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208 A Commentary
Chapter Prophet compares the Deftruftion of Tyre to a
XXVI. Shipwrack : See Chap, xxvii. 26.
L/'V^U Ver. 20. When I fiall bring thee down with them
Ver. 20. that dejcend into the Tit, 8rc] When thou fhalt
be thrujl down into Hell, as our Saviour fpeaks concerning
Capernaum, Luke x. 15. and brought to
utter Defolation, like Cities which have been long
ago buried in Ruins and Oblivion : Compare Chap.
o xxxii. 18, 24.
Ibid. When I [hallfet Glory in the Land ofthe Li-
ving. -
] Compare this and the following Verfe with
Chap. xxxv. 14. When I fhall reftore other Cities
conquered by the King of "Babylon, to that flourifhing
Condition they formerly enjoyed among the
Inhabitants of this World : fo the Land of the Living
fignifies— Chap, xxxii 23, 26, 27, 32. The
Word Tfehi is in many places appropriated to Jtidea,
as being in feveral Refpetls the Glory of all
Lands, Chap. xx. 6. but is fometimes applied to
other Countries : See Chap. xxv. 9. Some Expo-
(itors underftand it here of Judea, to this Senfe
that when God fhould return the Captivity of the
Jews, and reftore them to thofe Marks of his Grace
and Favour, which diftinguifhed them from all
other Nations, and made them the neareft refemblance
of Heaven that could be found upon Earth :
yet even then as it follows-
Ver. 21. Ver. 21. J will make thee a Terror, and thou
fhalt be no more~\ Thou fhalt be left in utter Ruins
and Defolation, and a terrible Example of my
Vengeance. The Word IBalaloth which our In-
terpreters tranflate Terrors, is generally joined
with Words importing utter Deiiru&ion, and fo
the