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The desolation of Babylon.
CHAPTER XIV

Israel's restoration.
Before doms of nations gathered together: the Lordof hosts maids : and they shall take them captives, whose

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captives they were; and they shall rule over their cir. 112 5 They come from a * far country, from the end of oppressors. heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of 3 And it shall come to pass, in the day that the ch. 60, 14 dignation, to destroy the whole land.

LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from Rev. 9, 11. 6 Howl ye ; for the "day of the Lord is at hand ; {thy fear, and from the 'hard bondage wherein thou jie it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. wast made to serve,

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every 4. That thou shalt take up this proverb against the 17. a Jer. 50, man's heart shall melt:

king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor 8 And they shall be afraid : pangs and sorrows ceased! the 8 golden city ceased !

shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, o Ps. 48, 6. Owoman that travaileth, they shall be amazed one and the sceptre of the rulers. p. Rev. 19, at another; their faces shall be as P flames.

6 He who ismote the people in wrath with a con- 33,0%. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both tinual stroke, he that "ruled the nations in anger, is Rev. 17, 6. 9 Mal

. 4, 1. with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; persecuted, and none hindereth. SPsal . 101, and he shall destroy the sinners thereof 'out of it. 7 The whole earth is at 'rest, and is quiet : they

10 For the stars of heaven, and the constellations break forth into singing. thereof, shall not give their light : the sun shall be 8 Yea, the "fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars 2.873, , darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no cause her light to shine.

feller is come up against us. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee Rom. 8, 22 the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even

arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from ver. 16, 17. the haughtiness of the terrible.

their thrones all the kings of the nations. 12 I will make a *man " more precious than fine 10 All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art Rev. 16, 21. gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Opbir. { thou also become weak as we ? art thou become

13 Therefore I will ” shake the heavens, and the like unto us? 1. Rev. 14, earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the rest

18,2 Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under

a 14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a thee, and the worms cover thee. sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own son of the morning! how art thou 'cut down to the chosen be, land.

ground, which didst weaken the nations ! 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will’ascend 4. Rev. 16, and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars : Rev. 1,22 the sword.

of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the con16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces gregation, in the sides of the north: before their eyes ; their houses shall be spoiled, and 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; their wives ravished.

I will be " like the Most High. 17 Behold, I will stir up the 'Medes against them, 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to he!l, to the g1 Sam. 15, which shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they sides of the pit.

8 shall not delight in it.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to thee, and consider thee, saying, ' Is this the man that ? Ps. 62, 7. og der. son pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of made the ' earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 2 Rev. 15,4 James 2, the womb; the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

17 That made the world as a "wilderness, and ach. 13, 19 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the

of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God house of liis prisoners ? | Gen. 19, overthrew 'Sodom and Gomorrah.

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, 20 It shall never be “ inhabited, neither shall it be lie in glory, every one in his own house: * Rev. 18, dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an • Ps. 97, 2

the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shep-4abominable branch, and as the raiment of those I Rey 12 herds make their fold there :

that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go e Jer. 22. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden 19. ch. 34, 11 and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and under fcet.

owls shall dwell there, and 'satyrs shall dance there. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy (Job) 18,19 n Ps. 102, their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant people: the seed of evil-doers shall never be re- P. 87, 26. Dan. 7, 25. palaces; and her "time is near to come, and her nowned. days shall not be prolonged.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the sini- 2 CHAPTER XIV.

quity of their fathers ; that they do not rise, nor pos1 God's merciful restoration of Israel....29 Palestina threatened. sess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. Deut. 25, For the Lord will have mercy on Wareh, and

VOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and } 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord Prov. 10,7.

I will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and tech. so, Jand: and the strangers shall be joined with them, remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, 4 Zeph. 2, c ch 60, 9. 2 And the people shall takethem, and bring them and pools of water : and I will sweep it with the

to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess' besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
them in the land of the Lord for servants and hand- 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely

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ISAIAH.

