the king of Assyria and I will defend this city 7 And this shall be a signe unto thee from the LORD that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken 8 Behold I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the †Heb. degrees by or with the sun sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward So the sun returned ten degrees by which degrees it was gone down 9 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick and was recovered of his sickness 10 I said in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates of the grave I am deprived of the residue of my years 11 I said I shall not see the LORD even the LORD in the land of the living I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world 12 Mine age is departed and is removed from me as a shepherds tent I have cut off like a weaver my life he will cut me off ‖ Or from the thrum with pining sickness from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me 13 I reckoned till morning that as a lion so will he break all my bones from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me 14 Like a crane or a swallow so did I chatter I did mourn as a dove mine eyes fail with looking upward O LORD I am oppressed ‖ Or case me undertake for me 15 What shall I say he hath both spoken unto me and himself hath done it I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul 16 O Lord by these things men live and in all these things is the life of my spirit so wilt thou recover me and make me to live 17 Behold ‖ Or on my peace came great bitterness for peace I had great bitterness but †Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption for thou hast cast all my sins behinde thy back 18 For the grave can not praise thee death cannot celebrate thee they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth 19 The living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day the father to the children shall make known thy truth 20 The LORD was ready to save me therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD 21 For Isaiah had said let them take a lump of figs and lay it for a plaister upon the boyl and he shall recover 22 Hezekiah also had said What is the signe that I shall go up to the house of the LORD CHAP. XXXIX 1 Merodath-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder bath notice of his treasures 3 Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity AT * 2 Kin. 20.12 c. that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present to Hezekiah for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them and shewed them the house of his ‖ Or spicery precious things the silver and the gold and the spices and the precions ointment and all the house of his ‖ Or jewels †Heb. verssels or instruments armour and all that was found in his treasures there was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah shewed them not 3 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah and said unto him What said these men and from whence came they unto thee And Hezekiah said They are come from a far countrey unto me even from Babylon 4 Then said he What have they seen in thine house And Hezekiah answered All that is in mine house have they seen there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah Hear the word of the LORD of hosts 6 Behold the days come that all that is in thine house and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day shall be carried to Babylon nothing shall be left saith the LORD 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken he said moreover For there shall be peace and truth in my days CHAP. XL. 1 The promulgation of the gospel 3 The preaching of John Baptist 9 The preaching of the apostles 12 The prophet by the omnipotency of God 18 and his incomparableness 26 comforteth the people COmfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God 2 Speak ye †Heb. to the heare comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her ‖ Or appointed time warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the LORDs hand double for all her sins 3 ¶ * Mat. 3.3 Mar. 1.3 Lu. 3.4 Joh. 1.23 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the LORD make strait in the desert a high-way forour God 4 Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made ‖ Or a strait place strait and the rough places ‖ Or a plain place plain 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it 6 The voice said Cry And he said What shall I cry * Job 14.2 Ps 102.11 and 103.15 Jam. 1.10 1 Pet. 1.24 All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field 7 The grass withereth the flower fadeth because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it surely the people is grass 8 The grass withereth the flower fadeth but the * Joh. 12.34 1 Pet. 1.25 word of our God shall stand for ever 9 ¶ ‖ Or O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion O Zion that bringest good tidings get thee up into the high mountain ‖ Or O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem O Jerusalem that bringest good tidings lift up thy voice with strength lift it up be not afraid say unto the cities of Judah Behold your God 10 Behold the Lord GOD will come ‖ Or against the strong with strong hand and his arm shall rule for him behold * Ch. 62.11 his reward is with him and ‖ Or recompence for his work his work before him 11 He shall * Ezek. 34.23 Joh. 10.11 feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those ‖ Or that give suck that are with young 12 ¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meted
sea on the right side of the house east ward over against the south 40 ¶ And Hiram made the lavers and the shovels and the basons so Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD 41 The two pillars and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars and the two net-works to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were †Heb. upon the face of 〈◊〉 pillars upon the pillars 43 And the ten bases and ten lavers on the bases 44 And one sea and twelve oxen under the sea 45 And the pots and the shovels and the basons and all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD were of †Heb. made bright oâ— sâ—oures bright brass 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them †Heb. in the thickâ—â—â— of the ground in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zarthan 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed †Heb. for the exceeding multitude because they were exceeding many neither was the weight of the brass †Heb. searched found out 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD the altar of gold and the table of gold whereupon the shew-bread was 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold five on the right side and five on the left before the oracle with the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold 50 And the bowls and the snuffers and the basons and the spoons and the †Heb. asâ—â—pans censers of pure gold and the hinges of gold both for the doors of the inner house the most holy place and for the doors of the house to wit of the temple 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD and Solomon brought in the †Heb. 〈◊〉 thâ—â—â—s of David things * 2 Chrâ— 5.1 which David his father had dedicated even the silver and the gold and the vessels did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD CHAP. VIII 1 The feast of the dedication of the temple 12 54 Solomons blessing 22 Solomons prayer 62 His sacrifice of peace offerings THen * 2 Chro. 5.2 Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes the †Heb. priâ—â—â—â— chief of the fathers of the children of Israel unto king Solomon in Jerusalem that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David which is Zion 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the moneth Ethanim which is the seventh moneth 3 And all the elders of Israel came and the priests took up the ark 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD and the tabernacle of the congregation and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle even those did the priests and the Levites bring up 5 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him were with him before the ark sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be told nor numbred for multitude 6 And the priest-brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place into the oracle of the house to the most holy place even under the wings of the cherubims 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark and the cherubims covered the ark the staves thereof above 8 And they drew out the staves that the †Heb. heard ends of the staves were seen out in the ‖ Or arkâ— as 2 Chr. 5. â— holy place before the oracle and they were not seen without and there they are unto this day 9 There was nothing in the ark * Deu. 10.5 save the two tables of stone which MOses put there at Horeb ‖ Or where when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt 10 And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place that the cloud * Exod. 4â— 34 filled the house of the LORD 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD 12 ¶ Then spake Solomon The LORD * 2 Chr. 6.1 said that he would dwell in the thick darkness 13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in a settled place for thee to abide in for ever 14 And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel and all the congregation of Israel stood 15 And he said Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which spake with his mouth unto David my father and hath with his hand fulfilled it saying 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house that my name might be therein but I chose * 2 Sam. 7.8 David to be over my people Israel 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 18 And the LORD said unto David my father Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name thou didst well that it was in thine heart 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loyns he shall build the house unto my name 20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake and I am risen up in the room of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel as the LORD promised and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 21 And I have set there a place for the ark wherein is the covenant of the LORD which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt 22 ¶ And Solomon stood before * 2 Chr. 6.12 the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven 23 And he said * 2 Mac. 2.8 LORD God of Israel there is no God like thee in heaven above or on earth beneath who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hand as it is this day 25 Therefore now LORD God of Israel keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him saying * Chap. 2.4 2 Sâ—m 7.12 †Heb. There shall
‖ Or victual of meal meat meal cakes of figs and bunches of raisins and wine and oyl and oxen and sheep abundantly for there was joy in Israel CHAP. XIII 1 David fetcheth the ark with great solemnity from Kirjath-jearim 9Vzza being smitten the ark is left at the house of Obed-edom ANd David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds and with every leader 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel If it seem good unto you and that it be of the LORD our God †Heb. let us break forth and send let us send abroad unto our brethren every where that are left in all the land of Israel and with them also to the priests and Levites which are †Heb. in the cities of their suburbs in their cities and suburbs that they may gather themselves unto us 3 And let us †Heb. bring about bring again the ark of our God to us for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people 5 So * 1 Sam. 7.1 2 Sam. 6.1 David gathered all Israel together from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entring of Hemath to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim 6 And David went up and all Israel to * Josh 15.9 Baalah that is to Kirjath-jearim which belonged to Judah to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD that dwelleth between the cherubims whose name is called on it 7 And they †Heb. made the ark to ride carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might and with †Heb. songs singing and with harps and with psalteries and with timbrels and with cymbals and with trumpets 9 ¶ And when they came unto the threshing-floor of ‖ Called nachon 2 Sam. 6. â— Chidon Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark for the oxen ‖ Or shook it stumbled 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza and he smote him * Num. 4.15 because he put his hand to the ark and there he died before God 11 And David was displeased because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza wherefore that place is called ‖ That is the breach of Vzza Perez-uzza to this day 12 And David was afraid of God that day laying How shall I bring the ark of God home to me 13 So David †Heb. removed brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three moneths And the LORD blessed * As chap. 25.5 the house of Obed-edom and all that he had CHAP. XIV 1 Hirams kindness to David 2 Davids felicity in people wives and children 8 His two victories against the Philistines NOw * 2 Sam. 5.11 c. Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David and timber of cedars with masons and carpenters to build him an house 2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel for his kingdom was â—â—â—t up on high because of his people Israel 3 ¶ And David took †Heb yet mo wives at Jerusalem and David begat mo sons and daughters 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem Shammua and Shobab Nathan and Solomon 5 And Ibhar and Elishua and Elpalet 6 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 7 And Elishama and ‖ Or Eliada 2 Sam. 5.16 Beeliada and Eliphalet 8 ¶ And when the Philistines heard that * 2 Sam. 5.17 David was anointed king over all Israel all the Philistines went up to seek David and David heard of it and went out against them 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim 10 And David enquired of God saying Shall I go up against the Philistines and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand And the LORD said unto him Go up for I will deliver them into thine hand 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim and David smote them there Then David said God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters therefore they called the name of that place ‖ That is a place of creathes Baal-perazim 12 And when they had left their gods there David gave a commandment and they were burnt with fire 13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley 14 Therefore David enquired again of God and God said unto him God not up after them turn away from them * 2 Sam. 5.23 and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees 15 And it shall be when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry-trees that then thou shalt go out to battel for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines 16 David therefore did as God commanded him and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer 17 And the fame of David went out into all lands and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations CHAP. XV. 1 David havinâ— prepared a place for the ark ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom 25 He perfâ—rmeth the solemnity thereof with treat for 29 Michal despiseth him ANd David made him houses in the city of David and prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched for it a tent 2 Then David said †Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God but for the Levites None ought to carry the * Num. 4.2 15. ark of God but the Levites for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God and to minister unto him for ever 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place which he had prepared for it 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites 5 Of the sons of Kohath Uriel the chief and his ‖ Or kinsman brethren an hundred and twenty 6 Of the sons of Merari Asaiah the chief and his brethren two hundred and twenty 7 Of the sons of Gershom Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan Shemaiah the chief and his brethren two hundred 9 Of the sons of Hebron Eliel the chief his brethren fourscore 10 Of the sons of Uzziel Amminadab the chief and his brethren an hundred and twelve 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests and for the Levites for Uriel Asaiah Joel Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab 12 And said unto them Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites sanctifie yourselves both ye and your brethren that you
and all the instruments put he among the treasures of the house of God 2 ¶ * 1 King 8.2 c. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel unto Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David which is Zion 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh moneth 4 And all the elders of Israel came and the Levites took up the ark 5 And they brought up the ark and the tabernacle of the congregation and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle these did the priests and the Levites bring up 6 Also king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark sacrificed sheep and oxen which could not be told nor numbred for multitude 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place to the oracle of the house into the most holy place even under the wings of the cherubims 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above 9 And they drew our the staves of the ark that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle but they were not seen without And ‖ Or they are there as 1 King 8.8 there it is unto this day 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses * Deut. 10.2 5. put therein at Horeb ‖ Or where when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt 11 ¶ And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place for all the priests that were †Heb. sound present were sanctified and did not then wait by course 12 * 1 Chr. 25.1 Also the Levites which were the singers all of them of Asaph of Heman of Jeduthun with their sons and their brethren being arayed in white linen having cymbals and psalteries and harps stood at the east-end of the altar and with them an hundred and twenty priests scunding with trumpets 13 It came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in prassing and thanking the LORD and when they lift up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick and praised the LORD saying * Psal 136. For he is good for his mercy endureth for ever that then the house was filled with a cloud even the house of the LORD 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God CHAP. VI. 1 Solomon having blessed the people blesseth God 12 Solomons prayer in the conscoration of the temple upon the brasen scaffold THen * 1 King 8.12 c. said Solomon The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the * Levit. 16.2 thick darkness 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee and a place for thy dwelling for ever 3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel and all the congregation of Israel stood 4 And he said Blessed be the LORD God of Israel who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David saying 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in that my name might be there neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there and have chosen Davin to be ruler over my people Israel 7 Now * 2 Sam. 7.2 1 Chr. 28.2 it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 8 But the LORD said to David my father Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name thou didst well in that it was in thine heart 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loyns he shall build the house for my name 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken for I am risen up in the room of David my father and am set on the throne of Israel as the LORD promised and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel 11 And in it have I put the ark wherein is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the children of Israel 12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits †Heb. the length thereof c. long and five cubits broad and three cubits high and had set it in the midst of the court and upon it he stood and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hand towards heaven 14 And said O LORD God of Israel * Exod. 15.11 there is no God like thee in the heaven nor in the earth which keepest covenant and shewest mercy unto thy servants that walk before thee with all their hearts 15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him and spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hand as it is this day 16 Now therefore O LORD God of Israel keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him saying * 1 Sam. 7.12 1 King 2.4 6.12 †Heb. there shall not a man be cut off There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel * Psal 132.12 yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me 17 Now then O LORD God of Israel let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto they servant David 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth * Chap. 2.6 Isa 66. 1. Acts 7.49 behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee how much less this house which I have built 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of they servant and to his supplication O LORD my God to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth ‖ Or in the place towards this place 21 Hearken therefore unto the
21 Yet I had * Ex. 15.17 Psal 44.2 and 80.8 Isa 5.1 c. Mat. 21.33 Mar. 12.1 Luke 20.9 planted thee a noble vine wholly a right seed how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant or a strange vine unto me 22 For though thou * Job 9.30 wash thee with nitre and take thee much sope yet thine miquity is marked before me saith the Lord GOD. 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 ‖ Or O swist dromedary thou art a swist dromedary traversing her ways 24 ‖ Or O Wilde ass c. A wilde ass †Heb. â—auâ—ht used to the wilderness that snuffeth up the wind at ther pleasure in her occasion who can ‖ Or reverse it turn her away all they that seek her will not weary themselves in her moneth they shall finde her 25 Withhold thy soot from being unshod and thy throat from thirif but thou saidst ‖ Or Is the case desperate There is no hope No for I have loved strangers and after them will I go 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found so is the house of Israel ashamed they their kings their princes and their priests and their prophets 27 Saying to a stock Thou art my father and to a stone Thou hast ‖ Or begotten me brought me forth †Heb. the desire of her heart for they have turned †Heb. the binder port of the nâ—ok their back unto me and not their face but in the time of their * Isa 26.16 trouble they will say Arise and save us 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee let them arise if they * Isa 45.20 can save thee in the time of thy †Heb. evil trouble for * Ch. 11.13 according to the number of thy cities are thy gods O Judah 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me ye all have transgressed against me saith the LORD 30 In vain have I * Isa 9.13 Chap. 5.3 smitten your children they received no correction your own sword hath * Matth. 23.29 c. devoured your prophets like a destroying lion 31 ¶ O generation see ye the word of the LORD * Vers 5 have I been a wilderness unto Israel a land of darkness wherefore say my people †Heb. We have dominion We are lords we will come no more unto thee 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire yet my people have forgotten me days without number 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways 34 Also in thy skirts is found the a bloud of the souls of the poor innocents I have not found it by †Heb. digging 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 with thee because thou sayest I have not sinned 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wast ashamed of Assyria 37 Yea thou shalt go forth from him and thine hands upon thine head for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences and thou shalt not prosper in them CHAP. III. 3 Gods great mercy in Judaks vile whoredom 6 Judab is worse then Israel 12 The promises of the gospel to the penitent 20 Israel reproved and caded by God maketha solemn coufession of their sins †Heb. Saâ—inâ— THey say If a man put away his wife and the go from him and become another mans * Deut. 34.4 shall he return unto her again shall not that land be greatly polluted but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet return again to me saith the LORD 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places and see where thou hast not been hen with in the ways hast thou sat for them as the Arabran in the wilderness and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness 3 Therefore the * Deut. â—â— 24 Chap. 9.12 showres have been withholden and there hath been no latter rain and thou hadst a * Chap. 6.15 whores forchead thou refusedst to be ashamed 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me My father thou art the guide of my youth 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever will he keep it to the end Behold thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest 6 ¶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king Hast thou seen that which backiliding Israel hath done she is * Chap 2.32 gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree and there hath played the harlot 7 And I said after she had done all these things Turn thou unto me but she returned not and her treacherous sister Judah saw it 8 And I saw when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also 9 And it came to pass through the ‖ Or same lightness of her whoredom that she defiled the land committed adultery with stones and with stocks 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart but †Heb. in falstood feignedly saith the LORD 11 And the LORD said unto me The backsliding Israel hath justified her self more then treacherous Judah 12 ¶ Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say Return thou backsliding Israel saith the LORD and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you for I am * Psal 8â— 15 103.8 9. mercitul saith the LORD and I will not keep enger for ever 13 Onely acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree ye have not obeyed my voice saith the LORD 14 Turn O backsliding children saith the LORD for I am married unto you and I will take you one of a city and two of a family and I will bring you to Zion 15 And I will give you * Chap. 23 4. pastonrs according to mine heart which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding 16 And it shall come to pass when ye be multiplied and increased in the land in those days saith the LORD they shall say no more The ark of the covenant of the LORD neither shall it †Heb. come upon the heart come to minde neither shall they remember it neither shall they visit it neither shall ‖ Or it be magnified that be done any more 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD and all the nations shall be gathered unto it to the name of the LORD to Jerusalem
