} Jchoiachim. g This is ſaid of him, becauſe he continued 11 Years , and ſo many Years, 98a Lion, tore and devoured ; has was taken as ſoon almoſt as he firſt ventured our to! Manners and Uſages of the thoſe ;barbarous Tyrants, with whom he entred as he ſaw good, laid aſide the Law of God, which was to g and People. ; Grew ſtrong, fierce, ravenous, unſatiable: 4 wherethe reſt is explained. & Either his Neighbours the _ ; Or he devoured his own Subje&s, impove- D » and eat out their Eſtates, ſpared not the Prophets, or their
rophecy, Jer, 36. and Uriah he ſlew, ch. 26: 23. What Jehorachim
on the Throne whereas Joboa bunt the Prey. hCarried it after the Heathen Kings, Leagues, | guide Kin Vid. wer. Ammonites and Moabites ; ot
was, appears Jer. 22. T3, I4, IS, 17.
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7 their || deſolate » palaces, ahd he cities; and the p land was dgſo-
14, 15, 17. {ſs. 3.14 ands.2.and 27, 2, {Either when thou waſt firſt-born, as Ezekiel 16. 6: or the Royal Line thy Kingly Race, or in the Vigour of thy Strength. mn a very fruitful Soil. » And ac- cordingly ſhe did thrive, and brettght forth much Fruit, ſee ch. 17, 8. Tho ſhe loſt many thouſands carried away, yet mbre were born, bred up, and trained up to uſeful Arts and Employmenits, fay ſome, bur this too general. The Royal Family did ſpring like a Vine well was tered, o Full of Children; when 7of4hb died ; he left four bekind him, beſide other Branches of the Royal Line.
ir And ſhe had ſtrong p rods for the ſcepters of them that bear rule, and her q ſtature was r ex- alted among the thick s branches, and ſhe * ap-
peared in her height with the nuwltitude of her bran- ches.
p Many excellent Perſoris endowed with Qualifications befitting Kings, that ;they might ſway the Scepter, and rule the People with Equity. 4 The Grandeur of the Kings and Kingdom, r Exalted above the ordinary Majeſty of other Kingdoms, 5 The goodly Cedars and their thick. Branches, i, e: This Kingdom equalled, if rior ex- celled, the greateſt .neighbour Kingdoms, and her Kings, as Davis, Solomon, Exc. exceeded all their neighbour Kings in Riches and Power, ; Like a mighty Tree that over-tops all the Foreſt, fo did this goodly Kingdom over all Kingdoms; and it was ſeen and noted according to God's Promiſe, that it ſhould be the Head, and not the Tail, and to that Dent. 4, 6, 7,8.
12 But « ſhe was » plucked up in fury; » ſhe was caſt down to the ground; and & the * eaſt-wind # dried up het fruit 2 her ſtrong b rods were c broketi and withered, the d fire conſumed them,
ſelf, not to God, and grew prod, abiiſed God's Merciestoall manner of Sin. x Wasviolently, ſuddenly, and totally rooted vut, tore up by the Roots ; ſo was the once flouriſking Kingdom of the Jews over- thrown. » Had ſhe been again ſer, theremight have been ſome hope ; but pluckt up Root ad Branch together, cis periſht for ever, z To haſten the utter DeſtruQion hereof, an Eaſt-wind, that blaſting, piec- cing Wind blows upon her, the King of B4by/bn, with all his Power raiſed of God to pull up thisfinful Kingdom, & Blaſted all her Fruie, depoſed her King, captivated lim, bis Family, and the whole Kings dom. 6 All the choice Men, the Counſellors,
24r's Hand pluckt away, and removed into Babylen, where they lay as
withered Branches, 4 Called my 3 3 former part of rhe 2
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ken, or may be paraphraſed by that of David, P/al. 63.1. T f and thirſty, where no one ſtream ran from that River which made S'ad the Ciry of God, Pſal. 46: 4. :
14 & And / fire is gone out of a red of her branches, which hath » devoured her fruit, fo that the hath no ſtrong o red to be a ſeepter to rule. p This is a lamentation, and g ſhall be for a lamentation.
{ This Verſe Coth give you account of the immediate Cauſe of this
haſty, furious, total pulling zp of this Vine. / Of Rebellion wil be kinited by »» Zedetiah, who is of the Blood Royal, made King by Ne. bricpadrotiar, and who ſrore Allegiance to him. Brought the Land, Ciry, King's Palaces, and God's Temple to utter Deſolation. o The Reval Dignity is ceaſed, and ſhall no more riſe, you ſhall never have 2 crowned Head to rule you more, p This I have told you 1s the Sub- 5: of my meurnful Thoughts. 9 And the Execution of theſe things, which ſhall be much more terrible, ſhall make you lament at ſight of
th:m, and at remembrance of them as long as you live.
CHAF. XX
God veſnſ.th tobe conſulted by the elders of Tſracl, 1-<=4. ſetteth before them kis forbearance, and their father; rebellion in Egypt, 5 — 9. mthe wil- dorneſs aud in Canaan, 10 32. promiſetb to gather and reſtore his peo= ple by the goſpel, 33—44- Under the name of a foreſt, is foretold the de- firuXion of Ferrjulem, 45—49.
ND ir came to paſs in ther ſeventh year, in the s fifth momth, the t tenth day of the month, zhar
u certain of the x elders of Iſrae] came to y enquire of the