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had chf(seii. They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in
the land of Ham.

The Lord shall send the rod of thv strength out of Zion : rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies, (J^ljg people sl)uU be tDilUltg
in tl)e bcljl of tljt} potnett in the beauties of holiness from the
womb of the morning.

salvation. The stone which the builders refused is become the
head stone of the corner. (J^ljis is tl)C Coi'b's boiug ; it is mar-
vellous in our eyes.

©iue me unberstanbing, and I shall keep thy law: yea, I
shall observe it with my wliole heart, ittake tlte tO go ill tl)e
pati) of tl)D COmmilubmentS; for therein do I delight. IncHne
mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy

The Lord hath cIlOSCU Jacob unto himself, and Israel for l)is

peculiar treasure.

iDljatsoeuer tlje £orb pleaseb, that did he in heaven, and
in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, etjett tl)e
tnickeb for tlje ban of eoil.

3t is tl}c glorn of ©ob to conceal a tl)ing : but the hon-
our of kino's is to search out a matter.

lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. (Jxccpt tl)e

Corb of ijosts l](i^ left unto us a uern small remnant, we

Ps. ex. 2, 3.

cxviii. 21-23.

cxix. 34-37.

Ps. cxxxv. 4.
Ps. cxxxv. 6.
Prov. xvi. 4.
Prov. XXV. 3.
Is. i. 8, 9.



Is. vi. 8-13.

Is. xiy. 24-27

Is. xix. 11-16.

.xxviii. '>-n.

should hav^e been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom sliall I send,

And he said, (Po, aiib tcll tl^is pcoulc, l)car m inbccb,
but unbcrstanb not; anh sec m inbcco, but pciTciuc not.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their eais heavy, and
land be utterly desolate ; and the Lord have removed men far
away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the lajid.
But net in it sljall be a tentl), and it shall return, and shall be

, The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, iSurcIn ilS 3 IjtlUC

tl)ougl)t, SO sl}nU it come to pass: anii os 3 Ijaue purposed

so sl)flU it Sttinb ; that I will break the Assyrian in my laml, and
upon my mountains tread him under foot : then shall his yoke
depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoul-
ders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth :

counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish : how sav ve unto Pha-
raoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings ? Where
let them know wliat the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the priiict's of Xoph are de-
ceived ; they have also seduced Egypt, even tliey that are the stay
of the tribes thereof. (j;|)c £orb l)iUl) luiuglcb a pcriursc spirit

in tl)e niibst tl)ercof: and they have caused Egyi)t to err in
every work tliereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
branch or rush, may do. Li that day shall Egypt be like unto
women : and it shall be afraid and fear, because of tlio shaking of

Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall he make
to niid.TstaiKl dortriiie ? tl]em tljiU uvc uiciiueb from \\)>: milk,

iinb brtlU)U from tl)C breasts. I'or jirecept must he up'-n pre-
cept, precept upon precept; line uj)on line, line upon line; liere a
littli', and there a little: for with stammering lips and anotlier
tongue will ]w speak to this people. To whom lie said, Tliis is
the rest wheiewith ye may cause the weary to rest ; and this is the



was unto them, precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; hne
upon line, Hne upon line ; here a little, and there a little ; tl}tlt tl)cn

inigl)t go, nnb fall bnckioarb, nub be broken, mxb onarcb.^mS

his foot, gave the nations before hiin, and made him rule over
kings ? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stub-
ble to his bow. He pursued them, and passed safely ; even by the

done it, calling tl}c generations from tl)c beginning ? I the

Lord, the tirst, and with the last ; I am he.

Thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob U)l)0»n jj l)aue cijOSCn, the
said unto thee, Thou art my servant : J \)avc ci)OSen tl)ec ani)

not cast tl)ce atoan.

the Lord, that I am God. Yea, before the day Avas, I am he ; and
there is none that can deliver out of my hand : J[ toiUtDOrk, anb


path in the mighty waters ; tDl)icl) bringcti) forti) tl)C cl]ariot

an'b l)orse, tl)e armn anb tlje potocr; then sljall lie boron

togetljcr, they shall not rise : they are extinct, they are quenched
as tow.

their delectable things shall not profit ; and they are their own wit-
nesses ; they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule ; he marketh it out with the
compass, and maketh it after tlie figure of a man, according to
the beauty of a man ; that it may remain in the house. He hew-
eth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which
he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest : he
he kindleth it, and baketh bread ; yea, he maketh a god, and wor-
shippeth it : he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
He burnetii part thereof in the fire ; with part thereof he eateth
liesh ; he i-oasteth roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warmeth himself,
and saith. Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire : and the residue
thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image ; he feUeth down
me ; for thou art my god.

