Chap. 6. AnExpofttion upon the Iiòókof`J B. 'tJeiG2t. people, he will feverely rebuke thofe who have done themwrong. Laban had given Jacob hard ufage, while he was a Servant in his Houfe, and when he was gone, Laban purfued him with hard thoughts, but God pleaded for acob, and rebuked Laban Gen. 31. 42 the Prophet foretels, That the mountain of the Lords houfefhall be effablifhed in the topofthe mountains, that is, he will not only deliver, but advance his oppreffed Church, The houfe of the God ofJacob, Ifai.3 I. 2, 3. and when he doth this, Fiefhalljudge among the Nations,andjhall rebuke manypeo, ple (Verf.4.) Some have obfcrved the fame difference in thefe latter words of lfaiah, which bath been noted in the Text of iob, and render it thus, netball judge among the Nations, that is, the Heathen Nations, who have vexed his Church, And he fhall rebuke or plead (it is the fame word in the Grammaticali contitudion, as herein fob) For, (or in the behalf) ofmany people; that is, for many of his own people, who have been . oppofed by thofe Nations; the effect whereof we have in the next words, And they[hall beat their [words intoplow.íhares; that is, God will fo judge thole Nations, that his people [hall not need to fiand upon their guard, or learn war any more ; becaufe their enemies ihail either be turned to them, or be to tally over-turned. - -Woe to the Nations, when God hands up for his people, he will certainly ruin Babylon, when he under- takes the controverfie, and pleads the caufe of Zion. Yea the day hafiens whenhe will Convinceall that are ungodly, of alì the hardfpeeches which ungodly /inners have fpoken again[[ him, fude verft5. that is againil his people, for his fake. Fourthly, Betides thefe three expofitions of the Text, I find another which is more litteral , and yet more fpiritual then any of the three ; and it is that which our late learned Annotators have given us , Mine eye pourer eut teares unto God. And he will pleadfor a man with God, and the Son of manfor hisfriend, The mind ofwhich tranflation is this, He, that is, Chrifl Jefus the Mediatour between God and man trillplead for a man, that is, for me ; he fpcakes in the third pee fon for modeflies fake, though he means himfelf ; he will plead for me, (though you plead never to much againfi me) far me ( I fay) he will plead withGod, that is, with God his Father; the 'Hebrewword here ufed for God, is in the fingular number, D d d Eloab
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