C. about And she being desolate shall_sit

760. upon the ground. = AND in xthat xday seven women sh. *shall_take_hold_ofone ‘man, say- t ing, “We will_eat our_own bread, and thy name ‘wear our_own apparel : called Only ‘let ‘us be_called bythy name, eae to_take_away our reproach.” THE 2In xthat xday shall the_branch_of aa 4 the Lorp be J beautiful and glo-
rious, for beauty And the_fruit_of the earth shall be
nd glory. excellent and comely For them_that_are_escaped_of Is- - raél. HOSE RE- 3 And it sshall_come_to_pass, [AINING. That ~+he_that is_left in Zion, pase ae And he_that remaineth in Jeru- : salem, shall_be_called holy, Even every_one ~x:that is_writ- = among the=living in Jerusa- em : Zech. 13.1.| 4 When athe=Lord -shall_have_wash- emeey. ed_away rthe_filth_of the_daugh- ia ters_of Zion, Andshall_have_purged-the_blood_ of Jerusalem from the _ midst thereof By the_spirit_of judgment, And by the_spirit_of burning. HE Cloup| >» And ‘the Lorp -will_create upon eg every s dwelling_place_of mount F Zion, spreation. And upon her ¢e assemblies, ». cONVOCA- A cloud and smoke by_day, : And the_shining_of a flaming fire ‘ by_night : ‘ For upon all the glory shall be a covering. ¢ defence. booth, 6 And there shall_be a 4 tabernacle for oS a shadow in_the_daytime from
the heat, And for a place_of_refuge, “" And for a covert from storm and
«: from rain. ~ THE SONG NOW will_Lsing to my wellbeloved cae THE 5 a song_of my beloved touching — His vineyard. [INEY ARD. My wellbeloved -hath a vineyard in
7. See a hvery fruitful hill:
21. 2 And He fenced it, and gathered_out_
a aS the_stones thereof, snofoi.| | And planted it with the choicest_
vine, And built a tower in the_midst_of |
in: And He looked thatit should_bring_ forth grapes, And it brought_forth 4« wild_grapes. 3 And now, O_-inhabitants_of Jeru- salem, and # men_of Judah, -Judge, I_pray_you, betwixt Me and My vineyard. 4 What could_have_been_done more to My vineyard, that I have not
done in it? Wherefore, when_I_looked that it should _ bring _ forth grapes,
brought_it _forth 4a wild_grapes ?
5 And now go_to; I willtell pou ewhat £ =will_do to My yine- yard :
it, ‘ And also he made awinepress there-
TsaranH V. 18.
I will take_away the_hedge thereof, | B.C. about and it -shall_be eaten_up ; 760. And break_down the_wall there-
of, and it -shall_be /troddep_
down: 6 And I will_lay it waste : be_pruned, nor digged : But there -shall_come_up ~briers and -thorns :
Jf. fora treading.
it shall not
I willalso command the clouds that) Exprana- they rain no rain upon it. TION. 7 For the_yineyard_of ‘the Lorp of_|s. Jehovah- hosts is the_house_of Israél, off ee
And the_‘men_of Judah His plea-| ot
sant plant: 7 fea And He looked for J Judgment, but) 9. opptes- behold © oppression | sion, sie eal) but behold a} (riditena ness, tse- 8 Woe unto them_that_join house to| dabkah. house, See That ‘lay field to field, till there be) ———_ no place, j wees. That they ‘may_be_placed alone in /*, 42>; > 3 the_midst_of the earth! | 3. 2In mine ears said ‘the Lorp of_ hosts, Of a truth many houses shall_be desolate, Even great and fair, without in- habitant. 10 Yea, ten acres_of vineyard shall_| yield one * bath, ie. about And the_seed_of a homer shall_| 7927 yield an « ephah. | a. about
11 Woe unto them_that_rise_up_ early| 3 pecks. in the morning, that they may_ follow strong_drink ; That_continue until ‘tnight, wine inflame them ! 2 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and » wine, -are| w. wine, in their 2 feasts: | Heb. yayin. But they ‘regard not -the_work_of| 2- banquets. J the Lorp, |g. Jehovah. Neither «consider the_ operation_of| His hands.
till | t. twilight.
