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The kingdom of Christ.

Before CHRIST 587.

t Heb. According to the seeking.

ch. 30. 3. Joel 2. 2.

q Isai. 65. 9, 10.

EZEKIEL, 35.

flock from their mouth, that they may
not be meat for them.

11 For thus saith the Lord GoD; Be
hold, I, even I, will both search my sheep,
and seek them out.

12 t As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in P the cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the 2 people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all & 37. 21, 22. the inhabited places of the country.

Jer. 23. 3. ch. 28. 23. & 36 24.

r Ps. 23. 2.

Jer. 33. 12.

¡See ver. 4.

14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel

The judgment of mount Seir.

Before the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them CHRIST afraid.

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Jer 30. 12.

29 And I will raise up for them a 7 plant of 7 Brenown, and they shall be no more t consumed with hunger in the &* land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

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30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that He they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

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31 B And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men8, and I am your God, are. saith the Lord God.

CHAPTER 35.

The judgment of mount Sair for their hatred of
Israel.

shall their fold be: there shall they lie MOREOVER the word of the LORD

in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and Isai. 40. 11. bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between +cattle and cattle, between the rams and the the goats.

Mie. 4. 6.
Mat. 18.11.
Mark 2. 17.
Luke 5. 32.
Isai. 19.
16.

Amos 4. 1. * Jer. 10. 24. y ch. 20. 37, 38.

ver. 20, 22. Zech. 10. 3. Matt. 25. 32, 33. † Heb.

small cattle
of lambs
and kids.
t Heb.
great he
goals.

2 ver. 17.
a ver. 17.
¿ Isai. 40.
11.
Jer. 23. 4, 5.
John 10. 11.
Hebr. 13.

20.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

20 T Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the dis1 Pet. 2.25. eased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

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me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against
mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Ames.
GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am a
gainst thee, and I will stretch out mine
hand against thee, and I will make thee
most desolate.

4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou
shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know
that I am the LORD.

5 Because thou hast had a perpetual
hatred, and hast 1tshed the blood of
the children of Israel 2 by the force of
the sword in the time of their calamity,
in the time that their iniquity had an

end 3:

6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith then hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

7 Thus will I make mount Seir † most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD, 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas "the LORD was there:

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11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord cl Gon, I will even do Paccording to thine anger, and according to thine envy which PSA thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known Bamong them ß, when I have judged |

24 And I the LORD will be their God,
and my servant David a prince among
them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25 And I will make with them a cove-thee.
nant of peace, and will cause the evil
beasts to cease out of the land and
they shall dwell safely in the wilder-
ness, and sleep in the woods.

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12 And thou shalt know that I am the
LORD, and that I have heard all thy Falk
blasphemies which thou hast spoken a-
gainst the mountains of Israel, saying,
They are laid desolate, they are given us

26 And I will ẞ make them and the places round about my hill a bless-† to consume. Gen. 12. 2. ing ß; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Isai. 19. 24. Zech. 8. 13. Lev. 26. 4. Ps. 68. 9. Mal. 3. 10. n Lev. 26. 4. Ps. 85. 12. Isa. 4. 2, • Lev. 26. 13. Jer. 2. 20. p Jer. 25. 14. q See ver. 8. ch. 36. 4.

27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that Pserved themselves of them.

28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of

VAR. REND.-V. 13. peoples. -3 habitable. V. 17. (to wit, between the other cattle) and the rams and.5 V. 18. settled (ch. 32. 14). V. 25. pasture-country.

VAR. READ.-Chap. 84. V. 26. B set them round about my hill, Sept. Hi.

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13 Thus with your mouth ye have † boasted against me, and have multiplied. your words against me: I have heard them.

14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

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15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was co desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou .1+ Chap. $.

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VAR. REND.-7 V. 29. plantation, unto.V. 5. spilled. into the hands (Ps. 63. 10 3 of the iniquity of the end (ca. 21. S0). make thee to be, Hä. Ke. (ch. 16. $8). inhabited. V. 11. Rather, shall judge. VAR. READ.-V. 29. B prosperity, Send. Pad, Tur -V. 31. B Ye are my flock, the flock of my pae ture, Sept. Hi. Chap. 35. F. 11. § in thee, Sp Hi. Ew. (1.)

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587.

that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 36.

1 The land of Israel is comforted, both by de-
struction of the heathen, who spitefully used it,
8 and by the blessings of God promised unto it
16 Israel was rejected for their sin, 21 and shall
be restored without their desert. 25 The bless.
ings of Christ's kingdom.

LSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto
ALS
the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye
ach. 6. 2, 3. mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
LORD:

6 ch. 25. 3. & 26, 2. Deut. 32. 13.

d ca. 35. 10. Heb.

because. Deut. 28. 37.

1 Kin. 9.7. Lam, 2. 15.

2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are our's in possession:

3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; f Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on Decause for every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and Iye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear Dan 9. 16 the word of the Lord GoD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

| Or, y are made to come po the lip of the tongue. 1 Or, bottoms. er, dales. /ch. 34. 28. 9 Ps. 79. 4.

Ch. 38. 19.

ch. 33. 10,

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heaDeut. 4.24. then, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, have spoken in my jealousy P. 123.3, and in my fury, because ye have * borne the shame of the heathen:

4.

ch. 34.23. ver. 15. Iek. 20. 5.

ver. 33.

Isa. 58. 12. & 61.4. Amoa 9. 14 ■ Jer. 31.2. &$3.12.

sch. 33. 9.

& 37. 6, 13.

Ohad. 17, &c.

Sve Jer. 15.

Num. 13. 31.

1 Or, cause to fall.

5 ch. 34. 29.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gop; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and

sown:

10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

11 And I will multiply upon you man
and beast; and they shall increase and
bring fruit: and I will settle you after
your old estates, and will do better unto
you than at your beginnings: and ye
shall know that I am the LORD.

12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon
you, even my people Israel; Pand they
shall possess thee, and thou shalt be
thou shalt no
their inheritance, and
more henceforth bereave them of men.
13 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Because
they say unto you, Thou land devourest
ap men, and hast bereaved thy B nations;
14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no
more, neither y bereave thy Bnations any
more, saith the Lord GOD.

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in
thee the shame of the heathen any more,
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of
the people any more, neither shalt thou

VAR. REND.-Chap. 36. 1V. 15. peoples.
VAR. READ.-Chap. 36. Vs. 13-15. B nation, Heb.
text, Versions, E. Hi. Ke.-V. 14. y So Heb. marg.,
Versions, Hi.: cause to stumble. Heb. text, Hä. Ke.
Schro. (two letters transposed).

The blessings of Christ's kingdom.

cause thy B nations to 2 fall any more,
saith the Lord GOD.

16 Moreover the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying,

Before CHRIST 187.

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it Lev. 18. 25, by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman 3.

18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

19 And I y scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

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22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, Ps. 106. 8. which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GoD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

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25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water Iai. 52. 15.
upon you, and ye shall be clean: from
all your filthiness, and from all your
idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart
out of your flesh, and I will give you
an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them."

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and "I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

g Jer. 33. 8.

h Jer. 32. 39. ch. 11. 19.

i ch. 11. 19. & 37. 14.

A ch. 28. 25.
& 37. 25.

1 Jer. 30. 22.
ch. 11. 20.
& 37. 27.
Matt. 1.
21.
Rom. 11.26.

" See
Ps. 105. 16.
• ch. 34. 29.
p ch. 34. 27.

30 P And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 31 Then shall ye remember your own 9 ch. 16. 61, evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GoD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

33 Thus saith the Lord Gop; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

63.

r Lev. 26. 39.
ch. 6. 9.
& 20.43.

. Deut. 9. 5.
ver. 22.

(ver. 10.

3 V. 17. woman's VAR. REND.-2 V. 15. stumble. 4 V8. 18, 25. idol-blocks (or, doll-images). impurity. 5v. 20. men said of.-6 v. 23. shew myself holy.

The resurrection

587.

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Before 35 And they shall say, This land that his companions: then take another stick, CHRIST was desolate is become like the garden and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick CHRIST of Eden; and the waste and desolate of Ephraim, and for all the house of and ruined cities are become fenced, and Israel his companions: are inhabited.

Isai. 51. 3.

ch. 28. 13. Joel 2. 3.

z ch. 17. 24.
& 22. 14.
& 37. 14.
y See

ch. 14. 3.

& 20. 3, 31. 2 ver. 10. ↑ Heb.

flock of holy things.

cir. 587.

a ch. 1. 3.

36 Then the heathen that are left round
about you shall know that I the LORD
build the ruined places, and plant that
that was desolate: I the LORD have
spoken it, and I will do it.

37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will
yet for this be enquired of by the house
of Israel, to do it for them; I will in
crease them with men like a flock.
38 As the holy flock, as the flock of
Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall
the waste cities be filled with flocks of
men and they shall know that I am
the LORD.

THE

CHAPTER 87.

