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282 A Commentary
Chapter Ibid. "But I will defiroy the fat and the ftrong ]
XXXtV, Thofe that opprefs and domineer over the Weak.
L/"V~^ See Ver. 20, 21. Comp. Chap, xxxix. 18. eAmos
iv. 1.
Ibid. / will feed them with Judgment.'] Or
w/f/6 Difcretion : i. e. I will deal with each of
them according to their Deferts, and make a
Diftinclion between the Fat and Lean Cattle.
See Ver. 1 8, 20.
Ver 17. Ver. 17. 'Between Cattle and Cattle, he*
tween the Rams and the He-Goats.] The He--
brew runs thus, 'Between the J'mall Cattle, and
the Cattle of Rams and He-Goats ;
Weak and the Strong Cattle, i.e.
between the
between the
Rich and the Poor, as the Chaldee Paraphrafe
explains the Senfe, upon Vcrfe 20.
Ver. 18. Ver. 18. Seemeth it a {mall thing unto you, to
have eaten up the good Pafture, &x.] This Reproof
may fitly be applied to thofe great Perfons
who take no Care that the Poor may enjoy the
Benefit of their Superfluities; but rather let
them be thrown away and perifh, than they
will be at the trouble of feeing them difpofed of
for the good of thofe that Want.
Ver. 21. Ver. 2 . *Be'caufe ye have thrufl with fide and
fioulder, Sec] In purfuance of this Comparifon
the OpprefTors of the Weak are commonly
ftyled in Scripture by the Names of Oxen, Bul-
locks, Rams and He-goats. SteTJ'aim xxii. 12.
lxviii. 31. "Dan. viii. 3, 5.
Ver, 2 2. Ver. 23. oAnd I will jet up one Shepherd over
them, even my Servant ''David.] The Mejfias
is often defcribed under the Character of a
Shep-