severity of his judgments. shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. CHAPTER VI. 11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till pursue wine inflame them! 29,30. Ec. 10.16.ver. 22. Or, Or, as dung. Le 26.14 &c. ch.9. 12, 17, 21. & 10. 4. ch. 11.12 beh. 7.18. De 28.49 27. Ps.28. 5. 1 Ho. 4.6. Ps. 72. 8. Mal.1.11. dJoel 2.7 meh. 1.3. them. 12 And the harp, and the viol, iAmos 6. the tabret, and pipe, and wine, 5, 6. are in their feasts: but they k Job 34. regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because Lu. 19. they have no knowledge and 44. ftheir honourable men are famished, and their 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. ↑ Heb. their glory are men of famine "ch. 2. 9. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty 11, 17. man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God 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 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope: 19 PThat say, Let him make speed, 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 1 Wo 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 Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent fin their own sight! I Or, Sch. 8.22. Je. 4. 23. La3.2.Ez 32. 7, 8. Or, distress. Or, when it is light, dark in it shall be the destructions thereof. cir. 758. a2Ki.15.7 the holy bl Ki. 22. God. 19. John God the 4.2. tHeb.the 12.41.Re. 16. Or. the skirts thereof. CEZ. 1.11 holy. ch. 10. Heb. tHeb. this cried to this. dRe. 4. 8. † Heb. his glory is the ful that say ness of concern the ing evil, whole earth. Ps.72.19 ↑ Heb. thresholds. fEx.40.34 Isaiah's vision of God's glory. 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. "For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 T And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will bhiss unto them from the end of the earth; and be hold, d they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor shall slumber nor sleep; neither stumble among them; none shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 f Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows hent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lay hold of the prey, and shall lions: yea, they shall roar, and carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look and sorrow, and the light is unto the land, behold, darkness darkened in the heavensthereof. CHAPTER VI. Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, 1, 5 being terrified, is confirm ed for his message. 9 He sheweth the obstinacy of the people unto their desolation. 13 A remnant shall be saved. IN the year that "king Uzziah died I bsaw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and "with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And tone cried unto another, and said, dHoly, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole Ki.8.10. earth is full of his glory. Ex.4.10. 4 And the posts of the door &6.30.Ju moved at the voice of him that 6.22.&13. cried, and the house was filled 22.Je.1.6. with smoke. It is good, &c. 9 Pr. 3. 7. Ro. 1. 22. & 12. 16. † Heb. 1 22 Wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men before of strength to mingle strong their drink: 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore tast the fire de- tEx.15.7. voureth the stubble, and thet Heb. flame consumeth the chaff, so the "their root shall be as rotten- tongue ness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. cut off. † Heb. and in his hand a live coal. hRe. 8. 3. ↑ Heb. caused it to touch See Je. 16. Amos 2.9. 10. 16. 1. 9. Da. 5 T8Then said I, Wo is me! for I am fundone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King,the LORD of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, f having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, dIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. ch. 43.8.2 Sa.8.6. 8 For the head of Syria is DaMt.13.14. mascus, and the head of DamasMa. 4.12. cus is Rezin: and within threeLu. 8. 10. score and five years shall Ephraim be broken, † that it be not a people. Jn. 12.40. people. See2Ch. 10 Make the heart of this peo-Ro. 11.8. from a ple fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; "lestr they see with their eyes, and without hear with their ears, and un- &c. derstand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. ceasing, 20. 20. Or. Do † Heb. hear ye ve not in hear ing, &c. it is be- are not 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inha-† Heb. bitant, and the houses without in seeman, and the land be i utterly ing. desolate; Ps.119. 12 PAnd the LORD have remov-70. ch.63. ed men far away, and there be a 17. great forsaking in the midst of "Je. 5.21. the land. "Mi. 3.12. 