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in which they have been dispersed, from “ Hamath and the 
Isles of the Sea” that, in that day it will be found, even to 
these ends of the world, the fearful denunciation of Divine 
wrath has driven his apostate people, who, forsaking the true 
light given them, and preferring heathen darkness, were to 
be suffered to dwell in that darkness, until they had fulfilled 
their appointed times. We have no reason to suppose, that 
when the ten tribes were carried captive by Assyria, that they 
were all placed in the same spot, or were likely to remain in 
those spots in which they were first placed; on the contrary, 
we have the denunciation that they should be scattered, and 
we cannot suppose that the mere taking them out of their 
own land was the termination of their punishment, but rather 
that it was only the commencement of it, as in after times, when 
Jerusalem fell first before the King of Babylon, and lastly 
before Titus, the first fall was but the beginning of numberless 
others. True, Cyrus permitted the Jews to return, but did 
all do so ? Why the exhortation of the prophet, “ Deliver 
thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.” 
The Jews, born in the city of their captivity, lost the love of 
their native land; it was only a few who hung their harps on 
the willows; the merchandize and traffic of that wonderful 
city, had more charms for the great bulk of the nation than 
Judah, and thus they remained, willing captives. When 
Titus sacked Jerusalem, the Jews radiated from it to their 
flourishing communities in Africa, in Asia, and in every part 
of Europe. So when the King of Assyria carried away the 
ten tribes, though he placed them primarily on the shores of 
the Caspian, that would not long suit their habits of traffic. 
They would doubtless seek the grand marts of commerce; no 
longer possessing fixed homes, they became merchants, as a 
matter of course, and those who still continued to love war 
and independence, or a pastoral life, would retire before their 
enemies, and thus, should it be proved that the Affghans are 
Jews, we see how they would reach that country. Whilst 
some, perhaps those from Babylon, remained in India, as the 
black Jews state they have done, some would pass on thence and 
people the Indian Isles, as the Malays. From the Caspian, 