neither shall they walk any more after the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of their evil heart 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk ‖ Or to with the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have ‖ Or caused your father to possess given for an inheritance unto your fathers 19 But I said How shall I put thee among the children and give thee a †Heb. land of desire pleasant land †Heb. an heritage of clory or beauty a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations and I said Thou shalt call me My father shalt not turn away †Heb. from after me from me 20 ¶ Surely as a wife treacheroully departeth from her †Heb. friend husband so have you dealt treacherously with me O house of Israel saith the LORD 21 A voice was heard upon the high places weeping and supplications of the children of Israel for they have perverted their way and they have forgotten the LORD their God 22 * Hol. 14.1 Return ye backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings behold we come unto thee for thou art the LORD our God 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth their flocks and their herds their sons and their daughters 25 We lie down in our shame and our confusion covereth us for we have sinned against the LORD our God we and our fathers from our youth even unto this day and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God CHAP. IV. 1 God calleth Israel by his promise 3 He exhorteth Judab to repentance by fearful judgements 19 A grievous lamentation for the in series of Judah IF thou wilt return O Israel saith the LORD * Joel ◠12. return unto me and it thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight then shalt thou not remove 2 And thou shalt swear The LORD liveth in truth in judgement and in righteousness and the nations shall bless themselves in him and in him shall they * 2 Cor. 10.37 glory 3 ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem Break up your tallow-ground and sowe not among thorns 4 Circumcise your selves to the LORD and take away the foreskins or your heart ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem lest my fury come forth like fire and burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your doings 5 Declare ye in Judah and Publish in Jerusalem and say Blow ye the trumpet in the land cry gather together and say Assemble your selves and let us go into the defenced cities 6 Set up the standard towards Zion ‖ Or strengthen retire stay not for I will bring evil from the * Chap. 1.13 14 15. and 6.22 north and a great †Heb. breaking destruction 7 The lion is come up from his thicket and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant 8 For this * Chap. 6.26 gird you with sackcloth lament and howl for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us 9 And it shall come to pass at that day saith the LORD that the heart of the king shall perish and the heart of the princes and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder 10 Then said I Ah Lord GOD surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerulalem saying Ye shall have peace whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people not to fan nor to cleanse 12 Even ‖ Or a suller wind then those a full wind from those places shall come unto me now also will I †Heb. utter judgements give sentence against them 13 Behold he shall come up as clouds and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind his horses are swifter then eagles wo unto us for we are spoiled 14 O Jerusalem * Isa 1.16 wash thine heart from wickedness that thou mayest be saved how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee 15 For a voice declareth * Chap. 6.16 from Dan and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim 16 Make ye mention to the nations behold publish against Jerusalem that watchers come from a far countrey and give out their voice against the cities of Judah 17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about because she hath been rebellious against me saith the LORD 18 * Psal 107.17 Isa 50.1 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee this is thy wickedness because it is bitter because it reacheth unto thine heart 19 ¶ My * Isa 22.4 Chap. 9.1 bowels my bowels I am pained at †Heb. the wall◠of my heart my very heart my heart maketh a noise in me I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard O my soul the sound of the trumpet the alarm of war 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried for the whole land is spoiled suddenly are my tents spoiled and my curtains in a moment 21 How long shall I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet 22 For my people is foolish they have not known me they are sottish children and they have none understanding they are wise to do evil but to do good they have no knowledge 23 I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens and they had no light 24 I beheld the mountains and lo they trembled and all the hills moved lightly 25 I beheld and lo there was no man and all the birds of the heavens were fled 26 I beheld and lo the fruitful place was a wilderness and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD and by his fierce anger 27 For thus hath the LORD said The whole land shall be desulate * Chap. ◠18 yet will I not make a full end 28 For this shall the earth mourn and the heavens above be black because I have spoken it I have purposed it and will not repent neither will I turn back from it 29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the hors-men and bowe-men they shall go into thickets and climb up upon the rocks every city shall be forsaken and not a man dwell therein 30 And when thou art spoiled what wilt thou do Though thou clothest thy self with crimson though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold though thou rentest thy †Heb. eyes face with painting in vain shalt thou make thy self fair thy lovers will
utterly ‖ Or abolished rooted out 11 Who then should make more mourning then she that hath lost so great a multitude and not thou which art sorry but for one 12 But if thou sayest unto me My lamentation is not like the earths because I have lost the fruit of my womb which I brought forth with pains and bare with sorrows 13 ‖ But the earth after the manner of the earth whereinto the present multitude is gone again as it came out But the earth not so for the multitude present in it according to the course of the earth is gone as it came 14 Then say I unto thee Like as thou hast brought forth with labour even so the earth also hath given her fruit namely man ever since the beginning unto him that made her 15 Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thy self and bear with a good courage that which hath be faln thee 16 For it thou shalt acknowledge the determination of God to be just thou shalt both receive thy son in time and shalt be commended amongst women 17 Go thy way then into the city to thine husband 18 And she said unto me That will I not do I will not go into the city but here will I die 19 So I proceeded to speak further unto her and said 20 Do not so but be counselled by me for how many are the adversities of Sion be comforted in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem 21 For thou seest that our sanctuary is said waste our altar broken down our temple destroyed 22 Our psaltery is laid on the ground our song is put to silence our rejoycing is at an end the light of our candlestick is put out the ark of our covenant is spoiled our holy things are defiled and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned our children are put to shame our priests are burnt our Levites are gone into captivity our virgins are defiled and our wives ravished our righteous men carried away our little ones destroyed our young men are brought in bondage and our strong men are become weak 23 And which is the greatest of all the seal of Sion hath now lost her honour for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us 24 And therefore shake off thy great heaviness and put away the multitude of sorrows that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour 25 And it came to pass while I was talking with her behold her face upon a sudden shined exceedingly and her countenance glistered so that I was afraid of her and mused what it might be 26 And behold suddenly she made a great cry very fearful so that the earth shook at the noise of the woman 27 And I looked and behold the woman appeared unto me no more but there was a city builded and a large place shewed it self from the foundations then was I afraid and cried with a loud voice and said 28 Where is * Ch. 4.1 Uriel the angel who came unto me at the first for he hath caused me to fall ‖ Or into the multitude in a trance into many trances and mine end is turned into corruption and my prayer to rebuke 29 And as I was speaking these words behold he came unto me and looked upon me 30 And so I say as one that had been dead and mine understanding was taken from me and he took me by the right hand and comforted me and set me upon my feet and said unto me 31 What aileth thee and why art thou so disquieted and why is thine understanding troubled and the thoughts of thine heart 32 And I said Because thou hast forsaken me and yet I did according to thy * Chap 5.20 words and I went into the field and so I have seen and yet see that I am not able to express 33 And he said unto me Stand up manfully and I will advise thee 34 Then said I Speak on my lord in me onely forsake me not lest I die frustrate of my hope 35 For I have seen that I knew not and hear that I do not know 36 Or is my sense deceived or my soul in a dream 37 Now therefore I beseech thee that thou wilt shew thy servant of this ‖ Or trance vision 38 He answered me then and said Hear me and I shall inform thee and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee 39 He hath seen that thy ‖ Or purpose way is right for that thou sorrowest continually for thy people and makest great lamentation for Sion 40 This therefore is the meaning of the vision which thou lately sawest 41 Thou sawest a woman mourning and thou beganst to comfort her 42 But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more but there appeared unto thee a city builded 43 And whereas she told thee of the death of her son this is the ‖ Or interpretation solution 44 This woman whom thou sawest is Sion and whereas she said unto thee even she whom thou seest as a city builded 45 Whereas I say she said unto thee that she hath been thirty years barren those are the thirty years wherein there was no offering made in her 46 But after thirty years Solomon builded the city and offered offerings and then bare the barren a son 47 And whereas she told thee that she nourished him with labour that was the dwelling in Jerusalem 48 But whereas she said unto thee That my son coming into his marriage-chamber hapned to have a fall and died this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem 49 And behold thou sawest her likeness and because she mourned for her son thou beganst to comfort her and of these things which have chanced these are to be opened unto thee 50 For now the most High seeth that thou art grieved unfeignedly and sufferest from thy whole heart for her so hath he shewed thee the brightness of her glory and the comeliness of her beauty 51 And therefore I bade thee remain in the field where no house was builded 52 For I knew that the Highest would shew this unto thee 53 Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field where no foundation of any building was 54 For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city there can no mans building be able to stand 55 And therefore sear not let not thine heart he affrighted but go thy way in and see the beauty and greatness of the building as much as thine eyes be able to see 56 And then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend 57 For thou art blessed above many other and ‖ Or at called to be with c. art called with the Highest and so are but few 58 But to morrow at night thou shalt remain here 59 And so shall the Highest shew thee visions of the ‖ Or
of Eliseus 17 and of Ezekias THen stood up * 1 King 17.1 Elias the prophet as fire and his word burnt like a lamp 2 He brought a sore famine upon them and by his zeal he diminished their number 3 By the word of the Lord he ‖ Or made heaven to â—â—liup shut up the heaven * 1 King 18.38 2 King 1.10 12. and also three times brought down fire 4 O Elias how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds and who may glory like unto thee 5 * 1 Kin. 17.21 22. Who didst raise up a dead man from death and his soul from the ‖ Or grave place of the dead by the word of the most High 6 * 2 King 2.16 Who broughtest kings to destruction and honourable men from their ‖ Or seat bed 7 Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai * 1 King 19.17 and in Horeb the judgement of vengeance 8 * 1 Kin. 19.15 16. Who anointed kings to take vengeance and prophets to succeed after him 9 * 2 King 2.11 Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire and in a chariot of fiery horses 10 Who wast ‖ Or written of ordained * â—â—al 4.5 for reproofs in their times to pacifie the wrath of the Lords judgement before it brake forth into fury and to turn the heart of the father unto the son and to ‖ Or establâ—sh restore the tribes of Jacob. 11 Blessed are they that saw thee and ‖ Or were â—â—ernâ—â— with love slept in love for we shall surely live 12 * 2 Kings 2.11 15. Elias it was who was covered with a whirlwind and Eliseus was filled with his spirit whilest he lived he was not moved with the presence of any prince neither could any bring him into subjection 13 ‖ Or nothing No word could overcome him * 2 Kings 13.21 and after his death his body prophesied 14 He did wonders in his life and at his death were his works marvellous 15 For all this the people repented not neither departed they from their sins * 2 King 18.11 12. till they were spoiled and carried out of their land and were scattered through all the earth yet there remained a small people and a ruler in the house of David 16 Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God and some multiplied sins 17 Ezekias fortified his city and * 2 King 20.20 brought in water into the midst thereof he digged the hard rock with iron and made wells for waters 18 In his time * 2 King 18.13 Sennacherib came up and sent Rabsaces and lift up his hand against Sion and boasted proudly 19 Then trembled their hearts and hands and they were in pain as women in travail 20 But they called upon the Lord which is merciful and stretched out their hands towards him and immediately the holy One heard them out of heaven and delivered them by the ‖ Or hand ministery of Esay 21 * 2 King 19.35 Isa 37.36 Tob. 1.18 1 Mac. 7.41 2 Mac. 8.19 He smote the host of the Assyrians his angel destroyed them 22 For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord and was strong in the ways of David his father as Esay the prophet who was great and faithful in his vision had commanded him 23 * 2 Kin. 20.10 11. Isa 38.8 In his time the sun went backward and he lengthned the kings life 24 He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last and he comforted them that mourned in Sion 25 He shewed what should come to pass for ever and secret things or ever they came CHAP. XLIX 1 The praise of Josias 4 of David and Ezekias 6 of Jeremy 8 of Ezekiel 11 Zorobabel 12 Jesus the son of Josedee 13 Of Nâ—â—mias Enoch Seth Sem and Adam THe remembrance of * 2 King 22.1 2 Chr. 34 1. Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary it is sweet as honey in all mouths and as musick at a banquet of wine 2 He ‖ Or prâ—shered behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people and took away the abominations of iniquity 3 * 2 〈◊〉 23. â— 2 Chr. 34.3 He directed his heart unto the Lord and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God 4 All except David and Ezekias and Josias were defective for they forsook the law of the most High even the kings of Juda failed 5 Therefore he gave their ‖ Or horn power unto others and their glory unto a strange nation 6 * 2 Kings 25.9 They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary and made the streets desolate ‖ Or by the hand of Jeremy according to the prophesie of Jeremias 7 For they * Jer. 38.6 entreated him evil who nevertheless was a prophet * Jer. 1. â— sanctified in his mothers womb that he might root out and afflict and destroy and that he might build up also and plant 8 * Ezek. 1.3 15. It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims 9 For he * Ezek. 13.11 38.9 16 22. made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain and ‖ Or did good directed them that went right 10 And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed and * Ch. 46.12 let their bones flourish again out of their place for they comforted Jacob and delivered them by assured hope 11 How shall we magnifie * Ezra 3. â— Hag. 2.24 Zorobabel even he was a signet on the right hand 12 So was * Ezra 3.2 Hag. 1.12 and 2.2 Zech. 3 1. Jesus the son of Josedec who in their time builded the house and set up an holy temple to the Lord which was prepared for everlasting glory 13 * Neh. 7.1 And among the elect was Neemias whose renown is great who raised up for us the walls that were faln and set up the gates and the bars and raised up our ruines again 14 But upon the earth was no man created like * Gen. 5 24. Heb. 11.5 Enoch for he was taken from the earth 15 Neither was there a man born like unto * Gen. 41.44 42.6 45.8 Joseph a governour of his brethren and a stay of the people whose bones were regarded of the Lord. 16 * Gen. 5.3 11.10 Sem and Seth were in great honour among men and so was Adam above every living thing in the creation CHAP. L. 1 Of Simon the son of Onias 22 How the people were taught to praise God and pray 27 The conclusion SImon the high priest the son of Onias who in his life repaired the house again and in his days fortified the temple 2 And by him was built from the foundation the double height the high fortress of the wall about the
marish likewise and wood neither is there place for us to turn aside 46 Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies 47 With that they joyned battel and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides but he turned back from him 48 Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan and swam over unto the farther bank howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them 49 So there were slain of Bacchides side that day about †two thousand men Joseph Antiq l 13. c. 1. a thousand men 50 Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and ‖ Or built repaired the strong cities in Judea the fort in Jericho and Emmaus and Bethoron and Bethel and Thamnatha Pharathoni and ‖ Joseph Tâ—â—â—a Taphon these did he strengthen with high walls with gates and with bars 51 And in them he set a garison that they might work malice upon Israel 52 He fortified also †Gr. the city in Bethsura the city Bethsura and Gazara and the towre and put forces in them and provision of victuals 53 Besides he took the chief mens sons in the countrey for hostages and put them into the towre at Jerusalem to be kept 54 Moreover in the hundred fifty third year in the second moneth Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary should be pulled down he pulled down also the works of the prophets 55 And as he began to pull down even at that time was Alcimus plagued and his enterprises hindred for his mouth was stopped and he was taken with a palsie so that he could no more speak any thing nor give order concerning his house 56 So Alcimus died at that time with great torment 57 Now when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead he returned to the king whereupon the land of Judea was in rest two years 58 Then all the ungodly men held a counsel saying Behold Jonathan and his company are at ease dwell without care now therefore we will bring Bacchides hither who shall take them all in one night 59 So they went and consulted with him 60 Then removed he and came with a great host and sent letters privily to his adherents in Judea that they should take Jonathan and those that were with him howbeit they could not because their counsel was known unto them 61 Wherefore they took of the men of the countrey that were authours of that mischief about fifty persons and slew them 62 Afterward Jonathan and Simon and they that were with him got them away to Bethbasi which is in the wilderness and they repaired the decays thereof and made it strong 63 Which thing when Bacchides knew he gathered together all his host and sent word ‖ Or to such of the countrey as here his friends to take his part to them that were of Judea 64 Then went he and said siege against Bethbasi and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war 65 But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city and went forth himself into the countrey and with a certain number went he forth 66 And he smote ‖ Or Odomarra Odonarkes and his brethren and the children of Phasiron in their tent 67 And when he began to smite them and came up with his forces Simon and his company went out of the city and burnt up the engines of war 68 And fought against Bacchides who was discomfited by them and they afflicted him sore For his counsel and travel was in vain 69 Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked men that gave him counsel to come into the countrey insomuch as he slew many of them and purposed to return into his own countrey 70 Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge he sent ambassadours unto him to the end he should make Peace with him and deliver them the prisoners 71 Which thing he accepted and did according to his demands and sware unto him that he would never do him harm all the days of his life 72 When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea he returned and went his way into his own land neither †Gr. added 〈◊〉 to come any more came he any more into their borders 73 Thus the sword ceased from Israel but Jonathan dwelt at Machmas and began to †Gr. judge govern the people and he destroyed the ungodly men out of Israel CHAP. X. 1 Donetrius maketh large offers to have peace with Jonathan 25 His letters to the Jews 4. Jonathan maketh peace with Alexander 50 Who killeth Demetrius 58 and marrieth the daughter of Ptolemeus 62 Jonathan is sent for by him and much bonoured 75 and prevaileth against the forces of Demetrius the younger 84 and burneth the temple of Dagon IN the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander ‖ Joseph the son of Antiothus Epiphanes the son of Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes went up and took Ptolemais for the people had received him by means whereof he reigned there 2 Now when king Demetrius heard thereof he gathered together an exceeding great host and went forth against him to fight 3 Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words so as he magnified him 4 For said he Let us first make peace with him before he joyn with Alexander against us 5 Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him and against his brethren and his people 6 Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host and to provide weapons that he might aid him in battel he commanded also that the hostages that were in the towre should be delivered him 7 Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem and read the letters in the audience of all the people and of them that were in the towre 8 Who were sore afraid when they heard that the king had given them authority to gather together an host 9 Whereupon they of the towre delivered their hostages unto Jonathan and he delivered them unto their parents 10 This done Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem and began to build and repair the city 11 And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and the mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification and they did so 12 Then the strangers that were in the fortresses which Bacchides had built fled away 13 Insomuch as every man left his place and went into his own countrey 14 Onely at Bethsura certain of those that had forsaken the law and the commandments remained still for it was their place of refuge 15 Now when king Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius had sent unto Jonathan when also it was told him of the hattels noble acts w e he and nis brethren had done of the pains that they had endured 16 He said Shall we finde such another man now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate 17 Upon this he wrote
4.2 day-spring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace 80 And the childe grew and waxed strong in spirit and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel CHAP. II. 1 Augustus taxeth all the Roman empire 6 The nativity of Christ. 8 One angel relateth it to the shepherds 13 Many sing praises to God for it 21 Christ is circumcised 22 Mary purified 28 Simeon and Anna prophesie of Christ 40 who increaseth in wisdom 46 questioneth in the temple with the doctours 51 and is obedient to his parents ANd it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus that all the world should be ‖ Or â—â—elled taxed 2 And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governour of Syria 3 And all went to be taxed every one into his own city 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea unto * Joh. 7.42 the city of David which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and linage of David 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great with childe 6 And so it was that while they were there the days were accomplished that she should be delivered 7 And she brought forth her first-born son and wrapped him in swadling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn 8 And there were in the same countrey shepherds abiding in the field keeping ‖ Or the night-watches watch over their flock by night 9 And lo the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid 10 And the angel said unto them Fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a signe unto you Ye shall finde the babe wrapped in swadling clothes lying in a manger 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying 14 Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace good will towards men 15 And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass which the Lord hath made known unto us 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in a manger 17 And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this childe 18 And all they that heard it wondred at those things which were told them by the shepherds 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart 20 And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen as it was told unto them 21 * Gen. 17.12 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the childe his name was called * Mat. 1.21 JESUS which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb 22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord * Ex. 1â— 2 Num. 18.15 Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord 24 And to offer a sacrifice according to * Lev. 12. â— 6. that which is said in the law of the Lord A pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons 25 And behold there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was just and devout waiting for the consolation of Israel and the holy Ghost was upon him 26 And it was revealed unto him by the holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lords Christ 27 And he came by the spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the childe Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law 28 Then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said 29 Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him 34 And Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary his mother Behold this childe is set for the * Isa 8 1â— Rom. 9.31 fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a signe which shall be spoken against 35 Yea a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed 36 And there was one Anna a prophetess the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser she was of a great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years which departed not from the temple but served God with fastings and prayers night and day 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in ‖ Or Israâ—â— Jerusalem 39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth 40 And the childe grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem * Deâ— 16.1 every year at the feast of the pass-over 42 And when he was twelve year old they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast 43 And when they had fulfilled the days as they returned the childe Jesus tarried behinde in Jerusalem and Joseph and his mother knew not of it 44 But they supposing him to have been in the company went a days journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and among their acquaintance 45 And when they found him not they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking him 46 And it came to pass that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctours both hearing them and asking them questions 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers 48 And when they saw him they were amazed and his mother said vnto him Son why hast thou thus dealt with us behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing 49 And he said unto them How is it that ye sought me wist ye not that I must be about my Fathers business 50 And they
