woe unto them! for their Ezek. xx, 6, 15. In the day that I come, the time of their vis lifted up mine hand unto them, Matth. xxii, 4, ... My os to bring them forth of the land of my fatlings are killed, a Egypt into a land that I had espied things are ready..... for them, flowing with milk and lands. Yet also I lifted up my honey, which is the glory of all hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

my Saviour, thou savest me violence.

Kings xxii, 11. And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made him ms of iron: and he said, Thus h the LORD, With these shalt push the Syrians, until thou We consumed them.

Phix, 31. This also shall

e the LORD better than an ox bailock that hath horns and

v, 4.5, 10. I said unto the Deal not foolishly: and to the Lot up the horn: Lift ap your horn on high: speak stiff neck. All the of the wicked also will I cut Eh the horns of the righteous all be exalted. Paix, 17, 24. For thou art gry of their strength: and in vour our horn shall be exBat my faithfulness and merey shall be with him: and by name shall his horn be ex

c. He hath dispersed, given to the poor, his ses endureth for ever, thall be exalted with

the horns of the Gentiles, which
lifted up their horn over the land
of Judah to scatter it.

Luke 1, 69. And hath raised up
an horn of salvation for us in the
house of his servant David.

Rev. v, 6. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Rev.xiil, 1, 11. And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Rev. xvii, 12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

THE FLOCK.

SHEEP.

MATERIAL, ETC.
Gen. xiii, 5. And Lot also,
which went with Abram, had
flocks, and herds, and tents.

Gen. xxiv, 35. And the LORD
and he is become great: and he
hath blessed my master greatly;
hath given him flocks, and herds,
and silver, and gold, and men
servants, and maidservants, and
camels, and asses.

Gen. xxvi, 14. For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Exod. x, 9. And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.

Exod. xxv, 5. And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.

Judges vi, 37. Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

Job xxxi, 20. If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep.

Prov. xxxi, 13. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Ezek. xxxiv, 3. Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

Heb. xi, 37. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with

the sword: they wandered about in destitute, afflicted, tormented. sheepskins and goatskins; being

FLESH.

1 Sam. xxv, 18. Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of

wine, and five sheep ready dress

ed.

1,824. I considered the , behold, there came up another little horn, im there were three of horns plucked up by the 484, behold, in this horn 1 like the eyes of man, Ath speaking great things. the ten horns out of this are ten kings that shall And he shall be diverse from thousand sheep, and a thousand hath he not called. 3d another shall rise after

-,ad he shall subdue three

AL18, 19, 21. Then lifted I eyes, and saw, and beborns. And I said unto E that talked with me, these? And he answered These are the horns which Battered Judah, Israel, and

Then said I, What these to do? And he spake, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no adal lift up his head: but these me to fray them, to cast out

1 Sam. xxv, 2. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three

goats.

2 Sam. xii, 2. The rich man had
many
exceeding
flocks and
herds.

2 Kin. iii, 4. And Mesha king of
Moab was a sheepmaster, and
rendered unto the king of Israel
an hundred thousand lambs, and
an hundred thousand rains, with
the wool.

2 Chron. xiv, 15. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

1 Kin. i, 19. And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant

Neh. v, 18. Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Isa. xxii, 13. And behold joy and gladness, . and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink: for to morrow we shall

die.

PASTURES AND FOLDS.

Gen. xxi, 28-30. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

he looked, and behold a well in Gen. xxix, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10. And flocks of sheep lying by it; for out the field, and, lo, there were three of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

And thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again bones. upon the well's mouth in his Micah il, 12. I will surely as-place. And he said, Lo, it is yet semble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will high day, neither is it time that surely gather the remnant of Is- the cattle should be gathered torael; I will put them together as gether: water ye the sheep, and the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock go and feed them. And they said, in the midst of their fold: they We cannot, until all the flocks be shall make great noise by reason gathered together, and till they of the multitude of men. roll the stone from the well's

In a good pasture, and upon high mountains of Israel shall er fold be: there shall they lie is good fold, and in a fat pasture they feed upon the mountains Israel. I will feed my flock, I will cause them to lie down, ith the Lord GoD.

Hà ii, 12. I will surely asle, O Jacob, all of thee; I will rely ather the remnant of Is. will put them together as herp of Bozrah, as the flock the midst of their fold: they

tal make great noise by reason tatale of men.

167. And the sea coast be dwellings and cottages pherds and folds for flocks. a the coast shall be for the

of the house of Judah; ey shall feed thereupon: in the es of Ashkelon shall they lie in the evening: for the eir God shall visit them, 4 away their captivity.

TENDING THE FLOCK.
7,2 And she again bare
Abel. And Abel was
of sheep, but Cain was a
of the ground.
Se it, 6, 9. And he said un-
, be well? And they
well: and, behold,
s daughter cometh with
And while he yet
them, Rachel came
Ar father's sheep: for she

35, 36. And he remov*day the he goats that were rad and spotted, and all -gats that were speckled ed and every one that

Luke il, 8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

John x, 1-6. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door' into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the

| his father's house, I will go up, I be ruler over my people, over
and shew Pharaoh, and say unto Israel.
him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of
Canaan, are come unto me; And
the men are shepherds, for their
trade hath been to feed cattle; and
they have brought their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they
have. And it shall come to pass,
When Pharaoh shall call you,
shall say, What is your occupa-
tion? That ye shall say, Thy ser-
vants' trade hath been about
cattle from our youth even until
now, both we, and also our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of
Goshen; for every shepherd is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.

and

Gen. xlvii. 3, 5, 6. And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee. The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

Exod. ii, 1. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

dren?

