* If *ewere the Tribe of Day, it muſt be underſtood of a time be- fore the Captivity of the ten Tribes; but there is a learned Man tells us of Dans a City of Taprobana, or the Ifland Zeilan mentioned by Pro. ſemy, and this learned Man will have this meant. » Not 7avan or Grice:, fairh that learned Man, but another 7avan in the Ifle Meroe, in remote Parts of Egyp?, where is a principal Town Uzal, or Aſcl, from whence theſe Merchants came, and therefore tiled 7avan of Uzal, or Javan Minza!s; and if the Caſlia or Calamus mentioned in the Verſe Tere the Wares brought in by the Danites and Jawanites, I ſhould go as far a5 Meroz and Taprobang to ſend them ; but 1f the Cafſia and Cala» -nus were brought up ar Tyre, I would believe they lived nearer, thar they were Grec!an P=dlars, or in a Northern Diale&t Merchants that bought them, and were meant 1n the Text. z Poliſhed, as we ſee now an Art which ſo much betters the common ſort of Iron, and
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20 Dedan « was thy merchant in T precious clothes tor
chariots 6. | : a The Poſterity of Abraham by K:turah, who dwelt in 4rabia, and
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their Wool. 6 With which they lined their Chariots, and covered them; alſo they uſed them for Saddle-Clothes, Fc
21 Arabia c, and all the princes 4 of Kedar, they + oc- cupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats : in theſe
: 'S were they thy merchants. : : bm © A large Country, and diſtinguiſh'd into Deſert, or Sandy, which ' cankot keep an honeſt Man, ir affords Thieves enough : Next 1s the Stony or .'ctrea, which afforded good Paſturage for Sheep and Goats ; and rhe third Felix, or happy, moſt remote from Tyre. &d For there were many ſuch among thoſe Kedarens or Scenites who dwelt in Tents, bred and fed Catrel, and carried them to Tyre Marker, furniſh'd the Shambles ar Tyre, and their Altars too for Sacrifices.
22 The merchants of Sheba c and Raamah d, they were thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief e of all ſpices, and with all precious ſtones f\, and gold.
c A Country in Arabia Felix, whence the Queen came that viſited
\/ Solomon. d Tis read Rhegma by change of Y incog, (as itt Gomorrah) y another People of the ſame Arabia. This Rhegma Brother to Sheba, Fl & ſettled near him in that fruitful Land, and buile Towns there, and ” grew to Fame. e This Country affords all forts cf the beſt Aroma- " ” ticks or Spices, which were carried to Tyre. f Rich Jewels of all lt | forts, and Gold too, : WW 23 Haran g, and Canneh 5, and Eden 3, the mer. ed E- chants of Sheba k, Aſhur 1 avd Chilmad m, were thy
ur, WW. merchants,
refines it, rhat tis of great Value. Caſſia and Calamus are ſweet Drugs. |
were Sheep-maſters, and no doubt knew how to make fi11< C'othes of;
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26 T Thy rowers @ have brought thee 5 into great waters 6 : the caſt-wind 4 hath broken e thee in the _ + midſt f of the ſeas g. | + Heb, a Thy Governors and Counſellors. b Unadviſedly. c Dangers #6477 and Difficulties, in which thou art like to be ſhipwrack'd; in which thou wilt periſh. 4 Which is very tempeſtuous and dangerous to Ships in thoſe Seas: By thisis meant the King of Babz/on with his Army, whoſe March was ſomewhat by Eaſt to Tyre. e As ſurely will, as if he had already done it, he heth broken, it is the Prophetick Scile. f Where thou art far from Shore, and muſt therefore fink and drown, or where thou thovghreſt thy 1elf impregnable. g Wheremany S2as meer, 'tis impoſſible for a half:ſtarved Creature to ſwim out ; ſo ſhal) T:rus periſh in the violent Currents of many Seas ; many Nations, fierce and cruel, under N:buchadn.22ar, ſhall ſwallow thee up.
thy mariners /, and thy pilots , thy calkers », and the 9 X<-
occupiers 0 of thy merchandiſe, and all thy menof war
p that are in thee, || and in all thy company 9 which z
in the midſt of thee, ſhall fall » into the -+ midſt of the + tyeb.
ſeas - in the day 7 of thy ruine »«. heart. þ The vaſt Treaſuresof the publick, nor the great Wealth of pri-
vate Citizens ſhall purchaſe Tyrws a continual Proſperity. ; Theſe thall
be inter1upted by the Siege, and none thar frequented them ſha!l pre.
vail for Acceſs to them. & The Stock of Goodsof all forts now in
thy Warehouſes, and what thou haſt cruſted out. / Yr. 8. let. d. mVid,
vir. 8. ler. e. n Vid. ver. g. let. k. o See wer. g.let.1 p Vid. ver. 10,
and 11, tot. Allthat are Men fit for War q in the Multitudes of Peo.
ple that are in thee, or all thy own Citizens, that are thy Militia,
Trained Band., or Artillery Company. r*Tis plural; theſe all ſhall
at .once fall rogether. 5 See ver. 26. let. g. t The time indeed was
long preparing for the Fall, but a Day finiſh'd it. « Utter Deſolation.
z of thy pilots.
x Thelefler Cities on Terra frma, alarmed with Summons of theic Governors to put themſelves in a Poſture of Defence : Or, the Waves, an Elegant Hyperbole thus read; the very Waves which roar and ter- rifle, ſhall hear and trembl: at a ſtranger and more doleful Cry than their own. Or, as our Verſion, the Suburbs, which are neareſt the | Sea, ſhall firſt hear the outcries of Pilots and Mariners deſpairing of | Eſcape, when their Ship, brokea to pieces,ſhall at once ſhrick cur; So | ſhall thy Cicizens cry and fall.
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the ſea, ſhall come down from their ſhips, they ſhall ſtand upon the land ; | |
In the Allegory of a miſerable Shipwrack; the Prophet ſers forth Tyrws's Fall, and in this Verſe he repreſents them all ſhifting out of the ſhattered ſinking Ship, in great Confuſion, and greatet Fear ; the Slaves quit the Oars, the Mariners throw up the Tackliogs, Pilots leave the He!m, all make for the Long-Boat and the Land, where they bewail! their undone Codition, Or, it may be more literally under. ſtood thus, all ſeafaring Men who got their Living by Service done for Tyrus at Sea, ſeeing her utterly broken, ſhail leave che Ships, get to Land, that elſewhere they may get Employment, or by a timely Flight fave themſelves, and bewail their old Maſter's Fall. ' |
39 And ſhall cauſe y their voice to be heard againſt Z thee, and ſhall cry bitterly «, and ſhall caſt up duſt 5
_ their heads, they ſhall wallow «c themſelves in the aſhes.
7 With greateſt Cries they ſhall make the Country eccho forth their Sorrows.z Either ſtanding on higher Groundover againſt the ſhip-