11 For they intended evil against thee they imagined a mischievous device which they are not able to perform 12 Therefore ‖ Or thou shalt set them as a â—utt shalt thou make them turn their †Heb. shoulder back when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted LORD in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power PSAL. XXII 1 David complaineth in great discouragement 9 He prayeth in great distrâ—ss 23 He praâ—seth God ¶ To the chief musician upon ‖ Or the hinde of the morning Aâ—jeleth Shâ—har A psalm of David MY * Mat. 27.46 Mark 15.34 God my God way hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far †Heb. from my salvation from helping me and from the words of my roaring 2 O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night-season and †Heb. there is no silence to me am not silent 3 But thou art holy O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel 4 Our fathers trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver them 5 They cryed unto thee and were delivered they trusted in thee and were not confounded 6 But I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people 7 * Mat. 27.39 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they †Heb. open shoot out the lip they shake the head saying 8 * Mat. 27.43 †Heb. he rolled himself on the LORD He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him let him deliver him ‖ Or if he delight in him seeing he delighted in him 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb thou ‖ Or keeptst me in safety didst make me hope when I was upon my mothers breasts 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb thou art my God from my mothers belly 11 Be not far from me for trouble is near for there is †Heb. not a helper none to help 12 Many bulls have compassed me strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round 13 They †Heb. opened their mouths against me gaped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and a roaring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are ‖ Or sundred out of joynt my heart is like wax it is melted in the midst of my bowels 15 My strength is dried up like a potsheard and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogs have compassed me the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me * Mat. 27.35 Mar. 15.24 Luke 23. â—3 John 19.23.27 they pierced my hands and my feet 17 I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me 18 * Luke 23.34 John 19.24 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O LORD O my strength haste thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword †Heb. my onely one my darling †Heb. from the hand from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns 22 * Hebr. 2.12 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 Ye that fear the LORD praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him and fear him all ye the seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted neither hath he hid his face from him but when he cried unto him he heard 25 My praise shall â—e of thee in the great congregation I will pay my vow before them that fear him 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied they shall praise the LORD that seek him your heart shall live for ever 27 * Psal 2.8 72.11 86.9 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee 28 For the kingdom is the LORDS and he is the governour among the nations 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul 30 A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this PSAL. XXIII Davids confidence in Gods graâ—e ¶ A psalm of David THE LORD is * Isa 40.11 Jerem. 23.4 Ezek. 34.23 John 10.11 1 Pet. 2.25 my shepherd I shall not want 2 He maketh me to lie down in †Heb. pastures of tender grass green pastures he leadeth me beside the †Heb. waters of quietness still waters 3 He restoreth my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death * Psal 3.6 and 118.6 I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou †Heb. makest fat anointest my head with oyl my cup runneth over 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the LORD †Heb. to length of days forever PSAL. XXIV 1 Gods lordship in the world 3 The citizens of kisspiritual kingdom 7 An exhortation to receive him ¶ A psalm of David THe * Deu. 10.14 Job 41.11 Psal 50.12 1 Cor. 10.26 28. earth is the LORDS and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 2 * Job 28.6 Psal 1â—4 5 and 135.6 For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods 3 * Psal 15. â— Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD and who shall stand in his holy place 4 * Isa 33.15 16. †Heb. the clean of hands He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face ‖ Or O God of Jacob. O Jacob. Selah 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is this King of glory the LORD strong and mighty the LORD mighty in battel 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 10 Who is this King of glory the LORD of hosts he is the King of glory Selah PSAL. XXV 1 Davids confidence in prayer 7
hanging of the door to the tabernacle 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar and shalt put water therein 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the hanging at the court-gate 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oyl and anoint the tabernacle and all that is therein and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof and it shall be holy 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt-offering and all his vessels and sanctifie the altar and it shall be an altar †Heb. holiness of holinesses most holy 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot and sanctifie it 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and wash them with water 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him sanctifie him that he may minister unto me in the priests office 14 And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats 15 And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father that they may minister unto me in the priests office for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priest-hood throughout their generations 16 Thus did Moses according to all that the LORD commanded him so did he 17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first moneth in the second year on the first day of the moneth that the * Num. 7. â—â— tabernacle was reared up 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle and fastned his sockets and set up the boards thereof and put in the bars thereof and reared up his pillars 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent above upon it as the LORD commanded Moses 20 ¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves on the ark and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and * Ch. 35. â—â— set up the vail of the covering and covered the ark of the testimony as the LORD commanded Moses 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation upon the side of the tabernacle north-ward without the vail 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD as the LORD had commanded Moses 24 ¶ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation over against the table on the side of the tabernacle south-ward 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses 26 ¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon as the LORD commanded Moses 28 ¶ And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle 29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meat-offering as the * Ch. 30. â—â— LORD commanded Moses 30 ¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar and put water there to wash withal 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation when they came near unto the altar they washed as the LORD commanded Moses 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging of the ourt-court-gate so Moses finished the work 34 ¶ * Numb 9.15 1 King 8.10 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the cloud abode thereon and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the children of Israel †Heb. journeyed went onward in all their journeys 37 But if the cloud were not taken up then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys The third book of Moses called LEVITICUS CHAP. I. 1 The burnt-offerings 3 of the herd 10 of the fâ—ocks 14 of the fowls ANd the LORD called unto Moses and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD ye shall bring your offering of the cattel even of the herd and of the flock 3 If his offering be a brunt-sacrifice of the herd let him offer a male without blemish he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD 4 * Eâ—od 19.10 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD and the priests Aarons sons shall bring the bloâ—d and sprinkle the bloud round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering and cut it into his pieces 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar and lay the wood in order upon the fire 8 And the priests Aarons sons shall lay the parts the head the fat in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt-sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet favour unto the LORD 10 ¶ And if his offering be of the flocks namely of the sheep or of the goats for a burnt-sacrifice he shall bring it a male without blemish 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar north-ward before the LORD and the priests Aarons sons shall sprinkle his bloud round â—â—out upon the altar 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces with his head and his fat and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water and the priests shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar it is a burnt-sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 14 ¶ And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves or of young pigeons 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar and ‖ Or pinch of the
himself to David with his face to the ground 22 Then David said to Ornan †Heb. 〈◊〉 Grant me the place of this threshing-floor that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD thou shalt 〈◊〉 it me for the full price that the plague may be stayed from the people 23 And Ornan said unto David Take it to thee and let my lord the kings do that which is good in his eyes â—o I give thee the exen also for burnt-offerings and the threshing-instruments for wood and the wheat for the meat offering I give it all 24 And king David said to Ornan Nay but I will verily buy it for the full price for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD nor offer burnt-offerings without cost 25 So * 2 Sam. 24.24 David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings and called upon the LORD and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering 27 And the LORD commanded the angel and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite then he sacrificed there 29 For the tabernacle or the LORD which Moses made in the wilderness and the altar of the burnt-offering were at that season in the high place at * 1 Kin. 3.4 Ch. 16.30 2 Chr. 1.3 Gibeon 30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD CHAP. XXII 1 David oreknowing the place of the temple prepareth abundance for the building of it 6 He instructeth Solomon in Gods promises and his duty in building the temple 17 He chargeth the princes to assist his son THen David said This is the house of the LORD God and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joynings and brass in abundance without weight 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar-wood to David 5 And David said * Chap. 29.1 Solomon my son is young and tender and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical of same and of glory throughout all countreys I will therefore now make preparation for it So David prepared abundantly before his death 6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel 7 And David said to Solomon My son as for me it was in my minde to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God 8 But the word of the LORD came to me saying * Chap. 28.3 Thou hast shed bloud abundantly and hast made great wars thou shalt not build an house unto my name because thou hast shed much bloud upon the earth