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A Commentary
Chapter of their Forefathers: whereas the Jews have for-
V. faken that Religion /which their Forefathers Reiyv~\J
ceived from me. See the next Verfe.
Ver, 7. Ver. 7. Hecaufe you have multi-plied more than
the Nations .] The French Translation reads, 'Becaufe
thou haft multiplied thy Wickednejjes : Some
fiich Word ought to be added to fupply the Senfe.
Void. Neither have done according to the Judgments
of the Nations round about you. ~\
or rather, eAccording
to the manner ofthe Nations round about you:
as the very fame Phrafe is tranflated, Chapter xi.
12. You have not been fo conitant and zealous for
the true Religion as they are in a Falfe one. Compare
Chapter xvi. 47. Jeremiah ii. 10, 11. Micah
iv. 5.
Ver. 9. Ver. 9. oAnd I will do unto thee that which I
have not done.'] As your Sins have particular Aggravations
above thofe of other Nations, fo your
Punifhment fhall be proportionably greater. See
'Dan. ix. 12. Lam. iv. 6. oAmos iii. 2.
Ibid. oAnd I will not do any more the Like.] The
Punifhments you fhall fuffer fhall be more remarkable
for their Greatnefs than thofe I fhall at
any time infliQ: upon other Nations. The Punifhment
due to the Sins of IJrael and Judah, which
the Prophet was to bear for Four hundred and
thirty Days by way of Type or Vifion, may probably
fignify a Judgment to continue for fuch a
length of time as is not yet expired : according to
God's Threatnings, that for their Obftinacy and
Irreclaimablenefs, he would go on to punifh them
[even times more for their Sins, Levit. xxvi. 18,
28. Multiplying the length of their Calamities by
a Seven fold Proportion. And taking the Words
in