Tyrants mo. Paiak. fhall eat every man & fiefh of his own arm. W decrees, and that write grievoufnels O unto them that decree unrighteous abich they have prefcribed: 2 To turn afide needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherlefs. 3 And what will ye do in the day of vifitation, and in the defolation which fhall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they fhall bow down under the prifoners, and they fhall fall under the flain: for all this his anger is not turned way, but his hand is ftretched out still. STO Affyrian, the rod of mine anger, & the itaff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will fend him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the fpoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit, e meaneth not fo, neither doth his heart think fo,but it is in his heart to deftroy, and cut off nations not a few. 8 For he faith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 91 Dot Calao, as Carfhemith? is not Haath, as Arpad ? is not Samaria, as Damafeus? 10 hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whore graven images did excel them of Jerufalem, and of Samaria: 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, fo do to Jerufalem and her idols ? 12 Wherefore it fhall come to pafs, that when the LORD bath performed his whole work upon mount Zion, and on Jerufalem, I will punish the fruit of the tout heart of the king of Affyria, and the glory of his high looks.. 13 For he faith, By the Hirength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treafures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man. 14 And my hand hath found as a neft the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have 1 gathered all the earth, and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the ax beaft it felf against him that heweth therewith? or fhall the faw magnify it felf against him that shaketh it? as if the rod fhould thake it felf against then that lift it up,er as if the staff thould Lift up it felf, as if it were no wood. 16 Therefore fhall the LORD, the LORD of hotts, fend among his fat ones leannefs, and under his glory he thall kindle a bur Bing like the burning of a fire. Ifraels deliverance. 17 And the light of Ifrael fhall be for a fire, and his holy one for a flame: and it fhall burn and devour his thorns and h:s briers in one day; 18 And fhall confume the glory of his forreft, and of his fruitful field, both foul and body: and they thall be as when a itandard bearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forreft fhall be few, that a child may write them. 20 And it fhall come to país in that day, that the remnant of Ifracl, and fuch as are escaped of the house ofJacob, fhall no more again ftay upon him that fmote them: but fhall ftay upon the LORD, the holy One of Ifrael, in truth. 21 The remnant fhall return, even the temnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 12 For though thy people Ifrael be as the fand of the fea, yet a remnant of them thall return: the confumption decreed thall overflow with righteoufnefs. 23 For the LORD GOD of hosts hall make a confumption, even determined in the midst of all the land. 24 Therefore thus faith & LORD GOD of hofts, O my people, that dwelleft in Zion, be not afraid of the Affyrian: he fhall Tmite thee with a rod, and fhall lift up his ftaff against thee, after § manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation fhall ceafe, and mine anger in their deftruction. 26 And the LORD of hosts fhall ftir up a fcourge for him, according to the flaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the fea, fo fhall he lift it np after the manner of Egypt. 27 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that his burden thall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke fhall be deftroyed becaufe of the anointing. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is paffed to Migron: at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages. 29 They are gone over the paffage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba, Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul is filed. 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; caufe it to be heard unto Laifu, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is removed, the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet fhall he remain at Noby day: he shall fhake his hand against & mount of the daugher of 7ion, the hill of Jerufalem, 33 Behold, the LORD, the LORD of hosts thall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of ftature shall be hewn down, and the haughty fhall be humbled. 34 And he thall cut down the thickets of the forrefts with iron, and Lebanon fhall fall by a mighty one. XI. CHA P. The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root of Feffe. Nd there hall come forth a rod out of the item of Jeffe, and a branch thall grow out of his roots. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD fhall reft upon Babylons ruin. Chap. xii, xiii. upon him, the fpirit of wildom and understanding, the fpirit of counfel & might, the fpirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the LORD: 3 And fhall make him of quick underftanding in the fear of LORD, & he shall not judge after the fight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his cars. 4 But with righteoufnefs fhall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek of earth: & he fhall finite earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips fhall he flay the wicked. 