a tenth,] A small partie, one of ten, as a remnant, shall be reserved, Chap. 10. 21, 22. either remaining still in the land, 2 King. 25. 21, 22. and those also again in part consumed, Jer. 41. 3, 10, 17. and 42. 22. or, preserved in the captivitie, and restored again to their land, after it hath lien long wast, Chap. 7. 3. and 61. 4. and it shall return,] Or, when it is returned, and hath been broused,as Chap. 3. 14. Or, which again shall be cropped, or eaten down, as Jeremiah 18:4. as a teil-tree,] Or, as the elm, and the oak in Shallecheth, in which support is. whose] As a tree, that having cast her leaves in winter, or being lopt, mangled, yea hewen down, yet retaineth some sap, by vertue whereof it sprouteth forth and springeth again, Job 14:7-9. Or, as those trees that grow on either side of the causey, bank, or terrace, reaching from the Kings house to the Temple, (1 Kings 10:5.) at the gate of Shallecheth, (1 Chronicles 26:16.) support it, and keep up the earth, that otherwise would be crumbling away: so shall the holy seed be the support of the State, Job 22:30. substance,] Or, stock, or stem. Or, support. Heb. pillar. Genesis 35:14. the holy seed] Those choice ones, that God reserveth, as seed, to propagate his Church, Romans 11:5. holy seed] Heb. seed of holinesse as Chap. 62. 12. Malachi 2:15. substance thereof.] Or, support. as before.