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Ahaz is comforted.

Before CHRIST cir. 758.

< Ezek. 1. 11. Heb. this cried to this. d Rev. 4. 8. Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth.

ISAIAH, 7.

his face, and with twain he covered his
feet, and with twain he did fly.

S And tone cried unto another, and
said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: † the whole earth is full of his
glory.

4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am † undone; because I am a man of unclean e Pa. 72. 19. lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

† Heb. thresholds.

Ex. 40. 34.

1 Kin. 8. 10. 9 Ex. 4. 10. & 6. 30.

Judg. 6. 22.

& 13. 22.

Jer. 1. 6. + Heb. cut off.

↑ Heb. and

in his hand a live coal.

A Rev. 8. 3. † Heb. caused it t touch.

i See

Jer. 1. 9.

Dan. 10. 16.

6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from Off the altar:

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, † Here am I; send me.

9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, 'Hear yetindeed, but understand not; and see ye tindeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, Gen. 1. 26. and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

A. 3. 22. & 11. 7.

+ Heb. Behold me. ch. 43. 8. Matt. 13.14.

11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he Mark 4. 12. answered, Until the cities be wasted with out inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be tutterly desolate, 12 P And the LORD have removed men far away, and 5 there be a great forsaking 5 in the midst of the land.

Luke 8. 10. John 19. 40. Acts 28. 26. Rom. 11. 8. Or. withoutscaring, &c. Heb. hear ye in hearing, &c.

+ Heb. in seeing.

18 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: 80 the holy seed shall be the substance thereof 6.

Ps. 119. 70. ch. 68. 17. Jer. 5. 21. Mic. 8. 12. Heb. desolate with desolation. p 2 Kings 25. 21. | Or, when it is returned, and hath been broused. Or, stock, or, stem. 9 Ezra 9. 2. Mal. 2. 15. Rom. 11. 5.

cir. 742. a 2 Kings

16. 5.

2 Chr. 28. 5, 6.

+ Heb.

resteth on Ephraim. b ch. 10. 21.

That is, The remnant shall return

ND it came to pass in the days of a Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Christ promised for a sign.

Before

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son
of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel CHRIST
against thee, saying,

cir. 742.

6 Let us go up against Judah, and I vex Or, waken.
it, and let us make a breach therein for
us, and set a king in the midst of it,
even the son of Tabeal:

7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall
not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
Band within threescore and five years
shall Ephraim be broken, † that it be
not a people B.

d Prov. 21.

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. fIf ye will not believe, surely yef shall not be established.

10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

119 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither
will I 5 tempt the LORD.

18 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of
David; Is it a small thing for you to weary
men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall con-
ceive, and bear a son, and B shall call
his name 7 Immanuel.

30.

2 Sam. 8. 6.

ch. 8. 10.

t Heb. from a people.

17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed 1 See ch.8.4. from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the 2 Chr. 23. rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that 。 1 Kings 12. is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come, and shall rest
all of them in 12 the desolate valleys 12,
and in the holes of the rocks, and upon
all thorns, and upon all 13 bushes.

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave
with a razor that is hired, namely, by
them beyond 14 the river, by the king of As-
syria, the head, and the hair of the feet:
and it shall also 15 consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that a man shall nourish a young
cow, and two sheep;

22 And it shall come to pass, for the
abundance of milk that they shall give
he shall eat 8 butter: for butter and
honey shall every one eat that is left

2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria tis confederate with 2t in the land. Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and 2 Kings 15. Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the

See ch.6.13. 10. 21.

17.

ch. 36. 2. 1 Or. causeway. + Heb.

Let not thy heart be tender..

m 2 Kings
15. 30.
& 16. 9.

19.

16.

p ch. 5. 26.

ch. 2. 19. 1 Or, com

Jer. 16. 16.

mendable trees.

- 2 Kings 16.
7,8.

2 Chr. 28.
20, 21.
See Ezek. 5.

1.

1 Heb. in the midst of the land.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briersch. 5. 6. and thorns. 24 With arrows and with bows shall men conduit of the upper pool in the high-come thither; because all the land shall way of the fuller's field: become briers and thorns.

4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet fear not, neither be fainthearted VAR. REND. - V. 11. Or, deep unto Sheol, Verfor 3 the two tails of these 3 smoking fire- sions (except Sept.), Lo. Ew. De. Ch. 5 V. 12. try. brands, for the fierce anger of Rezin 6 V. 14. So Sept. Pesh. Vulg. Lo. Ew. De. Kay; with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. young woman, (virtually) Ge. Hi. Ch. Naegelsbach. (The Hebrew prefixes the article, which A.V. defenVAR. REND.-3 V. 3. kept crying.. — V. 6. (hot) sibly regards as that of species, like the lion'). stone. V. 12. the forsaken tract be large, Kay.i.e. God with us. -8 Vs. 15, 22. Curdled milk.

V. 13. And if there should yet be a tenth in V. 15. when he shall know.10 V. 16. whose two it, this shall again be consumed; (yet), as the kings thou abhorrest shall be unpeopled.11 V. 18. terebinth and the oak, though cut down, have their canals.12 V. 19. the valleys of the steep hills.. stock remaining, (even so) a sacred seed (shall be) 13 pastures.14 V. 20. hired beyond.- 15 sweep away. the stock thereof. Chap. 7. V. 1. take it by as- VAR. READ.-Chap. 7. V. 8. B Omit (as an intersault. V. 2. Or, hath encamped in, Ge. Hi. Ew.polation), Ge. Hi. Ew. Bl. Kn. Kue.-V. 14. ẞ thou 3 V. 4. these two tails of. shalt, Greek versions.

