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 LAMENTATIONS OF IEREMIAH. (Book Lamentations)

THE ARGUMENT.

THis Book of the Lamentations (diverse from that wherewith this our Prophet is said to have lamented the death of King Iosiah, 2 Chron. 35. 25.) was composed by Ieremiah in the time of the Babylonian captivitie. Therein he bewaileth the grievous calamities, that had befallen his people; the ruine of their State; the devastation of their Land; the destruction of their chief Citie, and of Gods Temple therein with it; the profanation of his holy things; and the deplorable condition of all sorts and states, both during their strait siege at home, and afterward in their heavie bondage abroad: complaineth of the manifold sinnes and excesses of all sorts; whereby they had enforced God to inflict those iudgements upon them: and exhorteth them to patience under Gods iust chastising hand; to repentance of their sinnes, the procuring causes of those evils; and to incessant seeking unto God, for the remission of the one, and the removall of the other; with an hopefull expectation of a gracious restitution in his due time, and of the righteous execution of his iudgement upon those, who now insulted over them.

The whole work is conceived in a very artificiall frame, full of rhetoricall amplifications, and patheticall expressions: and for the better help of memorie, all of it (the last Chapter onely excepted) is contrived according to the order of the letters in the Hebrew Alphabet; as also sundry of the Psalmes are.

CHAP. I.

Vers. 1. HOw doth the citie sit solitarie] Jerusalem, lately so potent, so populous: whose destruction and desolation the Prophet here lamenteth.

as a widow] Chap. 5. 3. Jer. 51. 5.

princesse among the provinces] That had a prime place among them: or, command over others of them, Jer. 50. 12.

how is she become tributarie] First to Egypt, 2 King. 23. 33, 35. and after to Babylon, 2 King. 24. 1.

V. 2. She weepeth sore] Jer. 13. 17. Vers. 16. Heb. weeping weepeth. Isa. 30. 19. Mic. 1. 10.

in the night] In the night of her affliction, Amos 5. 8, 18, 20. or, having no rest night, nor day, Job 7. 3. Psal. 22. 2. & 77. 2, 4. Jer. 14. 17. Rev. 14. 11.

among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her] Her allies and confederates; as were the Assyrians and Egyptians; afford her no help or comfort, Jer. 2. 18, 19. & 4. 30. & 30. 14. vers. 9. 19.

all her friends have dealt treacherously with her] Obad. 7.

V. 3. Judah] The people, or nation, of the Jews.

is gone into captivitie] Have left their land, either by voluntary flight, or by violent constraint, Jer. 4. 29.

because of affliction, and because of great servitude] Heb. and for the greatnesse of servitude. Either, having brought this upon them∣selves, by their oppression and crueltie to their brethren, that were in service with them: Jer. 34. 11. Or, to quit themselves from those grievous afflictions, that the enemie invading them caused, and the servitude, that from them they feared, Jer. 6. 1.

she dwelleth among the heathen] Or, abideth. Jer. 40. 6.

she findeth no rest] Gen. 8. 9. Or, hath no rest. as vers. 6. Chap. 2. 9. & 5. 6.

her persecutors overtook her between the straits] They so seise on her, that she hath no way to escape, Jer. 52. 8. An allusion to the practice of hunters that surprise wild beasts, or robbers by the high-way, that seize on passengers, when they have got them in∣to some straight, or narrow place, where is no means any way to decline or avoid them, Exod 14. 2, 3, 9. Num. 22. 26.

V. 4. The waies of Zion do mourn] Chap. 2. 8. Lying wast, and being over-grown for want of passengers.

none come to the solemn feasts] As they had wont to do, with mirth and melodie, Psal. 42 4. Isa. 30. 29.

her gates are desolate] Or, cities. Jer. 14. 2.

she is in bitternesse] Grief and affliction, Ruth. 1. 20, 21. Chap. 3. 15.

V. 5. Her adversaries are the chief] Heb. head. as Psal. 18. 43. Have the better of her; and rule over her. Deut. 28. 13, 14.

for the multitude of her transgressions] Jer. 30. 14.

her children are gone into captivitie] Jer▪ 52. 28.

before the enemie] Driven before them, like beasts. Or, flying away, for fear of them. See vers. 3. 6.

V. 6. her princes are become like harts] Clean out of heart, what with famine, what with fear. See Chap. 14. 5.

that find no pasture] Or, have none. as vers. 3.

V. 7. of her miscries] Or, exilements. Isa. 58. 7.

all her pleasant things that she had] Or, desireable things. vers. 10. 11. Chap. 2. 4. The memorie of her former plenty, state, and prosperitie, addeth unto her present grief. So Job 29. Psal. 42. 4.

in the dayes of old] Heb. of antiquitie. Chap. 2. 17.

her people fell into the hand] Or, power (as Chap. 2. 7.) of the enemie.

none did help her] Vers. 2. Or, could help her. as Jer. 51. 9.

did mock at her sabbaths] Or, cessations. Either at her religious observation of the Sabbath: or, at her cessation from the wonted performance of holy rites; the Temple being destroyed, Psal. 137. 3. and her land undergoing a long Sabbath, while it lay un∣tilled, Levit. 26. 34, 43.

V. 8. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned] Heb. sinned sinne. Exod. 32. 30.

she is removed] Heb. is become a removing; or, wandring. Jer. 4. 1. & 15. 4. & 24. 9. Or, is in shaking at. that is, in derision: such an one as every one shaketh the head at, Psal. 22. 7. & 44. 14. Jer. 48. 27. Or, is become as a woman separated for her un∣cleannesse, Levit. 15. 19. Ezek. 36. 17. Or, as some abominable thing, 2 Chron. 29. 5. So vers. 17.

they have seen her nakednesse] Her filthinesse is laid open to common view: as it befalleth some notorious strumpet, brought forth to publike shame and punishment, Gen. 9. 22, 23. Levit. 18. 6. Jer. 13. 22, 26. Ezek. 16. 37. & 23. 29. Hos. 2. 10.

she sigheth, and turneth backward] For shame, Isa. 47. 5.

V. 9. Her filthinesse is in her skirts] The signs and marks of it lie open, Isa. 3. 9. Jer. 2. 34. Ezek. 24. 7, 8.

she remembreth not her last end] Or, remembred not her last end. She considered not, what the issue of her evill courses would be, Deut. 32. 29. Isa. 47. 7.

she came down wonderfully] From the height of her State, Isa. 47. 1.

she had no comforter] Vers. 2. 7.

for the enemie hath magnified himself] Or, how (as Isa. 66. 24.) the enemie doth magnifie himself. Insult over me, and over thee in me, Deut. 32. 27. Psal. 35. 26. & 38. 16. & 140. 8. Jer. 48. 26, 42. Zeph. 2. 10.

V. 10. The adversarie hath spread out his hand upon all her plea∣sant things] Or, desireable things. vers. 7. 11. hath seised upon all; even the precious pledges of Gods speciall presence with her, 2 King. 24. 13. & 25. 15. Jer. 48. 20. & 49. 22.

the heathen] The Chaldeans, and their complices, Jer. 51. 51.

entred into her sanctuary] Either the holy land; so called, Exod. 15. 17. which they possesse now as their own; Isa. 63. 18. or the Temple; which was sackt and ransackt together with the citie, Ezek. 7. 21, 22.

thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congrega∣tion] Deut. 23. 3. Much lesse presume to peer and pierce into thy Sanctuarie, the seat of thy speciall residence, Num. 3. 51. Ezek. 44. 7.

