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• ch. 7. 9 & 9. 39.

* Cp. Ezra 8. 35.

"See ch. 2. 17.

"For ver. 68-90, see Ezra ch. 9.

* Cp. Ezra

9. 1.

* Judith 7. 26.

Cp. Isai. 37. 31.

* Cp. Ezra 9.8.

him was Eleazar the son of Phinees,
and with them were Josabdus the son
of Jesus and Moeth the son of Sa-
bannus, the Levites: all was delivered
them by number and weight. 64 And all
the weight of them was written up the
same hour. 65 Moreover they that were
come out of the captivity offered sacri-
fices unto the Lord, the God of Israel,
even twelve bullocks for all Israel, four
score and sixteen rams, 66t threescore
and twelve lambs, goats for a peace
offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice
to the Lord. 67 And they delivered the
king's commandments unto the king's
stewards, and to the governors of "Cole-
syria and Phoenicia; and they honoured
the people and the temple of the Lord.

Lord; but he made us gracious before
the kings of Persia, so that they gave
us food, 81 and glorified the temple of
our Lord, and raised up the desolate
Sion, to give us a sure abiding in Jewry
and Jerusalem. 82 And now, O Lord,
what shall we say, having these things?
for we have transgressed thy command-
ments, which thou gavest by the hand
of thy servants the prophets, saying,
83 That the land, which ye enter into to
possess as a heritage, is a land polluted
with the pollutions of the strangers of
the land, and they have filled it with
their uncleanness. 84 Therefore now
shall ye not join your daughters unto
their sons, neither shall ye take their
daughters unto your sons. 85 Neither
shall ye seek to have peace with them
for ever, that ye may be strong, and eat
the good things of the land, and that ye
may leave it for an inheritance unto
your children for evermore. 86 And all
that is befallen is done unto us for our
wicked works and great sins: for thou,
O Lord, didst make our sins light, 87 and
didst give unto us such a root: but we
have turned back again to transgress
thy law, in mingling ourselves with the
uncleanness of the heathen of the land.
888 Thou wast not angry with us to
destroy us, till thou hadst left us nei- Cp. Mal. 4.
ther root, seed, nor name. 890 Lord
of Israel, thou art true: for we are left
va root this day. 90 Behold, now are
we before thee in our iniquities, for we
cannot stand any longer before thee by
reason of these things.

68 Now when these things were done,
the principal men came unto me, and
said, 69 The nation of Israel, and the
princes, and the priests and the Levites,
have not put away from them the strange
people of the land, nor the unclean
nesses of the Gentiles, to wit, of the
Canaanites, Hittites, Pherezites, Jebus-
ites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and
Edomites. 70 For both they and their
sons have married with their daughters,
and the holy seed is mixed with the
strange people of the land; and from
the beginning of this matter the rulers
and the nobles have been partakers of
this iniquity. 71 And as soon as I had
heard these things, I rent my clothes,
and my holy garment, and plucked the
hair from off my head and beard, and
sat me down sad and full of heaviness.
72 So all they that were moved at the
word of the Lord, the God of Israel,
assembled unto me, whilst I mourned
for the iniquity: but I sat still full of
heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
73 Then rising up from the fast with my
clothes and my holy garment rent, and
bowing my knees, and stretching forth
my hands unto the Lord, 74 I said, O
Lord, I am ashamed and confounded
before thy face; 75 for our sins are mul-
tiplied above our heads, and our errors
have reached up unto heaven, 76 ever
since the time of our fathers; and we
are in great sin, even unto this day.
77 And for our sins and our fathers' we
with our brethren and our kings and
our priests were given up unto the kings
of the earth, to the sword, and to cap-
tivity, and for a prey with shame, unto
this day. 78 And now in some measure
hath mercy been shewed unto us from
thee, O Lord, that there should be left
us va root and a name in the place of
thy sanctuary; 79 and to discover unto
us a light in the house of the Lord our
God, and to give us food in the time of
our servitude. 80 Yea, when we were
in bondage, we were not forsaken of our 2 and lodged there, and did eat no bread

1.

