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To Surely the Wrath of Man fhall PRAISE thee: the Remainder of WRATH fhalt thou reftrain.

12 He fhall cut off the SPIRIT of PRINCES: he is TERRIBLE to the KINGS of the Earth.

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1 Hezekiah receiving a Meffage of Death, by Prayer hath his Life lengthened. 8 The Sun goeth ten Degrees backward for a Sign of that Promife. 12 Berodach-baladan fending to vifit Hezekiah, because of the Wonder, hath Notice of his Treasures. 14 Ifaiah understanding thereof, foretelleth the Babylonian Captivity. 20 Manaffeh fucceedeth Hezekiah.

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N thofe Days was Hezekiah fick to Death and the Prophet Ifaiah came to him, and said unto him, Thus faith the LORD, Set thine Houfe in order, for thou fhalt die, and not live.

2 Then he turned his Face to the Wall, and prayed unto the LORD, faying,

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13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy Servants.

3 I befeech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in Truth, and with a perfect Heart, and have done that which was good in thy fight and Hezekiah wept fore.

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4 And it came to pafs afore Ifaiah was gone out into the middle Court, that the Word of the LORD came to him, faying,

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5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the Captain of my People, Thus faith the LORD, the GOD of David thy Father, I have heard thy Prayer, I have seen thy Tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third Day thou fhalt go up into the House of the LORD.

6 And I will add unto thy

Pfal. ciii. 2 Blefs the LORD, O

my Soul, and forget not all his Be

nefits.

3 Who forgiveth all thine Iniquities: who healeth all thy Difeafes.

4 Who redeemeth thy Life from Deftruction: who crowneth thee with Loving-kindness and tender Mercies. Is As for Man, his Days are as he flourisheth. GRASS as a Flower of the Field, fo

16 For the Wind paffeth over it, and it is gone; and the Place thereof fhall know it no more.

* See Ifaiah xxxviii.

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17 But the MERCY of the LORD is from EVERLASTING to EVERLASTING upon them that fear him and his RIGHTEOUSNESS unto Childrens Children.

Days fifteen Years, and I will deliver thee and this City out of the Hand of the King of Affyria, and I will defend this City for mine own Sake, and for my Servant David's Sake.

7 And Ifaiah faid, Take a Lump of Figs. And they took and laid it on the Boyl, and he recovered.

8 And Hezekiah faid unto Ifaiah, What shall be the Sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I fhall go up into the Houfe of the LORD the third Day?

9 And Ifaiah faid, This Sign fhalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the Thing that he hath spoken: fhall the Shadow go forward ten Degrees, or go back ten Degrees?

10 And Hezekiah anfwered, It is a light thing for the Shadow to go down ten Degrees: nay, but let the Shadow return backward ten Degrees.

11 And Ifaiah the Pro

phet cried unto the LORD, and he brought the Shadow ten Degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the Dial of Ahaz.

Fobus x. 12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the Day when the

LORD delivered up the Amorites be-
fore the Children of Ifrael, and he
faid in the fight of Ifrael, Sun, stand
Moon in the Valley of AJALON.
thou fill upon GIBSON, and thou

13 And the Sun ftood ftill, and

the Moon ftayed, until the People Enemies. So the Sun food still in had avenged themfelves upon their the midst of Heaven, and hafted not to go down about a whole Day.

before or after it, that the LORD hear14 And there was no Day like that kened unto the Voice of a Man: for the LORD fought for Ifrael,

12 At that Time, Berodah-baladan the Son of Baladan, King of Babylon, fent Letters and a Prefent unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been fick. 13 And Hezekiah hearkned unto them, and fhewed them all the Houfe of his precious Things, the Silver, and the Gold, and the Spices, and the precious Ointment, and all the Houfe of his Armour, and all that was found in his Treafures: there was nothing in his Houfe, nor in all his Dominion, that Hezekiah fhewed them not.

14 Then came Ifaiah the Prophet unto King Hezekiah, and faid unto him, What faid these Men? from whence came they unto thee? and Hezekiah faid, They are come from a far Countrey, even from Babylon.

15 And he faid, What have they feen in thine Houfe? and Hezekiah anfwered, All the Things that are in mine House

House have they feen: there is nothing among my Treafures, that I have not fhewed them.

16 And Ifaiah faid unto Hezekiah, Hear the Word of the LORD.

17 Behold, the Days come, that all that is in thine Houfe, and that which thy Fathers have laid up in ftore unto this Day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, faith the LORD.

18 And of thy Sons that fhall iffue from thee, which thou fhalt beget, fhall they take away, and they fhall be Eunuchs in the Palace of the King of Babylon.

19 Then faid Hezekiah unto Ifaiah, Good is the Word of the LORD which thou haft fpoken. And he faid, Is it not good if PEACE and TRUTH be in my DAYS?

21 And Hezekiah flept with his Fathers: and Manaffeh his Son reigned in his ftead.

II. CHRON.

CHA P. XXXIII.

i Manaffeh his wicked Reign: 3 He fetteth up Idolatry, and would not be admonished: 11 He is carried away into Babylon: 12 Upon his praying to GOD he is releafed, and putteth down Idolatry: 18 His Acts: 20 He dying, Amon fucceedeth him. 21 Amon reigning wickedly, is flain by his Servants. 25 The Murderers being flain, Jofiah is made King.

