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15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants from thy youth: Rev. 18, 11. they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

y verse 12.

17.

a Romans 2, Rev. 3, 9.

h Mat. 15, 8.

11.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

God saveth his people for his own sake.

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butore CHRIST cir. 7:2.

e Ps. 25, 5. (Deut. 5,

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18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea ; 19 Thy seed also had been as the saud, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name || should not have been cut off nor destroyed 10r, shall from before me.

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20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chal- & Rev. 18, 4. deans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, 1 Rev. 19, 1. utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD

HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

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by the name of Israel, and are come forth cut?

21 And they thirsted not when he led them through
of the waters of Judah; which swear by the name of the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the
the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel,rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the
but not in truth nor in righteousness.
waters gushed out.

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and Micah 3, stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

d chap. 41, 22.

e Josh. 21,

45.

Mat. 12, 39.

f Jer. 3, 3.

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Ex. 17, 6. 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the mchap. 65, wicked. CHAPTER XLIX.

3 I have declared the former things from the 1 Christ complaineth of the Jews; 5 he is sent to the Gentiles. beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth,LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye

and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they
came to pass.

4 Because I knew that thou art † obstinate, and
Hebard thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to
thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest
thou shouldest say, Mine † idol hath done them; and
Psal. 16, 3. my graven image, and my molten image, hath com-
manded them.

f Heb.

sorrow,

g Psal. 40, 40.

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this h Acts 1,7. time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know Col. 1, 16. them.

i verse 6. Amos 3, 7.

k Deut. 29,

4.

7 They are created now, and not from the beginLuke 1, 70. ning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, Ps. 58, 3. and wast called a 'transgressor from the womb. 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my " praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut n Ps. 130,4. thee not off.

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6 And he said, It is a "light thing that thou should-k John 5, est be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also give 25 thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be m Acts 15, my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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47. & 22, 21.

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7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man "despiseth, to a Mat. 27,2 him whom the nation abhorreth, to a P servant of Ps. 21, 2 rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also sha!! p Mat. 20, worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

67.

q Psal. 72,

10.

r 2 Cor. 6,

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I 2 helped 'thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee & John 11. for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages:

42.
t Heb. 7, 12

31.

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which 9 That thou mayest say to the "prisoners, Go u John 8, * among them hath declared these things? The LORD forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourhath loved him; he will do his pleasure on Baby-selves: they shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

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23 And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their queens thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and u Ps. 72, 3. lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

I Mat. 12, 9.
Luke 11,21,

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20. & 16, 6.

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no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up
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stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make
sackcloth their covering.

g Col. 2, 9 h Prov. 25,

4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in 11. season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning i John 7, by morning; he wakeneth naine ear to hear as the 15. learned.

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5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I 1 Phil. 2, 8. was not rebellious, neither turned away back. m Mat. 26, 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

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7 For the Lord GOD will "help me; therefore shall i Peter 4, I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.. 8 He is near that justifieth me: who will contend q Ex. 22, 9. with me? let us stand together: who is mine adver- 1 Cor. 4, 4. sary? let him come near to me.

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9 Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is Psal. 102, he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax Mal. 3 old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

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10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that t John 10, obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh "in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

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11 Behold, all ye that "kindle a fire, that compass 20. yourselves about with sparks; walk in the light of Z your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down Ps. 20, 7. CHAPTER LI.

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An exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ.
HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after right- Pall. 4,
eousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto
the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of Rom. 4,
the pit, whence ye are digged.

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2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto e Rom. 15, Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

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3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will com- e Acts 2 fort all her waste places, and he will make her wil24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, orderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the lawful captive delivered? the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, g Rom. 11, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with? y Rev. 14, their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh z Ps. 9, 16. shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour, and ch. 60, 16. thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, qcn. 50, 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? and the 'worm shall eat them like wool: but my right-chap. 6. John 1,11. when I called, was there none to answer? Is my handeousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from 24. Num. 1, shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I generation to generation.

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■ Ps. 44,23.

1 Rev. 11, 17.

u Ex. 14, 21. Hab. 3, 13.

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4 For thus saith the Lord God, My people went f 1 Pet. 1,
down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and is."
the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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5 Now, therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD,that my people is taken away for nought? They 52 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall that rule over them make them to howl,saith the LORD, ch. 10, 13, return, and come with singing unto Zion; and ever-ard my name continually every day is blasphemed. ych. 35, 10. lasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall ob- 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: Rev. 14, 3. tain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning therefore they shall know in that day that I am he 12 Tim. 4, shall flee away. that doth speak; behold, it is 1. 2 Cor. 1,

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8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with 17. the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see Rev. 14,7. eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth Mat. 28, shall see the salvation of our God.

