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i6o ^Commentary
Chapter a tender Senfe of the Calamities ready to befal their
XXI. Brethren in Judea.
L/~V^O Ver 7. Every Heart pall melt, and all Hands
Ver. 7. fiall be feeble, See] Men's Hearts and Strength
(hall rail them for" Fear: See Chap. vii. 17.
Ver. 10. Ver. 10. Should we then make Mirth ?] Men
that are hardened in Sin are apt to laugh at God's
Judgments, and at thofe who give warning of
them. This may be applied to thofe who fpeak
Teace unto the People, when there was no Teace,
Chap. xiii. ro.
Ibid. It contemneth the Rod of my Son, as every
Tree.'] It makes no Diftin&ion between the Scepter
and common Wood : between the Branches of
the Royal Family, defcended from David and Solomon,
whom I honoured with the Title of being
my Sons, Tfal. lxxxix. 26. 2 Sam. vii. 14. and the
meaneft of the People: See Ver. 12, 25, 26, 27.
and Chap. xix. 1 1-— 14.
Ver. 1 1. Ver. n. It isfurbifhed, to give it into the Hand
cf the Slayer.,] of the King of ^Babylon, the Executioner
of God's Judgments upon Judea : Ver. 19.
Ver. 12. Ver. 12. It pall be upon .my Teople, it fhall be
upon all the princes of Ifrael.] Both Princes and
People fhall be involved in one common Deftruction.
Concerning the Princes of Ifrael, fee the
Note upon Chap. xxii. 6.
Ibid. Smite therefore upon thy Thigh.] Ufe all
the outward Expreffions of Grief and Mourning.
Compare Ver. 6, 14, 17. Chap. vi. n. xxxi. 19.
Ver. 13. Ver. 13. 'Becaufe it is aTrial] As all great Calamities
are ftyled, Job ix. 23. z Cor. viii. 2. Heh
xi. 36.
Ibid.