A thanksgiving for mercies. 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat fremnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the straw like the ox. house of Jacob, shall no more again & stay upon hiin 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the thesp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on Holy One of Israel, in truth.

theckatrice’den. 21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy kch.2, 4. & bich. 9, 6; Jacob, unto the mighty God.

mountain : for the earth shall be full of the 'knowl- Hos. 3 18. 22 For though thy people Israel be as the i sand of edge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. i Fom:32 . the sea, yet a remnant of them shall

return: the con- 10 And in that day there shall be a “root of Jesse, foI.al. 11% sumption decreed shalloverflowk with righteousness. which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it m Rom. 15

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a 'con- shall the Gentiles seek: and his "rest shall be glorious. Rev. 5, 5. 1 ch. 29, 22. sumption, even determined, in the midst of all the 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the n ch. 66, s. m ch. 5, 5. land.

LORD shall set his hand again the second time to Jer. 16, 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gon of hosts, Orecover the remnant of his people, which shall be 14 my people that dwellest in Zion, be "not afraid of the į left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, Assyrian : he shall smite thee with a rod, and shalls and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, lift up his staffagainst thee, after the manner of Egypt. and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the 9 na- p John 3, 4 p ch. 27, 4. shall Pcease, and mine anger, in their destruction. tions, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and q Acts 18,

26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge gather together the ' dispersed of Judah from the 52 Kings "for him according to the slaughter of Midian at four corners of the earth. Kev.12, 19. the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, 13 The S envy also of Ephraim 'shall depart, and James 1, 1.

s Jutges 9, so shall he lift it up ' after the manner of Egypt. the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off ; Ephraim s Eph. 2,14 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall'" not vex Ezek. 35,

. 39 "burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, Ephraim.

and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall 14 Bụt they shall fly upon the shoulders of the u Ps. 72, 3. " Rev. 13, be destroyed because of the anointing

Philistines toward the west, they shall spoil them : Mat. B,11. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron ;of the Yeast together: they shall lay their hand upon at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages :

Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall 29 They are gone over the passage : they have robey them. Ason22. taken up their lodging at Geba ; Ramah is afraid ; 15 And the LORD shallutterly destroy the tongue in. Rev. 17, 14. Gibeah of Saul is fled.

of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall 30 y Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim ;cause he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it Rev. 16 it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. in the seven streams, and make men go over dry-shod.

31 Madmenah is removed ; the inhabitants of 16 And there shall bea "highway for the remnant « ch. 35, 8. 3 Jer. 4,6. Gebim ? gather themselves to flee.

of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria ; like
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out
shall shake his hand against the mount of the of the land of Egypt.
daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

CHAPTER XII. 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God. Amor 2 the hough with terron: and the highanes of statore AND in that day the usbalt say, 0 Loppis will colloca 1,

a "O Lord, I Hosea ! shall be hewn down,and the haughty be humbled. praise thee: thou with me,

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests thine anger is turned away, and thou 'comfortedst me. , les with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a "mighty one. 2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and Rev. 19, 1, CHAPTER XI.

not be afraid : for the LORD JEHOVAH is my The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse. strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

ND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of roots :

4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall • rest upon call upon his name, declare his doings among the

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him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, . 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done 'excel-Phil. 2, 9.
and of the fear of the LORD ;

lent things: this is known in all the earth.
3 And shall make him of "quick understanding. 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion : for

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in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after { "great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hear-

CHAPTER XIII.
ing of his ears.

1 God mustereth the arnics of his wrath...19 The desolation 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor,

of Babylon. ; John 18, and reprove with equity for the meck of the earth: THE-burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son sie , e

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of Amoz did [ Mal. 4, 6. and with the breath of his lips shall he slaythe wicked. 2 Lift ye up a b banner upon the high mountain, cch. 10,52

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that d Rev. 17, Rev. 3, 16. luins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. they may go into the gates of the nobles.

6 The I wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and
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3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have e Joel 3,11. 5.9 72,12 the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the call, also called my e mighty ones for mine 'anger, even r Rev. 15,1. and the young lion, and the fatling together; and a them that rejoice in 8 my highness.

; Com. 8, 20 little child shall lead them.

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young}as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the "king- ai

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. XIX.

