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7 Of the Phe, fre chav. 20, ver, 46. et, p. 3s Rain from Fzaven, |
fo Gig) my Word. » Either the Temple, and a] the Parts of ir,
which were three, the Porch, the Holy. and Ho'y of Iolies ; or their
Bynagogues, in which they met to worſhip, and read the Law, which
were burnt up by this Fire, Pſal. 74. 8. » Not only againit Teruſa-
j-1n, but the whole Lind of 1ſracl, from the South thereof to the North, as cafe. 20. Ve. 47 : ;
3 And fay to the o land of Ifrae!, Thus foith tne
LORD , 9 Behold, I am againſt 7 thee, and s wii
eraw 2 forth my # ſword out of his ſheah, ang will cut off x from thee the y righteous and tie < WIC- ked. |
o Publiſh ir to all the People of the Land, if any will confider it. p Tis not the ſev<:e and moroſe ConjeQureof a diſturbed an injured Man, let them knov: God the Lord ſpeaks it. 9 Weigh this I fay, 1s of great Importance. r You think your ſelves more righteous rhan thole thar come againſt you ; that they are Heathen, you my peculiar People, that my Temple is, with you, and that I will be on your ſide ; bur be wor deceived, for I am and I will be againſt you. s As an Enemy reſolved to flay, r The Chaldean Army under Caprains that zre $kilful to deſtroy. # I will bring them our of their Land, where they are now quiet, and at reſt. x This Army ſha!l nor va- niſh, but effe& what 'tis raiſed for, it ſhall make a general Havock. 3 Gr take away ont of the midſt of thee, partly by the Sword, and parcly by Czprivity, or by Famine. = Some ſay here's meant
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Chap. xl
In a word, the Danger 1s as near, asf an Army come Up 1 array. and their Svrords in their Hands ready to go on, and fighr. =
10 It is ſharpned to make a lore ſlaugnter , 6 it is fur. biſhed that it may ©c glitter : ſhould we d then make
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cree. b To flay many, and with aslittle regard as Men kall Beaſts, 0,1,
ſtice of God ; much after this Stile both Dawid, Pſal 44. 22. ang 4M Iſaiah chap. 34. 6. c And ſtrike a Terror intothe Enemy. & $hzjj A we allow our ſ[:Ives in Jollity ,.in Feaſts, or Dances, or Songs? This wou!d be v:ry uncomely. e This grear, ſharp, and glittering Swarg appointzd is cut off, f Slights and defpiſcth all the Reſiſtance thay can te mad? arvainft it, and reckons all former Chaſtiſements were but 2s the ou wherewnth 4 Son 1s correfted, but now the Sword of an Enemy 15 drawn out, and will cut off all : Qr, N:buchadnezzar de. piferh your King, the Royal Family, and Nobles which are compa. red to Gods, chap. 9. ro, I1. and woutd _ as he would eve. ry common Tree of the Wo2d, as it appears IF*l:i!, when he put our Zeca:kish's Eyes, ant bound him in Chaias as a $'zv-
11 And ie g hath given it to be lurbilhed, that it may be handled + : the ſword is ſharpned, and it is furbiſheq
to give it into the hand of the ſlayer.
Z Either God, whoſe Sword it 15, or N:buchadnezzar, God's Servan; herein. Some refer ir to Chriſt who is Lord and Sovercign of his Church, and Governour of the World. + Be the fitter for uſe in the
fuch as ſezmed to b-,bur were nor juſt ; but tis no unuſual thing that in outward Tronb!es, and publick Calamities, thoſe who are igdeed Righteous ſhould te involved with others : nor does this contradict a- ny Places whi:h ſeem to promiſe a Security to them ; they may be chaſtiſcd, but ſhall not be condemned. #@ Profane, ungod]y, and vi- cious Ones, who ſhall be cutoff with double DeſtruCtion.
Se go forth cut of his ſheath againſt f all fleſh frm the {1h to the north ! 2 Tis beth my Purpoſe and Threat. & To do that by the Chaldeans in ſich minncr as it ſh2!l appear I did ir. c Signified by the green
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Hand of the Slayer, 7z. e- the Chaldean.
12 i Ciy and how!l, fon of. man, for & it ſhall be upon my people, it ſha/l be upon all the princes of Ifrael : / | terrours, by reaſon of the #2» ſword, ſhalliq, be _ my people : * ſmite therefore upon thy wr 7% TNIgN. ivr;
7 " nt great Diſtreſs, nay how unſeemingly ſoever ic may ap- Jan pear, how! that they may by this know what Sorrows are coming on !: them, and how they, like wild Beaſts taken in the Toils and Gins, k ſhall how!. &k the devouring Sword of Babylon ſhall certainly be * upon all, high and low. /Surrounding Terrors, out of which no
T'ree, c-45. 29. wir. 47. d The dry Tree, cp. 20. ver. 47. e Have a Commillion, ſuch as I gave Nebuchadnezzar, as Jarge as is neceſſa- 1y for this Work. f All. the Jews that dwell in the Land; it may ſomewhat refic& upon the Nationsnear about the Jews, as Moab and Limit. @ The who'ie Land of Judea from Beer ſh:ba to Dan. It may pofſibly- point at Baby/on which ftood Northward from 7udca, and was the Riſe of their Evils.
5 That + all fleſh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my {word out of his ſheath - it 5 ſhall not re: turn any more. 722 0
h They that ſmart and ſuffer may ſee, and own God in their juſt Si firrings, they that ſec and hear it may confeſs God's Doings here. in. 7 In chap. 20. 48. 'tis expreft thus, it ſhall nor be quenched, for there *twas a Fire, here, it ſbaY not return wito the Scabbard till it hath done fu] Execution.
6 & Sigh therefore, thou fon of man, with the / break. ivg of :4y loins ; and with bitternels m2 ſigh before 7 their
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& Thereby expreſs to them deepeſt Sorrows for what is preſent, 8nd moſt piercing Fears of what is to come. / like a Woinan in Travail, or as one whole Griefs are ready to break his Heart, 1/a. 21. wer. 3, m with bitterneſs, with all forts of che moſt birter Cries and Tears. » Who were now with him in Bebz/on, and who, as they eaſily | cou'd, ſo ſurely would ſend word to them in 7cruſa/cm and Judea.
7+ And it thall o be, when they fay unto chee,
p Wheretore figheſt thou ? that chou ſhalt anſwer, q For
the tidings, becauſe it r cometh : and every s heart
fall melt; and all hands ſhall be feeble, and every tpi.
+ Hb. it iholl faint, and ail knees ihall + be weak as water : "behold, ic £ cometh, and # ſhall be brought to paſs, ſaith
inis warty.
o Tifis Gire&ts the Prophet what account to give them, when they ſhall, as c-rtainly they will, enquire What he meaneth by ſuch unuſu. al Soriows, p Is it any private Mitery that makes thee ligh thus, or
way to eſcape. 2 That Sword God will draw againſt them. »] token of the ſenſe of what they muſt ſuffer, and to preſignifie what their Sorrows ſhall be, when they muſt expreſs them by Signs, be- cauſe too great for Words.