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good_n take_v from_o enemy_n read_v in_o numb_a xxxi_o 28._o and_o ver_fw-la 50._o etc._n etc._n and_o jos._n vi_o 17._o and_o 19_o and_o to_o omit_v the_o custom_n of_o other_o nation_n in_o consecrate_v spoil_n take_v from_o their_o enemy_n to_o their_o god_n nabuchadnezzar_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v consecrate_v the_o vessel_n take_v out_o of_o the_o lord_n house_n to_o his_o idol_n for_o he_o carry_v of_o the_o vessel_n out_o of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o babylon_n and_o put_v they_o in_o his_o temple_n at_o babylon_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 7._o in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o god_n ezra_n i._n 7._o that_o which_o we_o take_v notice_n of_o be_v that_o the_o consecrate_v and_o devote_v the_o good_n and_o spoil_n of_o the_o enemy_n import_v and_o be_v a_o signal_n and_o memorial_n of_o their_o defeat_n and_o destruction_n so_o that_o the_o tirinus_n word_n be_v a_o repetition_n or_o continuation_n of_o god_n promise_n of_o victory_n to_o his_o people_n over_o those_o many_o nation_n which_o shall_v be_v gather_v against_o they_o and_o of_o his_o denunciation_n of_o destruction_n to_o those_o nation_n but_o than_o who_o be_v by_o those_o nation_n mean_v and_o how_o or_o when_o this_o prophecy_n be_v or_o be_v to_o be_v make_v good_a on_o they_o be_v the_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v and_o they_o may_v be_v join_v together_o first_o as_o for_o those_o nation_n tirinus_n some_o insist_v on_o the_o particle_n now_o in_o what_o be_v say_v now_o also_o many_o nation_n be_v gather_v against_o thou_o as_o if_o it_o denote_v something_o nigh_a at_o hand_n then_o the_o chaldean_n come_v against_o jerusalem_n and_o to_o be_v do_v before_o that_o will_v have_v to_o be_v understand_v those_o that_o come_v up_o in_o the_o army_n of_o senacherib_n king_n of_o assyria_n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o king_n hezekiah_n who_o gather_v together_o and_o taunt_a insult_a speech_n and_o threat_n against_o jerusalem_n be_v describe_v in_o the_o x._o and_o xxxvi_o and_o xxxvii_o chapter_n of_o isaiah_n as_o also_o 2_o king_n xviii_o 19_o and_o that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o destruction_n to_o those_o nation_n with_o its_o expression_n be_v make_v good_a on_o they_o they_o prove_v from_o the_o history_n in_o the_o forecited_a place_n which_o say_v that_o when_o they_o be_v gather_v together_o to_o set_v upon_o jerusalem_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v forth_o &_o slay_v in_o the_o night_n a_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o five_o thousand_o in_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o all_o the_o leader_n and_o captain_n so_o that_o senacherib_n after_o all_o his_o proud_a brag_n and_o insultation_n return_v home_o with_o shame_n unto_o his_o own_o land_n to_o what_o may_v be_v object_v that_o here_o the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n be_v bid_v to_o arise_v and_o thresh_v etc._n etc._n and_o that_o she_o shall_v beat_v in_o piece_n many_o people_n but_o that_o she_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o this_o but_o all_o be_v do_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o may_v be_v answer_v that_o what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o lord_n for_o her_o sake_n though_o by_o other_o instrument_n deodat_n be_v not_o unfit_o attribute_v to_o she_o and_o she_o be_v call_v to_o trample_v on_o and_o triumph_v over_o they_o who_o in_o her_o behalf_n and_o for_o her_o sake_n he_o have_v bring_v under_o her_o foot_n &_o it_o may_v be_v well_o say_v that_o the_o lord_n have_v by_o his_o utter_a distraction_n of_o they_o hecheraâ—â—ti_fw-la devote_v they_o and_o their_o gain_n and_o substance_n to_o himself_o so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o inquire_v after_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o express_v some_o affirm_v perhaps_o without_o any_o good_a ground_n that_o hezekiah_n consecrate_v to_o the_o lord_n many_o spoil_v take_v from_o those_o assyrian_n though_o it_o may_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o what_o be_v say_v 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 23._o that_o upon_o the_o victory_n many_o bring_v gift_n unto_o the_o lord_n to_o jerusalem_n but_o other_o think_v that_o there_o ought_v 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