THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. CHAP. I. Isaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion. 5 He lamenteth her judgments. 10 He upbraideth their whole service. 16 He exhorteth to repentance, with promises and threatenings. 21 Bewailing their wickedness, he denounceth God's judgments. 25 He promiseth grace, 28 and threateneth destruction to the wicked. [BEFORE CHRIST 760.] THE HE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 ↳ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people 'doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people ❝ laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are b gone away backward. 7 * Your country is desolate, your cities' are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. a Num. 12. 6. b Deut. 32. 1. Jer. 2. 12. & 6. 19. & 22. 29. Ezek. 36. 4. Mic. 1. 2. & 6. 1,2 cch. 5 1, 2 d Jer. 8. 7. e Jer. 9. 3, 6. fch. 5. 12. a Heb. of heaviness. g ch. 57.3, 4. Matt. 3. 7. Heb. alienated, or separated, Ps. 58. 3. h ch. 9. 13. Jer. 2. 30. & 5. 3. c Heh, increase revolt. i Jer. 8. 22. d Or, oil, k Deut. 28. 51, 52. e Heb. as the overthrow of strangers. Job 27. 18. Lam. 2, 6. m Jer. 4. 17. n Lam. 3. 22. Rom. 9. o fen. 19. 24. p Deut. 31, 32. Ezek. 16. 46. q1 Sam. 15. 22. Ps. 50. 8, 9. & 51. 16. v. 15. & & 21 27 zh 66 3. Jor. 6. 20. & 7. 21. Amos 5. 21, 22. Mic. 6. 7. ƒ Heb. 29. have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye ru lers P of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight rot in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of ƒ he goats. gr to appear before 12 When ye come me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more 'vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your "new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye 'make many prayers, I will not hear your hands are full of blood. 16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; d cease to do evil; a с с 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and flet us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: great he goats. g Heb. to be seen. r Ex. 23. 17. & 34. 28. a Matt. 15. 9. t Joel 1. 14. & 2. 15. Or, grief. u Num. 28. 11. x Lev. 23. 2, &c. Lam. 2. 6. y ch. 43. 24. z Job 27. 29. Ps. 134. 2. Prov. 1. 28. ch. 59. 2. Jer. 14. 12. Mic. 3. 4. a Pa. 66. 18. 1 Tim. 2. 8 iHeb. multiply prayer. beh. 59. 3. k Heb. bloods. c Jer. 4. 14. d Ps. 34. 14. & 37. 27 Amos 5. 15. Rom. 12. 9. 1 Pet. 3. 11. e Jer. 22. 3, 16. Mic. 6. 8. Zech. 7. 9. & 8. 16. 1 Or righten. fch. 43. 26. Mic 6. 2. g Ps 51. 7. Rov. 7. 14. The coming of Christ's kingdom. ISAIAH. 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's 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 e say go and Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, companions of thieves: "every one lov-and we will walk in his paths: 'for out of eth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they Zion shall go forth the law, and the word • judge not the fatherless, neither doth the of the LORD from Jerusalem. cause of the widow come unto them. m I 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies : S r 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. h i 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. m 26 And I will restore thy judges as at 6 ¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy the first, and thy counsellors as at the be- people the house of Jacob, because they be ginning afterward thou shalt be called, replenished from the east, and are The city of righteousness, the faithful city. soothsayers like the Philistines, and they 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judg-please themselves in the children of stranment, and "her converts with righteousness. gers. 28 And the to destruction of the trans- 7 Their land also is full of silver and gressors and of the sinners shall be together, gold, neither is there any end of their treaand they that forsake the LORD shall be con- sures; their land is also full of horses, neisumed. ther is there any end of their chariots: h Num. 23. 19. Tit. 1. 2. i Jer. 2. 20, 21. k Jer. 6. 28, 30. Ezek. 22. 18, 19. 1 Hos. 9. 15. m Prov. 29. 24. n Jer. 22. 17. Ezek. 22. 12. Hos. 4. 18. Mic. 3. 11. & 7. 3. o Jer. 5. 28. Zech. 7. 9. p Deut. 28. 63. Ezek. 5. 13. m Heb. according to pureness. qJer. 6. 29. & 9. 7. Mal 3.3. Jer. 33. 7. Zech. 8. 3. nOr, they that return of her. t Job 31. 3. Ps. 1. 6. & 5. 6. & 73. 27. & 92. 9. & 101, 35. Heb. breaking. uch. 57. 5. x ch. 65. 3. & 66. 17. y Ezek 32. 21. zch. 43. 17. pOr, and his work. CHAP 11. a Mic. 4. 1, &c. Gen. 49. 1. Jer 23 20. c Ps. 68. 15, 16. a Or, prepared. n 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. 10 ¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall d Ps. 72. 8. ch. 27. 13. e Jer. 31. 6. & 50. 5. Zech. 8. 21, 23. f Luke 24. 47. g Ps. 46. 9 Hos 2. 