91-96, see Ezra 10. 1-5.

91b And as Esdras in his prayer made For ver. his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great throng of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude. 92 Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the heathen of the land, and now is all Israel aloft. 93 Let us make an oath unto the Lord herein, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the strangers, with their children, 94 like as seemeth good unto thee, and to as many as do obey the law of the Lord. 95 Arise, and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee to do valiantly. 96 So Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do after these things; and so they sware.

ic Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Jonas the son of Eliasib,

1 Noadiah the son of Binnui. Another reading is, nor their uncleannesses, to wit, of the Gentiles, &c,

For ver.

1-4,
see Ezra

10. 6-8.

3 Or, Wast thou not &c.

4 Or, exalted Deut. 28. 13.

d For ver.
5-36,
see Ezra
10. 9-44.

ver. 38, 41. ch. 5. 47.

See Josh. 7. 19.

I ver. 37, 40, Cp. Ezra 10. 17.

A See ch. 5. 5.

nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude. 3 And there was made proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem: 4 and that whosoever met not there within two or three days, according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from the multitude of them that were of the captivity.

5d And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem: this was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. 6 And all the multitude sat together trembling ein the broad place before the temple because of the present foul weather. 7 So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law and married strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel. 8 And now make confession and give glory unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, 9 and do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women. 10 Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do. II But forasmuch as the multitude is great, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of one day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far: 12 therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed, 13 and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter. 14 Then Jonathan the son of Azael and 1Ezekias the son of Thocanus accordingly took the matter upon them: and Mosollamus and Levis and Sabbateus were assessors to them. 15 And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.

16 And Esdras the priest chose unto him principal men of their families, all by name and on the new moon of the tenth month they were shut in together to examine the matter. 17 So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end by the new moon of the first month. 18 And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found; 19 of the sons of hJesus the son of Josedek, and his brethren; 2 Mathelas, and Eleazar, and 8 Joribus, and Joadanus. 20 And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer rams to make recon

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cilement for their error. a1 And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and 5 Manes, and 6 Sameus, and Hiereel, and 8 Azarias. 22 And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias, Ismael, and Nathanael, and 10 Ocidelus, and 11 Saloas. 23 And of the Levites; Jozabdus, and Semeis, and 12 Colius, who was called 18 Calitas, and 14 Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas. 24 Of the holy singers; 15 Eliasibus, Bacchurus. 25 Of the porters; Sallumus, and 16 Tolbanes. 26 Of Israel, of the sons of 17 Phoros; 18 Hiermas, and 19 Ieddias, and Melchias, and 20 Maelus, and Eleazar, and 21 Asibias, and Banneas. 27 Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and 22 Jezrielus, and Oabdius, and Hieremoth, and 23 Aedias. 28 And of the sons of 24 Zamoth; 25 Eliadas, 26 Eliasimus, 27 Othonias, Jarimoth, and 28 Sabathus, and 29 Zardeus. 29 Of the sons of Bebai; Joannes, and Ananias, and 30 Jozabdus, and 31 Ematheis. 30 Of the sons of 82 Mani; 38 Olamus, 84 Mamuchus, 35 Jedeus, Jasubus, and 86 Jasaelus, and Hieremoth. 31 And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moossias, Laccunus, and Naidus, and Matthanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas. 32 And of the sons of Annas; Elionas, and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus. 33 And of the sons of Asom; 87 Maltanneus, and 88 Mattathias, and 89 Sabanneus, Eliphalat, and Manasses, and Semei. 34 And of the sons of Baani; Jeremias, Momdis, Ismaerus, Juel, Mamdai, and Pedias, and Anos, Carabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanemus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Someis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ezora; Sesis, Ezril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambri, Josephus. 35 And of the sons of Nooma; Mazitias, Zabadeas, Edos, Juel, Banaias. 36 All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children. 37 And the priestsich. 5. 46, and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, Jon the new moon of the ver. 17. seventh month, and the children of Israel in their habitations.

47.

Neh. 7. 73.

