Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.

CHAP. XXVIII.

1 AND it shall come to pass, * 1.1 If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe, and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high a 1.2, above all nations of the earth.

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee b 1.3, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

4 Blessed shall be * 1.4 the fruit of thy † 1.5 body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket, and thy ‖ 1.6 store c 1.7.

6 * 1.8 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in d 1.9, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out d 1.10.

7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee, to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven wayes e 1.11.

8 The LORD shall command f 1.12. the blessing up∣on thee in thy ‖ 1.13 store-houses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto, and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

9 * 1.14 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself g 1.15, as he hath sworn unto thee: if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his wayes.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the Name of the LORD h 1.16, * 1.17 and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And * 1.18 the LORD shall make thee plente∣ous ‖ 1.19 in goods, in the fruit of thy † 1.20 body, and in the fruit of thy cattel, and in the fruit of thy ground i 1.21, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to give thee.

12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure k 1.22, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and * 1.23 thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head l 1.24, and not the tail, and thou shalt be above onely, and thou shalt not be beneath: if that thou hear∣ken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 But it shall come to pass, * 1.25 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments, and his sta∣tutes, which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee m 1.26.

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vex∣ation, and rebuke o 1.27, in all that thou settest thine hand unto † 1.28 for to do, untill thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly, because of the wick∣edness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.* 1.29

21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

22 * 1.30 The LORD▪ shall smite thee with a con∣sumption, and with a fever, and with an inflam∣mation, and with an extream burning and with the ‖ 1.31 sword, and with blasting, and with mil∣dew p 1.32: and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

23 And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass q 1.33, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron r 1.34.

24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust r 1.35: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed s 1.36.

25 * 1.37 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven wayes before them, and * 1.38 shalt be † 1.39 removed t 1.40 into all the king∣doms of the earth.

26 And * 1.41 thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

27 The LORD will smite thee with * 1.42 the botch of Egypt, and with the * 1.43 Emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness u 1.44, and astonishment of heart x 1.45:

29 And thou shalt * 1.46 grope at noon dayes y 1.47, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy wayes z 1.48, and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

30 * 1.49 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her a 1.50: thou * 1.51 shalt build an house, and another shall dwell therein: * 1.52 thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not † 1.53 gather the grapes thereof.

31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be vio∣lently taken away from before thy face, and † 1.54 shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people b 1.55, and thine eyes shall look, and fail c 1.56 with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might d 1.57 in thine hand.

33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not e 1.58, eat up: and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed al∣way f 1.59.

34 So that thou shalt be mad, for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36 The LORD shall bring thee, and * 1.60 thy king g 1.61 which thou shalt set over thee, unto a na∣tion which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and * 1.62 there shalt thou serve other gods h, wood and stone.* 1.63

37 And thou shalt become * 1.64 an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations h 1.65 whither the LORD shall lead thee.

38 * 1.66 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the locust shall consume it.

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms shall eat them.

40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thy self with the oil: for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but † 1.67 thou shalt not enjoy them: for they shall go into captivity.

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locusts ‖ 1.68 consume.

43 The stranger that is within thee i 1.69, shall † 1.70 get up above thee very high, and thou shalt come down very low.

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: * 1.71 he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45 Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments, and his statutes which he commanded thee.

46 And they k 1.72 shall be upon thee for a sign, and for a wonder l 1.73, and upon thy seed for ever:

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, * 1.74 for the abundance of all things m 1.75:

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the LORD shall send against thee, in hun∣ger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things, and he shall put a yoke of iron n 1.76 up∣on thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

49 * 1.77 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as * 1.78 swift as the eagle flieth o 1.79, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not † 1.80 understand:

50 A nation † 1.81 of fierce countenance p 1.82, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattel, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed, which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, where∣in thou trustedst, throughout all thy land, and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

