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Christ's office graced

ISAIAH.

with meekness, &c.

22 Let them bring them forth, and, 6 I the LORD have called thee in show us what shall happen: let them righteousness, and will hold thy hand, show the former things, what they be, and will keep thee, and give thee for that we may consider them, and know a covenant of the people, for a light the latter end of them; or declare us of the Gentiles; things for to come.

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring 23 Show the things that are to come out the prisoners from the prison, and hereafter, that we may know that ye them that sit in darkness out of the are gods: yea, do good, or do evil,,that prison-house. we may be dismayed, and behold it|| together.

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall be call upon my name: aud be ehall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

8. I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,neither iny praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass,and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10 Sing unto the Lono a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the 26 Who hath declared from the be-Jinhabitants thereof. ginning, that we may know? and be- 11 Let the wilderness and the cities foretime, that we may say, He is right-thereof lift up their voice, the villages cous ? yea, there is none that showeth, that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inyea, there is none that declareth, yea, habitants of the rock sing, let them there is none that heareth your words. shout from the top of the mountains. 27 The first shall say toZion, Behold, 12 Let then give glory unto the behold them: and I will give to Jeru. LORD, and declare his praise in the salem one that bringeth good tidings. islands. 28 For 1 beheld," and there was no man; eren among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

13 The LORDShall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 1 have long time holden my peace;

29 Behold, they are all vanity; their] works are nothing; their molten im-I have been still, and refrained myages are wind and confusion.

CHAP. XLI.

self: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at

BEHOLD) my servant, whom I up once.

hold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

2. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the

street.

15 I will make waste mountains an i hills, and dry up all their herbs; an I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; 1 will lead them in paths that they have not ~ 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, known: I will make darkness light and the smoking flax shall he not before them, and crooked things quench: he shall bring forth judgment straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

unto truth.

4 He shall not fail nor be discour-| aged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his

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17 ¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

5 T Thus saith God the Loan, he that 18 Hear, ye deaf'; and look, ye created the heavens, and stretched]blind, that ye may see.

them out he that spread forth the] 19 Who is blind, but my servant ? or earth, and that which cometh out of deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? it; he that giveth breath unto the who is blind as he that is perfect, and people upon it, ard spirit tɔ them blind as the Lond's servant ? 20 Seeing inany things, but thqu

that walk theram

CHAP. XLIII.

God comforteth his church. observest not; opening the cars, but] 9 Let all the nations be gathered to be beareth nol. gether, and let the people be assem21 The Loud is well pleased for his bled: who among them can declare righteousness' sake; be will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prisonhouses they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saitb, Restore.

this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified or let them hear, and say, it is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 1, even 1, am the LORD; and be21 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and sides me there is no saviour. Israel to the robbers ? did not the 12 I have declared, and have saved, Loxo, he against whom we have sin-and I have showed, when there waS DO ned? for they would not walk in his strange god among you ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

23 Who among you will give ear to this who will hearken, and hear for the time to come?

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

CHAP. XLIII.

UT now thus saith the Lord that

therefore ye

are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

13 Yea, before the day was, I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: 1 will work, and who shall let it?

14 Thus saith the LORD, your ke deemer, the Holy One of Israel, For your sake I have sent to Babylon,and have brought down all their nobles,

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151 am the Lond, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your king. 16 Thus saith the Lord,which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together,they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are Iquenched as tow.

18 TT Remember ye not the former thinge, neither consider the things of old.

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been Lonourable, and 19 Behold, I will do a new thing: I have loved thee: therefore will now shall epring forth; shall ye not give men for thee, and people for thy know it? I will even make a way in life. the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

5 Fear not; for I am with thee: 1 will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

o I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daugh ters from the ends of the earth,

20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: be cause 1 give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

21 This people have 1 formed for my 7 Even every one that is called by self; they shall show forth my praise. my name: for I have created him for 22 ¶ But thou hast not called upon my glory, I have formed him ; yea, 1|me,0Jacob ; but thou hast been weary have made him.

of me,
O Israel.

8 1 Bring forth the blind people that 23 Thou hast not brought me the have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. small cattle of thy burnt-offeringe;

The vanity

ISALAH.

of idnis.

neither hast thou honoured me with are all of them vanity; and their de tiny sacrifices. 1 have not caused theelectable things shall not profit; and to serve with an offering, nor wearied they are their own witnesses: they thee with incense. see not, nor know, that they may be

24 Thou hast brought me no sweet ashamed. cane with money, neither hast thou 10 Who hath formed a god,or molten filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices;] a graven image that is profitable for but thou hast made me to serve with nothing? thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

25 1, even 1, am he that blotteth out thy trangessions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: declare thou,that thou mayest be justified.

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against

ine.

28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse,and Israel to reproaches.

11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hainmers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fuleth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule, be marketh it out with a line, be litteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh ETnow hear,OJacob my servant; it after the figure of a man, according

CHAP. XLIV,

2 Thus saith the Lond that made remain in the house. thee, and formed thee from the womb, 14 He heweth him down cedars,and which will help thee; Fear not, Otaketh the cypress and the oak,which Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesu-he strengtheneth for himself among run, whom I have chosen.

the trees of the forest: he planteth an 3 For I will pour water upon him ash, and the raiu doth nourish it. that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; ground: 1 will pour my Spirit upon for he will take thereof, and war thy seed, and my blessing upon thine himself: yea, he kindleth it, and offspring : baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god,

4 And they shall spring up as among and worshippeth it; he maketh it a the grass, as willows by the water-graven image, and falleth down there

courses.

to.