have like portions to eat beside †Heb. his sales by the fathers that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony 9 ¶ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter * Lev. 18.21 to pass through the fire or that useth divination or an observer of times or an enchanter or a witch 11 * Lev. 20.27 Or a charmer or a consulter with familiar spirits or a wizard or a * 1 Sam. 28.7 necromancer 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee 13 Thou shalt be ‖ Or upright or sincere perfect with the LORD thy God 14 For these nations which thou shalt ‖ Or inherit possess hearkened unto observers of times and unto diviners but as for thee the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do 15 ¶ * Joh. 1.45 Act. 3.22 7.37 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him ye shall hearken 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of thy assembly saying * Exod. 20.19 Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God neither let me see this great fire any more that I die not 17 And the LORD said unto me They have well spoken that which they have spoken 18 * Joh. 1.45 Act. 3.22 7.37 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him 19 And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him 20 But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak or that shall speak in the name of other gods even that prophet shall die 21 And if thou say in thine heart How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD if the thing follow not nor come to pass that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously thou shalt not be afraid of him CHAP. XIX 1 The cities of refuge 4 The priviledge thereof for the man-slayer 14 The land-mark is not to be removed 15 Two witnesses at the least 16 The punishment of a false witness WHen the LORD thy God * Ch. 12.29 hath cut off the nations whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee and thou †Heb. inheritest or possessest succeedest them and dwellest in their cities and in their houses 2 * Ex. 21.13 Numb 35.10 Jos 20.2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the coasts of thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit into three parts that every slayer may flee thither 4 ¶ And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither that he may live Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly whom he hated not †Heb. from yesterday the third day in time past 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree and the †Heb. iron head slippeth from the †Heb. wood helve and †Heb. findeth lighteth upon his neighbour that he die he shall flee unto one of those cities and live 6 Lest the avenger of the bloud pursue the slayer while his heart is hot and over-take him because the way is long and †Heb. smite him in life slay him whereas he was not worthy of death in as much as he hated him not †Heb. from yesterday the third day in time past 7 Wherefore I command thee saying Thou shalt separate three cities for thee 8 And if the LORD thy God * Ch. 12.20 enlarge thy coast as he hath sworn unto thy fathers and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them which I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God and to walk ever in his ways * Josh 20.7 then shalt thou add three cities mo for thee beside these three 10 That innocent bloud be not shed in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance and so bloud be upon thee 11 ¶ But if any man hate his neighbour and lie in wait for him and rise up against him and smite him †Heb. in life mortally that he die and fleeth into one of these cities 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of bloud that he may die 13 Thine eye shall not pity him but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent bloud from Israel that it may go well with thee 14 ¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbours land-mark which they of old time have set in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it 15 ¶ * Numb 35.30 Chap. 17.6 Mat. 18.16 Joh. 8.17 2 Cor. 13.1 Heb. 10.28 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin in any sin that he sinneth at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established 16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against any man to teâ—â—â—ne against him ‖ Or falling away that which is wrong 17 Then both the men between whom the controversie is shall stand before the LORD before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition and behold if the witness be a false witness hath testified falsly against his brother 19 * Prov. 19.5.9 Dan. 13.62 Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother so shalt thou put the evil away from among you 20 And those which remain shall hear and fear and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you 21 And thine eye shall not pity but * Ex. 21.23 Lev. 24.20 Mat. 5.38 â— life shall go for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot CHAP. XX. 1 The priests exhortation to encourage the people to battel 5 The officers proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war
Judah * Chap 2.11 seven years and six moneths and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah 6 ¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land which spake unto David saying Except thou take away the blinde and the lame thou shalt not come in hither ‖ Or saying David shall not c. thinking David cannot come in hither 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion the same is the city of David 8 And David said on that day Whosoever getteth up to the gutter and smiteth the Jebusites and the lame and the blinde that are hated of Davids soul * 1 Chr. 11.6 he shall be chief and captain ‖ Or because they had said even the blinde and the lame He shall not come into the house Wherefore they said The blinde and the lame shall not come into the house 9 So David dwelt in the fort and called it The city of David and David built round about from Millo and inward 10 And David †Heb. went going and growing went on and grew great and the LORD God of hosts was with him 11 ¶ And * 1 Chr. 14.1 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David and cedar trees and carpenters and †Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall masons and they built David an house 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israels sake 13 ¶ And * 1 Chr. 3.9 David took him mo concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet sons and daughters born to David 14 And * 1 Chr. 3.5 these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem Shammuah and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon 15 Ibhar also and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia 16 And Elithama and Eliada and Eliphalet 17 ¶ * 1 Chr. 11.16 14.8 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel all the Philistines came up to seek David and David heard of it and went down to the hold 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim 19 And David enquired of the LORD saying Shall I go up to the Philistines wilt thou deliver them into mine hand And the LORD said unto David Go up for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand 20 And David came to * Isa 28.21 Baal-perazim and David smote them there and said The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me as the breach of waters Therefore he called the name of that place ‖ That is The plain of bâ—â—achâ—s Baal-perazim 21 And there they left their images and David and his men * 1 Chr. 14.12 ‖ Or took them away burnt them 22 ¶ And the Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim 23 And when David enquired of the LORD he said Thou shalt not go up but fetch a compass behinde them and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees 24 And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry-trees that then thou shalt bestir thy self for then shall the LORD go out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines 25 And David did so as the LORD had commanded him and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer CHAP. VI. 1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart 6Vzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah 11 God blesseth Obed-edom for the ark 12 David bringing the ark into Zion with sacrifices danceth before it for which Michal despiseth him 17 He placeth it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting 20 Michal reproving David for his religious joy is childless to her death AGain David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel thirty thousand 2 And * 1 Chr. 1â— 5 6. David arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from thence the ark of God ‖ Or at which the name even the name of the LORD of hosts was called upon whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the Cherubims 3 And they †Heb. with let the ark of God upon a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in ‖ Or the hill Gibeah and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadah drave the new cart 4 And they brought it out of * Heb. made to ride the house of Abinadah which was at Gibeah †Heb. broken accompanying the ark of God and Ahio went before the ark 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir-wood even on harps and on psalteries and on timbrels and on cornets and on cymbals 6 ¶ And * 1 Sam. 7.1 when they came to Nachons threshing-door Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it for the exen ‖ Or stumbled shook it 7 And the anger of the ‖ Or rafiâ—â—â—ss LORD was kindled against Uzzah and God smote him there for his errour and there he died by the ark of God 8 And David was displeased because the LORD had †Heb. stretched made a breach upon Uzzah and he called the name of the place * 1 Chr. 13.9 †That is The breach of Vzzah Perez-uzzah to this day 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day and said How shall the ark of the LORD come to me 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David but David carried it aside into the house of Obed edom the Gittite 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed edom the Gittite three moneths and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his houshold 12 ¶ And it was told king David saying The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that pertaineth unto him because of the ark of God * 1 Chr. â—â— 25 So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness 13 And it was so that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces he sacrificed oxen and fatlings 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might and David was girded with a linen ephod 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD and she despised him in her heart 17 ¶ And they brought in the ark of the
saith the LORD I have anointed thee king over Israel 13 Then they hasted and took every man his garment and put it under him on the top of the stairs and blew with trumpets saying Jehu †Heb. râ—â—gneth is king 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead he and all Israel because of Hazael king of Syria 15 But * Ch. 8.29 king †Heb. Jehoram Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians †Heb. smote had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria And Jehu said If it be your minds then †Heb. let no escaper 80 c. let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel for Joram lay there and Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel and he spied the company of Jehu as he came and said I see a company And Joram said Take an hors-man and send to meet them and let him say Is it peace 18 So there went one on hors-back to meet him and said Thus saith the king Is it peace And Jehu said What hast thou to do with peace turn thee behinde me And the watchman told saying The messenger came to them but he cometh not again 19 Then he sent out a second on hors-back which came to them and said Thus saith the king Is it peace And Jehu answered What hast thou to do with peace turn thee behinde me 20 And the watchman told saying He came even unto them and cometh not again and the ‖ Or marching driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi for he driveth †Heb. in maâ—â—â—ss furiously 21 And Joram said †Heb. hinde Make ready And his chariot was made ready And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out each in his chariot and they went out against Jehu and †Heb. found met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite 22 And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu that he said Is it peace Jehu And he answered What peace so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witcherafts are so many 23 And Joram turned his hands and fled and said to Ahaziah There is treachery O Ahaziah 24 And Jehu †Heb. filled his hand with a bowe drew a bowe with his full strength and smote Jehoram between his arms and the arrow went out at his heart and he †Heb. bowed sunk down in his chariot 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain Take up and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite for remember how that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father * 1 King 21.29 the LORD laid this burden upon him 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the †Heb. blouds bloud of Naboth and the bloud of his sons saith the LORD and I will requite thee in this ‖ Or portion plat saith the LORD Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground according to the word of the LORD 27 ¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this he fled by the way of the garden-house and Jehu followed after him and said Smite him also in the chariot And they did so at the going up to Gur which is by Ibleam and he fled to Megiddo and died there 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah 30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel Jezebel heard of it and she †Heb. put her eyes in painting painted her face and tired her head and looked out at a window 31 And as Jehu entred in at the gate she said Had Zimri peace who slew his master 32 And he lift up his face to the window and said Who is on my side who And there looked out to him two or three ‖ Or chamberlains eunuchs 33 And he said Throw her down So they threw her down and some of her bloud was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses and he trod her under foot 34 And when he was come in he did eat and drink and said Go see now this cursed woman and bury her for she is a kings daughter 35 And they went to bury her but they found no more of her then the scull and the feet and the palms of her hands 36 Wherefore they came again and told him and he said This is the word of the LORD which he spake †Heb. by the hand of by his servant Elijah the Tishbite saying * 1 King 21.23 In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel so that they shall not say This is Jezebel CHAP. X. 1 Jehu by his letters causeth seventy of Ahabs children to be beheaded 8 He excuseth the fact by the prophesie of Elijah 12 At the shearing-house he slayeth two and fourty of Abazjahs brethren 15 He taketh Jehonadab into his company 18 By subtilty he destroyeth all the worshippers of Baal 29 Jehu followeth Jeroboams sins 32 Hazael oppresseth Israel 34 Jeboahaz succeedeth Jehu ANd Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria and Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria unto the rulers of Jezreel to the elders and to †Heb. nourishâ—â—â— them that brought up Ahabs children saying 2 Now assoon as this letter cometh to you seeing your masters sons are with you and there are with you chariots and horses a fenced city also and armour 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your masters sons and set him on his fathers throne and fight for your masters house 4 But they were exceedingly afraid and said Behold two kings stood not before him how then shall we stand 5 And he that was over the house and he that was over the city the elders also and the bringers up of the children sent to Jehu saying We are thy servants and will do all that thou shalt bid us we will not make any king do thou that which is good in thine eyes 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them saying If ye be †Heb. for me mine and if ye will hearken unto my voice take ye the heads of the men your masters sons and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time now the kings sons being seventy persons were with the great men of the city which brought them up 7 And it came to pass when the letter came to them that they took the kings sons and slew seventy
armour in the house of their gods and fastned his head in the temple of Dagon 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the valiant men and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days 13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he †Heb. transgressed committed against the LORD * 1 Sam. 15.23 even against the word of the LORD which he kept not and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit * 1 Sam. 28.7 to enquire of it 14 And enquired not of the LORD therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of †Heb. Isai Jesse CHAP. XI 1 David by a general consent is made king at Hebron 4 He winneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joabs valour 10 A catalogue of Davids mighty men THen * 2 Sam. 5.1 all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh 2 And moreover †Heb both yesterday and the third day in time past even when Saul was king thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD thy God said unto thee Thou shalt ‖ Or rule feed my people Israel and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD †Heb. by the hand of by * 1 Sam. 16.13 Samuel 4 ¶ And David and all Israel * 2 Sam. 5.6 went to Jerusalem which is Jebus where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David Thou shalt not come hither Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion which is the city of David 6 And David said Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be †Heb. head chief and captain So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up and was chief 7 And David dwelt in the castle therefore they called ‖ That is Zion 2 Sam. 5.7 iâ— The city of David 8 And he built the city round about even from Millo round about and loab †Heb. revived repaired the rest of the city 9 So David †Heb. went in going and increasing waxed greater and greater for the LORD of hosts was with him 10 ¶ * â— Sam. 23.8 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had who ‖ Or â—â—ld strongly with him strengthned themselves with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had Jashobeam ‖ Or son of Hachmoni an Hachmonite the chief of the captains he lift up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite who was one of the three mighties 13 He was with David at ‖ Or Ephisdamrim 1 Sam. 17.1 Pas-dammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battel where was a parcel of ground full of barley and the people fled from before the Philistines 14 And they ‖ Or stood set themselves in the midst of that parcel and delivered it and slew the Philistines and the LORD saved them by a great ‖ Or salvation deliverance 15 ¶ Now ‖ Or three captains over the thirty three of the thirty captains * 2 Sam. 13.12 went down to the rock to David into the cave of Adullam and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim 16 And David was then in the hold and the Philistines garison was then at Beth-lehem 17 And David longed and said Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David but David would not drink of it but poured it out to the LORD 19 And said My God forbid it me that I should do this thing shall I drink the bloud of these men †Heb. with their lives that have put their lives in jeopardy for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it therefore he would not drink it These things did these three mightiest 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab he was chief of the three for lifting up his spear against three hundred he slew them and had a name among the three 21 * 1 Sam. 23.19 c. Or the three he was more honourable then the two for he was their captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel †Heb. great of deeds who had done many acts he slew two lion-like men of Moab also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy-day 23 And he slew an Egyptian †Heb. a maâ— of measure a man of great stature five cubits high and in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weavers beam and he went down to him with a staff and pluckt the spear out of the Egyptians hand and slew him with his own spear 24 These thing did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among the three mighties 25 Behold he was honourable among the thirty but attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard 26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were Asah-el the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem 27 Shammoth the ‖ Or Harodite 2 Sam. 23.25 Harorite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Antothite 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Netophathite Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertained to the children of Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite Eliahba the Shaalbonite 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the son of Ur 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Anijah the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the son of Ezbai 38 Joel the brother of Nathan Mibhar ‖ Or the Haggerite the son of Haggeri 39 Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah 40 Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite 41 Uriah the Hittite Zabad the son of Ahlai 42 Adina the son of Saiza the Reubenite a captain of
fathers house have sinned 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the commandments nor the statutes nor the judgements which thou commandedst thy servant Moses 8 Remember I beseech thee the word that thou commmandedst thy servant Moses saying * Deut. 4.25 c. If ye transgress I will scatter you abroad among the nations 9 But if ye turn unto me and keep my commandments and do them * Deut. 30.4 though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven yet will I gather them from thence and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there 10 Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand 11 O LORD I beseech thee let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name and prosper I pray thee thy servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man For I was the kings cup-bearer CHAP. II. 1 Artaxerxes understanding the cause of Nehemiahs sadness sendeth him with lâ—tters and commission to Jerusalem 9 Nehemiah to the grief of the enemies cometh to Jerusalem 12 He vieweth secretly the ruines of the walls 17 He inciteth the Jews to build in despite of the enemies ANd it came to pass in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king that wine was before him and I took up the wine and gave it unto the king Now I had not been before-time sad in his presence 2 Wherefore the king said unto me Why is thy countenance sad seeing thou art not sick this is nothing else but sorrow of heart Then I was very sore afraid 3 And said unto the king Let the king live for ever why should not my countenance be sad when the city the place of my fathers sepulchres lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire 4 Then the king said unto me For what dost thou make request So I prayed to the God of heaven 5 And I said unto the king If it please the king and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight that thou wouldest send me unto Judah unto the city of my fathers sepulchres that I may build it 6 And the king said unto me the †Heb. wise queen also fitting by him For how long shall thy journey be and when wilt thou return So it pleased the king to send me and I set him a time 7 Moreover I said unto the king If it please the king let letters be given me to the governours beyond the river that they may convey me over till I come into Judah 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the kings forest that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house and for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall enter into And the king granted me according to the good hand of my God upon me 9 ¶ Then I came to the governours beyond the river and gave them the kings letters Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsâ—men with me 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite heard of it it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel 11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days 12 ¶ And I arose in the night I and some sew men with me neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem neither was there any beast with me save the beast that I rode upon 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley even before the dragon-well and to the dung-port and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and the gates thereof were consumed with fire 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain and to the kings pool but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook and viewed the wall and turned back and entred by the gate of the valley and so returned 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did neither had I as yet told it to the sews nor to the priests nor to the nobles nor to the rulers nor to the rest that did the work 17 ¶ Then said I unto them Ye see the distress that we are in how Jerusalem lieth waste and the gates thereof are burnt with tire come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me as also the kings words that he had spoken unto me And they said Let us rise up and build So they strengthned their hands for this good work 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and Geâ—hem the Arabian heard it they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said What is this thing that ye do will ye rebel against the king 20 Then answered I them and said unto them The God of heaven he will prosper us therefore we his servants will arise and build but you have no portion nor right nor memorial in Jerusalem CHAP. III. 1 The names and ordes of them that builded the wall THen Eliaship the high priest rose up with his brethren the prietis and they but it the sheep-gate they sanctified it and set up the dours of it even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it unto the tower of * Jer. 31 38. Hananeel 2 And †Heb. at his hand next unto him builded the men of Jericho and next to them builded Zaccur the son of Iâ—nri 3 But the fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build who also laid the beams thereof and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereoâ— 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz and next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meâ—hezabeel and next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah they laid the beams thereof and set up the doors thereof and the locks thereof and the bars thereof 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah unto the throne of the governour on this side the river 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries and they ‖ Or left Jerusalem unto the broad wall fortified
