Jacob comforted. CHAPTER XLVII, XLVIII. The judgment of Moab. 15. B. C. ness 18 As I live, saith the King, B. C. whose name is The LORD of cir. 607. cir. 600. hosts, Surely as Tabor is among $1s 47 4&t Heb. the mountains, and as Carmel 4.2 ch.48 the ful by the sea, so shall he come. 19 Othou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself "to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. 20 Egypt is like a very fair Theifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh Yout of the north. 21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like ffatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because 'the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. See ch. † Heb. stru ty. thereof. ↑ Heb. Ge10.14 iAmos 1. 7. Mi.1.16 Is. 20.4. So Ho. 10. 11. Yeh. 1.14. & 47. 2. ver. 6,10. † Heb. bullocks Zeph. 2.4 7.Zec.9.5 keh.25.20 leh. 16. 6. & 41.5.& stall. 48. 37. mDe. 32. 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall of the march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hew-Ps.37.13 ers of wood. ch. 50.27. 3, 4, 5. 23 They shall b cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. 24 The daughter of Egypt shall deh. 1.15. canst be confounded; she shall be de- Or, thou? livered into the hand of d the nourish people of the north. a See Is. Heb. Ju. 6. 5. er. Ez14.17 cir. 600. 25 The LORD of hosts, the Godt Heb. of Israel, saith; Behold, I will Amon. punish the multitude of "No. Ez.30.14 and Pharaoh, and Egypt, fwith 1.16.Na. their gods, and their kings; even | 3. 8. Pharaoh, and all them that trust fch.43.12, Amos 2. in him: 13.Ez.30. 1, 2. 13. b Nu. 32. ch.44.30 38&33.47 Ez.32.11.18. 15. 2. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby-h lon, and into the hand of his servants: and b afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. and shall be an overflowing flood, 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, Zidou every helper that remainand to cut off from fTyrus and eth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant off the country of hCaphtor. 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; kAshkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? fput up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath "given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore ? there hath he "appointed it. CHAPTER XLVIII. The judgment of Moab, 1, 7 for their pride, 11 for their security, 14 for their carnal confidence, 26 and for their contempt of God and his people. 47 The restoration of Moab. GAINST a Moab thus saith Ez. 25. 9.A the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Wo unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is con founded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 27 But fear not thou, O my Bervant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for behold, 1 will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. kch.10.24 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my & 30. 11.90 ufter 5 For in the going up of Luservant, saith the LORD: for 1 Or, f ver. 5. hith fcontinual weeping shall am with thee; for I will nake not ut 51s. 15. 5. go up; for in the going down of a full end of all the nations whithee off. weeping heard a cry of destruction. terly cutt Heb. Horonaim the enemies have ther I have driven thee: but I will not make ka full end of cir. 600. with 6 Flee, save your lives, and thee, but correct thee in mea- ach.25.20 Bure: yet will not leave thee Ez.25.15, ch. 51.6. be like the heath in the wil thee. 7T For because thou hast trust. ed in thy works and in thy trea ich. 17. 6. sures, thou shalt also be taken: Nu. 21. and Chemosh shall go forth in29. Ju. 11. to captivity with his priests 24.See Is Azzah. 46.1,2 ch. and his princes together. The destruction of the Philistines. E word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smotels. 8. 7. 43. 12. †Gaza. ch.46.7,8. leh. 49. 3. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, deh. 1.14. ch.6.26. *waters rise up dout of the north, & 46. 20. ver. 18. 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city,and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be de The judgment of Moab, stroyed, as the LORD hath spo- | ken. 9 "Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood." 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he Phath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel tovessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste tremained in him, and his scent is not changed. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of "Beth-el their confidence. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? X JEREMIAH. B. C. cir 600. Ps.55.6. ver. 28. 0 See Ju. 5.23.1 Sa. 15. 3, 9. 1 Ki.20.42 | Or, negligently. PZeph. 1. 12. † Heb. stood. B. C. cir. 600. "Zeph.2. 8. for presumptuous pride, &c the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For "was not Israel a deri"Seech.2 sion unto thee? "was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 26. Or, movedst thyself. PP8.55.6, 7. ver. 9. Cant. 2. 14. Is. 16. 6, &c. SIS. 16. 6. ch. 50.36. Or, those on whom he Ju 11.24 stayeth Ki. 11.7 Ho. 10.6 1 Ki. 12. 29. 15 "Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and this chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is The choice of LORD of hosts, 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, "How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! † Heb. the ch.50.27 Ych.46.18 & 51. 57. Seels.9. 4.& 14.4, 5. &16.7,11. 18. 16.8. XIs. 16.10 Joel 1.12. 21s.15.5,6 ver. 5. aIs. 47. 1. t Heb. ch. 46.19. desola b Nu. 21. tions. 30.18.15.2 1s. 15. 2. & 16. 12. c ver. 8. 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. 