2 Or then, afrerwards; i.e. when my Jedements have been exc- cuted, and have cut off the wicked. þ 1 will give them 4 pure wiy of worſhipping me in Prayer, Praiſes, and the Iffue of a pur:net Heart, Ezeh. 11.17, 18, 19, 20:.and 35. ver. 26. i Perform ail re- ligious Service,all Religion being expreit thus by calling on the Name of the Lord, bh The Lord their God, noc Idols, 1 With one Heart, and according to his own Law and Will, with one $h1/4er fnall they bear the Yoke of the Law, alluding to Forters that join Shoulder £9 Shoulder 1a carr3ing great Burdens,
10 From m * beyond the rivers of Erhionia 7, my * Ifz.12.t,
luppliants, o, ever the daughter » of my difperted 9 {all bring mine offering 7:
m The Coaſts which lie beyond the Rivers of Tn./ia, ſaith the Chald. Paraphraſt, but Idoubr whether the Captive Fews were car- ried ſo far. n In Arabia bordering on EZzypt, whither 'tis eafie to conceive many Fews might betake theinſelves; who are here cailed diſperſed , or Diſperſion , ſomewhat diftinguiſh'd from Captives. 2 Praying to me, ſaith one Verſion. p This explains who the Sup- pltant is. qg The praying Remnanc ot the ſcattered Fews, wit had gotten into thoſe parts of Arabia that were coſting alons the Rivers, which divided Ethinpia Cuſea from the reſt of Arabic. r Shall return co their Land,and bring themſclves an Ofcring unto the Lord, which was done when Cyrys, in league with thefe Ethiapians, procured their Favour tor the diſperied Jews, that they might return to Feraſaler, meet their Captive Brethren, and cſfer a Gitt to God.
11 In that day s ſhalt thou not he aſhamed z for all thy doings %, wherein thou halt tran{Srefied :1- gainft me : for then I will rake away out of the midi? of thee them that rejoyce in thy pride x. and thou
ſhalt no more be haughty y + becauſe of my holy + Heb: y s in il} 4
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s When pardoned Captives and difperſed Ones, ſhall return and ſerve the Lord with one Conient, mourning for their Sins, and fecic- ing the Lord, # With a Shame of Reproach and Confuſion ; when Sin is pardoned, and finful Hearts were purified, reproach'u! Shame may well ceaſe, Iſa. 54-4,5. #« Which are exponnded in the follow- irg words, the Prophet ſpeaks of the Sins they formeriy committee 4 againſt the Lord. x Hypocrites, proud Formaliſts that placcd wil Re- l1g1on 1n the gaudy Out-fide; theſe removed, and thoſe that worſhip the Lordd,oing it in ſincerity, gathered tozether,the Lord will accevt and beautifie them. y Thou O Nation of the Fews, forme;1y tull of haughty Thoughts of your ſelves, your Sacrifices, and vour #'ri4i- leges, but-you ſhall no more boaſt, or glory, or vaunt your ſelves hcrc- in. 2 Either the City, orrather the Temple on which proud Hi po- crites did bear themſelves high formerly, when they lived in noturi- ous Sins, and yet cried the Temple of the Lore, +. Jer. 7. 4. with 9, tc.
12 | will alſo leave 2 in the midſt of thee 5 an af. ficted c and poor d people, and they thall watt in the name of the LORD ec.
a The Chaldeans had ſpared none if the Lord had not preſerved 3 Remnant ; 'tis he rather than they , which did leave 2 Remnant, 6 To return and dwell in Judea and Fervſalem. c Or a People of a broken Spirit, a meek humble ſpirited People, inſtead of that proud Heart was once among them. d Not ſo much in <utward rejpetts as poor 1n Spirir, ſuch a People as the Lord can delight in. e Not in City or Temple, but in the Lord and in his Mercy, Fairiifulneſs
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and Power. 13 The remnant of Iſrael 7 ſhall not do iniquity *,
nor ſpeak lies þ : neither thall a Jeceirtul-rongue : ho tound 1n their mouth : for they 104ll_tecd 4 and lis down, and none ſhall make ear atraid /.
f Prelerved in Captivity and Diſp:7fion, purified in the Furngce ot Afffition, and now recurned to the'r un Laude g Shall ror come mit theS.ns they formerly con.m t!e1, nor provoke God with their Abominarions as beiore; it is not a Predidion of a tintets, hut of a re- tormed State, they ſhail be righteous, aud taughr of God, nv more [dolaters. h They ſhali love Truth, aid ſpeak Truth, or in larper Senſe ſhall be honeſt and upright amongſt Men, 7 A tale © ccufer or Wirneſs, like Deg, or Fexabel's Evidences agaioft Na5oth, according to that Pſal. 15. 2. and 24.4+ hþ Or they Gail teed aiſo, Fc.” fo twill be a Bleſſing added 45a Crown of their Fiety aid Truth : or if you read it, for they ſhall feed, &c. it gives you a Reaſon why they ſhall cot by Frauds and Lies, as formerly, tin agzinſt one ancther they ſhall have a ſufficiency by hovett ways, ai:d trom God's bictiing, and ſhall not be under any great Temptation to Diſhonetly and Lying. | Frizhts made David, Abrah :;n and others to forget Truth, here none ſhould tright them, and they ſhould nor fear to 1peak the Truth; their Lips pure, ver. 9. they truit in the Lord, wer. 12, therefore ſhall not Lye. Here's a Cluſter of ſp+rituai Promiſes with the Temporal.
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to rejoyce 3 aid 1t 1s trebled, fing, ſh:uc ard rcjoyce, O Daughter of S7on, Iſrael, and Daughter of Ferujaler 3 the ſame Perſons, the ſame Duty, but differently expreiſed, but the whoie Heart required in all.
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