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upon EZEKIEL. 119
Neighbours, both Syrians and Philifiines, whom Chapter
God hath made ufe of as Executioners of his Judg- XVI.
ments upon thee, thou haft been a remarkable In- U^VNJ
fiance of his Vengeance, and God's Hand hath bin
heavy upon thee for all thine Idolatries and Abominations.
The Words relate to the frequent Inroads
the Syrians and Thiliftines made into Judea
in. the time of King cAhaz. See 2 Kjngs xvi. 5.
2 Chron. xxviii. 1 8.
Ver. 59 J will even deal with thee as thou haft Ver. $9*
done, which haft defpifed the Oath in breaking the
Covenants That folemn Oath and Covenant you
entred into with me to be my People, and ferve
no other God befides : See 'Deut. xxix. 12, 14.
which is likewife reprefented in this Chapter, and
many other Places under the Solemnity of a Marriage
Contract. Hereupon God threatens her,
that fince fhe had broke her Oath and Promife, he
fhould not think himfelf obliged to make good any
of the Promifes of Favour and Protection which
he had made to her, but would give her up to Ru-
in and Defolation. See Numb. xiv. 34.
Ver. 60. Nevertheless 7 will remember my Cove- Ver. 60.
nant with thee in the TDays of thy Touth.~] I will
have fome Regard for you, becaufe you were formerly
my People, by Virtue of the Covenant that
I made with you at your coming out of Egypt.
Compare Ver. 4, and 22. of this Chapter, and Ho/i
ii. 15. xi. 1. Jerem.ii. 2. at which time God chofe
them to be his peculiar People : See Exod. xix. 5, 6.
Ibid. oAnd I will eftablifjj with ihee an everlafttng
Covenant^ Such a one as (hall never be abolifhed,
viz. that of the Gofpel : See Jerem. xxxiL
40. and the Note upon that Place.
Ver,