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Ibid. ; With all the young Lions thereof."] The Chapter
7V/rg#wunderfrands it of their Kings, i.e. their XXXVIII.
chief Merchants who are defcribed as fb many L^\ rNJ
Princes, Ifa. xxiii. 8. and are called Lions be-
caufe of the Injuftice and Oppreflion they too
commonly pra£tifed in their Commerce. See
Chap, xxviii. .16. But the LXX tranflate the
Word Kjphirim, Towns or Villages, in which
Senfe it is taken Nehem. vi. 2. and in other
Places.
Ver. 14. In that r Day.~\ At that remarkable Vet*. 14..
time, when God (hall bring again the Captivity
of Ifrael and Judah, fo often fpoken of by the
Prophets. See the Note upon Ifa. iv. 2.
Ibid. When my Teople Ifrael dwelleth fafely,
JJjalt not thou know it? &C.3 Afloon as the
News of their being fettled in their own Coun*
try comes to thy Knowledge, thou wilt certainly
make Prepartions to Invade them.
Ver. 1 5. oAnd thou fljalt come from thy Tlace Ver. " 1 c
out of the North Tarts.] See Ver 6.
Ibid. Thou atid man) Teofle with thee, all of
them riding ufon Horfes, &c.J The Character
here given of this People, may properly be applied
to the Turks, the chief Strength of whofe
Armies confifts in their Cavalry, and the great
Numbers of them which they bring into the
Field, as the Writers of the Tnrkif!) Wiftovy or>
ferve. Compare Revel, ix 16. \\U\ '1 Place feveral
Interpreters expound of the Drrks. We
may not improbably applv thofe Words of the
Prophet Zjchariah to the Event here fpoken of,
Chap. xii. 4. Iwillfmite every Horje with oAfto-
nifhmenty