The promulgation of the gospel.

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ISAIAH. Before said, They are come from a far country unto me, } even from Babylon.

CHRIST cir. 712.

Jer. 4. 16.

f Joshua 7,

iJ.

g Jer. 20, 5.

h 2 Kings

4. Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts;

6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy 24, 10. & 25, house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon:

1.

i Dan. 1, 3, nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

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k 1 Sam. 3,

13.

26.
Lam. 3, 22.

7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall 2 sam. 15, bei eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the 12 Kings 9 word of the LORD which thou hast spoken: he said Zech. 8,9. moreover, For there shall be 'peace and truth in my Heb. 12, 14. days.

22.

Rom. 15, 5.

a chap. 65, 13, 14.

CHAPTER XL.

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small a dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the &146, 3, 4 beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and b Dan. 4,32. they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

20 He that is so impoverished, that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot: he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven f Ps. 115, 4 image, that shall not be moved.

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath

it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not g Ps. 19,
understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,
1 The promulgation of the gospel....3 The preaching of John and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that
Baptist.
stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spread-
OMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saitheth them out as a tent to dwell in ;
your God.

COM

b

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto Ps. 192, her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniHab. 2,3quity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

13.

c ch. 61, 7.

c

3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by 15. number: he calleth them ali by names, by the great- o Ps. 147, 4. ofness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one P faileth.

4 Every 'valley shall be exalted, and every mounf ch. 11, 15. tain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall g ch.2, 11. be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth i Rev. 18, 1. the LORD hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

P Judg. 5,

20.
q Ps. 77, 7.
r Ps. 94, 7.
s Jer. 8, 13.

28 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, Mal, 2, 17. that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, "fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding,

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t Ps. 44, 1. u Deut. 33, 26.

x Rom. 11,

33.

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and 2 Cor. 12, the young men shall utterly fall:

9.

z Ps. 33, 16.

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew Luke 12, 19. their strength; they shall mount up with wings as a Ps. 105, 3. eagles; they shall run and not be weary, and they 2 Cor. 1,8, shall walk and not faint.

b

CHAPTER XLI.

God expostulateth with his people about his mercies to the
church.

9.

b Phil. 1, 6.

in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with KEEP silence before me, O islands; and let the a Zec. 2, 13.

8

young.

12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the "span, { and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, 1 Cor. 2, or, being his counsellor, hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding ?

* John 8, 12.

A 2,5.

God expostulateth with his people.

Refore CHRIST

k

5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the έ upon my name; and he shall come upon princes as cir. 712 earth were afraid, drew near, and came. upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

k Rev. 6, 10.

| Psal. 2, 2. m Ps. 83, 8. n ch. 40, 19.

o Mal. 1, 6

q Jam. 2,

m

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and
every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the "goldsmith,
and he that smootheth with the hammer him that
smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering:
and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be
moved.

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom p Deut 7,6. I have P chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, Mal. 1, 2 and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have s Ex. 24,11. chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee v ch. 60, 12. shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as Zech. 12, 3. nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

z Acts 13,&

. Dan. 2,35.

› Ps. 109,

e Micali 4 13.

d Dan. 2, 35.

© Jer. 51, 1.

a

b

Belect, in whom my soul 'delighteth: I have put b Mat. 3,17
my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment
to the Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice Mat. 12, 19.
to be heard in the street.

3 A'bruised reed shall he not break, and the smo-
king flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth
judgment unto truth.

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have "set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy 5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the h John 16, Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. heavens, and stretched them out: he that spread 15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp thresh-forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he ing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the to them that walk therein; hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: (Ps. 58, 10. and thou shalt 'rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the 'oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together;

20 That they may see and know, and consider, and understand together, that the "hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things what p Ps. 115,4. they be, that we may consider them, and know the Jer. 10, 4,5 latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do 1 Cor. 8, 4. evil, that we may be dismayed, and beheld it together. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of Mat. 2, 11. nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. 25 I have raised up 'one from the north, and he E1, 12 shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he || call

20.

r ch. 46, 11.

& 49, 12.

1 Or, proclaim,

8 I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth tell you of them.

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n 2 Tim. 2,

26.

I

o 1 Pet. 1,

10, 11, 12.

p. Ps. 35, 3.

Lev. 14, 3.

10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the 2107, inhabitants thereof.

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

23.

; P 72, 9

& 96, 11.

Luke 2,

Rer. 19,

17.