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x Rev. 1,6

11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the LORD. 12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by y Ex. 12,93. flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the Ex. 13,21 God of Israel will be your rere-ward.

13 Behold, my servant shall deal a prudently, he a Jer. 20, 5 shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. b Phil. 2, 9 14 As many were astonished at thee; (his visage e Mat. 8, 20 was so marred more than any man, and his form & Ps. 22, 6. more than the sons of men ;)

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of the P fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

21 Therefore, hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

22 Thus saith thy Lord, the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that Jer. 25, 26. afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, "Bow down, uch. 41, 25 that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went

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5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, Rom. 4, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are heed.

6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have i Jam. 5, 20 turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; yet he 'opened not his mouth: he is brought as a "lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

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10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he John 3.17 hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul san offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall: prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall Col. 2, 15. prosper in his hand.

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thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not
fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but
not by me whosoever shall gather together against is
thee shall fall for thy sake.

b Rev. 16,

Mal. 8, 9.

16 Behold, I have created the smith that blow- cch. 10, 5. eth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an John 19, 11 instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

Mat. 26, 60.

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall & Ps. 2, 1,2 prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against ech. 50, 8. thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the Acts 6, 11. heritage of the servants of the LORD; and their right- Rom. 8, 33. eousness is of me, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER LV.

The prophet, with the promises of Christ, caileth to faith.

11 He shall see of the "travail of his soul, and shall uch. 49, 4, be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the 2 rs. 2, 8. great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the z Col. 2, 15. because he hath poured out his soul unto death: aud waters, and he that hath no money; come a John 4, he was numbered with the transgressors: and heye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price.

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2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is at 19, not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that 5. which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and eMat. 11 your soul shall live; and I will make an 'everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 23 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the g Hos. 5, 5. people, a leader and commander to the people.

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10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow, from heaven, and returneth not thither, but " water- & Jer. 29, 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee;eth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that but with great mercies will I gather thee. it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the aeater; 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void; but i it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall y 2 Tim. 2, prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

8 In a little wrath" I hid my face from thee for moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

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be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from
thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be re-
moved, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
110 thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not
comforted! behold, I will lay thy "stones with fair
colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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Jer. 31, thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleas-HUS saith the LORD, Keep ye * judgment, and ach.55.12

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The blessed death of the righteous.

CHAPTER LVII....LVIII.

Before

The Jews reproved. bath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto cir. 712 doing any evil. hell.

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34.

3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither Acts 11,2 let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

1 Cor. 1, 27.

g Acts 9, 37.

h Mic. 7, 8.

i Mat. 16, 18.

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that " please me, and take hold of my covenant;

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5.Even unto them will I give in my house, and within my walls, a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting John 3,1. name, that shall not be cut off.

1 Tim. 3, 15. k John 1,12.

1 Acts 2, 41.

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r Jer. 2, 36 Jer. 2, 25.

10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thy hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. 13,13 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast 'lied, and hast not remembered me, nor tch. 59, 13. laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 121 will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; xch 112 for they shall not profit thee.

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13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver 21. thee: but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity z Ps.18 41. 6 Also the sons of the stranger that 'join them-shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me a Judg. :0, selves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mThes., of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keep-mountain; eth the sabbath from polluting it, and " taketh hold of

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15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that "inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the is. high and holy place, with him also that is of a con- e Ps. 34, 18. trite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will If Gen. 6, 3. be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, g Ps. 61, 2. and the souls which I have made.

17 For the iniquity of his "covetousness was Ih Jer. 6, 13. 10 His watchmen are "blind; they are all igno-wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and rant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. Micah 3, sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

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RY aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a aRev. 14, trumpet, and shew my people their transgres- 9. sion, and the house of Jacob their sins.

2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approach

4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against fch. 5, 19. whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out theing to God. tongue are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood;

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green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under
h Ps. 106, the clifts of the rocks?

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i Jer. 2, 23.

6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meatJer. 7, 8, 10. offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

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3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou Luke 18,3, seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and 10, 11. thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of Ezek. 20, your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labours, 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to e Amos 4, 4 smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast f1 Kings as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

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5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head Eack. 16, thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under 8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day Deut.6, 9. up thy remembrance; for thou hast discovered thy-to the Lord? self to another than me, and art gone up: thou hast 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose o Deut. 7,2 enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, Ezek. 16, them; thou lovedst their bed where thousawest it. and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, every voke? 2 Ezek. 16, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy

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