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104I A Commentary
Chapter born Infant expofed in its Native Filthinefs, with-
XVI. out any Friend to pity his Condition, or take the
L/*V^O leaft Care of it.
Ver. 6. Ver. 6. I [aid unto thee when thou waft in thy
'Bloody Live.'] Whilft as yet no Body took (b
much care of thee, as to wafh thee from thy Na-
as a Tra-
tive Filthinefs, Ver. 4. 1 took pity on thee ;
veller that paries by, and fees an Infant lie expofed ;
and I provided all Things neceffary for thy Support.
Ver. 7. Ver. 7. i" have cauf'ed thee to Multiply, &x.]
The Prophet defcribes the Peoples increafing in
Egypt under the Metaphor of a Child's growing to
Woman's Eftate. Com p. Exod. i. 7.
Ver. 8. Ver. 8. 'Behold thy Time was the Time of Love,
&c] I thought it now a proper Time to betroth
thee to my felf : The Jews Deliverance out of
Egypt is elfewhere defcribed as the Time of God's
Efpoufing them tohimfelf : Setjerew. ii. 2, &c. Hof.
ii.i 5,19. and his entring into Covenant with them,
is commonly reprefented by a Marriage Contract:
See Ifa. liv. 5. Jerem. iii. 1 — 14. and Bifhop Patrick's
Preface to his Commentary on the Can-
ticles.
Ibid. Ifpread my Skirt over thee,.] I took thee
under my Prote&ion, as a Husband doth the Wife.
See Ruth iii. 9.
Ibid. eAnd covered thy NakednefsJ] Inriched
thee with the Goods and PofTeflions of the Egyptians
and Canaanites : See Ver. 10, 1 1, &c.
Ver. 9. Ver. 9. Then I wafied thee with Water, and
anointed thee with 0/7.] I added every Thing that
could contribute to thy Beauty and Ornament.
The Anointing with Oil was reckoned a necelTary
Ingredient in a Feftival Drefs. See Ruth iii. 3. If a.
IxL $. Mat, vi. 17. Ver.