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upon EZEKIEL. 161
Ver. 7,8. I will cover the Heavens, and make Chapter
the Stars thereof dark, 8tc] Thefe Metaphors XXXII.
denote the downfal of States and Governments, l^VNJ
Kings and Rulers, being figuratively exprefTed ^cr# 7>° #
by the Sun, Moon and Stars. Compare Ifa. xiii.
10. xxxiv. 4. Joel ii. 31. Revel, vi. 12, 1$, 14.
God's Judgments upon particular Countries being
Earnefts of a General Judgment, they are
defcribed in fuch Terms as if the whole Frame
of Nature were difTolved.
Ibid. oAndfet T)arknefs upon thy Land.] Every
Thing fhall look Dark and Difmal. See
Chap. xxx. }.
Ver. 9. cAnd I will vex the Hearts of many Ver. 9.
Teople, when I (Imll bring thy 'Deftruftion among
the Nations, &-c] When thy Exiles fhall be
difperfed into foreign Countries, (See Chap,
xxix. 12.) and relate the Miferable Circumftancesofthy
Deftruclion, it fhall caufe Grief and
Confirmation in all that hear it. See the following
Verfe.
Ver. 10. Tea, I will maize many Teople ama-Vev. 10/
zed at thee, Sec] See Chap. xxvi. 16. xxvii.
35. xxx. 9.
Ver. ix. The terrible of the Nations."] See Ver. 12.
Chap, xxviii. 7.
Ver. 1 j. / will alfo deftroy the 'Be aft s there~Ver> 1$.
of from befide the great Waters.] Or, That
they be no more befide the Great Waters, as Noldiws
tranflates the Phrafe, p. 6^5. The Horfes
fhall be confumed in the War, and the other
Cattle that uled to feed in the Meadows by the
fide of the Nile, (See Gen. xli. 2.) fhall be de-
ftroyed