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'Cp. Isai. 28.12.

d ch. 11. 35.

ch. 11. 24.

ver. 30.

& 5. 34.

evil little wings, nor rthy cruel heads, nor thy hurtful talons, nor all thy vain body: 46 that all the earth may be refreshed, and be eased, being delivered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the judgement and mercy of him that made her.

And it came to pass, whiles 12 the lion spake these words unto the eagle, I beheld, 2 and, lo, d the head that remained appeared no more, and the two wings which went over unto it arose and set themselves up to reign, and their kingdom was small, and full of uproar. 3 And I beheld, and, lo, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burnt, so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I by reason of great ecstasy of mind, and from great fear, and said unto my spirit, 4 Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in Cp. ch. 4. 2 that thou searchest out the ways of the Most High. 5 Lo, I am yet weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; nor is there the least strength in me, hfor the great fear wherewith I was affrighted this night. 6 Therefore will I now beseech the Most High, that he will strengthen me unto the end. 7 And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight, kand if I am justified with thee above many Cp. ch. 10. others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face; 8 strengthen me then, and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain meaning of this fearful vision, that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soul. 9'For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the end of time and the last times.

* Cp. ch. 5.

14.

i See ch. 4. 38.

/ See ch. 4. 44.

57.

See ch. 7. [44]

ch. 11. 1. * Cp. ch. 11. 40.

• Dan. 7 7.

10 And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of this vision which thou sawest: 11 m The eagle, whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the fourth kingdom which appeared in vision to thy brother Daniel. 12 But it was not expounded unto him, as I now expound it unto thee or have expounded it. 13 Behold, the days come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it. 14 In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another: 15 whereof the second shall begin to Cp. ch. 11. reign, and Pshall have a longer time than any of the twelve. 16 This is the interpretation of the twelve wings, which thou sawest. 17 And whereas rthou heardest a voice which spake, not going out from the heads, but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation: 18 That 2 after the time of that kingdom there shall arise no small contentions, and it shall stand in peril of falling: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to its first estate. 19 And whereas thou

17.

? ch. 11. 1.

ch. 11. 10.

1 So the chief Oriental versions. versions have kings. added from the Syriac.

3, 11.

22.

* Cụ. ch. 11.

24.

ch. 11. 1, 4. * Op. ch. 8.

50.

40.

33.

35.

& ch. 11. 24.

sawest the eight under wings stickingCp. ch. 11. to her wings, this is the interpretation: 20 That in it there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift. 21 And two of Cp. ch. 11. them shall perish, when the middle time approacheth four shall be kept for a while until the time of the ending thereof shall approach: " but two shall be kept unto the end. 22 And whereas thou sawest three heads resting, this is the interpretation: 23 w In the last days thereof shall the Most High raise up three 3 kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall bear rule over the earth, 24 and over those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above ch. 11. 32, all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle. 25 For these are they that shall accomplish her wickedness, and that shall finish her last end. 26 And whereas thou sawest that the great head ap- Cp. ch. 11. peared no more, it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain. 27 But for the two that remained, the sword shall devour them. 28% For the sword of the one shall devour Cp. ch. 11. him that was with him: but he also shall fall by the sword in the last days. 29 And whereas thou sawest atwo under Cp. ver. 21 wings passing over unto the head that is on the right side, 30 this is the interpretation: These are they, whom the Most High hath kept unto his end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest. 31c And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her unrighteousness, and all her words which thou hast heard; 32 this is the anointed one, Cp. ch. 7. whom the Most High hath kept unto the end 5[of days, who shall spring up out of the seed of David, and he shall come and speak] unto them and reprove them for their wickedness and their unrighteousness, and shall heap up before them their contemptuous dealings. 33 For at the first he shall set them alive in his judgement, and when he hath reproved them, he shall destroy them. 34 For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been preserved throughout my borders, and fch. 9.8 he shall make them joyful until the coming of the end, even the day of judgement, whereof I have spoken unto Cp. ch. 7. thee from the beginning. 35 This is the dream that thou sawest, and this is the interpretation thereof: 36h and thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Most High. 37 Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and put them in a secret place:. 38 and thou shalt teach them to the Cp. ch. 14. wise of thy people, whose hearts thou

3 The Oriental The words in brackets are

2 The Oriental versions have in the midst of. So the Syriac. The Latin has over the head, The Syriac has set in order. See Ps. 50. 21.

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k ver. 51. ch. 9. 23.

See ch. 5. 16-19.

