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4 8 A Commentary
Chapter they fefle8: upon their manifold Provocations : See
VI Chip vii. 16. xii. 16. xx. 43. xxx i. $1.
tyv*"\J Ver 10. oAnd that I have not j'aid in vainj] Or
\ cr. 10. without cauje, as the Word Hinnam is more fig-
nificantly tranflated, Chap. xiv. 22.
Ver. 11. Ver. 1 1. Smite with thy Hand, and fiamp with
thy Foot, &c] Join to thy Words the Geftures
which are proper to exprefs Grief and Concern at
the Wickednefs of thy People, and for their Cala-
mities that will enfue. Comp. Chap. xxi. 12,14.
Numb, xxiv. 10.
Ibid. For they Jh all fall by the Sword, &o] See
Chap. v. 12.
Ver. 1 2. Ver. 1 2. He that is far off."] He that is out of
the reach of the Siege.
Ver. 13. Ver. 13. When their jlain Men fhall be round
about their (Altars, &c] See Ver. 4, 5.
Ibid. Upon every high Hill in all the tops of the
Mountains, &c] Thefe were the noted Places for
Idolatrous Worfhip : See Jerem. ii. 20. Hof iv. 13.
and the Notes upon Ver. 3. of this Chapter.
Ibid. oAnd under every green Tree, and under
every thick Qak.~\ The offering Sacrifice in Groves
and fhady Places was another ancient Rite of Idolatry
: See the Note on Ifa. i. 29. upon which Account
Groves and Images are often joined together
by the facred Writers.
Ver. 14. Ver. 14. Tea more defolate than theWildemefs
towards c Diblath^\ Diblath was part of the De-
fart in the Borders of Moab ; See Numb, xxxiii. 46.
Jerem. xlviii. 22.
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