13 T But yet in it shall be at Heb. tenth, and it shall return, and desolate shall be eaten as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. CHAPTER VIL Abaz, being troubled with fear of Re zin, and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah, 1. 10 Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, bath for a sign, Christ promised. 17 His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria. † Heb. 12. 38. with de-Or, 21. Or, when it is re turned, h Mat. 1. 23. Lu. 31, 34. ch. 9. andhath Or, 1. 6. broused. O Virgin, Or, stock, or, stem. shalt call: 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. f It ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. 10 T Moreover, the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; I ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the LORD himself shall give you a sign; h Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he know to refuse the evil, and 17 T The LORD shall bring e Ge.upon thee, and upon thy people, 4.1, 25. & and upon thy father's house, 16. 11. & days that have not come, from from Judah; even the king of 29. 32. & the day that Ephraim departed Assyria. A ND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jo-EZ. 9. 2. tham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria,and Pekah the son of Remaliah,king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of † Heb. David, saying, Syria tis confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart 19 And they shall come, and of his people, as the trees of the shall rest all of them in the dewood are moved with the wind. solate valleys, and in the holes 3 Then said the LORD unto That is, Pch. 5.26. of the rocks, and upon all thorns, Isaiah, Go forth now to meet and upon all bushes. remnant ach. 2.19. Ahaz, thou, band Shear-jashubhall re- Je. 16.16.20 In the same day shall the thy son, at the end of the con- turn: duit of the upper pool in the See ch.6. highway of the fuller's field; 13. & 10. menda 4 And say unto him, Take heed, 21. and be quiet; fear not, fneither 2 Ki. 18. be faint-hearted for the two tails 17.ch. 36. of these smoking fire-brands, for 2 the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Rema- causeyliah. 16. Or, com Lord shave with a 'razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, ble trees, the head, and the hair of the r2 Ki. 16. feet: and it shall also consume 7,8.2 Ch. the beard. 28, 20, 21. 21 And it shall come to pass in See Ez. that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep, 22 And it shall come to pass, for tHeb. in the abundance of milk that they shall give that he shall eat butter: midst of for butter and honey shall every the land. one eat that is left fin the land. 5. 1. the IX. Great afflictions of idolaters. instructed me that I should not cir. 742. Cir. 741. walk in the way of this people, saying, ch. 5. 6. 12 Say ye not,, A confederacy. to all them to whom "this people shall say, A confederacy; Pneither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 25 And on all hills that shall beach. 30.8. digged with the mattock, there Hab. 2.2 shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be Heb. for the sending forth of oxen,and ing speed for the treading of lesser cattle. to the CHAPTER VIII. in mak spoil he make In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he prophe- hastensieth that Syria and Israel shall be eth the subdued by Assyria, 1. 5 Judah like- prey, or, wise for their infidelity. 9 God's judg ments shai! he unresistible. 11 Com-speed,&c fort shall be to them that fear God. b2Ki. 16. 19 Great afflictions to idolaters. 10. MOREOVER, the LORD said † Heb. unto me, Take thee a great ap roll, and a write in it with a proachman's pen concerning † Maher-ed unto. shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, bUriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 0 ch. 7. 2. P1 Pe. 3. 14, 15. 9 Nu. 20. 12. Lu. 12. 5. Ps. 76.7. Ez.11.16 tch.28.16. Lu. 2. 34. Ro. 9. 33. 1 Pe. 2.8. "Mt. 21. 44. Lu.20. 18. Ro. 9. 32&11.25 *ch. 54.8. YHab.2.3 Lu. 2. 25, He.2.13. aPs. 71.7. Zec. 3 8. cir. 741. 38. See ch. 7. 16. Or, he that is before of As the king b1Sa.28.8 ch. 19. 3. Cch. 29.4. d Ps. 106. 28. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and syria bare a son. Then said the LORD shall to me, Call his name Maher- take shalal-hash-baz. away the 4 For before the child shall riches, have knowledge to cry, My fa- &c. ther, and my mother, the cir. 741. riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. 5 T The LORD spake also unto Ne.3.15 me again, saying, Ln.16.29 de Ki. 15. f Mi. 3. 6. 29.&16.9. †Heb.no ch. 17. 3. morning Jn. 9. 7. 6 Forasmuch as this people re- f ch. 7. 1, fuseth the waters of Shiloah 2, 6. that go softly, and rejoice fin gch.10.12 Rezin and Remaliah's son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the hch.30.28 Heb. Re16.11 hch. 5.30. 