18 Therefore my ~-people rh pee | a into_captivity, because they have! no knowledge: ls ae And their honourable ™men are | jn. mortal, -famished, | or few. And their multitude dried_up_| ™&- with_thirst.
14 Therefore / hell hath enlarged her-| pr. Hed. sself, and -opened her mouth) shel, Gr. without measure : peates
And their glory, and their multi- tude, and their pomp, and he_ Saat revlcess -shall_descend into|
15 aa the *mean_man shall _be_ Gop brought_down, | EXALTED. d ¢ hee man shall_be_| a. aaa humbled, And the_eyes_of the =lofty shall_ be_humbled ; 16 But ‘the Lorp of_hosts shall_be_ exalted in xjudgment, And ¢x-God that_is holy shall_be_! sanctified in righteousness. | 17 Then -shall the lambs feed after| their manner, And the_waste- places_of the fat_| ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe unto them_that_draw ~«ini- quity with cords_of xvanity,
e. hah EL
WOEs.
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IsaraAH VY. 19.
B.C. about 760.
21. Proy. 3.7. 1 Cor. 3, 18- 20.
a. Wine, Heb. yayin.
@. anah- shim.
1. lawless.
b. bribe.
REASON FOR JUDGMENT.
J. Jehovah of-Tseba- hoth.
8. saying, or
spoken_ word.
AND FOR JEHOVAH'S ANGER. J. Jehovah.
as. as the sweepings.
THE GATHERING OF THE NATIONS.
And sin as_it_were with a xcart
rope :
WxiThat say, “Let Him — make _ speed, and thasten His work, that we_may-see it:
And let the_counsel_of the-Holy_ One_of Israél draw_nigh and come, that we may_know it /”
20 Woe unto them that call xevil good, and good evil;
+That_put darkness for light, and light for darkness ;
+That_put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their_own eyes,
And prudent in their_own sight !
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wv wine,
And emen_of strength to mingle strong_drink :
°3 14Which _justify the !-wicked for breward,
And ttake_away the_righteousness_ of the =righteous from =him ! 24Therefore as the ‘fire devoureth the stubble,
And the flame chaff,
So their root shall_be as rotten-
Feonsumeth the
ness, And their blossom shall_go_up as dust: F Because they shave_cast_away-the_ law_of ! the Lorp of_hosts, And despised Holy_One_of Israél. 25 Therefore «is the_anger_of / the Lorp kindled against His-people, And He hath-_stretched_forth His hand against them, and hath_ smitten them: } And the hills did_tremble, And their careases were «storn in the_midst_of the streets. For all this His anger sis not turned_away, panne hand is stretched _ out sti
% And He -will_lift_up an ensign to
the nations from far,
And -will_hiss unto them from the_ end_of the earth:
And, behold, they_shall_come with_ speed swiftly:
27 None shall_be_weary nor stumble
among them:
None shall_slumber nor sleep ;
Neither shall the_girdle_of their loins be_loosed,
Nor the_latchet_of their shoes be_ broken : :
28 Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent,
Their horses’ hoofs. shall_be_count- ed like xflint,
And their wheels like @ xwhirl- wind:
2 Their roaring shall be like a ~lion, They shall_roar like xyoung_lions : Yea, they shall_roar, and lay_hold_
of the prey, And shall_carry_it_away_safe, And none 4shall_deliver it. 80 And in xthat xday they shall_roar against them like the_roaring_of the sea:
IsarAuH VII. 1. And if one ‘look unto the land, es
behold darkness and sorrow, And the light -is_.darkened in the s heavens thereof. |
IN the_year_that xking Uzziah died I saw also rthe «=Lord sitting ane
a throne, high and lifted_up, and =train -filled -the temple. ‘ 2 Above it «stood the sseraphims;
each one had six wings; with twain he} So
tcovered his face, and with twain he teovered his tdid_fly.
3 And one -cried unto another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is 1 the Lorp
feet, and with twain he|*
J. Jehoy
of_hosts: the whole xearth is full of} of-Tseba- 101
His glory.”
4 And the_posts_of the “: =door moved at the_voice_of xshim_that cried, and the house twas_filled_with smoke.
5 Then said I, “Woe is me! for I
hoth.
*am_d undone: because £ am a tman_|.6.
of unclean lips, and £ +dwell in the_
midst_of a people_of unclean lips: for] mah
mine eyes shaye_seen rthe King, / the Lorp of_hosts.”
