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Ver. 19. Then (hall they know that I am the Chapter
Lord, &c] See Chap. vi. 7. XXXIII.
Ver. 30. The Children of thy Teofle (thofeof l^"V"VJ
the Captivitv) are ft ill talking againft thee, Ver. 29.
Src.D Or rather, Of thee, as the LXX rightly Ve r- 3°-
render it ; for with their Mouth they (hewed
much love, as it follows in the next Verfe.
Ibid. 'By the Walls, and in the "Doors of their
Houfes.~] Both in their publick Places of Concourfe,
and in their private Meetings.
Ibid. Come I fray you, and hear what is the
Word that comet h forth from the Lord.] Thefe
were fuch as drew nigh to God with their
Mouths, hut their Hearts were far from him
as Ijaiah defcribes their Hypocrifie, Chapter
xx ix. 13.
Ver. 5 j. They come unto thee as the TeopleVer. 31..
comet b.] Or as Difcip'es flo^k to their Teachers ;.
So the Chaldee Paraphrafe explains it.
Ibid. oAnd they fit before thee as myTeople.']
See the Note on Chap viii, 1.
Ibid. For with their Mouth they (hew much
-
Love. ] They make Lovej, or as f-~fts9 our
Margin reads out of xh&Hehrew, which -fome
Interpreters undcrftand, as if they ridiju'ed the.
Prophets Words, or turned them inro Buriefque;
fo the Vulgar Latin renders it, In canticum oris
fui vertunt. But by comparing this with the.
following Verfe, where the lame \V ord Nagalim
is lpoken of a Song or mufuai Tunc, we.
may rather underftand the Phrafe to this Senfe,,
that they were delighted with the Prophet's
Harmonious Voice, or taking Eloquence, but
would