{ Edomites, and others with them. Firſt broken vour Strength, waſted your Cities, and burnt che Temple, and waylay'd you to cut off rh-m that were eſcaped at laſt, » Devoured you as hungry Beaſts devour the Prey. o From all Coaſts of the Land ; throngh the whole. p Thar ſuch of the Heathen, who remained here, might have what thy no where elſe could have, being the ſcum and worſt of Men, an Inhcerirance and Poiieflion ; fo unnatural was Etwm that caſt out his own Kindred. ro bring in the vileſt of Men, and the moſt barbarous Strar:gers. 4 You are the Subje& on which wild and foul Mouths dif. courſe, which is explain'd. » In that the People ever talk'd of them wich reproach, and branding them as infamous. This was foreto!d ro Iiracl, Je'.24-9. and they.were adviſed to prevent it.
4 Thereiors ye mountains of Iſrael, hear the word of the Lord GOD, Thus faith the Lord GOD to the moun- tains and to the 5 hills, to the [| rivers and to the valleys, to
ſed them to Contempr, and Jſrael could not prevent it, they were tor. iced to bear it.
7 Therefore thus ſaith the Lord GOD, I havelifted gup mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you þ, they ſhall bear their ſhame.
g Sworn in my Wrath, but in my Truth alſo, Deut.3 2.40, and when Men did ſwear ſolemnly, they did heretofore uſe this Rite, Ger. 14, 22, h Moabites, Ammonites,and 1dumeans ſhall be repayed in their own Coin: I will, asfure as I am God, as ſure asI can, fo ſurely I will make them a Taunr, a Proverb, and a Curſe among Men.
8 © But ye, O mountains of Iſrael, ye ſhall ſhoot 7 forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Iſrac], for they are athand & to come.
; Shall be fruitful, and ſend forth the Branches, Trees, Plants, Herbs and Graſs, that are proper for you ; and theſe Branches ſhall nor have | Leaves only, bur they ſhall bring forth their Fruic. & The time will come, yea isnear, when my People ſhall come out of Babyloniſh Cap. tivity to reſettle in their own Land. I will perform my Word, and uy chem aſſured Peace ; and this will not be long, e're tis begun at eaſt,
9 For behold, Tm for / you, and I will turn 2 unto you, and ye ſhall be tilled and ſown.
with Redemption, that your old Inhabitants may return ro you with ſinging. # Look towards you with regard to what hath been, andi; your Eſtate ; your Sufferings, which wereleſs than you derſerved, ye: were the greater becauſe ye aremine ; your Inhabitants gave me the back ; and ſinned againſt me, and I turned the back on you,and regar. ded you not; then all Darkneſs covered you : now my Face ſhal] b: towards you, and you fhall proſper, and be fruitful to the comfort 0 thoſe that ſhall dwellia you, and plough and ſow you.
ro And} wil! multiply men upon you, all the houſe of Iſrael, evez all of it, and the cities ſhall be inhabited, and the waſtes ſhall be builded.
1: And I will multiply upon you man and beaſt , and they ſhall increaſe and bring fruit; and I will ſettle you at: ter your vid eftares, and will do better » wnto you than at your beginaings, and ye ſhall know that I am the LOR.
Theſe Verſes contain much the ſame promiſe of future Good, which God engageth ro ds for 1ſ-ael after their return out of Babylon. He will multiply Men upon the Mountains of 1ſrae! ; he will encreaſe them: Now leſt any ſhould reply, there had been Men roo many on th: Mountains, even all the Heathen ; God addeth, they ſhall be all cf them of the Houſe of 1/-ael, Jews, and they ſhould ſettle, build the waſted Cities; not Jeruſalem only, bur other Cities alſo, even waſted Houſes ſhall be built; you ſhall have large Stocks of Catrel, that your Condition ſhall be as inthe days of old. »n I will give ſpiritual Bl: ſings inſtead of remporal; and Meſiab's Kingdom ſhall haſten to you inſtead of that which was aboliſhed : in whatſoever this berter conliſt- ed, 'tis certain God performed his Word.
12 Yea, I will cauſe men 0 to walk upon you, even my p people Ifrael, and they 9 ſhall poſſeſs thee, and thou ſhale be their inheritance 7, and thou s ſhalt no more hencefortl bereave them of men,
o For Years paſt ſince your Captivity , wild devouring Beaſts ranged up and down, but now Men inſtead of ſuch ſhall walk up and
z0as , or tn2 defolate waites, and to the cities that are forſaken, down in the Mountains of 1/rel; I will rake away the Beaſts from
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winch became a prey and deriſion to the reſidue of the heathen that are round about:
s Now is added a Parricular of Hill, Valleys, &c. whereas before only the Mountains were mention'd, but by them the whole Land was!
off you, and bring Men upon you. p A People that are mine by Co- venant, whom T willown my 1ſ-ae!. q Edom boaſted he would poſ{!s
ou, O- Mountains ; but not Em, or Heathens, your own antten* , Dwellers thall Poſſeſs you, even Abrabem's Seed. r For Perpetuity, 3 Inkeritances are. 5 O Land of Canaan. r Conſume, and deſtroy thins
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underſtood ; and to aſſure them thereof, all Parts are here particularly ' Inhabitants. mention'd, all thar the Enemy waſted ſhall be repaired, all that he| I3 Thus faith the Lord GOD, Becauſe they uſsy unto q v
took away ſhall be reſtor'd in kind, and thoſe he derided ſhall be vin- Cicated ; their Eſtatesrepair'd, Cities rebui't and filled, their Credit and Honour clear'd and vindicated. Their Deliverance ſhould be. compleat and full.
5 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, * ſurely * in
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you, Thou /and devoureſt » up men, and haſt bercaved } chy nations ;
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