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 7¢ upon my mouth, and said, “Lo, this -hath_touched thy lips ;
and thine iniquity sis_taken_away, and for
thy sin ¢ purged. 8 Also I heard -the_yoice_of «the =Lord, “-Whom s will_go for Us?” Then said I, “Here am 1; -send
me. 9 And He said, “Go, and +tell «this
x-people, *Hear ye indeed, but ‘understand not;
And see ye indeed, but perceive} 37-41,
not. 10 BSS the_heart_of this xpeople fa i FA And «make their ears heavy, And -shut their eyes; lest they 'see with their eyes, And thear with their ears, And ‘understand with their heart, And ‘-convert, and -be_healed.” 11 Then said I, “«=Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until the cities -be_de wasted with- out inhabitant, And the houses without 2h man, And the gland tbe_utterly desolate, 12 And ‘Jthe Lorp shave — remov: Auntie Lair s canta nd there be a great forsaking in the_midst_of the land. 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth,
And it -shall_return, and -shall_be} >
eaten: As a xteil_tree, and as an xoak, Whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves:
i ahi deimdl and who ‘sf
Beni 13-15, JOHN 12,
So the holy seed shall be the_| "=" —
su substance thereof.”
AND it came_to_pass in the_days_
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of Ahaz the_son_of Jotham, the_|";75 son_of Uzziah, king_of Judah, that} 23.5,
; :
[SATAH Vi. 2. about|Rezin the_king_of Syria, and Pekah on the_son_of i king_of Israél,
went_up toward Jerusalem to war inst it, but could not prevail against it.
i
2 And it was_told the_house_of David, saying, “Syria ‘is _ confederate with Ephraim.” And his heart was_moved, and the_heart_of his -people, as the_ er pee the wood are_moved with the win
movaH’s| *% Then said ihe Lorp unto Isaiah, ESSAGETO|“-Go_forth now to meet. Ahaz, ihou,
and s Shear-jashub thy son, at the_end_ eoran. of the_conduit_of the upper xpool in shub, The | the_highway_of the fuller's field;
mnant # And ssay unto him,
A *Take_heed, and -be_quiet ; ‘fear not, f neither ‘be_fainthearted for the_two tails_of xthese xsmoking ~firebrands, for the_fierce anger_of Rezin with Syria, and of the_son_of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria, Ephrain, and the_ son_of Remaliah, -have_taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
6‘tLet us go_up against Judah, and yex it, and let us make_a_breach there- in for us,and set a King in the_midst_of it, even
fam.3.37.| 7 Thus -saith athe =Lord / Gop, It -Adon- shall not stand, neither shall_it_come_ m_Lord | t0_pass. ers 8 For the_head_of Syria 7s Damascus, _. {and the_head_of Damascus is Rezin ; 4 and within threescore and five years -? shall Ephraim be_broken, that_it_be_ not a people. 2Chr.20. | 9 And the_-head_of Ephraim is Sa- ). ia, and the_head_of Samaria ws Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe,
surely ye shall not be_established.”
A SIGN. 10 Moreover 2the Lord spake again Jehovah | unto saying,
wElohim.| 11 “-Ask thee a sign of J the Lorp thy i =God ; »-ask it either in the depth, or or |in the height above.”
abet.” | 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, igh above. | neither will_I_tempt the Lorp.”
_ THE 13 And he said, “*Hear ye now, O_ es house_of David ; Js it a small_thing for = you to weary men, but will_ye_weary him. my *=God also?
z lt Therefore athe =Lord Himself , igual shall_give you a sign ;
“Behold, ‘a xvirgin -shall_conceive, and bear a son, and -shall_call his name ‘Immanuél.
a 15 Butter and honey shall_he_eat, that thus. |e may_know to_refuse the evil, and P choose the good. .2Kin.15.| 46 For before the child shall know to_ 0; 16.9. | refuse the evil,and choose the good, the | land that thon abhorrest shall_be_for- saken of both her kings.” 17 “J The Lorp shall_bring upon thee, | ASSYRIA. jand upon thy people, and upon thy .2 Chr. 28. | father’s house, days that have not come,
from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even ; syria. ’ 18 And it -shall come_to_pass in xthat + xday, that J the Lorp shall_hiss for the fly that zs in the_uttermost_part_of the_rivers_of Egypt, and for the bee
that zs in the_land_of Assyria. ' 19 And they -shall_come, and -shall_ . rest all_of them in the desolate valleys,
Isarauw VIII. 10. and in the_holes_of the rocks, and upon | B.C. about 742.
all xthorns, and upon all xbushes.