5 And righteoufnefsfhall be girdle ofhis loins, & faithfulnels & girdle of his reins. 6The wolf alfo fhall dwell with the lamb, 1 and the leopard fhall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child fhall lead them. 7. And the cow and the bear fhall feed, their young ones fhall lie down together: and the lion thall eat ftraw like the ox. 8 And the fucking child fhall play on the hole of the afp, and the weaned child ihall put his hand on the cockatrice den. 9 They fhall not hurt nor deftroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth fhall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the fea. 10 And in that day there fhall be a root of Jeffe, which fhall ftand for an enfign of the people; to it fhall the Gentiles feek, and his relt fhall be glorious, 11 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that the LORD fhall fet his hand again' fecond time, to recover the remnant of his people which thail be left, from Affy zia, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cufh, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the inlands of the fea. 12 And he fhall fet up an enlign for the nations, and fhall affemble the out-caltsof Ifrael, and gathertogether the difperfed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy alfo of Ephraim fhall dePart, and the adverfaries of Judah fhall be Cut off: Ephraim fhall not envy Judah, & Judah fhall not vex Ephraim. 14 But they fhall fie upon the shoulders of the Philiftinestoward the weft, they fhall 1poil them of the caft tegether: they fhalt lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon fhall obey them, 15 And the LORD fhall utterly deftroy tengue of the Egyptian fea, and with his mighty wind fhall he thake his band over the river, and thall imite it in the feven ftreams, & make men go over dry fhod. 16 And there fhall be an high wayfor the remnant of his people, whien fhall be left from Affyria, like as it was to Ifrael in the day y he came up out of the land of Egypt. CHA P. XII. A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God. And in that day thou fhalt fay, O LORD I will praife thee: though theu waft angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedit me. 2 Behold, God is my falvation: I will truit, and not be afraid; for the LORD JEHOVAH is my itrength and my fong, he allo is become my falvation. 3 Therefore with joy fhall ye draw wa ter out of the wells of falvation. 4 And in that day fhall ye fay, Praife the LORD,call upon his Name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5Sing unto LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all $ earth. 6 Cry out and fhout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the holy One of Ifrael in the midft of thee. CHAP. XIII. God mufteretb the armies of bis wrath. He burden of Babylon, which Ifaiah the fon of Amoz did fee. Lift ye up a banner upon the bigh mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shakethe hand, that they may go into the gatos of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my fanctified ones, I have alfo called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my Highness. 4 The noife of a multitude in the moun tains, like as of a great people: a tumultuous noife of the kingdoms of nationsgathered together: the LORD of hosts. muttereth the hoft of the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 Howl ye, for the day of the LORD is at hand; it fhall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore fhall all hands be faint, & every mans heart fhall melt. 8 And they thall be afraid: pange and: forrows fhall take hold of them, they fhall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they fhall be amazed one at another, their faces fball be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land defolate; and he fhail deftroy the finners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven, and conftel. lations thereof shall not give their light: fun fhall be darkned in his going forth, & the moon ihall not caufe her lightto fhine. It And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity, and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to ceale, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more-precious than fine geld; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. 13 Therefore i will fhake the heavens, and the earth fhall remove out of het place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it fhall be as the chafed roe, & as a fheep that no man taketh up: they fhall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. 15 Every one that is found, thall he thruft X 4 through Babylons ruine. Ifaiah. through, and every one that is joyned unto abem, fhall fall by the fword. 16 Their children alfo thall be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their heufes shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will ftir up the Medesagainft them, which fhall not regard filver, and as for gold, they fhall not delight in it. 18 Their bows alfo fhall dath the young men to pieces, and they fhall have no piay on the fruit of the womb; their eyesfhall got fpare children. 