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nor_o famine_n can_v great_o hurt_v the_o place_n whereof_o nevertheless_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n denounce_v against_o it_o by_o isaiah_n 23._o jeremy_n and_o ezekiel_n have_v threaten_v the_o destruction_n 25._o and_o the_o obstinate_a resolution_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v full_o determine_v to_o accomplish_v it_o 26._o this_o haughty_a king_n impatient_a of_o resistance_n undertake_v a_o vast_a piece_n of_o work_n work_n which_o be_v to_o fill_v up_o that_o part_n of_o the_o sea_n which_o divide_v the_o island_n from_o the_o continent_n the_o city_n of_o old_a tyre_n that_o stand_v opposite_a to_o the_o new_a upon_o the_o firm_a land_n and_o the_o mountain_n of_o libanus_n near_o adjoin_v that_o be_v load_v with_o stately_a cedar_n and_o abundance_n of_o other_o tree_n furnish_v he_o with_o material_n to_o effect_v it_o thirteen_o year_n be_v spend_v in_o this_o difficult_a and_o hopeless_a undertake_n which_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a if_o we_o consider_v that_o alexander_n work_v upon_o that_o foundation_n which_o be_v remain_v of_o nebuchadnezar_n peer_n and_o be_v withal_o assist_v with_o a_o strong_a fleet_n be_v yet_o seven_o month_n ere_o he_o can_v make_v way_n into_o the_o city_n wherefore_o if_o the_o rage_a of_o the_o sea_n be_v able_a to_o carry_v away_o that_o wherewith_o alexander_n labour_v to_o cover_v a_o shelve_n with_o much_o more_o violence_n can_v it_o overturn_v and_o as_o it_o be_v consume_v the_o work_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o lay_v his_o foundation_n in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o deep_a strive_v as_o it_o be_v to_o fill_v the_o empty_a belly_n of_o this_o greedy_a cormorant_n whereas_o the_o macedonian_a do_v only_o stop_v the_o throat_n of_o it_o all_o may_v know_v that_o god_n can_v easy_o have_v accomplish_v his_o own_o threaten_n against_o this_o place_n though_o it_o have_v not_o please_v he_o to_o use_v either_o a_o miracle_n or_o such_o of_o his_o more_o immediate_a engine_n as_o be_v earthquake_n etc._n etc._n by_o make_v at_o least_o the_o sea_n calm_a and_o add_v the_o favourable_a concurrence_n of_o all_o second_o help_n but_o so_o it_o please_v he_o ofttimes_o in_o chastise_v the_o pride_n of_o man_n to_o use_v the_o hand_n of_o man_n even_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n strive_v as_o it_o may_v seem_v against_o all_o resistance_n of_o nature_n and_o providence_n so_o that_o by_o this_o excessive_a labour_n of_o the_o chaldean_n that_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v that_o every_o head_n shall_v be_v make_v bald_a and_o every_o shoulder_n shall_v be_v make_v bare_a ezek._n 29._o 18._o yet_o will_v not_o nabuchadnezzar_n give_v over_o till_o he_o be_v master_n of_o the_o town_n when_o he_o be_v enter_v upon_o his_o desperate_a undertake_n whether_o it_o be_v by_o some_o loss_n receive_v or_o some_o mutiny_n in_o his_o army_n or_o some_o glorious_a rumour_n of_o the_o egyptian_n strength_n his_o evil_a willer_n take_v courage_n to_o rebel_v against_o he_o and_o among_o they_o jehoiakim_n renounce_v his_o subjection_n and_o begin_v to_o hope_v for_o the_o contrary_a which_o soon_o after_o fall_v out_o for_o nabuchadnezzar_n give_v he_o no_o leisure_n to_o do_v much_o hurt_n but_o with_o part_n of_o his_o army_n 30._o he_o march_v straight_o into_o judaea_n where_o the_o amaze_a king_n make_v so_o little_a resistance_n the_o egyptian_n have_v leave_v he_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o dream_n that_o nabuchadnezzar_n enter_v jerusalem_n lay_v hand_n on_o jehoiakim_n who_o at_o first_o he_o bind_v intend_v to_o send_v he_o to_o babylon_n but_o his_o mind_n change_v he_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v slay_v in_o that_o place_n and_o give_v he_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass_n to_o be_v devour_v by_o beast_n and_o ravenous_a bird_n according_a to_o the_o former_a prophecy_n leave_v in_o his_o place_n his_o son_n imprison_v jehoiakim_n or_o jeconias_n who_o yet_o after_o three_o
