resurrection of the dead 22 For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive 23 But * 1 Thess 4.15 every man in his own order Christ the first-fruits afterward they that are Christs at his coming 24 Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even the Father when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power 25 For he must reign * Psal 110.1 till he hath put all enemies under his feet 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death 27 For he * Psal 8.6 hath put all things under his feet But when he saith all things are put under him it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour 31 I protest by ‖ Some read our your rejoycing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord I die daily 32 If ‖ Or to speak after the manner of men after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not * Isa 22.23 let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die 33 Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners 34 Awake to righteousness and sin not for some have not the knowledge of God I speak this to your shame 35 But some man will say How are the dead raised up and with what body do they come 36 Thou fool that which thou sowest is not quickned exceptit die 37 And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be but bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own body 39 All flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kinde of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another of fishes and another of birds 40 There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another 41 There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differeth from another star in glory 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead It is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption 43 It is sown in dishonour it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power 44 It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body 45 And so it is written The first man Adam * Gen. 1.7 was made a living soul the last Adam was made a quickning spirit 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual 47 The first man is of the earth earthy the second man is the Lord from heaven 48 As is the earthy such are they also that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly 49 And as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also bear the image of the heavenly 50 Now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption 51 Behold I shew you a mystery We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed 52 In a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last * Matth. 24.31 1 Thess 4.16 trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written * Isa 25.8 Hos 13.14 Death is swallowed up in victory 55 O death where is thy sting O ‖ Or hell grave where is thy victory 56 The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law 57 But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 58 Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. CHAP. XVI 1 He exhorteth them to relieve the want of the brethren at Jerusalem 10 commendeth Timothy 13 and after friendly admonitions 16 shutteth up his epistle with divers salutations NOw concerning the collection for the saints as I have given order to the churches of Galatia even so do ye 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there be no gatherings when I come 3 And when I come whomsoever you shall approve by your letters them will I send to bring your †Gr. â—ife liberality unto Jerusalem 4 And if it be meet that I go also they shall go with me 5 Now I will come unto you when I shall pass through Macedonia for I do pass through Macedonia 6 And it may be that I will abide yea and winter with you that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go 7 For I will not see you now by the way but I trust to tarry a while with you if the Lord permit 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me and there are many adversaries 10 Now if Timotheus come see that he may be with you without fear for he worketh the work of the Lord as I also do 11 Let no man therefore despise him but conduct him forth in peace that he may come unto me for I look for him with the brethren 12 As touching our brother Apollos I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren but his will was not at all to come at this time but he will come when he shall have convenient time 13 Watch ye stand fast in the faith quit you like men be strong 14 Let all your things be done with charity 15 I beseech you brethren ye know the house of Stephanas that it is the first-fruits of Achaia and that they have addicted themselves to the ministery of the saints 16 That ye submit your selves unto such and to every one that helpeth with us and laboureth 17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours therefore acknowledge ye
the king of Assyria and I will defend this city 7 And this shall be a signe unto thee from the LORD that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken 8 Behold I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the †Heb. degrees by or with the sun sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward So the sun returned ten degrees by which degrees it was gone down 9 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah when he had been sick and was recovered of his sickness 10 I said in the cutting off of my days I shall go to the gates of the grave I am deprived of the residue of my years 11 I said I shall not see the LORD even the LORD in the land of the living I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world 12 Mine age is departed and is removed from me as a shepherds tent I have cut off like a weaver my life he will cut me off ‖ Or from the thrum with pining sickness from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me 13 I reckoned till morning that as a lion so will he break all my bones from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me 14 Like a crane or a swallow so did I chatter I did mourn as a dove mine eyes fail with looking upward O LORD I am oppressed ‖ Or case me undertake for me 15 What shall I say he hath both spoken unto me and himself hath done it I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul 16 O Lord by these things men live and in all these things is the life of my spirit so wilt thou recover me and make me to live 17 Behold ‖ Or on my peace came great bitterness for peace I had great bitterness but †Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption for thou hast cast all my sins behinde thy back 18 For the grave can not praise thee death cannot celebrate thee they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth 19 The living the living he shall praise thee as I do this day the father to the children shall make known thy truth 20 The LORD was ready to save me therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD 21 For Isaiah had said let them take a lump of figs and lay it for a plaister upon the boyl and he shall recover 22 Hezekiah also had said What is the signe that I shall go up to the house of the LORD CHAP. XXXIX 1 Merodath-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder bath notice of his treasures 3 Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity AT * 2 Kin. 20.12 c. that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present to Hezekiah for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them and shewed them the house of his ‖ Or spicery precious things the silver and the gold and the spices and the precions ointment and all the house of his ‖ Or jewels †Heb. verssels or instruments armour and all that was found in his treasures there was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah shewed them not 3 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah and said unto him What said these men and from whence came they unto thee And Hezekiah said They are come from a far countrey unto me even from Babylon 4 Then said he What have they seen in thine house And Hezekiah answered All that is in mine house have they seen there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah Hear the word of the LORD of hosts 6 Behold the days come that all that is in thine house and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day shall be carried to Babylon nothing shall be left saith the LORD 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken he said moreover For there shall be peace and truth in my days CHAP. XL. 1 The promulgation of the gospel 3 The preaching of John Baptist 9 The preaching of the apostles 12 The prophet by the omnipotency of God 18 and his incomparableness 26 comforteth the people COmfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God 2 Speak ye †Heb. to the heare comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her ‖ Or appointed time warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the LORDs hand double for all her sins 3 ¶ * Mat. 3.3 Mar. 1.3 Lu. 3.4 Joh. 1.23 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the LORD make strait in the desert a high-way forour God 4 Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made ‖ Or a strait place strait and the rough places ‖ Or a plain place plain 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it 6 The voice said Cry And he said What shall I cry * Job 14.2 Ps 102.11 and 103.15 Jam. 1.10 1 Pet. 1.24 All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field 7 The grass withereth the flower fadeth because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it surely the people is grass 8 The grass withereth the flower fadeth but the * Joh. 12.34 1 Pet. 1.25 word of our God shall stand for ever 9 ¶ ‖ Or O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion O Zion that bringest good tidings get thee up into the high mountain ‖ Or O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem O Jerusalem that bringest good tidings lift up thy voice with strength lift it up be not afraid say unto the cities of Judah Behold your God 10 Behold the Lord GOD will come ‖ Or against the strong with strong hand and his arm shall rule for him behold * Ch. 62.11 his reward is with him and ‖ Or recompence for his work his work before him 11 He shall * Ezek. 34.23 Joh. 10.11 feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those ‖ Or that give suck that are with young 12 ¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meted
yet would I not know my soul I would despise my life 22 This is one thing therefore I said it he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked 23 If the scourge slay suddenly he will laugh at the trial of the innocent 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked he covereth the â—â—ces of the judges thereof if not where and who is he 25 Now my days are swifter then a post they flee away they see no good 26 They are passed away as the †Heb. ships of desire ‖ Or ships of Ebeh swift ships as the eagle that hâ—â—teth to the prey 27 If I say I will forget my complaint I will leave off my heaviness and comfoâ—t my self 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent 29 If I be wicked why then labour I in vain 30 If I wash my self with snow-water and make my hands never so clean 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes shall ‖ Or make me to be abhâ—rred abhor me 32 For he is not a man as I am that I should answer him and we should come together in judgement 33 Neither is there †Heb. one that should argue any ‖ Or â—mpire days man betwixt us that might lay his hand upon us both 34 Let him take his rod away from me let not his fear terrifie me 35 Then would I speak and not fear him †Heb. but I am not so with my self but it is not so with me CHAP. X. 1 Job taking liberty of complaint expostulateth with God about his afflictions IS He complaineth of life and craveth a little ease before death MY soul is ‖ Or cut off while I live weary of my life I will leave my complaint upon my self I will speak in the bitterness of my soul 2 I will say unto God Do not condemn me shew me wherefore thou contendest with me 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress that thou shouldest despise †Heb. the labour of thine hands the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh or seest thou as man seeth 5 Are thy days as the days of man are thy years as mans days 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity and searchest after my sin 7 †Heb. It is upon thy knowledge Thou knowest that I am not wicked and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand 8 Thine hands †Heb. took pains about have made me and fashioned me together round about yet thou dost destroy me 9 Remember I beseech thee that thou hast made me as the clay and wilt thou bring me into dust again 10 * Psal 139.14 15 16. Hast thou not poured me out as milk and cruddled me like cheese 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast †Heb. bedged fenced me with bones and sinews 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart I know that this is with thee 14 If I sin then thou markest me and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity 15 If I be wicked we unto me and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head I am full of contusion therefore see thou mine affliction 16 For it increaseth thou huntest me as a fierce lion and again thou shewest thy self marvellous upon me 17 Thou renewest ‖ That is thy plagues thy witnesses against me and increasest thine indignation upon me changes and war are against me 18 * Ch. 3.11 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb Oh that I had given up the ghost and no eye had seen me 19 I should have been as though I had not been I should have been carried from the womb to the grave 20 * See chap. 7.6 and 8.9 Are not my days few cease then and let me alone that I may take comfort a little 21 Before I go whence I shall not return even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death 22 A land of darkness as darkness it self and of the shadow of death without any order and where the sight is as darkness CHAP. XI 1 Zophar reproveth Job for justifying himself 5 Gods wisdom is unsearchable 13 The assured blessing of repentance THen answered Zophar the Naamathite and said 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered and should †Heb. a man of lips a man full of talk he justified 3 Should thy ‖ Or devices lies make men hold their peace and when thou mockest shall no man make thee ashamâ—d 4 For thou hast said My doâ—â—rine is pure and I am clean in thine eyes 5 But O that God would speak and open his lips against thee 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom that they are double to that which is know therefore that God exacteth of thee less then thine iniquity deserveth 7 Canst thou by searching finde out God canst thou finde out the Almighty unto perfection 8 It is †Heb. the brights of heaven as high as heaven what canst thou do deeper then hell what canst thou know 9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth and broader then the sea 10 If he ‖ Or make a change cut off and shut up or gather together then †Heb. who can turn him away who can hinder him 11 For