A prophecy of Christ's kingdom. Before CHRIST Before The effects of God's majesty. 16 "And upon all the ships of Tar- CHRIST shish, and upon all pleasant pictures. CHAP. II. III. 51'And the strong shall be 'as tow, cir. 760. and the maker of it as a spark, and they y Ezek. 2 shall both burn together, and none shall z ch. 43.17. quench them. 16. 21. i Or, and his work. Mic. 4. 1, Ps. 68. 15, Or, pre CHAP. II. 1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christ's Tsaw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 And it shall come to pass in the b Gen. 4.1. last days, that the mountain of the LORD's Jer. 23. 20. house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: (Luke 24. for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. pared. d Ps. 72. 8. Jer. 31.6. & so. 5 Zech. 8. 21, 23. 47. P. 469 Hos. 2. 18. Zech. 9. 10. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone 18 And the idols he shall utterly ashall be exalted 'in that day. bolish. cir. 760. Kings. 10. 22. + Heb. pic tures of de sire. x ver. 11. Or, the idols shall y ver. 11. utterly pass the ver. 10. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the to away. + Heb. the dust. a 2 Thess. 1. Hag. 2. 6, 21 earth, for fear of the LORD, and for f b ch. 30. 32. Hebr. 12. 26. c ch. 30. 22. & + Heb. the silver, &c. Or, which 31. 27. idols of his they made for him. d ver. 19. e ver. 10, 19. be fPs. 146. 3. 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to accounted of? 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into prun-1 Or, scythes. inghooks: nation shall not lift up sword P. 72-3,7 against nation, "neither shall they learn war any more. 5 0 house of Jacob, come ye, and let i Eph. 5. 8. us 1walk in the light of the LORD. than the east. 1 Deut. 18. 14. 6¶Therefore thou hast forsaken thypeople the house of Jacob, because they be re1 Or, more plenished from the east, and are soothk Numb. 23. Sayers like the Philistines," and they || please themselves in the children of strangers. 7 "Their land also is full of silver and Ps. 106. 35. gold, neither is there any end of their Or, abound treasures; their land is also full of horses, Children, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8 °Their land also is full of idols; they Jer. 2. 28. worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: CHAP. III. The great confusion which cometh by sin. Jer. 17-5. g Job 27-3 FOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of a Jer. 37.21. & 38. 9. 26. salem and from Judah the stay and the b Lev. 26. c See 2Kings 2 The mighty man, and the man of 24.14. war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the thonourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the || eloquent orator. d 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himbase against the honourable. self proudly against the ancient, and the 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Jutheir doings are against the LORD, to dah is fallen: because their tongue and provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as 'Sodom, they hide it not, man eminent +Heb. in counte Or, skilful nance. of speech. 16. Eccles. 10. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands + Heb. done shall be given him. to him. k ver. 4. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, 1 they which lead thee cause thee to err, and † destroy the +Heb. swal Way of thy paths. 1 ch. 9. 16. Or, they which call thee blessed. low up. m Mic. 6. 2. Or, burnt. n_ch. 5-7. Matt. 21. 33. o ch. 5. 4. Mic. 3. 2, 3. 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have || eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GoD of hosts. 16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and + Heb. dewanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: ceiving their eyes. Or, tripping nicely. p Deut. 28. 27. + Heb. make naked. 9 ch.47.2,3 Jer. 13. 22. Nah. 3. 5. | Or, networks. 17 Therefore the LORD will smite with Pa scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will +discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the LORD will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, Judg. 8. 21. and their 'round tires like the moon, Or, sweet 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and balls. Or, spang- the mufflers, led ornaments. 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the houses of the tablets, and the earrings, 4 Heb. soul. 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead Mch of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Mic. 1. 16. + Heb. might. t Jer. 14. 2. Lam. 1. 4. I Or, emptied. + Heb. cleansed. n Lam. 2. 10. a ch. 2. 11, 17. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being † desolate "shall sit the ground. upon 3 And it shall come to pass, that he Zech.3 that is left in Zion, and he that remain- 6.12. eth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, beauty and even every one that is written || among the living in Jerusalem: 4 When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, "a cloud and smoke by day, and 'the shining of a flaming fire by night: for || upon all the glory shall be ta defence. 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: "I will take P, 12 away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be + trodden down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of + Heb. for a trening A take hold of one man, saying, We hosts is the house of Israel, and the men + ba Thess. 3. will beat our own bread, and wear our 12. of Judah + his pleasant plant: and he look 3 impiety, and injustice. CHRIST CHAP. VI. The executioners of God's judgments. cir. 760. and their blossom shall go up as dust: Before ed for judgment, but behold oppression; | chaff, so "their root shall be as rottenness, Before cir. 760. for righteousness, but behold a cry. because they have cast away the law of a Job 18. 16. the LORD of hosts, and despised the word Hos. 9. 16. of the Holy One of Israel. + Heb. a scab. e Mic. 2.2. + Heb.ye. f ch. 22. 14. This is 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the LORD of Or, Thr, hosts," Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without +Heb. If not inhabitant. saith the LORD, &c. bye. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall See Ezek. yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. 45-11. h Prov. 23. 29, 30. Eccles. 10. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may fol16. ver. 22. low strong drink; that continue until Or, pursue night, till wine || inflame them! them. i Amos 6.5, 6. 