* For ver.
38--55,
see Neh. 8.
1-12.

ver. 6.
ch. 5. 47.
Cp. Neh. 8.

1,3

38k And the whole multitude were gathered together with one accord into the broad place before the porch of the temple toward the east: 39 and they said unto Esdras the priest and m reader, Bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord, "the God of Israel. 40 So Esdras "the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude both of ver. 49. men and women, and to all the priests, to hear the law Jon the new moon of the seventh month. 41 And he read in the broad place before the porch of

3 Jarib. il Elasah 18 Ramiah. Abdi. 30 Zabbai. 37 Mattenai.

10 Jozabad. 17 Parosh. 22 Jehiel. 29 Aziza. 38 Sheal.

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ch. 8. 8. " ch. 7.9 & 8., 65.

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the temple from morning unto midday, before both men and women; and all the multitude gave heed unto the law. 4a And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon the pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose. 43 And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Āzarias, Urias, 2 Ezekias, & Baalsamus, upon the right hand: 44 and upon his left hand, 4 Phaldeus, Misael, Melchias, 5 Lothasubus, Nabarias, Zacharias. 45 Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude, and sat honourably in the first place before all. 46 And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God P Most High, the God of hosts, Almighty. 47 And all the people answered, Amen; Amos 4. 13. and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord. 48 Also Jesus, Annus, Sarabias, Iadinus, Jacubus, Sabateus, Auteas, Maiannas, and Calitas, Azarias, and Jozabdus, and

? See ch. 6. 31.

92 Sam. 5. 10.

Cp. ver. 55. See ch. 5.

40.

t ver. 40.

"1 Cor. 11.

22 (mg.).

Ananias, Phalias, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, and read to the multitude the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it. 49 Then said Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, 50 This day is holy unto the Lord; (now they all wept when they heard the law :) 51 go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; 5a for the day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour. 53 So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy; be not sorrowful. 54 Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give portions to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer; 55 because they understood the words wherein "Cp. ver. 48. they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.

II. ESDRAS.

a For ver. 1-3, see 1 Chr. 6. 4-14 & Ezra 7. 1-5 & 1 Esd. 8. 1, 2.

Jer. 5. 19 & 7, 9, 18. Hos. 3. 1. d Mic. 6. 4.

See Ex. 20.

2.

THE second book of the prophet I aEsdras, the son of Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ahitob, the son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son of Amarias, the son of Aziei, the son of Marimoth, the son of Arna, the son of Ozias, the son of Borith, the son of Abissei, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, 3 the son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi; which was captive in the land of the Medes, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians.

4 And the word of the Lord came unto Isai. 58. 1. me, saying, 5 Go thy way, and shew my people their sinful deeds, and their children their wickedness which they have done against me; that they may tell their children's children: 6 because the sins of their fathers are increased in them for they have forgotten me, and chave done sacrifice unto strange gods. 7 Did not I dbring them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage? but they have provoked me unto wrath, and despised my counsels. 8e Shake thou then the hair of thy head, and cast all evils upon them, for they have not been obedient unto my law, but it is a rebellious people. 99 How long shall I forbear them, unto whom I have done so much good? oh Many kings have I overthrown for their sakes; Pharaoh

Cp. Ezra

9.3.

/ Ezek. 2. 3, 5,7. Cp. Matt. 17. 17.

A Ps. 68, 12, 14

& 135, 10

& 136. 17,
18.

1 See Ex. 14.

27, 28.

ch. 12.

with his servants and all his host have I smitten down. All the nations See Josh. have I destroyed before them, and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tyre and Sidon, and have slain all their adversaries. 12 Speak thou therefore unto them, saying,

Thus saith the Lord, 13 Of a truth I brought you through the sea, and m where there was no path I made for you highways; I gave you "Moses for a leader, and Aaron for a priest. 141 Pgave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.

See Ezek.

26.128. 19.

See Ezek.

28. 21-24.

See Ex.

14. 21, 22. "Ex. 3. 10.

Ex. 4. 14.
See Ex. 13.

21.

? Cp. Jer. 2

32.