V. 11. they seek bread] So did they in the siege, Jer. 38. 9. and 52. 6. and the like in their exilement. vers. 19.

their pleasant things] See vers. 7.

for meat to relieve the soul] Heb. to make the soul to come again. Psal. 23. 3. Vers. 16. 20.

V. 12. Is it nothing to you] Or, It is nothing. Do ye make

light of mine afflictions? Or, do ye not regard them? as com∣plaining that her calamities were so slighted by others; and en∣devouring to move them unto some commiseration of her, Ne∣hem. 9. 32.

all ye that passe by] Heb. passe by the way. Chap. 2 15.

if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow] Dan. 9. 12.

in the day of his fierce anger] Jer. 4. 8. Chap. 4. 11.

V. 13. From above] From heaven, Isa. 24. 18. Jer. 25. 30. Rom. 1. 18.

hath he sent fire] Burnt me up, as with fire from heaven, Job 1. 16. Jer. 17. 27. & 21. 14. & 52. 13. Chap. 4. 11.

into my bones] The chief of my strength, Psal. 32. 3. and 51. 8. Jer. 20. 9. & 50 17.

he hath spread a net for my feet] Psal. 57. 6. Ezek. 12. 13. & 17. 20. & 32. 3. Hos. 7. 12.

he hath turned me back] Cast me down backward: thrown me down, and laid me on my back: Chap. 2. 1.

and faint] Vers. 22.

V. 14. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand] An heavie yoke hath God for my transgressions laid upon me; and so fastened it to my neck, that I am not able to shake it off, Isa. 47. 6. Jer. 28. 14.

they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck] He hath made as it were a wreath, or a cord, of my sinnes, or of the evils befaln me for them; which he holdeth, and keepeth me down with: alluding to those wreaths of withs, that are put about the necks of unruly beasts; or to strong cords made of many threds or smal∣ler lines twined and twisted together, Prov. 5. 22. Eccl. 4. 12. Isa. 5. 18.

he hath made my strength to fall] Psal. 103. 23.

the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up] Of mine enemies; who so keep me down, that there is norising for me, or raising me up, Jer. 50. 33.

V. 15. trodden under foot all my mighty men] Chap. 3. 34.

in the midst of me] Jer. 46. 21.

he hath called an assembly against me] An allusion to the sum∣moning of the people to their festivals and solemn meetings by the sound of a trumpet, Num. 10. 2. See Chap. 2. 22.

to crush my young men] Heb. to break. to destroy: Isa. 14. 25.

the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine-presse] Or, hath trodden the wine-presse of the virgin, &c. He hath trodden her, as grapes, in the wine-presse of his wrath, Isa. 63. 3. Rev. 19. 15.

V. 16. mine eye runneth down with water] Jer. 13. 17. & 24. 17. Vers. 2. Chap. 2. 18.

the comforter that should relieve my soul] Heb. bring back. or, fetch again my soul. vers. 11. God, that should comfort me by his word and Spirit, Job 15. 11. Psal. 119. 92▪ 93. Isa. 40. 1, 2. and 51. 3. or any other whosoever, Isa. 51. 18, 19. Vers. 2. 17. 21.

because the enemy prevailed] Exod. 17. 11. Psal. 65. 3.

V. 17. Zion spreadeth forth her hands] As craving help, or seeking relief and comfort; Jer. 4. 31. Psal. 143. 6, 7. Or, distri∣buteth with her hands: to wit, bread: not to others, as Pro. 31. 20. but to her self: as wanting those, that in this her heavinesse should performe that office to her. See Jer. 16. 7.

the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, &c.] Because I kept not Gods commands, vers. 18. he hath by a secret instinct given mine enemies a command and commission against me. Jer. 34. 22.

his adversaries should be round about him] Chap. 49. 5. and 50. 15, 29.

Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them] Or, as an abo∣mination. as some abominable thing; severed from societie and approach of any: or such as none can endure to touch, Lev. 20. 21. Ezek. 7. 19▪ 20. & 36. 17. See vers. 8.

V. 18. The LORD is righteous] Dan. 9. 7. Nehem. 9. 33. Psal. 119. 137. & 145. 17. ••er. 12. 1.

I have rebelled against his commandement] Heb. against his mouth. Job 23. 12. Psal. 119. 72. & 107. 11.

V. 19. my lovers] Vers. 2. Jer. 22. 20.

deceived me] Jer. 30. 14.

mine elders] My rulers and governours, Chap. 2. 10.

gave up the ghost] They died for hunger, Ch. 2. 19. Jer. 14. 18.

while they sought their meat] Vers. 11.

to relieve their souls] Or, themselves. Jer. 51. 6.

V. 20. my bowels are troubled] They boil and work, as the sea, Job 41. 31. and as waters, that become mire, when they are stirred and troubled, Isa. 57. 20. Ezek. 34. 18. for the word is thence taken, Job 16. 16. Psal. 46. 3. So Chap. 2. 11. See Isa. 16. 11. Jer. 48. 36.

mine heart is turned within me] Jer. 23. 9.

I have grievously rebelled] Heb. rebelling rebelled.

abroad the sword bereaveth] Deut. 32. 25. Ezek. 7. 15.

at home there is as death] Famine; vers. 11. 19. as bad as death by the sword; or worse: Chap 4. 9.

V. 21. They have heard that I sigh] My professed and preten∣ded friends, though they be informed of mine affliction, yet either dare not, or cannot afford me any comfort. vers. 2. 17. Or, mine enemies, and those that are ill-affected towards me, hearing of my distrested and disconsolate condition, rejoyce at it. Psal. 89. 42. Chap. 2. 17.

there is none to comfort me] Or, and that there, &c.

all mine enemies have heard of my trouble] Or, even all, &c.

they are glad] Or, and they▪ &c.

thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called] Or, proclaimed. Dan. 3. 4. & 4. 14. published by thy Prophets, Isa. 13. and 14. and 46. and 47. Jer. 50. & 51. Thou hast set a day, wherein thou wilt take vengeance on those that now in my calamitie insult over me, Pro. 24. 17, 18. Psal. 79. 12. Jer. 50. 15, 29. & 51. 24. Mic. 7. 8, 9.

and they shall be like unto me] That shall befall them, that is now befallen me, Jer. 51. 49. Chap. 4. 21.

V. 22. Let all their wickednesse come before thee, &c.] A pro∣pheticall imprecation: Psal. 109. 14, 15. & 137. 8, 9. Jer. 18. 23. Chap. 3. 64.

my heart is faint] Isa. 1. 5. Jer. 8. 18. Vers. 13.

CHAP. II.

Vers. 1. HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion, &c.] Heb. thickned. or, clouded. Darkened her lightsome estate: brought her out of prosperitie into adversitie, Chap. 3. 2, 44. Joel 2. 2. Amos 5. 18, 20.

cast down from heaven unto the earth] Given her a sore fall: thrown her down from the highest pitch of prosperitie, unto the lowest degree of miserie, Isa. 14. 12. Matth. 11. 23.

remembred not his footstool] The Temple; or the Ark; 1 Chron. 28. 2. Psal. 99. 5. & 132. 7. surprised by the Chaldeans; as before by the Philistines, 1 Sam. 4. 11. Psal. 78. 60, 61. and now without recoverie.

V. 2. hath swallowed up all] Vers. 5.

hath not pitied] Vers. 17.

he hath brought them down to the ground] Heb. made to touch the ground. Isa. 25. 12.

hath polluted the kingdome] Delt with it, as with a thing pollu∣ted and unclean, Isa. 29. 22. Or, as with a thing now no more sacred and inviolable, 1 Sam. 26. 9. Psal. 89. 39, 44. & 74. 3. Isa. 43. 28.

