20 So that * the tilhes of the fea» and the fowls of the heaven, and the beaſts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, ſhall ſhake at my preſence, and the mountains ſhall be thrown down, and the | ſteep places fall fall, and every wall ſhall fall to the 770and;
Here is a lofty rain indeed, giving us the Deſcription of the To- E215 of Cod's Preſcace againſt his Enemies; the Effe&s of his Diſplea- fure againſt them are fecn on all the Creatures, ſenſible that their Maker 3s ang v, though they know not with whom, or for what : if ro be1n- terp!eted 4:eraly, we ſhall find ſome Parallels when our God march'd before 1/-ad through the Red Sea, as the Waters, fo the Fiſhes ſaw, trembled, and fled ; Pſ:1. 757. 16, 19. when he breaketa the Cedars, Pfal. 29 6. and diſcovers the Foreſts, the Birds that make their Neſts th-rc thake at his Preſence and Power. When Sina; trembled, Leba-
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3 And I will finite g thy bow + out of thy lef; ;
210: and $ir:0 $kipp'd like a voung Unicorn, the creeping things in them no doubt thook, and the Beaſts feeding on them did no leis ; Pſal. 29. 6. But Men apprehenſive of God's Diſpleaſure, and ſhaken with their own Guilt. ſhill much more ſhake. Bur, I think, ir 1s a very elegant alluiive Deſcription of choſe ſtrange Troubles and Con- Nernation of Minds in Men art that day, and ſo metaphorically to be underftood. Mountains may be great ones ; or poflibly when God comes to juds Gog, he will by his mighty Power give the World fo great a Shake, thar ſhall be preface to his dreadful Judgment-dazy.
21 And1 will call 9 for a ſword” againft him -through- out all my mountains 7, faith the Lord GOD : every mans
« {word ſhall be againſt his brother.
g Summon and awaken. » My Army, the People of 7/racl. 5 Gog and his Powers. zt From all parts of the Land, called here Mountains. becauſe*twas full of Mountains. « As 'twas in Fehoſhaphat's time ,in- deed theſe Swords may be meant by the Sword God will call for through all, for they ranged all over his Mountains.
22 And I will x plead againſt him with peſtilence, and with blood, and I * will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overilowing rain, and great hailſtones, fire and brim- ſtone.
x As Judg and Avenger, and in moſt dreadful manner, (whether you take rhe Words figuratively or Hitcrally) as I flew others, Senache- ribs Army by Peftilence, (probably this was the Angel's Sword) others, as Ammon, Moab, Mount Seir, with Blood by their own Swords, the Amorites with Hail-ſtones, Sodom and Gomerrah with Fire and Brim- ſtone, the Old World with an overflowing Flood. Each, ſingle, was dread JI, but all meer in the DeſtcuCtion of Gog to make it moſt rerri- ble. Whecher theſe things are enigmatical or literal I will not deter- mine; bur I am fure they tell us how great the final Ruine of the E- nemics of God and his Charch ſhall be.
23 Thus y will I * magnify z my felf, and fanctifie a my ſelf, and 1 will be known in the eyes of many 5 na- tions, and they ſhall know that I a2 the LORD.
3 In this moſt dreadful manner. z Undeniably prove, that I am th2 mighty, juſt, faithful, wiſe, holy and merciful God toward my People, and that T am the great, juſt and terrible one againſt mine and my Churches Enemies. a Declare I am holy and true to my Word. þ Many Heathen Nations ſhall ſee this in the execution of my Judg- ments, and own it to my Praiſe, that I am, and none elſe 1s the Lord.
C H A P. XXALL.
God's j1rgments upor Gog and Magog, more particularly mention:'d, 1—7. Iirael's viffory and triumphaover them, 8—10, Gog « burial, the man- ncy how, and place where, 11—16. A great ſacrifice prepared by the Lord himſelf for his people, 179—20. God known by his judgments a= rongft the heath and Ifrasl, 21, 22. Iſrael being puniſhed for their Ens, aud taking ſhame to themſelves, are reſtored to God's favour, and ſhall be plagued no more, 2329.
I Herefore, thou ſon of man, propheſie againſt Gog,
and fay, Thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I am againſt thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meſhech and 'Tubal.
Vid. ch. 38. v. 2, 3. where this whole Verſe is unfolded.
2 And I will turn thee @ back, and [| leave but the b ſixth part of thee, and will cauſe thee to come © up
fix plagies, from the -| north-parts 4, and will bring e thee upon the
or draw thee back with an Book of fix teeth, as cf. 38. 4. + Heb. ftes of the
W7th. ,
mountains f of [ſrael :
@ See ch. 38. v. 4. let. g.or elſe, when Gog or his Aſſiſtants ſhall go into cheir Countreys to compoſe Diſorders riſen ſince this Enterpriſe was ſet on foot, they ſhall return to the reſt of the Confederates. b Some read, as our Margin notes, 7 wil! draw thee back with a Hook of ſixth Teeth, alluding to the drawing Fiſh out of the Water: Others, will firike thee with fix Plagues;z others, I will kill five of ſix, and leave but the ſixth part of thee ; let me conjefture too, I wil leave in thy Country but one in fix, and I will bring forth thy People with thee in ſo great Numbers, that five of ſix ſhall march on this Ex- So; this runs more compliant with what follows. c By his al- wiſe Providence God will diſpoſe things fo, that Gog ſhall deliberately chooſe this Expedition, ſo God will bring him, as ch. 38. 4. d Pi, ch. 38. wv. 15. let. t. c See ch. 38. wv. 4. f See ch. 38. v. 8. let. k. and v. 21. let. 7.