b. f Hiſtorically, and in the Letter this refers to the - Or and His to the re ow of Ferujalem, and thoſe who _—_— 1 God in the Temple. In the Myſtical Sente or Typical, ir Wa O ff Goſpel-Church,and the ſetting up the Kingdom of Chriſt, — 64 calvation and Redemption of God's 1/rael. g A Remnant that Hall eſcape the Enemies Sword, and ,which after 70 Years Captivity ſhall be delivered and reſtored by Cy1%s : An Hieroglyphick of 1/72e7s Redemption by Chriſt. þ Or, zr ſoall be Holy; the Temple, the City rehuilt,the People returned trom Captivity ſhall be Holy to the Lord; they ſhall obey his Law, attend his Temple-Service, and offer a pure Offring to the Lord, &c. All this typical and accompliſh'd in the Chriſtian Church, though not fully and pertettly till the Church is olorified in the Heavenly Sor, 7 Literally the Survivers of the two Fribes in the Babyloniſh Kingdom, and ſome others of the Ten Tribes, but including the Ele of God, the Houſe of Facob in the extent of ir as taken in J/2. 59. 20. and Kom. It. 26. k Either the Poſſeſſi- ons of the Heathen, their Enemies, or rather their own antient Poſ- rafhons, out of which the violence of their Enemies did caft them when they were led Captive, and difj poſſefled of all.
22 18 And] the houſe of Jacob #2 * ſhall be a fire, and the houſe of Joſeph's .4 flame, and the houſe ot; E{au for ſtubble o,. and they: ſhall kindle in them p, and devour them q , and there ſhall not be any 7 remain- ing of the houſe of Eſau ; for the LORD hath ſpoken
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1 Beſides. what Nebuchadnezzar- ſhall do upon his particular Quazrel
againſt Eqtom,bringing them to a very deſolate Condition,there ſhall be
{though it be not owned) intermixed the Quarrel of God for JſraePs
Sake, which the C baldeans ſhall avenge ; or elle after the return out of
Captivity, and ſome ſettled State in their own Land, Iſrael himſelf
ſhall deſtroy the Remnant of Zdom, Foe] 3. 16. with 19. and Ezek,
25. 14. mMEither the Kingdom of the two Tribes, or elſe the whole
twelve Tribes, the reſidue of the ten Tribes joined with the two in
their return from Babylon. n= The ten Tribes particularly here men- tioned to comfort them, and affire them that they ſhould not be caft
of, though they were more notoriouſly guilty” of Idolatry, and a
Jong Apoftacy. 0 As unable to reſiſt or ſecure themſelves, as ftubble
3storelift the Flame. þp This was fulfilled in part by Zrcannus and the
Maccabees, x Mac. 5. 3. but more fully to be accompliſh'd in the my-
ſtical Senſe, when the Lord ſhall make his Church as a Fire to all its
Enemies, and Feruſalew a burdenſome Stone to all Nations. q As
EHlame eats up the Stubble. 7 No conſiderable Number or Body of
them, or none ſhall continue Edomzres, but turn Fews, and be cir-
cumciſed, be added to the Church. $s However, or whenever this is done, it ſhall be done becauſe the Lord hath ſpoken it ; this aſſures ys of the thing, TEE
19 And they t of the ſouth * ſhall poſſeſs the mount of Eſan ; and they of the plain «, the Philiſtines ; and they ſhall poſſeſs the fields of Ephraim y, and the fields of Samaria z, and. Benjamin @ ſhall poſſefs Gilead b.
: The Fews who lived in the South Parts of Cayaan,which was next to /dumea, ſhall after their return and Vittories over Edom poſſeſs his Country, called here ths Mount of Eſau. u The Fews who dwelt in | the plain Country, which was next to Paleſtina, Foſh, 15. 33. x Shall enlarge their Borders, and poſſe(ls the Philiftines Country, together with their antient Inheritance. ( Now of the Poſſeſſion of Mourt Eſau) by the Fews, Saith Grorius, it was moſt fully accompliſh'd by Zircanu,
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it this were the tint2 of falfilling the one, *twas the time of fulfilling
che other allo,
Y And all the Land which the tzn Tribes once
did poileſs, ſhall again be poſſeſſed by the Fews. z Tie Fields al;o about S4maria, how greatly ſvever waſted, ſhall be replanted, and that
by the Fews too. 4 Either apart, or jointly with Judah,
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try beyond Fordzn, aſſigned to the Tribes of Reuben, Gad and half Mi- najſ:h, waſted by #23 el and Trgl2th Pilzſer, ſome time before Sumariz was taken, but ſhould-be inhabited by the Benjamites ; and - probably
Gad, Manaſjeh and Reuben did enlarge upon the Moabites and Ainmonites.
Here is promiled a larger Poſſeſſion than ever they had before the Ca pe nvity, and it doth no doubt point out the Entargement of the Church
of Chriſt in the times of the Goſpel, and particularly when Antichriſt, typified in this Prophecy by E4om, shall be deſtroyed s but we are to give the literal meaning, and think we do not miſs of it-
20 And the captivity of this hoſt of the children of
lrael c ſhall poſſeſs that of the Canaanites 4, even un- to Zarephath e ;
South z.
.'£:Thoſe of the ten Tribes that were carried away Captive by Shal- manejer, one hundred and thirty Years before that Feruſutem was taken by Nebuchadnezz4r, 4 All the Country they antiently poſſeſſed, with this Addition alſo, that what the Candanires held by force,-and the 1/- raelites could not take from them, shall now be poſſeſſed by theſe re- turned Captives, e Called Sareptab, Luk. 4. 26. near Sidozr. f The two Tribes carried Captive when Feruſalem was taken by Nebuchadnez- $47. $ The Modern Fews call Spain Sepharad, but without any good Ground ; nor was it ſo called antiently, nor doth the Chaldee Paraphr. ſo interpret it 3 nor do I meet with any thing better than a tacite Con- feſſion, that moſt believe *tis a City of Chaltea or Aſſjria, and toward the Northern and fartheſt Bounds of it z but where *twas exaQtly they know not. þ All the Cities which were once their own. 7 In Jude, which lay Southward from this Sepharad, where the Captives dwelt, and whence they return.
- 21 And & *Javiours | ſhall come #2 upon mount Zion to judge o the mount of Eſau p, and the * Kingdom q ſhall be the LORDS y. <9?