53 And * 1.83 thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own † 1.84 body, the flesh of thy sons, and of thy daugh∣ters (which the LORD thy God hath given thee) in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil q 1.85 toward his bro∣ther, and toward * 1.86 the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children, which he shall leave:

55 So that he will not give to any of them, of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: be∣cause he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground, for delicateness and tender∣ness, her eye shall be evill r 1.87 towards the husband of her bosom, and towards her son, and towards her daughter,

57 And towards her † 1.88 young one s 1.89, that com∣meth out from between her feet, and towards her children which she shall bear t 1.90: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege, and straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law, that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful Name u 1.91, THE LORD THY GOD:

59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sick∣nesses, and of long continuance.

60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the * 1.92 diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of: and they shall cleave unto thee.

61 Also every sickness, and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD † bring upon thee, until thou* 1.93 be destroyed.

62 And ye * 1.94 shall be left few in number, where∣as ye were * 1.95 as the stars of heaven for multi∣tude: because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoyced over you to do you good, and to mul∣tiply you: so the LORD * 1.96 will rejoyce over you to destroy you x 1.97, and to bring you to nought, and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it y 1.98.

64 And the LORD * 1.99 shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth, even to the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fa∣thers have known, even wood, and stone.

65 And * 1.100 among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest z 1.101, but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind.

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee a 1.102, and thou shalt fear day and night: and shalt have none assurance of thy life,

67 * 1.103 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even: and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning: for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

68 And the LORD * 1.104 shall bring thee into Egypt again b 1.105 with ships c 1.106 by the way d 1.107 whereof I spake unto thee, * 1.108 Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bond-men, and bond-women, and no man shall buy you e 1.109.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Lev. 26. 3.
• a 1.2

  (i. e.) Advance and honour thee with divers priviledges and blessings, as it here follows.
• b 1.3

  Those blessings which others greedily follow after and oft∣times never overtake, they shall follow after thee and shall be th•…•…own into thy lap by my special kindness.
• * 1.4

  Gen. 49. 25. Psal. 12•…•…. 3.
• † 1.5

  Heb. •…•…lly.
• ‖ 1.6

  Or, d•…•…ugh, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• c 1.7

  (i. e.) It shall always be well replenished, and the provision thou hast there shall be preserved for and in due time brought forth to thy use and service. See Deut. 26. 2, 10.
• * 1.8

  Psal. 121. 8.
• d 1.9

  (i. e.) In all thy affairs and administrations, which are oft expressed by this phrase, as Numb. 27. 17. Deut. 31. 2. 2 Sam. 3. 25. 2 Chron. 1. 10. Act. 1. 21. and 9. 28.
• d 1.10

  (i. e.) In all thy affairs and administrations, which are oft expressed by this phrase, as Numb. 27. 17. Deut. 31. 2. 2 Sam. 3. 25. 2 Chron. 1. 10. Act. 1. 21. and 9. 28.
• e 1.11

  (i. e.) Many ways, as is usual when an army is totally over∣thrown and dissipated.
• f 1.12

  (i. e.) Shall by his soveraign and powerful providence give it, even when it seems furthest from thee and not likely to come to thee without a word of command from God himself.
• ‖ 1.13

  Or, barns.
• * 1.14

  Exod. 19. 5, 6.
• g 1.15

  (i. e.) Shall confirm and establish his covenant with thee by which he separated thee to himself as an holy, and peculiar people, and shall publickly own thee for such, as it follows, ver. 10.
• h 1.16

  (i. e.) That you are in deed and truth his people and chil∣dren: See Deut. 14. 1. and 26. 18. For to be called oft-times signifies to be, as Isa. 47. 1, 5. and 56. 7. Mat. 5. 9, 19. and 21. 13.
• * 1.17

  Gen. 21. 22, 23. and 26. 28.
• * 1.18

  chap. 30. 9. &c.
• ‖ 1.19

  Or▪ for good.
• † 1.20

  Heb. belly.
• i 1.21

  The same things which were said before are repeated to shew that God would repeat and multiply his blessings upon them.
• k 1.22

