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22 Aid with ttc arms of 4 2ood ſhall they be over- flown from before kim &, and ſhall be broken z yea, al! the prince of the covenaiit o -
b 7.e, The EgyprianForce ſhall be overcome neal Pclufium,where the y fell by the power ot Antiochrs, with a great Slaughter, and it was near theRiver Ns, to which the Holy Ghoit aljude: here by the Phrair, Arms of a Flood. © i.e The High Pricft with his Place and Honour, for he put out 07745, and et up in his ſtead Faſor his Brother, am-i- tious of that Honour. Thus he oppoſed the Paople and Worſhip oi God, with the ſame Stratagems as he did the King of Fgypr.
23 And after the league made with him, he ſhall work deceirfully 4; for he ſhall come vp, and ſhall become ſtrong with a ſmall people.
4 For he made te League with Egypt, and came with a few in com- pariſon, ( but they were choſen Men) and he took the Paſſes and {et Gariſons, and put all in ſubje&tion to him.
24 He ſhall enter || peaceably even upon the fatteſt || Or, i=
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. p * 1be peaced- places of the.province e, and he ſhall do that which his j\*-* {us
Fathers have not done, nor his Fathers Fathers ; he ſhall ſcatter among them the prey and ſpoil, and riches : yea, and he ſhall + forecaſt his deviſes againſt the ſtrong- holds f, even for a time g. | |
e He ſhallcome in upon the Eg ytians under pretence of Peace, and in time of Peace, to a ſecure People in a plentitul and delicious Coun- trey, and among a Maſs of Treaſures, which the Kings ſucceſſively had heaped up, the greateſt part of which this Anriochus took and diftribu- ted among his chiefeft Confidents, whereby he obliged them the fafter to him, for he was large-hearted and liberal. He did herein ( ſaith the Text) what bis Fathers had not done ; theKings of Syriz efore him could nevee attain to this Succeſs over Ez ypr, as he did. -f 7. e. Having tucceeded thus far in the lefſer Places of the Country, he ſhall proceed to the moſt important Citties and Places of greateſt ftrength in that Kingdom. g That is, till God put a ſtop to his Carier, for he held Egypt not long. The Egyptians found means to deliver themſelves from his Yoke when their King grew to riper Years, yet againſt this did Arrzochus fore-caſt his Devices, as ſaith the Text.
25 And he ſhall ſtir vp his Power and his Courage a- gainſt the King of the South with a great Army h, and the King of the South ſhall be ſtirred up to battle with a very great and mighty Army 7; but he ſhall not ſtand : for they ſhall forecaſt Devices againſt him &.
h Antiochus Epiphanes being emboldned by his former Succeſſes, ſhall wage War ogalak Prolomy King of Egypr, with all his Might, and with open Force, 7 being exaſperated againſt Antiochus, þ He might have proſpered if he had not been betrayed by Eulaius, Leneus, and the reft of his Nobles being corrupted by -:zricchus.
26 Yea, they that feed of the Portion of his meat ſhall deſtroy him 7, and his Army ſhall overflow - and many ſhall tall down ſlain.
I His moſt familiar Friends and Confidents ſhall kc falfe and trea- cherous to him, for he ſhall be overthrown with a great Slaughter, as when Nas overflows the Country ; for there was the Battle between Mount Caſius and Peluſium.
think bis thoughts.
chicf, and they ſhall ſpeak lies at one table m2 ; bur it _
ſhall not proſper # - for yet the end /hall be at the time rppointed o.
m They ſhall meet under pretence of Peace. hut with treacherous Intents on both fides ; they both plaid the Gipſies with each others at Memphu, where Prolomy igvited Antiochus to a Feaſt. Thele Inter- views of Nejghbour-Kings jealous one of another, have ever proved fatal ; tho under the ſmootheſt Promiſes. # For neither ſhall 4ntio- chus gain Er ypr by all his Artifice, nor Ptolomy Syria. o Viz, Br the Lord, whoſe Purpoſe and Counſel ſhall ftand, whatever the Devices of Mens Hearts are.
28 Then ſhall he return into his land with great Riches p, and his Heart ſhall be againſt the holy cove- nant q; and he fhall do exploits, and return to his own land y. | |
þ Antiochus ſhall depart with his Booty gotten in Eg ypr, irito his Kingdom of Syria, and be content with the Bounds of thar, leaving Egypr behind him. q Againſt the Law and Covenant of God, wi h the People that worſhipped God according to his Rule and Will, 7 He ſhall greatly afli&t and vex the People of God, yet was it a Mercy they had this warning of this ſore Trial. Antocbus was a fit Inftrument of the Devil for this Work, being Rich and Proud, and thought he might take this in his way : God permitting his Horn io puſh and gore, for his People's Sins, and for a prepatation to his own Ruine,
29 At the time appointed he ſhall return, and come toward the ſouth s, but it ſhall not be as the former, or as the latter 7. | EY s 4.e- Egypi to fight againſt Prolomy and his Wife Cloparra, Sifter to Anniochus, t This ſhall not bc ſo prolperons as the two former Evpeditions, but ſhall fasl of his Victory and Booty,
30 © For the ſhips of Thittim ſhall come againſt him # : therefore he ſhall be grieved and return, and have indig- nation againſt the holy covenant ,- ſo ſhal} he do, he ſhall even return, and have intelllzence with them that
forſake the Holy covenant.
u i.e, The Romans out of Jtaly, and Parts of the Archipeligo under them, ſhall come with Force, and the y ſhall vex and atHiet him ; ror the Romans had Harbours for their Ship: and Galhies in Citicia, Mzre- donia, aud other parts of thole Coafts; whereby after they had ſubiued Greece, they pnrſued Anto:bus in Aſa, and fent into E2ypr to pre»
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