so will I certainly do this day 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth and did reverence to the king and said Let my lord king David live for ever 32 ¶ And king David said Call me Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada And they came before the king 33 The king also said unto them Take with you the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride upon †Heb. which belongeth to me mine own mule and bring him down to Gihon 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel and blow ye with the trumpet and say God save king Solomon 35 Then ye shall come up after him that he may come and sit upon my throne for he shall be king in my stead and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said Amen the LORD God of my lord the king say so too 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king even so be he with Solomon and make his throne greater then the throne of my lord king David 38 So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon king Davids mule and brought him to Gihon 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oyl out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon and they blew the trumpet and all the people said God save king Solomon 40 And all the people came up after him and the people piped with ‖ Or fluter pipes and rejoyced with great joy so that the earth rent with the sound of them 41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating and when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet he said Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar 42 And while he yet spake behold Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came and Adonijah said unto him Come in for thou art a valiant man and bringest good tidings 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and they have caused him to ride upon the kings mule 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon and they are come up from thence rejoycing so that the city rang again this is the noise that ye have heard 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom 47 And moreover the kings servants came to bless our lord king David saying God make the name of Solomon better then thy name and make his throne greater then thy throne and the king bowed himself upon the bed 48 And also thus said the king Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which hath given one to sit on my throne this day mine eyes even seeing it 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and went every man his way 50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar 51 And it was told Solomon saying Behold Adonijah feareth king Solomon for lo he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar saying Let king Solomon swear unto in to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword 52 And Solomon said If he will shew himself a worthy man there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth but if wickedness shall be found in him he shall die 53 So king Solomon sent and they brought him down from the altar and he came and howed himself to king Solomon and Solomon said unto him Go to thine house CHAP. II. 1 David having given a charge to Solomon 3 of religiousness 5 of Joab 7 of Barzillai 8 of Shimei 10 dieth 12 Solomon uttâ—eâ—eth 13 Adonijiah moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abiathar is put tâ— dâ—ath 26 Abiathar having his life give him is detriâ—ed of the priesthood 28 Joah freeing to the borns of the altar is there slain 25 Beâ—â—â—ah is put in Joahs room and Zadok in Abâ—atrars 26 Shâ—mâ—â— conjineâ— to Jerusalem by occasion of â—coing thence to Gath is put to death NOw the days of David drew nigh that he should die and he charged Solomon his son saying 2 I go the way of all the earth be thou strong therefore and shew thy self a man 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God to walk in his ways to keep his statutes and his commandments and his judgements and his testimomes as it is written in the law of Moses that thou mayest * Deu. 29.9 Jo. h. 1. ◠‖ Or. dâ— wisely prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thy self 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me saying If thy children take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul * 2 Sam. 7.12 there shall not †Heb. bâ—â—ut off from thee from the throne fail thee said he a man on the throne of Israel 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel unto * 2 Sam. 3 2â— Abner the son of Ner and unto * 2 Sam. 20.10 Amasa the son of Jether whom he slew and †Heb. put shed the bloud of war in peace and put the bloud of war upon his girdle that was about his loyns and in his shoes that were on his feet 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of * 2 Sam. 19.31 Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be of those that eat at thy table for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother 8 And behold thou hast with thee * 2 Sam. 16.5 Shimei the son of Gera a Benjamite of Bahurim which cursed me with a †Heb. strong grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim but he came down to meet me at Jordan and I sware to him by the LORD saying * 2 Sam. 19.22 I will not put thee to death with the sword 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with bloud 10 So * Act. 2.29 13.36 David dept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David 11 And the days that David * 2 Sam. 5.4 1 Chr. 29.26 27. reigned over Israel were
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
Solomon 42 And the †Heb. days time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was * 2 Chr. 9.30 fourty years 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father and * Mat. 1.7 called Hoboam Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XII 1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him 6 Rehoboam refusing the old mens counsel by the advice of young men answereth them roughly 16 Ten tribes revolting kill Adoram and make Rehoboam to flee 21 Rehoboam raising an army is forbidden by Shemaiah 25 Jeroboam strengthneth himself by cities 26 and by the idolatry of the two calves ANd * 2 Chr. 10.1 Rehoboam went to Shechem for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king 2 And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat who was yet in * Chap. 21.40 Egypt heard of it for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt 3 That they sent and called him and Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spake unto Rehoboam saying 4 Thy father made our * Chap. 4.7 yoke grievous now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us lighter and we will serve thee 5 And he said unto them Depart yet for three days then come again so me And the people departed 6 ¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived and said How do you advise that I may answer this people 7 And they spake unto him saying If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them then they will be thy servants for ever 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him and which stood before him 9 And he said unto them What counsel give ye that we may answer this people who have spoken to me saying Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him saying Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee saying Thy father made our yoke heavy but make thou it lighter unto us thus shalt thou say unto them My little finger shall be thicker then my fathers loyns 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke I will add to your yoke my father hath chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 12 ¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day as the king had appointed saying Come to me again the third day 13 And the king answered the people †Heb. hardly roughly and forsook the old mens counsel that they gave him 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy and I will add to your yoke my father also chastised you with whâ—pâ— but I will chaâ—tise you with scorpions 15 Wherefore the king hearkned not unto the people for the cause was from the LORD that he might perform his saying which the LORD * Chap. â—â— 31 spake by Ahâ—jah the Shilonâ—te unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat 16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkned not unto them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse to your tents O Israel now see to thine own house David So Israel departed unto their tents 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram who was over the tribute and all Israel stoned him with stones that he died therefore king Rehoboam †Heb. strengtâ—â—â— himself made speed to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem 19 So Israel ‖ Or fell away rebelled against the house of David unto this day 20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again that they sent and called him unto the congregation and made him king over all Israel there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah * Chap. 11.13 onely 21 ¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were warriours to fight against the house of Israel to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon 22 But * 2 Chr. 11.2 the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God saying 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the remnant of the people saying 24 Thus saith the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel return every man to his house for this thing is from me They hearkned therefore to the word of the LORD and returned to depart according to the word of the LORD 25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim and dwelt therein and went out from thence and built Penuel 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord even unto Rehoboam king of Judah and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah 28 Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem * Exod. 32.8 behold thy gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 29 And he set the one in Beth-el and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin for the people went to worship before the one even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high places and made priests of the lowest of the people which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth moneth on the fifteenth day of the moneth like unto the feast that is in Judah and he ‖ Or went up to the altar c. offered upon the altar so did he in Beth-el ‖ Or to sacrifice sacrificing unto the calves that he had made and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made 33 So he ‖ Or went up to the altar c. offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth moneth even in the moneth which he had devised of his own heart and ordained a feast