* Cp. ch. 1.

1.

"Isai. 24.13. Mic. 7. 1.

2 Pet. 1. 19. PCp. Ps. 107.

30.

Cp. Ex. 14.

12.

Cp. Neh. 1.3

& 2 3, 13, 17.

knowest are able to comprehend and keep these secrets. 39 But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that there may be shewed unto thee whatsoever it pleaseth the Most High to shew thee. And he departed from me.

40 And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and spake to me, saying, 41 What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou hast utterly forsaken us, and sittest in this place? 42 For of all m the prophets thou only art left us, as "a cluster of the vintage, and as a lamp in a dark place, and as a phaven for a ship saved from the tempest. 43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient? 44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been consumed rin the burning of Sion! 45 For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud Cp. 1 Kin. Voice. And I answered them, and said, 46 Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not sorrowful, thou house of Jacob: 47 for the Most High hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you 2 for ever. 48 As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for u the low estate of your sanctuary. 49 And now go your way every man to his own house, and after these days will I come unto you. 50 So the people went their way into the city, like as I said unto them: 51 but I sat in the field seven days, "as the angel commanded me; and in those days I did eat only of the flowers of the field, and had my meat of the herbs.

19. 4.

+ ch. 3. 2.

"See ch. 10. 21.

ver. 39.

1 ch. 9. 24.

* ch. 12. 39, 51.

* Cp. Dan. 7.2.

32.

a Dan. 7. 13 Cp. Rev. 20. 11.

13

And it came to pass after seven days, I dreamed a dream by night: 2 and, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof. 3 And I beheld, and, Cp. ver. 25, lo, [this wind caused to come up from the midst of the sea as it were the like ness of a man, and I beheld, and, lo,] that man flew awith the clouds of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all things trembled that were seen under him. 4 And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the 5 wax melteth when it feeleth the fire. 5 And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of heaven, to make war against the man that came out of the sea. 6 And I

Cp. Rev. 20, 8, 9.

Isai. 11. 4. 2 Thess. 2

8.

Rev. 11. 5.

28. 18.

beheld, and, lo, he graved himself dad ver. 35, 36. great mountain, and flew up upon it. 7 But I sought to see the region or place whereout the mountain was graven, and I could not. 8 And after this I beheld, and, lo, all they which were gathered together to fight against him were sore afraid, and yet durst fight. 9 And, lo, as he saw the assault of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held spear, nor any instrument of war: 10 but only I saw how that he sent out of his mouth as it had been a flood of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast forth sparks of the storm. 11 And these were all mingled together; the flood of fire, the flaming breath, and the great storm; and fell upon the assault of the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust of ashes and smell of smoke: Cp. Ezek. when I saw this I was amazed. 12 Afterward I beheld the same man come down from the mountain, and call unto him another multitude which was peace- ver. 39. able. 13 And there came 7much people unto him, whereof some were glad, some were sorry, some of them were bound, and other some brought of them Cp. Isai. that were offered: then through great fear I awaked, and prayed unto the Most High, and said, 14 Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that Cp. ch. 12. thou shouldest receive my prayer: 15 and now shew me moreover the interpretation of this dream. 16 For as I conceive in mine understanding, woe unto them ver. 22. that shall be left in those days! and much more woe unto them that are not left! 17 for they that were not left shall be in heaviness, 18 understanding the things that are laid up in the latter days, but not attaining unto them. 19 But woe unto them also that are left, for this cause; for they shall see great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare. 20 Yet is it 8 better for one to be in peril and to come into 2 these things, than to pass away as a cloud Cp. Job 7. out of the world, and not to see the things that shall happen in the last days.

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And he answered unto me, and said, 21 The interpretation of the vision shall I tell thee, and I will also open unto thee the things whereof thou hast made mention. 22 Whereas thou hast ver. 16, 19. spoken of them that are left behind, this Cp. Rev. is the interpretation: 23 He that shall 2 endure the peril in that time m shall "See ch. 8. keep them that be fallen into danger, * Cụ. ch. 9. even such as have works, and faith

3 The words in brackets are added from 5 So the Syriac and other Oriental Lat. easier.

1 So the Syriac. The Latin has heard. 2 So the Syriac. the Syriac. 4 So the Syriac. The Latin has grew strong. versions. 6.So the Syriac and Arabic. 7 Lat. the faces of many people.

3. 10.

33.

7.

P ver. 3, 5.

2. 24.

ver. 9, 10.

