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be_v content_v with_o such_o profit_n as_o he_o can_v there_o ready_o make_v he_o have_v forbear_v to_o lay_v any_o tribute_n upon_o the_o jew_n but_o this_o cool_a reservedness_n of_o jehoiakim_n be_v on_o both_o side_n take_v in_o ill_a part_n whereupon_o the_o egyptian_a king_n psamnis_n who_o succeed_v necho_n begin_v to_o think_v of_o restore_v jehoahaz_n who_o have_v be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o father_n and_o carry_v into_o egypt_n and_o of_o set_v he_o up_o as_o a_o domestical_a enemy_n against_o his_o ungrateful_a brother_n but_o to_o anticipate_v all_o such_o accident_n the_o judaean_a have_v put_v in_o practice_n the_o usual_a remedy_n which_o his_o forefather_n use_v for_o he_o have_v make_v his_o own_o son_n jechonia_n king_n with_o he_o long_o before_o 9_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o own_o reign_n when_o the_o boy_n be_v but_o eight_o year_n old_a as_o for_o this_o rumour_n of_o jehoahaz_n his_o return_n the_o prophet_n jeremy_n foretell_v that_o it_o shall_v prove_v a_o vain_a attempt_n say_v he_o shall_v not_o return_v thither_o but_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o the_o place_n whither_o they_o have_v lead_v he_o captive_n and_o shall_v see_v this_o land_n no_o more_o jer._n 22._o 11_o 12._o the_o egyptian_n egyptian_n have_v lose_v their_o mercenary_a force_n and_o receive_v that_o heavy_a blow_n at_o carchemish_n have_v more_o gold_n than_o sharp_a steel_n remain_v which_o be_v of_o small_a force_n without_o the_o other_o help_v beside_o the_o valour_n of_o necho_n be_v not_o in_o psamnis_n apries_n who_o reign_v after_o psamnis_n do_v indeed_o once_o adventure_v to_o show_v his_o face_n in_o syria_n but_o after_o a_o big_a look_n he_o be_v glad_a to_o retire_v without_o adventure_v the_o hazard_n of_o a_o battle_n wherefore_o this_o decline_a nation_n fight_v only_o with_o brave_a word_n tell_v such_o frivolous_a tale_n as_o man_n that_o mean_v to_o do_v nothing_o use_n boast_v of_o their_o former_a glorious_a act_n against_o 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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 egypt_n say_v that_o these_o by_o name_n shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o go_v into_o captivity_n yea_o and_o that_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o his_o army_n shall_v be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n ezek._n 30._o 4_o 10_o etc._n etc._n chap._n 32._o 2_o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n say_v thus_o behold_v i_o will_v visit_v the_o common_a people_n of_o no_n and_o pharaoh_n and_o egypt_n with_o their_o god_n and_o their_o king_n even_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o that_o trust_v in_o he_o and_o i_o will_v deliver_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o that_o seek_v their_o life_n and_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babel_n and_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o servant_n jerem._n 46._o 25_o 26._o josephus_n according_o say_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n conquer_v and_o in_o the_o fifteen_o year_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n do_v conquer_v egypt_n and_o kill_v the_o king_n thereof_o appoint_v a_o 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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