face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entring in of the cave and behold there came a voice unto him and said What doest thou here Elijah 14 And he said I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant thrown down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword and I even I onely am left and they seek my life to take it away 15 And the LORD said unto him Go return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus and when thou comest anoint Hazael to be king over Syria 16 And * 2 Kin 9.1 2. Ecclus. 48.8 Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel and * Luke 4.27 called Eliseus Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room 17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay 18 * Rom. 11.4 Yet ‖ Or I will leave I have left me seven thousand in Israel all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth which hath not kissed him 19 ¶ So he departed thence and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelfth and Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said Let me I pray thee kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow thee And he said unto him †Heb. Go return Go back again for what have I done to thee 21 And he returned back from him and took a yoke of oxen and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave unto the people and they did eat then he arose and went after Elijah and ministred unto him CHAP. XX. 1 Ben-hadad not content with Ahabs homage besiegeth Samaria 13 By the direction of a prophet the Syrians are slain 22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab the Syrians trusting in the valleys come against him in Aphek 28 By the word of the prophet and Gods judgement the Syrians are smitten again 31 The Syrians submitting themselves Ahab sendeth Ben-hadad away with a covenant 35 The prophet under the parable of a prisoner making Ahab to judge himself denounceth Gods judgement against him ANd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together and there were thirty and two kings with him and horses and chariots and he went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city and said unto him Thus saith Ben-hadad 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine thy wives also and thy children even the goodliest are mine 4 And the king of Israel answered and said My lord O king according to thy saying I am thine and all that I have 5 And the messengers came again and said Thus speaketh Ben-hadad saying Although I have sent unto thee saying Thou shalt deliver me thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time and they shall search thine house and the houses of thy servants and it shall be that whatsoever is †Heb. dâ—sâ—â—able pleasant in thine eyes they shall put it in their hand and take it away 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said Mark I pray you and see how this man seeketh mischief for he sent unto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold and †Heb. I kept not back from him I denied him not 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him Hearken not unto him nor consent 9 Wherefore he said unto the messenges of Ben-hadad Tell my lord the king All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do but this thing I may not do And the messengers departed and brought him word again 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him and said The gods do so unto me and more also if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that †Heb. are at my feet follow me 11 And the king of Israel answered Tell him Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off 12 And it came to pass when Ben-hadad heard this †Heb word message as he was drinking he and the kings in the ‖ Or tents pavilions that he said unto his servants ‖ Or Place the engines And they placed engines Set your selves in aray And they set themselves in aray against the city 13 ¶ And behold there †Heb. approached came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel saying Thus saith the LORD Hast thou seen all this great multitude behold I will deliver it into thine hand this day and thou shalt know that I am the LORD 14 And Ahab said By whom And he said Thus saith the LORD Even by the ‖ Or servants young men of the princes of the provinces Then he said Who shall †Heb. hinde or 〈◊〉 order the battel And he answered Thou 15 Then he numbred the young men of the princes of the provinces and they were two hundred and thirty two and after them he numbred all the people even all the children of Israel being seven thousand 16 And they went out at noon but Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions he and the kings the thirty and two kings that helped him 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him saying There are men come out of Samaria 18 And he said Whether they be come out for peace take them alive or whether they be come out for war take them alive 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city and the army which followed them 20 And they slew every one his man and the Syrians fled and Israel pursued them and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the hors-men 21 And the king of Israel went out and smote the horses and chariots and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter 22 ¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said unto him Go strengthen thy self and mark and see what thou doest for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him Their gods are gods of the hills therefore they were stronger then we but let us fight against them in the plain and surely we shall be stronger then they 24 And do this thing Take the kings away every man out of his place and put captains in their rooms 25
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
Solomon his father while he yet lived saying What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people 7 And they spake unto him saying If thou be kinde to this people and please them and speak good words to them they will be thy servants for ever 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him that stood before him 9 And he said unto them What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people which have spoken to me saying Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him saying Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee saying Thy father made our yoke heavy but make thou it somewhat lighter for us thus shalt thou say unto them My little finger shall be thicker then my fathers loyns 11 For whereas my father †Heb. lâ—ded put a heavy yoke upon you I will put more to your yoke my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king bade saying Come again to me on the third day 13 And the king answered them roughly and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men 14 And answered them after the advice of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy but I will add thereto my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 15 So the king hearkned not unto the people for the cause was of God that the LORD might perform his word which he spake by the * 1 King 11.29 hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat 16 ¶ And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse every man to your tents O Israel and now David see to thine own house So all Israel went to their tents 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute and the children of Israel stoned him with stones that he died but king Rehoboam †Heb. strengthneâ— himself made speed to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day CHAP. XI 1 Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel is forbidden by Shemaiah 5 He strengthneth his kingdom with forts and provision 13 The priests and Levites and such as feared God forsaken by Jeroboam strengthen the kingdom of Judah 18 The wives and children of Rehoboam ANd * 1 King 12.21 c. when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were warriours to fight against Israel that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God saying 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying 4 Thus saith the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren return every man to his house for this thing is done of me And they obeyed the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam 5 ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defence in Judah 6 He built even Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa 7 And Beth-zur and Shoco and Adullam 8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph 9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah 10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities 11 And he fortified the strong holds and put captains in them and store of victual and of oyl and wine 12 And in every several city be put shields and spears and made them exceeding strong having Judah and Benjamin on his side 13 ¶ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel †Heb. presented themselves to him resorted to him out of all their coasts 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession came to Judah and Jerusalem for * Chap. 13.9 Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priests office unto the LORD 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places and for the devils and for the calves which he had made 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers 17 So they strengthned the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon 18 ¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse 19 Which bare him children Jeush and Shamariah and Zaham 20 And after her he took * 1 King 15.2 Maachah the daughter of Absalom which bare him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines for he took eighteen wives and threescore concubines and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief to be ruler among his brethren for he thought to make him king 23 And he dealt wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countreys of Judah and Benjamin unto every fenced city and he gave them victual in abundance and he desired †Heb. a multitude of wives many wives CHAP. XII 1 Rehoboam forsaking the Lord is punished by Shishak 5 He and the princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah are delivered from destruction but not from spoil 13 The reign and death of Rehoboam ANd it came to pass when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthned himself he forsook the law of the LORD and all Israel with him 2 And it came to pass that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem * 1 Kin. 14.14 21. because they had transgressed against the LORD 3 With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand hors-men and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt the Lubims the Sukkiims and the Ethiopians 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah and came to Jerusalem 5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak and said unto them Thus saith the LORD Ye have forsaken me and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak 6
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
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
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
hath not had a part in her kingdom and gotten of her spoils 11 All her ornaments are taken away of a fret-woman she is become a bond-slave 12 And behold our ‖ Or 〈◊〉 thing sanctuary even our beauty and our glory is laid waste and the Gentiles have profaned it 13 To what end therefore shall we live any longer 14 Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes and put on sackcloth and mourned very sore 15 In the mean while the kings officers such as compelled the people to revolt came into the city Modin to make them sacrifice 16 And when many of Israel came unto them Mattathias also and his sons came together 17 Then answered the kings officers and said to Mattathias on this wise Thou art a ruler and an honourable and great man in this city and strengthned with sons and brethren 18 Now therefore come thou first and fulfil the kings commandment like as all the heathen have done yea and the men of Juda also and such as remain at Jerusalem so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the kings friends and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold and many rewards 19 Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice Though all the nations that are under the kings dominion obey him and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers and give consent to his commandments 20 Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers 21 God forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances 22 We will not hearken to the kings words to go from our religion either on the right hand or the left 23 Now when he had left speaking these words there came one of the Jews in the light of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin according to the kings commandment 24 Which thing when Mattathias saw he was inflamed with zeal and his reins trembled neither could he forbear to shew his anger according to judgement wherefore he ran and slew him upon the altar 25 Also the kings commissioner who compelled men to sacrifice he killed at that time and the altar he pulled down 26 Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God like as * Numb 25.7 Phinees did unto Zambri the son of Salom. 