# So ſoon as, or ever after the unhappy Day. Shattered to pieces, 7 The Powers of the Babylenians, that like Seas ſhall ſwell, roar, and hawk in upon thee. z In the deepeſt afflictions, and by foreſt Op- preſſions and Violence. a All chy Trade. b The Multitude o on Citizens, of thy hired Soldiers, of thy Allies abroad, and of rhoſe that came into thy Markets for Trade, ſhall ceaſe, wither, aid pe- riſh too.
35 All the Inhabitants of the iſles c ſhall be aſtoniſhed 4 at thee, and their kings ſhall be ſore afraid e, they ſhall
be troubled F in 74-ir countenance. bet c Striftly, # in a larger Senſe, the Sea-Coaſts. 4 Wondring it ever ſhould be effeQed, that Tyr ſhould fall. e Knowing how they are much leſs ableto reſiſt, and defend themſelves, and not knowing Where that mighty Conqueror would next try his Arms and Fortune. F They ſhall not be able to conceal the Diſcompoſure of their Mind, but in their Countenance a Trouble made up of Grief, Fear and In- dignation ; Grief for their Friends, Fear for themſelves againſt that Cruelry and Inhumanity, which, without Reſpe& to any thing dear ro Mankind, ruined the Glory of the World, deſtroyed what could not be repaired by all the Riches, and Witdom, and Bounty of the Babyloniſh Kingdom. ; 36 The merchants among the people {hall hiſs g at thee, * Ch. 26. * thou ſhalt be -- a 5 terrour, and - never ſhalt be any
21. more z.
+ Heb.zer- g This uſually is an Expreſſion of Scorn and Contempt poured rOUTS. forth on the Perſon hiſs'd at : if thus undetſtood, the Meaning Is, +4 Heb. there ſhould be ſome among Ty:w's Cuſtomers that would rejoice at ſhalt noe
her Fall, and flout at her, either perhaps wronged by her in their be for ever. Trade, ch. 28. 16. or elſe with Etivy and ExpeQation of her Trade ro turn to them, return to her the wicked Carriage ſhe ſkewed Jeruſa- lem fallen and ſacked ; if it be a Sign of ought elſe, 'ris of wonder, as 1 Kings 9.8. h Matter of many Fears, and to many People, who do or ſhall hear how terribly thine Enemies have raged againſt thee, and prevailed. : id. c. 26. 14. let. 0.
CHAP. XXVIIL
The deftrufiion of the king of Tyrus, for his prias, foretold, t=——10, 4 lamcit ation for his beauty and glory, tompared with his future fall and miſery, 11——19. 4 prophecy of judgment againſt Zidon, 29—23. with a promiſe of the churche's reſt#uration, 24— 26.
I HE word of the LORD came again unto me, ſaying, |
2 Son of man, ſay unto @ the pririce b of Tyrus,
Thus ſaith the Lord GOD, Becauſe thine heart « lifted
c up, and thou haſt faid 4, I am aGod e, I ſit 7» the feat
+ Heb, of God f, in the + midft of the ſeas; * yet thou arr a
h:arz. man g, and not God, though thou fet thine heart + as *Ifa 31.3.the heartof God :
a Of. 5 King, whoſe Name was either E:hbaal or 1:hobaal. e Thou |
art waxen proud, and aſpireſt above all Reaſon, and boaſteſt extrava. gantly in thy ſelf, State, Policy and Power. Thought, imagined, or flattered thy ſeIlf. « Or the mighry and ſtrong one, for ſo the Heb. | is, and perhaps were better ſo rendred, he gloried in hisStrength, as | if he were a God; the like you have, 1/2. 14. 14. f As a Magiſtrate ;
he did bear the Name and Authority of God, but he thought not | . of this, he dreams of the Statelineſs, Strength, Convenience, Safety |
and Inacceſſibleneſs of his Seat, as if he were ſafe and impregnable as Heaven it ſelf. 2 Subje@ io all the Caſualties, Sorrows and Diſtreſſes of Man's Stateand Life; thou art 44am of Earth, not E!, nor likeun-! to the mighty one in Heaven. h Thon haſt entertained Thoughts which become none but God ; thou haſt proje&ed things which none! but God can cftett; thou haſt promiſed thy ſelf perpetual Peace, Safe.' ty, Riches and Happineſs in thy ſelf, and from thy ſelf.
3 Behold, * thou art # wiſer than & Daniel ; no ſecret that they / can hide from thee :
; In thy own Thoughts of thy ſelf. k Who was then famous for | his Wiſdom, which was imparted to him from Heaven, chap. 14. 29. Dan. 1. 20. and 2. 20,48. 1 That any fort of Men can concea), thar ' thine Adverſaries ſhall contrive againſt thee to thy Danger or Hurt ; all this Ironically faid.
4 With thy wiſdom 2, and with thine underſtanding thou haſt gotten »» thee riches », and haſt gotten o gold and ſilver into thy treaſures. |
! By thy Policy in Government, and by thy Skill in Trading, for he ſpeaks of that kind of Prudence to which theſe Names are given. »» Or made, ſothe word. » Power and might, ſo the Heb. as well as Wealth and Riches ; and ſo the Gal. Verſionreads Puiſancethe Princes of Tyr: had been prudent, and ſo increas'd their Power and Intereſt. o Or made, procured. p Into both his own private Purſe, and into the publick Treaſuries too.
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EZEKIEL
5 T By thy great 9 wiſdom, and» by thy traffick haſt thou increaſed.s thy riches 7, and thine heart is liſted « up becauſe of thy riches x :
-might as well be ſpared ; foras'tis not in the Heb. fo it rather ob. ſcures than clears the Text ; letir be read, By the great Wiſdom in thy Traffick, and 'tis very plain, and fo the French reads it. , Made great or enlarged. 7 Thy Power, as wer. 4 let. « Exalts jt If, carrieth 1t Joftily and proudly above thy Neighbours, which js ae good ; above thy ſelf, which is worſe; and above God too, which is worſt of all, as wer. 2. x Thy Puiſlance at home and abroaq, by Nature and Art.
| 6 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Becauſe tho haſt Tet thine heart y as the heart of God xz ;
3 Vide ver. 2. let. h., z Who doth, as juſtly he may, deſign him. ſelf his own Glory in all he deſigneth and worketh, and take the Glo. ry to himſelf; thou haſt done ſo too, deſigned thy own Greatneſs and gloried in it. ; :
7 Behold therefore, I will bring @ ſtrangers b upon thee, * the terrible of the nations c :
ſhall defile e thy brighcneſs.
a Cauſe t5 come. 6 A foreign People, called Mulrtitude in the Plura), and to intimate how little Regard they would have to the Tyrian Glory ; theſe Strangers were the Babylonian Forces, c A fterce, violent and cruel Nation, Hab. 1. 7, 8. d Thoſe beauriful things in which thy Wiſdom appeared ; either thy noble, regular and ſtrong Buildings, or thy beautitul well-ſtored Arſenal and Army, or the unparalel]'d Rarities, which all but rudeſt Soldiers would eſteem, and ſpare theſe Monuments of thy Wiſdom. «< Pour Contempt and Stain. f Thy Royal Dignity, Depoſe thee from thy Throne, and kill thy Authority and thy Perſoa.