vour, and which lurk'd in Feraſal-m,a:d in the Cities of Fudea where- ſoever they could lie in wait to fear the Poor and Weak. q The great Forefts on the Banks ef lors called here the Pride of Jordan, either becauſe of the ſtately*Situarion of them, or becauſe the Pro- phet would keep the Decorum of his Allegory, he calls theſe t!:c Pride of Fordan ; for that the young Lions were wont to walk proud- ly, to range over 1t without fear. So did theſe Men-lions fecurely prey in Feruſalem and its Fellow-Cities, bur theſe are cut down, aud now they muſt n> more range through to ſeek a Prey ;, foa!l trom the North to the Eaſt of che Land of Canaan, is repreſented as made a Spoil.
14 Thus faith the LORD my God 7, Feel s the Rock of the {laughter 7z.
r God the Father. s O Zechariah, feed, comtort, rule 5 but ra-
ther the Father ſpeaks to Chriſt the Son,and appoints h:1z who 1s the eternal Shepherd to feed his Sheep. #t Appointed tothe ſlaughter by different Hands, and for different Cauſes. it ipeaks of the People of the Jews who were killed by many Hauds, during 450 Years they were a Flock of ſlaughter to the Epyptians, Chaldeans, Fc. afrer- ward to the Romans, who ruined their Commonwealth, ilew their Citizens, and burnt their Ciry, | 5 Whoſe policflors {lay them 7, and hold rhemſclves not guilty x : and they that {cl them y, ſay, Biefled be the LORD, for lam rich = : and rheir own thepherds pity them not . 4 Either their own Governours, or the Romans, who in right of Conquerors are their Pofleffors; which way ever they got thein into their Hands, they ruined them, deftroyed them both in Body and Eſtate. x Think they do not fin in doing thisz fo low Thoughts they had of this Pecple,tuch extravaganr Thoughts they had of their own Power and Authority. y Betray their Ferſons or Liberty, or Eſtate, for Profit, or ſel] them tor Slaycs to Foretgners. 2 With profane ungodly Hearts do give God Thanks that they thrive by the moſt barbarous Methods of Cruelty and Oppreſfion, by bloody Mur- ders, as if theſe were ways of his appointing to gain Wealth, as if he bleſs'd them. 2 Who by Birth, Call and Office, were their pro- per Shepherds; the Governours of this poor Pcople, the Princes, the Priefts, had no pity on them in their Slavery or Blood I:ok'd on as unconcerned, it may be glad, that either they got a Booty,or were rid of a difaffe&ed Subject. |
6 For b | will no more pity the inhabitants c of the
land, faith the L OR D: but lo, I will T deliver the +1e, 11.4% men every one into his neighbours hand &, and into the #» be found.
hand of his king ec, and they thall ſmite the lard f, and out of their hand 1 will not deliver hem g.
b Their great fins have turned aivay God's Compaſſions from them, and Men ſhew no Mercy where God withdraws his. c The Genera- lity of the Nation, the Body of this finful People. d Leave to a turbu- lent, cruel, ſeditious and fraudulent Temper one againft another, to make Parties each azain{t other ; to*rob, impriſon, bath or Kill each other, as in the latter Times of their State 'tis kzown tney did, 2 The Roman Ceſc, called here the Jew his Kinz, for thar they had choſen him to he ſoz orelſe the Head of the Faltion. f Their King and his Armics ſhall deſtroy the Land, it may polut to Veſpaſian and Titus, who ſack'd Jeruſalem, burnt the Temple, captivated 57000 ;erſons, and ſlew 60cooo at leaſt, though Jeſephus recrons 1100 thouſand. g They ſhall never more be by my Hand de:tvered, or Þ will caſt them off forever, and ſo their Captivity under the Romans
continueth to this day. _ ep = | |
7 Ard þ I will feed the flock of tavghter 7, || cvcz ii Or, 4277 you, O poor of the flock þ - and I tock unto me two #54197 ſtaves /; the one I called Beauty 27,
and the other 1 cal-, led || Bands 7, and I fed the Bocik 9.
þ Or but, as the Hebrew Particle is ſometime read 3 as tor the grea-
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teſt part they are fo corrupt and obſiinately difobedient, 1 wilt caſt L V EA } Com
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them of; But, 1 will feed, &c. Or therefore, ſo then, becauſe ir ts tlio Wil of God that the Flock of Slaughter ſhould be fed, I will