V. 3. in his fierce anger] Heb. burning heat of anger. Deut. 29. 24.

all the horn of Israel] Their glory and strength, 1 Sam. 2. 1. Jer. 48. 25. Vers. 17.

hath drawn back his right hand] His powerfull protection, and succour, formerly afforded us, Psal. 44. 3. and 118. 15, 16.

from before the enemie] Upon the enemies approch, Isa. 21. 15.

he burned against Jacob] In wrath, Psal. 79. 5. and 84. 46. and 97. 3.

like a flaming fire] Heb. fire of flame. Isa. 4. 5.

devoureth round about] Psal. 50. 3. & 97. 3. Isa. 42. 25.

V. 4. He hath bent his bow] Psal. 7. 12. Chap. 3. 12. Heb. trod. Jer. 50. 14.

like an enemie] Job 13. 24. & 33. 10. Vers. 5.

he stood with his right hand as an adversary] Which was for∣merly for her, Isa. 63. 10. Chap. 3. 3.

slew all that were pleasant to the eye] Heb. all the desireable of the eye. Chap. 1. 10. Ezek. 24. 16.

in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion] Jer. 10. 20.

he poured out his furie] Jer. 6. 11. & 10. 25.

like fire] Chap. 1. 13.

V. 5. was as an enemie] Isa. 63. 10. Jer. 30. 14. Vers. 4.

hath swallowed up Israel] Vers. 2. Jer. 9. 21.

mourning and lamentation] Isa. 29. 2.

V. 6. taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden] Or, hedge, Psal. 5. 2. & 80. 12. and 89. 40. as of a garden. He hath with∣drawn his protection, Isa. 4. 5, 6. & 5. 5. or, thrown down his Temple, like an hovel in a garden, Job 27. 18. Isa. 1. 8. and 38. 12. Jer. 4. 20. Psal. 5. 12. & 27. 5. & 76. 2.

he hath destroyed his places of the assembly] Heb. his assembly. Chap. 1. 4, 15. or, place of assembly. Exod. 27. 21. his Temple, Psal. 74. 7, 8.

the king and the priest] For the enemie spared neither. Vers. 2. 20. Chap. 4. 16. & 5. 12. Jer. 52. 9, 24.

V. 7. he hath given up] Heb. shut up. Psal. 31. 8.

into the hand of the enemie] Or, power. Chap. 1. 7. Isa. 19. 4.

they have made a noyse in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast] The enemie is now as loud in blaspheming God with shouts and cries in his house; as his people had wont to be in praising his name there at their feasts, Psal. 74. 3, 4.

V. 8. ••he hath stretched out a line] Over Jerusalem the line of destruction; as workmen mark with a line what is to be cut off, or hewn down: Or, to level the ground by, where before it stood, and to lay it all even: 2 King. 21. 13. Isa. 34. 11.

hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying] Heb. from swal∣lowing up. Vers. 2. 5.

he made the rampart and the wall to lament] So great is the ca∣lamity, that the very senslesse creatures may seem sensible of it: Jer. 4. 28. Or, they have a very lamentable aspect, and such as may well move to lamentation, Chap. 1. 4.

V. 9. ••her king and her princes are among the Gentiles] In cap∣tivitie, 2 King. 24. 14. & 25. 7. 2 Chron. 36. 20.

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the law is no more] It is neither publikely taught, nor con∣stantly kept: yea the Tables of it are lost; and the volumes of it burnt with the Temple.

her prophets also find no vision] Psal. 74. 9. Ezek. 7. 26. Or, have none. Chap. 1. 3.

V. 10. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground] Not on those chairs or seats, on which they had wont to sit in judgement, Psal. 122. 5. Matth. 19. 28. & 23. 2.

cast up dust upon their heads] In token of sorrow, Job 2. 12. 2 Sam. 13. 19. Isa. 15. 3. Jer. 48. 38.

girded themselves with sackcloth] Heb. sacks. Jer. 4. 8. and 49. 3.

the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads] Out of shame and confusion; Isa. 5. 15. as the contrarie a note of courage and confidence, Psal. 110▪ 7. Luk. 21. 28.

V. 11. Mine cyes do fail with tears] Psal. 6. 7.

my bowels are troubled] Chap. 1. 20.

my liver is poured upon the earth] My gall, or choler, is cast up: as in extremitie of grief mixt with indignation is oft done, Job 16. 13.

for the destruction] Heb. breach. Chap. 3. 47. Jer. 4. 20.

the children and the sicklings] Jer. 6. 11.

swoon in the streets] Or, faint. Heb. are covered; or, overwhel∣med. Isa. 57. 16.

V. 12. Where is corn and wine] Chap. 4. 4. Or, bread. Corn for bread. Zech. 9. 17. as bread for corn, Isa. 28. 28.

their soul was poured out into their mothers bosome] Heb. poured out it self. Job 30. 16. They went away in their mothers laps; wanting wherewith to relieve them, Chap. 4. 9. Vers. 11.

V. 13. What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? &c.] What arguments shall I use to comfort thee: or, to convince thee that thou hast not so much cause of grief as thou pretendest? Or, what example shall I produce of any, that have been in the like miserie? Isa. 51. 19. Chap. 1. 12.

thy breach is great like the sea] As vast and wide as the sea is broad, Job 11. 9. or, as the breach that the sea maketh; that can∣not be made up again. Jer. 51. 42.

who can heal thee] Heb. shall heal thee. as Jer. 51. 9.

V. 14. Thy prophets] Not mine; such as I sent to thee: but thine own; such as thou chosest to they self, and wast willing to be led by, Jer. 2. 8. & 5. 31. & 6. 14. & 8. 11. & 14. 13, 14. and 23. 26. & 29. 8, 15.

have seen vain and foolish things for thee] They took upon them to be Seers; but saw not, what they should see; and told, what they saw not, Jer. 23. 16. & 27. 14, 15.

have seen for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment] Heb. burdens of vanitie and expulsions. Prophecies of threatnings against thine enemies, Isa. 13. 1. but false ones, Jer. 38. 2, 4, 11. and flat∣tering ones; such as have been means of expelling thee out of thy land, by hardning thee in thy sinne, Isa. 3. 12.

V. 15. All that passe by] Heb. by the way. Chap. 1. 12.

clap their hands at thee] In way of derision and contempt: Job 27. 23. Chap. 1. 8.

the perfection of beauty] Psal. 48. 2. & 50. 2.

the joy of the whole earth] Or, land. as Isa. 5. 8. & 6. 12. See Jer. 51. 41.

V. 16. All thine enemies have opened their mouth] Widened it: as is wont in mocking: Chap. 3. 46. Psal. 22. 13. Isa. 59. 4.

they hisse and gnash their teeth] In disdain and despite, Job 16. 9. Psal. 35. 16. & 37. 12. Act. 7. 54.

We have swallowed her up] Psal. 56. 2. & 124. 3. Pro. 1. 12.

we have seen it] What we desired, with delight, Psal. 35. 21. & 59. 10. & 92. 11.

V. 17. The LORD hath done that which he had devised, &c.] Or, performed. Isa. 10. 12. Chap. 1. 21. His menaces contained in the Law, Levit. 26. 16. Deut. 28. 15, &c.

in the dayes of old] Heb. antiquitic. Chap. 1. 7.

he hath thrown down, &c.] Vers. 2. 21.

caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee] Psal. 38. 16. & 89. 42. Chap. 1. 21.

set up the horn of thine adversaries] Advanced them: 1 Sam. 2. 1. Psal. 75. 10. Vers. 3.