27 And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice saying Whosoever is Zealous of the law and maintaineth the covenant let him follow me 28 So he and his sons fled into the mountains and left all that ever they had in the city 29 Then many that sought after justice and judgement went down into the wilderness to †Gr. sit or abide dwell there 30 Both they and their children and their wives and their cattel because †Gr. evils were multiplied upon them afflictions increased sore upon them 31 Now when it was told the kings servants and the host that was at Jerusalem in the city of David that certain men who had broken the kings commandment were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness 32 They pursued after them a great number and having overtaken them they camped against them and made war against them on the sabbath-day 33 And they said unto them Let that which you have done hitherto suffice come forth and do according to the commandment of the king and you shall live 34 But they said We will not come forth neither will we do the kings commandment to profane the sabbath-day 35 So then they gave ‖ Of the Jews them the battel with all speed 36 Howbeit they answered them not neither cast they a stone at them nor stopped the places where they lay hid 37 But said Let us die all in our †Gr. simplicity innocency heaven and earth shall testifie for us that you put us to death wrongfully 38 So they rose up against them in battel on the sabbath and they slew them with their wives and children and their cattel to the number of a thousand †Gr. souls of men people 39 Now when Mattathias and his friends understood hereof they mourned for them right sore 40 And one of them said to another If we all do as our brethren have done and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen they will now quickly root us out of the earth 41 At that time therefore they decreed saying Whosoever shall come to make battel with us on the sabbath-day we will fight against him neither will we die all as our brethren that were murdered in the secret places 42 Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law 43 Also all they that fled for persecution joyned themselves unto them and were a stay unto them 44 So they joyned their forces and smote sinful men in their anger and wicked men in their wrath but the rest fled to the heathen for succour 45 Then Mattathias and his friends went round about and pulled down the altars 46 And what children soever they found within the coast of Israel uncircumcised those they circumcised ‖ Or by force valiantly 47 They pursued also after the proud men and the work prospered in their hand 48 So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles and out of the hand of kings neither †Gr. gaâ—â— they the born to the finner suffered they the sinner to triumph 49 Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die he said unto his sons Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength and the time of destruction and the wrath of indignation 50 Now therefore my sons be ye zealous for the law and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers 51 Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their †Gr. generations time so shall ye receive great honour and an everlasting name 52 * Gen 22 9 10. Rom. 4.3 Was not Abraham found faithful in tentation and it was imputed unto him for righteousness 53 * Gr. 41 40. Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment and was made lord of Egypt 54 * Numb 25.13 Ecclus 45.23 24. Phinees our father in being zealous and fervent obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood 55 * Josh 1.2 Jesus for fulfilling the word was made a judge in Israel 56 * Numb 14.6 7. Josh 14.13 Caleb for bearing witness before the congregation received the heritage of the land 57 * 2 Sam. 2.4 David for being merciful possessed the throne of an everlasting kingdom 58 * 2 King 2.11 Elias for being zealous and fervent for the law was taken up into heaven 59 * Dan. 3.16 17 18 26. Ananias Azarias and Misael by beleeving were saved out of the flame 60 * Dan. 6.22 Daniel for his innocency was delivered from the mouth of lionâ— 61 And thus consider
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
Is any thing too hard for the LORD At the time appointed will I return unto thee according to the time of life Sarah shall have a son 15 Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay but thou didst laugh 16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way 17 And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be * Ch. 12.3 22.18 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.8 blessed in him 19 For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgement that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him 20 And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not I will know 22 And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near and said Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right 26 And the LORD said If I finde in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes 27 And Abraham answered and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five And he said If I finde there fourty and five I will not destroy it 29 And he spake unto him yet again and said Peradventure there shall be fourty found there And he said I will not do it for fourties sake 30 And he said unto him O let not the Lord be angry and I will speak Peradventure there shall thirty be found there And he said I will not do it if I finde thirty there 31 And he said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord Peradventure there shall be twenty found there And he said I will not destroy it for twenties sake 32 And he said O let not the Lord be angry and I will speak yet but this once Peradventure ten shall be found there And he said I will not destroy it for tens sâ—ke 33 And the LORD went his way assoon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returnâ—d unto his place CHAP. XIX 1 Lot entertaineth two angels 4 The viâ—ious Sodomites are stricken with … ss 12 Lot is 〈◊〉 for safety into the mountains 18 He obtaineth leave to â—o into 〈◊〉 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed 26 Lots wife is a pâ—llar of salt 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon ANd there came two angels to Sodom at even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground 2 And the said Behold now my lords turn in I pray you into your servants house and tarry all night and * Chap. 18.4 wash your feet and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways And they said Nay but we will abide in the street all night 3 And he pressed upon them greatly and they turned in unto hiâ— and entred into his hoâ—se and he made them a 〈◊〉 and did bake unleavened bread and thâ—â— did eat 4 ¶ But before they say down the men of the city even the men of Sodom compassed the house round both old and young all the people from every quarter 5 And they called unto Lot and said unto him Where are the men which came in to thee this night bring them out unto us that we may know them 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them shut the door after him 7 And said I pray you or brethren do not so wickedâ—y 8 Behold now I have two daughters which have not known man let 〈◊〉 I pray you bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in 〈…〉 onely unto these men do nothing for therefore came they under the the 〈◊〉 of my 〈◊〉 9 And they said Stand â—â—â—k And they said again This one feâ—â—ow came in to sojourn and he will needs be a judge Now will we deal worse with thee then with them And they pressed sore upon the man even Lot and came near to break the door 10 But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the door 11 And they smote the men * Wisd 19.17 that were at the door of the house with blindness both small and great so that they wearied themselves to finde the door 12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot Hast thou here any besides son in law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou hast in the city bring them out of this place 13 For we will destroy this place because the * Chap. 18.20 cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD the LORD hath sent us to destroy it 14 And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in law which married his daughters and said Up get ye out of this place for the LORD will destroy this city but he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law 15 ¶ And when the morning arose then the angels hastned Lot saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which †Heb. are found are here lest thou be consumed in the ‖ Or punishment iniquity of the city 16 And * Wisd 10.6 while he lingred the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth and set him without the city 17 And it came to pass when they had brought them forth abroad that he said Escape for thy life look not behinde thee neither stay thou in all the plain escape to the mountain lest thou be consumed 18 And Lot said unto them Oh not so my Lord. 19 Behold now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain lest
LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time 16 And said * Ps 105.9 Ecclus 44 21. Luke 1.72 Heb. 6.13 By my self have I sworn saith the LORD for because thou hast done this thing hast not withheld thy son thine onely son 17 That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea †Heb. lip shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies 18 * Chap. 12.3 18.18 Ecclus 44.22 Act. 3.25 Galat. 3.8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham saying Behold Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor 21 Huz his first-born and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and â—idlaph and Bethuel 23 And Bethuel begat * Called Rom. 9.10 Rebecca Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor Abrahams brother 24 And his concubine whose name was Reumah she bare also Tebah and Gaham and Thahath and Maachah CHAP. XXIII 1 The age and death of Sarah 3 The purchase of Machpelah 19 where Sarah was buried ANd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the years of the life of Sarah 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah to weep for her 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto the sons of Heth saying 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a possession of a burying place with you that I may bury my dead out of my sight 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham saying unto him 6 Hear us my lord thou art †Heb. a prince of God a mighty prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre but that thou mayest bury thy dead 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your minde that I should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath which is in the end of his field for †Heb. full money as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you 10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the †Heb. ears audience of the children of Heth eveâ— of all that went in at the gates of his city saying 11 Nay my lord hear me the field give I thee and the cave that is therein I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee bury thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land saying But if thou wilt give it I pray thee hear me I will give thee money for the field take it of me and I will bury my dead there 14 And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him 15 My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver what is that betwixt me thee bury therefore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkned unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver currant money with 〈◊〉 merchant 17 ¶ And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was before Maâ—ure the field and the cave which was therein and all the trees that were in the field that were in all the borders round about were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth before all that went in at the gate of his city 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan 20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV 1 Abraham sweareth his servant 10 The servants journey 12 His prayer 14 His signe 15 Rebekah meetech him 18 fulfilleth his signe 22 receiveth jenwels 23 sheweth her kindred 25 and inviteth him home 26 The servant blesseth God 29 Laban entertaineth him 34 The servant sheweth his message 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it 58 Rebekah consenteth to go 62 Isaac meeteth her ANd Abraham was old and †Heb. â—one into days well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had * Chap. 47.29 Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell 4 But thou shalt go unto my countrey and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac 5 And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest 6 And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven which took me from my fathers house and from the land of my kindred and which spake unto me and that sware unto me saying * Chap. 12.7 13.15 15.18 25.4 Unto thy seed will I give this land he shall send his angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath onely bring not my son thither again 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware to him concerning that matter 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed ‖ Or and. for all the good of his master were in his hand and he arose and went to Mesopotamia unto the city of Nahor 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening even the time †Heb. that women which draw water go forth that women go out to draw water