in my sight 9 Behold a son shall be born to thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about for his name shall be ‖ That is peaâ—â—able Solomon and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days 10 * 2 Sam. 7.13 He shall build an house for my name and he shall be my son and I will be his father and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever 11 Now my son the LORD be with thee and prosper thou and build the house of the LORD thy God as he hath said of thee 12 Onely the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God 13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgements which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel be strong and of good courage dread not nor be dismayed 14 Now behold ‖ Or in my poverty in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver and of brass and iron without * As vers 3. weight for it is in abundance timber also and stone have I prepared and thou mayest add thereto 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance hewers and ‖ That is masons and carpenters workers of stone and timber and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work 16 Of the gold the silver and the brass and the iron there is no number Arise therefore and be doing and the LORD be with thee 17 ¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son saying 18 Is not the LORD your God with you and hath he not given you rest on every side for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God arise therefore and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD your God to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD CHAP. XXIII 1 David in his old age maketh Solomon king 2 The number and distribution of the Levites 7 The families of the Gershonites 12 The sons of Kohath 21 The sons of Merari 24 The office of the Levites SO when David was old and full of days he made * Chap 28.5 Solomon his son king over Israel 2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the priests and the Levites 3 Now the Levites were numbred from the age of * Numb 4.3 thirty years and upward and their number by their pulls man by man was thirty and eight thousand 4 Of which twenty and four thousand were ‖ Or to overâ—set to set forward the work of the house of the LORD and six thousand were officers and judges 5 Moreover four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made said David to praise therewith 6 And * Ex. 6.16 Ch. 6.1 c. 2 Chr. 8.14 20.25 David divided them into †Heb. divisions courses among the sons of Levi namely Gershon Kohath and Merari 7 ¶ Of the * Ch. 26.21 Gershonites were ‖ Or Zehni Ch. 6.17 Laadan and Shimei 8 The sons of Laadan the chief was Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three 9 The sons of Shimei Shelomith and Haziel and Haran three These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan 10 And the sons of Shimei were
to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours give them after the work of their hands render to them their desert 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands he shall destroy them and not build them up 6 Blessed be the LORD because he hath heard the voice of my supplications 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoyceth and with my song will I praise him 8 The LORD is ‖ Or his strength their strength and he is the †Heb. strength of salvations saving strength of his anointed 9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance ‖ Or rule feed them also and lift them up for ever PSAL. XXIX 1 David exhorteth princes to give glory to God 3 by reason of his power 11 and protection of his people ¶ A psalm of David GIve unto the LORD O †Heb. ye sons of the mighty ye mighty give unto the LORD glory and strength 2 Give unto the LORD †Heb. the honour of his name the glory due unto his name worship the LORD ‖ Or in his glorious sanctuary in the beauty of holiness 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters the God of glory thundreth the LORD is upon ‖ Or great waters many waters 4 The voice of the LORD is †Heb. in power powerful the voice of the LORD is †Heb. in majesty full of majesty 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars yea the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf Lebanon and * Deu. 3.9 Sirion like a young unicorn 7 The voice of the LORD †Heb. cutteth out divideth the flames of fire 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hindes ‖ Or to be in pain to calve and discovereth the forests in his temple ‖ Or every whit of it uttereth c. doth every one speak of his glory 10 The LORD sitteth upon the floud yea the LORD sitteth King for ever 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people the LORD will bless his people with peace PSAL. XXX 1 David praiseth God for his deliverance 4 He exhorteth others to praise him by example of Gods dealing with him ¶ A psalm and song at the dedication of the house of David I Will extoll thee O LORD for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoyce over me 2 O LORD my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me 3 O LORD thou hast brought up my soul from the grave thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit 4 Sing unto the LORD O ye saints of his and give thanks ‖ Or to the memorial at the remembrance of his holiness 5 For †Heb. there is but a moment in his anger his anger endureth but a moment in his favour is life weeping may endure †Heb. in the evening for a night but †Heb. singing joy cometh in the morning 6 And in my prosperity I said I shall never be moved 7 LORD by thy favour thou hast †Heb. settled strength for my mountain made my mountain to stand strong thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled 8 I cried to thee O LORD unto the LORD I made supplication 9 What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit * Psal 6.5 88.11 â—15 17 shall the dust praise thee shall it declare thy truth 10 Hear O LORD have mercy upon me LORD be thou my helper 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness 12 To the end that ‖ That is my tongue or my soul my glory may sing praise to thee and not be silent O LORD my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever PSAL. XXXI 1 David shewing his confidence in God craveth his help 7 He rejoyceth in his mercy 9 He prayeth in his calamity 19 He praiseth God for his goodness ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David IN * Psal 22.5 Isa 49.23 thee O LORD do I put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousness 2 Bow down thine ear to me deliver me speedily be thou †Heb. to me for a rock of strength my strong rock for an house of defence to save me 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress therefore for thy names sake lead me and guide me 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength 5 * Luke â—3 46 Into thine hand I commit my spirit thou hast redeemed me O LORD God of truth 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities but I trust in the LORD 7 I will be glad and rejoyce in thy 〈◊〉 for thou hast considered my trouble thou hast known my soâ—â— in â—dâ—â—â—ities 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy thou hast set my feet in a large room 9 Have mercy upon me O LORD for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed with grief yea my soul and my belly 10 For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing my strength faileth because of mine iniquity and my bones are consumed 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and a fear to mine acquaintance they that did see me without fled from me 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am like †Heb. a vessel that perisheth a broken vessel 13 For I have heard the slander of many fear was on every side while they took counsel together against me they devised to take away my life 14 But I trusted in thee O LORD I said Thou art my God 15 My times are in thy hand deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant save me for thy mercies sake 17 Let me not be ashamed O LORD for I have called upon thee let the wicked be ashamed and ‖ Or let them be cut off for the grave let them be silent in the grave 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence which speak †Heb. a hard thing grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous 19 * Isa 64.4 1 Cor. 2.9 O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hâ—st wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues
bones 25 * Chap. 14.12 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof are the ways of death 26 †Heb. The soul of him that laboureth He that laboureth laboureth for himself for his mouth †Heb. boweth unto him craveth it of him 27 †Heb. A man of Belial An ungodly man diggeth up evil and in his lips there is as a burning fire 28 * Ch. 6.14 19. 15.18 and 26.21 and 29.22 A froward man †Heb. sendeth forth soweth strife and a whisperer separateth chief friends 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour and leadeth him into the way that is not good 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness 32 He that is slow to anger is better then the mighty and he that ruleth his spirit then he that taketh a city 33 The lot is cast into the lap but the whole disposing is of the LORD CHAP. XVII BEtter is * Chap. 15.17 a dry morsel and quietness therewith then a house full of ‖ Or good cheer sacrifices with strife 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren 3 * Psal 26.2 Chap. 27.21 Jer. 17.10 Mal. 3.3 The fining-pot is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD trieth the hearts 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue 5 * Chap. 14.31 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his maker and he that is glad at calamities shall not be †Heb. held innocent unpunished 6 * Ps 127.3 and 128.3 Childrens children are the crown of old men and the glory of children are their fathers 7 †Heb. A lip of excellency Excellent speech becometh not a fool much less do †Heb. a lip of lying lying lips a prince 8 * Chap. 18.16 A gift is as †Heb. a stone of grace a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it whithersoever it turneth it prospereth 9 * Chap. 10.12 He that covereth a transgression ‖ Or procureth seeketh love but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends 10 ‖ Or A reproof aweth more a wise man then to strike a fool an hundred time A reproof entreth more into a wise man then an hundred stripes into a fool 11 An evil man seeketh onely rebellion therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him 12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather then a fool in his folly 13 Whoso * Rom. 12.17 1 Thes 5.15 1 Pet. 3.9 rewardeth evil for good evil shall not depart from his house 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with 15 * Ex. 23.7 Ch. 24.24 Isa 5.23 He that justifieth the wicked and he that condemneth the just even they both are abomination to the LORD 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom seeing he hath no heart to it 17 * Ch. 18.24 A friend loveth at all times and a brother is born for adversity 18 * Ch. 6.1 11.15 A man void of †Heb. heart understanding striketh hands and becometh surety in the presence of his friend 19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction 20 †Heb. the froward of heart He that hath a froward heart findeth no good and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief 21 * Ch. 10.1 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow and the father of a fool hath no joy 22 * Ch. 15.13 12.25 A merry heart doeth good ‖ Or to a medicine like a medicine but a broken spirit drieth the bones 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgement 24 * Eccles 2.14 and 8.1 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth 25 * Ch. 10.1 and 15.20 and 19.13 A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bare him 26 Also to punish the just is not good nor to strike princes for equity 27 * Jam. 1.19 He that hath knowledge spareth his words and a man of understanding is of ‖ Or a cool spirit an excellent spirit 28 * Job 13.5 Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding CHAP. XVIII ‖ Or He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire and intermeddleth in every business THrough desire a man having separated himself seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding but that his heart may discover it self 3 When the wicked cometh then cometh also contempt and with ignominy reproach 4 * Ch. 20.5 The words of a mans mouth are as deep waters and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook 5 * Le. 19.15 Deu. 1.17 and 16.9 Ch. 24.23 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked to overthrow the righteous in judgement 6 A fools lips enter into contention his mouth calleth for strukes 7 * Ch. 10.14 12.13 13.3 A fools mouth is his destruction his lips are the snare of his soul 8 * Ch. 12.18 and 26.22 The words of a ‖ Or whisperer tale-bearer are ‖ Or like as when men are wounded as wounds and they go down into the †Heb. chambers innermost parts of the belly 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster 10 * Ps 18.2 27.1 144.2 The name of the LORD is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and †Heb. is set aloft is safe 11 * Ch. 10.15 The rich mans wealth is his strong city and as an high wall in his own conceit 12 * Ch. 11.2 15.33 and 16.18 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty and before honour is humility 13 He that †Heb. returneth a word answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity but a wounded spirit who can bear 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge 16 * Ch. 17.8 A mans gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men 17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease and parteth between the mighty 19 A brother offended is harder to be won then a