Cp. Luke 21. 28. Cp. Luke 21. 28.

"Cp. Isai.

19. 2

7

& Mark 13.

8

10.

See ch. 5. 4-9

ver. 52. ch. 7. 28 & 14. 9.

16. 12.

3. 15, 16.

11. 15, 16.

narrow passages of the river Euphrates.Cp. Rev.
44 For the Most High then wrought signs
for them, and stayed the springs of the Cp. Josh.
River, till they were passed over. 45 For
through that country there was a great
way to go, namely, of a year and a half:
and the same region is called 1 Arzareth.
46 Then dwelt they there until the latter
time and now when they begin to
come again, 47 the Most High stayeth Cp. Isai.
the springs of the River again, that they
may go through: therefore sawest thou
the multitude gathered together with
peace. 48 But those that be left behind
of thy people are they that are found
within my holy border. 49 It shall be ch. 9.8
therefore when he shall destroy the
multitude of the nations that are gathered
together, he shall defend the people that
remain. 50 And then shall he shew them
very many wonders.

toward the Almighty. 24 Know therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead. 25 These are the interpretations of the vision: Whereas Pthou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea, 26 the same is he whom the Most High Cp. 1 Pet. hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind. 27 And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came wind, and fire, and storm; 28 and whereas he held neither spear, nor any instrument of war, but destroyed the assault of that multitude which came to fight against him; this is the interpretation: 29 Behold, the days come, when the Most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth. 30t And there shall come astonishment of mind upon them that dwell on the earth. 31 u And one shall & Matt. 24. think to war against another, city a gainst city, place against place, people against people, and kingdom against & Luke 21. kingdom. 32 And it shall be, when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee be&&18-28. fore, then shall my Son be revealed, P whom thou sawest as a man ascending. 33 And it shall be, when all the nations hear his voice, every man shall leave his own land and the battle they have one against another. 34 And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thou sawest, desiring to come, and to fight against him. 35 But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion. 36 And Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being prepared and builded, like as thou sawest a the mountain graven without hands. 37 And this wmy Son e shall rebuke the nations which are come for their wickedness, with plagues that are like unto da tempest; 38 and shall taunt them to their face with their evil thoughts, and the torments wherewith they shall be tormented, dwhich are likened unto a flame: and he shall destroy them without labour by the law, which is likened unto fire. 39 And where-three days. as thou sawest that he gathered unto him another multitude that was peaceable; 40 these are the ten tribes, which were led away out of their own land in Cp. 2 Kin. the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of the Assyrians led away captive, and he carried them beyond the River, and they were carried into another land. 41 But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 that they might there keep their statutes, which they had not kept in their own land. 43 And they entered by the

ver. 5. Rev. 19. 19 & 20.8.

* Pg. 2. 6. Rev. 14. 1. * See ch. 8. 52.

4 ver. 6, 7. Cp. Dan. 2. 34.

ch. 12. 32.

d ver. 10, 11.

* ver. 12.

17. 6.

1 That is, another land. See Deut. 29. 28.

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51 Then said I, O Lord that bearest See ch. 4. rule, shew me this: wherefore I have seen the man coming up from the midst ver. 3, 5, 25, of the sea. 52 And he said unto me, Like as one can neither seek out nor know what is in the deep of the sea, even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but " in the time of 2his day. 53 This is the interpretation of the dream which thou sawest, and ofor this thou only art enlightened herein. 54P For thou hast for- see ch. 6. saken thine own ways, and applied thy diligence unto mine, and hast sought out my law. 55 Thy life hast thou ordered in wisdom, and hast called Ecclus. 15. understanding thy mother. 56° And therefore have I shewed thee this; r for there is a reward laid up with the Most High: and it shall be, s after other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things. 57 Then went I forth and passed into the field, giving praise Cp. Acts 1. and thanks greatly unto the Most High because of his wonders, which he did from time to time; 58 and because he governeth the time, and such things as fall in their seasons. And there I sat

t

2

Cp. Prov. 7.4.

ch. 2. 35

& 7. 35 & 8. 39.

Cp. ch. 14.

1.

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behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras. 2 And I said, Here am I, Lord. "And I stood up upon my feet. 3 Then said he unto me, wIn the bush I did manifestly reveal myself, and talked with Moses, when my people were in bondage in Egypt: 4 and I sent him, and he led my people out of Egypt; and I brought him up to the mount of Sinai, where I held him by Ex. 24. 18. me for many days; 5and told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end of the

2 So the Oriental versions. The Latin omits his 3 Another reading is, I.

ch. 8. 19.

ch. 7. 28

& 13. 32, 37,
52.

a ch. 8. 62.
* Cp. ch. 4.