V. 18. Their heart cried unto the Lord] The heart of Gods people in their affliction and distresse; Isa. 26. 9, 16.

O wall of the daughter of Zion] O wall, now demolished, and laid levell with the ground, 2 King. 24. 10. Or, O citie now ruined; and nothing but a bare wall, without housing and in∣habitants. vers. 7. 8. Spoken as to the citie; but meant to the peo∣ple: who are called upon to be instant and earnest with God for restitution.

let tears runne down like a river day and night] Jer. 9. 1. & 14. 17. Chap. 1. 16. & 3. 48.

let not the apple of thine eyes cease] Heb. daughter of thine eyes. Zech. 2. 8.

V. 19. cry out in the night] Give not over crying to God night and day, Isa. 62. 6, 7. Psal. 119. 147.

in the beginning of the watches] Heb. in the head. Ezek. 40. 1. Either when the watch is first set; or at the beginning of each watch. See Psal. 119. 147. & 130. 6.

poure out thine heart like water] 1 Sam. 7. 6. Psal. 22. 14. & 42. 4. and 142. 2.

lift up thy hands] Jer. 14. 18.

for the life] Heb. soul. as Jer. 34. 20.

of thy young children that faint for hunger] Vers. 12. Chap. 3. 4.

in the top of every street] Heb. head. Chap. 4. 1.

V. 20. consider to whom thou hast done this] To thine own peo∣ple: and what more canst thou do to thine enemies? Isa. 26. 17. and 63. 19. Jer. 30. 14.

shall the women eat their fruit] The fruit of their womb, Deut. 28. 4, 18. Psal. 127. 3. Their own children, for want of food, Levit. 26. 29. Deut. 28. 53. 2 King. 6. 28, 29. Jer. 19. 9. Chap. 4. 3, 10. Ezek. 5. 10.

children of a span long] Psal. 39. 5. Or, swaddled with thei•• hands. Vers. 22.

priest and the prophet be slain, &c.] Vers. 6.

V. 21. thou hast killed] Chap. 3. 43.

and not pitied] Vers. 17.

V. 22. Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round a∣bout] Thou hast mustered up, and brought in my calamities al∣together upon me; as multitudes of people flock together to a festivall: and beset me with them on every side, Jerem. 20. 3. 10. Chap. 1. 15.

that I have swaddled and brought up] Ezek. 19. 2.

hath mine enemie consumed] As if I had bred them for the sword, Hos. 9. 12, 13.

CHAP. III.

Vers. 1. I Am the man] The Prophet speaketh all this in the person of his people: or, of the citie of Jerusalem and State of Judah.

hath seen affliction] Sustained, endured. Jer. 5. 12. & 14. 13. & 42. 14. Psal. 16. 10. & 49. 9. & 89. 48.

by the rod of his wrath] Isa. 10. 5.

V. 2 brought me into darknesse] Affliction, misery. Psal. 112. 4. Isa 8. 22. Chap. 2. 1.

not into light] Joy, prosperitie. Est. 8. 16. Psal. 97. 11.

V. 3. against me is he turned] He is turned to be against me, who had wont to be for me. Exod. 14. 25. Psal. 46. 7. Chap. 2. 3. Or, he turneth again upon me, to fetch and inflict new strokes. Isa. 1. 25.

V. 4. My flesh and my skin hath he made old,] Or, worn out; consumed. Job 21 13. Psal. 32. 3.

he hath broken my bones] Isa. 38. 13. Jer. 50. 17.

V. 5. He hath builded against me] Encamped, and raised for∣tifications against me. Job 19. 12.

with gall and travell] Or, venome and vexation. See Jer. 8. 14. vers. 19.

V. 6. set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old] Shut me up in prisons and dungeons▪ vers. 53. 55. wherein I lye as buried; like a corps in the grave. Psal. 88. 5, 6. Ezek. 37. 11, 12.

V. 7. hedged me about] Job 3 23. & 19. 8. Hos. 2. 6.

made my chain heavy] Psal. 66. 11. Heb. brasse. Jer. 39. 7.

V. 8. he shutteth out my prayer] Alluding to the manner of those that shut the doore against suiters, that they may not have accesse, when they will not be troubled with them. See vers. 44.

V. 9. hath enclosed my wayes with hewen stone] He keepeth me in hold as a prisoner; blocking up against me all wayes and means of escape. Chap. 1. 3. Psal. 88. 8. Hos. 2. 6.

hath made my paths crooked] Or, perverted my paths. Jer. 3. 21. He hath turned all my projects and designes a contrary way: be∣cause I took courses contrary to his wayes. Lev. 26. 27, 28. Psal. 18. 26. vers. 11.

V. 10. as a bear lying in wait] Job 10. 16. Isa. 38. 13. Hos. 5. 14. & 13. 7, 8.

as a lion in secret places] Psal. 17. 12.

V. 11. turned aside my wayes] vers. 9.

pulled me in pieces] Torn me in pieces. Job 16. 9. Hos. 5. 14. & 6. 1. & 13. 8. like a lion, or a bear. Vers. 10. Deut. 33. 20. Psal. 7. 2. Mic. 5. 8.

V. 12. hath bent his bow] Job 7. 20. & 16. 12. Chap. 2. 4. Heb. trod it.

V. 13. the arrows of his quiver] Heb. sonnes of his quiver. as Isa. 21. 10. See Job 6. 4. & 16. 13. Psal. 38. 2.

V. 14 a derision to all my people] Jer. 20. 7. Or, to all people. Psal. 44. 13. & 79. 4. Ezek. 36. 15.

their song all the day] Heb. neginoth. or, hand-instrument of musick. Job 30. 9. one whom they plaid upon, as on such an instru∣ment, at pleasure. See Isa. 38. 20. Psal. 69. 12. vers. 63.

V. 15. He hath filled me] Heb. satiated. cloyed, or glutted me. vers. 30.

with bitternesse] Heb. bitternesses. Deut. 32. 32.

he hath made me drunken with wormwood] He hath so plyed me with abundance of anguish and grief, as with full cups of some heady, but unwholsome drink, that I am as one besotted and be∣side my self with it. Job 9. 18. Psal. 60. 3. Isa. 51. 17, 21, 22. Jer. 25. 17, 18. Chap. 1. 4. See vers. 19.

V. 16. broken my teeth with gravel-stones] As when men eat

grittie bread: of such grist as new milstones are at first wont to make. See Prov. 20. 17.

covered me with ashes] Or, rolled me in the ashes. Mic. 1. 10.

V. 17. removed my soul] Or, me. as Psal. 3. 2. & 22. 20, 21.

farre off from peace] Or, prosperitie. Jer. 29. 7.

I forgat prosperitie] Heb. good. Job 9. 25. I minded it no more, then as if I had never enjoyed it, or never knew what it meant. as Gen. 41. 51. Job 11. 16.

V. 18. My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD] Thus in extreamitie of affliction are even the faithfull tossed to and fro, between hope and fear; though the better part at length prevail. vers. 21. Psal. 31. 22. & 116. 10, 11. Isa. 40. 27. & 49. 14.

V. 19. Remembring mine affliction] Or, Remember. as by way of petition. as Psal. 89. 50. Chap. 5. 1.

the wormwood and the gall] Vers. 15. Jer. 9. 15. Or, venome. Vers. 5. Jer. 8. 14.

V. 20. My soul hath them] Or, I have them. as Psal. 3. 2. & 57. 4. vers. 24.

still in remembrance] Heb. remembring remembreth. Jer. 31. 20.

is humbled] Heb. bowed. Psal. 42. 5, 11. & 44. 25.

