A , . » 4 EI” 0 " " ”3 4 l 111 Nin RS Men that fall among a Multitude of Slain. / :. e. both Jews, and their | *ewas taken, Awmonites and and Moabites, and P/ili Om The ay '+ Th King, as wer. 25. let. b. x See Ver. 25. let. c. : : | barous Mcdes, Iberians, Hircanians, &c. to whom thou ſhale be carried qe ' Or,covſ, 32 @ || * Shall I cauſe #to return into his ſheath ? I | Caprive, whoſe Land is far off. Of a molt infamous Name. } Af 3 77 zorcturu Will judge b thee in the place where thou waſt created c, oy impoveriſhed, and ruinated above what was ever done to any F 'Jer-47: in the land of thy nativity. ay | 3 Ke a Some read it without Interrogation, as an Advice to the Ammonites | , 6 Behold c, the princes s of Ifrael, ever y one ewere ® © to put up the Sword they had drawn for their defence, as being to no | 1 thee to their -- power f to ſhed blood fo tl 5 purpoſe toreſiſt;; if it be an Interrogarion, 'tis ſuch as more vehement- | c He was, ver. 2. commanded to ſthew the Jews all their Abominz. Þ 2 ly denieth. God will by no means ſuffer the Sword to be ſheathed ; | tions. a Now he isdireCed to begin with the greateſt firſt, either thoſ: FS in this ſenſe it refers to the Sword of the Chalzeans bPlead, condemn, | of the Royal Family ; or elſe, ſuch as adhered cloſe tothe Intereſt of : and execute too. c Explained by that which follows, tho they might | them, and were advanced. to Places of great truſt : Or, who were ; boaſt of their antient Original, and their ſafe and impregnable heads of Families. e Not one to be found of a juſter, or more mer. 5 Strengths; yet God would bring a Sword iato thoſe very Places, and | ciful Temper. f According to theis Ability and Opportunity. z For N L there chey ſhould periſh. RAY ; murdering all they hated, or that ſtood in«their way. n=
31 And I will pour out 4 mine indignation upon thee,| 7 In thee þ have they z fer light by & father and mo. b I will blow e againſt thee in the fire of my wrath, and|ther : in the midſt of thee they 7 have dealt by [| oppreſ.0h-&8s. ©
? Or,5ury. deliver f thee into the hand of | brutiſh men, and $kilful | ſion 2 with the ſtranger : in thee have they » vexed the W-@ 1 ng. to deſtroy. fatherleſs and the widow. :
a As a Flood ſweeps all away, ſo God willler out his Indignation| + In Jeruſal-m, 7Tt's plural, and agrees with Princes, they whoſe al to overwhelm the Ammonites. e As thoſe who melt down Metals blow | betrer Diſpoſition, whoſe Education and Greatneſs (beſide the Con. by upon the Metal in the Fire, that the Fire might burn the fiercer, and| mand of God) ſhould have advanced their venerable Thoughts and os conſume the Droſs. f Or, as there is no hope to one delivered up to| Deportment towards Parents. & Have contemned Pather and Mo. an barbarous mercileſs Ruffians, whoſe Trade is to deſtroy, ſo will God | ther, tho God threatens to curſe ſuch as do ſo, Deur. 27. 16. 1 The nn deal with theſe Ammonites. Princes ſtill, as the ConſtruQion in the Original carrieth it. »; By M1
22 Thou g ſhalt be for fewel þ to the fire ; thy | Force and Praud ; for the Oppreſſion here mentioned is made up of thi blood ſhall be in the midit of the land z, thou ſhalt be en A where — _ or Lion _— apart, os ” both joined,
; : ave oppreſied the Stranger, exprelly againſt God's Command 1 -"g more remembred &: for I the LORD have ſpoken _ pooch Srlche Ge ras _ Rulers, whatheuls, a; | "Js > 4. I. 17. have defe , Pleaded for, relieved, , ;
g Rabbath, and thy People. 4 Which is ſoon, and unavoidably Batherlefs Ho Widow EE ar arnces —_— ” L l conſumed in ſuch a Furnace. 7 Thou ſhalt no where be fate, or thy | makea Prey of them. : = ROY D: "x ſhall not be covered, nor thou buried. & Thy Name (hall pe- n Thou o _ deſpiſed p mine holy 94 things, and haſt J -
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CHAP. XXIL o All the Land, or thou O a or thou O Zedekiah the chief of , t, : i entaloue of rhe abbninable farkf Jeruſalem, 112. God feretelleth = Princes; or elſe, having ſpoken of them all in the plural, now 7 we
Wb aber for, 173 16, rhhe be might "mele them in the farnace of |© angeth number, and fo ſpeaks to each in particular. p Haſt had Ss 5Q
his auger, 17 22, God complaineth of the great wickcaneſs of pro- very low eſteem of them asif mean, and ridiculous. 4 All my 2 oy
fs rince and people, ng=—3.1, Inſticurions, Temples, Sacrifices, Feaſts and Prieſts, &'c. » Spent py T
_ in prophane Work, os beſtowed them upon Idols, and their # fayi ervice. | 8 A» >) "__ ] I PN 20a the word of the LORD came unto me, £ 9 In thee are + men that * carry tales s to ſhedoB*- con | , . . ood : and in thee the ' ins : in! *C , 2 Now thou fon of man, * wilt thou !| judge, 5 wilt thou the midſt of thee they _— 2 ola ANANEDE "y = all, 2©.4. 4 - « ; & 23. = * judge c the - bloody city 4 ? yea thou ſhalt + ſheweher| ; Informers and Trapanners, or Perſons that corrupted with Money, f Or; p/.az} All ber abominations. ; give in falſe Witneſs againſt the Innocent, and Princes of 1/-a-l had [* N n for. b Some would have the Prophet here to be queſtioned, whether he | hand in it. : Offer Sacrifice on the Mountains, and feaſt there, ce T * Ch. 24, would, and why he would plead for ſuch a Ciry : Other, that God | lebrating the Honour of their Idols. See chap. 18. 6, 11, 15. « "voy _ 6, 9. 7 _ my ___ for it, or be ſolicitous about _— Gps 0+ m"_ mous, contrived Milſchiefs, as the word imports, 2 5 nl 2h. 2. 3, God doth awaken him to more VIgOrous TEProving O ISunrulreople, : * , : Mm
+ Heb ciry and threatning them for Sin. c The Queſtion is doubled to awaken , af ” L th _ - % they * diſcovered their fathers l - pude of bleeds, © the Prophet more fully, and to quicken him to his Work. & Feruſa. | NANCONCEBS Þ 1N tnee nave they humbled ) her that was ®ppr + Heb. Jem, which is guilty of the Murde:isof innocent Ones, of Prophets ſet apart for pollution Vo ws $ this | mak: bx and holy Men. e Make her know, at leaſt tell her by writing : For| # Like wild Arabians, worſt of Heathens there have been, and are Judg know, the Prophet was at Babylon now, and could not ſpeak to them at Je. ſome that inceſtuouſly defile their Fathers Bed. »y Ir ſeems wo imply = , ruſalem, but he might, and muſt ſend word to them what their | a Force and Violence offered to the Perſons; whether Virgins, o” Þ gs