715.7 that I uſed in puniſhing my People 7ſrae! ; others refer it to a
ſpiricnal meaning, 2s 1a. 18. I4. and Jer. 49. 2. ba a the Inftraments God uſed, whether Maccabees 10 afrer-times, Ghalacons in that preſent Age. | 22 work, ſhall give them their Screngrh and Mealures ; as much as 1 intended againſt Edom. | and confirm the Prediction. d Both Zaom,
and Obad. wer. 21. or the b My juſt Diſpleaſure, as ir fer them they ſthall do cRedoubled to af:& the more, my People and thoſe I <mploy ſhall ſce this was my Quarrel which I threatned to avenge,
and now have done it, and Edom ſhall know I am nor like their Gods,
tho they ſaid fo, wer. 8.
15 E Thus faith the Lord GOD,
* Becauſe the Phili-
dealt by revenge f, and have taken ven- Iſpiref . Fehr ſtroy + ir || tor the
e Next Neighbours to the Jews, between whom many Quarrels,
Wars, and mntual Spotl, among Borderers, who
Slaughter and Injuri-s happened, as ever make all their own they can catch. f Took the
opportunity to revenge themſelves when the Jews were weak and low. 5 \Wich Hatred to them, and Contempt of them. + This rells us what
<1 r in, 'twas a Hatred to the Name and Being of their Harred appeared 1n, += 7" ſparSnom. Her
7/rae!, they would cut them off, as P/al. 83. 7. endleſs Enmity purſuing them.
16 Therefore thus ſaith the Lord GOD, behold, I
will ſtretch our & mine hand upon the Philiſtines, and
1 will cut of the Cherethims /, and deſtroy the rem-
1 Or ha nant m” of the || ſea coaſt ». ve of rhe
k See chap. 7. wer. 5. let 5. and chap. 16. wer. 27. let. n, 0. ] Either a Name for all the Philiſtines, 1 Sam. 30. 14. or elſe the principal Soldiers, expert Bowmen, the Strength of Philiſtia. mm Which had eſ:ap'd the Sword of Samwl, David, Hezekiah, and of Pſammetichus King of £gyp'. n Mediterranean about Azoru-.
17 And I will execute great | vengeance 09 upon them with furious p rebukes 3 and they ſhall know that ] a» the LORD, when I ſhall lay q my vengeance vpon them. | © ©
This Verſe is a Confirmation of all ſpoken againſt the Phl;N ines, and 1+ in all the Particulars explained in what went before. o Great for Meaſure, and many for Number, YVengeances, as Heb. 4 In Fierce- neſs of Anger, and without Pity. q They, as other ſtupid Nations,
willnor ſce till chey feel, and then they ſhall confeſs 'tis rhe Hand of
an angry, but juſt and mighty God. C H A P. XXVI.
The time of this prophecy, 1. The diftrudion of Tyrus for their vejorcing at the calami:y of Frrufalem,threatned by the Chaldeans, I———14. A ae- ſerip.ion of the mourning aud afton:ſhment tha; ſþall be at the fall of Tyrus,
15 ——21.
i A ND it came to paſs in the elcventh year a, in the firſt day of the month 5b, that the word of the
LORD came unto me, ſaying, ;
a Of 7:cmiab's Captivity, the Year wherein Yeruſalem, was taken. b That Monch which followed the taking of Jeruſalem, 7. e. the fifth M -nth ; for Jeruſalem was taken on the fourch Month, ninth Day, and in txeacy days after the News was brought to Tyrus, which behaved h=r {:If, as the Prophet will declare.
2 Son of man, * becauſe that Tyrus c hath ſaid dagainſt
the people : the bis-turned unto me, I ſhall be reple-| niſhed 7, now ſhe is laid waſte &:
c The City for rhe People; "tis probable it was an univerſal Joy, rhercfor: aſcribed ro che whole Ciry. Built on a Rock, and Itland ot tle im? Name, not far diſtant from the Continent, a very great t12ded Porr and Ciry. d Either God revealed this to the Prophet ſo foon as theſe inſulting Tyrians ſpoke it, or elſe Exckic! ſpeaks of it proplerically, and as if'*rweredone. e Shew'd great Joy at the fall of 7-ryſalem, and triumpht over her. f By Nebuchaanezzar's Army. £ N-ar t-; the Gatesof the Cities w-r2 uſually the great Merchant; and fo here Jern/z! 22 1s called the grear Mart of Nations, and People from all Parts reforting to her for Trade, or Religion. þ Trading Intereft willturnto me;tney that did carry Merchandize to Jerujalem,will now bring it tome. z# Have full Trade, my Haven full of Ships, Streets full or Buyers and S-llers, Shops full of Wares, Honſes full of Lodgers, and Purſes full of Money. k She r-:flc&ed on waſted Fcruſalem with
Ruin of her Neighbour.
3 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I am t againſt chee, O Tyrus, and will cauſe many m nations to come up againſt thee, as the fea cauſeth his waves to come 2 vp. |
? And it God be againft them, they'll ſoon have Enemies enough too agairt them 5 God purpoſeth, threatneth, and afſureth them, he 15,and will be againſt them. m For Number, and mighty for Strength, Riches, Autkority,and Feats of War already done. » With ſuch Vio. tence, Conſtancy, ſwelling in height, and making thee fear the Iſſue, {9 ſhall rhe Baby/onians come.
4 And they ſhall deſtroy 9 the walls of Tyrus, and break p down her towers 9 : I will alfo ferape 7 ler duſt from her, and make her like the top of a rGck 5s.
o Batter and demoliſh with their mighty Engines, whiah ſhall ſhake, di:joinr, and bear down the ſtrongeſt parts of their Walls. p Under- mine, that they may tumble at once or; elſe employ Hands to rake
that were for Defence and Safety of their City, which from their
ſhalr be ſcrapt, and bruſht, and ſwept, that not ſo mucti as Duſt ſha! remain to thee. s As bare as was the Rock on which thy City is built before Wealth, Beauty, Building, and Strength were brought tg ic by Man's Induſtry. = 5 Ir ſhall be @ place for the ſpreading 7 of nets
in the midſt of the ſea: for I have ſpoken z, ſaith the Lord GOD ; and it ſhall become a ſpoil « to the Nations s
* As barren ſandy Iflets in the midſt of the Sea, good for nothing but to dry Fiſhermens Nets,ſhalt thou be. « A Prey; Though the Con. texture of the words place this after its being made ſo bare and poor, yet we are to obſerve, that theſe laſt words give us account how this Proverty and Barrenneſs ſhall come upon this rich City : the Nations ſhall ſpoil her with thirteen Years long Sicge, Interruption of Trade, living on the quick Stock, and finally taken on ſurrender. + ga. lonians, and their Confederates, who made the 7yrians pay the Rec. koning. :
6 And her daughters y which are in the field = ſhall be ſlain by the ſword 4, and they ſhali know that I am the
LORD 5.