seek] Chap. 38. 4. the peace of the citie] Or, prosperitie. or, welfare. Chap. 28. 9. pray unto the LORD for it] Not out of any affection to the tyranny, or to that State it self, doth the prophet speak this: but in regard of the common rest and quietnesse; that Gods people there abiding, might with lesse molestation patiently expect the time of their deliverance. Otherwise, not the Israelites alone, but the whole world, as was foretold, were to rejoyce at the downfall of that State. Isaiah 14:4.