19 Of inhabitant of d Aroer, tHeb.instand by the way, and espy; habiask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: fhowl and cry; 16. tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab f Is. 16. is spoued, 21 Aud judgment is come upon hthe plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 28 Oye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and Pdwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. 29 We have heard the 'pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres. 32 "O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler it and upon thy vintage. fallen upon thy summer fruits 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-presses: none shail tread with shouting; their shout ing shall be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be tdesolate. 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore bmine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: gotten are perished. because the riches that he hath bald, and every beard fclipped 37 For devery head shall be upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 There shall be lamentation Ge 37.34 generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like fa vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. fch.22.28. † Heb. neck. g De. 28. 49. ch.49. 22.Da.7.4 Ho. 8. 1. Hab. 1.8. 39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the t back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle. and shall spread his wings over Moab. h Is. 8. 8. i ver. 24. 48. 47. iEz.25.12 Am. 1.11. B. C. B. C. cir. 600. cir 600. 41 Kerioth is taken, and the h So ver. strong holds are surprised, andk 39. & ch. the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart9r. The of a woman in her pangs. 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. 43 Fear, and the pit, and the nare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. 44 He that fleeth from the fear, shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. cities. k Is. 13. 8. & 21.3.ch k Ob. 8. 30.6 & 19. 1 See Is. 22,24&50 19. 11. 43&51.30 mver. 30. 1 Or, Mi. 4. 9. IPs. 83.4 they are Is. 7. 8. m18.2417 buck. 18. n See cht 11. 23. 28. P Nu. 24. 17. + Heb. 45 They that filed stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but "a fire shall Nu. 21. come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and Pshall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken fcaptives, and thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. CHAPTER XLIX. The judgment of the Ammonites, 1. 6 Their restoration. 7 The judgment of Edom, 23 of Damascus, 28 of Kedar, 30 of Hazor, 34 and of Elam. 39 The restoration of Elam. U་ turned "ch.25.23 Ob. 5. Heb. their sufficien cy. The judgment of Edom and none shall gather up him that wandereth. 6 And hafterward I will bring again the captivity of the chil dren of Ammon, saith the LORD. 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Temrn? lis dent? is their wisdom vauished? counsel perished from the pru8 m Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of "Pedan; Esau upon him, the time that 1 for 1 will bring the calamity of will visit him. 9 If "grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning-grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 PBut I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret plaPMal.1.3. ces, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and "he is not. 41s.17.14 children of noise. reh. 25.29 Nu. 21. Ob. 16. 29. ONCERNING the Ammo-Or, nites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? Ge.22.16 18. 45. 23. Am. 6. 8. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn by myself saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a retIs.34.6&proach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 63. 1. "Ob. 1,2, against. 3. a Ez. 21. 28.&25.2. Am. 1.13. Zeph.2.8, 9. 2 Therefore behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I Or, will cause an alarm of war to Melcom. be heard in Rabbah of the Am-b Am. 1. monites; and it shall be a deso- 13. late heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. Ez. 25.5. Am 1. 14. Ob. 4. y Job 39. 27. Am. 9.2. ach.18.16 & 50. 13. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of d1s.32.11. Kabbah, dgird you with sack- ch.4.8.& cloth; lament, and run to and fro 6. 26. by the hedges; for their king Or, shall go into captivity, and his Melcom. priests aud his princes together. Ki. 11.5, h Ge. 19. 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in 33. 25.De.29. the valleys, thy flowing valley, ch. 48. 7. 23 ch.0 O backsliding daughter? that Am. 1.15.40.Am. 4. trusted in her treasures, say-Or, thy 11. ing, Who shall come unto me? valley 5 Behold, I will bring a fear floweth upon thee, saith the Lord GOD away. of hosts, from all those that be fch. 3. 14. about thee; and ye shall be driv- & 7. 24. en out every man right forth; ch.21.13. 141 have heard a "rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16 Thy terriblenesshath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart. O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: "every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 bAs in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of inan dwell in it. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from dthe swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her Kedar, Hazor, Elam, &c. the utmost corners; and I will cir. 600. cir. 600. bring their calamity from all Ex. 15. sides thereof, saith the LORD. 33 And Hazor bshall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 11. Or.conrent me 20 Therefore hear the counsel in judgof the LORD, that he hath taken ment. against Edom; and his purposes, fJob41.10 that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman : Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. Sch.50.45 bch. 9.11. & 10, 22. Mal. 1. 3. C ver. 18. dch.25.25 598. See Is. 21 The earth is moved at the hch.50.46 22. 6. noise of their fall, at the cry thet Heb. noise thereof was heard in the weedy +Red sea. sea. 34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against dElam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. 