Vers. 14. And it shall be as a chased Doe, and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp: euery man shall turne to his owne peo∣ple, and flee each one to his owne land.
HEe declares that outward succours shall profit the Babylonians nothing at all: and by these similitudes, shewes with what feare the souldiers shall be seazed. Now Ba∣bel did not onely strengthen her selfe with the men of warre of her owne Countrie, but she had strangers also vnder her pay. He saith, they shall all resemble little Fawnes or Does, which are very timerous beasts: and to scatte∣red sheepe; so as they shall retire neither to their Ensignes nor Garisons, nor yet keepe a∣ny order. And when he addes, euerie one shall flee to his land; it sufficiently appeares from thence, that the Prophet speakes not of the inhabitants of Babel, nor of her people; but of strangers which had been called to her succour. For it hath been said heretofore, that the hearts of men are so in the hands of God, that when it pleaseth him they suddenly re∣couer new strength, who were before feare∣full and amazed: and contrariwise, those who haue shewed great valour and boldnesse, lose it all in an instant, and become weake and ef∣feminate.