19 And Babylon the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of y Caldees excellency, Shall be as whenGod overthrewSodom and Gomorrah. 20 it fhall never be inhabited, neither fhall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither fhallthe Arabian pitch Tent there neither fhall the fhepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the defart fhall lie there, and their houfes fhall be full of doleful creatures, and owls fhall dwell there, and fatyrs fhall dance there. 22 And the wild beafts of the iflands fhell cry in their defolate houses, and dragons in their pleafant plases; and her time is near to come, and her days fhall not be pro'oned. CHAP. XIV. 1 Geds merciful reftauration of Ifrael,4 their triumphant infultation over Babel. 23 Gods purpofe against Affyria. Fo Or the LORDwill have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choefe Ifrael, & fet them in their own land: and the ftrangers fhall be joyned with them, and they fhall cleave so the houfe of Jacob. 2 And the people fhall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Ifrael fhall poffefs them in the land of the LORD, for lervants and hand-maids: and they thall take them captives, whofe captives they were, and they fhall rule over their oppreffors. Ifraels reftauration. It Thy Pomp is brought down to the grave, and noife of thy viols: the worm is fpread under thee, & the wormscover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, fon of the morning! bow art thou cut down to the ground, which did't weaken the nations 13 For thou haft faid in thine heart, I will afcend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the ftars of God: I will fit alfo upon the mount of the congregation, in the fides of the north. 3 And it hall come to pafs in the day that theLORD fhall give theerest from thy forrow, and from thy fear. & from $ hard bondage wherein thou waft made to ferve. 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and lay, How hath the oppreffor ceafed! the golden city cealed! 5 The LORD hath broken the ftaff of the wicked, and the fcepter of the rulers. 6 He who fmote the people in wrath with a continual ftroke; hey ruled the nations in anger, is perfecuted, and none hindereth, 7 The whole earth is at reft and is quiet: they break forth into finging. 14 I will afcend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the most high. 15 Yet thou fhalt be brought down to hell, to the fides of the pit. 16 They that fee thee, fhall narrowly look upon thee, and confider thee, Saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did thake kingdoms? Ye the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and Cedars of Lebanon, Jaying, Since thou art laid down,no feller is come up against us. 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming: it ftir eth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raifed up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. to All they fhall fpeak & fay unto thee, Art thou alfo become weak as we? art shou ocoome like unto us? 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and deftroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the houfe of his prifoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art caft out of thy grave, like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are flain, thruft through with a fword, that go down to the ftones of the pit, as a carcafe trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joyned with them in burial, becaule thon haft deftroyed thy land, and flain thy people: the feed of evil doers fhall never be renowned. 21 Prepare flaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they do not rife nor poffefs the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rife up against them, faith the LORD of hofts, and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, and fon and nephew, faith the LORD. 23 I will alfo make it a poffeffion for the bittern, and pools of water and I will fweep it with the befom of destruction, faith the LORD of hosts. 24 The LORD of hosts hath fworn, faying, Surely as I have thought, fo sball it come to pafs; and as I have purposed, Jo fhall it itand: 25 That I will break the Affyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot; then fhall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their fhoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purpofed upon the whole earth; and this is the band that is stretched out upon all the nations. and who fhall difanul it? and his hand is 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purpofed, ftretched out, and who fhall turn it back? 28 In the year that king Ahaz died, was this burden.. 29 Rejoice not thou whole Paleltina, because the rod of him that fmote thee is broken: for out of the ferpents root thall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruitfball be a fiery flying ferpent. 30 And the filt-born of the poor fliale feed, & the needy fhall lie down in fafety: and Palestina threatned. Chap. xv, xvi, xvii. Moabs lamentation. and I will kill thy root with famine, and he thall lay thy remnant. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, city, thou whole Paleitina art difolved: for there thall come from the north a fmcke, and none fball be alone in his appointed times, 32 What ihall one then answer the meffengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall truft in it. CHAP. XV. The lamentable ftate of Moab. night Ar of Moab is laid wafte, and brought to filence; becaufe in the night Kir of Moab is laid walte, and brought to ti lence. bis lies ball not be fo. 7 Therefore fhall Moab howl for Moab, every one fhall bowl: for the foundations of Kir-hareleth fhall ye mourn, furely they are stricken. 8 For the fields of Hefhbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer; they wandred througe the wildernels, her branches are ftretched out, they 9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer, the vine of Sibmah: A will water thee with my tears, O Hefbbon, and Elealeh : for the fhouting for thy tum2 He is gone up to Bajith,& to Dibon, mer fruits, and for thy harvelt, is fallen. high places,to weep: Moab ihall howl over 10 And gladnels is taken away, and joy Nebo, and over Medeba,en all their heads out of the plentiful field, and in the vineShall be baldness, and every beard cat off. yards there fhall be no finging, neither 3 in their ftreets they fhail gird them- ihall there be fhouting: the treaders fhall felves with fackcloath: on the tops of their tread out no wine in their prefies: I have houles, and in their streets every one fhall made their vintage fhouting to ceafe. bowl weeping abundantly. It Wherefore my bowels fhall found like an harp for Moab, and mine inward Parts for Kir-hareth. 4 And Heihbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice fhall be heard even unto Jahaz; therefore the armed fouldiers of Moab fhall 12 And it fhall come to país, when cry oot,his life shall be grievous unto him. it is feen that Moab is weary on the high 5 My heart fhall cry out for Moab, his place, that he shall come to his fanctuary fugitives fball flee unto Zoar, an heifer of to pray, bet he fhall not prevail. three years old: for by the mounting up of Buh th with weeping fhall they go it up for in the way of Horonaim, they fhall raife up a cry of deftruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim fhall be delolate; for the hay is withered away, the grafs faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that & they have laid up, thall they carry away to the brook of willcw. 8 For the cry is gene round about & borders of Moab the howling thereof untoEg. Tim, & y howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon fhall be full of blood, for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that cfcapeth of Moap, and upon the remnant of the land. CHA P. XVI. Moab isexborted to yield to Cbrifis kingdom. 6 And threatned for ber pride. End ye the lamb to the ruler of the land trom Selah to the wildernefs, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it fhall be, that as a wandering bird caft out of the neft: fo the daughters of Moab fhall be at the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counfel, execute judgment, make thy fhadow as the night in the midft of the noon day, hide the out-caft, bewray not him that wandreth. 4 Let mine out-calts dwell with thee, Moab, he thou a covert to them from the face of the fpoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the fpofler ceafeth, the oppreffors are confumed out of the land." 13 This is the word that the LORD hath ipoken concerning Moab lince that time. 14 But now the LORD hath spoken, faying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, & the glory of Moab fhall be con temned, with all that great multitude, and the remnant ball bevery fmall and teeble. CHA P. XVII. Syria and Ifrael are threatned. 6 A reme nant fball forfake idolatry. 9 The rest fall be plagued for their impiety. The burden of Dalmaleus. Belong. Detmafcus is taken away from being a çity, and it fhall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forfaken: they fhall be for flocks which fhall lie down, and none thall make them afraid. 3 The fortrels alfo fhall ceafe from E phraim, and the kingdom from Damaicus, and the remnant of Syria: they fall be as the glory of the children of Ifrael, faith the LORD of hosts. ,4 And in that day it fhall come to pafs, that the glory of Jacob fhall be made thin, and the fatnefs of his fiefh fhall wax lea And it shall be aswhen the harvest-man gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm: and it fhall be as he that ga thereth cars in the valley of Rephaim. 61(Yet gleaning grapes fhall be left in it, as the inaking of an olive-tree, two or threa berries in the top of the upper moft bough, four or five in the outmoft. freitlul branches thereof, faith the LORD. GOD of Ifrael. 7 At that day fhalt a man look to his ma ker, and his eyes thall have respect to the boly One of Ifrael. 5 And in mercy fhall the throne be efta blished, and he hail fit upon it in truth,in, the tabernacle of David, judging & feeking judgment, and haftning righteousness. 8 And he fhall not look to the altars, 6 We have heard of the pride of Me- work of his bands, neither ball relped abil he is very proud J, venof bia kaugb¬ Against Damafeu, that which his fingers have made, either the groves or the images.) 