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3io A Commentary
Chapter of his own Appointment, when that Country
XX XV III. fhould be the Scene of fome extraordinary Event
t^/^V^J of Providence. We may further obferve, that the
Second Woe, mentioned Revel, ix. 12. xl 14. is
by many Learned Men underftood of the Tur-
hijh Empire ; and in Confequence of that Interpretation,
the putting an End to that Tyranny
will be an Introduction to fome extraordinary
Changes in the Chriftian part of the World.
Ibid. The chief Trince of Mefhech and Tubal.]
The King or Head of all thofe Northern Nations
which lie upon the Euxin Sea. See
upon Chap, xxvii. 1$. The Turk is
the Notes
called the
Kjng of the North in Daniel, Chap. xi. 40. as
feveral Commentators interpret that Place. The
LXX Interpreters take the Word Ro[h, commonly
translated Chief for a proper Name, fo
they render the Sentence thus, The Trince of
Rojh, Mejhech and Tubal. Rofl) taken as a Pro-
Ver 4.
per Name, fignifies thofe Inhabitants of Scythia,
from whence the Ruffians derive their Name
and Original.
^er * 4* *^n^ ' w^ tUYn t^>ee ^ac^ an^ tut '
Hooks into thy Chaws ,7j I will difappoint all
thy Defigns, and turn thee about as eafily as a
Fifherman mafters a great Fifh, when he hath
once fattened
Chap. xxix. 4.
the Hook into his Jaws. See
Ibid. aAnd I will bring thee forth, and all
thine aArmy, &c] The Senfe would be plainer
if the Words were thus tranflated, oAfter I have
hrought thee forth, 8tc. In which Senfe the Copulative
Vau, is fometimes ufed. See Naldiut
Concordance, p. 291.
Ibid.