q Iſrael, the prevailing Faction among them in Zoſea's tigie. 7 Ski lum, Menahem, Pekah and #oſhea, who uſurp'd the Throne. s Not by my Direction, or with my Approbation ; they neither pray'd his Ble- ting, nor ask'd his Leave. And this may be applied to the very firſt founding of the Kingdom of J/7ael, divided from the Houſe of D:- vid, t Rulers and Magiſtrates, or Nobles. u He that will not approve any one Evil when his Omniſcience Gilcerns all, is pleaſed to ſay, knew not what he did not approve. x Heathen like they have made them Gods, and ſet up Idolatry, ſo have perverted all in Church and State ſettled by me. y As if they were reſolved to cut themſelves of from being a People. By this they though to eſtabliſh themlzlre5, but *twill be quite contrary, theſe Sins will be their Ruinge.
5 © Thy calf a, O Samaria, hath caſt thee off b; mine anger is kindled againſt them c : how long will it be'erc they attain to innocency 4 ?
a Feroboam at. firſt (et up two Calves at Dan and Bethel, but 'tis pro- | bable that in proceſs of time there were more ſet up in other Pl: ; ces, for when J/-ael forgot his God, he built Temples, ver. 14+ he . Calf then here is the chief Idol ſet up in Samari, and worthipp* ' there; the. Prophet in contempt of the Idol, and in derifion of thr Foily, gives it its right Name, 'tis no God, but a Calt, nor ye 9 ' much, for that it is ſenſleſs and without Life. 6 Peen the occaſion 0! caſting thee far off, in that by this thou haſt provoked God to agfl» and he hath caft thee off: Orelſe thus,if thy God,if thy Idol, thy C2! have done ought,'tis Miſchief; thy Calf could not keep it ſelf in $47”) but is either carried a captive God, or broken into Pieces, 15 cart i-+ Piece-meal into A4ſjy774, and ſo hath caſt thee off ; it carrieth 10%” what of Irony in jt, c Now it is evident, that my Anger as Fire D\'! eth againſt the Idols, Idol-makers and Idol-worlhippers, and ſhall '0 burn till they are purified or conſumed, 4d The Prophet is very WT. ciſe, and perhaps bere muſt be ſuppoſed ſome or other (ſome one © the People, or the Prophet himſelt ) fighing out to God, How 10% (hall thine Anger burn ? and aa{wer returned by God, How log will it be *cre they be cleanſed ? | 6 For e from Iſrael f was it g alſo, the workma! L made it 7, therefore it 5 not God k ; but the calf 0: »t maria ſhall be broken it pieces /,
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7 For m they have ſown the wind #,, and they ſhall reap the whirlwind 0: it hath no. || ſtalk p : the bud ſhall yield no meal q : if ſo be it yield, the ſtrangers r ſhall ſwallow IC. up. :
6 + that, or, for ſo much as, (or) verily, ſo the Het. Particle is ſometime uſed, J/z. 7. 9. 7 A Proverbial ſpeech' to denote either loft Labour, or- which is much worſe, Labour that will undo and tear to pieces him that laboureth, both there are inthe Verie: Man's Life and Labour is a Seed that will bring forth Fruit, but when this Like and Labour is laid out on Sin, as here J/racl's was, 'twill bring forth that Fruit the Sinner is unwilling to reap. 0 A violent tearing and diſipating Tempeſt, w hich beareth down and deftroyeth all that 1s in its Way ; 2n Emblem of the Wrath of God breaking out againſt theſe rain and finful Men: So Ephraim reaped in his Civil Wars, and much more in the Afhrian War, which ended in' a Whirlwind that hath ſcattered them into unknown Countries, and where they have Jain buried in forgetfulneſs above 2400 Years. p Suppoſe this Seed ſhould have-its Harveſt in no Whirlwind, it will end in loſs and dil- appointment, as Seed that never ſprings up. into a Stalk, nor hath Bud or Ear ; all your Worſhip of, and dependance on Idols, and Foreign Aſſiſtance, will at laſt be as Seed that yields neither Stalk nor Bul. q Or ſuppoſe it produceth Stalk and Bud, yet *twill be no Profir, but all loft Labour, for the Bud ſhall be lank, ſkrivel'd, and blaſted, and never yield Meal; ſo was the Fruit 1/rael reaped from Pul to Mcnahem,and from” Egypt's aſſiſtance to Zoſhea againſt Shalma- neſer, » Or if yet Meal be found' in the Bud, 1/74el ſhall be never the better, Foreigners ſhall deyour it ; ſo did Pul and his, and Shalmane- ſer and his Ajjyrians eat up all.
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