. Ifai. 60. 12. circa бог. #Or, 16 And it shall come to pafs, if they will di-, ligently learn the ways of my people, to fwear by my name, The LORD liveth (as they taught my people to fwear by Baal) then fhall they be built in the midst of my people. 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up, and destroy that nation, faith the LORD. CHA P. XIII. I In the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigureth the deftruction of his people. 12 Under the parable of the bottles filled with wine, be foretelleth their drunkenness in mifery: 15 He exhorteth to prevent their future judgments: 22 He fbeweth their abominations are the cause thereof. TH Tthe at in the girl, Hus faith the LORD unto me, Go and get put it upon thy loyns, and put it not in water. got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loyns. 2 So I a linen and 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the fecond time, saying, 4 Take the girdle that thou haft got, which is upon thy loyns, and arife, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD Commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD faid unto me, Arife, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 9 Thus faith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerufalem. 10 This evil people which refufe to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their Rubborn heart, and walk after other gods to ferve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. net. 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loyns of a man; fo have I caused to cleave unto me the whole houfe of Ifrael, and the whole house of Judah, faith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praife, and for a glory: but they would not hear. 12 Therefore thou shalt fpeak unto them this word, Thus faith the LORD God of Ifracl, 13 Then fhalt thou fay unto them, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that fit upon Davids throne, and the priefts, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerufalem a with a Ifai. 51. drunkenness. 17, 21.& 63.6. 7. 14 And I will dash them † one against an- Chap. 25. other, even the fathers and the fons together, 27. & st faith the LORD: I will not pity, nor fpare, nor † Heb. have mercy, but deftroy them. a mana gainst bis 15 Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud: brother. for the LORD hath spoken. C + Heb. from de them. 16 b Give glory to the LORD your God be- fraying fore he caufe darkness, and before your feet b Joth. 7. ftumble upon the dark mountains, and while 19 ye look for light, he turn it into the fhadow Ifai. 8. of death, and make it grofs darkness. eye d 22. d Ifai. 59, 17 But if ye will not hear it, my foul shall Pfal. 44. weep in fecret places for your pride, and mine 19. fore, and run down with tears, because the LORDS flock is carried away captive. Lam. 1. 18 Say unto the king, and to the queen, 8. Humble your felves, fit down; for your prin- or, cipalities fhall come down, even the crown of head-tiresyour glory. 19 The cities of the fouth fhall be shut up, and none (hall open them; Judah fhall be carried away captive all of it, it fhall be wholly carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? The grievous famine. Jeremiah. Jeremiah moved to complain. Before wo unto thee, O Jerufalem, wilt thou not be falfe vifion and divination, and a thing of nought, Before Chrift made clean? + when shall it once be? circa and the deceit of their heart. circa Christ 15 Therefore thus faith the LORD concern- 601. ing the prophets that prophefie in my name, and I fent them not, yet they fay, Sword and famine fhall not be in this land, By fword and famine fhall those prophets be confumed. Jere-hall be caft out in the streets of Jerufalem, be16 And the people to whom they prophefie, 1 The grievous famine, 7 causeth Jeremiah to pray. 10 The Lord will not be intreated for the people. 13 Lying prophets are no excufe for them. 17 Feremiah is moved to complain for them. He word of the LORD that came to 61. T miah concerning + the dearth. circa +Heb. the words of the dearths, or, 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languifh, they are black unto the ground, and the Tiraints. Cry of Jerufalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have fent their little ones to the waters, they came to the pits, and found no water, they returned with their veffels empty: 2 Sam. they were afhamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 15.30. 24. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forfook it, because there was no grafs. Chap. 2. 6 And the wild affes did ffand in the high places, they fnuffed up the wind like dragons: their eyes did fail because there was no grafs. 7 O LORD, though our iniquities teftifie against us, do thou it for thy names fake: for our backflidings are many, we have finned against +Heb. thy name is called upon us. c See Chap. 2.23, 24, 25. thee. 8 O the hope of Ifrael, the faviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldst thou be as a ftranger in the land, and as a way-faring man, that turneth afide to tarry for a night? 9 Why shouldst thou be as a man aftonished, as a mighty man that cannot fave? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and † we are Hof. 8. called by thy name, leave us not. 13 & 9.9. • Exod. 32.10. Chap. 7. 10 Thus faith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have 16.& 11. not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their fins. 14. f Prov. 1. Ifai. 1. 15. 11 Then faid the LORD unto me, Pray not Chap. 11. for this people for their good. II. Ezek. 8. 18. 12 When they faft I will not hear their cry, Mir. 3.4. oblation, I will not accept them, but I will Zech. 7. 7,13. confume them by the sword, and by the famine, Chap. 6 and by the peftilence. 20. & 7. 21,22, 16. i 13 Then faid I, Ah Lord God, behold 4 Chap. 9. the prophets fay unto them, Ye fhall not fee the Chap. 4. fword, neither fhall ye have famine, but I will + Heb. give you affured peace in this place. 10. peace of Truth. 14. Then the LORD faid unto me, The pro*Chap. phets prophefie lies in my name, I fent them 23.21.& not, neither have I commanded them, neither 9. fpake unto them: they prophefie unto you a 7.15.8 I The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the 24. & 10. 13. T Moles and Samuel food before use, 14. Hen faid the LORD unto me, a Though a Ezek. b &c. C 14, 32. 11,14 d Chap. yet my mind could not be toward this people; caft & Exod. The Jews return from captivity. Before Chrift circa 601. Ifai. 24. 7,8. Chap. 7. 34.& 25. 10. Ezek. 26. 13. Hofea 2. II. 23. Chap. 5. Jeremiah. 8 Thou shalt not alfo go into the house of feafting, to fit with them to eat and to drink. 9 For thus faith the LORD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will caufe to ceafe out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladnefs, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 10 And it fhall come to pafs when thou Rev. 18. fhalt fhew this people all these words, and they fhall fay unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD 19. & 13. pronounced all this great evil againft us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our fin that we have committed against the LORD our God? 22. Chap. 7. 26. || Or, fubborn ness. Deut. 4. Truft in man is curfed. 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and Before Chrift 9 they are no gods? circa 601. 21 Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine, Chap. hand and my might, and they shall know that 2. 11. my name is the LORD. CHA P. XVII. 1 The captivity of Judah for her fin. 5 Truft in man is curfed, 7 in God is bleffed. 9 The deceitful heart cannot deceive God. 12 The falvation of God. 15 The prophet complaineth of the mockers of his prophecy 19 He is fent to renew the covenant in hallowing the fabbath. He a 11 Then fhalt thou fay unto them, Because your fathers have forfaken me, faith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forfaken me, and have not kept my law: 12 And ye have done worfe than your fathers, (for behold, ye walk every one after the [imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me) 13 Therefore will I caft you out of this 27.& 28. land, into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers, and there fhall ye ferve other gods day and night, where I will not fhew you 64, 65. 7 Ifai. 43. 18. favour. 1 14 Therefore behold, the days come, faith the LORD, that it fhall no more be faid, Chap 23. The LORD liveth that brought up the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt; 7,8. m Amos 4. 2. Hab. 1.15. " Job 34. 15 But, The LORD liveth that brought up the children of Ifrael from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them and I will bring them again into their landthat I gave unto their fathers. : 16 Behold, I will fend for many m fishers, faith the LORD, and they shall fish them, and after will I fend for many hunters, and they fhall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their 21.& 15. iniquity hid from mine eyes. 21. Prov. 5. 18 And first I will recompenfe their iniquity, and their fin double; beaaufe they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcafes of their deteftable and abominable things. P 19 O LORD, my ftrength and my fortrefs, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles fhall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and fhall fay, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Chap. 33.2. 24. TH The fin of Judah is written with a pen of a Job 19. iron, and with the † point of a diamond; Heb. it is b graven upon the table of their heart, and mail. upon the horns of your altars: b Prov. S. 3. 2 Whilft their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the Judg. 3. high hills. 7. Ifa. 1. 29. 20. 30 my mountain in the field, I will give & 17.8. thy substance, and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for fin, throughout all thy 4 Chap. borders. 15.13. + Heb. e Chap. 31.3. g b Deut. 29.22. 4 And thou, even + thy felf fhalt difconti- in thy felf. nue from thine heritage that I gave thee, and I15. 14. will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land See Ifai. which thou knoweft not: for ye have kindled Chap. a fire in mine anger, which fhall burn for ever. 48.6. 5 Thus faith the LORD, Curfed be the 29 man that trufteth in man, and maketh fflesh his arm, and whofe heart departeth from the LORD. 8. & 125. 6 For he fhall be & like the heath in the defert, and fhall not fee when good cometh, but fhall Prov. 16. inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, h ini. 30. a falt land and not inhabited. 7 Bleffed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whofe hope the LORD is. 18 Let them be confounded that perfecute 4.& 40. me, but let not be me confounded: let them be difmayed, but let not me be difmayed: bring them the day of evil, and +x deftroy them upon break them with double deftruction. Heb. with a double breach. * Chap. II. 20. y Numb. 15.32. Neh. 13. 19. z Exod. 20.8.& X 19 Thus faith the LORD unto me, Go and ftand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerufalem; 20 And fay unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerufalem, that enter in by these gates. 21 Thus faith the LORD, y Take heed to your felves, and bear no burden on the fabbathday, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerufalem. 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houfes on the fabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the fabbath-day, as I z commanded your fathers. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck ftiff, that they Ezek. 20. might not hear nor receive instruction. 23.12.& 31.13. 12. Chap. 11.10. Б Chap. 22.4. 32.4+. 24 And it fhall come to pafs, if ye diligently hearken unto me, faith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the fabbath-day, but hallow the fabbath-day, to do no work therein: 25 b Then fhall there enter into the gates of this city, kings and princes, fitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots, and on horfes, they and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and this city fhall remain for ever. 26 And they fhall come from the cities of Chip. Judah, and from the places about Jerufalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the fouth, bringing burnt-offerings, and facrifices, and meat-offerings, and incenfe, and bringing facrifices of praife unto the house of the LORD. 27 But if you will not hearken unto me to Gods abfolute power. Chrift circa hallow the fabbath-day, and not to bear a bur- Before den, even entring in at the gates of Jerufalem on the fabbath-day: then will I kindle a fire in d the gates thereof, and it fhall devour the palaces & Chap. of Jerufalem, and it fhall not be quenched. CHAP. XVIII. СНАР. 601. 49.27. Amos I. 4, 7, 10, 12. & 2. I Under the type of a potter, is fhewed Gods abfolute 25. power in difpofing of nations. 11 Judgments threatned to Judah for her strange revolt. 18 Jeremiah prayeth against his confpirators. He word which came to Jeremiah from the T LORD, faying, circa 605. frames, or, 2 Arife, and go down to the potters house, and there I will caufe thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potters houfe, and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. Or, 4 And the veffels that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter, fo he † made or, it again another veffel, as feemed good to the that he potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me, 5 faying, a feats. made was marred as hand of the clay in the potter. + Heb. returned 60 houfe of Ifrael, 2 cannot I do with you as this potter? faith the LORD. Behold, bas and made. the clay is in the potters hand, fo are ye in mine a Ifai. 45. hand, O houfe of Ifracl. 7 At what inftant I fhall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to deltroy it : 9. wifd. 15. 7. Rom.9. 20. b Ifai. 64. 8. c 8 If that nation against whom I have pro- Chap. nounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of d Ezek. the evil that I thought to do unto them. 18.21.8 33.11. e 9 And at what inftant I fhall fpeak concerning Jonah nation, and concerning a kingdom to build and 3. 10. to plant it: a 10 If it do evil in my fight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I faid I would benefit them. 11 Now therefore go to, fpeak to the men Chap. 7. of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, & 26. faying, Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I frame 13. & 35. evil against you, and devise a device against you: freturn ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. 12 And they faid, There is no hope, but 1 Cor. 5. we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 13. Therefore thus faith the LORD, h Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard fuch things: the virgin of Ifrael hath done a very horrible thing. h Chap. 2.10. |