26

& 6. 20 & Ps. 102. 26.

* Cp. ch. 4.

50.

seasons; and commanded him, saying, 6 These words shalt thou publish openly, and these shalt thou hide. 7 And now I say unto thee, 8Lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard: 9for thou shalt be taken away from men, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my Son, and with a such as be like thee, until the times be ended. 10b For the world hath lost its youth, and the times begin to wax old. For the world is divided into twelve parts, cand ten parts of it are gone already, 2 even the half of the tenth part: 12 and there remain of it two parts after the middle of the tenth part. 13 Now therefore & Cp. 2 Kindset thine house in order, and reprove thy people, comfort the lowly among them, and instruct such of them as be wise, and now renounce the life that is corruptible, 14 and let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away from thee the burdens of man, put off now thy weak nature, 15 and lay aside the thoughts that are most grievous unto thee, and haste thee to remove from these times. 16g For yet worse evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter. 17 For look, how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein. 18h For the truth shall withdraw itself further off, and leasing be hard at hand: for now hasteth the eagle to come, which thou sawest in vision.

20. 1. Cp. ver. 20.

Heb. 12. 1. Cp. 2 Cor.

5. 4.

7 Cp. Matt. 24.8

& Mark 13. 8.

A ch. 5, 1.

i ch. 11. 1.

I See ch. 4. 44.

Cp. Wisdom 9. 17

19 Then answered I and said, I will speak before thee, O Lord. 20 Behold, Cp. ver. 13. I will go, Jas thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people that now be: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? for the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell * Cp. ch. 10. therein are without light. 21For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the works that shall be done. 22 But if I have found favour before thee, send the Holy Spirit into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, even the things that were written in thy law, that men may be able to find the path, and that they which would live in the latter days may live. 23 And he answered me and said, Go thy way, gather "ver. 36, 44, the people together, and say unto them, n that they seek thee not for forty days. 24 But look thou prepare thee many tablets, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ethanus, and Asiel, these five, which are ready to write swiftly; 25 and come hither, and I shall light Pa

& 2 Pet. 1. 21.

45.
Cp. Ex. 24.
18.

• See Ezra
7.6.
P P8. 119.
105.

Prov. 6. 23

& 20. 27.

lamp of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be ended which thou shalt write. 26 And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish openly, and some things shalt thou deliver in secret to the wise: to-morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.

22

7 Cụ. ch. 12. 38.

5. 1

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27 Then went I forth, as he commanded me, and gathered all the people together, and said, 28 r Hear these words, O Israel. | Cp. Deut. 29 8 Our fathers at the beginning were & 6. 4 strangers in Egypt, and they were de- & 9. 1 & 20. 3. livered from thence, 30t and received Ex. 22. 21. the law of life, which they kept not, Cp. Gen. which ye also have transgressed after 47. 4. tch. 9. 32. them. 31 Then was the land, even the Acts 7. 53. land of Sion, given you for a possession: but ye yourselves, and your fathers, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Most High commanded you. 32 And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from "Ps. 7. 11. you for a while the thing that he had given you. 33 And now ye are here, and your brethren are among you. 34 Therefore if so be that ye will rule over your own understanding, and instruct your hearts, ye shall be keptalive, and after death ye shall obtain mercy. 35 For "after death shall the judgement come, wwhen we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared. 36 Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days. 37 So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went forth into the field, and remained there. 38 And it came to pass on the morrow that, lo, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open Cp. Ezek. thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink. 39 Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, there was reached unto me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire. 40 And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory: 41 cand my mouth was opened, and shutch. 9. 28. Cp. Ezek. no more. 43 The Most High gave understanding unto the five men, and they wrote by course the things that were told them, in characters which they knew not, and they sat forty days: now they wrote in the day-time, and at night they ate_bread. 43 As for me, I spake in the day, and by night I held not my tongue. 44 So in dforty days were written fourscore and fourteen books. 45 And it came to pass, when the forty days were fulfilled, that the Most High spake unto me, saying, The first that

1 Verses 11, 12 are omitted in the Syriac. The Ethiopic has For the world is divided into ten parts, and

2 Lat, and.

5 The Latin omits I will speak. 6 Another

3 The Latin alone

7 So the Oriental versions. The copies of the Latin vary and

ia come unto the tenth: and half of the tenth remaineth. Now &c.
omits and... wise.
4 So the Oriental versions.
reading is, a land in the land of Sion.
are corrupt.

