- And | Huzzab z ſhall be ||led away captive , ſhe r, toak Fay Avy h A! d he Thads v {hl 1 14 _ h 4 4iþ was ſhall be brought up, and her IMalgs y NULL ISAA Z CY Lrbited; o< with the voice of doves a, tabring upon their r, t2re breaſts h. as a flan: 4 This is varioufly taken, bur the moit probable pueſs is, that it pede, 15 mcait of the Queen who kept cloſe in tie Palace Or Temple, 25 oO, , where ſhe might be moſt ſafe in the flrenpth and fuppoted tacred- Yererede eſs of the Place. x Without due reſpect to her Royal Dignity ſhall be hurried into a ſtrange Land with other Captives, and (as they) be expoſed to Danger and Infolence. y Ladies that waited on her ia her Royal State, now ſhall be her Companions in Captivity, » Support their ſorrowful, weary and fainting Queen, ſpent with ſuch travel as ſhe had not been uſed unto. a Srghing out the Complaints they durſt not ſpeak out. b Theſe Maids of Honour ſhould now in Cip- tivity ſtrike on their Breaſts, but with ſuch Caution and fear of be ins diſcovered in their lamenting thcir ſtate, as ſhould be but lik- the Noiſe of a Taber lightly ſtrucken ; or elſe inſtead of muſical In fruments on which they were uſed to play, and to which they were uſed to fing, now they ſtrike their own Breaſts, and figh out their Sorrows. fon $ But Nineveh 7s || of old c like a pool of water d: das yet they e ſhall flee away. Stand, ſtand f ſhall they g at fe 753; but none ſhall }| look back Þ. h vet. ©. A very ancient City, of great renown and ſtrength. d Very po- dr, cave tous, like a Pool of Water which hath been long breeding of Fiſh, m9 :1d is full of them. e Yet theſe Multitudes ſhall not be a Safety o1 F ProteRion to Nineveh, they ſhall flee away diſcomfited and terrified. f As Officers call ro flying Souldiers, and tis doubled to ſhew the car- neſtneſs of the Commanders defiring the Souldier to ſtand and fight. gThe Chieſtains and moſt valiant among the Ninevites. þ A pannick Fear ſhall ſo poſſeſs them, that none of them ſhall dare to turn again, nor to look back upon the Enemy.
9 Take 7 ye & the {ſpoil of filver, take the ſpoil of
,and gold : \\ for / there is none end of the ſtore m, and glory 7:
ir nf ut of all the Þ pleaſant furniture. fore; 7 God ſpeaks by his Propher, commanding that ir be done, and foretelling that it certainly ſhall be done 3 and Scythians, Medes and b, weſ Chaldeans, or whoever elfe did affociate in the War, and ſacking of 1%" Nineveh, may be ſuppoſed to encourage one another in the plundring of the Ciry. k Conquering Soldiers, you that come together in hope of this Booty. { Here's enough for you all, Nineveh hath been long gathering and hath gathered much Treaſure, it is unaccountable therefore take all you can lay hands on : pofſibly it may he the fore- telling of the chiet Commander, his giving his Souldiers leave to take what they could, for ſo much as after all they would leave enough, a great Treaſure for him. m Or all forts, both for Uſe and Luxury, both tor Necefficy and Supertluity. n Splendid and rich Furnicure in their Temples, Palaces, puvblick Edifices and private Houſes. Their rich Veflels.coſtly Hangings and gaudy Apparel, in their Ward- robes, in thefr Cloſets, and in their Shops, all delightful ro the Eye, and rich in the real Value- 1, 1o Sheo is empty p., and void 9, and waſte, and * the -, , heart melreth s, and rhe * knees 1{mite 7 rogerher, and 17. much pain z 7s in all loins x, ard the * faces y of them all gather blackneſs 5.
* Nineveh taken, and under the proud Inſultings of the barbarous Souldjers» p Tho' once tull of all ſtore, yer now ſhe 15 empty enough, many Hands have been employed to ſpoil her. 9 Citizens are ci- ther ſlipt away, or carried Captives, » Deſolate, and ſhall continue fo, Here isa threefold Exprefſion to aſcertain the thing, and to in- timate the greatneſs of Nimeveh's Deſolation. s This Devaſtation hathbroken the Hearts of the Ninevites. # Not able to go ſteadily, ready to fall through weakneſs and faintneſs of Spirits. #- Acute Pains and Griefs cauſed by their Troubles, Lofles, Dangers and Frights, x Which in thoſe that are well are their ſtrength, and which to diſeaſed and broken Bodies are the feat of Pains and Griefs, y Which were wont to be haughty and ſcornful, and as It were ſparkle with briskneſs of Spirtt. x Now are clouded, for- rowſul and dejetted, cvery one may fee their deſperate State in this Symptom. |
11 Where 2 zs the dwelling þ of the lions c, and the tzeding-place d of the young lions e © where the lion, even the old lion f walked g, and the lions whelp, and none made z7hem atraid. |
a It is the inſulting or deriding Speech of all thar fee and note it. b Nineveh compared to a Lion's Den, c Tyrants and bloody War- riors, as Pul, Tizlath, Pileſer, and Shalmaneſer. d Nineveh. e Princes the Children of thoſe tyrannical Kings. f The King of Aff rive g In his Pride, in Safety, and his Princes with his Rapines about him, which none durſt diſturb, k
12 The lion þ did tear 7 in pieces enough tor his whelps 4+, and ftrangled for his lioneffes /, and filed his
wes x2 with prey. and his dens z wirh ravine 9,
h The Prophet continues the Metaphor, this Lion is the King of Efhriz. 7 Formerly id fall upon his nei;hbour Nations, broke their Strenpth, andro bd their Treaturics and Store-Houſes, and Lroke them in pieces. þ The young Brood of the 4ſſrian Royal Family, E Queer: « Concubines or Ladies in the Aſſyrian Court. 7: Ris Tred-
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Speech he hal ufef, «n Tnoeminatine what way before: ſpolren, 9 Spoils which his rav-ac2s Mind and Hand could Iay hold on; a!l vas Prey thar he could take.
13 Benold p, 1 4 am againſt thee », faith the LORD of hotts s and I will turn her 7 chariot; in the ſmoke z, and the ſword x ſhall devour thy young lions y, and 1 will cur off thy prev = from the earth, and the voice of thy meſſengers « fhall no more be heard 6.