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. tuary; but for a stone of stum14 And he shall be for a sancbling and for a rock of offence to gin and for a snare to the inhaboth the houses of Israel, for a bitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall "stumble, and fall, and be broken,and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, ana I y will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 T And when they shall say unto you, bSeek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living dto the dead? 20 eTo the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is † no light in them. 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, idimness of an waters of the river, strong and the ful- ich. 9. 1. guish; and they shall be driven wings. 4. 9 Associate yourselves, O iCh 7.14. Le 26.24 ye people, and ye shall be bro- Joel3.9, 2Ki. 17.5, ken in pieces; and give ear, all 6. 1Ch. 5. ve of far countries: gird your-I Or, yet. selves, and ye shall be broken Job5.12. in pieces; gird yourselves, and mch. 7. 7. ye shall be broken in pieces. nch. 7.14. 10 Take counsel together, and Ac. 5. 38 popu it shall come to nought; speak 39. Ro. 8. the word, and it shall not 13. dMt.4.16. stand: " for God is with us. † Heb. in Ep.5.8,14 11 T For the LORD spake thus strength Or, to me with a strong hand, and of hand. to him. cir. 740. 1 Or, lous. to darkness. CHAPTER IX. What joy shall be in the midst of afflic tions, by the kingdom and birth of Christ, 1. 8 The judgments upon Israel for their pride, 13 for their hypocrisy, 18 and for their impenitency. NEVERTHELESS "the dim ness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the bfirst he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: 6i For unto us a child is born, the whole unto us ka son is given: and battle of the government shall be upon the warhis shoulder: and his name shall rior was, be called Wonderful, Counsel- &c. lor, "The mighty God, The ever-hch66.15, lasting Father, "The Prince of 16. Peace. Or,and † Heb. meat. Mi.7.2.6. † Heb. cut. dLe26.26 ch.49.26 Je. 19. 9. fver. 12, 17. ch. 5. 25.&10.4. 7 Of the increase of his govern- it was, ment and peace Pthere shall be &c. no end, upon the th one of Da-t Heb. vid, and upon his kingdom, to meat. order it, and to establish it with ich. 7. 14. judgment and with justice from Lu. 2. 11. henceforth even for ever. The Jn. 3.16. "zeal of the LORD of hosts will 1Mt.28.18 cir. 713. perform this. 1Co.15.25 aPs. 58.2. 8 T The Lord sent a word in- mJu13.18 & 94. 20. to Jacob, and it hath lighted up-nTi. 2.13. Or, to on Israel. the writ9 And all the people shall know, °Ep.2.14 ers that even Ephraim and the inhabit- PDa.2.44 write ant of Samaria, that say in the Lu. 1. 32, grievous pride and stoutness of heart, 33. 10 The bricks are fallen down, 92 Ki. 19. but we will build with hewn 31.ch. 37. stones: the sycamores are cut 32. down, but we will change them cir. 738. into cedars. † Heb. 11 Therefore the LORD shall set mingle. up the adversaries of Rezin † Heb. against him, and † join his ene- with mies together; 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand 2s stretched out still. 13 T For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. whole mouth. ch.5. 25. & 10.4.Je 4. 8. ness. b Job 31. 14. *Ho. 9. 7. Lu.19.14. dch. 5.25. &9.12,17, 21. 18 God's judgments for injustice For wickedness "burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is bthe land darkened, and the people shall be as † the fuel of the fire: "no man shall spare his brother. 20 And he shall † snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, they shall eat every man the dand they shall not be satisfied: flesh of his own arm: 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judali. f For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. CHAPTER X. The wo of tyrants, 1. 5 Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his pride shall be broken. 20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved. 24 Israel is comfort ed with promise of deliverance from Assyria. JO unto them that decree that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my peo ple, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And bwhat will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. Or, WodFor all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. to the Je. 5. 3. AssyriHo. 7.10. an. tch.10.17. + Heb. Re. 18. 8. Asshur. "ch 3. 12. Je.51.20 Or, | Or, 14 Therefore the LORD will cut they that though. off from Israel head and tail, call them fch.19.17. branch and rush, 'in one day. blessed. 15 The ancient and honourable, Or,they Je.34.22 he is the head; and the prophet that are t Heb. to that teacheth lies, he is the tail. called lay them 16 For "the leaders of this blessed a treadpeople cause them to err; and of them. they that are led of them are † Heb. f destroyed. 