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upon EZEKIEL. 291
fters of the Mountainous Parts of Judea, where Chapter
the Ancient FortrefTes were placed which com- XXXVI.
manded all the reft of the Country. To the L/^/^O
fame Senfe we are to underftand the Expreffion
of Treading upon the high T Iaces of the Earthy
Deut.xxxil i}. i.e. taking PofTeffion of fihe
FortrefTes or PaiTes which command the reft of
the Country.
Ver. $. oAnd ye are taken up in the Lips cfVev. 7.
Talkers, and are the Infamy of the Heathen.]
Your Calamities have made you become a Proverb,
a By-Word and a Reproach among the
Heathen round about you, according to the
Threatnincs of the Prophets denounced againft:
you. See 'Dent, xxviii. 37. 1 Ifjngs ix. 7, 8.
Jerem. xviii. i6. Lam. t ii. 15. Dan.ix. 16. TjaL
Ver. 4. Which lecame a Trey to the RefidueVev. 4/
of the Heathen that are round about you.,] To
thefe Heathen chat are left, alter the General
Defections threatned upon the Neighbouring
Countries, Moab, Edom, vAmmon, &c. Compare
Ver. ?6. and Jerem, xxv. 20. xlvii. 4.
Ver. 5. Surely in the hi\ , f my Jtalouf] ] In Ver. 5.
that fervent Zeal and Concern t\ . 1 have for my
own Honnn>, which is H-tfphuncd -.mong the
Heathen. "See Chap x-xv. 12, f$. Compare
Chap. xxxviii.''Q. *x.