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262 A Commentary
Chapter ftroyed or drove away as a Prey. See Chap.
XXXII. xxix 8,11.
t/VNJ Ibid, and Ver. 14. Neither {hall the Foot of
Man trouble them any more ; nor the Hoofs of
Be aft s, &o] Here is a Tranfition from a
proper Senfe to a Metaphorical one : The Prophet
in the fecond Verfe compared the Difturbances
the Egyptians gave their Neighbours to
troubling and fouling of Waters ; in allufion to
which Metaphor he faith here ; that when
Egypt is made defolate, and the Number both
of Men and Beafts diminifhed by their Wars
and Confufions, then their Neighbours will enjoy
fuch quiet nefs, as a River does that fmooth-
ly glides along,
ed ordifturbed.
and never hath its Streams foul-
Ver. 16. Ver. 16. This is the Lamentation wherewith
they JJ)all lament her."] This is the Subftance of
a Lamentation which may be properly ufed to
bewail the Calamities of Egypt. See Ver. 2.
Ibid. The Daughters of the Nations /Jiall lament
her.~] i. e. The People of the Neighbouring
Countries : So the Daughter of Sion and of
'Babylon (ignifies the Inhabitants of thofe Cities.
The Expreflion alludes to the Mourning
Women whofe ProfefTion it was to lament at
Funerals. See the Note on Jer. ix. 17.
Ver 17 Ver. 17. In the Fifteenth Day of the Month."]
7 ' Of the Twelfth Month, See Ver. 1. the LXX
underftand it of the Firft Month, as that indefinite
Expreflion is probably underftood Chap.
xxvi. 1.
Ver.