Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 329 — Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible

hy Stranger, and righteth the Oppreſſed ? z Theſe abominable things ns WW haſt thou done, ani now, as an abominable thing, I willthrxow thee 5; WW. out. 4Either of thy Throne and kingly Dignity, vid. ver. 14. let. o. he WF ». or thy fanſied and imagined Heaven where thou wouldſt be a God; 2s. WW tir ſuch Gods of Violence and Injuſtice deſerve to be caſt out with 0 WW the aſpiring Angels. b Utterly deſtroy. c /id. ver. 14. let. n,' o,, = bd See ver, 14. let. r.

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17 Thine heart was lifted e up becauſe of thy beauty f, - ; thou haſt corrupted thy wildom g, by reaſon of thy © brightneſs + : IT will z caſt thee to the ground, [ will 2 k thee before kings, that they may behold

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evee wer. 2. let. &, d, e. and ver. 5. let. u. f See wer. 12. let. 5. $ Depraved, or loſt thy Wiſdom. þ By refle&ting and gazing on thy own Glory, State, Wealth and Magnificence, and haſt forgotten thou at a Man; Thou exa.lteſt thy ſelf above Man, above thy Neighbour. Kings. ; 1 will bring down thy Pride, dethrone thee, and make thee lit in the Duſt; ſuliy, and darken all thy Brightneſs. & Or ſet thee|

themſelves, and God, as he, who, though he ſaid not I am God, yer, Arheiſt like, ask'd, Who is God that 1 ſhould obey him ? I Or that thou

ioht | *M2yſt be a Spe&acle, an Example and Warning to them, or that they like may ſee thee in Chains, oran abuſed Captive, and deſpiſe thee. reates 18 Thou haſt defiled thy ſanQuaries » by the get» EF Pultitude o of thine iniquites p, by the _—_ of thy 4 affick; therefore will I bring forth a fire 4 from the of WW "dit 7 of thee, it ſhall devour s thee, and I will bring \ beſt. "2 to aſhes? upon the earth, in the ſight « of all them

of di- WF Fiat behold thee.

ones d of | ' which by thy Sins thou haſt ecclipſed, and I by Judgments will il1v. u By, or in , or according to(as the Gal. Verſion) the Multitude or

Merchants have by Craft, where that would, and by Violence where Majeſty.

faſt as that did with Wealth. » Either as one tra- ,

| 22 For I will ſend » into her, peſtitence * and their Gain; or haſt connived at thy Merchants when they oppreſ- 'br » peſt

fd all they could ; or haſt, contrary to Juſtice and Equity, ſupporred '; gers, thou whowerr a King, and wouldſt be thought a God : Is this,

before Men of thy Quality, who are, as thou, apt to forget Men,

full of Merchants like Tyre, and asful] of Sin asRiches. h& When my Judgments make my Juſtice, Power, Holineſs, Sovereignty and Truth appear, both you Sidonians, and others about ſhall confeſs my Glory, and aſcribe Honour to me. Iwill vindicate my Honour and Glory,

ſtrate, as Exod. 14. 4, 17. # That dwell in thee, and round about thee, all that are concerned for thee. & See chap. 6. wer. 10. 1 So late do Sinners come to any due Senſe of God's Power, Juftice and

The hardned Sinners learn not by any other way but this, and bs this too in the Rigours and repeated Executions of it n Owr'd as holy, reverenced as juſt, obeyed as ſovereign, and ſub- mitted toas Wiſe, and mighty, and a hater of Violence

, and. ood ' q into her ſtreets; and the wounded ſhall be”

judged 7 in the midſt of her by the ſword 5 upon her _ ny ſide 55 and they ſhall know that I am the

o The Peſtilence 1s one of God's Arrows, and he ſends it whereſo- ever it walks; 'cis one of his fore Judgments, and wafteth where it cometh. p The moſt dreadful of Diſeaſes, becauſe moſt deadly, 'ſwift, and comes ſo immediately from the Wrath of God off:aded ' with Men ; this Peſtilence attends on War,and ſeldom faileth to make | Havock in beſieged Towns or Cities. q Bloody War by an Enemy that ſhall bring the War to the Gates, nay into the ſtreets of Zo. | 7 Fall, be caſt down, puniſh'd in the midſt of the Ciry. 5 By her | Enemies Sword prevailing and conquering. #t A Deſcription either | of the Siege that Zidon ſhould ſuffer by, or pointing out rhe Multicude of her Enemies on every ſide agreeing againſt her,

x unto the houſe of Iſrael, nor any grieving thorn of all 23-73: that are round about y them that deſpiſed them z ; and / they ſhall know || that I a2 the Lord GOD.

z The time intended here 1s, when after 70 Years Crptivity, loath. ing themſelves for their Iniquities, and repenting, they return and ſettle in their own Land. x By theſe two Metaphors the Propher points out the troubleſome Neighbours of the Jews. » Such as Moab, Ammon, Edom, Tyre, and this Zidon, which on all occationsd:d grieve

' wound and reproach the Jews, and triumph in theic Fall, and were

ever ready, being near. z Contemniyg both in Word and Carriage, the Jews, their Religion , Manners, Laws, and cheir God. || See wer. 22. Jet. & |

25 Thus faith the Lord GOD, When 4 I ſhall have gathered þ the houſe c of Iſrael from the people 4 among whom they are ſcattered e,” and ſhall be fanified f in them in the ſight g of the heathen, then ſhall they dwell bin their land 3, that I have given & to my fer-

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Chap. XXIX. & Z E & When Seventy Years is expired, which is the Term of their Cap- |

tive Stare. 5 Move the Hez:rts of my People to come together upon

Cris Proclamation, and from all Parts of that vaſt K:ngdom, prepare

tor a return to the Country moſt of them never ſaw. It was God who

moved _ Cyrus to give them leave; 'twas as much. God's Work to ſtir

up the Pcople to return. c The generality of them, thoſe that were