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upon EZEKIEL. igp
Ibid. The Eafi Wind dried u£ her Fruit.'] See Chapter
Chap. xvii. 10. XIX.
Ibid. Her jlrong Rods were Iroken and wither- L/^v^NJ
ed.~] Her Kings and Princes were fubdued and
made Captives.
Ibid. The Fire consumed them.] God's Anger
deftroyed them, as Fire confumeth the Branches of
a Tree when it is withered. See Chap. xv. 4. God's
Wrath is often compared to Fire. See Chap. xxx. 8.
Ver. 13. (And now fie is planted in the Wilder- yer# I? .
nefs, in a dry and thirfty Land.] A great Part of
her People are carried Captive, where their Con-
dition is as much different from what it was formerly,
as the Condition of a Tree is when it is
removed out of a rich Soil into a dry and barren
Ground. The Jews fuffered feveral Captivities before
that Final one which ended in the Deftruction
of their Temple and Government. See T)an. i. ?.
2 Kings xxiv. 12. Jer. lii. 28.
Ver. 14. aAndFire is gone out of a Rod 0/ for Ver. 24J
branches, which hath devoured her Fruit, &C.]
ZsdehaWs breaking his Oath of Fealty to the King
of "Babylon, hath been the Occafion of the utter
Deftru&ion of the Royal Family, and the entire
Ruin of the Government. See Chap. xvii. 18, 19.
2 KJngs xxiv. 20.
Ibid. This is a Lamentation, ayd JI;alI be for a
Lamentation.] This is Matter of prefent Lamentation,
and fhall be fo to after Times.
CHAP.