The conversion of the Gentiles. Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring igold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of k Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, "to bring thy sons from far, "their silver and their gold with them, Punto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. CHAPTER LXI. The office of Christ. thy light by day; neither for cir. 698. cir. 698. brightness shall the moon give Ge.25.4. light unto thee: but the LORD h Ps. 72. shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and hthy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 10. hZec.2.5. ich. 61. 6. iSee Am. Mat.2.11. 8. 9. k Ge. 25. 13. 9. Hag.2.7, Ps. 72. kch. 52.1. 21 kThy people also shall be all 5. 5. Jn. 15. 2. ch. 29. 10. ch.42. "Ga.4.26. Ps. 68. 23. & 45. 30. Zec. 11. Ep. 2. 14. 14. P.Je.3.17. 10. "Mat. 13. 4ch. 55.5. 31, 32. 15. ch. 11.2. Lu. 4 18 Ju. 1. 32. & 3. 34. ch.49.23. bPs. 45.7. Ps. 147. ch.57.17. 3. ch. 57. "ch. 54.7, 15. Re.21.24. 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for 'in my wrath I smote thee, "but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that deh. 42.7. men may bring unto thee the Re. 21. See Je. forces of the Gentiles, and that 25. their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and king-wealth, dom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 8. 22 "A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. CHAPTER LXI. The office of Christ, 1. 4 The forwardness, 7 and blessings of the faithful. THE "Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD bhath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim dliberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; & to comfort all that mourn; eSee Le. 25. 9. 3 To appoint unto them that Zec. 14. & 63.4.& mourn in Zion, to give unto 17,19.Mt. 66.14 Mal them beauty for ashes, the oil of 21. 44. 4.1.3.2Th joy for mourning, the garment ch. 35.2. 1. 7, 8, 9. of praise for the spirit of heavi& 41. 19.8 ch. 57. ness; that they might be called 18. Mat.5. Trees of righteousness, The See 1Ch 4. planting of the LORD, kthat he 28. 2. Ps. b Ps. 30. night be glorified. 132.7. 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolatiousof many generations. 5 And " strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plough. men and your vine-dressers. 6 "But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: "ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 TFor your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For the LORD love judgment, 'I hate robbery for burntoffering; and I will direct their work in truth, "and I will make sch. 55. 3. an everlasting covenant with them. qPs. 11.7. 13. 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge ISAIAH. B. C. cir 698. tch.65.23. u Hab 3. 18. B. C. cir. 698. ch.40.3. & 57. 14. ch. 11. 12. Christ's power to save 10 T Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; "lift up a standard for the people. The prophet's zeal for the church. CHAPTER LXII. The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in God's promises, 1. 5 The office of the ministers (unto which they are incited) in preaching the gospel, 10 and preparing the people thereto. Fo 2. Heb. decketh priest. & 85. 11. a ch. 60. bSee ver. 65. 15. Zec.9.9. 12. + Heb. OR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereofgoforth ach. 60.3. decked. as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory band thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 7 And give him no frest, till he cers. establish, and till he make Jeru-† Heb. salem ia praise in the earth. silence. Re.16.6. 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, "Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his Preward is with him, and his || work before him. 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city "not CHAPTER LXIII. W 2 Wherefore "art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for 1 will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury. and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 d And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own armbrought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger,and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. 7 TI will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD,according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them ac cording to his mercies, and acCording to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses. 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of Zep.3.20. his strength, Surely I will not Heb. If Ju. 10. more kgive thy corn to be meat give, 16.Zec.2. for thine enemies; and the sons &c. 8.Ac.9.4. of the stranger shall not drink k De. 28. i Ex. 14. thy wine, for the which thou hast 31,&cje. 19. & 23. 8 For he said, Surely they are laboured: 5. 17. 20, 21. & my people, children that will not 9 But they that have gathered Isee De. 33.14.Mal lie: so he was their Saviour. it shall eat it, and praise the 12. 12. & 3. 1. Ac. 9 hIn all their affliction he was LORD; and they that have 14. 23, 26. 12. 11. afflicted, and the angel of his brought it together shall drink & 16. 11, kDe. 7.7, presence saved them: k in his it in the courts of my holiness. 14. 18. love and in his pity he redeemed The blessed state a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. ISAIAH. B. C. cir. 698. fch. 62.5. 8 ch. 35. 10. & 51. B. C. cir. 698. Or, De. 32. 34. Mal.3. 16. 4. 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, anger. but will recompense, even re-i compense into their bosom, 7 Your iniquities, and "the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, "which have burned incense upon the moun-12. tains, "and blasphemed me up; on the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. 