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2o6 A Commentary
Chapter fies any Inftrument ufed in demolifhing Buildings
XXVI. See the Note on Jer. xxxiii* 4.
C/VNJ Ver. 10, 11, 12. Sy reafon of the abundance of
his Horfes their T>u(t Jhall cover thee, &c] A live-
ly Defcription of the Tumult and Defolation that
attends a conquering Army making themfelves
Matters of a great City : Compare Nahum ii. 3, 4,
9. iii. 2, 3.
Ver. 1 1 . Ver. 1 1 . aAnd thy flrong Garrifons [hall go down
to the Ground.'] Some render the Word Matfeboth,
thine Images, and underftand it of the Images of
their Tutelar Gods.
Ver. 12. Ver. 12. They flail
lay thy Stones, thy Timber,
and thy Duft, in the midft of the Water.] The
Sea fhall overflow thy Ruins : See Ver. 1 9.
Ver. 13. Ver. 1 }. &4nd I will caufe the Noij'e of thy Songs
to ceafe, &c] Great Cities are full of all kind of
Gaiety and Luxury : this fhall be turned into a
melancholy Silence. Compare Ifa. xiv. n. xxiii.
7, 16. Jer. vii. 34. xxv. 10.
Ver. 14. Ver. 14. J will make thee like the Top ofa Rock,
thou fl
alt be built no more.'} This part of the Prophecy
was fulfilled upon New Tyre, whofe Inhabitants
were quite deftroyed by (Alexander when
he took the City, and afterward the City it felf became
defolate : See Ver. 5.
Ver. 1 5. Ver. 1 5. Shall not the Ifles Jliake at the Sound of
thy Fall?] All thofe that are upon the Sea Coaft
near thee, fhall be frightened at the New* of thy
Deftru&ion. Compare Chap, xxvii. 28. xxxi. 16.
Jer. xlix. 21.
Ver.16 17 Ver. 16, 1 7. Then all the Trinces ofthe Sea flail
come downfrom their Thrones, &C.3 All the Princes
and rich Merchants of Si'don, Carthage, and
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