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upon EZEKIEL. 49
CHAR VII.
The Argument.
The Trophet denounces the irreverfibJe Judgment of
Captivity, and final Defolation upon the Jews
for their Idolatry and other heinous Sins.
Chapter
VII.
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Ver. 2. IBSBSBEapONthe Land of Ifrael.-] This Ver. 2,
comprehends the whole Countrey
of Judea : Comp. Chap.
xii. 22. xiii. 9. xviii 2. Ifrael
is often put for Judah after the
Captivity of the Ten Tribes. See Micah i. 14. iii.
9,
10. Malach. i. 1. ii. 11. They that were left
of the Ten Tribes, joining themfelves to the Tribe
of Judah. See 2 Chron. xxx. 11, 18. Dr. 'Prideaux
fuppofes that Manajjes and his Succelfors in the
Kingdom ofJudah had the Dominion ofthewrnle
Land of Canaan, formerly divided into the two
Kingdoms of Judah and Ifrael, as Tributaries under
the Kjngs of eAJyria. See his Connection of
Scripture Hi/lory, Part 1. p. 34.
H Ibid.