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*Heb. broken.

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set. to 699. judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk

och. xlix. 6.

Luke ii. 32. Acts xiii. 47. p ch. lxi. 1.

Luke iv.

therein :

6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ;

7 To open the blind eyes, to P bring out the prisoners 18. from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Heb. ii. 14, 15. q ch. ix. 2.

rch. xlviii. 11. 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my 'glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

+ Heb. the fulness thereof.

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, ye that go down to the sea, and † all 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 ; Or, behave he shall prevail against his enemies.

himself mightily.

14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woHeb. swal man; I will destroy and § devour at once.

low, or, sup

up.

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 Heb. into straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

straightness.

8 Ps. xcvii. 7. ch. i. 29. &

17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly xliv. 11. & xlv. ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

16.

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my mes

senger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and A.C. 710 blind as the LORD's servant?

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20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; open-t Rom. ii. 21. ing the ears, but he heareth not.

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

22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; † they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a 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 obedi

ent unto his law.

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

SAIAH XLIII.

1 The Lord comforteth his church with his promises. 8 He appealeth to the people for witness of his omnipotency. 14 He foretelleth them the destruction of Babylon, 18 and his wonderful deliverance of his people. 22 He reproveth the people as inexcusable.

1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy || life.

* Or, him.

Or, in snaryoung men of Heb. a

ing all the

them.

treading.

(Heb. for the

after time?

|| Or, person.

5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed u ch. xli. 10, from the east, and gather thee from the west;

14. & xliv. 2. Jer. xxx. 10, 11. & xlvi. 27,

6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep 28. not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

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22, 26.

7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I 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 x ch. xli. 21, people 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.

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen that ye may know and believe me, y ch. xli. 4. & and understand that I am he: before me there was * no *Or, nothing God formed, neither shall there be after me.

xliv. 6.

formed of God.

z ch. xlv. 21. Hos. xiii. 4.

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 there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

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 + Heb. turn it leta it?

back?

a Job ix. 12. ch. xiv. 27.

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

b Ex. xiv.

c Josh. iii.

d 2 Cor. v. 17, Rev. xxi. 5.

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

b

16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not

rise they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

:

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

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons Or, ostriches, and the §owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, ters of the owl and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my

Heb. daugh

e Luke i. 74,

75.

chosen.

e

21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

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23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy A.C. 710 burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering,Heb. lambs, nor wearied thee with incense.

or, kids.

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou † filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: + Heb. made but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast abundantly wearied me with thine iniquities.

25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions f for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I have profaned the § princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

SECTION XIX.

The Folly of Idolatry; the Conversion of the Gentiles.

ISAIAH XLIV.

1 God comforteth the church with his promises. 7 The vanity of idols, 9 and folly of idol makers. 21 He exhorteth to praise God for his redemption and omnipotency.

me drunk, or,

moistened.

f Ezek. xxxvi. 22, &c.

Heb. inter

preters.

Or, holy

princes.

1 Yet now hear, & O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom gch. xli. 8. & I have chosen :

xliii 1. Jer. xxx. 10. &

2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee xlvi. 27, 28. from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

h

Joel ii. 29.

3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and h ch. xxxv. 7 floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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

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.

John vii. 38,

Acts ii. 18.

6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the ich. xli. 4. & last; and beside me there is no God.

xlviii. 12. Rev. i. 8, 17. &

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set xxii. 13. 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.

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8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid from that time, and have declared it?

k Deut. iv. 35, nesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, I know not any.

39. & xxxii.

39. 1Sam. ii. 2.

ch. xlv. 5.

*Heb. rock.

ble.

have not I told thee ye are even my witthere is no God;

*

9¶They that make a graven image are all of them va

+Heb. desira- nity; and their + delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

1 Ps. cxv. 4,

&c.

m Ps. xcvii. 7. ch. i. 29. &

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 xlii. 17. & xlv. 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.

16,

n Jer, x. 3, &c. Wisd. xiii, 11, &c.

1 Or, with an

ax.

12 The smith with the tongs 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.

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he 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, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

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

courage.

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.

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

Heb. setteth

19 And none * considereth in his heart, neither is there to his heart. 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