26. The bleffings of thy father have prevailed above the bleffings of my progenitours, unto the utmost bound of the everlasting bills; they shall be on the head of Jofeph, and on the crown of the head of him that was feparate from his brethren.

27. Benjaminfhall ravin as a wolf: in the morning hefball devour the prey, and at night he fhall divide the spoil.

DEUT. xxxiij. 6-27.

6. Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7. And this is the bleffing of Judah; and hafaid, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be fufficient for him, and be thou a help to him from his enemies.

8. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah,and with whom thou didst ftrive at the waters of Meribah;

9. Who faid unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have obferved thy word, and kept thy covenant.

10. They shall teach Jacob thy Judgments, and Ifrael thy law: they shall put incenfe before thee, and whole-burnt-facrifice upon

thine altar.

11. Blefs, Lord, his fubftance, and accept the works of his hands: Smite through the toyns of them that rife against him, and of thems that hate him, that they rife not again.

12. And of Benjamin he faid,The beloved of the Lord fhall dwell in fafety by him; and the Lord fhall cover him all the day long, and he fhall dwell between his fhoulders.

13. And of Jofeph he faid, Bleffed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that concheth beneath,

14. And for the precious fruits brought forth by the fun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon.

15. And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lafting hills.

16. And for the precious things of the earth, and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bufb: let the bleffing come upon the head of Jofeph, and upon the top of the head of him that was feparated from his brethren.

17, His

17. His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together, to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manaffeb.

18. And of Zebulun he faid, Rejoyce, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Ifachar, in thy tents.

19. They hall call the people unto the mountain, there they Shall offer facrifices of righteousness: for they shall fuck of the abundance of the feas, and of treasures bid in the fand.

20. And of Gad he faid, Bleffed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

21. And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver was he feared; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Ifrael.

22. And of Dan be faid, Dan is a lions whelp: he shall leap from Bafhan.

23. And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, fatisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: poffefs thou the west and the fouth.

24. And of Alber he faid, Let Afher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oyl.

25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy Strength be.

28. There is none like unto the God of Jefburun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellence on the skie.

27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everLafting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and Jhall fay, Destroy them.

Is A. xxxiij. 20.

20. Look upon Zion the city of our folemnities: thine eyes fall fee Jerufalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down,not one of the ftakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither hall any of the cords thereof be broken.

CHAP. LI. 17.

17. Awake, awake, stand 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.

CHAP. Lij. 9.

9. Break forth into joy, fing together ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed fe rufalem.

CHAP. LIV. 11. 12.

11. Oh thou afflicted, toffed with tempeft, and not comforted; behold, I will lay thy ftones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with fapphires.

12. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and allthy borders of pleafant stones.

CHAP. Lviij. 12.

12. And they that shall be of thee, shall build the old waft places: thon fbalt raise up the foundations of many generations: and thon fbalt be called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to

dwell in.

CHAP. LX. 10-17.

10. And the fons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath Ifmote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

11. Therefore thy gates fhall be open continually, they shall not be fout 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, shall perifh: yea thofe nations fhall be utterly wasted.

13. The glory of Lebanon fhall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautifie the place of my fanctua ry, and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14. The fons alfo of them that afflicted thee, fall come bending una thee; and all they that defpifed thee, fhall bow themselves down

at the foles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, the Zion of the holy One of Ifrael.

15. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make the an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

16. Thou shalt alfo fuck the milk of the Gentiles, and fhalt fuck the breast of kings, and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy faviour 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 brass, and for tones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

CHAP. LXJ. 4.

4. And they hall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former defolations, and they shall repair the wafte cities, the defolations of many generations.

CHAP. Lxi. 6. 7.

6. I have fet watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerufalem, which never shall hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not filence;

7. And give him no reft, till he establish, and till he make JeruSalem a praife in the earth.

CHAP. LXV). 6.

6. Avoice of noife from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord, that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

JER. Xxxj. 38. 39. 40.

38. Behold, the days come, faith the Lord, that the city fhall be built to the Lord from the towre of Hananeel unto the gate of the

corner.

39. And the measuring-line fhall yet go forth over against it, upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

40. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the afbes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horsegate towards the east, fhall be holy unto the Lord, it fall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. Yy 2

CHAP.

CHAP. xxxiij. 4. 10.-14. 18.

4. For thus faith the Lord, the God of Ifrael, concerning the houfes of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the word.

10. Thus faiththe Lord, Again there fhall be heard in this place (which ye fay fall be defolate without man and without beast, and even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem that are defolate without man and without inhabitant, and without beast.)

11. The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praife the Lord of hofts, for the Lord is good, for his mercy endureth for ever, and of them that shall bring the facrifice of praife into the house of the Lord; for I will caufe to return the captivity of the land as at the first, faith the Lord.

12. Thus faith the Lord of hofts, Again in this place which is defolate without man and without beast, and in all cities thereof, shall be an habitation of fhepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

13. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the fouth, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerufalem, and in the cities of Judah shall the flocks. pafs again under the hands of him that telleth them, faith the Lord.

14. Behold, the days come, faith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Ifrael, and to the house of Judah.

18. Neither hall the priests the Levites, want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat-offerings, and to do facrifice continually.

EZEKIEL XXxvj. 36.

36. Then the heathen that are left round about you, shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was defolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it.

CHAP. Xxxvij. 26. 27. 28.

· 26. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will place them, and multiply them, and I will fet my fanctuary in the midst of them for

evermore.

27. My