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to Egypt, and the Egyptians B. C. B. C. shall know the LORD in that day, cir. 714. cir. 714. and "shall do sacrifice and obla-u Mal. 1. bch.33.1. tion; yea, they shall vow a vow 11. cch.13.17. unto the LORD, and perform it. Je. 49.34. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be en treated of them, and shall heal them.

23 T In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria

ch.11.16

Sthe work of my hands, and Is-y Ps. 100. rael mine inheritance.

CHAPTER XX.

A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.

IN

3. ch. 29.

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& 16. 11. ch.13.8.

mind

The fall of Babylon,

Junto me; The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to

cease.

3 Therefore dare my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Or. My 4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: fthe night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

wan

dered. f De. 28.

67.

↑ Heb. put.

Da. 5.5.

h ver. 9.

| Or, cried as

IN the year that Tartan came a 2Ki. 18. a lion. unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

† Heb. by the

2 At the same time spake the LORDtby Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose bthe sack-hand of cloth from off thy loins, and put Isaiah. off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

bZec. 13. 4.

iHab.2.1. 1Or, every night.

5 Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7 hAnd he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the iwatch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights.

9 And behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered Je.51.8. fallen; and all the graven imand said, Babylon is fallen, is ages of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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3 And the LORD said, Like as 1Sa. 19. & 51. 44. corn of my floor: that which I

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have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.

In the forest in Arabia shall ye 13 T The burden upon Arabia. lodge, O ye travelling companies Pof Dedanim.

14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of "Kedar shall fail :

17 And the residue of the number of tarchers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

The invasion of Jewry.

CHAPTER XXIL The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jewry by the Persians, 1. 8 He reproveth their human wisdom and worldly joy. 15 He prophesieth Shebna's deprivation, 20 and Eliakim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ, by substitution.

Tour What aileth thee burden of the valley of now, that thou art wholly gone up to the house-tops?

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound tby the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.

4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; bfI will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir funcovered the shield.

7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

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17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

18 He will surely violently turn excellent and toss thee like a ball into a covering, large country: there shalt thou and clo- die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

thed thee gor

geously,

shall surely, &c.

ver. 18.

b.Je.4.19. & 9. 1. t Heb. I will bet Heb. bitter in the capweeping. tivity of ch.37.3. d La. 1.5. & 2. 2. Je.49.35

fch. 15.1 + Heb. made naked.

† Heb. the

a man.

t

Es. 7.8.

† Heb. large of

spaces. u2Ki.18.

18.

Job 12. 14 Re. 3.

7.

19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

20 T And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant "Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah:

21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

23 And I will fasten him as a choice of y Ez. 9.8. nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

toward.

8 T And he discovered the coV-thy ering of Judah, and thou didst valleys. look in that day to the armour I Or, Bof the house of the forest. 9hYe have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they & 10. 17. are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

8 IKI.7.2.

h 2Ki. 20. 20. 2 Ch. 32.4.5.30.

11 Ye made also a ditch be-i Ne.3.16. tween the two walls for the wa

ter of the old pool; but ye have

not looked unto the makerk See ch. thereof, neither had respect un- 37. 26. to him that fashioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord Gop of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and "to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: "let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

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ments of

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24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the is sue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that 10as upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

CHAPTER XXIII. The miserable overthrow of Tyre, L 17 Their unhappy return.

THE

HE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: bfrom the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the

CHAPTER XXIV.

cir. 715.

The overthrow of Tyre. strength of the sea, saying, I B. C. travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

B. C.

cir. 712. † Heb. pervert eth the fuce

thereof.

Or,
prince.
a Ho. 4.9.
ch.22.2. bEz.7.12,

5 dAs at the report concerning dch.19.16 Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her tafar off to sojourn.

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, 'the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

† Heb.
from
afar off
fSee Ez.
28. 2, 12.

