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182 A Commentary
Chapter them, thy Love is turned to Hatred. See Ver. 17*
XXIII. Ver. 29. oAnd they pall deal with thee hateful-
U^ST^J Jy y and fmll take away all thy Labour.'] As thou
Ver. 29. ila fl. re q U ited their Love with Hatred, fo fhall
they deal with thee : their Hatred againft thee
fhall be greater than their former Love toward
thee, which was the Conclufion of
s unlawful
Love to his Sifter, 2 Sam. xiii. 15. This
fhall prompt them to take a full Revenge upon thy
Perfidioufnefs, to confume all the Fruits of thy La-
bours, and to take away all the "Wealth thou haft:
gather'd by thine Induftry.
Ibid. oAndfljall leave thee naked and bare.'] See
the Note on Chap. xvi. 37.
Ver. 31, 52, 33. Therefore will I give her Cup
into thine Hand : Thou flmlt be laught to [corn and
had in derifion—Thou palt be filled with ^Drunken-
nefs and Sorrow, &c] God's Judgments are often
compared to a Cup of intoxicating Liquors, becaufe
they aftonifh Men, and bereave them of
common Judgment and Difcretion, and likewife
expofe them to the Scorn and Contempt of their
Enemies. See Jerem. xxv. 1 5, 8cc. xlviii. 26. Habak.
ii. 16.
Ver. 24. Ver. 34. Thou fljalt even drink it, and fuck it
out.] The foreft and heavieft of God's Judgments
fhall fall to thy Share : like thofe that drink a Potion
off to the Bottom, where the moft naufeous
part of it is fettled. See Tfal. lxxv. 8. Jeremiah
li. 17.
Ibid. Thou palt break the Sherds thereof and
fluck off thine own "Breafis.] Thou fhalt behave
thy felf as drunken People do, who firft throw
away, or break in Pieces the Cup, and then are
angry