The church prayeth.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 698.

• Pg. 144. 5.

CHAPTER LXIV.

1 The church prayeth for the illustration of

that sought me not: I said, Behold

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maketh confession of their natural corruptions. 9 It complaineth of their affliction. H that thou wouldest arend the heavens, that thou wouldest come b Judg. 5.5. down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Mic. I. 4.

? Heb. the fire of meltings.

e Ex. 34. 10.

Judg. 5. 4,5.

Ps. 68.8.

Hab, 3.3,6.

1 Cor. 2. 9.

2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

4 For since the beginning of the Ps. 31. 19. world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

8 Or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, &c.

f ch. 26. 8.

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5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth Acts 10.35. and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

g Mal. 8. 6.

Phil. 3. 9. thing, and all h

1 Ps. 90.5, 6.

k Hos. 7.7.

4 Heb. melted.

6 Heb.by the hand: as Job 8. 4.

1 ch. 63. 16. m ch. 29. 16. & 45.9.

Jer. 18. 6.

Rom. 9. 20,

21.

6 But we are all as an unclean our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do 'fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 'But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

9 Be not wroth very sore, O Eph. 2. 10. LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, Pwe are all thy people.

• Ps. 74. 1,2. & 79.8.

P Pa. 79. 13.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? "wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? CHAPTER LXV.

The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews, for

their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem.

3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and 3 broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

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7 Your iniquities, and m the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD," which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

8 T Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for Pa blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine 9 elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

d Deut. 32. 21.

e ch. 1. 29.

& 66. 17.

See Lev. 17. 5.

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, 2.2. for my people that have sought me.

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11 T But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that stroop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

14 Behold, my servants shall sing

17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

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18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and 'mine elect 'shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with

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25 The P wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall (ien. 3. 14. eat straw like the bullock: 9 and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

CHAPTER LXVI.

1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity. 5 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous generation, 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church. 15 God's severe judgments against the wicked. 19 The Gentiles shall have an holy church, 24 and see the damnation of the wicked.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 698.

HUS saith the LORD, "The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; where is the house that ye build unto me? and where Kings is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and à trembleth at my word.

8.27. 2 Chr. 6. 18. Matt. 5. 34,

35. 4cts 7-48, ch. 57.15.

49. & 17.24.

& 61. 1.
© Ps. 34. 18.

& 51. 17.

d Ezra 9.4. & 10. 3.

Prov. 28.14.

ver. 5.
• ch. 1. 11.

18.

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a 2 lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; Or, kid. he that offereth an oblation, as if he Deut. 23. offered swine's blood; he that burn-Heb.maketh incense, as if he blessed an idol. eth a me morial of Yea, they have chosen their own Lev. 2. 2. ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your ver. 2. brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

ch.5.19. 1.10.

k 2 Thess.

Tit. 2. 13.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Or, beget? LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye mourn for her:

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satisfied with the breasts of her con11 That ye may suck, and be solations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of Or her glory.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold,' I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall

brightness.

1 ch. 48. 18. & 60. 5.

God expostulateth

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 629.

q ch. 18.7.

2 Cor. 10. 4,

5.

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, Ezek.11.8, I see a seething pot; and the face

7. & 24. 3. 2 Heb. from the face of the north. sch. 4. 6. & 6.1. 8 Heb. shall be opened. tch. 5. 15. & 6. 22. & 10. 22. & 25.9.

u ch. 39. 3. & 43. 10.

* Deut. 28. 20.

ch. 17. 13.

1 Kings18. 46.

2 Kings 4. 29. & 9. 1. Job 38. 3.

thereof is toward the north.

14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not Luke 12.35. dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

1 Pet. 1. 13. ■ Ex. 3. 12. ver. 8. Ezek. 2. 6. 4 Or, break to pieces. a Is. 50.7. ch. 6. 27. & 15.20.

b ver. 8.

sake.

18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. CHAPTER II.

1 God, having shewed his former kindness, expostulateth with the Jews their causeless

revolt, 9 beyond any example. 14 They are

the causes of their own calamities. 20 The sins of Judah. 31 Her confidence is rejected.

What

Mic. 6.3.

5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and 2 Kings17. are become vain ?

6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through 'the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into 2ka plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye 'defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the in law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, " and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 9 ¶ Wherefore P I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass 3 over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

5 Or, for thy I remember thee, the kindness of Ezek.16.8, thy youth, the love of thine es22.60 & 23. pousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land thut

3,8,19. Hos. 2. 15.

b Deut. 2.7.

e Ex. 19. 5, 6.

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was not sown.

3 Israel was holiness unto the

ch. 17. 13. John 4. 14.

• See
Ex. 4. 22.

Heb. spoil? 1.1.7

become a

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6 Heb. gave out their voice.

b ch.43.7,8, 9.

6 Or, feed on thy crown,

Deut. 33.20. ch.4. 18. Deut. 32.

Is. 8.8.

10.

The sins of Judah.

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• Is. 80.1, 2. f Josh. 13.8.

K IS. 8. 9. Hos. 5.5.

h Ex. 19.8.

Josh. 24. 18.

Judg. 10.16.

1 Sam. 12. 10.

sor, serve. I Deut. 12.2. Is. 57.5, 7. ch. 3. 6.

k Ex. 34. 15, 16.

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18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when 'upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

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21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the Ex. 15. 17. degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Ps. 44.2.

& 80.8. Is. 5.1, &c. & 60.21.

22 For though thou wash thee Matt. 21.33. with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

Mark 12. 1. Luke 20.9. m Deut. 32. 32.

Is. 1. 21. & 5.4.

☐ Job 9. 30. • Deut. 32. 34. Job 14. 17. Hos. 13. 12. p Prov. 30. 12.

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23 PHow canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art aswift dromedary traversing her ways; 24 A wild ass 5 used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; Or, O wild in her month they shall find her.

q ch.7.81.

8 Or, O swift dromedary. r Job 39. 5, &c.

ch. 14.6.

ass, &c. Heb. taught.

6 Heb. the desire of her heart. 7 Or, reverse it?

ch. 18. 12. 8 Or, Is the case desperate!

t Deut. 32. 16. ch. 3. 13.

9 Or, be-
gotten me.
2 Heb. the
hinder part
of the neck.
u Judg. 10.
10.

Ps. 78. 34.
Is. 26. 16.

* Deut. 32.
87.

Judg.10.14.

8 Heb. evil. ch. 11. 13.

▲ ver. 23, 85.

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25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope : no; for I have loved 'strangers, and after them will I go.

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their "trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Her confidence rejected.

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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b Is. 1. 5. & 9. 18.

ch. 5. 3.

• 2 Chr. 36.

Matt. 23. 20,

31 TO generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wil-16. derness unto Israel? a land of dark-Neh. 9. 26. ness? wherefore say my people, 20We | &c. are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

Acts 7. 52.

1 Thess. 2.

15.

d ver. 5. 2 Heb. We have

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my dominion. people have forgotten me days without number.

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, 'because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

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36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? "thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and Pthine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

CHAPTER III. 1 God's great mercy in Judah's vile whoredom.

6 Judah is worse than Israel. 12 The promises of the gospel to the penitent. 20 Israel reproved, and called by God, maketh a solemn confession of their sins.

4 Heb. Saying.

Deut.24.4.

ch. 2. 7. 21.26,

c ch. 2. 20.

28, 29.

d ch. 4. 1. Zech. 1. 3.

e See Deut. 12. 2.

Gen. 88.14. Ezek. 16.24,

Prov. 23. 28.

2 Lift up thine unto the high eyes places, and see where thou hast not. 20. been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art guide of my youth?

5 Will he reserve his anger