and, thar this might ſurely be done, God hath commanded liim to ſpeak to vhem plainly and fully.
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The Prophet in his own perſon repreſenteth the flight and captivity of Ze. kiah, and of the People, 1---16. Eateth and drinketh with trembling, in token of the Jews deſolation, 17---20. God reproveth their preſumpiog, 21-25, and foretelleth the ſudden and certain accompliſhment of the vie ſion, 26-=-28,
1*FHE 4 word of the LORD alſo 5 came unto me, ſaying,
a A Divine PrediQion of what was both ſure and near to come to paſs. + In the 6:h and 7th Yearsof Jcconiab's Captivity, and of Zcge. kiab's Reign, in the latter end of the 387 of. Ezekzc!”s lying on his Side three Years before the fatal Siege began.
2 Son of man, thou c dwellelt in the 4 midſt of a + e * re.
. o [2 - bellious houſe, which have f * eyes to fce, and & fee fHeb.bw' not; they havef ears to hear, and g hear not : for h they 7 1%
are a rebellious hone. Big z 3» c The Prophet knowing the Captivity would be long, had ſettled 5; ' - » ©
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his Habication, and probably found ſome favour wich the Enemy, * x(1, c 9.
that he might be accommodated for his abode. 4 The Jews who gave up to the Chaldeans, found that Kindneſs mentioned Fer. 29.4,5, 6 with 24. 5, 6. and ſo were indifferently well placed together, and” the Prophet dwells among them in the Land of Chaldes. e« In their Captivity too many of them retained their ſtubborn, murmuring, and rebellious Humour; -and blamed, quarrelV'd and condemned them who gave them counſel to yield, and themlelves for yielding ; and tis likely ſtirred up them at Jeruſalem to hold our, and ſave themſelves and reſcue their Brethren : theſe will ridicule thy Words, yetipca'c them, for they are mine, and ſhall beaccomplithr. f They have Wir enough, they are of a Capacity well enough firred, if they wou'd, to underſtand and conlider what thou ſpeakeſt ; expreſt by a double Phraſe, which ſignifies one and the ſame thing, Eyes and Ears. 2 They contemptuouſly refuſe to ſce and hear, they will not conſider, lay to heart, repent and reform. h They have conſpired rogerher, and all they will reſolve or deſign, 15 to do what-ever is gocd in their own eyes, and what-ever their wild Imaginations, raiſed by falſe Pro- phers, ſuggeſt.
& 42. 20, » 7. Fer. F. 3k.
3 i Therefore, thou ſon of man, & prepare thee -t-ſtuff + H-b. s- I for || removing, and * remove by »2 day in their fehe, /romzzzs. and thou ſhalt remove from thy place to another place Or: 7:
in their fight; » it may be they will conſider, though
they be a rebellious houſe.
i And. k Make ready in the ſightof ſomeof thoſe which live a- bout thee, that they may tell others. 7 Veſſels or Inſtruments, where- in thou mayeſt put what is portable; and you, with leave from the Conqueror, may carry for your conveniencies, pack up what thou canſt that may be of uſe in thy Captivity. * Go thy way, leave thac place wherein thou now art, and goto another, with thy Pack upon thy back, not os Horſes or Aſſes. mAt Noon-tide, when the moſt may ſee what thou doeft, and be inſtrufted. » Ir is not impoſſible thar ſome may enquire what is the Import and Meaning of all this uncouth and obſcure Matter.
4 o Then ſhalt p thou bring forth thy -f- ſtulf 4 by day + 15.4, ;.. in their ſight, as 7 ſtuff for removing : and thou ſhalt gg aunts
forth at 5 even 7 in their fight, as -- they that go forth or v/:/s. 7 Heb.
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and || carry it forth in the twilight: thon ihalt y cover thy face, that thou ſee not the ground : = for I have ſet thee fora ſign to the houſe of Irael.
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