11 Kings 10. 23. Prov. 7. 16 1 Or, white works. + Heb. foundations. • Heb, of liv ing things. 3 And the spirit of Egypt + shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will † destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. 10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. 11 Surely the princes of Zoan Num. 13. 22. are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 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 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 drunken man staggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16 In that day shall Egypt P be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the Conversion of Egypt. hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. B. C. about 714. 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that 4 ch. 11. 15. maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 18 In that day shall five cities in Zeph. 3. 9. the land of Egypt speak the lan-Heb, the lip. guage of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. || Or, of Heres, or, of the sun. Gen. 28. 18. Ex. 24. 4. Josh. 22. 10, 26, 27. 20. & 22. 27. 20 And it shall be for a sign and See Josh. 4. 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 day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 21 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. u Mal. 1. 11. x ch. 11. 16. y Ps. 100, 3. ch. 29. 23. Hos. 2. 23. Eph. 2. 10. a 2 Kings 18. 17. 2 At the same time spake the LORD + by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying,+ Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. с Heb. by the hand of Isaiah. Zech. 13. 4. c 1 Sam. 19. 24. Mic. 1. 8, 11. 3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign d ch. 8. 18. The fall of Babylon. B. C. about 714. +Heb. the captivity of Egypt. + Heb. naked ness. e 2 Sam. 10. 4. ch. 3. 17. Jer. 13. 22, Or, country, Jer. 47. 4. ISAIAH. 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expecta26. Mic. 1. 11. tion, and of Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such 21. ch. 30. 3, is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? f 2 Kings 18. 5, 7. & 36. 6. a Zech. 9. 14. + Heb. hard. b ch. 33. 1. c ch. 13. 17. Jer. 49. 31. d ch. 15. 5. & 16. 11. e ch. 13. 8. || Or, My mind wan dered. + Heb. put. f Deut. 28. 67. g Dan, 5, 5. h ver. 9. Or, cried as a lion. i Hab. 2. 1. || Or, every night. k Jer. 51. 8. Rev. 14. 8. & 18. 2. 1 ch. 46. 1. Jer, 50, 2. & 51. 44. m Jer. 31. 33. + Heb. son. An invasion of Judah. 11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. B. C. about 714. n1 Chr. 1. 30. Jer. 49. 7, 8. Ez. 35. 2. Obad. 1. o Jer. 49, 28. 13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Deda- P1 Chr. L. 9, nim. 32. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that Or, bring ge. was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. 15 For they fled from the swords, Or, for fear. Heli. from from the drawn sword, and from the the face. bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. 16 For thus hath the Lord said to the years of a hireling, and all unto me, Within a year, according 4 ch. 16. 14. the glory of Kedar shall fail: r Ps. 120, 5. ch. 60, 7. 17 And the residue of the number 2 A grievous vision is declared unto of † archers, the mighty men of the † Heb. bous. me; The treacherous dealer dealeth children of Kedar, shall be dimintreacherously, and the spoiler spoil-ished: for the LORD God of Israel eth. Go up, O Elam besiege, O hath spoken it. Media: all the sighing thereof have I 55 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7h And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. k 100 my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy a ch. 32. 13. slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all + Heb. of the that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. 4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GoD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. The removal of Shebna. B. C. ¦ about 712. 1 Kings 7.2. A 10. 17. 12 Kings 20. 20. 20ur, 32 I 4,5 30 Neh. 3. 16. * See ch. 37. 36. Jel 1. 15. ISAIAH. 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. The overthrow of Tyre. B. C. about 712. day to the armour of the house of 23 And I will fasten him as a nail 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and See Ezra 9. to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth : 3 ch. 13 2. Mic. 1. 16. ach. 36. 12. ¡ Cor. 15, 32. 1 ch. 5. 9. 25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. CHAPTER XXIII. The overthrow of Tyre. 8 God's purpose therein. 15 THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ments of viols. about 15 And behold joy and gladness, Tships of tushish; for it is laid al 15 15. 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely P1 Sam. 3. 14. this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GoD of hosts. Ez. 24. 13. 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant "Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory,+ Heb. to and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more † strength. 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, h pass pollute. + Heb. girdle. g Rev. 18. 22. ver. 1. ing a merchant man. + Heb. Ca naan. Or, strengths. The restoration of Tyre. B. C. about 715. i Ps. 72. 9. k ver. 1. Ez. 27. 25, 30. over to Chittim; there also shalt thou 7 The new wine mourneth, the 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy +Heb. it shall years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot. I Rev. 17. 2. 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandise and her m Zech. 14. 20, hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for † durable clothing. 21. + Heb. old. about 712. + Heb. per verteth the face thereof. || Or, prince. a Hos. 4. 9. In CHAPTER XXIV. God's judgments upon the land for its iniquities. 13 Bearth empty, and maketh it EHOLD, the LORD maketh the waste, and turneth it upside down, 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with b Ez. 7. 12, 13. the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. + Heb. the height of the people. c Gen. 3. 17. Num. 35. 33, d Mal. 4. 6. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down every house is shut up, that no man may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. 13 ¶ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an ch. 17. 5, 6. olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the Israel's deliverance. B. C. about 712. Or, there shall be glory before his ancients. ↑ Rev. 19. 4, 6. Heb. 12. 22. a Ex. 15. 2. Ps. 118. 23. Ps. 98. 1. ISAIAH. founded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in *mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. CHAPTER XXV. The prophet praiseth God for his judgments; 6 and declareth the future glories of Zion. LORD, thou art my God; "I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful Judah's thanksgiving. 2 Open ye the gates, that the rightNum. 23. 19. things; thy counsels of old are faith-eous nation which keepeth the † truth с fulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. e 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, 'a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. 6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. m 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GoD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; " we have waited for him, and he will save us this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. B. C. about 712. a ch. 2. 11. b ch. 60. 18. c Ps. 118. 19, 20. + Heb. truths. + Heb. peace, peace, ch. 57. 19. || Or, thought, or, imagination. for in the LORD JEHOVAH is d ch. 45. 17. † everlasting strength. e | 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. + Heb, the rock of ages, Deut. 32. 4. e ch. 25. 12. & 32. 19. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weight Ps. 37. 23. the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judg-8 ch. 64. 5. ments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. 12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 13 O LORD our God, mother lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified: thou hadst 1 Job 34. 27. . Ps. 28. 5. ch. 5. 12. Or, toward thy people. || Or, for us. m 2 Chr. 12. 8. |