he knoweth vain men he seeth wickedness also will he not then consider it 12 For †Heb. empty vain man would be wise though man be born like a wilde asses colt 13 If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands towards him 14 If iniquity he in thine hand put it far away and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot yea thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters that pass away 17 And thine age †Heb. shall arise above the more day shall be clearer then the noon-day thou shalt shine forth thou shalt be as the morning 18 And thou shalt be secure because there is hope yea thou shalt dig about thee and * Lev. 26.5 thou shalt take thy rest in safety 19 Also thou shalt lie down and none shall make thee afraid yea many shall †Heb. intreat thy face make suit unto thee 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail and †Heb. flight shall perish from them they shall not escape and * Ch. 8.14 and 18.14 their hope shall be as ‖ Or a toss of breath the giving up of the ghost CHAP. XII 1 Job maintaineth himself against his friends that reprove him 7 He acknowledgeth the general doctrine of Gods omnipotâ—ncy ANd Job answered and said 2 No
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
mere his face from us †Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not 4 ¶ Surely * Mat. 8.17 he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted 5 But he was ‖ Or tormented * Ro 4.25 1 Cor. 15.3 wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his * 1 Pet. 2.24 †Heb. bruâ—se stripes we are healed 6 All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way and the LORD †Heb. hath made the iniquities of us all to meet on him hath laid on him the iniquity of us all 7 He was oppressed and he was afflicted yet * Mat. 26 6â— 27.12 Mar. 14.61 and 15.5 Act. 8.22 he opened not his mouth he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he openeth not his mouth 8 ‖ Or He was takin away by distress and judgement but c. He was taken from prison and from judgement and who shall declare has generation for he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people †Heb. was the stroke upon him was he stricken 9 And he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his †Heb. deaths death because he had done no violence neither was any * 1 Pet. 2.22 1 Joh. 3.5 deceit in his mouth 10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him he hath put him to grief ‖ Or when his soul shall make an offering when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand 11 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was * Mar. 15.28 Luk. 22.37 numbred with the transgressours and he bare the sin of many and * Luk. 23.34 made intercession for the transgressours CHAP. LIV. 1 The prophet for the comfort of the Gentiles prophesieth the amplitude of their church 4 their safety 6 their certain deliverance out of affliction 11 their fair edification 15 and their sure preservation * Gal. â— 27 SIng O barren thou that didst not bear break forth into singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travail with childe for more are the children of the desolate then the children of the married wife saith the LORD 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations spare not lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited 4 Fear not for thou shalt not be ashamed neither be thou confounded for thou shalt not be put to shame for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more 5 For thy maker is thine husband the * Lu. 1.32 LORD of hosts is his name and thy redeemer the holy One of Israel the God of the whole earth shall he be called 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit and a wise of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather thee 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee saith the LORD thy redeemer 9 For this is as the waters of * Gen. 9.11 Noah unto me for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee nor rebuke thee 10 For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee 11 ¶ Oh thou afflicted tossed with tempest and not comforted behold I will lay thy stones with * 1 Chr. 29.2 fair colours and lay thy foundations with sapphires 12 And I will make thy windows of agats and thy gates of carbuncles and all thy borders of pleasant stones 13 And all thy children shall be * Joh. 6.45 taught of the LORD and great shall be the peace of thy children 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from oppression for thou shalt not fear and from terrour for it shall not come near thee 15 Behold they shall surely gather together but not by me whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake 16 Behold I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work and I have created the waster to destroy 17 ¶ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their righteousness is of me saith the LORD CHAP. LV. 2 The prophet with the promises of Christ calleth to faith 6 and to repentance 8 The happy success of them that beleeve HO * Joh. 7.37 every one that thirteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no money come ye buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price 2 Wherefore do ye †Heb. weigh spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not hearken diligently unto me and eat ye that which is good and let your soul delight it self in fatness 3 Incline your ear and come unto me hear and your soul shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you even the * Act. 13.34 sure mercies of David 4 Behold I have given him for a witness to the people a leader and commander to the people 5 Behold thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God and for the holy One of Israel for he hath glorified thee 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and †Heb. the man of iniquity the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the LORD and he will
thy God keep mercy and judgement and wait on thy God continually 7 ¶ He is ‖ Or Canaan a merchant the balances of deceit are in his hand he loveth to ‖ Or deceive oppress 8 And Ephraim said Yet I am become rich I have found me out substance ‖ Or all my labours sufficâ— me not wâ— shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin in all my labours they shall finde none iniquity in me †Heb. which that were sin 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles as in the days of the solemn feast 10 I have also spoken by the prophets and I have multiplied visions and used similitudes †Heb. by the hand by the ministery of the prophets 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead surely they are vanity they sacrifice bullocks in * Chap. 4.15 and 9.15 Gilgal yea their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields 12 And Jacob * Gen. 28.5 fled into the countrey of Syria and Israel * Gen. 29.20 28. served for a wife and for a wife he kept sheep 13 * Exod. 12.50 51 and 13.3 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet was he preserved 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger †Heb. with bitternesses most bitterly therefore shall he leave his †Heb. blouds bloud upon him and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him CHAP. XIII 1 Ephraims glory by reason of idolatry vanisheth 5 Gods anger for their unkindness 9 A promise of Gods mercy 15 A judgement for rebellion WHen Ephraim spake trembling he exalted himself in Israel but when he offended in Baal he died 2 And now †Heb. theâ— add to sin they sin more and more and have made them molten images of their silver and idols according to their own