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upon EZEKIEL. 1^3
Ibid. Iwilllring them forth out of the Country Ch
where they So]ourn, and they fball not enter into XX.
the Land of IfraelJ] See the Note on V et\ 3 . The L/'VXJ
Word Country in the Singular Number may be
equivalent to .
Countries in the Plural Ver. 41.
The Sentence alludes as the former does, to the
Judgment denounced upon the rebellious Israelites,
that their Carcaffes fhould fall in the Wildernefs,
and themfelves never enter into the Land oiCa?iaan
: which fhall be only a Portion for the Righteous
among them. This Text among many others
favours the Opinion maintained by feveral Authors
both Ancient and Modern, that the Jews upon
their Converfion fhall return into their own Land.
Comp. Chap. xi. 14. xxviii. 25. (See the Note
there) xxxiv. 1$. xxxvi. 24.
Ver. 3 9. oAs for you, Houfe of Ifrael.1 You Ver. 3 9.
of the prefent Generation.
Ibid. Goye, ferveye every one his Idols, &:c.] An
Ironical Permiffion full of Indignation and Rebuke,
fharply upbraiding them for defpifing thofe many
Warnings God had given them : and implying
that he was now refolved to forfake them, and
give them up to prong ^Delufions, as a juft Judgment
for their abufe of the Means of Grace fo long
offered to them, and frill reje&ed by them. Compare
eAmos iv. 4. Tfal. lxxxi. 11,12. Rom.i. 28.
2 Thef.il 11. and fee the Note upon Ver. 25. of
this Chapter.
Ibid. t
But pollute ye my Name no more with your
Gifts, and withyour Idols. ~\ Whilft you offer your
Gifts, and make a Prefent of your Children to
Idols, See Ver. 26, 31. do not call your felves any
longer my Servants, nor pretend to pay your De-
X votions