9 In that day fhall his ftrong cities be as a forfaken bough, and an uppermoft branch, which they left, becaufe of the children of Ifrael; and there fhall be deiolation. to Becaufe thou haft forgotten the God of thy falvation, and haft not been mindful of the rock of thy ftrength: therefore thalt thou plant pleasant plants, and fhalt fet it with itrange flips: 11 In the day halt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning fhalt thou make thy feed to flourish: but the harveft Shall be a heap in the day of grief, and of defperate forrow. 121 Wo to the multitude of many people, which make a noife like the noife of the feas; and to the rushing of nations,that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters. 13 The nations fhall rufh like the rushing of many waters: but God fhall rebuke them, and they fhall flee far off, and shall be chafed as the chaff ofthe mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirl-w.ad. 14 And behold, at evening tide trouble, and before the morning he is not; this is the portion of them that fpoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. CHAP. XVIII. 1 God in care of bis people will deftroy the Ethiopians. 7 Aces thereby fball grow unto the sbarch. O tothe land fhadowing with wings, W which is bey end riversof Ethiopia: 2 That fendeth ambaffadors by the fea, even in veffels of bulrushes upon the wasers, Saying, Go ye fwift meffengers, to a sation feattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto, a nation meted out and troddendown, whole Jand the rivers have fpoiled. 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, fee ye, when he lifteth up an enfign on the mountains, and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 4 For fo the LORD faid unto me, I will take my reft,& I will confider in my dwelBing-placelike a clear beat upon herbs; and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For afore the harveft when the bud is perfect, and the fowre grape is ripening o the flower; he shall both cut off the fprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branobes. 6 They all be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beaks of the earth; and the fowly thall fummer apon them, and all the beasts of the earth fhall winter upon them. 7 In that time fhall the prefent be brought unto the LORD of hosts. of a people fcattered and peeled, and from a pcoe terrible from theirbeginning hitherto, nation meted out andtrodden under foot, whole land the rivers have fpoiled, to the Place of the Name of the LORD of hots, the monat ZIOR. Ifaiah. and Ethiopia. CHAP. XIX. 1 The confufion of Egypt. 11 The foolishness of their princes. He burden of Egypt. Behold, th LORD rideth upon a fwift cloud, and fhall come into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt thall be moved at his prefence, and heart of Egypt fhall meltin the midft ofit. 2 And I will fet the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they ihall fight every one against his brother, and every one againit his neighbour; city against city: and kingdom againit kingdom. 3 And the fpirit of Egypt fhall failin the midft thereof, and I will deftroy the counfel thereof: and they fhall feek to the idols, and to the charmers, & to them that have familiar fpirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord and a fierce king fhall rule over them, faith the the LORD, the LORD of hosts. 5 And the waters fhall fail from the fea, and the rivers fhall be wafted & dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away, and the brooks of defence fhall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags fhall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing fown by the brooks fhall wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishers alfe fhall mourn, and all they that caft angle into the brooks fhalt lament, and they that fpread nets upon the waters fhall languish. 9 Moreover, they that work in fine flax, and they, that wave net-works, thall be confounded. 10 And they fhall be broken in the parpafes thereof, all that make fluces and ponds for fish. 1 Sarely the princes of Zean are fools, the counfel of the wife counsellers of Pharaoh, is become brutith: how fay ye unto Pharaoh, I am the fon of the wife, the fon of antient kings? 12 Where are they? where are thy wife men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hotts hath purpofed upon Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived, they have alfo feduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. 14 The LORD hath mingled a perverfe fpirit in the midit thereof; and they have caufed Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man ftaggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither hall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or reth may do. 16 In that day fhall Egypt be like unte women: and it fhall be afraid and fear, becaufe of the thaking of the band of the LORD of hofts, which he thaketh over it. 17 And the land of Judah fhall be a terrer unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof,fhall be afraid in himself, becaufe of the counfel of LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. |