king in raiment of needle-work the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee 15 With gladness and rejoycing shall they be brought they shall enter into the kings palace 16 In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth 17 I will make thy name to be remembred in all generations therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever PSAL. XLVI 1 The confidence which the church hath in God 8 An exhortation to behold it ¶ To the chief musician ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah A song upon Alamoth GOd is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into †Heb. the heart of the sâ—as the midst of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah 4 There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High 5 God is in the midst of â—er she shall not be mâ—ved God shall heâ—p her †Heb. when the morning appeareth and that early 6 The heathen raged the kingdoms were moved he uttered his voice the earth melted 7 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is †Heb. an high place for us our refuge Selah 8 Come behold the works of the LORD what desolations he hath made in the earth 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth he breaketh the howe and cutteth the spear in sunder he burneth the chariot in the fire 10 Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth 11 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah PSAL. XLVII 1 The nations are exhorted chearfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah O Clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voice of triumph 2 For the LORD most High is terrible he is a great King over all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us the excellency of Jacob whom he loved Selah 5 God is gone up with a shout the LORD with the sound of a trumpet 6 Sing praises to God sing praises sing praises unto our King sing praises 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises ‖ Or every one that hath understanding with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness 9 ‖ Or the voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham The princes of the people are gathered together even the people of the God of Abraham for the shields of the earth belong unto God he is greatly exalted PSAL. XLVIII The ornaments and priviledges of the church ¶ A long and psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah GReat is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God in the mountain of his holiness 2 Beautiful for situation the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion on the sides of the north the city of the great king 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge 4 For lo the kings were assembled they passed by together 5 They saw it and so they marvelled they were troubled and hasted away 6 Fear took hold upon them there and pain as of a woman in travail 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind 8 As we have heard so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts in the city of our God God will establish it for ever Selah 9 We have thought of thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple 10 According to thy name O God so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousness 11 Let mount Zion rejoyce let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgements 12 Walk about Zion and go round about her tell the towers thereof 13 †Heb. set your heart to her bulwarks Mark ye well her bulwarks ‖ Or raise up consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death PSAL. XLIX 1 An earnest perswasion to build the faith of resurrection not on worldly power but on God 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be admired ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah HEar this all ye people give ear all ye inhabitants of the world 2 Both low and high rich and poor together 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding 4 * Ps â—8 2 Mat. 13.35 I will incline mine ear to a parable I will open my dark saying upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about 6 They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him 8 For the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever 9 That he should still live for ever end not see corruption 10 For he seeth that wise men die likewise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever and their dwelling places †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations they call their lands after their own names 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not he is like the beasts that perish 13 This their way is their folly yet their posterity †Heb. delight in their mouth approve their sayings Selah 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave death shall seed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning and their ‖ Or strength beauty shall consume ‖ Or the grave being an habitation to every one of them in the grave from their dwelling 15 But God will redeem my soul †Heb. from the hand of the grave from the power of ‖ Or hell the grave for he shall receive me Selah 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased 17 * Job 27.19 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away his glory shall not descend after him 18 Though †Heb. in his life whiles he lived he blessed his soul and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thy self 19
12 I will praise thee O Lord my God with all my heart and I will glorifie thy name for evermore 13 For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest ‖ Or grace hell 14 O God the proud are risen against me and the assemblies of †Heb. terrible violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them 15 * Deu. 34 6. Nu. 14.18 Ps 1â— 3.8 139.4 and 145.8 But thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth 16 〈◊〉 turn unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto 〈◊〉 servant and save the son of thine hand-maid 17 Shew me a token for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashâ—â—â—d because thâ—â— LORD hast holpen me and comforted me PSAL. LXXXVII 1 The â—â—â—ur and â—lory of the church 4 The increase honour and comfort of the 〈◊〉 thereof ¶ A psalm or song ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah HIs foundation is in the holy mountains 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee O city of God Selah 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia this man was born there 5 And of Zion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the Highest himself shall establish her 6 The LORD shall count when he writeth up the people that this man was born there Selah 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there all my springs are in thee PSAL. LXXXVIII A prayer containing a grievous complaint ¶ A song or psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah to the chief musician upon Mahasath Leannoth ‖ Or 〈◊〉 psalm of Heman the Ezrabite giving instruction Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite O LORD God of my salvation I have cried day and night before thee 2 Let my prayer come before thee incline thine ear unto my cry 3 For my soul is full of troubles and my life draweth nigh unto the grave 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit I am as a man that hath no strength 5 Free among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave whom thou remembrest no more and they are cut off ‖ Or by thy hand from thy hand 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the deeps 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves Selah 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me thou hast made me an abomination unto them I am shut up and I cannot come forth 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction LORD I have called daily upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead shall the dead arise and praise thee Selah 11 Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave or thy faithfulness in destruction 12 Shall thy wonders he known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness 13 But unto thee have I cried O LORD and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee 14 LORD why castest thou off my soul why hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up while I suffer thy terrours I am distracted 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me thy terrours have cut me off 17 They came round about me ‖ Or all the say daily like water they compassed me about together 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness PSAL. LXXXIX 1 The psalmist praiseth God for his covenant 5 for his wonderful power 15 for the care of his church 19 for his favour to the kingdom of David 38 Then complaining of contrary events 46 he expostulateth prayeth and blesseth God ¶ ‖ Or A psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite to give instruction Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite I Will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations 2 For I have said Mercy shall be built up for ever thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens 3 I have made covenant with my chosen I have * 2 Sam. 7.11 c. sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations Selah 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O LORD thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him 8 O LORD God of hosts who is a strong LORD like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them 10 Thou hast broken ‖ Or Egypt Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies †Heb. with the arm of thy strength with thy strong arm 11 * Gen. 1.1 Psal 24.1 and 50.12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded them 12 The north and the south thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy name 13 Thou hast †Heb. an arm with might a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 14 Justice and judgement are the ‖ Or establishment habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that know the * Num. 10.6 joyful found they shall walk O LORD in the light of thy countenance 16 In thy name shall they rejoyce all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted 18 For ‖ Or our shield is of the LORD and our king is of the holy one of Israel the LORD is our defence and the holy one of Israel is our king 19 Then thou spakest in vision to the holy one and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 20 * 1 Sam. 16.12 I have found David my servant with my holy oyl have I anointed him 21 With whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them
thee is like ‖ Or crimson Carmel and the hair of thine head like purple the king is †Heb. bound held in the galleries 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou O love for delights 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree and thy breasts to clusters of grapes 8 I said I will go up to the palm-tree I will take hold of the boughs thereof now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine and the smell of thy nose like apples 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved that goeth down †Heb. straightly sweetly causing the lips ‖ Or of the ancient of those that are asleep to speak 10 ¶ * Ch. 2.16 ◠3 I am my beloveds and his desire is towards me 11 Come my beloved let us go forth into the field let us lodge in the villages 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards let us see if the vine flourish whether the tender grape †Heb. open appear and the pomegranates bud forth there will I give thee my loves 13 The * Gen. 30.14 mandrakes give a smell and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits new and old which I have laid up for thee O my beloved CHAP. VIII 1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 The vehemency of love 8 The calling of the Gentiles 14 The church prayeth for Christs coming O That thou wert as my brother that sucked the breasts of my mother when I should finde thee without I would kiss thee yea †Heb. they should not despise me I should not be despised 2 I would lead thee and bring thee into my mothers house who would instruct me I would cause thee to drink of * Pro. 9.2 spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate 3 * Ch. 2.6 His left hand should be under my head and his right hand should embrace me 4 * Ch. 2.7 3.5 I charge you O daughters of Jerusalem †Heb. why should ye stir up or why c. that ye stir not up nor awake my love until be please 5 * Ch. 3.6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved I raised thee up under the apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth there she brought thee forth that bare thee 6 ¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arm for love is strong as death jealousie is †Heb. hard cruel as the grave the coals thereof are coals of fire which hath a most vehement flame 7 Many waters cannot quench love neither can the flouds drown it it a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly be contemned 8 ¶ We have a little sister and she hath no breasts what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we will build upon her a palace of silver and if she be a door we will enclose her with boards of cedar 10 I am a wall and my breasts like towres then was I in his eyes as one that found †Heb. peace favour 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon he let out the vineyard unto keepers every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver 12 My vineyard which is mine is before me thou O Solomon must have a thousand and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens the companions hearken to thy voice cause me to hear it 14 ¶ †Heb. Fice away Make haste my beloved and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices ¶ The book of the Prophet ISAIAH CHAP. I. 2 Isaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion 5 He lamenteth her judgements 10 He upbraideth their whole service 16 He exhorteth to repentance with promises and threatnings 21 Bewailing their wickedness he denounceth Gods judgements 2◠He promiseth grace 28 and threatneth destruction to the wicked THe 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 * Deu. 32.1 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 * Jer. 8.7 The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider 4 Ah sinful nation a people †Heb. of heaviness laden with iniquity a seed of evil-doers children that are corrupters they have forsaken the LORD they have provoked the holy One of Israel unto anger they are †Heb. alienated or separated gone away backward 5 ¶ Why should ye be stricken any more ye will †Heb. increase revolt revolt more and more the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it but wounds and bruises and putrisying fores they have not been closed neither bound up neither mollified with ‖ Or oyl ointment 7 * Deu. 28.51.52 Chap. 5.5 Your countrey is desolate your cities are burnt with fire your land strangers devour it in your presence and it is desolate †Heb. as the overthrow of strangers as overthrown by strangers 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers as a besieged city 9 * La. 3.22 Rom. 9.29 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant we should have been as * Gen. 19.24 Sodom and we should have been like unto Gomorrah 10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD ye rulers of Sodom give ear unto the law of our God ye people of Gomorrah 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your * Pr. 15.8 21.27 Ch. 66 3. Jer. 6.20 Am. 5 2◠22. sacrifices unto me saith the LORD I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts and I delight not in the bloud of bullocks or of lambs or of †Heb. great he-goats he-goats 12 When ye come †Heb. to be seen to appear before 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 ‖ Or grief 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 * Pro. 1.28 Jer. 14.12 Mi◠3.4 when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you yea when ye †Heb. multiply prayer make many prayers I will not hear your hands are full of *
Ch. 59.3 †Heb. blouds bloud 16 ¶ Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes * 1 Pet. 3.11 cease to do evil 17 Learn to do well seek judgement ‖ Or rightâ—â—â— relieve the oppressed judge the fatherless plead for the widow 18 Come now and let 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 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 judgement righteousness lodged in it but now murderers 22 Thy silver is become dross thy wine mixt with water 23 Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards they * Jer. 5.28 Zech. 7 1â— judge not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them 24 Therefore saith the Lord the LORD of hosts the mighty One of Israel Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies 25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee and †Heb. according to pureness purely purge away thy dross and take away all thy tin 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellours as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousnes the faithful city 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgement and ‖ Or they that return of her her converts with righteousness 28 ¶ And the * Job 31.3 Ps 1.6 5.6 73.27 92.9 and 104.35 †Heb. breaking destruction of the transgressours and of the sinners shall be together and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth and as a garden that hath no water 31 And the strong shall be as tow ‖ Or and his work and the maker of it as a spark and they shall both burn together and none shall quench them CHAP. II. 1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christs kingdom â— Wickedness is the cause of Gods forsaking 10 He exhorteth to fear because of the powerful effect of Gods majesty THe word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem 2 And * Mic. 4 â— c. it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the LORD house shall be ‖ Or prepared 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 go and say Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares and their spears into ‖ Or sithes pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more 5 O house of Jacob come ye and let us walk in the light of the LORD 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob because they be replenished ‖ Or more then the east from the east and are sooth-sayers like the Philistines and they ‖ Or abound with the children c. please themselves in the children of strangers 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold neither is there any end of their treasures their land is also full of horses neither is there any end of their chariots 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 * Chap. 5.15 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 be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and upon all the oaks of Bashan 14 And upon all the high mountains and upon all the hills that are lifted up 15 And upon every high towre and upon every senced wall 16 And upon all the ships of Tarthish and upâ—n all †Heb. pictures of dâ—sire pleasant pictures 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down and the haughtiness of men shall be made low and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day 18 And ‖ Or the idols shall utterly pass away the idols he shall utterly abolish 19 And they shall go into the * Hoâ— 10.8 Lu. 23.30 Rev. 6.16 9.6 holes of the rocks and into the caves of †Heb. the â—ust the earth for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 20 In that day a man shall cast †Heb. the idols of his silvâ—r c. his idols of silver and his idols of gold ‖ Or which they made for him which they made each one for himself to worship to the moles and to the bats 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the ragged rocks for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 22 Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of CHAP. III. 1 The great confusion which cometh by sin 9 The impudeney of the people 12 The oppression and covetousâ—â—es of the culers 16 The judgements which shall be joy the pride of the women 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 3 The captain of fifty and †Heb. amâ—â— emiâ—eâ—t in counterance the honourable man and the counsellour and the cunning artificer and ‖ Or skilful of speâ—ck the eloquent oratour 4 And I will give * â—â—â—â—es 1â— 16 children to be their
polished scattered and pâ—eled to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ‖ Or a nation that metest out and treadeth down †Heb. a nation of line line and treading under foot a nation meted out and troden down ‖ Or whose land the rivers despist whose land the rivers have spoiled 3 All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth see ye when he lifteth up an ensigne on the mountains and when he bloweth a trumpet hear ye 4 For so the LORD said unto me I will take my rest and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a clear heat ‖ Or regard my set dwelling upon herbs and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest 5 For afore the harvest when the bud is perfect and the sowre grape is ripening in the flower he shall both cut off the sprâ—gs with pruning-houks and take away and cut down the branches 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth and the fowls shall summer upon them and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them 7 ¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people ‖ Or after rain scattered and peeled and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto a nation meted out and troden under foot ‖ Or out-spread and polished whole land the rivers have spotled to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts the mount Zion CHAP. XIX 1 The confusion of Egypt 11 The foolishness of their princes 18 The calling of Egypt to the church 23 The covenant of Egypt Aâ—â—â—ria Israel THe burden of Egypt Behold the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it 2 And I will †Heb. mingle set the Egyptians against the Egyptians and they shall fight every one against his brother and every one against his neighbour city against city and kingdom against kingdom 3 And the spirit of Egypt †Heb. shall be emptied shall fail in the midst thereof and I will †Heb. swallow up destroy the counsel thereof and they shall seek to the idols to the charmers and to them that have familiar spirits and to the wizards 4 And the Egyptians will I ‖ Or shut up give over into the hand of a cruel lord and a fierce king shall rule over them saith the Lord the LORD of hosts 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea and the river shall be wasted and dried up 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up the reeds and flags shall wither 7 The paper-reeds by the brooks by the mouth of the brooks and every thing sown by the brooks shall wither be driven away †Heb. aâ—â— shall not be and be no more 8 The fishers also shall mourn and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax and they that weave ‖ Or white works net-works shall be confounded 10 And they shall be broken in the †Heb. foundations purposes thereof all that make sluces and ponds †Heb. of â—â—at 〈…〉 for fish 11 ¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are foâ—ls the counsel of the wise counsellours of Pharaoh is become brutish how say ye unto Pharaoh I am the son of the wise the son of ancient kings 12 Where are they where are thy wise men and let them tell thee now and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools the princes of Noph are deceived they have also seduced Egypt even ‖ Or governours †Heb. corners they that are the stay of the tribes thereof 14 The LORD hath mingled †Heb. a spirit of â—â—â—versities a perverse spirit in the midst thereof and they have caused Egyp to err in every work thereof as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt which the head or tail branch or rush may do 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts which he shaketh over it 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terrour unto Egypt every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which he hath determined against it 18 ¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak †Heb. 〈◊〉 lip the language of Canaan and swear to the LORD of hosts one shall be called the city ‖ Or of Hâ—res or of the 〈◊〉 of destruction 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD 20 And it shall be for a signâ— and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressours and he shall send them a saviour and a great one and he shall deliver them 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day and shall do sacrifice and oblation yea they shall vow a vow unto the LORD and perform it 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt he shall smite and heal it and they shall return even to the LORD and he shall be intreated of them and shall heal them 23 ¶ In that dry shall there be a high-way out of Egypt to Assyria and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria even a blessing in the midst of the land 25 Whom the LORD of host shall bless saying Blessed be Egypt my people and Assyria the work of my hands and Israel mine inheritance CHAP. XX. A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia IN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and fought against Ashdod and took it 2 At the same time spake the LORD †Heb. by the hand of Isaiâ—â— by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loyns and put off thy shoe from thy foot And he did so walking naked and bare-foot 3 And the LORD said Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare-foot three years for a signe and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away †Heb. the captivity of Egypt the Egyptians prisoners and
is my law * Matth. 10.28 fear ye not the reproach of men neither be ye afraid of their revilings 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment and the worm shall eat them like wool but my righteousness shall be for ever and my salvation from generation to generation 9 ¶ Awake awake put on strength O arm of the LORD awake as in the ancient days in the generations of old Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab and wounded the * Psal 74.13 14. Ezek. 29.3 dragon 10 Art thou not it which hath * Exod. 14.21 dried the sea the waters of the great deep that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over 11 Therefore * Chap. 35.10 the redeemed of the LORD shall return and come with singing unto Zion and everlasting joy shall be upon their head they shall obtain gladness and joy and sorrow and mourning shall flee away 12 I even I am he that comforteth you who are thou that thou shouldest be afraid * Psal 118.6 of a man that shall die and of the son of man which shall be made * Ch. 40.6 1 Pet. 1.24 as grass 13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker that hath stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressour as if he ‖ Or made himself ready were ready to destroy and where is the fury of the oppressour 14 The captive exile hastneth that he may be loosed and that he should not die in the pit nor that his bread should fail 15 But I am the LORD thy God that * Jer. 31.35 divided the sea whose waves roared the LORD of hosts is his name 16 And I have put my words * Chap. 49.2 3. in thy mouth and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth and say unto Zion Thou are my people 17 ¶ * Chap. 52.1 Awake awake stand up O Jerusalem which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling and wrung them out 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up 19 * Chap. 47.9 These two things †Heb. bapned are come unto thee who shall be sorry for thee desolation and †Heb. breaking destruction and the famine and the sword by whom shall I comfort thee 20 Thy sons have fainted they lie at the head of all the streets as a wilde bull in a net they are full of the fury of the LORD the rebuke of thy God 21 ¶ Therefore hear now this thou afflicted and drunken but not with wine 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people Behold I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling even the dregs of the cup of my fury thou shalt no more drink it again 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee which have said to thy soul Bow down that we may go over and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over CHAP. LII 1 Christ perswadeth the church to beleeve his free redemption 7 to receive the ministers thereof 9 to joy in the power thereof 11 and to free themselves from bondage 13 Christs kingdom shall be exalted * Chap. 5.17 AWake awake put on thy strength O Zion put on thy beautiful garments O Jerusalem the holy city for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean 2 Shake thy self from the dust arise and sit down O Jerusalem loose thy self from the hands of thy neck O captive daughter of Zion 3 For thus saith the LORD Ye have sold your selves for nought and ye shall be redeemed without money 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD My people went down aforetime into * Gen. 45.6 Egypt to sojourn there and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause 5 Now therefore what have I here saith the LORD that my people is taken away for nought they that rule over them make them to howl saith the LORD and my name continually every day is * Ezek. 36.20 23. Rom. 2.24 blasphemed 6 Therefore my people shall know my name therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak behold it is I. 7 ¶ * Nah. 1.15 Ro. 10.15 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace that bringeth good tidings of good that publisheth salvation that saith unto Zion Thy God reigneth 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice with the voice together shall they sing for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD shall bring again Zion 9 ¶ Break forth into joy sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem for the LORD hath comforted his people he hath redeemed Jerusalem 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations and * Ps 98.2 Lu. 3.6 all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God 11 ¶ * 2 Cor. 6.17 Rev. 18.4 Depart ye depart ye go ye out from thence touch no unclean thing go ye out of the midst of her be ye clean that bear the vessels of the LORD 12 For ye shall not go out with haste nor go by flight for the LORD will go before you and the God of Israel will †Heb. gather you up be your rereward 13 ¶ Behold my servant shall ‖ Or prosper deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high 14 As many were astonied at thee his * Ch. 53.3 visage was so marred more then any man and his form more then the son of men 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations the kings shall shut their mouths at him for that * Rom. 15.21 which had not been told them shall they see and that which they had not heard shall they consider CHAP. LIII 1 The prophet complaining of incredulity excuseth the scandal of the cross 4 by the benefit of his passion 10 and the good success thereof * Joh. 12.38 Ro. 10.16 WHo hath beleeved our ‖ Or doctrine †Heb. 3◠He bearing report and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground he hath no form nor comliness and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him 3 * Ch 52.14 Mar. 9.12 He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and ‖ Or. be bid as it
