Lamentation for Babylon.

A. D. 96.

p Is. 47. 7, 8. Zeph. 2. 15.

y Is. 21. 9. ch. 14. 8.

z ver. 17, 19.

a Ez. 27. 27– 36. ver. 3.

b ch. 17. 4.

H Or, sweet.

|| Or, bodies.

c Ez. 27. 13.

d ver. 3, 11.

e ch. 17. 4.

f ver. 10.

g Is. 23. 14. Ez. 27. 29.

h Ez. 27. 30, 31. ver. 9.

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6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: min the cup which she hath filled, "fill to her double.

7° How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart, I sit a 'queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and 'she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and

horses, and chariots, and slaves,

|| Or, bright. n Ps. 45. 13, 14. Ez. 16. 10.

ch.3.18.

o Ps. 132. 9.

p Matt. 22. 2,

3.

Luke 14.

15, 16.

q ch. 21. 5. & 22.6.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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9 And he saith unto me, Write, P Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, $ See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren * that t 1 John 5. 10. have the testimony of Jesus: worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

r ch. 22. 8.

s Acts 10. 26. & 14. 14, 15. ch. 22. 9.

ch. 12. 17.

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11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called y Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

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12 a His eyes were as a flame of fire, band on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

13 d And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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14 f And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

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15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rqd of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And 1he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, m KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying "to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but I ch. 2. 11. & they shall be priests of God and of Christ, "and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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7 And when the thousand years are expired, ° Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, "to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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9 $ And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved

21. 8. m Is. 61. 6.

1 Pet. 2. 9. ch. 1. 6. & 5. 10.

n ver. 4. o ver. 2.

p ver. 3, 10.

q Ez. 38. 2. & 39. 1. r chì. 16. 14.

s Is. 8. 8. Ez. 38. 9. 16.

a Is. 65. 17.

& 65. 22.

2 Pet. 3. 13.

b ch. 20. 11.

c Is. 52. 1.

Gal. 4. 26. Heb. 11. 10. & 12. 22. &

ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face y the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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12 And I saw the dead, a small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another c book was opened, which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and " hell delivered up the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their

works.

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14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

new earth for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from 13. 14. ch. 3. God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

12. ver. 10.

d Is. 54. 5. & 61. 10. 2 Cor. 11. 2.

e Lev. 26. 11, 12. Ez. 43. 7. 2 Cor. 6. 16. ch. 7. 15. f Is. 25. 8. ch. 7. 17.

g 1 Cor. 15. 26, 54. ch. 20. 14.

h Is. 35. 10. & 61. 3. & 65. 19.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there 5. 1. & 20. 11. be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

i ch. 4. 2, 9. &

k Is. 43. 19.
2 Cor. 5. 17.

1 ch. 19. 9.

m ch. 16. 17. n ch. 1. 8. & 22. 13.

o Is. 12. 3. &
55. 1. John

4. 10, 14. &
7. 37, ch. 22.
17.

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5 And he that sat upon the throne said, * Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for 1 these words are true and faithful.

6 And he said unto me, It is done. "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto

The new Jerusalem.

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel :

13 a On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the

Lamb.

z Ez. 48. 3134.

15 And he that talked with me had Ez. 40. 3. a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the

d Is. 54. 11.

The river and tree of life.

A. D. 96.

e ch. 22. 2.

f John 4. 23.

g Is. 24. 23. & 60. 19, 20. ch. 22.5. ver. 11.

h Is. 60 3,5, 11. & 66. 12.

i Is. 60. 11.

k Is. 60. 20. Zech. 14. 7.

ch. 22. 5.

1 ver. 24.

m Is. 35. 8. &

52. 1. & 60.21. ch. 22. 14, 15.

Joel 3. 17.

n Phil. 4. 3. ch. 3. 5. & 13. 8. & 20. 12.

a Ez. 47. 1. Zech. 14. 8.

b Ez. 47. 12. ch. 21. 21.

c Gen. 2. 9. ch. 2. 7.

d ch. 21. 24.

e Zech. 14. 11. f Ez. 48. 35.

o ch. 3. 11. ver. 10, 12, 20.

p ch. 1. 3.

Promises and exhortations.

14 b Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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15 Fore without are dogs, and sor

of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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derers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. hI am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

62. 11.

z Rom. 2. 6. & 14.12. ch. 20. 12.

a Is. 41. 4. & 44. 6. & 48. 12. ch. 1. 8, 11. & 21. 6.

b Dan. 12. 12. 1 John 3. 24.

c ver. 2. ch. 2.7.

d ch. 21. 27.

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. 1 And let him that is 1 Is. 55. 1. athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, m If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, "God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

20 He which testifieth these things saith, P Surely I come quickly: Amen. r Even so, come, Lord Jesus.