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Preface. Supplementary Contents...

CONTENTS.

1. MATERIALS FOR BIBLE LESSONS:

1. INTRODUCTION: the Bible as a whole-its Divisions and Connections...
2. SUMMARY and ANALYSIS of each Book of the OLD & NEW TESTAMENT.

REV. STANLEY LEATHES, D.D.
Professor of Hebrew in King's College, London, &c., &c.

3. REFERENCES in the NEW TESTAMENT to the OLD, showing their interdependence..by D. W.
4. PARABLES and MIRACLES in the OLD TESTAMENT.

5. MIRACLES of our LORD.

6 PARABLES of our LORD.

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The Editor.

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7. PROPHECIES relating to our LORD:

(1.) Expressly declared in Holy Writ to have been fulfilled..

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(2.) Quoted and applied in the N. T., but not distinctly asserted to have been fulfilled in a
particular manner.

(3.) Not quoted in the N.T., but which we see to have been exactly fulfilled..
(4.) Prophecies relating to the admission of the Gentiles to the Gospel covenant.

8. NAMES, TITLES, and CHARACTERS of our LORD...

9. PASSAGES relating to the NATURE, OFFICE, and WORK of our LORD..

10. DISCOURSES of our LORD, classified.

11. ANALYSIS of the SERMON on the MOUNT

12. NOTES on the LORD'S PRAYER.

13. PRAYERS of our LORD..

14. OTHER PRAYERS in SCRIPTURE.

The Editor.

.REV. G. S. GRUGGEN, M.A.

The Editor.

REV. T. WOODHOUSE, M.A.

GEOGRAPHY.

15. DESCRIPTION of the HOLY LAND-WILDERNESSES of the SOUTH-PENINSULA of SINAI.
PALESTINE-its CLIMATE.-GEOLOGY.-WATER SYSTEM.-PORTS and CHIEF TOWNS, and
PLACES of BIBLICAL INTEREST......

16. REMARKABLE MOUNTAINS & HILLS of the BIBLE.

18. BIBLE CALENDAR.-THE DIVISIONS of TIME, and their PRINCIPLES.-THE SEASONS. THE
JEWISH MONTHS.-THE WEATHER and STATE of the COUNTRY (monthly).-THE JEWISH
The Editor.
FEASTS. THE WEEK, SABBATICAL YEAR, JUBILEE, &C.-DIVISIONS of DAY and NIGHT.

(2.) Technical terms connected with Hebrew Poetry and Music in the Psalms (Bible Version).

REV. T. K. CHEYNE, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

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(iv.) List of passages in which musical instruments are mentioned in O.T. & N.T.... 52 J. STAINER, M.A., Mus. Doc., Organist of St. Paul's Cathedral.

VIII. THE BIBLE and the MONUMENTS; or the Hebrews in their relations with the Oriental Monarchies of Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Aram (Syria), and Phoenicia. Geographical Introduction..

(1.) BASES of BIBLICAL CHRONOLOGY.
REV. S. G. GREEN, D.D.
(2.) CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY of BIBLE HISTORY, exhibiting the contemporaneous PERSONS
and EVENTS in non-Jewish countries............ REVISED BY REV. S. G. GREEN, D.D.
(3.) COMPENDIOUS CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES:-

From the DEATH of SOLOMON to MALACHI, exhibiting the Hebrew KINGS & PROPHETS.
A TABLE for READING the Books of the PROPHETS in their chronological order ......
X. HISTORY.

HISTORICAL EPITOME, or CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT of the BIBLE:

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76

81

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PART II. BETWEEN the TESTAMENTS, or the Jews under the Persians,
Macedonians and Romans, with an abstract of 1 & 2 Maccabees
REV. P. THOMSON, M.A. and Editor.

JEWISH SECTS and ORDERS..

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TABLE of the HERODIAN FAMILY.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE of GOSPEL HISTORY, and a HARMONY of the FOUR GOSPELS :-
(i.) Events connected with the Birth and Childhood of our Lord.

. REV. S. G. GREEN, D.D.

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(ii.) Announcement and introduction of our Lord's public Ministry.

(iii.) From the 1st Passover, during our Lord's public Ministry, until the 2nd.
(iv.) From the 2nd Passover until the 3rd.....

(v.) From the 3rd Passover until our Lord arrives at Bethany, 6 days before-..
(vi.) the Last Passover Week.

(vii.) Our Lord's Resurrection, His subsequent Appearances and Ascension..
(Revised) REV. E. ROBINSON, D.D.

Exhibiting the Travels and Epistles of St. Paul. REV. P. THOMSON, M.A. and Editor.
A TABLE to find each PSALM by its FIRST LINE......
XI. GLOSSARY of BIBLE WORDS........
XII. SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE of SCRIPTURE.

XIII. DICTIONARY of PROPER NAMES, with their MEANINGS and a REVISED
............ REV. T. K. CHEYNE, M.A.
XIV. INDEX to the PERSONS, PLACES, and SUBJECTS of the BIBLE (16,000 refs.)
XV. CONCORDANCE of BIBLE WORDS with their context-(above 40,000 references).

XVI. Copyright Maps (6), double page, from recent Surveys, Endered, on a new plan. •

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