understanding all of it the work of the craftsmen they say of them Let ‖ Or the sacrifices of men the men that sacrifice kiss the calves 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor and as the smoke out of the chimney 4 Yet * Isa 43.11 Chap. 12.9 I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt and thou shalt know no God but me for there is no saviour beside me 5 ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness in the land of †Heb droughts great drought 6 According to their pasture so were they filled they were filled and their heart was exalted therefore have they forgotten me 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion as a leopard by the way will I observe them 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps and will rent the caul of their heart and there will I devour them like a lion †Heb. the beast of the field the wilde beast shall tear them 9 ¶ O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me †Heb. in thy help is thine help 10 I will be thy King where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities and thy judges of whom thou saidst Give me a king and princes 11 I gave thee a * 1 Sam. 8.5 c. 15.23 16.1 king in mine anger and took him away in my wrath 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up his sin is hid 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him he is an unwise son for he should not stay †Heb. a timâ— long in the place of the breaking forth of children 14 I will ransom them from †Heb. the hand the power of the grave I will redeem them from death * 1 Cor. 1â— 54 55. O death I will be thy plagues O grave I will be thy destruction repentance shall be hid from mine eyes 15 ¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren * Ezek. 19.12 an east-wind shall come the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness and his spring shall become drie and his fountain shall be dried up he shall spoil the treasure of all †Heb. vessels of desire pleasant vessels 16 Samaria shall become desolate for she hath rebelled against her God they shall fall by the sword their infants shall be dashed in pieces and their women with childe shall be ript up CHAP. XIV 1 An exhortation to repentance 4 A promise of Gods blessing O Israel return unto the LORD thy God for thou hast faln by thine iniquity 2 Take with you words and turn to the LORD say unto him Take away all iniquity and ‖ Or give good receive us graciously so will we render the * Heb. 13.15 calves of our lips 3 Ashur shall not save us we will not ride upon horses neither will we say any more to the work of our hands Ye are our gods for in thee the fatherless sindeth mercy 4 ¶ I will heal their backsliding I will love them freely for mine anger is turned away from him 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel he shall ‖ Or blossom grow as the lily and †Heb. strike cast forth his roots as Lebanon 6 His branches †Heb. shall go shall spread and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree and his smell as Lebanon 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return they shall revive as the corn and ‖ Or blossom grow as the vine the ‖ Or memorial sent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon 8 Ephraim shell say What have I to do any more with idols I have heard him and observed him I am like a green fir-tree from me is thy fruit found 9 Who is wise and he shall understand these things prudent and he shall know them for the ways of the LORD are right and the just shall walk in them but the transgressours shall fall therein ¶ JOEL CHAP. I. 1 Joel declaring sundry judgements of God exhorteth to obsirve them 8 and to mâ—urn 14 He prescribeth a fast for complaint THe word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel 2 Hear this ye old men and give ear all ye inhabitants of the land hath this been in your days or even in the days of your fathers 3 Tell ye your children of it and let your children tell their children and their children another generation 4 †Heb. the residue of the palmer-worm That which the palmer-worm hath the locust eaten and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten 5 Awake ye drunkards and weep and howl all ye drinkers of wine because of the new wine for it is cut off from your mouth 6 For a nation is come up upon my land strong and without number whose teeth
carried away captives to Nineve all my brethren and those that were of my kindred did eat of the * Gen. 43.32 bread of the Gentiles 11 But I kept †Gr. 〈◊〉 soul my self from eating 12 Because I remembred God with all my heart 13 And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar so that I was his †Gr. 〈◊〉 purveyour 14 And I went into Media and left in trust with Gabael the brother of Gabrias ‖ Or in the land 〈◊〉 countrey of Media at Rages a city of Media ten talents of silver 15 Now when Enemessar was dead Sennacherib his son reigned in his stead †Gr. the ways of whom were unsettled whole estate was troubled that I could not go into Media 16 And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brethren and gave my bread to the hungry 17 And my clothes to the naked and if I saw any of my nation dead or cast ‖ Or behinde the wâ—lls about the walls of Nineve I buried him 18 And if the king Sennacherib had slain any when he was come and * 1 King 19.35 36. Isa 37.36 3â— Ecclus 48.18 21. 1 Mac. 7.41 2 Mac. 8.19 fled from Judea I buried them privily for in his wrath he killed many but the bodies were not found when they were sought for of the king 19 And when one of the Ninivites went and complained of me to the king that I buried them and hid my self understanding that I was sought for to be put to death I withdrew my self for fear 20 Then all my goods were forcibly taken away neither was there any thing left me besides my wise Anna and my son Tobias 21 And there passed not five and fifty days before two of his sons * 2 King 19.37 2 Chr. 32.21 killed him and they fled into the mountains of Ararath and ‖ Or Eserâ—addoâ— Sarchedonus his son reigned in his stead who appointed over his fathers accounts and over all his affairs Achiacharus my brother Anaels son 22 And Achiacharus intreating for me I returned to Nineve now Achiacharus was cup-bearer and keeper of the signet and steward and over-seer of the accounts and ‖ Or Esarâ—â—ddoâ— Sarchedonus appointed him next unto him and he was my brothers son CHAP. II. 1 Tobit leaveth his meat to bury the dead 10 and becometh blinde 11 His wife taketh in work to get her living 14 Her husband and she fall out about a kid NOw when I was come home again and my wife Anna was restored unto me with my son Tobias in the feast of Pentecost which is the holy feast of the seven weeks there was a good dinner prepared me in the which I sat down to eat 2 And when I saw abundance of meat I said to my son Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt finde out of our brethren who is mindful of the Lord and to I tarry for thee 3 But he came again and said Father one of our nation is strangled and is cast out in the market-place 4 Then before I had tasted of any meat I start up and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun 5 Then I returned and washed my self and ate my meat in heaviness 6 Remembring that prophesie of * Aaâ—â—â— 8.10 Amos as he said Your feasts shall be turned into mourning and all your mirth into lamentation 7 There fore I wept and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave and buried him 8 But my neighbours mocked me and said This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter * Chap. 1.19 who fled away and yet lo