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And makest men as the fishers of the sea, and as the cree∣ping things, that haue no ruler ouer them?
They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
* 1.1THe rendring of a reason. For the Prophet sheweth the cause why he is so greatly moued within himselfe. And this was first,
for that so many and so innumerable nations,* 1.2 were so easilie layd o∣pen as a pray, and for a fishing vnto the people & King of the Chal∣deans, in such sort as he described before, namely, as if the mind and purpose of God were to glut him only, and to satisfie him alone, e∣uen with the losse and destruction of so many nations. The cause hereof is alleaged Iere. 27. ver. 5.6. in these words, I haue made the earth, the man, and the beast that are vpon the ground by my great power, and by my oustretched arme, and haue giuen it vnto whom it pleased me. But now I haue giuen all these lands into the hand of Ne∣buchadnezzar the king of Babel my seruant, and the beasts of the field haue I also giuen him to serue him.
A cause why the Prophet is thus troubled within himself.
1. For that so ma∣ny nations shal be subiect vnto the King of Babylon.