saw it and †Heb. it was evil in his eyes it displeased him that there was no judgement 16 ¶ And he saw that there was no man and wondred that there was no intercessour * Ch. 63.5 therefore his arm brought salvation unto him and his righteousness it sustained him 17 * Ephes 6.14 17. 1 Thes 5.8 For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate and an helmet of salvation upon his head and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloke 18 * Ch. 63 6. According to their †Heb. recompences deeds accordingly he will repay fury to his adversaries recompence to his enemies to the islands he will repay recompence 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west and his glory from the rising of the sun when the enemy shall come in * Rev. 12 15. like a flood the spirit of the LORD shall ‖ Or put him to flight lift up a standard against him 20 ¶ And * Rom. 11.26 the redeemer shall come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob saith the LORD 21 As for me this is my covenant with them saith the LORD My spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the LORD from henceforth and for ever CHAP. LX. 1 The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles 15 and the great blessings after a short affliction ARise ‖ Or be enlightned for thy light cometh shine for thy light is come and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee 2 For behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the LORD shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee 3 And the * Rev. 21.24 Gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising 4 Ch. 49.18 Lift up thine eyes round about and see all they gather themselves together they come to thee thy sons shall come from far and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side 5 Then thou shalt see and flow together and thine heart shall fear and be enlarged because the ‖ Or nois◠of the se◠shall be turned toward thee abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee the ‖ Or wealth forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring * Ch. 61.6 gold and incense and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee the rams of Nebaieth shall minister unto thee they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar and I will glorifie the house of my glory 8 Who are these that flie as a cloud and as the doves to their windows 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me and the ships of Tarshish first * Gal. 4.26 to bring thy sons from far their silver and their gold with them unto the name of the LORD thy God and to the holy One of Israel because he hath glorified thee 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls and their kings shall minister unto thee for in my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee 11 Therefore thy gates * Re. 21 25. shall be open continually they shall not be shut day nor night that men may bring unto thee the ‖ Or wealth forces of the Gentiles and that their 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-tree and the box together to beautifie 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 come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall * Rev. 3.9 bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet and they shall call thee The city of the LORD the Zion of the holy One of Israel 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated so that no man went through thee I will make thee an eternal excellency a joy of many generations 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shalt suck the breast of kings and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy saviour and thy redeemer the mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brass I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron I will also make thy officers peace and thine exactours righteousness 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land wasting nor destruction within thy borders but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation and thy gates Praise 19 * Rev. 21.23 22. ◠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 20 Thy sun shall no more go down neither shall thy moon withdraw it self for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light and the days of thy mourning shall be ended 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous they shall inherit the land for ever the branch of my planting the work of my hands that I may be glorified 22 A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation I the LORD will hasten it in his time CHAP. LXI 1 The office of Christ 4 The forwardness 7 and blessings of the faithful THE * Luke 4.18 spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to blinde up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them hat are bound 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourn 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that they might be called trees of righteousness the planting of the LORD that he might be glorified 4 ¶ And they shall * Chap. 58.12 build the old wastes they shall raise up the former desolations and they shall repart 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 plowman and your vine-dressers 6 But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD men shall call you the ministers of our God * Chap. 60.6 ye
mercies towards me are they restrained 16 Doubtless thou art our father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou O LORD art our father ‖ Or our redeemer from everlasting is thy name our redeemer thy name is from everlasting 17 ¶ O LORD why hast thou made us to err from thy ways and hardned our heart from the fear Return for the servants sake the tribes of thine inheritance 18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while our adversaries have troden down thy sanctuary 19 We are thine thou never bearest rule over them ‖ Or thy name was not called upon them they were not called by thy name CHAP. LXIV 1 The church prayeth for the illustration of Gods power 5 Celebrating Gods mercy it maketh confession of their natural corruptions 9 It complaineth of their affliction OH that thou wouldest rent the heavens that thou wouldest come down that the mountains might flow down at thy presence 2 As when †Heb. the fire of meltings the melting fire burneth the fire causeth the waters to boyl to make thy name known to thine adversaries that the nations may tremble at thy presence 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 * Psal 31 19. 1 Cor. 2.9 men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye ‖ Or seen a God besides thee which doeth so for him c. seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him 5 Thou meetest him that rejoyceth and worketh righteousness those that remember thee in thy ways behold thou art wroth for we have sinned in those is continuance and we shall be saved 6 But we are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses art as filthy rags and we all do * Psal 90.5 6. fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee for thou hast hid thy face from us and hast †Heb. melted consumed us because of our iniquities 8 But now O LORD thou art our father we are the clay and thou our potter and we all are the work of thy hand 9 ¶ Be not * Pl. 79.8 wroth very sore O LORD neither remember iniquity for ever behold see we beseech thee we are all thy people 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness Zion is a wilderness Jerusalem a desolation 11 Our holy and our beautiful house where our fathers praised thee is burnt up with fire and all our pleasant things are laid waste 12 Wilt thou refrain thy self for these things O LORD wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict us very sore CHAP. LXV 1 The calling of the Gentiles 2 The Jews for their ineredulity idolatry and by pocrisie are rejected 8 A remnant shall be saved 11 Judgements on the wicked and blessings on the godly 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem I * Rom. 9.24 25 26. 10.20 Eph. 2.12 13. Am sought of them that asked not for me I am found of them that sought me not I said Behold me behold me unto a nation that was not called by my name 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people which walketh in a way that was not good after their own thoughts 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face that sacrificeth in gardens and burneth incense †Heb. upon bricks upon altars or brick 4 Which remain among the graves and lodge in the monuments which eat swines flesh and ‖ Or pieces broth of abominable things is in their vessels 5 Which say Stand by thy selt come not near to me for I am hosier then thou these are a smoke in my ‖ Or anger nose a fire that burneth all the day 6 Behold it is written before me I will not keep silence but will recompense even recompense into their bosom 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together saith the LORD which have burnt incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom 8 ¶ Thus saith the LORD As the new wine is found in the cluster and one saith Destroy it not for a blessing is in it so will I do for my servants sake that I may not destroy them all 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob and out of Judah an inheritour of my mountains and mine elect shall inherit it and my servants shall dwell there 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in for my people that have sought me 11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD that forget my holy mountain that prepare a table for that ‖ Or Gad. troup and that furnish the drink-offering unto that ‖ Or Meni number 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter * Prov. 1 24 c. Ch. 66.4 Jer. 7.13 because 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 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold my servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry behold my servants shall drink but ye shall be thirsty behold my servants shall rejoyce but ye shall be ashamed 14 Behold my servants shall sing for joy of heart but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and shall howl for †Heb. breaking vexation of spirit 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen for the Lord GOD shall slay thee and call his servants by another name 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hid from mine eyes 17 ¶ For behold I create * Chap. 66 2â— 2 Pet. 2.12 Rev. 21.1 new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembred nor †Heb. come upon the bea rt come into minde 18 But be you glad and rejoyce for ever in that which I create for behold I create Jerusalem a rejoycing and her people a joy 19 And I will rejoyre in Jerusalem and joy in my people and the * Rev. 21.4 voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her nor the voice of crying 20 There shall be no more thence an insant of days nor an old man that hath not filled his days for the childe shall die an hundred years old but the sinner â—eâ—no an hundred years old shall be accursed 21 And they
like dragons their eyes did fail because there was no grass 7 ¶ O LORD though our iniquities testifie against us do thou it for thy names sake for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee 8 O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied as a mighty man that cannot save †Heb taâ— name 〈◊〉 upon 〈◊〉 yet thou O LORD art in the midst of us and ‖ 〈…〉 we are called by thy name leave us not 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people Thus have they loved to wander they have not refrained their feet therefore the LORD doth not accept them he will now remember their iniquity and visit their sirâ— 11 Then saâ—d the LORD unto me * 〈…〉 Pray not for this people for their good 12 * Pr 1 2â— Isa 1.15 Ch. 11.11 Ezek. 8 1â— Mic. 3.4 When they fast I will not hear their cry and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation I will not accept them but I will consume them by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 13 ¶ Then said I Ah Lord GOD behold the prophets say unto them Ye shall not see the sword neither shall ye have famine but I will give you †Heb. peace of truth assured peace in this place 14 Then the LORD said unto me The prophets prophesie lies in my name * Ch. 22.21 and 27.15 and 29.8 9. I sent them not neither have I commanded them neither spake unto them they prophesie unto you a false vision and divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesie in my name and I sent them not yet they say Sword and famine shall not be in this land By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed 16 And the people to whom they prophesie shall be cast out in the streeâ—s of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword and they shall have none to bury them them their wives nor their sons nor their daughters for I will pour their wickedness upon them 17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them * Ch. 13.17 La. 1.16 and 2.18 Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day and let them not cease for the virgin-daughter of my people is broken with a great breach with a very grievous blow 18 If I go forth into the field then behold the slain with the sword and it I enter into the city then behold them that are sick with famine yea both the prophet and the priest ‖ Or make merâ—bandise against a land and men acknowledge it not Ch. 5.31 go about into a land that they know not 19. Hast thou utterly rejected Judah hath thy soul loathed Zion why hast thou smitten us and there is no healing for us * Ch. 8.15 we looked for peace and there is no good and for the time of healing and behold trouble 20 We acknowledge O LORD out wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers for * Ps 106.6 Dan. 9.8 we have sinned against thee 21 Do not abhor us for thy names sake do not disgrace the throne of thy glory remember break not thy covenant with us 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain or can the heavens give showres art not thou he O LORD our God therefore we will wait upon thee for thou hast made all these things CHAP. XV. 1 The utter rejection and manifold judgements of the Jews 10 Jeremiah complaining of their spite receiveth a promise for himself 12 a threatning for them 15 He prayeth 19 and receiveth a gracious promise THen said the LORD unto me * Ezek. 11.14 Though * Ex. 32.11 14. Moses and * 1 Sa. 7.9 Samuel stood before me yet my minde could not be toward this people cast them out of my sight and let them go forth 2 And it shall come to pass if they say unto thee Whither shall we go forth then thou shalt tell them Thus saith the LORD * Ch. 42.11 Zec. 11.9 Such as are for death to death and such as are for the sword to the sword and such as are for the famine to the famine and such as are for the captivity to the captivity 3 And I will * Le. 26.16 c. appoint over them four †Heb. famines kinds saith the LORD the sword to slay and the dogs to tear and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy 4 And †Heb. I will give them for a removine I will cause them to be * Deu. 28.25 Ch. 24.9 removed into all kingdoms of the earth because of * 2 Kin. 21.11 Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah for that which he did in Jerusalem 5 For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem or who shall bemoan thee or who shall go aside †Heb. to ask of thy peace to ask how thou doest 6 Thou hast forsaken me saith the LORD thou art gone backward therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and destroy thee I am weary with repenting 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land I will bereave them of ‖ Or whatsoever is dear children I will destroy my people sith they return not from their ways 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas I have brought upon them ‖ Or against the mother-â—â—ty a young man spoiling c. or against the mother and the young men against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly and terrours upon the city 9 She that hath born seven languisheth she hath given up the ghost * Am. 8 9. her sun is gone down while it was yet day she hath been ashamed and confounded and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies faith the LORD 10 ¶ * Job 3.1 c. Ch. 20.14 Wo is me my mother that thou hast born me a man of strise a man of contention to the whole earth I have neither lent on usury nor men have lent to me on usury yet every one of them doth curse me 11 The LORD said Verily it shall be well with thy remnant verily ‖ Or I will intreat the enemy for thee I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the * Ch. 1â— 3 spoil without price and that for all thy sins even in all thy borders 14 And I will
home there is as death 21 They have heard that I sigh there is none to comfort me all mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day that thou hast ‖ Or â—â—â—laimed called and they shall be like unto me 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighs are many and my heart is saint CHAP. II. 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem 20 He complaineth thereof to God HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel and remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob and hath not pitted he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah he hath †Heb. male to south brought them down to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary and slew †Heb. all the desireable of the eye all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire 5 The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation 6 And he hath violently * Ps 80.12 and 89.40 Isa 5.5 taken away his ‖ Or â—edâ—e tabernacle as if it were of a garden he hath destroyed his places of the assembly the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar he hath abhorred his sanctuary he hath †Heb. Sout up given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces they have made a noise in the house of the LORD as in the day of a solemn feast 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out a line he hath not withdrawn his hand from †Heb. swallowing up destroying therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament they languished together 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground he hath destroyed and broken her bars her king and her princes are among the Gentiles the law is no more her * Ps 74.9 prophets also finde no vision from the LORD 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence they have cast up dust upon their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears my bowels are troubled my liver is poured upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings ‖ Or saint swoon in the streets of the city 12 They say to their mothers Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city when their soul was poured out into their mothers bosom 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken to thee O daughter of Jerusalem what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion for thy breach is great like the sea who can heal thee 14 Thy * Jer. 2.8 and 5.31 and 14.14 and 23.16 prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee and they have not discovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment 15 All that pass †Heb. by the way by clap their hands at thee they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying Is this the câ—ty that men call * Ps 48.2 the perfection of beauty the joy of the whole earth 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen it 17 The LORD hath done that which he had * Lev. 26.16 devised he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old he hath thrown down and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord O wall of the daughter of Zion * Jer. 14.17 Ch. â— 16 let tears run down like a river day and night give thy self no rest let not the apple of thine eye cease 19 Arise cry out in the night in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street 20 ¶ Behold O LORD and consider to whom thou hast done this shall the women eat their fruit and children ‖ Or swaddled with their hands of a span long shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LORD 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets my virgins and my young men are fain by the sword thou hast slain them in the day of thy anger thou hast killed and not pitied 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about so that in the day of the LORDS anger none escaped nor remained those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed CHAP. III. 1 The faithful bewall their â—alamities 22 By the mercies of God they nourish their hope 37 They acknowledge Gods justice 55 They pray for deliverance 64 and venâ—eance on their enemies I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath 2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness but not into light 3 Surely against me is he turned he turneth his hand against me all the day 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old he hath broken my bones 5 He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and travel 6 He hath set me in dark places as they that be dead of old 7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out he hath made my chain heavy 8 Also when I cry and shout he shutteth out my prayer 9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone the hath made my paths crooked 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a
Chron. 23.18 Gaza and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they ‖ Or carried them away with an entire captivity carried away captive the whole captivity to deliver them up to Edom. 7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza which shall devour the palaces thereof 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon and I will turn mine hand against Ekron and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish saith the Lord GOD. 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD For three transgressions of Tyrus and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom and remembred not †Heb. the covenant of brethren the brotherly covenant 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus which shall devour the palaces thereof 11 ¶ Thus saith the LORD For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because he did pursue his brother with the sword and †Heb. â—â—rrupted his compassiâ—â—s did cast off all pity and his anger did tear perpetually and kept his wrath for ever 12 But I will send a fire upon Teman which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah 13 ¶ Thus saith the LORD For three transgressions of the children of Ammon and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they have ‖ Or â—ivided the mountains ript up the women with childe of Gilead that they might enlarge their border 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah and it shall devour the palaces thereof with shouting in the day of battel with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind 15 And their king shall go into captivity he and his princes together saith the LORD CHAP. II. 1 Gods wrath against Moab 4 upon Judah 6 and upon Israel 9 God complaineth of their unthankfulness THis saith the LORD For three transgressions of Moah and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because he * 2 King 3.27 burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth and Moab shall die with tumult with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof and will slay all the princes thereof with him saith the LORD 4 ¶ Thus saith the LORD For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they have despised the law of the LORD and have not kept his commandments and their lies caused them to err after the which their fathers have walked 5 But I will send a fire upon Judah and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem 6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof because * Ch. 8.6 they sold the righteous for â—ilver and the poor for a pair of shoes 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor and turn aside the way of the meek and a man and his father will go in unto the same ‖ Or young woman maid to profane my holy name 8 And they lay themselve down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar and they drink the wine of ‖ Or such as have fined or multied the condemned in the house of their god 9 ¶ Yet destroyed I the * Num. 21.24 Deut. 2.21 Josh 24.8 Amorite before them whose height was like the height of the cedars and he was strong as the oaks yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his foots from beneath 10 Also * Ex. 12.51 I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you fourty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite 11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets and of your young men for Nazarites Is it not even thus O ye children of Israel saith the LORD 12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets * Chap. 7.12.13 saying Prophesie not 13 Behold ‖ Or I will press your place as a cart full of sheaves presseth I am pressed under you as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift and the strong shall not strengthen his force neither shall the mighty deliver †Heb. his soul or life himself 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bowe and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself 16 Aâ—â— â—e that is †Heb. sâ—ronâ— of â—â—s heart couragious among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day saith the LORD CHAP. III. 1 The necesâ—itâ— of Gods judgement against Israel 9 The publication of it with the causes thereof HEar this word that the LORD hath spoken against you O children of Israel against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt saying 2 You onely have I known of all the families of the earth therefore I will †Heb. visit upon punish you for all your iniquities 3 Can two walk together except they be agreed 4 Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey will a young lion †Heb. give forth his voice cry out of his den if he have taken nothing 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where no gin is for him shall one take up a snare from the earth and have taken nothing at all 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people ‖ Or not â—â—iâ— together not be afraid shall there be evil in a city ‖ Or and shall not the LORD do somewhat and the LORD hath not done it 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets 8 The lion hath roared who will not fear the Lord GOD hath spoken who can but prophesie 9 ¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod and in the palaces in the land of Egypt and say Assemble your selves upon the mountains of Samaria and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof and the ‖ Or oppressions oppressed in the midst thereof 10 For they know not to do right saith the LORD who store up violence and ‖ Or spoil robbery in their palaces 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD An adversary there shall be even round about the land and he shall bring down thy strength from thee and thy palaces shall be spoiled 12 Thus saith the LORD As the shepherd †Heb. delivereth taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of abed and