V. 21. This I recall to my mind] Or, yet while I recall this. Heb. make to return to my heart. Deut. 30. 1.

therefore have I hope] Vers. 24.

V. 22. It is of the LORDS mercies] Or, To wit, that it is the Lords great mercie. Psal. 89. 1.

that we are not consumed] Considering out wickednesse, it is a wonder that it is not farre worse with us; yea that any of us yet remain; save that God will have some small remnant at least left to serve him; and that of his meere and much mercy. Psal. 130. 3, 4. Isa. 11. 9. & 48. 9. Mal. 3. 6.

V. 23. They are new every morning] Heb. in the mornings. Isa. 33. 2. His mercie and compassions are daily renewed. Job 7. 18. Zeph. 3. 5.

great is thy faithfulnesse] Psal. 36. 5.

V. 24. The LORD is my portion] Psal. 16. 5. & 73. 26. & 119. 57. Jer. 10. 6.

saith my soul] Or, say I. as vers. 20.

therefore will I hope in him] Vers. 21. Job 13. 15.

V. 25. good unto them that wait for him] That in affliction stay patiently and attend his time. Psal. 40. 1. Isa. 30. 18.

to the soul that seeketh him] Or, him that. or, the person that seek∣eth to him. as vers. 20.

V. 26. It is good that a man should both hope] Psal. 2. 12. & 33. 18, 20.

quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD] Gen. 49. 18. Psal. 119. 174. Or, It is good, that (as Psal. 135. 5. & 144. 3.) a man wait (as 2 King. 6. 33.) and be silent, (vers. 28. Psal. 131. 2.) for (as Gen. 2. 24.) the salvation of the Lord. It is good for one to wait silently, or quietly, till God please to send deliverance. Psal. 123. 2. Or▪ It is good for him so to do, in regard of the deliverance that God will vouchsafe unto those that so do. Exod. 14. 13. Psal. 9. 10. Isa. 30. 18.

V. 27. that he bear the yoke in his youth] That he be enured be∣times to the patient enduring of affliction; and to the strict ob∣servation of Gods law. Psal. 94. 12. & 119. 9. Matth. 11. 29.

V. 28. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence] Or, That he sit alone, and keep silence.

sitteth alone] Psal. 102. 7. Jer. 15. 17.

and keepeth silence] That he murmure not against God; but be quiet and patient under his hand. Psal. 39. 9. & 62. 1, 5.

because he hath born it upon him] Or, when he beareth. Zeph. 1. 11. or, taketh it up. Isa. 42. 21. or, when (as Psal. 142. 7.) he (that is, God) imposeth, or, layeth it on him. 2 Sam. 24. 12.

V. 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust] Or, That he put his mouth in the dust. Humbling himself, even to the ground: 2 Sam. 12. 16. and stopping his mouth as it were with the dust, for fear of breaking out into any repining language. Job 40. 4, 5. & 42. 6.

if so be there may be hope] Heb. peradventure there is hope. as Gen. 32. 20. Dan. 4. 27.

V. 30. He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him] Or, That he give, &c. Isa. 50 6. Matth. 5. 39.

he is filled full with reproch] Or, that he be cloyed with reproch. Vers. 15. Psal. 123. 4.

V. 31. the Lord will not cast off for ever] Psal. 94. 14.

V. 32. yet will he have compassion] Mic. 7. 19.

according to the multitude of his mercies] Psal. 51. 1.

V. 33. he doth not afflict willingly] Heb. from his heart. See the like phrase 2 King. 9. 24. He taketh no delight in punishing his people; but doth what in that kinde he doth, enforced to it by their sins. Jer. 30. 14. Or, doth not punish according to his might; but with regard to mans infirmitie. Job 37. 23. Psal. 78. 38, 39. Isa. 28. 27.

V. 34. To crush under his feet] Or, ones crushing under his feet. Or, For a man to crush under his feet. When men practise crueltie and oppression; when they tread men down and trample on them, as on durt; as the Assyrians, and Babylonians have dealt with us. Isai. 10. 6. & 14. 5▪ 6. & 16. 4. Jer. 12. 10. Dan. 7. 7. Chap. 1. 14.

all the prisoners of the earth] Or, land. Psal. 37. 3. Either the world in generall: Isai. 14. 17. or some particular countrey▪ Eccles. 5. 7. as the land of Judah. Jer. 39. 9. & 50. 17.

V. 35. To turn aside the right of a man] Heb. make to decline. Isa. 10. 2. or, overthrow. Prov. 18. 5.

before the face of the most High] Or, of a superiour. In the sight of God; Psal. 51. 4. not dreading him, or his displeasure. Mal. 3. 5. who is an avenger of such courses. Psal. 94. 1. Prov. 22. 22, 23. & 23. 10, 11. 1 Thess. 4. 6.

V. 36. the Lord approveth not] Heb. the Lord doth not see: that is, like and approve it, Psal. 1. 6. Rom. 7. 15. or, he cannot endure to behold it. Numb▪ 23. 21. Or, doth not the Lord see? that is, be∣hold, take notice of it, although he permit it, and order it, for the just punishment of mans sinne? Psal. 10. 14. Isa. 26. 17. Hab. 1. 13. vers. 59, 60.

V. 37. Who is he that saith, and it cometh to passe, &c.] Who can, or dare say, that ought cometh to passe, without Gods per∣mission, or appointment? Prov. 16. 4, 33. & 21. 30, 31. & 29. 26. Matth. 10. 29, 30. Or, who hath power to effect ought that he speaketh or purposeth, without Gods permission? Prov. 16. 9. Jer. 10. 23. Jam. 4. 13, 15.

when the Lord commandeth it not] Ordaineth and appointeth it, in his secret providence. 2 Sam. 12. 11, 12. & 16. 10. 1 King. 12. 15, 24. Jer. 34. 22. Act. 2. 23. & 4. 28.

V. 38. Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evill and good] Do not both come by his appointment? Job 2. 10. Isa. 45. 7. Amos 3. 6.

V. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain] Or, murmure. Numb. 11. 1. When God afflicteth him. Prov. 19. 3.

a man for the punishment of his sinnes] When he suffereth no∣thing, but what he hath brought upon himself by his sinne. Chap. 1. 18. Jer. 41. 8. Mic. 7. 9.

V. 40. Let us search and try our wayes] Psal. 4. 4. & 119. 59. Zeph. 2. 1.

turn again to the LORD] Jer. 4. 1. Joel 2. 12. Zech. 1. 3.

V. 41. Let us lift up our heart with our hands] Heb. to our hands, as Ezek. 16. 26. or, as some, to the clouds, as Job 36. 32.

V. 43. Thou hast covered with anger] Overwhelmed us with thy wrath. Psal. 42. 7. & 88. 7.

thou hast slain, &c.] Chap. 2. 21.

V. 44. that our prayer should not passe through] Vers. 8.

V. 45. made us as the off-scouring] 1 Cor. 4. 13.

and refuse] Jer. 6. 30.

in the midst of the people] Or, amongst them. Jer. 40. 5, 6.

V. 46. All our enemies have opened their mouthes against us] Or, do open. or, widen. Psal. 22. 13. Chap. 2. 16.

V. 47. Fear and a snare is come upon us] Isa. 24. 17.

desolation and destruction] Heb. breaking. Chap. 2. 11.

V. 48. Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, &c.] Chap. 1. 16. & 2. 18. Psal. 119. 136. Jer. 9. 1. & 14. 17.

