lafting covenant. 15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Ifrael in the ifles of the 6 Therefore hath the curfe devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are defoJate therefore the inhabi-fea. tants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourn eth, the vine languifheth, all the merry-hearted do figh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceafeth, the noife of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceafeth. 9 They fhall not drink wine with a fong, ftrong. drink fhall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confufion is broken down: every houfe is fhut up, that no man may come in. II There is a crying for wine in the ftreets, all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left defolation, and the gate is fmitten with deftruction. 13 When thus it fhall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the fhaking of an olivetree, and as the gleaninggrapes when the vintage is done. 14 They fhall lift up their voice, they fhall fing for the majefty of the Lord, they fhall cry aloud from the fea. 16 From the, uttermoft part of the earth have we heard fongs, even glory to the righteous: but I faid, My leannefs, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treache roufly, yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very trea cheroufly. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the fnare are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pafs, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear, shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit, fhall be taken in the fnare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do fhake. 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean diffolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth fhall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and fhall be removed like a cottage, and the tranfgreffion thereof fhall be heavy upon it, and it fhall fall, and not rife again. 21 And it fhall come to pafs pafs in that day, that the Lord fhall punish the hoft of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together as prifoners are gathered in the pit, and fhall be fhut up in the prifon, and after many days shall they be vifited. 23 Then the moon fhall be confounded, and the fun afhamed, when the Lord of hofts fhall reign in mount Zion and in Jerufalem, and before his ancients gloriously. CHAP. XXV. LORD, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, I will praife thy name; for thou haft done wonderful things; thy counfels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For thou haft made of a city, an heap; of a defenced city, a ruin: a palace of ftrangers to be no city, it fhall never be built. 3 Therefore fhall the ftrong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations fhall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a ftrength to the poor, ftrength to the needy in his diftrefs, a refuge from the ftorm, a fhadow from the heat, when the blaft of the terrible ones is as a ftorm against the wall. 5 Thou fhalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the fhadow of a cloud; the branch of the terrible ones fhall be brought low. 6 And in this mountain fhall the Lord of hofts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feaft of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will deftroy in this mountain the face of the covering caft over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 8 He will fwallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces, and the rebuke of his people fhall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath fpoken it. 9 ¶ And it fhall be faid in that day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will fave us: this is the Lord, we have waited for him, we will be glad and reajoice in his falvation. 10 For in this mountain fhall the hand of the Lord reft, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as as ftraw is trodden down for | down, even the feet of the the dunghill. poor, and the steps of the needy. II And he fhall fpread forth his hands in the midft of them, as he that fwimmeth fpreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he fhall bring down their pride together. with the spoils of their hands. 12 And the fortrefs of the high fort of thy walls fhall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the duft. I CHAP. XXVI. N that day fhall this fong be fung in the land of Judah, We have a ftrong city, falvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whofe mind is ftayed on thee: because he trufteth in thee. 4 Truft ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting ftrength. 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high, the lofty city he layeth it low, he layeth it low, even to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust. 7 The way of the just is uprightnefs: thou most up, right, doft weigh the path of the juft. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the des fire of our foul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 With my foul have I defired thee in the night, yea, with my fpirit within me will I feek thee early for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteoufnefs. 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteoufnefs: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majefty of the Lord. 11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not fee: but they fhall fee, and be afhamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies fhall devour them. 12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou alfo haft wrought all our works in us. 13 O Lord our God, other 6 The foot fhall tread it lords befides thee have had dominion dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they fhall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rife: therefore haft thou vifited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou haft increased the nation, O Lord, thou haft increafed the nation, thou art glorified; thou haft removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16 Lord, in trouble have they vifited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chaftening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; fo have we been in thy fight, O Lord. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind, we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead men fhall live, together with my dead body fhall they arife awake and fing, ye that dwell in duft: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth fhall caft 9 out the dead. 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and fhut thy doors about thee: hide thyfelf as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth alfo fhall difclofe her blood, and fhall no more cover her flain. CHAP. XXX. W Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add fin to fin: 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not afked at my mouth; to ftrengthen themselves in the ftrength of Pharaoh, and to truft in the fhadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the ftrength of Pharaoh be your fhame, and the truft in the fhadow of Egypt your confufion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambaffadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all afhamed of a people that could not profit profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a fhame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beafts of the fouth into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery Aying ferpent, they will carry their riches upon the fhoulders of young affes, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that hall not profit them. and truft in oppreffion and perverfenefs, and ftay there on: 13 Therefore this iniquity fhall be to you as a breach ready to fall, fwelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh fuddenly at an inftant. 14 And he fhall break it as the breaking of the potter's veffel, that is broken in pieces, he shall not spare; so that there fhall not be found in the bursting of it a fherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. 7 For the Egyptians fhall help in vain, and to no purpofe: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their ftrength is to fit ftill. 15 For thus faith the Lord 8Now go, write it be-God, the Holy One of Ifrael, fore them in a table, and In returning and rest shall ye note it in a book, that it may be faved, in quietnefs and in be for the time to come for confidence fhall be your ever and ever: ftrength; and ye would not. 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: 10 Which fay to the feers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, fpeak unto us finooth things, prophefy deceits: 16 But ye faid, No; for, we will flee upon horses; therefore fhall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore fhall they that purfue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of five fhall ye flee, till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an enfign on an hill. II Get you out of the way, turn afide out of the path, cause the Holy One of Ifrael to cease from before us. 18 And therefore will 12 Wherefore thus faith the Lord wait that he may the Holy One of Ifrael, Be-be gracious unto you, and caufe ye defpife this word, therefore will he be exalted, that |