3 The high placess alſo of Avent, the fin of [ſri ſhall be deſtroyed * : the * thorn and- the thiſt}/ ſhall come up on their altars y ; and *: they ſhall [;y, to the. mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall oj;
US Z., Jþ s The Temples and Altars of Baal, and other Idols. t For 5:tþ-! aven, (ay ſome Interpreters: what if Aven, Vanity, Folly, be here puti for all 1dol-worship, and Rites ? # Which was notoriouſly the Sin of Iſrael, x Utterly overthrown. y And lie ſo long waſte and dev late, that' Thorns and Thiftles $hall ſpring up out of the Places where their Altars once ſtood within their ſtately Temples; #4 When thi hall be brought to paſs, the Idolatrous Jſraelites $hall be in ſuch Per plexity, that they shall wish Mountains and Hills might fall on then, and bury them alive, that they might eſcape the Troubles that they did foreſee were coming upon them z or it may be an uphraiding them for Praying to lifeleſs Stocks or Statues, and telling them in their Di ſtrels 3. and when their Gods are gone, and cannot help, they shouid cry to deaf Mountains to cover.them. | 9 O Iſrael a, thou haſt ſinned from b the * days" Gibeah c : there they ſtood 4 ; the battel in Gibeat againſt rhe children of iniquity did _ not _ overtak chem ec, | A Sr
a You. of the ten Tribes with ſuch- Conſent have -finn'd, that yu ſeem to do- it as one Man, 6 Ever fince the days, 16. we ; but asf ver obſerves, it will bear.a Compative thus, thou haſt ſinned avove more thay, The ten Tribes were greater Sinners than thoſe Gibet thites, {0 the;Prophet compareth the Sins of the preſent, Age and tl
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ſome ſtood, who were a Sced for raiſing up the Tribe; ſo I refer th Paflage to the ix bundred-Men which fied to the Rock X&immon, e Toi fatal Battel did not reach-them, , but now 1/7421 $hall be more ſevere!! punisþ'd ; for who eſcape the word, hall be carried Captives, i: they Shai] be no more a ! cople, of Kingdom : or elſe thus, J/rae] batt ſfinn*d more than the Givezrizzes,” and I will therefore punish thel more than the Gibeatkires; They ſtood once or tivice, but 1/74e1 no# $hall be ever beaten and put to flight. In that War Jet had Heal to rally; and aſter-two-Deteats were Vidtors in the third Encount®T; but it'$hall not be fo now, a: Wat $hall overtake them now, not {ici to J/rae] as was that aga nft the Gibeathites. for in that they had af laſt the better, bur in this they +11all be totally ruinfd,
Oppreſion, Injuitice, and all Sins ſpread-C(as Hemlock quickly over- WE 4, i I : runs 2 Field) wel 1 the Kingdom p : ; 10 -Jt.75 1m. my delue that ] ſhould chaltiſe = ple ha +4472 6 #4 wy 4 _ , F - ; ; : 1 {| 4 : pf 1 inc ot 5 and '** the people” ſhall he gathered - again" : Or,cfe- 5 The inhabitants of Samaria ſhall fear a, b:cauſe of the JF pM | Py | 908 _ et Daves oh Ek rio Man» | 7 calves.of Beth-aven b: tor the people thereof. c ſhali LY Ry OT s A 0: the * 3} 54M . fF- * | p . 4, . INT 4 | , "d % ; O I F £ f 4 - A r 4.21, 22. mourn ; dv Sy 4, and the || Prieſts tic 9 y #hat rejDycea Our Verſion leaves this Verſe; amewhat obſcure, but our readins > 4 On It F, for the glory thereof g, becauſe it 1s departed | in the Margin doth much <lear the words,. and maketh them mu" In = ſu from it þ, . | | more cafily intelligible. f Lam reſolved to pugigh them as I ſee go S = ear 8, 4 The Citizens who dwelt yet ſafe in Szmaria, but knew that the| they have delerved the utmoft Fhat I $hall lay upon them, and t x wants, TA Ajjriaa invaded the Kingdom, beat 1/r2e!'s Army, and took his City : | fore I will punish;as I ſee meet. ,g The Forces of the A014 EP k tain No theſe idolatrous Citizens were in bodily fear for their Gods, left the | Shall be gathered in Arms agaiuſt them, I will-dxing Sralmaneſer W Kin Nog 4 #ſſrians ſhould rudeiy ſpoil their Gotithips. 6 Some give the reaſon | on this unful Idolatrous Nation. þ J/+.;e} or . Eptrait. 7 ox: all 6 — of their Fear, becaule they had tinned by theſe Calves, and provoked | ball bind them, or, when they foli ve.beund for their two ITErL Jar thoſs ; T2 God, therctore ſhould this Fear feize them ; but *tiz more likely this | ſo the Marginal Reading : an then *cis plain, ii once'it appet» my Art —"—_ doth ſpeak The Oh:ett of the Sima trans Fears, their Cow-calves ( as| were their ewo Tran'grei' 018, either cornoral and ſpiritual ASOT; *& and Dil
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