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^Commentary
Chapter ceed from two Caufes: Excefs of Grief, as we
IIL read Ver. t 5. of this Chapter, that he remained
iy'VNJ aftonied [even Days ; wherein he was a Type or
Figure of the Condition of the Jews when they
were to be aftonied one with another : Chap. iv.
17. Another caufe of his filence might be by way
of Reproo r to them for disbelieving what he had
before delivered by the commands of God. See
the Note on Chap, xxxii. 22. xxiv. 17. And becaufe
they regarded not° the Words, which God
commanded him to fpeak to them, he was rfire&ed
to inftruct them only by Signs, fuch as are thofe
Emblems of the Siege contained in the next
Chapter.
Yer. 27* Ver. 27. l^ut when I fpeak with thee [or to
thee] / will open thy Mouth ] But when I bid thee
declare my Commands by Word of Mouth, thou
{halt have free Liberty to fpeak. See Chap. xi. 25.
Ibid. He that heareth, let him hear ; and he that
forbeareth, let him forhear.~\ The Turn ofwhat thou
fhalt fay unto them is this : to let them know that
this is the laft Warning God will give them, and
therefore let them take it as fuch, and either give
heed to what is faid to them, or negleft it at their
utmoft Peril. Compare 1 Cor. xiv, 38. Revek
xxii. 11.
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