Before CHRIST cir. 712.

b ch. 43 1, 7.

c Deu. 82 15.

d ch. 35. 7. Joel 2. 28. John 7. 38. Acts 2. 18.

e ver. 24. ch. 43. 1, 14. fch. 41. 4. & 48. 12. Rev. 1. 8, 17.

& 22. 13. g ch. 41. 4,

22.

& 45, 21.

h ch. 41, 22, i ch. 43. 10, 12.

* Deu, 4. 35, 39.

& 32. 39,

2 Sam. 22.

82.

ch. 45. 5.

2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the

water courses.

5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: hhave not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? iye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

9 They that make a graven 1 Sam. 2. 2. image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own wit+ Heb. Rock, nesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image "that is profitable for nothing?

Deu. 32. 4.

7 ch. 41. 24, 29.

↑ Heb. desirable.

m Ps. 115. 4, &c.

n Jer. 10. 5.
Hab. 2. 18.
o Ps. 97. 7.
ch. 1. 29.
& 42. 17.
& 45. 16.

11 Behold, all his fellows shall be 0 ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashionp ch. 40. 19. & 41. 6. eth it with hammers, and worketh Jer. 10. 3, it with the strength of his arms: &c. yea, he is hungry, and his strength I Or, faileth: he drinketh no water, and with an axe. is faint.

■ Or, taketh

courage.

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and wor

shippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

17. And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

Before CHRIST cir. 712.

11.

18 They have not known nor un-q ch. 45. 20. derstood: for he hath shut their r 2 Thess. 2. eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

+ Heb. daubed.

Heb. setteth to his heart.

19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have ch. 46. 8. baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: ta deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

+ Heb. that which comes of a tree?

t Hos. 4. 12. Rom. 1. 21. 2 Thess. 2. 11.

21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for "thou art my servant: I u ver. 1, 2 have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

y ch. 43. 1. & 48. 20. 1 Cor. 6. 20. 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19.

22 I have blotted out, as a thick ch. 43. 25. cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

z Ps. 69. 34. & 96. 11, 12 ch, 42. 10. & 49, 13. Jer. 51. 48. Rev. 18. 20. a ver. 6. ch. 43. 14. b ch. 43. 1. c Job 9. 8.

24 Thus saith the LORD, "thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by my- Ps. 104. 2. self;

ch. 40. 22. & 42. 5. & 45. 12. & 51. 13.

25 That dfrustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men back- ach. 47. 18. ward, fand maketh their knowledgee Jer. 50. 36. foolish;

f 1 Cor. 1.

20.

26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel Zech. 1. 6. of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

+ Heb. wastes.

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, h See and I will dry up thy rivers:

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.

Jer. 50, 88.
& 51. 32,
36.

i 2 Chr. 36.
22, 23.
Ezra 1. 1,
&c.
ch. 45. 13.

Before CHRIST cir. 712.

a ch. 41. 13. [ Or, strengthened. b ch. 41. 2. Dan. 5. 30. c ch. 40. 4. d Ps. 107. 16.

e ch. 41. 23. f Ex. 33. 12, 17.

ch. 43. 1.
& 49. 1.

g ch. 44. 1,

CHAPTER 45.

1 God calleth Cyrus for his church's sake. 5 By his omnipotency he challengeth obedience. 20 He convinceth the idols of vanity by his saving power.

THUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose "right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: dI will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, "that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel,

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast

h 1 Thess. 4.not known me.

5.

i Deu. 4. 35, 39.

& 32 39.
ch. 44. 8.
& 46, 9.

21, 22.

¿ Ps. 18. 32, 89.

5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

6 That they may know from the k ver. 14, 18, rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and "create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

m Ps. 102. 15.

ch. 37. 20. Mal. 1. 11. n Amos 3. 6. o Ps. 72. 3. & 85. 11.

p ch. 64. 8.

q ch. 29. 16, Jer. 18. 6.

Rom. 9. 20.

Jer. 31. 9. 8 Is. 29. 23. t ch. 42. 5. Jer. 27. 5.

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. 9 Woe unto him that striveth with Phis Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask u Gen. 1. 26, me of things to come concerning "my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

27.

≈ Gen. 2. 1. y ch. 41. 2. Or, make straight.

≈ 2 Chr. 36. 22, 23. Ezra 1. 1, &c.

ch. 44. 28. a ch. 52. 3. See

Rom. 3. 24. b Ps. 68. 31.