Is. xli.-2-4.

Is. xli. 8, 9.

xliii. 11-13.

xliii. IG, 17.

xliv.9, 13-20.





Is. liii. 9, 10.

Is.liv.l5, 16.

Is. Iv. lU, 11.

Ixiii. 15-17.

Jer. I. 4-6.

They have not known nor understood : for \]C IjiUi] sl)Ut
tljcir nicG, t!)at tl)cij cannot sec; unb tl)cir l)cart5, tijat then

cannot nnbcrstanb. And none considereth in his heart, neither
is thei'e knowledge nor understanding to say, I liave burned part
residue thereof an abomination ? shall I fJiU down to the stock of
my right hand ?


not yet done, saying, iWr) connscl sljall stanb, luils 3 roiU bo

all ton pleasure : calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man
it, I ^vill also bring it to pass ; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

death ; because he hath done no \aolence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth.

grief: when thou shalt make his soul an ottering for sin, he shall
see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and tljC :plcasure of tl)C
£orb sl)all prosper in Ijis l)anb.

whosoever shall gather together against thee .shall fall for thy sake.
tire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work ; and 3

\)avc createb tl)c master to bcstron.

As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and re-
turneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring-
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sowei-, and bread to
the eater : so shall my word be that gooth forth out of mv mouth :
it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish tl)atU3l)icl)
3 please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Look down from heaven, and beliold from the habitation of
tiiey restrained ? Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham
art our I.ttlicr, oiir Iu'd.'fm''r ; thy name is from ovcrlastiiig. O

r^'T'l, vo\]u I)a5t tl)on mabe ns to err from tl)r) uians, anb
harbcncb ouv l)eart from tljn fear? Keturu fo7- thy "servant's
sake, the tribes of thine iniieritance.

formed thee in the belly, I knew thee ; and bcforc tl)OU camcst



fortli out of tlic tDomb S snnctificii t\]cc, onb Jf orliaincii tl)cc o

^)rop!)CtuntO tl)C notions. Then said I, Ali, Lord God ! behold,
I cannot sj^eak : for I am a child.

the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto
my words nor to nay law, but rejected it. To what purpose cometh
sweet unto me. Therefore tbussaith the Lord, i3cl)0ll>, 3 tDlll IflW

Stumbling-blocks before tl)is people, anli tl)c fatljcrs anii tljc

sons togetljer sljall fall upon tl)em: the neighbour and his
friends shall perish.

The Lord shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were
set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim
eaten, they were so bad. Then said the Lord unto me. What
seest thou, Jeremiah ? and I said. Figs ; the good figs, very good ;

Again the woi-d of the Lord came unto me, saying, Thus saitb
the Lord, the God of Israel ; Like these good figs, so will I acknowl-
edge them that are carried away captive of Judah, ttll}Om 3 l}rttiC

sent ont of tl)is place into tl)c Uwxb of tl)e €l)albeans for tl)eir

gOO^. For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will
them down ; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. \Xxib

3 toill jgine tljem an l)eart to knoro me, that I am the Lord :

shall return unto me with their whole heart.

surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Ju-
dah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in
his land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt : and I will
deliver tliem to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for
their jmrt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in
from ofl' the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.
Thus saith the Lord to me ; Make thee bonds and j'okes, and put
them upon thy neck. And send them to the king of Edom, and
king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the mes- 19-21.

Jer. xxiv.

xxvii. 1-7.



xxxi. 31-34.

xxxii. 37-40.

