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; Perſons of principal Place and Authority about the Ring, chiet officers in Civil Matters 3 and which is worſe, her own Princes born and bred among them, who ſhould have been moſt render and juſt,
which hunt for Prey, are ever tearing or threatning, atirighting or devouring. Such che Aſſyrian Princes were, Nah. 2. 11, 12. Such and no better are the Princes in Fudah and Jeruſalem. | Elders of Cities, Magiſtrates of lower Rank : Or it may be the Sanhedrim. ;-» Moſt hungry, inſatiable and cruel, like Wolves of che Evening whetred with hunger and faſting, Hab. 1,8. n They leave nothing
' tobe eat on the Morrow, they devour all preſently.
4 Her * prophets 7 are light » and treacherous Per: ſons p - * her prielts g have pollute the ſanctuary 7, they have done violence s to the law, |
n By Education, Profeffion and unwarranted Pra&ice called ſo, falſe Prophersz ſuch Zedekiah, and probably Chenaanah, &C, Were. ) Unſtableand inconſtant,ready to comply with humours which they ſhould have reproved, 1 Kings 23. 13. p Men of Treacherics, what- ever pleaſing Temper they ſeem to be of, yet ſtill they deſign Ire cheryz the Heb. ſeems to run it higher, Treacheries in the Abftratt. q Of the Houſe of Levi, of the Stock of Aaron. r Bound by Office to keep holy the Sanftuary, have defiled it, and all that is holy. 5 Wreſting it by perverſe Interpretations to what Senſc beft teryetn
a corrupt Mind. ;
s * The juſt LORD 7 in the midſt thereot7 - he will not do iniquity z - t every morning doth he biing his judgmenr to light x, he faileth not y, bur the * ui-
urning by juſt - knoweth no ſhame.
t Though unjuſt Princes, Judges,Prophets and Priefts do not think
15'Þ, yer the Lord who is moſt juſt is in the midſt of them, poſſibly
the Sanhedrim; he obſerveth all, condemneth their Violence and In- juſtice, he is Sovereign as Lord, and juſt as Judge. x To him it ap-
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pertaineth to judge all, therefore the Unjuſt ſhall be puniſhed as well
asthe Juſt approved. x Daily he diſcovereth his diſpleaſure againſt |
the wicked, and puniſheth them. y Lets not one fit ſeaſon flip to wonvince and awaken ſecure Sinners, by publick and vifible Puniſh- ments or Judgments. x But the wicked Jews proceed impudently, without ſhame and without fear or amendment; there is no hope of better, where is no ſhame for wortt of doings, Fer. 3. 3.
6 I have cut off the nations a : their || towers b are deſolate c, I have made their ſtreets waſte d, that none paſſeth by e : their cities f are deſtroyed g, 10 that there is no man þ, that there is none inhabitant.
a Of old the Canaanites, lately the ten Tribes, later yet, the Aſhri- ans and others, have been cut off for their Sins. 6 Either meraphori- cally Magiſtrates and great Men, as chap. 1. 16. Or literally ſtrong Towers built on the Angles of Walls or Palaces. c Razed and demo- liſhed. 4d I overthrew their Houſes, that there were no Strcets. e Or none that walk'd through them. f Small or great, Capital or not Capital. g Taken, plundered, burnt and ruined. þ All fled, or ſlain, or ſtarved, or ſwept away with Peſtilence, or carricd into Captivity, notan Inhabitant left 1n the Places.
7 I ſaid 7, Surely thou & wilt tear me /: thou wilt receive inſtruction m2, fo their dwelling 7 !hould not be cut off o, howſoever I puniſhr them p : but they. roſe early 9, and corrupted all their doings 7.
7 I thought ( ſpeaking as Man would) I concluded what was like- ly, what I mighrexpe&. k O Zeruſalem, O Fudan. I For the many and great Judgments executed upon others in thy ſight, thou wilt fear by ſinning ſtill, to provoke me. m Wilt learn thy Duty to do it, thy danger to prevent it, thy ſins to repent of them, thy ways to amend them. = Houſes, Villages, Zeruſatem. o Sack'd and burnt, þ Whatever I had done againſt them, however I had chaſtiſed them, had they been bettered, humbled and amended, I would have ſpared, not deſtroyed utterly. q But they grew worſe, more eager in the purſuit of their vile Courſes; as if the day would be too ſhort for their ſins, they riſe early, and begin berimes. r Defignedly and cut of ſet purpoſe did worſe and worſe, when ſmitten they reyolted more and more, Iſa. i. 5+
$ © . Therefore s wait ye 7 upon me, ſaith the LORD, -until the day thar I rife up to the prey z - tor my determination x zs to gather the nations y, that | may afſemble the kingdoms 5, to pour upon them mine a indignation, ever all my tierce anger b : * tor all the earth c ſhall be devoured d with the tire of my
jealouſie e.
s Since you will not be amended by all, fince you grow worſe and worſe, & Ye retraRory and incorrigible Fews, Rulers and People, attend my ReſoJution, for I am reſolved what I will do, and have ſer a Day for it, « Untill, as an Enemy riſe vp to deſtroy firſt, and-next totake the Spoil z you by your Sins continue to be mine Enemies, and I will by my Judgments. by the Chaldeans, who ſha!l riſe up againſt you and deſtroy and ſpoil you, ſhew my ſelf in Arms againſt You, asan Enemy ro you. x My fixed purpole, that which I have unalterably reſolved upon- y All that are SubjeRs to the Chaldean Monarchy. 7 Which are Confederate with,or Tributary to the Chal- deans; theſe thus gathered, liſted and marſhalled in a mighty Army, « The obſtinate, incorrigible and impious Jews fi:ſt,(afrerwards { wh puniſh Babyſon.) b Which by their $19s they have kindled a- zanſt themſelves. c The whoſe Land of Faaea and her Cities, a Conſumed as if burnt up. e That ſcalouſie wherewith God is 1calous for his own Glory, tor his Ordinances and Statutes, which {ewiſh People, Princes. and their Prophets and their Prieſts had L2toricutly violated,
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of the LORD 2, to ſerve him 4 with one ſent /.