& 72. 10, 11.
ch 49. 23.
& 60. 9, 10,
14, 16.

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seekoch. 41. 22. ye me in vain: "I the LORD speak & 43. 9. righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20 ¶ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: "they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

& 44. 7. & 46. 10. & 48. 14. p ver. 5, 14, 18.

ch. 44. 8. & 46. 9. & 48. 3, &c.

q Ps. 22. 27. & 65. 5. r Gen. 22.

16.

Heb. 6. 13.

Rom. 14.

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from allcient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? Pand there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is Gen. 31. none beside me.

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I "righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

11. Phil. 2. 10.

53.

Deu, 6, 13.
Ps. 63. 11.
ch. 65, 16.

Or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all right

eousness

and
strength.

u Jer. 23. 5. 1 Cor. 1. 30.

Heb. righteous

nesses.

25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall ch. 41. 11. glory.

23.

CHAPTER 46.

The idols of Babylon could not save themselves. 3 God saveth his people to the end. 5 Idols are not comparable to God for power, 12 or present salvation.

EL

y ver. 17. z 1 Cor. 1. 31.

Beth, howeth down. Nebo stoop eth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver thee Jer. 48. 7. burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

Heb.

their soul.

Before CHRIST cir. 712.

d Ex. 19. 4.
Deu. 1. 31.
& 32. 11.
Ps. 71. 6.
ch. 63. 9.

e Ps. 102. 27.

Mal. 3. 6. f Ps. 48. 14. & 71. 18.

g ch. 40. 18,
25.

h ch. 40. 19.
& 41. 6.
& 44. 12,
19.

Jer. 10. 3.

i Jer. 10. 5.

k ch. 45, 20.

I ch. 44. 19.
& 47. 7.
m Deu. 32.
7.

n ch. 45. 5,
21.

o ch, 45, 21. p Ps. 33. 11. Pro. 19. 21. & 21. 30. Acts 5. 39.

3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, dwhich are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, kone shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

8 Remember this, and shew your selves men: 'bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

9 m Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and "there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, Heb. 6. 17. My counsel shall stand, and I will q ch. 41. 2, do all my pleasure: 25.

† Heb. the man of my counsel.

→ ch. 44. 28. & 45. 13.

8 Num. 23. 19.

t Ps. 76. 5.

u Rom. 10. 3.

x ch. 51. 5. Rom. 1. 17. & 3. 21. y Hab. 2. 3.

z ch. 62. 11.

cir. 712.

11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

12 Hearken unto me, ye tstouthearted, "that are far from right

eousness:

13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

CHAPTER 47.

6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, hver. 7. and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very i See 2 Sam. heavily laid thy yoke.

7 And thou saidst, I shall be ma lady for ever: so that thou didst not "lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

9 But these two things shall comer ch. 51. 19. to thee in a moment in one day, s 1 Thess. 5. the loss of children, and widow- 3.. hood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitudet Nah. 3. 4. of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, Or, I am, and none else beside me.

11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thine enchant-3. ments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

13 Thou art wearied in the multi-a ch. 57. 10. tude of thy counsels. Let now the bch. 44. 25. astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

14 Behold, they shall be as stub

resistible.

YOME down, and sit in the

a Jer: 75. 18. C dust, virgin daughter of Baby

b ch. 3. 26.

c Ex. 11. 5. Judg. 16. 21.

Matt. 24. 41.

d ch. 3. 17. & 20. 4. Jer. 13. 22, 26. Nah. 3. 5. e Rom. 12. 19.

fch. 43. 3, 14.

Jer. 50. 34.

g 1 Sam. 2.

lon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

3 dThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man,

4 As for four redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One Israel.

shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

CHAPTER 48.

1 God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinacy, revealed his prophecies. 9 He saveth them for his own sake. 12 He exhorteth them to obedience, because of his power and providence. 16 He lamenteth their backwardness. 20 He powerfully delivereth his out of Babylon.

ye of

Before CHRIST cir. 712.

b Deu. 6. 13.
ch. 65. 16.
Zeph. 1. 5.
c Jer. 4. 2.
& 5. 2.

d ch. 52. 1. e Mic. 3. 11. Rom. 2. 17. fch. 41. 22. & 42. 9. & 43. 9. & 44. 7, 8. & 45, 21. & 46. 9, 10. 9 Josh. 21. 45.

+ Heb. hard.

ousness.

2 For they call themselves d of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came Deu. 31. 27. to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

h Ex. 32. 9.

i ver. 3.

k Ps. 58. 3.

