Wesley Corpus

Koa - This bordered upon Media, the inhabitants were called Kohai, and dwelt about Arbela. And all - All subjects of the Assyrian monarchy. And wheels - Lest in their march the carriage wheels should break, a store of these were provided. An assembly - A mighty confluence of people. I will set - Give them a power in right of conquest over their rebels, as well as mine, and I will give them a spirit of judgment to discern the greatness of this people's sins. Judge - Condemn, and execute sentence upon thee. According - To their will, power, wrath, and custom, against rebels; for these are their rules of judgment. I will set my jealousy - As a jealous provoked husband, I will be as much against thee as they are. Thy residue - Either the people, who hid themselves in vaults and cellars, or what the Chaldeans cannot carry away, all this shall be devoured by fire. Take away - Deprive thee of the comfortable use of all thy labour, which they will exact of thee in captivity. It - Is large, and contains what will last many years, even 'till the seventy years be expired. Thou - Shalt stagger with sorrows, that shall intoxicate, and astonish. Suck it out - The dregs shalt thou drink, and multiply thine own sorrows. Break the sheards - To suck out what remains. And pluck - Revenging thyself upon thyself. Bear thou - The guilt, I will impute it, the punishment, I will not pardon it. In the same day - When they had newly polluted themselves with idolatry and murder, they thrust into the temple. My house - Nay, these things have been in my house. Wash thyself - After the manner of harlots. Sattest - Prepared to feast them. A stately bed - A magnificent bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leaned on their sides. Incense - Offered to their idols. A voice - A shout for joy, that there was a treaty of peace between the Jews, and the Chaldeans. Righteous men - Men that keep the law of their God. Upon them - Against the Jews, the children of this Aholibah. The company - The Babylonian army. Lewdness - Idolatry. And indeed we do not read of any after their return out of this captivity. They - The Babylonians.