with the fire of my jealousy. Zeph. i. 2, 3; iii. 8. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter iii. 10.—I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire.-And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. xv. 2, 3.

And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 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! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for-the mountains flowed down at thy presence. Isa. Ixiv. 1-3. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev. vi. 14. 23. I will heap mischief upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

Behold it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord. Isa. lxv. 6, 7. I will punish the men that are settled on their lees.That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, &c. Zeph. i. 12, 15. 24, 25. They shall be burned with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction; I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling, with the man of gray hairs.

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. Isa. iv. 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10. Behold the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, &c. Zech. xiv. 1, 2. And He gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Rev. xvi. 16.

26, 27. I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

-Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. Joel ii. 17, 18. And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and

gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. According to their uncleanness, and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon. the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name. Ezek. xxxix. 23-25. The Lord Jesus Christ shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom-the Jew first, and also the Gentilefor there is no respect of persons with God. 2 Tim. iv. 1; Rom. ii. 9, 11.

29, 30. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them and the Lord had shut them up?

31. Their rock is not as our Rock, our enemies themselves (being) judges.

32, 33, 34. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

35. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense.

Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. Isa. lx. 21, 22.

The kings of the earth, and the mighty men-shall say-Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. Rev. vi. 15, 16.

The tares are the children of the wicked one. The enemy that sowed them is the devil. Matt. xiii. 38, 39. Gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth. Rev. xiv. 18, 19.

It is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Rom. xii. 19. We know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. Heb. x. 30. It is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. Isa. xxxiv. 8. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come, and save you. xxxv. 4.

Their foot shall slide in due time:

For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

36. For the Lord shall judge

The great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 17.

I the Lord will hasten it in his time. Isa. lx. 22. The time is come for thee to reap.-Gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. xiv. 15, 18. -Behold I come as a thief. xvi. 15. I looked, and there was none to

his people (v. 20), and repent him for his servants, where He seeth that power is gone, and that there is none shut up or left.

help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold; therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me. Isa. lxiii. 5. Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. lxv. 8.-I will refine them as silver is refined, and try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them. Zech. xiii. 9.

37-39. And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, which did eat the flesh of their sacrifices, and drink the wine of their burnt offerings? let them arise and help you. See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me.

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he made for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats: to go into the clefts of the rockfor fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. Isa. ii. 20, 21. He will famish all the gods of the earth, and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. Zeph. ii. 11. In that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one. Zech. xiv. 9.

39. See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no God with me: I kill, and I make alive.

-The Lord shall punish the kings of the earth. The Lord shall reign in Mount Zion. He will swallow up death in victory. Awake and sing ye that dwell in the dust. Behold, the Lord cometh out 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. Isa. xxiv. 21, 23; xxv. 8; xxvi. 19, 21. All that burden themselves with it (Jerusalem) shall be cut in pieces. The Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. Zech. xii. 3; xiv. 5, 8. The time of the dead that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward-to the saints-and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. Rev. xi. 18. The remnant were slain. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, &c. xix. 21; xx. 4.

I wound, and I heal.

Hath He smitten him, as He smote those that smote him? is

he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this all the fruit to take his sin. Isa. xxvii. 7, 9. They rebelled and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore was He turned to be their enemy and fought against them. Then He remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people. Isa. lxiii. 10, 11. (I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they shall seek me early. Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Hos. v. 15; vi. 1.)

The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, He hath cast out thine enemy. Thou shalt not see evil any more. Zeph. iii. 15.

See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me: I kill and I make alive: I wound and I heal.

Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints-and shouldest destroy them that destroy the earth. Rev. xi. 18. And I looked, and, behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud (one) sat like the Son of man. The earth was reaped. The vine of the earth was cast into the great wine-press of the wrath of God. xiv. 14, 16, 19. He gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. xvi. 16. And I saw the holy city New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. xxi. 2. Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

39-41. See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with me. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

The great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? vi. 17.

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things that are therein, that there should be time no longer; but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, as He hath declared to his servants the prophets. x. 5-7. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our God and of his Christ. Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged-and that thou shouldest destroy them that destroy the earth. xi. 15, 18. 41. If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

In righteousness doth He judge and make war. Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone, and the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat on the horse, &c. xix. 11, 15, 19–21. 42. I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,

The wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine-press, even unto

the horses' bridles, by the space of a thousand six hundred furlongs. xiv. 20.

And my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come

the slain from the beginning of against the land of Israel, saith revenges upon the enemy. the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood. Ezek. xxxviii. 18, 22. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, &c. Rev. x. 7. He gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying, It is done. xvi. 16, 17.

And my sword shall devour flesh, and that with the blood of the slain, &c.

I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead-gather yourselves to my sacrifice. A great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood-the flesh of the mighty—and the blood of the princes of the earth-till ye be drunken. Ezek. xxxviii. 21; xxxix. 17-19. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor, and Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem. Zech. xiv. 13, 14. By his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many. Isa. lxvi. 16. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. Rev. xix. 21.

43. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people :

In this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees well refined. And He will destroy in this mountain the vail that is spread over all nations. Isa. xxv. 6, 7. The former troubles are hid from mine eyes. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. 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. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. Isa. lxv. 16-19. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her; that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory-the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. lxvi. 10-12.

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for He will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries.

When ye see this your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish as an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. lxvi. 14. And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God. For true and righteous are his judgments: for He hath judged the