7 ver. 11. Ps. 79. 9. & 106. 8. ch. 43, 25. Ezek. 20. 9, 14, 22, 44. m Ps. 78. 38. n Ps. 66. 10.

Or, for silver. See Ezek. 22. 20, 21, 22. O ver. 9.

p See Deu. 32. 26, 27. Ezek, 20. 9. g ch. 42. 8. r Deu. 32. 39.

8 ch. 41. 4. & 44. 6. Rev. 1. 17. & 22. 13.

t Ps. 102. 25.

! Or,

the palm of

my right hand hath spread out. uch. 40. 26.

2 ch. 41. 22. & 43. 9.

& 44. 7. & 45. 20, 21. y ch. 45. 1.

z ch. 44. 28.

a ch. 45. 1,

2, &c.

b eh. 45. 19.

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not: lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and

wast called ka transgressor from

the womb.

9 For my name's sake " will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off

10 Behold, "I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for Phow should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; "I am he; I am the first, I also am the

last.

13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, "I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it

Before CHRIST

cir. 712.

c ch. 61. 1. Zech. 2. 8, 9, 11.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which a ver. 20. leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

18 fO that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the

sea:

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

ch. 43. 14.
& 44. 6, 24.

e Ps. 32. 8.
Deu. 32.

29. Ps. 81. 13. g Ps. 119. 165.

Gen. 22. 17. Hos. 1. 10.

ich. 52. 11.

Jer. 50. 8.
& 51. 6, 45.
Zech. 2. 6,7.
Rev. 18. 4.

k Ex. 19. 4,

5, 6.
ch. 44. 22,
23.

I See ch. 41.
17, 18.

m Ex. 17. 6. Num. 20. 11. Ps. 105. 41. n ch. 57. 21.

21 And they 'thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22" There is no peace, saith the ver. 5. LORD, unto the wicked.

CHAPTER 49.

a ch. 41. 1.

Jer. 1. 5. Matt. 1. 20, 21.

Luke 1. 15,

31.

John 10. 36.

1 Christ, being sent to the Jews, complaineth of them. 5 He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises. 13 God's love is perpetual to his church. 18 The ample restoration of the church. 24 The power-e ch. 11. 4. ful deliverance out of captivity.

LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and

hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; din the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Thou art

3 And said unto me, my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, "Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

6 And he said, "It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, "to him whom man despiseth, to him whom

Gal. 1. 15.

& 51, 16.
Hos. 6, 5.
Heb. 4. 12.
Rev. 1. 16.

d ch. 51. 16.

Ps. 45. 5. fch. 42. 1.

Zech. 3. 8.

gch. 44. 23.

John 13. 31.
& 15. 8.
Eph. 1. 6.

h Ezek. 8. 19.

Or,
reward,

ch. 40. 10.
& 62. 11.

ver. 1. Or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, &c. & Matt. 23.

37.

Or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, &c. Or, desolations.

7 ch. 42. 6. & 60. 3. Luke 2. 32. Acts 13. 47. & 26. 18.

m ch. 53. 3.

Matt. 26. 67. 1 Or, to him that is despised in soul.

Before CHRIST cir. 712.

n ver. 23.

Ps. 72. 10, 11.

• See

Ps. 69. 13. 2 Cor. 6. 2

p ch. 42. 6. Il Or, raise up.

9 ch. 42. 7.

the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, "Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, Pand give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

9 That thou mayest say to the Zech. 9. 12. prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

r Rev. 7. 16. 8 Ps. 121. 6.

t Ps. 23. 2.

u ch. 40. 4.

x ch. 43, 5, 6.

y ch. 44, 23.

z See

ch. 40. 27.

a See

Mal. 3. 17.

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

15 "Can a woman forget her suckPs. 103. 13. ing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her Heb. from womb? yea, they may forget, byet + will I not forget thee. having compassion. b Rom. 11. 29. c See

Ex. 13. 9. Cant. 8. 6. d ver. 19.

e ch. 60. 4.

f Pro. 17. 6.

g See

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 17 Thy children shall make haste; dthy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, fas with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow ch. 54. 1, 2. by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Zech. 2. 4. & 10. 10. h ch. 60. 4.

20 The children which thou shalt iMatt. 3. 9. have, iafter thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

Rom. 11. 11, 12, &c.

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am deso

"the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? b See or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgres-d Pro. 1. 24. sions is your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? dwhen I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, fat my rebuke If dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.