daughter to wife 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz the brother of Caleb took it and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife 18 And it came to pass as she came unto him that she moved him to ask of her father a field and she lighted off her ass and Caleb said unto her What wouldest thou 19 Who answered Give me a blessing for thou hast given me a south-land give me also springs of water and he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom south-ward were Kabzeel and Eder Jagur 22 And Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah 23 And Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan 24 Ziph. and Telem and Bealoth 25 And Hazor Hadattah and Kerioth and Hezron which is Hazor 26 Aman and Shema and Moladah 27 And Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Bethepalet 28 And Hazar-shual and Beer-sheba and Bizjothjah 29 Baalah and lim and Azem 30 And Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah 31 And Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah 32 And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon all the cities are twenty and nine with their villages 33 And in the valley Eshtaol and Zoreah and Ashnah 34 And Zanaoh and En-gannim Tappuah and Enam 35 Jarmuth and Adullam Socoh and Azekah 36 And Sharaim and Adithaim and Gederah ‖ Or or and Gederothaim fourteen cities with their villages 37 Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad 38 And Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel 39 Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon 40 And Cabbon and Lahmas and Kithlish 41 And Gederoth Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah sixteen cities with their villages 42 Libnah and Ether and Ashan 43 And Jiphtah and Ashnah and Nezib 44 And Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah nine cities with their villages 45 Ekron with her towns and her villages 46 From Ekron even unto the sea all that lay †Heb. by the place of near Ashdod with their villages 47 Ashdod with her towns her villages Gaza with her towns her villages unto the river of Egypt and the great sea and the border thereof 48 ¶ And in the mountains Shamir and Jattir and Socoh 49 And Dannah and Kirjath-sannah which is Debir 50 And Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim 51 And Goshen Holon Giloh eleven cities with their villages 52 Arab and Dumah and Eshean 53 And ‖ Or Janus Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah 54 And Humtah and * Chap. 14.15 Kirjath-arba which is Hebron and Zior nine cities with their villages 55 Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah 56 And Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah 57 Cain Gibeah and Timnah ten cities with their villages 58 Halhul Beth-zur and Gedor 59 And Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon six cities with their villages 60 Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim and Rabbah two cities with their villages 61 ¶ In the wilderness Beth-arabah Middin and Secacah 62 And Nibshan and the city of Salt and Engedi six cities with their villages 63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem the children of Judah could not drive them out but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day CHAP. XVI 1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim 10 The Canaanites not conquered ANd the lot of the children of Joseph †Heb. went forth fell from Jordan by Jericho unto the water of Jericho on the east to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to * Judg. â— 26 Luz and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth 3 And goeth down west-ward to the coast of Japhleti unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether and to Gezer and the goings out thereof are at the sea 4 So the children of Joseph Manasseh and Ephraim took their inheritance 5 ¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus even the border of their inheritance on the east-side was Ataroth-addar unto Bath-horon the upper 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north-side and the border went about east-ward unto Taanath-shiloh and passed by it on the east to Janohah 7 And it went down from from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath and came to Jericho and went out at Jordan 8 The border went out from Tappuah west-ward unto the river Kanah and the goings out thereof were at the sea This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh all the cities with their villages 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day and serve under tribute CHAP. XVII 1 The lot of Manasseh 7 His coast 12 The Canaanites not driven out 14 The children of Joseph obtain another lot THere was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh for he was the * Gen. 41.51 46.20 first-born of Joseph to wit for * Gen. 50.23 Numb 32 3â— Machir the first-born of Manasseh the father of Gilead because he was a man of war therefore he had Gilead and Bashan 2 There was also a lot for * Numb 26.29 the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families for the children of Abiezer and for the children of Helek and for the children of Asriel and for the children of Shechem and for the children of Hepher and for the children of Shemida these were the male-children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families 3 ¶ But * Numb 25.33 27.1 and 36.2 Zelophehad the son of Hephir the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh had no sons but daughters and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah and Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the princes saying The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh beside the land of Gilead and Bashan which were on the other side Jordan 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons and the rest of Manassehs sons had the land of Gilead 7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah that lieth before Shechem and the border went along on the right hand into the inhabitants of En-Tappuah 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim 9 And the coast descended unto the ‖ Or brook of râ—eds river Kanah south-ward of the
I-chabod dieth ANd the word of Samuel ‖ Or came to pass †Heb. was came to all Israel Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battel and pitched beside Eben-ezer and the Philistines pitched in Aphek 2 And the Philistines put themselves in aray against Israel when †Heb. the battel way spread they joyned battel Israel was smitten before the Philistines and they slew of †Heb. the aray the army in the field about four thousand men 3 ¶ And when the people were come into the camp the elders of Israel said Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines Let us †Heb. take unto us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us that when it cometh among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies 4 So the people sent to Shiloh that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts which dwelleth between the cherubims and the two sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas were there with the ark of the covenant of God 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout they said What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp 7 And the Philistines were afraid for they said God is come into the camp And they said Wo unto us for there hath not been such a thing †Heb. yesterday or the thirâ— day heretofore 8 Wo unto us who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness 9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men O ye Philistines that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews * Jud. 13.1 as they have been to you †Heb. be men quit your selves like men and fight 10 ¶ And the Philistines sought and Israel was smitten and they fled every man into his tent and there was a very great slaughter for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen 11 And the ark of God was taken and the two sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas †Heb died were slain 12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army and came to Shilon the same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head 13 And when he came lo Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watching for his heart trembled for the ark of God And when the man came into the city and told it all the city cried out 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying he said What meaneth the noise of this tumult And the man came in hastily and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old and * Chap. 3.2 his eyes †Heb. stood were dim that he could not see 16 And the man said unto Eli I am he that came out of the army and I fled to day out of the army And he said What †Heb. is the thing is there done my son 17 And the messenger answered and said Israel is fled before the Philistines and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people and thy two sons also Hophni and Phinehas are dead and the ark of God is taken 18 And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God that he fell from off the feat backward by the side of the gate and his neck brake and he died for he was an old man and heavy And he had judged Israel fourty years 19 ¶ And his daughter in law Phinehas wife was with childe near ‖ Or to cry out to be delivered and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken and that her father in law and her husband were dead she bowed her self and travailed for her pains †Heb. were turned came upon her 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her Fear not for thou hast born a son But she answered not †Heb. set not her heart neither did she regard it 21 And she named the childe ‖ That is Where is the glory or There is no glory I-chabod saying The glory is departed from Israel because the ark of God was taken and because of her father in law and her husband 22 And she said The glory is departed from Israel for the ark of God is taken CHAP. V. 1 The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod set it in the house of Dagon 3 Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces and they of Ashaod smitten with emerods 8 So God dealeth with them of Gath when it was brought thither 10 and so with them of Ekron when it was brought thither ANd the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon 3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow behold Dagon was â—aln upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD they took Dagon and set him in his place again 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning behold Dagon was â—aln upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold onely ‖ Or. the fish part the stump of Dagon was left to him 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagons house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod and he destroyed them and smote them with * Psal 78.60 emerods even Ashdod and the coasts thereof 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so they said The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us for his hand is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them and said What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel And they answered Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel a-about thither 9 And it was so that after they had carried it about the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction and he smote the men of the city both small and great and they had emerods in their secret parts 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron and it came to pass as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronites cried out saying They have
