"And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder, so he shall open and none shall shut, and he shall shut, and none shall open.

"Lord! when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see.

"Thou hast wrought all thy work in us.

"Whom shall he teach knowledge, and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? "Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little, for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to his people.

"To whom he said, this is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing.

"Yet they would not hear.

"This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

"And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy voice shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust;

Stay yourselves and wonder, cry ye out and cry, they are drunken, but not with wine, they stagger, but not with strong drink.

"For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

"And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, read this I pray thee, and he saith, I cannot for it is sealed.

And the book is delivered to him, that is not learned, saying, read this I pray thee, and he saith, I am not learned.

"Therefore the Lord said; forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precept of men.

"Therefore behold I will proceed to do a marvellous work amongst this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

"Wo unto them that seek deep to hide their

counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, who seeth us, and who knoweth us.

"And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of dark

ness.

"The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

"They that have erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

"Now go write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, for ever and for ever.

"That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord.

"Which say to the seers, see not, and to the prophets, prophecy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophecy deceits.

"Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

"Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, because ye despise this word, and

trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon;

"One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five shall ye flee.

"He shall lift up his staff against thee after the manner of Egypt.

"Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit; when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they shall all fail together.

"But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.

"Now will I rise, saith the Lord, now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself;

"Fear not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

'For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not, for I will help thee.

"And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken :

"The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge.

"And the tongue of the stammerer shall be ready to speak plainly.

"One shall say, I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe himself with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself with the name of Jacob.

"Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God, and who as I shall declare it and set it in order for me since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming shall

come.

"That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

"For I am God, declaring the end from the beginning, and from the ancient times the things that are not yet done.

"Saying my counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.

"Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.

"Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees; say to them that are of a fearful heart, be strong fear not.

"Behold your God, with a recompense, will come and save you.