1 By the resurrection of dry bones, 11 the dead hope of Israel is reviced. 15 By the uniting of two sticks, 18 is shewed the incorporation of Israel into Judah. The promises of Christ's kingdom. hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were champaign. very dry.

b eh. 3. 14.

& 8.3.

& 11. 24. Luke 4. 1.

1 Or.

‹ Deut. 32. 39.

1 Sam. 2. 6. John 5. 21. Rom. 4. 17. 2 Cor. 1. 9.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these d Ps. 104. 30. bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

ver. 9.

e ch. 6. 7. & 35. 12. Joel 2. 27. & 3. 17.

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and
will bring up flesh upon you, and cover
you with skin, and put breath in you,
and ye shall live; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD.

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded:
and as I prophesied, there was a noise,
and behold a shaking, and the bones
came together, bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews
and the flesh came up upon them, and
the skin covered them above: but there
was no breath in them.

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18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt pch. 179. thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Zech 196 Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 And the sticks whereon thou writ

est shall be in thine hand before their ch.12.2
eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord God; Behold, I will take the cha
children of Israel from among the hea
then, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring
them into their own land:

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23 Neither shall they defile themselves y ch. 3. any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of! their transgressions: but I will save them B out of all their dwelling places 8. wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my ser vant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; ela 62.2 and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto David shall be their prince for ever. the wind, prophesy, son of man, and 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord peace with them; it shall be an everlastfPs. 104, 30. GOD; Come from the four winds, Oing covenant with them and I will breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

Or, breath.

ver. 5.

9 Rev. 11. 11.

A Ps. 141. 7.

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, 9 and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are Isai. 49. 14. dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GoD; BeIasi. 26. 19. hold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into

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13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saving.

16 Moreover, thou son of man, "take thee one stick, and write upon it. For & 30. 11, 18. Judah, and for the children of Israel

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4 And I will 3 turn thee back 3, and put hooks into thy jaws, and will bring thee forth, and all thine army, e2 Kings 19. horses and horsemen, fall of them clothed with all sorts of armour, with a great company bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords : 5 Persia. Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

ch. 29. 4.
&39. 2.

fch. 23. 12.

Or. Phut, ch. 27. 10. & 30. 5.

9 Gen. 10. 2. à ca. 27. 14.

i Like

6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands and many people with thee.

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for 8.9.10. thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a B guard unto them ß.

Jer. 46. 3, 4, 14.

& 51. 12.

i Gen. 43. 1.

ver. 16.

Isai. 29. 6. m ver. 12. ch. 34. 13.

8After many days 'thou shalt 5 be Deat. 30. visited 5: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many 7 people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

= ch. 36. 1, 4, 8.

⚫ Jer. 23. 6. cb. 28. 26. & 34, 25, 28. ver. 11. Isai, 28. 2. 9 Jer. 4. 13. ver. 16.

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9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many 7 people with thee.

10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell I safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, "and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not ẞ know it ẞ?

15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many 7 people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the fand; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 Thus saith the Lord Gop; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time + by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the

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God's judgment upon him.

Before CHRIST

cir. 587.

same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my 10 face. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fireich. 36. 5, 6. of my wrath have I spoken, 'Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

& 39. 25.

k Ps. 89. 46. 1 Hag. 2.6,7. Rev. 16. 18. m Hosea 4. 3.

n Jer. 4. 24. Nah.1.5, 6.

20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, Or, towers, shall shake at my presence, "and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

21 And I will call for Fa sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GoD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

7

or, stairs. Pe. 105. 16. p ch. 14. 17. q Judg. 7.22. 1 Sam. 14. 20.

2 Chr. 20.
23.

r Isai. 06.
16.

Jer. 25. 31. #ch. 5. 17. f Ps. 11. 6. Isai. 29. 6. & 30, 30. ch. 13. 11. Rev. 16. 21. z ch. 36. 23.

23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they P. 9. 16. shall know that I am the LORD.

CHAPTER 39.

1 God's judgment upon Gog. 8 Israel's victory. 11 Gog's burial in Hamon-gog. 17 The feast of the fowls. 23 Israel, having teen plagued for their sins, shall be gathered again with eternal favour.

ch. 37. 28. & 39.7. ver. 16.

THEREFORE, thou son of man, a ch. 38.2, 3. prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am በgainst thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

2 And I will 2 turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of 2 thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: "I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

5 Thou shalt fall upon t the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, ich. 38. 16, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

10 So that they shall take no wood ont of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire : and they shall

& Rev. 16. 17. & 21. 6.

1 ch. 38. 17.

Or, javelins. 1 Or, make a fire of them.

Isai. 14.2.

