Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 9:12

12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spake against us , and against our judges that judged us , by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done, as hath been done upon Jerusalem .

By this it appears that Gods Judgments threatned against sin are to be feared, because of the great and terrible God, ver. 4. Deut. 7.9, 10. Nehem. 1.8.

Whose place and duty it was to govern the People, to judge their causes, and to appoint others for it, wherein if there be a failure, as there often was, it was a sin, and judgment upon the people, and upon the Rulers and judges themselves also, of which we find many instances and complaints in Scripture, Psal. 2.2, 9, 10. and 58.1, 2.

A place priviledged many wayes above all others, chiefly by the signal presence of God there, and his promises to it, Psal. 76.1, 2. yet when sin is found there, as it was in Jerusalem, to the height, as in Sodom, it was punisht to the height. Read the book of Lamentations.

Marginal references: Lam. 2.1[illegible: 1 letter].; Lam. 1.12. and 2.13.