God will be served in sincerity.

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1 Kings 8.

27.

2 Chron. 6. 18.

Matt. 5. 34, 35.

Acts 7. 48,

49. & 17. 24.

b ch. 57. 15.

& 61. 1.

© Ps. 34. 18.

& 51. 17.

d Ezra 9. 4.

& 10. 3.

Prov. 28. 14.

ver. 5.

ch. 1. 11. || Or, kid.

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CHAPTER LXVI.

1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity. 5 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous generation, 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church. 15 God's severe judgments against the wicked. 19 The Gentiles shall have an holy church, 24 and see the damnation of the wicked. HUS saith the LORD, "The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool where is the house that build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: "but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

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3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a || lamb, as if he ' cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an Deut. 23. 18. oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that † burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

+ Heb. mak.

eth a memorial of, Lev. 2. 2.

il Or, devices.

Prov. 1. 24. ch. 65. 12. Jer. 7. 13.

h ver. 2.

i ch. 5. 19. * 2 Thess. 1. 10. Tit. 2. 13.

| Or, beget?

| Or, bright

ness.

1 ch. 48. 18. & 60, 5.

4 I also will choose their || delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

5 Hear the word of the LORD, "ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, 'Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

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6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, 'I will extend peace to her like a river, and the

glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye "suck, ye shall be "borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

15 P For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens || behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

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rch. 65. 3, 4.

| Or, one after another.

* Luke 2. 34.

t Mal. 1. 11.

"Rom. 15. 16.

20 And they shall bring all your brethren "for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, Or, coaches. and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

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21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

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* Exod. 19. 6. ch. 61. 6.

1 Pet. 2. 9.
Rev. 1. 6.

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain 7 ch. 65. 17. before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23 And it shall come to pass, that + from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

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24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

2 Pet. 3. 13. Rev. 21. 1.

Zech. 14. 16.

+ Heb. from

new moon
to his new
moon, and
from sab-
bath to his
sabbath.

a Ps. 65. 2.
b ver. 16.
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46, 48.

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6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

7¶ But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

8 'Be not afraid of their faces: form I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and "touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

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seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

came to me, saying,

2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,

God expostulateth

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|| Or, for thy sake.

a Ezek. 16. 8, 22, 60. & 23. 3, 8, 19.

Hos. 2. 15.

b Deut. 2.7.

Exod. 19. 5,

6.

d Jam. 1. 18. Rev. 14. 4.

e ch. 12. 14. See ch. 50.7.

f Isai. 5. 4. Mic. 6. 3.

* 2 Kings 17. 15.

Jonah 2. 8.

h Isai. 63. 9, 11, 13. Hos. 13. 4. i Deut. 8. 15. & 32. 10.

Or, the land of Carmel. k Numb. 13. 27. & 14. 7,

8.

Deut. 8. 7, 8, 9.

1 Lev. 18. 25, 27, 28. Numb. 35. 33, 34. Ps. 78. 58, 59.& 106, 38. ch. 3. 1. &

saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember | thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through 'the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

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7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye 'defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the "law knew me not: the pastors also transm Mal. 2. 6, 7. gressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

16. 18.

Rom. 2. 20.

n ch. 23. 13.

。 ver. 11.

Hab. 2. 18.

P Ezek. 20.35, 36.

Micah 6. 2.

9 Exod. 20. 5. Lev. 20. 5.

H Or, over to.

9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

with the Jews.

16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

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bch. 43. 7, 8,

9.

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Or, feed on LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

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18 And now what hast thou to do the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of f Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

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19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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thy crown,
Deut. 33.20.
Isai. 8. 8.
ch. 4. 18.

d Deut. 32. 10. e Isai. 30. 1,2.

f Josh. 13. 3.

Isai. 3. 9. Hos. 5. 5.

20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou Exod. 19. 8. saidst, I will not || transgress; when 'upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

21 Yet I had 'planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

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22 For though thou "wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: || thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Josh. 24. 18.
Judg. 10. 16.
1 Sam. 12.
10.

|| Or, serve.
i Deut. 12. 2.
Isai. 57. 5, 7.
ch. 3. 6.
k Exod. 34.
15, 16.

1 Exod. 15.17.
Ps. 44. 2.
& 80. 8.
Isai. 5. 1,
&c. & 60. 21.
Matt. 21. 33.

Mark 12. 1.
Luke 20. 9.
m Deut. 32.
32.

Isai. 1. 21.
& 5. 4.
n Job 9.30.
Deut. 32. 34.
Job 14. 17.
Hos. 13. 12.
P Prov. 30. 12. 1
9 ch. 7. 31.

|| Or, O swift
dromedary.
Job 39. 5,&c.
ch. 14. 6.

24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at ther pleasure; in her occasion who can turnOr, O wild her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved 'strangers, and after them will I go.

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26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast || brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their "trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

ass, &c. + Heb.

taught. +Heb. the desire of her heart.

Or, reverse

those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it † come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall || that be done any more.

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17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they "walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk || with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to q the land that I have || given for an inheritance unto your fathers. 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee † pleasant land, † a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

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20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her † husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

21 A voice was heard upon "the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

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22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: a truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

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24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us : for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

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CHAPTER IV.

1 God calleth Israel by his promise. 3 He exhorteth Judah to repentance by fearful judgments. 19 A grievous lamentation for the miseries of Judah.

11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of ch. 51. 1. the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

12 Even a full wind from those places Or, a fuller shall come unto me: now also ' will It give sentence against them.

13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and this chariots shall be as a whirlwind: " his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

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14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

wind than those. ch. 1. 16. + Heb. utter judgments.

t Isai. 5. 28. "Deut. 28. 49. Lam. 4. 19. Hos. 8. 1. Hab. 1. 8.

* Isai. 1. 16. Jam. 4. 8.

15 Fora voice declareth 'from Dan, and ch. 8. 16, publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.