man all that he saith cometh surely to pass now let us go thither peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go 7 Then said Saul to his servant But behold if we go what shall we bring the man for the bread †Heb. is gone out of c. is spent in our vessels and there is not a present to bring to the man of God what †Heb. is with us have we 8 And the servant answered Saul again and said Behold †Heb. there is found in my hand I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver that will I give to the man of God to tell us our way 9 Before time in Israel when a man went to enquire of God thus he spake Come and let us go to the seer for he that is now called a Prophet was before-time called a Seer 10 Then said Saul to his servant †Heb. Thy word is good Well said come let us go so they went unto the city where the man of God was 11 ¶ And as they went up †Heb. in the asunâ— of the city the hill to the city they found young maidens going out to draw water and said unto them Is the seer here 12 And they answered them and said He is behold he is before you make haste now for he came to day to the city for there is a ‖ Or fâ—â—st sacrifice of the people to day in the high place 13 Assoon as ye be come into the city ye shall straightway finde him before he go up to the high place to eat for the people will not eat until he come because he doth bless the sacrifice and afterwards they eat that be bidden Now therefore get you up for about †Heb. to day this time ye shall finde him 14 And they went up into the city and when they were come into the city behold Samuel came out against them for to go up to the high place 15 ¶ * Ch. 15.1 Act. 13.21 Now the LORD had †Heb. revealed the tar of Samuel told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came saying 16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines for I have looked upon my people because their cry is come unto me 17 And when Samuel saw Saul the LORD said unto him Behold the man whom I spake to thee of this same shall †Heb. restrain in reign over my people 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said Tell me I pray thee where the seers house is 19 And Samuel answered Saul and said I am the seer go up before me unto the high place for ye shall eat with me to day and to morrow I will let thee go and will tell thee all that is in thine heart 20 And as for thine asses that were lost †Heb. to day three days three days ago set not thy minde on them for they are found and on whom is all the desire of Israel is it not on thee and on all thy fathers house 21 And Saul answered and said Am not I a Benjamite of the smallest of the tribes of Israel and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin wherefore then speakest thou †Heb. according to this word so to me 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the parlour and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden which were about thirty persons 23 And Samuel said unto the cook Bring the portion which I gave thee of which I said unto thee Set it by thee 24 And the cook took up the shoulder and that which was upon it and set it before Saul and Samuel said Behold that which is ‖ Or reserâ—ed left set it before thee and ear for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said I have invited the people so Saul did eat with Samuel that day 25 ¶ And when they were come down from the high place into the city Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house 26 And they arose early and it came to pass about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house saying Up that I may send thee away And Saul arose and they went out both of them he and Samuel abroad 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city Samuel said to Saul Bid the servant pass on before us and he passed on but stand thou still †Heb. to day a while that I may shew thee the word of God CHAP. X. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul 2 He confirmeth him by prediction of three signs 9 Sauls heart is changed and he prophesieth 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdom from his unele 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot 26 The different affections of his subjects THen Samuel took a vial of oyl and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance 2 When thou art departed from me to day then thou shalt finde two men by * Gen. 35. â—0 Rachels sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah and they will say unto thee The asses which thou wentest to seek are found and so thy father hath left †Heb. the business the care of the asses and sorroweth for you saying What shall I do for my son 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el one carrying three kids and another carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottle of wine 4 And they will †Heb. aâ—â— thee of peace salute thee and give thee two loaves of bread which thou shalt receive of their hands 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God where is the garison of the Philistines and it shall come to pass when thou art come thither to the city that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery and a tabret and a pipe and a harp before them and they shall prophesie 6 And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee and thou shalt prophesie with them and shalt be turned into another man 7 And †Heb. it shall conis to past that when these signs c. let it be when these signs are come unto thee †Heb. do for thee as thine hand shalt finde that thou do as occasion shall serve thee for God is with thee 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal and behold I will come down unto thee to offer burnt-offerings and
thou and I have spoken of behold the LORD be between thee and me for ever 24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field and when the new-moon was come the king sat him down to eat meat 25 And the king sat upon his seat as at other times even upon a seat by the wall and Jonathan arose and Abner sat by Sauls side and Davids place was empty 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day for he thought Some thing hath befaln him he is not clean surely he is not clean 27 And it came to pass on the morrow which was the second day of the moneth that Davids place was empty and Saul said unto Jonathan his son Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat neither yesterday nor to day 28 And Jonathan answered Saul David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem 29 And he said Let me go I pray thee for our family hath a sacrifice in the city and my brother he hath commanded me to be there and now if I have found favour in thine eyes let me get away I pray thee and see my brethren Therefore he cometh not unto the kings table 30 Then Sauls anger was kindled against Jonathan and he said unto him ‖ Or Thou perverse rebel †Heb. Son of perverse rebellion Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion and unto the confusion of thy mothers nakedness 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground thou shalt not be established nor thy kingdom wherefore now send and fetch him unto me for he †Heb. is the son of death shall surely die 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said unto him Wherefore shall he be slain what hath he done 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger and did eat no meat the second day of the moneth for he was grieved for David because his father had done him shame 35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David and a little lad with him 36 And he said unto his lad Run finde out now the arrows which I shoot And as the lad ran he shot an arrow †Heb. to pass over him beyond him 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot Jonathan cried after the lad and said Is not the arrow beyond thee 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad Make speed haste stay not And Jonathans lad gathered up the arrows and came to his master 39 But the lad knew not any thing onely Jonathan and David knew the matter 40 And Jonathan gave his †Heb. instruments artillery unto †Heb. that was his his lad and said unto him Go carry them to the city 41 ¶ And assoon as the lad was gone David arose out of a place toward the south and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times and they kissed one another and wept one with another until David exceeded 42 And Jonathan said to David Go in peace ‖ Or the LORD be witness of that which c. forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD saying The LORD be between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed for ever And he arose and departed and Jonathan went into the city CHAP. XXI 1 David at Nob obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread 7 Doeg was present 8 David taketh Goliaths sword 10 David at Gath feigneth himself mad THen came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said unto him Why are thou alone and no man with thee 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest The king hath commanded me a business and hath said unto me Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee and what I have commanded thee and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand give me five loaves of bread in mine hand or what there is †Heb. found present 4 And the priest answered David and said There is no common bread under mine hand but there is * Ex. 25.30 Lev. 24.5 Mat. 12.4 hallowed bread if the young men have kept themselves at least from women 5 And David answered the priest and said unto him Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days since I came out and the vessels of the young men are holy and the bread is in a manner common ‖ Or especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel yea though it were sanctified this day in the vessel 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread for there was no bread there but the shew-bread that was taken from before the LORD to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day detained before the LORD and his name was Doeg an Edomite the chiefest of the herd-men that belonged to Saul 8 ¶ And David said unto Ahimelech And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me because the kings business required haste 9 And the priest said The sword of Goliath the Philistine whom thou slewest in * Chap. 17.2 the valley of Elah behold it is here wrapt in a cloth behinde the ephod if thou wilt take that take it for there is no other save that here And David said There is none like that give it me 10 ¶ And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him Is not this David the king of the land did they not sing one to another of him in dances saying * Chap 18.7 29.5 Ecclus 47.6 Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands 12 And David laid up these words in his heart and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them and feigned himself mad in their hands and ‖ Or made marks scrabbled on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down upon his beard 14 Then said Achish unto his servants Lo you see the man ‖ Or playeth the mad-man is mad wherefore then have ye brought him unto me 15 Have I need of mad men that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad-man in my presence shall this fellow come into my house CHAP. XXII 1 Companies resort unto David at Adullam 3 At Mizpeh be commendeth his parents unto the king of
this evil is of the LORD what should I wait for the LORD any longer CHAP. VII 1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria 2 Four lepers venturing on the host of the Syrians bring tidings of their flight 12 The king finding by spies the news to be true spoileth the tents of the Syrians 17 The lord who would not beleeve the prophesie of plenty having the charge of the gate is troden to death in the preaâ— THea Elisha said Hear ye the word of the LORD Thus saith the LORD To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria 2 Then †Heb. a â—oâ—d which belonged to the king â—â—â—niâ—â— upon his hand a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man oâ— God and saâ—d Behold if the LORD would make windows in heaven might this thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the entring in of the gate and they said one to another Why sit we here until we die 4 If we say We will enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there and if we sit still here we die also Now therefore come and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians if they save us alive we shall live and if they kill us we shall but die 5 And they roâ—e up in the twilight to go unto the camp of the Syrians and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria behold there was no man there 6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a â—â—ise of horses even the noise of a great host and they said one to another Lo the king of Israel hath hired against us thy kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come upon us 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight and left their tents and their horses and their asses even the camp as it was and fled for their life 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp they went into one tent and did eat and drink and carried thence silver and gold and raiment and went and hid it and came again and entred into another tent and carried thence also and went and hid it 9 Then they said one to another We do not well this day is a day of good tidings and we hold our peace if we tarry till the morning light †Heb. we shalt finâ—â— punishment some