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upon EZEKIEL. 141
Caufe? But the Words may perhaps be more fig- Chapter
nificantly tranflated, Wilt thou not judge them ? XX.
it e. Wilt thou not reprove, or condemn them ? i/*WJ
Noldiw obferves in his Concordance, p. 2}}. that
He the Particle of Interrogation, which anfwers
the Latin Particle &4n? is often equivalent to the
Negative oAmmi, and is to be tranflated, h it not ?
See Ver. 30. of this Chapter, and Chap, xxxviii.
17. In which Senfe it is underftood by our Tran-
slators, 2 Sam. xxiii. 17. and fo it fhould be rendred
1 Sam. ii. 27. "Did I not -plainly appear to the
Houfeofthy Father, &c.
Ibid. Son of Man.,] See Chap. ii. 1.
Ver. 5. In the 'Day when I lifted up my HandVew 5,
to the Seed of the Houfe ofJacob.~\ When I entred
into a iblemn Covenant with them, purfuant to the
Oath which I had fvvorn to their Fathers : See
Exod. vi. 8. Lifting up the Hand was a Ceremony
ufed in taking an. Oath., See Gen. xiv. 22.. and
thereupon applied to* God himfelf, 1)eut. xxxii. 4.0.
The fame ExpreflTion is ufed Ver. 6, 15, 2^, 42. of
this Chapter. The fame Ceremony in taking an
Oath, is mentioned by Homer, iv^Jo ^aitLv^v.
Ibid. oAnd made my felf known unto them.'\ By
appearing unto Mofes, and fhewing my felf prefent
among them by the Wonders I Wrought for their
Deliverance.
Ibid. Saying, I am the Lord your God.~] I am
the God whom you ought to ferve, and none elfe.
See Exod. xx. 2, 3.
Ver. 6. Into a Land which I had efpied for Ver. 6.
them.'] I performed the Office of a Spy, before
thofe that were fent to fearch out the Land, Numb.
xiii. 16. and chofe it out of all others to beftow it
upon