upon line; here a little, there a little. 11 Nay, but by men of strange lips and with another tongue will he 12) speak to this people: to whom he said, This is the rest, Igivel ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. (13 Therefore shall the word of the LORD be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this 15 people which is in Jerusalem: °Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under false16 hood have we hid ourselves: therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I 3lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone lof sure foundation: he that believeth *(17) shall not make haste. And I will Imake judgement the line, and righteousness the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the 18 hiding place. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with 2hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be 19 trodden down by it. As often as it passeth through', it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be 'nought but terror to under20 stand the message!. For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself 21 in it. For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange 22) act. Now therefore be ye not 'scorn

ers', lest your bands be made strong: for a consummation, and that' determined, have I heard from the Lord, Ithe LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.

23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; *24 hearken, and hear my speech. Doth the plowman plow continually to sow? doth he 'continually open and *25) break the clods of his ground? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the "fitches, and scatter the cummin, and 'put' in the wheat in rows and the barley in Ithe appointed place and the spelt! 26 in the border thereof1? 08 For his God doth instruct him aright', and 27 doth teach him. For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, (28) and the cummin with a rod. °9Bread corn is ground; for he will not ever be threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it. 29 This also cometh forth from the

LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in 10 wisdom".

29(1 Hol 12Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped'! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round': 2) then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be 'mourning' and 'lamentation": 18and she shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 °And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a 'fort', and I will raise 'siege 4 works against thee. And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall 14whisper out of the dust. (5 But the multitude of thy 15 foes! shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an 6 instant suddenly. 0161She shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with

11 Or, Woe to

12 That is, The lion of God or, The hearth of God.

13 Or, yet
14 Or, Ichirpl

15 Heb. strangers.

16 Or, There shall be la visitation from the LORD &c.

thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with 'whirlwind' and tempest, and the flame of a devouring 7) fire. And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her Istrong hold', and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the 8 night. And it shall be as when 'an' hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 9 Tarry yel and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind': they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 °For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads', the seers, hath he (11) covered. And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot, for 12 it is sealed: and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

13) And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, 'and' with their mouth and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear lof me is la commandment of men which hath been taught them: 14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: 'and' the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth *(16) us? 8 Ye turn things upside down! Shall the 'potter! be counted' as clay; Ithat the thing made should' say of

him that made it, He made me not; or the thing framed say of him that framed it, He hath no understand17 ing? Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field 18 shall be counted for a forest? And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity 19 and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice 20 in the Holy One of Israel. For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth', and all they' that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21 that 10make a man an offender lin' a Icause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought. 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face 23 now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name ; 'yea, they shall1 sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand *24 in awe of the God of Israel. They also that 'err in spirit 12shall come to understanding, and they that 'murmur' shall learn 18doctrine.

30*1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that *2 they may add sin to sin: that walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to 15strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of 3 Egypt! Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your * confusion. For his princes lare at

Zoan, and his ambassadors are come! *5 to Hanes. "They shall all be

ashamed of a people that 'cannot profit them, that are not an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

12 Heb. shall know understanding. 13 Or, instruction\

14 Or, Iweavel a web! Or, pour out a drink offering Or, makeľ a leagues

&c.

Pharaoh

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The burden of the beasts of the South.

'Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not 1 profit them. °For Egypt helpeth' in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth' 8 still. Now go, write it before them Jon a tablet, and 'inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to 9 come for ever and ever. For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the 10 LORD: which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 °Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and per13 verseness, and stay thereon; therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh 14 suddenly at an instant. And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, 'breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the 'cistern'. 15 °For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: 16 and ye would not. But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they *17 that pursue you be swift. One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on 18 Jan hill. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted,

1 Or, loracle concerning

Or, cried concerning this, They are but arrogancy: bel still

3 Or, according to some ancient authorities, for a witness for ever Or, Iteaching

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that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgement; blessed are all they that wait for him.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer * 20 thee. 07 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be 'hidden' any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 And ye shall defile the 'overlaying! of thy graven images of silver, and the 'plating' of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt 10cast them away as lan unclean thing; thou shalt say 23) unto it, Get thee hence. And he shall give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the Iground', and it shall be fat and plenteous in that day shall thy cattle 24 feed in large pastures. "The oxen likewise and the young asses that 'till the ground shall eat 11savoury! provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. °And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the 26 towers fall. Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smokel: his lips are full of indignation, and his (28) tongue is as a devouring fire

and

his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of 18vanity and a bridle that causeth! to err shall be in the jaws of the 'peo29 ples. Ye shall have a song as in

