The covenant of the Redeemer.

Chap. Ix. Great blefings after affliction. 588

16 And he faw that there was no 9 Surely the ifles fhall wait for me, and man, and wondered that there was no the fhips of Tarifh firft, to bring thy interceffor; therefore his arm brought fons from far, their filver and their gold falvation unto him and his righteoufnefs with them, unto the name of the LORD it fuftained him. thy God, and to the Holy One of Ifrael, because he hath glorified thee.

17 For he put on righteoufnefs as a breaftplate, and an helmet of falvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was

clad with zeal as a cloak.

10 And the fons of strangers fhall build up thy walls, and their kings thall minifter unto thee: for in my wrath I fmote thee, but in my favour have I had

18 According to their deeds, accord-mercy on thee. ingly he will repay, fury to his adverfaries, recompence to his enemies; to the idlands he will repay recompence.

19 So fhall they fear the name of the LORD from the weft, and his glory from the rifing of the fun. When the enemy fhall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD (hall lift up aftandard against him. 20 And the Redeemer fhall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from tranfgreffion in Jacob, faith the LORD.

11 Therefore, thy gates fhall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

12 For the nation and kingdom that will not ferve thee hall perish; yea, thoje nations fhall be utterly wafted."

15 The glory of Lebanon fhall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my fanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, faith the LORD; My fpirit that is upon thee, and my words which I 14 The fons alfo of them that afflicted have put in thy mouth, thall not depart thee fhall come bending unto thee; and out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth all they that defpifed thee hall bow of thy feed, nor out of the mouth of thy feed's feed, faith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and grofs darkness the people: but the LORD fhall arife upon thee, and his glory fhall be feen upon thee.

3 And the Gentiles thall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rifing.

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and fee all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy fons fhall come from far, and thy daughters fhall be nurfed at thy fide.

5 Then thou shalt fee, and flow together, and thine heart fall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the fea fhall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles fhall come unto thee.

themselves down at the foles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of If. rael.

15 Whereas thou hast been forfaken and hated, fo that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

16 Thou fhalt alfo fuck the milk of the Gentiles, and fhalt fuck 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 brafs I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring filver, and for wood brafs, and for ftones iron: I will alfo make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteoufnefs.

18 Violence hall no more be heard in thy land, wafting nor deftruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praife.

19 1 he fun fhall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness fhall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD fhall be unto thee an everlafting light, and thy God thy glory.

6 The multitude of camels fhall cover 20 Thy fun thall no more go down; thee, the dromedaries of Midran and E-neither shall thy moon withdraw itlelf: phah; all they from Sheba hall come: they for the LORD fhall be thine everlasting thall bring gold and incenfe; and they light, and the days of thy mourning shall hall hew forth the praifes of the LORD. be ended.

7 All the flocks of Kedar fhall be gath 21 Thy people allo shall be all rightered together unto thee, the rams of Ne-eous: they thall inherit the land for ever, baioth mall minifter unto thee: they hall the branch of my planting, the work of come up with acceptance on mine altar, my hands, that I may be glorified. and I will glorify the houfe of my glory. 8 Who are thefe that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows.

22 A little one thall become a thoufand, and a fmall one a tirong nation: I the LORD will haften it in his time. CHAP.

584 The office of Chrift.

CHAP. LXI.

ISAIAH.

The offices of minifters. forth as brightnefs, and the falvation 1 The office of Chrift. The forward-thereof as a lamp bor burneth. ness, and bleffings of the faithful. 2 And the Gentiles fhall fee thy rightTHE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon eoufaefs, and all kings thy glory; and thou me; because the LORD hath anointed shalt be called by a new name, which me to preach good tidings unto the meek; the mouth of the LORD thall naine. he hath fent me to bind up the broken- Thou shalt also be a crown of glory hearted, to proclaim liberty to the cap-in the hand of the LORD, and a royal tives, and the opening of the prifon to diadem in the hand of thy God. them that are bound;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Thou shalt no more be termed Forfaken; neither hall thy land any more be termed defolate but thou thalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah : for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land fhall be married.

3 To appoint unto them that raourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ages, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment 5 For us a young man marrieth a vir of praife for the fpirit of heavinefs; that gin, o fhall thy fons marry thee; and as They might be called trees of righteouf- the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, nefs, the planting of the LORD, that he/o fhall thy God rejoice over thee. might be glorified.

And they hall build the old waftes, they shall raise up the former defolations, and they hall repair the wafte cities, the defolations of many generations.

5 And ftrangers thall tand and feed your flocks, and the fons of the alien fball be your ploughmen and your vinedreffers.

