A song inciting to confidence in God. Before CHRIST cir. 712. p ch. 26. 5. cir. 712. a ch. 2. 11. ISAIAH. meth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: | and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. CHAP. XXVI. 1 A song inciting to confidence in God, 5 for his judgments, 12 and for his favour to his people. 20 An exhortation to wait on God. Nthat day shall this song be sung IN that day on Judah, We have a b ch. 60. 18. strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. e Ps. 118. 19, 20. + Heb. truths. + Heb. peace, peace, ch. 57. 19. 1 Or, thought, or, Heb. the C 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the may enter in. truth 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. imagination. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for 4h4517 in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting rock of ages. strength: 5 For he bringeth down them that ech. 25. 12. dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. Deut. 32. 4. & 32. 19. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: f Ps. 37. 23. f thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. g ch. 64. 5. h Ps. 63. 6. Cant. 3. 1. i Eccles. 8. 12. Rom. 2. 4. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee, the de: sire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 h With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 10 'Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: k Ps. 143. 10. in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty God's care of his vineyard. thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. Before CHRIST cir. 712. HOL. 5.15 16 LORD," in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when Heb.cret thy chastening was upon them. speech. John 16.21. 17 Like as a woman with child, that och 13.8. draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. p Pt. 17. 14. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have P the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead men shall live, together Ezek. 7. with my dead body shall they arise. A- r Dan. 12. 2. wake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 1, &c. 22, 23. 20 Come, my people, enter thou Exod. 12. into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for th a little moment, until the indignation be a Cor. 417. overpast. ch. 54.7.& Jude 14 21 For, behold, the LORD "cometh out "Mic. 1.3. of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her + blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would || go through them, I would burn them together. h + Heb. 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, 8 ch. 25-4that he may make peace with me; and Job 22. 21he shall make peace with me. 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom ich.31 Hos. 1456 and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. 24. p ch. 2. 11. 31. Rev. 11. 15 13 And it shall come to pass in that Matt. 24 day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. cir. 725a ver. 3 b ver. 4. + Heb. broken. d zer. 1. + Heb. with fert. C 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and Ez. 13. strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden † under feet: 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in Heb. swal his hand he teateth it up. e ver. 1. 5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people. 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of 755.10, the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the Christ promised. way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. Before CHRIST cir. 725. hearing. Or, bath 9¶h Whom shall he teach knowledge? h Jer. 6. 10. and whom shall he make to understand † doctrine? them that are weaned from † Heb. the the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, been. precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with another tongue people. stammering lips and Heb.stamwill he speak to this lips. merings of i 1 Cor. 14 21. spoken. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest 19, he hath wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. 14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have k Amos 2. 4. made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation 1a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away" the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through; then ye shall be +trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it down to it. shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only || to under- when stand the report. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount "Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GoD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon 23. Dan. 9. the whole earth. q ch. 10. 22, 27. 1 Or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place. ¡Or, spelt. der? 23¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their † place? 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not thresned Heb. bor- with a threshing instrument, neither is a Or. And he cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach them. r Ecclus. 7. 15 Ps. 92. 5. Jer. 32. 19. cir. 712. 1 Or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God. a Ezek. 43. 15, 16. 28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. CHAP. XXIX. 1 God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem. 7 The unsatiableness of her enemies. 9 The senselessness, 13 and deep hypocrisy of the Jews. 18 A promise of sanctification to the godly. OE Ariel, city The hypocrisy of the Jews. Before CHRIST but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, cir. 772. behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. your plea 9¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry 10r, take ye out, and cry: they are drunken, ure, and but not with wine; they stagger, but See cb.. not with strong drink. riet. 7.8 m ch. 51. 21. n Rom. 11.8 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your P trulers, the seers hath he covered. P cb. 6. 18 + Heb. heads: Sea m 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a || book that Jer & is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Or, letter. Matt 15 13 Wherefore the Lord said, 'For-E asmuch as this people draw near me with Mark767their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: I Col 22 a Hab. 1.5 14 "Therefore, behold, I will pro- Heb. 1 ceed to do a marvellous work among this will. people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise ex men shall perish, and the understanding 1 Cor.119of their prudent men shall be hid. 15 Woe unto 7 ch... Woe to Arved to Ariend he year hide their counts them that seek deep to 3 And I will camp against thee round off the heads. about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall † whisper out of the dust. 5 Moreover the multitude of thy d ch. 25. 