Fall of Assyria foreshown.

ISAIAH.-CHAP. X. speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not A. M. 3264. turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

18 T For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

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CHAPTER X.

1 The wo of tyrants. 5 Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his pride shall be broken. 20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved. 24 Israel is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria.

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c Job 31.14.
Ho.9.7.
Re.6.17.

or, to to the Assy

rian.

e Assher.

f Je. 51.20,
21.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, gor,though that the remnant of Israel, and such as are esO unto them that decree unrighteous Je.47.6,7. caped of the house of Jacob, shall no more decrees, and that write grievousness i lay them again stay upon him that smote them; but which they have prescribed; shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

a tread

ing.

k Mi.4.12.

19.12,13.

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, | | 0.37.26. and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, 12Ki 18.33. and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visita-m Am.6.2 tion, and in the desolation which shall come 2Ch.35.20. from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and 2 KL. 169. where will ye leave your glory?

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

23 For the Lord GoD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall my smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

people.

u or, a rod
should
shake
them.

v or, that

which is
not wood.

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to de-w Ac.12.23. stroy and cut off nations not a few.

x Ps. 106.15.

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will P punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. Jc.37.6. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my handkor, but he I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man :

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones ol stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one

2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon

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b Ac.13.23.
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Jn. 3.34.

f scent, or,
emeli.
g PB.72. 2,4.
Re. 19.11.

Babylon is threatened. is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

3 Therefore with joy d shall ye draw water e out of the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day shall ye say, ' Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings

is exalted.

him, the spirit of wisdom and understand-1 Co. 1.30. among the people, make mention that his name ing, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick f understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall noti Re.2.16. judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the nearing of his ears:

h argue.

19.15.

J Ep.6.14.

k c.65.25.

1 or,adders.

c. 35.9.
Re.21.27.

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek m Job 5.23. of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

n Ps. 72.19.
Hab.2.14.

o ver.1.

12.

q Mat. 11.28
He.4.1,

&c.

r glory.

b

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of p Ro. 15.9.. tain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the laying the Almighty.

on of
their
hand
Da. 11.41.
a c.60.14.

dience.
c in shoes.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that their obe the LORD shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

d Ex. 14.29.
a Ps.34.1,
&c.

b Ps. 30.5.
c.54.7,8.
Ho.6.1.

© PB. 118. 14.

d Ca. 2.3.
e Jn. 4. 10,14.
{ Ps. 145.4..

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts" of Israel, and gather together the dispersed Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off:g or, proEphraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

6.

claim.

Ex.15.1,

21.
Ps. 99.1.

ress.

i Zep.3.14
inhabit
P.89.18.
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B. C. 712
a c. 21,17.
Je. c.50,51.

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his b Joel 2.11. mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, d Zep.1.7. and make men go over dry shod.

C

16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. CHAPTER XII.

c the like-
ness.

Re. 6. 17.

e or, fall

down.

f wonder.

g every
man at

his neigh-
bour.

h faces of
the flames.

Mal.4.1.

J Hag.2.6.

2P.3.10,

11.

1 Ps. 137.8,9.

m Da.5.28,

31.

7 Therefore shall all handsbe faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall f be amazed & one at another; their faces shall be as h flames.

9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

20 It P shall never be inhabited, neither shal! it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

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22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their " desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near 'to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. CHAPTER XIV.

1 God's merciful restoration of Israel. 4 Their triumphant insultation over Babel. 24 God's purpose against Assyria. 29 Palestina is threatened.

FOR

b

the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

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Palestina is threatened. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this throwing the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

n the over

of.

o Ge.19.24.

p Je.50.3,39.
51.29,62.
Re. 18.2,

&c.

q Ziim. r Ochim.

s or,

Heb.

ostriches, daughters

of the owl.

t Jim.

nor, palaces.

36.

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that "opened not the house of his prisoners ?

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house, 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in buDe.32.35, rial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the ▾ seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.

a Ps. 102. 13.

b Zec. 1.17.
2.12

c c. 18.7.
60.4,&c.
66.20.

d that had
taken
them cap-
tives.

Eze.28.24.

Hab.2.6.

gor, taunt-
ing
speech.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it eract with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

Tess of
gold.

2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israelhor, shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard1 bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city I ceased!

5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched our, and who shall turn it back? 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is bronot let his ken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a bcockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

prisoners

loose

home-
wards.

Pa.37.28.

w Ex. 20.5.

9 m Hell from beneath is moved for thee to Job 18.16. meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all c.10.27. the kings of the nations.

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O P Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

HE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab g Zep.3.12 is laid waste, and brought to silence;

themselves
unto il

Je.48.1,

&c.

F25.8.

Am. 21.3.

bor, cut of

2 He is gone to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses,

ISAIAH.-CHAP. XVI..XVIII. Syria and Israel threatened. 12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

d

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of f destruction.

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be & desolate for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

h

7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.

9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.

CHAPTER XVI.

I Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Christ's kingdom. 6 Moab is threatened for
her pride. 9 The prophet bewaileth her. 12 The judgment of Moab.

SEN
END ye the lamb to the ruler of the land
from Sela to the wilderness, unto the
mount of the daughter of Zion.

2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of d Arnon.

e

c descend-
ing into
weeping,
or,com-

ing down
with
weeping.
d c.16.11.

e or, to the
borders
thereof,

even as a

heifer.

breaking.

g desola-
tions.

13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as "the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. CHAPTER XVII.

hor, valley 1 Syria and Israel are threatened. 6 A remuant shall forsake idolatry. 9 The rest shall be plagued for their impiety. 12 The wo of Israel's enemies.

of the
Arabi-

ans.

3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon-day; hide the outcasts; bewray not him 9.24.8. that wandereth.

r c.63.15.

c.26.16.

Pr.1.28.
c.21.16.

vor, not
many.

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3263.

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741.

a Je. 49.23,
&c.

Am. 1.3..5
Zec.9.1,
fulfilled.

6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not b 2 Ki. 16.9. be so.

7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

m

© Je.7.33.
d c. 10.16.
e Je.51.33.
(Mi.7.7.

gor, sun
images.

i Je. 5.31.
jor, re

8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathena Je.17.13. have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wan dered through the wilderness: her branches are" stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

11 Wherefore my bowels' shall sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

the day of
inherit-
ance, and
there
shall be
deadly

SOTTOW.

mascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and • none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and d the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

12 Wo to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; moved in and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but m God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like " a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14 And behold at evening-tide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph " are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

14 The LORD hath mingled a * perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a for, regard drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be ebe empti called, The city of destruction.

20 And it shall be for a sign a and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that nor, thile day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.