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upon EZEKIEL. to
xxxviii. 17. The Word may likewife be taken Chapter
here for that Paffion of Jealoufy that is proper to a V.
Husband when his Wife proves falfe to him, and is L/"VNJ
applied to God when his People forfake his Wor-
ship and ferve Idols, Chap. xvi. 35, 42 xxiii. 25.
The Covenant between God and his People, is
often reprefented under*the Notion of a Marriage
Contracl: : See Chap. xvi. 8. whereupon Idolatry
is called Going a Whoring after other Gods, and
committing oAdultery with Stocks and Stones : Jerem.
iii. 9.
Ver. 14. I will make them wafle and a reproach Ver. 14.
among the Nations, hc.~] See T)eut. xxviii. ?y.
1 KJngs ix. 7. Tfal. Ixxix. 4. Jerem. xxiv. 9. Lam,
ii. ; 5.
Ver. 1 5. So itfiaU be-.-an inftruBion to the A 7 a~ Ver. 1 5.
tions.~] They fhall learn from fuch an Example of
Vengeance, to hear me and be afraid of my Judgments.
Ibid. In furious rebukes. ~] See Chap. xxv. 1 7.
Ver. 16. When I pall [end upon them the evilVev. 16.
oArrows of Famine, &c] God's Judgments are
eifewhere exprefled by Arrows : See T)eut. xxxii.
2$. Tfal. vii. 13. lxiv. 7. xci. 5.
Ibid. eAnd I will break the fiaff of your 'Bread.]
See Chap. iv. 16.
Ver. 17. So I will fend upon you Famine and evil Ver. if.
c
Beafts.~] Wild Beafts multiply in a Land when it
is become uninhabited, Exod. xxiii. 29. This is
likewife a Punifhment threatned againft the Jews
among other Defolations. See Levit. xxvi. 22.
Deut. xxxii. 24. and Comp. Chap. xiv. 2i.xxxiiL
27. xxxiv. 25. of this Prophecy.
G 2 Ibid.