The church's faith in Christ. Before SOLOMON'S SONG. The graces of the church. is my beloved, and this is my friend, | nose is as the tower of Lebanon CHRIST O daughters of Jerusalem. about 1014. CHAPTER VI. 1 The church professeth her faith in which looketh toward Damascus. Before CHRIST 5 Thine head upon thee is like || Car- about 1014. mel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the King is † held in the galleries. 6 How fair and how pleasant art WHITHER is thy beloved gone, thou, love, for delights fairest among women? 2 My beloved is gone down into his 4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for || they have overcome me: thy hair is das a flock of goats that appear from Gilead: 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go upfrom the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 f As a piece of a pomegranate are 8 There are threescore queens, and 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; 10 Who is she that looketh forth 11 I went down into the garden of 13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company || of two armies. 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 8 I said, I will go up to the palm 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth Or, crimson. † Heb, bound. Heb. straightly. Or, of the ancient. dch. 2, 16, & 6.3. e Ps. 45. 11. fch. 6. 11. † Heb. open. 12 Let us get up early to the vine- CHAPTER VIII. 1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 The THAT thou wert as my brother, 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of a spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. g Gen. 30. 14. + Heb. they should not despise me. a Prov, 9. 2, 3 b His left hand should be under beh. 2.6. my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. cch. 2.7. & 3. 5. † Hob. why should ye stir up, or, why, 5 d Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her be- fc. loved? I raised thee up under the ach, 3.6. apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth; there she brought thee forth that bare thee. Jer. 22. 24. 6 T Set me as a seal upon thine e Is. 49. 16. + Heb. hard, 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: fifa fProv. 6. 35. man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 811 We have a little sister, and she | g Ez. 23. 33. Before. about 760. of Judah's rebellion. thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: i cause me to hear it. 14 k† Make haste, my beloved, and I be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. CHAPTER I. CHRIST 1 Isaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion. 5 He lamenteth her judgments. 10 He upbraideth their whole service. 16 He exhorteth to repentance, with prom iscs and threatenings. 21 Bewailing their wickedness, he denounceth God's judgments. 25 He promiseth grace, 28 and threateneth destruction to the wicked. THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 26 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken; I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 d The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel edoth not know, my people fdoth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people fladen with iniquity, & a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away back ated, or, sep-ward. arated, Ps. 58. 3, hch. 9. 13. Jer. 2. 30, & 5.3. † Heb. in crease revolt. iJer. 8. 22. [Or, oil. k Deut. 28.51, 52. † Heb. as the 5hWhy should ye be stricken any more? ye will † revolt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: ithey have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with || ointment. 7 k Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, fas over overthrow of thrown by strangers. strangers. 8 And the daughter of Zion is left las a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, mas a be 1 Job 27. 18, Lam. 2. 6. m Jer. 4. 17. n Lam. 3. 22. sieged city. Rom. 9. 29, 9 Except the LORD of hosts had Before CHRIST about 1014. i ch. 2. 14, k See Rev. 22. 17, 20. + Heb. Flee away. 1 ch. 2. 17. Before Sodom, CHRIST left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers Pof Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of the goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more "vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is || iniquity, even the solemn | meeting. 14 Your "new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And" when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. about 760. 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, || relieve the oppressed, judge d Ps. 34. 14. & the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and flet us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, & they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: 37. 27. Amos 5. 15. Rom. 12. 9. 1 Pet. 3. 11. e Jer.22.3, 16. Mic. 6. 8. Zech. 7. 9. & 8. 16. || Or, righten. fch. 43. 26. Mic. 6. 2. gPs. 51.7. Rev. 7. 14. Isaiah prophesieth the Before h for the mouth of the LORD hath | shall not lift up sword against na- Before CHRIST spoken it. about 760. h Num.23, 19. Tit. 1. 2. i Jer. 2. 20, 21. k Jer.6.28, 30. Ez.22. 18, 19. 1 Hos. 9. 15. m Prov.29.24. 21 Ti How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 k Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 231 Thy princes are rebellious, and m companions of thieves: "every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherMis. 3. 11. & less, neither doth the cause of the n Jer. 22. 17. Ez. 22. 12. Hos. 4. 7.3. o Jer. 5 28. Zech. 7. 10. widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of p Deut. 28.63. Israel, Ah, PI will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies. Ez. 5. 13. 25 1 And I will turn my hand upon + Heb.accord- thee, and f 4 purely purge away thy ing to pure a Mic.4. 1, &o. b Gen. 49. 1. Jer. 23. 20. c Ps.68. 15, 16. Or, prepared. d Ps. 72.8. eli. 27. 13. 50.5. Zech. 8. 21, 23. dross, and take away all thy tin: 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and || her converts with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 29 For they shall be ashamed of "the oaks which ye have desired, * and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 2 And it shall come to pass bin the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be || established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; dand all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and eJer. 31. G. & say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we f Luke 21. 