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
the Ethiopians captives young and old naked and bare-foot even with their buttocks uncovered to the †Heb. nakedness shame of Egypt 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and of Egypt their glory 6 And the inhabitant of this ‖ Or countrey isle shall say in that day Behold such is our expectation whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria and how shall we escape CHAP. XXI 1 The prophet bewailing the captivity of his people seeth in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Persians 11 Edom scorning the prophet is moved to repentance 13 The set time of Arabia's calamity THe burden of the desert of the sea As whirlwinds in the south pass through so it cometh from the desert from a terrible land 2 A †Heb. hard grievous vision is declared unto me the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously and the spoiler spoileth go up O Elam besiege O Media all the sighing thereof have I made to cease 3 Therefore are my loyns filled with pain pangs have taken hold upon me as the pangs of a woman that travaileth I was bowed down at the hearing of it I was dismayed at the seeing of it 4 ‖ Or My minde wandred My heart panted fearfulness affrighted me the night of my pleasure hath he †Heb. put turned into fear unto me 5 Prepare the table watch in the watch towre eat drink arise ye princes and anoint the shield 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me Go set a watchman let him declare what he seeth 7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of hors-men a chariot of asses and a chariot of camels and he hearkned diligently with much heed 8 And ‖ Or cried as a lion he cried A lion my lord I stand continually upon the * Hab. 2.1 watch-towre in the day-time and I am set in my ward ‖ Or every niâ—ht whole nights 9 And behold here cometh a chariot of men with a couple of hors-men and he answered and said * Jer. 51.8 Rev. 14 8. 18.2 Babylon is faln is faln and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground 10 O my threshing and the †Heb. son corn of my floor that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts the God of Israel have I declared unto you 11 ¶ The burden of Dumah He calleth to me out of Seir Watchman what of the night watchman what of the night 12 The watchman said The morning cometh and also the night if ye will enquire enquire ye return come 13 ¶ The burden upon Arabia In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge O ye travelling companies of Dedanim 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema ‖ Or bring â—e brought water to him that was thirsty they prevented with their bread him that fled 15 For they fled ‖ Or for fear †Heb. from the face from the swords from the drawn sword and from the bent bowe and from the grievousness of war 16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me Within a year according to the years of an hireling and all the glory of Kedar shall fail 17 And the residue of the number of †Heb. bowes archers the mighty men of the children of Kedar shall be diminished for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it CHAP. XXII 1 The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jury by the Persians 8 He reproveth their humane wisdom and worldly joy 15 He prophesieth Shebna's deprivation 20 and Eliakim prefiguring the kingdom of Christ his substitution THe burden of the valley of vision What aileth thee now that thou art wholly gone up to the hous-tops 2 Thou that art full of stirs a tumultuous city a joyous city thy slain men are not slain with the sword nor dead in battel 3 All thy rulers are fled together they are bound †Heb. of the boâ—e by the archers all that are found in thee are bound together which have fled from far 4 Therefore said I * Jer. 4.19 and 9.1 Look away from me †Heb. I will be bitter in weeping I will weep bitterly labour not to comfort me because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people 5 For it is a day of trouble and of treading down and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision breaking down the walls and of crying to the mountains 6 And Alam bare the quiver with chariots of men and hors-men and Kir †Heb. made naked uncovered the shield 7 And it shall come to pass that †Heb. the choice of thy valleys thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots and the hors-men shall set themselves in aray ‖ Or towards at the gate 8 ¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool 10 And ye have numbred the houses of Jerusalem and the houses have ye broken down to fortifie the wall 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth 13 And behold joy and gladness slaying oxen and killing sheep eating flesh and drinking wine * Ch. 5â— 12 Wild. 2.6 let us eat and drink for to morrow we shall die 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die saith the Lord GOD of hosts 15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts Go get thee unto this treasurer even unto Shebna which is over the house and say 16 What hast thou here and whom hast thou here that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here ‖ Or O he as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock 17 Behold ‖ Or the LORD who covered thee with an excellent covering and clothed thee â—oâ—ceously shall surely c. vers 18. the LORD will carry thee away with †Heb. the captivity of a man a mighty captivity and will surely cover thee 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a †Heb. large of spaceâ— large countrey there shalt thou die and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lords house 19 And I will drive thee from thy station and from thy state shall he pull thee down 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of
the shittah-tree and the myrtle and the oyl tree I will set in the desert the fir-tree and the pine and the box-tree together 20 That they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the LORD hath done this and the holy One of Israel hath created it 21 †Heb. Cause to come near Produce your cause saith the LORD bring forth your strong reasons saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth and shew us what shall happen let them shew the former things what they be that we may †Heb. set our heart upon them consider them and know the latter end of them or declare us things for to come 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter that we may know that ye are gods yea do good or do evil that we may be dismayed and behold it together 24 Behold ye are ‖ Or worse then nothing of nothing and your work ‖ Or worse then of a viper of nought an abomination is he that chooseth you 25 I have raised up one from the north and he shall come from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name and he shall come upon princes as upon morter and as the potter treadeth clay 26 Who hath declared from the beginning that we may know and beforetime that we may say He is righteous yea there is none that sheweth yea there is none that declareth yea there is none that heareth yoâ—r words 27 The first shall say to Zion Behold behold them and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings 28 For I beheld and there was no man even amongst them and there was no counsellour that when I asked of them could †Heb. return answer a word 29 Behold they are all vanity their works are nothing their molten images are wind and confusion CHAP. XLII 1 The office of Christ graced with meekness and constancy 5 Gods promise unto him 10 An exhortation to praise God for his gospel 17 He reproveth the people of incredulity BEhold * Mat. 12.18 my servant whom I uphold mine elect in whom my soul * Mat. 3.17 and 17.5 Eph. 1.6 delighteth I have put my spirit upon him he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles 2 He shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street 3 A bruised reed shall he not break and the ‖ Or dimly burning smoking flax shall he not †Heb. quench it quench he shall bring forth judgement unto truth 4 He shall not fail nor be †Heb. broken discouraged till he have set judgement in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law 5 ¶ Thus saith God the LORD he that created the heavens and stretched them out he that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it he that giveth breath unto the people upon it and spirit to them that walk therein 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people for * Ch. 40.6 Lu. 2.32 Act. 13 47. a light of the Gentiles 7 To open the blinde eyes to * Ch. 61.1 Lu. 4.18 Heb. 2.14 15. bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in * Ch. 9.2 darkness out of the prison-house 8 I am the LORD that is my name and my * Ch. 48.11 glory will I not give to another neither my praise to graven images 9 Behold the former things are come to pass and new things do I declare before they spring forth I tell you of them 10 Sing unto the LORD a new song and his praise from the end of thâ— earth ye that go down to the sea and †Heb. the fulness thereof all that is therein the isles and the inhabitantâ— thereof 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice the villages that Kedar doth inhabit let the inhabitants of the rock singlet them shout from the top of the mountains 12 Let them give glory unto the LORD and declare his praise in the islands 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man he shall stir up jealousie like a man of war he shall cry yea roar he shall ‖ Or behave himself mightily prevâ—â—l against his enemies 14 I have long time holden my peace I have been still and refrained myself now will I cry like a travailing woman I will destroy and †Heb. swallow or sup up devour at once 15 I will make waste mountains and hills and dry up all their herbâ— and I will make the rivers islands and I will dry up the pools 16 And I will bring the blinde by a way that they knew not I will lead them in paths that they have not known I will make darkness light before them and crooked things †Heb. into straitness strait These things will I do unto them and not forsake them 17 ¶ They shall be * Ps 97.7 Câ— 1.29 and 44.11 and 45.16 turned back they shall be greatly ashamed that trust in graven images that say to the molten images Ye are our gods 18 Hear ye deaf and look ye blinde that ye may see 19 Who is blinde but my servant or deaf as my messenger that I sent who is blinde as he that is persect and blinde as the LORDS servant 20 Seeing many things * Ro. 2.22 but thou observest not opening the ears but he heareth not 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness sake he will magnifie the law and make ‖ Or him it honourable 22 But this is a pâ—ople robbed and spoiled ‖ Or in snaring all the young men of them they are all of them snared in hoses and they are hid in prison houses they are for a prey and none delivereth for †Heb. a treading a spoil and none saith Restore 23 Who among you will give ear to this who will hearken and hear †Heb. for the after-time for the time to come 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers did not the LORD he against whom we have sinned for they would not walk in his ways neither were they obedient unto his law 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger and the strength of battel and it hath set him on fire round about yet he knew not and it burned him yet he laid it not to heart CHAP. XLIII 1 The Lord comforteth the church with his promises 8 He appealeth to the people for witness of his omnipotency 14 He foretelleth them the destruction of Babylon 18 and his wouderful deliverance of his people 22 He reproveth the people as inexcusable BUt now thus saith the LORD that created thee O Jacob and he that formed thee O Israel Fear not for I have redeemed thee I have called the by thy name thou art mine
