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upon EZEKIEL. i6j
foretold and promifed, who in due time fhall reign Chapter
upon the Throne of his Father T>avid, and of whofe XXI.
Kingdom there fljall be no End: Luke i. 32,3$. L^V*\J
After the Captivity fome of the Priefb of the
cAfjamonean Race did alTume the Style and Title
of Kings, but they not being of the Tribe ofjudah,
could have no juft Right to that Honour.
Ibid. Until he come whofe right it is.~\ In this
Senfe the LXX underftand the Word Shi Ioh, Gen.
xlix. 10. tranflating it there, *n J-TrUeilcu, To whom
it is referved : as if that Hebrew "Word were equivalent
to Sheloh, Whofe it is, as the Learned T. Fagins
hath obferved in his Notes upon the Targum
of that Text.
Ver. 28. Thus faith the Lord God concerning yer# 2 £
the ^Ammonites, and concerning theiro reproach, ,]
They infulted over the Calamities of their Brethren
the Jews, for which they are often reproved very
feverely by the Prophets, and threatned with the
like Judgments. See Chap. xxv. 2, 6. Zeph. ii.
8,10.
Ver. 29. While they fee Vanity unto thee, while Ver. 29.
they divine a Lie unto thee.'] While the Soothfayers
and Pretenders to Divination foretel nothing
but happy Events. See Chap. xiii. 2$. xxii. 28.
Ibid. To bring thee upon the Necks of them that
are flain.'] To add thee to the Number of thofe
who are flain in Judea : Ver. 14, 15. aud make
thy Condition like theirs.
Ibid.
Ver. 25.
Of the Wicked whofe 'Day is come,] See
Ver. 30. Shall 1 caufe it to return into his Ver. 20,
Sheath f\ See Ver. 4, 5.
Ibid.