Christ's free redemption. 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed with out money. ch. 45. 13. Ma. 9.12. Je. 15.13. Ps. 22.6. Ge.46.6. ch. 49. 7. fHe.+ 15. Ac. 7 14. Or, he hid as it Christ's sufferings foretold. him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: d he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief and were hist we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and Bwe esteemed him not. face 24. him, or, John 1. 4 Surely b he hath borne our yet we did esteem him stricken, griefs, and carried our sorrows: smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was i wounded for our transgressions, he was bruis 10, 11. ed for our iniquities; the chas tisement of our peace was upon He. 9. 28. him; and with his k†stripes we Or, tor-61All we like sheep have gone 1Pe. 2.24. are healed. astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD thath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Mt.8.17. 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into h Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people istaken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is iblasphemed. 6 Therefore my people shall kNa.1.15. from us. know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is L. 7 Tk How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that pub-Ps. lisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! PLu. 3.6. k1 Pe 2.24 8 Thy watchman shall lift up ch.48.20 † Heb. the voice; with the voice toge-Je.50.8& bruise. ther shall they sing: for they 51. 6, 45. Ps. 119. shall see eye to eye, when the ec.2.6,7 176.1 Pe. 2Co.6.17. 2. 25. LORD shall bring again Zion. Re. 18.4.† Heb. 9 T Break forth into joy, sing rLe.22.2. hath together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, "he hath redeemed Jerusalem. 10 "The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations: and Pall the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. mented. Ro. 4.25. 1Co. 15.3. ! Pe. 3 18 made the iniqui all to meet on See Ex ties of us 12.33, 39. Mi. 2.13. Nu. 10. 25. ch.58. 8.See Ex 14. 19. 11 Depart ye, depart ye, got Heb. ye out from thence, touch no un-gather clean thing; go ye out of the you up. midst of her; be ye clean, that Dear the vessels of the LORD. 12 For "ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; "and the God of Israel will be your rere-ward. 13 Behold, my servant shall Ideal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Mt. 26. 63&27.12 him. 14.Ma. 14 61.&15.5. 1Pe. 2.23. Ac.8.32. Or, He was tak en away by dis ment: him. ch.42.1. || Or, prosper. h. 53.10. tressand Je. 23. 5. Judg Phi. 2.9. but, &c. "Ps. 22.6, Da.9.26. 7. ch. 53. † Heb. 2. 3. was the "Ez 36.25 stroke Ac. 2. 33, upon 14 As many were astonied at He. 9.13. PMat. 27. thee; (his 2 visage was so mar-14. 57, 58, 60. red more than any man, and his beh. 49.7. † Heb. form more than the sons of men:) 23. deaths. 15 So shall he sprinkle many ch.55. 5. 91Pe 2.22 nations; the kings shall shut Ro.15.21.1 Jn. 3.5. their mouths at him: for that & 16. 25, Or, which had not been told them 26. when his shall they see; and that which Ep. 3.5,9. soul they had not heard shall they shall "John12. consider. 38.Ro.10. make an 16. offering. CHAPTER LIIL 7 He wasoppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: "he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for "he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people † was he stricken. 9 PAnd he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his fdeath; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 T Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: "by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was dnumbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. CHAPTER LIV. The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, prophesieth the amplitude of their church, 1, 4 their safety, 6 their certain deliverance out of af 2Co.5.21 The prophet, complaining of incre1 Or, 1Pe. 2.24. dulity, excuseth the scandal of the doctrine. $Ro. 6.9. cross, 1, 4 by the benefit of his pas-† Heb. tEp. 1.5,9 sion, 10 and the good success thereof. hearing. 2 Th.1.11. fliction, 11 their fair edification, 15 and their sure preservation. "Jn. 17.3. WHO hath believed our br. 51.92 Pe. 1. 3. *1.Jn. 2. 1. cl. 42.1. & 49. 3. t report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 1Co.1.18. 19. ver 4,5. b Ps. 2. 8. Phi. 2. 9. Col. 2. 18. d Ma. 15. 28. Lu. 22. 37 Lu. 23. 34. Ro. 8. 34 2 For he shall grow up before ch. 11.1. He. 7. 25. & 9. 24. 1 Ju. 2. L. The church is comforted. SING, CHAPTER LV. B. C. 14. Ga. 4. a O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth cir. 712. into singing, and cry aloud, thou a Zeph.3. that didst not travail with child: for bmore are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. 2°Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; ch. 43. 19, 20. 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and ou the left: dand thy seed shall inherit the d ch.55.5. Gentiles, and make the desolate & 61 9. cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt notremember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5 For thy Maker is thine husDand; The LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The Gods Zec.14. of the whole earth shall he be called. Je. 3.14. fLu.1.32. 