6 I have fer watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerufalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not filence, 7 And give him no reft, till he cftablih, and till he make Jerufalem a praife in the earth.

8 The LORD hath fworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his firength, 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of Surely I will no more give thy corn to be the LORD: men fhall call you the Min-meat for thine enemics; and the fons of itters of our God: ye shall eat the riches the ttranger shall not drink thy wine, tur of the Gentiles, and in their glory fhall ye the which thou haft laboured: boaft yourselves.

7 For your fhame ye shall have double; and for confufion they hall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they fall poffefs the double; everlasting joy thall be unto them.

9 But they that have gathered it fhall eat it, and praife the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10 Go through, go through the gates: prepare ye the way of the people; caft up, 8 For I the LORD love judgment, 1cak up the highway; gather out the hate robbery for burnt offering; and Iftones; lift up a ftandard for the people. will direct their work in truth, and I will 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed make an everlasting covenant with them. unto the end of the world, Say ye to the 9 And their feed fhall be known a-daughter of Zion, Behold, thy falvation mong the Gentiles, and their offspring cometh; behold, his reward is with him, anong the people: all that fee them thall and his work before him. . acknowledge then, that they are the sced which the LORD hath bleffed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my foul thall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of falvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteoufpefs, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth berfelf with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,and as the garden caufeth the things that are fown in it to fpring forth; fo the Lord God will caufe righteouinefs and praife to fpring forth before all thenations. CHAP. LXII.

1 The prophet's fervent depre to confirm the church in God's promifes. 6 The minifter's office in preaching the gospel. TOK Zion's fake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerufalem's fake I will not ielt, until the righteoufnefs thereof go

12 And they shall call them, The holy people, 1 he redeemed of the LORD: and thou thalt be called, Sought out, A city not forfaken.

CHAP. LXII. Chrift fbewerb who he is, what bis victory over bis enemies, 7 and rulat bis mercy toward his church.

WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, trav elling in the greatnets of his strength that fpeak in righteoufnels, mighty to fave.

2 Wherefore art the red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine fat?

S I have trodden the wine prefs alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their

blood

Chrift's mercy toward bis church. Chap. Ixiv. Ixv. The church's prayer. 585 blood shall be fprinkled upon my gar-feffed it but a little while: our adverfaries ments, and I will ftain all iny raiment.

4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is

come.

5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold; therefore mine own arm brought falvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

have trodden down thy fanctuary.

19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. CHAP. LXIV.

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The church prayeth for the illuftration of God's power, 9 and complainetb of affliction.

OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldeft come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy

6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their ftrength presence; to the earth.

2 As when the melting fire burneth, 7¶I will mention the loving kindneffes the fire caufeth the waters to boil, to of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, make thy name known to thine adveraccording to all that the LORD hath be-faries, that the nations may tremble at ftowed on us, and the great goodness to-thy prefence!

ward the houfe of Ifrael, which he hath 3 When thou didst terrible things which bestowed on them according to his mer-we looked not for, thou cameft down, the cies, and according to the multitude of mountains flowed down at thy prefence. his loving kindneffes.

8 For he faid, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: fo he was their Saviour.

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his prefence faved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

4 For fince the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye feen, O God, befide thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

5 Thou meeteft him that rejoiceth and worketh righteoufnels, thofe that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have finned: in those is 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his continuance, and we shall be faved. holy fpirit: therefore he was turned to be 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, their enemy, and he fought against them. Jand all our righteoufneffes are as filthy 11 Then he remembered the days rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and of old, Mofes, and his people, faying, our iniquities, like the wind, have taken Where is he that brought them up out us away. of the fea with the fhepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

12 That led them by the right hand of Mofes with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

fhould not stumble ?

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that ftirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou haft hid thy face from us, and haft confumed us, becaufe of our iniquities.

8 But now, OLORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our pot15 That led them through the deep, ter and we all are the work of thy hand. as an horse in the wilderness, that they 9 Be not wroth very fore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: be14 As a beaft goeth down into the val-hold, fee, we befeech thee, we are all, ley, the Spirit of the LORD caufed him to thy people. reft: fo didft thou lead thy people, to make thyfelf a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: Where is thy zeal and thy ftrength, the founding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies toward me? they reftrained ?

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16 Doubtlefs thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Ifrael acknowledge us not:thou, O LORD, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlafting.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerufalem a defolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful houfe, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire and all our pleasant things are laid wafte.

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12 Wilt thou refrain thy felf for thefe things, O LORD? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very fore?

CHAP. LXV. 1 The Gentiles called, and the Jews rejected. 17 The bleed flate of the new Jerufalem.

