» Even amidſt its greateſt and beſt Helpsro make it flouriſh. This Ditcontent, Ingratitude, and Treachery, will occaſion the utter Ru- ine of this People.
11 J Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto! me, ſaying,
12 0 Say now to the p rebellious houſe, q Know ye not what theſe :hings mean? tell them, Behold, the 7 king of Babylon is come + to Jeruſalem, and hath caken ther king thereof, and the piinces thereof, and « led them with
him to Babylon ;
o This is the Ocder God gives to his Prophet to explain theRiddle. ? To the Houſe of Judah, which hav? b:en, and ſtillare rebellious agaiuſt me, and arenow entring into Rebellion againſt Nebuchadnezzar. q Are ye fo bleckith, that you do not know what ismeant ; or are you fo ſecure, that you will not contider it, bur run on your own Ruiae ? » The King of Babylon, N:buchadaezzar, 1s that firſt great Eagle with part of his Power. s Feruſalem is the Lebanon, which he is come to. 7 The King of 1ſrael, and his Sced, and Nobles, are the Branches and Twigs cropp'd off; theſe are taken, conquered, made
S $ Captives. « Judging them unfit to be truſted any more, he will, tho
1n Chains, carry them to Babylon.
13 And hath taken of the king's feed, and y made a Covenant with him, and * hath ÞF taken an z oath of him: he hath alſo taken the a mighty of the 6 land :
x Firſt taken Jehojachin and his Princes Captives; and next, taken our from amidſt rhe Royal Seed Martaniah, and advanced him to the Throne in Jeruſalem. » By folemn Agreement, andon terms approved and accepted by Mattaziah, tor performance of which Terms he hath obliged himfelt by publick Promiſe. z Becauſe Nebuchaduezzar would be ſecure, he made Mattaniah enter into an Oath, changed his Name no Z:dkiah, as a fit Memorial, who ſhould avenge che Crime, if this Caprive reſtored ſhould perjure himſelf. a The rich, honourable, F Valianr, wiſe, and who might (if Rebellion ever aroſe among the
2G {Jews) be able to make head, and do Miſchief againſt the Babylonian
King. b OF Judea.
114 c That the 4 kingdom might be e baſe, that it mghr not f lift ic ſelf up, + but that by g keeping of 1 115 covenant 7 ir might & ſtand.
c So plainly and openly did Nebuchadnezzay dealwith the Jews. aThe
Xt iburary Kingdom whereof Zedckiah is Roitelzt or Viceroy. c Low in
Power. f Ritz up into Rebellion, or be ſo confiderable, as to encou-
| 2 page any Neighbour-King to aflilt and confederare with them againſt —X75at/m. g Continuing faithful, and performing the Conditions.
# This Verſe gives us the reaſon of this unhappy Enterpriſe, which is ſummed up in wilfal, preſumprtuous, and moſt unparalelPd Perjury, x Zedekia/, y A ſolemn confirming the Qark, or Covenant, and im- plies the voluncary At of Zedekiah in ſwearing, which makes the Per- jury ſo much the fouler. z Too bad to be named, and moſt unbe. coming any one that was a Beneficiary, and had ſo much from the Bounty of ore that was not obliged to do any thing for him.
19 Therefore thns faith che Lord GOD, As I 3 live, ſurely 5 mine oath that c he hath 4 deſpiſed, and my co- venant that he hath broken, even it wili I recompenſe up- on his f own head.
# Vid ch. 16. 48. b Made in my Name, and of which I am both Witneſs and Avenger. c Zedekiah. d Vid. ch. 16. 59.-an4 17. 18. e TI will punith as it deſerveth, and it ſhall appear by the Punithment,char my Hand doth execute it. f 'Tis probable ſome Courtiersmighr ad. viſe to it, bur this will aot excuſe Zedekiah; his Perjury was his own att, and on his own Head; as I charge, fo will I puniſh it.
20 And * I will g ſpread my net upon him, and he ſhall be caken in my ſnare, and I will bring him co Ba- bylon, and will + plead with him there for his treſpaſs that he hath treſpaſled 7 againſt me.
£ Vide ch. 12. v.13. where the former part of this Verſe is word for word. h Or be judged with him, i.e. the Heathen ſhall both ſee what I do againſt this Man, they ſhall conſider why I do fo, and be [Judge whether I do more than this perjur'd King deſerves, or elſe I w1ll puniſh him with continued Puniſhments from my own Hand, or by the Hand of Nebuchadnezzar, ſutable to the Greatneſs of his Tref- paſs againſt me. 7 Falſhoods to Men in breaking Oaths and Cove- nants, arein a high degree Treſpaſſes againſt God.
21 And & * all his / fugitives with all his »» bands ſhall n fall by the ſword, and they that » remain ſhall be ſcat- tered towards all winds : and p ye ſhall know that I che , LORD have ſpoken 7. |
k Not ſtri&tly, but in large Senſe : All, 2. e. the greateſt part, as
Fer. 13. 19. and 44. 20. Mat. 2. 3. and 3. 5. {Whoatthe taking of Feru/alem, attempt to fly with their King. »z His Guards probabs- ly of ſtouteſt Men reſerved to convey him in ſafety from the purſu- 'ing Enemy. #» The Enemy ſhall overtake, and cutin pieces. o The . few that do eſcape ſhall be ſcatcered abcoad among Strangers, who | will ſhew them very little Kindneſs. p The Milcries theſe People ſhall fall under, ſhall be of ſu.-h Weight and Continuance, rhar all ' ſhall know 'ris the Execution of anextraordinary Wrath from Hea- [ven againſt them,
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