to #7 Haran or Charran in Meſopotamia, where Abraham dwelt. h No wrack d City : Or rather, for thee ; thoſe Eaſtern People did uſeto lift the where elſe mentioned, ſuppoſed to be rheſame with Calneh, Gen. 10, 10. up their Voice in Mourning, Jeb 2. 12. Jer. 31. I5. Zech. 11. 3, -in WW afterwards Cre/iphon, a pleaſant Ciry on Tygris, ſome three Miles from | 4 Their weeping ſhall be from a deep Senſe of the Miſery of theic a», Wo $:{encis ; *rwas built by the Parthians, whoſe King reſided there inthe | Friends, and this expreſsd by bitter Cries; ſo ſuch Sorrow is ex-
ack WF Winter, b<cauſe of the Mildneſs of the Air. 7 A pleaſant Country, putof Bab1lonia, the Chaldee Paraphraſt calls it Hadiab, and leads us
preſ*'d, Zeph; 1. 14. 1/a. 22.4 and 33. 7. 6 Another Expreſſion of great Diſtreſs and Sorrow, proper to thoſe Countries, Joſh. 7. 6. Fob
ti ” to Adiabne, which Trajan conquered in his Expedition againſt Baby-j 2. 12. Lam. 2. 20 and Jer. 6 26. c Roll themſelves in Aſhes, which Ute Im. k Whether the ſame mentioned, wer. 22. which ſee, or ſome ; they uſed todo in their greateſt Mournings, as Mic. 1. 10, and Fey. 6* thy, | other, is not certain, perhaps it may be Saba, whence Sabeans. 1 4-| 26. asevery Country hath its peculiar Manners and Cuſtoms in Moutn» @ 4, i ſur, the Nam: of the Father of the Nation, for &/jria. w A Coun-|ing, ſo had theſe, Cuſtoms that expreſs d moſt yehement Sorrows in
2 $ try or part of Media, between Aſyris and Parchia, moſt likely to be Geſtures, which we are not accuſtomed unro. | we WE Gaols of Mecca. ; 31 And they ſhall make themſelves utterly bald 4 cher, 24 Theſe 9» were thy merchants in || all ſorts «f|for thee, and gird them with fſackloth es, and they ſhall eit” WF 15i»gp5s », in blue + clothes o, and broidered work p,|weep for thee with bitterneſs of heart f, and bitter wail- T.7 .
| made of cedar among s thy merchandiſe.
- ous Nations traded with Tyre. # Of rich precious things.
of Ii
, ſome good Merchandiſe.
plorious & in the midſt of the ſeas.
| **1 Fall, foretold asif already come.
| and in cheſts q of rich apparel, bound 7 with cords, and| in
7 It was the Cuſtom of the Heathen, either to pull of with thei
þ = Either laſt named, or all that have been mentioned, though I| Hands, or cut off the Hair of their Heads in great Mournings, which ” conjeCture rhe firſt is che true Meaning ; thoſe rich, ſtately and ſumptu- _ forbad —_ Copy _—_ 9. as Deut. - ,- ., Thus ”y _—_— o Which| Mourners in Baldneſs expreſs their Sorrow and Deſpair. e Another > thoſe Nations delighted in,eſpecially the Chaldeans and 4ſhrians ch. 23.6, uſnal Ceremony of Mourners well known to all. f Ic ſhall be a hear- | þ Bought of Egyprians, ſold to 4ſyrians, &c. q Cieſtsof Cedar, cu-|ty Mourning, not a counterfeit one, this referring to the inward . | rious. yer ſtrong, made on purpoſe to carry ſumptuous Appars],| Grief, the next bitter Wailing refers to the outward expreſling it. | bought up ar Tyre, and in thoſe Cheſts conveyed to all Parts of the] 4ſyr/an Empiie, and to the Northern — It may _—_ + the Chelts .mentioned, or to other ſorts of rich Wares neatly made up, |= , . ; , | and bound for Szcurity with Cords. 5 By this it ſhould ſeem theſe | city s like 5 Tyrus, like the deſtroyed & in the midlt of Cheſt: were nor like our ordinary Boxes, bur as chiace Cabinets and | the fea / ?
32 And in their wailing g they ſhall take up 4 a la- mentation for thee, and lament over thee, /2zing, What
z In their ſorrowful Speeches of Tyr. h Into their Mouths, or
25 The ſhips of Tarſhiſh *£ did ling « of thee in thy with a compoſed,. ſignificant, and comprehenſive Form of Speech, ro market x, and thou waſt repleniſhed y, and miade very
ſhew much Grief in few Words. # A few Years ſince no City like her in Beauty, Righes, Glory andJoy ; now none like her in all the Contraries: k Now no more Tyrus the Flouriſhing, the Renowned,
t The Ships from all Parts of the Sea, which came to thee, and |the Mart of Nations, and the ſtately built; but now che defroyed, traded with thee, praiſed thee, boaſted of thee. « Had their Songs | the filent, overwhelmed with Grief, which was full of Songs 1 Alas? of Praiſe, which were made to commend thy State. x As Mariners |what was once her Safeguard is now her Grave, what enrich'd her | the Ports where they arrive uſually do with Mirth and Songsenter- | once hath now ſwallowed allup at once. | 41 one another, ſo at Tyre. y All Trading came to thee, none like thee in thy Warehouſes and-publick-Stores: #z Andto do thee right,
| 10 wert very glorious, magnificent and beautifu), none like thee : g . . Itherto the Prophet bad covered Tyris's Greatneſs, now cometh |£h& carth 7, with che multitude of thy riches s, and of
33 When thy wares m went forth out » of the ſeas, thou filledſt o many people p, thou didſt enrich the kings 9 of -
thy merchandiſe,
* Brought
Chap. RSX VII.
27 Thy * riches h, and thy fairs ;, thy merchandiſe &, * Rev: 18,
||Or, even with all.
28 'The || ſuburbs x ſhall ſhake at the ſound of the Cry ||Or,vave
a c . PRI A Ly og oo nn - Wok _ FR - 5 * nv J =, 6 — p ” mm \ 4. 4 -DD.. - I S - bt bs TI I . WE - tre > + -
* Y-. 0 F od £ hap. AX VILE. » Brought home fromall Coaſts. « Were landed, broughr on Shoar For the Mart. o There was enOugh to ſupply ro the 1ull. » Nu- merous, Pfarely, ſumptuous Nations, though their Prodigality was great, thou furnifhedſt them, hadſt Wares rich, and ſtately enough for all of them. q Such Influence had thy vaſt Trade, that not only meaner Men and Srbjeas, but Kings themſelves were made more
-ealthy by it. r 4. e. All Kingsof the known World, or Kings of Nations far off, as well as Neighbouring Kings. - The Greatneſs of thy Trade, the variety of rhy Wares, brought from all Parts, were thy own Riches, and enrich'd allthou didſt Trade with ; Kings were enrich'd by Cuſtoms, and Tolls paid to them 3 by che enriching their Subje&s, whothereby were fitter topay Taxes, or by furniſhing cheir Treaſuries with all the peculiar Treaſures of Kings, the rare and 2 cious Jewels, which they eſteem; and ſince we know ſome Kings d1 trade too, by this Tr increas'd their Wealth. E '
34 In the time # when thou ſhalt be broken « by the ſeas y in the depths of the waters =, thy merchandiſe a and all thy company 6 in the midlt of chee ſhall fall.