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and_o yet_o here_o he_o say_v i_o will_v camp_n against_o thou_o round_o about_o and_o will_v lay_v siege_n against_o thou_o with_o a_o mount_n etc._n etc._n which_o prophecy_n be_v fulfil_v by_o sennacherib_n host_n answer_n sennacherib_n king_n of_o assyria_n send_v tartan_a rabsaris_n and_o rabshakeh_n from_o lackish_a to_o king_n hezekiah_n with_o a_o great_a army_n against_o jerusalem_n and_o they_o go_v up_o and_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n cap._n 36._o v._n 2._o and_o then_o do_v they_o camp_n against_o jerusalem_n round_o about_o and_o lay_v siege_n against_o she_o with_o a_o mount_n and_o raise_v fort_n against_o she_o and_o fulfil_v this_o prophecy_n but_o while_o these_o prince_n lay_v before_o jerusalom_n sennacherib_n himself_o be_v with_o another_o part_n of_o
god_n himself_o can_v know_v it_o before_o it_o be_v act_v though_o god_n know_v it_o and_o reveal_v it_o to_o his_o prophet_n here_o be_v show_v that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n shall_v perish_v etc._n etc._n and_o so_o perish_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o help_v other_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o avoid_v the_o woe_n themselves_o and_o he_o take_v occasion_n here_o of_o denounce_v this_o woe_n against_o they_o by_o reason_n of_o those_o word_n which_o he_o deliver_v in_o the_o fourteen_o verse_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o wise_a man_n shall_v perish_v and_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o prudent_a man_n shall_v be_v hide_v and_o their_o work_n be_v in_o the_o dark_a i._o e._n and_o who_o work_n in_o their_o own_o opinion_n be_v do_v in_o such_o privacy_n as_o that_o no_o eye_n can_v see_v they_o he_o say_v and_o their_o work_n for_o and_o who_o work_n put_v one_o kind_n of_o relative_n for_o another_o see_v the_o like_a cap._n 6._o vers_fw-la 20._o and_o they_o say_v i._o e._n and_o who_o say_v they_o for_o who_o as_o before_o who_o see_v we_o and_o who_o know_v we_o i._o e._n who_o whether_o he_o be_v man_n or_o whether_o he_o be_v god_n see_v we_o and_o who_o whether_o he_o be_v man_n or_o whether_o he_o be_v god_n know_v we_o what_o we_o do_v 16._o sure_o your_o turn_a thing_n upside_o down_o i._o e._n sure_o your_o hide_v of_o thing_n after_o this_o manner_n etc._n etc._n this_o phrase_n be_v metaphorical_a and_o allude_v to_o a_o write_a table_n or_o paper_n which_o be_v write_v but_o on_o one_o side_n which_o writing_n be_v hide_v by_o turn_v the_o table_n or_o paper_n upside_o down_o to_o such_o a_o table_n or_o paper_n i_o say_v or_o to_o some_o such_o like_a thing_n do_v this_o phrase_n allude_v note_v that_o the_o prophet_n use_v a_o apostrophe_n here_o to_o the_o wise_a and_o prudent_a which_o seek_v deep_a to_o hide_v their_o counsel_n etc._n etc._n sure_o your_o turn_a thing_n upside_o down_o shall_v be_v esteem_v 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〈◊〉_d in_o righteousness_n i._o e._n for_o my_o righteousness_n sake_n in_o be_v put_v here_o for_o for_o and_o by_o righteousness_n be_v mean_v that_o righteousness_n which_o be_v observe_v in_o keep_v promise_n which_o be_v common_o call_v fidelity_n and_o truth_n note_v here_o that_o when_o god_n bid_v his_o people_n to_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o will_v do_v concern_v his_o son_n and_o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n in_o time_n to_o come_v vers_n 11._o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o his_o people_n do_v ask_v he_o that_o question_n and_o upon_o their_o ask_n he_o give_v they_o a_o answer_n here_o say_v i_o will_v raise_v up_o cyrus_n in_o righteousness_n and_o i_o will_v direct_v all_o his_o way_n he_o shall_v build_v my_o city_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v direct_v all_o his_o way_n i._o e._n i_o will_v direct_v he_o in_o all_o his_o way_n they_o can_v go_v amiss_o or_o have_v any_o other_o then_o good_a success_n in_o their_o way_n who_o god_n direct_v he_o shall_v build_v 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