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upon EZEKIEL. 179
Ibid. Then my Mind was alienatedfrom herfoc.'] Chapter
As fhe bv her Idolatries had broken all the Bonds XXIII.
of Duty and Allegiance whereby fhe was engaged tyVNJ
to me, a Sin often compared to a Wife's Difloyalty
toward her Husband : So I withdrew my Love
and Affection from her, and refolved to give her
a 'BUI of'Divorce, as the Prophet Jeremy expreffes
it, and not own her any more as mine, as I had
carl off her Sifter Samaria. Compare Jerem. iii. 8.
vi. 8. Hof. ii. 2.
Ver. 19. Tet (be multiplied her Whoredoms, in Ver. 19.
calling to remembrance the 'Days of her Youth, 8rc 3
Tho' fhe was fond of new Idolatries, fhe did not
-forget her old ones, even thofe which fhe had
learnM in Egypt. See Ver. 3.
Ver. 20. For fhe doted upon their Paramour s, Ver. 20.
&c] Upon the Idols of Egypt, and the impure
Rites which accompany their idolatrous Worfhip.
See the Notes upon Chap xvi. 26: This may relate
to the time when Zjdekiah entred into a New
Confederacy with Egypt, See Ver. 21 and Chap.
xvii. 1 5. which made the People fond of admitting
the Egyptian Idolatries.
Ver. 22. I will raife up thy Lovers again/I thee, Ver. 22from
whom thy Mind is alienated.'] I will execute
my Judgments upon thee by thofe very 'Babylonians,
whofe Alliance and Idolatries thou haft been
fo fond of: See Ver. 9. but fince haft broken the
League thou madeft with them, contracting a new
one with Egypt, and thereby haft provoked them
to revenge thy Perfidioufnefs. See Ver. .17.
Ver. 23. The 'Babylonians, and all the Chalde-Vsx.ii-
ans, Tekod, and Sfcoa, and Kja, and all the qA[fyrianswith
them.'] The Inhabitants of the fevcml
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