That the Prophecy of Ezekiel hath a reference to events greater than the deliverance of Israel from Babylon is granted by almost all writers, both Jews and Gentiles, And hence, various have been the attempts of men to unfold and explain this scripture. Tyre particularly hath been considered, as spiritually referring to the latter ages of the Church; and while the Prophet, in the first and literal sense, had his eye on the events of the Babylonish captivity, somewhat of an higher nature is supposed to be included, as referring to the latter day under the Gospel dispensation. Be this however as it may, it is very evident that this Chapter is delivered with peculiar reference to the Babylonish captivity.

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