  To wit, the heaven or the air, as it here follows, which is Gods storehouse, where he treasures up rain or wind or other things for mans use. See Iob 38. 22. Psal. 33. 7.
• * 1.23

  chap. 15. •…•….
• l 1.24

  The chief of all people in power, or at least in dignity and priviledges, so that even they that are not under thine authority shall reverence thy greatness and excellency. So it was in Davids and Solomons time, and so it should have been much oft∣ner and much more, if they had performed the conditions here required. For the phrase see Isa. 9. 13, 14. and 19. 15.
• * 1.25

  Lev. 26. 14. Iam. 2. 17. Dan. 9. 11, 15▪ Mal. 2. 2.
• m 1.26

  So as thou shalt not be able to escape them, as thou shalt vainly hope and endeavour to do.
• o 1.27

  To wit, from God not so much in words as by his actions, by cross providences, by sharp and sore afflictions, which are oft called rebukes, as 2 King. 19. 3. Psal. 18. 15. and 39. 11. and 80. 17. Isa. 51. 20. and 66. 15. Ezek. 5. 15. and 25. 17.
• † 1.28

  Heb. which thou wouldest do.
• * 1.29

  n Or, disturbance. This seems chiefly to concern the mind, and its torment arising from the disappointment of hopes and the presages of its approaching miseries.
• * 1.30

  Lev. 26. 16.
• ‖ 1.31

  Or, drought.
• p 1.32

  Two plagues or evil affections of corn. See 1 King. 8. 37. 2 Chron. 6. 28. Amos 4. 9. Hag. 2. 17.
• q 1.33

  (i. e.) Like brass, hard and dry and shut up from giving rain. See Levit. 26. 19.
• r 1.34

  Hard and chapt and barren.
• r 1.35

  Either 1. thy rain shall be as unprofitable to thy ground and seed as if it were onely so much dust. Or 2. Instead of rain shall come nothing but dust from heaven, which being raised and carried up by the wind in great abundance doth re∣turn and fall upon the earth as it were in clouds or showres.
• s 1.36

  To wit, by famine following these great droughts.
• * 1.37

  chap. 32. 30. Isa. 30. 17.
• * 1.38

  Jer. 15. 4. and 24. 9. Ezek 23. 46.
• † 1.39

  Heb. for a re∣moving.
• t 1.40

  Heb. for a removing, to be tossed like a footbal from place to place and from people to people.
• * 1.41

  Psal. 79. 2. Jer. 7. 33. & 16. 4. & 34. 20.
• * 1.42

  Exod. 9. 9. & 15. 26.
• * 1.43

  1 Sam. 5. 6. Psal. 78. 66.
• u 1.44

  To wit, of mind, so that they shall not know what to do; see Iob 5. 13, 14. so as they shall commonly chuse and follow the worst counsels and courses to their own ruine.
• x 1.45

  They shall be filled with wonder and horrour because of the strange∣ness and soreness of their calamities.
• * 1.46

  Job 5. 14. Isa. 59. 10.
• y 1.47

  (i. e.) In the most clear and evident matters thou shalt grosly mistake and miss thy way.
• z 1.48

  Thy counsels and enter∣prizes shall be frustrated and turn to thy destruction.
• * 1.49

  Jer. 8. 1•…•….
• a 1.50

  Before thou canst consummate thy marriage, and enjoy her as thy wife. And so in the following branches.
• * 1.51

  Job 31. •…•…. Jer. 12. 13. Amos 5. 11. Zeph. 1. 13.
• * 1.52

  chap. 2•…•…. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• † 1.53

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Or. us•…•… i•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 common 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• † 1.54

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 return to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, &c.
• b 1.55

  By those who have conquered them and taken them cap∣tives, who shall give or sell them to other persons, as the man∣ner was.
• c 1.56

