Branches are ſcattered 1 , bd ed. . C tered in the lower Ground, on the Banks of Rivers
P gy -1 Height and Power, thou ſhalr be like them in thy Fall and Ri- in"? As unclean, deſpiſed and loathſom in thy Blood, like the Slain
— Sword, not to be known without an upbraiding Inſcription
Tits 15 Pharaoh.
CH AP. XXXIL
4 lament ation for the fearful fall of Eg) Pt, for their pride and Tyranny, by the ſword of Babylon, 1 —17. A aeſcription of their fall and ruin, with other proud rulers and nations, 18—J32.
1 - ND ic come to paſs in the twelfth year a, in
the twelfth month 5, in the firſt c day of the month, :hat the word of the LORD came unto me,
: Of the Captivity of Jeconiah. b Anſwering to part of our Febru-
ar; and part of March, and called Sabat. c And was the 15th of Febr. old ſtile, and the 5:4 new ſtile. ; 2 Son of man, take dup a lamentation for Pharaoh
eking of Egypt, and ſay unto him, Thou art like a & ,., young lion f of the nations g, and thou art as a {| whale 17 in the ſeas 5: and thou cameſt forth with thy rivers k,
and troubledſt the waters / with thy feet 2, and fouled(t
» their rivers.
1 See chap. 19. vir. I. let. a,b, c. and chap. 27. wer. 2. let. a, 6. e Enphra. f This Hicroglyphick ſee chap. 19. wer. 3. let.s. and wer. 6. Jet.;. g Among, orto the Nations round about thee, ſpoiling all thou canſt, a cruel Devourer abroad. hþ A Crocodile, a devoucing Dra- gon in thy Rivers ar Home, for there the Crocodiles lay and did Miſ- chief, though ſometimes they went down the River to the Sea. 7 That comes forth to ſeek prey and devour, ſo a Lion at Land, a Whale or C:ocodi!e rather at Sea, ravenousevery where. & Raifedſt mighty Armie;,and didſt lead them our againſt thy Neighbours, as in particu- lar, cap. 29. 3, 4+ 7 The People, Kingdoms and Kings near thee, m Wich thy Souldiers. » Diſturbedſt and muddieſt their pleaſant clearneſs, and madeſt them unfit to drink, 7. e. did{t ſpoil all the plea- fant and uſeful Conveniences of thy Neighbours. - | # Thus faith the Lord GOD, I will therefore ap.12.* ſpread out o my net over thee, with a company of and many 9 people, and-they ſhall 7 bring thee up in my W. netr. þ o A large, long and wide Net, drawn out to full extent. p With which both Lions and Crocodiles might be taken, and in which this Lion and Crocodile ſhould certainly be taken ; for God, whoſe Hand never erreth, will ſpread the Net. q In the Countreys where theſe Creatures were hunted; for they went in mighty Companies to the
ln Game, as they accounted it. r Drag thee along to deſtroy thee, pull or thee up our of the Pir, in which the Net was laid to take the Lion to "n killhim, and draw this Crocodile up out of the Water for the ſame
end. In brief, War by Land and Sea, by a Confederacy of many Peo- ple againſt Hophra, ſhall be God's Net, wherein he ſhall be taken, kepta Priſoner, as he was, and at Iaſt ſtrangled, ſee chap. 29. wer. 4. = ltr.
4 Then willI leave thee s upon the land, I will caſt * thee forth upon the open field, and will cauſe all the fowls ' of the heaven to remain «upon thee, and I will fill the beaſts of the whole x earth with thee.
s Thy beaten Army ſhall be ſlain, ſee chap. 29. 5. it was literally fulfilled in the Deſerts of Lybia, where the Slain of Hophra's Army were kft to be devoured by Fowls and Beaſts. Meraphorically *tis gather- ing a mixture of People, Souldiers, like ravenous Birds and Beaſts,
bs | from all Parts to ſpoil Egyp!, u They ſhould not be removed, till fil- hat led with the Spoils of Egypt. x The foreign and mercenary Soul- the diers ſhall be enrich'd by the Slaughter and Plunder of the Egyprians. hal 5 And I will lay ythy fleſh z upon the mountains 4, ' andfill b thevalleys with thy height c. |
Gol y Throw or caſt; xz The Carcaſes of thy ſlain Men and Souldiers. the FF © Whither they retired forſafety. 5 Not ſo fill them as to equal them thit | in height with Hills, but we ſay a Man fillsa Place,who ſcatters much, reed or many things, though but on the Surface ; ſohere, Valleys filled. Bl With the Carcaſes of thy Princes, as the Chald. Paraphraſt I think hits my right: And fo the French ( Et remplirai les wallees dz tes Glorieux ns, | qgqu'on aura abbatu.')
"8 6 I will alfo water d with thy bloodithe [| land wherein z thou ſwimmeſt e, even to the mountains; and the rivers pr. ſhall be full of thee g.
« Moſt plentifully pour out thy Blood, as Water is poured out to = water Land when Men float their Grounds. e Either becauſe of the & plenty thereof, wherein they ſwimm'd as we ſpeak, or elſe becauſe this King was a Whale or Crocodile, his dwelling muſt be the Waters,
unto Ce his f the
re his WG 2ndin them he ſwimmerth. f An Hyperbole,Blood ſhall be poured forth, - with WE 2 if ir were to riſe to the very Mountains, and cover them, or thy dneb, | ſhallbeſhed chrough all thy plain Country to the very Mountains,which aving I think are roward the South-Weſt Parts toward Ethiopia ; ſo they @ {up ſhould be ſlain from Miegdol or Magaala to Sy:ne, as chap. 29. i109. g Of whett | thy Blood, and of thy Carcaſes caſt into the Rivers by thine Enemies, t and or drow'd in attempting flight by Water from the drawn Sword. |
7 And when I ſhall ||put thee + our, I will * cover
nd i ithe heaven, and make the ſtars thereof dark : I will 21 b'' WR” cover che ſun with a cloud, and the moon ſhall not xethel BN. £''e her light, :
a(t 0 . + Asa Torch is extinguiſh'd, 1ſ-. 43.17. ſol will pntout thy Light, vord | mm turn thee into Darkneſs. # Either by dark Vapours thar ariſe from Lord Blood and putrifying Carcaſes which darken the Heavens ; or tis a
Deſcription of great Sorrows, Fears, Troubles and Perplexities ; or | Elle it may intimate particularly the roral Ruine of rhe whole King- com, in which the beſt, greateſt and nobleſt Parts are,as Heaven, ſup- 2012 the Government; the Sun, the King ; theModon, the Queen ; the | ar5,the Prince, and Nobles ; Bright Lighrs the moſt eminent of the
EZEKEL
Common People : All tha!l be covered with Clouds, and darkr:fs
of Miſery firſt, and Sorrow next ; or 'tis poſſible that ſome unuſual
_ might be ſeen in the Heavens, and on the Earth about ther ime.
8 All the + bright lights of heaven will I make + dark tf 1-b over thee, and ſet darkneſs upon thy land, faith the Lord light of 5. GOD. | _ Fo