þ There is juſt cauſe why Fud2bþ ſhauld not imitate Iſrael, and this Cauſe 1s. here aſhgned.. 27 The ten Tribes, k Grown luſty, fed and wanton, will neither endure ths Yoke to work, nor be confined in her allowed Paſtures, breaks over all Bounds, caſts off all Service, ſo is Iſrael, as ver. 7. which fee. 1 Ere long, or ſuddenly, fo chap. 2. ver, 19, - m Offended by their Sins, and provoked-to Diſpleature. # In their finning they were like an untamed Heifer, boundleſs, ſtrong,and ſrood upon their Defence ; but in their Puniſhments they ſhall be like a'Lamb, ſolitary, full/of Fears,.in a large Place or Wilderneſs, where no Reſt, Safety or Proviſion $ Such ſhall be the condition of the ten captivated Tribes. .This 1s. a Proverbial Speech, ſetting forth the torlora State, which 7/rael ere long ſhould fall under.
17 Ephraim o # joined þ to Idols : let him alone 4.
o The Children of Epkrajm were numerous and potent among the ten Tribes, a principal. part” of them, and out of which Tribe the frſt Idolater and Uturper did ariſe, 1 Xings 11. 26. and therefore 'th2 whole body of the ten Tribes, and the Rulers among them are ; here: particularly pointed at.' p Affociated as Friends to Friends, or Joined. as Lovers are joined to Lovers ; married to Idols, and will not be taken off. q He is indeed obſtinately bent on his old courſes,and as ſuch throw him up, he will nor return, let him wander,but let ic be alone, O Fudah be not his Companion, his Friend, £0 not with him.
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this is either ſowre and unpleaſant, or corrupt and hurtful, there is no, good Savour in it ; therefore, O F:42h, decline thou the intimate Faniliarity, and have nothing to do with the Idolatries of 1/7421. sS Both ſpiritual and corporal. t Without ceaſing from Feroboam's time to this day, 200: Years, one King atter another, and one [dolater after another ; not. one, but either was an idolatrous Worſhipper. of Baal, or the Calves, &:,. » Beiide all this there 15 ihameful Oppreſſi- on and Bribery among, them, and what good then, O Fudah, canſt thou look for from Society and Friendſhip with them ?
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings x, and they ſhall be aſhamed y becauſe of their Sacrifices z.
x The Whirlwind of Wrath from God hath already ſeized this old Adykereſs, and carried ;lome of her Children away already, 2 Xings 15, Ig. and ver. 29, Execution of Judgment 13 already begun, and therefore, O Fudah, keep dilrany form Ephraim. y Greatly contounded and diſappointed of their Hopes z as thou, O Fidzb, wouldft prevent this Shame, fly the. Szciety of theſe Idolaters. 2 What 'they made their Confidence ſhall be their. Shame, their own Idols cannot help them, but their Idolatry ſhall ſurely undo them. Their Idols which they worſhipp'd and depended on ſhall be their Shame and Confaihon, for thy God, O Fudab; hath curſed ſuch People. 'Confounded be au
0ihem upon putting away their lawful Wi'e, which theſe Men did to latisfy their Luſts,or elſe ſeparated, 7. e. withdrawn from the Com- Pany of their fellow-Idolaters, that in privacy they might commit
Vhoredom withthe Women they chooſe to themſelves for that end. # Pertorm the Rites of Sacrifices, both in offering firſt, and in feaft. ng next, In, which: Feaſts Wine and Women would prove great and prevalent Temptations to Whoredom among thoſe Men. » By all this it is evident;this People is a ſottiſh ignorant People, that-know
vt God, as ver. 1. 6, Ll, 7 Be utterly ruined, broken into pieces, and ſattered; broken at home firft by Inteftine Wars, next by
wergn Invaſions, and carried away at laf by conquering Enemies.
is & Though thou Iſrael play the harlot, a, yet let not Judah b offend c, and come not ye d unto Gllgal e, telther go ye up to * Beth-aven f, * nor ſwear, The LORD liveth g.
, 4 This fummeth up the Sins, the Idolatries of the ten Tribes, and 34 Tranfirion to what next follows. b Either by way of Exhor- fition, or Admonition, or Prayer, and Wiſh for the two Tribes which uck to the Houſe of David, and to the Temple. ' c Commit like Sins 3 174e] hath done, imitate none of their Idolatry ; poſhbly the Pro- Piet ſaw Fudab inclin'd to backſlide, or this might be preach'd in ine beginning of Ah4z his Reign. 4 You of Fudah who have the mple and Houſe of God with you, who have hitherto been pre- cave! from Jſraelitifh Tdolatry. e A place near Fordan, where the elie Stones were pitch'd, Foſh. 4. g. the Camp was pitched, Cir-
they that ſerve Graven Jmages, that boa/l themſelves of: 1dols, Plal. '$7. 3 if 1/74ael do, vet, O Fudlah, do not thou ſo. |
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God withdraweth bimſeif from the Prieſts, the Teople and Princes of 77te for their pride, 1--»--5, rreachery, 7. and other wickeancſſes. S--- 14. God will not return to them till they acknowledge their offence and repert,5 .
[ F Ear ye this, :O Prieſts a, and hearken, ye houſe | of Iſrael 'b, and-give ye hear, O houſe of the king <.;. for judgment 75 toward yon d, becavle -ye have been a ſnare con Mizpah f, and a net ſpread- vpon Tabor #. z Proclamation is made, and the Criminals are citcd to appear and attend their Charge ; amongſt which the Prieſts are firit ſummoned; Not of the. Tribe of Levi, not God's Prielts, but Baz''s Prielts, Prieſts of the high places ; ſuch they called themtelves, 19 accounted by the People, and Prieſts they were as g004 as their Cunritution, by F-10- boam Son of Nebar, could 'make them. 5 All the People of 1/rael, hearken and confider duly. c All you of Mznahem's Court, and all vor that are/of the Royal Family. - If 15 very prodable, if not plainly certain,that Mrnakam was IK is At _ 'S T1 NC Q&! {1 act, and that - ofe1 noin's him out with his Whele, Farin'. 4 For t9 721 appertain'd to
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