9. Ro. 3. 29. 6 For the LORD hhath called & ch.62.4. thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. ch.26. 20. B. C. cir. 712. ch. 45. 24, 25. John 4. 14.$7.37. Re.21. 6. t. 13. 44, 46. † Heb. 28. Mat.11. dch.54.8. &c. Ps. 13. 34. 7 For a small moment have Ii Ps.30.5.2Sa.7.8, 9 For this is as the waters of INoah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; "but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! behold, I will lay thy stones with "fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. f John18. The happy state of believers. whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. CHAPTER LV. The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calleth to faith, 1,6 and to repentance. 8 The happy success of them that believe. HO. every one that thirsteth, 11 come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come wine and milk without money ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye † spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; dand I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the "sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 h Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; k for he hath glorified thee. 6 TSeek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 mLet the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man "his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for the will abundantly pardon. 8TP For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh ven, and returneth not thither down, and the snow from heabut watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, 11. that it may give seed to the De.32.2. sower, and bread to the eater: ch.54.9. 11 "So shall my word be that to pur- 45. 1Co.2. p 2 Sa. 7. 13 And all thy children shall be Ptaught of the LORD; and "great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; 20. for it shall not come near thee. 9 Ps. 119. 15 Behold, they shall surely 165. gather together, but not by me 9 Ps.103. Exhortation to holiness of life. ISAIAH. B. C. cir. 712. tch.35.10. B. C. cir. 712. Or, & 63. 13.ing, or, goeth forth out of my mouth :| cut off. CHAPTER LVI. The prophet exhorteth to sanctification,!. 3 He promiseth it shall be general without respect of persons. 9 He inveisheth against blind watchmen. HUS saith the LORD, Keep Tye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; bthat keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 31 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separat ed me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 33. 19 know stie Mi. 7. 4. fied. I Or, 3. Ps. 10.6. 1 Co. 15. 32. eir. 698. † Heb. a Cl. 46 men of ness. 11, 12. 13. 23. 1, 2, 13. See 2. eril. Or, go in peace. 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that a 1'Ti. 3. please me, and take hold of my 15. covenant; e John 1. 5 Even unto them will I give 12. 1Jn.3. him. in dmine house and within my 1. walls, a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will 1 f bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of i Mal. 1. prayer: their burnt-offerings 11. and their sacrifices shall be ac- 2. Ch. 11. h Ez. 23. k Ps. 147, 16, 25. cepted upon mine altar; for bmine house shall be called an house of prayer i for all people. 8 The Lord GOD k which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, t besides those that are gathered unto him. 9 T All ye beasts of the field, come to devour; yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are "blind: 634 h The idolatry of the Jews. they are all ignorant," they are all dumb dogs, they cannotbark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea, they are † Pgreedy dogs which can never have enough, and they areshepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill our and much more abundant. selves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day. CHAPTER LVII. The blessed death of the righteous, L 2 He shall enter into peace: 5 Inflaming yourselves | with idols under every green tree, fslaying the children in the val leys under the clifts of the rocks! 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meatoffering. Should I receive comfort in these? 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set hthy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. the vaks. ch. 1. 29. ch. 2. 2. e 2Ki. 16. Pe. 1. 1.4.&17.10. 8 Behind the doors also and the Ro.12.1. Le. 18. Prance: for thou hast discovered He.13.15.21 &20.2 thyself to another than me, and Je. 2. 20. posts hast thou setup thy remem 1Pe. 2. 5. 2K1. 16.3 Mat.21. & 23. 10. art gone up; thou hast enlarged 13.Ma.11. Je. 7. 31. thy bed, and made thee a cove 17.Lu.19. Ez.16.20. nant with them; thou lovedst & 20. 26. their bed where thou sawest it. 8 Ez. 16.9 And thou wentest to the increase thy perfumes, and king with ointment, and didst didst send thy messengers far even unto hell. off, and didst debase thyself CHAPTER LVIII. B. C. cir. 698. Mercy promised to the penitent. | Or, have not I held my peace even a Ps. 50. things 13 ¶ When thou criest, let thy companiesdeliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; where with ye Or, 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, & 62. 