the garden of the Lord: joy 9 ¶ Awake, awake, put and gladnefs fhall be found on ftrength, O arm of the therein, thanksgiving, and Lord; awake as in the anthe voice of melody. cient days, in the genera 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep? that hath made the depths of the fea a way for the ranfomed to pafs 4 Hearken unto me, my tions of old. Art thou not people; and give ear unto it that hath cut Rahab, and me, O my nation: for a law wounded the dragon? fhall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to reft for a light of the people. 5 My righteoufnefs is near; my falvation is gone forth, and mine arms fhallover? judge the people: the isles Thall wait upon me, and on mine arm fhall they trust. II Therefore the redeemed of the Lord fhall return, and come with finging unto 6 Lift up your eyes to Zion, and everlasting joy the heavens, and look upon shall be upon their head: they the earth beneath for the fhall obtain gladness and joy, heavens shall vanish away and forrow and mourning like smoke, and the earth fhall flee away. fhall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein fhall die in like manner: but my falvation fhall be for ever, and my righteousness fhall not be abolished. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteoufnefs, the people in whofe heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth fhall eat them up like a garment, and the worm fhall eat them like wool but my righteoufnefs fhail be for ever, and my falvation from generation to generation. 12 I, even I am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which fhall be made as grafs? 13 And forgetteft the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundation of the earth? and haft feared continually every day, becaufe of the fury of the oppreffor, as if he were ready to deftroy? and where is the fury of the oppreffor? 14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loofed, and that he fhould not die in the the pit, nor that his bread fhould fail. 15 But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the fea, whofe waves roared: the Lord of hofts is his name. 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the fhadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and fay unto Zion, Thou art my people. 17¶ Awake, awake, ftand up, O Jerufalem, which haft drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury: thou haft drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the fons whom fhe hath brought forth: neither is there any that taketh her by the hand, of all the fons that he hath brought 21 ¶ Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine. 22 Thus faith thy Lord, the Lord, and thy God, that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou fhalt no more drink it again. 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee: which have said to thy foul, Bow down, that we may go over and thou haft laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over. CHAP. LIII. HO hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he fhall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness: and when we fhall fee him, there is no beauty that we should defire him. 3 He is defpifed and rejected of men, a man of forrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him ; he was G g defpifed, . defpifed, and we efteemed | put him to grief: when thou him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our forrows: yet we did efteem him ftricken, fmitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our tranfgreffions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his ftripes we are healed. fhalt make his foul an offering for fin, he fhall fee his feed, he thall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord fhall profper in his hand. II He fhall fee of the travail of his foul, and fhall be fatisfied: by his knowledge fhall my righteous fervant juftify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide 6 All we like sheep have gone aftray we have turn-him a portion with the great, ed every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. and he shall divide the spoil with the ftrong: because he hath poured out his foul unto death: and he was num 7 He was oppreffed, and he was afflicted, yet he open-bered with the tranfgreffors, ed not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the flaughter, and as a fheep before her fhearers is dumb, fo he openeth not his mouth. and he bare the fin of many, and made interceffion for the tranfgreffors. CHAP. LV. one that 8 He was taken from pri- H thirfteth, come ye to fon and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the tranfgreffion of my people was he ftricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, becaufe he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleafed the Lord to bruise him, he hath the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which fatisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your foul delight itfelf in fatnefs. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your foul fhall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the fure mercies of David. heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give feed to the fower, and bread to the eater: 11 So fhall my word be 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peo-that goeth forth out of my ple, a leader and commander to the people. mouth: it fhall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it fhall profper in the thing whereto I fent it. 5 Behold, thou fhalt call a nation that thou knoweft not, and nations that knew not thee fhall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of If-with peace: the mountains rael; for he hath glorified thee. 6 ¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forfake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, faith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, fo are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the fnow from 12 For ye fhall go out with joy, and be led forth and the hills fhall break forth before you into finging, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Inftead of the thorn fhall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle - tree : and it fhall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting fign that shall not be cut off. 4 For thus faith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my fabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant: 5 Even unto them will I give in mine houfe, and within my walls, a place and a name better than of fons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that fhall not be cut off. 6 Alfo the fons of the ftranger that join themselves to the Lord, to ferve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his fervants, every one that keepeth the gathereth the outcasts of If rael, faith, Yet will I gather others to him, befides those that are gathered unto him. 94 All ye beafts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beafts in the foreft. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; fleeping, lying down, loving to flumber. II Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are fhepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain from his quarter. 12 Come ye, fay they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink, and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. CHAP. LVII. Kabbath from polluting it, Teth, and no man lay and taketh hold of my co venant: 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my houfe of prayer: their burntofferings and their facrifices fhall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine houfe fhall be called an houfe of prayer for all people. 8 The Lord God, which eth it to heart; and merciful men are. taken away, none confidering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He fhall enter into peace: they fhall reft in their beds, each one walking in his uprightnefs. 3 But draw near hither, ye fons of the forcerefs, the feed |