Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 365

hand, and will cauſe thine arrows to fall & out of thy vs; right hand, mas 7 Make thy Hand weak, not able to hold the Bow, and thy Hears = fainr, not daring to rake it up again. þ What is ſaid of the Boy re, # : dred uſeleſs, is to be underſtood of all other Weapons of War, thi; = 2c one kind, the Bow, being moſt in uſe with theſe Scythians, is es = oÞi tioned for all the reſt. + The Hand for holding the Bow, while th« UW chai right firs the Arrow to the String, and draws to ſhoot. & Thou ſhale 7 fail chrow away thine Arrows that thou mayſt the betrer fly for Eſcape. 8 4 Thou ſhalt fall & upon the mountains of H+qe ;* thou / and all thy bands #», and the people » that h _"_ with thee : * I will give thee unto the ravenous o bird; © BF | tet of every - fort, and ro the beaſts p of the field + to be 1. We t © devoured 9. , TT WWW & Thy Army ſhall be overthrown and ſlain. 7 Gog himſelf the * MW wia Leader of this Army. »z Thine own Souldiers, the old trained Soy]. i i 9 diers. » The ſeveral of the Nations that had joined in thisEnterpyiſg *% on with Gog. o Their Carcaſes unburied ſhall be torn and mangled by mn every ravenous Bird of the Air. p Wild Beaſts that range over the ney Mountains for their Prey ſhall eat them. q So many of them faall be _— CO” denied a Burial : ſee a likePlace, ch. 32. 4, 5. $ _ 5 Thou ſhalt fall upon the + open » fie!d, for 1 Daves p. _ ſpoken #?, ſaith the Lord GOD. * WY r See <<. 16. wv. $. let. y. and c<. 32. v. 4. let. s. and ch. 29. 5. fl pany 6 And I will s fend a fire : on Magog, and among * che them chat dwell [| carelefly « in the ifles, and they {hail' 0. 11 know that I am the LORD, fi 1 wii s By an unuſual Judgment from God. *t Either civil Diſſentions, ” rael as Egypt was conſumed by, as cþ. 36. 16. or elſe the deſtroying Pcſti. F ſe : lence, which always carrieth with it a burning Diſtemper or Fever ; |, 3 or that Fire and Brimſtone mentioned, ch. 38. 22. or whateverthis Fire £ and was, 1t ſhould devour and lay deſolate. » Who perhaps thought thcir by, ade Situation would be their Safety ; though Gog fell on the Land, the wh 208. Ships and Iſles might eſcape : not ſo, for the ſame Hand will fend the = -V Fjre on the Iles, and their Inhabitants, which ſent it on Gog, pollibly ” my. the Tyrians and Sidonians may be aimed at. " given '7 oo will I make my holy * name known in the Reaſo! midſt of my people Ifrael, and I will. not let 7 zher; | Relig) pollute my holy name any more ; and the heathen < $5 my {hall know that I am the LORD, the holy one in lirael. ſhall In wer. 6. the Judgments executed on Goz made God known inthe make midſt of the Heathen, here they make him known among his own brow. People, in both glorious. x The Deſtru&ton threatned againſt the ' from 1 wicked for their Enmity againſt Holineſs, being executed, manifeſt Arabia that God is holy, and the Prote&tion of ſuck. Or, Holy Nam:, for Egypt a. that he does in his Oath ſwear by his Holinzſs. Se his Faithfulne; is WM Sa, to: here commended and illuſtrated. »y I'll give them that new Spirit, MF ward, | that due Senſe of my Mercy, they ſhall not, as formerly, profane /* the _ my — among the Heathen, Ezek. 20. g. let. c. See c<þ. 38. v.21. bv bea T) et. b. ; & more ; 8 CE Behold, it 4 is come 6, and it is done, ſaith the MF but few Lord GOD; this # the day c whereof I have ſpoken 7. © Travel] # This Prophecy to be fulfilled in the Deſtructionof Goz, Reſcue of WI 92108 tl God's People, and magnifying the Name of God. & As ſure as if al. + Enemie: ready come : Or, as it already done ; nor ſhall it be too long ec in ; when d effegt and fully it ſhall be done. c That notable Day of Recompences p andto | againſt the laſt great Enemies of Chriſt and the Church, d By Ex:kit © Prince, now, and by ochers. See ch. 38.v. 17. let. g, h, 7. b tude. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Iſrael ſhall zo WW: wny T be = to any \ forth e, and {hall ſet on fire F and burn the weapons 2 % yy 8 65 accomp] both the ſhields 4 and the bucklers, the bows and the ar. WW 12 rows, and the {| hand-ſtaves 7 and the ſpears, and they (hail rying « { burn & them with fire / ſeven years : hs d M: e Out of their Houſes and out of the Cities, with Foy to ſee and it pointm admire the great Goodneſs of God towards them, and the Greatneſ/ tude, n of his Power againſt their Enemies. f This Expreſſion ſeems to inti-” natural mate, that they ſhould burn theſe things in the open Field or Moun- WW; 13 tains, where they found them ; here is no mention made of the car- : and it rying any into City or Houſes to burn in their Chimneys,it may be they > oforifi ſhould make thoſe Fires in token of Joy, g The warlike Proviſion, MW 5 _ Inftruments, Engines, Carriages and Wagons, &. as well as thoſe re- MW wet hy counted. h Yid. ch. 38. v. 4. let. o. 7 Thateither their Leadersuſed, WW of Þ ar like our half-Pikes, or perhaps ſuch as they caſt like Darts at theEn-- MW |... _ my. & It may be wondred they burn theſe Weapons, which might W- wg R be of uſe to them for Defence and Safety ; but*rwas done partly becauſe 7 - 7s C they were Weapons of the uncircumciſed, partly becauſe they were 41 © ; © s p | themata, as all Jericho was, but chiefly in Teſtimony that God was WF the their Safety and Defence, on which they relied, and would ever, finc? WW: th. be he had ſo wonderfully delivered. 1 We might read the Words thus, 7 Fa of n they ſhall kindle with thews a fire of ſen years, and then the Senſe would L Enerni G be plain, that there ſhould be ſuch ſtore of Weapons and warlike Uten- | = fils that heap d together, they would laſt fo long, being caſt into the 14 4 Fire ſtill by ſuch as found them ; for it's not unlike they gathered up employ the Weapons, as they did ſcattered Bones on their Walks, as they did palleng light on them. Others teH us, *tis a certain Number for an uncertsin ; tO clea! others, that 'tis ſomewhat proverbial Speech, they ſhall have enouglt fearch by the Spoil of the Enemy to make them and keep them warm ; mucii ITh þ as we ſomerimes ſay of one well provided, he is a warm Gentlem2!; Work 4 and ſome others tell us, *tis an Expreſſion of the Jews, who love to uſe "rs be this number in extraordinary Caſes, though they intend not preciſely wie h the ſame, as we ſay of a thing delay'd, *ewill be ſeven Years e're!% BW __ th come ; or of a thing that will ſerve us a good while, 'cwill laſt ſeven | ns wou Years; Or elſe, ſince the Hebrew hathnort a diſtin& way of declaring Good,” n what might be, or the Potential Mood, as the Latin, but they expres p Unk. poſfible by future; and fay, that ſhall be, which we expreſs by 74! | ſeven Mc be ; the Meaning of theſe Futures, they ſhaZ,in this and the next Verſe, | times by is no more than they may or might burn for ſeurn Years, and ſo Kms for all } ; gloſſeth it as to countenance this laſt Gueſs. They ſhall be ſufficients | <d and T and.in fach a Country, where the need of Fire is muck leſs than with © fomneſe