10. Zec.7.5. cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter-P Job 6. nity, Pwhose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls "which 1 have made. 29. Le. 16. Or. to afflict his soul 10. Lu. 1. 49. for a day. Ps.68.4. Zec.2.3. 18 & 51. Ps. 17.& 138. 6 ch.66.2. Ps. 147. Es. 4. 3. Da. 9. 3. Job 2. 8. Jon. 3. 6. Ne.5.10, 11, 12. Mi. 7. 18. " Nu. 16. 22.Job34. 14.He.12. 9. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on † froXJe.6.13. wardly in the way of his heart. y ch.8.17. 18 I have seen his ways, and & 45. 15. will heal him: I will lead him 2ch 9.13. also, and restore comforts unto† Heb. him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace dto him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. CHAPTER LVIII. The prophet, being sent to reprove The fast which God accepteth your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it dsuch a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and fto spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? have chosen? to loose the bands 6 Is not this the fast that I of wickedness, & to undo † the heavy burdens, and hto let the toppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is it not ito deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to naked, that thou cover him; thy house? when thou seest the and that thou hide not thyself from Ithine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; "the glory of the LORD tshall be thy rere-ward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here lam. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and "speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy darkness be as the noon-day: light rise in obscurity, and thy 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in fdrought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt gather be like a watered garden, and Ps. 12.2. like a spring of water, whose ↑ Heb. waters fail not. 12. † Heb. shall thee up. † Heb. lie, or, deceive. ch.61.4. droughts 12 And they that shall beofthee Pshall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. P 4 ch.56.2. r Job 22. De. 32. 13. & 33. 26. Mal. 3. 29. ch.1.20. & 40. 5. Mi. 4. 4. 13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will Cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: 'for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. sm. BE EHOLD, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood,and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor anypleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch | cockatrice's eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 dTheir webs shall not become garments, neither shall they covertheinselves with theirworks: Or, is account ed mad. ↑ Heb. Nu. 11. it was 23. ch.50. evil in his eyes. 1 Ez. 22. 2. Or, have 30. mMa.6.6. Ps. 98.1. ch. 63. 5. °Ep.6.14. 17.1Th.5. made their works are works of iniqui- out a vi flight. ty, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and per. d Job 8. 26. Ro. 3. 15. Ro. 11. they make haste to shed inno- epr. 1.16. tHe.8.10. cent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: fthey have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know ↑ Heb. break ing. Or. right. Ps. 125. 5.Pr.2.15. Je. 8.15. peace. 91 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like h De. 28. the blind, and we grope as if we 29. Job 5. hadnoeyes: we stumble at noon-14. Amos day as in the night; we are in 8. 9. desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and imoury sore like doves: we 100k for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them. & 10. 16. Or, be Ep.5.14. enlightthy light ened for cometh. bMal.4.2 Salvation cometh of God only. afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: "therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness. it sustained him. 17 For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 PAccording to their † deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. 19 So shall they tear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in 'like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 20 T And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. My Spirit that is upon thee, and 21 As for me, this is my_covenant with them, saith the LORD; my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. CHAPTER LX. The glory of the church in the abun dant access of the Gentiles, 1. 15 and the great blessings after a short afflic allshine; for thy light the LORD is risen upon thee. A is come, and bthe glory of 2 Forbehold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. to thy light, and kiugs to the 3 And the Gentiles shall come brightness of thy rising. e ch. 49. 4 d Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather & 66. 12. themselves together, they come Ro. 11. to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 18. 20, 21, 22. 25. Or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward thee. 13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart Mat. 12. Or, words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth 34. wealth, ver. 11. ch. 61. 6. 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because fthe abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of |