LORD 5 It * Jer. 49.9 theeves came to thee if robbers by night how art thou cut off would they not have stoln till they had enough if the grape-gatherers came to thee would they not leave ‖ Or gleanings some grapes 6 How are the things of Esau searched out how are his hid things sought up 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border †Heb. the men of thy peace the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee and prevailed against thee †Heb. the men of thy bread they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee there is none understanding ‖ Or of it in him 8 * Is 29.14 Jer. 49.7 Shall I not in that day saith the LORD even destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding out of the mount of Esau 9 And thy mighty men O Teman shall be dismayed to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter 10 ¶ For thy * Gen. 27.41 Ezek. 35.5 Amos 1.11 violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee and thou shalt be cut off for ever 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side in the day that the strangers ‖ Or carried away his substance carried away captive his forces and foreiners entred into his gates and cast lots upon Jerusalem even thou wast as one of them 12 But ‖ Or. do not bebold c. thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger neither shouldest thou have rejoyced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction neither shouldest thou have †Heb. magnified thy mouth spoken proudly in the day of distress 13 Thou shouldest not have entred into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity yea thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity nor have laid hands on their ‖ Or forces substance in the day of their calamity 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross-way to cut off those of his that did escape neither shouldest thou have ‖ Or shut up delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen * Ezek. 35.15 as thou hast done it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall return upon thine own head 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually yea they shall drink and they shall ‖ Or sup up swallow down and they shall be as though they had not been 17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be ‖ Or they that escape deliverance and ‖ Or it shall be holy there shall be holiness and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame and the house of Esau for stubble and they shall kindle in them and devour them and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau for the LORD hath spoken it 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau and they of the plain the Philistines and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites even unto Zarephath and the captivity of Jerusalem ‖ Or shall possess that which is in Sepharad which is in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the south 21 And * 1 Tim. 4.10 Jam. 5.20 saviours shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau and the * Luk. 1.33 kingdom shall be the LORDS ¶ JONAH CHAP. I. 1 Jonah sent to Nineveh fleeth to Tarshish 4 He is bewrayed by a tempest 11 thrown into the sea 17 and swallowed up by a fish NOw the word of the LORD came unto ‖ Called Mat. 12.39 fonas Jonah the son of Amittai saying 2 Arise go to Nineveh that * Gen. 10.11 12. Chap. 3.3 great city and cry against it for their wickedness is come up before me 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD and went down to Joppa and he found a ship going to Tarshish so he paid the fare thereof and went down into it to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD 4 ¶ But the LORD †Heb. cast forth sent out a great wind into the sea and there was a mighty tempest in the sea so that the ship †Heb. thought to be broken was like to be broken 5 Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it of them but Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship and he lay and was fast asleep 6 So the ship-master came to him and said unto him What meanest thou O sleeper arise call upon thy God if so be that God will think upon us that we perish not 7 And they said every one to his fellow Come and let us cast lots that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us So they cast lots and the lot fell upon Jonah 8 Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us what is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy countrey and of what people art thou 9 And he said unto them I am an Hebrew and I fear the LORD the God of heaven which hath made the sea and the dry land 10 Then were the men †Heb. with great fear exceedingly afraid and said unto him Why hast thou done this for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD because he had told them 11 ¶ Then said they unto him What shall we do unto thee that the sea †Heb may be silent from us may be calm unto us for the sea ‖ Or grew more and more tempestuous †Heb. went wrought and was tempestuous 12 And he said unto them Take me up and cast me forth into the sea so shall the sea be calm unto you for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you 13 Nevertheless the men †Heb. diâ—â—ed rowed hard to bring it to the land but they could not for the sea wrought and was tempestuous against them 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD and said We beseech thee O LORD we beseech thee let us not perish for this mans life and lay not upon us innocent bloud for thou O LORD hast done as it pleased thee 15 So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea and the sea †Heb. sâ—â—â—d ceased from her raging
the remnant of the people shall spoil thee because of mens †Heb. blouds bloud and for the violence of the land of the city and of all that dwell therein 9 ¶ Wo to him that * Jer. 22.13 ‖ Or gaineth an evil gain coveteth an evil covetousness to his house that he may set his nest on high that he may be delivered from the †Heb. palm of the hand power of evil 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people and haâ—t sinned against thy soul 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall and the ‖ Or piece or fastning beam out of the timber shall ‖ Or witness against it answer it 12 ¶ Wo to him tâ—at buildeth a town with * Ezek. 2â— 9 Nah. 3.1 †Heb. blouds bloud and stablisheth a city by iniquity 13 Behold is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire and the people shall weary themselves ‖ Or in vain for very vanity 14 For the earth shall be filled ‖ Or by knowing the glory of the LORD with the * Isa 11.9 knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea 15 ¶ Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink that puttest thy bottle to him and makest him drunken also that thou mayest look on their nakedness 16 Thou art filled ‖ Or more with shame then with glory with shame for glory * Jer. 25.26 drink thou also and let thy foreskin be uncovered the cup of the LORDS right hand shall be turned unto thee and shameful spuing shall be on thy glory 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee and the spoil of beasts which made them afraid because of mens bloud and for the violence of the land of the city and of all that dwell therein 18 ¶ What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it the molten image and a * Jer. 10.8 14. Zech. 10.2 teacher of lies that †Heb. the fashioner of his fashâ—on the maker of his work trusteth therein to make him dumb idols 19 Wo unto him that saith to the wood Awake to the dumb stone Arise it shall teach behold it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it 20 But * Psal 11.4 the LORD is in his holy temple †Heb. be silent all the â—arth before him let all the earth keep silence before him CHAP. III. 1 Habakkuk in his prayer trembleth at Gods majesty 17 The confidence of his faâ—th A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet ‖ Or according to variable songs or tunes called in Hebrew Sâ—igionoth upon Shigionoth 2 O LORD I have heard †Heb. thy report or thy hearing thy speech and was afraid O LORD ‖ Or preserve alive revive thy work in the midst of the years in the midst of the years make known in wrath remember mercy 3 God came from ‖ Or the sâ—uth Teman and the holy One from mount Paran Selah His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of his praise 4 And his brightness was as the light he had ‖ Or â—right beams â—ut of his side horns coming out of his hand and there was the hiding of his power 5 Before him went the pestiâ—ence and ‖ Or burning diseases burning coals went forth at his feet 6 He stood and measured the earth he beheld and drove asunder the nations and the everlasting mountains were scattered the perpetual hills did bow his ways are everlasting 7 I saw the tents of ‖ Or Ethiopia Cushan ‖ Or under affliction or vanity in affliction and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers was thine anger against the rivers was thy wrath against the sea that thou didst ride upon thine horses and ‖ Or thy chariots were salvation thy chariots of salvation 9 Thy bowe was made quite naked according to the oaths of the tribes even thy word Selah ‖ Or Thou didst cleave the rivers of the earth Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers 10 The mountains saw thee and they trembled the overflowing of the water passed by the deep uttered his voice and lift up his hands on high 11 The sun and moon * Josh 10.12 stood still in their habitation ‖ Or thine arrowâ— walâ—ed in the light c. at the light of thine * Josh 10.11 arrows they went and at the shining of thy glittering spear 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation thou didst thresh the heathen in anger 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people even for salvation with thine anointed thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked by †Heb. making naked discovering the foundation unto the neck Selah 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages they †Heb. were tempestuous came out as a whirlwind to scatter me their rejoycing was as to devour the poor secretly 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses through the ‖ Or mud heap of great waters 16 When I heard my belly trembled my lips quivered at the voice rottenness entred into my bones and I trembled in my self that I might rest in the day of trouble when he cometh up unto the people he will ‖ Or cut them in pieces invade them with his troups 17 ¶ Although the fig-tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines the labour of the olive shall †Heb. lie fail and the fields shall yeeld no meat the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls 18 Yet I will rejoyce in the LORD I will joy in the God of my salvation 19 The Lord GOD is my strength and he will make my feet like * 2 Sam. 22.34 Psâ—â— S â—2 hinds feet and he will make me to walk upon mine high places To the chief singer on my †Heb. neginâ—th stringed instruments ¶ ZEPHANIAH CHAP. I. Gods severe judgement against Judah for divers sins THe word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi the son of Gedaliah the son of Amariah the son of Hizkiah in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah 2 †Heb. by taking away I will make on end I will utterly consume all things from off †Heb. the face of the land the land saith the LORD 3 I will consume man and beast I will consume the fowls of the heaven and the fishes of the sea and the ‖ Or idols stumbling-blocks with the wicked and I will cut off man from off the land saith the LORD 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and
with you saith the LORD of hosts 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt so my spirit remaineth among you fear ye not 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts * Heb. 12 26. Yet once it is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land 7 And I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the LORD of hosts 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine saith the LORD of hosts 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater then of the former saith the LORD of hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the LORD of hosts 10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Ask now the priests concerning the law saying 12 It one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oyl or any meat shall it be holy And the priests answered and said No. 13 Then said Haggai Is one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean And the priests answered and said It shall be unclean 14 Then answered Haggai and said So is this people and so is this nation before me saith the LORD and so is every work of their hands and that which they offer there is unclean 15 And now I pray you consider from this day and upward from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD 16 Since those days were when one came to an heap of twenty measures there were but ten when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press there were but twenty 17 ¶ I smote you * Am. 4.9 with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands yet ye turned not to me saith the LORD 18 Consider now from this day and upward from the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth even from the day that the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid consider it 19 Is the seed yet in the barn yea as yet the vine and the fig-tree and the pomegranate and the olive-tree hath not brought forth from this day will I bless you 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the moneth saying 21 Speak to Zerubbabel governour of Judah saying I will shake the heavens and the earth 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen and I will overthrow the chariots and those that ride in them and the horses and their riders shall come down every one by the sword of his brother 23 In that day saith the LORD of hosts will I take thee O Zerubbabel my servant the son of Shealtiel saith the LORD and will make thee as a signet for I have chosen thee saith the LORD of hosts ¶ ZECHARIAH CHAP. I. 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance 7 The vision of the horses 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem 18 The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters IN the eighth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 2 The LORD hath been †Heb. with displeasure sore displeased with your fathers 3 Therefore say thou unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mal. 3.7 Turn ye unto me saith the LORD of hosts and I will turn unto you saith the LORD of hosts 4 Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have cried saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Is 31.6 Jer. 3.12 18.11 Ezek. 18.30 Hos 14 1◠Turn ye now from your evil ways and from your evil doings but they did not hear nor hearken unto me saith the LORD 5 Your fathers where are they and the prophets do they live for ever 6 But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not ‖ Or overtake take hold of your fathers and they returned and said * L◠1.18 Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us according to our ways and according to our doings so hath he dealt with us 7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 8 I saw by night and behold a man riding upon a red horse and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom and behinde him were there red horses ‖ Or hay speckled and white 9 Then said I O my Lord what are these And the angel that talked with me said unto me I will shew thee what these be 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees and said We have walked to and fro through the earth and behold all the earth sitteth still and is at rest 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said O LORD of hosts how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me Cry thou saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts I am * Ch. 8.2 jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousie 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at case for I was but a little displeased and they helped forward the affliction 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies my house shall be built in it saith the LORD of hosts and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem 17 Cry yet saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts My cities through †Hēb good prosperity shall yet be spread abroad and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem 18 ¶ Then lift I up mine eyes and saw and behold four horns 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me What be these And he answered me These are the horns which have scattered Judah Israel and Jerusalem 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters 21 Then said I What come these to do And he spake saying These are the horns which have scattered Judah
the maimed and let the blinde man come into the sight of my clearness 22 Keep the old and young within thy walls 23 * Tob. â— 17 18. Wheresoever thou findest the dead †signing bury them take them and bury them and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection 24 Abide still O my people and take thy rest for thy quietness shall come 25 Nourish thy children O thou good nurse stablish their feet 26 As for the servants whom I have given thee there shall not one of them perish for I will require them from among thy number 27 Be not weary for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh others shall weep and be sorrowful but thou shalt be merry and have abundance 28 The heathen shall envy thee but they shall be able to do nothing against thee saith the Lord. 29 My hands shall cover thee so that thy children shall not see hell 30 Be joyful O thou mother with thy children for I will deliver thee saith the Lord. 31 Remember thy children that sleep for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth and shew mercy unto them for I am merciful saith the Lord Almighty 32 Embrace thy children until I come and ‖ Or preaâ—e shew mercy unto them for my wells run over and my grace shall not fail 33 I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb that I should go unto Israel but when I came unto then they set me at nought and despised the commandment of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say unto you O ye heathen that hear and understand Look for your Shepherd he shall give you everlasting rest for he is nigh at hand that shall come in the end of the world 35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore 36 Flee the shadow of this world receive the joyfulness of your glory I testify my Saviour openly 37 O receive the gift that is given you and be glad giving thanks unto him that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom 38 Arise up and stand behold the number of those that be sealed ‖ Or for in the feast of the Lord. 39 Which are departed from the shadow of the world and have received glorious garments of the Lord. 40 Take thy number O Sion and †Lat. conclude shut up those of thine that are clothed in white which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 41 The number of thy children whom thou longedst for is fulfilled beseech the power of the Lord that thy people which have been called from the beginning may be hallowed 42 * Rev. 7.9 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people whom I could not number and they all praised the Lord with songs 43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature taller then all the rest and upon every one of their heads he set crowns and was more exalted which I marvelled at greatly 44 So I asked the angel and said ‖ Or Lord. Sir what are these 45 He answered and said unto me These be they that have put off the mortal clothing and put on the immortal and have confessed the name of God now are they crowned and receive palms 46 Then said I unto the angel What young person is it that crowneth them and giveth them palms in their hands 47 So he answered and said unto me It is the Son of God whom they have confessed in the world Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stifly for the name of the Lord. 48 Then the angel said unto me Go thy way and tell my people what manner of things and how great wonders of the Lord thy God thou hast seen CHAP. III. 1 Esdras is troubled 13 and acknowledgeth the sins of the people 28 yet complaineth that the heathen were lords over them being more wicked then they IN the thirtieth year after the ruine of the city I was in Babylon and lay troubled upon my bed and my thoughts came up over my heart 2 For I saw the desolation of Sion and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon 3 And my spirit was sore moved so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High and said 4 O Lord who bearest rule thou spakest at the beginning when thou didst plant the earth and that thy self alone and commandedst the people 5 * Gen. 2.7 And gavest a body unto Adam without soul which was the workmanship of thine hands and didst breath into him the breath of life and he was made living before thee 6 And thou leddest him into paradise which thy right hand had planted before ever the earth came forward 7 And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way which he transgressed and immediately thou appointedst death in him and in his generations of whom came nations tribes people and kindreds out of number 8 * Gen. 6.12 And every people walked after their own will and did wonderful things before thee and despised thy commandments 9 * Gen. 7.10 And again in process of time thou broughtest the floud upon those that dwelt in the world and destroyedst them 10 And it came to pass in every of them that as death was to Adam so was the floud to these 11 Nevertheless one of them thou leftest namely * 1 Pet. 3.20 Noah with his houshold of whom came all righteous men 12 And it happened that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply and had gotten them many children and were a great people they began again to be more ungodly then the first 13 Now when they lived so wickedly before thee * Gen. 12.1 thou didst choose thee a man from among them whose name was * Gen. 17.5 Abraham 14 Him thou lovedst and unto him onely thou shewedst thy will 15 And madest an everlasting covenant with him promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed 16 * Gen. 21.2 3. And unto him thou gavest Isaac and * Gen. 25.25 26. unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau As for Jacob thou * Mal. 1.2 3. Rom. 9.13 didst choose him to thee and put by Esau and so Jacob became a great multitude 17 And it came to pass that when thou ledst his seed out of Egypt * Exod. 19.1 Deut. 4.10 thou broughtest them up to the mount Sina 18 And bowing the heavens thou didst set fast the earth movedst the whole world and madest the depths to tremble and troubledst the men of that age 19 And thy glory went through four gates of fire and of earthquake and of wind and of cold that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob ‖ and to all the generation of Israel that they should keep it with diligence and diligence unto the generation of Israel 20 And yet tookest thou not away
from them a wicked heart that thy law might bring forth fruit in them 21 For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed and was overcome and so be all they that are born of him 22 Thus infirmity was made permanent and the law also in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root so that the good departed away and the evil abode still 23 So the times passed away and the years were brought to an end * 1 Sam. 16.13 then didst thou raise thee up a servant called David 24 * 2 Sam. 5.2 7.5 13. Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein 25 When this was done many years then they that inhabited the city forsook thee 26 And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done for they also had a wicked heart 27 And so thou gavest thy city over into the hands of thine enemies 28 Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon that they should therefore have the dominion over Sion 29 For when I came thither and had seen impieties without number then my soul saw many evil doers in this thirtieth year so that my heart failed me 30 For I have seen how thou sufferest them sinning and hast spared wicked doers and hast destroyed thy people and hast preserved thine enemiâ—â— and hast not signified it 31 ‖ Or I conceive I do not remember how this way may be left Are they then of Babylon better then they of Sion 32 Or is there any other people that knoweth thee besides Israel or what generation hath so beleeved thy covenants as Jacob 33 And yet their reward appeareth not and their labour hath no fruit for I have gone here and there through the heathen and I see that they ‖ Or abound flow in wealth and think not upon thy commandments 34 Weigh thou therefore our wickedness now in the balance and theirs also that dwell in the world and so shall thy name no where be found but in Israel 35 Or when was it that they which dwell upon the earth have not sinned in thy sight or what people hath so kept thy commandments 36 Thou shalt finde that Israel by name hath kept thy precepts but not the heathen CHAP. IV. 1 The angel declareth the ignorance of Esdras in Gods judgements 13 and adviseth him not to meddle with things above his reach 23 Nevertheless Esdras asketh divers questions and receiveth answers to them ANd the angel that was sent unto me whose name was Uriel gave me an answer 2 And said Thy heart hath gone too far in this world and thinkest thou to â—omprehend the way of the most High 3 Then said I Yea my lord and he answered me and said I am sent to shâ—w thee three ways and to set forth three similitudes before thee 4 Whereof if thou canst declare me one I will shew thee also the way that thou desirest to see and I shall shew thee from whence the wicked heart cometh 5 And I said Tell on my lord Then said he unto me Go thy way weigh me the weight of the fire or measure me the blast of the wind or call me again the day that is past 6 Then answered I and said What man is able to do that that thou shouldest ask such things of me 7 And he said unto me If I should ask thee how great dwellings are in the midst of the sea or how many springs are in the beginning of the deep or how many springs are above the firmament or which are the outgoings of paradise 8 Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me I never went down into the deep nor as yet into hell neither did I ever climbe up into heaven 9 Nevertheless now have I asked thee but onely of the fire and wind and of the day where-through thou hast passed and of things from which thou canst not be separated and yet canst thou give me no answer of them 10 He said moreover unto me Thine own things and such as are grown up with thee canst thou not know 11 How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest and the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the ‖ Or incorruption corruption that is evident in my sight 12 Then said I unto him It were better that we were not at all then that we should live still in wickedness and to suffer and not to know wherefore 13 He answered me and said I went into a forest into a plain and the * Judg. 9.8 2 Chr. 25.18 trees took counsel 14 And said Come let us go and make war against the sea that it may depart away before us and that we may make us more woods 15 The flouds of the sea also in like manner took counsel and said Come let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain that there also we may make us another countrey 16 The thought of the wood was in vain for the fire came and consumed it 17 The thought of the flouds of the sea came likewise to nought for the sand stood up and stopped them 18 If thou wert judge now betwixt these two whom wouldest thou begin to justifie or whom wouldest thou condemn 19 I answered and said Verily it is a foolish thought that they have both devised for ‖ Or the land the ground is given unto the wood and the sea also hath his place to bear his ‖ Or waves flouds 20 Then answered he me and said Thou hast given a right judgement but thy judgest thou not thyself also 21 For like as ‖ the land the ground is given unto the wood and the sea to his flouds even so * Is 55.8 9. Joh. 3.31 1 Cor. 2.14 they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth and he that dwelleth above the heavens may onely understand the things that are above the height of the heavens 22 Then answered I and said I beseech thee O Lord let me have understanding 23 For it was not my minde to be curious of the high things but of such as pass by us daily namely wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations and why the law of our forefathers is brought to nought and the written covenants come ‖ Or no where to none effect 24 And we pass away out of the world as grashoppers and our life is astonishment and fear and we are not worthy to obtain mercy 25 What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called of these things have I asked 26 Then answered he me and said The more thou searchest the more thou shalt marvel for the world hasteth fast to pass away 27 And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to