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
windows and is entred into our palaces to cut off the children from without and the young men from the streets 22 Speak Thus saith the LORD Ever the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field and as the handful after the harvest-man and none shall gather them 23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches 24 But * 1 Cor. 1.21 2 Cor. 10.17 let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness judgement and righteousness in the earth for in these things I delight saith the LORD 25 ¶ Behold the days come saith the LORD that I will †Heb. visit upon punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised 26 Egypt and Judah and Edom and the children of Ammon and Moab and all that are †Heb. cut off into corners or having the corners of their hair polled in the * Chap. 25.23 utmost corners that dwell in the wilderness for all these nations are uncircumcised and all the house of Israel are * Rom. 2.28 29. uncircumcised in the heart CHAP. X. 1 The unequal comparison of God and idols 17 The prophet exhorteth to flee from the calamity to come 19 He lamenteth the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastours 23 He maketh an bumble supplication HEar ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you O house of Israel 2 Thus saith the LORD Learn not the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven for the heathen are dismayed at them 3 For the †Heb. statutes or ordinances are vanity customs of the people are vain for one cutteth a tree out of the forest the work of the hands of the workman with the ax 4 They deck it with silver and with gold they fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not 5 They are upright as the palm-tree * Ps 15.5 but speak not they must needs be * Isa 45.1 7. born because they cannot go be not afraid of them for * Isa 41.13 they cannot do evil neither also is it in them to do good 6 Forasmuch as there is none * Psal 86.1 10. like unto thee O LORD thou art great and thy name is great in might 7 * Rev. 15.4 Who would not fear thee O king of nations for ‖ Or it liketh thee to thee doth it appertain forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee 8 But they are †Heb. in one or at once altogether * Isa 41 2â— Hab. 2.18 Zec. 10.2 brutish and foolish the stock is a doctrine of vanities 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz the work of the work man and of the hands of the founder blue and purple is their clothing they are all the work of cunning men 10 But the LORD is the †Heb. God of truth true God he is the living God and an †Heb. King of eternity everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation 11 Thus shall ye say unto them The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens 12 He * Gen. 1.1 6. Ch. 51.15 hath made the earth by his power he hath established the world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion 13 When he uttereth his voice there is a ‖ Or nâ—ise multitude of waters in the heavens and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh lightnings ‖ Or for rain with rain and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures 14 Every man ‖ Or is more brutish then to know is * Chap. 51.17 18. brutish in his knowledge every founder is confounded by the graven image for his molten image is falshood and there is no breath in them 15 They are vanity and the work of errours in the time of their visitation they shall perish 16 * Chap. 51.19 The portion of Jacob is not like them for he is the former of all things and Israel is the rod of his inheritance the LORD of hosts is his name 17 ¶ Gather up thy wares out of the land O †Heb. inhabitress inhabitant of the fortress 18 For thus saith the LORD Behold I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once and will distress them that they may finde it so 19 ¶ Wo is me for my hurt my wound is grievous but I said Truly this is a grief and I must bear it 20 My tabernacle is spoiled and all my cords are broken my children are gone forth of me and they are not there is none to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains 21 For the pastours are become brutish and have not sought the LORD therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall be scattered 22 Behold the noise of the bruit is come and a great commotion out of the * Chap. 1.15 5.15 6.22 north-countrey to make the cities of Judah desolate and a * Chap. 9.11 den of dragons 23 ¶ O LORD I know that the * Prov. 16.1 20.24 way of man is not in himself it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps 24 O LORD * Psal 6.1 38. â— Chap. 30.11 correct me but with judgement not in thine anger lest thou †Heb. diminish me bring me to nothing 25 * Psal 79.6 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not and upon the families that call not on thy name for they have eaten up Jacob and devoured him and consumed him and have made his habitation desolate CHAP. XI 1 Jeremiah proclaimeth Gods covenant 8 rebuketh the Jews disobeying thereof 11 prophesieth evils to come upon them 18 and upon the men of Anathoth for conspiring to kill Jeremiah THe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant and speak unto the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 3 And say thou unto them Thus saith the LORD God of Israel * Deut. 27.26 Gal. 3.10 Curled be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt from the iron furnace saying * Lev. 26.3 12. Obey my voice and do them according to all which I command you so shall ye be my people and I will be your God 5 That I may perform the * Deut. 7 1â— oath which I have sworn unto your
third the face of a lion and the fourth the face of an eagle 15 And the cherubims were lifted up this is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar 16 And when the cherubims went the wheels went by them and when the cherubims lift up their wings to mount up from the earth the same wheels also turned not from beside them 17 When they stood these stood and when they were lifted up these lift up themselves also for the spirit of the living creature was in them 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubims 19 And the cherubims lift up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out the wheels also were besides them and every one stood at the door of the east-east-gate of the LORDs house and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Châ—bar and I knew that they were the cherubims 21 Every one had four faces apiece and every one four wings and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar their appearances and themselves they went every one straight forward CHAP. XI 1 The presumption of the princes 4 Their sin and judgement 13 Ezekiel complaining God sheweth him his purpose in saving a remnant 21 and punishing the wicked 22 The glory of God leaveth the city 24 Ezekiel is returned to the captivity MOreover the spirit lift me up and brought me unto the east-gate of the LORDs house which looketh east-ward and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah princes of the people 2 Then said he unto me Son of man these are the men that devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city 3 Which say ‖ Or It is not for us to build sauses near It is not * 2 Pet. 3.4 near let us build houses this city is the caldron and we be the flesh 4 ¶ Therefore prophesie against them prophesie O son of man 5 And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me Speak Thus saith the LORD Thus have ye said O house of Israel for I know the things that come into your minde every one of them 6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it they are the flesh and this city is the caldron but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it 8 Ye have feared the sword and I will bring a sword upon you saith the Lord GOD. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof and deliver you into the hands of strangers and will execute judgements among you 10 Ye shall fall by the sword I will judge you in the border of Israel and ye shall know that I am the LORD 11 This city shall not be your caldron neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof but I will judge you in the border of Israel 12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD ‖ Or â—â—ick have â—ot walked for ye have not walked in my statutes neither executed my judgements but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you 13 ¶ And it came to pass when l prophesied that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died then fell I down upon my face and cried with a loud voice and said Ah Lord GOD wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 15 Son of man thy brethren even thy brethren the men of thy kindred and all the house of Israel wholly are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said Get ye far from the LORD unto us is this land given in possession 16 Therefore say Thus saith the Lord GOD Although I have cast them far off among the heathen and although I have scattered them among the countreys yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countreys where they shall come 17 Therefore say Thus saith the Lord GOD I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the countreys where ye have been scattered and I will give you the land of Israel 18 And they shall come thither and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence 19 And * Jer. 22.29 Chr. 36.26 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within you and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them an heart of flesh 20 That they may walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances and do them and they shall be my people and I will be their God 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations I will recompense their way upon their own heads saith the Lord GOD. 22 ¶ Then did the cherubims lift up their wings and the wheels besides them and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is on the east-side of the city 24 ¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up and brought me in vision by the spirit of God into Caldea to them of the captivity so the vision that I had seen went up from me 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me CHAP. XII 1 The type of Ezekiels removing 8 It shewed the captivity of Zedekiah 17 Ezekiels trembling sheweth the Jews desolation 21 The Jews presumptuous proverb is reproved 26 The speediness of the vision THe word of the LORD also came unto me saying 2 Son of man thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house which have eyes to see and see not they have ears to hear and hear not for they are a rebellions house 3 Therefore thou son of man prepare thee ‖ Or instruments stuff for removing and remove by day in their sight and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight it may be they will consider though they be a rebellious house 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight as stuff for removing and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight †Heb. as the â—â—ings feâ—th of captivity as they that go forth into captivity 5 †Heb. Dig for thee Dig thou through the wall in their sight and carry out thereby 6 In their sight shalt thou hear
