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upon EZEKIEL. 247
theTeople in the Wilderness to make the care- Chapter
Jefs Ethiopians afraid : The word Tziim is XXX.
tran dated the Teople in the Wilder nefs, Ifa. L/V"^
xxiii. i}. and that Appellation is particularly
given to the Ethiopians, Tfalm Ixxii. 9. and
Ixxiv. 14. as the LXX tranflate the Word.
Ibid. oAnd great Tain J/jall come upon them,
as in the Day of Egypt.'] The Egyptians and
Ethiopians being Confederates, the ill News of
the Conqueft of Egypt fhall fenfibly affecl: them.
Compare xxiv. 16. xxxiii. 9, 10. xxvii. 35. I/a.
xix. 17. xxiii. 5.
Ver. 11. The terrible of the Nations.'] SeeVer. 11.
Chap, xxviii. 7.
Ver. 12. aAnd I will make the Rivers dry.] Ver. H»
I will deftroy the Strength of Egjpt\ the Metaphor
is taken from the Decreafe or Failing of
the Nile, upon whofe Overflowing all the Plenty
and Proiperity of Egypt depended. Compare
Chap, xx ix. 3. Ifa. \ix.