Or, hide themselves! 10 Heb. scatter. 11 Heb. menstruous. 12 Heb. salted. 13 Or, destruction!

the night when a holy 'feast' is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the 'Rock' (30 of Israel. And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with 2la blast', and tempest, and hailstones. 31 °For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be broken in pieces, which smote with a rod. (32 And every stroke of the lappointed staff, which the LORD shall lay upon him, shall be with tabrets and harps and in battles of shaking (33) will he fight with them'. For la Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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311 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on horses; and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek 2 the LORD! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. (3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall 'stumble', and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall 4 fail together. For thus saith the LORD unto me, Like as 'when' the lion Igrowleth and the young lion lover his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and 5) upon the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts 'pro

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7 Or, lagainst

tect Jerusalem; he will 'protect and1 deliver it, he will 'pass' over and pre6) serve it. Turn ye unto him from

whom ye have deeply revolted, 7) O children of Israel. For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have (8 made unto you for a sin. Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men', shall devour him: landi he shall flee from the sword, and his young men (9) shall become tributary'. And his 'rock' shall pass away by reason of terror', and his princes shall be 'dismayed at the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

32*1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule * 2 in judgement. And a man shall be

as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary 3 land. And the eyes of them that see

shall not be 10dim, and the ears of 4 them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the "rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak *5 plainly. The 12vile person shall be

no more called 18liberal, nor the 14churl #6 said to be bountiful. For the 12vile

person will speak 15villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise 'profaneness', and 'to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and 'to cause the 7 drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the 16meek with lying words, even 8 when the needy speaketh right. the liberal deviseth liberal things; and 17 in liberal things shall he 'continue'.

9

But

Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye 18careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. 10 0191 For days beyond a year1 shall ye

9 Heb. they.

10 Or, Iclosed

11 Heb. hasty.

10 Many.. and years. = [62]

be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the 'ingathering! 11 shall not come. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip 'you', and make 'you' bare, and gird sackcloth upon your 12 loins. They shall 'smite upon the

breasts for the pleasant fields, for the 13 fruitful vine. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of 14 joy in the joyous city: for the

palace' shall be forsaken; the 'populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild 15 asses, a pasture of flocks; until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness 'become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 16 counted for a forest. "Then judge

ment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness 'shall abide in the 17 fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and 18 confidence for ever. And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in 19 quiet resting places. But it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly! "laid' (20 low. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

331 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased! to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou hast made an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacher2 ously with thee. O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 °At the noise of the tumult the 'peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thy* 4 self the nations are scattered. And your spoil shall be gathered 'as the caterpiller gathereth': as locusts 5 leap shall they leap' upon it. The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high he hath filled Zion with

(7

And

6) judgement and righteousness. íthere' shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

Behold, their valiant ones cry without the ambassadors of peace weep 8 bitterly. The high ways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man. 9 The land mourneth and languisheth Lebanon is ashamed and withereth away: Sharon is like a Idesert; and Bashan and Carmel 10) shake off their leaves. Now will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted. 11 °Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall

bring forth stubble: your breath lis 12 a fire that shall devour you. And the 'peoples' shall be as the burnings of lime as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, ac* 14 knowledge my might. The sinners in Zion are afraid; 'trembling hath surprised the godless ones. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall 15 dwell with everlasting burnings?

He

that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from 16 looking upon evil; he shall dwell on high his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: his bread shall be given him; his waters shall 17) be sure. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold 18 a far stretching land. °Thine heart shall muse on the terror: where is he that counted', where is The that weighed the tribute? where *19 is he that counted the towers? Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep' speech 'that thou canst not perceive; of a strangel tongue that thou canst not under20 stand. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see