cieled with wood round about ‖ Or and the ground unto the windows and from the ground up to the windows and the windows were covered 17 To that above the door even unto the inner house and without and by all the wall round about within and without by †Heb. measures measure 18 And it was made with cherubims and palm-trees so that a palm-tree was between a cherub and a cherub and every cherub had two faces 19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one side and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side it was made through all the house round about 20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm-trees made and on the wall of the temple 21 The †Heb. post posts of the temple were squared and the face of the sanctuary the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other 22 The altar of wood was three cubits high and the length thereof two cubits and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the walls thereof were of wood and he said unto me This is the table that is before the LORD 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece two turning leaves two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other door 25 And there were made on them on the doors of the temple cherubims and palm-trees like as were made upon the walls and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without 26 And there were narrow windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side on the sides of the porch and upon the side-chambers of the house and thick planks CHAP. XLII 1 The chambers for the priests 13 The use thereof 19 The measures of the outward court THen he brought me forth into the utter court the way toward the north and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place and which was before the building toward the north 2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north-door and the breadth was fifty cubits 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court and over against the pavement which was for the utter court was gallery against gallery in three stories 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward a way of one cubit and their doors toward the north 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter for the galleries ‖ Or did eat or these were higher thâ—n these ‖ Or and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost then the lower and then the middlemost of the building 6 For they were in three stories but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts therefore the building was straitened more thâ—n the lowest and the middlemost from the ground 7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers towards the utter court on the forepart of the chambers the length thereof was fifty cubits 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits and so before the temple were an hundred cubits 9 And ‖ Or from the place from under these chambers was ‖ Or he that brought me the entry on the east-side ‖ Or as be came as one goeth into them from the utter court 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east over against the separate place and over against the building 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north as long as they 〈◊〉 as broad as they and all their goings out were both according to their fashions and according to their doors 12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way even the way directly before the wall toward the east as one entreth into them 13 ¶ Then said he unto me The north-chambers and the south-chambers which are before the separate place they be holy chambers where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things there shall they say the most holy things and the meat-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering for the place is holy 14 When the priests enter therein then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister for the are holy and shall put on other garments and shall approach to chose things which are for the people 15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east and measured it round about 16 He measured the east †Heb. wind side with the measuring-reed five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed round about 17 He measured the north-side five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed round about 18 He measured the south-side five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed 19 ¶ He turned about to the west-side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed 20 He measured it by the four sides it had a wall round about five hundred reeds long and five hundred broad to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place CHAP. XLIII 1 The returning of the glory of God into the temple 7 The sin of Israel hindred Gods presence 10 The prophet exhorteth them to repentance and observation of the law of the house 13 The measures 18 and the ordinanceâ— of the altar AFterward he brought me to the gate even the gate that looketh toward the east 2 And behold the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east and * Ch. 1.24 his voice was like a noise of many waters and the earth shined with his glory 3 And it was * Ch. 1.4 8.4 according to the appearance of the vision which I saw even according to the vision that I saw ‖ Or when I came to prophesie that the city sroâ—lâ— be destroyed See Ch. 9. â— 5. when I came to destroy the city and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar and I tell upon my face 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east 5 So the spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court and behold the glory of the LORD filled the house 6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house and the man stood by me 7 ¶ And he said unto me Son of man the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever and my holy name shall the house of Israel no more desile neither they nor their kings by their whoredom nor by the
carcases of their kings in their high places 8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds and their post by my posts ‖ Or for there was out 〈◊〉 wall between me and them and the wall between me and them they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have connuitted wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger 9 Now let them put away their whoredom and the carcases of their kings far from me and I will dweil in the midst of them for ever 10 ¶ Thou son of man shew the house to the house of Israel that they may be ashamed of their iniquities and let them measure the ‖ Or sum or number pattern 11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done shew them the form of the house and the fashion thereof and the goings out thereof and the comings in thereof and all the forms thereof and all the ordinances thereof and all the forms thereof and all the laws thereof and write it in their right that they may keep the whole form thereof and all the ordinances thereof and do them 12 This is the law of the house Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy behold this is the law of the house 13 ¶ And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits the cubit is a cubit and an hand-breadth even the †Heb. before bottow shall be a cubit and the breadth a cubit and the border thereof by the †Heb lip edge thereof round about shall be a spar and this shall be the higher place of the altar 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits and the breadth one cubit and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits and the breadth one cubit 15 So †Heb. Harel that is the mountain of God the altar shall be four cubits and from †Heb. Arâ—el that is the lion of God the altar and upward shall be four horns 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long twelve broad square in the four squares thereof 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof and the border about it shall be half a cubit and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about and his stairs shall look toward the east 18 ¶ And he said unto me Son of man thus saith the Lord GOD These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it to offer burnt-offerings thereon and to sprinkle bloud thereon 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok which approach unto me to minister unto me saith the Lord GOD a young bullook for a sin-offering 20 And thou shalt take of the bloud thereof and put it on the four horns of it and on the four corners of the settle and upon the border round about thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin-offering and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house without the sanctuary 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin-offering and they shall cleanse the altar as they did cleanse it with the bullock 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish 24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD and the priests shall cast salt upon them and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto the LORD 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering they shall also prepare a young bullock and a ram out of the flock without blemish 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purisie it and they shall †Heb. fill therâ— bâ—nas consecrate themselves 27 And when these days are expired it shall be that upon the eighth day and so forward the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar and your ‖ Or thank-offerings peace-offerings and I will accept you saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XLIV 1 The east cate assigned onely to the prince 4 The priests reproved for polluting of the sanctuary 9 I dolaters unâ—apable of the priests office 15 The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto 17 Ordinances for the priests THen he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east and it was shut 2 Then said the LORD unto me This gate shall be shut it shall not be opened and no man shall enter in by it because the LORD the God of Israel hath entred in by it therefore it shall be shut 3 It is for the prince the prince he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate and shall go out by the way of the same 4 ¶ Then brought he me the way of the north-north-gate before the house and I looked and behold the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD and I sell upon my face 5 And the LORD said unto me Son of man †Heb. set thine bea rt mark well and behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD and all the laws thereof and mark well the entring in of the house with every going forth of the sanctuary 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious even to the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord GOD O ye house of Israel let it suffice you of all your abominations 7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary †Heb. children of a stranges strangers uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh to be in my sanctuary to pollute it even my house when ye offer my bread the fat and the bloud and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things but ye have set keepers of my ‖ Or ward or ordinance and so ver 14 and 16. charge in my sanctuary for your selves 9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD No stranger uncircumcised in heart nor uncircumcised in flesh shall enter into my sanctuary of any stranger that is among the children of Israel 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me when Israel went astray which went astray away from me after their idols they shall even bear their inquity 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary having charge at the gates of the house and ministring to the house they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people and they shall stand before them to minister unto them 12 Because they ministred unto them before their idols and †Heb.
