Annotations upon all the books of the Old and New Testament wherein the text is explained, doubts resolved, Scriptures parallelled and various readings observed / by the joynt-labour of certain learned divines, thereunto appointed, and therein employed, as is expressed in the preface.

ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET IEREMIAH. (Book Jeremiah)

THE ARGUMENT.

THe Prophet Ieremiah was a Priest, and so an ordinary Teacher (which some other of the Prophets were not) before his entrance upon his extraordinary employment. This he began (being in his younger yeers thereunto cal∣led) under a good King, Iosiah; in times, though bad enough, (the main body of the people, notwithstanding all the care and endeavour of that godly governour, continuing still enclined to their former idolatry and other wonted evill courses) yet nothing so bad, as not long after they proved, when that pious Prince was by immature decease taken a∣way, who had kept them yet within some compasse of externall conformitie, and restrained them from the publike pro∣fession and open practise of such abominations, while he lived. But the Kings, that succeeded him, being themselves al∣so addicted to the like impieties and excesses, and complying with the people therein; all things in short time grew to such an height of corruption both in Church and State, that the Prophet having a long time, as one striving and strug∣ling against the stiffe streame of a strong torrent, in vain laboured to reclaim them; and having endured much oppo∣sition by the false-prophets, and sustained much hard measure from the priests, princes and people, for the faithfull per∣formance and due execution of his office, (under which some expressions of humane frailtie at some times brake from him) he was at length constrained to denounce from God, the utter ruine and destruction of that whole State: which by the Chaldeans God accordingly made good. Howbeit withall for the comfort and support of the faithfull, he fore∣telleth their return after seventy yeers captivitie; and the enlargement of the Church, by that blessed Branch, the Messias: withall adioyning divers prophecies against those severall nations, that had been, either the destroyers, or the oppressors of Gods people.

Vpon the surprisall of the Citie by the Chaldeans, he was by the King of Babylon his speciall appointment set at li∣bertie: but was shortly after carried away by force into Egypt, among the rest of the people, which Prince Iohn and his complices, upon the murther of Gedaliah, whom the Chaldean King had made governour of the land, for fear of the Chaldeans, against Gods expresse charge, did thither transport. There continued he prophecying; how long, it is not certain: howbeit, being called unto that office in the thirteenth of Iosiah, it could not be lesse then between fortie and fif∣tie yeers, that he spent in that employment. In Egypt it is not unlikely that he ended his dayes; though how, in what manner, or by what means, is as uncertain, as the time of his abode in those parts.

CHAP. I.

Vers. 1. THe words] Sermons and Prophecies. Isa. 2. 1. Amos 1. 1.

the sonne of Hilkiah] An other of that name, from him that was high-priest under Josiah. 2 King. 22. 8.

that were in Anathoth] A citie of Ben∣jamin, assigned to the Priests. Josh. 21. 18.

V. 2. To whom the word of the LORD came] Heb. To whom a word of the Lord was. as 1 King. 2. 26. 2 Sam. 7. 4. Hos. 1. 1. Who had a charge, or commission from God, (for so is the word taken, as 1 King. 12. 24. Est. 1. 12. & 3. 15.) to publish these prophecies, being called by God himself thereunto. Chap. 26. 15.

in the dayes of Josiah] Chap. 25. 3.

V. 3. It came also] Heb. And it was. as Vers. 2. and for also. as Prov. 28. 16.

in the dayes of Jehoiakim] By the space of one and fortie yeers. The reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are not mentioned; be∣cause of the shortnesse of them: for they reigned little more then three moneths either of them. 2 King. 23. 21. & 24. 8. 2 Chron. 36. 2, 9. See Chap. 22. 11, 24.

unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth moneth.] What time Nebuzaradan burnt Gods house and the Kings pa∣lace; and carried the people away to Babylon. Chap. 52. 5, 12-15. Not that he then ceased prophecying; for he prophecied after, both in Judah; Chap. 40. 43. and in Egypt; Chap. 44. but so long un∣der the state that then stood, when he first entred upon that office.

V. 4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me] When God first called me to that employment. Vers. 2. Heb. And (as Exod. 7. 9.) the word of the Lord was to me. as Vers. 11.

V. 5. Before I formed thee in the belly] Heb. moulded thee. Or, framed thee, as a potter doth an earthen vessell. Gen. 3. 7, 8. Isa. 64. 8. See Job 10 9. & 31. 15. Psal. 119. 79. & 139. 15, 16.

I knew thee] I tooke speciall notice of thee, as of one to be thus employed. Exod. 33. 12, 17. Rom. 8. 29. thereby intimating, that God appointeth his Ministers to their offices, even before they be born. Isa. 49. 1, 5. Gal. 1. 15, 16.

I sanctified thee] Appointed thee, set thee apart for this ser∣vice. as Isa. 13. 3. Chap. 12. 3. & 51. 27, 28.

I ordained thee a prophet] Heb. gave thee: assigned thee so to be▪ as Isa. 49. 6.

unto the nations] Not the Jews onely. See Chap. 25. and 46-51.

V. 6. Ah Lord GOD, &c.] This he speaketh; as consider∣ing the weightinesse of the work; 2 Cor. 2. 16. and conscious to himself of his own weaknesse. See Exod. 3. 11. & 4. 10, 13. & 6. 12. Chap. 17. 16.

I cannot speak] Heb. know not to speak. as Chap. 6. 15. & 8. 12. I know not how to deliver my messages in such manner as is meet. So Exod. 4 10.

I am a child] But young: and therefore of no authoritie, one that men will not regard. 1 Sam. 16. 11. & 17. 12, 13, 42. Psal. 119. 141. 1 Tim. 4. 12.

V. 7. thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee] To all those per∣sons, that I shall send thee unto. Or, to whatsoever businesse I shall send thee about. as Isai. 55. 11. Act. 26. 16. I will enable to the performance; of whatsoever I employ thee in. So Exod. 3. 12. & 4. 12. Judg. 6. 14, 16.

whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak] See thou do so. as Numb. 22. 20. 35. Chap. 26. 2. Matth. 10. 27. Or, Thou shalt be enabled so to do: I will give thee sufficiency both of courage and speech for the discharge of this dutie. Exod. 4. 11, 12. Matth. 10. 19, 20. Luk. 21. 14, 15.

V. 8. Be not afraid of their faces] Ezek. 3. 9. Vers. 17.

I am with thee to deliver thee] Exod. 3. 12. Deut. 31. 6, 8. Josh. 1. 5. Chap. 20. 11. Act. 18. 10. Heb. 13. 6.

V. 9. touched my mouth] By a visible sign confirming both his mission, and his endowment of him, with abilitie thereunto▪ as Isa. 6. 7.

I have put my words in thy mouth] Thus God maketh men meet, and furnisheth them with abilities for the offices, that he assign∣eth them to Exod. 3. 12. & 4. 11. See Chap. 5. 14.

V. 10. set thee over the nations; and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, &c.] To wit, by publishing my word in either kinde; which shall as surely be fulfilled, as if thou hast done it. The authoritie of Gods Ministers, to denounce Gods judgements, and pronounce his mercies; which both he will not fail to make good. Chap. 18. 7-9. to beat down all that advanceth it self a∣gainst God; and to raise up the humble, that yeeld themselves to Christs yoke. 2 Cor. 10. 4, 5.

V. 11. Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me] Or, Again. Heb. And the word of the Lord was to me. So Chap. 2. 1. See vers. 2. 3.

I see] In a vision. as Isa. 6. 1.

a rod of an almond-tree] A signe added to the word, for fur∣ther confirmation. Chap. 19. 10.

V. 12. Thou hast well seen] Or▪ seen aright. Heb. done well to see; or, in seeing. as Ezek. 33. 32. Jon. 4. 4.

I will hasten my word to perform it] Alluding to the name of that tree, in Hebrew so called of its early budding and blossom∣ing: and withall, it may be, to Aarons rod, that budded, blos∣somed, and had ripe nuts in a night. Numb. 17. 8. Ezek. 12. 28. See the like, Amos 8. 1, 2.

V. 13. I see a seething pot] Noting the grievous condition of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as boiling in a pot over the fire, during the siege of the citie. Ezek. 11. 3, 7. & 24. 3, 5.

and the face thereof was towards the north] Or, with the face (that is, the mouth) of it northward. as Chap. 2. 37. Heb. from the face of the north. Or, from towards the north.

V. 14. Out of the north] From Babylon, situate North from Jerusalem. Chap. 4. 6. & 6. 1. Ezek. 26. 7.

an evil shall break forth] Heb. shall be opened: or, let loose. Isa. 51. 14.

upon all the inhabitants of the land] Of this land; the land of Judah. vers. 15.

V. 15. I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north] Heb. I am calling to all the families of the kingdoms north-ward: to wit, those that serve under Nebuchadnezzar. Chap. 25. 26. See Chap. 5. 15. & 6. 22. & 10. 22.

they shall come] At my call. Chap. 52. 4. 5. See Isa. 7. 18, 19.

they shall set every one] Heb. a man. as Chap. 6. 3.

at the entring of the gates] Chap. 39. 3.

against all the walls thereof] Or, upon. as vers. 14. and so after∣ward again.

V. 16. I will utter my judgements against them] I will passe sentence upon them for all their wicked and idolatrous courses; Chap. 4. 12. & 39. 5. which by those Northern forces I will put in execution. Chap. 6. 22, 23.

touching all their wickednesse] Or, for all their wickednesse. as Chap. 33. 5.

who have forsaken me] Or, because they have forsaken me. as Chap. 17. 13. & 19. 4. or, whereby they have forsaken me. as Deut. 28. 20. See Chap. 7. 5. & 16. 11. & 22. 9.

the works of their own hands] Idols, of their own making. Isa. 2. 8.

V. 17. Thou therefore] Heb. And thou. as Chap. 7. 16.

gird up thine loynes] Prepare thy self for thine employment, addresse thy self manfully thereunto: A phrase borrowed from those, who wearing side and loose garments, are wont to trusse them up, and gird them to them, when they are to undertake a a journey, or to set upon some weightie work. Exod. 12. 11. 1 King. 18. 46. 2 King. 4. 29. & 9. 1. Job 38. 3. & 40. 1. Luk. 12. 35. 1 Pet. 1. 13.

speak unto them all that I command thee] See vers. 7.

lest I confound thee] Or, break thee to pieces. Isa. 8. 9. Chap. 50. 36. Gods vengeance being prepared for all those, who for fear, or favour, dare not, or do not their dutie. 1 Cor. 9. 16.

before them] In their sight: that which befell Uriah. Chap. 26. 23.

V. 18. I have made thee] Heb. given thee. as Vers. 5.

a defenced city, and an iron pillar, &c.] Isa. 50. 7. Chap. 6. 27. & 15. 20.

brasen walls] Or, walls of steel▪ Psal. 18. 34. Chap. 15. 12.

against the whole land▪ &c.] Shewing, that the more Satan and his instruments rage against Gods Ministers; the more ready God is at hand to protect them: nor are they meet for Gods ser∣vice, who are afraid to deliver Gods message, what ever come of it. Isai. 50. 7. & 58. 1. Vers. 8. Chap. 20. 11. Ezek. 3. 8. Act. 18. 9, 10. & 20. 24. & 21. 13. 2 Tim. 4. 17.

V. 19. but] Heb. and. as Chap. 12. 2.

they shall not prevail against thee] Psal. 129. 2.

I am with thee] See Vers. 8.

CHAP. II.

Vers. 1. MOreover] Or, Again. Chap. 1. 11.

the word of the LORD came to me] Heb. was to me. as Chap. 1. 3, 4.

V. 2. in the ears of Jerusalem] Or, in the hearing. Isa. 5. 9. and 22. 14. The inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isa. 1. 27.

I remember thee, the kindnesse of thy youth] Or, I remember for thy sake the kindnesse of thy youth. or, I remember thee for (as Mal. 2. 5.) or, with (as Psal. 17. 14. & 106. 4.) the kindnesse of thy youth. According to that favour and kindnes which I shewed thee, when I first chose thee, and ••spoused thee to my self. Deut. 4. 20, 34. Isa. 54. 6. Chap. 32. 30. Ezek. 16. 8, 60.

when thou wentest after me in the wildernesse] Or, how thou wen∣test, &c. as Lam. 1. 9. Heb. thy going after me, &c. Deuter. 2. 7. When I brought thee out of Egypt, led thee along, and fed thee in, the waste wildernesse. Deuter. 8. 2, 3. & 29. 5, 6. & 32. 10, 12.

V. 3. Israel was holinesse unto the LORD] Consecrate to

God. Psal. 114. 1, 2. Exod. 19. 5, 6. Chap. 31. 44. as the holy things; not to be eaten by strangers. Lev. 22. 10.

the first-fruits of his increase] Which were so also, Deut. 26. 10. and so are all Gods people; as his first-fruits. Jam. 1. 18. Rev. 14. 4. his first-born. Exod. 4. 22. Heb. 12. 23.

all that devour him, shall offend; evill shall come upon them] Or, all that devoured him, became guilty; (that is, became lyable to judgement. Exod. 4. 23. Prov. 20. 25. Chap 12. 14.) evill befell them. None that then wronged them, escaped without punish∣ment. Exod. 17. 8, 14. Psal. 105 14, 15. Withall implying, that the case was much altered, it was not so now. Chap. 50. 7. See Chap. 43. 28. & 47. 6.

V. 5. What iniquitie have your fathers found in me] God chal∣lengeth them, to alleadge what they can for themselves; that the equitie of his proceedings may the more clearly appear; Isa. 1. 19. 5. 3. Mic. 6. 3, 4. Vers. 31. and the reason why he tendreth them not now so, as formerly he did.

are gone farre from me, and have walked after vanitie] Have left me, and follow Idols: Chap. 1. 16. which are but meer vanitie. Isa. 41. 29. & 44. 9. Chap. 8. 19. & 10. 15. See 2 King. 17. 15.

are become vain] In their counsels and courses. Rom. 1. 21, 22. like the idols, which they follow. Jon. 2 8.

V. 6. said they] Thought with themselves. Chap. 5. 24.

Where is the LORD] They had no regard of inquiring after God, that they might serve him, who had done so much for them. Vers. 8.

that brought us up out of the land of Egypt] Exod. 20. 2. Psal. 81. 10. Isa. 63. 9, 11, 13. Hos. 13. 4. Heb. that made us to ascend. as Chap. 1. 13. alluding to the situation of that countrey, lying low. or, that brought you forth. as Ezek. 27. 22. See Isa. 52. 4.

a land of drought, and of the shadow of death] Where for want of necessaries, nothing but death and buriall could be expected. Exod. 14. 11, 12. & 16. 3. & 17. 3. Deut. 32. 10. Psalm 23. 4. Vers. 2.

a land that no man passed through] Chap. 9. 12.

V. 7. I brought you into a plentifull countrey] Heb. a land of Carmel. Isa. 32. 15. See Deut. 8. 7-9. & 11. 10-12.

the goodnesse thereof] Isa. 1. 19.

ye desiled my land] By your idolatries and other wicked courses. Psal. 78. 58. & 106. 38. Chap. 3. 1.

made mine heritage an abomination] Chap. 16. 18.

V. 8. The priests said not, Where is the LORD] They taught not the people to seek after God. vers. 6.

they that handle the law] That should have expounded Gods law to the people. Deut. 33. 10. Nehem. 8. 8. Mal. 2. 7. Rom. 2. 20.

knew me not] Hos. 4. 6.

the pastours also transgressed against me] As well Princes as Priests. 2 Chron. 36. 12, 14.

walked after things that do not profit] Followed idols; that could do no good; Isai. 44. 9, 10. Hab. 2. 18. vers. 11. and drew the people after them. 1 King. 18. 22.

V. 9. I will yet plead with you] Though I might without more adoe, passe sentence upon you, and put it in execution; yet I will argue the case with you, to make you the more inexcusable. Isa. 1. 10. & 43. 26. Vers. 5.

V. 10. passe over] Or, go over to. as Isa. 8. 8.

the isles] Or, lands. as Isa. 20. 6. & 41. 1. Chap. 47. 4.

of Chittim] Of Achaia and Macedonia; Numb. 24. 24. Isai. 23. 1. that lay North-ward.

Kedar] Arabia; Isa. 60. 7. that lay South-ward from them. Go to any countrey, North or South.

V. 11. Hath a nation changed their gods] Or, whether any nation have changed their gods. Whether they keep not constant to their own countrey idols. 1 King. 17. 29-33. Mic. 4. 5.

which are yet no gods] Chap. 16. 20. Isa. 37. 19. Gal. 4. 8.

my people have changed their glory] The true God: who is their glory; Psal. 106. 20. & 148. 14. and maketh them glorious, Deu. 4. 6, 7, 8. Psal. 149. 4. and yet are they lesse loyall and constant to him, then the heathen to their idol••: Mal. 3. 8. exchanging him for idols, that can do them no good. vers. 8 17.

for that which doth not profit] Or▪ cannot profit. Job 15. 3. Lam. 4. 17.

V. 12. Be astonished, O ye heavens, &c.] Implying, that the ve∣ry senslesse creatures, were they apprehensive of such things, would abhorre such dealings, and tremble to think, what the issue of them would be. Isa. 1. 2. Or, that their courses were such, as might justly fill both heaven and earth with astonishment. Isa. 59. 16.

be ye very desolate] Or, clean dried up. Isa. 19. 6.

V. 13. they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters] A well-spring; yeelding water, that runneth constantly, and never faileth. Gen. 26. 19. John 4. 14. & 7. 38. Revel. 22. 1. such as God is to his. Psal. 36. 9. Chap. 17. 13. & 18. 14.

hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water] Betaken themselves to idols; that, like wells without water, 2 Pet. 2. 17. can afford them no relief or refreshing. Isa. 46. 7.

V. 14. Is Israel a servant] Have I used him as a servant?

and not rather as a sonne? Exod. 4. 22. Or, is he a slave, that he is so slavishly intreated? to wit, in the time of his captivitie; like that, Chap. 49. 1. Or, how cometh it to passe, that he that was in such respect with God, is now left unto such a despicable condition, as if he had been by birth a slave? See vers. 2, 3.

is he a home-borne slave] Such as being born of slaves in their Lord or Masters service, were slaves by birth. Gen. 17. 12. Exod.. 21. 4. Psal. 116. 16.

why is he spoiled] Heb. become a spoil. Chap. 49. 32. Isai. 42. 24.

V. 15. The young lions] The Assyrians, and the Chaldeans. Chap. 4. 7. & 50. 17.

yelled] Heb. gave out their voice. Chap. 48. 34.

made his land waste] Heb. put it unto desolation. Chap. 4. 7.

his cities are burnt without inhabitant] So that none dwell in them. Chap. 47. 29. Zeph. 2. 5.

V. 16. the children of Noph and Tahapanes] The Egyptians: for these were two principall cities of Egypt. Isa. 19. 13. & 30. 4.

have broken the crown of thy head] Or, fed on thy crown. Deut. 33. 12. Isa. 8. 8. They spoil the best part of thee: Isa. 1. 6. or, do grievously vex thee. Deut. 33. 12.

V. 17. Hast thou not procured this unto thy self] It is not through any want of love and kindnesse on Gods part, who continueth still the same: Vers. 2. Mal. 3. 6. Jam. 1. 17. but through their own default, that such a change is befaln them, as is complained of, vers. 14. Chap. 4. 18.

in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God] It is not Gods leaving of them, but their leaving of him. Vers. 13. Chap. 1. 16.

when he led thee by the way] When he governed thee by his providence; (alluding to the conduct of them. Exod. 13. 21. Isa. 63. 12.) and would still so have done, hadst thou continued in obedience. Isa. 58. 8, 11. Or, who prescribed thee a way and course of life to walk in; which hadst thou observed, thou hadst been safe and successefull. Isa. 48. 18, 19. & 64. 5. Ezek. 20. 10, 11.

V. 18. what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt] Or, with the way of Egypt: as Psal. 147. 20. What occasion, or need hast thou to travell, or send into Egypt?

to drink the waters of Sihor] To seek help from man, as if God were not able to protect thee; and to drink of puddles, leaving the spring. Isa. 30. 2. & 31. 1.

Sihor] Nilus: so called of the blacknesse of its water, bring∣ing downe with it much slime and mud, that batteleth their grounds: though some think it another river on the border of E∣gypt. See Josh. 13. 3. Isa. 23. 3.

in the way of Assyria] Or, with. as before.

of the river] Euphrates; by way of eminency so called. Psal. 72. 8. Isa. 7. 20. See Gen. 15. 18.

V. 29. Thine own wickednesse shall correct thee] Isai. 3. 9. Hos. 5. 5.

thy back-slidings shall reprove thee] Thou must feel the bitter fruits of thy wicked courses, before thou wilt learn to waxe wise. Isa. 28. 19. Prov. 20. 30. & 29. 15.

know] Or, consider. Vers. 31.

thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God] Chap. 1. 16. Vers. 13. 17.

my fear is not in thee] Or, the fear of me, &c. as Job 13. 11. Isa. 53. 11. Chap. 5. 22, 24.

V. 20. For of old time I have broken thy yoke, &c.] Or, When of old time I brake thy yoke, &c. thou saidst, as Psal. 142. 7. that is, and freed thee from the Egyptian bondage, when I delivered thee out of Egypt. vers. 6. Psal. 81. 6, 10.

I will not transgresse] Or, I will not serve: for there are two read∣ings in the Hebrew; as also Chap. 15. 14. I will obey thee in all things. Deut. 5. 27. & 26. 17. & 27. 10. Or, I will not serve any, besides thee. Josh. 24. 16. Psal. 81. 9. Ezr. 10, 12.

When] Or, Yet; as Isa. 9. 1.

upon every high hill, &c.] Isa. 57. 5, 7. Chap. 3. 6.

thou wanderest] Gadding after Idols. Vers. 24.

V. 21. Yet I had planted thee] Or, And I then planted thee. Exo. 15. 17. Psal. 44. 2. & 80. 8. Isa. 5. 1, &c. Matth. 21. 33. Mark 12. 1. Luk. 20. 9.

a noble vine] Heb. Sor••k. Isa. 5. 2.

wholly a right seed] Heb. all it, a seed of truth. A right generous plant.

how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant] Spoken by way of admiration; as wondring to see so strange an alteration. See the like, Esa. 1. 21.

plant] Heb. plants.

of a strange vine] Deut. 32. 32.

V. 22. For though] Or, Although.

thou wash thee with nitre] Though thou use all outward means and rites of cleansing; either naturall, Job 9. 30. Mal. 3. 2. or ceremoniall; religious, Numb. 19. 18, 19. Heb. 9. 10, 13. or superstitious; Isai. 66. 17. or, use all the colourable excuses and pretences that may be: vers. 23, 33, 35. yet nothing will avail to clear or cleanse thee from filth, or to free thee from judgement. Job 9. 31.

take thee much sope] Heb. multiply sope; as Chap. 46. 11. Hos. 8. 14.

thine iniquitie is marked before me] It is upon record with me. Deut. 32. 34. Job. 14. 17. Isa. 65. 6. Hos. 13. 12. Or, imprin∣ted on thee so deeply, that it cannot be got off or out. Chap. 17. 1.

V. 23. How canst thou say] Heb. wilt thou say; as Chap. 11. 12. How canst thou be so shamelesse, as to offer to clear thy self, when thy wickednesse is so evident? Prov. 30. 20.

see thy way] Chap. 3. 2.

in the valley] Of Hinnom. See Chap. 7. 31. & 19. 11. Go no further then that place: there is enough to evict thee. Or, those valleys in generall, wherein thou exercisedst thine idolatries. Isai. 57. 5, 6.

know] Or, take notice. Prov. 27. 23. Chap. 3. 13.

thou art a swift dromedarie] Or, O thou swift dromedarie. Heb. light. Isai. 19. 1. Chap. 3. 9. & 4. 24. Of this beast, see Isai. 60. 6.

traversing her wayes] That runnes over hills and dales in gen∣dring time: as thou doest after thine idols. Vers. 20. The person may be changed, as Job 18. 4.

V. 24. A wilde asse, &c.] Or, O thou wilde asse. Heb. taught the wildernesse, as Hos. 10. 11. That runneth at large; and will not be taken or tamed. Job 39. 5-8.

that snuffeth up the winde] Chap. 14. 6.

at her pleasure] Heb. the desire of her heart. Deut. 12. 15.

in her occasion who can turn her away) Or, who can reverse it? In her head-long, and head-strong course, there is no restraining of her from her idols. Vers. 25. Chap. 8. 6.

all they that seek her, will not weary themselves, in her moneth they shall finde her] Or, need not weary themselves; in her moneth they may finde her. They that seek her, to be naught with her, need not weary themselves over-much: they may soon finde her ready to entertain them at all times. Ezek. 16. 25. & 22. 10.

V. 25. Withhold thy foot from being unshod, &c.] Leave this wicked and wretched course; that will bring thee to captivity, beggerie, and miserie. Prov. 6. 26. Isai. 20. 2-4. & 46. 2. Chap. 13. 22. & 14. 10. & 48. 18.

There is no hope] Or, Is the case desperate? Isa. 57. 10. Chap. 18. 12.

I have loved strangers] Or, I love strangers. I am affected with, and addicted to strange people, Vers. 18. and strange gods. Vers. 10. Psal. 81. 9.

V. 26. As the thief is ashamed] Heb. according to the shame of a thief; as Isa. 1. 7. & 13. 19.

so is the house of Israel ashamed] Or, so do they (those that they trust to; Vers. 25, 27.) shame the house of Israel. Their idols do but bring them to shame and confusion; as it is with a thief, when he is taken in the manner: Chap. 48. 27. Hos. 4. 19. being not able to help them in their distresses. Vers. 27, 28, 36. Isa. 1. 29-31. and 2. 20, 21. & 20. 4, 5.

they, their kings] Or, them, their kings.

V. 27. Saying] Or, That say.

to a stock] To an idol made of the stock of a tree. Isai. 40. 20. & 44. 14-17.

Thou art my father, &c.] Giving Gods honour to idols; Deut. 32. 6 Isa. 64. 8. and being so senslesse, as to take a stock or a stone, Chap. 3. 9. for their father. Isa. 44. 17.

to a stone] An image made of stone. Dan. 5. 4, 23.

Thou hast brought me forth] Or, begotten me. Gen. 4. 18.

they have turned their back unto me] Chap. 32. 31. Ezek. 8. 16. Heb. the hinder part of the neck. Chap. 18. 17.

but] Or, yet; as Isai. 65. 20.

in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us] They will seek to me to save them; finding to their shame, how little help their idols are able to afford them. Jud. 10. 10, 15. Isa. 26. 16. Hos. 5. 15.

V. 28. where are thy gods] Go to thine idols; whom, leaving me, thou hast served, and trusted to; and trie what they can do for thee. Deut. 32. 37. Judg. 10. 11-14. 2 King. 3. 13. Hos. 13. 10. Chap. 11. 12.

let them arise if they can save thee] Isai. 45. 20.

in the time of thy trouble] Heb. evil. Psal. 49. 5.

according to the number of thy cities, are thy gods] Thou hast enow of them to go to; and those ready enough at hand, could they do thee any good. Chap. 11. 13.

V. 29. Wherefore will ye plead with me] To what end will ye stand out, debating the matter with me, when the case is so clear against you? Vers. 34. Chap. 3. 2.

V. 30. In vain have I smitten your children] Isai. 1. 5. & 9. 13. Chap. 5. 3. Zeph. 3. 2.

your own sword have devoured your prophets] Ye have slain your Prophets; by whom I called you to repentance, that I might not slay you. 2 Chron. 24. 20, 21. Chap. 26. 23. Matth. 23. 29, 35, 37. Luke 11. 47. & 13. 33, 34. Act. 7. 52. 1 Thes. 2. 15.

V. 31. see ye the word of the LORD] Or, consider; as vers. 19. Chap. 33. 24. see the word▪ as, hear the rod, Mic. 6. 9. Consider se∣riously of either.

have I been a wildernesse unto Israel] Vers. 5. Have I held them to hard meat, as cattell kept on a bare heath or wilde waste? yea, have I not furnished them with abundance of all things? Isa. 5. 4.

a land of darknesse] Heb. darknesse of God. extream darknesse; as Cant. 8. 6. Darknesse, for miserie; as Lam. 3. 2.

We are lords] Heb. We have dominion. Hos. 11. 12. 1 Cor. 4. 8.

We are grown to a kingdom of that strength, that we are able to stand without thy support.

we will come no more unto thee] We will no longer be ruled by thee; we can do well enough without thee. Psal. 30. 6, 7. Chap. 22. 21.

V. 32. my people have forgotten me] Have left looking after me; no more regard me, who am their chief ornament, then as if they had utterly forgotten me. Vers. 11. Deut. 32. 15, 18. Psal. 106. 21. Hos. 8. 14.

V. 33. Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love] Heb. makest good. Chap. 7. 3. Why dost thou set a fair glosse upon thy courses, to gain love, and procure helpers to thee? Isai. 23. 16. Or, why doest thou use vain pretences, whereby to justifie thy courses, when it is apparent that thou seekest nothing but the satisfaction of thy lusts? Vers. 35.

hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy wayes] Or, wicked wo∣men. Harlots themselves may learn of thee; thou art so lewd, that even the heathen may learn idolatry from thee. Chap. 5. 18. Ezek. 5. 6, 7. & 16. 48.

V. 34. in thy skirts is found the bloud, &c.] Thy garments are all defiled with innocent bloud: 2 King. 24. 4. Ezek. 7. 23. & 9. 9. to thine idolatry thou hast added murther. Ezek. 16. 20, 21, 36. & 23. 37. Lam. 4. 14.

I have not found it by secret search] Or, privie search. Heb. by digging. Ezek. ••. 8. & 12. 5. Or, breaking open. Exod. 22. 2.

V. 35. I will plead with thee] Or, proceed in judgement against thee. Isai. 66. 16.

because thou sayest, I have not sinned] Because thou standest upon thy justification: vers. 23. 29. Prov. 30. 20. and wilt not be brought to acknowledge thy sinne; Chap. 3. 13. I will proceed, without further debate, to passe sentence against thee. Chap. 1. 18.

V. 36. Why gaddest thou about, &c.] Running one while one way, and another while another way, to seek succours abroad. Isai. 57. 10. Chap. 14. 10. Hos. 5. 13. & 12. 1.

thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt] Receiving no more help from Egypt, Isai. 20. 5. & 30. 5. & 31. 5. Chap. 22. 22. & 37. 7. then they had formerly from Ashur. 2 Chron. 28. 20.

V. 37. thou shalt go forth him] From the Egyptians, whom thou soughtest unto for succour. Vers. 18.

and thine hands upon thine head] Or, with thine hands upon thine head; as Chap. 1. 13. In lamenting-wise. 2 Sam. 13. 19. missing of such aid, as from thence thou expectedst.

the LORD hath rejected thy confidences.] Or, disalloweth. See Ps. 1. 6.

CHAP. III.

Vers. 1. THey say, If a man put away his wife, &c.] Heb. Say∣ing. Chap. 2. 1. or, Saying men say: that is, they use to say; or it is commonly said: as Chap. 23. 17. The like defective formes, See Isa. 59. 13. Chap 14. 5.

shall he return unto her again] According to the Law, Deut. 24. 1,-4.

shall not that land be greatly polluted] Or, should not that land be greatly polluted? Heb. in polluting be polluted. Would not such courses pollute the land? Lev. 18. 17, 18. Or, Is not this land ex∣cee••ingly polluted? Is it not so polluted with thy whoredoms? Vers 2. 9.

but] Or, Though. Heb. And. as Hos. 5. 2. Zech. 12. 3.

thou hast played the harlot with many lovers] Idols; and others, in whom thou trustedst, Chap. 2. 20, 33, 36.

yet return again to me] Yet, upon thy repentance, I will dispense with mine own law, and do that which man would not do; I will take thee again to me, Zech. 1. 3. Mal. 3. 7.

V. 2. List up thine eyes unto the high places] Chap. 2. 23.

see where thou hast not been lien with] No place almost is free from thy pollutions, Isa. 57. 5,-8. Chap. 2. 20. Vers. 6. 13.

in the wayes hast thou sat for them] As common harlots are wont to do, Gen. 38. 14. Ezek. 16. 24, 25▪

as the Arabian in the wildernesse] That lie in wait for passen∣gers, to spoil them. Or, that watch their passing by, to trade and truck with them.

thou hast polluted the land, &c.] Chap. 16. 18.

V. 3. the showr••s have been with-holden] Deut. 28. 24. Chap. 9. 12.

and] Or, yet. Chap. 2. 35.

thou hadst a whores forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed] Thou didst grow shamelesse; and wouldest not repent, Chap. 5. 3. and 6. 15. & 8. 12. Amos 4. 7, 8. Zeph. 3. 5. and 6. 15.

V. 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me] Or, Didst thou not from this time cried unto me? Diddest thou not yet all this while made shew of seeking to me: as if thou hadst still continued true and loiall to me? Chap. 2. 35. Isa. 48. 1, 2. & 58. 2. Or, wilt thou not at length yet seek unto me, for all thou hast been so grie∣vously afflicted? Chap. 8. 4, 5. Isa. 1. 5. & 9. 12, 13.

My father] Lamenting, as a child to his Father offended, Chap. 31. 18. and calling me as I enjoyn thee to do. V••rs. 19.

thou art the guilde] Or, as a wife to her husband justly displea∣sed, 1 Cor. 7. 11. calling on me in such tearms as I like and al∣low, Hos. 2. 16.

thou art the guide of my youth] Or, O thou the guide of my youth. the style given to the husband, Pro. 2. 17.

V. 5. Will he reserve his anger for ever] And, as my people are wont to complain unto me when some breach is between me and them, Psal. 77. 7,-9▪ & 85. 5. & 103. 9. Vers. 12.

thou hast spoken and done evill things as thou couldest] Or, thou hast spoken thus, but hast done evill things, as, or, what, or, when thou couldest: as Chap. 34 1. Isa. 29. 13. Chap. 12. 2. What thou hast spoken of thy desperate resolution; Chap. 2. 25. that thou makest good by thine actions, Chap. 8. 6. Or, Thus indeed thou hast sometime spoken: but hast persisted still in thy wicked courses as eagerly as ever, Isa. 58. 2, 3. Hos. 7. 14,-16.

in the dayes of Josiah] The people, even under that religious King, notwithstanding the outward reformation made by him so generall, 2 King. 23. 4,-20. yet continuing still inwardly wic∣ked and irreligious, 2 King. 23. 26, 27. Vers. 10.

back-sliding Israel] The ten Tribes. Vers. 18.

she is gone up upon every high mountain &c.] Chap 2. 20.

V. 7. Turn thou unto me] Vers. 2. 2 King. 17. 13. Hos. 12. 6. and 14. 1.

she returned not] 2 King. 17. 14. Hos. 7. 16. & 11. 2, 5.

her treacherous sister] Ezek. 16. 46. & 23. 2, 4.

V. 8. And I saw when for all the causes whereby] Or, Now when I saw, that for all th••se causes, &c.] When I saw that there was no keeping of her any longer, she was so abominably defiled. Ezek. 23. 5,-8.

I had put her away] Or, I must put her away.

and given her a bill of divorce] Or, I then (as Chap. 1. 4.) gave her a bill of divorce. Isa. 50. 1. By giving up her people into the hand of the Assyrians, who carried them away captive, 2 King. 17. 6. Ezek. 23. 9.

yet] Or, and yet.

her treacherous sister Judah seared not] To run out into the same excesses; for which, she saw, what her sister had suffered, Ezek. 23. 11.

V. 9. it came to passe through the lightnesse of her whoredome] Or, notwithstanding the report, or, fame thereof, Chap. 4. 15. Though report of Israels notorious idolatry, and what had thereupon en∣sued, could not but come to her sister Judahs ear, dwelling so neer to her, Ezek. 16. 46.

that] Or, how. Chap. 2. 2.

she defiled the land] Vers. 1.

committed adultery with stones and with stocks] Chap. 2. 27.

V. 10. And yet for all this] Or, That yet even for all this. Though she had heard and seen all this in her sister, Vers. 7. 9.

hath not turned unto me with her whole heart] They returned in some sort for a time under Josiah, 2 King. 22. & 23. but were never throughly converted, as Josiah himself was, 2 King. 23. 25. nor inwardly reformed, as appeared by their sudden apostasie pre∣sently after his decease, 2 Chron 36. 14. See vers. 6.

but feignedly] Heb. in falshood. Psal. 78. 36, 37.

V. 11. back-sliding Israel hath justified her self more then trea∣cherous Judah] Israel is nothing so bad as Judah, Ezek. 16. 47, 51, 52. & 23. 11.

her self] Heb. her soul. Chap 51. 14.

V. 12. proclaim these words toward the north] Towards Assy∣ria and Media: Jer. 50. 3, 9. where the ten Tribes were in cap∣tivitie, 2 King. 17. 6.

Return thou back-sliding Israel] Vers. 14. Chap. 31. 22.

I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you] Heb. my face. Psal. 34. 16.

I am mercifull] Psal. 86. 15. & 103. 8, 9. Vers. 5.

V. 13. acknowledge thine iniquitie] Heb. know. Isa. 59. 12. or, take notice of. Chap. 2. 23.

that] Or, how. as vers. 9.

hast scattered thy wayes] There is no way almost, that thou hast not haunted, in trotting on pilgrimage to thine idols and favou∣rites, Chap. 2. 23.

to the strangers] Chap. 2. 25.

under every green tree] Vers 6.

V. 14. Turn, O back-sliding children] Vers. 12.

I am married unto you] I am thy lawfull husband, Chap. 31. 32. and I will upon thy sincere and serious return, entertain thee a∣gain Vers. 1.

I will take you one of a citie, and two of a family] A small rem∣nant of you, Isa. 24. 13. Rom. 9. 27. & 11. 5.

bring you to Zion] Isa. 56. 7. & 66. 20.

V. 15. I will give you pastours] Chap. 23. 4. Ezek. 34. 25. Ephes. 4. 11.

according to mine heart] Such as I like and approve of, 1 Sam. 13. 14. Act. 13. 22.

which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding] Either feed you with the spirituall food of sound knowledge and under∣standing of the truth: Ezek. 34. 2. Joh. 21. 15,-17. Act. 20. 28. 1 Pet. 5. 2. Or, rule you (as Chap. 23. 2.) skilfully and discreetly. Psal. 78. 72. 1 Pet. 3. 7.

V. 16. they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant, &c.] Either menat of Christs coming; when those shadowes and ceremonies were to cease, Joh. 1. 17. & 4. 23. Col. 2. 17. Heb. 10. 1, 8, 9. Or,

that, upon their restauration, they should not so trust to, and re∣lie upon, these outward pledges of Gods presence, as formerly they had done, 1 Sam. 4. 3. Chap. 7. 4.

neither shall it come to mind] Heb. come upon the heart. Isa. 65. 17.

neither shall that be done any more] Or, shall it be magnified (as Deut. 32. 6. 1 Sam. 12. 6.) any more.

V. 17. they shall call Jerusalem] The Church: wherein God will be resident by his Spirit, to the worlds end, Matth. 28. 20. Joh. 14. 16, 17. Rev. 21. 3. & 22. 3.

the throne of the LORD] Chap. 17. 12.

all the nations shall be gathered unto it] Isa. 2. 2.

after the imagination] Or, stubbornnesse of their evill heart. Num. 15. 39. Isa. 57. 17. Chap. 7. 24.

V. 18. the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel] Or, to the house of Israel. The ten Tribes shall be reunited to the other two, Isa. 11. 13. and both joyn together in the true service of God; not go contrary wayes, as now they do, Ezek. 37. 16, 17, 19, &c.

come together out of the land of the north] The place of their cap∣tivitie, Vers. 12. Chap. 1. 13. & 31. 8.

to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers] Or, that I caused your fathers to possesse Psal. 44. 2, 3. & 78. 51. and 135. 12. & 136. 21, 22.

V. 19. How shall I put thee among the children] Or, How did I put thee, &c. Gods words, with admiration, relating, either what he had done formerly for them; and what thereupon he expected from them; Isa. 63. 8, 9. Or, what, notwithstanding their present estate, he would hereafter do for them; and on what condition they might expect it, Chap. 4. 1.

and give thee] Or, gave thee.

a pleasant land] Heb. land of desire. Psal. 106. 24. Zech. 7. 14.

a goodly heritage] Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beautie. Ezek. 20. 6. Dan. 8. 9.

Thou shalt call me, My father] Vers. 4. Psal. 89. 26.

shalt not turn away from me] Or, from following me. Deut. 7. 4. Heb. from after me. 1 Sam. 15. 11.

V. 20. as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband] Or, friend. Hos. 3. 1. Pro. 2. 17.

V. 21. A voyce] Of lamentation for their captivitie; or of mourning for their sinnes, Chap. 31. 18. Ezek. 7. 16. Zech. 12. 10.

was heard upon the high places] On the house-tops, as was usuall, in publike calamities, and solemn lamentations, Isa. 15. 3. & 22. 1. Chap. 7. 29. & 48. 38.

for they have perverted their way] Or, because, &c. as Isa. 59. 14. Vers. 25.

they have forgotten the LORD their God] Chap. 2. 32.

V. 22. Return ye back-sliding children] Vers. 14. Hos. 14. 1.

I will hea•• your back-slidings] I will passe them by; and be fully reconciled again to you. Or, I will repair those ruines, and remove those evils, that by your revolt from me ye have brought upon your selves, Isa. 57. 18. Chap. 32. 40. Zech. 10. 6.

behold, we come unto thee] Spoken, either by God to his people, putting such words into their mouthes, as he would have them to use; Vers. 4, 5. Hos. 14. 2, 3. Or, in the person of Israel, to shame Judah for her backwardnesse: as 2 Sam. 19. 11, 12.

V. 23. Truly in vain] Heb. in, or, unto falshood, or, vanitie. Chap. 8. 8.

is salvation hoped for from the hills, &c.] From the idols that we worshipped there, Chap. 2. 20. Vers. 3. Or, from the aids, Psal. 60. 11. that we expected from beyond the hills, Psal. 121. 1, 2. Or, from the strength of our hills and forts, which we for∣merly trusted to, Chap. 5. 17. & 21. 13. Psal. 125. 2.

V. 24. For shame] Or, that shamefull thing, Chap, 11. 13. our shamefull idols: the cause of our ruine. Hos. 9. 10.

hath devoured the labour of our fathers] The wealth gotten by their industrie: as Psal. 128. 2. Isa. 45. 14. Chap. 5. 27. & 20. 5. Ezek. 23. 29. is consumed by Gods just judgement upon us for our idolatry, Chap. 5. 17.

V. 25. for we have sinned, &c.] Or, because. Chap. 6. 13. Vers. 21.

we and our fathers] They justifie not themselves; nor say, they will follow their fathers; as those, Chap. 44. 17. but condemn their wicked doings, and crave pardon of their sinnes, Ezr. 9. 7. Psal. 106. 6. Isa. 64. 6. Chap. 14. 20. Dan. 9. 16.

from our youth] Ever since we were first a nation, Isa. 48. 8. So Vers. 24. Chap. 2. 2. & 22. 21.

CHAP. IIII.

Vers. 1. O Israel] Put here for Judah. Vers. 3. as 2 Chron. 12. 1. 15. 17. & 21. 2, 4. & 29. 21, 24.

return unto me] Or, wilt, I say, return unto me. sincerely, Joel 2. 12. not in hypocrisie, Chap. 3. 10. with thy whole heart, Chap. 24. 7. Psal. 119. 10. 2 King. 23. 25. not by halves, Hos. 7. 14, 16.

if thou wilt put away thine abominations] Thine idols: which my soul abhorreth, Deut. 27. 15. Ezek. 11. 18. & 20. 7, 8.

then shalt thou not remove] Or, and wilt not wander. Or, then do not wander. Either, then shalt thou not go out of thy land into captivitie, 2 King. 21. 18. Lam. 1. 8. Or, if thou do not wander after thine idols, Chap. 2. 25. & 14. 10. but keep close to me the true God and thy Lord, Deut. 4. 3, 4. & 30. 20.

V. 2. And thou shalt swear] Or, And wilt swear. as being a continuation of the condition.

The LORD liveth] By the Lord, Deut. 10. 20. Psal. 65. 16 and not by idols, Chap. 5. 7. & 12. 16. Josh. 23. 7.

in truth, in judgement, and in righteousnesse] Truly, considerate∣ly, and justly: swearing nothing, but what is true; to do nothing but what is just; duly considering what ye swear; and making good what you have sworn: Exod. 20. 7. Lev. 19. 12. Psal. 15. 4. Isa. 48. 1. Chap. 5. 2. Matth. 5. 33.

and the nations shall blesse themselves in him, &c.] Or, then. Heb. and. as Gen. 28. 21, 22. Chap. 1. 4. When thou shalt thus demean thy self; then shall other nations, moved by thine example, wor∣ship God with thee, Psal. 47. 8, 9. and glory in him, as thou now doest, Psal. 44. 8. & 106. 47. Chap. 9. 24. 1 Cor. 1. 31. 2 Cor. 10. 17.

V. 3. Break up your fallow-ground, and sow not among thorns] Pluck up your impious and wicked affections and lusts out of your hearts, Hos. 10. 12. that the seed of Gods word and grace may be sown and thrive in them, Matth. 13. 7, 22. Luk. 8. 14, 15. Jam. 1. 21.

V. 4. Circumcise your selves to the LORD] Heb. be circum∣cised. Gen. 34. 24. Circumcise not your flesh alone, but your hearts also, Deut. 10. 16. & 30. 6. Chap. 9. 26. Rom. 2. 29. Col. 2. 11.

lest my fury come forth like fire, &c.] Chap. 21. 12. Zeph. 2. 2.

because of the evill, &c.] Or, for the evill of your doings.

V. 5. Declare ye in Judah, &c.] He forewarneth them of the great danger, that will shortly ensue by the Chaldeans, unlesse they repent and return unto God. Vers. 1.

Blow ye the trumpet in the land] To give warning of the ene∣mies approach, Ezek. 33. 2, 3. and to call men to arm and assem∣ble against them, 2 Sam. 20. 1, 2. 1 Cor. 14. 8.

cry, gather together] Or, call a fall assembly, Chap. 12. 6. Heb. fill. Chap. 51. 11.

Assemble your selves] Chap. 8. 14.

let us go into the defenced cities] For shelter and succour against the invading enemie, Judg. 9. 31. Chap. 36. 6. Matth. 24. 16. Heb. cities of defence. Chap. 34. 7.

V. 6. Set up the standard] Chap. 50. 2. & 51. 12.

towards Zion] Jerusalem; their chief citie of strength: as Zion the strongest place in it, 2 Sam. 5. 6, 7. So Chap. 50. 5.

retire] Or, strengthen. Pro. 21. 29. Or, get away. Chap. 6. 1.

stay not] Heb. stand not. Deut. 5. 31. Chap. 51. 50. Hasten each one to flie, for the saving of himself from the danger approach∣ing, Luk. 17. 31.

I will bring evill from the north] From Chaldea, Chap. 1. 14, 15. & 6. 22.

a great destruction] Heb. breaking. Vers. 20. Chap. 6. 1.

V. 7. The lion] Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, 2 King. 24. 1. so tearmed, for his force and fiercenesse, Pro. 30. 30, 31. Chap. 2. 15. & 5. 6. Ezek. 19. 2. Dan. 7. 4. 2 Tim. 4. 17.

is come up from his thicket] From Babylon his strongest hold, and chief place of residence, Dan. 4. 30. See Chap. 25. 38.

the destroyer of the Gentiles] By whom God hath destroyed many nations already, 2 King. 24. 7. Chap. 50. 23. & 51. 20. and will destroy thee, Chap. 23. 7.

is on his way] For Jerusalem, Ezek. 21. 21, 22.

and thy cities shall be laid wast, without an inhabitant] Or, that thy cities may be laid wast, or, be overgrown with grasse, (Isa. 37. 26.) because no man dwelleth in thee. Chap. 2. 15. & 9. 11.

V. 8. gird you with sackcloth] Isa. 22. 12. Chap. 6. 26. Heb. with sacks. Chap. 49. 3.

the fierce anger of the LORD] Heb. heat, or, fervor of the nose. Isa. 13. 13. Vers. 26.

is not turned back from us] Isa. 9. 12, 17.

V. 9. the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder] The false prophets, that prophecied nothing but peace, Chap. 6. 14. & 8. 11. Kings, princes, and pro∣phets shall be all out of heart, and at their wits end, Chap. 39. 4.

V. 10. thou hast greatly deceived this people] Heb. deceiving decei∣ved them. Not that God indeed deceived them, but that he should so have done, had that been true, which those false prophets fa∣thered on him: promising unto the people, as from him, peace: unto whose delusions God justly left them; because they loved not, nor listed, to listen to his truth, 1 King. 22, 23. Isa. 63. 17. Ezek. 14. 9. 2 Thess. 2. 11, 12. Or the words may be read by way of interrogation, Hast thou indeed deceived this people? Can it be, thou shouldest promise peace to them, and hold them in an expecta∣tion of it, as those their prophets in thy name do, when thou in∣tendest nothing lesse? implying it to be a thing impossible, that God should so do, Num. 23. 19. Tit. 1. 2.

the sword reacheth unto the soul] Striketh to the heart, vers. 18. woundeth deadly; unto the taking away of life. Soul, for life. Vers. 30. 1 Sam. 26. 24. Mat. 16. 25, 26. Luk. 14. 26.

V. 11. A dry wind] Such as the North-wind usually is, Job 37. 22. Pro. 25. 23. meaning the Chaldeans; who from the

North, Chap. 1. 14, 15. Vers. 6. should break in upon them; like a whirl-wind in the plain, where there is no shelter or resistance, that sweepeth all away before it, Isa. 21. 1. & 27. 8.

of the high places in the wildernesse] Or, such as bloweth upon the high places in the plain. Chap. 9. 10. & 13. 24. though alluding withall, it may well be, to those plains or wasts, by which the Chaldeans were to march in their expedition against Judah. Vers. 12.

not to fanne, nor to cleanse] Not to sever the chaff from the grain, and carrie the one away, leaving the other, but to disperse and scatter all together, Chap. 15. 7. and 18. 17. and 51. 1. Ezek. 5. 2. & 21. 3.

V. 12. a full wind from those places] Or, a fuller winde then those. as Vers. 15. Chap. 49. 19.

will I give sentence against them] Heb. utter judgements. Chap. 1. 16. and 39. 5.

V. 13. he shall come up] Nebuchadnezzar: whose coming in fierce and furious manner is here described. Vers. 12. See the like, Isa. 21. 1.

as clouds] As clouds, driven with the wind for swiftnesse. Isa. 19. 1. Or, with forces, as thick as clouds, for multitude, Isa. 60. 8.

his chariots shall be as a whirlwind] Isa. 66. 15.

swifter] Heb. lighter. Isa. 19. 1. Vers. 24.

then eagles] Chap. 48. 40. Lam. 4. 19. Dan. 7. 4.

wo unto us, &c.] The peoples voyce in their distresse. Or the Prophets, before-hand bewailing it. See the like Lam. 5. 16.

V. 14. wash thine heart from wickednesse] Take the right and surest course for thine own safetie, by sincere repentance and se∣rious reformation; as well of heart, as of life. Isa. 1. 16. Chap. 13. 27. Jam. 4. 8.

how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee] Heb. thoughts of vanitie, or, iniquitie. Pro. 6. 18. Isa. 59. 7. Expecting, and re∣lying on succours and helps, that cannot save thee, Chap. 2. 5.

V. 15. voyce] Or, rumour. Isa. 13. 4.

from Dan] Or, greater then that of Dan.

affliction from mount Ephraim] Or, iniquitie (Vers. 14.) greater then that of mount Ephraim. as Vers. 12. Lam. 4. 6.

For a voyce declareth from Dan, &c.] A report of the Chalde∣ans coming; brought to Jerusalem from Dan, the utmost coast of Israel toward Babylon; and from mount Ephraim, that lay be∣tween Dan and Jerusalem, Chap. 8. 16. Or, the notorious fame of Judahs sinne, proclaimeth her iniquitie to be greater then the sinne of Israel committed at Dan and Bethel in the confines of mount Ephraim, 1 King. 12. 29. Chap. 3. 11.

V. 16. Make ye mention to the nations] Summon the Chalde∣ans, and such other people as joyn with them, 2 King. 24. 3. to come together against Jerusalem. Or, give advertisement to this people, the Jews, of the coming of such against them. Vers. 5.

watchers] Besiegers; that watch to keep from escape, Isa. 1. 8.

from a farre countrey] From Babylon, Isa. 39. 3.

give out their voyce] Chap. 2. 15. & 12. 8.

V. 17. As keepers of a field] Such as watch fruit, and keep it so straitly, that they suffer none to go in or out of the places, where it is: Or, that watch wild beasts, or deer, enclosed in a wood, that they may not make escape: intimating a very strait siege, 2 King. 25. 4. Chap. 5. 6.

V. 18. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things] Psal. 107. 17. Isa. 50. 1. Chap. 2. 17. 19.

this is thy wickednesse, because it is bitter] Or, thy wickednesse hath caused that it is bitter.

because it reacheth unto thine heart] Or, that it reacheth. as Gen. 22. 17. this being the effect and fruit of their sinnes. Vers. 10.

V. 19. My bowels] I am in pain, as a woman in travel, Isa. 26. 17. The disposition of true prophets, being deeply affected with the calamities of Gods people, which they are compelled to denounce, Isa. 25. 5. & 16. 11. & 22. 4. Chap. 9. 1. 10.

my bowels] This repetition argueth a great vehemencie of pas∣sion and affection: as 2 Sam. 18. 33. 2 King. 4. 19. & 13. 14.

I am pained as my very heart] Heb. the walls of my heart. to think what will become of the walls of my citie, Chap. 5. 10. I am. 2. 8, 18.

my heart maketh a noise in me] Isa. 16. 11.

the sound of the trumpet, &c.] Chap. 20. 16. & 49. 2.

V. 20. Destruction upon destruction] Deut. 32. 23. Psal. 42. 7. Ezek. 7. 26. Heb. Breach upon breach. Vers. 6.

suddenly are my tents spoiled] Their cities are overthrown, as suddenly and easily as a shepherds, or other sorie tent, Isa. 38. 12. Lam. 2. 6. Or, their habitations; simply: as Isa. 54. 2. Chap. 10. 20. Alluding to the manner of their habitation in times past, Heb. 13. 9. Or to the overthrow of a camp, Judg. 7. 13, 14. Chap. 6. 3.

my curtains] Whereof the tents consist, Cant. 1. 5. Isa. 54. 2. Chap. 10. 20. & 49. 29.

V. 21. How long shall I see the standard, &c.] Either their own, set up, for their forces to repair to; Vers. 6. or the enemies, ap∣proaching with his forces against them, Isa. 31. 9. Of the trumpet, see the like, Vers. 5. 19.

V. 22. my people is foolish] Isa. 44. 18, 19. Chap. 10. 8, 10.

they have not known me] Or, know me not. Chap. 9. 3.

have none understanding] Isa. 27. 11.

wise to doe evill] All their wisdome and policie tendeth to their own ruine; to carry them from God, and to drive him from them, Rom. 8. 6, 7. Or, they are cunning to plot and practise evil, Luk. 16. 8. See Chap. 9. 3. and the contrarie required, 1 Cor. 14. 20.

V. 23. I beheld the earth] In a vision. Chap. 1. 11. Dan. 7. 2, 6.

it was without form and void, &c.] The whole face both of hea∣ven and earth seemed to be changed: as if all were reduced to its originall chaos, Gen. 1. 2. A description of utter desolation, and extreame distresse, Isa. 8. 22. & 13. 10. 13. & 24. 23. Ezek. 32. 7. Joel 2. 10. & 3. 15.

V. 24. I beheld the mountains] the mountains of Judah, Chap. 3. 23. & 9. 10.

they trembled] As if the very senslesse creatures were more sen∣sible of Gods wrath then his people, Psal. 18. 7. Isa. 5. 25. Hab. 3. 10.

the hills moved lightly] Or, swiftly. Isa. 5. 26. Vers. 13.

V. 25. all the birds of the heavens were fled] Chap. 9. 10. Zeph. 1. 3.

V. 26. the fruitfull place, &c.] Isa. 33. 9. Heb. Carmel. Isa. 29. 17.

by his fierce anger] Heb. heat or, fervor. as Vers. 8.

V. 27. yet will I not make a fall end] Chap. 5. 18. & 30. 11. But reserve a residue for my self, Isa 1. 9. & 24. 13. Chap. 3. 14.

V. 28. the heavens above be black] Wear blacks, as mourner▪ do, Isa. 30. 28. Psal. 38. 6. & 42. 9. Chap. 8. 21. & 14. 2. See Vers. 23.

will not repent] Chap. 15. 6. Zech. 8. 14.

V. 29. bowmen] Heb. those that throw, or, shoot out, arrowes with the bow. Psal. 78. 9.

they shall go into thickets] Or, up to the thick clouds, Job 20. 6. Isa. 44. 22. Get them into the thickets, there to hide themselves, Gen. 3. 8. 2 Chron. 33. 11. Or, up to the highest hills that are; such as seem to reach the clouds; or, as if they would climbe up to the clouds, Chap. 49.16. Amos 9. 2, 3.

every city shall be forsaken] Or, the whole citie. as before.

not a man dwell therein] Vers. 25.

V. 30. when thou art spoiled] Or, thou that art to be spoiled, (as Chap. 30. 24. & 50. 6.) (Jerusalem, or Zion. Vers. 11.) what doest thou, that thou cloathest, &c. to what end doest thou all this▪

Though thou clothest thy self with crimson, &c.] All thine whorish designs and paintings, tricks of allurement and arts of entice∣ment, will stand thee in no stead, will not serve to save thy life, 2 King. 9. 20, 33. Rev. 14. 4. 16.

rentest thy face] Or, cheeks. Heb. eyes.

in vain shalt thou make thy self fair] Or, doest thou, &c.

thy lovers will despise thee] Those, whom thou formerly reliedst upon, and were in league and amitie with thee; Chap. 22. 20. will then leave thee, and joyn with the enemie against thee, Lam. 1. 2. See 2 King. 24. 3. Chap. 27. 3.

they will seek thy life] Heb. soul. Vers. 10. Chap. 11. 21. and 19. 7.

