CHAPTER LXI, LXII.

ter unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on cir. 693. mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 8 Who are these that fly as 'a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Hag. 2, 8,

Heb. 12,1

9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships Song of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their Gal. 4, 25. silver and their gold with them, unto "the name of Acts 9,15. the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

X

Acts 2, 9, 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy 1 Cor. S, Walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had 2 mercy on thee.

9. 10.

2 Rom. 11,

23.

a Rev. 21,

45.

Luke 19, 14.

18.

8.

Rev. 14,

a

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that heir kings may be brought.

12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-trec, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall 41 Tim. 2, come bending unto thee: and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, e Rev. 5, 9. The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

12.

Heb. 12,

15 Whereas thou hast been 'forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee Lam. 1, 1 an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 16 Thou shalt also "suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breasts of kings: and thou shalt ch 6,11 know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy RePet 22 deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

b. 63 12.

Tim. 2,14.

Rev. 21, 24.

17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: 1 Cor. 12, I will also make thy officers 'péace, and thine ex1 Rom. 10, actors righteousness.

28.

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18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, chap. 11, 3. Wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou Rev. 21, shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day: neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

• Rev. 21, 23.

p Rev. 22,

20 Thy sun shall no more "go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be qch. 61, 2 thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mournRev. 21, ing shall be ended.

27.

41 And they shall build the 'old wastes, they shall R raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your 'flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen, 28 and your vine-dressers. 6 But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD: n Rom. 12, men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall Rev. 1, 16. ye boast yourselves.

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the i hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand hech 6, 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they of thy God. Eph. 2.10. shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my Eph. 1,11 planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

4 Thou shalt no more be termed * Forsaken; nei- 18 ther shall thy land any more be termed Desolate but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD 'delighteth in thee, and thy Ps. 16, 3 land shall be married.

m2 Cor. 11

2.

5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the "bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 6 I have set watchmen apon thy walls, O Jeru- p1 Cor. salem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep 12. not silence,

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q Rev. 2

26.

7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and Gen.: till he make Jerúsalem a' praise in the earth. 8. The ann hath sworn by his right hand, and by Luke the arm of I will no more give

s Dan.

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Christ's power and mercy.

ISAIAH.

Before

The church's prayer. Before thy "corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons || thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowcir. 698. of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which els and of thy mercies toward me? are they rethou hast laboured: strained?

CHRIST

u Deut. 23,

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80, 33. 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and 16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abra- Hosea praise the LORD; and they that have brought it to-ham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us Job gether shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. not: thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

12.

ch. 40,8.

10 ¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; Rom. 14, gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. 11 Behold, the LORD hath "proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Mat. 21, 5. Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward b Mat. 1,21. is with him, and his work before him.

z Rom 0,

18.

a Zech. 9,9.

e Rev. 22,

12.

d

12 And they shall call them, The holy people, d ch. 60, 21. The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Deut. 28, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

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b Rev. 19, 12.

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CHAPTER LXIII.

Christ sheweth his power to save.

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Rev. 7.2.HO "is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to

e Rev. 11,

17.

d Rev. 19,

15.

save.

2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? 3 I have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and eRev. 14, their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

20.

f ch. 61, 2.

4. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I g ch.59 16 g wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

h Rev. 19,

, 2, 3.

i Judg. 10,

16.

6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

71 I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.

8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children Zech. 2, 8. that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 91 In all their affliction 'he was afflicted, and the

d

53.

c Judg. 5,

2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth 5. the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine d Ps. 9, 16 adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy e Ps. 99, 1 presence!

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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 world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath ↳ pared for him that waiteth for him.

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f Hab. 3, 6

5 Thou meetest him that rejoicest, and 'worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: In 1 Acts 10, those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

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35.

m Rom. 2,4

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, is that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou Gal 3, 12, hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquitics.

p Rom. 8,

8 But now, O LORD, thou art Pour Father; we are the clay, and thou our Potter; and we all are ach. 45, 9. the work of thy hand.

r

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

r Eph. 2,10.

Hab. 5, 2

t Rom. 11, 29.

x Micah S. 10.

10 Thy "holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a u Ps 74,2. wilderness, Jerusalem desolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our y 2 Kings fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and 25,9 all our pleasant things are laid waste.

22 Chr. $6,

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a Ps. 85, 1,

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us 2 very sore?

CHAPTER LXV.

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The Jews rejected.