and come not nigh me And he heard what I said and went from me 20 And so I fasted seven days mourning and weeping like as Uriel the angel commanded me 21 And after seven days so it was that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again 22 And my soul recovered the spirit of understanding and I began to talk with the most High again 23 And said O Lord that bearest rule of every wood of the earth and of all the trees thereof thou hast chosen thee one onely vine 24 And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one pit and of all the flowers thereof one lilie 25 And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself 26 And of all the fowl that are created thou hast named thee one dove and of all the cattel that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep 27 And among all the multitude of peoples thou hast gotten thee one people and unto this people whom thou lovedst thou gavest a law that is approved of all 28 And now O Lord why hast thou given this one people over unto many and ‖ Or over upon the one root hast thou prepared others and why hast thou scattered thy onely one people among many 29 And they which did gain say thy promises and beleeved not thy covenants have troden them down 30 If thou didst so much hate thy people yet shouldest thou punish them with thine own hands 31 Now when I had spoken these words the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me 32 And said unto me Hear me and I will instruct thee hearken to the thing that I say and I shall tell thee more 33 And I said Speak on my Lord then said he unto me Thou art sore troubled in minde for Israels sake lovest thou that people better then he that made them 34 And I said No Lord but of very grief have I spoken for my reins pain me every hour while I labour to comprehend the way of the most High and to seek out part of his judgement 35 And he said unto me Thou canst not and I said Wherefore Lord whereunto was I born then or why was not my mothers womb then my grave that I might not have seen the travel of Jacob and the wearisom toyl of the stock of Israel 36 And he said unto me Number me the things that are not yet come gather me together the drops that are scattered abroad make me the flowers green again that are withered 37 Open me the places that are closed and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up shew me the image of a voice and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know 38 And I said O Lord that bearest rule who may know these things but he that hath not his dwelling with men 39 As for me I am unwise how may I then speak of these things whereof thou askest me 40 Then said he unto me Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of even so canst thou not finde out my judgement or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people 41 And I said Behold O Lord yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end and what shall they do that have been before me or we that be now or they that shall come after us 42 And he said unto me I will liken my judgement unto a rings like as there is no slackness of the last even so there is no swiftness of the first 43 So I answered and said Couldst thou not make those that have been made and be now and that are for to come at once that thou mightest shew thy judgement the sooner 44 Then answered he me and said The creature may not haste above the maker neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein 45 And I said As thou hast said unto thy servant that thou which given life to all hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast created and the creature bare it even so it might now also bear them that now be present at once 46 And he said unto me Ask the womb of a woman and say unto her If thou bringest forth children why dost thou it not together but one after another pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once 47 And I said She cannot but must do it by distance of time 48 Then said he unto me Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times 49 For like as a young childe may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged even so have I disposed the world which I created 50 And I asked and said Seeing thou hast now given me the way I will proceed to speak before thee for our mother of whom thou hast told me that she is young draweth now nigh unto age 51 He answered me and said Ask a woman that beareth children and she shall tell thee 52 Say unto her Wherefore are not they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before but less of stature 53 And she shall answer thee They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion and they that are born in the time of age when the womb faileth are otherwise 54 Consider thou therefore also how that ye are less of stature then those that were before you 55 And so are they that come after you less then ye as the creatures which now begin to be old and have passed over the strength of youth 56 Then said I Lord I beseech thee if I have found favour in thy sight shew thy servant by whom thou visitest thy creature CHAP. VI. 1 Gods purpose is eternal 8 The next world shall follow this immediately 13 What shall fall out at the last 31 He is promised more knowledge 38 and reckoneth up the works of the creation 57 and complaineth that they have no part in the world for whom it was made ANd he said unto me In the beginning when the ‖ Or cirâ—â—e of the earth earth was made before the borders of the world stood or ever the winds blew 2 Before it thundred and lightned or ever the foundations of paradise were laid 3 Before the fair flowers were seen or ever the moveable powers were established before the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together 4 Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up before the measures of the firmament were named or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot 5 And ere the present years were sought out and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure 6 Then did I consider these things and they all were made through me
upon the wicked 12 upon Egypt 28 An horrible vision 43 Babylon and Asia are threatned BEhold speak thou in the ears of my people the words of prophesie which I will put in thy mouth saith the Lord. 2 And cause them to be written in paper for they are faithful and true 3 Fear not the imaginations against thee let not the incredulity of them trouble thee that speak against thee 4 For all the unfaithful shall die in their unfaithfulness 5 Behold saith the Lord I will bring plagues upon the world the sword famine death and destruction 6 For wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the whose earth and their hurtful works are fulfilled 7 Therefore faith the Lord 8 I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness which they profanely commit neither will I suffer them in those things in which they wickedly exercise themselves behold the * Rev. 6.10 â— 19.2 innocent and râ—ghteouâ— bloâ—d cryeth unto me and the souls of the just complain continually 9 And therefore faith the Lord. I will surely avenge them and receive unto me all the innocent bloud from among them 10 Behold my people is led as a flock to the slaughter I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt 11 But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm and smite Egypt with plagues as before and will destroy all the land thereof 12 Egypt shall mourn and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it 13 They that till the ground shall mourn for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail and with a fearful constellation 14 Wo to the world and them that dwell therein 15 For the sword and their destruction draweth nigh and one people shall stand up to fight against another and swords in their hands 16 For there shall be sedition among men and invading one another they shall not regard their kings nor princes and the course of their actions shall stand in their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a city and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled the houses shall be destroyed and men shall be afraid 19 A man shall have no pity upon his neighbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoil their goods because of the lack of bread and for great tribulation 20 Behold saith God I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me which are from the rising of the sun from the south from the east and Libanus to turn themselves one against another and repay the things that they have done to them 21 Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen so will I do also and recompense in their bosom Thus saith the Lord God 22 My right hand shall not spare the sinners and my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent bloud upon the earth 23 The fire is gone forth from his wrath and hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners like the straw that is kindled 24 Wo to them that sin and keep not my commandments saith the Lord 25 I will not spare them go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuary 26 For the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him and therefore delivereth he them unto death and destruction 27 For now are the plagues come upon the whole earth and ye shall remain in them for God shall not deliver you because ye have finned against him 28 Behold an horrible vision and the appearance thereof from the east 29 Where the nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind upon earth that all they which hear them may fear and tremble 30 Also the Carmanians raging in wrath shall go forth as the wilde bores of the wood and with great power shall they come and joyn battel with them and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons have the upper hand remembring their nature and if they shall turn themselves conspiring together in great power to persecute them 32 Then these shall be troubled and keep silence through their power and shall flee 33 And from the land of the Assyrians shall the enemy besiege them and consume some of them and in their host shall be fear and dread and strife ‖ Or against among their kings 34 Behold clouds from the east and from the north unto the south and they are very horrible to look upon full of wrath and storm 35 They shall smite one upon another and they shall smite down a great multitude of stars upon the earth even their own star and bloud shall be from the sword unto the belly 36 And dung of men unto the camels ‖ Or pastern or litter hough 37 And there shall be great fearfulness and trembling upon earth and they that see the wrath shall be afraid and trembling shall come upon them 38 And then shall there come great storms from the south and from the north and another part from the west 39 And strong winds shall arise from the east and shall open it and the cloud which he raised up in wrath and the star stirred to cause fear toward the east and west wind shall be destroyed 40 The great and mighty clouds shall be lifted up full of wrath and the star that they may make all the earth afraid and them that dwell therein and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place and horrible star 41 Fire and hail and flying swords and many waters that all fields may be full and all rivers with the abundance of great waters 42 And they shall break down the cities and walls mountains and hills trees of the wood and grass of the medows and their corn 43 And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon and ‖ Or destroy make her afraid 44 They shall come to her and besiege her the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven and all they that be about her shall bewail her 45 And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear 46 And thou Asia that art ‖ Or like unto Babylon partaker of the hope of Babylon and art the glory of her person 47 Wo be unto thee thou wretch because thou hast made thy self like unto her and hast deckt thy daughters in wheredom that they might please and glory in thy lovers which have alway desired to commit whoredom with thee 48 Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions therefore saith God 49 I will send plagues upon thee widowhood poverty famine sword and pestilence to waste thy houses with destruction and death 50 And the glory of
21.19 I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon then to keep house with a wicked woman 17 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face and darkeneth her countenance ‖ Or like a beaâ— like sackcloth 18 Her husband shall sit among his neighbours and when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly 19 All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman let the portion of a sinner fall upon her 20 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged so is a wife * Or scolding full of words to a quiet man 21 * 2 Sam. 11.2 Ch. 42 1â— Stumble not at the beauty of a woman and desire her not for pleasure 22 A woman if she maintain her husband is full of anger impudency and much reproach 23 A wicked woman abateth the courage maketh an heaviâ— countenance and a wounded heart a woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees 24 Of * Gen â— â— 1 Tim. 2.14 the woman came the beginning of sin and through her we all die 25 Give the water no passage neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad 26 If she go not as thou wouldest have her cut her off from thy flesh and give her a bill of divorce and let her go CHAP. XXVI 1 A good wife 4 and a good conscience do glad men 6 A wicked wife is a fearful thing 13 Of good and bad wives 28 Of three things that are grievous 29 Merehants and buksters are not without sin BLessed is the man that hath a vertuous wife for the number of his days shall be double 2 A vertuous woman rejoyceth her husband and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace 3 A good wife is a good portion which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord. 4 Whether a man be rich or poor if he have a good heart toward the Lord he shall at all times rejoyce with a cheerful countenance 5 There be three things that mine heart feareth and for the fourth I was sore afraid †Gr. an evil report the slander of a city the gathering together of an unruly multitude and a false accusation all these are worse then death 6 But a grief of heart sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all 7 An evil wife is ‖ Or a yoke of oâ—en a yoke shaken to and fro he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion 8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger and she will not cover her own shame 9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eye-lids 10 * Chap. 42.11 If thy daughter be shameless keep her in straitly lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty 11 Watch over an impudent eye and marvel not if she trespass against thee 12 She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain and drink of every water near her by every ‖ Or stake hedge will she sit down and open her quiver against everâ— arrow 13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband and her discretion will fat his bones 14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord and there is nothing so much worth as a minde well instructed 15 A shamefacâ—d and faithful woman is a double grace and her continent minde cannot be valued 16 As the sun when it ariseth †Gr. in the highest places of the Lord. in the high heaven so is the beauty of a good wife in the ‖ Or ornament ordering of her house 17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick so is the beauty of the face ‖ Or in constant age in ripe age 18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver so are the ‖ Or comely fair feet with a constant ‖ Or breast heart 19 My son keep the flower of thine age sound and give not thy strength to strangers 20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field sowe it with thine own seed trusting in the goodness of thy stock 21 So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified having the confidence of their good descent 22 An harlot shall be accounted as ‖ Or a swinâ— spittle but a married woman is a towre against death to her husband 23 A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord. 24 A dishonest woman contemneth shame but an honest woman will reverence her husband 25 A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog but she that is shamefac'd will fear the Lord. 26 A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all but she that dishonoureth him in her pride-shall be counted ungodly of all 27 A loud-crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies 28 There be two things that grieve my heart and the third maketh me angry a man of war that suffereth poverty and men of understanding that are not set by and one that returneth from righteousness to sin the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword 29 A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong and an huckster shall not be freed from sin CHAP. XXVII 1 Of sins in selling and buying 7 Our speech will tell what is in us 16 A friend is lest by discovering his secrets 25 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it MAny * Prov. 28.21 have sinned for ‖ Or a thing indifferent a small matter and he that * Pro. 23.4 1 Tim. 6.9 seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away 2 As a nail sticketh fast between the joynings of the stones so doth sin stick close between buying and selling 3 Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord his house shall soon be overthrown 4 As when one sifteth with a sieve the refuse remaineth so the filth of man in his ‖ Or thought talk 5 * Prov. 27.21 The furnace proveth the potters vessels so the trial of man is in his reasoning 6 * Mat. 7.17 The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man 7 Praise no man before thou hearest him speak for this is the trial of men 8 If thou followest righteousness thou shalt obtain her and put her on as a glorious long robe 9 The birds will resort unto their like so will truth return unto them that practise in her 10 As the lion lieth in wait for the prey so sin for them that work iniquity 11 The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom but a fool changeth as the moon 12 If thou be among the â—ndiscreet observe the time but be continually among men of
the Lord is judge and with him is * Deut. 10.17 2 Chr. 19.7 Job 34.19 Wisd 6â— Acts 10 34. Rom. 2.11 Gal. 2.5 Ephes 6.9 Coloss 3.25 1 Pet. 1.17 no respect of persons 13 He will not accept any person against a poor man but will hear the prayer of the oppressed 14 He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless nor the widow when she poureth out her complaint 15 Do not the tears run down the widows cheeks and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall 16 He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds 17 The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds and till it come nigh he will not be comforted and will not depart till the most High shall behold to judge righteously and execute judgement 18 For the Lord will not be slack neither will the Mighty be patient towards them till he have smitten in sunder the loyns of the unmerciful and repayed vengeance to the heathen till he have taken away the multitude of the ‖ Or crued oppressours proud and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous 19 Till he have rendred to every man according to his deeds and to the works of men according to their devices till he have judged the cause of his people and made them to rejoyce in his mercy 20 Mercy is †Gr. fâ—r seasonable in the time of affliction as clouds of rain in the time of drought CHAP. XXXVI 1 A prayer for the church against the enemies thereof 18 A good heart and a froward 21 Of a good wife HAve mercy upon us O Lord God of all and behold us 2 And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee 3 * Jer. 10.25 Lift up thy hand ‖ Or upon against the strange nations and let them see thy power 4 As thou wast sanctified in us before them so be thou magnified among them before us 5 And let them know thee as we have known thee that there is no God but onely thou O God 6 Shew new signs and make other strange wonders glorify thy hand and thy right arm that they may set forth thy wondrous works 7 Raise up indignation and pour out wrath take away the adversary and destroy the enemy 8 Make the time short remember the †Gr. oath covenant and let them declare thy wonderful works 9 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire and let them perish that oppress the people 10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen that say There is none other but we 11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together and inherit thou them as from the beginning 12 O Lord have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name and upon Israel * Exod. 4.22 whom thou hast named thy first-born 13 O be merciful unto Jerusalem thy holy city the place of thy rest 14 Fill Sion ‖ Or. that it may magnify thine oracles with thine unspeakable oracles and thy people with thy glory 15 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning and raise up ‖ Or. prophesies prophets that have been in thy name 16 Reward them that wait for thee and let thy prophets be found faithful 17 O Lord hear the prayer of thy ‖ Or supplients servants according to the * Num. 6.23 blessing of Aaron over thy people that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord the eternal God 18 The belly devoureth all meats yet is one meat better then another 19 * Job 34.3 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison so doth an heart of understanding false speeches 20 A froward heart causeth heaviness but a man of experience will recompense him 21 A woman will receive every man yet is one daughter better then another 22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance and a man loveth nothing better 23 If there be kindness meekness and comfort in her tongue then is not her husband like ‖ Or common other men 24 He that getteth a wife beginneth ‖ Or to thrive a possession a help like unto himself and a pillar of rest 25 Where no hedge is there the possession is spoiled and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning 26 Who will trust a thief well-appointed that skippeth from city to city so who will beleeve a man that hath no house and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him CHAP. XXXVII 1 How to know friends and counsellours 12 The discretion and wisdom of a godly man blesseth him 27 Learn to refrain thine appetite EVery friend saith I am his friend also but there is a friend which is onely a friend in name 2 Is it not a grief unto death when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy 3 O wicked imagination whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit 4 There is a companion which rejoyceth in the prosperity of a friend but in the time of trouble will be against him 5 There is a companion which helpeth his friend for the belly and taketh up the buckler ‖ Or in presence of the enemy against the enemy 6 Forget not thy friend in thy minde and be not unmindful of him in thy riches 7 Every councellour extolleth counsel but there is some that councelleth for himself 8 Beware of a counsellour and know before ‖ Or what use there is of him what need he hath for he will counsel for himself lest he cast the lot upon thee 9 And say unto thee Thy way is good and afterward he stand on the other side to see what shall be fall thee 10 Consult not with one that suspecteth thee and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee 11 Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous neither with a coward in matters of war nor with a merchant concerning exchange nor with a buyer of selling nor with an envious man of thankfulness nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness nor with the slothful for any work nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work nor with an idle servant of much business hearken not unto these in any mattter of counsel 12 But be continually with a godly man whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord whose minde is according to thy minde and will sorrow with thee if thou shalt miscarry 13 And let the counsel of thine own heart stand for there is no man more faithful unto thee then it 14 For a mans minde is sometime wont to tell him more then seven watchmen that sit above in an high tower 15 And above all this pray to the most High that he will direct thy way in truth 16 Let reason go before every enterprise and counsel before every action 17 The countenance is a signe of changing of the heart 18
carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel who is in the lions den 35 And Habbacuc said Lord I never saw Babylon neither do I know where the den is 36 Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown and * Ezek. 8.3 bare him by the hair of his head and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den 37 And Habbacuc cried saying O Daniel Daniel * 1 Kin. 17.4 take the dinner which God hath sent thee 38 And Daniel said Thou hast remembred me O God neither hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee 39 So Daniel arose and did eat and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc in his own place again immediately 40 Upon the seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel and when he came to the den he looked in and behold Daniel was sitting 41 Then cried the king with a loud voice saying Great art thou O Lord God of Daniel and there is none other besides thee 42 * Jer. 37.17 And he drew him out and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den and they were devoured in a moment before his face ¶ The prayer of MANASSES king of Juda when he was holden captive in Babylon O Lord almighty God of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous seed who hast made heaven and earth with all the ornament thereof who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment who hast shut up the deep and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name whom all men fear and tremble before they power for the majesty of thy glory cannot be born and thine angry threatning towards sinners is importable but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable for thou art the most high Lord of great compassion long-suffering very merciful and repentest of the evils of men Thou O Lord according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners that they may be saved Thou therefore O Lord that art the God of the just hast not appointed repentance to the just as to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob which have not sinned against thee but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea My transgressions O Lord are multiplied my transgressions are multiplied and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquity I am bowed down with many iron bands that I cannot lift up mine head ‖ Or neither take my breath neither have any release for I have provoked thy wrath and done evil before thee I did not thy will neither kept I thy commandments I have set up abominations and have multiplied offences Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart beseeching thee of grace I have sinned O Lord I have sinned and I acknowledge mine iniquities wherefore I humbly beseech thee forgive me O Lord forgive me and destroy me not with mine iniquities Be not angry with me for ever by reserving evil for me neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth For thou art the God even the God of them that repent and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness for thou wilt save me that am unworthy according to thy great mercy Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee and thine is the glory for ever and ever Amen ¶ The first book of the MACCABEES CHAP. I. 14 Antiochus gave leave to set up the fashions of the Gentiles in Jerusalem 22 and spoiled it and the temple in it 57 and set up therein the abomination of desolation 63 and slew those that did circumcise their children ANd it hapned after that Alexander son of Philip the Macedonian who came out of the land of ‖ Or Chetbiim Chettiim had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes that he reigned in his stead the first over Greece 2 And made many wars and wan many strong holds and slew the kings of the earth 3 And went through to the ends of the earth and took spoils of many nations insomuch that the earth was quiet before him whereupon ‖ Or his heart was exalted and lifted up he was exalted and his heart was lifted up 4 And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countreys and nations and ‖ Or kingdoms which became c. kings who became tributaries unto him 5 And after these things he fell sick and perceived †Gr. that he dieth that he should die 6 Wherefore he called his servants such as were honourable and had been brought up with him from his youth and parted his kingdom among them while he was yet alive 7 So Alexander reigned twelve years and then died 8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place 9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves so did their sons after them many years and evils were multiplied in the earth 10 And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes son of Antiochus the king who had been an hostage at Rome and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks 11 In those days went there out of Israel wicked men who perswaded many saying Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us for since we departed from them †Gr. many evils have found us we have had much sorrow 12 So this device pleased them well 13 Then certain of the people were so forward herein that they went to the king who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen 14 Whereupon they ‖ Or set up an open school at Jerusalem built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen 15 And made themselves uncircumcised and forsook the holy covenant and joyned themselves to the heathen and were sold to do mischief 16 Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms 17 Wherefore he entred into Egypt with a great multitude with chariots and elephants and hors-men and a great navy 18 And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt but Ptolemee was afraid of him and fled and many were wounded to death 19 Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt and he took the spoils thereof 20 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he returned again in the hundred fourty and third year and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude 21 And entred proudly into the sanctuary and took away the golden altar and the candlestick of light and all the vessels thereof 22 And the table