36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four ich. 4. 13. f ver. 32. quarters of heaven, and fwill & 48. 40, scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. 41. 22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the cir. 600. mighty men of Edom be as the k1s. 17. 1. heart of a woman in her pangs. & 37. 13. 23 Concerning Damascus. Am. 1. 3. Hamath is confounded, and Ar- Zec.9.1.2. pad: for they have heard evilt Heb. tidings: they are ffaint-hearted; melted. Where is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. man 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: guish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is "the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 "Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a Pfire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 37 For I will cause Elam to he dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith 11s. 57.20. ch. 9.16. the LORD: and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: Or, as on the sea. mIs 13.8. ch.4.31& 6.24.&30. 6.&48.41. ver. 22. & 48. 2. 43. 10. h See ch. 38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. ich.48.47. nch. 33.9. ver. 6. 39 T But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. CHAPTER L. The judgment of Babylon, 1, 9, 21, 35. 4, 17, 33 The redemption of I-rael. THE word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeanst by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, bBel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3 dFor out of the north there 43. 12, 13. cometh up a nation against her, that is at deh.51.48 which shall make her land deso late, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shal depart, both man and beast. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their Or, camels; and they shall cry unto them, 'Fear is on every side. 30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, Oye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. Mi. 7. 14. ver. 36. 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the chil Ez.5.10. Ho.1.11. dren of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah to8 Ezra 3. 12,13.Ps. gether, going and weeping: 126. 5, 6. they shall go, band seek the ch. 31. 9. LORD their God. ach. 9.26. & 25. 23. 31 Arise. get you up unto the † Heb. wealthy nation, that dwelleth cut off without care, saith the LORD, into cor which have neither gates nor ners, or, that bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels shall be a corners have the booty, and the multitude of their of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter bair into all winds them that aretin polled. Zec.12.10 5 They shall ask the way to ZiHo. 3.5. on with their faces thitherward, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a iperpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. ich.31.31, &c.& 32. 10. kIs. 53. 6. lost 6 My people hath been sheep: their shepherds have cau The judgment of Babylon, CHAPTER L. B. C. 595. sed them to go astray, they have 5. B. C. 595. Pch.31.34 Is. 1. 9. oseech.2 Or, & 91. 1. 29. the he-goats before the flocks. ch.51.20. ch.51.8. YIs. 13. 5. 31. YIs. 47. 6, tHeb.big or, cor pulent. Ho. 10. † Heb. 11. 51. 2. deh.49.35 Or, 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, "but it shall be wholly desolate : bevery one that goeth by Baby-beh.49.171.327 Ps.22.12 lon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues, Cver.9 ch ch. 46.21. 14 Put yourselves in array ach.48.44. against Babylon round about: ver. 31. all ye dthat bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she beh.51.10 hath sinued against the LORD. 15 Shout against her round about: she hath "given her hand: ber foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for sit is the vengeance of the LORD: 18. take vengeance upon her; has fch.51.58. d ver. 15. she hath done, do unto her. Beh. 51.6, ch. 51.56. 16 Cutoff the sower from Baby- 11. Re 18.6. lon, and him that handleth the Is.47. 10 sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword ithey shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. and redemption of Israel to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upor mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, Pthe iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them "whom I reserve. 21 T Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of stroy after them, saith the LORD Pekod: waste and utterly deand do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is "the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and brodesolation among the nations! ken! how is Babylon become a and thou art also taken, O Baby24 I have laid a snare for thee, thou art found, and also caught, lon, and thou wast not aware. because thou hast striven against the LORD. 25 The LORD hath opened his arinoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her "bullocks; let wo unto them! for their day is them go down to the slaughter: come, the time of "their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 1Ch. 29. 24. 2 Ch. 29 Call together the archers 30.8.L.5c ver. 14. against Babylon: all ye that 6. Ez. 17. bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: drecompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. bPs. 137. 8.ver. 29. Re. 18. 6. 1 Or, scythe. l. 51. 9. ils. 13.14. fch.49.26. 17 T Israel is ka scattered sheep; Ithe lions have driven him away. first "the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this "Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have ch.33.12. punished the king of Assyria. Ez.34.13, 19 And I will bring Israel again 14. "2 Ki. 24. 18.65.10. + Heb. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And fthe most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. 33 Thus saith the LORD of |