Verse 5. He shall not returne into the land of E∣gypt. but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they re∣fused to returne.
Followeth the Lords sentence for this their ingratitude, in two threatnings. First, having supposed their being invaded, he
A brief exposition on the XII. smal prophets: the first volume containing an exposition on the prophecies of Hosea, Joel, & Amos. By George Hutcheson, minister at Edenburgh.
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threatens that it should be in vain to think on Egypt (with whom they were confederate, 2 King 17.4.) for a refuge or retiring place. For they should be subdued by the Assyrian, and carried to live in his territories; And that because they would not returne to God, when he reproved and invited them. Doct. 1. Whatever confidences or expectations men have, which har∣den them in their evill wayes, in hard times; yet it is folly to lean to them: For when men walk contrary to God and his will, he will walk contrary to their will, and blast their expecta∣tions; For, they would not hearken to God, because they thought Egypt would either releeve them, or be a retiring place unto them; Therefore it is threatned, he shall not return into the land of Egypt, where by naming it a returning, he puts them in minde of their former bondage there, to check their folly in making it now their refuge. 2. As it may be expected by all, in a time of triall, that they shall be put to the exercise they have least will of, because that is a triall indeed: So in particular, whatever lot wicked men are most averse from, it is just with God to put them to it; For, Israel could not endure Assyria, either to be subject unto, or be in exile there, and the Lord threatens, the Assyrian shall be his King, that is, he shall subdue and bring them under his dominion, and shall carry them into his own territories. 3. Simple sinning is not so great a quarrell against men, as impenitency and persisting in it, after mercies shewed and offered, and means used to reclaime them: And it is not so hai∣nous, simply not to return, (which may be for a time, through in∣firmity, or the violence of tentation) as to sleight repentance, and invitations to it: All this is included in this reason of the sen∣tence, because they refused to return, they not onely returned not, when they had gone astray; but they openly and avowedly refu∣sed, when they were seriously invited. See Jer. 8.4, 5.