them out and stopped up the gates with stones 48 Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner saying Let us pass through your land to go into our own countrey and none shall do you any hurt we will onely pass through on foot howbeit they would not open unto him 49 Wherefore Judas commanded a proclamation to be made throughout the host that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was 50 So the souldiers pitched and assaulted the city all that day and all that night till at the length the city was delivered into his hands 51 Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword and rased the city and took the spoils thereof and passed through the city over them that were slain 52 After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan 53 And Judas gathered together those that ‖ Or went hindmost Num. 10.25 came behinde and ‖ Or comforted or incouraged exhorted the people all the way through till they came into the land of Judea 54 So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness where they offered ‖ peace-offerings Joseph Antiq. 12.12 burnt-offerings because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace 55 Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais 56 Joseph the son of Zacharias and Azarias captains of the garisons heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done 57 Wherefore they said Let us also get us a name and go fight against the heathen that are round about us 58 So when they had given charge unto the garison that was with them they went towards Jamnia 59 Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city †Gr. to meet them in battel to fight against them 60 And so it was that Juseph and Azarias were put to flight and pursued unto the borders of Judea and there were slain that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men 61 Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel because they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren but thought to do some valiant act 62 Moreover these men came not of the seed of those by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel 63 Howbeit the man Judas and his brethren were greatly renowned in the sight of all Israel and of all the heathen wheresoever their name was heard of 64 Insomuch as the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations 65 Afterward went Judas forth with his brethren and sought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south where he smote Hebron and the †Gr. daughters towns thereof and pulled down the fortress of it and burnt the towres thereof round about 66 Form thence he removed to go into the land of †Gr. strangers the Philistines and passed through Samaria 67 At that time certain priests desirous to shew their valour were slain in battel for that they went out to fight unadvisedly 68 So Judas turned to Azotus in the land of the Philistines and when he had pulled down their altars and burnt their carved images with fire and spoiled their cities he returned into the land of Judea CHAP. VI. 8 Antiochus dieth 12 and confesseth that he is plagued for the wrong done to Jerusalem 20 Judas besiegeth those in the towre at Jerusalem 28 They procure Antiochus the younger to come into Judea 51 He besiegeth Sion 60 and maketh peace with Israel 61 yet overthroweth the wall of Sion ABout that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countreys heard say that Elymais in the countrey of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches silver and gold 2 And that there was in it a very rich temple wherein were ‖ Or shields coverings of gold and breast-plates and ‖ Or. armour shields which Alexander son of Philip the Macedonian king who reigned first among the Grecians had left there 3 Wherefore he came and sought to take the city and to spoil it but he was not able because they of the city having had warning thereof 4 Rose up against him in battel so he fled and departed thence with great heaviness and returned to Babylon 5 Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia that the armies which went against the sand of Judea were put to flight 6 And that Lysias who went forth first with a great power was driven away of the Jews and that they were made strong by the armour and power and store of spoils which they had gotten of the armies whom they had destroyed 7 Also that they had pulled down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before and his city Bethsura 8 Now when the king heard these words he was astonished and sore moved whereupon he laid him down upon his bed and fell sick for grief because it had not belfn him as he looked for 9 And there he continued many days for his grief was ever more and more and he made account that he should die 10 Wherefore he called for all his friends and said unto them The sleep is gone from mine eyes and my heart faileth for very care 11 And I thought with my self Into what tribulation am I come and how great a floud of misery is it wherein now I am for I was bountiful and beloved in my power 12 But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem and that I took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein and sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause 13 I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles are come upon me and behold I perish through great grief in a strange land 14 Then called he for Philip one of his friends whom he made ruler over all his realm 15 And gave him the crown and his robe and his signet to the end ‖ Or he should take his son Antiochus to him he should bring up his son Antiochus and nourish him up for the kingdom 16 So king Antiochus died there in the hundred fourty and ninth year 17 Now when Lysias knew that the king was dead he set up Antiochus his son whom he had brought up being young to reign in his stead and his name he called Eupator 18 About this time they that were in the towre shut up the Israelites round about the sanctuary and sought always their hurt and the strengthning of the heathen 19 Wherefore Judas purposing to destroy them called all the people together to besiege them 20 So they came together and besieged them in the hundred and fiftieth year and he made mounts for shot against them and other engines 21 Howbeit certain of them that were besieged got forth unto whom some ungodly men of Israel joyned themselves 22 And
and the kings forces are defeated by Judas 49 The day of this victory is kept holy every year IN the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome and came up with a few men unto ‖ Triposts Joseph Antiq lib. 12. â— 16 a city of the sea-coast and reigned there 2 And as he entred into the †Gr. house of the kingdom of his 〈◊〉 palace of his ancestours so it was that his forces had taken Antiochus and Lysias to bring them unto him 3 Wherefore when he knew it he said Let me not see their faces 4 So his host slew them Now when Demetrius was set upon the throne of his kingdom 5 There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel having Alcimus who was desirous to be high priest for their captain 6 And they accused the people to the king saying Judas and his brethren have slain all thy friends and driven us out of our own land 7 Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest and let him go and see what havock he hath made amongst us and in the kings land and let him punish them with all them that aid them 8 Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of the king who ruled beyond the floud and was a great man in the kingdom and faithful to the king 9 And him he sent with the wicked Alcimus whom he made high priest commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel 10 So they departed and came with a great power into the land of Judea where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully 11 But they gave no heed to their words for they saw that they were come with a great power 12 Then did there assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a company of ‖ Or officers governours chiefmen or men in authority scribes to require justice 13 Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them 14 For said they One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army and he will do us no wrong 15 So he spake unto them peaceably and sware unto them saying We will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends 16 Whereupon they beleeved him howbeit he took of them threescore men and slew them in one day according to the words which he wrote 17 * Ps 79.2 3. The flesh of thy saints have they cast out their bloud have they shed round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them 18 Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people who said There is neither truth nor †Gr. judgement righteousness in them for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made 19 After this removed Bacchides from Jerusalem and pitched his tents in Bezeth where he sent and took many of the men that had forsaken him and certain of the people also and when he had slain them he cast them into the great pit 20 Then committed he the countrey to Alcimus and left with him a power to aid him so Bacchides went to the king 21 But Alcimus ‖ Or laboured to defend his high priesthood contended for the high priesthood 22 And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people who after they had gotten the land of Juda into their power did much hurt in Israel 23 Now when Judas saw all the mischief that Alcimus and his company had done among the Israelites even above the heathen 24 He went out into all the coasts of Judea round about and took vengeance of them that had ‖ Or fled from him to the enemy revolted from him so that they durst no more ‖ Or invade the countrey go forth into the countrey 25 On the other side when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company ‖ Or was groan â—ny strong had gotten the upper hand and knew that he was not able †Gr. to abide them to abide their force he went again to the king and said all the worst of them that he could 26 Then the king sent Nicanor one of his honourable princes a man that bare deadly hate unto Israel with commandment to destroy the people 27 So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with †Gr. peaceable friendly words saying 28 Let there be no battel between me and you I will come with a few men that I may †Gr. see your faces see you in peace 29 He came therefore to Judas they saluted one another peaceably Howbeit the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by violence 30 Which thing after it was known to Judas to wit that he came unto him with deceit he was sore afraid of him would see his face no more 31 Nicanor also when he saw that his counsel was discovered went out to †Gr. meet Judas in battel fight against Judas besides ‖ Or Carphasalama Capharsalama 32 Where there were slain of Nicanors side about five thousand men and the rest fled into the city of David 33 After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion and there came out of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the people to salute him peaceably and to shew him the burnt-sacrifice that was offered for the king 34 But he mocked them and laughed at them and †Gr. defiled them abused them shamefully and spake proudly 35 And swore in his wrath saying Unless Judas and his host be now delivered into my hands if ever I come again †Gr. in peace in safety I will burn up this house and with that he went out in a great rage 36 Then the priests entred in and stood before the altar and the temple weeping and saying 37 Thou O Lord didst choose this house to be called by thy name and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people 38 Be avenged of this man his host and let them fall by the sword remember their blasphemies and suffer them not to continue any longer 39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem and pitched his tents in Bethoron where an host out of Syria met him 40 But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men and there he prayed saying 41 * 2 Kin. 19.35 O Lord when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed thine angel went out and smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand of them 〈◊〉 37.26 Ecclus 4â— 21 2 Mac. 8.19 42 Even so destroy thou this host before us this day that the rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy sanctuary and judge thou him according to his wickedness 43 So the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar the hosts joyned battel but Nicanors host was discomfitted and he himself was first slain in the battel 44
would not be comforted because they are not 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 Saying Arise and take the young childe and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the young childes life 21 And he arose and took the young childe and his mother and came into the land of Israel 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be called a Nazarene CHAP. III. 1 John preacheth his office life and baptism 7 Here reprebendeth the Pharisees 13 and baptizeth Christ in Jordan IN those days came * Mar. 1.4 Luk. 3.2 John the Baptists preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 And saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias saying * Isa 40. â— Mar. 1.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths strait 4 And the same John had his raiment of camels hair and a leathern girdle about his loyns and his meat was locusts and wilde honey 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them * Chap. 12.34 O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ‖ Or answerable to amendment of life meet for repentance 9 And think not to say within your selves * Joh. 8.39 We have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham 10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees * Chap. 7.19 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 11 * Mar. 1.8 Luke 3.16 John 1.26 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire 12 Whose fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire 13 ¶ * Mar. 1.9 Luk. 3.21 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him 14 But John forbad him saying I have need to be baptized of thee and comest thou to me 15 And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him 16 And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him 17 And lo a voice from heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased CHAP. IV. 1 Christ fasteth and is tempted 11 The angels minister unto him 13 He dwelleth in Capernaum 17 beginneth to preach 18 calleth Peter and Andrew 21 James and John 23 and healeth all the diseased THen was * Mar. 1 1â— Luk. 4.1 Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil 2 And when he had fasted fourty days and fourty nights he was afterward an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread 4 But he answered and said It is written * Deut. 8.3 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written * Ps 91.11 He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone 7 Jesus said unto him It is written again * Deut. 6.16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God 8 Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them 9 And saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me 10 Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is written * Deut. 6.13 10.20 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve 11 Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministred unto him 12 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 Luk. 4.14 Joh 4.43 Now when Jesus had heard that John was ‖ Or dâ—livered up cast into prison he departed into Galilee 13 And leaving Nazareth he came and dwelt in Capernaum which is upon the sea-coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying 15 * Isa 9.1 The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up 17 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 18 ¶ * Mar. 1.16 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 19 And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you fishers of men 20 And they straightway left their nets and followed him 21 And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the ship their father followed him 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsie and he healed them 25 And there
named Joseph who also himself was Jesus disciple 58 He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered 59 And when Joseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a clean linen colth 60 And laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre departed 61 And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre 62 ¶ Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate 63 Saying Sir we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive After three days I will rise again 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people He is risen from the dead so the last errour shall be worse then the first 65 Pilate said unto them Ye have a watch go your way make it as sure as you can 66 So they went and made the sepulchre sure sealing the stone and setting a watch CHAP. XXVIII 1 Christs resurrection is declared by an angel to the women 9 He himself appeareth unto them 11 The high priests give the souldiers money to say that he was stolen out of his sepulchre 16 Christ appeareth to his disciples 19 and sendeth them to baptize and teach all nations IN the * Mark 16.1 Joh. 20.1 end of the sabbath as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre 2 And behold there ‖ Or had been was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it 3 His countenance was like lightning his raiment white as snow 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake became as dead men 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified 6 He is not here for he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay 7 And go quickly tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead and behold he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see him lo I have told you 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples word 9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples behold Jesus met them saying All hail And they came and held him by the feet and worshipped him 10 Then said Jesus unto them Be not afraid go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me 11 ¶ Now when they were going behold some of the watch came into the city and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done 12 And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel they gave large money unto the souldiers 13 Saying Say ye His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept 14 And if this come to the governours ears we will perswade him and secure you 15 So they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day 16 ¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them 17 And when they saw him they worshipped him but some doubted 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth 19 ¶ * Mark 16.15 Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the world Amen ¶ The Gospel according to S. MARK CHAP. I. 1 The office of John the Baptist 9 Jesus is baptized 12 tempted 14 he preacheth 16 calleth Peter Andrew James and John 23 healeth one that had a devil 29 Peters mother in law 32 many diseased persons 41 and cleanseth the leper THe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God 2 As it is written in the prophets * Mat. 3.1 Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall preprae thy way before thee 3 * Isa 40.3 Luke 3.4 Joh. 1.23 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight 4 * Mat. 3.1 John did baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance ‖ Or unto for the remission of sins 5 * Matt. 3.5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins 6 And John was * Mat. 3.4 clothed with camels hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loyns and he did eat locusts and wilde honey 7 And preached saying There cometh one mightier then I after me the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down unloose 8 I indeed have baptized you with water but he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost 9 * Matth. 3.13 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized of John in Jordan 10 And straightway coming up out of the water he saw the heavens ‖ Or eleven or rent opened and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him 11 And there came a voice from heaven saying Thou art my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased 12 * Matth. 4.1 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness 13 And he was there in the wilderness fourty days tempted of Satan and was with wilde beasts and the angels ministred unto him 14 Now after that John was put in prison * Matth. 4.12 Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God 15 And saying The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand repent ye and beleeve the gospel 16 * Matth. 4.18 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 17 And Jesus said unto them Come ye after me and I will make you to become fishers of men 18 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him 19 And when he had gone a little further thence he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother who also were in the ship mending their nets 20 And straightway he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him 21 * Matth. 4.13 And they went into Capernaum and straightway on the sabbath-day he
immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea but Silas and Timotheus abode there still 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed they departed 16 ¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city ‖ Or full of idols wholly given to idolatry 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews and with the devout persons and in the market daily with them that met with him 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks encountred him and some said What will this ‖ Or base fellow babler say other some He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods because he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection 19 And they took him and brought him unto ‖ Or Mars-hill It was the highest court in Athens Areopagus saying May we know what this new doctrine whereof thou speakest is 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears we would know therefore what these things mean 21 For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing 22 ¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of ‖ Or the court of the Areopagites Mars hill and said Ye men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious 23 For as I passed by and beheld your ‖ Or gods that you worship 2 Thes 2.4 devotions I found an altar with this inscription TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship him declare I unto you 24 * Chap. 7.48 God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands 25 Neither is worshipped with mens hands * Psal 50.8 as though he needed any thing seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things 26 And hath made of one bloud all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation 27 That they should seek the Lord if haply they might feel after him and finde him though he be not far from every one of us 28 For in him we live and move and have our being as certain also of your own poets have said For we are also his offspring 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God * Isa 40.18 we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art and mans device 30 And the times of their ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men every whereto repent 31 Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath ‖ Or offered faith given assurance unto all men in that he hath raised him from the dead 32 ¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead some mocked and others said We will hear thee again of this matter 33 So Paul departed from among them 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him and beleeved among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them CHAP. XVIII 3 Paul laboureth with his hands and preacheth at Corinth to the Gentiles 9 The Lord encourageth him in a vision 12 He is accused before Gallio the deputy but is dismissed 18 Afterwards passing from city to city he strengthneth the disciples 24 Apollos being more perfectly instructed by Aquila and Priscilla 28 preacheth Christ with great efficacy AFter these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth 2 And found a certain Jew named * Rom. 16.3 Aquila born in Pontus lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome and came unto them 3 And because he was of the same craft he abode with them and wrought for by their occupation they were tent-makers 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath and perswaded the Jews and the Greeks 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Paul was pressed in spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ 6 And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed * Matth. 10.14 he shook his raiment and said unto them Your bloud be upon your own heads I am clean from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles 7 ¶ And he departed thence and entred into a certain mans house named Justus one that worshipped God whose house joyned hard to the synagogue 8 * 1 Cor. 3 14. And Crispus the chief ruler of the synagogue beleeved on the Lord with all his house and many of the Corinthians hearing beleeved and were baptized 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision Be not afraid but speak and hold not thy peace 10 For I am with thee and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee for I have much people in this city 11 And he †Gr. sat there continued there a year and six moneths teaching the word of God among them 12 ¶ And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgement-seat 13 Saying This fellow perswadeth men to worship God contrary to the law 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth Gallio said unto the Jews If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness O ye Jews reason would that I should bear with you 15 But if it be a question of words and names and of your law look ye to it for I will be no judge of such matters 16 And he drave them from the judgement-seat 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes the chief ruler of the synagogue and beat him before the judgement-seat and Gallio cared for none of those things 18 ¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed thence into Syria and with him Priscilla and Aquila having shorn his head in Cenchrea for he had a vow 19 And he came to Ephesus and left them there but he himself entred into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews 20 When they deâ—â—red him to tarry longer time with them he consented not 21 But bade them farewel saying I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem but I will return again unto you * 1 Cor. 4.19 Jam. 4.15 if God will And he sailed from Ephesus 22 And when he had landed at Cesarea and gone up and saluted the church he went down to Antioch 23 And after he had spent some time there he departed and went over all the countrey of Galatia and Phrygia in order strengthning all the disciples 24