1 Sam. xvi, 11. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy chilmaineth yet the youngest, and, beAnd he said, There rehold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and

same is a thief and a robber. But

he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he callleadeth them out. And when he eth his own sheep by name, and putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

P3. xxiii, 1-4. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the will fear no evil: for thou art with valley of the shadow of death, I me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Ps. Ixxvii, 20. Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

P3. lxxviii, 52. But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and white in it, and all the fetch him: for we will not sit down guided them in the wilderness like

ing the sheep, and gave the hand of his sons. three days' journey Lanself and Jacob; and d the rest of Laban's

till he come hither.

1 Sam. xvii, 15, 20. But David
went and returned from Saul to
feed his father's sheep at Beth-
lehem. And David rose up early
in the morning, and left the sheep
with a keeper.

3, 38. 39. This twenty
I been with thee; thy
thy she goats have not 1 Sam. xxiv, 3. And he came to
young, and the rams of the sheepcotes by the way, where
Lave I not eaten.
That was a cave; and Saul went in to
was torn of beasts I brought cover his feet: and David and his
thee, I bare the loss of it; men remained in the sides of the
had didst thou require it, cave.
**olen by day, or stolen

13. And he said unMy lord knoweth that the e tender, and the flocks ers with young are with Ad if men should overdrive one day, all the flock will

xxvii, 12. And his breth

1 Sam. xxv, 15, 16. But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with thein keeping the sheep.

2 Sam. vil, 8. Now therefore so

a flock.

Ps. lxxx, 1-3. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

P3. c, 3. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Isa. xiii, 14. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

Isa. xxxviii, 12. Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness:

wat to feed their father's shalt thou say unto my servant from day even to night wilt thou

shechem.

xvi, 31-34. And Joseph to his brethren, and unto

David, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, I took thee from the sheep-
cote, from following the sheep, to

make an end of me.

Isa. xl, 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall

gather the lambs with his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isa. xliv, 28. That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isa. Ixiii, 11. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock?

where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

Jer. vi, 3. The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her, they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

Jer. xiii, 20. Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful

flock?

Jer. xxiii, 4. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the

Lord.

hands of him that telleth them,
saith the LORD.

between the rams and the goats. Seemeth it a small th unto you to have eaten up good pasture, but ye must tr down with your feet the resi of your pastures? and to b drunk of the deep waters, but must foul the residue with y feet? And as for my flock, t eat that which ye have trod with your feet; and they d that which ye have fouled v your feet. Therefore thus s the Lord GOD unto them; Beh I, even I, will judge between fat cattle and between the cattle.

Ezek. xxxiv, 1, 2, 4-13, 16-26, 2831. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither Because ye have the have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye with side and with shoulder, sought that which was lost; but pushed all the diseased with y with force and with cruelty have horns, till ye have scattered i ye ruled them. And they were abroad; Therefore will I save scattered, because there is no shep-flock, and they shall no more herd: and they became meat to all prey; and I will judge bet the beasts of the field, when they cattle and cattle. And I w were scattered. My sheep wan-up one shepherd over them. dered through all the mountains, he shall feed them, even my and upon every high hill: yea, my vant David; he shall feed t flock was scattered upon all the and he shall be their shep face of the earth, and none did And I the LORD will be their search or seek after them. There- and my servant David a pr fore, ye shepherds, hear the word among them; I the LORD of the LORD; As I live, saith the spoken it. And I will make y them a covenant of peace, and Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock cause the evil beasts to cease Jer. xxxi, 10. Hear the word of became meat to every beast of the of the land: and they shall d the LORD, O ye nations, and de-fleld, because there was no shep- safely in the wilderness, and clare it in the isles afar off, and herd, neither did my shepherds in the woods. And I will E say, He that scattered Israel will search for my flock, but the shep- them and the places round s gather him, and keep him, as a herds fed themselves, and fed not my hill a blessing, and I shepherd doth his flock. my flock; Therefore, O ye shep- cause the shower to come d herds, hear the word of the LORD; in his season; there shall be sl Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, ers of blessing. And they I am against the shepherds; and no more be a prey to the heat I will require my flock at their neither shall the beast of hand, and cause them to cease land devour them; but they from feeding the flock; neither dwell safely, and none shall E shall the shepherds feed them- them afraid. And I will raise selves any more; for I will deliver for them a plant of renow my flock from their mouth that they shall be no more coter For thus saith the Lord GOD, Be- bear the shame of the heathen they may not be meat for them. with hunger in the land, ev hold, I, even I, will both search more. Thus shall they know As a shepherd seeketh out his them, and that they, even my sheep, and seek them out. I the LORD their God am flock in the day that he is among house of Israel, are my pe his sheep that are scattered; so saith the Lord God. And ye will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places in the cloudy and dark day. And where they have been scattered I will bring them out from the countries, and will bring them to people, and gather them from the their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them with judgment. And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle,

Jer. xliii, 12. And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Jer. xxv, 34-36. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled "their pasture.

Jer. xxxiii, 12, 13. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the

flock, the flock of my pasture. men, and I am your God, the Lord God.

Amos 1, 2. And he sald LORD will roar from Zion. and the habitatious of the utter his voice from Jere herds shall mourn, and the t Carmel shall wither.

Micah v, 5. And this man be the peace, when the Assy shall come into our land: when he shall tread in palaces, then shall we raise a him seven shepherds, and e principal men.

Micah vil, 14. Feed thy p with thy rod, the flock of heritage, which dwell solla in the wood, in the midst of