V. 31. a voyce as of a woman in travail] Isa. 13. 8. & 21. 3. Chap. 6. 24. & 30. 6. & 49. 22. 24.

the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child] Who are wont to have hardest labour, and least patience to endure it.

that bewaileth her self] Or, fetcheth deep sighs.

spreadeth her hands] Wringeth her hands for grief. Or, stretch∣eth them out for relief. Lam. 1. 17.

because of murderers] Mine enemies that murder without mer∣cie, 2 Chron. 36. 17.

CHAP. V.

Vers. 1. IF ye can find a man] Any one: as Isa. 6. 11. Chap. 4. 29. implying the great scarcitie of such men in Jerusalem: when a man might run a long time to and fro in the streets, and yet not meet with one good man, Psal. 12. 1. & 14. 2, 3. Isa. 64. 6, 7. Mic. 7. 1, 2.

that executeth judgement, that seeketh the truth] That dealeth uprightly and faithfully, Isa. 56. 1.

I will pardon it] I will spare the citie, and not destroy it, Gen. 18. 32.

V. 2. And though they say, The LORD liveth, &c.] Or, for (as Psal. 108. 12.) when. Heb. if. as Psal. 63. 6. Amos 7. 2. Though they pretend religion; (noted here by one part of it; as Chap. 3. 2. & 44. 26.) yet they do it, but in hypocrisie, and for evill ends, Matth. 23. 23. 2 Tim. 3. 5. Or, even when they swear, calling God solemnly to witnesse, they have no regard of truth, Isa. 48. 1.

they swear falsly] Heb. unto falshood. as Isa. 42. 3. Or, in falshood. Chap. 7. 9. Lev. 6. 3.

V. 3. are not thine eyes upon the truth] Doest thou not love uprightnesse and faithfull dealing? Psal. 51. 6. and respect those that use it? Psal. 11. 4, 5, 7. & 34. 15.

thou hast stricken them, &c.] Thou hast oft punished them: but

all in vain: they are no whit the better for it, Isa. 1. 5. and 9. 13. Chap. 2. 30.

they have refused to receive correction] Or, they refuse.

made their faces harder then a rock] Pro. 21. 29. Zech. 7. 12.

have refused to return] Or, refuse. Chap. 8. 5.

V. 4. Surely these] Of the meaner sort.

know not the way of the LORD] Are ignorant; unacquain∣ted with Gods word and wayes, Chap. 8. 7. Joh. 7. 49.

V. 5. they have known] Or, do know. are better acquainted with it; having had better breeding and means of instruction then others of meaner estate, Pro. 4. 3. 4.

these have, &c.] Spoken, to the reproof and reproach of them, that should have governed and taught others better things; but were as farre out of the way as any, Chap. 6. 13.

altogether] All of them; as well one as another, Psal. 14. 3.

broken the yoke, and burst the bonds] Cast off Gods yoke; and the bonds of allegeance and obedience to him. Psal. 2. 3. Lam. 3. 27. Matth. 11. 29, 30. Luk. 19. 14, 27.

V. 6. a lion] Nebuchadnezzar, with his armie, Chap. 4. 7.

a wolf of the evenings] Or, deserts. Chap. 39. 5. That liveth in the wast. Or, that useth at evening to range abroad for his prey, Psal. 104. 20. Hab. 1. 8. Zeph. 3. 3.

a leopard shall watch over their cities] The enemie shall watch over them, Chap. 4. 16, 17. as a leopard, that lyeth in wait for o∣ther beasts, to prey on them, Hos. 13. 7.

their back-slidings are increased] Heb. are strong. Psal. 40. 5, 12. and 69. 4.

V. 7. thy children have forsaken me] Chap. 1. 16. and 2. 13. Vers. 19.

sworn by them that are no gods] By false gods, idols, Gal. 4. 8. forbidden, Josh. 23. 7. and condemned here, as a forsaking of the true God. See Chap. 4. 2.

when I had fed them to the full, &c.] The more love and kind∣nesse I shewed them, the lewder and looser they grew, Deut. 32. 15. Hos. 4. 7. Rom. 2. 4, 5. Jude 4.

they then committed adultery] To idolatrie adding adulterie; adultery corporall to spirituall, Num. 25. 1, 2. Hos. 4. 11, - 14. Rev. 2. 20.

V. 8. They were as fed horses] Ezek. 22. 11.

neighed after his neighbours wife] Chap. 13. 27.

V. 9. Shall I not visit] Vers. 29. Or, Should I not punish. Isa. 10. 12.

shall not my soul be avenged] Or, should I not be avenged. Isa. 1. 14, 24.

V. 10. Go ye up upon her wals, and destroy] He giveth the ene∣mie full commission to destroy them, Chap. 34. 22.

make not a full end] Yet not so, but that he will have some spared and saved. Vers 18. Chap. 3. 14. & 4. 27. & 30. 11.

take away her battlements] Raze her walls: the battlements whereof were as places of safeguard, Deut. 22. 8.

they are not the LORDS] They are not the Lords people: and their shield therefore is gone from them, Num. 14. 9.

V. 11. have dealt very treacherously] Heb. dealing treacherously have dealt treacherously. Isa. 24. 10.

V. 12. They have belied the LORD] Giving no credit to his Prophets, and his word by them, 1 Joh. 5. 10.

It is not he] Isa 28. 15.

neither shall we see sword nor famine] Or, suffer. Chap. 44. 17.

V. 13. the prophets shall become wind] Their words are vain; and shall be of no effect, Deut. 32. 47. 2 Chron. 36. 16.

the word is not in them] The word of God: they speak not from him; nor doth he speak by them, Chap. 43. 2. 2 Cor. 13. 3.

thus shall it be done unto them] That which they threaten us with, shall befall themselves, 1 King. 22. 24, 27.

V. 14. Because ye speak this word] Or, thus. or, this thing▪ Chap. 42. 4.

behold, &c.] See Chap. 1. 9.

I will make my words in thy mouth fire, &c.] O Jeremiah: by putting in execution, what I have by thee menaced, Chap. 6. 11. and 23. 29.

V. 15. I will bring a nation upon you from farre] The Baby∣lonians and Chaldeans, Deut. 28. 49. Isa. 28. 11. & 33. 19. & 39. 3, 6, 7. Chap. 1. 15. & 6. 22.

it is an ancient nation] Heb. a nation from antiquitie▪. That hath been a nation of note since Nimrods time, Gen. 10. 10. Isa. 23. 13.

whose language thou knowest not] Heb. hearest not. Isa. 36. 11. Chap. 38. 28.

V. 16. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre] To destroy and de∣voure, Psal. 5. 9.

V. 17. they shall eat up thine harvest, &c.] Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28 31. 33.

V. 18. I will not make a full end with you] Still Gods favour appeareth to his people, whom he will not have utterly destroyed. Vers. 10. Chap. 4. 17.

V. 19. Wherefore doth the LORD our God all these things unto us] Chap. 13. 22. & 16. 10.

then shait thou answer them] Jeremiah. Chap. 15. 2.

ye have forsaken me] Vers. 7.

shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours] As was before threatned, Deut. 28. 47, 48.

V. 21. O foolish people] Chap. 4 22.

without understanding] Heb. without heart. Hos. 7. 11.

have eyes and see not] Isa. 6. 9. & 42. 20. Matth. 13. 14. Joh. 12. 40. Act. 28. 26. Rom. 11. 8.

V. 22. Fear ye not me, &c.] Will ye not be ruled by me, who rule and keep within▪ compasse that most unruly creature of all other, the sea? Job 7. 12. Psal. 65. 7. & 93. 4.

which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea] Job 26. 10. & 38. 10, 11. Psal. 104. 9.

by a perpetuall decree] Heb. a decree of perpetuitie. Exod. 29. 9.

V. 23. they are revolted and gone] Or, go on. Chap. 8. 4, 5.

V. 24. Neither say they, &c.] Neither can the apprehension of Gods might and greatnesse enforce them to fear him, vers. 22. nor the consideration of his mercy and goodnesse induce them to serve him, Deut. 28. 47. See Hos. 3. 5.

that giveth rain] That which neither the false gods, nor the clouds can do, Chap. 14. 22. Zech. 10. 1.

both] Heb. and. as Chap. 17. 26. Or, even. as Chap. 52. 13.

the former and the latter] Deut. 11. 14. Joel 2. 22.

he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest] Or, that reserveth. as Isa. 63. 8. vers. 7. 26. That continueth unto us the seasons of the yeer, each in his turn and due time, Gen. 8. 22. Or, that keepeth the time of harvest fair and dry for us: so that we have weather of either sort seasonably. See 1 Sam. 12. 17, 18. And he saith weeks, rather then moneths or dayes; alluding to that number of weeks, wherewith their harvest was limited in the Law, Levit. 23. 10. 15. Deut. 16. 9, 10.

V. 25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, &c.] If there be any restraint of Gods blessings, it is by reason of mans sinne. Psal. 107. 17, 34. Isa. 59. 1, 2.

V. 26. they lay wait as he that setteth snares] Or, that pry, as fowlers lie in wait. Pro. 1. 11, 17.

they set a trap, they catch men] Or, that set (as vers. 24.) a trap to catch. as Eccl. 8. 3.

V. 27. As a cage is full of birds] Or, a coup. The fowlers cage or coup; whom he compareth them to. vers. 26. Psal. 91. 3.

so are their houses full of deceit] Of goods got by deceit, Isa. 28. 16. Chap. 3. 24. Mic. 6. 10. Zeph. 1. 9.

V. 28. They are waxen fat] Deut. 32. 15. vers. 7.

they overpasse the deeds of the wicked] Or, passe by evils. Heb. words, or, things, of evill. Psal. 65. 3. They go beyond the very Heathen themselves in wickednesse, Chap. 2. 33. Ezek. 5. 6, 7. Or, they escape evill occurrents, and judgements, that befall others, Psal. 73. 5.

judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, &c.] Isa. 1. 23. Zech. 7. 10.

yet they prosper] Or, that they may prosper. Heb. and. as Mal▪ 1. 9. They thrive with their wickednesse; and are so farre from any remorse or fear of wrath for it, that they glory rather in it, Psal. 73. 3, - 12. Job 21. 7, - 15. Chap. 12. 1, 2. Hab. 1. 3, 4. Zech. 11. 5. Or, They do not execute justice and judgement; that they might prosper, through Gods blessing upon them for the same. Chap. 22. 15. 16.

V. 29. Shall I not visit] Or, Should I not punish. vers. 9. Chap. 6. 6.

V. 30. A wonderfull and horrible thing] Or, Astonishment and filthinesse. Chap. 23. 14.

V. 31. The prophets, &c.] Priests, Prophets and people were all alike faultie: and what good then could be expected? Chap. 6. 13. Mic. 3. 11.

prophesie falsly] Heb. in, or, by, falshood. Chap. 14. 14. and 23. 25, 26. Ezek. 13. 6.

the priests bear rule by their means] Or, take into their hands. (Heb. hands. as Isa. 62. 3.) Being by their help confirmed in their corrupt courses; which the true prophets reproved, Ezek. 13. 22.

my people love to have it so] Like and love the false prophets lies and flatteries, better then Gods truth, Isa. 30. 10. Mic. 2. 6. 11. 2 Thes. 2. 9,—12.

what will ye do in the end thereof] What will be the issue of it? what will become of you at last?

CHAP. VI.

Vers. 1. O Ye children of Benjamin] Which Tribe had cleaved still to Judah, when the other ten revolted from them, 2 Chron. 11. 12. Chap. 17. 26.

gather your selves] Isa. 10. 31. Chap. 4. 5.

to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem] Or, out of Jerusalem. as Num. 14. 44. As before they were advised to flie to Jerusalem for succour and safeguard, as a place of most strength, Chap. 4. 5, 6. thereby intimating the enemies neer approach to them: so now they are warned to quit her, lest they be destroyed with her: (as Isa. 52. 11. Chap. 10. 17. & 51. 6.) thereby intimating, what should become of her, whom they had repaired unto for safety, Isa. 23. 12.

blow the trumpet] Chap. 4. 5. Hos. 5. 8. & 8. 1.

in T••koa] A citie of Judah, 1 Chron. 2. 24. 2 Chron. 11. 6.

set up a sign of fire] A beacon: to give warning of the enemies approach.

in Beth-haccerem] A town, or fort, of Judah; situate, as the former, on the confines of Benjamin, Nehem. 3. 14.

evill appeareth out of the north] Chap. 1. 14. & 3. 18. & 4. 6.

great destruction] Heb. a great breach; or, breaking. Chap. 4. 20. and 48. 3.

V. 2. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and deli∣cate woman] Or, to a woman dwelling at home and delicate. She hath hitherto lived plentifully and daintily in her own land, Chap. 5. 7.

V. 3. The shepherds] The Princes and Chieftains of Babylon, with their armies, Chap. 12. 10.

with their flocks] Their Camp, Chap. 4. 12.

they shall feed] Pitch and wast.

every one] Heb. a man. as Chap. 1. 16.

in his place] Or, at his side. in his quarter. Heb. band. Num. 2. 17. Deut. 23. 12.

V. 4. Prepare ye warre] Heb. Sanctifie. as Chap. 12. 3. and 22. 7. Joel 3. 9.

arise and let us go up at noon, &c.] The speech of the Babyloni∣ans, hastening to come before Jerusalem; and complaining, that they burn day-light; as doubting lest the night overtake them; but resolving, rather then fail, to set on her by night, Isa. 51. 27.

the shadowes of the evening are stretched out] Or, decline. Psal. 102. 11. & 109. 23.

V. 5. let us destroy her palaces] Chap. 9. 20.

V. 6. H••w ye down trees] To raise works for the siege, Deut. 20. 19, 20. He turneth his speech to the Chaldeans; as vers. 4. in whose person also he there speaketh.

cast a mount] Or, pour out the engine of shot. Isa. 37. 33. Ezek. 26. 8.

this is the ••iti•• to be visited] Or, punished. Chap. 5. 9, 29.

she is wholly oppression in the midst of her] There is nothing but oppression in her. Or, she is full of it from the one end to the other. 2 King. 21. 16. & 24. 4.

V. 7. As a fountain casteth out her waters, &c.] Wickednesse, violence and oppression flow incessantly with her, as water from a spring, Psal. 55. 9, - 11. Isa. 57. 20.

violence and spoil is heard in her] Chap. 20. 8.

before me continually is grief and wounds] Or▪ strokes. Chap. 30. 14. Their cruell courses in vexing and oppressing one another, are continually in mine eye, provoking me to proceed with all severitie against them, Psal. 109. 15. Isa. 3. 8, 14, 15. & 65. 3.

V. 8. Be thou instructed, &c.] Heb. corrected. Pro. 29. 15. They are warned to amend by Gods chastisements, Chap. 31. 18. lest he forsake them; and expose them to destruction, Psal. 94. 12, 13.

lest my soul depart from thee] Heb. be loosed. or, disjoynted from thee. Gen. 32. 25. Ezek. 23. 17, 18.

V. 9. They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine] Heb. gleaning glean. The Chaldeans, after that they have once spoiled, or captived them, shall glean them again the second time, and the third, 2 King. 24. 16, 17. & 25. 4, 6, 8, 9, 11. Chap. 16. 16. & 52. 28, - 30.

turn back thine hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets] Gods speech to the Prophet, bidding him pull off the clusters of grapes from a vine represented unto him in a vision, untill he have pluckt all, and bestowed them in the basket: Or, to the Chaldeans, en∣joyning them to spoil and plunder again and again, untill they have made havock of all: Or, of the Chaldeans, encouraging one another so to do: as vers. 4.

V. 10. To whom shall I speak, &c.] Isa. 28. 9.

their eare is uncircumcised] They regard no more the messages brought them from God, then as if they had some thick skin or film drawn over their ears, by means whereof they could not hear. Or, they have a meer carnall and fleshlie ear, that appre∣hendeth not, nor admitteth, any spirituall thing, Chap. 7. 26. and 9. 26. Act. 7. 51. 1 Cor. 2: 14. Col. 2. 13.

the word of the LORD is unto them a reproch] Chap. 20. 8.

they have no delight in it] They desire to hear vanities, Chap. 5. 31. but Gods word they cannot brook, 2 Tim. 4. 3.

V. 11. I am full of the fury of the LORD] The fire of Gods wrath before mentioned, Chap. 5. 14. which he beginneth now to cast abroad among them; as seeing no remedie. 2 Chron. 36. 16, 17.

I am weary with holding] Job 32. 18, 20. Chap. 15. 17. and 20. 9.

I will poure it out] Heb. pouring, or, pouring I will pour: that is, I will surely poure; or without more ado, or further delay pour: A defective form of speech: the like see, Isa. 59. 13. Chap. 14. 5.

upon the children] Shewing, that the Chaldeans should have no mercy upon any, old or young, 2 Chron. 36. 17. Psal. 137. 8, 9. Vers. 21. Hos. 10. 14.

abroad] Or, in the streets. where children are wont to play to∣gether, Chap. 9. 21. Zech. 8. 5.

upon the assembly of young men together] The places where they meet to make merry together, Chap. 5. 7. & 31. 13.

the husband with the wife shall be taken] Or, man and woman. Heb. man with woman. The one sex with the other: no regard be∣ing had more to the one then to the other, Isa. 32. 9, 10.

that is full of dayes] Isa. 56. 20.

V. 12. their houses shall be turned unto others] Deut. 28. 30.

for I will] Or, when I shall. as Gen. 4. 12.

stretch out my hand] Isa. 5. 25. Chap. 15. 6.

V. 13. For] Or, Because. as Chap. 3. 25.

from the least of them even unto the greatest] A phrase used to expresse the generality of some qualitie or practise, good or bad, among all sorts of persons, 2 Chron. 34. 30. Esth. 1. 5, 20. Chap. 31. 34. & 42. 8.

every one is given to covetousnesse] Isa. 56. 11. Chap. 8. 10.

from the prophet even unto the priest, &c.] Chap. 5. 31.

V. 14. They have healed also the hurt, &c.] Heb. bruise. or, breach. Chap. 10. 19. & 30. 12.

slightly] As if it were but some slight hurt, that might easily be helpt, Chap. 8. 11. Lam. 2. 14. Ezek. 13. 10.

Peace, peace] Thus by their flatteries and vain glosings, bearing them in hand that all should be well, they hardned the people a∣gainst the menaces of Gods prophets, Chap. 4. 10.

V. 15. Were they ashamed] Or, made they them ashamed. Were they ashamed themselves? Or, did they endevour to bring the people to a sight and shame of their sinnes? Chap. 3. 3. & 8. 12.

they were not at all ashamed] Heb. ashaming ashamed.

neither could they blush] Heb. knew they to blush. as Isa. 56. 11. Chap. 8. 12.

they shall fall] Or, be slain.

among them that fall] Or, are slain. Psal. 63. 10.

at the time that I visit them] Or, punish them. Chap. 5. 9.

V. 16. Stand ye in the wayes and see] Consider seriously the severall courses, that men take or have taken in times past; that upon due examination, having discovered which is the right way, that leadeth to life and safetie, and which all Gods faithfull peo∣ple have from time to time walked in, ye may keep constantly to it, Deut. 32. 7. 1 Thes. 5. 21. 1 Joh. 4. 1.

ask for the old paths] Heb. paths of age, or, antiquitie. Isa. 8. 20. Mal 4. 4. Luk. 16. 29.

where is the good way] Or, which of them is the right, or, the best way. 1 Thes. 5. 21.

ye shall find rest] Isa. 28. 12. Matth. 11. 29.

for your souls] Or, your selves. Isa. 55. 2, 3.

We will not walk therein] Chap. 18. 12.

V. 17. I set watchmen over you] Prophets and Ministers, to give warning of what they see approaching, Ezek. 2. 17. and 33. 2, 7.

Hearken to the sound of the trumpet] Isa. 58. 1. Chap. 4, 5.

We will not hearken] Chap. 22. 21. & 44. 16.

V. 18. hear ye nations] God taketh all the world to witnesse, even the senslesse creatures, of the obstinacie of his people, and the equi∣tie of his carriage towards them: turning his speech to others, be∣cause they will not hear. So Isa. 1. 2.

what is among them] Or, how is it with them.

V. 19. Hear, O earth] Chap. 22. 29.

the fruit of their thoughts] Pro. 1. 31.

nor to my law, but rejected it] Or, and as for my law, they have also rejected it. as Isa. 32. 1. & 59. 21.

V. 20. To what purpose, &c.] Isa. 1. 11. & 66. 3. Amos 5. 21. Mic. 6. 6, &c.

incense from Sheba] Isa. 60. 5.

the sweet cane] Isa. 43. 24.

your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, &c.] Chap. 7. 21.

V. 21. I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people, &c.] Means and instruments of ruine and destruction: to wit, the enemies forces. Vers. 22.

the fathers and the sonnes together shall fall, &c.] They shall perish promiscuously, one with another. 2 Chron. 36. 17. vers. 11. Chap. 13. 14.

V. 22▪ Behold a people cometh] Chap. 5. 15. & 50. 41.

from the north-countrey] From Babylon. Chap. 1. 15. & 5. 15. & 10. 22. & 25. 9.

V. 23. They shall lay hold on bow and spear] Chap. 50. 42.

they are cruel] Chap. 21. 7.

their voyce roreth like the sea] Isa. 17 12.

V. 24. our hands wax feeble] Through fear of the enemy, Chap. 30. 5, 6. & 50. 43.

anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail] Chap. 4. 31. & 13. 21.

V. 25. Go not forth into the field] Keep within the fenced cities, and places of fastnesse. Chap. 4. 5, 6. & 8. 14.

nor walk by the way] Shun the common roads; and betake your selves to by-wayes: as people are wont to do, when the passage•• are dangerous, Judg. 5. 6.

fear is on every side] Chap. 20. 3. & 46. 5.

V. 26. gird thee with sackcloth] Chap. 4. 8. & 25 34.

wallow thy self in ashes] Mic. 1. 10.

make thee mourning, as for an onely sonne] Zech. 12. 10.

most bitter lamentation] Heb. lamentation of bitternesses] Chap. 31. 15.

the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us] Or, is come upon us. The King of Babylon, with his forces, Chap. 48. 8.

V. 27. I have set thee for a towre, and a fortresse] Or, To try have I set thee, as a fortresse; or, on a watch tower. Isa. 23. 13. and 32. 14. I the Lord have appointed thee my Prophet, (sufficiently supported and fenced, that thou needest not fear: Chap. 1. 18. and 15. 20.) as a sentinel standing on a watch-towre, Isa. 21. 5, 8. Hab. 2. 1. to espie and descrie the manners and courses of this people.

that thou mayest know and try their way] To search and sift them: and to try them, as a founder doth metal; Psal. 66. 10. that thou maist discover, what they are; sever the good from the bad; and work out of the bad their wickednesse, if it may be. Chap. 15. 19.

V. 28. They are all, &c.] The Prophets censure of them, upon his search and surveigh.

grievous revolters] Heb. revolters ••of revolters; as Hos. 10. 15.

they are brasse and iron] Base metall; drossie matter. Isai. 1. 21. Ezek. 22. 18.

corrupters] Or, corrupt. Isa. 1. 4.

V. 29. The bellows are burnt, &c.] All the pains and labour that hath been taken about refining of them, is lost. Isai. 49. 4.

the lead] Or, time; used for separation of metals; is wasted, or spent.

the wicked] Or, their wickednesses. Heb. evill things; as Psa. 78. 49.

are not plucked away] Their drossie wickednesse will not be wrought out of them. Ezek. 24. 12, 13.

V. 30. Reprobate silver] Or, refuse silver. Psal. 15. 4. Isai. 1. 22. Prov. 26. 23. Lam. 3. 45.

shall men call them] Or, shall they be called; as Mal. 1. 4.

CHAP. VII.

Vers. 1. THe word that came to Jeremiah] See Chap. 1. 2. 3.

V. 2. Stand in the gate] Or, in the porch, or, at the entry, Chap. 26. 2.

V. 3. amend your wayes] Heb. make good. Vers. 5. Chap. 18. 11. & 26. 13.

V. 4. Trust ye not in lying words] Heb. words of falshood. Chap. 14. 14. & 23. 26. See Chap. 28. 15. & 29. 31. Beleeve not your salfe-prophets their groundlesse promises: nor trust to the Tem∣ple and externall services therein performed; as if these things could secure you, Mic. 3. 11. 1 Cor. 10. 1-5.

the temple of the LORD are these] These buildings are Gods Temple; his house, which he will hold and uphold for ever. Psal. 132. 14. 2 Chron. 33. 7, 8.

V. 5. if ye throughly amend your wayes] Heb. making good make good. Vers. 3.

if you throughly execute judgement] Heb. doing do judgement, or, right. Chap. 22. 4.

between a man and his neighbour] Or, between man and man. Chap. 22. 8.

V. 7. Then will I cause you to dwell in this place] Upon these conditions I will continue with you, and I will continue you in this place: I will be a faithfull God to you, if you be a loyall people to me. Deut. 4. 40. & 26. 16-19. Psal. 81. 13-16. and 132. 12.

V. 8. ye trust in lying words] Vers. 4.

that cannot profit] Heb. not to profit. Isai. 44. 10.

V. 9. swear falsely] Heb. to falshood. Chap. 5. 2.

walk after other gods] Judg. 5. 8.

whom ye know not] Have had no such proof of, as ye have had of me. Isa. 43. 10.

V. 10. stand before me in this house] Ezek. 23. 39.

which is called by my name] Heb. whereupon my name is called. Vers. 11. 14. 30. Chap. 32. 34.

We are delivered to do all these abominations] Or, shall be delive∣red, &c. That we may return to the committing of these things again freely, as formerly we have done. Ezek. 23. 38, 39. Or, notwithstanding that we have done them, yet we shall do well enough, and be safe enough for all that. Mal. 3. 15.

V. 11. In this house which is called by my name] Isa. 56. 7.

become a den of robbers] Will ye make mine house, as an hole, or a den, for theeves and robbers to shrowd and shelter themselves in? Matth. 21. 13. Mark 11. 17. Luke 19. 46.

V. 12. go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh] If ye think that my Temple will secure you, go to Shiloh, and see how mine Ark and Tabernacle secured those, with whom they formerly so long abode.

where I set my name at the first] Where I first placed those so∣lemn signes and pledges of my speciall residence among you. Deut. 12. 11. Josh. 18. 1. 1 Sam. 1. 3, 7. & 4. 3, 4.

see what I did to it] How I suffered them to be discomfited by the enemy, my Priests to be slain, and mine Ark to be taken; which, though it were brought back, yet never returned again to Shilon. 1 Sam. 4. 10, 11. Psal. 59-67. Chap. 26. 6.

V. 13. rising up early] I have warned you by my Prophets, from time to time without intermission. Isai. 65. 2. Chap. 11. 7. & 35. 15. Vers. 25. See Chap. 25. 3.

I called you, but ye answered not] Prov. 1. 24. Isai. 65. 12. and 66. 4.

V. 14. this house which is called by my name] Vers. 10. 11.

as I have done to Shilob] 1 Sam. 4. 10. 11. Psal. 78. 60. & 132. 6. Chap. 26. 6.

V. 15. I will cast you out of my sight] Send you away into capti∣vitie; as I have done the ten tribes: 2 King. 17. 6. whereof E∣phraim was a chief partie. Isa. 7. 2.

V. 16. Therefore] Heb. And: as Chap. 1. 17.

pray not thou for this people] To assure them, that he was fully resolved, to bring evill upon them, he forbiddeth the Prophet to solicite him in their behalf. Exod. 32. 10. Chap. 11. 14. and 14. 11.

for I will not hear thee] Intimating, that the prayers even of the godly cannot avail those, that will go on obstinately in their wicked courses, rejecting all means of mercy offered them. 1 Sam. 15. 35. Chap. 15. 1.

V. 18. The children gather wood, &c.] They train up their chil∣dren in the practise of idolatry: men, women and children are all imployed in it: Chap. 44. 19. (for the word signifying the Sunne in Hebrew, is as well foeminine as masculine.)

to make cakes to the queen of heaven] Or, frame, or, workman∣ship of heaven. Chap. 44. 17. Either to the Sunne, or to the Moon; or to the whole host of heaven. Deut. 4. 19. 2 King. 23. 5. 2 Chr. 33. 5. Chap. 8. 2. Ezek. 8. 16.

that they may provoke me to anger] Not, that they did it pur∣posely for that end; but that this therefrom must needs ensue. Chap. 27. 10.

V. 19. Do they provoke me to anger, do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces] Or, Is it against me, that they provoke me to wrath? Am I any whit the worse for it? is it not rather against themselves? doth it not tend rather to their owne ruine? (as Isai. 57. 11.) Job 35. 6, 8. Chap. 11. 17. Vers. 6. 1 Cor. 10. 22.

upon man and upon beast, &c.] I will bring an utter desolation upon it. Chap. 4. 25. & 12. 4. Zeph. 1. 3.

it shall burn, &c.] Isai. 34. 9, 10. Chap. 4. 4.

V. 21. Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices] Dispose of them as ye please; and eat the flesh of them your selves: for I neither desire, require, nor regard them. Isai. 1. 11. & 29. 1. Chap. 6. 20. Amos 5. 21.

V. 22. I spake not unto your fathers concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices] Heb. concerning the matter of. Chap. 52. 34. I required of them, not so much sacrifices, as obedience: 1 Sam. 15. 22. Hos. 6. 6. Mark 12. 33. and the sacrifices, to be testimonies of their al∣legeance to me; and seals of the covenant between me and them then made. Exod. 24. 8. Psa. 50. 5. Chap. 34. 18.

V. 23. this thing commanded I them] Chap. 11. 4.

Obey my voice] Deut. 6. 3. Heb. hear. Vers. 24.

I will be your God, and ye shall be my people] Exod. 19. 5. Levit. 26. 12.

walk ye in all the wayes that I have commanded you, &c.] Deut. 5. 33.

V. 24. they hearkned not] Deut 29. 19. Psal. 81. 12. Chap. 3. 17. & 9. 13. & 11. 8.

in the imagination] Or, stubbornnesse,

went backward] Heb. were backward. Were like a restie jade; that maketh more backward, the more the rider putteth him on∣ward. Isai. 1. 4, 5. Chap. 15. 6.

V. 25. I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets] 2 Chron. 36. 15.

V. 26. they hearkned not] Vers. 13. 24.

hardued their neck] Chap. 16. 12. & 17. 23. & 19. 15.

did worse then their fathers] Went on from evill to worse: Chap. 9. 3. so far were they from amendment.

27. Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken] Or, And when thou shalt speak, &c. yet they will not hearken unto thee: as Chap. 2. 35. God will have him speak, ad∣monish, warn, and do his dutie, though they refuse to hear; to make them the more inexcusable. Ezek. 2. 5, 7. & 3. 7, 12.

thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not answer thee] Or, when thou shalt call, they will not answer thee.

V. 28. But] Or, Therefore: as Chap. 6. 11.

nor receiveth correction] Or, instruction. Chap. 6. 8.

V. 29. Cut off thine hair] In token of mourning. Job 1. 20. Isai. 15. 2. Mic. 1. 16.

take up a lamentation on high places] Chap. 3. 21.

forsaken the generation of his wrath] This whole race; against whom he is incensed for their sinnes. Mal. 1. 5.

V. 30. they have set their abominations, &c.] 2 King. 21. 4-7. 2 Chron. 36. 14. Chap. 32. 34.

in the house which is called by my name] Vers. 10. 11.

V. 31. built the high places] 2 King. 23. 10. Chap. 19. 5.

Tophet] Of this this see Isai. 30. 33.

which I commanded them not] But expressely forbad; Levit. 18. 21. & 20. 3 Deut. 18. 10.

neither came it into my heart]] Heb. came it upon my heart. Chap. 3. 16.

V. 32. the dayes come, &c.] Chap. 19. 6.

V. 33. the carcasses of this people] Deut. 28. 26. Chap. 16. 4. & 34. 20.

shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, &c.] For want of persons to bury them, and place convenient to bury them in. Psalm 79. 2, 3.

none shall fray them away] Deut 28. 26. Isai. 17. 2.

V. 34. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Jadah, &c.] Isai. 24. 7, 8. Chap. 16. 9. & 25. 10. & 33. 11. Ezek. 26. 13. Hos. 2. 11. Rev. 18. 23.

the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride] Such mar∣riage songs and melodious musick, as is usuall at solemn wed∣dings. Psal. 78. 63.

CHAP. VIII.

Vers. 1. THey shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah] The enemie, for greedinesse of gain, or in extremitie of despite, shall rifle their graves; and lay their carcasses before their idols, which they worshipped, while they lived. 1 King. 13. 2. 2 King. 23. 14, 20. Levit. 26. 30.

V. 2. whom they have served] Chap. 7. 18. Ezek. 8. 16. 2 King. 23. 5. 2 Chron. 33. 5.

they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth] Chap 9. 22. and 16. 4.

V. 3. death shall be chosen rather then life] They shall wish ra∣ther to die then to live, as being weary of their lives, by reason of those grievous calamities, that shall then and there befall them. Job. 3. 20, 21. & 7. 15. 1 King. 19. 4. Rev. 9. 6. & 14. 13.

V. 4. Shall they fall, and not arise] Or, When men fall, will they not rise? Is there any man so absurd and witlesse, who, when he hath by accident got a fall, will lie still, and not assay to rise? or, that will refuse to be holpen up again, by such as offer him their help? Eccl. 4. 10.

shall be turn away, and not return] Or, will not one, that hath gone aside, return? Will not any man that hath unwittingly gone out of his way, desire to come into it again, and be willing to re∣ceive direction from those, that would set him again in it?

V. 5. Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back, by a perpe∣tuall back-sliding] What is the reason then, that this people, con∣trary to mens usuall manner in such case, having gone out of the right way, and being in a wrong way, yet will go on still in it, and refuse to be reduced? Chap 5. 3.

they hold fast deceit] They stick fast to their wicked courses. Psal. 36. 3. Chap. 9. 6. Or, to those vain tales, that their false pro∣phets deceive and delude them with. Chap. 5. 31. & 14. 14. and 23. 26. Isai. 30. 10.

they refuse to return] Chap. 5. 6.

V. 6. I bearkned and heard] The speech either of the Prophet, or of God himself, implying his longing expectation and earnest desire of their repentance: expressed by a phrase borrowed from the practise of men that are wont diligently and constantly to listen after that which they much desire to hear. Psalm 85. 8. Isai. 50. 4.

they spake not aright] Chap. 23: 10.

every one turned to his course] Heb. a man: as Chap. 1. 16. and 6. 3.

as the horse rusheth into the battell] They runne headlong after their own lusts and fancies, like an head-strong horse; and will not be restrained. Job 39. 21-25. Chap. 2. 23. 24.

V. 7. the stork] Isai. 1. 3.

knoweth her appointed times] They observe the due times of their coming and going from place to place, according to the sea∣sons of the yeer: Job 39. 26. Cant. 2. 12. observe, as knowing. Psal. 104. 19.

my people know not the judgement of the LORD] They take no notice of Gods courses and dealings with them: of the seasons of grace, wherein he offereth himself to them; and of the times of his wrath, wherein he sheweth himself displeased with them. Isa. 5. 12. Chap. 5. 4. Luke 12. 56. & 19 42, 44.

V. 8. How do ye say, We are wi••e] Ye Priests and Prophets, that should instruct the people. Mal. 2. 7. See the like Isa. 19. 11.

the law of the LORD is with us] As they presumed much on the Temple, Chap. 7. 4. so they vaunted much of the Law. Chap. 18. 18. Rom. 2. 17, 18.

certainly in vain made he it, the pen of the scribes is in vain] Or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falshood. Heb. in, or, unto falshood: as Levit. 6. 3. Chap. 5. 2. Or, in vanity: as 1 Sam. 25. 21. Chap. 3. 23. The law doth you no good; nor need it have been penned and published, for ought ye learn by it. Hos. 8. 12. Or, Your Scribes and Doctors, that should interpret the Law, deal falsely and pervert it. Psal. 94. 20. Isa. 10. 1. Vers. 10.

V. 9. The wise men are ashamed] Or, have they been ashamed. Or, have they made ashamed, &c. The wifest among you may well be ashamed of their ignorance and folly. Rom. 1. 22. Or, shall not with all their wisdome be able to keep themselves from being dis∣maied, confounded, captived. Isa. 47. 10-14. Or, reading the words by way of interrogation, Have these wise men, as they reckon themselves, brought the people by their instructions and admonitions to be ashamed of their evill courses? or have they been thereby cast down and humbled, and so caught by them, (Luke 5. 10. Jud. 23.) and brought to repentance? See vers. 12. Chap. 6. 15.

they have rejected the word of the LORD] They set light by, and regard not that Law, which they vaunt so much of. Chap. 6. 10. Rom. 2. 23.

and what wisdome is in them] Heb. the wisdom of what thing is in them? What wisdom can they have, when as all true wisdom consisteth in that word, which they so reject? Psal. 19. 7. and 119. 130. Prov. 2. 6. 2 Tim. 3. 15.

V. 10. will I give their wives unto others] Deut. 28. 30-33.

every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetous∣nesse, &c.] Isa. 56. 11. Chap. 6. 13.

V. 11. They have healed, &c.] Chap. 6. 14.

the hurt] Heb. breach. Vers. 21. Chap. 30. 12.

slightly] They make a slight matter of it; like an unfaithfull Physitian or Chirurgion, that forbeareth to inform his patient of the dangerousnesse of his hurt or disease. Chap. 10. 19. Lam. 2. 14.

Peace, peace, &c.] Ezek. 13. 10.

V. 12. Were they ashamed] Or, Did they make ashamed? 2 Sam. 19. 5.

they were not at all ashamed] Chap. 3. 3. & 6. 15.

neither could they blush] Heb. knew they to blush. Chap. 6. 15. Zeph. 3. 5.

V. 13. I will surely consume them] Or, In gathering I will con∣sume; or, I will utterly take them away. Zeph. 1. 2.

no grapes on the vine] All means of food and relief shall be ta∣ken away from them: Hos. 2. 9. Joel 1. 7, 12. Hab. 3. 17. Mat. 21. 19. Luk. 13. 6. the enemie having destroyed and devoured all before them. Vers. 16.

V. 14. Why do we sit still, &c.] The speech of the people, seek∣ing shelter in their distresse; Chap. 4. 5, 6. and then at length be∣ginning to see an hand of God in those things that befell them; and deeming it in vain therefore to make head against the enemy. Exod. 14. 25.

let us be silent there] Or, q••iet. Isai. 62. 7. Lam. 3. 28.

for] Or, surely. Isai. 63. 16. or, since that; as Chap. 10. 7.

our God hath put us to silence] He that was in times past our pro∣tector and incourager, hath now forsaken us, and taken our cou∣rage so from us, that we dare not so much as once open our monthes against our adversaries, much lesse lift up the hand against them. Exod. 11. 7. Josh. 10. 21. Psal. 38. 13, 14. & 39. Lam. 3. 28.

given us water of gall to drink] Or, water of poison. Or, juice of hemlock. The word is sometime used for the poison of serpents: Deut. 32. 33. sometime for a poisonous herb; such as hemlock or h••nbane. Hos. 10. 4. The meaning is; Hath brought us into ex∣tream affliction and bitternesse of spirit. Ruth 1. 20, 21. Lam. 3. 19. Chap. 9. 15. & 23. 15.

V. 15. We looked for peace] Chap. 14. 19.

V. 16. from Dan] Chap. 4. 15.

the neighing of his strong ones] Chap. 47. 3.

all that is in it] Heb. the fulnesse thereof. Psal. 24. 1.

the citie] Jerusalem. Chap. 4. 29.

V. 17. I will send serpents, &c.] The Chaldeans; whose cruel∣tie no means should mitigate. Chap. 4. 25.

which will not be charmed] Psal. 58. 4, 5. Eccles. 10. 11.

V. 18. my heart is faint] Lam. 1. 22.

in me] Heb. upon me.

because of them that dwell in a farre countrey] Heb. because of the countrey of them that are farre off. Her enemies that come from a remote place. Chap. 5. 15. & 6. 22.

Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her] Hath God, say they, forsaken his people? Have they neither God, nor king to save them? Hos. 10. 3. & 13. 10, 11.

why have they provoked me to anger] Gods answer, rendring a reason of his forsaking them. Isa. 1. 4, Chap. 7. 18.

strange vanities] Chap. 14. 22.

V. 20. The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not sa∣ved] Long have we looked for succour; but none cometh. Vers. 15.

V. 21. the hurt] Heb. breach. Vers. 11.

I am black] I go in black: or, I mourn and am in heavinesse, Chap. 14. 2.

V. 22. Is there no balm in Gilead] No humane helps are able to save us. Gilead being famous for the most soveraign balm. Ch. 46. 12. Or, as others, our spirituall Physicians, our Priests and Prophets, residing at Gilead, Hos. 6. 8. afford us now no help or comfort.

why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered] Or, why is not the daughter of my people recovered? Heb. why is not cure; or, recovery gone up? 2 Chron. 24. 13, Chap. 30. 17.

CHAP. IX.

Vers. 1. OH that my head were waters, &c.] Heb. Who will give my head waters, &c. as Psal. 55. 6. or, make my head waters, &c. as Hos. 11. 8.

The Prophets exceeding great compassion towards his people: who could never sufficiently lament, the calamities, which he fore∣saw ready to befall them, and the procuring causes thereof, their sumes. Isai. 22. 4. Chap. 4. 19. & 13. 17. & 14. 17.

for the slain] Those that are as sure to be slain by the Chalde∣ans, as if they were already slain. as Gen. 20. 3. Chap. 32. 24. Ezek. 21. 14. Job. 3. 18.

the daughter of my people] See Isai. 22. 4.

V. 2. Oh that I had in the wildernesse] Heb. who will give me, &c. as Vers. 1. As being better, quieter, and more comfortable living among wild beasts, then with such as this people were. Psal. 55. 7. Prov. 21. 19. Ecclus. 25. 18, 22. Heb. 11. 38.

a lodging-place of wayfaring men] Or, for travellers. Such a lodge, as is built for travellers to rest in by the way, where no housing is neer.

all adulterers] Turned away from God: and addicted also to loosenesse of life. Chap. 5. 7, 8. & 23. 10.

an assembly of treacherous men] Or, in the day of assembly tres∣passers. Ezek. 23. 38, 39. Either a whole rout of wicked wretches; Chap. 5. 1. or, such as carry themselves wickedly, even on those dayes of solemn assembly, whereon they ought to be most holy. Lev. 23. 26. Numb. 29. 35. Isai. 58. 3, 4.

V. 3. they bend their tongues like their bow for lies] To belye and slander their neighbour; and thereby to wound him in his name, state, or life. Vers. 8. Psal. 64. 3. & 120. 2-4.

for they proceed] Or, but proceed. as Psal. 118. 17.

from evil to evil] Chap. 7. 26.

they know not me] This cometh last, as the cause of all the former. Chap. 4. 22. Hos. 4. 1. See the like, Mal. 3. 5. Rom. 3. 18.

V. 4. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour] Or, friend. Chap. 22. 8. Chap. 12. 6. Mic. 7. 5, 6.

every brother] All are corrupt: and there is no finding of an honest man, whom one may trust; be he never so neer, or pretend never so much fidelitie and friendship. Psal. 12. 1, 2. Prov. 20. 6.

will utterly supplant] Heb. supplanting supplant. Over-reach a man; and trip up his heels: a figurative speech taken from the practise of runners and wrestlers. 1 Thess. 4. 4. an allusion to the name of Jacob, Gen. 27. 36. Hos. 12. 2.

walk with slanders] Carrying tales to and fro; and divulging false reports: forbidden, Lev. 19. 16.

V. 5. They will deceive] Or, mock. Job 13. 9. or, beguilo. Gen. 31. 7.

every one his neighbour] Or, one another. as Vers. 20. Zech. 8. 10.

they have taught their tongue to speak lies] They are so enured to lying, that they cannot leave it. Chap. 13. 23. Or, enured; ac∣customed. Chap. 2. 24.

weary themselves to commit iniquitie] They take pains to do evil, and tire out themselves in it. Psal. 7. 14. Isai. 5. 18.

V. 6. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit, &c.] Or, among (Chap. 40. 5.) deceitfull ones. as Psal. 109. 2. Prov. 12. 24. Thou, my Prophet, livest among a company of deceitfull persons: who will rather stick to their deceitfull courses, then leave them to come home to me. Chap. 8. 5. or, who trusting to them, refuse to regard me. Job 21. 14. Psal. 52. 7. Isai. 28. 15. & 30. 12.

V. 7. I will melt them, and try them] With the fire, and in the surnace of affliction; to sever the wicked from them, and to re∣fine the residue. Isai. 1. 25. & 4. 4. & 49. 10. Dan. 11. 33. Mal. 3. 3.

how shall I do] Or, what else should I do.

for the daughter of my people] Vers. 1.

V. 8. Their tongue is as an arrow shot out] Vers. 3. Psal. 64. 3.

it speaketh deceit] Psal. 12. 2. & 120. 3.

one speaketh peaceably, &c.] Or, when a man speaketh peaceably. Heb. peace. as Psal. 85. 8.

but in heart he layeth his wait] Or, he then (as Chap. 1. 4.) lay∣eth wait for him in his heart. Psal 28. 3. & 55. 22. Heb. in the midst of him. Chap. 4. 14.

V. 9. Shall I not visit them for these things? &c.] Or, Should I not punish. as Chap. 5. 9, 29.

shall not my soul] Or, should I not. as Chap. 12. 7.

V. 10. For the mountains will I take up a weeping, &c.] Imply∣ing, that all places about Jerusalem should be destroyed. Psal. 125. 2. Chap. 17. 3.

for the habitations of the wildernesse] Or, pastures (as Joel 2. 22.) of the plain. Isai. 63. 13.

burnt up] Or, desolate. Chap. 9. 12. & 46. 19.

that none can passe through them] Or, not any passeth. Heb. with∣out man (Chap. 5. 1.) passing. Chap. 2. 6. Vers. 12.

neither can men heare the voice of the cattel] Or, nor is the voice of cattel heard there. Heb. do they hear. as Isai. 62. 12. The lowing of oxen, and bleating of sheep, Judg. 5. 16. 1 Sam. 15. 14. that had wont to grase and feed there.

both the fowl of the heavens and the beast] Heb. from the sowl even to the beast, &c. Chap. 50. 3.

they are gone] Because nothing is left, that may sustain either. Chap. 4. 25. & 12. 4.

V. 11. I will make Jerusalem heaps] Isa. 25. 2. & 37. 26. Psal. 79. 1.

a den of dragons] Chap. 10. 22. Isa. 34. 13.

the cities of Judah desolate] Heb. desolation.

without an inhabitant] Chap. 4. 7.

V. 12. Who is the wise man that may understand this] Where is the wise man among all your wise ones, Chap. 8. 8. that taketh notice of this, or apprehendeth the reason of it? which indeed none but those, who are truly wise, can do Psal. 107. 43. Hos. 14. 9.

that he may declare] Or, let him shew.

for what the land perisheth] Or, why doth the land perish, &c. or, why the land perisheth, &c.

like a wildernesse that none passeth through] Chap. 2. 6. Vers. 10.

V. 13. Because they have forsaken my law, &c.] Gods answer, by the Prophet, rendring the true reason of this their calamitie; which they ascribed to other causes. Lam. 3. 37-39.

V. 14. walked after the imagination of their own heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 7. 24. & 11. 8. 1 Pet. 1, 18.

which their fathers taught them] Which yet shall not excuse them: but both father and child being alike wicked, shall alike perish. Chap. 6. 11, 21. & 7. 18.

V. 15. I will feed them with wormwood] Chap. 8. 14. & 23. 15.

give them water of gall to drink] Or, juyce of hemlock. Hosea 10. 4.

V. 16. I will scatter them also among the heathen, &c.] Lev. 26. 33. Deut. 28. 64. Chap. 15. 4, 7.

V. 17. call for the mourning-women] Since that ye cannot mourn your selves, hire others to do it. Or rather, make a very solemn lamentation; as at great funerals, where some were hired usually to mourn, and to make exquisite lamentation; women especially, that professed that trade, and could do it skilfully. 2 Chron. 35. 25. Job 3. 8. Eccl. 12. 5. Amos 5. 16.

V. 18. our eyes may run down with tears] Vers. 1. Chap. 14. 17.

V. 19. we have forsaken the land] Or, left the land. Chap. 4. 19. Being compelled to leave it, as forced out of it. Isa. 6. 12.

our dwellings have cast us out] As being weary of us, for our iniquities; and even spewing us out. Lev. 18. 18. & 20. 22.

V. 20. Yet] Or, Therefore. as Psal. 116. 10.

teach your daughters wailing] Call all together, to make la∣mentation; Amos 5. 16. and teach them before-hand how to do it. Vers. 17. Implying, that so great should the calamitie be, that no lamentation might seem sufficient. Lam. 1. 12. & 2. 13.

every one her neighbour] Or, one another. as Gen. 11. 2. Vers. 5.

V. 21. death is come up into our windows] Destruction cometh in so every way upon us, that there is no possibilitie to avoid it. Isa. 24. 18. Ezek. 21. 14. Joel 2. 9.

is entred into our palaces] Our strongest places cannot keep it out. Chap. 6. 5. & 17. 27. Lam. 2. 5.

to cut off] Or, it proceedeth to cut off.

the children from without, &c.] So that there is no safetie to any, either at home, or abroad. 2 Chron. 15. 5. Lam. 4. 18, 19. Zech. 8. 10. See Chap. 6. 11.

V. 22. the carcasses of men shall fall as dung] Chap. 8. 2.

as the handfull] Or, sheaf. Zech. 12. 6.

and none shall gather them] Or, where there is none to gather; or, to take it up. Ruth 2. 7. Heb. there is no gatherer.

V. 23. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdome, &c.] For it is neither your policie, power, or wealth, that is, or shall be, able to save and deliver any of you. Psal. 33. 16. Eccles. 9. 11. Luk. 12. 15. and it is in vain therefore to trust to any of these; or to any thing, but God alone, who is onely able to deliver. Isa. 43. 11. & 45. 25. & 63. 1. 1 Cor. 1. 31. 2 Cor. 1. 9, 10. & 10. 17.

V. 24. let him that gloryeth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me] Which this people refuse to do; Vers. 6. the main cause of their ruine. Hos. 4. 6.

which exercise loving kindnesse, judgement and righteousnesse] His mercy and goodnesse; the grounds of our salvation; his judge∣ment, which he executeth upon the wicked; and his justice, where∣by he maintaineth and defendeth the faithfull. Psal. 25. 10. & 89. 14. Isa. 1. 27. & 51. 4, 5.

in these things I delight] Both in doing them my self; and in seeing them done by others. Psal. 5. 4. & 11. 5, 7. & 15. 1, 2. & 99. 4. Mic. 6. 8. & 7. 18.

V. 25. I will punish all them] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 21. 14.

circumcised with the uncircumcised] Both Jews and Gentiles to∣gether. Rom. 2. 8-12.

V. 26. that are in the utmost corners] Heb. cut off into corners, Or, having the corners of their haire polled. That dwell remote, as cut off from other people, in the utmost nooks of the wilder∣nesse. Or, that have the corners of their hair cut on either side of the temples; as the manner was of some of those people, that dwelt in the desert. Chap. 25. 23.

all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart] And no bet∣ter, in effect, then those other. Ezek. 44. 7. Amos 9. 7. Rom. 2. 28, 29.

CHAP. X.

Vers. 1. HEare ye the word which the LORD speaketh] No•• I, but the Lord; Isai. 1. 2. 1 Cor. 7. 10. whatsoever ye think of it. Chap 51. 13.

V. 2. Learn not the way of the heathen] Their idolatries and superstitions. Lev. 18. 3. & 20. 23.

signs of heaven] The starres, set for signs of times and seasons. Gen. 1. 14. Or, the constellations and conjunctions of the starres and planets, from which their astrologers undertook to foretell of good and bad events. Isa. 47. 12, 13.

for the heathen are dismayed at them] Or, though, they be dismaied at them. as Gen. 8. 21. Psal. 23. 4.

V. 3. the customes of the people are vain] Heb. statutes, or, or∣dinances, are vanitie. that is, most vain. Vers 15. Their courses in these kinds are senselesse, frivolous and ridiculous.

one cutteth a tree out of the forest, &c.] Thus the Prophet simply and plainly setteth out their vile absurditie, to make it the more to be abhorred. So Isa. 40. 19, 20. & 44. 12-17.

(the work of the hands of the workman)] Or, for the work. Vers. 9. as Mal. 2. 5. for the carpenter, or carver, to work upon. Isa. 44. 13, 14.

with the ax] Isa. 44. 12.

V. 4. They deck it with silver and with gold] Isa. 40. 19. & 46. 6.

fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not] Isa. 40. 19. & 41. 7. & 46. 7.

V. 5. They are upright as the palm-tree, &c.] Or, all firm, (with∣out joynts. Exod. 25. 18, 31.) as a pillar. Cant. 3. 6. Their idols stand bolt upright, like a stock or a pillar; and can not move, or bend: or, stand upright, like a man that standeth up to speak; but are not able to utter ought. Psal. 115. 5. & 135. 16.

they must needs be born] Heb. carrying they are carried. Isa. 45. 20. & 46. 1, 7.

they cannot go] Psal. 115. 7.

they cannot do evil, &c.] Isa. 41. 23.

V. 6. there is none like unto thee] Psal. 86. 8, 10. & 89. 8.

thou art great] Psal. 145. 3.

V. 7. Who would not fear thee] Mal. 1. 14. Rev. 15. 4.

O king of nations] Psal. 47. 7.

for] Or, since. as Chap. 8. 14.

to thee doth it appertain] Or, it liketh thee. or, agreeth to thee. Gen. 34. 15, 22. to wit, Reverence and fear. Psal. 76. 7, 11. or, the kingdom. 1 Chron. 29. 11, 12. Psal. 103. 19. Matth. 6. 13.

forasmuch as among all the wise] Or for among, &c.

there is none like unto thee] Or, thou art great; for as much as none is like unto thee.

V. 8. they are altogether] Heb. in one. or, at once. as Prov. 28. 18.

brutish] Isa. 41. 29. Hab. 2. 18. Zech. 10. 2.

the stock is a doctrine of vanities] That which teacheth nothing but what is most vain: Vers. 3. and images then ill lay-mens books. Isa. 44. 10, 20. Vers. 14.

V. 9. Silver spread] Or, beaten out. Isa. 40. 19.

Tarshtsh] See Isa. 2. 16.

gold from Ʋphaz] Whence the finest gold came. Dan. 10. 5. To shew, that they spared no cost to bestow on their idols.

the work of the workman] Or, for the work. Vers. 3. for the goldsmith and founder to exercise their art and skill upon. Isa. 40. 19.

V. 10. the LORD is the true God] Heb. God of truth. Psal. 31. 5.

an everlasting king] Heb. King of eternitie. as Isa. 9. 6. Psal. 146. 10. 1 Tim. 6. 15, 16.

V. 11. The gods that have not made the heavens, &c.] This sen∣tence alone is conceived in the Chaldee language, or the Syrian, which was most familiar with them, Dan. 2. 4. Ezra 4. 7. that they might have it ready at hand, among the Chaldeans, to stop their mouths with, when they should be enticing them to idolatry.

from under these heavens] From the places, where they abide, in any part of the world. Deut. 4. 32. Job 41. 11. Eccl. 2. 17. Vers. 15. Lam. 3. 66.

V. 12. He] The true God. Vers. 10.

hath made the earth, &c.] Gen. 1. 1, 6. Chap. 51. 15.

established the world] Psal. 93. 1.

stretched out the heavens] Isa. 42. 5. & 44. 24.

V. 13. When he uttereth his voice] When he maketh it to thun∣der. Job 37. 2-5. Psal. 18. 13. & 29. 3-10. & 68. 33.

there is a multitude of waters] Or, noise of waters. 1 King. 18. 41. Isa. 63. 15.

he causeth the vapours to ascend, &c.] Psal. 135. 7.

maketh lightnings with rain] Or, for rain. That cometh usually with it, having by rending the clouds made way for it. Job. 38. 25, 26.

V. 14. Every man is brutish in his knowledge] Or, by his know∣ledge. Or, is more brutish then to know. The more man thinketh of himself to do wisely, the more brutish he sheweth himself. Job 11. 12. Prov. 30. 2. Rom. 1. 22. Or, each one of these work∣men, that exercise their skill in making idols, may well be asha∣med of their skill and the work it produceth; considering how brutish and senselesse they shew themselves, in giving such honour to that, that is of no worth or use. Isa. 44. 9. 20. Vers. 8. Chap. 51. 17, 18.

every founder is confounded by the graven image] Psal. 97. 7.

V. 15. They are vanitie] Vers. 3.

the work of errours] Or, a most deceitfull work. Either pro∣ceeding from a most unsound and erroneous judgement: Rom. 1. 28. or, tending to nothing but deceit and leading into grosse er∣rours. Vers. 8.

in the time of their visitation] Chap. 11. 23.

V. 16. The portion of Jacob] Chap. 51. 19. Gods people, ha∣ving him for their portion and protection, who is all-sufficient, Gen. 17. 1. need neither to seek for succour and safetie to idols, nor to stand in awe of them. Psal. 16. 5. & 119. 57. & 142. 6.

the former of all things] Prov. 16. 4. & 26. 10.

Israel is the rod of his inheritance] Taken from the division of land; as by lot, and by cord; Psal. 16. 5, 6 so by rod. Psal. 74. 2. They are Gods possession; as he is theirs. Deut. 32. 9. Chap. 12. 7. Zech. 2. 12.

the LORD of hosts is his name] Isa. 48. 2. & 51. 15.

V. 17. Gather up thy wares out of the land] Or, to get them out of the land. Get all thou hast abroad, into the strong holds and defenced cities: as the manner is, when invasion is expected. Jud. 9. 51. Chap. 4. 5, 6. Or, Ye that are in Jerusalem, as strong as it is, get what ye can together, and flie out of the land. Chap. 6. 1. Ezek. 1••. 3. Matth. 24. 16, 18. Luk. 17. 31.

O inhabitant] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 21. 13.

V. 18. I will sling out the inhabitants of the land] I will, by the Chaldeans, cast them out of their own countrey into Babylon, as easily and readily, as a stone is cast out of a sling. 1 Sam. 25. 29. Chap. 16. 13.

at this once] Or, as at one cast, not making any long work of it, but slinging them all out at once. Chap. 16. 21.

that they may find it so] Finde as they deserve. Or, finde that to be true, which they will not now beleeve. Ezek 6. 10. & 33. 33.