20 In the same xday shall athe =Lord shave with a razor that is_hi name- ly, by them_beyond the river, by the_
of Assyria, -the head, and the_ hair_of the feet : and it shall also con- sume rthe
21 And it -shall_come_to_pass in xthat xday, that a ‘sman shall_nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
= And it -shall_come_to_pass, for the_ abundance_of milk that they shall_give he shall_eat butter: for butter and
honey shall every_one eat that is_left! ,
in ,¢ the land.
3 And it -shall_come_to_pass in xthat xday, that every place shall_be, where there twere a thousand vines at a thousand ssilverlings, it shall_eren_ be for xbriers and xthorns.
24 With xarrows and with xbows shall_ men_come thither; because all the land shall_become briers and thorns.
> And on all xhills that shall_be_ digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the_fear_of briers and thorns: but it -shall_be_for the_send- ing_forth_of oxen, and forthe_treading_ of lesser_cattle.”
MOREOVER ‘the Lorp said unto
me, “-Take thee a great roll, and
write in it with a «man’s pen concern- ing ¢ Maher-shalal-hash-baz.”
2 And I took unto me faithful wit- nesses to_record, -Zechariah the_son_of Jeberechiah.
3 And I went unto the prophetess ; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said 4 the Lorp to me, “Call his name # Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
+ For before the child shall_have_ knowledge to_cry, ‘ My father,’ and ‘my mother,’ the_-riches_of Damascus and the_-spoil_of Samaria shall_be_taken_ away before the_king_of Assyria.”
3 JThe Lorp spake also unto me again, saying,
6 “Forasmuch as xthis x-people -re- fuseth -the_waters_of s*Shiloah «that go softly, and rejoice_in -Rezin and Remaliah’s son ;
7 Now therefore, behold, 2 the =Lord bringeth_up upon them -the_waters_of the river, xstrong and many, even -the_king_of Assyria, and ~all his glory : and he -shall.come_up over all his channels, and -go_over all his banks: .
8 And he -shall_pass_through Judah ; he -shall_overflow and -go_oyer, he shall_reach even to the neck ; and the_ stretching_out_of his wings -shall_fill
«Uriah the priest, and} _
es vereign_ Lord.
BUTTER AND HONEY. is. ish.
SHILOAH
a. Adonahy, Sovereign—
Lord, plurat.
& Ch. 7. 14.
i, Immanu-
the _breadth_of Thy land, O_‘Im-| El, God
manuél. ® «Associate _ yourselves, O_ye ple, and ye -shall_be_broken_in_ pieces ; And -give_ear, all ye of far countries: -Gird_yourselves, and ye -shall_be_ broken_in_pieces ; -Gird_yourselves, and ye -shall_be_ broken_in_pieces. 10-Take counsel _together, and it shall_come_to_nought ; “Speak the word, and it shall not stand:
with us.
ASSOCTA- TION.
10. Acts 5.38.
IsarAH B.C. about 741.
e. For Im- manu-E}, For with us is El, “God. Con- FEDERACY. 12, 13. 1 Pet. 3.14, 15. J. Jehovah
of_Tseba- hoth,
A SANCTUARY AND
STONE OF STUMBLING. 14. Luke 2.
HA. aie 9.
32, 33.
1 Pet. 2. 8. 5, Matt. 21.
DISCIPLES. 16. Matt. 13. ll. 1 Cor.
2.14. WAITING.
17. Ps. 27.14. 18. HEB, 2. 13.
THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY. 19. Ley. 19.
31
os chirp, or whisper.
d. dawn,
TROUBLE. $. subject_to_ hardship.
t. thick- darkness.
about 740. DIMNESS AND LIGHT. 1. Ley. 26. 27, 28. 2 Kin.
17. 5, 6.
1 Chr. 5. 26.
1, 2. MATT. 4. 15, 16.
2. Ch. IX. in Heb. com- mences here.
x1, the walk-
Greek.
BATTLE. t. or to him, or to it.