17 O LORD, Why haft thou made us I AM fought of them that afked not for to err from thy ways, and hardened our me; I am found of them that fought me heart from thy fear? Return for thy fer-not: I faid, Behold me, behold me, unto vants' fake, the tribes of thine inheritance. a nation that was not called by my name. 18 The people of thy holiness have pof-2 I have fpread out my hands all the

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ISAIAH.

day unto a rebellious people, which walk- becaufe they are hid from mine eyes. eth in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

3 Ile that killeth an ox, is as if he flew a man; he that facrificeth a lamb, 14 Behold, my fervants hall fing for joy as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that of of heart, but ye shall cry for forrow of fereth an oblation, as if he offered fsiae's heart, and hall howl for vexationof spirit.¦blord ; Le that buineth incenfe, as if he 15 And ye thall leave your name for, blcffed an idol. Yea, they have chofen a curfe unto my chofen for the Lord theirown ways, and their foul delighteth Goo hali flay thee, and call his fervants in their abominations.

16 That he who bleifeth himself in the will bring then fears upon them, becaute earch thall blefs himfelf in the God of when I called, none did antwer; when I truth and he that fweareth in the earth fake, they did not hear: but they did hall fwear by the God of truth; becaule evil before mine eyes, and chofe that in the former troubles are forgotten, and which I delighted not.

The bumble comforted.

Chap. i. God's judgments against the wicked. 587 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, that tremble at his word; your breth-and his rebuke with flames of fire. ren that hated you, that caft you out for my name's fake, faid, Let the LORD be glorified but he hail appear to your joy, and they fhall be afhamed.

6 A voice of noife from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompenfe to his

enemies.

7 Before the travailed fhe brought forth; betore her pain came, fhe was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard fuch a thing? Who hath teen fuch things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? ør, Shall a nation be born at once? For as foon as Zion travailed, the brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not caufe to bring forth? faith the LORD: Shall I caufe to bring forth, and fhut the womb? faith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerufalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 1 That ye may fuck, and be fatisfied with the breafts of her confolations; that| ye may milk out, and be celighted with the abundance of her glory.

12 For thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing tream then hall ye fuck, ye thall be borne upon her fides, and be dandled upon her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye fall be comforted in Jerufalem.

14 And when ye fee this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish, like an nerb; and the hand of the LORD fhall be known toward his fervants, and bis indignation toward his enemies.

16 For by fire and by his fword will the LORD plead with all flesh and the flain of the LORD fall be many,

17 They that fanctify themfelves, and purify themfelves in the gardens behind one tree in the midft, eating (wine's Hem, and the abomination, and the moufe, fhail be confumed together, faith the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gath er all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and fee my glory.

19 And I will fet a fign among them, and I will fend thofe that elcape of them unto the nations, to Tarthith, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, 10 Tubal, and Javan, so the idles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have feen my glory; and they hall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they hall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD, out of all nations, upon horfes, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon fwift beafts, to my holy mountain Jerufalem, faith the LORD, as the children of Ifrael bring an offering in a clean vetfel into the house of the LORD.

21 And I will alfo take of them for priests and for Levites, faith the LORD.

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, fall remain before me, faith the LORD, fo fhall your feed and your name remain.

25 And it shall come to pafs, that from one new moon to another, and from one fabbath to another, hall all fleth come to worthip before me, faith the LORD

24 And they thall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have tranfgreffed againit me: for their wor fhall not die, neither hall their fire be 15 For, behold, the LORD will come quenched; and they shall be an abhorwith fire, and with his chariots like alring unto all flef.

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH.

CHAP. I.

junto the carrying away of Jerufalem cap

1 The calling of Jeremian. His wif-tive in the fitth month.

ion. 15 His mefage against Judah. 4 Then the word of the LORD came 17 God encourageth him wird bis prov- unto me, faying, ije of affistance. 5 Before 1 formed thee in the belly, THE words of Jeremiah the fon of I knew thee; and before thou camelt Hilkiah, of the prielts that were in An-forth out of the womb, I fanctified thee, athoth, in the land of Benjamin : ard I ordained thee a prophet unto the

2 To whom the word of the LORD nations. came in the days of Jofiah the ton of 6 Then faid I, Ah, Lord Gop! heAmon king of Judah, in the thirteenth hold, I cannot peak: for I am a child. year of tus reign. 7 But the LORD faid unto me, Say

5 It caine allo in the days of Jehoia-not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to alt kim the fon of Jonah king of Judah, that I thall tend thee, and whatfoever I unto the end of the eleventh year of Zed-command thee thou shalt fpeak. ekiah the son of Jolian king of Judah, 8 Be not afraid of their faces; forlam