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t +, 2nd prophelie » againſt them; _ En _ uh ] The Phraſe you have, sþ2p. 20. 46. let 0. It includeth Anger, Me- 1Tntention of Mind. mz The Poſterity of Lor by the younger
near Neighbours, but bitter Enemiesto the Jews. » Leave heavy things ſhall befal them in after-days.
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And ſay 0 uto the Ammonites, Hear the word of hs Lord GOD p, Thus faith the Lord GOD, * Becauſe hou ſfaidſt, Aba, 9 againſt my ſanctuary 7, when It was profaned ;, and againſt the land of Ifrael t, when it was
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deſolate s, and againſt the houſe of Judah x, when they went into Capmivity 7; |
, Either tell Ammonite Merchants or Travellers,of which ſome might likely be in Babylon for Trade, or to ſee its Stare : or elſe, ſend by Letter to them of their Nation, who may ſerve in Nebuchadnezzay's Camp, which was in that time a School of Arms, that they may tel] ochers : or elſe, ſo plainly declare it, that in time they may know this. 2 'Tis not the Ambiguous, or deluſive Oracle of your Idols, but the plain, and true, and unfailing Word of the only true God, the God of Iirael, as Z-ph.2.8. q When thou ſhouldeft have pitied, and been ſorry, thou djdit rejoice, and proudly didft inſulr,magnifiedſtthy {-]f, and reproachedſt my People, wert glad that ſo great Calamities were come upon them. » Both the Temple, and the Worſhip of God; 'tis like in their Pride, they boaſted their Idols Power to pre- ſerve their Temples, and blaſphemed God as unable to preſerve his G:cred Rites and Worſhip. -s When the Heathen entred into, and when they burntit. * They inſulred on the Ten Tribes, the King- dom of 1/rael when afflicted. © Waſted by Pal and Tiglath Pileſer, and captivated by Salmanaſſar. » The two Tribes, the Kingdom of 7ndah. »y Firſt with Jehojakim, then with Jeconieh, and which was worſe than both theſe, when jt was captivated with Zedckiah, and the City burnt ; a moſt mournful ſight, and at which none but in- human barbarous Men could do leſs than weep; but theſe rejoice, and I cry, Ana. : wy , £4 4 Bchold therefore, I z will deliver thee to the 4 men of the Eaſt afor a poſſeſlion 5, and they ſhall fer their
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8 | Thus faith the Lord GOD, * Becauſe that Moab * jg. re; 2 and vSeir. 6do ſay, Beheld, the houſe of fudah « 7s like ani 16. 4 unto. all the heathen : Amos2.7, a The Children of Lot by the elder Daughter, the whole Nation
going under the Name of the firſt Father of them, near, but evil
Ne1ghbours to 1ſrae! and Judah. b The Sexd of Ejau, who are *:/am, Idumeans, or Seir, from the Mountain where they firſt planred them ſelves; near of Kin in Blood, bur bitter Enemies tothe Jews. Tho both here joined, yet Moab is firit doomed here, ver.g, ro, tx. and Seir nexr, ver. 12,3, 14. c The peculiar People of God, who had his Law, Temple, Worſhip of his own Appointment among them. 4 Are no more a ſe]e& People than others, their Religion no better, nor their God but as the Gods of their Neighbours; and they no more benefited by their worſhipping of him : Thus, Atheiſt like, they derhrone God. and debaſe him to an Equality with their own Kdols, more particularly Mo3b's Sin is {et out, Fer. 48. ror.
9 Therefore behold, I will open ethe -f ſide f of Moab + Heb. from the cities g, from his cities which are on h his frontiers, Pou(der- che glory 7 of the country Beth-jeſhimoth &, Baal-meon 7, and Kiriathaim », e When the Lord will open the Gates of Iron, and fay, the Gates ſhal: not be ſhut, as 1ſa. 45. 1, 2, every Arcempt ſhall be eaſy, and his Souldiers ſhall break through the Defences that were vainly boaſted impregnable. f That part ofhis Country which was beſt for- tified for the Safeguard of the whole. g From the Cities of Strength, called here his, becauſe he gloried and truſted in them ; ſuch as 4- and Aroer ſeated on Arnon, very ſtrong Garifons. h Or from his Frontiers, { for 'tis the ſame Conſtruction Hcbr.) or from his out- moſt Bounds ; I will lay all open to the Chalde:ans; they ſhall over-run it, as 1f'twere an open Country, as eafily as if no. Fortrefſes to im« pede them. 7 So the great, ſtrong, and beaucitul, or r- gularly bailr, and fortified Cities are ever accounted tne G!ory of the Country, and theſe are reckoned beſide fr and Aroer, k B:rh-jeſirmoth, an antient City, and formerly Renbens's Lor, Joſh. 13. 20. its Name tells you, it was a Fortreſs toward the Deſert, which watched leſt any ſhould chrough thoſe Waſtes make an Inroad on the Country. ! Called alſo
palaces c in thee, and make their dwellings 4 in thee: they ſhall eat thy e fruit, and they ſhall drink thy milk f. | Ko
2 The God whom thou haſt deſpiſed, whoſe People thou haſt re- proac'hd, whoſe Worſhip thou haſt vilified, I will avenge my ſet# and deliver thee up. s The Medes and Perſians fay ſome, the Baby. linians fay others, but this ſutes not well with Geography ; Arabian: ſay others, Aſociates of Nebuchadnezzar, who 'tis 'tkely recompenſed their Labour and Service with giving them this Country when it was conquered, as *'twas five Years after the Deſolation of Fernſalem. 5 They ſhall ſettle on it, as a very convenient Country for their Sheep and Camels, and poſſeſs it as their Inheritance. c The word Pala- ces ſeems 'ittleto agree with Arabians who dwelt in Tents, but thi: manner of dwelling many of them would be ready to change, where they might to ſo great advantage as in that Country, which was fruit- ful as this was : befide the word ſignifieth what 7s fenced, as 1/a. 2. 15. and ts paraphraſed by Camp, and Arabians had their Munitions and fortified Camps, and theſe they ſhall ſer here, while they ſtay. And I add this allo that the next words explain theſe. 4 They ſhall fer up their Tenrs, as the word properly ; their Tents and Habitations they would fortify in ſome manner or other, that in their Cathp they might be fafe if they did nor build Ciries in the Country. e Th: Fruit of that Land was once thine, of rhe Trees thou plantedſt. f Which in fo fruitful Land, and rich Paſtures, they had in abundance from the multitude of their Kine, and 'twas a Drink that well ſured with thoſe hot Regions.