but I have not been called to come in unthâ— king these thirty days 12 And they told to Mordecai Esthers words 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther Think not with thy self that thou shalt escape in the kings house more then all the Jews 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time then shall there †Heb. respiration enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this 15 ¶ Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer 16 Go gather together all the Jews that are †Heb. found present in Shushan and fast ye for me and neither eat nor drink three days night or day I also and my maidens will faâ—t likewise and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to the law and if I perish I perish 17 So Mordecai †Heb. â—â—ssed went his way and did according to all that Esther had commanded him CHAP. V. 1 Esther adventuring on the kings favour obtaineth the grace of the golden sceptâ—â— and inviteth the king and Haman to a banquet 6 She being encouraged by the king in her suit inviteth them to another banquet the next day 9 Haman proud of his advancement repineth at the contempt of Mordecai 14 By the counsel of Zeresh he buildeth for him 〈◊〉 pair of gallows NOw it came to pass on the third day that Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the kings house over against the kings house and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house over against the gate of the house 2 And it was so when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court that she obtained favour in his light and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand so Esther drew near and touched the top of the sceptre 3 Then said the king unto her What wilt thou queen Esther and with is thy request it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom 4 And Esther answered If it seem good unto the king let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him 5 Then the king said Cause Haman to make haste that he may do as Esther hath said So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared 6 ¶ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine What is thy petition and it shall be granted thee and what is thy request even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed 7 Then answered Esther and said My petition and my request is 8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king and if it please the king to grant my petition and †Heb. to do to perform my request let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them and I will do to morrow as the king hath said 9 ¶ Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart but when Haman saw Mordecai in the kings gate that he stood not up nor moved for him he was full of indignation against Mordecai 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself and when he came home he sent and †Heb. caused to come called for his friends and Zeresh his wife 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches and the multitude of his children and all the things wherein the king had promoted him and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king 12 Haman said moreover Yea Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but my self and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the kings gate 14 ¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him Let a †Heb. tree gallows be made of fifty cubits high and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet And the thing pleased Haman and he caused the gallows to be made CHAP. VI. 1 Ahasuerus reading in the chronicles of the good service done by Mordecai taketh care for his reward 4 Haman coming to sue that Mordecai might be banâ—ed unawares giveth counsel that he might do him honour 12 Complaining of his misfortun his friends tell him of his final destiny ON that night †Heb. the kings sleep fled away could not the king sleep and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles and they were read before the king 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of ‖ Or Bigthan ch 2.21 Bigthana and Teresh two of the kings chamberlains the keepers of the †Heb. threshold door who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus 3 And the king said What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this Then said the kings servants that ministred unto him There is nothing done for him 4 ¶ And the king said Who is in the court Now Haman was come into the outward court of the kings house to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him 5 And the kings servants said unto him Behold Haman standeth in the court And the king said Let him come in 6 So Haman came in and the king said unto him What shall be done unto the man †Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth whom the king delighteth to honour Now Haman thought in his heart To whom would the king delight to do honour more then to my self 7 And Haman answered the King For the man †Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth whom the king delighteth to honour 8 ¶ Let the royal apparel he brought †Heb. in them bring the royal apparel which the king useth to wear and the horse that the king rideth upon and the crown royal which is set upon his head 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes that they may aray the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour and †Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself bring him on hors-back through the street of the city and proclaim before him Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour 10 Then the king said to Haman Make haste and take the apparel and the horse as thou hast said and do even so to Mordecai the Jew that sitteth at the kings gate †Heb. cause him to ride let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse and arayed Mordecai and brought him on hors-back
11 for his kingdom 14 for his providence 17 for his saving mercy ¶ Davids psalm of praise I Will extol thee my God O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I bless thee and I will praise thy name for ever and ever 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised †Heb. and of his greatness there is no searth and his greatness is unsearchable 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous †Heb. thines or words works 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will †Heb. declare 〈◊〉 declare thy greatness 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness 8 * Exod. 34.6 7. Nu. 14.18 Psal 86.5 15. and 102.8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and †Heb. great in mercy of great mercy 9 The LORD is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works 10 All thy works shall praise thee O LORD and thy saints shall bless thee 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom 13 Thy kingdom is †Heb. a kingdom of all ages an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down 15 The eyes of all ‖ Or look unto thee wait upon thee and thou-givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and ‖ Or merciful or bâ—â—â—tiful holy in all his works 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him to all that call upon him in truth 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he destroy 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever PSAL. CXLVI 1 The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God 3 He exborteth not to trust in man 5 God for his power justice mercy and kingdom is onely worthy to be trusted †Heb. Hal e lessujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise the LORD O my soul 2 While I live will I praise the LORD I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being 3 * Psal 118.8 9. Put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no ‖ Or salvation help 4 His breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the LORD his God 6 Which made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth truth for ever 7 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed which giveth food to the hungry the LORD looseth the prisoners 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down the LORD loveth the righteous 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers he relieveth the fatherless and widow but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down 10 * Exod. 15.18 The LORD shall reign for ever even thy God O Zion unto all generations Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVII 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of the church 4 his power 6 and his mercy 7 to praise him for his providence 12 to praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom 15 for his power over the meteors 19 and for his ordinances in the church PRaise ye the LORD for it is good to sing praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel 3 He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their †Heb. griefs wounds 4 He telleth the number of the stars he calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and of great power †Heb. of his understanding there is no number his understanding is infinite 6 The LORD listeth up the meek he casteth the wicked down to the ground 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving sing praise upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds who prepareth rain for the earth who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains 9 * Job 38.41 Psal 104.27 28. He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy 12 Praise the LORD O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion 13 For he hath strengthned the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee 14 †Heb. who maketh thy border peace He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the †Heb. fat of wheat finest of the wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wool he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow 19 He sheweth †Heb. his words his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgements unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgements they have not known them Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial 7 the terrestrial 11 and the rational creatures to praise God †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise ye the LORD from the heavens praise him in the heights 2 Praise ye him all his angels praise ye him all his hosts 3 Praise ye him sun and moon praise him all ye stars of light 4 Praise him ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD for he commanded and they were created 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever he hath made a decree which shall not pass 7 Praise the LORD from the earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapour stormy wind fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel creeping things and †Heb. birds of wing flying fowl 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the earth 12 Both young
O thou that dwellest in the land the time is come the day of trouble is near and not the ‖ Or eâ—bo sounding again of the mountains 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish mine anger upon thee and I will judge thee according to thy ways and will recompense thee for all thine abominations 9 And mine eye shall not spare neither will I have pity I will recompense †Heb. upon thee thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth 10 Behold the day behold it is come the morning is gone forth the rod hath blossomed pride hath budded 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness none of them shall remain nor of their ‖ Or tumule multitude nor any of ‖ Or their tumultuous persons theirs neither shall there be waiting for them 12 The time is come the day draweth near let not the buyer rejoyce nor the seller mourn for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold †Heb. though their life were yet among the living although they were yet alive for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof which shall not return neither shall any strengthen himself ‖ Or aâ—â—se life is in his iniquity in †Heb. his iniquity the iniquity of his life 14 They have blown the trumpet even to make all ready but none goeth to the battel for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 15 The sword is without and the pestilence and the famine within he that is in the field shall die with the sword and he that is in the city famine and pestilence shall devour him 16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys all of them mourning every one for his iniquity 17 All * Is 13.7 Jer. 6.24 hands shall be feeble all knees shall †Heb. go into water be weak as water 18 They shall also * Is 15.2 3. Jer. 48.37 gird themselves with sackcloth and horrour shall cover them and shame shall be upon all faces and baldness upon all their heads 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold shall be †Heb. for a separation or uncleanness removed their * Pr. 11.4 Zeph. 1.18 Ecclus 5.8 silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD they shall not satisfie their souls neither fill their bowels ‖ Or because their iniquity is their stumbling-block because it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity 20 ¶ As for the beauty of his ornament he set it in majesty but they made the images of their abominations and of their detectable things therein therefore have I ‖ Or made it unto them an unclean thing set it far from them 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil and they shall pollute it 22 My face will I turn also from them and they shall pollute my secret place for the ‖ Or burâ—lers robbers shall enter into it and defile it 23 ¶ Make a chain for the land is full of bloudy crimes and the city is full of violence 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen and they shall possess their houses I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease and ‖ Or they shall inbâ—rit their holy places their holy place shall be defiled 25 †Heb. cutting off Destruction cometh and they shall seek peace and there shall be none 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief and rumour shall be upon rumour then shall they seek a vision of the prophet but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the ancients 27 The king shall mourn and the printe shall be clothed with desolation and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled I will do unto them after their way and †Heb. with their judgements according to their deserts will I judge them and they shall knew that I am the LORD CHAP. VIII 1 Ezekiel in a vision of God at Jerusalem 5 is shewed the imaze of jealousie 7 the chambers of imagery 13 the mourners for Tammuz 16 the worshippers towards the sun 18 Gods wrath for their idolatry ANd it came to pass in the sixth year in the sixth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth as I sat in mine house and the elders of Judah sat before me that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me 2 Then I behold and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his loyns even downward fire and from his loyns even upward as the appearance of brightness as the colour of amber 3 And he * Dan. 5.5 put forth the form of an hand and took me by a lock of mine head and the spirit hit me up between the earth and the heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north where was the seat of the image of jealousie which provoketh to jealousie 4 And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there according to the vision that I * Ch. 1.25 saw in the plain 5 ¶ Then said he unto me Son of man lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north so I lift up mine eyes the way toward the north and behold north-ward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousie in the entry 6 He said furthermore unto me Son of man seest thou what they do even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here that I should go far off from my sanctuary but turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the court and when I looked behold a hole in the wall 8 Then said he unto me Son of man dig now in the wall and when I had digged in the wall behold a door 9 And he said unto me Go in and behold the wicked abominations that they do here 10 So I went in and saw and behold every form of creeping things and abominable beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall round about 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan with every man his censer in his hand and a thick cloud of incense went up 12 Then said he unto me Son of man hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark every man in the chambers of his imagery for they say * Ch. 9.9