5. d strangers shall be like small dust, and the e Job 21. 18. multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be f ch. 30. 13. fat an instant suddenly. 17¶ Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a caps fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf s hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. Threatening for confidence in Egypt, CHRIST CHRIST CHAP. XXX. and contempt of God's word. Before house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to Before cir. 712. ashamed, neither shall his face now wax you as a breach ready to fall, swelling pale. out in a high wall, whose breaking' com- q Ps. 62. 3. eth suddenly at an instant. 23 But when he seeth his children, ch. 19. 25. the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. & 45. 11. & 60. 21. Ephes. 2. 10. 24 They also that erred in spirit oder shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. n ch. 28.7. + Heb. thall standing. eir. 713. a ch. 29. 15. CHAP. XXX. 1 The prophet threateneth the people for their OE to the rebellious children, saith cir. 713. r ch. 29. 5. Jer. 19. 11. bottle of pot 14 And he shall break it as the break- Ps. 2. 9. ing of + the potters' vessel that is broken † Heb. the in pieces; he shall not spare: so that ter there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. 7.4. 15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and ver. 7. ch. in confidence shall be your strength: rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and "and ye would not. 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore WOE to counsel, but shall they that pursue you be swift. a 3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at 'Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 "They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beasts of the south into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and iDeut. 8:15. old lion, 'the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 1 ver. 15ch. 7.4. m Hab. 2. 2 u Matt. 23 37. x Rev. 26. 8. 32. 30. Josh. 23. 10. 17 One thousand shall flee at the re- Deut.28.25. buke of one; at the rebuke of five shall & ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon | Or, a tree the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. 18 ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: 'blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. branches, or, bereft of boughs: or, a mast. Ps. 2. 12. a 1 Kings 22. * 1 Or, oppres 20 And though the Lord give you the 27. Ps. 127. bread of adversity, and the water of || af- 2 fliction, yet shall not thy teachers be re- sion. moved into a corner any more, but thine Ps. 74.9 eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of +thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. e 8¶ Now go," write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be Heb. the for the time to come for ever and ever: 23 'Then shall he give the rain of thy latter day. 9 That "this is a rebellious people, ly-seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean rury. provender, which hath been winnowed vened. with the shovel and with the fan. 25 And there shall be upon every ch.2.14, high mountain, and upon every high + Heb. lifted hill, rivers and streams of waters in the "P. day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. h ch. 60. 19 26 Moreover the light of the moon 20. shall be as the light of the sun, and the cir. 713. light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day. that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. 27¶ Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is theavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: Or, and the grievousness of fame. + Heb. heaviness. i ch. 11.4. 2 Thess. 2. 8. k ch. 8. 8. 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of 1 ch. 37. 29. vanity: and there shall be 1a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the "mountain of the LORD, to the + mighty One of Israel. m Ps. 42. 4. n ch. 2. 3. +Heb. Rock. Deut. 32. 4. o ch. 29. 6. + Heb. the glory of his ch. 28. 2. 532. 19. q ch. 37. 36. 24. ch. 10.5, + Heb. every passing of founded. 30 °And the LORD shall cause this glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down,' which smote with a rod. 32 And in every place where the the rod grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tato rest upon brets and harps: and in battles of 'shaking ch. 11. 15. will he fight with it. + Heb. cause him. & 19. 16. . Or, against them. t Jer. 7.31. 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath 19. made it deep and large: the pile thereof + Heb. from is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. yesterday. cir. 713a ch. 30. 2. & 36. 6. CHAP. XXXI. Before CHRIST cir. 713, The blessings of Christ's kingdom. roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so 10, multishall the LORD of hosts come down to g ch. 42. 13. fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. tude. 11. Ps. 91.4 5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of h Deut. 32. hosts defend Jerusalem; 'defending also i P. 37. 40. he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. 6¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 7 For in that day every man shall 1cast away his idols of silver, and this idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. m Hos. 9. 9. ch. 2. 20 de Heb. the 30. 22. of his gold. m 1 Kings 12.30. n See Kings ch. 37. 36. of the averd. 8 Then shall the Assyrian "fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee || from the sword, 10r, for fear and his young men shall be ||+discomfited. Or, tribu9 And the shall pass over to || his tr strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. CHAP. XXXII. + Heb. for melting, or, o ch. 37-37Heb. his tribute. rock shall pass away for fear. Or, hu 1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 9 De- strength. solation is foreshewn. 15 Restoration is promised to succeed. 1 The prophet sheweth the cursed folly in 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he || stand. 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10+ Many days and years shall ye be |