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upon EZEKIEL. 30 r
local Tranflation of the Prophet, or elfe by way Chapter
of Vifion and lively Reprefentation. See the XXXVII.
Note upon Chap. viii. 3. W^V^J
Ver. 3. Lord God, thou knowefi.} This Ver. 7.
is only an Aft of thy Power and good Pleafure.
Raifing the Dead to Life again is peculiarly afcribed
to God, as being properly the Work of
Omnipotence, and a fort of New Creation. See
TDeut. xxxii. 39. 1 Sam. ii. 6. Job, v. 21. Rom.
iv. 17. 2 Cor. i 9.
Ver. 4. ye dry Hones, hear ye the Word 0/Ver. 4.
the Lord/] A Prophetical and Lively Reprefentation
of that Voice of the Son of God,
which all that are in the Graves fhall hear at the
la ft Day, and flail come forth out of them, Joh.
v. 28, 29.
Ver. 5. Behold, I will canfe Threath to enter y^^ *
into you.~\ The Breath of Life, as it is expref-
fed, Gen.u.y. Compare Tfahn civ. 30.
Ver. 7. o,4nd as 1 frofhejied, there was #Ver. 7.
Noife, and behold a Shaking.'} Such a Noife,
or Commotion, as we may fuppofe the
Bones of an Human Body would make upon
their meeting together again, after having been
fevered one from another.
Ver. 9. Trophejy unto the Wind.} Or rather, Ver. 9.
To the 'Breath, meaning that vital Principle
which unites Body and Soul together, and is
mentioned as diftiuct from 1: he Four Winds in
the following Words.
Ibid. Come from the Four Winds, Breath.}
The Words figuratively reprefent the Reftorationof
the Jewiih Nation from the feveral Coun-
tries