he burieth the dead again 9 The same night also I returned from the burial and slept by the wall of my court-yard being polluted and my face was uncovered 10 And I knew not that there were ‖ Or swallows sparrows in the wall and mine eyes being open the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes and ‖ Or white films a whiteness came in mine eyes and I went to the physicians but they helped me not moreover Achiacharus did nourish me until I went into Elymais 11 And my wife Anna ‖ Or was â—â—red to spin in the woment rooms did take womens works to do 12 And when she had sent ‖ Or 〈◊〉 work them home to the owners they paid her wages and gave her also besides a kid 13 And when it was in my house and began to cry I said unto her From whence is this kid is it not stoln render it to the owners * Deut. 22.1 for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stoln 14 * Job 2.9 But she replied upon me It was given for a gift more then the wages howbeit I did not beleeve her but bade her render it to the owners and I was abashed at her But she replied upon me Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds ‖ Or lo all things are known to thee behold thou and all thy works are known CHAP. III. 1 Tobit grieved with his wives taunts prayeth 11 Sara reproached by ber fathers maids prayeth also 17 An angel is sent to help them both THen I being grieved did weep and in my sorrow prayed saying 2 O Lord thou art just and all thy works and all thy ways are mercy and truth and thou judgest truly and justly for ever 3 Remember me and look on me punish me not for my sins and ignorances and the sins of my fathers who have sinned before thee 4 For they obeyed not thy commandments wherefore thou hast delivered us * Deut. 28.15 37. for a spoil and unto captivity and unto death and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed 5 And now thy judgements are many and true deal with me according to my sins and my fathers because we have not kept thy commandments neither have walked in truth before thee 6 Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee and command my spirit to be taken from me that I may be ‖ Or dismissed or delivered dissolved and become earth for it is prositable for me to die rather then to live because I have heard false reproaches and have much sorrow command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress and go into the everlasting place turn not thy face away from me 7 It came to pass the same day that in Ecbatane a city of Media Sara the daughter of Raguel was also reproached by her fathers maids 8 Because that she had been married to seven husbands whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed before they had lien with her Dost thou not know said they that thou hast strangled thine husbands thou hast had already seven husbands neither wast thou named after any of them 9 Wherefore dost thou beat us for them if they be dead go
And not to change an old friend 13 Not to be familiar with men in authority 14 But to know our neighbours 15 And to converse with wise men BE not jealous over the wise of thy bosom and teach her not an evil lesson against thy self 2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to let her foot upon thy substance 3 Meet not with an harlot lest thou fall into her snares 4 Use not much the company of a woman that ‖ Or playeth upon instruments is a singer lest thou be taken with her attempts 5 Gaze not on a maid that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her 6 Give not thy soul unto harlots that thou lose not thine inheritance 7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof 8 * Gen. 34.2 2 Sam. 11.2 Judith 10 1◠Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman and look not upon anothers beauty for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman for herewith love is kindled as a fire 9 Sit not at all with another mans wife nor sit down with her in thine arms and spend not thy money with her at the wine lest thine heart incline unto her and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction 10 Forsake not an old friend for the new is not comparable to him a new friend is as new wine when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure 11 Envy not the glory of a sinner for thou knowest not what shall be his end 12 Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave 13 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death and if thou come unto him make no fault lest he take away thy life presently remember that thou goest in the midst of snares and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city 14 As near as thou canst guess at thy neighbour and consult with the wise 15 Let thy talk be with the wise and all thy communication in the law of the most High 16 And let just men eat and drink with thee and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord. 17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended and the wise ruler of the people for his speech 18 A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated CHAP. X. 1 The commodities of a wise ruler 4 God setteth him up 7 The inconveniences of pride injustice and covetousness 14 What God hath done to the proud 19 Who shall be honoured 29 and who not A Wife judge will instruct his people and the government of a prudent man is well ordered 2 * Prov. 29.12 As the judge of the people is himself so are his officers and what manner of man the ruler of the city is such are all they that dwell therein 3 An unwise king destroyeth his people but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited 4 The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable 5 In the hand of God is the prosperity of man and upon the ‖ Or face person of the scribe shall he lay his honour 6 * Lev. 19.17 Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong and do nothing at all by injurious practices 7 Pride is hateful before God and man and by both doth one commit iniquity 8 Because of unrighteous dealings injuries and riches got by deceit the kingdom is translated from one people to another 9 Why is earth and ashes proud There is not a more wicked thing then a covetous man for such an one setteth his own soul to sale because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels 10 The physician cutteth off a long disease and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die 11 For when a man is dead he shall inherit creeping things beasts and worms 12 The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God and his heart is turned away from his maker 13 For pride is the beginning of sin and he that hath it shall pour out abomination and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and overthrew them utterly 14 The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes and set up the meek in their stead 15 The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations and planted the lowly in their place 16 The Lord overthrew countreys of the heathen and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth 17 He took some of them away and destroyed them and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth 18 Pride was not made for men nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman 19 They that fear the Lord are a sure seed and they that love him an honourable plant they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed they that transgress the commandments are a ‖ Or unstable generation deceiveable seed 20 Among brethren he that is chief is honourable so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes 21 The fear of the Lord goeth before ‖ Or