g ch. 28. 14, 22.

L Mic. 2. 1.

12.

One of Israel.

20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21 That make a man an offender Amos 5.10, for a word, and 1lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, 1 Josh. 24.3. 1who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

k Prov. 28. 21.

m ch. 19. 25. & 45. 11. & 10. 21. Ephes. 2.10.

ach. 28.7.

23 But when he seeth his children, m the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

24 They also that erred in spirit 3 Heb. shall 3 shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

know

understanding.

their confidence in Egypt.

the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, 'Their strength is to sit still.

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* Jer. 37.7.

Ori'to her.

1 ver. 15. ch. 7. 4.

8 ¶ Now go, "write it before themm in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

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9 That "this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

10 °Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, Pspeak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

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

Hab. 2. 2.

Heb. the

3

latter day.

n Deut. 32 20.

ch. 1.4.

ver. 1.

Jer. 11.21. 7.13.

Amos 2.12.

Mic. 2. 6. p1 Kings 22. 13.

Mic. 2. 11.

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression Or, fraud. and perverseness, and stay thereon :

13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swell- 4 Ps. 62. 3. ing out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

B

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

r ch. 29.5.

Ps. 2. 9.

Jer. 19. 11.

Heb. the

bottle of potters.

t ver. 7.

15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; *In returning 7.4. and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: " and ye would not.

16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: `and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

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18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not

■ Matt. 23, 37.

Deut.28.25.

Lev. 26.8. & 32. 30.

Josh. 23.10.

6 Or, a tree

bereft of

branches, or, boughs: or, a mast.

God's wrath in the

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b Ps. 74.9. Amos 8. 11.

© Josh. 1.7.

d2 Chr.31.1. ch. 2. 20. & 31.7.

2 Heb. the graven images of thy silver. 3 Heb. scatter.

e Hos. 14. 8.

Matt. 6.33. 1 Tim. 4. 8.

4 Or, savoury. 5 Heb. leavened.

g ch. 2. 14, 15. & 44. 3. 6 Heb. lifted up.

h ch. 60. 19, 20.

7 Or, and the grievousness of flame. 8 Heb. heaviness. i ch. 11. 4. 2 Thess. 2.8. k ch.8.8.

1 ch.37.29.

m Ps. 42. 4.

n ch. 2. 3.

9 Heb. Rock, Deut. 32. 4.

• ch. 29. 6. 2 Heb. the

bthy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

2

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

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23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat 5 clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

his

27 ¶ Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with 7 and the burden thereof is anger, heavy his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be la bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

30° And the LORD shall cause his glory of his glorious voice to be heard, and shall

destruction of Assyria.

LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

T

3

pass,

32 And 2 in every place where the grounded staff shall which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight

4 with it.

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33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

CHAPTER XXXI.

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r ch. 10. 5, 24.

2

Heb. ing of the a

every pass

rod found

1 The prophet sheweth the cursed folly in trust- yesterday. ing to Egypt, and forsaking of God. 6 He exhorteth to conversion. 8 He sheweth the fall of Assyria.

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cir. 713.

a ch. 30. 2. & 36. 6.

b Ps. 20. 7. ch. 36. 9.

OE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because Ezek. 17.15. they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

c Dan. 9. 13. Hos. 7.7.

19.

2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back 4 Num. 23. his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses 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 all shall fail together.

6 Heb.

remove.

e Ps. 146. 3,

Amos 3.8.

4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, 'Like as the lion and the Hos.11.10. young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: 5so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. 6 ¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

o ch.37.37. 2 Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear. 3 Or, his strength.

cir. 713.

A Ps. 45. 1, &c.

Jer. 23. 5.

Hos. 3. 5. Zech. 9.9.

25.4.

CHAPTER XXXII.

1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 9 Desolation is foreshewn. 15 Restoration is promised to succeed.

Zion's enemies threatened.

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and 'the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

k

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h Ps.'104.30.

Joel 2. 28. ch.29.17.

& 35. 2.

a

rule in judgment.

b

2 And a man shall be as an hiding bch. 4. 6. & place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a *great rock in a weary land.

4 Heb. heavy.

c ch. 29. 18. & 35.5, 6.

6 Heb. hasty.

6 Or, elegantly.

7-Or, when he speaketh against the poor in judgment.

8 Or, be established. d Amos 6. 1.

9 Heb. Days above a year.

2 Heb. the fields of desire.

e ch. 34. 13. Hos. 9.6.

3 Or, burning

upon, &c.

f ch. 22. 2.

8 ch. 27.10.

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

4 The heart also of the 'rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak 'plainly.

5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he 8 stand.

9 ¶ Rise up, ye women a that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers and watch shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

4 Or, clifts

towers.

19 When it shall hail, coming 1ch.30.30. down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of "the ox and the ass.

CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 God's judgments against the enemies of the church. 13 The privileges of the godly.

OE to thee & that spoilest, and

W thou wast not spoiled; and

dealest treacherously, and. they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

5 The LORD is exalted; for he Ps. 97. 9. dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

7 Behold, their 'valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Blessings of the gospel.

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2 Heb. Ijim.

3 Or, night monster.

t Mal. 3. 16.

cir. 713. a ch.55.12.

bch. 32. 15.

c Job 4.3, 4. Heb. 12. 12.

4 Heb. hasty.

a ch.29.18. & 32. 3, 4. & 42.7. Matt. 9. 27, &c. & 11. 5. & 12. 22. & 20.30, &c. & 31. 14. John 9. 6, 7. e Matt.11.5. Mark 7.32, &c.

shall also meet with 2 the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16 ¶ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

CHAPTER XXXV.

1 The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom. 3 The weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of the gospel.

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HE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

d

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the flame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams John 5.8,9. in the desert.

f Matt.11.5. & 15.30. & 21. 14.

Acts 8.2, &c. & 8.7.

& 14. 8, &c. Matt. 9. 32, 33&12.

8 ch. 32. 4.

15.30.

22.

b ch. 41. 18.

& 43. 19.

John 7.38, 39.

I ch.34. 13. 5 Or, a court for reeds, &c.

7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

5

8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those the wayfaring men, though Rev. 21. 27. fools, shall not err therein.

E ch. 62. 1. Joel 3.17.

6 Or, for he shall be with them.

9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, 1 Lev. 26.0. it shall not be found there; but the Ezek.34.25. redeemed shall walk there:

ch. 11. 9.

Sennacherib invadeth Judah.

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10 And the "ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and "sorrow and sigh- & 65.19. ing shall flee away.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions soliciteth the people to revolt. 22 His words are told to Hezekiah.

m ch.51.11.

n ch.25.8.

Rev. 7.17. & 21.4.

713.

18. 13, 17.

OW it came to pass in the NOW fourteenth year of king Heze-2 Kings kiah, that Sennacherib king of Assy- 2 Chr. 32.1. ria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the 2 scribe, 2Or, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

4 TbAnd Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

4

5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

8 Now therefore give pledges, I ho pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

y the

9 How then wilt thou turn awayt face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Goup against this land, and destroy it.

119 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews'