ch. 48. 11.

P Pa. 33. 3. & 40. 3. & 98. 1.

4 Ps. 107. 23. ↑ Heb. the fulness thereof.

ch. 31. 4. 1 Or, behave himself mightily.

↑ Heb. noallora от, зир ир

8 I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, aye that go down to the sea, and tall that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise

in the islands.

13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall I prevail against his enemies.

14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and † devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things † straight. These straightness. things will I do unto them, and

↑ Heb into

'Pa. 97. 7.

ch. 1. 29, & 44. 11. & 45. 16,

not forsake them.

Israel reproved for unbelief.

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

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tel. 43. 8. Ez. 12. 2. See John 9. 39, 41.

but "Rom. 2. 21.

20 Seeing many things, thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it Or, him. honourable.

naring all the young men of them.

a treading.

↑ Heb. for the after time?

22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them Or, in snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for tat Heb. spoil, and none saith, Restore. 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear † for the time to come? 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and 2 Kings 25. it hath set him on fire round about, y yet he knew not; and ity Hos. 7. 9. burned him, yet he laid it not to

17 They shall be back, they shall be ashamed, that trust in images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

& 44. 2.

Jer. 30. 10, 11. & 46. 27, 28.

k ch. 63, 19. James 2.7. IPs. 100, 3. ch. 29, 23. John 3. 3,5. 2 Cor. 5. 17. Eph. 2. 10. m ver. L.

n ch. 6. 9. &
42. 19.
Ez. 12. 2.

6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, mI have formed him; yea, I have made him.

8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoch. 41. 21, 22, ple be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Pch. 44. 8.

Ich. 42. 1. & 55. 4.

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: rbefore me there was no God Or, nothing formed, neither shall there be

ch. 41. 4. & 44, 6.

formed of God. ⚫ch. 45. 21. Hos. 13. 4.

after me.

11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when Deut. 32. 16. there was no strange god among you: "therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

Pa. 81, 9. "ch. 44. 8. ver. 10.

* Pr. 90. 2. John 8. 58.

↑ Heb. turn it back! Y.Jub 9. 12. ch. 14. 27.

↑ Heb. bars.

Ex. 14. 16,
22.

Ps. 77. 19.
ch. 51. 10.

a Josh. 3. 13,

16.

b Ex. 14.4-9,

25.

13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall tylet it?

14 Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a apath in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down

The people reproved.

together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

с

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& 23.7.

18 Remember ye not the Jer. 16. 14. former things, neither consider the things of old.

The vanity of idols,

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CHRIST

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Deut. 32. 15.

d ch. 35. 7.
Joel 2. 28.
Jolin 7. 38.
Acts 2. 18.

e ver. 21.

ch. 43. 1, 14. fch. 41. 4. & 48. 12. Rev. 1. 8, 17. & 22. 13.

ch. 41. 4,22. & 45. 21.

3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine off spring:

4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: bhave not I told thee from that ich. 43, 10, 12. time, and have declared it? iye are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

h ch. 41. 22.

k Deut. 4. 35, 39. & 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. 2 Sam. 22. 32. ch, 45, 5. ↑ Heb. rock, Dent. 32. 4.

9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things 1ch. 41. 24, 29. shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

↑ Heb. desirable. I Pr. 115. 4, &c.

"Jer. 10. 5. Hab. 2. 18.

Ps. 97. 7. ch. 1. 29. & 49. 17. & 45. 16.

10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith Iwith the tongs Jer. 103,&c. both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

Pch. 40. 19. & 41. 6.

Or, with an axe.

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; be marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, ac

Before CHRIST about 712.

that it may remain in the house." 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth Or, taketh for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

courage.

4 ch. 45. 20.

† Heb.

18 4 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut Thess. 2.11. their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

daubed.

to his heart. ch. 46. B.

19 And none † considereth in Heb. setteth his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to tthe stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: ta deceived heart hath turned him Hos. 4. 12. aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Restoration by Cyrus promised.

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ach. 43. 14. ver. 6. b ch. 43. L.

about 712.

Job 9 8. Ps. 104 2. ch. 40, 22. & 42. 6. & 45. 12. & 51. 13. d ch. 47. 13. Jer. 30. 36.

f 1 Cor. 1. 20.

6 Zech. 1. 6.

↑ Heb. wustes.

h See Jer, 50. 39. & 51, 32, 36.

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

27 h That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even say12 Chr. 36 22,ing to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

23.

Ezra 1.1, &c. ch. 45. 13.

ch. 41. 23.

(Ex. 33. 12. 17.

ch. 43, 1. & 49. 1. 8 ch. 44. 1.

1 Thess. 4.5. Dent. 4. 35,

39. & 32. 39.
cb. 44. 8. &
46. 9.

k ver. 14, 18,
21, 22.

3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

4 For 8 Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God bePs. 18. 32, 39. sides me: 'I girded thee, though thou hast not known me;

m Ps. 199. 15. ch. 37. 20, Mal. 1. 11.

6 m That they may know from

85. 11.

8 Drop down, ye heavens, Ps. 72. 3. & from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

9 Woe unto him that striveth with Phis Maker! Let the pot-Pc. 64.8. sherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the

13 I have raised him up in 7 ch. 41. 2. righteousness, and I will director, make all his ways: he shall build my 12 Chr. 36.92, city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

23.

Ezra 1. 1.
&c.
ch. 44. 28.

cl. 52. a

See Rom. 3. 24.

Ps. 68. 31.

& 72. 10,11, ch. 49. 23. & 60. 9, 10, 14, 16.

Zech. & 22,

23.

14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come Ps. 149. 8. over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel,

Idols convinced of vanity.

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i ch. 42. 5.

k ver. 5.

1 Deut. 30. 11. ch. 48. 16.

m Ps. 19.8.& 119. 137, 138.

n ch. 44. 17. 18. 19. & 46. 7. & 48.7. Rom. 1.22,

23.

18 For thus saith the LORD ithat created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in 'secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

m

20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel to ch. 41. 22. &gether: who hath declared this 43. 9. & 44.7. from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? Pand there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

& 46, 10, & 48. 14. Pver. 5, 14, 18. ch. 44. 8. & 46.9. & 48.3, &c.

about 712. ch. 21. 9. Jer. 50. 2. & 51.44.

b Jer. 10. 5.

24 Surely shall one say, In the LORD have I ut righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

25 y In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and z shall glory.

CHAPTER XLVI.

6 They lavish gold out of the heh. 40, 19. & bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. 7 They bear him upon the Jer. 10. 5. shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, kone shall ch. 45. 20. cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

B stoopeth, their idols were

OEL a boweth down, Nebo

upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

CHAPTER XLVII.

1 God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, 6 for their unmercifulness, 7 pride, 10 and overboldness, 11 shall be unresistible.

a

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dust, O virgin daughter of beh. 2. 26.