principality the obtaining of authority but roughness and pride is the losing thereof 22 Whether he be rich noble or poor their glory is the fear of the Lord. 23 It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding neither is it convenient to magnifie a sinful man 24 Great men and judges and potentates shall be honoured yet is there none of them greater then he that feareth the Lord. 25 * Prov. 17.2 Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service and he that hath knowledge * 2 Sam. 12.13 will not grudge when he is reformed 26 Be not overwise in doing thy business and boast not thy self in the time of thy distress 27 * Prov. 12.9 Better is he that laboureth and aboundeth in all things then he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread 28 My son glorifie thy soul in meekness and give it honour according to the dignity thereof 29 Who will justifie him that sinneth against his own soul and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life 30 The poor man is honoured for his skill and the rich man is honoured for his riches 31 He that is honoured in poverty how much more in riches and he that is dishonourable in riches how much more in poverty CHAP. XI 4 We may not vaunt nor set forth our selves 8 nor answer rashly 10 nor meddle with many matters 14 Wealth and all things else are from God 24 Brag not of thy wealth 29 nor bring every man into thy house WIsdom lifteth up the head ‖ Or of the lowly of him that
countenance CHAP. XIII 1 Keep not company with the proud or a michtier then thy self 15 Like will to like 21 The difference between the rich and the poor 25 A mans bea rt will change his countenance HE that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith and * Deu. 7.2 he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him 2. Burden not thyself abovethy power while thou livest and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer then thy self For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together †Gr. this shall smite against it and be broken for if the one besmitten against the other it shall be broken 3 The rich man hath done wrong and yet he threatneth withal the poor is wronged and he must intreat also 4 If thou be for his profit he will use thee but if thou have nothing he will forsake thee 5 If thou have any thing he will live with thee yea he will make thee bare and will not be sorry for it 6 If he have need of thee he will deceive thee and smile upon thee and put thee in hope he will speak thee fair and say What wantest thou 7 And he will shame thee by his meats until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward when he seeth thee he will forsake thee and shake his head at thee 8 Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down †Or by thy sonplicity in thy jollity 9 If thou he invited of a mighty man withdraw thy self and so much the more will he invite thee 10 Press thou not upon him lest thou be put back stand not far off lest thou be forgotten 11 ‖ Or forbear not Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk ‖ Or but. and beleeve not his many words for with much communication will he tempt thee and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets 12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words and will not spare to do thee hurt and to put thee in prison 13 Observe take good heed for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing when thou hearest these things awake in thy sleep 14 Love the Lord all thy life and call upon him for thy salvation 15 Every beast loveth his like and every man loveth his neighbour 16 All flesh consorteth according to kinde and a man will cleave to his like 17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb so the sinner with the godly 18 What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog and what peace between the rich and the poor 19 As the wilde ass is the lions prey in the wilderness so the rich eat up the poor 20 As the proud hate humility so doth the rich abhor the poor 21 A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends but 〈◊〉 poor man being down is thrust also away by his friends 22 When a rich man is faln he hath many helpers he speaketh things not to bespoken and yet men justifie him the poor man slipt and yet they rebuked him too he spake wisely and could have no place 23 When a rich man speaketh every man holdeth his tongue and look what he saith they extoll it to the clouds but if the poor man speak they say What fellow is this and if he stumble they will help to overthrow him 24 Riches are good unto him that hath no sin and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly 25 The heart of a man changeth his countenance whether it be for good or evil and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance 26 A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity and the finding out of parables is a wer isom labour of the minde CHAP. XIV 1 A good conscience maketh men happy 5 The niggard doeth good to none 13 But do thou good 20 Men are happy that draw near to wisdom * Ch. 19.16 25.8 Jam. 3.2 BLessed is the man that hath not slipt with his mouth and is not pricked with the ‖ Or sorrow multitude of sins 2 Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him and who is not faln from his hope in the Lord. 3 Riches are not comely for a niggard and what should an envious man do with money 4 He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others that shall spend his goods riotously 5 He that is evil to himself to whom will he be good he shall not take pleasure in his goods 6 There is none worse then he that envieth himself and this is a recompence of his wickedness 7 And if he doeth good he doeth it unwillingly and at the last he will declare his wickedness 8 The envious man hath a wicked eye he turneth away his sace and despiseth men 9 A * Prov. 27. â—â— covetous mans eye is not satisfied with his portion and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul 10 A wicked eye envieth his bread and he is a niggard at his table 11 My son according to thy ability do good to thy self and give the Lord his due offering 12 Remember that death will not be long in coming and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee 13 * Tob. 4.7 Luk. 14 1â— Do good unto thy friend before thou die and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him 14 Defraud not thy self of †Or the feast-day the good day and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee 15 Shalt thou not leave thy travels unto another and thy labour to be divided by lot 16 Give and take and sanctifie thy soul for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave 17 * Isa 40.6 Jam. 1.10.1 Pet. 1.24 All flesh waxeth old as a garment for the covenant from the beginning is Thou shalt die the death 18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree some fall and some grow so is the generation of flesh and bloud one cometh to an end and another is born 19 Every work rotteth and consumeth away and the worker thereof shall go withal 20 * Psal 1.2 Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding 21 He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets 22 Go after her as one that traceth and lie in wait in her ways 23 He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors 24 He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a ‖ Or stake pin in her walls 25 He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are 26 He shall set his children under her shelter and shall lodge under her branches 27 By her he shall be covered from heat and in her glory shall he dwell CHAP.