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T'he confusior of Egypt. top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyp- Before Cell. fruitfulbrauchesthereof, saiththe Lord God of Israel. stians: and they shall fight every one against his cir. 19

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maken and brother, and every one against his neighbour; city 1.4 19.72 his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

8 And he shall not look to the 'altars, the work 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst Sam. 16, Hote. of his hands, neither shall respect that which his thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and 20 ron.

fingers have made, either the groves or the images. they shall seek to the idols, and to the chariners, and

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsa-{ to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. Prov. 21.30

ken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand e Ex. 8, 19. n ch. 7, 16. "left, because of the children of Israel : and there of a 'cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over 56 iz shall be desolation.

them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts. 10 Because thou hast ° forgotten the God of thy 5 And the 6 waters shall fail from the sea, and the fch.20, 4.

& Psalvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rockriver shall be wasted and dried up. of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away, and the Ezek. 23 plants, and shalt set it with strange slips :

brooks of " defence shall be emptied and dried up: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, the reeds and flags shall wi lier. and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to 7. The paper-reeds by the brooks, by the mouth Amos 9, 1,

i Lev. 26, flourish; but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, Hag. 1, 10, of grief and of desperate sorrow.

shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. 12 Wo to the multitude of many people, which 8 The * fishers also shall mourn, and all they that je to make a 'noise like the noise of the seas; and to the cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that .

rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rush-'spread vets upon the waters shall languish.
ing of mighty waters!

9 Moreover, they that work in fine flax, and they 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of ma- that weave net-works, shall be confounded. • Psal. 8,6. ny waters: but God shall s rebuke them, and they 10 And they shall be broken in the purposes there- 1 2.62.1 Dan. 235. shall fee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of of, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

the mountains before the wind, and like a "rolling 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the 22. thing before the whirlwind.

counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become I ch. 37, 1. 14 And, behold, at * evening-tide trouble ; and brutish : Phow say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son ... 2 Kings before the morning he is not. This is the ? portion of the wise, the son of ancient kings? of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. 12. Where are they? where are thy wise men ? p Jer.., . CHAPTER XVIII

and let them tell thee now, and let them know what q1 Cor. 1, God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians. the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

O to the a land shadowing with wings, which 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the prin-
is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

ces of Noph are deceived ; they have also seduced 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. a Ezek. 30, vessels of hulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye 14 The Lord hath mingled a 'perverse spirit in

swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt 10 2,2 « Deut. 29, to a people e terrible from their beginning hitherto; err in every work thereof, as a drunken mun stag

a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land gereth in his vomit. Gen. 10, the rivers have spoiled!

15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, t Rev. 17, 2. 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. och. 5, 26. the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto "women; x Jer. 50,50

mountains; and when he blowetha trumpet,' hear ye. and it shall be afraid and fear, because of the Ysha

4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take 5 my king of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he ch.11, 13. & Ps. 72,6. rest, and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a shaketh over it. Song 2,7. clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in 17 And the land of Judah shall be a ? terror unto 2ch. 36, 1

a Isa. 4, 6. the heat of harvest.

Egypt: every one that maketh mention thereof shall 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Ezek. 18, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it

: shall both cut offthe sprigs with pruning-hooks, and 18 In that day shall five ciries in the land of Egypt 106 take away and cut down the branches.

speak the language of Canaan, and`sweartothe LORD Acts 19, 19. 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls or of hosts : one shall be called, The city of destruction. Heb. 13, the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth : and 19 In that day shall there be an "altar to the LORD

the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at 23, 24. Acts 12, 23. of the earth shall winter upon them.

the border thereof to the LORD. 7 In that time shall the present be brought unto 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness. Rom. 12 1. de 15, 16. the LORD of hosts of a " people scattered and peeled, unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for 1 Pet. 2, 5. 273,10 and from a people terrible from their beginning hith- they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppres- e Rom. 8,

erto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, sors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a
whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of great one, and he shall deliver them.
the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion. 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and is Tim. b
CHAPTER XIX.

the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and 1 The confusion of Egypt.... 11 The foolishness of their princes. sirall do ' sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shall vow Gal. 4, s. Deut. 11, Eburden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD "rideth a vow unto the Lord, and perform u.

upon a swifi cloud, and shall come into Egypt; } 22 And the Lorpshall *smite Egypt; he shall smite k Heb. 12,

and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and heal it : and they shall 'return even to the Lord, beh 137. and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 3 and he shall be entreated of thein, and shallhealthem. Ich. 19, 00 3 E

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The captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.

