Captivity te made up by the voluntary Unicn of the Remnant of the ten Tribes, which sþall return with the two Tribes out of the Babylc. niſh-Captivity. f Diſpoſing the Minds of the Kings of Perſia ty ad. vance David's Line to the Government of the reſtored Captiyes, and continuing it ' x the ſupreme Power till Meſſuah's Coming, and by re. building Ferufalem and the Temple;and (ettling true Religion among{ them. g MuCh what 'twas before the Sack of the City and Tempſe, and the carrying the People captive. All which, as far as they are temporal Concerns, do ſuppoſe and did require: a-ſound turning, tg God ; as did the like Promiſes made by other Prophets, And how fax E | ſoever they fell short of theſe:Promiſes, 'twas through Unbelicf, ang _ other Sins; as Haxgai, Zechdriab and Malachz - complain in their pry. = phecies. Now as it refers to -Mefhah's Kingdom, "tis a Prophecy of the Converſion of the Gentiles, as appears Atts 15. 16, 17. of Which no more here, becauſe thatiour Work 3s to give the literal Senſe of the Text: Who would ſee more may conſult larger Commentators 0n this Place, and on As 15. 16, 17. . 7;
12 * That they h may 'poſleſs ; the remnant &k of + mat Edom }, and of all the heathen m1, which are called by* 6: ſom, my Nante 2, ſaith the LORD! o that doerh this'p. 1h, men
| þ Literally and Hiſtorically the Jews, or they of the two Tribes, * ſelyt and with them ſuch as of the ten;Tribes. did unite to; them, and re. an turned to Jeruſalem. 4 Both the Lands of Edom, and: ſome of the-pg.t : 5% ſterity of Edom/; theſe as Servants,-the other as their Propriety, Dn w Is Left by Nebuchadnexar, :or that fled out of. his Reach, and lived pri," that | vately, where they conlt'find-a Ending: Places, till J/74e?'s Return, 1 phat | The Poſterity of- Eſau waſted by Nevdcbadneggar, aud ruined fo, that tain | they never did recover. to. be;a;Kmgdem, but who remained of th the ] did ſhelter themſclves.as Retamers 10; other Nations, and among theſe ſome did betake themſelyes-to the Jews, and lived under them. Thy Fempl formerly theyihad been deſperate'Enemies to the Jews, Elomites, whg 4.21 cried, Raſe, raſe, Pſ21, 137-7. ſhall now aifiſt - as Servants in laying which
the Foundations, and building Jeruſalem. m1 7. e. Round about, Moadites, Ammonites, ©c.-by an uſual Phraſe called: All the. Zeathey, ; ' Theſe Words either muſt refer to Heathen, and Zdomites proſclyted,
; or they are by a Traje&tion laid here, but in Conftruftion are tohe ſpotl'd ; | join?d with the foregoing Words thus, Thar they which are called ty ny ſtant N.cme may poſſeſs, &c. o This 'immutably confirms the Promiſe, 5 ans, 1 , Who iaith and doth, who willethand effeQeth,' whoſe Command them Almighty. That thjs is a'Prophecy'of ſetting 'up the Kingdom of the ſhec if Meſſiab,- and bringing in the Gentzles is very certain, but that apyet. ou tains to the nyc Senſe, not to the'literal, which is our Work, their | 13 Behold 9, * the days come »r, ſaith the LORD, thati Moat) the Plowman s ſhall overtake the reaper t.,and the treaders Mis, of grapes him that +. ſoweth ſeed 4 ; and” rheMountaiiy ', ſhould x ſhall Urop|}| ſweet wine y; and all-the Hitts thall melt Lim Here is another Promiſe made literally for Aſſurance of abundar The deſtr Plenty to the returned Captives,- and myftically of abundant Gnzly gainſt poured' forth .in -Gofpel-days.. But of t e Letter and Hiſtory.” 4 and vi
Mark weft, ye poor captiv'd ' Jews. »r The time will certainly come, nay it hafteth, and hiſs lives to return ſhall ſee this Word perforn- ed. , s Who breaks up the Ground, and prepares it for ſowing, tShal be ready to tread on fhe Heels of the Reaper, *whe ſhall have a Hz: veſt ſo large, that before he can gather it all in, it ſhall be timeto plow the Gronnd, and prepare it for the Seed fornext Year's Crop,
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So God will take away the Reproach of Famine ( in Ezekie?'s Phraſe) and let 1 from the Mountains of J/-ael. u Sv great ſhall their Vintage be, that * 4 Whic e're the Treaders of Grapes car- have finiſhed their Work, the Seeds: phets are man ſhall be ſowing his Seed, againſt next Harveſt Seaſon, x The (y is Viſion Jews did plant the Mountains and Hills of Canaan with Vines, 1.5, any Certaj I. there were their Vineyards. y The Vineyards ſhall be ſo fruittul, hid and fe: and new Wine ſo plentiful, as if it did like trickling Streams run don that the Py from the Monntains. q Or as if whole Hills were melted into ſuch Ly Wem in thi quors. Vid, Joel 3. 18. It isa lofty Strain, and . very elegantly et thirty or | prefieth the abundance of ontward Bleffings promiſed to this People 3025, and here ſpoken of. If any will obje&, it appears not that ever it was 0; his Name | I anſwer, 1t 1s certain the Sins of the returned Captives did in very cludes his / great Degrees preyent thele Bleſſings which are here promiſed unde againſt Edo a tacit Condition, which they never did fulfil. | Fenitor or ]
14 AndI will bring again a the captivity of my people called /dum; of Iſrael b,.and they * ſhall build the waſte Cities c, and in frabia Petr habit them d ;, and they ſball plant Vineyards, and drink" rg, k the wine-thereof e; they ſhall alſo make Gardens, andeat cog by his
the Fruit of them-F. - | What js contained in this Verſe is an expreſs Promiſe of a Retun fo captive Jjrael, and it is af implicit ftating of the time when tho[
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