47. will walk in his paths: ffor out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into | pruninghooks: nation about 760. 11 Ps. 72. 3, 7. i Eph. 5. 8. Or, more than the cast. tion, hneither shall they learn war CHRIST any more. 50 house of Jacob, come ye, and let us i walk in the light of the LORD. 6Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished || kfrom the east, and lare soothsayers like the Philistines, and they! please them-k. Num. 23. 7. selves in the children of strangers. 7" Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: 1 Deut. 18.11. m Ps. 106. 25. Jer. 10. 2. | Or, abound with thechildren, fc. n Deut.17. 16, 17. o Jer, 2, 28. 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth him- pver. 19, 21. self: therefore forgive them not. 10 TP Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And tupon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16 "And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 17 *And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted Yin that day. 18 And || the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the "holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth bto shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast this idols of silver, and his idols of gold, || which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 d To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22 f Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? g Ps. 46. 9. d ver, 19. Calamities coming upon Judah. Before CHRIST about 760. a Jer. 37. 21. & 38.9. b Lev. 26. 26 24. 14. CHAPTER III. ISAIAH. 1 The great confusion which cometh by sin. 9 The impudency of the people. 12 The oppression and covetousness of the rulers. 16 The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women. FOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD F of hosts, adoth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah bthe stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, See 2 Kings 2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the || eloquent orator. + Heb. a man eminent in countenance. Or, skilful of speech. d Ecc. 10. 16. † Heb. lift up the hand, Gen. 14. 22. 4 And I will give dchildren to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: 7 In that day shall he tswear, saying, I will not be a thealer; for in Heb. binder my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. ир. e Mie. 3. 12. f Gen. 13. 13. & 18. 20. 21. & 19. 5. g Ecc. 8. 12. h Ps. 128. 2. i Ps. 11, 6. Ecc. 8. 13. † Heb. done to him. k ver. 4. 1 ch. 9. 16. Or, they which cull thee blessed. † Heb, swal low up. m Mic. 6. 2. [Or, burnt. n ch. 5. 7. Matt, 21 33. o ch. 58. 4. Mic. 3. 2, 3, 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as fSodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, & that it shall be well with him: hfor they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! iit shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be † given him. 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, 1|| they which lead thee cause thee to err, and † destroy the way of thy paths. 13 The LORD standeth up mto plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have || eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are The punishment of the women. Before haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and † wanton eyes, walk- CHRIST ing and || mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with Pa scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their || cauls, and their round tires like the moon, about 760. † Heb. deceiving with their eyes. || Or, tripping nicely. p Deut.28. 27. + Heb. make naked. q ch. 47. 2, 3. Jer. 13. 22. Nah. 3. 5. Or, networks. 19 The || chains, and the bracelets, rJudg. 8. 21. and the [[ mufflers, Or. sweet balls, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and Or, spangled the f tablets, and the earrings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair $baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. 25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy + mighty in the war. 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being || † desolate "shall sit upon the ground. God's judgments upon covetousness, ISAIAH. impiety, and injustice. uge, and for a covert from storm | able men are famished, and their and from rain. OW will I sing to my well bea song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved hath a vineyard in ta very fruitful hill: 2 And he || fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also + made a winepress therein: band he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: dI will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be † trodden down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah this pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold foppression; for right eousness, but behold a cry. e 81 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 f || In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, † Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall g See Ez.45.11. yield one & bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11h Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine || inflame them! 12 And ithe harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 1 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, mbecause they have no knowledge: and their honour Before CHRIST about 760. multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be nch. 2.9, 11, brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 17. God Or, the holy 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: God. † Heb. the God the holy, o ch. 10. 16. Jer. 17. 15. Ainos 5. 18. 3 let. 3. 3, 4. 19 P That say, Let him make speed, peh. 66. 5. and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them + that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21. Woe unto them that are a wise in their own eyes, and prudent †in their own sight! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: + Heb. that say conce ing evil, It is good, fc. |