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upon EZEKIEL. 25
Ibid. oAnd the Hand of the Lord was flrong Chapter
nfon me."] I was unable to refift the Impulfes of III.
God's Spirit. See Chap. i. 4. viii. 1. Jer. xx. 9. L/"V"VJ
Ver. 1 5. Then I came to them of the Captivity 0/Ver. 1 5.
Telabib, that dwelt by the River of ChebarJ] Thefe
feem to be a diftincl: Colony of Captives from thofe
that are mentioned Chap. i. }. See Ver. 23. of
this Chapter. The King of 'Babylon carried away
ths-Jews by feveral Captivities : fome in the firft
Year of his Reign, Dan. i. 1. Some in the feventh,
Jertm. lii. 28. then followed Jechoniah's Captivity
in the eighth Year Of Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kjngs
xxiv. 12. when Ezekiel himfelf was carried Cap-
tive.
Ibid. oAnd I remained there among them afloni-
Jhed [even Days.] Having my Spirit wholly caffc
down and amazed under the Apprehenfion of thefe
terrible Judgments, which were to come upon my
Nation, and of which I was to be the MefTenger.
Compare Jer. xxiii. 9. Habak. iii. 16. Seven T>ays
was the fpace of time appointed for Mourning.
See Gen. 1. 10. 1 Sam. xxxi. 13- Jobi'1.3. Ecclus.
xxii. 1 2.
Ver. 1 7. I have made thee a Watchman to the yef t -;
Houfe of Ijraeh] Prophets have the Title of
Watchmen given to them : See Ija, Ivi. 10. Jerem,
vi. 17. like Watchmen placed on the Tower, (fee
Habak. ii. 1.) They by their Prophetical Spirit
forefee the Evils coming upon the Ungodly, and
are bound to give People timely notice to avoid
them by a fincere Repentance. See the following
Verfe.
Ver. 1 8. When 1 fay unto the Wicked, Tho'ufhalt Ver. 1 8,
Jurelj die.] That is, unlefs he Repent, a Conditi-
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