not_o the_o courage_n to_o return_v to_o their_o habitation_n too_o hasty_o much_o less_o to_o attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o nabuchadnezzar_n but_o live_v as_o miserable_a outlaw_n until_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seventy_o year_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v for_o the_o desolation_n of_o their_o country_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o land_n of_o judaea_n when_o by_o a_o long_a course_n of_o victory_n nabuchadnezzar_n have_v bring_v into_o subjection_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o syria_n nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o border_a arabian_n in_o such_o wise_a as_o that_o no_o enemy_n to_o himself_o or_o friend_n to_o the_o egyptian_a be_v leave_v at_o his_o back_n that_o may_v either_o impede_fw-la his_o proceed_n or_o take_v advantage_n of_o any_o misfortune_n that_o may_v befall_v he_o then_o do_v he_o forthwith_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n upon_o which_o those_o other_o nation_n have_v former_o be_v dependent_n of_o this_o expedition_n and_o the_o victorious_a issue_n thereof_o the_o three_o great_a prophet_n isaiah_n jeremy_n and_o ezekiel_n have_v write_v so_o plain_o that_o it_o be_v altogether_o needless_a to_o seek_v after_o any_o other_o authority_n to_o confirm_v the_o same_o long_o before_o it_o be_v prophesy_v by_o isaiah_n that_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n or_o babylon_n shall_v lead_v away_o the_o egyptian_n prisoner_n and_o the_o ethiopian_n captive_n young_a and_o old_a naked_a and_o barefoot_a even_o with_o their_o buttock_n uncover_v to_o the_o shame_n of_o egypt_n isa._n 20._o 4._o but_o ezekiel_n and_o jeremy_n as_o their_o prophecy_n be_v near_o to_o the_o time_n of_o execution_n so_o they_o handle_v this_o argument_n more_o plain_o and_o precise_o for_o esekiel_n tell_v we_o clear_o that_o egypt_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o wage_n for_o his_o great_a service_n which_o he_o have_v do_v against_o tyre_n ezek._n 29._o 18_o 19_o 20._o he_o recount_v also_o in_o particular_a all_o the_o chief_a city_n in_o 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viceroy_n to_o govern_v it_o and_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o his_o victory_n which_o follow_v his_o conquest_n of_o syria_n be_v such_o as_o do_v more_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n than_o all_o his_o former_a war_n have_v do_v for_o ezekiel_n in_o his_o thirty_o chapter_n reckon_v up_o beside_o the_o whole_a country_n of_o egypt_n phut_v and_o lud_n with_o other_o nation_n that_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v reach_v as_o far_o as_o into_o mauritania_n which_o be_v conquer_v by_o he_o and_o add_v to_o his_o empire_n and_o true_o it_o be_v worth_a observation_n how_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n be_v infatuate_v by_o god_n who_o think_v himself_o most_o safe_a in_o his_o own_o country_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o well-defenced_n situation_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o very_o unwise_o suffer_v his_o enemy_n to_o make_v a_o clear_a way_n to_o his_o own_o door_n by_o the_o conquest_n of_o all_o his_o friend_n and_o ally_n in_o syria_n for_o as_o the_o labour_n of_o this_o business_n do_v more_o harden_v than_o weary_a the_o chaldean_a army_n so_o the_o confidence_n confidence_n and_o vain_a security_n of_o the_o egyptian_n rely_v upon_o the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o passage_n which_o the_o enemy_n be_v to_o make_v through_o the_o arabian_a desert_n and_o the_o great_a advantage_n which_o the_o river_n nilus_n afford_v do_v little_o avail_v they_o when_o the_o war_n come_v on_o yea_o it_o do_v much_o astonish_v they_o as_o may_v just_o be_v think_v in_o the_o time_n of_o execution_n it_o be_v usual_o see_v that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n fail_v when_o those_o help_n deceive_v they_o in_o which_o they_o have_v repose_v more_o confidence_n than_o in_o their_o own_o virtue_n and_o valour_n until_o this_o time_n the_o kingdom_n of_o egypt_n have_v flourish_v under_o the_o rule_n and_o government_n of_o the_o pharaoh_n for_o above_o the_o space_n of_o one_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o year_n but_o from_o this_o time_n forward_o it_o remain_v forty_o year_n without_o 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