A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ChapterXXXVI. CHAR XXXVI The Argument. This and the following Chapter contain a Tre-diHion of the general Reft or at ton loth of If-rael and Judab, a Subjeff often fpoken of bythis Trophet: of which the Return of theTwo Tribes from Babylon may be thought anEamefi. Ver. i. yer# Ver. 2. Rophefy unto the Moun-tains of See thefollowing Verfe. Ver. 2. *Becaufe theEnemy hath Jaid againftyou, even the ancienthigh Places are ours in ToJJeffion.] The ldu-means have made their Boafts, (fee Ver. 5. andChap. xxxv. 10.) that they fhould become Ma-tters. upon


A commentary upon the prophet Ezekiel . ChapterXXXVI. CHAR XXXVI The Argument. This and the following Chapter contain a Tre-diHion of the general Reft or at ton loth of If-rael and Judab, a Subjeff often fpoken of bythis Trophet: of which the Return of theTwo Tribes from Babylon may be thought anEamefi. Ver. i. yer# Ver. 2. Rophefy unto the Moun-tains of See thefollowing Verfe. Ver. 2. *Becaufe theEnemy hath Jaid againftyou, even the ancienthigh Places are ours in ToJJeffion.] The ldu-means have made their Boafts, (fee Ver. 5. andChap. xxxv. 10.) that they fhould become Ma-tters. upon EZEKIEL. 291 fters of the Mountainous Parts of Judea, where Chapterthe Ancient FortrefTes were placed which all the reft of the Country. To the L/^/^Ofame Senfe we are to underftand the Expreffionof Treading upon the high TI aces of the i}. taking PofTeffion of fiheFortrefTes or PaiTes which command the reft ofthe Country. Ver. $. oAnd ye are taken up in the Lips cfVev. , and are the Infamy of the Heathen.]Your Calamities have made you become a Pro-verb, a By-Word and a Reproach among theHeathen round about you, according to theThreatnincs of the Prophets denounced againft:you. See Dent, xxviii. 37. 1 Ifjngs ix. 7, xviii. Lam. ii. 15. 16. TjaL Ver. 4. Which lecame a Trey to the RefidueVev. 4/of the Heathen that are round about you.,] Tothefe Heathen chat are left, alter the GeneralDefections threatned upon the NeighbouringCountries, Moab, Edom, vAmmon, &c. Com-pare Ver. ?6. and Jerem, xxv. 20. xlvii. 4. Ver


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