  Or, be consumed, partly with grief and plentiful tears shed for them; and partly with earnest desire and vain and long expectation of their return. See Psal. 119. 82.
• d 1.57

  (i. e.) No power to rescue them nor money to ransom them.
• e 1.58

  Which shall come from a far country, which thou didst not at all expect or fear, and therefore will be the more dreadful when they come, a nation whose language thou understandest not, and therefore canst not plead with them for mercy, nor expect any savour from them.
• f 1.59

  Not sometimes conquered, and sometimes conquering, as the course of war commonly is, but in all times and in all thy actions and attempts foiled and worsted.
• * 1.60

  2 King. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 5. and 24. 1•…•…. and 25. 7. •…•… Chron. 33. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• g 1.61

  Either being corrupted by their examples and counsels, or compelled to it by their tyranny. So what for∣merly was their choice and delight now becomes their plague and misery. And this doubtless was the condition of many If∣raelites under the Assyrian and Babylonish captivities, as we may gather from Ier. 44. 17, 18, 19. and other places, though many of them kept themselves free from that infection.
• * 1.62

  Jer. 17. 3.
• * 1.63

  f The calamity shall be both universal, which even thy King shall not be able to avoid, much less the subjects who have far less advantage and opportunity for escape; and irrecoverable, because he who should protect or rescue them is lost with them. See Lam. 4. 20.
• * 1.64

  1 King. 9. •…•…. Jer. 24. 9. and 25. 9. Zech. 3. 13.
• h 1.65

  All other nations shall wonder to see such calamities befall such a people, and when they would express any dreadful af∣fliction in a proverbial way, they shall make use of thy example, they shall also sport themselves in thy miseries and say, these are the people of the Lord, the onely Saints upon earth, &c.
• * 1.66

  Mic. 6. 1•…•…. Hag. 1. 6.
• † 1.67

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• ‖ 1.68

  Or, possess.
• i 1.69

  (i. e.) Within thy gates, who formerly honoured and ser∣ved thee, and were some of them glad of the crums which fell from thy table.
• † 1.70

  Heb. ascind abo•…•… th•…•… up, up; and thou shalt descend down, down.
• * 1.71

  Iam. 1. 5.
• k 1.72

  (i. e.) These curses now mentioned.
• l 1.73

  (i. e.) Signal and wonderful to all that hear of them.
• * 1.74

  Chap. 32. 15.
• m 1.75

  Or, in the abundance of all things, for this is opposed to in hunger, in thirst, &c. v. 48. And the Hebrew Mem oft signifies in, as Exod. 25. 18. and Iob 19. 26. Psal. 72. 16.
• n 1.76

  Which thou canst neither well bear nor break. See Ier. 28. 13, 14.
• * 1.77

  Jer. 5. 15. & •…•…. 22. Luk. 19. 43.
• * 1.78

  Jer. 48. 40. •…•… 49. 22. •…•…am. 4. 19. •…•…os. 8. 1.
• o 1.79

  Heb. as the Eagle flies, (i. e.) not onely swiftly, as is ex∣pressed in our translation, for which the Babylonian is noted and compared to an Eagle, Ier. 4. 13. Ezek. 17. 3, Dan. 7. 4. but also fiercely and greedily, as the Eagle to its prey, also strongly and irresistibly. Possibly this may be understood of the Romans who did come from far, from the end of the earth, more truely and literally than the Chaldeans, whose Countrey was not far from Iudea, and this may allude to the Eagle, which was in their ensignes.
• † 1.80

  Heb. Hear.
• † 1.81

  Heb. strong of face▪
• p 1.82

  Heb. strong of face or countenance, i. e. bold and impudent, hardy and undaunted, cruel and uncompassionate and inflexi∣ble, sparing no Age nor Sex, &c.
• * 1.83

  Lev. 26. 29. •…•… King. 6. 28, •…•…9. Jer. 19. 9. •…•…am▪ 2. 20. & •…•…. 10.
• † 1.84

