Chap þ As Cities ſee the fall of neighbouring Citics, they ſhall, Eye that he can ſave, 'tis in his Power : He can fave us as he did ſave News of it, and know jr, perhaps ſome 4/hkelonites may be ! himſelf, by raiſing himſelf from the dead. / Low and mean cf Stare, at ; n In this ſome Footfieps of Sove. reigaty appeared in the Colt's taking and bearing him auictiv,
| 70 And I * will cat off the chariot from Ephraim », *#a 'and the horſe from Jeruſalem p, and the battel-how 4
rage, and be in my hand as a ſtrong Bow, ready bent. i Ephraim the
Remainder of the ten Tribes ( which return'd with Fudah) ſhall be for ſupply of Warriours; as the Quiver filled, is ſupply of Ar- rows to the Bow-man &k Explicatory to the former. / Avainit the Grectans or Tonians, the Sons of Favan, who had formerly op- preſſed the Fews, and bought them for Slaves, and did again opprefs them in the Retgns of the Seleucide and rhe Lagide,againlt whem the Fews took Arms and Courage under the Condutt of the Maccaboes, to whom Chriſt made good much of this Promiſe. m O Zimor Fe- ruſalem, you O Fews ! n A ſharp Sword of a mighty. Man, or Giazt, who cuts down all that ſtands in his way, as the Maccabees did,
with the whirlwinds x of the ſouth y.
0 The Almighty God, the God of I/ae!,Lord of Hoſts; p'Shall mz- niteſtly appear for them by his Works of Power againſt their Enc- mies. q Alluding to Warriours that then uſed the Bow ; God's Judg- ments which ſlew his Churches Encmies, were {wift, irrctiſtible and ſudden in ſtriking and killing them. r Which breaks forth with Vio- lence, and runs from Eaſt to Weft in a moment, which 1s very ter- rible many times. s Their God, the God of 1/rael. t Give the Alarm
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1 9 T * Rejoyce greatly c, O daughter of Zion d; «. ſhout e, O daughter of Jeruſalem f : behold, thy King g iz cometh unto thee þ : he 7s Juſt z, and || having falvati- 0n &, lowly 7, and riding upon an aſs 2, and upon a colt
the foal of an aſs.
c The Prophet calls for ſuch a Joy as expreſſeth it ſelf in outward Gelture, as indeed the Daughters of Zion did in their Hrſannahs, when this had its Accompliſhment. 4 Feruſalem's Inhabitants, or ime Church. e Proclaim aloud your Joy at the News I now tell you, } Before it was Daughter of Zion, now it is Daughter of Feruſalem, both the Church and State among the Fews had great Cauſe to " mph at this. g The Redeemer, expetted promiſed Meſſiah, Son 0! David, the only Reſtorer of your lapſed State, h Chriſt cometh 1 thee, to redeem and fave thee 3 he comerh for thee, as well as
ther,and the March alſo for their moving, and ſound the Charge too z God will infuſe new Courage, and give Dire&ions. #» In the Head of them as Captain-General. x With Fury and Strength like that of Whirlwinds. y In which the mightieſt Whirlwinds areraiſed, or Whirlwinds of Temanz ſome think the Prophet alludes to the Tem- peſt about Sinai, at the delivery of the Law, when all Ire! aud M9- ſi ſes too quaked for fear, Deut. 5. 23, 24, 25- yea quaxcd excecding- 113 x (09 4
ly, and deſired to ſee no more ſuch ſ1ght,
15 The LORD of hoſts ſhall deterd them 5, and 1 Or, the . . _ j 3
they ſhall devour 4, and ſubdue | with fling-ttones b, ſtnesof the Wh and they ſhall drink c, and make 2 noile d as through ſine. . {ol ie 3 | ine e. and they ſhall be filled like bowis 7. »d as the Or.fill bot Tie 0
" tice. ? The righreous One, who cometh to fulfil all Righteouſneſs, WING &, =_ m_ - the bowls. ud to be = "Ts þ Drfigns to ſave, and hath that in his{ COTNETS OT The Altar.
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z In the moſt dangerous Attempts 3 the Jews under their Captains in the Wars againſt the Grecians, were preſerved to a Miracle ac- cording to this Promiſe. a A few of them deſtroy many of their E- nemies. þ As we read this Paſſage, it ſeems to refer to the ſlaughter of Goliah with a Sling, by David a Stripling 3 ſo weak means in the Hand, and under the Bleſſing of the great God, ſhall do mighty things : Others read the words, They ſhall ſubdue the Sling-ſtones, that 15, conquer the Grecians, who in their Wars uſed the Sling, aud that with great Dexterity and Succeſs. c In their Feſtivals, when they offered Sacrifices of Thankſgiving for their Viftories. d Shout with ſh-urs of Triumph. e Make a great Noiſe, as Men do whoſe Rearts are glad with Succeſs, and chear'd with Wine. f Rather they ſhall fill, 7. e. with the Blood of the Sacrifices they offer, both the Bowls and Corners of the Altars; all ſhall be full of the Blood of Euchariſtical Sacrifices.
16 And the LORD their God þ ſhall fave them z in that day # as the flock of his people /, tor hey hal! be 2+ the itones of a crown m2, lifted up as an enſign upon
his land 7.
h As in Covenant with them, not only as Lord of Hoſts by his Power, hut a: their God in Mercy and Faithfulneſs. 7 Fully deliver them, #.e. the * Sons of Zion. & In the Day of their Conteſt and Wars with the Sons of Javan. 1 As a Shepherd faves his Flock, a David faved his. m O:, tccing that they are precious, and ot value with me as tlie Stones of a Royal Crown, or as the Stones of Trophy ſer up in Memorv of ſome noble Atchievement. n Which are as an Enfign lifred up, to which whoſo repair, may give Thanks, and rejoyce in their Deliverance, a Form ot which, tor ought 1 know. may tollow. |
17 For how great zs his goodnels 0, and how great 7: {| Or, gx, his beauty p / corn ſhall make the young men || cheer- orſpetk, tul g, and new wine the maids 7.
o Infinite Goodneſs is the Fountain of all that Good done fer this People, the Prophet admires it, and ſuggeſts what is fit to be done by thoſe that come and view thoſ= Stones ſet up for Trophies. p How wonderful the Beauty of Divine Providence, in all the great effects ot it in Iſrae['s Deliverance and Salvation. q Plentitul Harveſts ſhall makc the young Men cheerful in ſowing, reaping, labouring in Harveſt work, as well as in eating the Fruits thereof. r Such plenty of Wine, that. all, young and old, ſhall be cheared with it.
And now theſe arc the ſweet Fruits of temporal Salvation, hut the Fruits of Spiritual ſhadowed out by theſe, are much more glorious,
hath viſited x his Rock the houſe of Judah, and hath
made them as his goodly horſe y in the battel 2.