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upon EZEKIEL. $i
Ver. 10. The Rod hath blojjomed, Tride hath Chapter
budded.'] Wickednefs daily fpreads and increafes, VTT.
till it becomes ripe for Judgment. 0""V~NJ
Ver. 11. Neither [hall there be any wailing jfcrVer. IO «
them.] In an utter Deftruction there fhall none Ver. n.
efcape to bewail the Calamities of their Brethren :
or they fhall ufe no ExprefTions of Sorrow, as Per-
fons that are aftonifhed under the greatnefs of their
Afflictions. Compare Chapter xiv. 16, 22. Deut.
xxviii. 28, $4.
Ver. 1 2. Let not the IBuyer rejoice, nor the Seller Ver. 1 2.
mourn.'] The Buyer will have no Reafon to rejoice,
becaufe he will not enjoy what he hath bought
nor the Seller caufe to mourn for the lofs of his
PofTeflions, which the approaching Captivity will
for ever deprive him of.
Ver. 1$. For the Seller JJjall not return to that\j QXt t *
which is fold, althd* they were yet alive.] The
Year of Jubilee fhall be no advantage to the Sellers,
when once they are gone into Captivity : For
tho' they fhould live fo long, yet they fhall not
enjoy the Benefit of the Law, Levit. xxv. 1 3. nor
return any more to their PofTeflions.
Ibid. Neither flail any firengthen himfelf in the
Iniquity of his Life.] And tho' they harden themfelves
in Sin, and fhut their Eyes againft the Judgments
which hang over their Heads, thefe will at
laft unavoidably overtake them.
Ver. 14. They have blown the Trumpet [See Je- Ver. 14.
remiah vi. 1.] but nonegoeth to the "Battle.] Mens
Hearts fail them, as looking upon themfelves as
given up to Deftru&ion. See Ver. 17.
Ver. 15. The Sword is without, the TeftHence yer# x *
and the Famine within.] See Chapter v. 2, 12.
H 2 Ver.