ISAIAH

T'he invasion of Jewry. 23 In that day shall there be a "highway out of 12 The watchman said, The "morning cometh, Before CH. 14.9 Egypt to Assyria ; and the Assyrian shall come into and also the night : if ye will inquire, ' inquire ye : cir.114

Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria ; and the return, a come.
Egyptians shall seri e with the Assyrians.

13 1 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Jer. 50, 27. 2. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of , Ps.91, 5. n Eplu 1,3. and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of} Dedanim. o Hosea 2, the land ;

14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought y Ezek. 14, 25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with Zeph. 1, 6. PoEph. 2 Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the their bread him that fled. P work of my hands, and Israel mine 9 inheritance. 15 For they fled from the swords, from the CHAPTER XX.

drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the
A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and grievousness of war.
Ethiopia.

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fought against Ashdod, and took it ;

17 And the residue of the number of archers, the 2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be di- d Ps. 120,5 1, 2 Cor. 12, son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth minished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it. l'hil. 3, 19. from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot.

CHAPTER XXII. liv. 11, 8. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. The prophet reproveth human wisdom and worldly joy.

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. 3. And the Lagen said, Like as my servant Isaiah The burden of the valley of " vision,

What l'uil. , 20. hath barefoot for aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up a Ps. 125, L4.ch. 9, 18. sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; to the house-tops ? Å So shall the king of Assyria lead away the

2 Thou that art fu!i of stirs, a tumultuous city, a kom. 9, 3, 1 Cor.11, Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, { "joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the *. 2 Sam.10, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their sword, nor dead in battle. e buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethi- } by the archers : all that are found in thee are e bound 2 Chr. 82, 1 2 Kingsopia their & expectation, and of Egypt their glory. together, which have fled from far.

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will 34,12. & 25, 8 ch. 80, & day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee' weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me; because

for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria : { of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
and how shall we escape ?

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down,
CHAPTER XXI.

and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the The prophet bewaileth the captivity of God's people. valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of 2 2 2. THE burden of the desert of the sea. As whirl-crying to the mountains.

winds in the south pass through ; so it cometh 6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men from the desert, from a terrible land.

and horsemen, and Kir í uncovered the shield. 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; The 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest val1» llab. 2, 5. b treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the leys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall 6 ch.35, t. spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, o set themselves in array at the gate.

Media : all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and

3 Therefore are my “loins filled with pain ; pangs thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house e ch. 13, 8. have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman of the “ forest.

that travaileth : I was bowed down at the hearing of 9 Ye have seen also the 'breaches of the city of
it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

David, that they are many; and ye gathered together 5. 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the the waters of the lower pool: f Leut. 22, night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusa

5 % Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, { lem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify
eat, drink : arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. the wall.

6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls
la watchman, let him declare what he seeth. for the water of the old pool: but ye have not 16.

" 7 And he saw a 'chariot with a couple of horse-looked unto the "maker thereof, neither had respect 1 Pr. 10, 18. men, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels ;{unto him that fashioned it long ago. and he hearkened diligently with much heed. 12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts

8 And he cried, "A lion: My lord, I stand o con-call too weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, James 4, 8. m Hab. 2.1. tinually upon the watch-tower in the day time, and and to girding with sackcloth : I am set in my ward whole nights ; 13 And, behold, P joy and gladness, slaying oxen 11,12

. 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.

Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the 'graven 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD a lev. 18,2 images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. { of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be ' purged

10 O my s threshing, and the corn of my floor : { from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts. that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

thee unto this treasurer, even unto · Shebna, which $2 Kings 11 1 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me is over the house, and say, 19. out of Seir, Watchman,' what of the night ? watch- 16 What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, man, what of the night?

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The overthrow of Tyre.
CHAPTER XXIII....XXIV.