V. 19. Wo is me] The wofull lamentation, that the people should make in their distresse. Vers. 18.

for my hurt] Heb. breach. Chap. 6. 14.

my wound is grievous] Heb. stroke. Chap. 30. 14.

this is a grief, and I must bear it] Or, that I must bear. as Chap. 14. 19. Mal. 1. 9. & 3. 1. Heb. will bear. This is that, which by my sinne I have brought upon my self, and will therefore patient∣ly endure it. Mic. 7. 9. Or, I thought it but some slight fit of sick∣nesse, that I might easily overcome, and would away again: though I finde it now to be otherwise. Chap. 6. 14. & 8. 11.

V. 20. My tabernacle is spoiled] Isa. 33. 20. Chap. 4. 20.

they are not] Chap. 31. 15.

V. 21. the pastours] The governours and ministers. Isa. 56. 10, 11.

become brutish] Vers. 8. Psal. 9. 73. 22. & 92. 6.

all their flocks] The people committed to their charge. Chap. 13. 20. Zech. 13. 7.

a great commotion out of the north-countrey] Chap. 1. 15. & 5. 15. & 6 22.

a den of dragons] Chap. 9. 11.

V. 23. the way of man is not in himself] Though the Chaldeans be never so powerfull and cruell, yet it is not in their power to do what they list, but what thou givest way to; Prov. 16. 9. & 20. 24. Lam. 3. 37. who canst restrain them at thy pleasure, and turn them which way thou wilt. Prov. 21. 1. Isa. 37. 29. Some take it, as an acknowledgement of Gods hand, in sending Nebuchad∣nezzar in upon them, when he was marching on another way. Ezek. 21. 21.

V. 24. correct me] Psal. 6. 1. & 38. 1. Isa. 57. 16.

with judgement] With moderation, in measure. Isa. 27. 8. Chap. 30. 11. & 46. 18. according to what thou knowest me able to bear. 1 Cor. 10. 13. not so grievously as I deserve. Psal. 103. 10, 14.

lest thou bring me to nothing] Heb. diminish me. Ezek. 29. 15.

V. 25. Poure out thy fury, &c.] Psal. 79. 6.

upon the heathen, &c.] Let the fiercenesse of thy wrath be turn∣ed rather against them: and thy vengeance executed on those, that destroy thy people. Psal. 79. 10.

and devoured him] Or, they have even eaten him up. as Chap. 2. 30. & 3. 24.

CHAP. XI.

Vers. 1. THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.

V. 2. Hearye] Ye Priests and Prophets: whom, it seemeth, the Prophet was enjoyned to deliver this message unto in the first place; withall charging them to publish the same to the people; according to their dutie. Deut. 33. 10.

and speak] Or, that ye may speak them.

V. 3. Cursed be the man, &c.] The message is to minde them of their covenant with God; with a denunciation of the curse thereunto annexed. Deut 27 26. Gal 3. 10.

that obeyeth not] Heb. heareth. Psal. 81. 11, 13.

the words of this covenant] The book, or volume where of some suppose the Prophet held in his hand, when he delivered this pro∣phecie.

V. 4. Which I commanded your fathers, &c.] Chap. 7. 22, 23.

from the iron face] A furnace, wherein, not gold or silver, but iron is melted; which requireth a fiercer fire: such an one was Egypt to them. Deut. 4. 20. 1 King. 8. 51.

Obey my voice, &c.] Lev. 26. 3, 12.

V. 5. I may perform the oath, &c.] Deut. 7. 12. Psal. 105. 9, 10.

to give them a land flowing with milk and hony] Exod. 3. 8, 17. Lev. 20. 24. Numb. 13. 27. Deut 6 3. & 11. 9.

as it is this day] Or, as this day appeareth. Chap. 44. 6.

answered I, and said] In the person of the people, obliging themselves thereunto; Deut. 27. 26. Or, his own rather; having respect to Gods last gracious words. Vers 5.

So be it] Heb. Amen. Deut. 27. 26. Psal. 106. 48. 1 Cor. 14. 16.

V. 6. Proclaim all these words] If the other Priests and Pro∣phets refuse, or forbear to do it, Vers. 2. do thou it thy self.

V. 7. I earnestly protested] Heb. protesting protested. 1 Sam. 8. 9. or, charging charged. Gen. 43. 3.

in the day that I brought them up, &c.] Or, when (Gen. 2. 17. Ruth 4. 5.) I brought them forth. Chap. 2. 6.

rising early] Chap. 7. 13. & 35. 15.

and protesting] Or, charging.

V. 8. in the imagination of their evil heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 3. 17. & 7. 24. & 9. 13. & 13. 10. Not according to my word and will. Psal. 81. 11.

I will bring upon them] Or, I brought upon them.

all the words of this covenant] The menaces and curses con∣tained in the Law. Lev. 26. 14. Deut. 28. 16. & 29. 19, 20. which for their disobedience and obstinacy therein God at sundry times brought upon them.

V. 9. A conspiracy] A generall consent to rebell against me. Ezek. 22. 25.

V. 10. turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers] Being not warned, nor amended, by those judgements, that for such courses had befaln their ancestors. 2 King. 30. 7. Chap. 7. 26.

they went after other gods] Or, have gone.

V. 11. which they shall not be able to escape] Heb. to go, or, get forth of: to finde any issue of. Psal. 68. 20.

though they shall cry unto me, &c.] Prov. 1. 28. Isa. 1. 15. Chap. 14. 12. Ezek. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4.

I will not hearken unto them] Because they cry, not out of faith and repentance, but out of sense of smart and grief. Hos. 7. 14. Or, because they refused to hear me before. Zech. 7. 11-13.

V. 12. Then shall the cities of Iudah] Or, Then let the cities, &c. Chap. 2. 28.

go, and cry unto the gods, &c.] Deut. 32. 37, 38. Judg. 10. 14.

they shall not save them at all] Heb. saving save. Or, not be able to save. as Chap. 2. 23.

in the time of their trouble] Heb. evil. Amos 3. 6.

V. 13. according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, &c.] Chap. 2. 28.

set up altars to that shamefull thing] Heb. shame. Chap. 3. 24. Hos. 9. 10.

V. 14. pray not thou for this people] Chap. 7. 16. & 14. 11.

for their trouble] Heb. evil. vers. 12.

V. 15. What hath my beloved to do in mine house] Isa. 1. 11, &c. Chap 7. 9-11. Heb. What is to my beloved in my house. My people Israel; whom hitherto I have so dearly loved. Hos. 11. 1. Mal. 1. 2. Chap. 12. 7.

she hath wrought lewdnesse with many] She is become, not a loiall wife, but a common strumpet. Isa. 1. 21.

the holy flesh is passed from thee] They offer not in my Sanctuary to me, but to idols on their altars. Isa. 57. 5, 6. Or, They so pol∣lute mine holy things by their wickednesse, that they are no longer such. Hag. 2. 13, 14. Tit. 1. 15. Or, they have no more right to the holy flesh, then the Priests daughter, having played the harlot, or being otherwise defiled. Lev. 21. 9. & 22. 10, 12.

when thou doest evil, then thou rejoycest] Or, when thy evil is. vers. 14. thou rejoycest in doing evil. Prov. 2. 14. Or, notwith∣standing thy troubles, thou goest on in following thy delights and thy jolitie: thou takest nothing to heart. Chap 5. 3.

V. 16. The LORD called thy name, A green olive-tree, &c.] God had so trimmed and husbanded thee, that thou seemedst a goodly olive tree, promising much fruit: but thou hast failed his expectation: and he will therefore destroy thee. Isa. 5. 2-7. Psal. 52. 8. Ezek. 15. 6. Matth. 3. 10. & 7. 19. Luk. 13. 7.

fair and of goodly fruit] Or, with goodly fruit. Heb. fruit of form, or, fashion.

V. 17. which they have done against themselves] Chap. 7. 19.

V. 18. the LORD hath given me knowledge of it] Or, gave me notice of it. The Lord discovered to me their privie plots and conspiracies against me: Psal. 37. 12, 15. and by that means I came to know, what I was ignorant of before. vers. 19.

I know it] Or, knew it.

V. 19. But I] Or, when I. as Chap. 34. 1.

like a lambe or an ox that is brought to the slaughter] When they think, that they are going to the pasture, or to the fold the one; to the stall the other. Prov. 7. 22. Isa. 53. 7.

they had devised devices against me] Chap. 18. 18.

Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof] Heb. the wood, or, stalk, with his bread. that is, the fruit which is for meat. Gen. 1. 29. or, the grain, whereof bread is made. Isa. 28. 28. Let us destroy him utterly; or, stock and fruit, stalk and grain: that is, both him and his teaching together. Or, as some, let us poison him, by mingling a poisonous plant with his meat.

cut him off from the land of the living,] Psal. 52. 5.

that his name may be no more remembred] Psal. 83. 4.

V. 20. O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously] Chap. 15. 15.

triest the reins and the heart,] Or, searchest. Chap. 6. 27. Psal. 7. 9. 1 Sam. 16. 7. 1 Chron. 28. 9. Chap. 17. 10. & 20. 12. Rev. 2. 25. A phrase, taken from those beasts, that were offered up in sacrifice; which being broken up, their entrails lye all open to view. Heb. 4. 12.

let me, &c.] A prayer proceeding, either from humane frailty, or from a propheticall spirit. See Chap. 15. 15. & 17. 18. & 18. 21-24.

see thy vengeance on them] Psal. 79. 10. & 92. 11.

unto thee have I revealed my cause] Or, do I reveal (and commit) my cause. 1 Pet. 2. 23.

V. 21. the men of Anathoth] His own townsmen. Chap. 1. 1.

that seek thy life] Heb. soul. Chap. 4. 30 & 19. 7.

Prophesie not] In such manner as thou doest: threatning us with plagues and judgements. Isa. 30. 10. Amos 2. 12. & 7. 16. Mic. 2. 6, 11.

V. 22. Behold, &c.] Gods answer to the Prophets prayer: shewing that their imprecations prove many times effectuall.

I will punish them] Heb. visit upon them. Chap. 9. 25. & 13. 21.

V. 23. there shall be no remnant of them] That shall befall them, that they intended against thee. Vers. 19. Deut. 19. 19.

even the yeer of their visitation] Or, in the yeer of their visita∣tion. When I shall come to take vengeance on them. Chap. 10. 15. & 23. 12.

CHAP. XII.

Vers. 1. RIghteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee]

Or, though I should contend with thee. Isa. 50. 8. Chap. 2. 12. & 10. 2. Thou wouldest be found so to be: he acknow∣ledgeth God to be just in his dealings; though man be not able to conceive, or render, a reason of his doings. Psal. 51. 5. and 73. 1.

let me talk with thee of thy judgements] Or, let me reason the case with thee. Heb speak judgements with thee. Chap. 39. 5.

Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper] This consideration hath from time to time much troubled the godly, Job 21. 7,-14. & Psal. 37. 1. & 73. 2,-12. Hab. 1. 4, 5. and the wicked have thereby taken occasion of encouragement unto evill, Mal. 2. 17. and 3. 15.

that deal very treacherously] Heb. dealing treacherously deal trea∣cherously. Chap. 5. 11.

V. 2. they grow] Heb. they go on. Gen. 26. 13.

thou art neare in their mouth, &c.] They professe thee in word; but denie thee in heart and deed, Psal. 14. 1. & 53. 1. Tit. 1. 16. Or, professe themselves to be thy people, a people neer to thee, Psal. 148. 14. when as they bear no hearty affection to thee, Isa. 29. 13. & 48. 1. & 58. 2. Psal. 78. 34, 37.

and] Or, but. as Isa. 29. 13. Chap. 1. 19.

V. 3. thou, O LORD, knowest me] Thou knowest my sin∣ceritie. Chap. 15. 15. & 17. 16. Psal. 17. 3.

tried mine heart towards thee] Heb. with thee. 2 King. 10. 15.

pull them out like sheep for the slaughter] The issue and upshot of the prosperitie of the wicked; Jam. 5. 5. by the consideration whereof the godly recover, and are strengthened against the for∣mer temptation, Psal. 37. 2, 20, 36, 38. & 73. 17,-22. Mal. 3. 18. and 4. 1.

prepare them for the day of slaughter] Heb. sanctifie them. as Isa. 13. 3. Chap. 6. 4.

V. 4. How long shall the land mourn] Either by reason of the drought, and dearth then ensuing, Chap. 14. 1. or, in regard of the wast and havock to be made of all by the enemie, Chap. 4. 25, 26. vers. 10, 11.

for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein] Psal. 107. 34.

the beasts are consumed, and the birds] Chap. 4. 25. and 7. 20. and 9. 10.

because they said] Or, though. as Chap. 10. 2.

He shall not see our last end] Or, he will not see it. Either God; who, they thought, would be better then his word; and not de∣stroy them, notwithstanding their sinnes. Deut. 29. 19. Or, the Prophet; whose words they esteemed but as wind, Chap. 5. 13. Gen. 19. 14.

V. 5. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses] Heb. close with them. Chap. 22. 15. Gods words to the Prophet, as most take them, re∣proving him, as farre unable to dispute with God, when he is not able to deal with man: or, demanding how he will be able to bicker with those mightier and more masterfull ones of Jerusa∣lem, when he cannot brook those meaner and more despicable inhabitants of Anathoth. Yet may it well be Gods speech to the people, demanding of them, how they will endure a mightie ene∣mie invading them, when as they are not safe in quiet times from their own neighbours and friends. Chap. 9. 4.

in the land of peace] When the land is quiet, in comparison of what will ensue, Chap. 22. 21.

in the swelling of Jordan] When all shall be in confusion, and in danger to be utterly destroyed, through the enemie overruning it: Isa. 8. 7, 8. & 59. 19. as it is with the low lands bordering up∣on Jordan, when the river swelleth above his banks, Josh. 3. 15. 1 Chron. 12. 15. Chap. 49. 19. & 50. 44. Zech. 11. 3.

V. 6. even thy brethren, and the hous•• of thy father] Chap. 9 4. The men of Anathoth, thy countreymen, allies and kindred, though they make shew of love and good liking to thee outward∣ly, yet are covertly plotting thy death, and ••nforming and inci∣ting the State against thee. Chap. 11. 21. & 20. 10. Or, thy con∣federates, O Judah, and kinsmen in regard of descent; the issue of Lot, Psal. 83. 8. the Moabites and Ammonites; Gen. 19. 37, 38. and the Edomite, of Isaac; Gen. 35. 29. & 36. 1. Mal. 1. 2. though they seem to comply with thee; Chap. 27. 3. yet are in∣wardly fall-hearted; and will joyn with the enemy against thee. Chap. 4. 30. Vers. 14. 2 King. 24. 3.

they have called a mu••titude after thee] Or, a full assemblie. Heb. fulnesse. Isa. 31. 4. Or, they cried, or, will cry, after thee fully; or, with full throat. Isa. 58. 1. as Psal. 73. 10. See Psal. 137. 7.

beleeve them not, though they speak fair words] Heb. good things. Chap. 52. 32. Pro. 26. 15.

V. 7. I have forsaken mine house] My people, that were some∣time my possession: Chap. 10. 16. Heb. 3. 6. and the place of my speciall residence, Psal. 78. 60. Chap. 50. 11.

I have given the dearly beloved of my soul] Heb. the love of my soul. (See Chap. 11. 15.) Or, my beloved. as Chap. 9. 9.

V. 8. Mine beritage is unto me as a lion in the forest] Ever ramping and raging against me and my Prophets. Isa. 63. 10. Chap. 2. 30. Matth. 23. 37. Act. 7. 51▪ 53.

it crieth out against me] Or, velleth. Heb. giveth out his voyce. Chap. 4. 16. Joel 2. 11.

have I hated it] Or, I hate it. as Mal 1. 2.

V. 9. Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird] Or, a tallan∣ted fowl. Either a ravenous fowl; or, a pied one: she is grown wild and fierce. Or, she hath gotten her a garb patched up of di∣vers superstitions, casting off my simple liverie; as not content therewith. Chap. 7. 9, 10. Ezek. 8. 5, 10, 14, 16.

the birds round about are against her] The nations, her enemies, flock about her; as birds about a strange fowl.

come ye, assemble] Or, go, assemble.

all the beasts of the field] Heb. every beast. as Chap. 9. 10.

come to devour] Or, cause them to come to devoure her. To prey upon her, as ravenous beasts upon a flock of theep; Isa. 56. 9. or, to spoil her, as wild beasts breaking into a vineyard; Psal. 80. 13. or, to feed upon the carcasses of men slain by the enemy. Chap. 7. 33. & 15. 3. Rev. 19. 17, 18.

V. 10. Many pastours] The King of Babylons Princes and Chieftains, Chap. 6. 3.

trodden my portion under foot] Isa. 63. 18.

my pleasant portion] Heb. portion of desire. Chap. 3. 19.

V. 11. They have made it desolate] Heb. He hath. that is, God. Vers. 12.

because no man layeth it to heart] Or, though. or, yet. as Isa. 9. 1. See Chap. 11. 15. Because no man layeth my word to heart: Chap. 18. 18. Or, though no man for all this considereth aright of the judgement, or the cause of it: Isa. 42. 25. Chap. 5. 12. and 9. 12.

V. 12. The spoilers are come upon all high places] No place of defence or fortification; such as higher grounds are naturally, in regard of more difficult accesse; is able to withstand them. Chap. 9. 21.

through the wildernesse] Or, in the plain. Lam. 4. 19. That lay between Chaldea and Judea. Chap. 4. 11, 12. Or the plains with∣in the land of Judah.

no flesh shall have peace] Heb. there is no peace to any flesh. that is, to none of the Jewish people. as Matth. 24. 22. See Chap. 45. 5.

V. 13. They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns] According to the curse in the law, Gen 3. 18. Lev. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 38. no fruit shall come of all your labours, Gen. 4. 12. Job 31. 40. Mic. 6. 15. Hag. 1. 6. no good issue of all your vain endevours, whereby ye hope to help your selves. Chap. 3. 23.

and they shall be ashamed of your revenues] Or, be ye even asha∣med, &c. Ye may well be ashamed of your crop, Chap. 3. 25. and 8. 15.

because of the fierce anger] Heb. heat of nose. Chap. 4. 8, 26.

V. 14. Thus saith the LORD against all mine evill neighbours] For the comfort of the faithfull, God promiseth yet to restore them again; and to be revenged on their neighbour people, the Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites, that had wronged them, and invaded their land, taking occasion by their distracted and distressed estate so to do. 2 King. 24. 2. Psal. 137. 7. Chap. 49. 1. Obad. 11,-14.

that touch the inheritance, &c.] To wrong it in the least degree. Psal. 115. 15. Zech. 2. 8.

I will pluck them out of their land] I will dispeople their land; as they have done to my people, Chap. 30. 11, 16. Deut. 30. 3. Chap. 32. 37.

pluck out the house of Judah from among them] Deliver them; as by main might snatching them out of their hands, and bringing them away out of those lands, wherein, as exiles and captives, they shall abide. Ezek. 20. 37, 38.

V. 15. I will return, and have compassion ••n them] Or, have compassion again upon them. as Psal. 71. 20. & 85. 6. I will yet again in mercy restore those nations also upon their repentance: Isa. 18. 7. & 19. 22, 24.

V. 16. if they] These nations: under whom is presigured and foretold the calling of the Gentiles in generall. Isa. 2. 2. and 24. 22.

will diligently learn] Heb. learning learn.

to swear by my name] To give up their names to me; and wor∣ship me onely: Isa. 19. 18. Chap. 4. 2.

(as they taught my people to swear by Baal)] Which my people learned from them, Num. 25. 1,—3. Psal. 106. 35.

be built in the mi••st of my people] Or, among my people. Chap. 9. 6. They shall have a settled place and portion among my people, Isa. 56. 5, 6, 7. and thrive and prosper with them: as Gen. 16. 2. Exod. 1. 20, 21. Job 22. 23. Chap. 33. 7. Mal. 3. 15.

V. 17. if they will not obey] Isa. 60. 12.

I will utterly pluck up] Heb. plucking up pluck up.

CHAP. XIII.

Vers. 1. ANd] Or, but; as Chap. 12. 2.

put it not in water] Do nothing thy self that may rot it: implying, that God was not himself the cause of the cor∣ruption, and destruction consequently, of his people; Hos. 13. 9. & 14. 1. represented by that girdle. Vers. 9-11.

V. 2. according to the word of the LORD] Or, commandement. Psal. 119. 11, 17. Eccl. 8. 4.

Vers. 4. go to Euphrates] Which because it was farre distant from Jerusalem; some suppose this to have been done in vision onely; as Ezek. 8. 3.

V. 5. I went and hid it by Euphrates] To signifie, say some, that their ruine should come for their travelling to Euphrates, to seek to the Assyrians, and relying upon them. 2 King. 16. 7. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Others, that they should that way go into captivity: where for continuance of time they should seem to be rotted. Ezek. 3. 15. and 37. 11.

V. 7. It was profitable for nothing] As Gods people were, be∣ing corrupted by their wicked courses, and for them to be destroy∣ed. Psal. 14. 1, 3. Isai. 1. 4, 5. Rom. 3. 12. Tit. 1. 16.

V. 9. will I marre the pride of Judah] Their pomp and power, wherein they pride themselves. Levit. 26. 19. Isai. 2. 11-17. and 23. 9.

V. 10. walk in the imagination of their heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 9. 13. & 11. 8. & 16. 12. & 18. 12.

V. 11. have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, &c.] To sit as close to me, as a mans girdle doth to his loyns. Deut. 30. 20. Psal. 109. 19. & 148. 14.

for a people] Exod. 19. 5, 6. Deut 7. 6.

for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory] Deut. 26. 19. Chap. 33. 9. To make them famous and glorious in the eyes of all nati∣ons: Deut. 4. 6-8, 32-38. and to magnifie and glorifie himself in them. Isa. 43. 21. & 60. 19, 21. & 61. 9. 11. & 63. 12.

they would not hear] Or, obey. Chap. 7. 23. Ps. 81. 11. Cha. 7. 24.

V. 12. Every bottle shall be filled with wine] Ye shall every one be so filled with fear, grief and perplexitie, that ye shall no more know which way to turn your selves, then men that are stark drunk. Psal. 107. 27. Isa. 51. 17, 21. & 63. 6. Chap. 25. 27. & 51. 7.

they shall say unto thee] Or, when they say unto thee. Little deem∣ing what wine the prophet meant; and dreaming still of peace and jolitie. Isai. 22. 13.

Do we not certainly know] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 26. 15. & 40. 14. Know well enough without thy telling.

V. 14. I will dash the•• one against another] Heb. a man against his brother. Chap. 25. 26. I will set them together by the ears among themselves: that they may like drunken persons, fall foul one on another. Isa. 9. 19. Or, dash them all to pieces together, as a confused company of people in drink, by the violence of the enemy breaking in upon them. Chap. 6. 21.

nor have mercy, but destroy them] Heb. from destroying them: as Isa. 50. 2.

V. 15. be not proud] Persist not in your pride, and self-confi∣dence. Isai. 28. 22. Prov. 3. 5, 7. Rom. 11. 20.

V. 16. Give glory to the LORD your God] By repentance, and acknowledgement of your sinne. Josh. 7. 19.

before he cause darknesse] Affliction and miserie by the Babylo∣nians. Isai. 8. 22. Lam. 2. 1.

before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains] Heb. mountains of the twilight; or the evening. Prov. 7 9. Isa. 59. 10. While ye seek to escape by flying to them. Psal. 11. 1. Matth. 24. 16.

while ye look for light] Aid and succour from the Egyptians: whom they much relyed upon. Isai. 30. 2. & 31. 1. Chap. 37. 5, 6.

he turn it into the shadow of death, &c.] Isai. 59. 9. Chap. 14. 19.

V. 17. my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride] I shall out of my tender affection to you, lament apart by my self for your ruine. Chap. 9. 1. & 15. 17. Matth. 6. 6, 18.

mine eye shall weep sore] Lam. 1. 2, 16. & 2. 18.

V. 18. Say unto the king, and to the queen] Jehoiakim and his wife, or his mother. 2 King. 23. 36. Or, Jehoiachin and his mo∣ther. 2 King. 24. 12.

sit down] Isai. 47. 1.

your principalities] Or, head-tires.

the crown of your glory] Or, your glorious crown. Isa. 62. 3.

V. 19. The cities of the South shall be shut up] Of Judah, lying South from Babylon, and from the other Tribes; being either strait∣ly beleaguered, Deut. 28. 52. or depopulated, and left without inhabitant. Chap. 9. 11. Or, of Egypt, lying to the South from Ju∣dah, being restrained, either from sending them succour, or afford∣ing them entertainment.

V. 20. behold them that come from the North] The Chaldeans. Chap. 1. 14. & 6. 21.

where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautifull flock] Heb. cattell of beautie; or, glory; vers. 18. What is become of thy peo∣ple; thy fair flock that thou didst pride thy self in? 2 Sam. 24. 1, 2. Prov. 14. 28. Chap. 10. 21. Vers. 9.

V. 21. when he shall punish thee] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 11. 22. God by the Chaldeans. Chap. 4. 12.

thou hast taught them to be captains] By seeking to them, and making use of them. 2 King. 16. 7.

as chief over thee] Heb. head. Deut. 28. 13, 44.

sorrows take thee as a woman in travail] Or, a travelling woman. Heb. a woman of birth. See Chap. 6. 24. & 22. 23.

V. 22. Wherefore come these things upon me] Chap. 5. 19. and 16. 10.

are thy skirts discovered] Thou art exposed to shame and ser∣vitude. Isai. 3. 17. & 20. 4. & 47. 3. Chap. 2. 25. vers. 26. Nahum 3. 5.

thy heels made bare] Or, shall be violently taken away.

V. 23. the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Num. 12. 1. Amos 9. 7.

then may ye also do good••, that are accustomed to do evill] Heb. taught to do evill. Chap. 9. 5. & 31. 18. There is little hope of your amendment: ye are so inured to evill, that ye are almost past remedie. 2 Chron. 36. 16.

V. 24. will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away] Psal. 83. 13. Isai. 40. 24. Hos. 13. 3. Zeph. 2. 2.

by the winde of the wildernesse] Or, plain. Chap. 4. 11.

V. 25. This is thy lot] Thy share by God assigned thee: taken from lands divided by lot, and measured out by line, each man his part, to such as were to possesse it. Job 20. 29. Psal. 11. 6. & 16. 5, 6. Mic. 2. 5.

thou hast forgotten me] Chap. 2. 32. & 3. 21.

trusted in falshood] In vain courses, that cannot stead thee. Chap. 3. 22. & 7. 8. & 23. 16, 17.

V. 26. Will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear] Or, I will discover, by casting up thy skirts upon thy face, thy shame, that it may be seen. Nahum 3. 5. as Psal. 89. 39. 44. That as thy sin hath been open and notorious, so thy shame may be so too.

V. 17. I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdnesse of thy whoredome, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields] Or, Thine adulteries and thy neighings, and thy lewd whoredome have been on the hills, and in the fields. I have seen thine abominations.

thy neighings] He compareth Idolaters to Horses, that runne mad after Mares. Chap. 5. 8.

on the hills in the fields] No place hath been free from them. Chap. 2. 20. & 3. 6.

O Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean] Chap. 4. 14.

when shall it once be] Heb. after when, or, how long yet?

CHAP. XIIII.

Vers. 1. THe word of the LORD that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 7. 1.

concerning the dearth] Heb. the words of the dearths, or, re∣straints. as Est. 9. 31. Chap. 17. 8. The dearth, that came for want of rain. vers. 4. 5.

V. 2. the gates thereof] Her cities. as Exod. 20. 10. Deut. 16. 5. Chap. 15. 7. Lam. 1. 4. Or, her inhabitants; because the gates were the usuall places of assembly. Ruth 4. 1, 2. 2 King. 7. 1, 20. Psal. 127. 5.

are black unto the ground] Being in black, as mourners. Psal. 38. 6. & 42. 9. Mal. 3. 14. Or, looking black in the face, through grief and famine; Lam. 4. 6. Rev. 6. 5. for faintnesse, they sinke or fall down to the ground. as Psal. 74. 7. & 89. 39, 44. Lam. 2. 19. & 3. 53.

V. 3. their nobles have sent their little ones] Or, meaner ones. Psal. 119. 141.

covered their heads] For sorrow and shame. 2 Sam. 15. 30.

V. 4. no rain in the earth] Or, on the earth. Jam. 5. 17.

the ploughmen were ashamed] Or, confounded. Chap. 10. 14. Joel 1. 11.

covered their heads] vers. 3.

V. 5. the hind also calved in the field, and forsooke it] Heb. for∣saking. or, in forsaking forsook. as Eccles. 4. 2. & 8. 9. & 9. 11. Isa. 43. 8. & 59. 13. The brute beasts are for drought enforced to leave their young; and go to seek water, where they can finde it.

V. 6. they snuffed up] Chap. 2. 24.

the wind] To allay their inward drought, and heat thence pro∣ceeding, with the fresh and cool aire.

like dragons] Whose inward drought is not easily slaked; and they are continually therefore drawing in the aire. Or, having no∣thing but the aire to relieve them; which some serpents can long continue with.

there eyes did fail] Famine causing faintnesse, and failing of eye-sight. 1 Sam. 14. 29. Lam. 5. 17.

V. 7. O LORD] The onely remedy for removeall of Gods judgements, repentance and prayer. Lam. 3. 40, 41. Vers. 20.

though our iniquities testisie against us] Heb. answer. as Gen. 30. 33. Isa. 59. 12.

do thou it for thy names sake] Take pitie on us, and relieve us, though not for our sake, yet for thine own glory. Psal. 25. 11. & 115. 1, 2. Isa. 43. 25. & 48. 11.

for our backslidings are many] Or, though they be many. as Gen. 8. 21. Josh. 17. 18. Psal. 41. 4.

V. 8. O the hope of Israel] Chap. 17. 13. Psal. 22. 4.

the saviour thereof in time of trouble] Psal. 9. 9. & 46. 1.

why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a way-faring man] Taking no more care of us, nor more regarding what be∣cometh of us, then a meer stranger of a place, that he hath no relation unto, or setled place of abode in; or then a traveller hath of the inne, where he lodgeth onely for a night, and careth not what become of it, when that is over, and he gone.

that turneth aside to tarry for a night] Whereas thou didst pro∣mise to settle thine abode with us for ever. 2 Chron. 33. 7, 8. Psal. 132. 14.

V. 9. Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied] As one that fainteth; and cannot hold out: Or, as one at his wits end, un∣certain what course to take. The word is found no where else but here.

as a mightie man that cannot save] His power being spent. Isa. 10. 18. & 40. 30. which with God cannot be. Isa. 40. 28, 29. & 59. 1.

yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us] Or, among us. Chap. 17. 6. & 39. 5. having thy Temple, the seat of thy speciall presence and residence with us. Vers. 21. Psal. 46. 5. Zech. 2. 5.

we are called by thy name] Heb. thy name is called upon us. Deut. 28. 10. Isa. 63. 19. Chap. 15. 16. We are accounted thy people. Deut. 26. 18. Psal. 135. 4. and those evils therefore that befall us, do redound to thy dishonour. Ezek. 36. 20.

V. 10. unto this people] Or, concerning this people. as Psal. 91. 11. Est. 3. 2. Chap. 22. 11.

Thus have they loved to wander] Since that they love so to wan∣der, Chap. 2. 23-25, 33, 36. they shall have their fill of it. Chap. 15. 4, 7. Hos. 9. 17.

he will now remember their iniquitie] Or, but will now remem∣ber, &c. or call to mind; which God is said to do, when by some signs of his wrath he maketh it to appear, that he taketh notice of it. 1 King. 17. 18. Psal. 25. 7. & 109. 15.

visit their sinnes] Or, punish, Exod. 20. 5. Chap. 11. 22.

V. 11. Pray not for this people] Exod. 32. 10. Chap. 7. 16. & 11. 14.

for their good] Chap. 18. 20.

V. 12. When] Or, Though. as Gen. 4. 12. vers. 7.

they fast] Which upon occasion of this dearth, it is not unlike∣ly that they did. See Chap. 36. 6, 9.

I will not hear their cry] Prov. 1. 28. Isa. 1. 15. & 58. 2. Chap. 11. 11. Ezek. 8. 18. Mic. 3. 4.

I will not accept them] Chap. 7. 21. Isa. 1. 11, 13.

I will consume them by the sword, and by the samine, and by the pesti∣lence] Three evils usually concurring, and oft joyntly threatned. Chap. 34. 17. Ezek. 14. 21.

V. 13. Ah Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say unto them] He pitieth the poor people deluded by the false prophets: of whom therefore he complaineth Chap. 23. 9.

Ye shall not see the sword] Endure or suffer it. as Psal. 89. 48. Chap. 42. 14. vers. 15.

I will give you assured peace in this place] Chap. 6. 14. 1 Thess. 5. 3.

give you assured peace in this place] Heb. peace of truth. Isa. 39. 8. spoken as in Gods name, and as from God, by those false pro∣phets. See Chap. 4. 10.

V. 14. The prophets prophesie lies] Heb. a lye; or, falshood. Chap 27. 10.

I sent them not] Chap. 23. 21. & 27. 15. & 29. 8, 9.

neither have I commanded them] Given them any such thing in charge. as Chap. 1. 7, 17.

they prophesie unto you a false vision] Heb. vision of falshood. Zech. 10. 2.

divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart] Or, a divination nought-worth, even the deceit of their own heart. as Isa. 19. 20. Chap. 35. 15.

V. 15. By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed] Both the deluding prophets, and the people deluded by them, shall pe∣rish

together, and find it to be otherwise then they foretold. Chap. 20. 6. the prophets perishing perishing by those means themselves, from which they promised immunity and securitie to others. So 1 King. 22. 25.

V. 16. none to bury them] Psal. 79. 3.

I will poure their wickednesse upon them] The punishment of it. as Gen. 4. 13. Chap. 2. 25.

V. 17. Let mine eyes run down with tears, &c.] Or, Mine eyes shall. The false prophets promised peace and assurance: but Je∣remain calleth to tears and repentance; and therein professeth to go, though alone, before them. Chap. 9. 1. & 13. 17. Lam. 1. 16. & 2. 18.

and let them not cease] Or, and shall not cease.

the virgin daughter of my people] See Isa. 23. 12. & 47. 1.

V. 18. If I go forth into the field, &c.] In all places, both without and within the citie, are lamentable spectacles of misery and morralitie. Deut. 32. 25. Chap. 15. 2. Lam. 4. 9. Ezek. 7. 15.

sick with famine] Lam. 2. 19.

both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not] Or, shall go trade in a land. Or, make merchandise against a land; and men acknowledge it not. Chap. 5. 31. They shall both be carried away into a strange countrey. Chap. 15. 14. & 22. 28. Or, they shall wander up and down the countrey, to beg their bread, or to escape danger; not knowing what to do. Isa. 8. 21. Or, after an other reading, The prophets and priests together make merchandise of you: and you either discern it not, or do not regard it. 2 Cor. 2. 17. & 4. 2. & 11. 20.

V. 19. Hast thou utterly rejected] Heb. rejecting rejected. Lam. 5. 22. See Psal. 89. 38.

Judah] As thou hast done Israel, the ten tribes, already. Chap. 3. 8. Thus yet the Prophet soliciteth God in the behalf of his peo∣ple: as Moses, Exod. 32. 10, 11, 31.

hath thy soul lothed] Or, doest thou loth. Zech. 11. 8. Isa. 1. 14. Chap. 15. 1.

and there is] Or, So as there is.

no healing for us] Chap. 15. 18.

we looked for peace, &c.] Chap. 8. 15. & 13. 16.

V. 20. We acknowledge] Chap. 3. 25. Heb. know. Isa. 59. 12.

O LORD, our wickednesse] He teacheth his people a form of prayer, wherewith to humble themselves in Gods sight. So Hos. 14. 2.

for we have sinned against thee] Or, that we have sinned, &c. as Psal. 119. 75. Psal. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 8.

V. 21. Do not abhorre us, for thy names sake] Though we de∣serve no favour, nor mercie; yet for thine own sake save us. Vers. 7.

do not disgrace the throne of thy glory] Or, thy glorious throne. 1 Sam. 2. 8. Isa. 22. 23. Jerusalem, the seat of Davids throne, Ch. 3. 17. called the throne of God 1 Chr. 29. 23. Or, the Temple, and Arke in it, the place of Gods speciall residence among his people, and his chaire of State. Chap. 17. 12. ••sal. 80. 1. Vers. 9.

Remember] Remember, thy congregation; Psal. 74. 2. or, thy covenant. Psal. 74. 20. & 106. 45.

break not thy covenant with us] Psal. 89. 39.

V. 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles] Their vain idols. Chap. 8. 19. & 10. 15. Zech. 10. 1, 2.

that can cause rain] Which they then stood in great need of. Vers. 1. 4.

can the heavens] Job 28. 25-29.

give showres] Without thine appointment. Hos. 2. 21. Amos 4. 7.

art not thou he] Who alone canst give it, and supply our want hereof, when thou pleasest. 1 King. 17. 1. Chap. 5. 24.

we will wait upon thee] Isa. 8. 17. Expecting this favour from thee; who alone art able to afford it. Zech. 10. 1.

thou hast made all these things] Rev. 4. 11. Or, doest all these things. Psal. 147. 8. Having at first made them, doest therefore dispose of them as at thy pleasure; Psal. 135. 6, 7. they being all at thy command Psal. 119. 91. & 148. 5, 6, 8.

CHAP. XV.

Vers. 1. THen said the LORD unto me] This Chapter seem∣eth to depend upon the former: beginning with Gods answer to the Prophets petition preferred to him in the be∣half of his people; Chap. 14. 21. containing a close, but flat, de∣niall of it.

Though Moses and Samuel, &c.] Should men as gracious as these ever were with me; or they themselves, whom I som••time heard, Exod. 32. 11, 14. 1 Sam. 7. 9. Psal. 99. 6. now surviving; solicite me for this people: yet they should not prevail. Ezak. 14. 14. and therefore do not thou move me any more in their behalf, for it will be but in vain. Chap. 14. 11.

stood before me] As in prayer men are wont to do. Gen. 18. 22. & 17. 27. Psal. 106. 23. Chap. 18. 20.

my mind, &c.] Heb. my soul. as Chap. 6. 8. I could have no affe∣ction to them.

cast them out of my sight] Declare to them from me, that I have cast them off: an expression borrowed from those that cast a thing aside into some obscure hole or corner, where it may lye out of the way, which they lift not to see, or cannot endure the sight of. Psal. 31. 22. 1 King. 9. 7.

let them go forth] Or be gone.

V. 2. Whither shall we go forth] Or, go. as Zech 6. 8.

Such as are for death, to death, &c.] Lev. 26. 16, &c.

V. 3. I will appoint over them] Chap. 43. 11. Zech. 11 9.

four kinds] Heb. families. Four sorts or plagues. Ezek. 14. 21.

and the dogs to tear, &c.] Heb. to draw. Chap. 22. 19. Dogs, birds and beasts, to tear and devour the slain; 1 King 14. 11. & 21. 24. Psal. 79. 2. and to slay them too. Lev. 26. 22. Ezek. 14. 15. See Chap. 12. 9.

V. 4. I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth] Heb. I will gi••e them for a removing. or, a wandring, &c. I will cause them to wander and range to and fro, as Cain, through disquiet of mind and conscience. Gen. 4. 14, 16 Or, I will seat∣ter them by captivitie into severall countreys abroad, having cast them out of their own. Deut. 28. 25. Chap. 24. 9. Ezek. 23. 46. See Chap. 14. 10.

because of Manasseh] The sinnes by him committed; wherein the people also took part with him. 2 King. 21. 9, 11. Or, such sinnes as those were, which he committed, and taken up by his example. 2 King. 21. 2-7, 16. See 2 King. 23. 26. & 24. 3.

the sonne of Hezekiah] But one altogether unlike his father; and reversing what he had well done. 2 King. 2. •• 3.

V. 5. who shall have pitie upon thee, &c.] Thou shalt be left friendlesse, helplesse, and comfortlesse. Psal. 88. 8. 18.

go aside to ask how thou doest] Heb. to ask of thy peace. 2 Sam. 8. 10.

V. 6. Thou hast forsaken me] Chap. 2. 13, 19.

thou art gone backwa••d] Chap. 7 24.

will I stretch out my hand against thee] Chap. 9. 16. Job 6. 9.

I am weary with repenting] Or, of repenting. as Isa. 1. 14. I will no more revoke the charge given against thee. I will spare thee no longer. Gen. 6. 3, 6 7. Chap. 4. 28.

V. 7. I will fanne them] Chap. 9. 16. & 51. 2.

in the gates of the land] That is, cities. Chap. 14. 2 of the land: or, of the ea••th. the wide world. vers. 4. I will cast them out of all their habitations: or, disperse them into all parts abroad. Lev. 26. 33. Chap. 10. 18. vers. 4.

I will bereave them of children] Or, have bereaved. Hos. 9. 12. Or, of whatsoever is dear.

I will destroy] Or, have destroyed.

sith they return not from their wayes] Or, yet (as vers. 10.) they return not, Chap. 5. 3. Amos 4. 10, 11.

V. 8. Their widows are increased] Heb. are stronger. that is, more in number. as Psal. 40. 5, 12. & 69. 4. their husbands being slain. Chap. 18. 21.

to me] Either from me; by my means, through my just judge∣ment: as blessed of, or, from the Lord, 1 Sam. 23. 21. and salva∣tion is of, or, from the Lord. Psal. 3. 8. Or it is a more full and emphaticall finenesse of speech. The like whereof, see Gen. 12. 1. compared with Act. 7. 3. Exod. 18. 27. See Chap. 22. 6.

above the sand of the seas] An hyperbolicall expression; usuall in scripture, to signifie a very great multitude. Gen. 22. 17. & 32. 12. & 41 49. Psal. 139. 18. Isa. 10. 22.

I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noon-day] Or, against the mother-citie, a young man spoil∣ing, &c. or, against the mother and the young men a spoiler, &c. The young King of Babylon, against the Mother-citie Jerusalem: who shall assault it, not by stealth, as a thief, in the night; Chap. 49. 9. 1 Thess. 5. 2. Rev. 3. 3. & 16. 15. but as an high-way robber, that robbeth openly at noon-day. Chap. 6. 4. Zeph. 2. 4.

I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and ••errours upon the citie] Or, I have made trouble and terrours to fall suddenly upon her.

V. 9. She that hath born seven, languis••cth] Jerusalem, that bred so many children, is now desolate. 1 Sam. 2. 5.

her sunne is gone down while it was yet day] In the height of her prosperitie, she is suddenly faln. Amos 8. 9.

V. 10. Wo is me, &c.] The Prophet bewaileth his own un∣quiet estate and miserable condition, by reason of the peoples ob∣stinate and crosse carriage towards him. Chap. 20. 14.

a man of strife, and a man of contention] Or, a contentious man. one, whom every man contendeth with. Judg. 12. 2.

to the whole earth] Or, land. Chap. 3. 1. Vers. 14.

I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury] I have had no worldly dealings with them: such as usually breed∣eth jarres and suits.

V. 11. The LORD said] By way of comfort and encou∣ragement to me.

Verily it shall be well thy remnant, &c.] Heb. If it be not well with thy remnant; or, in thy latter end. as 1 King. 20 23. Isa. 14. 24. In thy latter time thou shalt have rest, Psal. 37. 37. and finde favour with the enemy. Chap. 40. 1-4. Or, Though I de∣stroy the main body of my people, yet will I reserve a remnant, that shall find favour in the enemies eye. 1 King. 8. 50. Psal. 106. 46. Chap. 39. 17, 18. & 45. 5. & 52. 31, 34.

verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well] Heb. If I cause not the enemy to entreat thee well. Or, I will entreat the enemy for thee.

V. 12. Shall iron break the northern iron, and the steel] Or, Can any break iron. Can such iron be broken? Shall any power be able to hinder the execution of my word and purpose; which is stron∣ger then iron, even the hardest and toughest of▪ it, and then steel? Chap. 23. 29. Or, Though this people be as hard and tough as iron; Isa. 48. 4. Chap. 6. 28. yet will I make thee as steel, that they may not prevail against thee. Chap. 1. 18, 19. Vers. 20. or, yet they shall not be able to withstand the Chaldean forces, which I shall send in against them. Vers. 8.

northern iron] Out of which parts the hardest and toughest iron cometh: and from which should the Chaldeans forces come. Chap. 4. 6.

and the steel] Or, or steel. as Gen. 2. 6. Exod. 21. 15.

V. 13. Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil] Chap. 17. 3.

without price] Not regarding losse or gain, but the execution of my justice. Psal. 44. 13. Isa. 52. 3.

V. 14. I will make thee to passe with thine enemies] Or, to serve thine enemies. Chap. 17. 4. For there is a diverse reading here: as also Chap. 2. 20.

into a land which thou knowest not] Or, in a land, &c. Chap. 17. 4. See Chap. 14. 18.

a fire is kindled in mine anger, &c.] Deut. 32. 22. Isa. 42. 25. Chap. 17. 27.

V. 15. O LORD, thou knowest] Both their malice and mine innocency. Chap. 11. 18. & 12. 3.

remember me] Chap. 18. 20.

visit me] In mercy. as Ruth 1. 6.

revenge me of my persecutours] The Prophets prayer in the heat of his spirit against his obstinate and incorrigible adversaries. Chap. 17. 18. & 18. 21. 2 Tim. 4. 14.

take me not away in thy long-suffering] According to thy wont∣ed long-suffering forbear me. Or, suffer me not to be destroyed by mine enemies, while thou in thy long-suffering forbearest them.

know] Or, take notice. Psal. 139. 23.

that] Or, how. as Lam. 1. 9.

for thy sake I have suffered rebuke] Psal. 69. 7.

V. 16. Thy words were found, and I did eat them] When thy messages came unto me, I entertained and received them as glad∣ly and as greedily, as an affamished man taketh his meat. Job 23. 12. See Ezek. 3. 3. Rev. 10. 9.

I am called by thy name] Heb. Thy name is called upon me. Chap. 14. 9. I am one of thy Prophets whom thou takest speciall charge of. Psal. 105. 15.

V. 17. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers] Psal. 1. 1. and 26. 5.

nor rejoyced] Or, revelled it. Isa. 22. 2, 13.

I sat alone because of thy hand] Solitary, in heavinesse: mourn∣ing in secret for them, and thy wrath incensed against them. Chap. 13. 17. Lam. 3. 18.

thou hast filled me with indignation] With prophecies of wrath and judgements. Chap. 6. 11. Or, with indignation at this peo∣ple, for their obstinacie tending to their destruction. Chap. 9. 1, 2.

V. 18. Why is, &c.] Chap. 14. 19.

my pain perpetuall] Chap. 30. 15.

my wound incurable] Heb. stroke. Chap. 10. 19.

which refuseth to be healed] That can not be cured, that ad∣mitteth no cure. as Psal. 77. 2.

wilt thou be altogether unto me as a lier] Wilt thou fail me of thy promise? a sudden fit of humane frailtie. Psal. 116. 10, 11. 1 Sam. 27. 1. Chap. 20. 7.

as waters that fail] Heb. be not sure. Isa. 33. 16. That fail in hot and dry weather; when most need is of them. Job 6. 15-20.

V. 19. If thou return then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me] Or, if thou wilt return, (Chap. 4. 1.) and wilt be reclaimed by me▪ thou shalt stand before me, &c. as 1 King. 17. 1. Chap. 35. 19. If thou wilt, casting off these passions of impati∣••nce, discontent and diffidence, betake thee again to the constant execution of thine office, I will both continue and confirme thee therein. Zech. 1. 3. & 3. 7.

if thou take forth the precious from the vile] Or, if thou wilt take the precious from the vile. that is, make a difference between them; by confirming and comforting the one; and by reproving and menacing the other. Chap. 6. 27. Contrary to the practise of the false prophets. Ezek. 13. 19, 22. & 22. 26. & 44. 23.

thou shalt be as my mouth] My messenger. 2 Cor. 5. 20. & 13. 3.

let them return unto thee, but return not thou unto them] Let them conform to thee: but comply not thou with them.

V. 20. I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall] Or, wall of steel. Vers. 12. I will arm thee with invincible courage and confidence; such as they shall never be able to bear down, or to overcome. Vers. 12. and I will protect thee against all their might and malice. Vers. 21. See Chap. 1. 18. & 6. 27.

they shall not prevail against thee] Chap. 20. 11, 12. Psal. 129. 2.

I am with thee to save thee] Chap. 1. 8, 19.

V. 21. I will redeem thee] Or, rescue thee. Isa. 29. 22.

out of the hand] Or, from the power. as Psal. 22. 20. & 49. 15.

of the terrible] Or, roisters. Isa. 13. 11. & 25. 5.

CHAP. XVI.

Vers. 1. THe word of the LORD came, &c.] Heb. was, &c. as Chap. 1. 2. and 2. 1.

V. 2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sonnes, &c.] Or, Do not take thee a wife, nor have sons, &c. as Exod. 20. 13,-17. Intimating, that the calamities of the times should be so grievous; that wife and children should be but an heavie burden amidst them, and a means to aggravate a mans grief, Hos. 9. 13, 14. Matth. 24. 19. Luk. 23. 29. 1 Cor. 7. 26.

V. 4. They shall die of grievous deaths] Chap. 15. 2. Heb. deaths of grievances. 2 Chron. 21. 18.

they shall not be lamented] Psal. 78. 64. Chap. 25. 33.

neither shall they be buried] Psal. 79. 3.

they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth] Psal. 83. 10. Chap. 8. 2.

consumed by the sword, and by famine] Chap. 14. 15. & 15. 2.

their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth] Psal. 79. 2. Chap. 7. 33. & 34. 20.

V. 5. Enter not into the house of mourning, &c.] Or, mourning∣feast. Amos 6. 7. Implying, that the calamitie should be so great, that they should have little lust or leisure, what for fear, and what for grie•• otherwise, to use any solemnitie about the deceased. Job 27. 15. Psal. 78. 64. Ezek. 24. 17, 22. Amos 6. 10.

I have taken away] Heb gathered up. Psal. 85. 30.

my peace] Or, prosperitie. Isa. 48. 18. That prosperitie and wel∣fare, which they formerly enjoyed from me, through my favour and goodnesse towards them: Psal. 85. 8, 10.

loving kindnesse and mercies] Or, my loving kindnesse, and my mercies. The ground and cause of their peace.

V. 6. Both the great and the small shall die in this land] Or, Be they great or small that die.

they shall not be buried] No regard in this kind shall be had of great ones more then of the meanest.

neither shall men lament for them] Or, nor shall lamentation be made for them. Chap. 22. 18.

nor, &c.] They shall use none of these outward expressions of mourning for the dead; or of comforting their friends. Vers. 7. Chap. 47. 5.

cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them] Courses usu∣ally in such cases, among heathen, and Jewish people also imi∣tating them: but by God fordid den. Lev. 19. 28. Deut. 14. 1.

V. 7. Neither shall men tear themselves for them] Or, break bread for them▪ as Ezek. 24. 17. See Deut. 26. 14.

give them the cup of consolation to drink] Pro. 31. 6, 7.

V. 8. Thou shalt not also go] Neither go. as Vers. 2. 5.

into the house of feasting] Neither mourn, nor make merry with them, Eccl. 7. 2.

V. 9. I will cause to cease out of this place, &c.] Isa. 24. 7, 8. Chap. 7. 34. & 25. 10. Ezek. 26. 13.

in your eyes, and in your dayes] While ye survive yet to see it▪ as Psal. 79. 10. Chap. 20. 4.

V. 10. all these words] Or, things. Chap. 36. 16.

Wh••refore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evill against us] Chap. 5. 19. & 13. 22.

V. 11. Then shalt thou say unto them] Or, Then say thou unto them. as Vers. 7. 8. Because the wicked are pertinacious, ready to smoother their sinnes, and forward to murmur against God, as afflicting them without cause, God instructeth the prophet, what answer in such case to return them. So Chap. 22. 9.

Because your fathers have forsaken me, &c.] Chap. 2. 5.

V. 12. ye have done worse then your fathers] Chap. 7. 26.

after the imagination] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 9. 13. and 11. 8. and 13. 10.

that they may not hearken unto me] Or, that ye may not. the per∣son is changed; as Chap. 17. 1.

V. 13. Therefore will I cast you out of this land] Deut. 4. 27. & 28. 64, 65. Chap. 10. 18.

into a land that ye know not] That ye never saw; or where ye never had been before: as Isa. 42. 16.

where I will not shew you favour] Contrarie to that, which he sometime did to some others, Psal. 106. 45. and to some of them also in mercy at this time, Chap. 15. 11. Dan. 1. 9. but his mean∣ing is, that thus it should be with the main body of them, at least, in regard of any release of their captivitie, untill the time came, that he was pleased to receive them again to mercy, and send de∣liverance by Cyrus. Chap. 30. 3. Vers. 14.

V. 14. Therefore] Or, Notwithstanding. as Chap. 30. 16.

the dayes come, &c.] Implying, that their captivitie in Baby∣lon should be so grievous; and the deliverance out of it so strange and great, that it should in some sort abolish the memoriall of their deliverance out of Egypt▪ but much more should this be effected by their spirituall deliverance wrought for them by Christ. See Chap. 23. 7, 8. Isa. 43. 18.

that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, &c.] In oaths, or vehement asseverations, (1 Sam. 20. 3. 2 King. 2. 2, 6.) As sure as the Lord liveth, that did this, or that, that which I affirm, is true; or what I promise, I will perform.

that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt] Or, that brought them out, &c. Heb. made them to ascend. as Judg. 15. 13. Chap. 39. 5.

V. 15. that brought up the children of Israel, &c.] Isa. 11. 11, 12.

from the land of the north] Out of Chaldea, Chap. 6. 1, 22.

V. 16. I will send for] By a secret instinct and incitement; as by some solemn messengers, Isa. 5. 26. & 7. 18, 19.

many fishers, and many hunters] Either the Egyptians compared to fishermen, because they lived much upon fishing; Num. 11. 5. Isa. 19. 8. 2 King. 23. 29. and the Chaldeans compared to hunts∣men, for their fiercenesse: Gen. 10. 8, 9. Or, the Chaldeans, re∣sembled by either, that should sweep them away, like the one; and ferret them out, where they lay hid, like the other: Amos 4. 2. Hab. 1. 14, 15.

out of the holes of the rocks] Unto which they had betaken them∣selves for fear of the enemie, or retired for shelter and succour a∣gainst them, Judg. 6. 2. 1 Sam. 13. 6. Isa. 2. 19, 21. & 7. 19.

V. 17. mine eyes are upon all their wayes] Job 34. 21. Pro. 5. 21. Chap. 32. 19.

they are not hid from my face] As they suppose them to be, Isa. 29. 15. Chap. 17. 9, 10.

V. 18. And first] Before I restore them, and receive them into grace and favour again. Vers. 15.

I will recompence their iniquitie, and their sinne double] Abun∣dantly. Isa. 40. 2. Chap. 17. 18.

they have defiled my land] Chap. 3. 1, 2.

filled mime inheritance] Chap. 2. 7.

with the carcasses] See Levit. 26. 30.

of their detestable and abominable things] Or, of their detestable things, (which they sacrificed to their idols; Deut. 12. 17. Isa. 65. 4. & 66. 17. being as abominable also themselves to God, as those creatures were, that they slew and sacrificed to them, Psal. 106. 40.) and with their abominations. that is, their idols, to whom they offered them, Deut. 7. 25. & 27. 15. 2 King. 23. 13.

V. 19. my strength and my fortresse] Psal. 18. 1, 2.

my refuge in the day of affliction] Chap. 17. 17.

the Gentiles shall come unto thee] The Gentiles together with the Jews, shall partake of this thy gracious deliverance; and be brought over to thee by Christ. Chap. 4. 2. Mal. 1. 11.

our fathers have inherited, &c.] Our forefathers were vile ido∣laters: and it is thy meer mercy therefore that thou takest us the issue of such to thy self, Josh. 24. 2, 3. Or, they gained nothing by the service of their idols, but losse and shame: and it were ex∣tream folly therefore, for us their children, still to follow their courses, Chap. 3. 22, 24.

lies] Isa. 44. 20.

vanitie] Chap. 10. 3, 15.

things wherein there is no profit] Isa. 44. 10.

V. 20. Shall a man make gods unto himself] Or, Should. Chap. 18. 20. Should any man, indued with reason, be so simple and sottish, as to account that his God, which having himself made, he may thereby know it not to be God? Or, to think, that he can make that to be God, that is not God? Isa. 44. 16, 17.

and they are] Or, which are. as Mal. 3. 1. Chap. 17. 6.

they are no gods] Chap. 2. 11. Gal. 4. 8.

V. 21. I will this once] Or, at once now. Chap. 10. 18.

cause them to know] The Jewish people. Vers. 18.

mine hand and my might] By my dreadfull judgements, now denounced against them, and then executed upon them, vers. 18. Or, by the deliverance of them; and adjoyning of the Gentiles to them. vers. 19.

that my name is the LORD] Heb. Jehovah. Psal. 83. 18.

CHAP. XVII.

Ver. 1. VVRitten with a pen of iron] Job 19. 14.

with the point of a diamond] Heb. nail. or, claw. Dan. 4. 33. Chap. 12. 9.

upon the table of their heart] As 2 Cor. 3. 3. Their sinne is set so deep upon their souls, being written on their hearts, in stead of Gods law, Chap. 31. 33. that there is little hope left of working it out, Chap. 13. 23. Or, The guilt of it sticketh so fast to their consciences, that all they can do, will not be able to rase it out, but it standeth firme and fresh there, as upon record, Deut. 32. 34. Isa. 65. 6. Chap. 2. 22.

upon the horns of your altars] Or, their altars. the person is changed, as Chap. 16. 12. He alludeth to the bloud, that was sprinkled upon the horns of the altar, Lev. 4. 7. & 16 18. which in their sacrilegious sacrifices did not expiate, but pollute, Isa. 65. 3, 4. & 66. 17.

V. 2. Whilest their children remember their altars] Or, As they remember (Heb. according to the remembring of) their children, so remember they their altars. as Plal. 106. 4. Isa. 1. 7. While the chil∣dren take after their parents, recording their courses, Chap. 7. 18. Or, they mind their idols as much as their children; being in∣deed dearer to them then their children, Chap. 7. 31, 32. and 19. 5.

their groves] Judg. 3. 7. Isa. 1. ••9.

by the green trees] Or, with. as Gen. 32. 11. Exod. 35. 22▪ 1 Sam. 1. 24.