V. 49. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not] Chap. 1. 16. & 2. 11. vers. 48.

V. 50. Till the LORD look down, &c.] Psal. 80. 14. Isa. 63. 15.

V. 51. Mine eye affecteth mine heart] Heb. my soul. Psal. 143. 12. Maketh me faint with continuall weeping. Chap. 2. 11.

because of all the daughters of my city] Or, more then all. Jer. 48. 32. For the common calamitie of those that dwelt in her. Luk 23. 28. or, of the towns belonging to her their mother-citie. Josh. 15. 45. Jer. 34. 1. & 49. 3.

V. 52. Mine enemies chased me sore like a bird, without cause] Or, Those that are mine enemies without cause, have chased, or, do chase me sorely, (Heb. chasing chased, or, chase me) as a bird. 1 Sam. 26. 20. Psal. 11. 1. & 35. 7, 19 & 59. 4. & 69. 4. & 119. 161.

V. 53. They have cut off my life in the dungeon] By casting me into the dungeon. as Psal. 89. 39, 44. or, and cast me into the pit. as Jer. 14. 2. as is wont to be done with corpses of persons executed. Josh. 10. 27.

and cast a stone upon me] Rolled a stone over me, to keep me fast in. Dan. 6. 17. Matth. 27. 60. or, cast stones on me to slay me. 1 King. 12. 18. 2 Chron. 24. 21. Ezek. 16. 40. or, to overwhelm my body being slain; as with malefactors is not unusuall. Job 7. 26. & 8. 29. 2 Sam. 18. 17.

V. 54. Waters flowed over mine head] Or, When the waters flowed over mine head. Psal. 69. 2. & 124. 4, 5. When I was in great distresse, through the Assyrian forces, like a vehement land-flood, breaking in upon me, and surrounding all about me. Isa. 8. 7, 8. & 28. 9. & 59. 19.

then I said, I am cut off] Or, and I said, I am cut off. I deemed my self clean undone. Psal. 31. 22. & 37. 3. Isa. 38. 10, 11. Jon. 2. 3, 4.

V. 55. I called upon thy name] Or, Yet I called upon thy name.

out of the low dungeon] Heb. pit of lownesses. Psal. 88. 6. In the depth of mine afflictions. Psal. 130. 1. Vers. 53. Jon. 2. 1.

V. 56. Thou hast heard my voice] Or, And thou heardest. Thou wast then pleased to hear me and deliver me: Isa. 37. 15, 21. vouch∣safe me now the like favour again. Psal. 4. 1. & 22. 4, 5. & 85. 1-4,

hide not thine eare] Isa. 1. 15. Psal. 3••. 12.

at my breathing] Or, panting. or, sighing.

V. 57. Thou drewest neare] Psal. 69. 18.

thou saidst, Fear not] Isa. 37. 6. & 41. 13.

V. 58. thou hast pleaded] Jer. 51. 36.

the causes of my soul] My causes, in generall. Psal. 7. 2. or, such as concerned my life. Psal. 35. 4. See vers. 17. 20. 25. Psal. 31. 13.

thou hast redeemed my life] Or, resc••ed. Psal. 69. 10. & 107. 2.

V. 59. thou hast seen my wrong] Or, the wrong done to me. as Jer. 51. 35.

judge thou my cause] Heb. my judgement. Psal. 9. 4. & 43. 1.

V. 60. all their vengeance] Hostilitie and violence. Jer. 51. 36.

all their imaginations against me] Heb. unto me. as Psal. 56. 2. vers. 61.

V. 61. Thou hast heard their reproch] Psal. 69. 19. Isa. 37. 4.

all their imaginations against me] Vers. 60. Psal. 56. 5.

V. 62. The lips of those that rose up against me] Their words, speech, language. Gen. 11. 1. Psal. 59. 7. Zeph. 3. 9.

V. 63. Behold their sitting down and their rising up] Or, Behold, at their sitting down, and at their rising up. At all times; and upon all occasions; early and late. Deut. 6. 7. Psal. 139. 2. Or, at their merry meetings and feastings, first and last. Psal. 35. 16. & 69. 12.

I am their musick] See Vers. 14. Chap. 5. 14.

V. 64. Render unto them a recompense, &c.] Psal. 28. 4. Jer. 50. 29. Chap. 1. 22.

V. 65. Give them sorrow of heart] Or, ob••ection: obstinacie of heart. like the hardnesse of a shield. 2 Chron. 23. 9. Or, obsepti∣on. such perplex••tie and distresse, that they may not know which way to turn themselves; being on every side beset with evils. Isa. 31. 5. Psal. 5. 12.

V. 66. Persecute and destroy them in anger] Psal. 83. 15.

from under the heavens] Jer. 10. 11. So as they may have no place under the cope of heaven to subsist in.

the heavens of the LORD] Psal 8. 3. & 115. 16.

CHAP. IIII.

Vers. 1. HOw is the gold become dim, &c.] The Princes and Nobles. Vers. 2. or, the gold, that the Temple was adorned with. 1 King. 6. 22. Matth. 23. 16, 17.

the stones of the Sanctuary] Or, holinesse. Psal. 20. 2. & 114. 2. & 150. 1.

are poured out] Being demolished. Jer. 39. 8.

in the top of every street] Heb. in the head, &c. Chap. 2. 19.

V. 2. esteemed as earthen pitchers] As things of no estimation. Isai. 30. 14. Jer. 19. 11. 2 Cor. 4. 7.

V. 3. the sea-monsters draw out the breast] Or sea-calves, seales, or whales. as Psal. 44. 19. For the seales and whales breed yong ones, have teats, and give suck.

they give suck to their young ones] Heb. whelps. Ezek. 19. 2, 3.

the daughter of my people is become cruell] By extremity of di∣stresse, in the siege, enforced to neglect their children, as if they had been stript of naturall affection. Chap. 2. 11, 12, 20. Vers. 4.

like the ostriches in the wildernesse] Or, owls. Levit. 11. 16. Deut. 14. 15. Like the Ostriches, that sit not, nor hatch, nor seed, Job. 39. 14-17. Or, the Owls; such of them as keep in waste places, where they want oft times to feed their young, or feed sometime on them. Job. 30. 29. Isai. 13. 21. & 24. 13. & 43. 20. Jer. 50. 39. Mic. 1. 8. See of the ravens, Job. 38. 41.

V. 4. The tongue of the sucking child, &c.] Chap. 2. 11.

cleaveth to the roof of his mouth] For drought. Psal. 22. 15. as for fear and reverence, Job 29. 10. See Psal. 137. 6.

the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them] Or, there is none that affordeth it them. Isai. 58. 7. they can get none; there is none that giveth them any Chap. 2. 11, 12.

V. 5. They that did feed delicately] Heb. on delicates, or, dainties. Gen. 49. 20. That were daintily brought up. Prov. 29. 21. Luk. 7. 25.

brought up in scarlet] That were costly and softly clad. 2 Sam. 1. 24. Ezek. 23. 6, 12, 15. Matth. 11. 8.

embrace dunghills] Are▪ glad of any sory food, that they can find in the dunghills; Luk. 15. 16. or of any rags to cover them with, that they can rake out from thence▪ or, being harbourlesse, are fain to lye and lodge on the dung-heaps. Job 24. 8.

V. 6. the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater then the punishment of the sinne of Sodom] Or, the ini∣quitie of the daughter of my people is greater then the sinne of Sodome. So Gen. 4. 13. vers. 22.

that was overthrown as in a moment] Gen. 19. 25.

no hands stayed on her] They lay not long languishing; as wee do under the hands of our enemies. Lev. 26. 36-39. Deut. 28. 65-67. vers. 9.

