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%i6 A Commentary
Chapter nifiment,, and his Rider with Madnefs, and will
XXXVIII. open mine Eyes upon the Houfe ofjudah.
iS~\T\) Ver. 1 6. oAsaCloud to cover the Land.] See
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Ibid. That the Heathen may know me, 8cc]
This fignal Vi&ory over Gog and his AfTociates,
(hall be a Means of bringing Infidels to give Glo-
ry unto me. Compare Chap, xxxix. 2 1 . and fee
the Note upon Chap, xxxvi. 2$.
Ver. 17. Ver. 17. eArt thou he?] The Words would
be more fignificant, ifthey were tranflated, eArt
thou not he ? a Senfe which He the Particle of
Interrogation often imports. See the Note upon
Chap. xx. 4.
Ibid. Of whom I have fpoken in old Time ly
my Servants the Trophets, who have profhefted
in thofe Days, many Tears ?] Or, And Tears.
The Prophet is (peaking here of fome terrible
Enemy to God's People, who fhall be fubdued by
the immediate Hand of Heaven, which Vi&ory
fhould make way for glorious Times of Peace
and Profperity. This Enemy is faid to be fore-
told of old ly the prophets, and is therefore probably
defcribed under the Names of fuch Na-
tions as were the chief Enemies to the Jews in
the particular Times of each Prophet. Such we
may fuppofe the aAfjyrian to be, fpoken of by
Ifaiah, Chap. xiv. 24, 25. and by Micah, Chap.
V. 5. The fame Enemy may probably be intended
under the Figure of Tyre, See the Note on
Chap, xxviii. 24. of Egypt, See the Note upon
Chap. xxix. 21. and compare Ifa. xi. 15. with
Zfcb* x. 11. of Moab, See Ifa, xxv. 10. olEdom,
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