V. 3. O my mountain in the fiel••, I will give thy substance, &c.] Or, I will give my mountain with the field, and all thy substance &c. Or, O thou that dwellest in the mountain, come down into the field, or, valley. See Mic. 1. 6. As if he had said; Thou city Jerusalem, situate on a rising, part on an hill, and part on the plain, or lower ground, and ye people of Judah, that trust to the strong situation of your citie, Chap. 21. 13. I will give your citie up to the enemy, to lay it levell, Luk. 19. 44. Or, My mountain, to wit, Zion, Psal. 68. 15. & 133. 3. Or, the mountains of Judah, Isa. 65. 9. and all their high places and forts, together with the fields, and all their wealth, will I give up into the enemies hand, Chap. 9. 9. and 15. 13.

thy high places for sinne, throughout all thy borders] Or, for the sinne committed in all thy borders. Thine high places, either built to commit sinne; for idolatrous services, Chap. 7. 31. Or, to be de∣stroyed for those sinnes, which in all coasts throughout the whole land have been committed, Chap. 16. 18.

V. 4. thou, even thy self] Or, and those that are in thee. Heb. in thy self. or, in thee. Or, and that for thy self. that is, for thy sinne.

shalt discontinue from thine heritage] Thou shalt cease from til∣ling and enjoying thy land. See Levit. 26. 34, 35.

I will cause thee to serve thine enemies] See Chap. 15. 14.

ye have kindled a fire in mine anger] Deut. 32. 22.

V. 5. Cursed be the man that trusteth in man] That which this people were very prone to; seeking over-much unto, and relying upon forain aids; and not depending upon God: which drew a curse upon them. Isa. 30. 1, 2. & 31. 1, 2.

maketh flesh his arm] Weak and corruptible creatures, 2 Chron. 32. 8. Isa. 51. 3. Heb. 5. 7.

V. 6. he shall be like the heath in the desert] Or, as some, a most bare and naked tree; either standing alone by it selfe on the wast; or having no gracefull furniture of fruit or leaf, Chap. 48. 6.

and shall not see when good cometh] Or, that seeth not. that is, enjoyeth not; hath no share in it. Job 9. 25. Psal. 34. 12. Chap. 29. 3••.

shall inhabit] Or is situate in.

the parched places in the wildernesse] Such as can afford it no moisture, Deut. 29. 23.

in a salt land and not inhabited] Or, a salt ground without inha∣bitant. Job 39. 6. Psal. 107. 34. Where no man dwelleth for the unfruitfulnesse of the soil; Chap. 2. 6. or, where no man is to ma∣nure, or dresse it, Gen. 2. 5, 13. Chap. 2. 15. Luk. 13. 8.

V. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, &c.] Psal. 2. 12. & 34. 10. 125. 1. & 146. 5. Pro. 16. 20. Isa▪ 30. 18.

V. 8. he shall be as a tree planted by the waters] Psal. 1. 3. Job 8. 16. & 29. 19. Ezek. 19. 10. & 31. 4.

and shall not see when heat cometh] Or, doth not see. that is, feel; or receive any damage or annoyance by it, Chap. 42. 14. and 44. 17.

her leaf shall be green] Or, is, that is, continueth (as Dan. 1. 21.) green.

and shall not be carefull] Or, nor needeth to take thought. Matth. 6. 25.

in the yeer of drought] Or, restraint. Chap. 14. 1. to wit, of rain. Chap. 3. 3.

neither shall cease] Or, nor ceaseth from yeelding fruit.

V. 9. The heart is deceitfull above all things, &c.] As many fetches and shifts as mans wicked heart hath, to conceal, and colour its wickednesse with; yet can God search every nook and corner of it, and descrie thorough them, even mens inwardest intentions, Pro. 15. 11. Heb. 4. 12. and defeat all their devices, Psal. 94. 9,—11. Isa. 29. 15, 16.

desperately wicked] Chap. 18. 12.

who can know it] 1 Cor. 2. 11. Heb. hath known. or, doth know. as Chap. 2. 23.

V. 10. I the LORD search the heart] 1 Sam. 16. 7. Psal. 7. 9. Chap. 11. 20. & 20. 12. Rev. 2. 23.

to give every man according to his wayes] Psal. 62. 12. Rom. 2. 6. Rev. 22. 12.

V. 11. As the partridge sitteth on egs, and hatcheth them not] Or, gathereth young, which she hath not brought forth. Isa. 34. 15. Either sitteth on the egges of other fowls; which being hatched leave her, and follow their own damme: or, sitteth on egges, but hatcheth them not, being broken by some accident or other, be∣fore they can be hatched.

shall leave them in the mi••st of his dayes] Job 15. 22. & 22. 16. Psal. 49. 11▪ 14. & 55. 23. & 102. 24.

at his end shall be a ••ool] Having laboured for the wind; taken much pains to no purpose. Psal. 39, 6. Eccl. 4. 8. and 5. 16. Luk. 12. 20.

V. 12. A glorious high throne] Chap. 3. 17. & 14. 21. This is spoken, either to inform the faithfull, what to trust to; not these fickle stayes, and fading follies, but to Gods might and help a∣lone. Psal. 20. 2, 7. & 68. 28, 29. 1 Tim. 6. 17. Or, with a secret check, to expresse the vain confidence of those, that ••elied upon the materiall Temple, as a fortresse impregnable, Chap. 7. 4. Ezek. 7. 20. Zeph. 3. 11.

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from the beginning] Heb. first.

V. 13. O LORD, the hope of Israel] Chap. 14. 8.

all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth] Psal. 73. 27. Isa. 1. 28. Or, let all that forsake thee be confounded; let them that depart from thee, be written in the earth. Or, let my chastisements be written on earth. Let those that withdraw themselves from thee, be registred, not in heaven, where the book of life is, Luk. 10. 20. Psal. 69. 28. Rev. 13. 8. and 17. 8. but on earth onely, where all their hope is, Psal. 17. 14. Or, after an other reading, Let my Sermons and reproofs, whereby I have laboured to reclaim this revolting people, be entred here, to remain as upon record, for my justification, and their convicti∣on, Job 19. 23, 24.

they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters] Chap. 2. 13.

V. 14. Heal me, O LORD,] Do thou vouchsafe to comfort and confirm me amidst those manifold troubles and dangers, which by reason of this mine office I am exposed unto, Chap. 15. 15, 17, 18. Vers. 17.

thou art my praise] He, in whose grace and aid alone I glory, Psal. 44. 8. Or, who ministrest matter of praise and thanks-giving to me, by thy mercies, Exod. 15. 2. Psal. 22. 2. & 109. 1.

V. 15. Where is the word of the LORD] They think, that what is threatned, will never come; because for a time it is re∣spited, Isa. 5. 19. Amos 5. 18. 2 Pet. 3. 4.

V. 16. I have not hastened from being a pastour to follow thee, neither have I desired the wofull day] Heb. after thee. I pressed not upon this propheticall office, more then was meet for a teacher to do, such as I was before, being a priest, Chap. 1. 1, 6. well know∣ing how much trouble would thereby accrew to me, Chap. 15. 10, 18. & 20. 7, 8. Or, I was not forward, leaving mine ordi∣nary pastorall charge, to put my self upon this extraordinarie em∣ployment: nor did I desire to be a messenger of such heavie tidings to my people; much lesse to have such evils inflicted up∣on them.

thou knowest: that which came out of my lips, was right before thee] That I have delivered nothing to them but thy truth; and that from a sincere heart: and that I have oft solicited thee in their behalf, Chap. 18. 20.

V. 17. Be not a terrour unto me, thou art my hope, &c.] Or, be thou my hope. Howsoever wicked men deal rigorously with me; yet let me have succour from thee, and finde shelter with thee. vers. 14. Chap. 15. 15.

in the day of evil] Chap. 16. 19.

V. 18. Let them be confounded that persecute me] Psal. 35. 4. and 40. 14. Chap. 15. 15.

destroy them with double destruction] Heb. break them with a double breach. Chap. 4. 20. & 16. 18. See Chap. 11. 20.

V. 19. stand in the gate of the children of the people] This seem∣eth to be the East-gate, or the Water-gate: the street whereof led up to the palace, 2 Chron. 29. 3, 4. & 32. 6. Nehem. 3. 26.

in all the gates of Jerusalem] Because they were places of grea∣test concourse, and of their usuall assemblies for civill affairs. 2 Sam. 19. 8. Ruth 4. 1, 2. Chap. 38. 7.

V. 20. Heare ye the word of the LORD] Chap. 22. 2.

ye kings of Judah] Princes and rulers. Chap. 19. 3. & 20. 5.

V. 21. take heed to your selves] Heb. souls. Deut. 4. 15. Josh. 23. 11.

bear no burden on the sabbath-day] Nehem. 13. 19.

V. 22. hallow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers] Exod. 20. 8. & 23. 12. & 31. 13. Isa. 56. 2. Ezek. 20. 12.

V. 23. they obeyed not] Chap. 7. 24, 26. & 19. 15.

V. 24. if ye diligently hearken unto me] Heb. hearkning hearken. Exod. 15. 26. & 19. 5.

V. 25. Then shall there enter into the gates of this citie, &c.] Chap. 22. 4.

V. 26. from the land of Benjamin] Which continued firme to Judah, when the other Tribes fell from her, 1 King. 12. 21. 2 Chron. 11. 12. & 15. 2. 8, 9. and so did still, Chap. 6. 1. & 32. 44. & 33. 13.

and from the plain] Or, both from. as Chap. 6. 24. & 26. 5. Gen. 36. 24. Psal. 76. 6.

from the south] Or, heath, or, wast. The up-lands, or dry-lands; such as the Southern parts, being neerer the Sunne, usually are. Josh. 15. 19. Judg. 1. 15. Chap. 32. 44. Zech. 7. 7.

bringing sacrifices of praise] Heb. bringing praise: or, confession. Psal. 50. 14, 23. as sinne, for a sinne sacrifice, or sacrifice for sinne, Levit. 4 24. 2 Cor. 5. 21.

V. 27. even entring in at the gates of Jerusalem] Or, not passe in and out, by the gates of Jerusalem. as Isa. 28. 28. & 41. 28.

will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof] I will send warre in upon you, that with fire and sword shall wast all, Chap. 21. 14. & 49. 27. & 50. 32. See this fulfilled, 2 King. 28. 9. Chap. 52. 13.

CHAP. XVIII.

Vers. 1 THe word which came] Heb. was. as Chap. 16. 1.

V. 2. Arise, and go down] Or, go, simply▪ as Isa. 38. 8. Chap. 22. 1.

to the potters house] Which seemeth to have been on the South∣side of the citie. See Chap. 19. 2. & 31. 40.

there will I cause thee to heare my words] I will there further ac∣quaint thee with my mind, upon what there thou shalt see; and tell thee, what thou shalt afterward tell others from me. So Chap. 4. 5, 15.

V. 3. I went down to the potters house] Or, went to it. as Vers. 2.

he wrought a work on the wheels] Or, frames. or, seats. Exod. 1. 16.

V. 4. the vessel that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter] Or, that he made was marred as clay in the hand of the potter.

so he made it again another vessel] Heb. returned and made. as Gen. 26. 18. Isa. 6. 13.

as seemed good to the potter] Heb. as was right in the eyes of the potter. Chap. 27. 5.

V. 5. the word of the LORD came to me] Ver. 1.

V. 6. cannot I do with you as this potter] Isa. 45. 9. Wisd. 15. 7. Rom. 9. 20.

as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand] And I have therefore power over you, to do with you, as I please, Isa. 29. 15, 16.

V. 7. I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to pluck up, &c.] Commanding my prophets to denounce destru∣ction against it, Chap. 1. 10.

V. 8. I will repent of the evill that I thought to do] Not that God repenteth, as man repenteth, Num. 23. 19. 1 Sam. 15. 29. through oversight, or want of due foresight, or by altering his se∣cret purpose: but he is said to repent, because he doth as men use to do when they repent, 1 Sam. 25. 33, 34. not putting in execu∣tion, what before he had denounced: so that repentance in man is a changing of the will; repentance in God is the willing of a change: and thus repentance in man causeth repentance in God: when man repenteth of his sinnes, God repenteth of the plague, Jon. 3. 10.

V. 9. I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it.] Acquainting them by my Prophets of such good things coming towards them, and to be conferred up∣on them, Chap. 28. 19.

V. 10. I will repent of the good, &c.] I will forbear to do, what by them I foretold and promised: such my promises being al∣wayes to be understood with a condition of constant obedience on their part required, unto whom they are made, Deut. 28. 1, 2, &c. 1 Sam. 2. 30. & 15. 11.

V. 11. I frame evill against you] Heb. frame potter-like. Vers. 2. Gen. 2. 7.

return ye now every one from his evill way] 2 King. 17. 13. Chap. 7. 3. & 25. 5. & 35. 15. Yet escape ye may, if ye repent, return, and reforme, Chap. 3. 12. Ezek. 18. 21. & 33. 11.

V. 12. There is no hope] Chap. 2. 25. & 13. 9.

we will walk after our own devices] As men desperately bent to revolt, and to their own self-will, Chap. 6. 16, 17. & 44. 16.

do the imagination] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 13. 10. & 16. 12.

V. 13. Ask ye now among the heathen] Chap. 2. 10.

the virgin of Israel] She that should have kept her self a pure virgin to God; unto whom she was espoused. Ezek. 16. 8. 2 Cor. 11. 2.

hath done a very horrible thing] Or, vile thing. Chap. 5. 30. & 23. 14.

V. 14. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field] Or, will a man leave my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? Will any traveller be so mad, as to leave the plain, where he may travell at ease without hinderance, and climb over craggie hills and rocks through bushes and thic∣kets covered with snow? as this people doth; who leave my ser∣vice, which is easie and free; to serve idols, that require of them other manner of service, then I do. Deut. 12. 30. 31. 1 King. 18. 28. Chap. 19. 5. Vers. 15.

shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place, be for∣saken] Or, shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters? Or, shall the cool running waters be forsaken for strange ones? Will a thirstie traveller, having cool running water at hand to slake his thirst, refuse it, and go to seek after other water in standing ponds, pools or puddles else-where? Or, will any man having fresh conduit water of his own at home, when he is a∣thirst, go to seek strange water abroad? Pro. 5. 15. See the appli∣cation, Chap. 2. 13. Vers. 15.

V. 15. my people hath forgotten me] Chap. 2. 13, 32. & 17. 13.

burnt incense to vanity] Chap. 10. 2, 15.

••hey have caused them to stumble in their wayes] Their false pro∣phets, and corrupt teachers, Mal. 2. 8.

from the ancient paths] Heb. paths of antiquitie. or, eternitie. as Chap. 6. 16. The way of truth and life, that God long since di∣rected them unto by his Law, Deut. 4. 1. & 6. 1. & 28. 9. Pro. 2. 13. Jam. 5. 20.

in paths, in a way not cast up] Heb. of a way not cast up. or, where no causey is. Isa. 35. 8.

V. 16. To make their land desolate] Chap. 19. 8. & 49. 13. and 50. 13.

a perpetuall hissing] Heb. an hissing of perpetuitie.

every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished] Or, so that every one that passeth thereby should be astonished.

and wag his head] In way of scorn and derision, Isa. 37. 22.

V. 17. I will] Or, That I should.

scatter them] Deut. 28. 25, 64. Chap. 4. 11. & 15. 7.

as with an east-wind] Isa. 27. 8.

I will] Or, that I should.

shew them the back, &c.] Heb. the neck. Chap. 48. 39. Dealing with th••m, as they deal with me, 2 Chron. 29. 6. Ezek. 8. 16. Chap. 2. 27. & 32. 33.

V. 18. let us devise devices against Jeremiah] Chap. 11. 19.

for the law shall not perish from the priest] The Church cannot erre; the priests cannot but tell us the truth, and teach us the right; Mal. 2. 7. Joh. 7. 48, 49. and this Jeremiah therefore must needs be in the wrong, 1 King. 22. 13, 24. See Chap. 7. 4. and 20. 2.

let us smite him with the tongue] Or, for the tongue. as Gen. 18. 28. Let us inform the rulers against him, and accuse him to them: for we shall be believed, Chap. 20. 10. Or, let us smite him and vex him for his preaching on this wise, Chap. 26. 8, 9.

V. 20. Shall] Or, Should. Chap. 16. 20.

evill be recompensed for good] 1 Sam▪ 24. 17. Psal. 35. 12. and 109. 5.

they have digged a pit for my soul] They plot against me, to take my life from me, Psal. 35. 7. A phrase of speech taken from the practice of those, that dig pits to take either wild beasts, or fowls in, Psal. 9. 15. Ezek. 19. 4, 8. So Vers. 22.

remember] Chap. 15. 15.

I stood before thee] See Chap. 15. 1.

to speak good for them] Chap. 14. 11.

to turn away thy wrath from them] Psal. 106. 23. Of the like imprecation••, see Chap. 11. 20. & 15. 15. & 17. 18.

V. 21. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, &c.] Psal. 109. 10.

poure out their bloud by the force of the sword] Heb. poure them out by the hands of the sword. Psal. 63. 10. Ezek. 35. 5.

let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widowes] Psal. 109. 9.

let their men be put to death] Heb. slain of death.

let their young men be slain by the sword in bat e••] Let that be∣fall them, that they intend against me. Vers. 23. Chap. 11. 22.

V. 22. Let a cry be heard from their houses] The cry of persons in perill of perishing, Chap. 20. 16.

when thou shalt bring a troup su••denly upon them] Of the Chal∣deans and their complices, 2 King. 24. 2.

they have digged a pit to take me] Vers. 20. Psal. 57. 6.

and hid snares for my feet] Psal. 141▪ 9. & 142. 3.

V. 23. thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me] Heb. for death.

fo••••ive not their iniquitie] Nehem. 4. 4, 5. Psal. 59. 5.

neither blot out their sinne from thy sight] Psal. 109. 14, 15.

let them be overthrown] Heb. made to stumble. Vers. 15.

CHAP. XIX.

Vers. 1. GO and get a potters earthen bottle] Heb. a bottle of the earthen vessels.

V. 2. go forth unto the valley of the sonne of Hinnom] Of this place see Isai 30. 33. & Chap. 7. 31.

the cast-gate] Heb. the Sunne-gate. Job 9. 7. Or▪ P••t-sherd∣gate. Job 2. 8. Or, earthen-vessell-gate. Vers. 1. See Isai. 16. 7. And it seemeth rather to have been the South-gate; called the Sunne∣gate, because the Sunne lay most upon it: or, in another sense, the gate of Pot-sherds, or earthen ware, from the store of either thereabout, by the neighbourhood of the Potter: Ch. 18. 1. for To∣phet lay to the South of Jerusalem. Josh. 15. 8.

V. 3. O kings of Judah] Princes and rulers: the King and his Councell. Deut. 33. 5. Chap. 17. 20.

which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle] 1 Sam. 3. 11. 2 King. 21. 12.

V 4. they have forsaken me] Chap. 16. 11.

and have estranged this place] Or, strangely abused. Deut. 32. 27. So abused it contrary to what should have beene practised in it, and so polluted and prophaned it, that I can no longer own it: as Isai. 1. 11, 12. Psal. 58. 3. I phes. 4. 18. Col. 1. 21.

whom neither they nor their fathers have known] Deut. 32. 17. Chap. 44. 3.

nor the kings of Judah] Or, even the Kings. See vers. 3. Heb. and; Chap. 35. 15.

and have filled this place with the blood of innocents] Either the Citie of Jerusalem, 2 King. 21. 16. Chap. 7. 6. & 22. 3. or the val∣ley of Tophet, where they slew and sacrificed their poor infants to their idols. Psal. 106. 37, 38. See vers. 3, & 7.

V. 5. They have built also the high places of Baal] Chap. 7. 31. & 32. 35.

to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings] Psal. 106. 38. 2 King. 23. 10.

which I commanded not, &c.] But expressely forbad, Deut••r. 18. 10. and is no such service therefore, as I can approveor accept of Deut. 52. 30-32. Col. 2 22. See Chap. 7. 31, 32.

this place shall no more be called Tophet] Of the Timbrels and Drums, that they used to beat while they sacrificed their children. Isai. 30. 32, 33.

nor the valley of the son of Hinnom] From the ancient Lord, or owner of it. Josh. 15. 8.

but the valley of slaughter] In regard of the multitude that shall there lie slain Vers. 7. 11.

V. 7. I will make void the counsell of Judah and Jerusalem] Ei∣ther their counsell in generall; as pointing to the Kings Palace situate to the South of the Citie, where they used to sit in counsell; or, their projects, whereby they expect succour and aid from E∣gypt against the Chaldeans, Isai. 30. 1-3. & 31. 1-3. Chap. 37. 7, 8. I will make void, or vain and empty; as emptie, as the bot∣tle before spoken of, vers. 1. 10. the term whereof is here allu∣ded to.

in this place] In this citie, and the places adjacent. Vers. 3.

of them that seek their lives] Heb. soul. Chap. 4. 30. and 18. 20.

their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls, &c.] Chap. 7. 33. & 16. 4.

V. 8. I will make this Citie desolate, &c.] Chap. 18. 16. & 49. 13. & 50. 13.

V. 9. I will cause them to cate the flesh of their sons, &c.] Levit. 26. 29. Deut. 28. 53. Chap. 21. 7. Lam. 4. 10.

they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend] Or, one anothers flesh; as Chap. 46. 16. See Isa. 9. 20.

V. 10. Then shalt thou break the bottle] This visible signe is used, to shew the certainty of the judgement threatned: and to work the deeper impression in the mindes of those that beheld it. Vers. 1.

V. 11. so will I break this people and this citie, as one breaketh a potters vessell] Isa. 30. 14. Chap. 48. 12.

••hat cannot be made whole again] Heb. be healed.

they shall bury them in Tophet] Chap. 7. 32.

till there be no place to bury] Or, left to bury in.

V. 12. make this Citie as Tophet] Where ye had wont to kill and burn your Children, vers. 5. I will fill the whole Citie with the bodies of slain men; as ye filled it formerly with innocent blood, 2 King. 21. 16. that it shall be all over like an other To∣phet. Vers. 13.

V. 13. the houses of the Kings of Judah shall be defiled as the place of Tophet] Or, which are defiled, shall ••e as the place of Tophet.

because of all the houses] Or, with all the houses.

upon whose roofs they have burnt incense] Their houses being flat roofed, Deut. 22. 8. they used to serve and sacrifice to their idols on the tops of them. 2 King. 23. 12. Chap. 32. 29. Zeph. 1. 5. See Isai. 65. 3.

V. 15. upon all her Towns] Heb. Cities. The lesser Cities or Towns belonging to Jerusalem the Mother-Citie. Chap. 15. 8. & 34. 1.

because they have hardened their necks] Chap. 7. 26. & 17. 23.

that they might not hear my words] Yeeld obedience thereunto. Deut. 6. 3. & 28. 1. Psal. 81. 11.

CHAP. XX.

Vers. 1. NOw Pashur] Or, Now when Pashur. See Chap. 21. 1.

the son of Immer] One of that course, the sixteenth in order, whereof he was the first head. 1 Chron. 24. 14.

who was also chief governour in the house of the LORD] The se∣cond; next under the High-Priest: Num. 3. 32. 2 King. 25. 18. Chap. 52. 24. for there were other rulers also under this second. 2 Chron. 35. 8. Chap. 35. 4.

V. 2. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah] Thus this Priest, as a prime instrument of Satan, first perpetrated that against Gods prophet, that neither King, nor Princes, nor people durst formerly attempt.

put him in the stocks that were] Or, prison that was. 2 Chron. 16. 10. Chap. 29. 26.

in the high▪ gate of Benjamin] The gate, not of the Temple, but of the Citie: called the High-gate, by way of distinction from the Tower, that looked also the same way. Chap. 37. 12. and 38. 7.

V. 3. that Pashur] Or, that when Pashur.

brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks] Or▪ prison. Vers. 3.

Magor-missabib] That is, Fear round about. A term or form of speech, used commonly, in great and generall terrours, affright∣ments, dangers and distresses unavoidable. Psal. 31. 13. Chap. 6. 25. & 46. 5. & 49. 29. Lam. 2. 22.

V. 4. I will make thee a terrour to thy self, and to all thy friends] Or, I will expose thee to terrour, thee and all thy friends. For the par∣ticle may be redundant; as Chap. 40. 2. Either I will surround and environ thee and them with frights and fears. Or, I will in∣flict such things on thee, as shall affright not thy self alone, but all those that have any interest in thee. Psal. 31. 31.

thine eyes shall behold it] Chap. 16. 9. 1 Sam. 2. 33.

I will give all Judah into the hand] Or, power; as Psal. 22. 20. & 49. 15.

of the King of Babylon] Of Nebuchadnezzar. Chap. 25. 9.

he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword▪] He shall enslave some, and slay others. Chap. 15. 2. and 39. 6, 9.

V. 5. all the strength of this Citie, and all the labours thereof] All the wealth gotten and gathered together by their industrie, the fruit of all their labours. Chap. 3. 24. & 5. 27.

all the treasures of the Kings of Judah] The wealth of King and Princes. Chap. 17. 20. & 19. 3. Or, gathered by many Kings suc∣cessively. 2 King. 20. 17. Isai. 39. 6. Chap. 15. 13. & 17. 3.

will I give into the hand] Or, power. Vers. 4. Chap. 21. 7. 10.

of their enemies] The Chaldeans. Chap. 37. 10.

V. 6. thou and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies] That have suffered themselves to be abused and deluded by thy false-prophesies. Chap. 14. 16.

V. 7. O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived] Or, thou hast inticed, perswaded. Gen. 9. 27. Prov. 24. 28. Ezek. 14. 9. and I have been inticed, or, perswaded by thee. Job 31. 9. Thou didst perswade me to undertake this office: which hath proved more troublesome then I expected. Chap. 1. 7. & 17. 16. Thus fits of impatiencie sometime overtake Gods Prophets, when they see no good successe of their Ministery. Exod. 5. 22, 23. Numb. 11. 11-15. See Chap. 11. 20. & 18. 18.

thou art stronger then I] Thou wast too strong for me. Heb. strong from me; as Isai. 65. 5. Psal. 18. 17. Thou prevailedst with me, and didst thrust me upon it, having no minde or lust of my self thereunto. Chap. 1. 6. & 17. 16.

I am in derision daily] Job. 12. 4. Lam. 3. 14.

V. 8. I cried] Or, proclaimed. Dan. 3. 4.

violence and spoil] Either, exercised among my people; which I reproved: Chap. 6. 7. Or, to be exercised upon them by the ene∣mie, which I foretold and threatned. Chap. 6. 12. Vers. 5.

because] Or, therefore. Chap. 22. 22.

the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me] Chap. 6. 10.

V. 9. Then I said] Or, Therefore said I. Chap. 29. 16. I so thought, or so resolved; as Psal. 14. 1. & 32. 5. & 39. 1.

I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name] Considering how evill successe I had with my ministery, I was sometime in the minde to give over prophesying.

his word was in mine heart as a burning fire] Psal. 39. 3.

I was weary with forbearing] I could have no rest in my soul, untill I had fallen again to my work, and returned to the execution of mine office. 1 Cor. 9. 17. See Chap. 6. 11.

I could not stay] Or, hold. Job 32. 18.

V. 10. I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side] Or, of many Magor-missabibs. Vers. 3. Of many such as this Pashur; or, of many suborned by him, consulting together, how to frame re∣ports, and carry them to the rulers; if by faining and glossing, or by catching hold of ought that slipt from me, they might get some∣what against me. Chap. 18. 18. Matth. 22. 16, 17. Mark 12. 13, 14. Luke 11. 53, 54. & 20. 21.

Report, say they, and we will report it] Bring to us what ye can get from him; and we will acquaint the King, or the rulers with it. Isa. 29. 21. Chap. 26. 11.

all my familiars] Heb. every man of my peace. Chap. 38. 22. See Job 19. 19. Psal. 41. 9. & 55. 13.

watched for my halting] Psal. 35. 15. & 38. 16. They watched me, hoping to get somewhat that might by oversight slip me, whereby they might insnare me, and bring me into danger. Chap. 5. 16. Isa. 29 21. Luke 11. 53, 54.

V. 11. But] Or, Howbeit; or, Notwithstanding; as Chap. 35. 14.

the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one] Yet he encou∣rageth himself against all their projects and practises in assurance of Gods assistance. Chap. 1. 19. & 15. 20, 21.

my persecutours shall stumble] Be overthrown. Chap. 18. 23. Psal. 27. 2.

they shall not prevail] Chap. 1. 19.

they shall be greatly ashamed] Psal. 70. 2, 3. Chap. 17. 18.

everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten] Heb. ignominy of perpetuitie. Chap. 23. 40.

V. 12. But] Or, Yea.

that triest the righteous] Thou that triest and approvest of the righteous. Psal. 11. 5, 7. Chap. 11. 20. & 17. 10.

let me see] Or, I shall see. I beleeve, and am assured, that thou wilt right all my wrongs, and that I shall survive to see it. Psal. 59. 10.

unto thee have I opened my cause] Chap. 11. 20.

V. 13. Sing unto the LORD] He praiseth God in assured hope of future deliverance. Psal. 13. 6.

he hath delivered] Psal. 35. 10. & 109. 31.

the soul of the poor] Either the poor, simply; as Psal. 3. 2. Or, the poor in danger of losing his life; as Psal. 116. 8. That is, my poor soul; or, my poor self, as Psal. 89. 48. & 30. 3.

from the hand] Or, the power. Chap. 15. 21.

V. 14. Cursed be the day wherein I was born, &c.] See, what inconveniencies even the best fall into in the fight between the flesh and the spirit, untill God raise them up again, Job 3. 3. Chap. 15. 10.

V. 15. Making him very glad] Heb. by gladding gladding him; as Isai. 61. 10.

V. 16. Let that man be as the Cities which the LORD over∣threw] Let him perish, as Sodome and Gomorrah did, 19. 25. Deut. 29. 23. Amos 4. 11.

and repented not] Without recovery; or revocation of his doom past upon them, Zeph. 2. 9.

let him heare the cry in the morning] Of men in danger of lo∣sing their lives, Chap. 18. 22.

the shouting at noon-tide] The noise of the Trumpet sounding an alarm: Or, of the enemy breaking in to surprize and destroy, Chap. 4. 19. & 49. 2. Zeph. 1. 16. Let him be in continuall terrour and trouble, Job 15. 21.

V. 17. Because he slew me not from the womb] So soon as I came out of it; so soon as I was born. Vers. 18. Job 3. 10. & 10. 19.

her womb to be alwayes great with me] That the fruit thereof had never seen light. Psal. 58. 8. Eccles. 6. 3.

V. 18. Wherefore came I forth out of the womb] Job 3. 20.

to see labour and sorrow] To sustain and suffer it. Chap. 5. 12. & 14. 13. Lam. 3. 1. Job 5. 6, 7.

CHAP. XXI.

Vers. 1. THe word which came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1. Chap. 21.

when king Zedekiah sent unto him] Not as Hezekiah to Isaiah, touched with remorse for his sinnes; 2 King. 19. 1. Isai. 37. 2. but as Pharaoh to Moses; for escape of the judgement feared. Exod. 9. 28. 2 Chron. 36. 12. Chap. 37. 3.

Pashur the sonne of Mel••hiah] Another from him mentioned Chap. 20. 1. for he was of the family of Immer; which was the sixteenth ranke: 1 Chron. 24. 14. this of Melchiahs; which was the fifth. 1 Chron. 24. 9.

Zephan••ah] Chap. 37. 3.

the sonne of Maaseiah] Of the race of Maaseiah; which made the twentieth course. 1 Chron. 24. 18.

V. 2. Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh warre against us] Chap. 37. 7.

if so be] Or, whether it may be.

according to all his wondrous works] Psal. 44. 1.

he may go up from us] Or, depart: or, go away from us, Chap. 37. 5. as Chap. 4. 7, 13. 1 King. 15. 19.

V. 4. I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands] From your enemies upon your selves. Chap. 13. 14. Or, from do∣ing them any dammage. Psal. 89. 41. So that your fighting against them shall be in vain. Chap. 32. 5.

I will assemble them] Heb. gather. 1 Chron. 13. 2.

V. 5. with an outstretched hand] Exod. 6. 6. Psal. 136. 12.

V. 6. into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar] Or, power. Chap▪ 20. 4, 5.

of those that seek their life] Heb. soul. Chap. 18. 20. & 34. 21.

he shall smite them with the edge of the sword] Heb. mouth of the sword. Deut. 13. 15. Luk. 21. 24.

he shall not spare them, neither have pitie] 2 Chron. 36. 17. Chap. 6. 23.

V. 8. I set before you] Heb. give. Deut. 30. 19.

the way of life] Of escape; by yeelding your selves to Nebu∣chadnezzar. Chap. 38. 17.

the way of death] Of destruction; by standing out against him. Chap. 27. 8.

V. 9. Hee that abideth in this Citie, shall dye, &c.] Chap. 38. 2.

his life shall be unto him for a prey] As delivered from imminent and eminent danger. Chap. 39. 28. & 45. 5.

V. 10. I have set my face against this Citie] Psal. 34. 16. Chap. 44. 11.

for evill, and not for good] Chap. 39. 16. & 44. 27.

it shall be given into the hand] Or, power. Vers. 3.

he shall burn it with fire] Chap. 38. 23. & 39. 8.

V. 11. touching the house of the King] Or, to the Kings house. to those of his family. as Josh. 24. 15.

V. 12. Execute judgement] Chap. 22. 3. Heb. Judge. Psal. 82. 3.

in the morning] The usuall time of judicature. Psal. 101. 8. Eccles. 10. 16. Do it timely and diligently.

lest my fury go out like fire, &c.] Chap. 4. 4. & 17. 24.

V. 13. I am against thee] Whom there is no withstanding, or standing out against. Psal. 76. 7.

O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain] Heb. inhabitresse (Chap. 10. 17.) of the valley, and of the rock of the plain. Jerusalem, situate on a rising; built part on the hill, and part on the plain; and environed with hils. Psal 125. 2. Chap. 17. 3. Which strength of their situation they trusted too much to. See Chap. 46. 19.

who shall enter into our habitations] Chap. 49. 4.

V. 14. But] Or, And. as continued with the denunciation. I am against thee. Vers. 13.

I will punish you] Heb. visit upon you. Chap. 9. 25.

according to the fruit of your doings] Prov. 1. 31.

I will kindle a fire] Chap. 17. 27. & 50. 32.

in the forest thereof] In their houses, that stand as thick as trees in a forest: or, that are built with timber taken from the forest of Lebanon. Chap. 22. 7. Or, in their towns and Cities, that stood like so many tufts of trees in a forest. Chap. 19. 15.

CHAP. XXII.

Vers. 1. GO down to] Or, Go to. Chap. 18. 1.

the house of the king] To the palace, either of Jehoiakim, or of Jechoniah his sonne: for in the reign of the one of those two was this prophecie delivered, to wit, while Jehoa∣haz yet lived in captivitie; and while Jehoiakim also was yet a∣live, whether at home, or abroad in captivitie, uncertain. See Vers. 10. 11. 18. Besides that in it (unlesse that from Vers. 20. a new prophecie do begin) Jechoniahs captivitie is also foretold Vers. 24, &c. But concerning the order of this, and the other ensuing prophecies, see Chap. 27. 1.

Vers. 2. Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah] This was Jeremiahs ordinary manner of preaching before the Kings of Judah from Josiah to Zed••kiah. Chap. 17. 20. & 1. 2, 3. & 25. 3.

V. 3. Execute ye judgement and righteousnesse] Chap. 21. 12. Isa. 56. 1.

deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressour] Psal. 72. 2, 4, 12. & 82. 3, 4.

V. 4. if ye do this thing indeed] Heb. doing do (Chap. 7. 5.) this word. Chap. 26. 2. & 32. 17.

then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, &c.] Chap. 17. 25.

sitting upon the throne of David] Heb. for David upon his throne.

V. 5. I swear by my self] Chap. 49. 13. Because he hath none greater then himself to swear by. Heb. 6. 12. and what he swear∣eth by himself, binding by so solemn an oath, shall undoubtedly be fulfilled. Psal. 110. 4. & 132. 11. Heb. 6. 17, 18.

V. 6. thus saith the LORD unto] Or, concerning. Vers. 11. 18.

the kings house of Judah] And the whole citie, Vers. 8. and kingdom together with it. Vers. 22.

Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon] I have made thee fat and wealthie, as Gilead, a rich and fat soile▪ Numb. 32. 1. and loftie, as Lebanon, Vers. 23. a high mountain, full of tall ce∣dars. 1 King. 5. 6. Lam. 1. 1.

unto me] Or, by me. by my means. as Chap. 15. 8.

I will make thee a wildernesse] Chap. 9. 10, 11, 12.

V. 7. And I will prepare] Or, For I have prepared. as Isa. 9. 11. Heb. sanctifie. Or, have sanctified. Isa. 13. 3. Chap. 6. 4.

destroyers against thee] The Chaldeans. Chap. 4. 7.

every one with his weapons] Or, instruments. axes and hatchets; such as trees are wont to be felled with. Psal. 74. 5, 6. See Chap. 46. 23.

they shall cut down thy choice cedars] Heb. the choice of thy cedars. Isa. 37. 24. Thy fair buildings made of the choicest cedars. Chap. 21. 14. Vers. ••3.

V. 8. they shall say] Wondring, as at a thing never likely to fall out, that God should ever have suffered that goodly citie and kingdom to be so ruined. Lam. 4. 12.

every man to his neighbour] Or, friend, familiar. Chap. 9. 4. one to another. Gen. 11. 3, 7. Mal. 3. 16.

Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great citie] Deut. 29. 24. 1 King. 9. 8.

V. 9. Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD, &c.] Chap. 1. 16. & 16. 11.

V. 10. Weep ye not for the dead] For Josiah, (for whom they made grievous lamentation. 2 Chron. 35. 24, 25.) for it is well with him. 2 King. 22. 20. Isa. 57. 1, 2. Like that of our Saviour, Luk. 23. 28.

weep sore] Heb. weeping weep. Isa. 30. 19.

for him that goeth away] For Jehoahaz; who is gone captive into Egypt: where he died. 2 King. 33. 34. Vers. 11. Or, for Je∣hoiakim, who was carried captive, towards, if not to, Babylon; nor was to return unto Jerusalem again. See Vers. 19.

V. 11. thus saith the LORD touching] Or, unto.

Shallum] Jehoahaz: who, it seemeth, had two names; and, it may be, a third; Johanan, or John. 1 Chron. 3. 15. Or called Shallum, for his short reign; 2 King. 23. 11. from another of that name, who reigned but a moneth; 2 King. 15. 31. as more wor∣thy of that name, then his younger brother so called. 1 Chron. 3. 15. Though some understand this of that Shallum the fourth son of Josiah; whom they suppose to have reigned as viceroy, or guardian to Jechoniah, in his fathers absence; as spoken, not of him, but to him, concerning Jehoiakim. See Chap. 25. 1.

which went forth out of this place, He shall not return thither any more] Or, He that is gone forth out of this place, shall not return thither any more. He that is gone; Jehoahaz into Egypt. Ezek. 19. 4. 2 King. 23. 30. Jehoiakim unto Babylon. Ezek. 19. 9. Chron. 36. 6. See Vers. 10. 19.

V. 12. he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive] 2 King. 23. 34. Ezek. 19. 9.

V. 13. Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousnesse] Hab. 2. 9.

that useth his neighbours service without wages] Heb. serveth himself of him. Chap. 25. 14. Compelleth him to serve, or work for him without hire. Exod. 1. 14.

g••veth him not for his work] Against Gods expresse law. Lev. 19. 13. Deut. 24. 14.

V. 14. I will build me a wide house, and large chambers] Heb. an house of measures; or, dimensions. Numb. 13. 32. as a man of di∣mensions, for a man of a large and tall stature. 2 Sam. 21. 20. Or, with (as Chap. 11. 16.) large (Heb. thorough aired) chambers.

cutteth him out windows] Or, my windows. Some supposing, that he mangled the windows of the Temple, to grace his own building. as 2 King. 18. 16.

painted with v••rmilion] Heb. anointed.

V. 15. Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in cedar] Thou Jehoiakim; or, thou Shallum, who art not amended by Gods judgements upon thy brother, 2 King. 24. 3, 4. doest thou think this the way to establish thy throne, by stately buildings raised from cruell oporession? Hab. 2. 9.

did not thy father] Josiah; a good King; who advanced Gods service, and executed justice; and by Gods blessing upon him en∣joyed peace and prosperitie. Prov. 16. 12.

eat and drink] Live cheerfully and comfortably; Eccles. 9. 7. Matth. 11. 18, 19. though he had not such a stately house as thou hast.

V. 16. was not this to know me] To do right, and live accord∣ing to my word and will. Chap. 9. 3. Hos. 4. 1. Jam. 1. 27. 1 Joh. 2. 4.

V. 17. for violence] Or, incursion. Chap. 23. 10.

V. 18. concerning Jehoiakim] Which name was given him by Pharaoh Nechoh, whereas before he was called Eliakim. 1 King. 23. 34. He is also called Joakim, a name for signification well agreeing with the former, 1 Chron. 3. 15. where he is said to be the second son of Josiah; though indeed by two yeers elder then Johoahaz, 1 King. 23. 31, 36. because his brother was by the vote of the State preferred before him to the crown: 1 Kin. 23. 30. howbeit Nechoh upon his return reversed their choice, and setled the Kingdom upon the right heir, 2 King. 23. 33, 34.

They shall not lament for him,] Because every one shall have matter enough of lamentation for himself; or, because he shall have no solemn funerall, Chap. 16. 6. and 34. 5.

A•• my brother▪] 1 King. 13. 30.

V. 19. He shall be buried with the buriall of an asse,] Not ho∣nourably among his ancestors; Isai. 14. 18. but as carion is cast out, that it may not infect, Isai. 14. 19. that which Josephus in his Antiquities, lib. 10. cap. 8. saith befell him; being slain in the citie, and his corps cast out before the wall unburied. But it seemeth rather, that he died at Babylon, or in the way at least thither. See 2 Chron. 36. 6. Ezek. 19. 9.

V. 20. Go up▪ &c.] The Prophet here directeth his speech to the main body of the Jewish people; whom he speaketh unto, as elsewhere, so here, as to a woman of State, Vers. 23. And it may seem, that at these words there beginneth a new prophecy, delivered some space of time after the former, in the reign of Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah; who entred not upon the Kingdom be∣fore his fathers decease, whether dying at home or abroad, 2 King. 24. 6. 2 Chron. 36. 8. See Vers. 2.

to Lebanon, &c.] To call to the Assyrians the one way, and the Egyptians the other way, for help against the Chaldeans, but in vain; the Chaldeans having subdued all on either side before, 2 King. 24. 7.

all thy lovers] Chap. 4. 30.

are destroyed] Heb. broken. 2 Chron. 14. 13.

V. 21. I spake unto thee in thy prosperitie] Heb. prosperities.

I will not hear] Chap. 2. 31. & 6. 17.

this hath been thy manner from thy youth] Chap. 2. 24, 25. and 32. 30.

V. 22. The wind shall eat up all thy pastours] All thy rulers, Chap. 10. 21. & 23. 1. shall vanish away, as wind. Or, shall find all their hopes concerning forain helps windie and vain, Chap. 5. 13. Hos. 4. 19. & 12. 1.

thy lovers shall go into captivitie] Thy confederates. Vers. 20.

surely] Or, therefore. Chap. 20. 8.

then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded] Chap. 2. 36.

V. 23. O inhabitant] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 10. 17. and 21. 13.

of Lebanon] That livest, and carriest thy self as loftily, as if thou dwelledst on the top of Lebanon. Vers. 6.

that makest thy nest in the cedars] In palaces and houses cieled with Cedar. Vers. 7.

how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee] What will all thy beautie, state, or wealth avail, when such troubles and straits surprise thee? Isa. 10. 3.

the pain as of a woman in travail] Chap. 6. 24. & 13. 21.

V. 24. though ••oniah] Otherwise called Jehoiachin, 2 King.

24. 8. and Jechoniah, 1 Chron. 3. 16. here in contempt Coniah; as also Chap. 37. 1.

were the signet upon my right hand] As near, and as dear to me, as is a Kings signet, that he weareth continually on his finger, Cant. 8. 6. Hag. 2. 23.

V. 25. I will give thee] Chap. 21. 7. & 34. 20.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 20. 4, 5.

of them that seek thy life] Heb. soul. as Chap. 19. 7.

V. 26. I will cast thee out] 2 King. 24. 12. Isa. 22. 17.

into another countrey] Into Chaldea, 2 Chron. 36. 10.

V. 27. to the land whereunto they desire to return] Heb. lift up their mind. Exod. 32. 15. Psal. 24. 4. Chap. 44. 14.

V. 28. Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure?] How cometh it to passe that no more ac∣count is made of him, then as of an old picture, or image fallen to pieces: or a rotten instrument, or vessel, of no value, that is fit for no use; or filthy and sluttish; and therefore not regarded? Psal. 31. 12. Chap. 48. 38. Hos. 8. 8.

V. 29. O earth, earth, earth, &c.] Because it might seem to his people a thing incredible, that both he and his should be thus cast out, and the descent of the royall estate so cease; he calleth upon the earth to make record of it; that it might remain as a monument of this heavie doom to all posteritie. See Chap 17. 13.

V. 30. Write ye this man childlesse] Enter his name in the roiall genealogie or descent, without mention of any issue: either, as some, because he had none at all, but died childlesse: or, as others rather, for the reason here subjoyned; because albeit he had issue, begotten and born in the captivitie, Vers. 28. 1 Chron. 3. 15, 17. Matth. 1. 12. yet none of his issue were to succeed him in the kingdome: for Zedekiah his unckle was made King in his stead. 2 King. 24. 27. nor did any of his posteritie attain to the roiall estate; which expired in Zedekiah. See the like of Jehoia∣kim, Chap. 36. 30.

CHAP. XXIII.

Vers. 1. VVO be unto the pastours] Princes, rulers, priests and prophets. Chap. 10. 21. and 22. 22. and 25. 34. & 50. 6. Ezek. 34. 2.

the sheep of my pasture] Or, my pasture sheep. Psal. 100. 3. Which I take speciall care; and have provided good pasture for. Psal. 23. 1, 2.

V. 2. against the pastours that feed my people] That rule them; and should feed them: but do nothing lesse. Ezek. 34. 2, 3.

I will visit upon you] Or, punish you for. Exod. 32. 34. I will visite you in wrath and judgement, for your not visiting them, that is, performing all good offices of help and relief to them, ac∣cording to your dutie, Ezek. 34. 4, 8, 10. Matth. 25. 41, 43.

V. 3. I will gather the remnant of my flock, &c.] To comfort and confirme the faithfull, the Prophete telleth them still, that after the dispersion of his people, God yet will have a remnant to make him a Church, which he will gather and preserve, Isa. 1. 9. & 4. 3. & 6. 13. & 9. 21. Chap. 3. 14. & 12. 14. & 16. 15. & 31. 7. Ezek. 20. 40, 41. & 34. 11, 12. Mic. 2. 12.

V. 4. I will set up shepheards over them] Chap. 3. 15. Ezek. 34. 11, &c.

neither shall they be lacking] Or, missing Isa. 34. 16.

V. 5. Behold, the dayes come, &c.] Isa. 4. 2. & 40. 11. & 45. 8. Chap. 33. 14, 15. Dan. 9. 24. Joh. 1. 45.

a righteous branch] Christ, the true branch; in whom this was fulfilled, Isa. 11. 1. Zech. 3. 8.

a king shall reigne and prosper] Isa. 52. 13. & 53. 10.

and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth] Or, upon the earth. Chap. 31. 22. Matth. 6. 10. Or, in the la••d. Isa. 58. Vers. 8.

V. 6. In his dayes Judah shall be saved, &c.] Deut. 33. 28. Chap. 33. 16.

this is his name whereby he shall be called] Either Israel, whose righteousnesse Christ is: 1 Cor. 1. 30. and who is one with Christ: 1 Cor. 6. 17. & 12. 12. Or, Christ, who is the righteous∣nesse of his, Dan. 9. 24. 2 Cor. 5. 21.

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSE] Or, The Lord is our righteousnesse. Isa. 45. 24. Heb. Jehovah tsidkenu. Chap. 33. 16.

V. 7. they shall no more say, The LORD liveth which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, &c.] Isa. 43. 18. Chap. 16. 14, 15.

V. 9. Mine heart within me is broken, because of the prophets] The false-prophets, that deceive and delude the people, See Chap. 14. 13.

all my bones shake] Hab. 3. 16.

I am like a drunken man] Not able to stand on my legs; and at my wits end, Psal. 107. 27. Isa. 24. 20.

V. 10. the land is full of adulterers] Chap. 9. 2.

because of swearing] Or, cursing. or, the curse. Because of their oaths and perjuries, joyned commonly with execrations, Lev. 5. 1. Judg. 17. 2. Nehem. 10. 29. Or, by reason of Gods curse upon the land for sinne, Isa. 24. 6.

the pleasant places] Or, habitations; that is, habitable places: or, pastures, Joel 2. 22. Chap. 9. 10. & 12. 4.

of the wildernesse] Or, plain. I. am. 4. 19.

and their course is evill, and their force is not right] Or, yet (as Chap. 2. 25.) their violence (as Chap. 22. 17.) is evill, and their might (as Chap. 49. 35.) is not right. is not set upon, or imployed about, that which is right; but bent wholly to the contrarie: as Psal. 36. 4. Notwithstanding the curse of God upon the land, they runne on still in a violent course unto evill, and bend themselves with all their might thereunto, Chap. 5. 3. and 8. 6. & 9. 3.

V. 11. in my house have I found their wickednesse] My very Temple is full of their superstitions and Idolatries. 2 Chron. 36. 14. Chap. 7. 10. 11. Ezek. 7. 20.

V. 12. as slippery wayes in the darknesse] That they may fall; and not know how to recover themselves, Psal. 35. 6. Joh. 11. 10. 1 Joh. 2. 11.

the yeer of their visitation] Chap. 11. 23. & 48. 44.

V. 13. I have seen folly] Or, an absurd thing. Heb. unsavoury. Job 6. 6.

caused my people Israel to erre] Isa. 3. 12. & 9. 16. Chap. 18. 15. Vers. 32.

V. 14. I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem] They that should have been better, Hos. 4. 15. and ought to have been warned, by what befell those of Samaria; and yet are worse then they. Chap. 3. 8.

an horrible thing] Or, filthinesse. Chap. 5. 30. & 29. 17.

walk in lies] Heb. a lie. or, falshood. Ver. 26.

they strengthen also the hands of evill doers] They confirme men in their wickednesse; and so keep them from repentance, Ezek. 13. 22.

they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah] How holy soever they may seem to others, I ab∣horre them, as I did those abominable cities, Isa. 1. 9. Ezek. 16. 46.

V. 15. I will feed them with wormwood] Chap. 8. 14. & 9. 15.

make them drink the water of gall] Or, juyce of h••mlock.

from the prophets of Jerusalem is prophanenesse, &c.] Or, hypocrisie. Vers. 11.

V. 16. they make you vain] Or, beguile you.

they speak a vision of their own heart] The devices of their own heads and hearts, Chap. 14. 14. Vers. 26.

V. 17. They say still] Heb. saying say. Exod. 21. 5.

Ye shall have peace] Chap. 6. 14. & 8. 11. Ezek. 13. 10. Zech. 10. 2.

that walketh after the imagination, &c.] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 16. 12. & 18. 12.

V. 18. who hath, &c.] Either the Prophets own speech con∣cerning them; which of them hath God acquainted with any such purpose of his? Vers. 22. Job 15. 8. Or, of the false-prophets demanding how Jeremiah, or any other besides themselves, should come to know any such thing from God, as he, or they spake: as if themselves alone were acquainted with Gods privie counsels, and none could know them but from them: and so heartning the people against the menaces of Gods prophets. 1 King. 22. 24.

stood in the counsel of the LORD] Or, secret. Psal. 25. 14. As servants stand attending on great personages: and by that means sometime come to notice of their intentions, which from others are concealed, 1 King. 10. 8. Pro. 22. 29. Matth. 18. 10.

V. 19. a whirlwind of the LORD] Or, a mighty whirlwind. as Gen. 10. 9. Psal. 36. 6. See Chap. 30. 23.

is gone forth in fury] Or, fury is gone forth.

a grievous whirlwind] Or, pa••ning. Job 15. 20. or, continuing. Job 20. 21. Chap. 30. 23.

it shall fall] Or, rest. 2 Sam. 3. 29. Hos. 11. 6.

V. 20. The anger of the LORD shall not return] Chap. 30. 24.

in the latter dayes] Heb. posteritie of dayes. Chap. 48. 47.

ye shall consider it perfectly] Or, understand it fully. Heb. consider it, with understanding, or consideration. Ye shall then certainly know, that God hath sent me; and that his word by me is true, Ezek. 2. 5. & 6. 10.

V. 21. I have not sent these prophets] Chap. 14. 14. and 27. 15. and 29. 8, 9.

V. 22. if they had stood in my counsel] Had been admitted in∣to so neer attendance with me, as to be made acquainted with my will and purpose, Vers. 18. 1 King. 22. 19.

and had caused my people to heare my words] Or, they would then have caused them, &c. They would have acquainted them with my word and will; and not taught them their own devices, nor told them their own dreams. Vers. 16. 25.

then they should have turned them from their evill way] Or, and have turned them, &c. They would have endevoured so to do; as my true and faithful prophets from time to time have done, Chap. 25. 3,-5.

V. 23. Am I a God at hand, and not a God afarre off] As well on earth, that seemeth farther off from me, Psal. 103. 11. Job 22. 12,-14. as in heaven, that seemeth neerer to me, as being the place of my speciall resiance, Psal. 115. 3.

V. 24. Can any hide himself in secret places, &c.] Psal. 139. 7, &c. Amos 9. 2, 3.

that I shall not see him] Do not I see your falshood and your

wickednesse; howsoever ye cloake it, and wheresoever ye com∣mit it. Pro. 15. 3. Job 34. 21, 22.

do not I fill heaven and earth] Am I not present every where? Pro. 15. 3. 1 King. 8. 27. Psal. 139. 7.

V. 25. I have dreamed] I have a Prophecie revealed to me from God by dream, Num. 12. 6.

V. 26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesie lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart] Or, How long? (will they never leave this course? as Psal. 6. 3.) is it in the heart of them (is it their delight, as Psal. 37. 31. & 40. 8. or, are they desperately bent, as Isa. 63. 4.) to be prophets of lies, and of their own deceit full fancies? Vers. 16.

V. 27. to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams] This being Satans sleight, in raising up of false prophets, to withdraw people from God, Chap. 28. 16. & 29. 33.

which they tell every man to his neighbour] Or, one to another. Chap. 22. 8.

as their fathers have forgotten my name, for Baal] Judg. 3. 7. and 8. 33, 34.

V. 28. The prophet that hath a dream] Heb. with whom a dream is.

let him tell a dream] Let him tell it as his own phantasie; and not slander my word, make it a cloake to cover, or commend his lies.

speak my word faithfully] Dividing it aright, and applying it to that purpose, for which it was spoken: not mingling humane fan∣cie, with it, as chaff with wheat, Ezek. 3. 17. Luk. 12. 42. 1 Cor. 2. 13. & 4. 2. 2 Tim. 2. 15. 1 Pet. 2. 2. & 4. 10, 11.

what is the chaff to the wheat] Or, what hath the chaff to do with the wheat? Heb. what to the chaff with the wheat? The like phrase is, Hos. 14. 9. Joh. 2. 4. To what end should lies and fancies, that are no better then chaff, be mingled with my word, that should feed mens souls? Chap. 3. 15. Joh. 6. 27.

V. 29. I not my word like as a fire and like a hammer that breaketh the rock i•• pieces] Of a powerfull nature; to burn out drosse, and burn up stubble; to break stonie hearts, and to batter the obstinate to pieces, Chap. 5. 14. & 20. 9. Luk. 24. 32. Heb. 4. 12. 2 Cor. 2. 16. & 10. 4. 5.

a hammer] Chap. 50. 23.

V. 30. I am against the prophets] Deut. 18. 20. Chap. 14. 14, 15.

that steal my words every one from his neighbour] Or, one from another. Vers. 27. That conceal the truth from them; which they ought to teach them: Act. 20. 27. or, that work that again out of them, that the true prophets have taught them, Matth. 13. 19. Luk. 8. 12.

V. 31. that use their tongues] Or, that smooth their tongues. Heb. that take; or, as some, lick with their tongues. that speak pleasing things, Isa. 30. 10. Chap. 6. 14. & 8. 11. Mic. 2. 11.

V. 32. that prophesie false dreams] Heb. dreams of falshood. Isa. 32. 7.

cause my people to erre] Vers. 13.

by their lightnesse] Zeph. 3. 4.

yet I sent them not] Or, when I have not sent them.

therefore they shall not profit this people at all] Or, nor do they profit (Heb. profiting profit) this people at all. They do them no good, but much hurt by their false prophecies, and flatteries. Lam. 2. 14.

V. 33. What is the burden of the LORD] Because the Pro∣phets oft began their Sermons with, The burden of the Lord, or the like, Isa. 13. & 15. &c. Mal. 1. 1. therefore the profane people would in mockerie demand of them, what new burden they had for them.

V. 34. I will even punish that man] Heb. visit upon. Vers. 2.

V. 35. every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother] Chap. 31. 34. Ver. 27. 28.

V. 36. the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more] Be∣cause the word was grown into contempt and derision among them, God would have it no more used by them; but would have them speak in another phrase, with due reverence both to his messengers and to their message. So Hos. 2. 16.

every mans word shall be his burden] That which they mock and contemn, shall befall them. Or, this their mockerie shall bring burden enough upon them; they shall pay full dearly for it, Chap. 5. 14,-15.

V. 39. I will utterly forget you] Heb. forgetting forget. Deut. 8. 19. Look no more after you; take no more care of you, for your good and behoof; then as if I had clean forgotten you. Hos. 4. 6.

and cast you out of my presence] As Psal. 89 39. 44.

V. 40. I will bring an everlasting reproch upon you, and a per∣petuall shame] Heb. reproch of perpetuitie, and a shame of perpetuitie. Chap. 20. 11.

CHAP. XXIIII.