VAR. REND.-10 V. 18. nostril.- Chap. 39. 1. 1. prince of Rosh, of (ch. 38. 2). 2 V. 2. decoy thee and guide. - 3 V. 6. sea-coasts. V. 9. kindle and make fire with.- 5 kindle fires with them. 6 v. 10. kindle fire with the weapons.

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spoil those that spoiled them, and rob CHRIST those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

cir. 587.

| Or, mouths.

I That is, The multitude of Gog. * Deut. 21. 83.

ver. 14, 16.

⚫ ch. 28. 22. 1 Heb. men of continuance.

p ver. 12.

↑ Heb. build.

That is, The multitude.

q ver. 12.

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12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, "that they may cleanse the land.

18 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

14 And they shall sever out tmen of continual employment, passing through the land to bury 8 12 with the passengers 12 ẞ those that remain upon the face of the earth, Pto cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. the 13 15 And passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a

sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of 11 Hamon-gog.

16 And Balso the name of the city shall be Hamonah ß. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith Rev. 19. 17. the Lord GOD; Speak †unto every fea† Heb. to thered fowl, and to every beast of the the fowl of field, Assemble yourselves, and come; every wing gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Isai. 15. 6. & 34. 6. Jer. 12. 9. Zeph. 1. 7. | Or, slaughter.

t ver. 4.

u Rev. 19.
18.

† Heb.

great goats. z Deut. 32. 14. Ps. 22. 12. y Ps. 76. 6. ch. 38. 4.

# Rev. 19. 18.

a ch. 38. 16, 23.

b Ex. 7. 4. e ver. 7, 28.

d ch. 36. 18, 19, 20, 23.

e Deut. 31. 17. Isai 59. 2. f Lev. 26. 25. 9 ch. 36. 19.

A Jer. 30. 3, 18.

ch. 34. 13. & 36, 24.

i ch. 20. 40. Hoses 1.11.

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for

you.

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

249 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD: Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole

VAR. REND.-7 V. 11. where a grave may be. 8 Or, invaders (viz. the host of Gog. Ew.), Hä. Klie. Schrö.; travellers (passers-by), He. Ke. Or. way, He. Ke.10 passers-by, Ew. Hä. Ke. 11 Vs. 11, 15. i.e. Gog's multitude. 12 V. 14. the invaders, (even), Hä. and in effect, Ew.13 V. 15. i.e. the persons appointed in . 14. (There is a play in rs. 11 -15 on the treble meaning of passing in' [invading], passing by,' and passing through.')

VAR. READ.- Chap. 39. V. 14. B Omit Sept. Pesh. Vulg.-V. 16. B there also shall be the help of his multitude, Hi. (l. and pts.; comp. ch. 12. 14; 30. 8, 10).

Measuring of the temple.

house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Before CHRIST cir. 58.

Dan. 9. 15.

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26 814 After that they have borne 146 their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they 15/dwelt safely in their land, and none 1e made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them again.., from the 17 people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and 13 am sanctified 18 in them in the sight of many nations;

28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

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29 P Neither will I hide my face any 54. & more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 40.

1 The time, manner, and end of the vision. 6 The description of the east gate, 20 of the north gate. 24 of the south gate, 32 of the eist gate. 3 and of the north gate. 39 Eight tables. 44 The chambers. 48 The porch of the house.

IN the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

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with a line of flax in his hand, and a Daz N 4 measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. feh G & 4 And the man said unto me, A Son of B11 man, behold with thine eyes, and hear & 21. 11. with thine ears, and set thine heart upA ch. 44. A on all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

5 And behold a wall on the outside of keh. 4. 2 the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long 1 by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was reed 2 broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. 7 And every little chamber as one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were fire cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

8 B He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed ß.

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

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VAR. REND.-14 V. 26. And they shall bear. 15 shall dwell. 16 shall make.- 17 V. 27. peories. 18 have shewn myself holy. Chap. 40.AFA each of one. V. 6. Rather, deep.- -3 even the one threshold, Bö. Hä. Ke. V. 7. guard-room, (1 Kings 14. 28). 5 guard-rooms: 80 always fy little chambers.'- 6 Vs. 7-9. on the side of the house (i.e. the temple), Ke.

VAR. READ.-V. 26. S And they shall forget. # Ew. Fairb. (pt.)-Chap. 40. V. 3. B Insert, flashin (ch. 1. 7), Sept. Ew.; 80 also in effect Hi. Ke-V. 8. B Omit, 25 MSS. Sept. Pesh. Vulg. Họub. B Ew. Hi. Thrupp.

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