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their k Job 34-27 feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. Ps. 28.5. I Hos. 4.6. 13 Therefore in ch. 1.3. into captivity, Heb. their knowledge: and Luke 19. 44. my people are gone because they have no their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried mine. up with thirst. glory are men of fa ch. 2.9, 11, 17. 1 Or, the holy God. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged her- 15 And 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be ex- a 17, 21. & 10. 4. 49. Ps. 72. d Joel 2.7. 26 ¶ And he will lift up an ensign to a ch. 11. 12. 1 Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, 5 b N the year that "king Uzziah died I taw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Or, when shall be dark structions 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each ed his face, and with twain he covered cEzek. 1. 11. one had six wings; with twain he coverhis feet, and with twain he did fly. d cried to thes. glory is the 3 And tone cried unto another, and Heb. this said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of d Rev. 4 6. 4 And the posts of the door moved fulness of the hosts: + the whole earth is full of his glory. the his at the voice of him that cried, and the e Ps. 72. 19. house was filled with smoke. whole earth. + Heb. thresholds. I f 8. 10. Exod. 40. & 6.30. Judg. 6.22. & 13.22. Exod. 4. 10. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for am undone; because I am a man of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. me, having a live coal in his hand, which ↑ Heb. and he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: of in his hand a b Rev. 8. 3 live coal. cir. 742. a 2 Kings 16. 5. 2 Chron. 28. 5, 6, + Heb. resteth on Ephraim. CHAP. VII. 1 Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and AND it came to pass in the days of 2 And it was told the house of David, 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go b ch. 10. 21. forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and | Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; I That is, Theremnant shall return: See ch. 6. 13. & 10. 21. c2 Kings 18. 17. ch. 36. 2. way. Christ promised. Before CHRIST ||vex it, and let us make a breach therein [Or, waken. 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall d Prov. 21. not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 30. ch. 8. 10. 2 Sam. 8.6. 8 For the head of Syria is Damas. cus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, † that it be not people a people. + Heb. from 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye Chron. 20 shall not be established. 10 + Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, thy 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nei- f See 20 Or, Do ge not believe? it is because we are not stable. + Heb. And added to speak. Judg. 6.36. &c. Matt. 12. 38 thy petition 13 And he said, Hear ye now, Or, make house of David; Is it a small thing for dep you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 20 In the same day shall the Lord trees shave with a 'rasor that is hired, namely, !ikiep = by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young 4 And say unto him, Take heed, and Or, causey be quiet; fear not, neither be faintheart-cow, and two sheep; ed for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of. Řezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. ↑ Heb. let not thy heart be tender. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, and 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give that he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left fin the land. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where God's judgments irresistible. Before CHRIST cir. 742. sob. 5. 6. a ch. 30.8. Mab. 2. 2. + Heb. in makingspeed to the spoil he hasteneth CHAP. VIII. IX. Great afflictions to idolaters. there were a thousand vines at a thou- | them to whom this people shall say, A Before sand silverlings, it shall even be for briers confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, and thorns. nor be afraid. 24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. CHAP. VIII. 1 In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he prophesieth that Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria. 5 Judah likewise for their infidelity 9 God's judgments shall be unresistible. Il Comfort shall be to them that fear God. 19 Great afflictions to idolaters. MOREOVER the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and "write in it with a man's pen concerning +Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witthe prey, or, nesses to record, Uriah the priest, and make speed, Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. h ch. 30. 28. ↑ Heb, the fulness of the thy land breadth of stretchings out of his Wings. i ch. 7. 14* Joel 3- 9, IL. | Or, yet. | Job 5 12. sach, 7.7 n ch. 7. 14. Acte 5 38,39Rom. 8. 13 Heb. in Prength of and. 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, shall him be CHRIST cir. 741. o Ch. 7. 2. 14, 15q Numb. 20. 12. r Ps. 76. 7. 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts him- p1 Pet. 3. self; and 'let him be your fear, and let dread. your 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; Luke 12.5 but for a stone of stumbling and for s Ezek. 11. rock of offence to both the houses of Is- t ch. 28. 16. rael, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. u a 16. Rom. 9. 33. Luke 2.34 1 Pet. 2. 8. 15 And many among them shall " stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be "Matt. 21. snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my dísciples.* 44. Luke 20. 18. Rom. 9. 32. & 11. 25. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of ch. 54.8. Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 2 y Hab. 2. 3Luke 2. 25, 38. z Hebr. 2.13. a Ps. 71. 7. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me " are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Zech. 3. 8. hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Sam. 28. c ch. 29. 4ch. 106. 98. Luke 16. 29. he shallover tow and sand the stretch-N not be such as was in her vexation, a ch. 8. 28. ing out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O 'Immanuel. 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 1Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, mand it shall not stand: "for God is with us. 11 For the LORD spake thus to me +with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all |