ye throughout all ages that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome 62 Fear not then the words of a sinful man for his glory shall be dung and worms 63 To day he shall be lifted up and to morrow he shall not be found because he is * Psal 146.4 returned into his dust and his thought is come to nothing 64 Wherefore ye my sons be valiant and shew your selves men in the behalf of the law for by it shall you obtain glory 65 And behold I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel give ear unto him alway he shall be a father unto you 66 As for Judas Maccabeus he hath been mighty and strong even from his youth up let him be your captain and ‖ Or sâ—â—ht ye the battel of the people fight the battel of the people 67 Take also unto you all those that observe the law and avenge ye the wrong of your people 68 Recompense fully the heathen and take heed to the commandments of the law 69 So he blessed them and was gathered to his fathers 70 And he died in the hundred fourty and sixth year and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin and all Israel made great lamentation for him CHAP. III. 1 The valour and fame of Judas Maccabeus 10 He overthroweth the forces of Samaria and Syria 27 Antiochus sendeth a great power aâ—ainst him 44 He and his fall to fasting and prayer 58 and are encouraged THen his son Judas called Maccabeus rose up in his stead 2 And all his brethren helped him and so did all they that held with his father and they fought with cheerfulness the battel of Israel 3 So he gat his people great honour and put on a breast-plate as a giant and girt his warlike harness about him and he made battels protecting the host with his sword 4 In his acts he was like a lion and like a lions whelp roaring for his prey 5 For he pursued the wicked and sought them out and burnt up those that vexed his people 6 Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him and all the workers of iniquity were troubled because salvation prospered in his hand 7 He grieved also many kings and made Jacob glad with his acts and his memorial is blessed for ever 8 Moreover he went through the cities of Juda destroying the ungodly out or them and turning away wrath from Israel 9 So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth and he †Gr. gathered together received unto him such as were ready to perish 10 Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together and a great host out of Samaria to fight against Israel 11 Which thing when Judas perceived he went forth to meet him and so he smote him and slew him many also fell down slain but the rest fled 12 Wherefore Judas took their spoils and Apollonius sword also and therewith he fought all his life long 13 Now when Seron a prince of the army of Syria heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war 14 He said I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him who despise the kings commandment 15 So he made him ready to go up and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him and to be avenged of the children of Israel 16 And when he came near to the going up of Bethoron Judas went forth to meet him with a small company 17 Who when they saw the host coming to meet them said unto Judas How shall we be able being so few to fight against so great a multitude and so strong seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day 18 Unto whom Judas answered * 1 Sam. 14.6 2 Chron. 14 11. It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few and with the God of heaven it is all one to deliver with a great multitude or a small company 19 For the victory of battel standeth not in the multitude of an host but strength cometh from heaven 20 They come ‖ Or unto us against us †Gr. in multitude of pride or envy and iniquity in much pride and iniquity to destroy us and our wives and children and to spoil us 21 But we fight for our lives and our laws 22 Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face and as for you be ye not afraid of them 23 Now assoon as had lest off speaking he leapt suddenly upon them and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him 24 And they pursued them †Gr. in the going down from the going down of Bethoron unto the plain where were slain about eight hundred men of them and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines 25 Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren and an exceeding great dread to fall upon the nations round about them 26 Insomuch as his fame came unto the king and all nations talked of the battels of Judas 27 Now when king Antiochus heard these things he was full of indignation wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm even a very strong army 28 He opened also his treasure and gave his souldiers pay for a year commanding them to be ready †Gr. at every need whensoever he should need them 29 Nevertheless when he saw that the money of his treasures sailed and †Gr. that the collectours of tribute in the countrey were few that the tributes in the countrey were small because of the dissention and plague which he had brought upon the land ‖ Or for the taking away of the laws in taking away the laws which had been of old time 30 He feared †Gr. that he should not have that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before for he had abounded above the kings that were before him 31 Wherefore being greatly perplexed in his minde he determined to go into Persia there to take the tributes of the countreys and to gather much money 32 So he left Lysias a noble man and one of the bloud royal to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt 33 And to bring up his son Antiochus until he came again 34 Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces and the elephants and gave him charge of all things that he would have done as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem 35 To wit that he should send an army against them to destroy and root out the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem and to take away their memorial from that place 36 And that he should place strangers in all
circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh 14 But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ‖ Or whereby by whom the world is crucified unto me I unto the world 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature 16 And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the EPHESIANS CHAP. I. 1 After the salutation 2 and thanksgiving for the Ephesians 4 he treateth of our election 6 and a doption by grace 11 which is the true and â—râ—per jountam of mans salvation 13 And because the height of this mystery cannot easily he attaâ—â—et unto 16 he prayeth that they may come 18 to the full knowledge and 20 possession thereof in Christ PAul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the saints which are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * 1 Cor. 1.3 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly ‖ Or things places in Christ 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy without blame before him in lover 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved 7 In whom we have redemption through his bloud the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purpesed in himself 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in †Gr. the evenâ— heaven and which are on earth even in him 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory who first ‖ Or hoped trusted in Christ 13 In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye beleeved ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory 15 Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto all the saints 16 Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation ‖ Or for the acknowledgement in the knowledge of him 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward who beleeve according to the working †Gr. of the might of his power of his mighty power 20 Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but also in that which is to come 22 And * Ps 8.6 hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church 23 Which is his body the fulness of him that filleth all in all CHAP. II. 1 By comparing what we were by 3 nature with what we are 5 by grace 10 he declareth that we are made for good works and 13 being brought near by Christ should not live as 1â— Gentiles and 12 foreiners in time past but as 19 citizens with the saints and the family of God ANd * Col. 2.13 you hath be quickned who were dead in trespasses and sins 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling †Gr. the wills the desires of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath even as others 4 But God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us 5 Even when we were dead in sins hath quickened us together with Christ by grace ye are saved 6 And hath raised as up together and made as sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God 9 Not of works lest any man should boast 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ‖ Or prepared ordained that we should walk in them 11 Wherefore remember that ye being in time passed Gentiles in the flesh who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands 12 That at that time ye were without Christ being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no hope and without God in the world 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the bloud of Christ 14 For he is our peace who hath made both one and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity even the law of commandments contained in ordinances for to make in himself of twain one new man so making peace 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity ‖ Or in himself thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off and to to them that were nigh 18 For * Rom. 5.2 through him we both have an access by one
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
He prayeth for remission of sins 16 and for help in affliction ¶ A psalm of David UNto thee O LORD do I lift up my soul 2 O my God I * Psal 22. â— 31.1 and 34.8 Isa 28.16 Rom. 10.11 trust in thee let me not be ashamed let not mine enemies triumph over me 3 Yea let none that wait on thee be ashamed let them be ashamed which transgress without cause 4 * Psal 27.11 and 86.11 119. Shew me thy ways O LORD teach me thy paths 5 Lead me in thy truth and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation on thee do I wait all the day 6 Remember O LORD * Psal 103.17 106.1 107.1 Jer. 33.11 †Heb. thy bowels thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses for they have been ever of old 7 Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness sake O LORD 8 Good and upright is the LORD therefore will he teach sinners in the way 9 The meek will he guide in judgement and the meek will he teach his way 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies 11 For thy names sake O LORD pardon mine iniquity for it is great 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose 13 His soul †Heb. shall lodge in goodness shall dwell at ease his seed shall inherit the earth 14 * Prov. 3.32 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him ‖ Or and his covenant to make them know it and he will shew them his covenant 15 Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD for he shall †Heb. bring forth pluck my feet out of the net 16 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and afflicted 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my distresses 18 Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins 19 Consider mine enemies for they are many and they hate me with †Heb. hatred of violence cruel hatred 20 O keep my soul and deliver me let me not be ashamed for I put my trust in thee 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me for I wait on thee 22 Redeem Israel O God out of all his troubles PSAL. XXVI David resorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity ¶ A psalm of David JUdge me O LORD for I have walked in mine integrity I have trusted also in the LORD therefore I shall not slide 2 * Psal 7.9 Examine me O LORD and prove me try my reins and my heart 3 For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes and I have walked in thy truth 4 * Psal 1.1 I have not sat with vain persons neither will I go in with dissemblers 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency so will I compass thine altar O LORD 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works 8 LORD I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place †Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour where thine honour dwelleth 9 ‖ Or take not away Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with †Heb. men of bloud bloudy men 10 In whose hands is mischief and their right hand is †Heb. filled with full of bribes 11 But as for me I will walk in