Dan. 2, 44.

13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry; yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. u Psal. 2, 9. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have 1 Cor. 10, 4. been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a x P. 50, 21. travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. Luke 18, 7. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and Mal dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

21 The LORD is 'well pleased for his righteous-of ness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it h k Rom. 2, honourable.

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22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled: they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and rɔne saith, Restore.

23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will "hearken, and hear for the time to come ?

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not "the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the P fury of his anger, and the strength of battle and it hath Jer. 5, set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. CHAPTER XLIII.

Hosca 7, J.

a Eph. 2,

10

The Lord comfortech the church with his promises. BUT " UT now, thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed thee, I have bEx 195 called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

ch. 40, 26.

c

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not e1 Cor. 10, overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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x Rev. Ja, 11.

y Hos. 3, 5

16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way 2 Ex. 14,20 in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

a

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army, and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

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18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

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e

P's. 77, 19.

a Josh. 3,7

19 Behold, I will do a new thing: now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the Rom. 3, dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the 21. wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast made me to serve with thym ch. 1,21 sins, thou hast "wearied me with thine iniquities. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of 25 I, even I, am he that "blotteth out thy trans- o 2 Cor. 5, d Pr. 11, 8. Israel, thy Saviour: 1 gave Egypt for thy ransom,gressions for mine own sake, and will not remem- 13 Ethiopia and Seba for thee. ber thy sins.

& 21, 18.

e Ex. 19, 5. Mal. S, 17.

g ch. 45, 6.

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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n Acts 3, 19

p ch. 62, 6.

26P Put me in remembrance : let us plead to- q Mic. 6, 3. gether: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. Job $1,33. 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teach5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thyers have transgressed against me.

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fch. 66, 13. secd from the east,and gather thee from the west;} 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

b Deut. 28,

64.

i Jon. 2, 11.

k

m

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7 Even every one that is called by my name: John 6, for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

37. & 10, 16.

1 John 1,12.

8 Bring forth the blind people that have cyes, Eph. 1, and the deaf that have ears.

5, 6.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before Cor. 4, 13. me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

CHAPTER XLV.

God extendeth his salvation to all.

Before CHRIST

* Psal. 72, 9, 10, 11.

Before

CHRIST cir. 712.

20. & 15, 30

ISAIAH. God's judgments upon Babylon 14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and § him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his ६ cir. 712 merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of trouble. stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall 8 Remember this, and shew yourselves * men; 1 Cor. 14 be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, and there is none else; there is no God. 15 Verily, thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

ch. 60, Dan. 7,

2,14. Rev. 5, 19. y Zech. 2,

23.

2 ch. 8, 7.

Eph. 1, 23.

Tim. 1, 17.

Heb. ghnatsabim:

torments, Psal. 16, 4.

16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of † idols.

a

17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor a ch. 26, 4. confounded world without end.

Dan. 4, 24.

18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it, he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he b Gen. 1, 28. formed it to be inhabited; I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Ps. 115, 16.

c John 18,

20.

c

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek

4 Mat.3.14. ye me in vain. I the LORD speak righteousness, Cor. 15, I declare things that are right.

58.

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20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near e Eph. 2,12 together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their f Jer. 2, 17. graven image, and pray unto a god that 'cannot save. 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy time? who hath told it from that time? have not Ishame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and the LORD? and there is no God else besides me; a will not meet thee as a man. just God, and a Saviour: there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my month in righteousness, and shall not recurn, à Phil. 2, 10. That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

g 2 Chr. 20,
12.
chap. 44, 8.
Micah 7, 7.

i 1 Cor. 1,

30.

26.

Kev. 13, 10

I

d

ch. 63, 4.

e ch. 31, 3. Rom. 12, 19

Rev. 18, &

14.

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, Ofchap. 43, daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

§1 Sam. 2 6 I was wroth with my people; I have polluted ↳ Zech 1, mine inheritance, and given them into thy hand: 15. 24 Surely, shall one say, In the LORD have I 'right-thou didst shew them 'no mercy; upon the ancient Rev. IS,

Rom. 11, eousness and strength: even to him shallmencome;and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be Rom. 3, 24, justified, and shall glory.

6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh
silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith, and he
maketh it a god: they fall down; yea, they worship.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry
him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from}
his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given 'to Jer. 18, 7 pleasures, that dwellest carelessly; that sayest in thy want, of child rent heart, "I am, and none else besides me; I shall not m2 Thess.

2,4.

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