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LORD will anſwer yr and fay s un- to his people f, Behold «, I will ſend x you corn, and wine, and Oll, and ye ſhall be ſatisfied therewith y ; and | will no more make you a reproach among tine
eathen Z. — = , q Or 114 Heb. r Before *twas he would pity, ver. 13. not a3 Men
: nes PILY, and profels to have Compaſſion for tie mitoraple OM Ra yet 4 nothing 3 but God will pity TNcir Cale and hexr their Requeſt, nay grant their Requeſt aud relieve them. 5 Speak ro and work for his People. r His Covenant, Praying, repent- ing, and reforming People. #« What he doth for tuch a People ſhall
ho viſible, remarkable, and ſuch as they may obſerve. x Fruittul Sea- ins ſhall come when God ſends them, his Command ro the Heavens to pour down their ſweet and fruitful Influences ſhall certainly be 0- beyed, theſe muſt hear God, and then the Earth ſhall bear the Corn, and Wine, and Oil, as Hof. 2. 20,21. y You ſhall have abundance to £11 ant ſatisfy you, that you may rejoice 1n Four Habitations and know no Want. & Your Heathen Neighoours ſhall no more inſult over you my People, nor Over me your Gotl. Obey my Prophet, turn from YOUr Sis, and I will do you all this £004 I promile, or you need and a5ks
20 But a I * will remove far off from you the northern army b, and will drive him c into a land bar- ren and deſolate, with his face 4 towards the eaſt-ſea e, and his hinder part f towards the utmoſt ſea ; and his | Fink ſhall come up, and his ill favour ſhall come up g, 5 hecauſe he h hath - done great things. ifs z And Heb. 6 That part of.theſe numerous Locuſts which are to- wards the North ſhall be removed far from you, no more to annoy vou on that quarter z ſome ſay this refers to the Diſſipation of Sena- chris Army, which came up from the parts which lay ſomewhat Northerly from Feruſulem and Fudez, © Some other part of this Lo- cuſt Army ſhall be driven away into the Southern Delerts, here de- {ribed by a barren and deſolate Land. 4d The Van of this Army here called the Face, ſhall be driven into the Eaſt-Sea. e The Sea of Tiberi- as, or the Salt Sea, or the Dead Sea, Eaft of Feruſalem. f The Rear of this Army of Inſetts ſhall be driven into the great, the Weſt Sea, here called the utmoſt Sea in the Letter and Hiſtory, The total De- firu&ion of this Army of Inſetts is here foretold, which no doubt came to paſs ; if Senacherib's Army and its Diſhpation were here ſha- dow'd out, it is fairly accommodable to this place, when upon his Death and the rout of his Army from Heaven, his Forces retir'd out of Fudea on all quarters with loſs of Men, -as is ever the fate of an in- vading Army beaten in the Heart of the invaded Country. g The Rench of theſe Locufts deſtroy'd and lying putrified on the face of the Earth, or the Corps of the 4ſhrians- lain and unburied, þ Some re- fer this to the Locuſts, and thoſe whom they fignified, he, 7. e. this Ar- my of Locufts, or Afyrians ; others refer it to God, thus, for he will do great things, as indeed the utter deſtroying of this devouring Ar- my, and remoyal of this dreadful Famine was a great Work and mar- rellous, and *twas an Anſwer to their Faſting and Praying tio 'twas not all done, which is contained in this conditional Promiſe, for that 1:is People never performed the Condition.
21 © Fear not, O land z, be glad and rejoice &- for the LORD I will do great things m.
? Verſe 10. the Land is aid to quake at the approach of this devour- ing Army, now at the approach of Mercy 'tis encouraged, and com- mended not to tear ; by the ſame Figure and in the iame Senſe, it fhould not fear now as before it did quake. & This tells us that fear rot, was a Meofis, ſhout for Joy, expreſs the greateſt Confidence. 1 Who is your God, whom you ſeek, who by me afſureth you *ris his gracious Purpoſe to do great things for your good. m Either this ex- plains that laft Clauſe, ver. 20. or is Antitheton to it ; the Locuſts, God's Meſſengers and Servants, did great things again{t, but now God K1li recal thele and do great things fer J/rael.
3, 22 Be not afraid, ye beaſts of the field » : for * the 22. paſtures of the wilderneſs o do ſpring p, for the tree bear- : ethher fruit q, the fig-treer and the vine s do yield their
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et MH 2 Chap, 1. 18, 19, 20+ The poor Beaſts were repreſented, as in - | greateſt Perplexity, for-want of Pafture they were like to periſh, but = 7 now theyare ( as if capable of Fears or Joy, from foreſight of what | %2
was coming toward them) encouraged, they ſhould find Paſture, both
Wy the tamer which are under Man's hand, and the wilder which range the Mountains. o Vid. chap. 1. ver. 19. let. 4,e. p Begin to look 0
£rcen, and the Graſs freſh promiſeth Food for you. q All ſorts of Trees, tho chap. 1, ver. 12. they were withered, and ſeemed to be dead, now they recover their Strength and bring forth Fruit. r Does not, as chap, x. 12. languiſh. s The Vine is not as before dried up, but with change of Seaſon hath changed its Hue. r Both theſe Trees
oe) : do mightily bear, are full of Fruit, and bring forth as much as ever Ao they are able to ſtand under.
| an) 23 Be glad then ye children of Zion *, and rejoice in for a + the LORD y your God z : for he hath given-you the 082 WE: | former rain -- moderately a, and he will cauſe to come _w » down for you the * rain a, the former rain b, and the lat-
- ter rain c in the firſt month d.
. O01 hn In the former Verſe the Prophet by a uſual Figure, anq with 1c:i4 WIN. known Elegancy called on Land and Beafts, tho they underſtood him "dt; now he addrefſeth himſelf to them that can underſtand their
- his Workas well as their Advantage, and the Children of Zzoz, all the In-
habitants of Feruſalem and Fudea, who were called to faſt and weep. y "+ yo1 how Four ſelves ſenſible of your Mercies, thankful to that tree Boun- 1 224 © Wich gave your Mercies ; rejoice, but not only in your Barns, Gar- p or irs and Bellies full, but in the Eternal God hath been found of you. nA ne og ſuch you were adviſed to ſeek him, as ſuch.own kim, rejoice in £9522 mM, ard aſcribe Glory to him who keepeth Covenant to thouſand Ge-