3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty Ps. 30. 11. for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, 'the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

1 ch. 60. 21. John 15.8.

I ch. 49. 8. & 58. 12.

Ezek. 36.33

-36.

in Ephes. 2. 12.

n Ex. 19. 6. ch. 60. 17. & 66. 21. 1 Pet. 2.5,9.

4 T And they shall 'build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5 And "strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 "But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call Rev. 1. 6. & you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

5. 10.

• ch. 60. 5, 11, 16.

Blessings of the faithful.

7 ¶ For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 698.

p ch. 40. 2. Zech. 9. 12.

rch. 1.11,13.

8 For I the LORD love judgment, a Ps. 11. 7. I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting ch. 55. 3. covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that ch. 65. 23. they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

10 "I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom 'deckethch. 49. 18. himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Rev. 21. 2. 2 Heb. decketh as a priest.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to Ps. 72. 3. spring forth before all the nations.

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CHAPTER LXII.

The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in God's promises. 5 The office of the ministers (unto which they are incited) in preaching the gospel, 10 and preparing the people thereto.

NOR Zion's sake will I not hold

FOR

my peace, and for Jerusalém's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

& 85. 11. a ch. 60. 18. & 02.7.

a ch. 60. 3.

2 "And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD ch. 65. 15. shall name.

b Sce ver. 4,

12.

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of Zech. 9.16. glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4 Thou shalt no more be termed a Hos. 1. 10. Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed 'Desolate but thou shalt be called 'Hephzi-bah, and thy land 'Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never

& 54.6,7. That is, My delight That is,

is in her.

Married.

6 Heb. with the joy of

the bride

groom. 8 ch. 65. 19.

Ezek.3.17.

& 33.7.

Christ sheweth his

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 698.

2 Or, ye

that are the LORD'S

remem

brancers. 3 Heb. silence.

1 ch. 61. 11. 4 Heb. If I

Zeph. 3. 20.

give, &c.

k Deut. 28. 31, &c. Jer. 5. 17.

hold their peace day nor night: 2ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem 1a praise in the earth.

8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it 'in the courts of my holiness. 10 ¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; a ch. 11. 12. gather out the stones; lift up a

1 See Deut. 12. 12. & 14. 23, 26. & 16. 11, 14.

m ch. 40. 3. & 57. 14.

• Zech. 9. 9. Matt. 21. 5.

John 12. 15. pch. 40. 10.

Rev. 22. 12. 5 Or, recompence.

q ver. 4.

6 Heb. decked.

a Rev. 19.13.

b Lam. 1.15. Rev. 14. 19, 20. & 19. 15.

c ch. 31. 8. & 61. 2.

d ch. 41. 28. & 59. 16. eJohn 16.32.

f Ps. 98. 1. ch. 59. 16.

standard for the people.

0

11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and

his work before him.

12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

CHAPTER LXIII.

1 Christ sheweth who he is, 2 what his victory over his enemies, 7 and what his mercy to

ward his church. 10 In his just wrath he remembereth his free mercy. 15 The church in their prayer, 17 and complaint, profess their faith.

HO is this that cometh from

WEdom, with dyed garments

from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

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

3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

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

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

6 And I will tread down the peo8 Rev. 16. 6. ple in mine anger, and make them

power to save.

drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

7 ¶ I will mention the lovingkindnesses_of_the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

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

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and 1he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, "to make thyself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sound-multitude. ing of thy bowels and of thy mercies Jer. 31. 20. toward me? are they restrained?

16 a Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. 17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: sour adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

CHAPTER LXIV. 1 The church prayeth for the illustration of God's power. 5 Celebrating God's mercy, it maketh confession of their natural corruptions. 9 It complaineth of their affliction. that thou wouldest arend the heavens, that thou wouldest come bJudg. 5. 5. down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

■ Ps. 144. 5.

Mic. 1. 4.

2 Heb. the fire of meltings.

c Ex. 34. 10. Judg. 5. 4,5. Ps. 68. 8.

2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may_tremble at thy presence!

3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest Hab. 3. 3,6. down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

1 Cor. 2. 9.

4 For since the beginning of the d Ps. 31. 19. world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

3 Or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, &c.

f ch. 26. 8.

5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth Acts 10.35. and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

8 Mal. 3. 6.

1 Ps. 90.5, 6.

6 But we are all as an unclean b Phil. 3. 9. thing, and all hour righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

k Hos. 7.7.

4 Heb. melted.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast 'con6 Heb.by the sumed us, 'because of our iniquities. 8 'But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, "and thou our potter; and we all are "the work of thy hand.

hand: as

Job 8. 4.

1 ch. 63. 16. m ch. 29. 16. & 45. 9. Jer. 18. 6. Rom. 9. 20, 21.

n Eph. 2. 10.

o Ps. 74. 1,2. & 79.8.

p Ps. 79. 13.

q Ps. 79. 1.

r 2 Kings 25.9.

9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, Pwe are all thy people.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our Ezek. 24. pleasant things are laid waste.

2 Chr. 36. 19. Ps. 74. 7.

21, 25.

t ch. 42. 14. ■ Ps. 83. 1.

■ Rom. 9.24, 25, 26, 20. & 10. 20. Eph. 2. 12,

13.

u

12 t Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? " wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

CHAPTER LXV.

1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem.

I

a AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them

3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; • that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense 2 upon altars of brick;

4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and 3 broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 6 Behold, 1 it is written before me : I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

21.

Deut. 32.

e ch. 1. 29.

& 66. 17.

See Lev. 17. 5.

7 Your iniquities, and the ini-Jer. 16. 18. quities of your fathers together, saith Ezek. 11.21. the LORD," which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: 27,28.

therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for Pa blessing is in it so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing

m Ex. 20. 5. Ezek.18.6. • Ezek. 20.

P Joel 2. 14.