-cu- «1 x ſhall wither y. | hid h a mos. o The Almighty and Eternal,whom you of the ten Tribes = we forſaken,and thereby have provoked to Diſpleaſure. p "The Pro- 7 he Phet alluding to what was dreadful, dangerous, and moſt routing to ar hepherds,the roaring of an hungry Lion that comes out of his Den for him 6 &, doth expreſs the Danger of /ſrae!, and would awaken them to a ile of it, that they might prevent it by Repentance before the Lord - - ears them in Pieces as a Lion tears his Prey. q Either the Temple,in , "20 Ppoſition to Feroboam's idolatrous Chappels, or intimating their De- | Won and Sin in leaving Sion for Dan and Bethel. r This explains
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| and confirms the former metaphorical Expreſſion of God's Wrath. s The City God had choſen, where he dwelt, the Seat of God's infti» tuted Worſhip in the Matters of Religion, and the Royal Seat of the Kingdom as God had ſettled it, from which in both Reſpetts the ter Tribes had revolted. This whole Paragraph you have, Foel 3. 16. which ſee ; and Fer. 25. 32, #3 Where the Shepherds found conveni- ent Paſturage they pitched their Tents, or built them Cottages, and dwelt therein, that they might attend the Care of their Flocks for which they alſo made Folds; and this was the Delight and Wealth. of theſe Men ; now by Alluſion to theſe Amos expreſſeth all the Wealth, Greatneſs and Delightfulneſs of the Kingdom of 1ſrael. Princes are in the Greek Diale& Shepherds of the People, People are the Flock 3 Tow"s ard Cities are the Habitations of both, and ſo the Scripture, Fer. 2.3. and 3. 15. Exek. 34. 2, 7, $, 9. Kah. 3. 18. uſeth the Ex- preffion ; which ſee. u Be made delvlate, and reduced to a lad, mournfu! and lamentable State, in which Men ſhall fee nothing bus Matter of Sadneſs and Tears. x There were two Places of this Name, and though diſtant from each other, yet both very fruitful,and much uſed by Shepherds, the one was in the Northern Parts of Canaan, whether Elijah reſorted ; the . other in Fudah, the Southern Parts of Canaan: now this was nearer Tekoa, better known to Amos, and there- fore ſome think this to be here intended ; but the other was in J/rae!, which is here threatned, and therefore fitter to be the Emblem of the ten Tribes, and meant here, ſay others ; which ever you choole *tis no hard thing to accommodate it to the Prophet's Purpoſe of Carmel, Vid. Nah.1.4. } Either blaſted, or elſe dried up with Drougat,and turned into Barrenneſs. So the whole Kingdoms of the People threatned, and of che ten Tribes,though as fruitful and pleaſant as Carmel,ſhould be made horrid and deſvlate as a dry and barren Wilderneſs. Vi. Joel 1. 12. and 17.
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