they aſſault, and Cruelty with which they uſe their Captives. b The Law they obſerve is their own Will, and what they pleaſe you muſt ſubmit unto, nor complain of Wrong done, foraſmuch as they do 3t. c Their Authority and Superiority, for which you muſt reve- rence them, the Lordlineſs of their Deportment roward you, or the Right they aſſume to ſend you Captives, all is from themſelves, with- out reſpe@ to any other Law or Rule whatever. How miſerable are vou like to be, when enflayed to ſuch a barbarous Cruelty, and un- bovaded Pride ?
8 Their horſes alſo are ſiwifter d than the leopards e, and are more Þ herce f than the evening-wolves g : and their horſemen þ ſhall ſpread 7 themſelves, and their
* Jer-4-13- horſemen ſhall come from far &, * they ſhall fly / as
the eagle zhart haſteth 22 to ear.
d They will be ſooner upon you than you think, and when once among you, they will be ſwifter than you can tly from, J/a. 3o. 16. and Lam. 4. 19. & A fierce Creature, ravenous as the Lion, and much ſwifter, a watchful and ſly Beaſt, from which 'tis very hard to ſhift. f More cager after, and more cruel to the Prey, g Which with long Faſting in the Day. do come out in the Evening, more fierce on every thing that may be a Prey for them ; ſee Fer. 5. 6. Exel. 22. 27. Zeph. 3. 3+ hExcelicat Riders, that can manage the
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Speed and Fierceneſs of theſe Horſes. 7 All over the Land, fo ma. ny ſhall they be, and ſo ative, and ail ſtrongand hale, as ſome think the word implieth. &þ As far from liking your Cuſtoms, pitying your Perſons, or underſtanding your Language, as they are far remote from your Country; Menthat will make you pay the Charge of their long and tedious Journey. / Leſt you ſhould dream ot eſcape þy Flight, your Enemies ( O miſerable Fews ) ſhall be ſo ſwift, you'l} think they flew on Wings, on Eagles Wings, the ſwitreſt of Flight and quickeſt in eſpying her Prey. m Hunger makes her Flight the quicker, and her ſeizure of the Prey more bold and daring, Fob 9.25, Ezeb.17. 3. ſo ſhall your Enemies be to you,
ther the caprivity q as the ſand 7.
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will carry Eaſtward : Or, thus, when you are devoured they ſhall
Captives gathered.
70 And they 5 ſhall ſcoff 7 at the kings z, and the princes x ſhall be a ſcorn unto them y : they ſhall de. _ every ſtrong hold, for they ſhall heap duſt and take it 5.
s Both the King of Babylon and his Souldiers. # Deride and con- temn. # Which either confederated with the Fews, or elſe oppoſed the Deſigns of the Chaldeans, as the Kings of Egypt, of Tyre, &c. or the Kings of the Fews, as Fehoiachin and Zedehiah. x Gover- nours, Counſellors, valiant Commanders and Officers. y To the whole Army of the Chaldeans. xz By mighty Mounts caſt up, 6r by ng up the Trenches about your Cities and Fortreſſes, ſhall maſte; them.
11 Then Z ihall his mind a change, and he ſhall paſs over b, and offend c, mmputing this his power d unto his god C.
7 It notes both the Time and Cauſe of what happened; extraor- | dinary Succeſſes, and a continued Series of them, attending the De-
ſigns and Attempts of the Chaldean Kings, at laft made them fo haughty and proud, as to trample on Kings, ver. 10. and when their Pride was at this height, it ſtops not here. a The Spirit or Wind, as Heb. and ſo ſome think the Prophet does foretel the Change of his proſperous Gales, his downfal ; but "tis more natural to underſtand it of the change of Mind in the proſperous Chaldean, he will think other Thoughts of himſelf, his Affairs, and of other Men. 6 Break over the Bounds of all ſober and modeſt Sentiments,exceed in his V4- lue of himſelf, and of his Atchievements, as Sennacherib firſt did, 2 Chron, 32. 17, 18, 19+ and next Nebuchadnezzar , ſurnamed the Great, Dan. 4. 29,30. c This Pride wasa great 110, and highly pro- voked God, for the inſolent Tyrant idolized himſelf. d The ſtrength by which he had done all his great Exploits, or the Might and Power to which he had advanced himſelf. e This at firſt ſeems a little to- lerable, it ſeems to favour ſomewhat of Religion, yet 'tis a grear
to reckon his Strength to be his God, as the words will expreſs it in the Heb, Vid, Dan. 4. 29, 30.
12 E Art thou not from everlaſting f, O LORDz my God h, mine holy one ? we & ſhall nor die /: 0 LORD 2, thou haſt ordained x them o for judgment |
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