Ver. 1 M began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five

ANASSEH was twelve Years old when he

Years in Jerufalem :

2 But did that which was evil in the fight of the LORD, like unto the ABOMINATION of the HEATHEN, whom the LORD had CAST OUT before the Children of Ifrael.

3 For he built again the HIGH PLACES which Hezekiah had broken down, and he reared the Altar for BAALIM, and worshipped all the Host of Heaven, and ferved them.

4 Alfo he built ALTARS in the Houfe of the LORD, whereof the LORD had faid, In Jerufalem fhall my Name be for ever.

5 And he built ALTARS for all the Host of Heaven, in the two Courts of the Houfe of the LORD.

6 And he caufed his CHILDREN to pass through the FIRE in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom: alfo he obferved

Times, and ufed INCHANTMENTS, and used WITCHCRAFT, and dealt with a FAMILIAR SPIRIT, and with WIZARDS: he wrought much Evil in the fight of the LORD, to provoke him to Anger.

7 And he fet a carved IMAGE (the IDOL which he had made) in the House of GOD, of which GOD had said to David, and to Solomon his Son, In this Houfe, and in Jerufalem, which I have chofen before all the Tribes of Ifrael, will I put my Name for ever.

8 Neither will I any more remove the Foot of Ifrael from out of the Land which I have appointed for your Fathers; fo that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole Law, and the Statutes, and the Ordinances by the Hand of Mofes.

9 So Manaffeh made Judah and the Inhabitants of Jerufalem to ERR, and to do wORSE than the Heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed.

10 And the LORD fpake to Manaffeh, and to his People, by his Servants the Prophets, faying,

2 KINGS XXI.

11 Because Manaffeh King of Judah hath done these Abominations, and hath done wickedly, above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah alfo to fin with his Idols:

12 Therefore thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifrael, Behold, I am bringing fuch Evil upon Jerufalem and Judah, that whofoever heareth of it, both his Ears fhall tingle.

13 And I will stretch over Jerufalem the Line of Samaria, and the Plummet of the Houfe of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerufalem as a Man wipeth a Dish, wiping it, and turning it upfide down.

14 And I will forfake the Remnant of mine Inheritance, and deliver them into the Hand of their Enemies, and they fhall become a Prey, and a Spoil to all their Enemies;

15 Because they have done that which was evil in my fight, and have provoked me to Anger fince the Day their Fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this Day.

16 Morcover, Manaffeh fhed innocent Blood very much, till he had filled Jerufalem from one End to another, befide his Sin wherewith he made Judah to fin, in doing that which was evil in the fight of the LORD.

2 CHRON.

2 CHRON. XXXIII.

11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the Captains of the Hoft of the King of Affyria, which took Manaffeh among the Thorns, and bound him with Fetters, and carried him unto Babylon.

12 And when he was in Affliction, he BESOUGHT the LORD his GOD, and HUмBLED himself greatly before the GOD of his Fathers.

13 And PRAYED unto him, and he was ENTREATED of him, and heard his Supplication, and brought him again to Jerufalem, into his Kingdom. Then Manaffeh KNEW that the LORD he was GOD.

15 And he took away the ftrange Gods, and the IDOL out of the Houfe of the LORD,

Ifai. lv. 7 Let the Wicked forfake his Way, and the unrighteous Man his Thoughts, and let him RETURN unto the LORD, and he will have MERCY upon him, and to our GOD, and he will abundantly PARDON.

8 For my Thoughts are not your Thoughts, neither are your Ways my Ways, faith the LORD.

than the Earth, fo are my Ways than 9 For as the Heavens are higher your Ways, and my Thoughts than your Thoughts.

Jer. xxxi. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I REPENTED: and after that I was inftructed, I fmote upon my Thigh: I was afhamed, yea, even

confounded, because I did bear the

REPROACH of my YOUTH.

and all the Altars that he had built in the Mount of the House of the LORD, and in Jerufalem, and caft them out of the City.

16 And he repaired the Altar of the LORD, and facrificed thereon Peace-offerings, and Thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to ferve the LORD GOD of Ifrael.

17 Nevertheless, the People did facrifice ftill in the high Places, yet unto the LORD their GoD only.

18 Now the reft of the Acts of Manaffeh, and his Prayer unto his GOD, and the Words of the Seers that spake to him in the Name of the LORD GOD of Ifrael, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Ifrael.

19 His Prayer alfo, and how GoD was intreated of him, and all his Sin, before he was humbled; they are written. among the Sayings of the Seers.

20 So Manaffeh flept with his Fathers, and they buried him in his own House: and Amon his Son reigned in his ftead.

21 Amon was two and twenty Years old when he began to reign, and reigned two Years in Jerufalem.

22 But he did that which was EVIL in the fight of the LORD, as did Manaflch his Father: for Amon facrificed

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