mine integrity redeem me and be merciful unto me 12 My foot standeth in an even place in the congregations will I bless the LORD PSAL. XXVII 1 David sustaineth his faith by the power of God 4 by his love to the service of God 9 by prayer ¶ A psalm of David THe LORD is * Mic. 7.8 my light and my salvation whom shall I fear * Ps 118.6 the LORD is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes †Heb. approached against me came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 * Psal 3.6 Though an host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me in this will I be confident 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold ‖ Or the delight the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me up upon a rock 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices †Heb. of shouting of joy I will sing yea I will sing praises unto the LORD 7 Hear O LORD when I cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me 8 ‖ Or my heart said unto thee Zet my face seek thy face c When thou saidst Seek ye my face my heart said unto thee Thy face LORD will I seek 9 Hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 10 When my father and my mother forsake me then the LORD †Heb. will gather me will take me up 11 * Psal 25. â— and 86.11 and 119. Teach me thy way O LORD and lead me in †Heb. a way of plainness a plain path because of †Heb. those which observe me mine enemies 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breath out cruelty 13 I bad fainted unless I had beleeved to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living 14 * Ps 31.24 Isa 25.9 Hab. 2.3 Wait on the LORD be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the LORD PSAL. XXVIII 1 David prayeth earnestly against his enemies 6 He blesseth God 9 He prayeth for the people ¶ A psalm of David UNto thee will I cry O LORD my rock be not silent †Heb. from me to me * Psal 143.7 lest if thou be silent to me I become like them that go down into the pit 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee when I lift up my hands ‖ Or towards the oracle of thy sanctuary toward thy holy oracle 3 Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity * Psal â—2 2 Jer. 9.8 which speak peace to their neighbours but mischief is in their hearts 4 Give them according
upon the wicked 12 upon Egypt 28 An horrible vision 43 Babylon and Asia are threatned BEhold speak thou in the ears of my people the words of prophesie which I will put in thy mouth saith the Lord. 2 And cause them to be written in paper for they are faithful and true 3 Fear not the imaginations against thee let not the incredulity of them trouble thee that speak against thee 4 For all the unfaithful shall die in their unfaithfulness 5 Behold saith the Lord I will bring plagues upon the world the sword famine death and destruction 6 For wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the whose earth and their hurtful works are fulfilled 7 Therefore faith the Lord 8 I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness which they profanely commit neither will I suffer them in those things in which they wickedly exercise themselves behold the * Rev. 6.10 â— 19.2 innocent and râ—ghteouâ— bloâ—d cryeth unto me and the souls of the just complain continually 9 And therefore faith the Lord. I will surely avenge them and receive unto me all the innocent bloud from among them 10 Behold my people is led as a flock to the slaughter I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt 11 But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm and smite Egypt with plagues as before and will destroy all the land thereof 12 Egypt shall mourn and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it 13 They that till the ground shall mourn for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail and with a fearful constellation 14 Wo to the world and them that dwell therein 15 For the sword and their destruction draweth nigh and one people shall stand up to fight against another and swords in their hands 16 For there shall be sedition among men and invading one another they shall not regard their kings nor princes and the course of their actions shall stand in their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a city and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled the houses shall be destroyed and men shall be afraid 19 A man shall have no pity upon his neighbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoil their goods because of the lack of bread and for great tribulation 20 Behold saith God I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me which are from the rising of the sun from the south from the east and Libanus to turn themselves one against another and repay the things that they have done to them 21 Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen so will I do also and recompense in their bosom Thus saith the Lord God 22 My right hand shall not spare the sinners and my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent bloud upon the earth 23 The fire is gone forth from his wrath and hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners like the straw that is kindled 24 Wo to them that sin and keep not my commandments saith the Lord 25 I will not spare them go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuary 26 For the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him and therefore delivereth he them unto death and destruction 27 For now are the plagues come upon the whole earth and ye shall remain in them for God shall not deliver you because ye have finned against him 28 Behold an horrible vision and the appearance thereof from the east 29 Where the nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind upon earth that all they which hear them may fear and tremble 30 Also the Carmanians raging in wrath shall go forth as the wilde bores of the wood and with great power shall they come and joyn battel with them and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons have the upper hand remembring their nature and if they shall turn themselves conspiring together in great power to persecute them 32 Then these shall be troubled and keep silence through their power and shall flee 33 And from the land of the Assyrians shall the enemy besiege them and consume some of them and in their host shall be fear and dread and strife ‖ Or against among their kings 34 Behold clouds from the east and from the north unto the south and they are very horrible to look upon full of wrath and storm 35 They shall smite one upon another and they shall smite down a great multitude of stars upon the earth even their own star and bloud shall be from the sword unto the belly 36 And dung of men unto the camels ‖ Or pastern or litter hough 37 And there shall be great fearfulness and trembling upon earth and they that see the wrath shall be afraid and trembling shall come upon them 38 And then shall there come great storms from the south and from the north and another part from the west 39 And strong winds shall arise from the east and shall open it and the cloud which he raised up in wrath and the star stirred to cause fear toward the east and west wind shall be destroyed 40 The great and mighty clouds shall be lifted up full of wrath and the star that they may make all the earth afraid and them that dwell therein and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place and horrible star 41 Fire and hail and flying swords and many waters that all fields may be full and all rivers with the abundance of great waters 42 And they shall break down the cities and walls mountains and hills trees of the wood and grass of the medows and their corn 43 And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon and ‖ Or destroy make her afraid 44 They shall come to her and besiege her the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven and all they that be about her shall bewail her 45 And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear 46 And thou Asia that art ‖ Or like unto Babylon partaker of the hope of Babylon and art the glory of her person 47 Wo be unto thee thou wretch because thou hast made thy self like unto her and hast deckt thy daughters in wheredom that they might please and glory in thy lovers which have alway desired to commit whoredom with thee 48 Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions therefore saith God 49 I will send plagues upon thee widowhood poverty famine sword and pestilence to waste thy houses with destruction and death 50 And the glory of
thy power shall be dried up as a flower when the heat shall arise that is sent over thee 51 Thou shalt be weakned as a poor woman with stripes and as one chastised with wounds so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive thee 52 Would I with jealousie have so proceeded against thee saith the Lord. 53 If thou hadst not always stain my chosen exalting the stroke of thine hands and saying over their †Lat death dead when thou wast drunken 54 Set forth the beauty of thy countenance 55 The reward of thy whoredom shall be in thy bosom therefore shall thou receive recompence 56 Like as thou hast done unto my chosen saith the Lord even so shall God do unto thee and shall deliver thee into mischief 57 Thy children shall die of hunger and thou shalt fall through the sword thy cities shall be broken down and all thine shall perish with the sword in the field 58 They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger and eat their own flesh and drink their own bloud for very hunger of bread and thirst of water 59 Thou as unhappy shalt come through the sea and receive plagues again 60 And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city and shall destroy some portion of thy land and consume part of thy glory and shall return to Babylon that was destroyed 61 And thou shalt be cast down by them as stubble and they shall be unto thee as fire 62 And shall consume thee and thy cities thy land and thy mountains all thy woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn up with fire 63 Thy children shall they carry away captive and look what thou hast they shall spoil it and ‖ Or. blemish mar the beauty of thy face CHAP. XVI 1 Babylon and other places are threatned with plagues that cannot be avoided 23 and with desolation 40 The servants of the Lord must look for troubles 51 and not hide their sins 74 but leave them and they shall be delivered WO be unto thee Babylon and Asia wo be unto thee Egypt and Syria 2 Gird up your selves with clothes of sack and hair bewail your children and be sorry for your destruction is at hand 3 A sword is sent upon you and who may turn it back 4 A fire is sent among you and who may quench it 5 Plagues are sent unto you and what is he that may drive them away 6 May any man drive away an hungry lion in the wood or may any one quench the fire in stubble when it hath begun to burn 7 May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer 8 The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive them away 9 A fire shall go forth from his wrath and who is he that may quench it 10 He shall cast lightnings and who shall not fear he shall thunder and who shall not be afraid 11 The Lord shall threaten and who shall not be utterly beaten to powder at his presence 12 The earth quaketh and the foundations thereof the sea ariseth up with waves from the deep and the waves of it are troubled and the fishes thereof also before the Lord and before the glory of his power 13 For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bowe his arrows that he shooteth are sharp and shall not miss when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world 14 Behold the plagues are sent and shall not return again until they come upon the earth 15 The fire is kindled and shall not be put out till it consume the foundation of the earth 16 Like as an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again 17 Wo is me wo is me who will deliver me in those days 18 The beginning of sorrows and great mournings the beginning of famine and great death the beginning of wars and the powers shall stand in fear the beginning of evils what shall I do when these evils shall come 19 Behold famine and plague tribulation and anguish are sent as scourges for amendment 20 But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness nor be alway mindful of thy scourges 21 Behold victuals shall be so good cheap upon earth that they shall think themselves to be in good case and even then shall ‖ Of plagues evils grow upon earth sword famine and great confusion 22 For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine and the other that escape the hunger shall the sword destroy 23 And the dead shall be cast out as dung and there shall be no man to comfort them for the earth shall be wasted and the cities shall be cast down 24 There shall be no man lest to till the earth and to sow it 25 The trees shall give fruit and who shall gather them 26 The grapes shall ripen and who shall tread them for all places shall be desolate of men 27 So that one man shall desire to see another and to hear his voice 28 For of a city there shall be ten left and two of the field which shall hide themselves in the thick groves and in the clefts of the rocks 29 As in an orchard of olives upon every tree there are left three or four olives 30 Or as when a vineyard is gathered there are left some clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard 31 Even so in those daâ—s there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword 32 And the earth shall be laid waste and the fields thereof shall wax old and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns because no man shall travel there through 33 The virgins shall mourn having no bridegrooms the women shall mourn having no husbands their daughters shall mourn having no helpers 34 In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed and their husbands shall perish of famine 35 Hear now these things and understand them ye servants of the Lord. 36 Behold the word of the Lord receive it beleeve not the gods of whom the Lord spake 37 Behold the plagues draw nigh and are not slack 38 As when a woman with childe in the ninth moneth bringeth forth her son within two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb which pains when the childe cometh forth they slack not a moment 39 Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth and the world shall mourn and sorrows shall come upon it on every side 40 O my people hear my word make you ready to the battel and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth 41 He that selleth let him be as he that fleeth away and he that buyeth as one that will lose 42 He that occupieth merchandise as he that had no profit by it