God's judgments for sin.
that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon; arise, pass clikts
graveth a habitation for himself in a rock? over to Chittim ; there also shalt thou have no rest.
17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with
LORD

13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people a mighty captivity, and will surely * cover thee. was not till the Assyrian pened it for them that Gen. ..

18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers * Estb. 7,8. a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he u Job 3, i 4. y Ps. 12, 8. there the chariots of thy glory shall be the Y.shame of brought it to ruin. 23.6 23, 2 thy lord's house.

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from is laid waste. 1 Ps. 52, 7. thy state shall he ? pull thee down.

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will shall be forgotten || seventy years, according to the Sodavcem ... 2 Kings call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah: * days of one king: after the end of seventy years lan after

21 And I will clothe' him with thy robe, and shall Tyre sing as a harlot. o Ps. 45, 4 strengthen him with thy 'girdle, and I will commit 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot Jer

. 9, in ech. 11, 5 thy government into his hand, and he shall be a {that hast been forgotten : make sweet melody, sing io! 8 ch. 96. faiher to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. house of Judah.

17 And it shall come to pass, after the end of 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and upon his shoulder : so he shall open, and none shall she shall turn to her ? hire, and shall "coinmit forni- z Hox.

shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. cation with all the kingdoms of the world upon the a Rev. 17, 2. f Ezra 9, & 23 And I will fasten him as a'nail in a sure place; face of the earth. 8 Rev. 3, 21. and he shall be for a . glorious throne to his father's 18 And her merchandise and her hire shail be b Acts 21, 3. house.

holiness to the LORD : it shall not be treasured nor 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that

his father's house, the offspring and the issue, alldwell before the Lord, too eat sufficiently, and for i Zech 14, i vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, { durable clothing. even to all the vessels of flagons.

CHAPTER XXIV. Heb. 81, 8 nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and B and makethit Waste, and turneth it upside down, notamme

God in his judgments shall advance his kingdom. 25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the

EHOLD, ;

Lord 12 Kings be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon 23. 146, 3. it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. CHAPTER XXIII.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the 1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre; 17 her restoration after { Il priest; as with the servant, so with his master ; as itolea 1, s. seventy years, &c.

with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, qOr, prince, THE burden of Tyre. THE

• Howl, ye ships of Tar-so with the seller ; as with the lender, so with the liev. 13, 18. shish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the \ Ezek. 26, house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is giver of usury to him. revealed to them.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly 2 Bestill, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have 4 The earth mourneth, and fadeth away; the Ezek. 26, replenished.

world languisheth, and fadeth away; the ' haughty 20. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the har-people of the earth do languish. e Ezek. 27, vest of the river, is her revenue ; and she is a e mart 5 The earth also is $defiled under the inhabitants of nations.

thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, 4 Be thou ashamed, o Zidon ; for the 'sea hath" changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting h Dan. 7, 15. spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail covenant.

not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish 6 Therefore hath the i curse devoured the earth, i Mal. 4, t. g Zech. 8, s. up young men, nor bring up virgins.

and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the k Zeph. 5, 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 12 b Rev. 12, be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

7 The new wine'mourneth, the vine languisheth,
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants all the "merry-hearted do sigh.
of the isle.

8 The mirth of "tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them r Rev. 1,
7 Is this your *joyous city, whose antiquity is of that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong :,7.
to sojourn.

drink shall be "bitter to them that drink it. 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the 10 The city of P confusion is broken down; every lo.. 32 Ezek. 28, w crowning city, whose "merchants are princes, whose house is shut up, that no man may come in. traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy chap. 27, 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the is' darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. o Rev. 9, 7. P pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the 12 In the city is left ' desolation, and the gate is , Amos, a honourable of the earth.

smitten with destruction. 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land Deut. 28,

o of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

among the people, there shall be as the "shaking of an 9 Exod. 14,

t Psal. 107, 11 He a stretched out his hand over the sea; he olive-tree, and as the gleaning-grapes when the vin

'shook the kingdoms : the Lord hath given a com- tage is done. Heb. 12, 2. mandment against the merchant-city, to destroy the 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing uch. 6. 13. strong holds thereof.

for the * majesty of the LORD, they shall cry

aloud 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more & rejoice, O from the y sea.