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upon EZEKIEL. 325
as an Atonement to the Divine Juftice. Comp. Chapter
this Verfe with Ifa, xxxiv.6. Zjjth.i. 7. Rev. XXXIX.
L/*V^O
xix. 17.
Ibid. Upon the Mountains of Ifrael] Where
this great Army was to be deftroyed : See Ver. 4.
Ver. 18. Of Rams, of Lambs, ofGoats, of "BuUVcv. 18.
locks.'] Of all Ranks and Kinds, who fhall be
brought like Beafts to the Slaughter. Comp. TfaL
Ixviii.. 31. Ifa. xxxiv. 6. Jerem. 1. 27. li. 40.
Ibid. &4l! of tkem Fatlings of f
Ba]a?i.~] See
*Deut. xxxii. 14.
Ver. 19. oAnd drink 'Blood till ye he drunken.'] Ver. 19.
Or be filled, or fatiated : for fo the Hebrew Rayah
ufually fignifies. See Cantic. v. i.Hag. i. 6.
Jerem. xxxi. 14,25. and the Greek Verb Ms0u»
is taken in the fame Senfe, John ii. 10. and fo I
conceive it fhould be underftood 1 Cor. xi. 21.
where the Apoftle reproving the Abufe of their
Love Feafts, faith, One is hungry^ and another
drinks, or fills himfelf to the full.
Ver. 20. Thm {hall ye be filled at my Table .] Ver. 20^
The Feaft made upon the Peace-Offerings or Sacrifices
of Thankfgiving, is properly called the
Table of the Lord : See Malach. i. 12. From
whence the Expreflion is applied to the Feaft of
the Lord's Supper, 1 Cor. x. 21.
Ver. 21. oAnd I will jet my Glory among the Ver. 21.
Heathen, 8cc3 See Chap, xxxviii. 16, 23.
Ver. 22. So the Houfe of Ifrael fljall know that yer , 2 2.
I am the Lord their God, &x.jBoth by my Acts
of Mercy in returning their Captivity • See Ver.
28,^9. and by my Judgments executed upon
their Enemies*
Ver.