4. 5. ver. 23. a ver. 24.

2.8

& 3. 1, 2

24. 27.

d ver. 23, 36.

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See Num. 23. 5.

* 2 John 12. i Rev. 22. 6.

JCp. Ezek.

3. 19.

* Cp. Ezek. 14. 21.

Cp. Gen.

15. 16 & Matt. 23. 32.

Rev. 6. 10. Cp. Gen. 4

10.

"Ps. 44. 22.

23. 26. P See Deut. 4. 34.

1 Behold, speak thou in the ears

goods, because of the lack of bread, and for great tribulation.

Cp. Zech. 14. 13.

15 of my people the words of pro- so will I do also, and recompense in Ps. 79. 12

phecy, which I will put in thy mouth, saith the Lord: and cause thou them to be written in paper: for they are faithful and true. 3 Fear not their imaginations against thee, let not the unbelief of them that speak against thee trouble thee. 4For all the unbelievers shall die in their unbelief.

5 Behold, saith the Lord, I bring evils upon the whole earth; sword and famine, and death and destruction. 6 For wickedness hath prevailed over every land, and their hurtful works are come to the full. 7 Therefore saith the Lord, 8I will hold my peace no more as touching their wickedness, which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in these things, which they wickedly practise: behold, the innocent and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the righteous cry out continually. 9I will surely avenge them, saith the Lord, and will receive unto me all the innocent blood from among them. 10 Behold, my people is led as a flock to the slaughter: I will not Cp. 2 Kin. suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt: 11 but PI will bring them out with a mighty hand and with a high arm, and will smite Egypt with plagues, as aforetime, and will destroy all the land thereof. 129 Let Egypt mourn, and the foundations thereof, for the plague of the chastisement and the punishment that God shall bring upon it. 13 Let the husbandmen that till the ground mourn for their seeds shall fail and their trees shall be laid waste through the blasting and hail, and ra terrible star. 148 Woe to the world and them that dwell therein! 15 for the sword and their destruction draweth nigh, and tnation shall rise up against nation to battle with weapons in their hands. 16 u For there shall be sedition among men; and waxing strong one against another, they shall not regard their king nor the chief of their great ones, in their might. 17 For 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 make an assault on their houses with the sword, and spoil their

4 ch. 16. 1. See Isai. 19. 1-15 & Ezek. 32. 2-16.

"ver. 35, 40. Cp. Rev. 8.

10.
Rev. 8. 13
& 12. 12.
See ch. 13.
31.

"ver. 33.

Cp. Deut. 28. 54, 53.

1 Or, birth

Cp. ver. 8.

See Deut. 32. 22.

20 Behold, saith God, I call together all the kings of the earth, to stir up them that are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; wto turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them. a Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, 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 blood upon the earth. 23 And a fire is gone forthch. 16. 9. from his wrath, and hath consumed the foundations of the earth, and the sinners, like the straw that is kindled. 24 Woe to them that sin, and keep not my commandments! saith the Lord. 25 I will not spare them: go your way, ye rebellious children, defile not my sanctuary. 26 For the Lord knoweth all them that trespass against him, therefore hath he delivered them unto death and destruction. 27 For now are the evils come upon the whole earth, and ye shall remain in them: for God shall not deliver you, because ye have sinned against him.

30. 6.

28 Behold, a vision horrible, and the appearance thereof from the east! 29 And the nations of the a dragons of Arabia Cp. Isai. shall come out with many chariots, and from the day that they set forth the hissing of them is carried over the earth, so that all they which shall hear them may fear also and tremble. 3o Also the Carmonians raging in wrath shall go forth bas the wild boars of the wood, Ps. 80. 13. and with great power shall they come, and join battle with them, and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians with their teeth. 31 And then shall the dragons have the upper hand, remembering 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 turn and flee. 33 And from the land of the Assyrians shall the lier in wait besiege them, and consume one of them, and upon their host shall be fear and trembling, and sedition against their kings. 34 Behold, dclouds 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 dash one against another, and they shall pour out a plentiful 2storm upon the earth, even their own star; and there shall be blood from the Rev. 14. 20. sword unto the horse's belly, 36 and to the thigh of man, and to the camel's hough. 37 And there shall be fearfulness and great trembling upon earth: and

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