17 Therefore the LORD shall ed up. have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for &c. every one is an hypocrite and an kAm.6.2. evil-doer,and every mouth speak- villany. 12 Ch. 35. eth folly. "For all this his an-z ver. 12, 20. ger is not turned away, but his 21.ch5.25 m2 K1.16. hand is stretched out still. & 10.4 19. 5 TO Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against fan hypocritical nation, and against spoil, and to take the prey, and the people of my wrath will I 5give him a charge, to take the to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 hHowbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8 i For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is notk Calno las Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad ? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done The fall of the Assyrian foreshewn. CHAPTER XI. unto Samaria and her idols, so Je.50.18 the his staff for thee. e Ex. 14. fch. 54.7. 8 Da. 11. 36, b2 KL. 19. ilu. 7. 25. kEx14.26 13 PFor he saith, Bythe strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am pru-greatness 35. dent: and I have removed the of the bounds of the people, and have heart. robbed their treasures, and IPIs.37.24. have put down the inhabitants Ez. 28. 4, like a valiant man: 27. &c.Da.4. 14 And my hand hath found 30. Ich.14.25. as a nest the riches of the peo-Or, like † Heb. ple: and as one gathereth eggs many shall rethat are left, have I gathered all people. move. the earth; and there was none 9 Job 31. that moved the wing, or opened 25. the mouth, or peeped. Or, as should if a rod mPs.105. 20. 23. °1Sa.11.4 ↑ Heb. Cry shrill with thy voice. A remnant of Israel shall be saved. smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of "Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, Sand the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruc tion. 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up ha scourge for him ac cording to the slaughter of iMidian at the rock of Oreb: and kas his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in be taken away from off thy that day, that his burden †shall shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over "the pas sage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter Pof Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, 'O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 15 Shall the axe boast itself "Je.51.20. against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. shake 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the them Lord of hosts, send among his that lift fat ones leanness; and under it up. his glory he shall kindle a burn-Or, that ing like the burning of a fire. which is 17 And the light of Israel shall not wood be for a fire, and his Holy One $ch. 5. 17. for a flame: 'and it shall burntch. 9. 18. & 22. 19. of hosts shall lop the bough with and devour his thorns and his & 27. 4. briers in one day; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his "fruitful "2 KI. 19. field, f both soul and body: and 23. they shall be as when a stand-† Heb. ard-bearer fainteth. Pt Sa. 25. 44. Ju.18.7. Jos15.31 Ne. 11.32. "ch. 13.2. YSee Am 9. from the 19 And the rest of the trees of Or, soul and mightily. even to the flesh. his forest shall be t few, that a 20 T And it shall come to passt. Heb. See2Ki. 16.7.2Ch. 28. 20. ach. 53.2. bAc 13.23 ver. 10. 32 As yet shall he remain 'at Nob that day: he shall "shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, aud the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. CHAPTER XI. The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Jesse, 1. 10 The victorious restoration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles. AND "there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, ch. 4. 2. and a branch shall grow out of Je. 23. 5. his roots: dch. 61.1. 21 The remnant shall return, y ch. 7. 3. Mt. 3. 16. even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. Jn. 1. 32, scent, or, 22 For though thy people Is-Ro.9.27. † Heb. rael be as the sand of the sea; ach. 6.13. "yet a remnant of them shall return the consumption de- tHeb.in, creed shall overflow with right-or, ePs. 72.2, 4. Re. 19. eousness. among. 23 For the Lord GoD of hosts bch.28.22| shall make a consumption, even 1 Or, in. determined, in the midst of all the land. 24 T Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD of hosts. O my people that dwellest in Zion, dbe not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smell. 11. shall rest upon him, the spirit 3 And shall make him offquick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing argue. of his ears: Or, ch.28.22 f Job 4.9. dch.37. 6. 15. |