God's mercies to his church. CHAPTER XXXI. The vanity of trusting in Egypt. Before purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their 3 LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth Before the stroke of their wound. cir. 713 strength is to sit still. CHRIST 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in Pa book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever; S 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 sJer. 11, 21. prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak Micah 2.6. unto us "smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get ye out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. t Jer. 5, 31. n1 Kings 2 Pet. 2, 19. 22, 6. x Eph. 4,14. 2. 1 Tim. 4, 1, Rev. 17, 2. y Acts 13, 8. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not z Ezek. 9,5. spare: so that there shall not be found in the burstach. 47,14. ing of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. a 15 For thus saith the Lord GoD, the Holy One of b ch. 7, 4. Israel, in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in c Rom. 5, 5. quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not. d Mat. 23, 37. C e 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; e Jer. 44, 18. therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 1 Lev. 26, 8. 17' One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; WO to them that go down to Egypt for help and Deut. 32,30. at the rebuke of five shall ye flee; till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. 10. 16. 21. a Deut. 17, stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because 2 Kings 18, 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! d b 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. b ch. 30, 2. Dan. 9, 13. Hosea 7, 7. c 1 Tim. 1, Jude verse 17 25. d Zech. 1, 5. 2 Tim. 2, 12, 13. 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 4 all shall fail together. e Ps. 146. 3, f Ps. 115, 2 ch. 40, 15. h 4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like 1 Cor. 4, 7. as "the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, g ch. 37, 35. when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against Jer. 2, 15 him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for 'mount Zion, and for the i Obadiah verse 21. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy gravenhill thereof. images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menr Hos. 14, 8. struous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, 'Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that 1 Tim. 4, 8. thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the Ps. 36, 6. increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: 1 Cor. 9, in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. 24 The "oxen likewise, and the young asses that ear the ground, shall eat clean provender which hath Rom. 8,21. been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, Rev. 14, 19, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters 20. & 19, 17, in the day of the great sl hter, when the towers fall. 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, 26 Moreover, the f the moon shall be as the and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the ght of the sun shall be sev-LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in fen days, in the day that the Jerusalem. 17. x ch. 11, 6. 1 Zech. 2, 5. m Acts 2, 37. n ch. 27, 9 o Avos 4 4. 8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the Psword, not p ch. 37, 56. of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. q Mal. 4, 1. r Val. 3, 2 3. The blessings of Christ's kingdom. Before CHRIST cir. 713. a Dan. 7, 14. Hos. 3, 15. Rev. 21. b Ps. 45, 16. CHAPTER XXXII. ISAIAH. 1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom....9 Desolation is fore shewn. The privileges of the godly. for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our sal- g 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at 5 BEHOLD, a King" shall reign in righteousness, the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. and princes shall rule in judgment. C 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the Or, that wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of Acts 17, 31. water in a dry place; as the shadow of a great rock e John 7,37. in a weary land. d Mat. 13, 11. Before CHRIST c'r. 718. f Jer. 17, 5. g ch. 36, 37 4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gather- Rev. 6, 16. ing of the caterpillar as the running to and fro of b Dan. 2, 35. locusts shall he run upon them. k i Rev. 11, 15. k Ps. 95, 4. 5 The LORD is 'exalted; for he dwelleth on R high he hath filled Zion with judgment and right3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim; }eousness. and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. d 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stabil- 1Col. 1, 9. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowl-ity of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear edge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready of the LORD is his " treasure. to speak plainly. 7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without; the 5 The vile person shall be no more called lib-ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. Mal. 3, 18. eral, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 12 They shall lament P for the teats, for the pleas-rightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that 29. ant fields, for the fruitful vine. shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stop. Ps. 15, 2 peth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his ces 119, eyes from seeing evil; 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: r 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and tow-3 ers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the Luke 24 fruitful field be counted for a forest. 49. Acts 2, 33. 