8 T Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for Pa blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine "elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10 And 'Sharon shall be a fold offlocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. Ps.50.3. Ps. 79. Je. 16. 18. Ez.11.j 21. m Ex. 20. 5. 11. Re. 7. 17. & 21. Ec.8.12. iSee Le. "Ez.18.6.2010.ch Ez. 20. 62. 8. Amos 9. 27, 28. P Joel 2. 14. ver. 15, 22. Mat. 14. 24.22.Ro. 11. 5, 7. ch. 33.9. shall & 35. 2. wear Jos. 7. out. 11 T But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget 'my holy mountain, that prepare "a table for that troop, and that&57.13. furnish the drink-offering uuto that number. "Ez. 23. 12 Therefore will I number you 41. 1 Co. to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: be- Or, Gad. cause when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye didOr.. not hear; but did evil before Meni. mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 10. 21. De. 28. 1. Ho. 9. ch.61.9. Ps.32.5. Da. 9. 21. Pch. 11.6, 7,9. 4Ge.3.14. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: 34-43. behold, my servants shall reY Mat. 8. joice, but ye shall be ashamed: 12. Lu. 13. 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for fvexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto "my chosen: Zec. 8.13. for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, aud call his servants by another name: 17. 24. of the new Jerusalen 19 And I will rejoice in Jeru salem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old: but the sianer being an hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And ithey shall build houses and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for kas the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect tshall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, "nor bring forth for trouble; for "they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that "before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 The P wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock and dust shall be the serpent' meat. They shall not hurt n destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. CHAPTER LXVI. The glorious God will be served m humble sincerity, 1. 5 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous generation, 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church. 15 God's se vere judgments against the wicked. 19 The Gentiles shall have an holy church, 24 and see the damnation of the wicked. 7.48,49.&THUS saith the LORD, "The heaven is my throne, and the b ch. 57. earth is my footstool: where is 15. & 61. the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 28. † Heb. breaking. 2.See Je. 29. 22. 1. 17. a ver. 9. 22. Ps. 34. 18. & 51. 9. d Ezra 4. & 10.3. Pr. 28.14. ver. 5. ch. 1.11. | Or, kid. f De. 23. bch.62.2. Ac. 11.26. Ps. 72. 17.Je.4.2. dDe.6.13. Ps. 63.11. ch. 19. 18. Zeph.1.5. ↑ Heb. & 45. 23. 18. ch. 51. maketh 22. 2Pe.3. rial of, Ke.21. Le. 2. 2. 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless himself in the God of truth; and dhe that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 17 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remem-13. bered, nor fcome into mind. 1. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice † Heb. for ever in that which I create: come for behold, I create Jerusalem a upon the rejoicing, and her people a joy. heart. 16. & 66. memo Or, devices. a Pr.1.24. ch. 65.12. Je. 7. 13. 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: bbut to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and d trembleth at my word. 3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he fcut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that fburneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I The gathering of all nations spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. CHAPTER I. B. C. B, C. 5 Hear the word of the LORD, hye that tremble at his word; hver. 2. Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appeark 2 Th. 1. to your joy, and they shall be 10. Tit. 2. ashamed. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 1 ch.27.1. ich. 5.19. 4. 13. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith! Or, the LORD: shall I cause to bring beget. forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye.may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be "borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. your ch. 65.3, Or, one after another. $Lu.2.34. 11. 16. together into one church. riots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. 18 For I know their works and their thoughts; it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have Mal. 1 seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. Or, 20 And they shall bring all Ro. 15. your brethren " for an offering unto the LORD, out of all nations, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon coaches. mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. Ex.19.6. ch. 61. 6. 1 Pe. 2. 9. Re. 1. 6. Y ch. 65. 17. 2 Pe.3. 13. Re.21. Or, brightness. ch.48.18. & 60. 5. ch. 60. 16. † Heb. n ch. 49. from 22.&60.4. new moon to his new moon, and 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and SeeEz. from bones shall flourish like an herb: 37. 1, &c. sabbath and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 15 P For behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his cha Pch. 9. 5. 2 Th. 1.8. to his sabbath. Ps.65.2. bver. 16. Ma. 9, 44, 46, 48. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new-moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon bthe carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. |