CHAPTER LXVI. Before ally to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneir. 698. eth incense upon altars of brick;

CHRIST

om. 10, 2.

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4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth cb. 66, 3. of abominable things is in their vessels; itus 1, 15. 5 Which "say, Stand by thyself, come not near to Luke 5, me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke Ron.2, 17. in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Mark 9, 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will "not Ex. 17, 14. keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense Ps. 50, 21. into their bosom,

5.

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12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because Zech. 7,7. 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.

at. 23, 34.

The humble comforted.

Before CHRIST

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another cat: for as the days of a cir. 69 tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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k Dan. 2,44. 45.

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth Hag.1, 6. " for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

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m Deut. 28,

24 And it shall come to pass, that "before they cail, 2, 41. I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, In Ps. 32, 5. will hear.

o Dan. 9,20, 21.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, pcb. 11, & and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. ch.24. CHAPTER LXVI.

The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity.

a

verse 11.

& 17, 24.

b Rev. 21

THUS saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne,a Acts7, 48
the earth is my footstool: "where is the
house that ye build unto me? and where is the 22.
place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath my 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 trembleth at my word.

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e

c ch. 57, 15 d Ezra 9, 4 e Titus 1,

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck; 15. he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

f Ezek. 20,

7.

4 I also will choose their 'delusions, and will bring g Ps. 50, 21 their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when 1 spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

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49.

i 2 Pet. 3,

5 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, his word; Your brethren that hated you, that Mas. 24, Ps. 37, 11, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: be-cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD an. 7, 27. hold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: be 'glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be they shall be ashamed. ashamed:

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, b.5 26 nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die 'a hundred years old; but the sinner, being a 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.

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

k John 9,34

1 ch. 5, 19.

m 2 Thess.

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 21. such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth 27. & 12, 5 in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for r ch. 60, 22 as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Dan. 12, 2

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the x ch. 60, 16. breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. y ch. 60, 5. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend. "peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gen- z Rom. 5, 1 tiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye 2! shall be borne upon her sides, and be "dandled upon 1 These.2 her knees.

JEREMIAH. Before hand of the LORD shall be known toward his sercir. 698. vants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

¶The BOOK of the Prophet JEREMIAH

God's expostulation with the Jews:

Before THRIST

CHAPTER III.

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Before

cir. 629.

Their vain confidence rejected. of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow || is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, cr cir. 629 of death, through a land that no man passed their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, through, and where no man dwelt? 27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they 0. have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

m chap 9,

12.

7 And I brought you into a "plentiful country, to n Deut. 9,7. eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but Psal. 78, when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my chap. 3, 1. heritage an abomination.

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p Mal. 2,7 8 The priest said not, Where is the LORD? and Mat. 15,9. they that "handle the law knew me not: the pastors Rom. 2, also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

20.

Hab. 2, 8.

t Isa. 1, 10.

S

9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the "isles of Chittim, and see; x Gen. 25, and send unto *Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

u Gen. 10,4.

13.

11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are 1 Ps. 115, 4. yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

a Rom. 1,

23.

b Deut. 4,

28.

a

b

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they e John 4, have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14.

d 2 Pet 2 17.

e Exod. 4,

22.

f Gen. 15,

3.

8 ch.4, 7.

e

14 1 Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why is he spoiled?

15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burnt Zeph. 2, without inhabitant.

34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by 23. 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 a Ezek 1 with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change 13. thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

c

e

d

20. b Prov. 26 c Hora 5, d 2 Kings 23, 29. e 2 Kings 17, 6. 2 CLt. 29,

13.& 12,

37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy
hands upon thy head for the LORD hath rejected
||thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. 20.
CHAPTER III.

1 God's great mercy in Judah's vile whoredom....12 The promises
of the gospel to the penitent.

go

THEY say, If a man "put away his wife, and she a Deut. 24,
from him, and become another man's, shall
he return unto her again? shall not that land be
greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot Ley. 18,
with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith

e

17.

C c ch. 2, 20, 31,99.

d Zecl. 1,

s.

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20 1 For of Pold time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not trans-the LORD. gress; when upon every high hill and under everywhere thou hast not been lain with. In the ways chap. 2, 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. hast thou 'sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy wickedness.

t

21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly Isa 1, 21. a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

• Job 3,50

X

22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and 1 take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

y Prav 80,

12

23 How 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 a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

24 A wild ass "used to the wilderness, that snuffeth Lk. 18, up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not Eck. 22, weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. 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.