9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all † Heb. glory, and to bring into contempt to polall the honourable of the earth. lute. 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant-city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

12 And he said, "Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, hpass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for ithem that dwell in the wilderness: they setup the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof,and he brought it to ruin. 14kHowl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

↑ Heb. girdle.

Or,

concern

ing a

mer

13.

God's judgments upon the land.

BEHOLD, the LORD maketh

the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

people, so with the "priest: as

2 And it shall be, as with the

with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; has with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fa † Heb. dethaway,the world languisheth the and fadeth away, the haughty height of people of the earth do lauguish. 5 The earth also is defiled unpeople. der the inhabitants thereof; beGe.3.17. cause they have transgressed the Nu.35.33. laws, changed the ordinance, broken theeverlasting covenant. dMal.4.6. 6 Therefore hath dthe curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell thereinaredesolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

the

ch.16.8, 9. Joel 1.

chant- 10, 12.
man. Je. 7.34. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
† Heb. & 16.9.& the noise of them that rejoice
Canaan 25.10. Ez. endeth, the joy of the harp ceas-
26.13.Ho.eth.
strengths 18. 22.
# Or,
2. 11. Re.
8 Re. 18.

22.

ver. 1.
Ps.72.9.

k ver. 1.
Ez.27.25,

30.

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years fshall Heb. Tyre sing as an harlot.

it shall be unto 16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been the song Tyre as forgotten; make sweet melody, of an sing many songs, that thou may-harlot. est be remembered.

17 And it shall come to pass

after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire,

mZec.14. 20, 21.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the 5 ch.17.5, people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive-tree, and as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage is done.

6.

14 They shall lift up their voice, Or. they shall sing for the majesty valleys. of the LORD, they shall cry aloud b Mal. 1. from the sea.

11.

wing. † Heb. ness to Lean

and Ishall commit fornication 1 Re.17.2. † Heb.
with all the kingdoms of the
world upon the face of the earth.
18 And her merchandise and
her hire shall be holiness to the
LORD: it shall not be treasured
nor laid up; for her merchandise
shall be for them that dwell be-
fore the LORD, to eat sufficient-
ly, and for tdurable clothing.
CHAPTER XXIV.

The doleful judgments of God upon the
land, 1. 13 A remnant shall joyfully
praise him. 16 God in his judgments
shall advance his kingdom.

† Heb. old.

me, or, My secret to me.

15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

16 From the futtermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, †My leanness, my leanness, wo unto me! ithe treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treachkSee 1Ki erous dealers have dealt very 19.17. Je. treacherously. 48. 43, 44, 17 Fear, and the pit, and the Amos 5. snare, are upon thee, O inhabit19. lant of the earth.

iJe. 5.11.

The prophet praiseth God.

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and be that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and "the foundations of the earth do shake.

19 "The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

ISAIAH.

B. C. cir. 712.

IGe. 7.11.
Ps. 187.

"Je.4. 23.

14

20 The earth shall reel to and ch. 19. fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

A song inciting to trust in God, B. C. 8 He will swallow up death in cir. 712 victory; and the Lord God will Ho.13.14wipe away tears from off all 1 Co. 15. faces; and the rebuke of his peo54. Re.20. ple shall he take away from off 14.&21.4. all the earth: for the LORD hath m Re. 7. spoken it. 17.&21.4 Ge. 49. 18. Tit. 2.

13.

Ps. 20.5.

9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; "we have waited for him, and he will save us this is the LORD; we have waited for him, "we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Or, Moab shall be trodden down threshed. under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

Or, threshed tHeh.vi in Madsit upon. menah.

P Ps. 76.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall tpunish the host of the high ones that are on high, Pand the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered 12. together, fas prisoners are gath-† Heb. ered in the pit, and shall be shut with the up in the prison, and after many gather- Pch. 26.5. 12 And the Pfortress of the high days shall they be visited. ing of fort of thy walls shall he bring 23 Then the moon shall be prison. down, lay low, and bring to the confounded, and the sun ashamground, even to the dust. ed, when the LORD of hosts shall Or, Treign in mount Zion, and in dungeon Jerusalem, and before his an-Or, cients gloriously.

