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288 A Commentary
Chapter Cruelty, and took delight in fliedding Blood;
XXXV. Vengeance fiiall purfiie thee, and thou (halt fall
L/"V~\J into the Hands of thofe that will be as eager
to (lied thine. The Phrafe, Thou haft not hated
'Blood, is fpoken by the Figure called Litotes by
the Rhetoricians, when the Words imply more
than they exprefs. See the Note on Jerem.
vii. 31.
Ver. 7. Ver. 7- sAnd cut °ff f rom n ^'m that f a ffeth
out) and him that returnethJ] No Travellers
(hall go forward or backward in it with Safety.
See Chap. xxix. 1 1. Compare Judg. v. 6. 2 Chro.
xv. 5.
his Mountains with
his (lain Men, &x.] Every part of the Country
Ver. 8. Ver. 8. (And I will fill
fhall be filled with the Carcafes of thofe that are
Slain. Compare C hap. xxxii. 4, 5.
Ver. 9. Ver. 9. aAnd I will make thee ferfetual Tiejolations,
&x.] See Chap. xxv. 13. Jerew.xlix.
17,18. Malach.u $. Dv.Trideaux, Script. Hi ft.
Tar. 2. f . 299. informs us that the Nabatheans
having driven the Edomites out of their Ancient
Habitations in the time of the "Babjlonifi Captivity,
they fettled them (elves in the Southern
part of Judea, where they were afterward conquered
by HyrcaniMy and obliged to embrace
thejewifh Religion, and fo became at length
incorporated with that Nation. See ibid,
f. 307.
Ver. 10. Ver. 10. Thefe two Nations, and thofe two
Countries Jhali be mine.] They fettled them-
felves in part of the County, and hoped tohave
got PofTeflion of the whole ia time. See
the