mischief will come upon us now therefore come that we may go and tell the kings houshold 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city and they told them saying We came to the camp or the Syrians and behold there was no man there neither voice of man but horses tied and asses tied and the tents as they were 11 And he called the Porters and they told it to the kings house within 12 ¶ And the king arose in the night and said unto his servants I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us they know that we be hungry therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field saying When they come out of the city we shall catch them alive and get into the city 13 And one of his servants answered and said Let some take I pray thee five of the horses that remain which are left †Heb. in it in the city behold they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it behold I say they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed and let us send and see 14 They took therefore two chariot-horses and the king sent after the host of the Syrians saying Go and see 15 And they went after them unto â—ordan and lo all the way was full of garments and vessels which the Syrians had cast away in their haste and the messengers returned and told the king 16 And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel according to the word of the LORD 17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate and the people trod upon him in the gate and he died as the man of God had said who spake when the king came down to him 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria 19 And that lord answered the man of God and said Now behold if the LORD should make windows in heaven might such a thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 20 And so it fell out unto him for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died CHAP. VIII 1 The Shâ—nammite having left her countrey seven years to avoid the forewarned famine for Elisha's miracles sake hath her land restored by the king 7 Hazael heina sent with a present by Ben-hadad to Elisha at Damascus after he had heard the prophesie killeth his master and succeedeth him 16 Jeborams wicked reign in Judah 20 Edom and Libnat revolt 22 Ahaziah succedeth Jehoram 25 Ahaziahs wicked reign 28 He visiteth Jehoram wounded at Jezreel THen spake Elisha unto the woman * Chap. 4.35 whose son he had restored to life saying Arise and go thou and thine houshold and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn for the LORD hath called for a famine and it shall also come upon the land seven years 2 And the woman arose and did after the saying of the man of God and she went with her houshold and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years 3 And it came to pass at the seven years end that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God saying Tell me I pray thee all the great things that Elisha hath done 5 And it came to pass as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life that behold the woman whose son he had restored to life cried to the king for her house and for her land And Gehazi said My lord O king this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life 6 And when the king asked the woman she told him So the king appointed unto her a certain ‖ Or â—â—nuch officer saying Restore all that was hers and all the fruits of the
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
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
ears saith the LORD c. In mine ears said the LORD of hosts †Heb. If not c. Of a truth many houses shall be desolate even great and fair without inhabitant 10 Yea ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one bath and the seed of an homer shall yeeld an ephah 11 ¶ * Pr. 23.29 30. Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink that continue until night till wine ‖ Or pursue them inflame them 12 And the harp and the viol the tabret and pipe and wine are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the LORD neither consider the operation of his hands 13 ¶ Therefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge and †Heb. their glory are men of famine their honourable men are famished and their multitude dried up with thirst 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged her self and opened her mouth without measure and their glory and their multitude and their pomp and he that rejoyceth shall descend into it 15 And * Ch. 2.9 11 17. the mean man shall be brought down and the mighty man shall be humbled and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgement and ‖ Or the holy God †Heb. the God the holy God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat 18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity and sin as it were with a cart-rope 19 That say Let him make speed and hasten his work that we may see it and let the counsel of the holy One of Israel draw nigh and come that we may know it 20 ¶ Wo unto them †Heb. that say concerning evil It is good c. that call evil good and good evil that put darkness for light and light for darkness that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter 21 Wo unto them that are * Pro. 3.7 Rom. 12 1â— wise in their own eyes and prudent †Heb. before their face in their own sight 22 Wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to mingle strong drink 23 Which * Pr. 17.15 justifie the wicked for reward and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him 24 Therefore as †Heb. the tongue of fire the fire devoureth the stubble and the flame consumeth the chaff so their root shall be as rottenness and their blossom shall go up as dust because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts and despised the word of the holy One of Israel 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people and he hath stretched forth his hand against them and hath smitten them and the hills did tremble and their carcales were ‖ Or as â—ung torn in the midst of the streets * Ch. 9.12 17 21. and 10.4 For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 26 ¶ And he will lift up an ensigne to the nations from far and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth and behold they shall come with speed swâ—ftly 27 None shall be weary nor stumble amongst them none shall slumber nor sleep neither shall the girdle of their loyns be loosed nor the latchet of their shoes be broken 28 Whose arrows are sharp and all their bowes bent their horses hoofs shall be counted like â—â—int and their wheels like a whirlwind 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion they shall roar like young lions yea they shall roar and lay hold of the prey and shall carry it away safe and none shall deliver it 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea and it one look unto the land behold darkness and ‖ Or distress sorrow ‖ Or when it is light it shall â—e dark in the destructions thereof and the light is darkned in the heaverâ— thereof CHAP. VI. 1 Isaâ—aâ— in a visiâ—â— of the Lord iâ— his is 〈◊〉 â— being terrified iâ— confirmed for his messace â— He sheweâ—â—â—ce obstinacy of the people unto their desolation 13 A remntant shall be 〈◊〉 IN the year that king Uâ—ziah dâ—ed I * Joh. 12.41 saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up and ‖ Or the â—â—â—rts thereof his train filled the temple 2 Above it sâ—â—od the seraphims eath one had six wings with twain he covered his face and with twam he covered his feet and with twain 〈◊〉 â—ie 3 And †Heb. this cried to this one cried unto another and said * Rev. 4.8 Holy holy holy is the LORD of hosts †Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth the whole earth is full of his glory 4 And the posts of the †Heb. threstolds door moved at the voice of him that cried and the house was filled with smoke 5 ¶ Then said I Wo is me for I am †Heb. cut off undone because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes have seen the King the LORD of hosts 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me †Heb. and in his â—and a live coal having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar 7 And he †Heb. caused it to touch laid it upon my mouth and said Lo this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying Whom shall I send and who will go for * Gen. 1.26 us Then said I †Heb. Behold me Here am I send me 9 ¶ And he said Go and tell this people * Mat. 13.14 Maâ— 4.12 Luk. 8.10 Joh. 12.40 Act. 28.26 Rom. 11.8 Hear ye ‖ Or without ceasiâ— c. †Heb. bear ye in hearing c. indeed but understand not and see ye indeed but perceive not 10 Make the heart of this people fat and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and convert and be healed 11 Then said I Lord how long And he answered Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant and the houses without man and the land be †Heb. desâ—late with desolation utterly desolate 12 And the LORD have removed men far away and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land 13 ¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth ‖ Or when it is returned and hath been cruised and it shall return and shall be eaten as a teil-tree and as an oak whole ‖ Or stook or stem substance is in them when
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
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
fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as it is this day Then answered I and said †Heb. Aman. So be it O LORD 6 Then the LORD said unto me Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem saying Hear ye the words of this covenant and do them 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt even unto this day rising early and protesting saying Obey my voice 8 Yet they obeyed not nor inclined their ear but walked every one in the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of their evil heart therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do but they did them not 9 And the LORD said unto me A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers which refused to hear my words and they went after other gods to serve them the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers 11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD Behold I will bring evil upon them which they shall not be able †Heb. to go forth of to escape and * Prov. 1.28 Isa 1.15 Ch. 14.12 Ezek. 8.18 Mic. 3.4 though they shall cry unto me I will not hearken unto them 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense but they shall not save them at all in the time of their †Heb. evil trouble 13 For according to the number of thy * Chap. 2.28 cities were thy gods O Judah and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that †Heb. shame shameful thing even altars to burn incense unto Baal 14 Therefore * Chap 7 16. 