5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; 16 He burneth part thereof in the and another shall call himself by the fire; with part thereof be eateth flesh; name of Jacob; and another shall sub-he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, scribe with his hand unto the LORD, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, and surname himself by the name of I am warm, I have seen the fire: Israel.

17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: be fulleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,Deliver me; for thou art my god.

18 They have not known nor understood: for he bath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel,and his Redeemer the Lond of hosts; I am the first, and 1 am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall] declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. 19 And none considereth in his heart, 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have neither is there knowledge nor undernot told thee from that time, and standing to say, I have burned part of have declared it ye are even my it in the fire; yea, also I have baked witnesses. Is there a God besides me? bread upon the coals thereof; I have yea, thereis no God; 1 know not any. roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall i 91 They that make a graven image make the residue thereof an abomina

Cyrus called.

CHAP. XLV.

God's omnipotence. tion? shall I fall down to the stock that I the LORD, which call thee by thy of a tree?

20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

21 Temember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; 1 have formed thee; thou art iny ser vant: O Israel, thou shalt not be for gotten of ine.

22 I have blotted out,as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and,as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for 1 have redeemed thee.

name, am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and
Israel mine elect, I have even called
thee by thy name: I have surnamed
thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 % Iam the Lond, and there is none
else, there is no God besides me: I
girded thee, though thou hast not
known ine:

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LoRD, and there is none else. 71 form the light, and create dark23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD ness; I make peace, and create evil: hath done it shout, ye lower parts of 1 the Lord do all these things. the earth: break forth into singing, ye 8 Drop down,ye heavens,from above, mountains, O forest, and every tree and let the skies pour down righteoustherein for the Lord hath redeemed ness: let the earth open, and let them Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. bring forth salvation, and let righteous24 Thus saith the Lond,thy Redeem-[ness spring up together; I the LORD er, and he that formed thee from the have created it.

womb, I am the LORD that maketh all 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his things; that stretcheth forth the hea-Maker! Let the potsherd strive with vens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

25 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the tem ple, Thy foundation shall be laid. CHAP. XLV.

THU

HUS saith the LORD to his anoint ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand 1 have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, hath no hands?

He

10 Wo uuto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman,What hast thou brought forth? 11 Thus saith the LORD,the HolyOne of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

12 1 have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their bosts have I commanded. 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LonD of hosts.

14 Thus saith the Lond, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto 21 will go before thee, and make the thee; they shall make supplication crooked places straight: I will break unto thee, saying, Surely God is in in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in thee; and there is none else, there is sunder the bars of iron. no God.

3 And I will give thee the treasures 16 Verily thou art a God that bidest of darkness, and hidden riches of se-thyself, O ̊ God of Israel, the Saviour. cret places, that thou mayest know 16 They shall be ashamed, and also

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God's judgments ISAIAH. confounded, all of them they shall to confusion together that are maKera of idols.

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upon Babylon. 4 And even to your old age I am hei and even to hour hairs will I carry you I have made, and I will bear: even 1 17 But Iørael shall be saved in the will carry, and will deliver you. Lond with an everlasting salvation: 5 T To whom will ye liken me, anú ye shall not be ashamed nor confound- | make me equal, and compare me, that ed world without end. we may be like? 18 For thus saith the LORD that cre- 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, uted the heavens; God himself that and weigh silver in the balance, and formed the earth and made it; he hire a goldsmith; and be maketh it a bath established it, he created it not in god: they fall down; yea, they worvain, he formed it to be inhabited: 1 ship. am the LORD; and there is none else. 19 1 have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; 1 said not into the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, 1 declare things that are right.

7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in big place, and he standeth; from his place shall be not remove; yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

20 ¶ Assemble yourselves and come; 8 Remember this, and show yourdraw near together, ye that are es-selves men; bring it again to mind, O caped of the nations: they have no ye transgressors. knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

9 Remember the former things of old : for 1 am God, and there is nõue else ; I am God, and there is none like me, 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; 10 Declaring the end from the begin yea, let them take counsel together:ning, and from ancient times the things who hath declared this from ancient that are notyet done,saying,My countime? who hath told it from that time? sel shall stand, and 1 will do all ny have not I the LORD? and there is no pleasure. God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides nie. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: Yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word 12 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye stoutis gone out of iny mouth in righteous-hearted, that are far from righteous ness, and shall not return, That unto ness: ine every kuce shall bow,every tongue 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall swear. shall not be far off, and my salvation 24 Surely, shall one say,In the LORD shall not tarry; and I will place salvahave I righteousness and strength: tion iu Zion for Israel my glory. even to him shall men come; and all CHAP. XLVII.

that are incensed against him shall be

ashamed.

25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. CHAP. XLVI.

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virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, ( daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take

EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, Wels their idols were upon the beasts, 2 Take the millstones, and grind and upon the cattle: your carriages meal: uncover thy locks, make bare were heavy loaden ; they are a burden the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over Lo the weary beast.

the rivers.

2 They stoop, they bow down togeth 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, er; they could not deliver the burden, yea, thy shame shall be seen: 1 will but themselves are gone into captivity, take vengeance, and 1 will not meet 3 ¶ Hearken unto me, Ó house of Ja-[thie as a man.

cob, and all the remnant of the house 4 4s for our Redeemer, the LORD of of Israel, which are borne by me from hosts is his name, the Holy One of the belly, which are carried from the Israel. womb:

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into

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