V. 7. Her Nazarites] Of whom see Num. 6. 2. or, her choise ones; her select, and honourable ones. Gen. 49. 26.

purer then snow] Psal. 51. 7.

their polishing was of saphire] Or, as the polishing of saphire. as Isai. 5. 29. & 13. 8. See Exod. 24. 10.

V. 8. Their visage is blacker then a coal] Heb. darker then blacknesse. With grief and famine. Jer. 14. 2. Chap. 5. 10. Revel. 6. 5, 6.

they are not known in the streets] Their visage is so altered, that those who formerly knew them, meeting now with them, take them for some other persons.

their skin cleaveth to their bones] Their flesh is so consumed, that they are nothing but skin and bone. Job 19. 20. Psal. 102. 4, 5. & 119. 83.

V. 9. They that be slain with the sword, are better then they that be slain with hunger] Or, in better case.

these pine away] Heb. flow out. Jer. 49. 4. waste away by de∣grees, with a lingring death. Lev. 26. 39. Vers. 6.

stricken through] Faring no better then as if they were stab'd, or thrust through. Jer. 37. 10. & 51. 4.

for want of the fruits of the field] For want of food. Hag. 1. 10. See the like phrase, Psal. 109. 24.

V. 10. The hands of the pitifull women] That are so natural∣ly, toward their own children especially. 1 King. 3. 26. Isai. 49. 15.

have sodden their own children] 1 King. 6. 29.

they were their meat] Deut. 28. 57. Chap. 2. 20. vers. 3.

the destruction, &c.] Heb. breaking. Chap. 2. 13. & 3. 47.

V. 11. he hath poured out] Chap. 2. 4. Jer. 10. 25.

his fierce anger] Chap. 1. 12.

kindled fire in Zion, &c.] Deut. 32. 22. Jer. 21. 14.

V. 12. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have beleeved, &c.] It seemed to them a thing in∣credible, that God should so destroy his own feat, his chief citie. Chap. 2. 1, 20.

V. 13. For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests] Is all this come to passe. Jer. 5. 31. & 23. ••1. Chap. 2. 14. which yet is spoken, not to excuse the people, but to aggra∣vate their guilt, who were formost and forwardest in those cour∣ses, which they should have reproved and restrained in others. Jer. 20. 2. & 26. 11.

that have shed the bloud of the just] Of innocent, or guiltless•• persons. Isai. 59. 7. Jer. 19. 4.

in the midst of her] Or, in her. Psal. 55. 11.

V. 14. They have wandred as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with bloud] Or, the blind, as they wandred in the streets, were polluted with bloud. The citie was so full of bloud and dead corpses, that the blind could not avoid them; or, that none could shun them, but as if they were blind, Isa. 59. 10. they must needs stumble upon them. 2 King. 21. 16. & 24. 4. Jer. 2. 34. Ezek 7. 23.

so that men could not touch their garments] Or, in that they could not but touch it with their garments.

V. 15. They cryed unto them, &c.] Or, though, when they cryed unto them, &c. though they made what shift they could a∣way, when warning thereof was given, by crying to them in the Lepers note, Lev. 13. 45.

Depart ye, it is unclean,] Or, ye polluted, go some other way, for this is polluted. Num. 19. 11.

depart, depart, touch not] Isai. 52. 11. Col. 2. 21.

when they fled away and wandered] Or, they fled, and went some other way.

they said among the heathen] So abominable were their courses, that the heathen themselves thought surely, they could not long continue. Lev. 18. 16. Mic. 2. 10.

They shall no more sojourn there] Heb. not add to sojourn there. Isa. 10. 20. Vers. 16. 22. In the citie, or land, wherein they lived, and which they so notoriously defiled. Numb. 35. 33, 34. Psal. 106. 38. Though some expound it of their false Prophets flat∣tering prophecies, (of whom, vers. 13.) by which they did bear the people in hand, that their stay in Babylon and other countries, wherein they were captives, should not last long. Jer. 28. 3, 4. & 29. 8. reading the words, they said, that they should not continue sojourning among the nations.

V. 16. The anger of the LORD] Heb. face. Psal. 34. 16.

hath divided them] Or, dispersed them. Gen. 49. 7.

he will no more regard them] Heb. not add to regard, vers. 15. or, behold them. Psal. 84. 9.

they respected not the persons of the priests, &c.] Either the wic∣ked Jewes, before their destruction; or, the Chaldeans, when they had taken the citie. 2 King. 25. 18, 21. 2 Chron. 36. 17. Chap. 2. 6. & 5. 12.

V. 17. As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help] Or, while yet we were, our eyes failed in looking for, &c. as Psal. 119. 82. 123. So long as our state stood, and we were not as yet sur∣prised, we lived in expectation of succour from abroad. Jer. 4. 14. & 8. 20.

in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us] Or, we watched long; or, earnestly (Isa. 21. 5.) for a nation that could not, (Heb. will not, or, shall not) save. as Job 15. 3. Jer. 2. 11. & 7. 8. The Egyptians. Isa. 20. 5, 6. Jer. 2. 18, 36. & 37. 7, 8. 2 King. 24. 7.

V. 18. They hunt our steps] Our enemies, the Chaldeans, trace us like hounds. Psal. 56. 6. & 140. 11.

that we cannot go in our streets] Without danger; or, dare not be seen in them. Jer. 9. 21. & 49. 26. & 50. 30.

our end is near] Ezek. 7. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13.

our dayes are fulfilled] 2 Sam. 7. 12. Jer. 28. 34.

our end is come] Jer. 51. 13.

V. 19. Our persecuters are swifter then the Eagles of the heaven]

Heb. lighter. •• Sam. 1. 23. Jer. 4. 13. Job 9. 25. That flye aloft into the ayre. Prov. 23. 5.

they pursued us upon the mountains] Whither we fled for safe∣guard. Jud. 6. 2. 1 Sam. 13. 6. Jer. 13. 16.

they laid wait for us in the wildernesse] Or, plains. Chap. 5. 9. So ••uk. 15. 4. with Matth. 18. 12. By which we hoped to escape. 2 King. 25. 4, 5. so that there was no safety any where; or escape any way. Jer. 6. 25.

V. 20. The breath of our nostrils] Not Josiah, but Zedekiah, the last king of Davids seed, in whom their state drew its last breath; and by whom they hoped to have it restored and setled again, after Jehoiachins captivitie. 2 King. 24. 12-15. For the thing alluded to, see Gen. 2 7. Isa. 2. 22.

the anointed of the Lord] 1 Sam. 26. 9.

was taken in their pits] As a Lion, or other like beast, in a pit covertly made by the hunter, or some other to catch him. Ezek. 12. 13. & 17 20. & 19. 4, 8. Jer. 52. 8.

Under his shadow] Under whose protection and shelter. Gen. 19. 8. Num. 14. 9. Eccles. 7. 12. Isai. 30. 2, 3. & 49. 2. & 51. 16. Jer. 48. 45. A metaphore taken, either from some high rock, Isai. 32. 2. or thick cloud, Psal. 105. 39. Isai. 4. 5. & 25. 4, 5. or fair tree, Job 40. 21, 22. Psal. 80. 10. Ezek. 17. 23. & 31. 3, 6, 12, 17. Dan. 4. 12, 21. Hos. 4. 13. or other plant, Jud. 9. 15. Jon. 4. 6. or booth, Nehem. 8. 10. or tent, Isai. 4. 6. that with the shade there∣of keepeth off the heat of the sun, Psal. 121. 5 6. or from the man∣ner of hens, or other fowls, that with their wings shadow, shroud, and shelter their young. Psal. 17. 8. & 36. 7. & 57. 1. & 63. 7. & 91. 1. Isa. 34. 15. Matth. 23. 37.

we shall live among] We hoped to continue safe from the in∣cursions of our neighbouring nations. Ezek. 31. 17.

