conquests divide the spoils of
many nations. The Hebrew (as it now stands pointed) is thus rendered,
The kings of armies have fled, they have fled, and she that dwells at
home (or the beauty of the house) shall divide the spoils.
67:14. If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings
of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the
paleness of gold.
If you sleep among the midst of lots (intermedios cleros, etc.)... Viz.,
in such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting lots
for your goods and persons: or in the midst of the lots, (intermedios
terminos, as St. Jerome renders it,) that is, upon the very bounds or
borders of the dominions of your enemies: you shall be secure
nevertheless under the divine protection; and shall be enabled to fly
away, like a dove, with glittering wings and feathers shining like the
palest and most precious gold; that is, with great increase of virtue,
and glowing with the fervour of charity.
67:15. When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall
be whited with snow in Selmon.
Kings over her... That is, pastors and rulers over his church, viz., the
apostles and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men be made
whiter than the snow which lies on the top of the high mountain Selmon.
67:16. The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat
mountain.
The mountain of God... The church, which, Isa. 2.2, is called The
mountain of the house of the Lord upon the top of mountains. It is here
called a fat and a curdled mountain; that is to say, most fruitful, and
enriched by the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost.
67:17. Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is
well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?... Why do you suppose or imagine
there may be any other such curdled mountains? You are mistaken: the
mountain thus favoured by God is but one; and this same he has chosen
for his dwelling for ever.
67:18. The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of
them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.
The chariot of God... Descending to give his law on mount Sina: as also
of Jesus Christ his Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the
Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended with ten thousands, that
is, with an innumerable multitude of joyful angels.
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