Jerusalem's whoredoms.

BEFORE CHRIST 594.

P 2 Kings 23.7. ch. 7. 20. Hos. 2. 8.

2 Heb. of a male.

q Hos. 2. 8.

vour of rest.

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even 3 Heb. a sa- set it before them for 3 a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

r 2 Kings 16. 3.

Ps. 106. 37, 38.

Is. 57. 5.
Jer. 7. 31.
& 32. 35.
ch. 20. 26.
& 23. 37.
4 Heb. to
devour.

21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, t when thou wast naked and bare, and tver. 4, 5, 6. wast polluted in thy blood.

B Jer. 2. 2. ver. 43, 60. Hos. 11. 1.

u ver. 31.

Or, brothel
Is. 57.5, 7.

house.

Jer. 2. 20. & 3. 2.

23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)

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24 That "thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every

street.

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

31 In that "thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and 3hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

35 ¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

37 Behold, therefore I will gather & Jer. 13. 22, all thy lovers, with whom thou hast Lam. 1. 8. taken pleasure, and all them that though. 23. 9, 10, hast loved, with all them that thou Hos. 2. 10. hast hated; I will even gather them Nah. 3.5. round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

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38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and ished blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

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40 m They shall also bring up a company against thee, " and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and P execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to a cease from playing the harlot, and

of.

Deut. 22.22.

Heb. with judgments Lev.20.10. ch.23. 45. Gen. 9.6. See ver. 20. 36. ch. 23.26.

Ex. 21. 12.

k ver. 24,31.

Hos. 2. 3.

Jerusalem is threatened.

BEFORE CHRIST 594. rch. 5. 18.

s ver. 22. Ps. 78. 42.

t ch. 9. 10. & 11. 21. & 22.31.

☐ ver. 3.

* Deut. 32. 32.

Is. 1. 10. 2 Heb. lesser than thou.

3 Or, that
was lothed
as a small
thing.

72 Kings
21.9.
ch. 5. 6,7.
ver. 48, 51.

z Matt. 10.

15. & 11. 24.

Gen.13.10.

thou also shalt give no hire any

more.

42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GoD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

44 T Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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Mercy is promised her.

53° When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

BEFORE CHRIST 594.

• See Is. 1.9.

& ver.60,61. Jer. 20. 16.

23.

54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 8 ch. 14. 22, 55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

56 For thy sister Sodom was not 2mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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2 Heb. for a

report, or, hearing.

3 Heb. prides, or, lencies.

48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50 And they were haughty, and b Gen.18.13. committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

& 18. 20. & 19. 5.

© Gen.19.24.

d Jer. 3.11. Matt. 12.41, 42.

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast 'despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

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60 Nevertheless I will "remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

61 Then P thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

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62 And I will establish my cover nant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:

63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, "and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

CHAPTER XVII.

1 Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, 11 is shewed God's judgment upon Jerusa lem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt. 22 God promiseth to plant the cedar of the gospel.

AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which

2 Kings 16.5. 18.7.1.&

2 Chr.28.18.

14.23. 4 Heb.

Aram. ver. 27.

6 Or, spoil. k ch. 23. 49.

Heb. borne them. ch. 17. 18,

16.

The parable of

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 594.

2 Heb. ' embroidering.

b 2 Kings 24.12.

3 Heb. put it in a field of sced. Deut. 8.7, 8,9.

d Is. 44. 4. e ver. 14.

f ver. 15.

4 Heb.field.

g 2 Kings 25.7.

h ch. 19. 12.

had 2 divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it d as a willow tree.

6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly Hos. 13.15. wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

1 ch. 2.5. & 12. 9.

k ver. 3.

11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them 12 Kings 24. with him to Babylon;

2 Kings 24. 11-16.

17.

m 2 Chr. 36. 13.

6 Heb. brought him to an oath.

n ver. 6. ch. 29. 14. 6 Heb. to keep his

covenant, to stand to it. • 2 Kings 24. 20.

2 Chr. 36. 13.

p Deut.17. 16.

Is. 31. 1.8. & 36. 6, 9.

a ver. 9.

13 1And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, mand hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

14 That the kingdom might be nbase, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, ? that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such

two eagles and a vine.

things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 594.

& 34. 3.

&

Jer. 32. 5. 52.11.

ch. 12. 13.

17 Neither shall Pharaoh with Jer. 37.7. his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

t Jer. 52. 4. ch. 4. 2.

18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had "given his hand, and hath done 1 Chr. 29. all these things, he shall not escape.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

24.

Lam. 5. 6.

Lamentation for the princes,

CHRIST 594.

g ver. 14.

h ver. 25.

i ch. 7.3. & 33.20.

Matt. 3. 2. 2 Or, others.

Rev. 2. 5.

1 Eph. 4. 22, 23.

28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 'Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

heard

upon

kthe mountains of Israel. 10 Thy mother is 'like a vine 2in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was "fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her "stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

BEFORE CHRIST 594.

31 'Cast away from you all transgressions, whereby ye have m Jer. 32. 39. transgressed; and make you a "new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

ch. 11. 19. & 36. 26.

a Lam. 3. 33. ver. 23. ch. 33. 11. 2 Pet. 3.9. 3 Or, others.

594.

a ch. 26. 17. & 27.2.

b ver. 6. 2 Kings 23. 31, 32.

c 2 Kings 23. 33.

2 Chr. 36. 4. Jer. 22. 11, 12.

d 2 Kings 23. 34.

e Jer. 22. 13-17. f ver. 3.

4 Or, their widows.

8 2 Kings 24.2.

b ver. 4.

12 Chr. 36.6. Jer. 22. 18. 5 Or, in

hooks.

2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion..

6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

88 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into

13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 PAnd fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Hos. 13. 15.

year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that a certain ch. 8. 1. of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be over 31. enquired of by you.

4 Wilt thou 3judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

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5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself 'known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, 'which is the glory of all lands: