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upon EZEKIEL: 281
Priefts, and others that were in Authority un- Chnpter
derhim. XXX iV.
Ver. i2. So willlfeek out my Sheep, and de- L/~\T\J
liver them out of all f laces, where they have^ er ' I2 «
beenfcattered in the cloudy and dark Day.'] I will
bring them Home from their feveral Difperfions,
whither they have been driven in the
dark and difmal time of the deftru&ion of their
Country, and their own Captivity. Compare
Chap. xxx. 3.
Ver. 1 3. oAnd I will bring them out from the Ver. 1 ?.
Teople, &o] This Prophefie may in fame de-
gree have been fulfilled in the Return of the
Jews from the TSabyloniflj Captivity : But feems
ftill to look further, even to the General Reftorationof
the whole Nation'; which moft of the
Prophets fortel fhall come to pafs in the latter
Days : Compare Chap. xi. 17. xx. 41. xxviii. 25.
xxxvi. 24. xxxvii. 21. xxxviii. 8. xxxix. 27.
Ver. 14. Upon the high Mountains of IfraelJ] Ver. 14.
See Chap. vi. 2.
Ibid. There Jball they lie in a good fold. 8tc]
The Expreflions denote Plenty and Security.
Compare Ifa. lxv. 10. °ferem. xxxiii. 12. Hof.
ii. 18. Zjph. iii. 13.
Ver. 1 6. I will Jeek that which is lofl, &c] Ver. 16.
The Mejfias, whom I will fet over them, ( See
Ver. 23.) fhall faithfully difchargeall the Offi-
ces of a Shepherd toward them, which their
former Paftors have neglected. Ver. 4. Comp.
Ifa. xl. 11. lxi.i. Matth. xv. 24. xviii. n.
John*. 11.
O 2 Ver.