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^Commentary
Chapter Senfe is more plainly exprefled at the end of the
XXIII. Verfe.
C/VNJ Ver. 8. Neither left Jhe her Whoredoms "brought
Yer. 8. from Egypt.] She added New Idolatries to thofe
fhe had formerly committed. See Ver. }.
Ver. 9. Ver. 9. Wherefore I delivered her into the Hand
of her Lovers.] God made thefe very oAJJyrians
the Executioners of his Judgments upon the Ten
Tribes : many of them being carried away Captive
by Tul King of oAJJyria, 1 Chron.v. 25,26.
afterward by Tiglath-Tilefer, 2 Kjngs xv. 29. and
at length the whole Country was fubdued and depopulated
by Salmanefer, 2 Kjngs xvii. 6. The
Kings of 'Babylon were likewife ftiled Kings of
aAffyria
Lovers mean the fame with Allies, thofe whofe
Friend fhip and Afliftance the Jews courted by
complying with them in their Idolatries. See
VeiMo.
Chap. xvi. 37.
Ver. 10. Thefe discovered her Nahednefs, they
took her Sons and her "Daughters.] They carried
her and her Children away Captive, ftript and
bare : Comp.
: See 2 Kjngs xxiii. 29. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 11.
Ver. 29.. and Chap. xvi. 37, 39.
Ibid. oAnd flew her with the Sword.] Comp.
Ver. 47. and Chap.* xvi. 40. Thofe that were not
led Captive were llain in the Field of Battle, or in.
the Siege of Samaria, 2 Kjngs xvii. 5.
Ibid. oAnd fie became famous among Women.]
The Hebrew reads, She became a Name among
Women: As fhe had been formerly renowned among
the Heathenfor her "Beauty^Ch^. xvi. 14. So now
fhe was every where talked of as a remarkable
Inftance of God's Vengeance, and fet forth for an
Ex-