the Jews caſt out, or the Chaldeans who caſt them out. xz *Twas nor Tate, fit to make a Road through a Land ſo void of all Neceffaries, ſo full bangs of wild and ravenous Beaſts, ſo unwholſom as to the Air, g9c. y Sin- brou; ful Jews by their Sins, fierce Chaldeans by their Sword ; and God, by the ] his juſt Diſpleaſure, laid the pleaſant Land moſt deſolate and wafte, WEFE CHAP. VII. _ The Prophet comforteth the Fews with the rejlauration of Feruſalem, 1 —. capti\ They are ative and encouraged to build the temple by God's favour ti ſhoulc them, 9——15, He exhorteth them to godlineſs, 16, 17, Their faſt from t ing ſhall be turned into joy, 18, 19. Gracious promiſes of enlargement Jews. made unto them, 20 —23. World Gain 2 the word of the LORD of hoſts b came» and me, laying, _ a Or And, Heb. as the word of Reproof in the former Chapter, in th ſo the word of Conſolation in this Chapter was from God. b Here- ple 77 by God affureth the Jews that he promiſeth he can perform, and ouſne therefore in this Chapter, where ſo many things, ſo geeat, are pro- I Tt miſed, this Name 1s very many times repeated, in this ch. ver. 18. from re 2 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, I was c jealous ſupply tor Zion d with great jealouſie e, and I was jealous for up the her f with great tury g. | tonAe | c I have been in time paſt, in days of old, before the Captivity, contain; and I have been ſo fince the Captivity for ſome Years paſt. &d Pro- UI. 20, perly 'tis the Paſſion of a Lover or Husband, mix'd of Love, Care and Þ Both Anger in their higheſt Degrees for the Beloved, and againſt all that theirs in 1s hurtful to if; ſo God had greatly loved Zion, had been careful of 9 her Honour and Welfare, and diſpleaſed with her Sins, ( which firſt hands hurt her ) and then with the Chaldeans, which violated her. e With word great Eare that ſhe ſhould not, as formerly,ſfin againſt my Love,and ods her own Welfare, and with a great Loye to do her Good now, and In the to reſcue her from her Enemies. f On her behalf, and nor as for- LOR] merly againſ®her, 1 am jealous in favour to her (as the Hebrew built pp Phraſe 1mporteth.) g Witch Heat of Anger againſt her Enemics, 45 9 Beg ch. I. 14z 15. Which ſee. tion of G 3 Thus faith the LOR D, TI am returned þ unto Li- Captives, on 7, and will dwell in the midſt of Jeruſalem #, and = by hi Jeruſalem * ſhall be called / a city of truth #7; and'l® time 1 po the mountain of the LORD of hoſts 7, the holy moun-* ing, but, taln 0; *10ns and « hþ I did in anger depart from finful and incorcigible, and unhum- Or Cyrus, bled Iſrael, and ſent them into a long Captivity, and a far diftance Cambyſes i from my Houſe; but now I am pacified, they puniſhed, and 1 wil be Crown of no longer abſent from them ; I am returned, not by change of place, the ſecond but by change of my dealings with them. 7 Literally to my place 0! Will make ancient Reſidence, where the Temple and City of David ſtood; ip!- But to lay | ritually to the Church whereſoever it was humbled in Diſtreſſes: of Darias x k Once more, as of old, I will fix my Reſidence, and afford my Fre: "12 Years t ſence there, as 1 King. 6. 13. and Pſal. 68. 16. according to Promile Plaint, for repeated to my People Jeruſalem ſhall be my Dwelling-place. / I! People wit ſhall be, for I will make ita m City of Truth, her Citizeos ihall go : and your D
| the Truth and ſpeak it, ſhall worſhip me in truth of Heart, as well as in the true manner preſcribed to them, and they ſhall inherir the truth of my Promiſes too': much to this 15 that of Ezeh. 37. 23, 24, tothe end of the Chapter. - n Either Feruſalem ſhall be called, The Mountain of the Lord of Hoſts, or Mount Moriah,on which the Temple was built. 0 Shall be called, and be the holy Mountain, for thar the Temple isretMilt there, and the holy worſhip of God reſtored there impure Idols which were worſhipp'd there by your impure Fathers, and thereby was the Mountain defiled, ſhall now be caſt out, and
none but the Holy God worſhipp'd in his holy Temple. 4 Thus ſaith the LORD of hoſts, * There ſhall et old men p and old women 9 dwell in the {treets of
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b Jeruſalem, and every man 7 with his ſtaff in his hand &c,&X 5
” tor + every age 5 + Heb. p Very old Men, and very old Women; formerly War, or Fa-
Ur 16 or Peſtilence» and waſting Diſeaſes, or wild Beaſts, did cut off | _ mg Women before they grew to old Age; bur now it ſhall be £695 otherwiſe, 1 will bleſs with Health, and long Life, in a peacefu] State, q Though naturally the weaker, though by Child-bearing far- ther weakned; yet there ſhall be many of theſe very old ; or poſſi- bly it may intimate a very long Life with their beloyed Mates, and ſo old Men will be ancient Husbands, old Women their ancient Wives, | However, this old Age ſhall be a Crown of Honour to this City. 7 Every one, as Heb. will bear ir. s Through multitude of Days, it ſhall not be from Weakneſs and Diſeaſes, that they lean upon their Staff, but very Age ſhall bring them to ir,
5 And the ſtreets 7 of the city ſhall. be full z of boys
and girls x playing y in the ſtreets thereof.
t Every Street. # Haye many young ones healthful, ſtrong, brisk, and lively, the preſent Joy, the future Hope of all. x So will I ful- fil the Promiſe of multiplying your Children. y Feruſalem ſhall be in that Peace; Health and Plenty, that Parents ſhall neither fear Dan- ger to their Children abroad, nor need their Labour at home. $o ſhall char, Pſal. 128. be fulfilled to them, ,
0r, hard, 6 Thus faith the L ORD of hoſts, If it be \| marvel-
jr difficult. Jous Z in the eyes a of the remnant of this people þb
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peace c to him that went out, or came in, becauſe of
the attliction d : for I e ſer f all men, every one againſt his neighbour. a For eighteen Years together. b Reward or Recompe
profit by the Labour of Man or Beaſt, ſowing or planting, Bid. tag, 1.6, 7,8,9, 10, 11, and Hag. 2. 15, 16, 17, and Mal. 3. 10, 11. Or elſe though the poor Jew laboured and received Wages, it profited him not, God blaſted it. c No ſafety or content, and reſt at home or abroad; nothing proſper'd as might be hoped, in Field or Houſe 5 it they went out 'twas trouble to ſee all unproſperous there; if they came home 'twas not one whit better : perhaps it may intimate trou- bles by War 3 but I inclixe to interpret IHYy I'R 45 1 have done