14.11 pray not thou for this people neither lift up a cry or prayer for them for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their †Heb. evil trouble 15 * Isa 1.11 c. †Heb. What is to my beloved in my house What hath my beloved to do in mine house seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many and the holy flesh is passed from thee ‖ Or when thy evil is when thou doest evil then thou rejoycest 16 The LORD called thy name A green olive-tree fair and of goodly fruit with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it and the branches of it are broken 17 For the LORD of hosts that planted thee hath pronounced evil against thee for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal 18 ¶ And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it and I know it then thou shewedst me their doings 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter and I knew not that they had devised devices against me saying Let us destroy †Heb. the staâ—â— with his bread the tree with the fruit thereof and let us cut him off from the land of the living that his name may be no more remembred 20 But O LORD of hosts that judgest righteously that * 1 Sam. 16.7 1 Chr. 28.9 Psal 7.9 Ch. 17.10 20.12 Rev. 2.25 triest the reins and the heart let me see thy vengeance on them for unto thee have I revealed my cause 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth that seek thy life saying Prophesie not in the name of the LORD that thou die not by our hand 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will †Heb. visit upon punish them the young men shall die by the sword their sons and their daughters shall die by famine 23 And there shall be no remnant of them for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth even the year of their visitation CHAP. XII 1 Jeremiah complaining of the wickeds prosperity by faith seeth their ruine 5 God admonisheth him of his brethrens treachery against him 7 and lamenteth his heritage 14 He promiseth to the penitent return from captivity RIghteous art thou O LORD when I plead with thee yet ‖ Or let me reason the case with thee let me talk with thee of thy judgements * Job 21.7 Psal 37.1 and 73.3 Hab. 1.4 Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously 2 Thou hast planted them yea they have taken root †Heb. they go on they grow yea they bring forth fruit thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins 3 But thou O LORD * Psal 17.3 knowest me thou hast seen me and tried mine heart †Heb. with thee towards thee pull them out like sheep for the slaughter and prepare them for the day of slaughter 4 How long shall the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither * Psal 107.34 for the wickedness of them that dwell therein the beasts are consumed and the birds because they said He shall not see our last end 5 ¶ If thou hast run with the footmen and they have wearied thee then how canst thou contend with horses and if in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst they wearied thee then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan 6 For even * Ch. 9.4 thy brethren and the house of thy father even they have dealt treacherously with thee yea ‖ Or they cried after thee fully they have called a multitude after thee beleeve them not though they speak †Heb. good thing fair words unto thee 7 ¶ I have forsaken mine house I have left mine heritage I have given †Heb. the love the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest it ‖ Or yelieth †Heb. giveth out his voice crieth out against me therefore have I hated it 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a ‖ Or tallented speckled bird the birds round about are against her come ye assemble all the beasts of the field ‖ Or cause them to come come to devour 10 Many pastours have destroyed my vineyard they have troden my portion under foot they have made my †Heb. portion of desire pleasant portion a desolate wilderness 11 They have made it desolate and being desolate it mourneth unto me the whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land no flesh shall
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
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah which they have done to provoke me to anger they their kings their princes their priests and their prophets and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 33 And they have turned unto me the †Heb. neck * Chap. 2.27 back and not the face though I taught them rising up early and teaching them yet they have not hearkned to receive instruction 34 But they * Chap. 23.11 set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to defile it 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom to * Chap. 7.31 19.5 cause their sons and their daughters to paâ—s through the fire unto * Levit. 18.21 Molech which I commanded them not neither came it into my minde that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin 36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning this city whereof ye say It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 37 Behold I will * Deut. 30.3 gather them out of all countreys whither I have driven them in mine anger and in my fury and in great wrath and I will bring them again unto this place and I will cause them to dwell safely 38 And they shall be * Chap. 24.7 and 30.22 31.33 my people and I will be their God 39 And I will * Ezek. 11.19 give them one heart and one way that they may fear me †Heb. all days for ever for the good of them and of their children after them 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away †Heb. from after them from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me 41 Yea I will rejoyce over them to do them good and I will plant them in this land †Heb. in truth or stability assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul 42 For thus saith the LORD Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them 43 And fields shall be bought in this land whereof ye say It is desolate without man or beast it is given into the hand of the Caldeans 44 Men shall buy fields for money and subscribe evidences and seal them and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah and in the cities of the mountains and in the cities of the valley and in the cities of the south for I will cause their captivity to return saith the LORD CHAP. XXXIII 1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return 9 a joyful state 12 a setled government 15 Christ the branch of righteousness 17 a continuance of kingdom and priesthood 20 and a stability of a blessed seed MOreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time while he was yet * Chap. 32 2.3 shut up in the court of the prison saying 2 Thus saith the LORD the * Isa 37.26 maker thereof the LORD that formed it to establish it the LORD is his name 3 Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and ‖ Or hidden mighty things which thou knowest not 4 For thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are thrown down by the mounts and by the sword 5 They come to fight with the Caldeans but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city 6 Behold I will bring it health and cure and I will cure them and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return and will build them as at the first 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will * Chap. 31.34 Mic. 7.18 pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against me 9 ¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy a praise an honour before all the nations of the earth which shall hear all the good that I do unto them and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it 10 Thus saith the LORD Again there shall be heard in this place which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man and without inhabitant and without beast 11 The * Chap. 7.34 16.9 voice of joy and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride the voice of them that shall say Praise the LORD of hosts for the LORD is good for his mercy endureth for ever and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD for I will cause to return the captivity of the land as at the first saith the LORD 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Again in this place which is desolate without man and without beast and in all the cities thereof shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down 13 In the cities of the mountains in the cities of the vale and in the cities of the south and in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them saith the LORD 14 Behold the days come saith the LORD that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah 15 ¶ In those days and at that time will I cause the * Isa 11.1 4.2 Chap. 23.5 branch of righteousness to grow up unto David and he shall execute judgement and righteousness in the land 16 In those days shall Judah be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called †Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu the LORD our righteousness 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD †Heb. There shall not be cut off from David David shall never * 2 Sam. 7.16 1 Kings 2.4 want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings and to kindle meat-offerings and to do sacrifice continually 19 ¶ And the word of the LORD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
encourageth his men by his dream 28 Nicanor is slain BUt Nicanor hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samatis resolved without any danger to set upon them on the sabbath-day 2 Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said O destroy not so cruelly and barbarously but give honour to that day which he that seeth all things hath honoured with holiness above other days 3 Then the most ungracious wretch demanded if there were a mighty One in heaven that had commanded the sabbath-day to be kept 4 And when they said There is in heaven a living Lord and mighty who commanded the seventh day to be kept 5 Then said the other And I also am mighty upon earth and I command to take arms and to do the kings business yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done 6 So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up a publick monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him 7 But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him 8 Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven and now to expect the victory and aid which should come unto them from the Almighty 9 And so comforting them out of the law and the prophets and withal patting them in minde of the battels that they won afore he made them more cheerful 10 And when he had stirred up their minds he gave them their charge shewing them therewithal the falshood of the heathen and the breach of oaths 11 Thus he armed every one of them not so much with defence of shields and spears as with comfortable and good words and besides that he told them a dream worthy to be beleeved as if it had been so indeed which did not a little rejoyce them 12 And this was his vision That Onias who had been high priest a vertuous and a good man reverend in conversation gentle in condition well spoken also and exercised from a childe in all points of vertue holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Jews 13 This done in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs and exceeding glorious who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty 14 Then Onias answered saying This is a lover of the brethren who prayeth much for the people and for the holy city to wit Jeremias the prophet of God 15 Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold and in giving it spake thus 16 Take this holy sword a gift from God with the which thou shalt wound the adversaries 17 Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas which were very good and able to stir them up to valour and to encourage the hearts of the young men they determined not to pitch camp but couragiously to set upon them and manfully to try the matter by conflict because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger 18 For the care that they took for their wives and their children their brethren and kinsfolks was in least account with them but the greatest and principal fear was for the holy temple 19 Also they that were in the city took not the least care being troubled for the conflict abroad 20 And now when as all looked what should be the trial and the enemies were already come near and the army was set in aray and the beasts convenienty placed and the hors-men set in wings 21 Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude and the divers preparations of armour and the fierceness of the beasts stretched out his hands towards heaven and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders knowing that victory cometh not by arms but even as it seemeth good to him he giveth it to such as are worthy 22 Therefore in his prayer he said after this manner O Lord thou didst send thine angel in the time of Ezekias king of Judea and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand 23 Wherefore now also O Lord of heaven send a good angel before us for a fear and dread unto them 24 And through the might of thine arm let those be stricken with terrour that come against thy holy people to blaspheme And he ended thus 25 Then Nicanor and they that were with him came forward with trumpets and songs 26 But Judas and his company encountred the enemies with invocation and prayer 27 So that fighting with their hands and praying unto God with their hearts they slew no less then thirty and five thousand men for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered 28 Now when the battel was done returning again with joy they knew that Nicanor lay dead in his harness 29 Then they made a great shout and a noise praising the Almighty in their own language 30 And Judas who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and minde and who continued his love towards his countreymen all his life commanded to strike off Nicanors head and his hand with his shoulder and bring them to Jerusalem 31 So when he was there and had called them of his nation together and set the priests before the altar he sent for them that were of the towre 32 And shewed them vile Nicanors head and the hand of that blasphemer which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty 33 And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple 34 So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord saying Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled 35 He hanged also Nicanors head upon the towre an evident and manifest signe unto all of the help of the Lord. 36 And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar the day before Mardocheus day 37 Thus went it with Nicanor and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power And here will I make an end 38 And if I have done well and as is fitting the story it is that which I desired but it slenderly and meanly it is that which I could attain unto 39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone and as wine mingled with water is pleasant and delighteth the tast even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story And here shall be an end The end of the Apocrypha THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESVS CHRIST Newly translated out of the original Greek and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised By his MAJESTIES special
