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^Commentary
Chapter Ibid. The End is come ufon the Four Corners of
VII. the Land.'] Upon the whole Country : Compare
U'^VNJ Numb. xxiv. 17.
Ver. 4. Ver. 4. iW»/f £)'? flail not ffare thee 8rc] See
Chapter v. 17.
Ibid. eAnd ye flail know that I am the Lord.]
See Chap. vi. 17.
Ver. 5. Ver. 5. e/tf# 00/7 Evil, behold, is come.] Such
an Evil as fhall comprehend all other Calamities
in it.
Ver. 6. Ver. 6. (An End is comeJ] A Deftru&ion which
fhall be fatal to a great part of thofe that go into
Captivity, as well as to thofe who are confumed
in their own Country. See Chapter v. 1 2. vi. 8.
Jerem. xliv. 27.
Ver. 7. Ver. 7. The Morning is come nfon thee.'] God's
Judgments fhall overtake thee fpeedily and unexpectedly
: Compare Tfal. xlvi. 9. The Expreflion
alludes to the time, when the Magiftrates ufe to
give Sentence againft Offenders, which was in the
Morning. See the Notes upon Jerem. xxi. 12.
Ver. 7. Ver. 7. The Time is come.] The Time of God's
Vengeance, called elfewhere the Day of the Lord.
Compare Ver. 12. Chapter xxi. 25. xxx. $• Jerem.
xvii. 7.
Ibid. And not the founding again of the Mountains.]
The found of War and Tumults : not fuch a
joyful Sound as ufeth to eccho from the Mountains,
by which the Treaders of Grapes exprefs their Satisfaction
at the time of the Vintage : which the
Hebrew Word Hed or Heidad properly fignifies ;
See Ifa.xvL 9. Jerem. xxv. 30. xlviii. $j.
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