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found

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ing

cir. 712.

ch.13.10 ch. 2.11.
& 60. 19.b ch. 60.
Joel 2.31. Ps. 118.
Ez. 32. 7. 18.
& 3. 15.
Re. 19.4. † Heb.

6.

22.

19, 20.

truths.

He. 12. † Heb.

peace,
peace.
ch. 57.19.

Or.
thought,

I Or,
there
shall be
glory be
fore his
ancients gina-
cir. 712. tion.

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4 For thou hast been a strength "Ex.15.2
to the poor, a strength to the bPs 98.1. † Heb.
needy in his distress. fa refugee Nu. 23. the rock
from the storm, a shadow from
the heat, when the blast of the

19.

deh. 21.9.

of ages.
De. 32. 4.

CHAPTER XXVI.

A song inciting to confidence in God, 1,
5 for his judgments, 12 and for his fa-
vour to his people. 20 An exhorta-
tion to wait on God.

IN that day shall this song be
sung in the land of Judah;
We have a strong city; bsalva-
and bulwarks.
tion will God appoint for walls

2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the ftruth may enter in..

3 Thou wilt keep him tin perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

dfor in the LORD JEHOVAH is 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: feverlasting strength:

5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor,and the

terrible ones is as a storm against & 23. 13. ch.25.12 steps of the needy.

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7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. ments, O LORD, have we waited 8 Yea, in the way of thy judg for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrauce of thee.

9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early for when thy judg ments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

10 i Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of

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lords besides thee have had do- 8. minion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy

name.

14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

16 LORD, "in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a f prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

21.

4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against mein battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me, and he shall Ch.12. Ho. 14.5, of Jacob ito take root: Israel make peace with me. 6 Heshall cause them that come

ich.37.31.

6.

t Heb. according to

the

those.

k Job 23.
6. Ps.6.1.
Je. 10.24.
& 30. 11.
& 46, 28.

shall blossom and bud,and fill the face of the world with fruit.

7 T Hath he smitten him, fas he smote those that smote him? oris stroke of he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 8 In measure, I when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

1 Co. 10.

Or,

13.

"Ho.5.15.

+ Heb.

secret

when
thin
semlest
it forth.

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17 Like as "a woman with child, speech. that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cri-Jn. eth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. 18 We have been with child,we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have P the inhabitants of the world fallen.

P Ps. 17.

14.

Ez.37.1.

when he remov eth it.

1 Ps. 78.

38.

Or, sun-
images.
mSee ch.
17.2.&32.

14.
ne. 32.

28.ch.13.

Je. 8. 7.

&c.
Da.12.2. De. 32.

19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell indust: forthy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 T Come, my people, "enters Ex. 12. thou into thy chambers, and 22, 23. shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

18. ch.43.
1,7. & 44.
2, 21, 24.

Peh. 2.11.

Ps. 30.5.

ch.54.7.8.

2Co.4.17.

"Mi. 1.3.

Jude 14.

15.

21 For behold, the LORD "cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not Heb. more cover her slain.

CHAPTER XXVII.

The care of God over his vineyard, 1. 7 His chastisements differ from judg ments. 12 The church of the Jews and Gentiles.

IN that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, "even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay bthe dragon that is in the sea.

2 In that day "sing ye unto her, dA vineyard of red wine. 31 the LORD do keep it; I will

bloods.

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Mat. 24.

31. Re.11.

cir. 725.

e Ps. 121. ver. 3.
bver. 4.

4, 5.

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12 T And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, aud ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13 P And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown,and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, aud the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

CHAPTER XXVIII. The prophet threateneth Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness, 1. 5 The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ. 7 He rebuketh their error. 9 Their untowardness to learn, 14 and their security. 16 Christ the sure foundation is promised. 1 Their security shall be tried. 23 They are incited to the consideration of God's discreet providence.

the drunkards of Ephraim, W to the crown of pride, to whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the

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