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15 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, The quails were for a token to you; I gave you a camp for your safeguard, nevertheless tye murmured there: 16 and ye triumphed not in my name for the de- Cp. 1 Cor. struction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur. 17 Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were hungry and thirsty Num. 14. in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me, 18 saying, "Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? vit had been better for us to have served Ps. 78. 25. the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness. 19I had pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna for food; ye did eat angels' bread. 20 When ye

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* See Ex. 17.

6.

Cp. Baruch 5. 8.

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13. 7

& 34. 30 & Judg. 1. 4, 5. See Jer. ch. 47

& Ezek. 25.

15-17. Isai. 5. 4.

Ex. 15. 23.

Ex. 15. 25. Ecclus. 38.

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11.

Cp. Matt. 21. 43

were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees. 21 I divided among you fruitful lands; I cast out the a Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you what shall I yet do more for you? saith the Lord.

22 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, When ye were in the wilderness, at d the bitter river, being athirst, and blaspheming my name, 23I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but ecast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet. 24 What shall I do unto thee, O Cp. Ps. 81. Jacob? thou, Judah, wouldest not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto them will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes. 25 Seeing 2 Chr. 15. 2 ye have forsaken me, I also will forsake you; when ye ask me to be merciful unto you, I will have no mercy upon i Prov. 1. 28. you. 26 Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter. 27 Ye have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.

& Acts 13. 46.

& 24. 20.

Isai. 1. 15. Mic. 3. 4. / Cp. Prov. 1. 16

& Rom. 3. 15.

* Cp. Acts

13. 18 (mg.)

& 1 Thess.

2. 7.

Cp. Jer. 24.

7.

Matt. 23.

37. Luke 13. 34.

28 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and ka nurse her young babes, 29 that ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father? 30m I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast "Isai. 1. 13, you out from my presence. 31 When ye offer oblations unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feast days, your new moons, and your circumcisions of the flesh, have I reCp. ch. 2.1 jected. 320I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, Pwhose blood I will require of your hands, saith the Lord.

14.

& 7. 60
& Acts 7.
52.

See 2 Chr. 36. 15, 16. P Matt. 23. 35, 36. Luke 11.

50, 51.

? Matt. 23. 38.

Luke 13. 35.

Ps. 1. 4

& 35, 5

& 83. 13.

Isai. 40. 24. ch. 2. 6. Cp. Deut. 28. 18.

33 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Your house is desolate, I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble. 34 And $your children shall not be fruitful; for Job 21. 18. they have neglected my commandment 1unto you, and done that which is evil before me. 35 Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet believe me; they to whom I have shewed no signs Isai. 52 15 shall do that which I have commanded. 36 They have seen no prophets, yet they shall call their former estate to remembrance. 37 I take to witness the grace of the people that shall come, whose little ones rejoice with gladness: "and though they see me not with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they shall believe the thing that I say.

& 55. 5. Rom. 15. 21.

"Cp. John 20. 29 & 1 Pet. 1. 8.

1 Or, together with you

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gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets; a whom they would not hear, but set my counsels at nought. ab The mother that bare them saith unto them, eGo your way, O my children; dfor I am a widow and forsaken. 3eI brought you up with gladness, and with sorrow and heaviness & Baruch 4. have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord God, and done that which is evil before me. 4 But what shall I now do unto you? dfor I am a widow and forsaken: go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord. Baruch 4. 5 As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, because they would not keep my covenant, 6 that thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them. 7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be blotted out of the earth: for they have despised my 2 covenant. 8 Woe unto thee, Assur,

thou that hidest the unrighteous with thee! O thou wicked nation, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrah; 9 whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord Almighty.

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10 Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel. 11 Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these m the everlasting tabernacles, which I" Cp. Luke had prepared for them. 12 They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary. 1330 Ask, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, Pthat they may be shortened: 9 the kingdom is already prepared for you:

watch. 148 Take heaven and earth to witness, take them to witness; for I have given up the evil, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.

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16. 14. * Cp. Rev. 22.2.

