WY or the Ezyprians themſelves rather. z This may be expoſitory of the WORK ARE. | - former, and tell us who they are that ſhall lament Czy9:. The Pro- | vinces, and Cities of their Neighbouring Nations ; or literally, the Dauglers, the tender-hearted Virgins, and Women abroad. y Ruin d E2yp:. 2 The common People, many of which ſuffercd for what they could not prevent; a ſort of People that were ſitter to be pitied and {pared, than to be robb'd and ſlain ; a fort of People, none but unre- tenting Hearts could be harſh to, or haſty with.
17 E lt came to paſs alſo in the twelith year a, in the fifteenth day b of the month, 744: the word of the
LORD came unto me, ſaying, |
a Sce wer. 1. let. a, b. 6 About the 1974 of February New Stile, or the 1/7 of March Old Stile.
18 Son of man, wail <« for the multitude of Egypt» and caſt them down d, eve» her, and the daugh- ters e of the famous nations, unto the nether parts
fof the earth, with them that go down into the 210 F. | © the Funeral-Ceremonies at the Burial of Exypr, compoſe a ſutabls Song or Speech, utter it with a like Sutableneſs to the ſad Occation. Jer. 9. 17, 18,19. and Amos 5. 16. uſe the Word, and the Places read will explain rhis. & Either declare that they ſhall be caſt down from their Height and Glory, or becauſe this was doneal- ready, rather lay them down as dead in the Grave, bring him to his Grave, as the word is uſed with addition of Seo, 1 King 2.9, and much like are chap; 26. 20. let. b. 4. and chav, 31, 16. let. . e And ce<lebrare the Funerals of other Citics and Kingdoms, that lie buried in their own Ruins, and other Mens Oblivion, f A well known Dcſcription of the State of the Dead, and the Grave. g Uſu- ally thisis no more than a common Deſcription of Mens going to «the Duſt in their Burial, but here it includes mote : The Egyptians affeted to be buried either in the Iſle Chemms, or in the Pyramids ; their Kings, and great Ones thus would be laid by themſelves : but Ezekiel rovides them their Grave among common People, buries them where they fall; for they ſhall not have what they account ſo much of in their Funeral.
19 Whom fdoſt thou paſs in beauty ? go downg, and be thou laid þ with the uncircumciſed 7.
The whole from this Verſe, is a moſt elegant perſonating of the Dead, as if ſenſible and acquainted , and diſcourling with, and re- joicing at the Fallof proud Tyrants, who took not warning by their Fall. Such a Profopopeia you have Iſa. 14. In this Chapter, the Ators are the Propher, the King of Egypr, and his People, and their Auxilia- ries. f The Propher begins with this Queſtion Dialogue wiſe, Art thou better than others, that thou ſhouldeſt not die, and be laid in Duſt, as well as all others? ſpeak Hophra, if thou haſt any Privilege to plead, what haſt thou to ſay, why thou ſhouldeſt nor go down to the Pic as a deſpiſed Mortal? g The Prophet hearing no Plea of Pri- vilege, adjudgeth him to the Grave, or lays him down with ſome. what of a Sarcaſm, Go down like others. 5 Take up thy Lodging, thy long, dark, and diſmal Receſs, where thy Duſt and Bones ſhall never be known by any Royal Figure. - Among profane and loathed Carcaſles, ſuch the Uncircumciſed were in the Opinion of che Circum- ciſed ; and Herodotus in Enuterpe, ſaith the Egyptians were circumciſed. However, in Scriptures a Burial with the Uncircumciſed is a Note of Diſhonour and Contempt. Thus for the King and Princes.
20 They & ſhall fall in the midſt 7 of them that are - Or. :3-{1ain by the ſword »-: || ſhe is delivered » to the fwordo; Shut] * draw p her and all her multitudes 9.
la:d. Now the Prophet determines concerning the People, which die as others, fallundiſtinguiſh'd, and, asſuchuadiſtinguith'd, muſt be Jaid in the Pit. k The Egyptians. 1 In Battel ſhall die. mn Of either one another in Civil War, or.of their Neighbours they invaded, or of Babylouians that invaded them. » The whole EgyptianKingdomis gi- ven up of God. o Of waſting Enemies, eſpccially of the Chaldeax, p Make no Ceremony more than uſually is made, when common Souldiers, flain in the Field where the Batte] is fought, are dragg'd by Scores into mighty Pits, and thrown into them promiſcuoully ; or,as the Interlude will bear it ſuppoſe any of them unwilling to ſtoop, draw them to it agaiaſt their Will. q Of Souldiers and People,Subjetts
Allies, and Helpers of Egypr. 21 The ſtrong r among the mighty s ſhall ſpeak to him * out of the midſt of hell « with them that help x him : they are gone down y, they lie z uncircumciſed,
lain by the ſword.
The Prophet ſeems in this Verſe to introduce the next Speakers in this Parly, and bringing them in, gives their Chara&er. » The PO Powerful, the Valiant, whoſe natural Strength of Body was great, and IWR)" | their Courage greater, thoſe that were ſtrongeſt, s For Fears they | I did, by which it appearedthey might, compared with others, paſs for 261 LL Giants, migthy Warriours, Conquerors and Rulers. + The King of 01; 906.8 Ezypt. #4 Or rather the Grave, where they lie without Strength, as (4 (8A: | dead Mortals ; though while they lived, they bore themſelves, as if
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wt "'Y 22 Aſhur @ x there & and all her company «: his Wh, 1 graves are about him &d; all of chem ſlain e, fallen by the ford.
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lacaent her : they hall fament for her, ever for|
Gods, and immortal. x Either theſe great Ones ſhall ſpeak to Hophra's | 4 n : : ; Helpers, or elſe theſe his Friends {lain in his Quarrel, and dead before | 27 And they ſhall not lie e with the mighty, 7 bat ave him ſhall ſpeak to him. » To the Grave, ſee wer. 18. It. d. z Neg- fallen of the uncir cumciſed, which are gone down (9
iefted, and forgotten, or remembred with Contempt , ſe wer. 19. | hell with
a The famous, warhke, victorious Kings of Aria. & In the State of the Dead, in the Land of Darkneſs and Oblivion. c Princes, Cap- tains, Souldiers, Subjetts and Confederates. & Perhaps his the rea- ter ; yet a Grave, and they about him, who were {lain with him. e Some in Wars,whi)ſt the Kingdom began, grew and flouriſh'd ; others, when the Kingdom was deſtroyed ; theſe fell by the Sword, a while their Sword was longeſt, at laſt a longer Sword, that of 4rbaces the Mede , with his Complices, wounds 4ſbur to the Heart, and he js brought to the Grave.
23 Whoſe f graves are ſet in the fides of the pit, and her company g is round abeut her + grave: all of them