Her monstrous whoredom, CHAPTER XVI. Before red, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. CHRIST 594. CHRIST 594. and severe judgment. upon thy head, saith the Lord GOD; and thou shalt not Before commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the "mother, u Deut. 13, so is her daughter. 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Isa. 50, 2. PEgyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore, I have stretched out my 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary her husband and her children; and thou art the sisfood, and delivered thee unto the will of them thatter of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your q Jer. 2, 11. are ashamed of thy lewd way. father an Amorite. r Eph. 4,19. 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 16, 7. 2 Chr. 28, 16. n Pr. 7, 26. t 29 Thou hast, moreover, multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 30 How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, x Jer. 2, 13. 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 thy high place in Hosea 2, every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 12. & 8, 9. a Hos. 2, 19. 2 Cor. 11, 2. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister So- 1 dom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idle- & 11, 24. ness, was in her, and in her daughters, neither did a Amos 6, 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 2 Thess. 2, Jer. 2, 25. taketh strangers instead of her husband! 50 And they were haughty, and committed abo- James 4, 6. 33 They give gifts to all whores; but thou givestέmination before me: therefore I took them away as thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they I saw good. may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations 12, 28. in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a re-thine abominations which thou hast done. ward, and no reward is given unto thee; therefore thou art contrary. 13. & 18, 20. 12. 52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear 42 thine own shame, for thy sins that thou hast commit- e Lam. 4,6 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the ted more abominable than they: they are more 'right- fIsa. 5,2,3 Isa. 1, 10. LORD: eous than thou; yea, be thou confounded also, and ch. 5, 9, 12 36 Thus saith the Lord Gop, Because thy filthi-bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. d Jer. 2, 36. ness was poured out, and thy nakedness discover- 53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the ed through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the cap- g Num. 3:, all the idols of thine abominations, and by the blood tivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring of thy children, which thou didst give unto them: again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of 37 Behold, therefore, I will gather all thy lov- them; Rev. 17, 16. ers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness 'unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and Hosea 2, they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip 57' Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at 12 Chr. 28, Hab. 1, 6. thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jew-the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, Deut. 22, els, and leave thee naked and bare. and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abom- Ps 107,40 inations, saith the LORD. 40 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 thy houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and 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 Ps. 78, 42. be quiet, and will be no more angry. c 2 Kings 24, 12. Amos 2, 9. a 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GoD, A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He "cropped off the top of his young twigs, and 2 Kings carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of Rev. 18, 11. merchants. 24, 12. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he a Josh. 10, shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to 2 Sam. 18, Babylon, and will plead with him there for his h ch. 12, 13. trespass that he hath trespassed against me. c b 2 King: 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall 25,6. fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scat- c2 Kings tered toward all winds; and ye shall know that I 25,5. the LORD have spoken it. 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a 5 He took also of the seed of the, land, and tender one, and will plant it upon a high moun- Zech. 3, 8. planted it in a 'fruitful field; he placed it by greattain and eminent: chap. 20, 6. waters, and set it as a willow-tree; e Ps. 75, 6. & 113, 8. f Isa. 5, 1, 2. g e 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. k Isa. 8, 10. k Jer. 35, 5. verse 6. 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 Jer. 33, great power, or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. {2 Kings 25, 7, 18. verse 3. 3. m 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper ? m Gen. 41, shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touchNos. 13, 15. eth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 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 2 Kings king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; 24, 13 23 in the mountain of the height of Israel will I Rev. 14, 1. plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear £ Ps. 72, 12. fruit, and be a goodly cedar and under it shall Jer. 23, dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the Rev. 11, {branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that " I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have i Ps. 9, 16. exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, k Dan. 2, and have made the dry tree to flourish : I the LORD ** have spoken, and have done it. 6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, nei- f Gen. 6, 9. ther hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house g Mic. 6, 3. of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, h Num. 25, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 1,2. 4. 7 And hath not 'oppressed any, but hath restored i ch. 8, 16. to the debtor his "pledge, hath spoiled none by vio- k Heb. 13, lence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 1 Neh. 5, S 26. 8 He that hath rot given forth upon P usury, nei- m Ex. 22, ther hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath 'executed true judg- n ch. 7, 11. ment between man and man, S o Isa. 58, 7. 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely P Ps. 15, 5. live, saith the Lord GOD. 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, q 1 Sam. 22, 17. r Zec. 8, 16 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his s neighbour's wife, 12 Hathoppressed the poor and needy,hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath s John 3, 21. t Num. 35, Psal. 55, 23 y Lev. 20, 9. X a 14 Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his chap, father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, z 2 Chr. 33, 22, 23, 25. A lamentation for Israel's princes. every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Before *Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? b CHRIST 594. x Rev. 2, 5. y Ex. 3, 20. 1 Eph. 4, 22. a Eph. 4.23. Col. 2, 12. b verse 23. c turn 2 Pet 3,2 Micah 7, 18 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him Eccl. 5,8, ther hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house 13, 13. & ti, J. b Psal. 119, 54. Hosea 7, 2. c Jer. 9, 14. & 44, 17. ch. 20, 13. 1 Peter 1, 18. d Neh. 5, 7. Prov. 14, 3. Psal. 31, 11. & 40, 7. CHAPTER XIX. A lamentation for the princes of Israel, and for Jerusalem. princes of Israel, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not with-MOREOVER, take thou up a lamentation for 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he "cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the e Lev. 5, 1. iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. c e 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. f 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it be- 21. came a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey, 22 Kin it devoured men. 2 Chron 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in 1 their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. 5 Now, when she saw that she had waited, and & Pr. 11,7. her hope was lost, then she took another of her b2 Kings 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. 23, 34. i Jer. 20, 17. 19. 