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
he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethanie at the mount called the mount of Olives he sent two of his disciples 30 Saying Go ye into the village over against you in the which at your entâ—ing ye shall finde a colt tyed whereon yet never man sat loose him and bring him hither 31 And if any man ask you Why do ye loose him thus shall ye say unto him Because the Lord hath need of him 32 And they that were sent went their way and found even as he had said unto them 33 And as they were loosing the colt the owners thereof said unto them Why loose ye the colt 34 And they said The Lord hath need of him 35 And they brought him to Jesus and they cast their garments upon the colt and they set Jesus thereon 36 And as he went they spread their clothes in the way 37 And when he was come nigh even now at the descent of the mount of Olives the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoyce and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen 38 Saying Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord peace in heaven and glory in the highest 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him Master rebuke thy disciples 40 And he answered and said unto them I tell you that if these should hold their peace the stones would immediately cry out 41 ¶ And when he was come near he beheld the city wept over it 42 Saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes 43 For the days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every sidâ— 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation 45 * Matth. 21.12 And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought 46 Saying unto them It is written My house is the house of prayer but ye have made it a den of theeâ—es 47 And he taught daily in the temple But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him 48 And could not finde what they might do for all the people ‖ Or hanged on him were very attentive to hear him CHAP. XX. 1 Christ avoucheth his authority by a question of Johns baptison 9 The parable of the vineyard 19 Of giving tribute to Cesar 27 He convinceth the Sadducees that denied the resurrection 41 How Christ is the son of David 45 He warneth his disciples to beware of the scribes ANd * Matth. 21.23 it came to pass that on one of those days as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders 2 And spake unto him saying Tell us By what authority doest thou these things or who is he that gave thee this authority 3 And he answered and said unto them I will also ask you one thing and answer me 4 The baptism of â—ohn was it from heaven or of men 5 And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From heaven he will say Why then believed ye him not 6 But and if we say Of men all the people will stone us for they be perswaded that John was a prophet 7 And they answered that they could not tell whence it was 8 And Jesus said unto them Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable * Matth. 21.33 A certain man planted a vineyard and let it forth to husbandmen and went into a far countrey for a long time 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty 11 And again he sent another servant and they beat him also and entreated him shamefully and sent him away empty 12 And again he sent the third and they wounded him also and cast him out 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard What shall I do I will send my beloved son it may be they will reverence him when they see him 14 But when the husbandmen saw him they reasoned among themselves saying This is the heir come let us kill him that the inheritance may be ours 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them 16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others And when they heard it they said God forbid 17 And he beheld them and said What is this then that is written * Psal 11â— 22 The stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grinde him to powder 19 ¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him and they feared the people for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them 20 And they watched him and sent forth spies which should seign themselves just men that they might take hold of his words that so they might deliver him unto the power authority of the governour 21 And they asked him saying * Matth. 22.16 Master we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly neither acceptest thou the person of any but teachest the way of God ‖ Or of a truth truly 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar or no 23 But he perceived their craftiness and said unto them Why tempt ye me 24 Shew me a ‖ See Matth. 18.28 peny whose image and superscription hath it They answered and said Cesars 25 And be said unto them Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesars and unto God the things which be Gods 26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people and they marvelled at his answer and held their peace 27 ¶ * Matth. 22.23 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees which deny that there is any resurrection and they asked him 28 Saying Master Moses wrote unto us If any mans brother die having a wife and he die without children that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother 29 There were therefore seven brethren and the first took a wife and died without children 30 And the second took her to wife and he died childless 31 And the third took her and in like manner the seven also And they left no children and died 32 Last of
to go to Cesarea and hors-men threescore and ten and spearmen two hundred at the third hour of the night 24 And provide them beasts that they may set Paul on and bring him safe unto Felix the governour 25 And he wrote a letter after this manner 26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governour Felix sendeth greeting 27 This man was taken of the Jews and should have been killed of them then came I with an army and rescued him having understood that he was a Roman 28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him I brought him forth into their council 29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds 30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man I sent straightway to thee and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him Farewel 31 Then the souldiers as it was commanded them took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris 32 On the morrow they left the hors-men to go with him and returned to the castle 33 Who when they came to Cesarea and delivered the epistle to the governour presented Paul also before him 34 And when the governour had read the letter he asked of what province he was And when he understood that he was of Cilicia 35 I will hear thee said he when thine accusers are also come And he commanded him to be kept in Herods judgement-hall CHAP. XXIV 1 Paul being accused by Tertullus the oratour 10 answers for his life and doctrine 24 He preacheth Christ to the governour and his wife 26 The governour hopeth for a brise but in vain 27 At last going out of his of fice he leaveth Paul in prison ANd after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders and with a certain oratour named Tettullus who enformed the governour against Paul 2 And when he was called forth Tettullus began to accuse him saying Sâ—eing that by thee we enjoy great quietness and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence 3 We accept it always and in all places most noble Felix with all thankfulness 4 Notwithstanding that I be not further tedious unto thee I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words 5 For we have found this man a Pestilent fellow and a mover of feastion among all the Jews throughout the world and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarens 6 Who also â—ath gone about to profane the temple whom we took and would have judged according to our law 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us and with great violence took him away out of our hands 8 Commanding his accuser to come unto thee by examining of whom thy sell may it take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him 9 And the Jews also assented saying that these things were so 10 Then Paul after that the governour had beckned unto him to speak answered Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation I do the more cheerfully answer for my self 11 Because that thou mâ—yest understand that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship 12 And they neither sound me in the temple disputing with any man neither raning up the people neither in the synagogues nor in the city 13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me 14 But this I conâ—ess unto thee that alter the way which they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers beleeving all things which are written in the law and the prophets 15 And have hope towards God which they themselves also allow that there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust 16 And herein do I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men 17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings 18 * Chap. 21.17 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia sound me purified in the temple neither with multitude not with tumult 19 Who ought to have been here before thee and object if they had ought against me 20 Or else let these same here say if they have sound any evil-doing in me while I stood before the council 21 Except it be for this one voice that I cried standing among them * Chap. 23.5 Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day 22 And when Felix heard these things having more perfect knowledge of that way he deferred them and said When Lysias the chief captain shall come down I will know the uttermost of your matter 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him 24 And after certain days when Felix came with his wife Drusilla which was a Jewess he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness temperance and judgement to come Felix trembled and answered Go thy way for this time when I have a convenient season I will call for thee 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul that he might loose him wherefore he sent for him the oftner and communed with him 27 But alter two years Porcius Festus came into Felix room and Felix willing to shew the Jews a pleasure left Paul bound CHAP. XXV 2 The Jews accuse Paul before Festus 8 He answereth for himself 11 and appealeth unto Cesar 14 Afterwards Festus openeth his matter to king Agrippa 23 and â—e is brought forth 25 Festus cleareth him to have done nothing worthy of death NOw when Festus was come into the province after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews enformed him against Paul and besought him 3 And desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem laying wait in the way to kill him 4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Cesarea and that he himself would depart shortly thither 5 Let them therefore said he which among you are able go down with me and accuse this man it there be any wickedness in him 6 And when he had tarried among them ‖ Or as some copies read no more then eiâ—gt no ten days more then ten days he went down unto Cesarea and the next day sitting in the judgement-seat commanded Paul to be brought 7 And when he was come the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about and said many and grievous complaints against Paul which they could not prove 8 While he answered for himself Neither against the law of the Jews neither against the temple nor yet against Cesar have I