Vers. 1. AFter that] In the beginning of Zedekiahs reign, 2 King. 24. 17. See Chap. 27. 1. & 28. 1.

king of Babylon had carried away captive] 2 King. 24. 12, &c. 2 Chron. 36. 10. Chap. 29. 2.

Jechoniah] Called else-where Jehoiachin, 2 King. 24. 8. and Coniah, Chap. 22. 24.

V. 2. One basket had very good figs, &c.] Of the figs which he saw in the vision; the good resembled those that were already gone into captivitie under J••••honiah; Vers. 5. the bad, those that yet remained under Zedekiah. Vers. 8.

which could not be eaten, they were so bad] Heb. shall not be eaten (as Chap. 2. 23. & 11. 12.) for badnesse. So Vers. 3. 8.

V. 5 I acknowledge them that are carried away captive] Heb. the captivitie. Psa. 126. 1. I take speciall notice of them, and own them, Psal 1. 6. & 37. 18. Joh. 10. 14. Matth. 7. 23.

for their good] Hence some gather, that God approved of his delivering up of himself unto Nebuchadnezzar, 2 King. 24. 12. as obeying the like command, to that Chap. 21. 8. But the plainer meaning is, that this was done by a speciall hand of God; and that for the good of those among them, that belonged unto God, Psal. 119. 67, 71. Rom. 8. 28. 1 Cor. 11. 30. 32.

V. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them] Psal. 33. 18. & 34. 15.

for good] Nehem. 5. 19. & 13. 31.

I will bring them again to this land] Chap. 12. 15. & 16. 15.

I will build them, &c.] Chap. 42. 10.

V. 7. I will give them an heart to know me] Intimating that man cannot know God to any purpose, untill God give him an understanding heart, 1 Joh. 5. 20. 2 Tim. 2. 7.

an heart, &c.] Deut. 30. 6. Chap. 32. 39. Ezek. 11. 19. & 36. 26, 27.

they shall be my people, and I will be their God] Chap. 30. 22. and 31. 33. & 32. 38.

they shall return unto me with their whole heart] Sincerely, and intirely; not fainedly and haltingly; as formerly they had done. Chap. 3. 10. & 29. 13. Psal. 119. 3.

V. 8. the evil figs, &c.] Vers. 2. Chap. 29. 17.

them that dwell in the land of Egypt] That shall fly, contrary to my command into Egypt, 2 King. 25. 26. Chap. 42. 15,-18. and 43. 4,—7. or, that have fled (as it is not unlikely that some had) already, Isa. 30. 2. & 31. 1.

V. 9. to be removed into all the kingdomes of the earth] Heb for removing; or, vexation. To be driven to and fro, Chap. 29. 18. & 34. 17. Or, to be vexed & molested, 2 Chron. 29. 8. Isa. 29. 18. Hab. 2. 7. See Lam. 1. 8. See Chap. 15. 4. Deut. 28. 25.

to be a reproch and a proverb] Heb. for, or, unto a reproch, and for, or, unto a proverb. Deut. 28. 37. 1 King. 9 7.

a taunt and a curse] Chap. 26. 6. & 29. 22.

V. 10. I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them] Chap. 14. 15. & 34. 17.

CHAP. XXV.

Vers. 1. THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.

in the fourth yeer of Jehoiakim] See Chap. 36. 1.

the first yeer of Nebuchadrezzar] The first yeer of whose reign comprehended part of the third yeer of Jehoiakims reign, and part of his fourth, Dan. 1. 1. in which yeer he surprised Jeru∣salem; and took with him thence divers youths of the bloud roiall to be brought up in his court; Dan. 1. 2. yet left Johoiakim still king; but holding his crown from him, as he did from Pharaoh Nechoh before: who continued loiall to him three yeers; but after three yeers end revolted from him: whereupon he returned, took him, and carried him away captive: 2 King. 24. 2. 2 Chron. 36. 6. Ezek. 19. 9.

V. 3. From the thirteenth yeer of Josiah] What time the pro∣phet was first called unto this office, Chap. 1. 2.

rising early and speaking] Sparing no diligence or labour, Chap. 7. 13. Psal. 101. 8. Withall alluding to the time of the morning meeting for Gods solemn service, Num. 28. 4. 2 King. 3. 20. Act. 2. 15. at which time it is likely the prophet usually preached; there being then the greatest concourse of people in the Temple.

V. 4. rising early and sending] Chap. 29. 19.

V. 5. Turn ye again now, &c.] They laboured with one con∣sent to reclaim you from your evill courses; your idolatry espe∣cially, which ye have alwayes been too much addicted unto. 2 King. 17. 13. Chap. 18. 11. & 35. 15. Jo•• 3. 8.

and dwell in the land] Or, so shall ye dwell in the land. Psal. 37. 27.

V. 6. provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands] Your idols, Chap. 32. 30.

V. 7. that ye might, &c.] Chap. 7. 18.

provoke me to anger] Psal. 78. 40, 58. & 106. 29. 42.

to your own hurt] Not mine: whom no wickednesse of yours can reach to, nor do the least harm. Chap. 7. 19. Job 35. 6. 8.

V. 8. ye have not heard my words] Hearkened to them, and yeelded obedience thereunto. Vers. 3. 4.

V. 9. I will send and take all the families of the north] The Chaldeans, with all their power. Chap. 1. 15. & 4. 6. & 6. 22.

the king of Babylon my servant] Who shall do me service in chastising you, Chap. 27. 6. & 43. 10. Ezek. 29. 18, 20. Thus the wicked, and Satan himself, are Gods servants, Psal. 119 91. be∣cause he employeth them, and maketh use of them; though con∣trary to their own intentions, Isa. 10. 5,-7. and turneth what they

do, out of evill grounds, and for sinister ends, to his own glory, and the good of his, Psal. 76. 10. Chap. 24. 5.

against all these nations round about] To wit, the Philistines, Ammonites, Egyptians and others, 2 King. 24. 7. Chap. 46. 26. and 48. and 49.

make them an astonishment] Chap. 19. 8. Vers. 18.

perpetuall desolations] Heb. desolations of perpetuitie. Isa. 58. 12. Vers. 12.

V. 10. I will take from them, &c.] Heb. I will cause to perish from them. Obad. 8.

the voyce of mirth] Chap. 7. 34. & 16. 9. Ezek. 26. 13. Hos. 2. 11.

the sound of the mill-stones] For want of grist, Eccl. 12. 4. Rev. 18. 12. Meaning, that bread, and whatsoever served either for their jolitie or sustenance, should be taken away, Isa. 3. 1.

V. 11. these nations shall serve the king of Babylon] Not one; but three of them successively, one after another. Chap. 27. 7.

seventie yeers] The tearm and stint of their captivitie is pre∣cisely set down, for the better confirmation of the truth of his prophecie, and the support of the faithfull during the captivitie in an hopefull expectation of their deliverance, when that time was expired: Dan. 9. 2. and these seventy yeers commence, not from the fourth yeer of Jehoiakims reign; (though this were by the Prophet here then fore-told, Vers. 1.) about which time Nebu∣chadnezzar, having subdued those parts, may seem to have taken Jerusalem, and taken thence Daniel with some other of the bloud roiall, Dan. 1. 1, 2. for Jehoiakim continued his reign seven yeers after that, 2 King. 23. 36. 2 Chron. 36. 5. nor is there mention of any considerable number, carried away during his reign; neither do they begin at the eleventh yeer of Zedekiahs reign; though the citie were then surprised and sacked; and the land much more then before dispeopled, by a second captivitie more generall then the former: 2 King. 25. 2,—11. 2 Chron. 36. 17,—20. but at the captivitie of Jehoiachin, otherwise called Je∣choniah, 2 King. 24. 10,—16. Chap. 22. 25, 26. as appeareth by Ezek. 40. 1. where the captivitie is said to have begun eleven yeers before the sacking of the citie; and Ezek. 33. 21. where the tidings thereof are said to have been brought to Ezekiel abiding among the captives, in the twelfth yeer of the captivitie. See also Chap. 24. 1. & 28. 4. & 29. 1, 2.

V. 12. it shall come to passe, &c.] 2 Chron. 36. 21, 22. Ezr. 1. 1. Chap. 29. 10. Dan. 9. 2.

when seventy yeers are accomplished] Out of which seventie, six and thirtie compleat are of Nebuchadnezzars reign: Chap. 52. 31. the other thirtie and foure are to be divided between Evil∣merodach and Belshazzar, Dan. 5. 1. unlesse some vacation, or usurpation (which some think) came between their two reigns. See Chap. 37. 7.

I will punish the king of Babylon] As he did with Ashur before. Isa. 10. 12. Heb. visit upon. Chap. 23. 34.

will make it perpetuall desolations] See Isa. 13. 19. & 14. 23. Chap. 50. 40. & 51. 26. Heb. desolations of perpetuitie. Vers. 9.

V. 14. many nations and great Kings] Or, great nations, &c. Psal. 25. 11. The Medes and Persians, with their complices, un∣der the conduct of Darius and Cyrus, Isa. 13. 4. Dan. 5. 28. 31. & 10. 1. & 11. 1.

shall serve themselves of them also] Or, bring them, ev••n them also into servitude. as Exod. 1. 14. Chap. 22. 13. See Chap. 27. 7. them, to wit, the Babylonians. Vers. 12.

I will recompense them, &c.] Psal. 28. 4. Chap. 51. 24.

V. 15. Take the wine-cup of this furie] Or, this wine-cup of fu∣rie. Rev. 14. 10. That direfull potion of affliction, that God hath tempered and allotted a portion of unto each of them: though to his own with an allay and mixture of mercy, Hab. 3. 2. to the rest with a deeper and larger measure of wrath. Vers. 27. Job 21. 20. Psal. 11. 6. & 75. 8. Isa. 51. 17.

V. 16. they shall drink, and be moved] Or, be tossed. or, tosse themselves to and fro. Chap. 5. 22. as men unquiet with drink in their brains, or in distemper of frensie, are wont to do, Pro. 23. 34.

and be mad] Ezek. 23. 34. Chap. 51. 7.

V. 17. Then took I the cup at the LORDS hand, and made all the nations to drink] Either in vision; or by denunciation. Chap. 27. 4.

V. 18. an astonishment, &c.] Vers. 9.

as it is this day] Or, as appeareth this day. Deut. 4. 20, 38. & 8. 18. 1 King. 8. 24. As already is begun, and may be seen in the in∣vasion of the land, and devastation of it by the Chaldean forces and their complices. 2 King. 24. 2. Though some think, that the Prophet hath relation here to the time, not when he first uttered, but when afterward he penned, and in writing published, this to∣gether with the rest of his prophecies: which seemeth not so probable.

V. 20. all the mingled people] The severall nations hereafter named; whose borders mingled one with another: or rather, a certain people of Arabia, that lived wildly, wandring from place to place, and being a mixture of divers nations, Gen. 14. 1. Ezek. 30. 5. Chap. 50. 37.

the land of Ʋz,] Part of the East countrey, bordering upon Idumea, Job 1. 1. Lam. 4. 21. so called, either of Uz the sonne of Aram; Gen. 10. 23. or of Uz descended from Seir, Gen. 36. 28.

Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron] Cities of the Philistines. 1 Sam. 6. 17.

the remnant of Ashdod] Because, as is supposed, the father of Pharaoh Nechoh an Egyptian King had long besieged, and much impaired that citie. Herodotus lib. 2. Or, because it had been sacked and much wasted by Tartan, one of Senacheribs comman∣ders, Isa. 20. 1. So Chap. 47. 4.

V. 21. Edom] Chap. 49. 7. Lam. 4. 21.

Moab] Chap. 48.

Ammon] Chap. 49. 1.

V. 22. the kings of Tyrus] Either kings of severall colonies thence sent abroad, and countries thence peopled: or pettie kings, vassals to the hereditary crown of that Estate. Or, kings, for princes, rulers: Chap. 17. 20. and 19. 3. & 20. 5. the rather so tearmed here for their state and wealth, Isa. 23. 8. See Chap. 47. 4.

the kings of the isles] Or, region; or, countrey; or, land. Isa. 21. 6. and 41 1.

which are beyond the sea] Or, by the sea side. Deut. 1. 1, 5. As Greece, Italy, and the like, severed from Judea by the midland Sea. Or rather, those parts of Syria, that coast along upon the Sea. Chap. 49. 23.

V. 23. Dedan] People of Arabia, descended, either from Dedan the sonne of Chush, Gen. 10. 7. or of Dedan nephew to Abraham by Keturah, Gen. 25. 3. Chap. 49. 28.

Tema] Of the posteritie of Ishmael, Gen. 25. 15.

Buz] Of the issue of Nachor, Gen. 22. 21.

that are in the utmost corners] Heb. cut off into corners. Or, ha∣ving the corners of the hair polled. Chap. 9. 26. & 49. 32.

V. 24. all the kings of Arabia] 2 Chron. 9. 14.

of the mingled people] Chap. 49. 31. Vers. 20.

V. 25. Zimri] Of Zimram, Abrahams sonne by Keturah, Gen. 25. 2.

Elam] The Persians descended of Sem, Gen. 10. 22. Chap. 49. 34.

Medes] Isa. 13. 17.

V. 26. the kings of the north] Chap. 1. 15. Vers. 9.

one with another] Heb. a man with his brother. Chap. 13. 14.

the king of Sheshach] That is, Babylon, Chap. 51. 41. who com∣eth here last; because most of them were to drink before him, and by him; and he afterward, by some of them, Vers. 14.

V. 27. rise no more] Isa. 26. 14. Chap. 51. 64.

V. 28. Ye shall certainly drink] Heb. drinking drink. Chap. 49. 12.

V. 29. I begin to bring evil] Or, I bring evil. A kind of cir∣cumlocution usuall in Scripture, Gen. 6. 1. Deut. 3. 24. Jon. 3. 4. Act. 1. 1. & 11. 15. with 10. 44.

on the citie which is called by my name] Heb. upon which my name is called. Chap. 7. 10. & 32. 34. On Jerusalem. For judgement beginneth at Gods house, Ezek. 9. 6. 1 Pet. 4. 17. and others there∣fore must look to be surely and sorely punished, Luk. 23. 31. 1 Pet. 4. 17, 18.

and should ye be utterly unpunished] Heb. being acquited be ac∣quited. Chap. 30. 11.

I will call for a sword] Heb. I am calling for a sword. See E∣zek. 14. 17.

V. 30. The LORD shall roare] Joel 3. 16. Amos 1. 2.

from on high] From heaven, the place of his glorious residence, Psal. 76. 8. Isa. 63. 15. Rom 1. 18.

from his holy habitation] Heb. habitation of holinesse. Psal. 68. 5.

might••ly roare] Heb. roaring roare.

upon his habitation] Upon Jerusalem, and the Temple there; the speciall place of his wonted gracious abode, Psal. 132. 14.

give a shout] Heb. answer. or, sing out (as 1 Sam. 21. 11. and 29. 5.) a shout, or, an alarm. Chap. 51. 14.

as they that tread the grapes] As they use to shout at the bring∣ing in of harvest and vintage, Isa. 16. 9. Chap. 48. 33.

against all the inhabitants of the earth] Isa. 34. 1, 2.

V. 31. he will plead with all flesh] Chap. 45. 5.

V. 32. a great whirlwind] An horrible impression, striking in like a whirlwind, and bearing down, or carrying all away before it, Isa. 30. 28, 30. Chap. 4. 11, 12.

from the coasts of the earth] Or, utmost coasts. Heb. sides. Chap. 6. 22.

V. 33. the slain of the LORD] Slain by his purpose and ap∣pointment. Vers. 29. Zeph. 2. 12.

they shall not be lamented] Chap. 16. 4.

they shall be dung upon the ground] Chap. 8. 2.

V. 34. Howl] Chap. 4. 8. & 6. 26.

ye shepherds] Rulers, and governours. Chap. 22. 22. & 23. 1.

wallow your selves in the ashes] Mic. 1. 10.

ye principall of the flock] Master-shepherds, chief governours. Or, the greatest and wealthiest among the people, Ezek. 34. 16, 18.

the dayes of your slaughter] Heb. your dayes for slaughter.

are accomplished] Are fully come. Luk. 2. 6. Act. 2. 1.

ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel] Heb. a vessel of desire. Hos. 13. 15. Nahum 2. 9. Or, pretious vessel. Such as are soonest and easiest broken, for their finenesse: Or, that are of much esteem, while they are whole; but of no worth, when once broken. Psal. 31. 12. Chap. 22. 28.

V. 35. the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principall of the flock to escape] Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, &c. Amos 2. 14.

V. 36. A voyce of the cry] Or, a loud cry.

V. 37. the peaceable habitations] Heb. habitations; or, folds, of peace. Chap. 33. 12. Where all wa•• before in peace and quiet. Chap. 12. 5.

because of &c.] Chap. 4. 8, 26.

the fierce anger of the LORD] Heb. heat; or, fervour of his nose. Chap. 4. 8, 26. & 49. 37.

V. 38. He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion] He is come abroad, as a lion, to range about for his prey, Chap. 4. 7. & 49. 19. and 50. 44.

their land is desolate] Heb. a desolation. Vers. 11. 18.

because of the fiercenesse] Heb. heat. or, fervour. Isa. 13. 13.

of the oppressour] Or, oppressing sword. as Chap. 46. 16. & 50. 16. the sword that maketh havock.

because of his fierce anger] Vers. 37.

CHAP. XXVI.

Vers. 1. CAme this word from the LORD] See Chap. 1. 2. and 2. 1.

V. 2. Stand in the Court of the LORDS own house] In that part of the Temple, wherein the people assemble out of all parts to sacrifice, Chap. 19. 14.

all the words that I command thee] That, neither they may pre∣tend ignorance; nor thou fail in the discharge of thy dutie, Chap. 7. 27. & 11. 6. Act. 20. 27.

diminish not a word] Or, ought. Josh. 23. 14. Chap. 42. 4.

V. 3. that I may repent me, &c.] Chap. 18. 8. Jon. 3. 10.

V. 5. rising up early and sending them] Chap. 7. 13, 25. and 11. 7. & 25. 3, 4.

V. 6. Then will I make this house, &c.] Chap. 7. 12.

like Shiloh] 1 Sam. 4. 12. Psal. 78. 60. Chap. 7. 14.

this citie a curse] That in cursing men may say, God do to thee, as he did to Jerusalem. as Chap. 29. 18. 22. & 42. 18.

V. 8. Thou shalt surely die] Heb. dying die. Gen. 2. 17.

V. 9. This house shall be like Shiloh] Because of Gods promise concerning the Temple, that he would ever abide there, Psal. 132. 14. they pr••sumed that it could never perish; and accounted all preaching, that looked that way, blasphemous, Matth. 26. 61. Act. 6. 13. not considering, that the promise made as concerning the Temple, was but conditionall, Chap. 5. 7. 2 Chron. 7. 19,—22. and belonged principally to the Church, whereof the Temple was a type, Matth. 16. 18.

this citie shall be desolate] Chap. 4. 7, 27, 29. & 34. 22.

all the people were gathered against Jeremiah] Or, to Jere∣miah: about him, to hear him: that which especially vexed the priests, to see the people so flock about him. Vers. 16.

V. 10. When the princes of Judah heard these things] Heb. words. Gen. 40. 1. Chap. 7. 22.

they came up from the kings house] Or, came from thence. as Chap. 22. 1.

sat down in the entry] Or, at the door. Chap. 36. 10. Ezek. 8. 14. & 16. 19.

of the new gate] So called, because lately repaired by Jotham. 2 King. 15. 35. 2 Chron. 27. 3.

V. 11. This man is worthy to die] Heb. The judgement of death is for this man. Vers. 16. Deut. 21. 22.

V. 12. The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house, &c.] He telleth them plainly the ground of what he did; assuring them withall, that by putting him to death, they should gain no∣thing, but greater guilt, Zech. 1. 5, 6.

V. 13. amend your wayes] Chap. 7. 3.

the LORD will repent him] Vers. 19. Chap. 18. 8.

V. 14. I am in your hand] Chap. 38. 5.

do with me as see••eth good and meet unto you] Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes. 1 Sam. 15. 26. Chap. 40. 4.

V. 15. know ye for certain] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 13. 12.

to speak all these words in your ears] Or, hearing. Isa. 5. 9. and 22. 14.

V. 16. This man is not worthy to die] See Vers. 11.

V. 18. Micah the Morasthite] Mic. 1. 1.

Zion shall be ploughed, &c.] Mic 3. 12.

the mountain of the house] On which Gods house, the Temple, standeth, Isa. 2. 1.

as the high places of the forest] Heb. high-places of a wood. a woodie high-place; overgrown with trees and shrubs. Isa. 37. 26.

V. 19. Did H••zekiah, &c.] This example they alledge to de∣liver Jeremiah out of the hands of the Priests; whose rage else would not have been satisfied but with his death.

put him at all to death] Heb. slaying slay. Chap. 38. 15.

did he not fear the LORD] Isa. 37. 1,—4, 15,—20.

besought the LORD] Heb. the face of the Lord. Zech. 8. 22. Mal. 1. 9.

the LORD repented him] So that the citie was not then de∣stroyed; but by miracle delivered, Isa. 37. 35, 36. So Jon. 3. 10.

V. 20. And there was also, &c.] Or, Now there was also. as Vers. 8. For these words are not part of the speech of those well∣minded persons, vers. 17. who pleaded in the prophets behalf: but of the prophet himself, or the pen-man of this part of his pre∣phecies, relating the story of the present businesse, paralleled with an other of the same time, and of the same subject; but diversly carried, and of diverse event.

Kirjath-jearim] A citie of Judah. Josh. 18. 14.

V. 22. Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt] See the furie of this tyranne, who not enduring to hear Gods message, pursueth his messenger, even into a forain land, unto death: as Saul, Act. 26. 10, 11. yet gained nothing thereby, but provoked God so much the more to wrath; and in the end paid dearly for it. Vers. 15. Chap. 22. 18, 19. & 36. 30.

V. 23. cast his dead body into the graves of the common people] Heb. sonnes of the people. Not suffering him to have so much as an honest sepulture, such as people of the better rank had.

V. 24. Neverthelesse, &c.] Though it fared so with Urijah, that fled; yet it went better with Jeremiah, that stood to his tackle: for God stirred up those that stood by him, and delivered him out of the hands of those, who else would have slain him; accor∣ding to his promise, Chap. 15. 20, 21.

the hand of Ahikam] The father of Gedaliah; whom the king of Babylon after the surprisall of Jerusalem made governour of those whom he left in Judea, 2 King. 25. 22. Chap. 39. 14. and 40. 5.

that they should not give him into the hand of the people] Or, power. as Psal. 49. 15. Chap. 22. 25.

CHAP. XXVII.

Vers. 1. IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim] Those that gathered these Prophecies into a book, did not ranke them precisely, according to the times in which they were deli∣vered: as may appear by comparing this and Chap. 26. 1. with Chap. 21. 1. & 25. 1. which being observed, will prevent many doubts, and make the reading more easie. Of the time of this Prophesie, see on Vers. 3.

V. 2. Make thee bonds and yokes] By such signes would God sometimes have their prophecies seconded, to make the deeper impression on those, to whom they were delivered. Chap. 19. 10. which the false Prophets therfore, to gain the more credit, would sometime also imitat••. 1 King. 22. 11. Chap. 28. 10.

V. 3. by the hand of the messengers] Or, by the ministery of the messengers, as Mal. 1. 1. or, by the messengers. as Isa. 37. 24. Ch. 29. 3. Such Ambassadors as repaired to Zedekiah, not, as some, because Nebuchadnezzar, who made him King, 2 King. 24. 17. had withall placed him over those other ••ordering Kingdomes; but in likelihood rather, to solicite him to joyne with them in rebel∣lion ag••inst him. Chap. 28. 22.

which come] Or shall come.

unto Zedekiah] Hence some gather that this was enjoyned the Prophet in the time of Jehoiakims reign, but not to be put in ex∣ecution untill the reign of Zedekiah. Others suppose, that, by a slip of the scribe, Jehoiakim is put in for Zedekiah, Vers. 1. who is here again mentioned, Vers. 12. & Chap. 28. 1.

V. 4. command them to say unto their masters] Or, Concerning their masters▪ saying. as Chap. 30. 4. Heb. 1. 7.

V. 5. I have made the earth] Chap. 10. 12.

and ha••e given it] Or, do give it. Dan. 4. 17, 25.

unto whom it seemed meet unto me] Heb. unto him, who is right in mine eyes. Or, to whom it is right in mine eyes to give it. Chap. 18. 4.

V. 6. into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 24. 7, 10.

my servant] Chap. 25. 9. & 43. 10.

the beasts of the field] Chap. 28. 14. Dan. 2. 38.

V. 7. his sonne] Evilmerodach. Chap. 52. 31.

his sonnes sonne] Belshazzar. Dan. 5. 1.

untill the very time of his land come] Heb. the time, even it. as Chap. 25. 14. The time prefixed and fore-appointed by God for the dissolving of that State. Chap. 25. 11, 12. & 50. 27, 31.

then many] Or, great. Chap. 25. 14.

nations] The Modes and Persians, with their complices. Isai. 13. 17. Dan. 5. 28.

great kings] Darius and Cyrus. Dan. 5. 31. & 10. 1.

shall serve themselves of him] Shall bring his issue and his king∣dome into subjection, as Chap. 25. 14. & 30. 8. & 34. 10. they that before served him, shall then subdue him. Zech. 2. 9.

V. 8. that nation will I punish] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 21. 14.

V. 9. nor to your dreamers] Heb. dreames, for dreamers. Chap. 23. 25-28. & 29. 8. as inchantments, for inchanters. Isai. 47. 12.

V. 10. they prophecie a lye unto you, to remo••e you farre from your land, &c.] Not that the false prophets purposely intended this:

but that such would be the issue of it. See Chap. 7. 18. Vers. 15.

V. 12. and live] Or, that ye may live. Chap. 29. 5. or, and ye shall live; that is, save your lives. Gen. 20. 7. & 42. 18.

V. 13. Why will ye dye] Otherwise ye shall undoubtedly dye. Or, what a madnesse is it in you, that ye will rather perish wil∣fully, then admit the meanes, whereby ye may escape? So Ezek. 18. 31. & 33. 11. Vers. 17.

by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence] Vers. 8. Chap. 14. 15.

V. 14. they prophesie a lye unto you] Chap. 14. 14.

V. 15. I have not sent them] Chap. 23. 21. & 28. 15. & 29. 8. Ezek. 13. 6.

they prophesie a lye] Heb. in a lye. or, lyingly. Chap. 29. 9.

that I might drive you out] See Vers. 10.

that ye might perish] Who give heed to them.

V. 16. Behold, &c.] Chap. 28. 3.

the vessels of the Lords house] Which were carried away under Jehoiakim and Jechoniah. 2 Chron. 36. 7, 10.

they prophesie a lye] Vers. 10.

V. 17. and live] Vers. 12.

wherefore should this City be laid waste] Heb. become a desolation. Chap. 25. 38. & 44. 2. Else it will be so. Or, why will ye by your obstinacie bring it to that passe? as Vers. 13. 2 Sam. 2. 22.

V. 18. let them now make intercession to the LORD] Not that God at their intercession would grant it; but partly to shew what the office of Gods Prophets is; as well to pray for the people, as to preach to them. Gen. 20. 7. Isai. 37. 4. and withall to intimate, that they could not by their prayer obtain that of God, which yet they promised the people as from God. Mal. 1. 9.

V. 20. when he carryed away captive Jeconiah] 2 King. 24. 14, 15.

all the Nobles] Heb. white ones. Isai. 34. 12. Chap. 39. 6. such as go in fair and goodly garments. Eccl. 9. 8. Matth. 17. 2. Mark. 9. 3. Rev. 3. 4. & 7. 9.

V. 22. They shall be carryed to Babylon] 2 King. 25. 13. 2 Chr. 36. 18.

untill the day] That is, for the space of seventie yeers. Chap. 25. 11. untill the Medes and Persians conquer Babylon. Chap. 25. 12, 14.

that I visit them] Think upon them for good. Ruth 1. 6. Isai. 24. 22. Chap. 15. 15.

will I bring them up] Out of Babylon. 2 Chron. 36. 22. Ezra 1. 1-11. & 5. 15, 16. Chap. 29. 10. & 30. 3.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Vers. 1. ANd it came to passe the same yeere, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah] Or, Thus it was in that yeere. as Hag. 1. 15. having reference to what was before related. It came to passe the same yeer, that he began to weare those bonds, Chap. 27. 2. and delivered that message unto Zedekiah, Chap. 27. 12. and to the priests and the people. Chap. 27. 16. Or, after these things were past and done in that yeere, to wit, in the first yeer of Zedekiahs reign. as 1 Sam. 13. 1.

in the fourth year] Or, Now in the fourth year. as Hag. 2. 1. either of the reign of Zedekiah: which yet was not the begin∣ning of his reign, but neer about the midst of it; for he reigned but eleven yeers in all, 2 King 24. 18. Or, as some would have it, the fourth yeer after the seventh yeers rest, Exod. 23. 10. Lev 25. 4. Chap. 34. 9, 10. See Chap. 27. 1, 3. and the note on the for∣mer part of this verse.

that Hananiah] Or, Hananiah. omitting the particle, which is not in the originall.

the Prophet] Who took upon him and professed himself so to be. So Chap. 23. 28. Vers. 5.

of Gibcon] A citie of Benjamin, belonging to the Priests, Josh. 21. 13, 17.

V. 3. Within two full years] Heb. two yeers of dayes. Vers. 11. Gen. 29. 14. & 41. 1.

V. 4. all the captives] Heb. captivitie. Chap. 24. 5. & 29. 1.

I will break the yoke] Gen. 27. 40. Vers. 11.

V. 5. the prophet Hananiah] So esteemed, though in truth no∣thing lesse, Vers. 1. Chap. 29. 15.

V. 6. Jeremiah said, Amen] Not as confirming, or assenting to his prophecie as true; but as wishing and desiring heartily, that if God so pleased, it might so be, and that God would be plea∣sed to do it.

V. 7. I speak in thine eares] Or, hearing. Chap. 26. 14. & 29. 29.

in the eares] Or, hearing.

V. 8. and of evill] Or, famine; as Chap. 21. 9. & 24. 10. & 27. 13. & 38. 2. & 39. 18. & 44. 12, 13, 18, 27.

V. 9. of peace] Or, prosperity Chap. 29. 7.

when the word of the prophet shall come to passe] Whether they prophecied of good or evill, they were to be tried by the event of that which they foretold. Deut 18. 22. albeit God sometime to try his people, suffer such things as false prophets foretell, to fall out. Deut. 13. 1-3. but then have they another rule to go by, to wit, the word. Isai. 8. 20.

V. 10. took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiahs neck] Chap. 27. 2.

brake i••] Thus wicked wretches, led by ambition and cove∣tise, and desirous to please Prince and people, care not what rage and outrage they break forth into; to justifie and confirm such lyes, as they broach against knowledge and conscience, and to maintain their own estimation. So 1 King. 22. 11, 24.

V. 11. so will I break the yoke] Vers. 4.

from the neck of all nations] Chap. 27. 7.

within the space of two full years] Vers. 3.

Jeremiah went his way] Not enduring any longer to hear him vent such grosse falshoods and lyes in Gods name. as Isai. 36. 20.

V. 12. Hananiah the prophet] See Vers. 1. 5.

broken the yoke] Vers. 10.

V. 13. but thou shalt make] Or, but that thou art to make; as being a part of that message, which he was to deliver to them.

yokes of iron] An hard and cruell thraldome: or, such a yoke as they shall not be able to break. Deut. 28. 48.

V. 14. I have given him the beasts of the field also] Signifying, that all should be his, and at his service. Chap. 27. 6. Dan. 2. 48.

V. 15. The LORD hath not sent thee] Chap. 27. 15. & 29. 9.

V. 16. thou hast taught rebellion] Heb. spoken Deut. 13. 5. Cha. 29. 32. Heb. revolt. Chap. 5. 23.

against the Lord] By encouraging them to stand out against Gods Word, and his menaces by his Prophets. Chap. 23. 27.

V. 17. Hananiah the Prophet dyed the same year, in the seventh month] Within two months after this denunciation, Vers. 1. which though it were an evident conviction of his false-dealing; and a confirmation of the truth by Jeremiah delivered; yet the people repented not: which sheweth, that neither word, nor mi∣racles will move, untill the heart be truly touched. Num. 16. 41. Deut. 29. 3, 4. Ezek. 11. 13, 15. Joh. 12. 37.

CHAP. XXIX.

Vers. 1. THe words of the letter] Heb. book. Vers. 25.

unto the residue of the elders] For some of them died by the way; or shortly after their coming unto Babylon.

which were carried away captives] Heb. of the captivitie. Chap. 28. 4.

V. 2. Jeconiah] 2 King. 24. 12, &c. Chap. 24. 1.

the queen] Jechoniahs mother. Chap. 22. 26.

the eunuchs] Or, chamberlains. Gen. 39. 1. Isa. 39. 7.

V. 3. By the hand of Elasah] Or, By Elasah. as Chap. 27. 3.

sent unto Babylon] To treat with Nebuchadnezzar about some equall conditions. See Chap. 51. 59.

V. 4. all that are carried away captives] Heb. the captivitie. Vers. 1.

I have caused to be carried away] The Lord; whose work this was. Chap. 24. 5. though effected by Nebuchadnezzar his instru∣ment; Chap. 25. 9. and procured by their sinnes. Chap. 1. 15, 16. & 4. 18.

V. 5. and dwell in them] Or, that ye may dwell in them. as Chap. 27. 12. or, to dwell in.

and eat the fruit of them] Or, that ye may eat the fruit of them. or, the fruit whereof ye may eat.

V. 6. Take ye wives, and beget sonnes and daughters] Contrary to the charge, or advise, given to the people that abode at Jerusa∣lem. Chap. 16. 2.

that they may bear] Heb. and they shall bear. as Mal. 1. 9.

V. 7. seek] Chap. 38. 4.

the peace of the citie] Or, prosperitie. or, welfare. Chap. 28. 9.

pray unto the LORD for it] Not out of any affection to the tyranny, or to that State it self, doth the prophet speak this: but in regard of the common rest and quietnesse; that Gods people there abiding, might with lesse molestation patiently expect the time of their deliverance. Otherwise, not the Israelites alone, but the whole world, as was foretold, were to rejoyce at the downfall of that State. Isa. 14. 4.

V. 8. that be in the midst of you] Or, among you. Chap. 39. 5.

deceive you] Chap. 14. 14. & 23. 21. & 27. 15.

neither hearken to your dreams, &c.] Or, dreamers, (as Cha. 27. 9.) whom ye cause to dream. or, dreams which you dream. Which either ye your selves dream, and flatter your selves with; or, which ye give them occasion to dream, by giving heed to them.

V. 9. they prophesie salsely] Heb. in a lye. Chap. 27. 15.

I have not sent them] Chap. 28. 15.

V. 10. after seventy yeers] Not before, or sooner; as your false prophets bear you in hand. Vers. 8. Of these seventie yeers, see 2 Chron. 36. 21, 22. Ezra 1. 1. Chap. 25. 12. Dan. 9. 2.

I will visit you] For good. Ruth 1. 6. Chap. 27. 22. Luk. 1. 68.

V. 11. the thoughts that I think towards you] Isa. 55. 8.

thoughts of peace] Or, prosperitie. Vers. 7.

to give you an expected end] Heb. end and expectation. Psalm 37. 37.

V. 12. shall ye call upon me, &c.] Dan. 9. 23. & 10. 12. Isa. 65. 24.

ye shall go and pray] Addresse and set your selves seriously thereunto. Dan. 9. 3.

V. 13. ye shall search for me with all your heart] Sincerely and entirely: Chap. 24. 7. being thoroughly humbled by your fore∣passed afflictions. Ezek. 6. 9. & 36. 31.

V. 14. I will gather you from all the nations] Ezek. 20. 34, 41.

I will bring you again] Chap. 24. 6. & 32. 37.

V. 15. Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets] Because ye give credit to the false prophets among you, as if they came from God, and conceive hope of returning hither shortly upon their words; hear ye therefore what God hath to the contrary determined concerning those that yet remain here.

prophets] Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah. Vers. 21. 24.

V. 16. Know that thus] Or, Therefore thus. as Chap. 20. 8, 9. & 22. 22.

V. 17. the sword, the famine, and the pestilence] Chap. 24. 10. & 28. 8.

like vile sigs] Chap. 24. 8, 10.

V. 18. with the sword, &c.] Chap. 21. 9. & 24 10.

to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth] Deut. 28. 25. 2 Chron. 29. 8. Chap. 15. 4. & 34. 17.

to be a curse] Heb. for a curse. Chap. 26 6.

V. 19. I sent unto them] Chap. 25. 4. & 32. 33.

V. 20. all ye of the captivitie] Vers. 4.

V. 21. prophesie a lie] Vers. 9.

I will deliver them into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 20. 5. & 24. 7, 10.

he shall slay them before your eyes] That your selves may be eye∣witnesses of Gods just judgement upon them.

V. 22. of them shall be taken up a curse] They shall use their names in wishing evill to others. See Chap. 26. 6.

all the captivity] Or, captives. vers. 4.

whom the king of Babylon rosted in the fire] Or, burnt with fire. Because to put the people in hope of a speedy return, they prophe∣cied the sudden ruine of that State: Chap. 28. 4, 11. and for their lewd courses otherwise. vers. 23.

V. 23. they have committed villany] Or, folly. that is, forni∣cation, uncleannesse. Gen. 34. 7. Deut. 22. 21. Chap. 23. 14.

have spoken lying words] Vers. 9, 31.

even I know] Though they do it in secret, and make a faire shew before men, yet I see it. Job 24. 15. Prov. 5. 20, 21. Mal. 3. 5.

V. 24. Shemaiah the Nehelamite] Or, dreamer. So tearmed, either from the place of his birth; or in allusion to his dreames and dotages, wherewith he deluded Gods people. Vers. 8, 9.

V. 25. thou hast sent letters] Heb. books. Vers. 1.

Zephaniah the sonne of Maasciah the priest] The second under Seraiah, who was then Chief-Priest. Chap. 52. 24.

V. 26. LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada] Thus he flattereth Zephaniah, as if God had given him the spirit and zeal of Jehoiada, to punish transgressours; such as he would make Jeremiah to be. 2 Chron. 23. 1. &c.

that ye] Thou and the other priests. vers. 25.

should be officers] Or, overseers. Chap. 20. 1.

every man that is mad] 2 King. 9. 11. Act. 26. 24.

thou shouldest put him in prison] As Pashur had done before. Chap. 20. 2.

V. 27. which maketh himself a prophet] Faineth himself to be so, when indeed he is not. So Chap. 43. 2.

V. 28. he sent] vers. 5.

V. 29. And] Or, For. as Isa 9. 11.

Zephaniah the priest read] Or, had read. as Gen. 12. 1.

this letter] Heb. book. vers. 25.

in the ears] Or, hearing. Chap. 28. 7.

of Jeremiah] It may be out of some good affection to the prophet; to acquaint him with this wicked mans malice. See Chap. 21. 1. & 37. 3.

V. 30. Then] Or, Therefore. For this dependeth upon that, which the Prophet had begun to say, vers. 25.

came the word of the LORD] See Chap. 1. 2.

V. 31. I sent him not] vers. 9. 23. Chap. 28. 15.

he caused you to trust in a lie] Chap. 7. 4.

V. 32. I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 25. 12.

he shall not have a man to dwell among this people] Heb. in the midst of them. as Chap. 40. 1, 6. Both he and his seed shall be clean rooted out: so that none of his issue shall survive to see and enjoy the promised deliverance. See the like judgements of God threatned in the like case, Amos 7. 17.

neither shall he behold the good] Chap. 17. 6.

because he hath taught rebellion] Chap. 28. 16. Heb. spoken revolt.

CHAP. XXX.

Vers. 1. THe word that came] Chap. 1. 2. & 2. 1.

V. 2. Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book] That they may remain upon record, as a mo∣nument to posteritie: as to comfort and strengthen the faithfull during the time of the captivitie; so to give assurance to ensuing ages, that it had been foretold.

V. 3. I will bring again the captivitie of my people] Chap. 27. 22. & 29. 10. 14.

V. 5. We have heard a voice of trembling] When the Medes and Persians had now invaded the State of Babylon; and had struck a grievous terrour into the Chaldeans. Isa. 13. 8. Or rather, when the Chaldeans approached Jerusalem, and filled all there with fear and dread. Chap. 6. 24.

of fear and not of peace] Or, there is fear and not peace. or, pro∣speritie. Chap. 29. 11.

V. 6. see whether a man doth travail with child] Heb. a male. Isa. 66. 7.

wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loyns] Chap. 46. 5.

as a woman in travail] Chap. 4. 31. & 49. 22, 24.

all faces are turned into palenesse] Joel 2. 6.

V. 7. Alas, for that day] Joel 2. 11. Amos 5. 18. Zeph. 1. 14, &c.

is great] A day of great affliction. Joel 2. 31.

V. 8. it shall come to passe in that day] When I shall visit Baby∣lon. Chap. 27. 7.

I will break his yoke from off thy neck] The King of Babylons. Chap. 27. 2, 6. & 28. 4, 11.

strangers shall no more serve themselves of him] Make thy people to serve them. Chap. 27. 7. Or, shall no more serve him; the King of Babylon.

V. 9. David their king] The Messias; who should come of the stock of David; and sit on the throne of David for ever. David and his kingdom, being types of Christ, and of the spiri∣tuall and eternall kingdom of Christ. Ezek. 34. 23. & 37. 24. Hos. 3. 5. Matth. 1. 1. Rom. 1. 3. Luk. 1. 32, 33.

I will raise up unto them] Act. 2. 30. & 3. 22, 26. & 13. 23, 33.

V. 10. fear thou not] Isai. 41. 13. & 43. 5. & 44. 2. Chap. 46. 27.

I will save thee from afarre] Or, bring thee safe▪ as Zech. 8. 7, 8. Act. 27. 44.

none shall make him afraid] Lev. 26. 6. Ezek. 34. 28.

V. 11. I am with thee] Chap. 15. 20.

I will correct thee] In another sort, in milder manner, then I mean to deal with thine enemies. Isa. 26. 14, 19. & 27. 7, 8.

in measure] Psal. 6. 1. Chap. 10. 24. & 46. 28. Heb. judgement. Chap. 10. 24.

will not leave thee altogether unpunished] Heb. acquiting acquite. Chap. 25. 29.

V. 12. Thy bruise] Heb. breach. Chap. 6. 14. & 14. 17.

is incurable] By any humane help. God onely can cure it. Chap. 15. 18. Hos. 5. 13. & 6. 1. Mic. 1. 9.

V. 13. that thou mayest be bound up] Heb. for binding up. or, pressing. See Isa. 1. 6.

thou hast no healing medicines] Chap. 46. 11.

V. 14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee] The Assyrians and Egyptians, whom thou entertainest with presents, will all fall from thee, and fail thee in thine affliction. 2 Chron. 28. 21. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Chap. 12. 6. Hos. 12. 1. Amos 9. 8.

I have wounded thee] Heb. struck. or, smitten. 1 King. 20. 37.

with the wound] Heb. stroke; or, blow. Chap. 10. 19. & 14. 17.

of an enemy] A grievous one; such as enemies are wont to strike enemies with. Job 13. 24. & 16. 9. & 19. 11. See the like phrase, Isa. 62. 5.

with the chastisement of a cruel one] Such as cruel and hard∣hearted people are wont to inflict. Job 30. 21.

V. 15. Why criest thou for thine affliction] Heb. thy breach. vers. 12. What cause hast thou to complain of thine affliction and suf∣ferings; when thou sufferest nothing, but what thou hast procu∣red to thy self by the multitude of thy sinnes? Lam. 3. 39. Mic. 7. 9. See Chap. 15. 18.

thy sorrow is, incurable] Or, that thy sorrow is incurable. vers 12.

V. 16. Therefore] Or, Notwithstanding. as the word is used, Isa. 30. 18. Chap. 16. 14. Otherwise this verse must depend upon that which was spoken, vers. 10. & 11. and the words between must all go as included in a parenthesis.

all they that devoure thee shall be devoured] Though God correct his sometime somewhat severely for their manifold sinnes and ex∣cesses: yet when they are humbled for them, and amended by his chastisements, he will burn the rods, wherewith he chastised them. Isa. 10. 5-12. & 33. 1. Exod. 23. 22. Isa. 41. 11.

they that spoil thee] Heb. tread on thee.

shall be a spoil] Heb. treading. Isa. 42. 22.

V. 17. I will restore health unto thee] Heb. cause recovery to go up; Chap. 8. 22. & 33. 6. or, to come, unto thee, or, upon thee; as Ezek. 37. 6.

they called thee an outcast] Thine enemies thought that thou wast utterly cast off for ever. Isa. 62. 4.

This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after] In way of derision al∣luding to the word from whence the name Zion cometh; which signifieth a dry or wast place; Psal. 63. 1. & 107. 35. Chap. 2. 6. & 50. 12. as if it were a place not worth looking after.

V. 18. the citie shall be builded upon her own heap] Or, little

hill. Josh. 11. 13. or, where before was nothing but a ruinous heap. Deut. 13. 16. Isa. 25. 2.

the palace shall remain after the manner thereof] The Kings court; or Gods house the Temple; or both with the citie; shall be resto∣red to that beautie, that they were in before they were sacked and destroyed by the Chaldeans. Or, shall be frequented and inha∣bited, as in times past it had been.

shall remain] Heb. shall sit, or, inhabite. See Isa. 13. 20.

V. 19. out of them shall proceed thanksgiving] The people re∣stored, shall with praise and thanksgiving acknowledge this bene∣fit. Isa. 12. 1. & 26. 1. & 35. 10. & 51. 11. Chap. 33. 11.

they shall not be small] Or, of small account. Psal. 119. 141.

V. 20. shall be as aforetime] Chap. 33. 11. Lam. 5. 21.

I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 29. 32.

V. 21. their nobles] Heb. noble; or, honourable one. Isa. 10. 34. 2 Chron. 23. 20.

shall be of themselves] Strangers shall no more tyrannise over them: but they shall have a ruler of their own. Deut. 17. 15. Ful∣filled in Zerubbabel; but chiefly in Christ; of whom he was a type. Eph. 5. 30.

from the midst of them] Or, among them. as Chap. 29. 8. & 39-5.

he shall approch unto me] And my people by him. Heb. 4. 15, 16. & 10. 21, 22.

who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me] Who dare take this office upon him, but he whom I have assigned thereunto? Heb. 5. 4. See Isa. 53. 7.

V. 22. ye shall be my people, &c.] Chap. 24. 7. & 31. 33. & 32. 38.

V. 23. the whirlwind of the LORD] See Chap. 23. 19, 20.

a continuing whirlwind] Heb. cutting; as with a saw. 1 King. 7. 9. or, sojourning. Lam 4. 15. or, affrighting. Job 19. 29. or, gathering it self together. Isa. 54. 15.

it shall fall] Or, remain Lam. 4. 6.

upon the head of the wicked] Of the enemies of God and his Church.

V. 24. The fierce anger, &c.] Chap. 4. 8.

in the latter dayes ye shall consider it] Heb. Posteritie of dayes. Chap. 48. 47. When this deliverer is sent: and your deliverance by him effected. Chap. 23. 20.

CHAP. XXXI.

Vers. 1. AT the same time] When the Messias cometh, before promised, Chap. 37. 21. in those latter dayes, Chap. 30. 24.

will I be the God of all the families of Israel] Not of Judah a∣lone, but of all Israel; and all other called and joyned unto them, Chap. 3. 18. Ezek. 37. 19, 22. Hos. 1. 10. & 2. 24. Act. 2. 39. Rom. 11. 26.

V. 2. The people which were left of the sword] That escaped Pharaohs crueltie, Exod. 1. 14, 15. & 15. 9. or, that survived the execution done by the Levites, Exod. 32. 27, 28.

found grace in the wildernesse] Were reconciled unto me at Moses his entreatie, Exod. 33. 17. Deut. 9 19.

when I went to cause him to rest] Or, settle him. Isa. 51. 4. and 63. 14. When I conducted them, to bring them to a place of rest; to resting places in the wildernesse; and to a settled abode in the land of promise. Exod. 13. 22. Num. 10. 33. Deut. 1. 33. Psa. 75. 11.

V. 3. appeared of old] Heb. from afarre. Psal. 139. 2. Isa. 22. 11.

saying] Or, say they. as being the speech of Gods people com∣plaining, that God had anciently shewed himself kind and gra∣cious unto them: implying that now the case was altred: he did not, as formerly he had done, Psal. 22. 1,—6. & 44. 1,—12. Isa. 63.—15.

Yea, I have loved thee] Or, I do love thee. Gods answer; that his love and affection was still the same towards them, Mal. 1. 3 & 3. 6. Joh. 13. 1. Rom. 11. 29.

with an everlasting love] Heb. a love of perpetuitie. Isa. 54. 8.

with loving kindnesse have I drawn thee] Or, have I extended, or, will I extend loving kindnesse unto thee. Psal 109. 12.

V. 4. I will build thee] Isa. 44. 28.

O virgin of Israel] Chap. 18. 11.

thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets] Or, timbrels. Exod. 15. 20. Judg. 11. 34. Thou shalt have occasion of solemne re∣joycing again, Isa. 30. 32.

V. 5. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria] Which may be understood spiritually of the restauration of the Church by Christ: and yet of many also, who after the capti∣vitie returned unto, and were seated again in those parts.

shall eat them as common things] After the time of sanctification expired, Lev. 19. 24, 25. Deut. 20. 6. See 1 Sam. 21. 5. Heb. profane them.

V. 6. the watchmen] The Ministers of the word. Isa. 62. 6.

shall cry] Shall invite all indifferently, to the embracing of the Gospel and salvation by Christ, Isa. 2. 3.

V. 7. shout] Heb. cry shrill. Isa. 12. 6.

among the chief] Heb. in the head. where most may hea••. Pro. 1. 21.

of the nations] Because they were also to come to Christ, Chap. 16. 19.

V. 8. I will bring them from the north countrey] From Babylon, Chap. 3. 18.

from the coasts of the earth] Heb. sides. Chap. 6. 22. & 25. 32.

From Assyria, Media, and other parts; whither they of the ten tribes had been transported, 2 King. 17. 6.

the blind and the lame] None refused for infirmities, Isa. 35. 5, 6. & 42. 16. Luk. 14. 21.

a great company shall return thither] Or, hither.

V. 9. They shall conte with weeping] Lamenting their sinnes. Vers. 18. Chap. 50. 4. Or, weeping for joy, Gen. 43. 30.

with supplications] Or, favours. Zech. 12. 10.

I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, in a streight way] Or, an even way. Isa. 40. 3. & 63. 14. Where there shall be no impediment; nor want of necessaries: Isa. 40. 3, 4. & 41. 18. and 43. 19, 20. An allusion to a shepheard driving, and disposing of his sheep with the most conveniencie, Psal, 23. 1, 2.

Ephraim is my first-born] My dearly beloved; as is the first∣born to his father, Exod. 4. 22. Psal. 89. 27. Heb. 12. 23. Vers. 20.

V. 10. declare it in the isies] Or, countries. Isa. 66. 19.

as a shepherd doth his flock] Psal. 23. 1. & 80. 1. Ezek. 34. 11, - 13. Matth. 25. 32. Joh. 10. 11.

V. 11. the LORD hath redeemed Jacob] Or, rescued. Psal. 107. 2.

from the hand of him that was stronger then he] Of his over∣powerfull enemies, Psal. 18. 17. Isa. 40. 10. Matth. 12. 29. Luk. 11. 21, 22. Col. 1. 13. Heb. 2. 14, 15.

V. 12. they shall come and sing in the height of Zion] In the Church of God; whereof the Temple situate on a top of mount Zion was a type, Isa. 2. 2.

shall flow together] Shall flock together, (as Isa. 2. 2. Psal. 34. 5. Chap. 51. 44.) and seek to God for these things; as in former times they had wont to do, Ezek. 36. 37. and for spirituall things, whereof these were types, much more.

to the goodnesse] Or, for the good things. as Gen. 24. 10. Isa. 1. 19. Vers. 14. See Hos. 3. 5.

of the LORD] That God shall give them: vers. 14. and which he is wont to bestow, Hos. 2. 8.

their soul shall be] Or, they shall be, as Psal. 22. 26. & 25. 13, 20. Vers. 14.

as a watered garden] Abounding with al plenty, Isa. 58. 11.

they shall not sorrow any more at all] Heb. adde to sorrow. Isa. 1. 5. 13.

V. 13. Then shall the virgin rejoyce, &c.] All sorts, sexes, and ages shall rejoyce and praise God together, Psal. 148. 12, 13.

and will comfort them] Isa. 51. 3. & 52. 9.

and make them rejoyce from their sorrow] Or, after. Isa. 38. 15.

V. 14. I will sattate the soul of the priests with fatnesse] With abundance of spirituall grace and comfort, Psal. 36. 8. See vers. 12.

my people shall be satisfied with my goodnesse] Or, good things. vers. 12.

V. 15. A voice was heard in Ramah] Matth. 2. 18.

bitter weeping] Heb. of bitternesse. Chap. 6. 26. Isa. 2 2. 4.

Rahel weeping for her children] Rachel, as the common mo∣ther of both people; (for Ephraim came of her sonne Joseph, Gen. 48. 5. and the tribe of Benjamin her younger sonne con∣tinued with Judah, 2 Chron. 11. 12.) is brought in, as out of her sepulchre, situate between Ramah and Bethlehem, in the con∣fines of either tribe, Gen. 35. 19. 1 Sam. 10. 2. lamenting the losse of her children led into captivitie, as never likely to be de∣livered again. Applied in the Gospel to the lamentation made by the mothers of Bethlehem, for the losse of their young ones slain by Herod, Matth. 2. 18.

they were not] Gen. 42. 13, 36. Chap. 10. 20.

V. 16. thy work shall be rewarded] In lieu of thy travell past thou shalt have comfort; and thy children, though they seem not to be, shall in due time return again from their captivitie, Ezek. 37. 11, 12.

V. 17. there is hope] Job 8. 7. & 11. 18.

in thine end] Or, for thy posteritie. as Dan. 11. 4.

V. 18. I have surely heard] Heb. hearing heard. Exod. 22. 22.

Ephraim] The people of Israel in captivitie, Isa. 7. 2.

I was chastised] I was by thy chastisement taught my dutie: as Chap. 6. 8.

as a bullock] Or, I was as a bullock. to wit, before I was cha∣stised.

unaccustomed to the yoke] Heb. not taught. Chap. 2. 24. Wan∣ton; and not enduring the yoke. Hos. 10. 11.

turn thou me] They desire God to turn them; as not able to tur•••• without him; and to alter their present distressed estate, Psal. 80. 3, 7, 19. Lam. 5. 21.

V. 19. after that I was turned] Deut. 30. 2.

I was instructed] Or, knew my self. Psal. 9. 16. as Chap. 36. 19.

I smote upon my thigh] In token of remorse, shame and dete∣station of my former wicked wayes, Ezek. 21. 12.

I did bear the reproch of my youth] Of mine excesses committed in my younger dayes. Job 13. 26. Psal. 25. 7.

V. 20. Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child?] Heb. a child of delights. as Isa. 5. 7. Is he so? no: for he hath done, what lay in him, to cause me to cast him off. Or rather, Is it Ephraim my dear sonne, the child I delight in, that bemoaneth him∣self in this manner? as 1 Sam. 24. 16.

since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still] Heb. remembring remember. Deut. 7. 18. Notwithstanding my sharp menaces of heavie judgements; yet I have him still in minde, and mine affection is still entire and tender towards him, Isa. 49. 15. vers. 3. 9.

my bowels are troubled for him] My bowels earn toward him; as a tender mothers towards her child, being in pain, danger or distresse, 1 King. 3. 26. Heb. sound for him. Isa. 63. 15. Hos. 11. 8.

I will surely have mercy upon him] Heb. having mercy have mercy.

V. 21. Set thee up way-marks] Heb. signs, monuments. 2 King. 23. 17. Ezek. 39. 19. For the better directing of them in the way homeward.

make thee high heapes] Or, pillars. Cant. 3. 6. Hos. 12. 14.

set thine heart toward the high-way, even the way which thou wentest] Think upon thy return unto thine own land, by going back again the same way, that thou wast led away out of it into Assyria & Chaldea, Chap. 50. 5.

O virgin of Israel] Vers. 4.

V. 22. How long wilt thou go about] Or, wilt thou withdraw thy self from me, (as Cant. 5. 6.) and runne a madding and gad∣ding after idols and humane helps? Chap. 2. 18, 23, 36.

O thou back-sliding daughter] Chap. 3. 12.

the LORD hath created] Or, will create.

a new thing] A strange thing; such as the like hath not been heard or known.

in the earth] Or, on earth. Chap. 23. 5.

A woman shall compasse a man] Or, a mightie man. Isa. 22. 17. A prophecie of Christ. A woman, (Gal. 4. 4.) being a virgin, and so abiding, (Isa. 7. 14. Matth. 1. 18, 25.) shall in her womb inclose (Luk. 1. 31) a man: (that is, a male, a man child, Joh. 16. 21.) as the nut doth the kernell; not receiving ought from with∣out, but conceiving and breeding of her self alone, by the power of the Almightie, from within. Matth. 1. 20. Luk. 1. 34. 35. Or of the Church. The Church of God, though like a weak and feeble woman, (Rev. 12. 1, 2.) shall beset and prevail against her spi∣rituall enemies, though f••r power, like men of much might; Rom. 16. 20. I phes. 6. 10. 1 Joh. 4. 4. Rev. 5 4. & 12. 11.

V. 23. O habitation of justice] Or, just ones. as Chap. 50. 7. The citie shall have righteous inhabitants, Isa. 60. 21. and God shall in holy manner be served by holy persons in his Temple, 1 Pet. 2. 5. 9. 2 Pet. 3. 13.

mountain of holinesse] Or, holy mountain. Psal. 15. 1. Isa. 11. 9.

husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks] Or, Shepherds. whose employments are for times of peace, Isa. 37. 30. Chap. 33. 12.

V. 25. I have satiated] Or, will satiate.

the wearie soul] Or, hungrie. or, thirstie. as Job 22. 7. or faint, or, fainting. as Isa. 29. 8. Psal. 107. 5, 9.

have replenished] Or, will replenish. With spirituall grace and comfort, as well as with joy and comforts of this life, Psal. 107. 9. Isa. 41 17, 18. & 43. 20. Matth. 5. 4, 6. & 11. 28.