  Heb. billy.
• q 1.85

  (i. e.) Unkind, envious, covetous to monopolize these dainty bits to themselves, and grudging that their dearest re∣lations should have any part of them.
• * 1.86

  Chap. 13. 6.
• r 1.87

  (i. e.) Unmerciful: she will desire or design their destru∣ction for her food.
• † 1.88

  Heb. after∣birth.
• s 1.89

  Heb. after-birth: that which was loathsome to behold, will now be pleasant to eat; and together with it she shall eat the child which was wrapt up in it, and may be included in this expression.
• t 1.90

  Or, which she shall have born, i. e. her more grown children.
• u 1.91

  (i. e.) Thing or Person, to wit, this glorious God. Names are oft put for things, as 1 King. 5. 3. Psal. 20. 1. and 115. 1. Act. 4. 12. Eph. 1. 21. and for persons, as Act 1. 15. Revel. 3. 4.
• * 1.92

  Chap. 7. 1•…•….
• * 1.93

  Heb. cause to ascend.
• * 1.94

  Chap. 4. 27.
• * 1.95

  Chap. 10. 22.
• * 1.96

  Pro. 1. 26. Isa. 1. 24.
• x 1.97

  His just indignation against you will be so great, that it will be a pleasure to him to take vengeance on you. For though he doth not delight in the death of a sinner, in it self, yet he doth doubtless delight in the glorifying of his justice upon incorrigible sinners, seeing the exercise of all his attributes must needs please him, else he were not perfectly happy.
• y 1.98

  Which was no ordinary land, but a most pleasant land, a land of promise, a token of Gods favour, and a pledge of their eternal inheritance, which was a great aggravation of their loss of it.
• * 1.99

  Lev. 26. 33. Neh. 1. 8. Jer. 16. 13.
• * 1.100

  Amos 9. 4.
• z 1.101

  Ye shall have no settlement in the land whither you are banished, but there you shall be tossed about from place to place, and sold from person to person, or Cain-like, wander about like a Vagabond.
• a 1.102

  Either because thou art in the hands of thy enemies that have power, and want not will, to destroy thee▪ or because of the terrors of thy own mind, and the guilt of thy conscience making thee to fear, even where no great cause to fear is.
• * 1.103

  Job 7. 4.
• * 1.104

  Jer. 44. •…•…, Hos. 8. 13. and c. 3•…•…
• b 1.105

  Whence he hath now so gloriously delivered thee, as re∣penting of all his kindness to thee, and resolved to undo what he hath done for thee. And the remembrance of what they endured in Egypt could not but make the thoughts of return∣ing thither again very terrible to them.
• c 1.106

  Which was lite∣rally fulfilled under Titus, when multitudes of them were car∣ryed thither in Ships, and sold there for Slaves, as Iosephus re∣lates. And this expression seems to mind them of that time when they went over the Sea without ships, God miraculously drying up the Sea before them, &c. which now they would have occasion sadly to remember.
• d 1.107

  Or, to the way: the He∣brew B•…•…th here signifying to, as it doth Gen. 11. 4. Levit. 16. 22. Psal. 19. 5. and 91. 12. Isa. 9. 8. And the way seems hot to be meant here of the usual road-way from Canaan to Egypt, which was wholly by land, but to be put for the end of the way or journey, even the land of Egypt, for to this, and not to the road-way between Canaan and Egypt, agree the words here following, whereof I spake unto thee, thou shalt see it, (i. e. Egypt) no more again. And so that way is put for to that land in a place parallel to this, where the very same words are used, Deut. 17. 16. to which this place palpably alludes.
• * 1.108

  Chap. 1•…•…. 16.
• e 1.109

  Either because the number of you captives shall be so great, that the market shall be glutted with you; or because you shall be so loathsome and contemptible that men shall not be willing to have you for slaves. And this was the condition of the Iews after the de∣struction of Ierusalem, as Iosephus the Iew hath left upon re∣cord.