Theſe two foregoing Verſes contain the ſame thing four times with + wo 4 little variation, repeated to effe& the carer, and to impreſs it the 5/em #211 more deeply on their Minds. | | Det: 9 1 will alfo + vex &the hearts of many 7 people, when f Heb-2--- [ ſhall brtng thy deſtruRtion »» among the nations, into the "** Ee countreys which thou haſt not known 7. — 2 & Ic ſpeaks a Paſſion mixt and made up with Grief for what is done,
f Fear of the Conſequence of it, Anger againſt him that did ir, and an Aſtoniſhment at the Reporr, and it ſeizeth the Heart and Spirits ofthe Hearers. 1 And great Nations. m Either the fame of it, or the re- mainders that fled timely from thy Deſtru&ion.; or thy Captives,who after thou art deſtroyed, are carried away, and the News of thy Fall with them;or when the like Ruin and Deſtru&ion ſhall fall upon them. 2 Such as were Stangers to Ezypt, and which Egyp! had no Commerce with, ſhall be troubled with apprehenſion what Miſchief may come upon the World from ſo mighty a Conqueror, and by the acceſſion of ſo great a Kingdom and Power as that of Egypt. |
19 Yea, | will make many » people amazed p at thee, and their kings 9 ſhall be horribly 7 afraid for thee, when
[ ſhall brandiſh « my ſword before them ; and * they ſhall * Chao. tremble 7 at every moment, every man # for his own life x, 2. 16. in the day of thy y fall.
o And mighty People too. p Aſtoniſh'd and puzzÞ'd, not knowing
what Reſolutions to take, what Advices to follow, or what to do.
4 Who uſually are, arid in reaſon ſhould be undaunted, and diſcover no Signs of Fear, ſhall diſcover mighty diſorders of fear and doubr,
both for Egypr. and themſelves. » Vid. chap. 27. wer. 35. let.e, f.
s Or make my Sword paſs with ſuch ſpeed, as if did fly along their Borders, or hover near them, and fo chreaten them. # Be greatly afraid, left Nebuchadnezzar, who here is God's Sword, ſhould ſmicz them. # Every one of the Kings, whoſe Kingdoms are near to Ezypr, and by whoſe Borders the Babz/oniſh Army muſt paſs in their Marches.
x They ſhould be ſolicitous, not for the outmoſt Parts of their Kings doms, or for their Subje&s, but for their own Life. » When they ſhall hear of Hophra beaten, taken, impriſoned, his Kingdom taken from him, and he dead by a ſhameful Death; and all his People flain, captivated,
ſpoiled or fled.
11: T For thus faith the Lord GOD, The ſword » of
the king of Babylon ſhall come upon thee 4.
, Seechap.30. 24, 25. & Both King and Kingdom of Egypt: 12 By the ſwords of the mighty 5 will I cauſe thy mul-
titude to fall c, * the terrible 4 of the nations all of them z * Chap. and they ſhall ſpoil the pomp e of Egypt, and all the mul- 28. 7.
titude thereof ſhall be deſtroyed f.
b The Souldiers of N:brchaanezzar help'd alſo by 4maſis, and the re. bellious Egyptians that joined with Amaſis and Nebuchadnezzar againſt their own King. c The People ofthe Land, which werenumercus before they were waſted by theſe Wars. a See chap. 31. wer. 12. let. d. e Break her Strength, rob her Treaſures, ſack her Cities, captivate her People, and make the Kingdom Tributary, and fo ſtain all her Glo- rye. F From hig to low, the great and the mean promiſtuouſly ſhall periſh.
13 I will deſtory alſo all the beaſts g thereof from beſides the great þ waters, * neither ſhall the foot of man trouble them z any more, nor the hoofs & of beaſts trouble
them. Z£ The Sheep and Oxen devoured by hungry Chald:axs Souldiers, or elſe driven away : The Horfes taken up to mount the Horſemen of the Chaldee Army, whoſe own Horſes were tired or ſpoiled. þ The Pa- {tures lying along the Rivers-ſide, and along their Canals, ſhould be emptied of all Cattel, with which once they were full. #7 There ſhould be fo few Men left in Egypt, that they ſhould nor, as formerly, diſturb the Waters by digging, ſwimming of rowing on them, or elſe no more trouble the Waters with the paſſing of mighty Armies over them to invade their Neighbours. & So few Horſe or Cows, that they ſhould not at watering times, or 1n heat of the Day, foul the Waters by running into them, and ſtamping or trampling in them ; but the Waters ſhall continue pure and undiſturb'd. |
14 Then will I make their waters deep /, and cauſe their rivers to run like oil , faith the Lord GOD.
1 The Senſe 1:terally this, the Waters undiſturbed ſhall be clear, the Mud ſettled at the Bottom, and the Waters above it_of good depth. » Smooth and ſoftly, as Oil glides along, which will be when neither Men nor Cattel diſturb the Rivers: but-#zuratively Waters and Rivers are People and Narions, and thofe near to, and once diſtur- bed, and put into confulion by Ezyp?r, at whoſe Fall all thoſe Troubles ſhall ceaſe, the People ſhall ſettle in quiet State, and Afffairs ſhall, like a quieted River, run ſmoothly, and in great Peace.
i5 When I ſhall make the land of Egypt deſolate, and the countrey ſhall be -þ deſticute 0 of that p where- 4 :14,5,, of it was full, when I fhall ſmite q all them that gevare dwell therein , then ſhall they know »r that I am the from 55: LORD. Jabueſy » The former Verſe afſuresus of what it foretold,and the Aſſurance *7*< i5the Word and Truth of God ; this Verſe rells us when this hall be. o This Phraſe-is chap. 12. 19. let. y, þ Men and Women, Catre], Food, Wealth and Peace. 9 By the Sword, the d:ſtroying Sword of the Chaldeans. r Then ſhall they confeſs it to rhe Glory of Gods's Power and Juſtice,
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« This heavy, mournſul, and Tad account, which the Prophet hath given of the State of Ezypr. The Funeral-Spzech of this Kingdom ; tor this, as Funeral-Orations, tell us what was their antient Glory, and what is now their miſerable Reproachand Loſs. « Her Friends,