16 Then "judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and as-} surance for ever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and insure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places, 19 When it shall hail, coming 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. c CHAPTER XXXIII. b God's judgments against the enemies of the church. WO VO to thee that spoilest, and thou wust 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 4 MaL 7,2 deal treacherously with thee. c Ps. 102, $3 C e ct. 27, 9 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited ST. 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the "munitions of rocks; bread shall be given a Mat. 7, 24 him, his water shall be sure. e i e ch. 31, 1 g Rev. 21,9 4. k 17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. 18 Thine heart shall "meditate terror. Where is h ch. 37, 1, the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people; a people & ch. 60, 17. of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: 1 P. 48, 12. thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither Mat. 16, shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of " broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go n Ps. 46, 6. no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our Plawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. 23 Thy tacklings are loosed they could not well strengthen their mast; they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a gt spoil divided; the lame take the prey. The judgments wherewith God revengeth his church. OME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people; let the earth hear, and all that is therein the world, and all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all Rev. 14, 18. nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath John 3,18. utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. b Jer. 25, 15. Rev. 18, 2. d Rev. 19, 17. e ch. 96, 24. f ch. 13, 10. 2 Pet. 8, 10. e b 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their * stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their hosts shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: beJer. 48, 10. hold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the i Mal. 1, 2, people of my curse, to judgment. g Rev. 6,13. h Deut. 32, 41. 4. 2 Pet. 2, 14. k Rev. 19, 18. h 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: 1 ch. 65, 1. for the LORD hath a sacrifice in 'Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. Jer. 49, 13. m Ps. 22, 21. m 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, Rev. 19, 13. and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, 'nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with 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. x chap. 63, 16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and Mal. 3, 16. 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. y Gen. 2, 10. & 7, 9. z Ps. 16, 5. a 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 b ch. 60, 15. shall they dwell therein.. a Acts 17, 21. b CHAPTER XXXV. The Joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom. HE wilderness, and the solitary place, shall be THE glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 14. p ch. 61, 7. 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, o Rev. 17 and come to Zion with songs and Peverlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. CHAPTER XXXVI. 1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah....4 Rabshaken's blasphemous persuasions to the people. king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of AsTOW it came to pass in the fourteenth year of 12 Kings b syria came up against all the defenced cities of b ch. 64, 6. Judah, and took them. Jer. 6, 28. 710. heary, 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from c 2 Chron. Lachish to Jerusalem, unto king Hezekiah, with a 2, great army and he stood by the conduit of the Hel upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field. 2 Kings 13, 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. ch. 32, 2. d ch. 7, 3. & 22, 9. e Ps. 69, 1. 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Acts 12,22, Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 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? 23. fNeb. 2, 19 g Ezra 4, 19. 6 Lo, thou trustest in the "staff of this broken reed, Acts 5,29. on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his h ch. 30, s. hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to i Jer. 17,5 all that trust in him. 18, 4. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our k 2 Kings God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars John 4, 22. Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to 1 Deut. 12, Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? 8. 1 Sam. Psal. 20, 7. 8 Now, therefore, give pledges, I pray thee, to my m 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. Neh. 4, 2. n Ps. 10, 2. & 12, 5. Ezek. 23, 9 How then wilt thou turn away the "face of one och. 31, 1. captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? pch. 10, 5, 10 And am I now come up without the LORD. Rabshakeh's blasphemy CHRIST 710. q 2 Kings 18, 25. 2 Cor. 11, 14 10. ISAIAH. I k i CHRIST 710. i Ps. 74, 18. Hezekiah's prayer. Before against this land to destroy it? The LORD said unto & unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid Before me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the ser11 Then said Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah, § vants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. unto Rabshakch, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy ser- 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him; and he verse 23. vants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and k Lev. 26. and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears will cause him to fall by the 'sword in his own land. Prov. 28,1. of the people that are on the wall. 