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x'Y, II. | hap Then ; faid I #, What come theſe to do / ? And *” ſake, ſaying, Theſe 7 are the horns which have
he #7 Fm Judah, ſo that no man did lift up his head o : Saas ſe p are come to fray them 9, to caſt out the _ - of the Gentiles s, which lift up zherr horn 7 over
” Tudah to ſcatter 1t x.
the land wn J uld propoſe the Queſtion, immediately upon ſight
7 So - enters. k Zechariah. I He ſaw they were Men,enquires of the _ were, but what was their Buſineſs and Deſign ; per- not _— for us to reſt alſo in the knowledge of what they are haps 'tis 4 enquire no farther who they were. The Lord Chriſt co doy ry he Prophet. n Chriſt doth, in order to ſarisfie the En- Sfores: pi int to the four Horns, of which ver. 18, 19. as if he quify. all" Look you, there are four Horns which have done
s Heathen round about Fudea. # Have employ'd Strength againſt. # The whole Kingdom of Fudah, x To drive them out of God's Inheritance. See
caſt out eaſily. their Arms and God's People.
| Yer I 9. let, as
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"n of meaſuring Feriſalem, ſheweth God's care of it, 1 —5. Zion yen is nine fe to repair home : her enemies deſtrufion threat-
ned, 6—9. Apromiſe of God's preſence in the midſt of her, 1r0—13.
2 lift up mine eyes again b. and looked c, and behold J 2 man d with a meaturing-line in his hand e,
a Zechariah, b This is t!e chird Emblem, or Viſion he had ſeen. c Very diligently, and integtly. d Ore in form of a Man ; ſome ſay *rwas Chriſt, others ſay a Type of Nehemiah z it was an Emblem of ſome Maſter-builder to be ſure, and *'tis probable the Prophet took him for no more than a Man. e He appear'd ready and pre- pard to lay out the Plarform of Feruſalem for Extent, Form and
Beauty. |
2 Then ſaid T, Whither goeſt thou f * And he faid \ unto me, To * meaſure g Jeruſalem þ, to ice what 7zs *” the breadth thereof, and what zs the length thereof.
It is evident, the Prophet did not in ſo bold a manner enquire Wb which may poſſibly be for that he apprehended this Man
Z ECHARIAH,
Men that need be awakned. b Set upon your Journey for your own Country and City, come out from your captive Priſons. c Make all the haſte you poffibly can, and flee as Men do who are purſued wich danger z as Men thar are earneſtly bent to get out of harms way, as the Man-ſlayer to the City of Refuge : Heb. hath only And flee, but our Tranſlators have by that gueſſed at what might ll up the Ex- preſſion, and read Come forth, &c, d Babylon, which lay North to Canaan. e As I executed my Threats in ſcattering you, ſo ] will perform my Promiſe,ard gather you from all Quarters ofthe World 4 ariſe, come away therefore. Ma |
7 Deliver f thy ſelf, O Zion g, that dwelleth þ with the daughter of Babylon z.
f The Proclamarion for free rerurn is publiſhed, up then and be gone.. g O ye People who ſhould dwell in Sion, ye Daughters cf Ston. þ Keepeſt in Babylon when thou mighteſt go to feruſalem.
& Some refer this to what went before, as a Reaſon why the Jews ſhould return, for God hath commanded it : I think 'tis an Encon- ragement to the Fews to return, becauſe God had promiſed to make them a Glory, and now aſſures them that he will take a very parti- cular Care of them ; therefore ſends his Son as a Judge, or Vindex, againft the Nations that had ſpoiled the Jews, or God ſends his Son to them to inform them thar 'tis their tntereſt to unite with the Fews, and become the People of God, and be Partakers of the Glory and Satety of God's 1/rael, However, to let them underſtand thar "twill be dangerous to do Violence to [ael, as it would be dangerons ro any one to violate what is moſt dear to him thar can deſtroy the Offender ; to tell them Iſrael is the Apple of God's Eye.
9 For behold, I will ſhake /mine hand »- upon them x7, and they o ſhall be a ſpoil p to their ſervants 9 - and
me 2.
/ Or lift up. m My Power and Strength. = Apainſt the Nation *and Kingdom that doth Violence to the People, who are my Glory, and I am theirs, ſaith the Lord. o Thoſe People who comply not with him whom God ſendeth. p Shall be overthrown and ſpoiled, and be- come a Prey. 4 The Fews who were firſt.ſpoiled by, and then made Servants to the Nations who conquered, captivated, and kard ly uſed the Fews z and indecd this fulfilled in Efther's days, and in the 24.c:- cabees times. r Either Jews, or Heathen, or both. s Be convinced and own it. # The great and faithful God, # hath commiffioned Chriſt
* ye 7 ſhall know s that the LORD of hoſts z hath ſent *
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ſhoul ſo und c had either Strength | 7 Perhaps this intimates that which kept many Jews in Babjlan, wi L
Ou - o Kept them ſo under, none had e1 reng Pp y Jews 1n Babylon, Wives
—_—_ m- up he head 3 and thus theſe Horns proudly and | Or pag] om $ | f
or CS coy'd my Pcople- _Þ Theſe Carpenters or Smirhsare Em- For &# thus faith the LORD of hoſts, After the (Ot
blems of thoſe Inſtruments wo will ___ - — "OM _ glory hath he ſent me unto the nations which ſpoiled . q . four Carpenters to brea » q 10 . at * ; 7 Ly -"Deut.22,
froyers : brit; rheſe Kingdoms fignified by Horns, rg. wh he that * toucketh you, toucheth the apple of 16. PR.
_— their Courage. 7 Then their Authority and Power ſhall be JC. 17, 2,
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n | to inform them who are to make their choice what to do herein. , TER Hieroglyphick 3 but underſtanding wit 1t t , - - de es agg & 54-1. | _ _ where the Platform was to be laid. g To take the ex- for lo, 1 come =_'Y and I * will dwell 2 in the midft of Z-ph.3.14«
at Dimenſions of it, that it may anſwer God's Promiſe, and be ca- thee, ſaith the LOR D. ; *L ev.26.12 pable to receive its Inhabitants. + The City which was to be builc | x Now Chriſt calls them to reJoyce in the Goodneſs ſhewed to them, EZ- 37-27» kereafter, but firſt the Temple is to be built, and to ſing forth the Praiſes of him who ſhewed it. y The whole Joh. 1.14.
yt: Nation of the Jews, the peculiar, redeemed, and reſtored People of 2Cor.$.16; p 3 And behold, the angel that talked z with me,
'went forth 4, and another angel / went out to meer
him 7. | | :
; The great and glorious Angel, 7. e. Chriſt Jeſus himſelf, which had ſo long talked with Zechariah. k From the midft of the Myr- tle-trees, where he was firſt ſeen z whither he is going 1s not ſaid
God : They that had been in-great and long Captivity. x To exe- cute Judgments on thine Adverfaries, ro compleat thy Deliverance and Salvation : I cone as foretold and promiſed, in the Diſpenſari-