[ Phraim feedeth on wind a, and followeth after tie eaſt-wind b: he daily increaſeth lies c andd eſolati-
ond, and they do make a covenant with the Afſyrians* ; ai ol is carried into Egypt f. —, 4 It is a proverbial Speech, denoting the Self-lattery of Eper aim, did,
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blaſt, rend and tear him as the tempeſtuous Eaft-win:!s er and unfenced Plants. c By making new Leagues, and fortifying himſelf with them againſt the Menaces of God by his Pro-
hets, he increaleth Eriendſhips, but all of them will prove Lies to Nm at laſt like the Wind he feeds on : The like you have chap. 10. 13. and 1/4. 57+ 9, 13, 4 This is worſe than meerly to be diſappointed by a Lie; as betore the Eaft-wind was hurtful and did him Miſchief, lo here his purchaſed Friendſhips ſhall haſten and increaſe his Deſolation. The League made with Su, or So, King of Egypt, was accounted A Conſpiracy in Hoſhea ;, and this brought Shalmaneſer upon Iſrael,which War ended iu 1/rae!'s Ruin and final Deſolation. e With' urpole to defeat the Threats of God, and to ſecure themſelves in their Courſes.
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they finfully confederate as before, chap. $+13.and 7. Il, and Ts er ect nds Covenant and truft not him, but make a Co- verant with Enemiesand truſt them, f Not common Oil for Trade, but rich and precious Oils z Preſents and Price to procure Friendſhip
there too, tho forbidden, 1/2, 30. 2, 6.and 31. 1» > The LORD hath alſo a controverſie g with Ju-
dah þ, and will - puniſh 7 Jacob k according to his
ways l, according to his doings will he recompenſe
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7 Though Fudah compared with Ephraim be faithful, yet when con- ſidered in ais Ways and Doings he is found faulty in many things, and God hath juſt matter of complaint againſt Fudab in point of Manners ; in publick Worſhip Fudab was faithful, kept to God, and the Temple, though not without ſome Defetts ; but in their Lives there were ma- ny more and greater Faults, about which God will contend that Fu- 4th may be reformed. b The two Tribes, # Or viſit with chaſtifing to amend, elſe to deftroy z. there is hope of Fudah that he will be re- claimed, therefore I will try by gentler Viſitations, by Fatherly Cor- re&ions,yet I will not leave him as hopeleſs, nor as faultleſs. k Not the Patriarch; but thoſe whoare of him ; his Children, but that have degenerated from his ways of Love, Fear, Truſt and Obedience. Both Ephraim and Fudab are of Facob, hut both have corrupted them- ſelves, and therefore will I proceed againft both : and if Fudah, the Ie faulty, eſcape not, Ephraim can have no hope to eſcape ; if Fudab be whip'd with Rods becauſe a diſobedient Son, Ephraim may fear a Sword becauſe he hath been and till is an obſtinate Rebel. 7 Neither can juſtly complain then, fince their different ways are made the Stan- dard of the different Proceedings of God againſt them, he will not lay upon either more than is equal ; who ſuffers moſt hath deſerved more, and who ſuffers leaſt needed ſo much to amend him. m This is an e- legant and very uſual Ingemination of the ſame thing, which doth aſure it will be done, and ſhould affed us the more.
ds 3 | * He n gook his brother o by the heel in the
"womb p, and by hjs ſtrength q he -Þ * had power with God 7, |
| or Truft from you.
Li{olatry, Gen. 35. 4- which he did. But you Children of this Facov by natural Deſcent are of another, and far different Humour z tho you have been called and exhorted to leave your Idols, yet this 200 Years you have kept them, and will, I ſee, keep them ; this is your Sin, and in it you are obſtinate, and I will puniſh ſuch a Facob as you.
| 5 Eveng the Lord þ GOD of hoſts z, the LORD k vu
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& Or, And he that appear'd and ipake, who promiſed the Bleſſing, and commanded the Reformation ar Berkel, was h Fehovab the eternal and unchangeable God, who till promiſeth with like Commands. Z Who can both perform his Promiſe and execute his Threat, who is a moſt terrible Enemy and moſt deſirable Friend, all being to us as he is. k Fehovab repeated for Confirmation. #4 By this he will be known by this Name, by ſuch Methods of his Soveraignty and Grace, Exod.
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6 Therefore 92 turn * thou to thy God = : keep * Ch. 14.
mercy o and judgment p, and walt q on thy God conti- !-
nually r.