V. 26. Ʋpon this I awaked] The Prophets own speech, rela∣ting the great comfort and refreshing, that he received, upon the consideration of these gracious promises of God, concerning his Church: as if after some tedious travell, or long watching, he had taken very comfortable rest, he had slept sweetly and safely, Psal. 3. 5. Pro. 3. 24.

and beheld] As a man opening his eyes, being awaked out of sleep, Zech. 4. 1. 2.

V. 27. I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast] I will multiply and en∣rich them with people and cattel, Isa. 60. 22. Hos. 2. 23. Zech. 10. 8, 9. as grain multiplieth, sowen in some rich and fat soil, Gen. 26. 12. Matth. 13. 8.

V. 28. as I have watched over them] Chap. 44. 27.

to pluck up, and to break down] Chap. 10. 12. & 18. 7, 9.

to build and to plant] Chap. 24. 6.

V. 29. The fathers have eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth are set on edge] A proverb, that wicked and prosane persons used; implying, that their fathers had committed a fault, and they their children, being faultlesse, sustained the penaltie, Ezek. 18. 2.

V. 30. every one shall die for his own iniquitie] God would deal more graciously, then formerly he had done, in receiving to mer∣cy, and admitting into the covenant of grace, the issue of those that had been haters of him and idolaters time out of mind; not regarding what their ancestors formerly had been, Josh. 24. 2, 3. Chap. 16. 19. Or, he would make it plainly appear unto those, whom he should call under the Gospel, by convincing them of their sinfull condition; that it was their own sinne, which they had formerly suffered for. Ezek. 6. 9. & 7. 15. & 36. 31.

V. 31. the dayes come] At the coming of the Messias, in the time of the Gospel, Heb. 8. 8. & 10. 16.

that I will make] Heb. cut. Isa. 55. 3. Chap. 34. 8, 18.

a new covenant] New; not in regard of the substance of it; but in regard of the more clear, plain, plentifull, powerfull and gene∣rall promulgation and dispensation of it under the Kingdome of Christ: as 1 Joh. 2. 7, 8. Chap. 32. 40.

V. 32. which my covenant they brake] And so gave occasion of their owne divorce by their disobedience and disloialtie, Isa. 50. 1. Rom. 11. 20.

although I was an husband unto them] Or, albeit I was married to them Chap. 3. 14. Or, and should I have continued an husband unto them? as if he should say, I had no reason so to do; and therefore justly cast them off; and regarded not them, since that they set so light by me, and dealt disloially with me, Chap. 3. 20. Heb. 8. 9.

V. 33. the covenant that I will make] Heb. cut. vers. 31.

After those dayes] Or, these dayes. In the time spoken of, vers. 31.

I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts] In stead of tables of stone, I will write my law in their hearts, by the finger of my Spirit, Ezek. 11. 19. & 36. 26, 27. 2 Cor. 3. 3. Heb. 8. 10.

and will be their God, and they shall be my people] Chap. 24. 7. & 30. 2••. Ezek. 11. 20. & 36. 28.

V. 34. they shall teach no more] They shall not need so much labour and travail in teaching them; as formerly, with little or no fruit, Isa. 28. 9,-13. 2 Tim. 3. 7. because they shall all be so taught of God; and have such a plentifull measure of knowledge; that they may seem not to require the help of teachers; and to have it rather by inward inspiration then by outward instruction. Isa. 11. 9. & 54. 13. Joh. 6. 45. 1 Joh. 2. 20, 27.

every man his neighbour, and every man his brother] Chap. 23. 35.

from the least of them unto the greatest] See Chap. 6. 13.

for I will] Or, when I shall. as Gen. 4. 12.

forgive their iniquitie] Chap. 33. 8. Mic. 7. 18. Act. 10. 43.

V. 35. which gi••••th the sunne for a light by day, &c.] Gen. 1. 16.

which divideth the sea] Isa. 51. 15. Job 26. 12.

when the waves thereof rore] Or, though they rore. as Psal. 23. 4.

the LORD of hosts is his name] Or, whose name is, &c. Chap. 10 16. and 32. 18.

V. 36. If, &c.] Isa. 54. 9. Chap. 33. 20.

those ordinances depart from before me, &c.] As the celestiall bo∣dies cannot but continue that course that I have assigned them, for the illightning of these inferiour parts, so long as the world lasteth; Psal. 72. 5, 17. & 74. 16. & 89. 36, 37. & 104. 19. so shall my Church never fail, nor want the light of my word and spirit to direct it, Psal. 89. 4. & 119. 89,—91. Isa. 59. 21. Matth. 5. 18. & 16. 18. & 28. 20.

V. 7. If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath] Which are both impossible to be done; to wit, by any art or might of man, Chap. 33. 22.

for all that they have done] For all the sinnes, they have com∣mitted. Ezek. 36. 32.

V. 38 that the citie shall be built] Jerusalem, a type of the Church, shall be reedified from the one end to the other.

to the LORD] Or, for the Lord. That God may dwell there∣in, and there be worshipped, as in times past. vers. 40.

from the towre of Hananeel] Of which see Nehem. 3. 1. Zech. 14. 10. It seemeth to have been on the East-side of Jerusalem.

unto the gate of the corner] Of which 2 King. 14. 13. 2 Chron. 26. 9. Zech. 14. 10 and seemeth to have been about the North∣east corner of the citie.

V. 39. upon the hill Gareb] Supposed to stand on the North∣side of the citie toward the East.

compasse about to Goath] Supposed to be the same with Gol∣gotha, Matth. 27. 33. lying on the West-side toward the North.

V. 40. the who••e valley of the dead bodies] A valley, as some, neer to Golgotha; into which were cast the carcasses of persons there executed: as others, the valley of Rephaim, Josh. 15. 8. lying on the West-side of the citie.

and of the ashes] A place, as some, imployed for receipt of the ashes, that came of the sacrifices, ••ev. 4. 12. & 6. 11. As others, the valley of Hinnom, on the South side of Jerusalem, Josh. 15. 8. so called of the ashes of those that were burnt there, Chap. 7. 31. and 19. 5.

all the fields] Divers fields on the South-side: as the Fullers field; Isa. 7. 3. and the Potters field, Matth. 27. 7. See Chap. 18. 2. and 19 2.

unto the brook of Kidron] On the East-side of the citie. 2 Sam. 15. 23. Joh. 18. 1.

unto the corner of the horse-gate] Of which, 2 King. 11. 16. Nehem. 3. 28.

shall be] Or, it shall be.

holy] Heb. holinesse. Chap. 2. 3.

unto the LORD] As his house, his sanctuarie, Isa. 52. 1. and 63. 18. Chap. 12. 10. Vers. 38.

it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever] Verified in the Church; which shall never be razed, Psal. 125. 1, 2. Matth. 16. 18.

CHAP. XXXII.

Vers. 1. THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

in the tenth year of Zedekiah] The last but one of his reign; and the next before the surprisall and sacking of the City, and beginning of the captivity that thereupon ensued.

the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar] Whose first year of ab∣solute reign, concurreth with part of the third, and part of the fourth of Jehoiakims, Dan. 1. 1. 2 King. 24. 12. Chap. 25. 1.

V. 2. the king of Babylons army besieged Jerusalem] For the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah: but the City was not taken before the eleventh year, 2 King. 25. 1, 2. Chap. 39. 1, 2.

in the court of the prison] Heb. custody; or, keeping. Matth. 14. 3. See Nehem. 3. 21.

V. 3. Wherefore dost thou prophesie, &c.] Chap. 36. 39.

I will give this City, &c.] Chap. 34. 2.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 24. 7, 10.

V. 4. out of the hand] Or, power. vers. 3. and so after again.

shall surely be delivered] Heb. being given be given. Chap. 38. 3. See Chap. 34. 3.

shall speak with him mouth to mouth] Heb. his mouth shall speak with his mouth.

and his eyes shall behold his eyes] Or, and see him eye to eye; as Isai. 52. 8.

V. 5. there shall he be untill I visit him] Untill by naturall and ordinary death I take him away; as Numb. 16. 29. for by the sword he shall not dye. Chap. 34. 4.

though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper] No wea∣pons, or courses, that ye use or take against them, shall prevail, or do you any good. Chap. 21. 4. Isai. 54. 17.

V. 6. The word of the LORD came unto me,] vers. 1.

V. 7. the right of redemption is thine to buy it] As being next of the kindred. Lev. 25. 24. Ruth 4. 4.

V. 8. in the court of the prison] vers. 2.

Buy my field that is in Anathoth] Of the possession of the Le∣vites; which at any time might be redeemed. Levit. 25. 32. See Chap. 1. 1.

then I knew that this was the word of the LORD] That it was Gods pleasure, that I should buy it; though no expresse mention were before thereof made. vers. 7. So Act. 16. 7, 9, 10.

V. 9. weighed him the money] As the manner was in those times, to make payment, not so much by tale, as by weight. Gen. 23. 16. Isai. 55. 2. Zech. 11. 12.

seventeen shekels of silver] Or, seven shekels, and ten pieces of sil∣ver; but that rather. Which amounteth of our money, to much a∣bout forty two shillings and six pence; the shekel weighing half an ounce.

V. 10. I subscribed the evidence] Heb. wrote in the book; or, bill. Matth. 19. 7.

V. 11. I took the evidence] Heb. book. vers. 10, 12.

both that which was sealed according to the Law and custome, and that which was open] For they used in such contracts and con∣veighances to have two deeds, instruments, or counterparts; whereof the one was exhibited open, and was so left to be seen so oft as occasion might be; the other was sealed up, with the wit∣nesses names on the back side endorsed; containing, as is suppo∣sed, some particularities concerning the businesse, which they would not have so commonly known.

V. 12. before all the Jewes that sate] Or, abode. Deut. 9. 9. Ezra 10. 9.

in the court of the prison] See vers. 2. 8.

V. 14. Take these evidences] Heb. books. vers. 10, 11.

put them in an earthen vessell] That they might be preserved in some secret place, untill the return from the captivitie; whereof God hereby would have assurance given. vers. 15. 43.

that they may continue many dayes] Heb. stand. Eccles. 1. 4. Isai. 66. 22.

V. 15. Houses and fields, and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land] After the delivery, and return from the Babylonian capti∣vitie. vers. 37. 43.

V. 16. when I had delivered the evidence] Heb. Book. vers. 11.

V. 17. thou hast made the heaven and the earth] Gen. 1. 1. Psal. 146. 6.

by thy great power, &c.] Chap. 27. 5.

there is nothing too hard for thee] Job 42. 2. Luk. 1. 37. vers. 27.

nothing] Heb. no word. Chap. 22. 4. & 26. 2.

too hard] Or, hid from thee. Gen. 18. 14.

V. 18. Thou shewest loving kindnesse unto thousands] Exod. 20. 6. & 34. 7. Deut. 5. 10.

recompensest the iniquity of the fathers] Punishing the parents oft in their posterity; though not faultlesse themselves; (as those wicked wretches pretended, Chap. 31. 29.) but deserving for their own sinne as much as God inflicteth on them. See Josh. 7. 15, 24.

into the bosome] Or, lap. Prov. 16. 31. Repayest it plentifully at last; though it seem long a comming. See Isai. 65. 7.

of their children after them] Even when they are dead and gone. 1 Sam. 2. 36. 2 Sam. 21. 6, 8. 2 King. 5. 27. & 24. 3. God for a monument of his wrath, and example to others, punishing their sinnes in their posteritie, in whom also they oft continue, as well as Gods judgements upon them for the same. See Chap. 15. 4.

the great] Psal. 145. 3. Tit. 2. 13.

the mighty God] Isai. 9. 6.

the LORD of hosts is his name] Or, whose name is. Chap. 31. 35. & 48. 15. Amos 4. 13.

V. 19. Great in counsell, &c.] Isai. 9. 6. & 28. 29.

mighty in work] Heb. doing. Psal. 66. 5.

thine eyes are open upon all the wayes of the sonnes of men] Or, of Adam. Chap. 16. 21. & 25. 6. Chap. 17. 10. See Job 34. 21. Prov. 5. 21. & 15. 3. Chap. 16. 17.

to give every one according to his wayes] Psal. 62. 12. Chap. 17. 10.

V. 20. hast set signes and wonders in the land of Egypt] Psal. 78. 43. & 135. 9.

unto this day] The memory whereof still endureth; and will never be forgotten. Psal. 78. 4, 6.

hast made thee a name] Isai. 63. 12.

as at this day] Or, as appeareth this day. Chap. 25. 18.

V. 21. brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt] Exod. 6. 6. 2 Sam. 7. 23. 1 Chron. 17. 21. Psal. 136. 10-12.

with signes and with wonders, &c.] Deut. 4. 34.

V. 22. this land which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them] Psal. 105. 9, 11. Chap. 11. 5.

flowing with milk and honey] Abounding in most pleasant fruits; and plenty of all good things. Num. 13. 27. & 16. 14. Deut. 6. 3. & 8. 7-9.

V. 23. they obeyed not thy voyce] Chap. 7. 24. Nehem. 9. 26.

V. 24. Behold the mounts] Or, ramparts: or, engins, of bat∣tery, to discharge shot; such as were in use before the invention of Gunnes. Isai. 37. 33. Chap. 33. 4. See 2 Chron. 26. 15.

the citie is given] It is as good as given up and taken already, it is given for lost: as sure to be taken, as if it were already sur∣prised. Chap. 9. 1. & 37. 10.

into the hand] Or, power. vers. 3, 4.

because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence] Chap. 21. 9. & 28. 8.

V. 25. And thou hast said unto me] Vers. 8.

Buy thee the field for money] Heb. silver. vers. 44. Isai. 55 1, 2.

for the City is given, &c.] Or, when as. as Gen. 4. 12. Psal. 102. 16. Or, though the citie be given, as Gen. 8. 21. Josh. 17. 18. into the hand; that is, the power, of the Chaldeans, that besiege it, vers. 24.

V. 26. Then came the word, &c.] Vers. 6.

V. 27. the God of all flesh] Of every creature: or, of all man∣kind. Chap. 45. 5. Rom. 3. 20. whom as he made, so he guideth and governeth as he pleaseth: and as he sent this people into cap∣tivity for their sinnes; so is he able to set them at liberty again when he will. See Numb. 16. 12.

is there any thing too hard for me] Vers. 17. Gen. 18. 14.

V. 28. I will give this citie] vers. 3.

into the hand] Or, power. vers. 25. so after again.

V. 29. set fire on this City] Chap. 37. 10.

upon whose roofes, &c.] Chap. 19. 13.

to provoke me to anger] Chap. 7. 18.

V. 30. have onely done evill before me from their youth] From the time that I brought them out of Egypt, and made them by a solemn covenant my people, setling among them both an Ecclesi∣asticall and civill estate. Isai. 48. 8. Chap. 2. 2. & 22. 21.

have onely provoked me to anger] Have done nothing but pro∣voke me: have been continuall matter of provocation to me. vers. 31.

with the work of their hands] Their idols. Chap. 10. 3. & 25. 6, 7.

V. 31. this citie hath been to me, as a provocation of mine anger, &c.] Heb. for mine anger: or, upon my nose: or, anger. (See Isai. 65. 5.) set continually upon angring of me.

that I should remove it from before my face] Not that this was their intent and purpose; but a necessary effect of those their wicked courses, whereby they incessantly provoked God to wrath; and as sure to follow upon the same, as if they had for that very end purposely done what they did. So vers. 29. Chap. 27. 10.

V. 33. turned unto me the back] Heb. neck. the hinder part of the neck. Chap. 2. 27.

I taught them rising up early] Using all diligence and instance. Prov. 1. 24. Isai. 65. 3. Chap. 7. 13. & 25. 3. & 26. 3. & 29. 19.

V. 34. they set their abominations in the house, &c.] Chap. 7. 30. & 23. 11. Ezek. 8. 5, 6.

which is called by my name] Heb. whereupon my name is called. Chap. 7. 11, 14.

V. 35. they built, &c.] Chap. 7. 31. & 19. 5.

the high places of Baal] Their altars; whereupon they sacrifi∣ced in those places to their idols. Chap. 17. 2.

in the valley of the sonne of Hinnom] 2 King. 21. 4, 6.

to cause their sonnes and their daughters to passe through the fire] Chap. 7. 31. & 19. 6. & 20. 2.

unto Molech] Lev. 18. 21.

V. 36. thus saith the LORD] That thou maist see, whether that that I have told thee be a thing impossible. vers. 15.

concerning this City, whereof ye say] Ye, that beleeve my word; and make full account that the Chaldeans shall take this Citie.

It shall be delivered] Vers. 24.

into the hand] Or, power. vers. 28.

by the sword, &c.] Chap. 27. 13.

V. 37. I will gather] Deut. 30. 3.

them] The people of Judah and Jerusalem.

I will cause them to dwell safely] Ezek. 34. 28.

V. 38. they shall be my people, &c.] Chap. 24. 7. & 30. 22. & 31. 33.

V. 39. I will give them one heart] Ezek. 11. 19. & 36. 27.

one way] One manner of worshipping me with joint consent. Act. 4. 32. Eph. 4. 3-6.

that they may fear me for ever, &c.] Heb. all dayes. Deut. 5. 29.

V. 40. I will, &c.] Isa. 61. 8.

make] Heb. cut. Chap. 34. 8.

an everlasting covenant] Heb. a covenant of perpetuity. Ezek. 39. 29.

I will not turn away] Chap. 31. 32, 33.

from them] Heb. from after them; as Zeph. 1. 6. from pursuing them with my favour and bounty.

but] Or, and.

that they shall not depart from me] That they may continue con∣stant with me, and not constrain me to break with them; I will work such a reverent dread of me into their souls, as shall cause them to cleave to me, and keep close with me for ever. Psal. 80. 18. & 86. 11. Isa. 59. 21. vers. 39.

V. 41. I will rejoyce over them, &c.] Zeph. 3. 17.

plant them in this land assuredly] Heb. in truth, or stabilitie. Hos. 2. 20.

V. 43. It is desolate] Which ye think will so remain for ever, and never be again restored. Chap. 33. 10.

it is given into the hand] Or, power. vers. 28.

V. 44. Men shall buy fields] This is a declaration of that that was enjoined, vers. 8. and the end for which God would have it done.

for money] Heb. silver. vers. 25.

subscribe evidences] Heb. writing write (as Chap. 14. 5.) books. vers. 14. so after, sealing seal. See Isai. 59. 13.

in the land of Benjamin] Chap. 17. 26. & 33. 13. where Ana∣thoth was situate; Chap. 1. 1. and which continued one with Ju∣dah. 2 Chron. 11. 12.

in the Cities of the mountains, &c.] Or, both in, &c. as Psal. 76. 6 Chap. 31. 13. In all the Cities of those two tribes; whether situate above on the hils; or below in the vales; or on the up∣land grounds, as in a middle situation between either. Chap. 17. 26.

in the cities of the south] Or, upland. Josh. 15. 19.

I will cause their captivity to return] Or, captives. Chap. 24. 5. Psal. 14. 7. & 126. 1.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Vers. 1. MOre••ver the word of the LORD came unto Jere∣miah] And the word of the Lord was to Jeremiah. as Chap. 1. 2, 4.

the second time] After that message, which he had before re∣lated. Chap. 32. 1, 2, 6.

shut up in the court of the prison] See Chap 32. 2.

V. 2. the maker thereof] The maker of Jerusalem: who will also restore it. Isai. 22. 11. & 37. 26. Or, the doer; the author and effecter of the restitution of it promised; Chap. 32. 37, 44. and again now assured. Vers. 6▪ &c. Isa. 46. 11.

the LORD is his name] Or, whose name is Jehovah. Psal. 83. 18.

V. 3. Call unto me] Either, thou, my prophet: or, ye my peo∣ple. Isai. 42. 9. & 46. 10. & 48. 3-7.

great and mightie things] Or, hidden. Job 42. 2. Isa. 48. 6.

V. 4. which are thrown down] Either by the assaults and en∣gins of the enemy: Chap. 32. 24. or, to raise fortifications and means of defence against the enemy. Isa. 22. 10.

by] Or, for.

the mounts] Or, engins. Isa. 37. 33. Chap. 6. 6.

V. 5. They come to fight with the Chaldeans] Those that repair to the citie: or, that come to aid you from forein parts. Chap. 32. 5.

to fill them with the dead bodies of men] To make meat for the Chaldeans; to satiate with slaughter their blood-thirsty minds: or, to fill the trenches made by them, and the works raised by you, with the carcasses of the slain. See Chap. 9. 1.

whom I have slain] See Chap 25. 33.

I have hid my face from this citie] In displeasure. Psal. 27. 9. Isai. 57. 17. the ground of all adversitie; as his favour the cause of all true prosperitie. Psal. 30 5, 7.

V. 6. Behold] In the midst of his threatnings, he yet men∣tioneth mercy, and giveth comfort. Isa. 57. 18. Hab. 3. 2.

I will bring it health and cure] Heb. cause recovery to go up. or, to come unto it. Chap. 30. 17.

will reveal unto them] Or, shew them Psal. 85. 7.

the abundance of peace and truth] Or, firm and sure prosperitie. Isa. 39. 8. Chap. 14. 13.

V. 7. the captivitie of Judah] Or, captives. Chap. 24. 5. & 32. 44.

will build them] Establish, and cause them to thrive and prosper. Chap. 12. 16.

as at the first] Vers. 11.

V. 8. I will cleanse them from all their iniquitie] Ezek. 36. 25.

I will pardon all their iniquities] Chap. 31. 34. Mic. 7. 18. As if no true joy, or sound comfort could be in ought, without re∣mission of sinnes, and reconcilement to God. Psal. 25. 18. & 40. 4, 10. & 103. 3. Eccl. 9. 7.

V. 9. it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour] The Church thus restored is Gods honour and glory. Chap. 13. 11.

they shall fear and tremble] 1 Chron. 13. 17. 2 Chron. 20. 29. Est. 8. 17.

V. 10. which ye say shall be desolate] Chap. 32. 43.

without man and without beast] Chap. 4. 25. & 12. 4. & 50. 3. & 51. 62.

V. 11. The voyce of joy, &c.] Chap. 7. 34. & 16. 9.

Praise the LORD of hosts, for the LORD is good] A solemn▪ form prescribed the Levites, to praise God with. 1 Chron 16. 41. Psal. 105. 1. & 106. 1. & 107. 1. & 118. 1. & 136. 1. Isai. 12. 4.

bring the sacrifice of praise] Chap. 17. 26.

the captivity] Or, captives. vers. 7.

as at the first] Chap. 30. 20. vers. 7. ••am. 5. 21.

V. 12. in this place which is desolate] Or, to be made desolate. vers. 10.

an habitation of Shepheards causing their flocks to lye down] A sign of peaceable times, when the Shepheards may quietly attend their sheep, without disturbance to either. Chap. 31. 24.

V. 13. In the cities of the mountaines] All the countrey of Ju∣dah and Benjamin shall again be inhabited. Chap. 17. 26. & 32. 44.

of the south] Or, upland. Judg. 1. 15.

and in the land of Benjamin] Or, both in. as Gen. 36. 24.

shall the flocks passe again under the hands of him that telleth them] Passe under the rod, to be told, or tithed; as they go quietly in and out. Lev. 27. 32. Ezek. 20. 37. Joh. 10. 3, 10, 12.

V. 14. which I have promised unto the house of Israel, &c.] Or, concerning. Chap. 27. 4.

to the house of Judah] Heb. of. or, upon.

V. 15. will I cause the branch of righteousnesse to grow up unto David] Or, a most righteous branch, &c. I will send the Mes∣sias, of the seed of David. Isa. 11. 1. & 4. 2. Chap. 23. 5. of whom the Jewes themselves acknowledge this prophecie to be meant.

execute judgement and righteousnesse] As David did, who was a type of him. 1 Chron. 18. 14.

V. 16. shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem, &c.] Israel. Chap. 23. 6. both expressions intending the same thing, the Church.

shall dwell safely] Or, be inhabited in safety. as Chap. 30. 18. & 46. 26.

this is the name wherewith she shall be called] Or, he that shall call her, is, &c. Either, Christ; who calleth her, to wit, home un∣to God and to faith in him, shall so be called: Or, the Church of Christ, and one with Christ, shall so be called; as by that title given to her and born by her, professing from whom she hath her righteousnesse; even from Christ, who is her Lord God, and made righteousnesse to her by God. 1 Cor. 1. 30. See Chap. 23. 6.

The LORD our righteousnesse] Or, The Lord is our righteous∣nesse. as Ezek. 48. 35. Heb. Jehovah ••sidkenu.

V. 17. David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne, &c.] Heb. There shall not be cut off from David. 2 Chron. 6. 16. as Chap. 35. 19. Fulfilled in Christ. Luk. 1. 32, 33.

V. 18. to offer burnt-offerings] Meant especially of spirituall sacrifices, typified by those under the Law. Isai. 56. 7. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9.

V. 20. If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, &c.] Isai. 54. 9. Chap. 31. 36. vers. 25.

V. 21. to reign upon his throne] Or, to reign sitting upon his throne. Isa. 9. 7. Zech. 6. 13.

the priests, my ministers] That there should not be a perpetuall succession of them also. Eph. 4▪ 11, 13.

V. 22. the host of heaven cannot be numbred, &c.] Gen. 13. 15. & 15. 5. & 22. 17. Chap. 31. 37.

will I multiply the seed of David] The seed of the faithfull. Ps••l. 22. 30. Isai. 53. 8, 10. Rev. 7. 9.

V. 24. Considerest thou not] Heb. Seest. Psal. 119. 159. Chap. 2. 31.

what this people] Either the unbeleeving Jewes; or the Chal∣deans and other enemies of Gods people. Chap. 50. 7.

have spoken] Or, do speak.

The two families] Judah and Benjamin. vers. 13. Or, Israel, (the ten tribes) and Judah. Chap. 31. 15.

which the Lord hath chosen] Or, did sometime choose.

he hath even cast them off] Or, he hath now cast them off.

thus they have despised] Or, do despise my people. See Isai. 54. 6.

that they should be no more a nation before them] Or, so that they are no more a nation in their account. Heb. from being. as Psal. 69. 23.

V. 25. If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth] Or, If my cove∣nant, abide not day and night (that is, constantly and perpetually. 1 Chron. 9. 33. Psal. 1. 2. Chap. 9. 1.) or, concerning day and night, (the constant entercourse of either. vers. 20.) and the ordinances concerning heaven and earth, (for the course of the one to do ser∣vice to the other. Chap. 31. 35, 36.) which I have setled, be not; that is, do not continue and abide. Psal. 119. 91. See Chap. 17. 8. Or, If I have not setled (so as that it cannot be altered. Vers. 20.) my covenant concerning day and night; and, or, even the ordinances of heaven and earth: the course that I have appointed for the office of the one; Gen. 1. 14-16. and the safety and be∣nefit of the other. Gen. 1. 9. Chap. 5. 22, 24. & 31. 35. or, those courses that I have set for such distinction of times to be continu∣ed by the motion of the heavens, for the use of the creatures be∣low on earth. Psal. 74. 16, 17. & 104. 19-23.

V. 26. to be rulers] Fulfilled, partly in Zerubbabel and his successors; Ezra 2. 2. Zech. 2. 4. but principally in Christ. Luk. 1. 33. Vers. 15.

over the seed of Abraham, &c.] The body of the faithfull. Psal. 105. 6. Gal. 3. 16, 29.

will cause their captivity] Or, captives to return. Vers. 11.

CHAP. XXXIIII.

Vers. 1. THe word which came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

when, &c.] 2 King. 25. 1, &c. Chap. 52. 1.

Nebuchadnezzar] By Jeremiah else-where styled Nebuchad∣retsar. Chap. 21. 2. & 25. 1, 9.

the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion] Heb. the dominion of his hand.

against all the cities thereof] Of Judah; Vers. 7. or, of Jeru∣salem; Chap. 19. 15. which was the mother-citie; Chap. 15. 8. and the rest as daughters to her. Josh. 15. 32, 36, 41, 43, &c. Lam. 3. 51.

V. 2. I will give this citie] Chap. 32. 3.

into the hand] Or, power. vers. 4. 20.

V. 3. shalt surely be taken] Heb. taking be taken. Chap. 26. 15. & 32. 4.

he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth] Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth. Chap. 32. 4.

V. 4. Thou shalt not die by the sword] Of any violent death; but by Gods ordinary visitation. Chap. 32. 5.

V. 5. with the burnings of thy fathers the former kings, &c.] As their manner was to do at the solemn funerals of their Kings 2 Chron. 16. 14. & 21. 19.

they will lament thee] Or, shall lament thee. Solemn lamenta∣tion shall be made for thee. Chap. 22. 18.

V. 7. Lachish and Azekah] Josh. 10. 10, 31.

defenced cities] Heb. cities of defence. Chap. 4. 5. & 8. 14.

V. 8. This is the word that came, &c.] Here seemeth to begin another Sermon, or prophecie, distinct from the former, both for matter, and time of delivery: that being made, when they of Je∣rusalem were in some distresse by the Chaldean forces set down before the citie: vers. 1. 7. this when the siege was for some space of time broken up, upon the approach of some Egyptian aids. Vers. 21. Chap. 37. 5. See vers. 1.

after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant] Heb. had cut a covenant. Vers. 18. for, when the enemy was at hand, and they saw themselves in danger; they made shew of remorse and re∣pentance, renewed their covenants with God, and made some kinde of reformation. as Judges 10. 15, 16. Psal. 78. 34, 35. Hosea 6. 1.

to proclaim liberty unto them] To their servants, who had served them the full tearm of time limited by the Law: Exod. 21. 2. but they against law and right kept still in servitude. vers. 11.

V. 9. none should serve himself of them] Keep them in service. Chap. 27. 7. & 30. 8.

of a Jew his brother] For strangers they might keep be∣yond that tearm of time, that they stinted unto for those of their own nation.

V. 10. none should serve themselves of them] vers. 9.

V. 11. afterwards] When by the coming of Pharaohs forces the siege was broken up for a while; the Chaldeans in like∣lihood going to meet the Egyptian army, before it came at them; and they now thought themselves safe; supposing that the Chal∣deans would never return to the siege. Chap. 37. 5, 11. vers. 21.

brought them into subjection] Nehem. 5. 5. 2 Chron. 28. 10.

V. 13. I made a covenant] Heb. cut. vers. 8.

out of the house of bond-men] Or, bondage. Exod. 20. 2. Since that I have freed you from the condition of bond-men; I will not permit you to make bond-slaves of your brethren. Deut. 15. 15. ye shall not make them slaves, whom I have set free. Levit. 25. 39, 42.

V. 14. At the end of seven yeers] Six yeers being fully com∣pleat, at the beginning of the seventh. Exod. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12.

which hath been sold] Or, hath sold himself. Lev. 25. 29. Deut. 15. 12.

V. 15. ye were now turned] Heb. to day. Psal. 95. 7.

every man to his neighbour] Or, one to another. Gen. 11. 3.

ye had made a covenant] Heb. cut. vers. 8.

in the house which is called by my name] Heb. whereupon my name is called. Chap. 32. 34. In my Temple. Chap. 7. 10.

V. 16. polluted my name] By violation of your solemn vow. Lev. 19. 12. Mal. 1. 7, 12.

whom he had set at libertie at their pleasure] Or, according to their desire. Deut. 21. 14.

V. 17. Ye have not hearkened unto me, &c.] Because ye have undone again, what ye had done; which sheweth that ye did it not in sinceritie. Psal. 78. 36, 37. Hos. 6. 1, 4.

I proclaim a libertie for you to the sword, &c.] I give the sword, famine and pestilence free libertie to destroy you. See Isa. 66. 4. Chap. 14. 15.

I will make you to be removed] Heb. for a removing. Chap. 15. 5. & 24. 9. & 29. 18. Deut. 28. 64.

V. 18. of the covenant which they had made before me] Heb. cut. as vers. 8. So that by these solemn rites, God and man seal enterchangeably either to other: and man covenanteth with God, as well as God with man. Exod. 24. 8. Psal. 50. 5. Joh. 3. 33. Rom. 4. 11.

when they cut the calf in twain] See here the reason and ground of the phrase, of cutting, or cutting out a covenant, so oft here and else-where used. By this solemn rite, they did in a manner devote themselves to destruction; as confessing themselves wor∣thy, and in way of execration (Nehem. 10. 29.) wishing, to be so cut in twain, (Matth. 24. 51.) if they brake the covenant, that then they made. See somewhat the like ceremonie, Gen. 15. 10, 17.

V. 20. I will even give them] Chap. 22. 25.

into the hand] Or, power. Vers. 3. 4.

of them that seek their life] Heb. soul. Chap. 4. 30.

their dead bodies shall be for meat, &c.] Chap. 7. 33. & 16. 4.

V. 21. into the hand] Or, power. vers. 20.

that seek their life] Heb. soul. vers. 20.

which are gone up from you] Or, departed from you. Exod. 12. 38. Chap. 37. 5. Having broken up the siege upon the coming of the Egyptian forces. Chap. 37. 5, 11. but afterward returned to it again: as the prophet also foretold that they should. Chap. 37. 8. vers. 22.

V. 22. I will command, and cause them to return] By his secret providence so disposing and procuring it, as if he had given them some command so to do. So 2 Sam. 16. 10. 2 King. 24. 2. 2 Chro. 36. 17. Chap. 49. 14. & 50. 21.

a desolation without an inhabitant] Chap. 26. 15.

CHAP. XXXV.

Vers. 1. THe word which came, &c.] Chap. 1. 2, 4.

in the dayes of Jehoiakim] For the disposition and order of these Prophecies, see on Chap. 27. 1.

V. 2. the Rechabites] These were by originall Kenites, descen∣ded from Jethro or Hobab, Moses his father in law: Judg. 1. 16. & 4. 11. 1 Chron. 2. 55. who had therefore no possessions of their own among Gods people, but lived upon their imployments.

into one of the chambers] Which were adjoyning to and about the Temple and the courts thereof, for the Priests to lodge in; and for the holy vestments, oblations and the like to be stowed in. 1 Chron. 28. 11, 12. 1 King. 6. 5, 6, 10. 2 Chron. 3. 11. Ezek. 40. 17, 44-46. & 41. 6. & 42. 13.

V. 4. into the chamber of the sonnes, &c.] Whose course, it seemeth, was to wait and serve that week. See 1 Chron. 24. 5, 6. & 25. 1, 2, &c. 2 Chron. 23. 4, 8.

of Hanan] Whom some suppose to be that Hanani mentioned 2 Chron. 16. 7. but that is uncertain, and not very probable.

a man of God] A prophet, or godly and faithfull teacher of Gods people. Deut. 33. 1. Psal. 90. 1. 1 Tim. 6. 11.

by the chamber of the princes] Of the chief next under the High-priest. Chap. 20. 1. or, of the chief of that course, which was then in imployment. 2 Chron. 23. 4. Luk. 1. 5, 8, 23.

above the chamber of Maaseiah] For the chambers were built one above another. Ezek. 41. 5, 6.

the keeper of the door] Heb. threshold. Ezek. 43. 8. or, vessel.

Chap. 52. 19, 24. One of the Porters. 1 Chron. 26. 1. Whereof some had the charge of the holy vessels; and sometime also of the treasure. 1 Chron. 9. 27-29. 2 King. 12. 9.

V. 5. Drink ye wine] He saith not, Thus saith the Lord, Drink wine. For they ought then to have done it: but speaketh in this manner onely to try what they would do; and by their obedience to their ancestors charge, and constant ••esolution in the same, to convince and condemn the disobedience of his people. vers. 16.

V. 6. Jonadab] Of whom we read in the storie of Jehu. 2 King. 10. 15.

Ye shall drink no wine] He enjoyned them this austere course of life; either because they were to live by their labours, having no portion of inheritance in the land; or to enure them to hard∣ship; as fore-seeing the calamities likely to befall the State they lived in.

V. 7. where ye be strangers] Or, sojourn. Exod. 12. 49. For they were Kenites, or Midianites; not Israelites by descent. Exod. 2. 16. & 3. 1. 1 Chron. 2. 55.

V. 9. neither have we vineyard] Or, and that we should not have.

V. 10. But we have dwelt in tents] Or, we dwell therefore in tents. Ordinarily: save when necessitie enforceth us to do other∣wise. vers. 11.

have obeyed, &c.] This, it seemeth, had been inviolably ob∣served by them, well-neer the space of three hundred yeers, from Jehu to Jehoiakim.

V. 11. let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army] Heb. from the face of. Isa. 21. 15. & 31. 8. So in the next clause.

of the Syrians] Heb. Aramites. Isa. 7. 1. That joyned with, or served under the Chaldeans, in their expedition against Gods peo∣ple. 2 King. 24. 2.

so we dwell at Jerusalem] Or, abide. Chap. 40. 5. vers. 15. So that, it seemeth, they held not themselves so strictly tied to these observances, but that in case of necessitie they might and did dispense with them.

V. 12. Then came, &c.] as Vers. 1.

V. 13. Will ye not receive instruction, &c.] Ye, whom I have chosen to be my people and children, above and before all the people in the world, who otherwise have as much interest in me as you. Deut. 7. 6.

V. 14. The words of Jonadab, &c.] When the children of one, by originall an heathen, living as strangers among you, do so pun∣ctually observe their fathers charge, and have constantly so done for so long a time together. vers. 8. 10.

notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, &c.] When I have from time to time so frequently and instantly minded you of my charge, and by my prophets called upon you for obedience thereunto. Chap. 7. 13. & 11. 7. See vers. 17.

V. 15. I have sent also unto you all my servants, &c.] Heb. And have sent unto. Or, For I have, &c. as Isai. 63. 5. or, I have even sent, &c. as Chap. 52. 13.

Return ye, &c.] Chap. 18. 11. & 25. 5.

and ye shall dwell in the land] Heb. sit; or, dwell. Psal. 37. 27. Or, remain; abide. Chap. 40. 5, 10. vers. 11.

V. 17. because, &c.] Prov. 1. 24. Chap. 7. 23.

I have spoken unto them] By my ministers and messengers the Prophets. vers. 15. It being all one in effect, when God speaketh by them, as if he spake immediately by word of mouth himself. Isa. 1. 2, 20. Chap. 15. 19. 2 Cor. 5. 20. & 13. 3. Eph. 2. 17.

they have not heard] Or, would not hear. Psal. 81. 11.

they have not answered] Or, would not answer. Chap. 7. 13.

V. 19. Jonadab shall not want a man to stand before me] Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the sonne of Rechab to stand before me. as Chap. 33. 17, 18. His posteritie shall continue in my favour for ever. Or, there shall be surviving of his poste∣ritie among my people, so long as this State standeth. as Psal. 89. 36. And it may well ••e, that there should some of them be im∣ployed about the sacred offices concerning the Law: (as 1 King. 10. 8▪ & 17. 1.) for they were Scribes, and given to the study of literature. 1 Chron. 2. 55.

to stand before me] Deut. 10. 8. 1 King. 17. 1.

for ever] Which phrase is sometime taken, not absolutely, but with restriction and relation to the continuance of those things, on which that dependeth, whereunto it is applyed. as Gen. 17. 13. Exod. 21. 6. Numb. 18. 8. and so here. So long as that State either civil or sacred should continue.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Vers. 1. IN the fourth yeer of Jehoiakim] In the latter end of the yeer; (after those two Sermons recorded, Chap. 25. & 35.) as appeareth by vers. 9. See Chap. 25. 1.

this word came, &c.] Chap. 1. 2, 4.

V. 2. a roll of a book] A volume: a book, not stitched up, as ours usually are; but rolled up, as our records and draughts of Deeds commonly are; yet not fastned all the sheets together, as they, at the head; but glewed together sheet after sheet, as our long Inventories are, and so rolled up from the head of the first. See Isa. 34 4.

from the dayes of Josiah, even unto this day] From the thirteenth yeer of Josiah, to this fourth of Jehoiakim, by the space of three and twentie yeers. Chap. 25. 3.

V. 3. the evil which I purpose to do unto them] Unlesse they re∣pent, and by timely repentance prevent and stay the execution of it. Chap. 18. 8.

V. 4. Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah] As he en∣dited. vers. 18.

V. 5. I am shut up, I cannot go into the house of the LORD] Or, I am restrained, (1 Sam. 21. 5. 2 Chron. 20. 37.) that I can not go, &c. Not shut up in prison; as appeareth, vers. 19. but re∣strained, either by Ecclesiasticall censure; or by some speciall command from God; or by some occasion of legall pollution; or the like.

V. 6. in the eares of the people] Or, in the hearing. Chap. 29. 29. and so afterward again in this verse; and vers. 14. 15.

upon the fasting-day] Not the ordinary yeerly fast, by the Law enjoyned, Lev. 23. 27. for this was two moneths after that; vers. 9. but an extraordinary one, appointed upon some speciall occasion; whether the great drought and famine, mentioned, Chap. 14. 1, 2. or the fear of some invasion, uncertain. See vers. 9.

V. 7. It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD] Heb. their supplication shall fall, &c. Chap. 37. 20.

and will return every one from his evil way] Thereby intimating, that fasting without prayer and repentance availeth nothing; and is indeed but a bare bodily exercise. Isa. 58. 3, 5. Chap. 12. 12. 1 Tim. 4. 8.

V. 9. And] Or, For. as Chap. 40. 2.

in the fifth yeer of Jehoiakim] In the beginning of that yeer of his reign. vers. 1.

in the ninth moneth] Not of that yeer of his reign; but from the ordinary beginning of the yeer then current. See vers. 22.

they proclaimed a fast] At which Jeremiah willed Baruch to read the roll; being reserved till then. vers. 6.

all the people that came from the cities of Judah] Either to keep the fast, enjoyned upon some other occasion: or for fear of some forein forces, and for safetie against them. Chap. 4. 5, 6. See vers. 6.

V. 10. in the chamber of Gamariah] Out of the window of the chamber, looking into the court, where the people were as∣sembled. vers. 6.

in the higher court] Or, upper court. The Priests court: 2 Chro. 4. 9. tearmed usually, the inner, 1 King. 6. 36. Ezek. 10. 3. & 40. 32. here, the higher or upper court; in regard of the peoples court, called also the great, 2 Chron. 4. 9. and the outer court; Ezek. 10. 5. & 40. 17. being lower by divers degrees then it. Ezek. 40. 31.

at the entrie] Or, door. Chap. 26. 10.

of the new gate] The East-gate, by Jotham reedified. 2 King. 15. 35.

in the eares] Or, hearing. vers. 6.

V. 13. Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard] Either to cause the Prophet and his Scribe to be question∣ed: or that some course might be taken for the pacifying of Gods wrath, and the preventing of the judgement denounced.

in the eares] Or, hearing. vers. 14.

V. 16. they were afraid both one and other] Heb. a man to, or on his neighbour, or, friend. Chap. 34. 15. Both good and bad were afraid, stricken with terrour. Act. 5. 11. Or, they were afraid, and looked one on another: as men astonished at what they had heard. Isa. 13. 8.

V. 17. Tell us now] Heb. telling tell. Judg. 14. 12.

How didst thou write all these words] Or, things. as Chap. 16. 10. & 38. 14.

V. 18. He pronounced all these words, &c.] vers. 4.

V. 19. hide thee] Heb. behid. as Chap. 23. 24. & 34. 14.

thou and Jeremiah] For their securitie. For they foresaw that the King would be enraged against them, and give order to ap∣prehend them; as also he did. vers. 26. Whence it appeareth that the Prophet was not then in custody. See vers. 5.

V. 21. in the eares] Or, hearing. vers. 6. 14. so in this verse again, and vers. 21.

V. 22. the king sat in the winter-house] Or, room. After the manner of great men, that have severall houses, or rooms, for se∣verall seasons. Judg. 3. 20. Amos 3. 15.

in the ninth moneth] Containing part of November and part of December. vers. 9.

V. 23. he cut it] Not Jehudi, who read it; but the King, to whom it was read. vers. 29.

with the pen-knife] Heb. the scribes knife, or, rasor.

V. 24. nor rent their garments] In token of fear or grief: as the manner was. Isa. 36. 22. & 37. 1. The Princes feared; vers. 16. the King and his servants feared not.

V. 26. the sonne of Hammelech] Or, of the King. Chap. 38. 6.

the LORD hid them] He suffered them not to be found▪ having before withdrawn themselves. vers. 19. Therein shewing the continuall care that he hath to preserve his. Chap. 1. 19.

V. 28. Take thee again another roll] He doth with the roll; as before with the yoke, Chap. 28. 13, 14. Thus, though the book be

burnt, yet the word remaineth, (Zech. 1. 5, 6. 2 Tim. 2. 9.) with addition of curses annexed thereunto, vers. 32.

V. 29. say to Jchoiakim] Or, concerning him. vers. 30.

Why hast thou written therein] Spoken as Jehoiakims words; like Zedekiahs, Chap. 32. 3.

V. 30. He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David] For any space of time worth speaking of. For Jechoniah, or Jehoia∣chin, his sonne reigned but three moneths: and Zedekiah his unckle succeeded him. 2 King. 24. 8, 17. See Chap. 1. 2, 3. & 22. 30.

his dead body shall be cast out] Chap. 22. 19.

V. 31. I will punish him] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 23. 34.

V. 32. many like words] Heb. words as they.

CHAP. XXXVII.

Vers. 1. ANd] Or, Now. as Ezr. 7. 2. Chap. 29. 1. Vers. 4.

Zedekiah reigned] 2 King. 24. 17. 2 Chron. 36. 10. Chap. 22. 24.

in stead of Coniah] Elsewhere called Jehoiachin, 2 King. 24. 8. and Jechoniah, 1 Chron. 3. 16. See Chap. 22. 24.

whom Nebuchadrezzar made king] So calling him, whereas his name was Mattaniah before, 2 King. 24. 17.

V. 2. neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, &c.] 2 Chron. 36. 12.

which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah] Heb. by the hand of the prophet, &c. Isa. 20. 2. Chap. 50. 1.

V. 3. Zedckiah the king sent to the prophet Jeremiah] Being a∣fraid of the Chaldeans; and doubting that they might return, for all they were now risen; vers. 5. he sent to Jeremiah; not as Hezekiah to Isaiah, Isa. 37. 2, 4. but as Pharaoh rather to Moses and Aaron, Exod. 8. 8, 28. & 28. Thus the wicked in their distres∣ses seek to Gods servants for their prayers, whose advice yet they refuse to follow. vers. 2. Chap. 38. 15. 1 King. 13. 6. Act. 8. 22, 24.

V. 4. Jeremiah came in and went out] Or, was coming and go∣ing. Went at large: was yet at libertie.

among the people] Heb. in the midst of. Chap. 40. 5. 10.

they had not put him into prison] Heb. into the house of restraint. Isa. 42. 7.

V. 5. Then] Or, And.

Pharaohs armie was come forth out of Egypt] To relieve the Jews, and raise the siege of Jerusalem: for, though Pharaoh came no more in person abroad, after the great overthrow given him by Nebuchadnezzar, in the reign of Jehoiakim, Chap. 46. 2. 2 King. 24. 7. yet it appeareth hence, that he sent Zedekiah some succours; but in vain. vers. 7.

they departed from Jerusalem] Heb. went up. Chap. 34. 21.

V. 6. came the word of the LORD, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

V. 7. to the king of Judah, that sent you] Vers. 3. Chap. 21. 2.

shall return to Egypt] When they shall perceive that they can do you no good against the Chaldeans. Thus no counsell, nor course, can prevail against God, Psal. 33. 10, 11, 16, 17. Pro. 21. 30. 31. Isa. 14. 27.

V. 8. take it, and burn it] Chap. 38. 18.

V. 9. Deceive not your selves] Heb. souls. as Chap. 17. 21. and 51. 6.

The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us] Heb. departing depart.

V. 10. there remained but wounded men] Heb. thrust through. Chap. 51. 4.

yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this citie] The weakest and feeblest shall be able enough to prevail against those, whom God will have to be destroyed, Isa. 40. 29. Chap. 49. 20. & 50. 45.

V. 11. the armie of the Chaldeans was broken up] Heb. made to as∣cend, or, depart. Vers. 5.

V. 12. Then] Or, That.

to go into the land of Benjamin] To Anathoth, where his dwel∣ling formerly was, Chap. 1. 1.

to separate himself thence in the mids of the people] Or, to slip a∣way from thence, in the midst of, or, among the people. Vers. 4. Chap. 39. 14. That left Jerusalem, and returned to their wonted pla∣ces of abode: supposing they might now be there againe in safe∣tie; the siege of the citie being broken up, and the Chaldean forces thence withdrawn. vers. 5. 11.

V. 13. when he was in the gate of Benjamin] By which men passed into those parts, Chap. 38. 7.

captain of the ward] Appointed to look to it, that none should passe out, to agree, or joyn with the enemie.

V. 14. It is false] Heb. falshood. or, a lie. Chap. 14. 14.

he hearkened not to him] Regarded not his words.

V. 15. the princes were wroth with Jeremiah] Upon the Cap∣tains mis-information. vers. 13.

and smote him] Caused him to be smitten: as Chap. 39. 6. and 52. 10. Act. 5. 40. & 16. 22, 37.

put him in prison] Heb. the house of the bond. Judg. 16. 21. Eccl. 4. 14.

in the house of Jonathan] Beeing, it seemeth, a place very in∣convenient. vers. 20. And this might befall the Prophet, for at∣tempting to relinquish the place, where his Office, by Gods ap∣pointment, was principally to be performed. See Chap. 26. 20. 21.

they had made that the prison] Heb. house of restraint. Vers. 4.

V. 16. When Jeremiah was entred into the dungeon] Heb. house, or, room, of the pit, or, hole. Exod. 12. 29.

into the cabins] Or, cells; or, wards.

V. 17. the king sent and took him out] Caused him to be brought to him, Chap. 38. 14.

thou shalt be delivered] Chap. 32. 4. & 34. 3.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 24. 7.

V. 18. ye have put me in prison] Heb. house of restraint. Vers. 5. 15.

V. 19. Where are now your prophets] Chap. 28. 4.

V. 20. let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee] Heb. let my supplication fall before thee. Chap. 36. 7. & 42. 2. Give me leave, humbly to present my supplication in thy presence, Psal. 119. 170.

V. 21. that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the pri∣son] Heb. custodie. Chap. 32. 2. & 28. 6, 13. Taking him out of the hole, and the wards, where before he lay. vers. 16.

untill all the bread in the citie were spent] So long as there was any bread left in the citie. Thus God made the Prophets ene∣mies instruments to provide for him.

remained in the court of the prison] Heb. sat, &c. as Chapter 38. 28.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Vers. 1. THen] Or, Now when. as Chap. 37. 1.

Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people] That re∣sorted to him being now in prison: by whom also they had been divulged.

V. 2. He that remaineth in this citie shall die, &c.] Chap. 21. 9.

he shall have his life for a prey] Chap. 39. 18. & 45. 5.

V. 3. This citie shall surely be given] Heb. being given be given. Chap. 32. 4.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 34. 20, 21.

V. 4. Therefore the princes said] Or, Then said these princes.

thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of warre, &c.] Thus out of policie they impugne pietie: as Joh. 11. 48.

this man secketh not the welfare of this people] Heb. peace. Chap. 29. 7.

V. 5. he is in your hand] Job 2. 6. Chap. 26. 14.

the king is not he that can do any thing against you] That can deny you any thing: too large a condescension, without regard of right or wrong: and tending to an unjust and unmercifull usage of Gods prophet.

V. 6. Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison] Or, They took Jeremiah, who was yet in the court of the prison, (Chap. 37. 21.) and cast him into the dungeon: that was, not in the prison court, but in some part of, or place belonging to the house of Malchiah; that so he might be privily made away; and no man know what was become of him.

the dungeon] Heb. pit. or, hole. Gen. 37. 22. Chap. 41. 7.

of Hammelech] Or, of the king. Chap. 36. 26.

the prison] Heb. custodie. Chap. 32. 2.

they let down Jeremiah with cor••s] There being, it seemeth, no stairs, or ordinarie passage down into it. vers. 12, 13.

in the dungeon there was no water, but mire] And consequently a very loathsome and noisome place, Zech. 9. 11.

V. 7. Ebed-melech] Chap. 39. 16.

the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Num. 12. 1. Chap. 13. 23.

one of the eunuchs which was in the kings house] Isa. 39. 7.

heard that they had put Jeremiah in the d••ngeon] The businesse yet was not so closely kept, or covertly carried, but that by Gods good providence it came unto this godly courtiers eare.

king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin] To receive petitions, hear causes, and passe censures: the gate being the ordinary place of audience and judicature. Deut. 17. 2, 8. 2 Sam. 19. 8. Lam. 5. 13. See Chap. 37. 13.

V. 9. these men have done evill, &c.] Thus the Prophet found more favour at the hands of a stranger, then at the hands of his own countrey-men: as God more obedience, Chap. 35. 14, 15. more repentance, Jon. 3. 10. and Christ more faith, Matth. 8. 10. in such, then in Gods own professed people; to their greater con∣demnation, Matth. 12 41, 42.

and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is] Or, who would have died (Heb. and he will die) with hunger, in the place where he was before. Heb. in his place. Job 7. 10. Psal. 109. 16. to wit, in the prison, Chap. 37. 21. the bread failing; (2 King. 25. 3.) out of which some allowance was assigned him: and it was the more malice and crueltie therefore in them, by so vile a course to seek to hasten his end, who otherwise could not have long continued, had the siege been prolonged.

V. 10. Take from hence thirtie men with thee] Heb. in thine hand. Chap. 41. 9.

V. 11. went into the house of the king under the treasurie] That room of the house, or cellar, into which cast cloths, and such trumperie, were usually thrown.

V. 12. Put now these old cast clouts] Heb. old, or, worn clouts of cast, or, torn things. Deut. 9. 5. Chap. 15. 3.

rotten rags] Heb. of salts. that is, rotted, as with salt: or, wa∣sted with wearing, as salt, when it melteth. See Isa. 51. 6. and 64 6.

under thine arm-holes,] Heb. under the arm-holes of thine hands. as Ezek. 13. 18. or, under thine arm-holes with thine hands. as Psal. 17. 13, 14.

under the cords] Betwixt them and the cords, to keep his body from being fr••tted and galled therewith.

V. 13. Jeremiah remained] Heb. sat. Chap. 40. 5, 6.

in the court of the prison] Where the King had before placed him, to be at the more liberty, Chap. 37. 21. Heb. custo••ie. vers. 6.

V. 14. the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him] Chap. 37. 17.

into the third entrie that is in the house of the LORD] Or, into the chief, or, principall entrie. Which was to the South: by which the King entred, coming from his Palace, 2 King. 16. 18.

I will ask thee a thing] Heb. a word. 1 Sam. 14. 12.

hide nothing from me] Heb. not a word. Chap. 26. 2. & 42. 4

V. 15. wilt thou not surely put me to death] Heb. slaying slay me. Chap. 26. 19.

if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me] Or, thou wilt not hearken to me. It is in vain for me to advise thee: for thou wilt not follow mine advice.

V. 16. neither will I give thee into the hand of these men] Or, power. vers. 3, 18.

that seck thy life.] Heb. soul. Chap. 30. 20, 21.

V. 17. If thou wilt assuredly go forth] Heb. going forth go forth. 2 King. 4. 11.

unto the king of Babylons princes] And yeeld thy self unto them: as Jechoniah did, 2 King. 24. 12. unto them; for the King him∣self was not then present in person at the siege, Chap. 39. 3, 4, 5.

then thy soul shall live] Or, thou shalt live. as in the words next ensuing. So Gen. 19. 20. Psal. 119. 175.

and thine house] Thy family, wives, children, and servants. vers. 23.

V. 18. into the hand] Or, power. vers. 16.

V. 19. I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans] He feared more mans mocking, then Gods threatning, 1 Sam. 31. 4. 1 Chron. 10. 4. Judg. 9. 54.

V. 20. thy soul shall live] Or, thou shalt live. vers. 17.

V. 22. the women that are left in the king of Judahs house] When Jechoniah, and his mother, and others, were carried a∣way captive, 2 King. 24. 12. Or, after that Zedekiah was fled out of the citie, Chap. 39. 4.

Thy friends have set the on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back] Heb. Men of thy peace. Obad. 7. Chap. 20. 10. Thy false-prophets, and con∣federates, that incited thee to rebell and stand out against the King of Babylon, Chap. 27. 3. & 37. 19. have deluded thee, and left thee sticking fast in the mire; which they have brought thee into: that is, in deep danger and shrewd distresse: as Psal. 69. 2. Alluding withall, as some suppose, to some quagmire, wherein the enemie should overtake and surprise him, Chap. 39. 5. Thus that which he feared, vers. 19. befell him, not from men, but from women.

V. 23. they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children] Heb. sonnes. which were taken and carried away by the Chaldeans, Chap. 39. 6. for his daughters, it seemeth, were left behind, Chap. 41. 10. & 43. 6.

thou shalt not escape] Though thou attempt so to do, 2 King. 25. 4,—6.

but shalt be taken] Vers. 17, 18. Chap 21. 10.

by the hand of the king of Babylon] Or, power. vers. 18. See vers. 17.

thou shalt cause this citie to be burnt] Heb. thou shalt burn. as Num. 4. 18.

V. 24. Let no man know of these words] Or, things. vers. 14. Chap. 36. 16.

and thou shalt not die] Or, that thou maist not die. as Josh. 24. 9. Mal. 1. 9. Lest the Prince•• put thee to death: as it is likely they will, if they come to know, what thou hast said to me; but will not, if they understand not, what hath in private past be∣tween us.

V. 25. if the princes heare] Who over-awed him, and whom he was afraid to displease. vers. 5.

V. 26. I presented my supplication, &c.] Heb. made to fall. Chap. 36 7. And he had so done indeed, Chap. 37. 20.

V. 27. they left off speaking with him] Heb. they were silen•• from him. as Job 13. 13.

the matter] Heb. word. vers. 14. Chap. 52. 34.

was not perceived] Heb. heard. as Chap 5. 15.

V. 28. Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison] Heb. sat in the court of custodie. vers. 13.

CHAP. XXXIX.

Vers. 1. IN the ninth yeer of Zedekiah] 2 King. 25. 1. Chap. 52. 4.

V. 2. the citie was broken up] The first gate being broken open, and one part of the citie surprised. ver. 3.

V. 3. and sat in] Or, sat down at.

the middle gate] Called the second gate, Zeph. 1. 10. in the mid-wall, that divided the one part of the Citie from the other.

Samgar-nebo] Or, the treasurer of Nebo, or, of that idols Tem∣ples. See Isa. 46. 1.

