from far, their filver, and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God: and to the Holy One of Ifrael, because he hath glorified thee. IO And the fons of ftrangers fhall build up thy walls, and their kings fhall minifter unto thee: for in my wrath I fmote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 11 Therefore thy gates fhall be open continually, they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not ferve thee, fhall perish: yea, thofe nations shall be utterly wafted. 13 The glory of Lebanon fhall come unto thee, the firtree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my fanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 14 The fons alfo of them that afflicted thee fhall come bending unto thee; and all they that defpifed thee fhall bow themselves down at the foles of thy feet; and they fhall call thee, The city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Ifrael. 15 Whereas thou haft been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 16 Thou shalt also fuck the milk of the Gentiles, and fhalt fuck the breast of kings, and thou fhalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brafs I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring filver, and for wood brafs, and for ftones iron: I will alfo make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteoufnefs. 18 Violence fhall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor deftruction within thy borders; but thou fhalt call thy walls falvation, and thy gates praise. 19 The fun fhall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightnefs fhall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord fhall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy fun fhall no more go down, neither fhall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord fhall be thine everlafting light, and the days of thy mourning fhall be ended. 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they fhall inherit inherit the land for ever, the, tinuance, and we fhall be branch of my planting, the faved. work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our 22 A little one fhall be- righteoufneffes are as filthy come a thousand, and a small | rags, and we all do fade as one a strong nation: I the a leaf, and our iniquities, Lord will haften it in his like the wind, have taken us time. away. Ο CHAP. LXIV. H that thou wouldeft rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy prefence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adverfaries, that the nations may tremble at thy prefence. 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou cameft down, the mountains flowed down at thy prefence. 4 For fince the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye feen, O God, befide thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth, and worketh righteoufnefs, those that remem ber thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth, for we have finned: in those is con 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that ftirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and haft confumed us because of our iniquities. 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father: we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we all are the work of thy hand, 9 Be not wroth very fore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, fee, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wildernefs, Jerufalem a defolation. 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou refrain thyfelf for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very fore? CHAP. I CHAP. LXV. mountains, and blafphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bofom. 8 Thus faith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one faith, Deftroy it not, for a blessing is in it: fo will I do for my fervants fakes, that I may not deftroy them all. AM fought of them that afked not for me: I am found of them that fought me not: I faid, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have fpread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own a feed out of Jacob, and out thoughts: of Judah an inheritor of my 9 And I will bring forth 3 A people that provok-mountains: and mine elect eth me to anger continually fhall inherit it, and my ferto my face, that facrificeth vants fhall dwell there. in gardens, and burneth incenfe upon altars of brick: 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat fwine's flesh; and broth of abominable things is in their veffels : 5 Which fay, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou: these are a smoke in my nofe, a fire that burneth all the day. 6 Behold, it is written before me, I will not keep filence, but will recompenfe, even recompenfe into their bofom, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together (faith the Lord) which have burnt incenfe upon the 10 And Sharon fhall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have fought me. II ¶ But ye are they that forfake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drinkoffering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the fword, and ye fhall all bow down to the flaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I fpake, ye did not hear, but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, my fervants fhall eat, but ye fhall be be hungry behold, my fer-| vants fhall drink, but ye fhall be thirsty behold, my fervants fhall rejoice, but ye fhall be afhamed: 14 Behold, my fervants fhall fing for joy of heart, but ye fhall cry for forrow of heart, and fhall howl for vexation of fpirit. 15 And ye fhall leave your name for a curfe unto my chofen for the Lord God fhall flay thee, and call his fervants by another name: 16 That he who bleffeth himfelf in the earth, fhall bless himself in the God of truth, and he that sweareth in the earth, fhall fwear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. 17 For behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth and the former fhall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create for behold, I create Jerufalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 20 There fhall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child fhall die an hundred years old, but the finner, being an hundred years old, fhall be accurfed. 21 And they fhall build houses, and inhabit them; and they fhall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They fhall not build, and another inhabit; they fhall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, are the days of my people, and mine elect fhall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They fhall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble for they are the feed of the bleffed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. 24 And it fhall come to pafs, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb fhall feed together, and the lion fhall eat ftraw like the 19 And I will rejoice in bullock and duft shall be Jerufalem, and joy in my the ferpent's meat. They people, and the voice of fhall not hurt nor destroy in weeping fhall be no more all my holy mountain, faith heard in her, nor the voice the Lord. of crying. CHAP. CHAP. LXVI. TH HUS faith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footftool where is the houfe that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my reft? 2 For all thofe things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, faith the Lord but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite fpirit, and trembleth at my word. 3 He that killeth an ox, is as if he flew a man: he that facrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off dog's neck: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered fwine's blood: he that burneth incense, as if he bleffed an idol: yea, they have chofen their own ways, and their foul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I alfo will choose their delufions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer: when I fpake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word. Your brethren that hated you, that caft you out for my name's fake, faid, Let the Lord be glorified : but he fhall appear to your joy, and they fhall be afhamed. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompenfe to his enemies. 7 Before the travailed, fhe brought forth before her pain came, fhe was delivered of a man-child. 8 Who hath heard fuch a thing who hath feen fuch things? fhall the earth be made to bring forth in one day, or fhall a nation be born at once? for as foon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? faith the Lord: fhall I cause to bring forth, and fhut the womb ? faith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerufalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her. II That ye may fuck, and be fatisfied with the breafts of her confolations : that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. |