Cp. Isai. 58.7

& Matt. 25. 36.

eCp. Tobit 1. 17, 18.

Cp. Matt.

19. 28.

Cp. Ex. 14.

14

& Isai. 30. 15.

Cp. Rev. 7.

4.

ch. 6. 5. Rev. 19. 9. Cp. Matt. Isai.61.10.

22.2.

Rev. 3. 4 &7. 13, 14.

36

& Rev. 6.

11.

Cp. Rev.

14. 1. * Cp. Rev. 7.

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Cp. Rev. 2. & 44

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42 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great multitude, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads ahe set crowns, and was more exalted; whereat I marvelled greatly. 44 So I asked the angel, and said, What are these, my Cp. Rev. 7. Lord? 45 He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the Cp. 1 Cor. immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and

mother of the children: for I have behold the number of those that be chosen thee, saith the Lord. 18 For thy sealed in the feast of the Lord; 39 they help will I send my servants Esaias and that withdrew them from the shadow Cp. Matt. Jeremy, after whose counsel I have of the world have received glorious sanctified and prepared for thee twelve garments of the Lord. 402 Look upon trees laden with divers fruits, 19 and as thy number, O Sion, and make up the many fountains flowing with milk and reckoning of those of thine that are honey, and seven mighty mountains, clothed in white, which have fulfilled whereupon there grow roses and lilies, the law of the Lord. 41 The number Cp. ch. 4. whereby I will fill thy children with joy. of thy children, whom thou longedst for, "See Ex. 22. 20 a Do right to the widow, judge the is fulfilled: beseech the power of the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the Lord, that thy people, which have been orphan, clothe the naked, a heal the called from the beginning, may be halbroken and the weak, laugh not a lame lowed. man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come unto the sight of my glory. aa Keep the old and young within thy walls. 23 Wheresoever thou findest the dead, set a sign upon them and commit them to the grave, and dI will give thee the first place in my resurrection. 24 Abide still, O my people, and take thy rest, for thy quietness shall come. 25 Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse, and stablish their feet. 26 As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number. 27 Be not careful overmuch: for when the day of tribulation and anguish cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance. 28 The nations shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord. 29 My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children see not & Wisdom hell. 30 Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord. 313 Remember thy Cp. ver. 16. children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the secret places of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty. 32 Embrace thy children until I come, and proclaim mercy unto them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.

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33 I Esdras received a charge from the * See Ex. 3. Lord upon the mount Horeb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they would none of me, and rejected the commandment of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say unto you, O ye Matt. 11. nations, that hear and understand, look for your shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the P See ch. 13. World. 35 Be ready to Pthe rewards of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore. 36 Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I call to witness my saviour openly. 370 receive that which is given you of the Lord, and be joyful, giving thanks unto him that hath called you to heavenly kingdoms. 38 Arise up and stand, and

56.

? Cp. Isai.
60. 19, 20
& Rev. 21.
23

& 22. 5.
Cp. 1 Cor.
7.31.
See 1 Chr.
29. 15.

1 Thess. 2

12.

1 Lat. Gehenna. 2 Another reading is, Take.

13, 14.

15. 53, 54
& 2 Cor. 5.

4.

32.

receive palms. 46 Then said I unto the angel, What young man is he that setteth crowns upon them, and giveth them palms in their hands? 47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, dwhom they have confessed Matt. 10. in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord. 48 Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord God thou hast seen.

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ruin of the city, I Salathiel (the same is Esdras) was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart: for I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon. 3 And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the Most High, and said, 440 Lord that bearest See ch. 4. rule, didst thou not speak at the beginning, when thou didst fashion the earth, and that thyself alone, and commandedst the dust, 5 and kit gave thee Adam, a body without a soul? yet it was the workmanship of thine hands, and thou didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee. 6m And thou leddest him into paradise, which thy right hand did plant, before ever the earth came forward. 7 And unto him thou gavest "thy one commandment: which he transgressed, and Pimmediately thou appointedst death for him and in his generations; 3 So the Syriac and Ethiopic.

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