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he k2Chr.36. laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. Prov. 19, 8 Then the "nations set against him on every side m 2 Kings from the provinces, and spread their net over him: 21, 2 he was taken in their pit. 12. intended so, 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought That is, him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into Jer. 22, 18. holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. & 36, 30. n 10 Thy mother is like "a vine in thy blood, planted a Isa. 5, 1. by the waters: she was fruitful, and full of branches, by reason of many waters. 23. 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of 2 Chr. 52, 24 But when the righteous turneth away from 25 Yet 'ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall sand † save 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away 1 verse 14. from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my f Deut. 4, hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD h Ex. 8,2 your God; 37. & 7, 6. g Gen. 14, 16, 22. Deut. 4, 34. 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land Deut. 11, that I had 'espied for them, flowing with milk and Heb. 11, 9. honey, which is the glory of all lands: 10, 12. k Deut. 8, 7. 8. ch. 13, 31. 1 k m 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man Zech. 7, 14. the abominations of his eyes, and defile not your12 Chr. 15, selves with the idols of Egypt: lamthe LORD your God. 8 But they rebelled against me, and would " not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour 2 Chr. 36, out my fury upon them, to accomplish mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. m Lev. 17, 7. 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should o Psal. 10, not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the Psal. 126,2 land of Egypt, and brought them into the 'wilderness: 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed Exod. 14, them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even Deut. 3, 25. live in them. 13 But the house of Israel rebelied against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and Prov. 1, they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it} should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 2 Num. 14, 29. a verse 9. b Num. 14, 28. 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; e 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, verse 56. but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their 'eyes were after their fathers'idols. 1 Jer. 22, 17. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not & 31,7. good, and judgments whereby they should not live: 26 And I" polluted them in their own gifts, in that 12 they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the Isa. 1, 19 end that they might know that I am the LORD. 27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Gop, Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, o Rom. 2, in that they have committed a trespass against me. Titus 1, 16. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, p Tit. 1, 2 for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, qJer. 2, 7. and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink-offerings. 31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make Hosea 2, 2 your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute your- x chap. 16, selves with all your idols, even unto this day: and 18. shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As y Lev. 20, live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of Ps. 106, 57. by you. 32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, verse 3. as the families of the countries, to serve wood and Mat. 6, 24. stone. 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a 6 Job 5, 13. mighty hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you; d e 16 Because they despised my judgments, and 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sab- {will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are 1 Kings baths: for their heart went after their idols. scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from de-out arm, and with fury poured out; Exod. 32, stroying them, neither did I make an end of them Jer. 4, 27. in the wilderness. 11, 5. Prov. 4,23. 23. ch. 11, 13. 1, 2. Hosea 8, 2. a ch. 11, 5. c1 Sam.8,5. d Jer. 21, 5. e ch. 8, 18: f Hosea 10, 38. 13. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the 2,4 people, and there will I plead with you face to face. h chap. 19 18 But I said unto their children in the wilder- 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the 1 Kings ness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead cap. 19, neither observe their judgments, nor defile your-with you, saith the Lord God. selves with their idols: Jerusalem's destruction foreshewn: CHRIST 593. r Rom. 4, 6, Zech. 8, 20. Mal. 1, 10. CHAPTER XXI Before CHRIST 594. m Rev. 13, 41. A prophecy against her. Before the height of Israel, saith the Lord Gop, there shall 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter: it is all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve" furbished that it may glitter: should we then make there will I accept them, and there will I re-mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 7.& 11, 26. quire your offerings, and the first-fruits of your ob- 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it 17 1a. 60,7, lations, with all your holy things. may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is neut. 92 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour,furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. when I bring you out from the people, and gather you 12 Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be o Isa. 22, 4, out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. Israel: terrors, by reason of the sword, shall be upon my people: sinite therefore upon thy thigh. 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. 11 Cor. 2, 15. Eph. 7,2. Phil. 4, 18. ■ John 7,17. 1 John 2,4 & 5, 3. x cir. 14, 11. & 16, 61, 42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, Zec. 12, 10. for all your evils that ye have committed. Micah 7,18. y ch. 6, 9. 14 Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and 23, 35. £24 smite thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled the "third time, the sword of the slain: it is the u Lev. 26, sword of the great men that are slain, which enter- De 28,02 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when Ieth into their privy chambers. have wrought with you for my name's sake, not acRom-3,24 cording to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings,Oye house of Israel,saith the Lord GoD. 45 1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right 2 ver. 19,28 hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. 18 1 The word of the LORD came unto ine again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land; and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. a Deut. 28, verse 14. c verse 21. ch. 1,1,2 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to 42 Sain Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a sign cf sighing.of Jer. 42, 2 e Ps. 48, 12 & 125, 1. & 46, 9. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting the way, at the head of the two ways, to use di- . 41, 22 with images, he looked in the liver. AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, vination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted a 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. c 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north; 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD fave 1 Sam. 3, drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall Isa. 16,11. Jer. 4, 19. g 2 Kings not return any more. 6 Sigh, therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. h 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, Fer the P11,2,7. tidings, because it cometh; and every heart shall iDeut. 1,28. melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit P. 76, 5 shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Gor. g Pr. 16,10. Hosea 4, 12 Heb. ramua 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jeru- h Ps. 119, salem, to appoint † captains, to open the mouth in the 24. slaughter, to 'lift up the voice with shouting, to ap- chap. 1,2 point battering rams against the gates, to cast a i Jer. 51,14 mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths; but & Job 18, S. he will call to 'remembrance the iniquity, that they 12 Kings may be taken. X 2 Kings 15, 6. 8 Dan. 2 28 I And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, 18. Thus saith the Lord GoD concerning the Ammon-1 ch.2, 6. ites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, y P. 14. The sword, the sword is drawn ; for the slaughter it is furbished, to consuane because of the glittering ; |