Christ sent to the Gentiles.

God's constant love to his church.

Ex.19.4.5.6. eh. 44. 22. 23. 1 See ch. 41. 17, 18.

m Ex. 17. 6. Num. 20. 11. Pa. 105. 41. nch. 57. 21.

a ch. 41. 1.

b ver. 5.

Jer. 1. 5.

Matt. 1. 20, 21.

Luke 1. 15, 31.

John 10.36. Gal, L. 15. ech. 11. 4. & 61. 16. Hos. 6. 5. Heb. 4. 12. Rev. 1. 16. d eh. 51. 18. .Pa. 45. 5. fch. 42. 1. Zeeh. 3. 8. geh. 44. 23.

21 And they 1 thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

CHAPTER XLIX.

1 Christ, being sent to the Jews, complaineth of them. & Ils is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises. 13 God's love is perpetual to his church. 18 The ample restoration of the church. 24 The powerful deliverance out of captivity. LISTEN, Vesleeple, from far; ISTEN, O isles, unto me; and

bThe LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my

name.

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; din the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

4 h Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my John 13.31.& judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

15. 8.
Eph. 1. 6.
h EL, 3. 19.

Or, my
reward,
ch. 10. 10.

02.11.
i ver. 1.
Or, That
Israel may
be gathered
to him, and
I may, fo.

k Matt. 23.37.

Or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, fc. ¡Or, desolations.

1 ch. 42, 0. & 60. 3.

Luke 2. 32. Acts 13.47.& 23. 18. m ch. 63. 3. Matt. 26. 67. Or, to him that is de spired in soul.

ver. 23.

o Ses Ps. 09. 13.

5 And now, saith the LORD i that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel k be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

G And he said, "It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, "Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have 1 heard thee, and Ps. 72.10,11. in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, Pand give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath

2 Cor. 6. 2. pch. 42. 0. Or, raise up. q eh. 42. 7. Zech. 9. 12.

r Rev. 7. 16. Ps. 121. 6.

11" And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Before CHRIST

about 712.

tra. 23. 2. uch. 40. 4.

12 Behold, these shall come from zch. 43. 5, 6. far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joy-y eh. 44. 23. ful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The LORD hatho ch.40,27. gotten me. forsaken me, and my Lord hath for

15 Can a woman forget her suck-ase Ps. 103. ing child, f that she should not have 13. Mal. 3. 17. compassion on the son of her womb? Matt. 7. 11. yea, they may forget, byet will I not Heb. from forget thee.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy wails are continually before me.

having compassion.

b Rom. 11.29. See Ex. 13.9, Cant. 8. C.

ver. 19.

eh. 60. 4.

17 Thy children shall make haste; d thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 18 T Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, fas with an ornament, and bind fProv. 17. 6. them on thee, as a bride doeth.

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow See eh. 54.1, by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thec up shall be far away.

20 h The children which thou shalt have, i after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine cars, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

2.

Zech. 2. 4. & 10. 10.

heh. 60, 4. Matt. 3. 9. Rom. 11. 11, 12, &c.

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? 22 k Thus saith the Lord GOD, BC-keh. 60. 4. & hold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their farms, and thy daugh ters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

€6. 20.

Heb. bosom. P. 72. 11.

ver. 7.

ch. 52, 15. &

60. 16. ↑ Hob.

princesses.

231And kings shall be thy f nursing nourishers. fathers, and their † queens thy nurs-Heb. ing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for "they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

m P. 72. 9. Mio. 7. 17. n Pa. 34. 22. Rom. 5. 5. & 9. 33. & 10.11. o Matt. 12, 29. Luke 11. 21,

22.

24 TShall the prey be taken from the mighty, or fthe lawful captive+Tel. the delivered?

25 But thus saith the LORD, Even

captivity of the just.

fver. 3.

2 Cor. 1. 3. g Pa. 118. 6.

eh. 40. 0. 1 Pet. 1. 24. i Job 9. 8. Ps. 104. 2.

ch. 40. 22. & 42. 5. & 41.

24

1 Or, made himself ready.

k Job 20. 7.

1 Zsch. 9. 11.

ra Job 28. 12. P. 74. 13. Jer. 31. 35.

n Deut. 18.18. ch. 49. 21. John 3. 34. och. 49. 2. pch. 65. 17. & CG. 22.

q eh. 52. 1.

r Job 21, 29.

Jer.25.15,16.
See Deut.23.

28, 31.
Ps. €0. 3. &
75. 8.
Ez. 23,32,33,
31.

Zech. 12. 2.
Rev. 14. 10.

tch. 47. 9. + Heb. happened.

+ Heb. breaking.

u Amos 7. 2. *Lam, 2, 11, 12.

y See ver. 17. Lam. 3. 15.

z Jer. 50, 84.

a Jer, 25. 17, 24, 28. Zech. 12. 2. bP. 60.11.12.

11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee

away.

12 1, eren I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid 5 of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made bas grass;

13 And forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? kand where is the fury of the oppressor?

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

13 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his

name.

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them

out.

18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

Christ's free redemption.

CHAPTER LII.

1 Christ persuadeth the church to believe his free redemption, 7 to receive the ministers thereof. 9 to joy in the power thereof, 11 and to free themselves from bondage. 13 Christ's kingdom shall be exalted.

Before CHRIST about 712.

h. 51. 8. 17.