Rab-saris] Or, the Captain of the guard.

Rab-mag] Or, the Camp-master. vers. 13.

V. 4 the king of Judah saw them] That they had pierced so farre into the Citie.

they fled] As despairing to hold out any longer.

by the gate betwix•• the two walls] A postern gate, to the South of the Citie, 2 King. 25. 4. Chap. 52. 7.

went out the way of the plain] Intending, it may be, for Egypt.

V. 5. they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar] Or, brought him unto. See Chap. 16. 14.

to Riblah] Antiochia in Syria.

the land of Hamath] Isa. 37. 13.

he gave judgement upon him] Heb. spake with him judgements. Chap. 4. 12 & 12. 1. & 52. 9.

V. 6. the king of Babylon slew] Caused them to be slain: as Chap. 37. 15. & 52. 10. 1 Sam. 15. 33.

the sonnes of Zedekiah] Being brought thither to him: as was foretold, Chap. 38. 23.

all the nobles of Judah] Heb. white ones. Chap. 27. 20.

V. 7. he put out Zedekiahs eyes] Heb. blinded. Deut. 16. 19.

bound him with chains] Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters. Judg. 16. 21.

to carry him to Babylon] Whither also he did carry him, Chap. 52. 11. So 2 Chron 36. 6.

V. 8. burnt the kings house, &c.] Chap. 21. 10. & 38. 23.

V. 9. the captain of the guard] Or, chief marshall. Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughter-men. and so vers. 10, 11, &c. Gen. 39. 1.

V. 10. left of the poore of the people] Thus the rich and mighty, that trusted most to their shifts and means, were by Gods just judgement most rigorously handled: the meaner sort escaping and faring better, then those, who had formerly opp••essed them, Isa. 28. 15,—18. Ezek. 34. 17-22.

at the same time] Heb. in that day. Isa. 26. 1. vers. 17.

V. 11. to Nebuzar-adan] Or, by him. Heb. by the hand of Nebuzar-adan. Chap. 37. 2.

V. 12. look well to him] Heb. set thine eyes upon him. Psal. 34. 15. Chap. 40. 4.

even as he shall say unto thee] As he himself shall require. Thus God preserved the Prophet by him, whom he made a scourge to punish his adversaries.

V. 13. Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag] Of these see vers. 3. where this office is ascribed unto another; unlesse the same man had divers names.

the king of Babylons princes] Heb. great ones. Chap. 41. 1. and 52. 13.

V. 14. they sent] Or, gave order to have him taken out of prison, (where he then was, Chap. 38. 28.) set at libertie, and commended to Gedaliah: which yet, it seemeth, was not so care∣fully put in execution till afterward, Chap. 40. 1, 4.

and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him] Or, to take, &c. and to commit him as Josh. 24. 9. Mal. 1. 9.

unto Gedaliah] Whom the King of Babylon had made go∣vernour of the people left in the land, 2 King. 25. 22. Chap. 40. 5.

the sonne of Ahikam] Who before delivered Jeremiah out of the hands of those that sought his life, Chap. 26. 24.

that he should carry him home] To Anathoth, whence he was, Chap. 1. 1.

so he dwelt among the people] Or, yet he abode still, or, stayed (as Deut. 9. 9. Chap. 38. 13. 28.) among the rest of the people: with whom, through the negligence of those, to whom the charge con∣cerning him was committed, though let out of prison with such others as were found there, yet not loosed from his bands, he was carried in chains to Ramath, Chap. 40. 1.

V. 16. Ebed-m••lech] Chap. 38. 7.

the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Chap. 13. 23.

for evil] Chap. 21. 16. & 44. 27.

before thee] Thou surviving to see it. Chap. 16. 9. & 20. 4.

V. 17. I will deliver thee] This reward had he for his zeal and kindnesse shewed to Gods prophet, Chap. 38. 9,—13.

in that day] Or, at that time. vers. 10.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 20. 4, 5.

V. 18. I will surely deliver thee] Heb. delivering deliver.

thy life] Heb. soul. Chap. 34. 20.

for a prey unto thee] Chap. 21. 9. & 45. 5.

because thou hast put thy trust in me] Psal. 37. 40

CHAP. XL.

Vers. 1. THe word which came to Jeremiah] These words are as a title, or inscription, to that which is recorded in Chap. 42. & 43. See Chap. 42. 7. See also Chap. 1. 2, 4.

when, &c.] Or, For, &c. as Chap. 36. 9. From these words begin∣neth a relation, inserted as by way of parenthesis, between the Preface of the Prophecie and the Prophecie it self, or the sub∣stance of it: wherein the occasion thereof is from the first begin∣ning related in this Chapter and the next.

he had taken him being bound] Which by oversight had been committed; contrarie to the Kings expresse charge; and the or∣der of his commanders. See Chap 39. 11,—14.

in chains] Or, manicles. vers. 4.

among all that were carried away captive] Heb. in the midst of (as Chap. 39. 14) all the captivitie, as Chap. 29. 1. Being no no∣tice taken of him, untill he came with them to Ramath, Chap. 39. 14.

V. 2. And the captain of the guard] Or, even the Captain. as Chap. 35. 15. & 52. 13.

The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evill upon this place] Thus was an infidel moved to utter that, which the Jews them∣selves, out of obstinacie, would not see and acknowledge, Chap. 50. 7.

V. 4. the chains which were upon thine hand] Act. 12. 7.

if it seem good unto thee] Heb. be good in thine eyes. Gen. 20. 15.

I will look well unto thee] Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee. Chap. 39. 12.

if it seem ill unto thee] Heb. be ill in thine eyes. Josh. 24. 15.

wither it seemeth good and conventent for thee to go] Heb. unto good and unto right in thine eyes to go. Chap. 26. 14.

V. 5. Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back al∣so to Gedaliah] Or, (For he was not yet gone back) or go to Geda∣liah, &c. Take thy choice, to go with me, or to seat thy self where thou pleasest, or to repair to Gedaliah, that he may provide for thee. Or, And since that he (to wit, Gedaliah) is not yet gone back; (to Jerusalem, but stayeth at Mizpah) go back, &c. repair to him, if thou list not to go with me.

dwell with him] Or, abide. Heb. sit. Gen. 24. 55. 2 Sam. 7. 18. Chap. 39. 14.

among the people] Heb. in the midst of. Chap. 39. 14.

V. 6. to Mizpah] In the land of Benjamin, Josh. 18. 26. 1 King. 15. 22.

dwelt with him] Or, abo••e. vers. 5.

among the people] Heb. in the midst of. vers. 5.

V. 7. When all the captains, &c.] 2 King. 25. 23.

of the forces which were in the fields] Being scattered abroad for fear of the Chaldeans.

V. 8. Ishmael] One of the bloud roiall, Chap. 41. 1.

Johanan] Or, John. as Luk. 1. 13. so vers. 13, 15, &c.

Ephai the Netophathite] The name of a family in the tribe of Judah, so called from the citie or place of their abode, 1 Chron. 2. 54. & 9. 16. & 27. 15.

the sonne of a Maachathite] Another family, so called from some principall man or woman of speciall note in it. See 1 Chron. 2. 48. & 8. 29. & 9. 35. & 27. 16.

their men] Their followers, or complices, Gen. 24. 59. 1 Sam. 23. 8.

V. 9. sware unto them, &c.] 2 King. 25. 24.

dwell in the land] Or, stay, abide. vers. 5.

V. 10. I will dwell at Mizpah] Or, abide. vers. 9.

to serve the Chaldeans] Heb. stand before them. Chap. 35. 19.

gather ye wine, and summer-fruits, and oyl] For their harvest was in before. See Deut. 16. 1, 9. & Chap. 39. 2.

dwell in your cities] Or, abide.

that ye have taken] Seised upon, or seated your selves in, (as Chap. 51. 32.) being left and abandoned, Chap. 51. 29.

V. 11. the Jews that were in Moab, &c.] That had fled into forain parts for succour and safetie, upon the Chaldean invasion, Isa. 16. 4.

V. 13. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 8.

V. 14. Dost thou certainly know] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 13. 12.

the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael] Under colour of entertaining Ishmael, seeking to make them instruments of de∣stroying one another.

to slay thee] Heb. to strike thee in soul. Or, strike thy soul. Num. 35. 11.

V. 15. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 8.

I will slay Ishmael] Heb. smite. 2 King. 6. 21.

wherefore should he slay thee] Heb. strike thee in soul. Or, strike thy soul. vers. 14. See the like emphaticall form by way of inter∣rogation, or expostulation, Chap. 27. 13, 17.

V. 16. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 8.

thou speakest falsly of Ishmael] Heb. falshood. or, a lie. Chap. 29. 9. & 43. 2. Thus the well-minded, intending no evill to others, are soonest deceived, measuring others by themselves; and want not such as conspire their destruction. Chap. 11. 18, 19.

CHAP. XLI.

Vers. 1. IN the seventh moneth] Containing part of September and part of October: whence was occasioned the fast of the seventh moneth for the murther of Gedaliah, Zech. 7. 5. and 8. 19.

of the seed royall] Heb. of the kingdome. Ezek. 17. 13. One who might the rather in that regard pretend to have more right to the rulership of the land then Gedaliah.

princes of the king] Heb. great ones. Chap. 39. 13. Zedekiahs princes; such of them as had escaped.

ten men with him] Ten of the princes; besides their retinue: else so small a number could not have effected what they did. vers. 3.

they did eat bread together] Being entertained by him, and ad∣mitted to his board, as familiar friends, Psal. 41. 9. Luk. 14. 1.

V. 3. the Chaldeans that were found there] Or, were there. a•• Esth. 1. 5. Chap. 52. 25.

V. 5. there came certain from Sechem, &c.] Whose way to Je∣rusalem lay by Mizpah.

having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having out themselves] In manner and habite of mourners; but heathenish, and forbidden in the law, Levit. 19. 27. Deut. 14. 1. 1 King. 18. 28. Chap. 16. 6. & 47. 5.

to the house of the LORD] To the place where it lately stood.

V. 6. weeping all along as he went] Heb. in going and weeping. Chap. 50. 4. Making shew of the like sorrow with them, that they might not mistrust him.

V. 7. slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit] Heb. slew them into the midst of the pit. (Or, into the pit. as Isa. 5. 8.) See the like defective speeches, Psal. 89. 39. 44. Isa. 39. 14, 17, 21.

V. 8. ten men were found among them] Or, were among them. as vers. 3.

slew them not among] Or, with. Heb. in the midst of. Chap. 39. 14. Vers. 3.

their brethren] Or, countr••ymen. as Deut. 17. 15.

V. 9. all the dead bodies] As well of those whom he slew be∣fore, vers. 3. as of these fourscore. vers. 5.

because of Gedaliah] To conceal the murder of him. Or, neer; or, with, or, about Gedaliah. Chap. 38. 10. that were present with him, or belonging to him. Heb. by the hand; or, by the side of Ge∣daliah. 1 Sam. 19. 3. 1 Chron. 18. 17.

which Asa the king had made] When he fortified that citie with the stones and timber which he fetched from Ramah: 1 King. 15. 22. and withall digged pits and trenches for warlike occasions: as this might be for receipt of water, to serve in a siege. Isa. 22. 9, 11.

for fear of Baasha] Heb from the face of. Or, from before. or, in regard. or, because of. Chap. 4. 4. Vers. 18.

V. 10. the kings daughters] Whom the Chaldeans had left behind; not so much regarding them; when they took away his sonnes; or being by some means concealed, and so escaping in the surprisall of the citie. See Chap. 38. 23. & 39. 6.

the captain of the guard] Chap. 39. 9.

to go over to the Ammonites] Heb. sonnes of Ammon. Chap. 49. 1. Being set on work by their King to do, what he had done, Chap. 40. 14.

V. 11. Johanan] Or, John. Chap. 40. 8. So vers. 14, 16, &c.

all the captains] That had served under Zedekiah. See Chap. 40. 8.

V. 12. by the great waters that are in Gibeon] The great pool; of which, 2 Sam. 2. 13.

V. 13. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 13. and so after.

V. 15. escaped from Johanan] Heb. from the face of him. vers. 9.

went to the Ammonites] Heb. sonnes of Ammon. vers. 10. Whose King was the chief plotter of this murder and mischief, Chap. 40. 14.

V. 17. in the habitation of Chimham] Which David, in like∣lihood, out of his own patrimonie had conferred upon Chim∣ham the sonne of Barzillai, 2 Sam. 19. 38. and though returning to the crown at the yeer of release, Ezek. 46. 17. yet might still bear his name, who by such gift had sometime held and enjoyed it. Psal. 49. 11.

V. 18. Because of the Chaldeans] Heb. from the face of. as vers. 9.

CHAP. XLII.

Vers. 1. JOhanan] Or, John. Chap. 40. 13. & 41. 11.

from the least even unto the greatest] Chap. 31. 34.

V. 2. Let our supplication be accepted before thee] Or, Let our supplication fall before thee. Chap. 37. 20. Vers. 9.

a few of many] Lev. 26. 22. Deut. 28. 62.

V. 3. God may sh••w us the way wherein we may walk] Psal. 25. 12. and 143. 8.

the thing that we may do] They would have the Prophet tell

them from God, what they should do; when as they were resol∣ved, what they would do, already, Chap. 41. 17.

V. 4. whatsoever thing] Heb. word. Chap. 38. 14.

I will keep nothing back] Heb. not a word. Chap. 26. 2. and 38. 14.

V. 5. The LORD be a true and faith full witnesse between us] Rev. 3. 14. Heb. witnesse of truth. Pro. 14. 5, 25. Thus abuse they Gods name, and take it in vain, to cover and colour their own falshood; intending nothing lesse, then what they pretended. vers. 20.

according to all things] Heb. every word. vers. 4. Luk. 1. 37.

V. 6. whether it be evil] Seem it never so disadvantagious, or dangerous unto us, 1 King. 22. 8, 18.

we will obey the voyce of the LORD] Deut. 5. 27, 29.

that it may be well with us] D••ut. 6. 3.

V. 7. the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah] Here com∣eth to be related that word of God, whereof mention was made before, Chap. 40. 1.

V. 8. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 1.

from the least even to the greatest] Vers. 1.

V. 9. to present your supplication] Heb. make to fall; or, lay down. vers. 2.

V. 10. ye will still abide in this land] Heb. sitting sit. or, stay∣ing stay. 1 Sam. 20. 5. Vers. 13.

then will I build you] I will settle and prosper you, Psal. 28. 5. Chap. 24. 6.

I repent me of the evill that I have done unto you] I will no longer do with you, as I have already done. Of this repentance, see Chap. 18. 8. Psal. 106. 45.

V. 11. be not afraid of him] Isa. 43. 5.

I am with you to save you, &c.] Chap. 1. 19. & 15. 20.

V. 12. I will shew mercies unto you] Heb. I will give you mer∣cies, or, tender compassions. Gen. 43. 14. Deut. 13. 17. I will cause you to finde favour in the sight of Nebuchadnezzar, Gen. 43. 14. Psal. 106. 46.

that he may have mercy upon you] The hearts of all Kings being in his hand, to wind and turn which way he please; Pro. 21. 1. they needed not to fear man, if they obeyed him.

cause you to return to your own land] To the severall places of your former abode; from which ye had fled, or been forced, upon the Chaldean invasion, Chap. 40. 11, 12.

V. 13. We will not dwell in this land] Or, s••ay. or, abide. vers. 10.

V. 14. where we shall see no warre] Chap. 14. 13.

nor heare the sound of the trumpet] Either of the enemie joyning battel, or of their own summoning to prepare thereunto, Chap. 4. 19. 21.

V. 15. If ye wholly set your faces] Or, Obstinately. Heb. setting set. To set the face towards a place, is to bend, or resolve and pre∣pare for a journey that way. Dan. 11. 17, 18. Luk. 9. 51.

to enter into Egypt] Forbidden before. Deut. 17. 15. See Isa. 30. 1.

V. 16. the sword which ye feared, shall overtake you there] They made full account, that they should be safe in Egypt, were they but once there: and thither God sent after them the Chaldean sword, that destroyed both the Egyptians and them: thus that which the wicked fear, and seek to shun, befalleth them by that means, whereby they seek to avoyd it. Chap. 38. 19, 22. & 43. 11. & 44. 27. & 46. 13▪ 25. Isa. 66. 4. Ezek. 11. 8.

shall follow close after you] Heb. shall cleave after you. Psal. 63. 8.

V. 17. So shall it be with all the men] Heb. so shall all the men be.

that s••t their faces, &c.] Vers. 15. Chap. 44. 12.

they shall die by the sword, &c.] Chap. 21. 7. & 24. 10. & 28. 8.

none of them shall remain] See Chap. 44. 14.

V. 18. mine anger and my furie hath been poured forth, &c.] Chap. 44. 6.

ye shall be an ex••••ration. &c.] Chap. 26. 6. & 44. 12.

V. 19. know certainly] Heb▪ knowing know. Gen. 15. 13.

I have admonished you] Heb. testified, or, do testifie, against you. Deut. 4. 26.

V. 20. For ye dissembled in your hearts] Or, That (as Chap. 4. 18. ye dissembled. Heb. ye have used deceit against your souls. as Num. 16. 38.) For ye were fully minded to go into Egypt; what∣soever God should say to the contrary.

Pray for us, &c.] Vers. 2.

we will do it] Vers. 6.

V. 22. know certainly] Vers. 19.

die by the sword, &c.] Vers. 17. Ezek. 6. 11.

in the place whither ye desire to go] To wit, in Egypt; where ye least expect it. vers. 16.

and to sojourn] Or, to go to sojourn. vers. 17. Gen. 12. 10.

CHAP. XLIII.

Vers. 2. AZariah] The same, as some think, with Jezaniah, mentioned, Chap. 42. 1. but it may be an other, and his brother.

Johanan] Or, John. as Chap. 40. 15. & 42. 1.

all the proud men] Pride being the ordinarie and most common cause of rebellion against God, and contempt of his messengers and their message, Exod. 5. 2.

Thou speakest falsely] Heb. falshood; or, a lie. Chap. 14. 14. and 40. 16.

God hath not sent thee] Thus hypocrisie discovered breaketh forth into furie and outrage.

V. 3. Baruch the sonne of Neriah setteth thee on against us] Tra∣ducing, and slandering not the Prophet alone, but Baruch also for him.

to deliver us into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 34. 20.

that they might put us to death and carry us away captives] To slay some of us, and transport the rest. vers. 12. Isa. 10. 4.

V. 4. Johanan] Or, John. vers. 2.

to dwell in the land] Or, to abide. Chap. 41. 10, 13.

V. 5. were returned from all nations] Those before-mentioned, Chap. 40. 11.

V. 6. the kings daughters] Chap. 41. 10.

every person] Heb. soul. Chap. 52. 30.

and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch, &c.] Whom they led away by force.

V. 7. to Tahpanhes] A citie of Egypt, so called, as some think, of Tahpanes sometime Queen of Egypt, 1 King 11. 19.

V. 9. hide them in the clay in the brick-kill, which is at the entry of Pharaohs house] Or, doore. Chap. 36. 10. Signifying thereby, that Nebuchadnezzar should come even to Pharaohs court-gate; where his brick-kils were for buildings. vers. 10.

V. 10. my servant] Chap. 25. 9.

V. 11. deliver such as are for death, to death, &c.] That they might perish all by such means as God hath appointed, Chap. 15. 2. & 42. 17. Zech. 11. 9.

V. 12. I will kindle a fire] Chap. 17. 27.

in the houses of the gods of Egypt] Exod. 12. 12. Isa. 19. 1. Chap. 46. 25. Ezek. 30 23.

he shall burn them, and carry them away captives] Some of their idols that are of wood, or the like combustible matter, he shall burn; others of them being of richer and more sumptuous ma∣terials, he shall carry away as captive, among other spoils, in token of conquest, Isa. 46. 2. Chap. 48. 7. See vers. 3.

as a shepherd putteth on his garment] As speedily and as easily, as a shepherd casteth on his coat, to lead out his sheep.

he shall go forth from thence in peace] Or, depart. (as Chap. 29. 2.) In safetie, without hurt, or losse, 2 Sam. 3. 22, 23. Or, quiet∣ly: the Egyptians not being able to stirre against him, or to pur∣sue and impeach him in his passage, Exod. 11. 7. Psal. 78. 53.

V. 13. the images] Heb. statues; or, standing images. Mic. 5. 13.

of Bethshemesh] Or, the house of the Sunne. Chap. 7. 18. & 44. 17. A citie famous for idolatrie in the worship of the Sunne: cal∣led also On, Gen. 41. 45.

that is in the land of Egypt] This is added, to distinguish it from another citie of the same name in the land of Judah, Josh. 15. 10. 1 Sam. 6. 12.

the houses, &c.] Vers. 12.

CHAP. XLIIII.

Vers. 1. THe word that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

which dwell at Migdol] A strong Citie, or Fort, in the territory of Bethshemesh. Exod. 14. 2. so were the rest here mentioned: but no hold so strong, that can secure against Gods hand.

at Tahpanhes] Of this see Chap. 43. 7.

at Noph] Of this Isa. 19. 13. Ezek. 30. 13.

in the Countrey of Pathros] Another region of Egypt, that had its name from one of Mizraims posteritie. Gen. 10. 14. of which Isai. 11. 11. Ezek. 29. 14. & 30. 14.

V. 2. they are a desolation] Or, desolate. Chap. 27. 17.

no man dwelleth therein] Chap. 4. 7, 29.

V. 3. to provoke me to anger] Chap. 7. 18.

they went to burn incense, &c.] Chap. 19. 4.

V. 4. rising early and sending] Went from me, and left me, to go after strange gods, and serve them. Chap. 7. 25. & 25. 3. & 26. 5. & 29. 19. & 32. 33.

V. 6. my fury and mine anger was poured forth] He mindeth them of Gods judgements on Judah and Jerusalem for their ido∣latry, Chap. 42. 18. to make them by their example the more wary. So Nehem. 13. 18. Chap. 7. 12. Dan. 5. 22, 23. Zech. 1. 5, 6.

as at this day] Or, at this day appeareth. Chap. 25. 18.

V. 7. commit ye this great evill against your souls] Num. 16. 38. Chap. 7. 19.

out of Judah] Heb. out of the midst of. Chap. 51. 6.

V. 8. with the works of your hands] With your idols. Chap. 25. 6, 7.

be a curse] Chap. 42. 18.

V. 9. Have ye forgotten the wickednesse] Heb. wickednesses: or, punishments: as Gen. 4. 13.

of the kings of Judah, &c.] He mentioneth the rather their

Kings and Queens; to shew, that, considering how the greatest had smarted, the meaner sort had no reason to look to escape, if they committed the like wichednesse. So Nehem. 13. 26, 27.

V. 10. They are not humbled] Heb. contrite. Isai. 57. 15.

V. 11. I will set my face against you for evill] God would set his face against them, purposely to destroy them: Chap. 21. 10. Amos 9. 4. as they had set their faces, to go into Egypt purposely against his expresse command to the contrary. Chap. 42. 15. vers. 12. See Levit. 20. 5. Psal. 34. 16.

V. 12. the remnant of Judah] Those all that are in Egypt; Vers. 12. some few onely excepted. Vers. 14. 28.

have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt] That have fixed their resolutions to go into Egypt; or, are of set pur∣pose already gone thither. Chap. 42. 15. so excepting those, that were carryed thither against their wils, as Jeremiah, Baruch, and some others. Chap. 43. 6.

and fall] Or, die. Psal. 63. 10.

consumed by the sword, &c.] Chap. 42. 17.

from the least even unto the greatest] Chap. 42. 1, 8.

they shall be an execration] Vers. 8.

V. 13. I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 11. 22. & 12. 21.

them that dwell in the land of Egypt] Those Jewes. Vers. 1.

punished Jerusalem] Heb. visited. Vers. 6.

V. 14. to the which they have a desire to return] Or, set their mind on. Heb. lift up their soul. Chap. 22. 27. Hos. 4. 8.

but such as shall escape] Or, save some, that shall escape. which shall be a very few. Vers. 28.

V. 15. answered Jeremiah, saying] By some of their women. See vers. 19.

V. 16. we will not hearken unto thee] Chap. 6. 16, 17.

V. 17. we will certainly do] Heb. doing do. Chap. 22. 4.

whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth] Whatsoever we have resolved upon, and by solemn vow bound our selves to. Vers. 25. Jud. 11. 36.

unto the Queen of heaven] Or, frame of heaven. See Chap. 7. 18. Not unlike the popish Idolatry in the worship of the Virgin Mary, whom they call the Queen of heaven.

for then had we plenty of victuals] Heb. bread. 1 King. 4. 22. Nehem. 5. 18. Ezek. 16. 49. The usuall argument of Idolaters and superstitious persons; esteeming religion by their belly; and a∣scribing Gods works of dearth and plenty, sicknesse and health unto their idols, and their service or neglect of them. Isa. 48. 5.

and saw no evill] Or, felt. or, indured. as Chap. 5. 12. & 42. 14.

V. 19. when we burnt incense, &c.] Chap. 7. 18.

to worship her] Heb. to make her an idol.

without our men] Or, husbands. as Gen. 3. 16. They deemed their husbands approbation of what they did, to be warrant suf∣ficient for them to do it.

V. 21. did not the LORD remember them] He remembred them, after they were past and gone; 2 King. 23. 26. when yee thought he had forgotten them. Hos. 7. 2.

came it not into his mind] Heb. ascended upon his heart. Chap. 19. 5.

V. 22. the LORD could no longer bear] 2 Chron. 36. 16.

your land a desolation] Vers. 2.

and a curse] Chap. 26. 6.

as at this day] Vers. 6.

V. 23. you have burnt incense] To idols. vers. 19.

as at this day] Vers. 22.

V. 25. have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand] Committed a double evill; in making wicked vowes, and in making them good. vers. 17.

We will surely perform our vowes] doing do vers. 12.

ye will surely accomplish] Heb. establishing establish.

surely perform] Heb. doing do.

V. 26. that dwell] Or, abide. Chap. 42. 10.

my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any, &c.] I will destroy them all; that my name may not be mentioned by those who have so horribly profaned it. God choosing rather not to have his name mentioned at all, nor to have any service at all done him, then to have either done by such. Psal. 50. 16. Ezek. 20. 39. Mal. 1. 9, 10. Luk. 6. 46. See Chap. 3. 2. & 5. 2.

V. 27. I will watch over them for evill] As one that lyeth in wait, to do a man a shrewd turn. Psal. 56. 6. Chap. 1. 12. & 20. 10. & 21. 10. & 31. 28. & 39. 16.

V. 28. a small number that escape the sword] Heb. men of num∣ber; such as may soon be numbred; as Deut. 4. 27. Isai. 10, 19. Thus God hath yet a perpetuall care of his, though never so few, wheresoever scattered: Ezek. 11. 16. and in his due time will bring them back. Isai. 27. 13.

all the remnant] Vers. 14.

whose words shall stand] Shall be fulfilled and made good. Vers. 29. Psal. 33. 11.

mine or theirs] Heb. from me, or from them.

V. 29. I will punish] Or, visit. vers. 13.

my words shall surely stand] Heb. standing stand. vers. 28.

V. 30. I will give Pharaoh-bophra] He pointeth to the means whereby this judgement should be effected: at least, foretelleth,

what should fore-go it, and make way for it, to give the more assurance of it.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 34. 20, 21.

of his enemies] Of Amasis, and those that conspired with him against Hophra, or Apries; as some out of Herodotus, lib. 2. Or, of Nebuchadnezzar, and his forces; who having subdued the Moabites and Ammonites, invaded Egypt, slew their king, spoiled the countrey, and carried those Jewes away to Babylon; as o∣thers from Josephus Antiq. lib. 7. cap. 11. Chap. 46. 13, 26. Ezek. 28. 19. & 30. 10, 11.

into the hand] Or, power. as before.

that seek his life] Heb. soul. Chap. 34. 20.

I gave Ze••ekiah] Chap. 39. 5.

that sought his life] Heb. soul. as before.

CHAP. XLV.

Vers. 1. BAruch] The Prophets Scribe. Chap. 36. 4, 26.

when he had written these words] Not those next before mentioned; but those formerly by God appointed to be gathered together and written in one volume. Chap. 36. 4, 18.

V. 3. The LORD hath added griefe to my sorrow] Exercised me with grief upon grief. Psal. 69. 27. Spoken by him in likeli∣hood, in regard of further trouble, which he feared would befall him by occasion of that employment. See Chap. 36. 19, 26.

I fainted in my sighing] Psal. 6. 6.

I find no rest] I am. 1. 3.

V. 4 that which I have built will I break down, &c.] God is minded, not to spare his own peculiar plantations; such as were Jerusalem and the Jewish State. Psal. 80. 8-15. Isai. 5. 6-8. & 37. 26.

this whole land] Whereof thou art but one, and one of the smallest and meanest, limme.

V. 5. seekest thou great things] Honour and credit; or a prosperous and peacealde estate; doest thou desire and require to stand and live quietly at thine ease, when all is going to wrack and ruine?

I will bring evill upon all flesh] Upon this whole Nation. vers. 4. Chap. 12. 12. Or upon all the nations in the world. Chap. 25. 15, 31. See Chap. 32. 27.

thy life will I give unto thee for a prey] Suffice thee it well may, that thou escapest with thy life. Heb. soul. See Chap. 21. 9. & 39. 18.

in all places whither thou goest] I will secure thee, whatsoever shall become of thee, and whithersoever thou shalt be hurried. Ezek. 11. 16.

CHAP. XLVI.

Vers. 1. THe word of the LORD which came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

against the Gentiles] Divers nations; mentioned in the foure Chapters next ensuing.

V. 2. against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho, &c.] Or, Concerning Egypt, and concerning the army, &c. as Esther 3. 2. Psal. 91. 11.

which was by the river Euphrates] 2 King. 23. 29. 2 Chron. 35. 20.

king of Babylon smote] 2 King. 24. 7.

V. 3. Order ye] Or, Make ready: or, Weld. 1 Chron. 12. 8.

the buckler and shield] Make warlike preparations against the Chaldeans, that come to invade you. Psal. 35. 2, 3. Isa. 22. 6.

V. Harnesse the horses] Heb. Bind. 1 King. 18. 44. gird and saddle them.

V. 5. Wherefore have I seen] This he speaketh, as beholding in a vision their affrightment, flight and shamefull discomfiture. Chap. 30. 6. Or, do I see.

their mighty ones are beaten down] Heb. broken in pieces. Mic. 1. 7.

are fled apace] Heb. fled a flight.

fear was round about] Chap. 6. 25. & 20. 3.

V. 6. Let not the swift flee away] Or, The swift shall not fl•••• away: shall not escape by flight. Chap. 25. 35. Amos 2. 14.

nor the mighty man escape] Or, nor shall the mighty man escape: save himself by his might. Psal. 33. 16, 17.

fall toward the north] Being overthrown by the Chaldeans. Vers. 10. out of their own countrey, in a land more northward. Vers. 2.

by the river Euphrates] Heb. hand (that is, side, or bank, Josh. 15. 46.) of the river.

V. 7. Who is this that cometh up as a floud] He derideth the Egyptians vaunting and vain confidence; that thought to over∣flow all countries far and neer, as the river Nilus swelling up used to do theirs. Is. 8. 7. & 59. 19. Chap. 49. 19.

V. 8. I will destroy the citie] The Citie Charchemish. Vers. 2.

V. 9. the Ethiopians] Heb. Cush. Isa. 18. 1. People of Africa, that served under Pharaoh; of whose originall, see Gen. 10. 6.

the Libyans] Heb. Put. 1 Chron. 1. 6.

the Lydians] Isai. 66. 19.

bend the bow] Heb. tread. Chap. 50. 14, 29.

V. 10. a day of vengeance] Isai. 61. 2. & 63. 4. Chap. 51. 6.

the sword shall devoure, &c.] Isai. 34. 6.

hath a sacrifice] A great solemn slaughter of the Egyptians and their assistants: the slaughter of Gods obstinate enemies be∣ing as pleasing to him as any sacrifice. Isa. 34. 6.

in the north-countrey] Vers. 6.

by the river Euphrates] At Carchemish; which the Egyptian King went to take. 2 King. 23. 29. vers. 1. 8.

V. 11. Go up into Gilead] Or, unto Gilead. where the most soveraign balm for wounds was. Chap. 8. 22. & 51. 8.

O virgin, the daughter of Egypt] A Virgin, as yet un∣conquered: or, as the name is usually given to other great States; thou that art fair and beautifull, and pridest thy self, as a young maiden, in the goodlinesse of thine estate. Isai. 47. 1. vers. 20.

in vain shalt thou use many medicines] Heb. multiplie medicines. as Chap. 2. 22. No m••dicine shall avail thee against the stroke of Gods hand. Chap. 51. 8, 9. Ezek. 30. 21.

thou shalt not be cured] Heb. no cure shall be unto thee. Chap. 30. 13.

the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty] One against another: as is usuall in confusion and flight. Chap. 13. 14. Vers. 16. Or, one upon another; their carcasses lying on heaps in the field, as is usuall after a great slaughter. Judg. 15. 16. Vers. 10.

V. 13. how Nebuchadrezzar, &c.] Isa. 19. Ezek. 29. & 30. 32. Chap. 44. 30.

V. 14. publish in Mig••ol, &c.] In all parts of it. Chap. 44. 1. in Migdol, to the east; Tahpanhes, to the North; Noph, to the South: for as for the Western part, that lay out of the Chaldeans way.

the sword shall devoure round about thee] All thy neighbouring Nations; and so cleered the passage to thee. 2 King. 24. 7.

V. 15. thy valiant men swept away] Put to flight and cut off: A metaphor taken from a violent showre, that beateth down; or a strong stream, that beareth down, and carryeth all away with∣out resistance before it Jud. 5. 21. Prov. 28. 3.

they stood not] Or, could not stand. Josh. 21. 44.

because the LORD did drive them] And who is able to stand before him? Exod. 14. 25. Psal. 76. 7.

V. 16. He made many to fall, Heb. multiplyed the faller: as vers. 11.

one fell upon another] Heb. a man on his fellow. Levit. 26. 37. Chap. 19. 9. & 36. 16. See vers. 12.

they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, &c.] They of other Nations, that assisted the Egyptians: repenting of their undertakings, when they perceived the issue of them: as Chap. 51. 9.

from the oppressing sword] Of the Chaldean king, that destroy∣eth all before it. See Chap. 25. 38. & 50. 16.

V. 17. They did cry there] At Carchemish. vers. 2.

Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise] Or, wastnesse. Chap. 48. 45. He is a man of words; one that promiseth, or threatneth much, but performeth nothing: Or, he is wasted, and utterly ruined.

he hath passed the time appointed] Let slip his opportunities; or the fit season for warre.

V. 18. whose name is the LORD of hosts] Isai. 47. 4. & 48. 2. Chap. 48. 15.

as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come] Or, it come. As sure as these two mountains stand and keep their severall stations; so sure shall what I threaten, come to passe. Or, Nebuchadnezzar shall come to subdue and bring un∣der all before him, as Tabor doth advance it self above, and over∣look, the lesser hils and lower grounds; and Carmel the sea neer unto it. Jud. 4. 6, 14. 1 King. 18. 42, 43.

V. 19. dwelling in Egypt] That seemest there to have a sure seat of abode, as Chap. 10. 17. & 21. 13.

furnish thy self to go into captivity] Heb. make thee instruments of captivitie: or, captivitie furniture. Ezek. 12. 3.

Noph shall be waste] Or, Memphis. Chap. 44. 1.

desolate without an inhabitant] Chap. 9. 10.

V. 20. Egypt is like a very fair heiser] A goodly State, not enured to the yoke of subjection. Hos. 10. 11.

out of the north] From Chaldea. Chap. 1. 14. & 4. 6. & 6. 1.

V. 21. in the midst of her] Or, within her. Isa. 5. 18.

like fatted bullocks] Heb. bullocks of the stall. Mal. 4. 2. Mighty and lusty; likely to perform what they undertake.

for] Or, but. Psal. 118. 17. Psal. 22. 12.

they did not stand] Or, could not. Vers. 15.

the day of their calamity was come] Chap. 50. 27.

V. 22. The voyce thereof shall go like a serpent] Or, Her voyce. To wit, of Egypt: she shall then speak lowly and submissely; or, shall be scarce able to speak for fear; Isai. 29. 4. not bellow aloud, like an heifer; Isai. 51. 5. or like a bull; Chap. 50. 11. as formerly she had wont to do.

for] Or, when. as Gen. 4. 12.

they shall march with an army] Her enemies the Chaldeans. Vers. 13.

come against her with axes, &c.] See Chap. 22. 7.

V. 23. They shall cut down her forest] The multitude of her men of warre and mighty ones. Isai. 10. 18.

it cannot be searched] 2 Chron. 4. 18.

because they are, &c.] Or, though they be, as Josh. 17. 18.

are inmomerable] Heb. there is no number of them.

V. 24. into the hand] Or, power. vers. 26.

the people of the north] Vers. 20.

V. 25. I will punish] Heb. visit. Chap. 36. 61.

the multitude of No] Or, nourisher. Heb. Amon. of No, of A∣lexandria; that populous Citie. Nahum 3. 8. so is the word Amon used, Chap. 52. 15.

with their gods] Exod. 12. 12. Chap. 43. 12.

and their kings] Princes and rulers. Chap. 50. 41. & 51. 28.

all them that trust in him] Among the rest, those Jewes that seek to him, and relie on him, for succour. Isai. 30. 1, 2. & 31. 1. Chap. 44. 12-14.

V. 26. I will deliver them] Chap. 44. 30.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 34. 20.

that seek their lives] Heb. soul. Chap. 34. 20, 21. so again and again afterward.

afterwards it shall be inhabited] Heb. dwell: or, inhabit. Chap. 50. 39. After the space of fortie years shall Egypt be restored. Isai. 19. 22. Ezek. 29. 13.

as in the dayes of old] Heb. antiquity. Lam. 1. 7.

V. 27. fear not thou, &c.] Isai. 41. 13. & 43. 5. & 44. 2. Chap. 30. 10. Thus God still comforteth those of his, that were abroad in captivitie, and those few of them that remained in Egypt; for he never forsaketh his. Esal. 9. 10. & 94. 14.

I will save thee from afarre off] Or, save and bring thee from a farre countrey. as Isai. 38. 17. Or, bring thee safe from afarre. as Act. 23. 24.

I will not make a full end of thee] Chap. 30. 11.

but correct thee in measure] Heb. judgement. Chap. 10. 24.

yet will I not, &c.] Or, not utterly cut thee off.

leave thee wholly unpunished] Heb. acquiting acquite. Chap. 30. 11.

CHAP. XLVII.

Vers. 1. THe word, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

against the Philistines] Isa. 14. 29. Chap. 25. 20. Ezek. 25. 15. Amos 1. 6. Zeph. 2. 4, 5.

before that] So that the ruine of that State was foretold by the Prophet, while it was yet in a prosperous, and flourishing con∣dition, before it was impaired by any notable losse.

Pharaoh] Nechoh in likelihood; in his expedition against the Assyrians, 2 King. 23. 29.

smote Gaza] Heb. Azzah. a strong citie of the Philistines, Judg. 16. 1.

V. 2. waters rise up out of the north] The Chaldeans break in as a land-floud, surrounding all; Isa. 8. 7. & 59. 19. from their own countrey, lying north of Palestine: Isa. 14. 21. Chap. 46. 20.

all that is therein] Heb. the fulnesse thereof. Psal. 24. 1.

V. 3. of his strong horses] Chap. 8. 16. & 50. 11.

at the rusting of his chariots] Or, rustling. Isa. 17. 12. Or, ra••∣ling. Nahum 3. 2.

the fathers shall not look back to their children] Extreamitie of fear shall overwhelm affection: their hearts shall so fail them, that every one shall be glad to shift for himself: as Chap. 16. 6, 7. and 49. 5.

V. 4. to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon] Which being of the poste∣ritie of Canaan the sonne of Cham, and bordering on the Phi∣listines, Josh. 19. 29. were on all occasions ready to assist them.

the remnant of the countrey] Heb. the isle. Isa. 20. 6. & 42. 15. Chap. 2. 10.

of Caphtor] Which coming also of the same race with the Phi∣listines, dwelt neer unto them; possessing sometime the countrey thereabout even unto Gaza; Deut. 2. 23. and, as may seem, ha∣ving sometime subdued the Philistines, Amos 9. 7. but were now in confederacie with them; and like to fare as they did. Some suppose them to be put here for the Philistines, called the rem∣nant of them, because descended from them, or left by them, when they over-ranne their countrey, and carried many of them away captive: but they seem rather distinct, as the other places here mentioned: and that they are called the remnant of that land, either because the Egyptians had made spoil of them before-time, when they invaded the Philistines countrey; vers. 1. or because the Chaldeans had begun with them, ere they fell upon the Phi∣listines countrey. See the like Chap. 25. 20.

V. 5. Baldnesse is come upon, &c.] Signs of sorrow and mourn∣ing: of which see Chap. 16. 6, 7. & 41. 5. & 48. 37. Ezek. 3. 18.

Gaza] Vers. 1.

Ashkelon] A chief citie of the Philistines, 1 Sam. 6. 17. •• Sam. 1. 20.

how long wilt thou cut thy self] Levit. 19. 28. Chap. 16. 6.

V. 6. O thou sword of the LORD, &c.] The Prophets lamen∣tation, bemoaning the havock of men made by the sword, ran∣ging to and fro so long together: and supplication for a stay.

put up thy self into thy scabbard] Heb. gather thy self. or, betake thy self (as Exod. 9. 19. Num. 11. 30.) unto thy scabbard.

and be still] Heb. be silent. Psal. 4. 4. Isa. 23. 2.

V. 7. How can it be quiet, &c.] Heb. how canst thou. as Ezek. 31. 10. An answer to the Prophets suit. Or his own replie, as re∣calling himself. It cannot stay, till Gods work be done, and his will and word fulfilled.

against Ashkelon] Vers. 5.

against the sea-shore] The Philistines: whose countrey coasted on the midland sea. Josh. 15. 46, 47.

CHAP. XLVIII.

Vers. 1. AGainst Moab] Isa. 15. & 16. Ezek. 25. 9. Amos 2. 1.

Wo unto Nebo] A citie of Moab. Isa. 15. 2.

Kiriathaim] Another, sometime belonging to the Reubenites, Josh. 13. 19.

Misgab] Or, the high-place. Or, the citie of the high-place. as vers. 8. Otherwise called Bamoth, Num. 21. 20. and Sela, Isa. 16. 1.

V. 2. There shall be no more praise of Moab, &c.] Or, There shall be no more vaunting of Moab in Heshbon. Or, Moab shall vaunt no more of Heshbon. Or, as for Heshbon, they have devised evil a∣gainst it. An allusion to the name of Heshbon in the originall: like some other, Isa. 15. 9. Mic. 1. 10. See Isa. 15. 4.

come, &c.] The words of the Chaldeans encouraging one ano∣ther: as Chap. 6, 4, 5.

let us cut it off from being a nation] Psal. 83. 4. Vers. 42.

thou shalt be cut down] Or, be brought to silence. Psal. 31. 17, 18.

O Madmen] Isa. 25. 10.

the sword shall pursue thee] Heb. go after thee. Chap. 42. 16. and 49. 37.

V. 3. from Horonaim] A citie of Moab; whence Sanballat was, or whereof he was sometime governour, Nehem. 2. 10.

great destruction] Chap. 50. 22. & 51. 54.

V. 4. Moab is destroyed] Heb. broken. Chap. 22. 20.

V. 5. in the going up of Luhith] Up and down, all along the way, that the Moabites flie from the Chaldeans, shall be nothing but weeping, Isa. 15. 5.

continuall weeping shall go up] Heb. weeping with weeping. Isa. 16. 9.

in the going down of Horonaim] Vers. 3.

V. 6. save your lives] Heb. soul. Chap. 51. 6.

be like the heath in the wildernesse] Or, a naked tree in the wil∣dernesse. Betake your selves to the wildernesse, Psal. 55. 7. Or, be as bare and as vile as the heath that groweth there: or, like a na∣ked tree, that standeth alone there without shelter, stript of all gracefull furniture, and exposed to all winds and weathers. See Chap. 17. 6.

V. 7. thou hast trusted in thy works] Thine idols, Psal. 115. 3. Chap. 32. 30. or, thy possessions, 1 Sam. 25. 2. or, thy fortificati∣ons. vers. 18. 41.

Chemosh] Thy chief idoll, and his maintainers: whom in vain therefore he should seek to, Isa. 15. 2. Vers. 13. 46. Num. 21. 29. 1 King. 11. 7, 33.

shall go forth into captivitie] Or, go into captivitie. as Chap. 15. 1, 2. Isa. 46. 2. Chap. 43. 12.

with his priests and his princes] Chap. 49. 3.

V. 8. the spoiler] The King of Babylon, Chap. 6. 26.

the valley also shall perish, &c.] The cities situate in the vale and in the plain, as well as on hils and higher grounds. vers. 1.

V. 9. Give wings unto Moab] Psal. 55. 6.

shall be desolate] Heb. desolation. Chap. 44. 2, 22.

V. 10. Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD] In de∣stroying the Moabites, and doing execution upon them: which God had given in charge, as that on Amalek to Saul, 1 Sam. 15. and would have done to the purpose. See Chap. 50. 25.

deceitfully] Or, negligently; or, slackly. Pro. 10. 4. & 12. 24.

V. 11. he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel] He hath not been stirred or removed, as Israel hath been: but hath lived long at ease, as wine settled on its lees.

his taste remained in him] Heb. stood. Eccl. 1. 4. He retaineth still his state, his dignitie, his strength, his wealth; and withall his pride, his presumption, his securitie, his impietie, his impu∣ritie. Psal. 55. 19. Zeph. 1. 12. Vers. 26. 29.

V. 12. I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wan∣der] The Chaldeans; that shall come from farre, and drive him out of his countrey.

shall emptie his vessels, and break their bottles] Depopulate his cities, Chap. 51. 34. and break them like earthen bottles, Isa. 30. 14. Psal. 2. 9. Chap. 19. 10, 11.

V. 13. Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el] Because he shall be no more able to de∣liver him; then the golden calf at Bethel, 1 King. 12. 39. was able to deliver Israel. vers. 7. Isa. 15. 2. & 16. 12.

V. 15. gone up out of her cities] Or, is departed from them. as Chap. 37. 5. hath left them, Chap. 4. 29. Vers. 28.

his chosen young men] Heb. the choyce of his young men. as Exod. 15. 4.

gone down to the slaughter] Isa. 34. 7.

whose name is the LORD of hosts] Chap. 46. 18. & 51. 57.

V. 16. The calamitie of Moab is neare] Isa. 13. 22.

his affliction hasteth] Mal. 3. 5. 2 Pet. 2. 1, 3.

V. 17. How is the strong staff broken, and the beautifull rod] Heb. staff of strength, and rod of beautie. See Ezek. 19. 12, 14. How are they destroyed, for all their strength, and their state, that they gloried in, and trusted so much to? Ezek. 19. 11.

V. 18. Thou daughter that dost inhabite Dibon] Thou goodly citie, like a beautifull damsell. See Chap. 46. 11. and of Dibon, Num. 21. 30.

come down] Isa. 47. 1. Chap. 13. 18.

sit in thirst] Not in thy fat soil, and well-watered plains, as formerly, Num. 21. 13, 14, 20. & 22. 1. See Chap. 2. 25.

the spoiler of Moab] Vers. 8.

V. 19. O inhabitant] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 10. 17. and 22. 23. & 51. 35.

of Aroer] Of this citie, see Deut. 2. 36. & 3. 12.

aske him that fleeth, &c.] Enquire of every passenger, man or woman; as persons full of fear use to do. 1 Sam. 4. 13, 14.

What is done] What is the matter, that ye flie thus? Or, How do things go abroad?

V. 20. Moab is confounded, &c.] Their answer, that flie, or passe by.

it is broken down] Vers. 4.

howl and crie] Isa. 16. 7.

tell ye it in Arnon] Num. 21. 13.

V. 21. upon Holon, &c.] Cities of Moab. vers. 24.

upon Jahazah] Josh. 13. 18.

upon Mephaath] Josh. 21. 37.

V. 22. upon Dibon] Isa. 15. 2.

upon Nebo] Vers. 1.

upon Beth-diblathaim] Num. 33. 47.

V. 23. upon Kiriathaim] Vers. 1.

upon Beth-meon] Isa. 15. 2.

V. 24. upon Kirioth] Amos 2. 2.

upon Bozrah] Not that of Edom, Isa. 63. but another of the same name in the land of Moab; called also Bezer, Josh. 21. 36. The word signifieth a strong fort, or hold, Isaiah 25. 2. and 27. 10.

V. 25. The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken] His might and majestie: set forth by two expressions; the one taken from those beasts, whose force and grace is in their horns; Psal. 75. 4, 5, 10. & 89. 17. & 148. 14. Lam. 2. 3. the other from man, whose strength is in his arms, Job 22. 9. Psal. 10. 15. & 18. 34. & 37. 17. & 89. 13, 21. Ezek. 30. 21, 22.

V. 26. Make ye him drunken] Lay afflictions on him to the full; till he even stagger, and fall, and lye along, exposed to con∣tempt and derision; as men in drink are wont to do. Psal. 107. 27. Chap. 25. 17, 21, 27. Gen. 9. 21.

he magnified himself against the LORD] Lam. 1. 9. Zeph. 2. 10.

shall wallow in his vomit] Isa. 19. 14.

V. 27. was not Israel a derision unto thee?] Didst not thou de∣ride him in his miserie, and rejoyce at his fall? Job 31. 29. and is it not just then, that the like now befall thee? Judg. 1. 7. Pro. 24. 17, 18.

was he found among theeves] Or, as one found. as Psal. 11. 1. Isa. 21. 8. Or, not as one found among theeves. the negative is wan∣ting, but may be supplied, from the fore-going member; as Psal. 9. 18. Isa. 28. 28. Didst thou not insult over him, shout at him, and make a laughing stock of him, as if he had beene a thief ta∣ken in the manner? Chap. 2. 26.

for since thou spakest of him] Or, that when. as Chap. 42. 20.

thou skippedst for joy] Or, movedst thy self. that is, thou shookest thy head at him, in way of derision and insultation, Psal. 22. 7. Lam. 1. 8.

V. 28. leave the cities] Vers. 15.

dwell in the rock] Or, abide. Chap. 42. 10. Betake your selves to the ragged rocks, for shelter, and secrecie, for suretie and safe∣gard, Judg. 20. 45. 21. 13. Isa. 2. 19, 21.

be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth] Cant. 2. 14. Chap. 49. 16.

V. 29. We have heard] A great part of that which followeth, is found almost the same in the Prophecies of Isaiah; as the notes of direction shew.

We have heard the pride of Moab] Isa. 16. 6.

V. 30. it shall not be so] His vain, vauntings and menacies against me and my people, vers. 26. Zeph. 2. 8, 10. shall not take effect, Psal. 1. 4. and 33. 10, 11.

his lies shall not so effect it] Or, those on whom he stayeth (Heb. his barres) do not right. Chap. 50. 36.

V. 31. Therefore will I howl for Moab] Isa. 16. 7.

cry out for all Moab] Isa. 15. 5.

V. 32. O vine of Sibmah] Isa. 16. 8, 9.

I will weep for thee, with the weeping of Jazer] Or, above. or, more then the. as Psal. 130 6. Chap. 49. 19. I will bewail thee more lamentably, then Isaiah bewailed Jazer; whose words of lamen∣tation he here enlargeth: the rather, for that this devastation of Moab by the Chaldeans was to be much more grievous then that, which Isaiah foretold, by the Assyrians, Isa. 16. 14.

the spoiler] Vers. 8. 18.

V. 33. joy and gladnesse is taken, &c.] Isa. 16. 10.

their shouting shall be no shouting] The shout of the enemie breaking in upon them, Chap. 25. 30. Or, the shout, that they shall make, when the enemie breaketh in upon them, shall be an other manner of crie, then that which they were wont to use in the vintage time: an out-cry, not of joy and mirth, but of ter∣rour and dread. vers. 34. Chap. 51. 14. See Exod. 32. 18.

V. 34. From the cry of Heshbon, &c.] Isa. 15. 4.

from Zoar, &c.] Isa. 15. 5, 6.

unto Horonaim] Vers. 3.

as an heifer of three yeers old] That beginneth to low after the Bull, Isa. 15. 5.

shall be desolate] Heb. desolations. Chap. 51. 62.

V. 35. I will cause to cease, &c.] Isa. 15. 2. & 16. 12.

V. 36. mine heart shall sound &c.] Isa. 15. 5. & 16. 11.

like pipes] Alluding to their custome of playing, on flutes and pipes, certain heavie and sad tunes, at funeralls, and in times of mourning, Matth. 9. 23.

the riches that he hath gotten is perished] Isa. 15. 7.

V. 37. every head shall be bald] Isa. 15. 2, 3. Chap. 47. 5.

eve••y beard clipt] Heb. diminished. Ezek. 5. 1, 11.

V. 38. I have broken Moab like a vessel, wherein is no pleasure] Chap. 22. 28.

V. 39. turned the back] Heb. n••••k Josh. 7. 8, 12.

V. 40. he shall flie as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab] Nebuchadnezzar shall come swiftly, like an eagle flying at, and spreading his wings over, his prey, Deut. 28. 49. Chap. 4. 13. & 49. 22. Dan. 7. 4. Hos. 8. 1. Hab. 1. 8.

V. 41. Kerioth is taken] Or, The cities are taken. Vers. 14. See vers. 24.

as the heart of a woman in her pangs] Isa. 21. 3. Chap. 49. 22. 24. Mic. 4. 9, 10.

V. 42. Moab shall be destroyed from being a people] Vers. 2. Isa. 7. 8.

because he hath magnified himself against the LORD] Vers. 26.

V. 43. Fear, and the pit, and the snare, &c.] Isa. 24. 17, 18.

V. 44. He that fleeth from the fear, shall fall into the pit, &c.] He that escapeth one danger, shall be surprised with an other, 1 King. 19. 17. & 20. 30. Amos 5. 19.

the yeer of their visitation] Chap. 11. 23. & 29. 12.

V. 45. They that fled] Out of the villages; or from the ene∣mie pursuing them.

stood under the shadow of Heshbon] Being a strong citie; hoping to find succour and shelter there, as in the shade against heat, or under the covert of a great tree against a storm. Eccl. 7. 12. Isa. 32. 2. Dan. 4. 12.

a fire shall come forth] Num. 21. 28.

out of Heshbon] That shall be surprised by the Chaldeans; as it was sometime by the Amorites; Num. 21. 26. who shall thence surround the rest of the countrey. vers. 2.

a flame from the midst of Sihon] Or, from out of Sihon. Num. 24. 17.

shall devoure the corner of Moab] Or, side. Num. 34. 3.

the crown of the head] The King and his Peers, Num. 21. 28. Isa. 1. 5, 6.

of the tumultuous ones] The rude multitude. Isa. 16. 14. & 17. 12. & 22. 3. Heb. children of noise. Chap. 46. 17.

V. 46. Wo be unto thee, O Moab] Num. 21. 29.

the people of Chemosh] So called of their chief idol. vers. 7. 13.

thy sonnes are taken captives, &c.] Heb. in captivitie. vers. 7.

V. 47. will I bring again the captivitie] Or, captives. Psal. 126. 1. Chap. 30. 3.

in the latter dayes] Heb. posteritie of dayes. Chap. 23. 20. and 30. 24. After a long time of desolation; principally by a spirituall restitution under the Messias. Isa. 49. 6. Chap. 49. 6.

CHAP. XLIX.

Vers. 1. COncerning] Or, Against, &c.

the Ammonites] Heb. Sons of Ammon. Chap. 41. 10. Who bordered upon the Moabites; and both banded with the Chaldeans against Gods people, 2 King 24. 2. and are therefore joyned together, Zeph. 2. 8. See more of Gods denunciation a∣gainst this people▪ Ezek. 21. 28. & 25. 2. Amos 1. 13.

Hath Israel no sonnes? hath he no heir?] Why should the Am∣monites or their King seise on the land, that I have given to my people, as if for want of heir, it were escheated unto them? Judg. 11. 23, 24.

why then doth their king, &c.] Or, Melchom. The King of the Ammonites: or their idols; whom they set up in place of the true God, in the cities of Israel, which they seise on, 1 King. 11. 5. See vers. 3.

inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities] In the land of Gi∣lead, Amos 1. 13. that lay neer unto them, Josh. 13. 24, 25.

V. 2. an alarm of warre] Chap. 4. 19. & 20. 16.

to be heard in Rabbah] Their chief citie, 2 Sam. 11. 1. & 12. 26. Amos 1. 14.

of the Ammonites] Heb. sonnes of Ammon. vers. 1.

it shall be a desolate heap] Deut. 13. 16.

her daughters] The towns and villages belonging to her, Num. 21. 26, 33. Lam. 3. 51.

then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs] That had seised, a•• lawfull heir, upon his inheritance, vers. 1.

V. 3. O Heshbon] A citie belonging to Gad: but seised upon by the Moabites and Ammonites, Josh. 13. 8, 10. & 21. 38, 39.

Ai] A citie neer to Heshbon.

cry ye daughters of Rabbah] Ye women of Rabbah: as 2 Sam. 1. 24. Luk. 23. 28.

gird ye with sackcloth] Heb. sacks. Chap. 4. 8.

runne to and fro by the hedges] To hide your selves behind them; for fear.

their king] Or Melchom. vers. 1.

shall go into captivitie] Or, among the captives. Chap. 29. 1. and 30. 3.

his priests and his princes] Chap. 48. 7.

V. 4. gloriest thou in the valleys] Thy rich and fertile soil: the wealth whereof shal not avail thee in the day of Gods vengeance, Prov. 11. 4. Ezek. 7. 19.

thy flowing valley] Or, thy valley floweth away. Lam. 4. 9. The inhabitants of thy valleys; and all their wealth with them, shall be washed away, as with a floud, or land water; shall be wasted and consumed, Chap. 48. 8.

O backsliding daughter] Or, that turnest away from God, Isa. 57. 17. Chap. 31. 22.

that trusted in her treasures] Psal. 49. 6. & 52. 7. Mark. 10. 24. 1 Tim. 6. 17.

Who shall come unto me] Chap. 21. 13.

