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upon EZEKIEL. pr
Ver. 17. Set thy Face againft the 'Daughters of Ch p^er
^ Teople, that frophefyj] Direft thy DifeoiH'e M* r
againft thofe She ptten'lers to Psophecy: Comp. t^V^O
Chap. xx. 46. >.xi. 2. God did tbmenmes beftov/^ Cl « l 7»
the Gift of' Prophecv upon Women : See EocoJ. xv.
20. Judg iv. 4. 2 fangs XNi'i. 14. This encouraged
others of that S x to pretend to the fame Gift.
Compare Revel, ii. 20.
Ver. 18. Wo to the Women that fow TWows to ye r. 18.
all eArmholejy &c] As the Prophet compares the
deceitful Practices of the falfe Prophets to the daubing
of a Wall, lb he repiefenrs the Artifices of
thefe Female Seducers by fowing Pillows under
their Hearers Elbows, that they might reft fecurely
in their evil Ways : and by covering their Faces
with Veils, or Kerchiefs, Ornaments proper to
Women, thereby to keep them in Blindnefs and
Ignorance.
Ibid. To the Head of every Stature.] Of every
eAge, both great and imall : So the Greek Word
ha/ki'*, ufed by the LXX here, .fignifies Age as well
as Stature. See Dr. Hammond upon Matth. vi. 27.
Ibid. To hunt Souls,] That they may drive them
into thofe Nets and Snares that they have laid for
them, and make them ttoeir Prey. Gomp. Chap.
xxv. 2