Neh. 11. 1.

ch. 48. 2. Matt. 4. 5. Rev. 21. 2.

AWAKE awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised d and the unclean. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; ch. 35. 8. & arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: floose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the LORD, YC have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

4 For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

60. 21. Nah. 1. 15. d Rev. 21. 27. See ch. 3.28.

& 61, 23. 1 Zech. 2. 7. Ps. 44 12. ch. 45. 13. Jer. 15. 13.

h Gen. 40. 6. Acta 7. 14,

¡Es.38. 20, 23. Rom. 2. 24.

5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is i blasphemed. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. 7Tk How beautiful upon the mount-Nah. 1. 15. ains are the feet of him that bringeth Rom. 10. 18. good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, IThy God reigneth! 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

1 Ps. 93. 1. & 96. 10. & 97.

1.

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

21 T Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

a Ez. 38. 25. Acta 2. 33. Heb.9.13,11.

beh. 43. 7, 23.

ech. 55. 5. Rom. 15. 21. & 16. 25, 26. Eph. 3. 5, 9. CHAPTER LIII.

1 The prophet, complaining of incredu lity, excuseth the scandal of the cross, 4 by the benefit of his passion, 10 and the good success thereof.

HO hath believed our tre

Wort? and to whom is the

arm of the LORD revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and facquainted with grief: and it we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely bhe hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was i wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his kt stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD thath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 P And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his † death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 T Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: "by his knowledge shall my righteous Yservant justify many; "for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 b Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall

с

t Eph. 1, 5, 9. Thess 1. 11. u John 17. 3. 2 Pet. 1.3. x1 John 2. 1. 9. e Col. 2. 15.

yob. 42. 1. & 49. 3. Rom 5. 19, 19. a ver. 4. 5. b Pa. 2. 8. Phil. 2.

The church is comforted.

divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was d numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

CHAPTER LIV.

1 The prophet. for the comfort of the Gentiles, prophesieth the amplitude of their church, 4 their safety. 6 their certain deliverance out of affliction, 11 their fair edification, 15 and their sure preservation.

Before CHRIST about 712.

d Mark 15. 28. Luke 22. 37. e Luke 23.31 Rom. 8. 31. Heb. 7. 25. & 9.21.

1 John 2 1.

27.

b1 Sam. 2. 5"

"SING, O barren, thou that didst Zeph. 3. 14 Anot bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; dand thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confoundcd; for thou shalt not be put to shame for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

5 For thy Maker is thine husband; The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel: The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

ech. 49.19,20.

deh. 55. 5. & 61. 9.

Jer. 3. 16 fluke 1. 33.

Zech. 14.9.

Rom. 3. 29. heh, 62 4.

6 For the LORD hhath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7 i For a small moment have I for- P. 30. 5. saken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

9 For this is as the waters of 1 Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

ch. 23. 20. & 6). 19. 2 Cor. 4, 17.

keh, 55, 3 Jer. 31, 3.

1Gen. 8, 21, &

9. 11.
ch. 55. 11.
Bee Jer. 31.
35, 30.

ch. 51, 6. Matt. 5. 18 n Pa, 89.33,34.

10 For the mountains shall depart, mr. 48. 2. and the hills be removed; "but my kindness shall not depart from thec, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

11 TO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with "fair 1 Chr, 23, 2 colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Rev. 21. 18, kc.

Before 13 And all thy children shall be CHRIST Ptaught of the LORD; and "great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

about 712. pch. 11. 9. Jer. 31. 34. John 6. 45. 1 Cor. 2. 10. 1 Thess. 4. 9. 1 John 2. 20. F. 1:9. 165.

15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants rch. 45.24.25. of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. CHAPTER LV.

a John 4.14.& 7.37.

1 The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calleth to faith, 6 and to repentance. 8

The happy success of them that believe. H%% O, "every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; bcome ye, buy, b Matt. 13.44, and cat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Rev. 21. 6. & 22. 17.

40.

Rev. 3. 18.

+ Heb. weigh. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and cat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

e Matt. 11. 28. d ch. 54. 8. & 61. 8.

Jer. 32. 40. e 2 Sam. 7, 8, &c. Ps. 89. 28. Acts 13. 34.

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; d and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the "sure mercies of David.

4 Behold, I have given him for fa witness to the people, a leader and

John 18. 37. commander to the people.

Rev. 1. 5.

g Jer. 30. 9. Ex. 34. 23. Dan. 9. 25. Hos. 3. 5.

5 h Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, iand nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the LORD thy God, Eph. 2.11.12. and for the Holy One of Israel; k for he hath glorified thee.

h ch. 52. 15.

i ch. 60. 5. k ch. 60. 9. Acts 3. 13. 1 Ps. 32. 6. Matt. 5. 25. & 25.11.

John 7.31. &

6 T Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

n his

7 mm Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for the will abundantly pardon.

8TP For my thoughts are not your 8. 17. thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

o Ps. 139. 7. Jer. 3. 12.

9 For as the heavens are higher 1 Heb. he will than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

muliiply to pardon. p 2 Sam. 7. 13. q Ps. 103. 11. Deut. 32. 2.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the

Exhortation to holiness of life.

about 712.

earth, and maketh it bring forth and Before bud, that it may give sced to the CHRIST sower, and bread to the cater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth. . 9. forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent if.

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall "break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; bthat keepeth the sab- beh, 58. 13. bath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

5 Even unto them will I give in d mine house and within my walls n place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;