burnt-offering or sacrifice or oblation or incense or place to sacrifice before thee and to finde mercy 16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted 17 Like as in the burnt-offerings of rams and bullocks and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day and grant that we may wholly go after thee for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee 18 And now we follow thee with all our heart we fear thee and seek thy face 19 Put us not to shame but deal with us after thy loving kindness and according to the multitude of thy mercies 20 Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works give glory to thy name O Lord let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed 21 And let them be confounded ‖ Or by thy power and might in all their power and might and let their strength be broken 22 And let them know that thou art Lord the onely God and glorious over the whole world 23 And the kings servants that put them in ceased not to make the oven hot with ‖ Or naphtha which is a certain kinde of fat and chalky clay Plin. lib. 2 cap. 105. rosin pitch tow and small wood 24 So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace fourty and nine cubits 25 And it passed through and burnt those Caldeans it found about the furnace 26 But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven 27 And made the mids of the furnace as it had been a ‖ Or 〈◊〉 moist whistling wind so that the fire touched them not at all neither hurt nor troubled them 28 Then the three as out of one mouth praised glorified and blessed God in the furnace saying 29 Blessed art thou O Lord God of our fathers and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 30 And blessed is thy glorious and holy name and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 31 Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 32 Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths and sittest upon the cherubims and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 33 Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 34 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven and above all to be praised and glorified for ever 35 O all ye works of the Lord bless ye the Lord Praise and ‖ Or highly exalt and so in the rest exalt him above all for ever 36 * Ps 148.4 O ye heavens bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 37 O ye angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 38 O all ye waters that be above the heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 39 O all ye powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 40 O ye sun and moon bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 41 O ye stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 42 O every showre and dew bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 43 O all ye winds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 44 O ye fire and heat bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 45 O ye winter and summer bless ye the Lord praise him and exalt him above all for ever 46 O ye dews and storms of snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 47 O ye nights and days bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 48 O ye light and darkness bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 49 O ye ice and cold bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 50 O ye frost and snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 51 O ye lightnings and clouds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 52 O let the earth bless the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 53 O ye mountains and little hills bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 54 O all ye things that grow on the earth bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 55 O ye fountains bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 56 O ye seas and rivers bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 57 O ye whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 58 O all ye fowls of the †Gr. heaven air bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 59 O all ye beasts and cattel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 60 O ye children of men bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 61 O Israel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 62 O ye priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 63 O ye servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 64 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 65 O ye ‖ Or saints holy and humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 66 O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever for he hath delivered us from ‖ Or grave hell and saved us from the hand of death and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us 67 O give thanks unto the Lord because he is gracious for his mercy endureth for ever 68 O all ye that worship the Lord bless the God of gods praise him and give him thanks for his mercy endureth for ever ¶ The history of Susanna set apart from the beginning of Daniel because it is not in the Hebrew as neither the narration of †Gr. Bels dragon Bel and the Dragon 16 Two judges hide themselves in the garden of Susanna to have their pleasure of her 28 which when they could not obtain they accuse and cause her to be condemned for adultery 45 But Daniel examineth the matter again and findeth the two judges false THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Joacim 2 And he took a wife whose name was Susanna the daughter of Chelcias
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth * Ezek. 3â— 2 39.1 Gog and Magog to gather them together to battel the number of whom is as the sand of the sea 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth and compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them 10 And the devil that deceived thâ—m was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever 11 And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them 12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God * Dan. 7.10 and the books were opened and another * Chap. 3.5 book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and ‖ Or the grave hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire This is the second death 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire CHAP. XXI 1 A new heaven and a new earth 10 The heavenly Jerusalem with a full description thereof 23 She needeth no sun the glory of God is her light 24 The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her ANd * Isa 65.17 2 Pet. 3.13 I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea 2 And I John saw the holy city new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself shall be with them and be their God 4 * Chap. 7.17 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away 5 And he that sat upon the throne said * Isa 43.19 2 Cor. 5.17 Behold I make all things new And he said unto me Write for these words are true and faithful 6 And he said unto me It is done * Chap. 1.8 22.13 I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end * Isa 55.1 I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son 8 But the fearful and unbeleeving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues and talked with me saying Come hither I will shew thee the bride the Lambs wife 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and shewed me that great city the holy Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God 11 Having the glory of God and her light was like unto a stone most precious even like a jasper stone clear as crystal 12 And had a wall great and high and had twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels and names written thereon which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel 13 On the east three gates on the north three gates on the south three gates and on the west three gates 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof 16 And the city lieth four-square and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal 17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and fourty and four cubits according to the measure of a man that is of the angel 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper and the city was pure gold like unto clear glass 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones The first foundation was jasper the second sapphire the third a chalcedony the fourth an emerald 20 The fifth sardonyx the sixth sardius the seventh chrysolite the eighth beryl the ninth a topaz the tenth a chrysoprasus the eleventh a jacinct the twelfth an amethyst 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls every several gate was of one pearl and the street of the city was pure gold as it were transparent glass 22 And I saw no temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it 23 * Isa 60 â—â— And the city had no need of the sun neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof 24 * Isa 60. â— And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it 25 * Isa 60.11 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day for there shall be no night there 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie but they which are written in the Lambs * Phil. 4.3 Chap. 3.5 and 20.12 book of life CHAP. XXII 1 The river of the water of life 2 The tree of life 5 The light of the city of God is himself 9 The angel will not be worshipped 18 Nothing may be added to the word of God nor taken therefrom ANd he shewed me a pure river of water of life clear as erystal proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it and of either side of the river was there the tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits and yeelded her fruit every moneth and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations 3 And there shall be no more curse but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it and his servants shall serve him 4 And they shall see his face and his name shall be in their foreheads 5 * Chap. 2â— 23 And there shall be no night there and they need no candle neither light of the sun for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever 6 And he said unto me These sayings are faithful and true And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done 7 Behold I come quickly blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophesie of this book 8 And I John saw these things and heard them And when I had heard and seen I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things 9 Then saith he unto me * Chap. 19.10 See thou do it not for I am thy fellow-servant and of thy brethren the prophets and of them which keep the sayings of this book worship God 10 And he saith unto me Seal not the sayings of the prophesie of this book for the time is at hand 11 He that is unjust let him be unjust still and he which is filthy let him be filthy still and he that is righteous let him be righteous still and he that is holy let him be holy still 12 And behold I come quickly and my reward is with me * Rom. 2.6 to give every man according as his work shall be 13 I am Alpha and Omega * Isa 41.4 and 44.6 Chap. 1.8 and 21.6 the beginning and the end the first and the last 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city 15 For without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers and idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testifie unto you these things in the churches I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star 17 And the Spirit and the Bride say Come And let him that heareth say Come * Isa 55.1 And let him that is athirst come And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely 18 For I testifie unto every man that heareth the words of the prophesie of this book * Deut. 4.2 Prov. 30 6. If any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophesie God shall take away his part out of the book of life and out of the holy city and from the things which are written in this book 20 He which testifieth these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so Come Lord Jesus 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen FINIS
