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upon EZEKIEL. 169
Ver. 14. Can thy Heart endure, or can thine Chapter
Hands be ftrong in the Days that I fhall deal with XXII.
thee ?] On the contrary, aAU Hearts {hall melt, L^WJ
and all Hands fltall le feebh at the Approach ofV er - J 4-
God's Judgments: Chap. xxi. 7...
Ibid. 1 the Lord have fjpoken it, and will do
it. 2 See Chap, xxiv. 14.
Ver. 1 5. aAnd will confume thy filthinefs out 0/Ver. 1 5.
thee.] I will purge thee in the furnace of oAffliftions,
and take that Method to confume thy Drofs,
and put an End to thy Idolatrous Practices. Compare
Ver. 18, 19, &c. Chap, xxiii. 27.
Ver. 16. oAnd thou (halt take thine Inheritance Ver. 16Y
in thy felfin the Sight ofthe Heathen,"] Inftead of
being mine Inheritance, and under my peculiar
Care and Protection, thou fhalt be caft out among
the Heathen, and there eat the Fruit of thine own
"Ways, and receive the juit Reward of thy Wicked
nefs.. The Margin of our Bibles reads, Thou
fialt be -profaned in thy [elf, &c. Which I think
expreffes the Senfe much better : taking the Verb
Nihal in the fame Senfe wherein it is ufed Chap.
vii. 24. and Chap. xxv. 3. of this Prophecy, i.e.
Thou (halt no longer enjoy the Privileges of a City
called by my Name, and fet apart for my Refidence,
but (halt be laid open as common Ground,,
to be profaned by Infidels. Compare Ifa. xlvii. 6.
Ver. 18,19,20. The Houfe of Ifrael is become
to me "Drofs, 8cc] Their Filthinefs may fitly be
compared to the Mixture of Drofs and bafer Me-
tals with the pure Silver : and as that is purified
by being melted in a Furnace or Crucible, h Jerufalem
when it is fet on Fire, fhall be the Furnace
wherein I will caft them and their Wickednefs to
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