V. 21. Rejoyce and be glad] Spoken in way of derision. as Psal. 60. 8. Eccles. 11. 9.

O daughter of Edom] Who now insultest over me. Psal. 137. 7. Chap. 1. 21. Mic. 7. 8.

in the land of Uz] Gen. 10. 23. Job 1. 1. Jer. 25. 20.

the cup] Of Gods wrath, that I have drunk off before thee. Jer. 25. 18, 20, 21.

shall passe through unto thee] Or, passe over (Isa. 8. 8.) unto thee.

thou shalt be drunken▪ and shalt make thy self naked] Or, strip thy self. Thou shalt be exposed to scorn and derision. Gen. 9. 21. Hab. 2. 15, 16.

V. 22. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished] Or, Thine iniquity is accomplished. vers. 6. See Isai. 40. 2.

he will no more carry thee away into captivity] Heb. not adde to carry thee into captivitie. as vers. 15. 16. After thy return from Babylon. Isa. 54. 9. & 60. 18.

he will visit thine iniquitie] Or, punish it. Jer. 50. 18.

he will discover thy sinnes] God will take notice of them, and proceed openly against thee for them. Job 20. 27. as on the con∣trary he is said to cover sinnes, when he passeth by and pardoneth them. Psal. 32. 1. & 85. 2. Nehem 4. 5. Or, he will discover thee, (as vers. 21. Ezek. 16. 37.) or, carry thee captive, for thy sinnes. as Amos 1. 3.

CHAP. V.

Vers. 1. REmember, &c.] Chap. 3. 19.

consider and behold our reproach] Psal. 89. 50, 51. Nehem. 4. 4. Chap. 1. 9. Heb. behold and see. Chap. 1. 11.

V. 2. Our inheritance] The land of Canaan, which thou ga∣vest us to inherit. Psal. 78. 55. & 135. 12. & 136. 21, 22.

is turned to strangers] Deut. 28. 30-33.

V. 3. We are orphans and fatherlesse] Without King or Ruler, Hos. 3. 4.

our mothers are as widowes] Our citie and state. Chap. 1. 1.

V 4. We have drunken our water for monie] We have nothing fre, but must pay for it, or earn it. Vers. 6. Num. 20. 19.

our wood is sold unto us] Heb. cometh for price to us. as Vers. 9.

V. 5. Our necks are under persecution] Under a grievous yoke of thraldome. Jer. 28. 13, 14. Heb. On our necks are we per∣secuted.

we labour, and have no rest] Isa. 23. 12. Chap. 1. 3.

V. 6. We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assy∣rians, to be satisfied with bread] We are fain to beg our bread of strangers, having it not allowed us by those, whom we serve. Or, in our extremity we have been driven to seek to these nations for relief and succour. Isa. 57. 9. Hos. 12. 1.

V. 7. Our fathers have sinned] Jer. 31. 29. Ezek. 18. 2.

and are not] Are dead and gone long since. Zech. 1. 5, 6. See the phrase, Gen. 42. 36. Psal. 39. 13. J••r. 31. 15.

and we have born their iniquities] The main punishment hath been deferred unto our dayes. Isai. 65. 7. Matth. 23. 32, 35, 36.

V. 8. Servants have ruled over us] Or, r••le over us. Not strange Lords and masters onely; Isai. 19. 4. & 26. 13. but even the meanest of their servants also, have us at command; and use us as they please. Nehem. 5. 15.

there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand] See for the word, Psal. 7. 2. & 136. 24.

V. 9. We gat our bread] Or, get it. Heb. make it come. as Vers. 4.

with the peril of our lives] By reason of those that lye in wait to intercept us. Chap 4. 19. Heb. with o••r soul. 2 Sam. 23. 17.

because of the sword] Heb. from the face of the sword. Isai. 21. 15. Jer. 50. 10.

of the wildernesse] Or, in the plain. Chap. 4. 19.

V. 10. Our skin was black like an oven] Or, is black (Chap. 4. 8.) like a chimney. Isa. 31. 9.

because of] Heb. from the face of, or▪ from before▪ as vers. 9.

the terrible famine] Or, terrours, Psal. 119. 53. or storms. Psal. 11. 6.

V. 11. They ravished, &c.] Heb. humbled. as Deut. 22. 24, 29. Judg. 20 5. 2 Sam. 13. 22.

V. 12. Princes are hanged up by their hand] By the hand of the enemie.

the faces of ••lders were not honoured] Chap. 4. 16.

V. 13. They took the young men to grind] Or, The young men have carried the grist. They have been compelled to carry like horses or asses, among other burdens, their corn and grist to and fro; or, they have been constrained to grind in the mills like beasts: an employment, that slaves were usually put to. Exod. 11. 5. Jud. 16. 21. Isai. 47. 2.

the children fell under the wood] Which beyond their might they were compelled to carry.

V. 14. The elders have ceased from the gate] Where they had wont to sit in judgement. Jer. 38. 7.

the young men from their musick] Jer. 31. 13.

V. 15. The joy of our heart is ceased] See Jer. 6. 11. & Chap. 3. 14, 63.

our dance is turned into mourning] See the contrary. Psal. 30. 11.

V. 16. The crown is fallen from our head] Heb. The crown of our head is fallen. All our glory and state is gone. Psal. 89. 39. Prov. 4. 9.

w•• unto us] Isai. 3. 9. Jer. 4. 13.

that we have sinned] All this have we brought upon our selves by our sinnes. Chap. 4. 13. Jer. 4. 18.

V. 17. our heart is faint] Chap. 1. 22.

our eyes are dimme] As is usuall with those that faint. 1 Sam. 14. 29. Psal. 6. 7. & 38. 10. Jer. 14. 6.

V. 18. the foxes walk upon it] Who freely haunt waste pla∣ces. Psal. 63. 10.

V. 19. Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever] Heb. fittest. that is, abidest. as Psal. 125. 1. or, reignest. as Isai. 10. 13. See Psal. 9. 7. & 10. 16. & 29. 10. & 102. 12. & 145. 13. & 146. 10. And consequently thy truth and thy faithfulnesse never fail. Psal. 89. 34, 37. & 102. 27, 28. & 146 6. Hab. 1. 12. Mal. 3. 12.

thy throne from generation to generation] Heb. to generation and generation. Psal. 89. 4. See Psal. 45. 6.

V. 20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever] Psal. 13. 1. & 44. 24.

forsake us so long time] Heb. for length of dayes. Psal. 23. 6.

V. 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be tur∣ned] Jer. 31. 18. Receive us into grace and favour again; and our present estate will soon be changed for the better. Psal. 80. 3. 7, 14. & 85. 4.

renew our dayes as of old] Restore us unto our former estate. Jer. 30. 20. & 33. 11.

V. 22. But thou hast utterly rejected us] Or, wilt thou utterly reject us? Psal. 77. 7-9. & 85. 5, 6. Heb. rejecting rejected; or, reject. Jer. 14. 19.

thou art very wroth against us] Or, art thou extreamly wroth with us? Or, wilt thou be wrath with us for ever? Heb. unto extre∣mitie. Isa. 64. 9, 12. or, unto perpetuitie. Psal. 119. 8.