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of 11 Sam. 15, 12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard $5. to thy master and to thee, to speak these words?that he was departed from "Lachish. hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king mch 26, 2 Ex. 15,9 that they may eat their own dung,and drink their of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee: and when he heard it, he sent messengers to 14% own piss with you? Hezekiah, saying, 1 Kings 20, Psnl. 73, 8. r 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud $1 Sam. 17, voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: 8. Psal. 27,1. Rom. 8, 31. 1 John 4, 4. u Ps. 22, 8. & 40, 3. Rev. 13, 6. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you. 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you " trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. X 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a 11 Sam. 11, present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; 3. 2 Kings 24, 12. * Jer. 37, 17. 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land z Deut. 8.8. of bread and vineyards. Mat. 4, 9. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, a Rom. 8, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 25. Eph. 6, 16. b Hab. 1, 16. F.ev. 17, 5. c ch. 10, 4,5. John 19, 11. d Pr. 9, 7. & 26, 4. 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest o 2 Kings deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 18, 5. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwell-1 Tim. 2, 8. 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad ?est between the cherubims, thou art the God, even a Mat. 6,13 where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou 1 Kings delivered Samaria out of my hand? hast made heaven and earth. 22 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was, over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their Ezra 9,3. clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. CHAPTER XXXVII. Mat. 26, 65. 5. 1 Hezekiah sendeth to Isaiah....36 An angel slayeth the ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself 2 Chr. 20, with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, 'unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. Esther 4,:6. ver. 14, 15. 8. b1 Sam. 7, Jam. 5, 16, 17. e Ps. 50, 15. d 2 Sam. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy for the children are come to the birth, Psal. 65, 5. and there is not strength to bring forth. 15, 12. 1 Sam. 17, 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and Psa. 65, 5. will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. g 1 Sam. 12, 23. Acts 6, 4. 1 Pet. 5, 3. h 2 Kings 17.6. f 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. t 6, 13. Psal. 80, 1. rs. 5, 12 Dan. 9, 18. 21. 19, 20. 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire; for 12 Sam. 5, they were no gods, but the "work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now, therefore, O LORD our God, save us Jer. 10,3. from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth Josh. 7,9. may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. 83, 16. 21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent unto y Dan. 9, Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Is- 20, 21. rael, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sen- & 63, 24 nacherib king of Assyria: Sennacherib's destruction prophesied. CHAPTER XXXVIII....XXXIX. Before sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. CHRIST 710. e Ps. 69. 26 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done 78,68, it; and of ancient times that I have formed it? now ch. 14, 32. have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 2 Kings 57, 2. 19, 26. & 90, 5. & 103, 15. ch. 40, 6. ch. 30, 28. Amos 4, 2. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb; as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears; therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I Ezek. 23,4. will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. PS James 3, 3. 31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of eb. 27,6. Judah shallagain take root downward, and bear{ fruit upward: i Rom. 9, 7. Gal. 3, 9. 4, 28. k Hezekiah's thanksgiving. CHRIST 713. i Gen. 9, 13. hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this Before k 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said, in the cutting off of my days, I shall go k ver. 1, 12. to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, G27, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto, 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning theme, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 1 ch. 36, 2. king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. 1 Cor. 11, 32. p Ps. 77, 4. q Song 24. r 2 Chr. 20 12. Ps. 39, 10. Set thy house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Adan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present 2012 2 Then Hezekiah "turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, c 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect hea. t, and have done that which is good Ps. 16, 8. in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore. kom. 2, 29. e ch. 65, 24. Mat. 7, 7. rs. 65, 2. Job 14, 5. h Ps. 91, 14. 2 Tim.4, 17 d 4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, 1 will add unto thy days fifteen years. b 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed b2 Chr. 32 them the house of his precious things, the silver, and Prov 4, 23 the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment. J 17.9. and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his Ps. 39, 6. house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, "What said these men? and 42Sam. 12, from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah Ps. 119, 24 1. |