18. Zech. 9. 10. bOr, scythes. h Ps. 72. 3, 7. i Eph. 5. 8. Or, more than the east k Num. 23. 7. 1 Deut. 18. 14. m Ps. 106. 35. Jer. 10. 2. dOr, abound with the children, &c n Deut. 17. 16, 17. o Jer. 2. 28. p ver. 19, 21. Rev. 6. 15. qver. 17. ch. 5. 15, 16. & 13. 11 rch. 4. 1. & 11. 10, 11. & 12. 1, 4. & 24. 21. & 25. 9. & 26, 1. & 27. 1, 2, 12, 13. & 28. 5. & 29. 18. & 30. 23. & 52. 6. Jer. 30. 7, 8. Ezek. 38, 14, 19. & 39. 11,2, Hos. 2. 16, 18, 21. Joel 3. 18 Amos 9. 11 Obad. 8. Mic. 4. 6. & 5. 10. & 7. 11, 12. Zech. 3. 11, 16, & 9, 16 The confusion which cometh by sin. 1 CHAP. III. be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 1 The great confusion which cometh by sin. 9 The impudency of the people. 12 The oppression and covetousness of the rulers. 16 The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women. [BEFORE CHRIST 760.] FOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, 'doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah 'the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, C Heb. z ver. Zech. 14. 8. & 37. 24. Ezek. 31. 3. Zech. 11. 1, 2. teh. 30. 25. u1 Kings 10. 22. metures of desire. x ver. 11. y ver. 11. fOr, the idols shall utterly pass away. 10. Hos. 10. 8. Luke 23. 39. Rev. 6. 16. & 9, 6. g Heb. the dust. a 2 Thess. 1. 9. bch. 30. 32. Hag. 2. 6, 21. Heb. 12. 26. e ch. 39. 22. & 31. 27. h Heb. the idols of his silver, &c. Or, which they made for him. d ver. 19. c ver. 10. 19. Ps. 146. 3. Jer. 17. 5. Jab 27. 3. The oppression of the rulers. b 3 The captain of fifty, and "the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his bro ther of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: с 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be and healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as 'Sodom, they hide it not. Wo unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, be well with him: for they fruit of their doings. that it shall shall eat the it shall be ill 11 Wo unto the wicked! with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. e 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up n the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that 0 my peo CHAP. III. a Jer. 37. 21. & 38. 9. b Lev. 26. 26. c See 2 Kings 24. 14. a Heb. a man eminent in countenance. bOr, skilful of speech. d Eccles. 10. 16. c Heb. lift up the hand, Gen. 14. 22. d Hoh. binder up. e Mic. 3. 12. f Gen. 13. 13. & 18. 20, 21. & 19. 5 g Eccles. 8. 12. h Ps. 128. 2 i Ps. 11. 6. Eccles. 8. 13. c Heb. done to him. k ver. 4 ch. 9. 16. f Or, they which call thee blessed. Heb. swallow up. m Mic 6. 2 h Or, burnt. n ch. 5. 7. Mat. 21. 33. och. 58. 4. Mic. 3. 2,3. ple 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 wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: d The parable of the vineyard. 2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusa lem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jeru e 17 Therefore the LORD will smite with Pa scab the crown of the head of the daugh-salem: ters of Zion, and the LORD will discover 4 When the LORD shall have washed their secret parts. 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. 18 In that day the LORD will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their * round tires like the moon, m 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and nose-jewels, 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 a defence. g 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisp-storm and from rain. ing-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 of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. 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 CHAP. IV. In the extremity of evils. Christ's kingdom shall be a sanctuary. a AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. i Heb. deceiving with their eyes. k Or, tripping nicely. p Deut. 28. 27. I Heb. make naked. q ch. 47. 2, 3. Jer. 13. 22. Nah. 3. 5. m Or, networks. r Judg. 8. 21. n Or, sweet balls. o Or, spangled ornaments. p Heb. houses of the soul. s ch. 22. 12. Mic. 1. 16. Heb. might. t Jer. 14. 2. Lam. 1. 4. r Or, emptied. s Hob. cleansed, u Lam. 9. 10. CHAP. IV. a ch. 2 11, 17. b2 Thess. 3. 12. a Heb. let thy name be called upon us. Or, take thou away. c Luke 1 25. d Jer. 23. 5. Zech. 3. 8. & 6. 12. c Heb. beauty 1 CHAP. V. Under the parable of a vineyard God excuseth his severe judg ment. 8 His judgments upon covetousness, 11 upon lasci viousness, 13 upon impiety, 20 and upon injustice. 26 The executioners of God's judgments. [BEFORE CHRIST 760.] NOW will I sing to my well-beloved a a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth and it brought forth wild grapes. grapes, 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5 And now go to; I will tell what I you and glory. d Heb. for the escaping of Israel. e ch. 60. 21. f Phil 4. 3. Rev. 3 5 |