upon all the inhabitants of the earth saith the LORD of hosts 30 Therefore prophesie thou against them all these words and say unto them The LORD shall * Joel 3.16 Alli 1.2 roar from on high and utter his voice from his holy habitation he shall mightily roar upon his habitation he shall give a shout as they that tread the grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth for the LORD hath a controversie with the nations he will plead with all flesh he will give them that are wicked to the sword saith the LORD 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth they shall not be * Ch. 16.4 lamented neither gathered nor buried they shall be dung upon the ground 34 ¶ * Ch. 4.8 6.25 Howl ye shepherds and cry and wallow your selves in the ashes ye principal of the flock for †Heb. your days for slaughter the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished and ye shall fall like †Heb. a vessil of desire a pleasant vessel 35 And †Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds and â—scapint from c. the shepherds shall have no way to flee nor the principal of the flock to escape 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds and an howling of the principal of the flock shall be heard for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD 38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion for their land is †Heb. 〈◊〉 desolation desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressour and because of his fierce anger CHAP. XXVI 1 Jeremiah by promises and threatnings exhorteth to repentants 8 He is therefore apprehended 10 and arraigned 11 His apology 16 He is quit in judgement by the example of Miâ—ah 20 and of Vrijah 24 and by the care of Ahikans IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD Stand in the court of the LORDS house and speak unto all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORDS house all the words that I command thee to speak unto them * Act. â—0 27 diminish not a word 3 If so be they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may * Ch. 18.8 repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings 4 And thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law which I have set before you 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets whom I sent unto you both rising up early and sending them but ye have not hearkned 6 Then will I make this house like * 1 Sa. 4.12 Ps 78.60 Ch. 7.12 14 Shiloh and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD 8 ¶ Now it came to pass when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him saying Thou shalt surely die 9 Why halt thou prophesied in the name of the LORD saying This house shall be like Shiloh and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD 10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard these things then they came up from the kings house unto the house of the LORD and sat down ‖ Or at the door in the entry of the new gate of the LORDS house 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people saying †Heb. The judgement of death is for this man This man is worthy to die for he hath prophesied against this city as ye have heard with your ears 12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people saying The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard 13 Therefore now * Ch. 7.3 amend your ways and your doings and obey the voice of the LORD your God and the LORD will * Ver. 19. repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you 14 As for me behold I am in your hand do with me †Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes as seemeth good and meet unto you 15 But know ye for certain that if ye put me to death ye shall surely bring innocent bloud upon your selves and upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears 16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets This man is not worthy to die for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land and spake to all the assembly of the people saying 18 * Mic. 1.1 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and spake to all the people of Judah saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mic. 3.12 Zion shall be plowed like a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death did he not fear the LORD and besought †Heb. the face of the LORD the LORD and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them Thus might we procure great evil against our souls 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah 21 And when Jehoiakim the king with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words the king sought to put him to death but when Urijah heard it he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt namely Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt 23 And they fet forth Urijah out of Egypt and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the â€
Heb. sons of the people common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death CHAP. XXVII 1Vnder the type of bonds and yokes be prophesieth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nehuchadnezzar 8 He exhorteth them to yield and not to beleeve the false prophets 12 The like he doth to Zedekiah 19 He foretelleth the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon and there continue until the day of visitation IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD to me Make thee bonds and yokes and put them upon thy neck 3 And send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the Ammonites and to the king of Tyrus and to the king of Zidon by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah 4 And command them ‖ Or concerning their masters saying to say unto their masters Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Thus shall ye say unto your masters 5 I have made the earth the man and the beast that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm and * Dan. 4.17 25. have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon * Ch. 25.9 43.10 my servant and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him 7 And all nations shall serve him and his son and his sons son until the very time of his land come and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him 8 And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon that nation will I punish saith the LORD with the sword and with the famine and with the pestilence until I have consumed them by his hand 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets nor to your diviners nor to your †Heb. deâ—ams dreamers nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers which speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon 10 For they prophesie a lie unto you to remove you far from your land and that I should drive you out and ye should perish 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him those will I let remain still in their own land saith the LORD and they shall till it and dwell therein 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words saying Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people and live 13 Why will ye die thou and thy people by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon for they prophesie * Ch. 14.14 and 23.21 and 27.8 a lie unto you 15 For I have not sent them saith the LORD yet they prophesie †Heb. in a lie or lyingly a lie in my name that I might drive you out and that ye might perish ye and the prophets that prophesie unto you 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people saying Thus saith the LORD Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesie unto you saying Behold the vessels of the LORDS house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon for they prophesie a lie unto you 17 Hearken not unto them serve the king of Babylon and live wherefore should this city be laid waste 18 But if they be prophets and if the word of the LORD be with them let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are lest in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem go not to Babylon 19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not when he carried away * 2 Kin. 24.14 15. captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem 21 Yea thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem 22 They shall be * 2 Kim 25.13 2 Chr. 36.18 carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I * 2 Chr. 36.22 Ch. 29.10 visit them saith the LORD then will I bring them up and restore them to this place CHAP. XXVIII 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsly the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah 5 Jeremiah wishing it to be true sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke 15 and foretelleth Hananiahs death ANd it came to pass the same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year and in the fifth moneth that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet which was of Gibeon spake unto me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and of all the people saying 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts the God of Israel saying I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon 3 Within †Heb. two years of days two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORDs house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this Place and carried them to Babylon 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah with all the †Heb. captivity captives of Judah that went into Babylon saith the LORD for I will break the yoke of the king of Babalon 5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said Amen The LORD do so the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied to bring again the vessels of the LORDS house and all that is carried away captive from Babylon into this place 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the people 8 The prophets that have