# Mentioned before, wer. 23. 6b Or upon thee, ſurprize thee with 2 ſpeedy March, for they were ſwift in their Courſe. «c H:4. is of larger Senſe, and more properly ſpeaks all kind of Arms for the War, a cthorow Furniture; ſo the Chaldee Parariraft, with Inſtruments of ar or Arms. d Heb. Chariot, and is ofcner ſo rendred, for Expedi.
tion, for eaſe of their Commanders on their March, and for Srrength
againſt the Enemy in the Battle. e Whether diſtin& from all other or whether prepared, leſt in their March the Carriage-W heels ſhou! break, and they be at a ſtand, therefore before-hand ſtore of theſe
Commerce and Confederacy the Juſtful Bebylonians did ſpread that X Diſeaſe. 'The -wiſh Nation were too much inclined to corporal Adul. | 3 teries and Fo: nications, but meraphorically it is a delightful commii- 2 nicating with them in their Idolatry in then: Idol-Temples and Feaſts. 3 = Made her unclean and loathlom. o Spiricual and corporal. p Great- "Tre | Þ& ly defiled, as the doubling the Expretizon imports. q Like an arrant # Adulterefs, wearied, bur not ſatisfied with ker Adulterers, ſhe chang- | Z eth Mind and Friendſhips, and ſeeks new ones. So did this People, | 3 weary of the Chaldears, icck new Confederates. * 18 So r ſhe diſcovered s her whoredoms, and diſco. Z vered her ni:kedneſs : ; * then « my mind was alienated &$8:x from her y, like. as my mind was alienated from her = filter z.
» By this Unſatiableneſs and change of Lovers. 5s Made it appear 2 toall far and ri:ar, thatſhe was a moſt notoriousand infamous Strum- Z pet. 7 Her Weakneſs, and her Shame. o When I ſaw the Lewdneſs» I Lats, and Boundleſneſs ot her Adulteries. x Turned from her with Abhorreticy, I could no longer endure it. y Jeruſalem, the Land | 2 of Juan, the Kingdom of the rwo Tribes.z Samaris the ten Tribes, 3 and I reſolved to deſtroy them both alike by their Lovers.
hers; 19 Yet «4 ſhe multipiied & her whoredoms, in calling J &:, to remembrance c the days of her youth 4, wherein ſhe hadty had played the harlot in ths land of Egypt.
"* «3 And Hb. b Added more and greater to her former Sinsof Ido- 2 latry and Whoredoms, and perſifted in them. c This may refer ei- | > therto the Jewiſh Nation remembring their Idolatries in Egypr, their | * Alliances with and Reliance upon it in Days paſt, which ſhenow re- | folvestoact over again; or it may refer to God, who, by theſe conti-
both nued Courſes of judah's Lewdneſs, is provok'd to remember and pus be, ſo, niſh old perfidious and idolatrous Prattices. « Yer. 3. let: &.
_ . 29 For ſhe doted e upon their paramours, f * whoſe ” 0 f<fh is 2s the fleſh g of aſſes, and whoſe iflue is like the il-
lue of horſes. | | eVer, 5.let z. f Egyptians, and the Nations, that were Confede-
rate with the Egyptians, looking on them as able to defend by their
Power, enrich by their Trade, and make proſperous by their Friend-
= hip. gIn theſe Terms the Prophet expreſſcrhthe vehement Deſire 1 #8 of the Jews to Egyptian Idolatry compared to Whoredom, and may,
jy for ought I know, tax the luſtful Impudence of ſome of che Jewiſh of che" omen in their corporal Uncleannefles with the Ezyprions,who were it f Rat} ſeems (by Report of Authors) naturally diſpoſed for that Vice, and ecies) fitteſt for unſatiable luſtful Women. See ch. 26. 26. let: 1.
were provided. f A mighty Confluence of People, and a Mixture, where the worſt and cruelleſt are the moſt numerous. g Yer for their own Defence well armed, and with Armature fitted to defear the Ar. rows, and offenſive Weapons of their Enemy,and co maintain a Siege, ſuch as they ſhould weary Feruſalem with. þ Give them a Power by their ViRory, and in right of Conqueſt over their Rebels, as well as mine, and I will give them a ſpirit of Judgment to diſcern the Great. neſs of this Peoples Sins: + Plead with thice, convince, condemn and execute Sentence upon thee. & To their Will, Power, Wrath and Cuſtom againſt. Rebels; for theſe are cheir Rules of Judgment; all which appeared when the chief of all the People were conderiined co Slavery; the wiſe Counſellers and valiant Commanders ſentenced to die, Zedekiab's Children flain, his own Eyes put out, and Ciry and Temple to be burne.
25 And I will ſet ! niy jealouſie againſt thee, and they ſhall deal furiouſly 2 with thee : chey ſhall cake away thy noſe, » and thine ears, and thy remnanc o thall fall by the ſword : they fhall take p thy ſons and chy daughters, arid thy reſidue 9 ſhall be devoured by the fire. 4
1 As a jealous provoked Husband, I will be as much againſt thee as they are, their Fury ſhall avenge my Quarrel. » Their Diſpoſicion naturally is to furious Wrath, my Jealouſie ſhall enkindle ic more. » As thou haſt proſtituted thy Beauty like an Harlot, ſo they ſhall uſe thee as ſuch, and marr thy Beauty, and brand thee for ever, as thou deſervedſ}; and that thou mayeſt be as loattiſom in thy Deformity, as ever thou waſt thought lovely in thy Beauty ; chis Puniſhment of A- dultereſſes is known to have been .uſed, and is yer in uſe. o Orelſe at laſt, thy latter end fhall beto fall by the Sword, thoſe thardo nor live under ſuch Reproach ſhall die by the Sword of the Enemy. þ Fot Captives and Slaves for Work, and ſomewhat a thouſand times worſe. q Either the People who did hide themſelves in Vaults and Cellars, and carhe notout; or elſe what remains of that the Chaldean; cannot carry away ; all this ſhall be devoured by Fire, as when the City was burar.
take away thy 5 F fair jewels. WI OO flraientoof r Both as lewd diſgraced Harlots, atid as Captives are uſed, ch. 16. ;þy d.ckng 39. let. a: 5 All thy rich beautiful Ornaments, «. 16. v. 19. let. p. They ſhall be a Prey and Plunder to che Enemy, | 27 Thus? will I make they lewdneſs # to ceaſe from thee, and thy whoredomi brought from the land of E-
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26 They ſhall alſo ſtrip 7 thee Out of thy clothes, and; jje, i».