V. 5. from all those that be about thee] Vers. 32.

ye shall be driven out every man right forth] Not daring to stay, or look back, Gen. 19. 17. Matth. 24. 16,—18. Luk. 7. 31, 32. and 21. 21.

none shall gather him up that wandereth] None shall entertain them, Psal. 27. 10. Mic. 4. 6. Or, none shall bring them together again, to make head against the enemie, Judg. 3. 13. Or, none shall look after any other to succour them, or to take them along with them in their flight; but each one seek to shift for himself, Chap. 47. 3.

V. 6. I will bring again] A promise of restitution: as Chap. 48. 47.

the captivitie] Or, captives. Chap. 31. 23.

V. 7. Concerning Edom] See Isa. 21. 11. Ezek. 25. 12. Amos 1. 11. Obad. 1.

Is wisdome no more] Obad. 8.

in Teman] A citie of Edom; so called from one of Esaus po∣steritie, Gen. 36. 15.

V. 8. Flee ye] Vers. 30.

turn back] Or, they are turned back.

dwell deep] Heb. make deep to dwell. as Hos. 9. 9. Get as deep as ye can into caves and vaults: where ye may lye hid, and be most out of sight. Judg. 6. 2. 1 Sam 13. 6. & 14. 11.

inhabitants of Dedan] A citie of Arabia, neer to Idumea, Gen. 25. 3. Chap. 25. 23.

the calamitie of Esau] Or, Edom. vers. 7. 10. Esau and Edom; Gen. 36. 8, 9. as Jacob and Israel, the same, Gen. 32. 28.

V. 9. If grape-gatherers come to thee, &c.] Obad. 5.

would they not leave some gleaning-grapes] Implying that God would make an utter riddance of them.

they will destroy] Or, would have destroyed.

till they have enough] Heb. for their sufficiencie. till they had so much as would serve their turn; but would not have taken all.

V. 10. I have made Esau bare] Or, stript Esau. Joel 1. 7. that is, the Edomites; that came of Esau, Gen. 36. 1. as vers. 8. I have caused them to be clean stript of all.

I have uncovered his secret places] His places of covert his sorts and strong holds, Isa. 4. 6. and his hiding holes. vers. 8. Or, the secret places of his hidden treasures; Isa. 45. 3. or both.

his seed is spoiled] His children, Chap. 36. 31.

his brethren] The Moabites, Gen. 19. 37, 38.

his neighbours] The Amalekites and the Philistines, Psal. 83. 7.

he is not] Edom is no more a Kingdome or a State, Psal. 37. 36. Or, there is not any, to say, Leave, commit thine orphans and widows to me, and I will take charge of them. Though some take that vers. 11. as spoken by God, intimating, that there was none besides himself, to undertake the charge of them, Psal. 27. 10.

V. 11. Leave thy fatherlesse children] See the note on vers. 10.

I will preserve them alive] Heb. quicken. Num. 31. 15, 18.

trust in me] Or, trust to me. Relie upon me, as undertaking the charge of them.

V. 12. they whose judgement was not to drink▪ &c.] I have not

spared mine own, that have not deserved so much as you: and should I spare you? Chap. 25. 29. Obad. 16.

have assuredly drunken] Heb. drinking drunken. Chap. 25. 28.

that shalt altogether go unpunished] Heb. acquiting be acquited. Chap. 46. 28.

thou shalt surely drinke of it] Heb. drinking drink.

V. 13. I have sworn by my self] Chap. 22. 5.

Bozrah] A citie of Edom, Isa. 63. 1.

shall become a desolation, &c.] Chap. 42. 18. Vers. 17.

perpetuall wastes] Heb. wasts of perpetuitie. Isa. 61. 4.

V. 14. I have heard a rumour, &c.] In a spirituall rapture, or propheticall vision. See Obad. 1.

an ambassadour is sent unto the heathen] Either from God to the Chaldeans, by a secret instinct inciting them to warre upon E∣dom: (as Chap. 34. 22.) Or, from the Chaldeans, calling upon their confederates to assist them in that expedition. vers. 28.

come against her] Against Edom.

V. 16. the pride of thine heart, &c.] Obad. 3.

that dwellest in the clefts of the rock] In the tops of the high rocks and mountains, that seem inaccessible and impregnable, Gen. 36. 8, 9. Chap. 48. 28.

though thou shouldest make thy nest, &c.] Obad. 4.

as high as the eagle] Job 39. 27, 28.

V. 17. Edom shall be a desolation] Or, utterly desolate. vers. 13.

every one that goeth by it, &c.] Chap. 50. 13.

V. 18. As in the overthrow of Sodome and Gomorrah] Or, Ac∣cording to the overthrow (Amos 4. 11.) of Sodome and Gomorrah. Gen. 19. 25. Chap. 50. 40.

the neighbour cities] Adma and Zeboim, Deut. 29. 23. Hos. 11. 8.

V. 19. he shall come up like a lion, &c.] The Edomites shall come in fiercely upon my people, like the swellings of Jordan; Josh. 3. 15. 1 Chron. 12. 15. but they shall be driven back again, Isa. 59. 19. Or, Nebuchadnezzar, like a lion, Chap. 4. 7. from the fertile soil that Jordan watereth, Zech. 11. 3. having first sub∣dued those parts; or, more violently then the risings of Jordan; Chap. 12. 5. & 51. 42. Or, like a lion, or the lions, that make up to the higher grounds from the plain, upon Jordans overflowing; Zech. 11. 3. Jer. 25. 38. shall break in upon the strong places of Edom: for I will cause him suddenly to overrunne her; Or, the Edomites to flie hastily out of their own countrey. Compare Chap. 50. 44.

from the swelling of Jordan] Or, more violently then the swelling, as Isa. 2. 6. Or, from the rich soil (Heb. excellencie. Isa. 2. 10. Or, pride. Zeph. 2. 10.) of Jordan.

against the habitation of the strong] Or, habitation of strength. Gen. 49. 24. Psal. 74. 15. Or, strong habitation.

but] Or, for. Psal. 116. 13.

I will suddenly make him run away from her] Or, overrunne her. or, runne upon her. as Isa. 23. 7.

who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her] Or, what choice souldiers are there (as Rev. 17. 14.) that I may muster against her? Or, one that is a choice man, or, whom I have made chioce of, (to wit, Nebuchadnezzar) will I appoint (and set on work, to fight) against her.

who will appoint me the time] Or, convent me in judgement. or, challenge me. Job 41. 10.

who is that shepherd] Prince, or Potentate. Chap. 6. 3. & 12. 10. Isa. 31. 4. but alluding to a shepherd, whose flock the lion hath made some spoile of, Isa. 31. 4. Joel 2. 11. Mic. 5. 8.

that will stand before me] Or, can stand before me. Psal. 76. 7. Nahum 1. 7. So Pro. 27. 4.

V 20. the inhabitants of Teman] Vers. 7.

the least of the flock shall draw them out] They shall not be able to resist his petty Captains; or to make head against the meanest of his souldiers, Isa. 36. 9.

he shall make their habitations desolate] The enemie; and God by him. Or, their habitation shall be made desolate: as Chap. 51. 30.

V. 21. The earth is moved at the noise of their fall] Ezek. 32. 10. Chap. 50. 46.

the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea] Or, unto (Isa. 8. 8.) the Red sea. So called at first in likelihood from the land of E∣dom, which bordereth upon it, as the Idumean sea, because Edom signifieth red, Gen. 25. 30. but by the Hebrews tearmed the reitie, or weedie sea, Exod. 13. 18. in regard of the plenty of reits, or sea-weeds growing in it, being but sh••alie, and especial∣ly about its banks. Implying, that the out-cry should passe through the whole countrey, even to the sea-side.

V. 22. flie as the eagle, &c.] Chap. 48. 40.

as the heart of a woman in her pangs] Chap. 48. 41.

V. 23. Concerning Damascus] The head citie of Syria, Isa. 7. 8. put here for the whole countrey, Isa. 17. 1. Amos 1. 3.

Hamath is confounded, and Arpad] Hamath, Num. 13. 21. and Arpad; Isa. 37. 13. two other cities, giving denomination to two other parts of the countrey.

they have heard evill tidings] Of the coming of the Chaldeans.

they are faint-hearted] Heb. melted. Isa. 14. 31. Ezek. 21. 15.

sorrow on the sea] Or, as on the sea. Psal. 107. 25,—27. Or, on those that dwell upon the sea-coast, Isa. 23. 4. yet alluding withall to the unquietnesse and restlesnesse of the neighbouring sea, Isa. 57. 20.

anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail] Psal. 48. 6. Chap. 31. 21.

V. 25. How is the citie of praise] Or, the most renowned citie. Chap. 51. 41.

not left] But destroyed. The speech of the King or people of Syria; wondring to see so strong and so fair cities so ruined.

the city of my joy] That I so much rejoyced in.

V. 26. Therefore] Or, For. or, Because. Isa. 26. 14. or, Sure∣ly, Jer. 5. 2.

her young men shall fall in her streets] Chap. 50. 30.

V. 27. I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus] Amos 1. 4.

it shall consume the palaces] Chap. 17. 27.

of Benhadad] The King of Syria, of whom 1 King. 20. 1. by whom at first built. Or, of the King simply: their Kings being commonly called by that name: as those of Egypt by the name of Pharaoh.

V. 28. Concerning Kedar] People of Arabia; that lived most in tents, Gen. 25. 13. Psal. 120. 5. See Isa. 21. 13.

of Hazor] Of which, Josh. 11. 10, 11. Judg. 4. 2.

Arise ye] Vers. 14.

spoil the men of the east] Isa. 11. 14. Heb. sonnes of the East. Job 1. 3.

V. 29. their curtains] Such as they used about their tents; or, whereof they consisted. Isa. 54. 2. Chap. 10. 20.

their camels] Job 1. 3. Isa. 60. 6.

Fear is on every side] Chap. 6. 25. & 46. 5.

V. 30. Flee] Vers. 8.

get you farre off] Heb. flie greatly.

dwell deep] See vers. 8.

V. 31. Arise] Vers. 28.

get you up unto the wealthy nation] Or, that is at ease; or, rest. Chap. 22. 21.

that dwelleth without care] Or, securely; confidently. Isa. 47. 8.

have neither gates nor barres] But live scattered in tents, Cant. 1. 5.

dwell alone] In the wildernesse: or, apart from other, by them∣selves, Mic. 7. 14.

V. 32. their camels] Vers. 29.

the multitude of their cattel] For they lived upon feeding of cattel, Isa. 60. 7.

I will scatter into all winds] Into all parts of the wide world, vers. 36. Ezek. 5. 10.

that are in the utmost corners] Heb. cut off into corners. or, that have the corners of their hair polled. Chap. 9. 26. & 25. 23.

bring their calamitie from all sides] Vers. 5.

V. 33. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, &c.] Chap. 9. 11. & 10. 22. & 51. 37.

V. 34. The word of the LORD that came, &c.] See Chap. 1. 2, 4.

against Elam] Or, touching, (as Jer. 22. 11.) or, concerning (as Jer. 22. 18.) Elam, that is, the Persians; so called of Elam, the sonne of Shem, Gen. 10. 22. See Chap. 25. 25.

in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah] About the time that the Prophet was by God commanded, to make those yokes, and send them to the neighbouring Kings, implying their subjection to the King of Babylon, Chap. 27. 1, 3. and when the false Pro∣phet Hananiah had broken the yoke, that the Prophet himself by Gods appointment wore; withall promising a dissolution of the Babylonian dominion, and a return of the Jews abiding in captivitie at Babylon, Chap. 28. 1, - 3.

V. 35. I will break the bow of Elam] In stead of that yoke, which Hananiah brake, implying a dissolution of the Chaldean power, Chap. 28. 2. God threatneth to break the bow, that is, the main might, Psal. 37. 15. Hos. 1. 5. of Elam, by that Chaldean power; that so Zedekiah, by ruine of that people thus foretold, might conceive small hope of having that made good, which that false Prophet endevoured to make him beleeve, Chap. 29. 3, 4.

the bow] Which they trusted most unto; as being expert archers, Psal. 18. 34. & 46. 9. Chap. 51. 56. See Isa. 22. 6.

V. 36. upon Elam will I bring the foure winds from the foure quarters of heaven] People from all parts of the world: (as Dan. 7. 2.) either serving under Nebuchadnezzar; vers. 38. or, at least, that shall joyn together in a warre against them.

will scatter them towards all those winds] Vers. 32.

V. 37. that seek their life] Heb. soul. Chap. 46. 26.

my fierce anger] Heb. the fervour of my nose; or, wrath. Chap. 25. 37, 38.

I will send the sword after them] Chap. 48. 2.

V. 38. I will set my throne in Elam] I will place Nebuchad∣nezzar there: as Chap. 43. 10. Or, I will execute judgement up∣on them; as having erected a tribunall, or seat of judicature, a∣mong them: as Dan. 7. 9,—11. Or, as others, I will afterward settle the throne of Cyrus there, Isa. 45. 1.

V. 39. in the latter dayes] Heb. in posteritie of dayes. Chap. 48. 47. Either when the tearm of the Chaldean Monarchie

shall be near an end: or principally under the kingdome of Christ.

I will bring again the captivitie of Elam] As vers. 6.

CHAP. L.

Vers. 1. AGainst] Or, concerning. as Chap. 49. 34.

Babylon] Isa. 13. & 14. & 21. & 46. & 47.

against] Or, concerning. as before.

by Jeremiah] Heb. by the hand of Jeremiah. Chap. 37. 2. Mal. 1. 1.

V. 2. set up] Heb. lift up.

a standard] As the manner is; either to gather companies to∣gether; or to give notice of some weighty occurrent, Chap. 4. 6, 21. & 51. 12, 27.

Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces] Bel and Mero∣dach, two of their chiefe idols. Of Bel, see Isa. 46. 1. From Me∣rodach had some of their Kings their names, Isa. 39. 1.

her idols are confounded] Isa. 21. 9. & 46. 1.

V. 3. out of the north] From Media, lying north of Chaldea, from whence Cyrus set forth; and from Assyria, through which he marched to Babylon, vers. 9. 21, 41.

cometh up a nation] Or, cometh (as Exod▪ 16 13.) a nation. The Medes and Persians; being as one nation, because belonging to one crown. See Isa. 13. 17.

both man and beast] Heb. from man to beast. as Chap. 9. 10. Isa. 10. 18. See Chap. 33. 10, 12. & 51. 62.

V. 4. in that time] When Cyrus shall have taken Babylon.

going and weeping] Or, weeping as they go. Chap. 41. 6. See Chap. 31. 9. Ezr. 3. 12, 13.

they shall go, and seek the LORD] Or, go to seek the Lord. as Josh. 24. 9. See Isa. 55. 6. Zeph. 2. 3.

V. 5. They shall ask the way to Zion] To Jerusalem. Ezr. 8. 21, 23, 31. Chap. 31. 21.

in a perpetuall covenant] Heb. a covenant of perpetuitie. Ezek. 39. 29.

that shall not be forgotten] That we will never again start from, Psal. 80. 18. Chap. 32. 40.

V. 6. My people hath been lost sheep] Straying from God, Isa. 53. 6. 1 Pet. 2. 25. and chased into forain parts, Psal. 119. 176. Vers. 17. Ezek. 34. 6. Heb. perishing▪ or, perished. readie to pe∣rish. Psal. 119. 176. Isa. 27. 13.

their shepherds] Pastors and Princes; Ministers and Magistrates, Isa. 3. 12. & 9. 16. Chap. 23. 1. & 25. 34. Nahum 3. 18.

caused them to go astray] They have caused them to runne from idol to idol; relinquishing their true rest, Chap. 2. 31, - 33. Or, caused them to be chased from place to place; by leading them a∣way from God, Lam. 2. 14. See Ezek. 34. 3, 4. Matth. 18. 12.

they have forgotten their resting-place] Heb. place to lie down in. Pro. 24. 15.

V. 7. We offend not, because they have sinned] We deal but justly with them; as for their sinnes they have deserved, Chap. 40. 5. Zech. 11. 2. and are therefore faultlesse. But see the con∣trary, Chap. 2▪ 3.

the habitation of justice] Or, in the habitation (as Job 1. 13.) of just ones. Chap. 31. 23. In the land of Judah and Jerusalem; where righteousnesse should have dwelt, Isa. 1. 21. Or, against the Lord, their securitie and safegard, Psal. 90. 1. & 91. 1.

the hope of their fathers] Chap. 17. 13.

V. 8. Remove out of the midst of Babylon] Or, out of her. as Isa. 5. 8. & 7. 22. See Isa. 48. 20. Chap. 51. 6. Rev. 18. 4.

as the he-goats before the flocks] Strive to out-go one another. See Isa. 14. 9.

V. 9. from the north] Vers. 3.

their arrows shall be as of a mightie exp••rt man] Or, destroyer. Hos. 9. 14.

none shall return in vain] But shall hit and speed, 2 Sam. 1. 12. shall effect, what it was shot and sent for, Isa. 55. 11.

V. 10. all that spoil her shall be satisfied] They shall find wealth enough in her to satisfie them.

V. 11. O ye destroyers of mine heritage] My people: Chap. 12. 7,—9. and my land, Chap. 2. 7. & 16. 18. as dear to me, as any mans inheritance is to him, 1 King. 21. 3.

ye are grown fat] Heb. big. or, corpulent. Mal. 4. 2. Ye are grown lascivious, and outragious, Chap. 5. 8. Hos. 10. 11.

as the heifer at grasse] Or, fed with tender grasse. Deut. 32. 2. 1 Sam. 23. 4. Job 6. 5. Psal. 23. 2.

bellow as bulls] Or, neigh, as strong horses. Chap. 8. 16. and 47. 3.

V. 12. Your mother shall be sore confounded, &c.] Your mother∣citie, Babylon: or, your countrey, Chaldea: as Chap.▪ 15. 8, 9. shall be ashamed of you, that could no better defend her.

the hindermost of the nations shall be a wildernesse] Or, she is, or shall, become the hindermost of the nations, a wildernesse, &c. She that was sometime the formost of the nations, is now the hinder∣most: She that formerly was rich and stately, is now become a wild wast, Lam. 1. 1. See Isa. 13. 20. Jer. 17. 6.

V. 13. and hisse at all her plagues] In disdain and contempt of her, Chap. 4••▪ 17.

V. 14. Put your selves in aray] Ye Medes and Persians, with your assistants, vers. 29. Chap. 51. 11.

all ye that bend the bow] Heb. tread it. vers. 29.

for she hath sinned against the LORD] Though they were used as instruments by God for the chastising of his people; yet did they for sinister ends all that they did, and their hearts were lift up against God himself also, Isa. 10. 7. 12, 13. Dan. 1. 2. and 5. 20, 23.

V. 15. she hath given her hand] Yeelded her self, as utterly vanquished, and not able longer to hold out, 1 Chron. 29. 24. 2 Chron. 30. 8.

her walls are thrown down] Chap. 51. 58.

as she hath done, do unto her] Vers. 29. Psal. 137. 8. Rev. 18. 6.

V. 16. Cut off the sower from Babylon, &c.] Destroy her so, that none be left, to till the ground, or to take the crop of it: 2 King. 25. 12. her own people being destroyed; and her forain aids all dispersed, Chap. 51. 9.

that handleth the sickle] Or, s••the.

for fear of the oppressing sword, &c.] Chap. 46. 16.

V. 17. Israel is a scattered sheep] Vers. 6.

the king of Assyria] Tiglath-Pileser; and Shalman-asser; who who carried away the ten tribes, 2 King. 15. 19, 20, 29. & 16. 7. and 17. 3, 4, &c.

hath broken his bones] Heb. boned him. (as necked, Isa. 66. 3.) Utterly ruined him; carrying away Judah and Benjamin, 2 King. 24. 14,—16. and 25. 7, 11, 19, 20▪

V. 18. I will punish] Heb. visit upon.

I have punished] Heb. visited upon. Isa. 10. 12.

V. 19. he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan] Which were of the richest and fertilest parts of that countrey, Isa. 30. 2. Psal. 18. 12. Num. 32. 4.

his soul shall be satisfied] Or, he shall. as Isa. 58. 10.

V. 20. there shall be none] Or, it shall not be. Psal. 39. 13. It shall no more be, then as if it had never been, Psal. 7. 9. & 10. 15. & 37. 36. God forgiving and forgetting it, Jer. 31. 34.

I will pardon them whom I reserve] Chap. 31. 34.

V. 21. Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and a∣gainst the inhabitants of Pekod] Or, Go (as 1 King. 22. 6.) against the land of rebels, even against it; and against the inhabitants of visitation: that is, against the rebellious people of Chaldea, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, which is now to be visited, vers. 18. 24. 27. 31. Or, Go against this land (to wit, of Chaldea) by, or, from Merathaim, even against it; and by (as Gen. 49. 29. Job 29. 19.) the inhabitants of Pekod. Which are supposed to have been two cities of Chaldea; or, as some, of Assyria: the latter whereof is mentioned, Ezek. 23. 23. that Cyrus took in his way, before he came to sit down against Babylon. But howsoever, the words in∣timate a commission and charge given from God for Cyrus and his companies to go against Chaldea, Isa. 45. 3, 4.

utterly destroy after them] After thou hast destroyed these cities or countreys, set upon Chaldea, march on to Babylon. Or, de∣stroy utterly the posteritie, or, race, of them. Dan. 11. 4.

and doe according to all that I have commanded thee] By a secret instinct, 2 Sam. 16. 12. 2 King. 18. 25. 2 Chron. 36. 23. Isa. 44. 8. & 48 14. Chap. 34. 22.

V. 22. of great destruction] Heb. breaking. Chap. 4. 6, 20. and 51. 54.

V. 23. the hamm••r of the whole earth] Babylon, that had bea∣ten down all the Princes and people of the world, Chap. 23. 29. and 51. 20.

V. 24. I have laid a snare for thee] I have caused thee to be taken unawares, as a fowl in a snare, Isa. 47. 11. Chap. 51. 39. Eccl. 9. 12. Luk. 21. 35.

V. 25. The LORD hath opened his armorie] Contrary to the opening of his treasurie; though the word the same of either, Deut. 28. 12.

the work of the LORD] Chap. 48. 10.

V. 26. Come against her from the utmost border] Heb. from the end. vers. 41. From a farre countrey: as Matth. 12. 42. See, Isa. 13. 5 & 41. 5, 9. No remotenesse of place shal hinder their accesse, to doe Gods work; Isa. 7. 18.

cast her up] Heb. tread her. Chap. 51. 33.

as heaps] Or, sheaves.

V. 27. Slay all her bullocks] Her Princes and might•• men, Isa. 34. 7. Vers. 11.

let them go down to the slaughter] Chap. 48. 15.

their day is come] Vers. 31. Chap. 27. 7. & 46. 21.

V. 28. to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD] Chap. 51. 10.

V. 29. Call together the archers] Vers. 14.

that bend the bow] Heb. tread. Chap. 46. 9. & 51. 3.

recompense her according to her work] Vers. 15. Chap. 51. 24. Lam. 3. 64.

she hath been proud against the LORD] The main cause of Babylons fall; their pride and insolencie against God; vers. 31. Dan. 5. 20, 23. Chap. 51. 1. Isa. 14. 13, 14. as of Ashurs, Isa. 10▪ 11,—15. & 37. 23, 29. and of Moabs, Chap. 48. 26, 29, 42.

V. 30. shall her young men fall in the streets] Chap. 49. 26.

V. 31. Behold, I am against thee] Chap. 51. 25.

O thou most proud] Heb. pride. as Psal. 36. 11.

thy day is come] Vers. 27.

the time that I will visit thee] Or, punish. vers. 18.

V. 32. the most proud] Heb. pride. vers. 31.

stumble and fall] Psal. 27. 3. & 107. 12. Chap. 46. 6.

none shall raise him up] Eccles. 4. 10.

I will kindle a fire in his cities] Chap. 21. 14.

V. 33. The children of Israel and the children of Judah were op∣pressed together] Or, alike. as Deut. 12. 22. though at severall times, and by severall adversaries, 2 King. 17. 6. & 24. 2, 12.

they refused to let them go] Isa. 14. 17.

V. 34 Their redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his name] Or, Their strong redeemer, (Or, avenger. Num. 35. 19, 27. Pro. 23. 11. See Chap. 51. 35.) whose name is, &c. Chap. 32. 18. and 48. 15.

he shall throughly plead their cause] Heb. pleading plead. Isa. 51. 22. See Psal. 35. 1. Pro. 22. 23.

that he may give rest to the land, &c.] Rest to his people, that had been disquieted; Isa. 14. 3. and vexation to them, by whom they had been disquieted, 2 Thes. 1. 6, 7.

V. 36. A sword is upon the liers] Soothsayers and wisards. Isa. 47. 12, 13. Or, chief stayes. Heb. barres. Isa. 44. 25. Chap. 48. 30.

they shall be dismayed] Or, broken in pieces. Chap. 1. 17.

V. 37. upon all the mingled people] Chap. 25. 24.

that are in the midst of her] Or, in her. as Chap. 46. 21. and 51. 6.

they shall become as women] Isa. 19. 16. Chap. 51. 30.

V. 38. A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up] For Cyrus cut out the stream of the river Euphrates into many chanels, and so made it passable for his people: by means where∣of he more suddenly surprised the citie, Chap. 51. 32, 36.

it is the land of graven images] Isa. 2. 8.

they are mad upon their idols] Heb. terrours. Job 20. 25. Idols are here so tearmed, because they are so to their followers and worshippers; as scar-crows are to birds and beasts, though being things contemptible and unable to do ought, Chap. 10. 5. Baruch 6. 70. Or, giants. Deut. 2. 10. In allusion to whom some suppose their idols here so stiled, from the vast bulk and giant-like big∣nesse of some of them. Dan. 3. 1.

V. 39. the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there] Isa. 13. 21. 22. and 34. 14. Chap. 51. 37. Rev. 18. 2.

the owls shall dwell therein] Heb. owls daughters. Job 30. 29.

it shall be no more inhabited for ever: neither shall it be dwelt in] Heb. inhabite. and, dwell. Chap. 46. 26. Vers. 13.

V. 40. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, &c.] Gen. 19. 25. Isa 13. 19. Chap. 49. 18.

V. 41. a people shall come from the north] Chap. 6. 22. Vers. 3. 9.

many kings] Princes and Potentates, associates and assistants to Cyrus; or subjects and serving under him, Chap. 25. 14. and 51. 27, 28.

from the coasts of the earth] Or, utmost coasts. vers. 26. Heb sides. Chap. 25. 32. & 31. 8.

V. 42. They shall hold the bow and the lance] Chap. 6. 23.

they are cruel and will not shew mercy] They shall be to the Ba∣bylonians, as the Babylonians were to the Jews, Isa. 13. 17, 18. Chap. 6. 23.

their voyce shall rore like the sea] Chap. 51. 55.

V. 43. hath heard the report of them] Of the surprisall of his citie by night, Chap. 51. 31.

his hands waxed feeble] Isa. 13. 7. Chap. 6. 24.

anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail] Chap. 49. 24.

V. 44. he shall come up like a lion] Cyrus, with his forces. vers. 21. Chap. 51. 11. See the like of Nebuchadnezzar, Chap. 49. 19.

from the swelling of Jordan] Or, more violently then the swelling of Jordan. More like the breaking in of the main sea, then the surrounding of any river, Chap. 51. 42.

unto the habitation of the strong] Or, strong habitation. A peri∣phrasis of Babylon.

but] Or, for. as Psal. 108. 12.

I will make them suddenly runne away] Or, I will make them suddenly to over-runne her. I will make those that be in Babylon, to flie hastily out of her. Or, the enemie and his forces suddenly to assault and surprise her, Chap. 51. 8.

and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her] Or, one that is a choice man will I appoint against her. Cyrus against Ba∣bylon, as Nebuchadnezzar against Edom, Chap. 51. 11. See Chap. 49. 19.

who will appoint me the time] Job 41. 10. Or, convent me to plead. or, challenge me.

V. 45. heare ye the counsel of the LORD, &c.] Isa. 14. 24, 26.

the least of the flock shall draw them out] Chap. 49. 20.

V. 46. At the noise of the taking of Babylon, &c.] Chap. 49. 21.

CHAP. LI.

Vers. 1. AGainst them that dwell in the mi••st of them] Heb. in the heart of them. as Psal. 46. 3.

that rise up against me] Chap. 50. 29.

a destroying wind] The Medes and Persians, who like a whirl∣wind, shall sweep away the Chaldeans; as the Chaldeans did the Jews, Chap. 4. 11, 12.

V. 2. fanners, that shall fanne her] As I fanned my people by her, Chap. 15. 7.

shall empty her land] As she emptied their land, vers. 34. See Chap. 48. 12.

against her round about] Chap. 46. 5. & 49. 5, 29.

V. 3. Against him that bendeth] Heb. treadeth. Chap. 50. 14.

let the archer bend his bow] Heb. let the treader tread his bow to bend it.

V. 4. the slain shall fall, &c.] Or, the wounded. Chap. 37. 10. Isa. 13. 15.

V. 5. Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts, &c.] Or, Israel is not a widow, nor Judah se∣vered from his God, from the Lord of hosts. Though for her sinne she was left a while, yet is she not utterly forsaken, as a widow, whose husband is deceased; or wholly cast off, as one divorced. Isa. 50. 1. & 54. 5, 6. Jer. 3. 1. Lam. 1. 1.

though their land was filled with sinne against the holy One of Is∣rael] Or, with desolation from the holy One of Israel. Though they have deserved to be irrecoverably destroyed for their sinnes, wherewith they defiled and filled the whole land, Chap. 16. 18. Or, though by the just judgement of God their land hath been laid wast and desolate, Chap. 4. 20, 27.

V. 6. Flee out of the midst of Babylon] Or, out of Babylon. as Chap. 44. 7. & 50. 37.

and deliver every man his soul] Or, himself. Matth. 16. 25, 26. Implying, that there should be no safety to any that should stay there, Isa. 13. 15. Chap. 50. 8. Vers. 45. Rev. 18 4.

be not cut off] Or, lest ye be cut off in her punishment. as Gen. 4. 13. & 19. 15.

the time of the LORDS vengeance] Vers. 11. Isa. 59. 17, 18.

V. 7. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORDS hand] By whom he poured forth his wrath, on whom he pleased, Psal. 75. 8. Rev. 17. 4.

that made all the earth drunken] The wine of Gods wrath did so, poured out by her hand, Chap. 25. 15. Rev. 14. 10.

the nations are mad] By reason of the affliction, that from her they have sustained, Chap. 25. 16.

V. 8. Babylon is suddenly fallen] Isa. 21. 9. Rev. 4. 18. & 18. 2.

and destroyed] Heb. broken. Chap. 50. 22.

howl for her] Rev. 18. 9,—19.

take balme for her pain] Or, grief. Use all the means ye can to help her: all shall be to no purpose. Chap. 8. 22. & 46. 11.

V. 9. We would have healed Babylon] The speech of those that had assisted her, and served under her.

but she is not healed] Or, could not be healed. as Chap. 2. 23. and 9. 10. We have done our best; but all in vain: our onely way now is to shift for our selves, Isa. 13. 14. Chap. 46. 16.

her judgement reacheth unto heaven, &c.] Her punishment and calamitie is exceeding great, Psal. 36. 5. proportionable to her sinne, Revel. 18. 5. Ezra 9. 6. too great to be holpen by any humane helps.

V. 10. The LORD hath brought forth our righteousnesse, &c.] The speech of Gods people, acknowledging Gods goodnesse in righting them against her, Psal. 37. 6. Mic. 7. 9. and enciting to praise him for it, Chap. 50. 28. Revel. 15. 3, 4. and 16. 5,—7. and 19. 1, 2, 5.

V. 11. Make bright the arrows] Heb. make pure. Chap. 4. 11. Spoken to Babylon, in derision. So vers. 12.

gather the shields] Heb. fill them. Chap. 4. 5.

the LORD hath raised up the spirit, &c.] Ezra 1. 1.

of the kings of the Medes] Vers. 28.

his device is against Babylon] Vers. 29.

the vengeance of the LORD] Vers. 6. Chap. 50. 28.

the vengeance of his temple] For the wrong done him, as in his people, so especially in his Temple, in the profaning and destroy∣ing of it. Chap. 52. 13, 17. Dan. 1. 2. & 5. 23.

V. 12. Set up the standard] Chap. 50. 2.

make the watch strong] Use all the means ye can to prevent dan∣ger; to escape destruction: but they shall not avail, Vers. 9. 11.

prepare the ambushes] Heb. liers in wait.

V. 13. that dwellest upon many waters] That art situate upon the great river Euphrates: (which ranne about it and through it) and rulest over many mightie people, Rev. 17. 1, 15.

the measure of thy covetousnesse] Heb. cubite. the most usuall measure among those people, Gen. 6. 15. Exod. 25. 10. The stint that God hath precisely limited out thereunto: and which there∣fore thou shalt not exceed, Gen. 15. 16. Matth. 23. 32. 1 Thes. 2. 16.

V. 14. The LORD of hosts] Amos 6. 8.

hath sworn by himself] Heb. by his soul. as vers. 6.

I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers] Or, locusts. or, rough flies. With multitudes of thine enemies and their forces. vers. 27.

they shall lift up a shout] Heb. utter. vers. 55. a shout, Or, an alarm. Chap. 25. 30. & 48. 33.

V. 15. He hath made the earth, &c.] Or, Even he that made, &c. to wit, hath sworn, vers. 14. See Chap. 10. 12, &c.

V. 16. there is a multitude] Or, noise. Isai. 63. 15.

he causeth the vapours to ascend, &c.] Psal. 135 7.

V. 17. Every man is brutish by his knowledge, &c.] Or, is more brutish then to know. See Chap. 10. 14.

V. 18. in the time of their visitation] When God shall come to execute judgement both on them and their worshippers, Chap. 48. 7. & 49. 3. & 50. 2.

V. 19. The portion of Jacob, &c.] Chap. 10. 16.

is not like them] The true God, the God of Israel, is not like those idols: for he can save his, and help, when all things seeme desperate: and he is able to effect, whatsoever he saith; to do whatsoever he will have done, Psal. 115. 3. & 135. 6.

V. 20. Thou art my battel-ax] Or, hast been. Thou Babylon, hast been thus: as Chap. 50. 23. or, Thou Cyrus, with thine ar∣mies, shalt so be. So Isa. 10. 5, 15.

with thee] Or, in thee. or, by thee.

will I break] Or, have I broken.

will I destroy] Or, have I destroyed.

V. 21. will I break] Or, have I broken. so after here; and vers. 22. 23.

V. 22. old and young] 2 Chron. 36. 17.

V. 23. the shepherd and his flock, &c.] Men of all sorts and ranks, great and small, Chap. 50. 16.

V. 24. And] Or, But. as vers. 9. Isa. 29. 13.

all their evill that they have done in Zion] Chap. 50. 15. 29.

in your sight] Psal. 79. 10.

V. 25. Behold, I am against thee] Chap. 50. 31.

O destroying] Isa. 14. 6.

mountain] Not that Babylon stood on an hill: but so tearmed for her high stately buildings, and her strong for••ifications: in regard whereof she seemed as impregnable, as if she had been so situate, Zec. 4. 7.

I will stretch out mine hand upon thee] Chap. 6. 12. & 15. 6.

roll thee down from the rocks] Thy strong holds and fortresses, and thy loftie towrs, that threaten heaven, Gen. 11. 4. Dan. 4. 11, 30. Vers. 53.

will make thee a burnt mountain] Or, burning mountain. Heb. mountain of burning. Deut. 29. 23. Alluding to those mountains of sulphurie matter, that burn continually, and with the ashes and cinders issuing from them wast and spoil all the countrey round about them: or, to the heapes of ashes and cinders, that cities so burnt and ruined leave behind them, Chap. 50. 26.

V. 26. they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations] Nothing shall be left whole in thee, whereon to raise thee up to a new estate again: thou shalt never be reedified. vers. 64.

thou shalt be desolate for ever] Heb. everlasting desolations. Chap. 25, 12. Ezek. 35. 9.

V. 27. Set ye up a standard] To assemble those people, that are to serve against Babylon: as Isa. 5. 26. Chap. 50. 2.

prepare the nations] Heb. sanctifie them. Isa. 13. 3. Chap. 6. 4.

the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ash••henaz] Armenia, the higher, and the lower; and Scythia, or Asia the lesse, Gen. 8. 4. & 10. 3. for of divers nations did Cyrus his army consist.

cause the horses to come up] Or, raise, or, advance.

as the rough caterpillers] Or, lo••usts. or, great flies. Either for mumber or multitude, as caterpillers and locusts, vers. 14. Judg. 6. 5. Nahum 3. 15. or, leaping and prancing, as locusts and grashoppers use to leap and skip, Joel 2. 5. Nahum 2. 16.

V. 28. Pr••pare against her] Heb sanctifie. vers. 27.

the nations with the kings of the Medes, &c.] Darius and Cyrus: or, Kings for Princes, as Chap. 46. 25. & 50. 41. Vers. 11. with those sundry nations, that served under them, vers. 27.

V. 29. the land shall tremble and sorrow] The people of Chal∣dea, shall quake for fear, and be in pain as a woman in travell, Isa. 13. 8. Chap. 50. 43.

every purpose of the LORD shall be performed] Isa. 14. 27. Vers. 11.

V. 30. they have remained in their holds] They dare not stirre out, 1 Sam. 14. 11.

they became as women] Isa. 19. 16. Nahum 3. 13. Heb. shall be unto women. or, shall become women. Shall be so affected, so ti∣merous and heartlesse as if they were turned into women, or were women indeed, and not men: the phrase is the same with that Exod. 4. 3, 4. So Chap. 50. 37.

they have burnt her dwelling places] Or, her dwelling places are burnt. as Chap. 49. 20.

her barres are broken] The barres of her gates, as well of her forts and palaces, as of her citie, Psal. 107. 16. & 147. 13. Pro. 18. 19. Isa. 45. 2.

V. 31. One post shall run to meet another, &c.] So spatious was the citie, and so suddenly surprised at a festivall, that the surpri∣sall was not soon generally known; it was three dayes, say some authors, ere the report of the taking of it on the one side, came to those on the other side; some good space of time, ere to those in the midst of the citie. Herodot. lib. 1. Aristot. politic. l. 3. c. 2.

to shew the king of Babylon that his citie is taken] Chap. 50. 43.

at one end] On the one side: where Cyrus, by diverting the course of the river, had made way for surprisall of it.

V. 32. the passages] Judg. 12. 5.

are stopped] Or, seized. Chap. 40. 10. & 50. 46.

the reeds they have burnt with fire] Or, meers. or pools. Psal. 114. 8. Isa. 14. 23. The meers, or places where the water before stood, are as drie, as if they were burnt up with fire. Chap. 50. 38.

the men of warre are affrighted] Vers. 30.

V. 33. The daughter of Babylon] Isa. 47. 1.

is like a threshing-floore] The citie and state of Babylon is to be thrown down, and levelled; made even and plain, vers. 15. as a thresthing-floore is against harvest time; that her Princes and people may be threshed in her, Isa. 21. 10. Joel 3. 14. Chap. 50. 26.

it is time to thresh her] Or, in the time that he thresheth her. Heb. to tread: or, he treadeth her. Judg. 20. 43.

the time of her harvest shall come] Her sinne is come to the height, vers. 13. Gen. 15. 16. she is ripe for judgement: ready to be reaped and threshed, Joel 3. 13. Rev. 14. 15.

V. 34. Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, &c.] Gods people complain of Babylons crueltie towards them, Chap. 50. 17.

he hath made me an emptie vessel] Chap. 48. 12. Vers. 2.

he hath swallowed me up like a dragon] Or, whale. Isa. 27. 1. As a great whale swalloweth down the l••sser fish and frie, Hab. 1. 13, 14.

he hath filled his belly with my delicates] Job 15. 20, 23.

V. 35. The violence done to me] Heb. my violence. Gen. 16. 5. So Judg. 9. 24. Joel 3. 19.

and to my flesh] Or, remainder.

shall the inhabitant of Zion say] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 10. 17. and 48. 19.

my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea] Vengeance befall her; or, is now by God mine avenger (Chap. 50. 34.) his just judge∣ment come upon her; for the wrong and crueltie that she hath done unto me, Psal. 137. 8, 9. See the like phrase, Gen 16. 5. Matth. 27. 25.

V. 36. I will plead thy cause] Not by words, but by deeds, Chap. 50. 34. I will right the wrongs done thee; and execute judgement upon her for thee, vers. 10. Psal. 35. 1. & 43. 1. Mic. 7. 9. Lam. 3. 58.

take vengeance for thee] Heb. avenge thy vengeance. that is, the violence and crueltie done unto thee, Lam. 3. 60.

I will dry up her sea] Her great stream of the river Euphrates, vers. 32. Sea for river, or lake, Matth. 4. 13, 18. & 8. 24. & 17. 24. Joh. 21. 1. as river for sea, Jon. 2. 4. See Isa. 44. 27.

V. 37. Babylon shall become heaps, &c.] Isa. 13. 22. & 34. 13. Chap. 49 33. & 50. 39.

an astonishment] Vers. 41.

V. 38. They shall rore together like lions] The Babylonians at their drunken feast. Or, the enemie at the surprisall of them, vers. 14. Chap. 48. 33.

they shall yell] Or, shake. or, rouse themselves. Isa. 33. 9.

V. 39. In their heat I will make their feasts] Or, when they are hot, I will dispose their drinkings. When they are heated with wine, Isa. 5. 11. I will temper and tender them such a potion, as shall make them so drunk, that they shall sleep with it their last sleep. Alluding to Belshazzars banquet, at which the citie was taken, and the King with his guests slain, Dan. 5. 1, 2, 30. Isa. 21. 5. See Herodotus lib. 1. and Xenophon lib. 7.

that they may rejoyce] Or, make merry. or, re••ell it. Isa. 22. 2.

and sleep a perpetuall sleep] Heb. a sleep of perpetuitie. vers. 57.

V. 40. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter] Chap. 50. 27. Chap. 12. 3.

with he-goats] Or, and he-goats. Psal. 68. 30. Isa. 34. 7.

V. 41. How, &c.] Spoken by way of wonderment: as Chap. 50. 23.

is Sheshach taken] Babylon, Chap. 25. 26. so called of an idoll there worshipped: whose feast they were then celebrating, when the citie was surprised. Of this feast see Berosus in Athenaeus lib. 14. & Dion Chrysost. orat. 4.

the praise of the whole earth] The citie so famous over the whole world, Chap. 49. 25. Lam. 2. 15.

an astonishment among the nations] Vers. 37.

V. 42. The sea is come up upon Babylon] An answer to the for∣mer question: that it is not to be marvelled, if she be thus sur∣prised and spoiled, when a whole sea of enemies, to wit, Cyrus his vast armie, is broken in upon her. So Isa. 8. 8. & 59. 19. Chap. 50. 44. Vers. 55. Lam. 2. 13.

V. 43. a drie land and a wildernesse, &c.] Chap. 2. 6. & 9. 12.

V. 44. I will punish] Heb. visit upon. vers. 47.

Bel in Babylon] Babylons chief idol, Isa. 46. 1. Chap. 50. 2.

I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up] The spoils of the Babylonians, which they had fleeced other people of: ascribed to Bel, either because they attributed their victories and conquests to him: as Judg. 11. 24. and 16. 23. Or, because of their booties and spoils taken in warre, rich presents were usually offered unto that idoll: yea the vessels of Gods house were carried into his temple, 2 Chron. 36. 7. Dan. 1, 2. from whence afterward they were restored, Ezra 1. 7. & 5. 14.

the nations shall not flow together any more unto him] Chap. 31. 12. They shall not flock to Babylon, as they had wont to do, when she was in the height of her imperiall state; nor resort to Bel her idol, and his temple, as then they did.

the wall of Babylon shall fall] Vers. 58. Chap. 50. 15.

V. 45. My people, go ye out of the midst of her, &c.] Chap. 50. 8. Rev. 18. 4.

deliver ye every man his soul] Or, himself. vers. 6.

from the fierce anger of the LORD] Chap. 4. 8.

V. 46. lest your heart faint] Or, see that your hearts faint not. or, let not your hearts faint as Gen. 3. 22. be not faint-hearted. Heb. be soft; or, tender. Isa. 7. 4. 2 King. 22. 19. Job. 23. 16.

a rumour shall both come one yeer] Or, For (as Isa. 53. 2.) a ru∣mour shall come one yeer. For the first yeer came tidings of Cyrus his setting forth for Babylon: but he stayed by the way, by the difficultie of passage through Assyria, in regard of great rivers. Herodot. lib. 1.

and after that in another yeer shall come a rumour, and violence in the land] The next yeer: when he pierced into Chaldea; sat down before Babylon; and took it by force.

ruler against ruler] Cyrus against Belshazzar.

V. 47. I will do judgement] Heb. visit. vers. 44.

all her slain shall fall in the midst of her] Or, lie in the midst of her. as 1 Sam 31. 8. Lam. 2. 21.

V. 48. Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing, &c.] All the creatures in heaven and earth shall seem to re∣joyce at the ruine of Babylon; as eased of the heavie pressures, that the whole world sustained by her oppressions: or, as applau∣ding Gods just judgement in avenging of the wrongs done to his people by her, Psal. 96. 11,-13. and 98. 7,-9. Isa. 44. 23. & 49. 13. Chap. 40. 23. Vers. 20,-23, 25.

from the north] Chap. 50. 3.

V. 49. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall: so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth] Or, Both Babylon, or, Babylon also, is to fall, O yee slain of Israel, and with Babylon shall fall the slain of the countrey. Not of the citie alone, but of the whole State: as it was with Gods people, Chap. 4. 27, 29.

V. 50. Ye that have escaped the sword] Either of the Chaldeans, when they destroyed Jerusalem: or of the Medes and Persians, when they surprised Babylon, being there in captivitie, Chap. 44. 28. Ezek. 6. 5.

stand not still] Or, stay not. Heb. stand not. Gen. 45. 1. Chap. 4. 6.

remember the LORD afarre off] In Babylon: farre off from his seat at Jerusalem, Isa. 39. 3.

let Jerusalem come into your mind] Heb. up upon your heart. Chap. 3. 16. Psal. 137. 1, 5.

V. 51. We are confounded, &c.] The lament of Gods people, at the very mention and remembrance of Jerusalem, and her pre∣sent condition, Psal. 44. 15, 16. & 137. 1,-6.

we have heard reproch] Psal. 31. 11, 13. and 89. 50, 51. and 123. 3, 4.

shame hath covered our faces] Psal. 69. 7.

strangers are come into the sanctuaries] Num. 1. 51. Lam. 2. 10.

V. 52. I will do judgement] Heb. visit. Vers. 44. 47.

V. 53. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, &c.] Obad. 4. Though her walls were as high as heaven, Gen. 11. 4. Deut. 1. 28. and they are reported by some to have been two hundred foot, by others, two hundred cubits high. See Herodot. lib. 1. & Plin. lib. 6. cap. 26. See also Chap. 50. 15. Vers 25. 44. 58.

V. 54. and great destruction] Or, and of great destruction. Heb. breach. or, breaking. Chap. 50. 22.

V. 55. the great voyce] Which multitudes of people had wont to make in her, Chap. 48. 45. Vers. 44.

when her waves do rore like great waters] Heb. and their waves do. or, shall rore, &c. The waves of that sea, which shall break in upon her, vers. 42. whose shout shall succeed in the stead of the fore-mentioned noise, vers. 14. Chap. 50. 42.

a noise] Or, a tumultuous noise. vers. 24.

V. 56. Because] Or, For. or, when.

the spoiler is come upon her] Vers. 53. Chap. 48. 8.

every one of their bows is broken] Chap. 49. 35.

the LORD God of recompenses] Vers. 6.

shall surely requite] Heb. requiting requite. Exod. 31. 36.

V. 57. I will make drunk her princes, &c.] I will make them drunk with the cup of my wrath: Chap. 25. 26. yet withall allu∣ding to that drunken feast, at which they were surprised and slain. vers. 39.

they shall sleep a perpetuall sleep] Heb. a sleep of perpetuitie. Chap. 48. 15. Vers. 39.

V. 58. The broad walls of Babylon] Or, the walls of broad Ba∣bylon. The walls are reported by some to have been fifty foot, by others, fiftie cubits thick: the citie being built square, a hundred and twenty furlongs wide. See on vers. 53.

shall be utterly broken] Or, made naked. Heb. breaking down broken down. or, stripping stript. Made bare of defendants. Or, laid levell with the ground, Chap. 50. 15. Vers. 44.

the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be wearie] The people shall labour for vanitie (so the Hebrew) and the folk, untill they tire themselves, for the fire. as some are said to breed children for the sword, Job 27. 14. and Ephraim for the murderer, Hos 9. 13. See Isa. 66. 23. Hab. 2. 13. Thus all the pains, that people have taken, wearying and wearing out them∣selves about the building of Babylon, shall be in vain, and pro∣duce nothing but fewel for the fire, vers. 25.

V. 59. when he went with Zedekiah] Or, on the behalf of, or, from Zedekiah: as Gen. 4. 1. & 44. 4. & 49. 25. Exod. 9. 29. Being sent by him in ambassage to the King of Babylon, to treat with him about some affairs of State; some seven yeers before the ge∣nerall captivitie. See Chap. 29. 3.

this Seraiah was a quiet prince] Heb. a prince of rest. One that laboured, in likelihood, to make peace and work some reconcile∣ment between Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar: as 1 Chron. 22. 9. a man of rest; for one that liveth peaceably and quietly. Or, prince of Menucha. a place in Judah, 1 Chron. 2. 52. Or, chief Chamberlain. one that hath charge of the Kings rest, or chamber wherein he resteth. See Isa. 57. 2.

V. 60. Jeremiah wrote in a book] Heb. one book. as Exod. 16. 33.

V. 61. When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words] Or, and shalt have beheld the citie, then shalt thou reade all these words. Or, thou shalt then look upon this book, or, roll; and shalt read all these words.

V. 62. Then shalt] Or, And shalt say.

neither man nor beast] Heb. from man to beast. Chap. 50. 3.

it shall be desolate for ever] Heb. desolations. Vers. 26. Chap. 48. 34.

V. 63. cast it into the midst of Euphrates] Or, into Euphrates. as vers. 6. This is alluded by the milstone said to be cast by the Angel into the sea, Rev. 18. 11.

V. 64. and they shall be weary] Or, though they weary themselves. vers. 56. Chap. 9. 5. Although they tire themselves out never so much in contending to restore her: as Mal. 1. 4.

Thus farre are the words of Jeremiah] To wit, written by the Prophet himself. So that the Chapter following seemeth after to have been added unto this book of his Prophecies, by some other holy man of God, (as the last Chapter of Deuteronomie to the writings of Moses) for the further illustration and fuller confir∣mation of the complement of some things therein contained.

CHAP. LII.

Ver. 1. ZEdekiah was one and twentie yeer old, &c.] 2 King. 24. 18. 2 Chron. 36. 11.

when he began to reign] Heb. reigned. as 2 King. 21. 1. and 22. 1.

V. 3. through the anger of the LORD it came to passe, &c.] Thus God punished sinne by sinne; giving him up to his rebel∣lious heart, to be led and swayed by it, untill he brought the ene∣my in upon him, who led both him and his people away captive. vers. 9. 15. Ezek. 17. 15, 16.

V. 4. in the ninth yeer of his reign] 2 King. 25. 1. Chap. 39. 1.

in the tenth moneth] Hence arose the fast of the tenth moneth, observed during the time of the captivitie; Zech. 8. 19. because in that moneth began the siege of the citie.

V. 6. in the fourth moneth] This occasioned the fourth moneths fast; Zech. 8. 19. because in that moneth the citie was surprised and sacked.

so that there was no bread] Chap. 38 9.

V. 7. the citie was broken up] The gates being broken open; and the wals battered or scaled. Chap. 39. 2, 3.

the gate between the two walls,] Of this gate, see Chap. 39. 4.

where was by the kings garden] Or, were: to wit, walls.

V. 9. carried him up unto the king of Babylon] Or, brought him unto him. Chap. 39. 5.

where he gave judgement upon him] Heb. spake with him judge∣ments. Chap. 4. 12. & 39. 5.

V. 10. the king of Babylon slew the sonnes of Zedekiah] Caused them to be slain. as 1 King. 19. 17. Chap. 39. 6. so after here, and vers. 11.

V. 11. he put out the eyes of Zedekiah] Heb. blinded. Chap. 39. 7.

bound him in chains] Or, fetters of brasse. Lam. 3. 7.

put him in prison] Heb. house of the wards. Ezek. 44. 11.

till the day of his death] Where he remained, untill he died. Ezek. 17. 16.

V. 12. in the fifth moneth] Hence came the fift moneths fast, mentioned Zech. 7. 3. & 8. 19. because in that moneth the Temple was burnt.

in the tenth day of the moneth] In 2 King. 25. 8. it is said, on the

seventh day. Either because the fire was begun on the seventh day; and so continued to the tenth: or, because he came to Jerusalem on the seventh day, but set not the Temple on fire untill the tenth.

the nineteenth yeere of Nebuchadrezzar] See Chap. 25. 1. and 32. 1.

captain of the guard] Or, chief marshall. Heb. chief of the exe∣cutioners, or slaughter-men: and so vers. 14. &c.

which served the king of Babylon] Heb. stood before him. 1 King. 10. 8. & 17. 1. 2 King. 25. 8. Pro. 22. 29.

V. 13. and all the houses of the great men burnt he with fire] Or, even all the great (that is, the noble and rich, as Gen. 24. 35. & 26. 13. Chap. 41. 1.) mens houses he burnt; sparing onely the houses of the meaner sort, who were left to husband the land. vers. 16. as Chap. 35. 15.

V. 15. the rest of the multitude] Heb. Amon. as Chap. 46. 25.

V. 17. Also, &c.] 2 King. 25. 13.

the pillars of brasse that were in the house of the LORD] As the Prophet had foretold, that it should be. Chap. 27. 19, 22. See 1 King. 7. 15.

the bases] 1 King. 7. 27.

the brasen sea] 1 King. 7. 23.

V. 18. The caldrons, &c.] Exod. 27. 3. 1 King. 7. 45.

the shovels] Or, instruments to remove the ashes.

the bowls] Or, basons.

V. 19. the basons, &c.] 1 King. 7. 50.

the fire-pans] Or, censers.

V. 20. The two pillars, &c.] Vers. 17.

the brasse] Heb. their brasse.

was without weight] The quantitie of it was so great, as could not well, or easily be weighed, or that they regarded not, or would not stand to weigh it, 1 King. 7. 47. 1 Chron. 22. 3, 14. 2 Chron. 4. 18.

V. 21. the pillars, &c.] 1 King. 7. 15. 2 King. 25. 17. 2 Chron. 3. 15.

a fillet] Heb. threed. 1 King. 7. 15. Gen. 14. 23.

V. 22. with net-work] Or, wriethed-work. 1 King. 7. 17. 2 Sam. 18. 9.

pomegranates upon the chapiters round about] Heb. wind-ward. Toward the foure winds, or quarters of the world, Chap. 49. 36. Whence it may be gathered, that the borders, on which these ninetie six pomegranates were engraved, were square; and they stood twenty and foure on each side: to which number the foure corner ones being added, do make up an hundred. vers. 23.

V. 24. And the captain of the guard, &c.] 2 King. 25. 18.

Zephaniah] Chap. 21. 1. & 29. 25.

the second pri••st] Who was next in place to the chief-priest; and upon extraordinarie occurrents disabling or restraining him, supplied his place, Chap. 20. 1. 1 Chron. 5. 12. 2 Kin. 23. 4.

keepers of the doore] Heb. threshold. Chap. 35. 4.

V. 25. an eunuch] Or, officer. Gen. 39. 1.

seven men of them] They are said to be five, 2 King. 25. 19. which five, it may be, were of more speciall note then the other two, therefore not reckoned, because of lesse account: or else, the two named here apart go to make up the seven.

that were neare the kings person] Heb. saw the face of the king. that is, attended constantly upon him, Matth. 18. 10.

which were found in the citie] Or, were abiding there. as Esther 1. 5.

the principall scribe of the host] Or, the scribe of the 〈…〉〈…〉ain of the host.

that were found in the midst of the citie] Or, were in the citie. as Chap. 41. 3. Ezek. 3. 24.

V. 27. smote them] Vers. 10.

V. 28. in the seventh yeer] In the latter end of his seventh, a∣bout the beginning of his eighth yeer, when he carried Jehoia∣chin away captive, 2 King. 24. 12. so vers. 29. See the like, 1 King. 15. 25, 28. and on Chap. 25. 1.

V. 29. In the eighteenth yeer] Expiring; and the nineteenth then entering. vers. 12.

from Jerusalem eight hundred thirtie and two persons] So many out of Jerusalem: for in all, out of other places also, there were ten thousand then carried away captive, 2 King. 24. 16.

persons] Heb. souls. Exod. 1. 5. Chap. 43. 6. So after again, vers. 30.

V. 30. In the three and twentieth yeer] After the murder of Gedaliah, Chap. 41. 2.

V. 31. And it came to passe, &c.] 2 King. 25. 27.

in the five and twentieth day of the moneth] On this day he gave order for it to be done: though it were not put in execution untill two dayes after, 2 King. 25. 27.

Evilmerodach king of Babylon] Succeeding Nebuchadnezzar. See Chap. 25. 11. & 27. 7.

lifted up the head of Jehoiachin] Took speciall notice of him, Gen. 40. 13, 20. and withall restored him to his libertie, and to some degree of honour.

brought him forth out of prison] Heb. the house of restraint. Chap. 37. 15. So vers. 33.

V. 32. spake kindly unto him] Heb. spake good things with him. Chap. 12. 6.

V. 33. changed his prison garments] Gave him princely ap∣parel, in stead of that which before he ware, Gen. 41. 14, 42.

he did continually eat bread before him] At his table, 2 Sam. 9. 7.

V. 34. there was a continuall diet given him of the king] He had a cōstant set allowance in the court. Which kind usage some ascribe to his voluntarie rendring of himself to Nebuchadnezzar, 2 King. 24. 12. Yet, it seemeth, he found no such favour with him: and what he then did, being but young, might be done rather by his mothers direction. But thus God made good, what the Psalmist acknowledgeth, by giving him, and some other of his people, fa∣vour in the eyes of those, with whom they were captives, Chap. 15. 11. Dan. 1. 9. & 2. 48, 49. & 3. 30. & 6. 2, 28. Nehem. 1. 12. and 2. 8.

every day a portion] Heb. the matter (or, word, as Chap. 38. 27.) of the day in his day. Exod. 5. 13.