x ONineveh, y Not only taſte, but drink deep, yea be drunk with the bitter Cup of God's diſpleaſure and thine Enemies rage, I/a. 29., Obad. 16. x Either hide thy ſelf, or be ſo weakned and diminiſh'd that thou ſhalt no more appear, or elſc be as contemprible, laid by in ſome obſcure Place, Fear and Shame ſhall coyer thee. a O Nineve) 2s well as Alexandria. b Shalt ſue for and intreat Aſfiſtance. c Or from the Enemy, 7. e.cither thus in thy diſtreſs thou ſhalt ſeek tor ſtrength from ſuch as are really thine Enemies, though they make a League with thee; or thus, thou ſhalt beg Prote&ion from thy Enemy tha: hath captiyated thce, and rely on the Mercy of him againſt the Rage of others,
12 All thy ſtrong holds d /ha// be [ike * fig-trees 2 *p,, c.
with the firſt-ripe tgs f : if they be ſhaken g, they thall even tall into the mouth þ of rhe eater.
d Caſtles and fortified Places, nor one or two, but all of ther, e Eaſily ſhaken. f Whoſe weight and ripeneſs will bring them quickly to the Ground, g If bur yery lightly tcuch'd. þ Into the Hand of devouring and hungry Ones,
13 Behold z, * thy people &# in the midit of thee /* |. ,,
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are WOmen 7: wide o open unto thine enemies p; the fire ſhall de- vour 9 thy bars 7.
7 This may ſeem ſtrange, but attend diligently, thou ſhalt ſec low this will be. & Thoſe thou hireſt and are thine for pay; thoſe thar are born thine, all thy Warriors. } Where very Cowards uſe to bc valiant, or where Neceffity makes Cowards valiant, where they ſhould ſhew moſt valour. mm Weak, afraid, flee away and hide themſelves, Fer. 48. 41- & $1. 30. God would fill them with Terror, and they ſhall not dare tokeep their Gates ſhur againſt the Enemy. n The Cities, but eſpecially the ſtrong fortified Frontiers which ſhould keep out the Enemy. o Shall either through Fear or Treachery be opened, wide opencd to admitthe Enemy. þ Ghaldeans and their Confede- rates. q When the Enemy 1s thus admitted, he ſhall burn cither the City or the Gates and Bars, he will never truſt nor ſpare thee, r With which the Gates were both ſhut and ſtrengthened, 1 $a". 23. 7. Pſal. 147. 13,
14 Drayy thee waters for the fiege 7, fortify « thy ſtrong holds : go into clay, and tread the monter x. make ſtrong the brick-kill y.
s Fill all thy Ciſterns, and make more that thou want not tc drink, yea draw the Waters into the Ditches or Graff about cv<r; Fort. # Which thine Enermies will lay againſt thee, # Repair al! decays, and ſtrengthen all that js weak. x Set thy Brick-makers on work to prepare ſtore of ſtrongeſt Bricks. y That the Materials for thy Fortifications may be firm and good. All this is ſpoken with an Irony, or derifion of their truitleſs Labour.
15 There = ſhall the fire a devour thee : the fivord 5 {hall cut thee off: it ſhall ear c thee up like the ca ker-worm d; make thy ſelf many e as the canker-woim., make thy ſelf many f as the locuſts.
{ In the very Fortrefles. a Either literally or figuratively, ti: Wrath of the Enemy hot as Fire, or the Peſtilence, or all toge- ther. 6b Of the Chaldeans, their Wars, (after all that the $cythi.ns have done againſt thee ) theſe ſhall utterly deſtroy thee. c This tells us the manner how the Ninevites ſhall be deſtroyed, they ſhall beeaten up. d Either the Enemy ſhall as eafily eat thee up, as the Canker-worm eats the green Herb or thou ſhalt as ſoon be devoured as Canker-worms are deſtroyed by Storms, Rain, Fire or change of Weather. e They are innumerable, be thou ſo if thou canſt be, all will be to no purpoſe. f The ſame Trony repeated, when the Nine-
vites have doneall they can, they ſhall as fully and ſuddenly be de- ſtroyed as theſe Vermin are.
16 Thou haſt multiplied g thy merchants þ above the
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g For Number; and as the ord may import, thou haſt great- ned them, thou relieſt on their Purſe and Intereſt. - þ Either lite- rally or figuratively, thy great Men, Princes and Rulers, which ſold and bought,c.3.v 4.0r thy Confederates, who by viruue of ſuch Leagues have free Commerce with thee, and tkis moſt like to be the mean- ing. 2 Proverbially taken for a very great Number. þ This ſeems an abrupt Speech, and may be thus made up, Whatever thou thinkeſt of theſe, which thou both mulriplieſt and magnifieſt 3 I tell thee, 0 Nineveh, they are like the Canker-worm and Locuſt. 1 Which ſpoil whercever they come, and do the greater Miſchief where they are greater in Number, for they come for ſpoil; while they get by thee they continue with thee. m When no more is to he gotten, they take wing and flee away, leaving waſte and fench behind them ; {C will theſe ſerye thee. O Ninevch,
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17 Thy crowned # ave as the locuſts, and thy cap- tains 0 as the great graſhoppers, which campp 1n the hedges 1N the cold day 9, bt when the ſun arileth 7 they
fce away 5, and their place is not known 7 where they azo.
n Thy rich and wealthy Citizens, or thy Confederate Kings and Yinces, or thy Tributary Princes. 0 Hired or homeborn, rather the former, Commanders and Officers for number and briskneſs, are like Locuſts and great Graſhoppers, but 'tis all for ſhew, nothing for help to thee. þ As if they would guard the Grounds about which they ſettle. q This laſts while the Scaſon ſutes them. r When Trouble, war and Danger, like the parching Sun ſcalds them. s They ſhift f;om the Hedge they eat up. # Thou ſhalt never know where to find them when thou needeſt, and they ſhould help thee.
1$ Thy ſhepherds z flumber x, O king of Allyria y : thy || nobles = ſhall dwell 7 7Þe duſt a : thy people b is ſcattered c upon the mountains 4, and no man ga-
thereth e tem. 4 Subordinate Magiſtrates, Rulers and Counſellors, or Officers ſer