Jer. 1. 17 - iO.

sengers wliicli come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah ;
and command tliem to say unto tlieir masters, Thus saith the
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Thus shall ye say unto your mas-
ters ; I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my out-stretched arm, axib

^avc gincn it unto mljom it scemcb meet unto mc. And now

have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the
and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of

Behold, the days come, saith tlie Lord, that I will make a new
make with the house of Israel ; ^itcv tl)06C builS, saiti) tl)C £orb,

J tDill nut ntn lata in tl)cir inraarb parts, aiTb raritc it in tl)cir

l)CartS ; '^nd will be their God, and they shall be my people. And
his brother, saying. Know the Lord : for they shall all know me,

and I will biing them again unto this place, and I will cause them

God : and J[ toill ginc tficm one []cavt anb one toatii that they

that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but 3 toill

put mn fear in tl)eir l)cart, tljat tljeji oljall not bepart from

first the king of Assyria hath devoured him ; and last this Nebu-
chadrezzar king of Babylon liath broken his bones. Therefore
thus saith tlie Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; ])ehold, I will
punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punislied the
and he shall feed on Carmel and l^ashan, and his soul shall be sat-
isfi»>d upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. In those days, and in
that tiiut', saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for,
and tliero shall l>f norif ; and tlit> siri^ of .Iiidah, and they shall not

be found : for J will parbon tl)cm u)i)om 3 reoeroe.



AVlio is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, Vi\)cn l\)C £orb
rOttimcinbctl) it not'? Out of the mouth of the Most High jjio-
ceedeth not evil and good ?

things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence, '^xib

3 toill QJnc tijcm one Ijeavt, nub 3 voiW put a ncro spirit toitijin
J10U ; anb J roill tokc tl)C stonn Ijcart out of tl)cir flcsl), mib
roill igioc tl)Cm an Ijcart of flcsl) : that they may walk in my
statute.s, and keep mine ordinances, and do them : and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God.

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their
way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.

high mountain and eminent : in the mountain of the height of Is-
rael will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit,
wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. And
all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brouo-ht
green ti-ee, and have made the dry tree to flourish : 3 tl)C £orb

\)avc spoken axib Ijaue bone it.

would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through
the countries ; because they had not executed my judgments, but
eyes were after their fathers' idols. lX)l)crefore 3 gnne tl)em
also statutes tijat roere not goob, and judgments whereby they
I am the Lord.

your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Qt netD
l]eart also toill 3 gioc JIOU, and a new spirit will I put within
you : and 1 will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I

you, anb cause jiou to tualk iu mn statutes, and ye shall keep

my judgments, and do them Then the heathen


iii. 37, 38.

xi. 17-21.

xvii. 22-24.

XX. 23-2(5.


xxx\ i. 24-27,




xxxvii. 1-1-1.

Dan. iv. 1-35.

ruined place.s, and plant that that was desolate : Jf tl)C £orb IjrtUP
spoken it, ttttb 3 toill "bo it. Thus saith the Lord God; I will
yet for lliis be inquired of by the house of Isi-ael, to do it for

the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valle}''
these bones live ? and I answered, O Lord God thou knowt^st.
Again he said unto me. Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto

them, (£) r»c brii bones, Ijear tlje toorb of tl)c Corb. Thus saith
into you, and ye shall live : and I will lay sinews upon vou, and

there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came to-
gether, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and
but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Pro])]iesy
unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, ®|)US

saiti) tl)e Corb (Bob ; (ilomc from tl)c fonr toinbs, (B brcati],
iinb breiUl)e upon tl)ese sUiiu tl)at tl)en maji line. Su 1 pmiih-
esied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great armv.
Then he said unto me. Sun of man, these bones are the whole
hope is lost : we are cut oft' for our parts. Therefore prophesy and
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, my people,
I will open your graves, and cause you to come uj) out of your
that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, < ) inv ]H'ople,
and brought you up out of your graves, anb sl)ail piU mn spirit
in rjon, unb lie siiall liue, and I shall place you in your own land :
then siiall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed
it, saith the Lord.

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and lan-
guages, that dwt.'U in all the earth ; iVace be inultij)lied unto you.
1 thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God
liath wrouglit toward me. How great are his signs ! and how
migiity are his wonders ! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and his dominion is from generation to generation.

I Nebuchadnezzar wfus at rest in mine house, and nourishing in
my palace : I saw a dream which tnade mo afraid, and tlie thougiits
upon my bed ami the visions of my head trouliled me. Therefore



made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of T)al)ylon before me,
that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the
dream. Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chal-
deans, and the sooth-sayers : and I told the dream before them ;
but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

the spirit of the holy gods : and before him I told the dream, say-
ing, O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that
tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpre-
tation thereof. Thus were the visions of mine liead in my bed ; I
the earth : the leaves thereof were fiiii', and the fruit thereof much,
and behold, a watcher and an holy one came down fi'om heaven ;
he cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut ofi' his
get away fi-om under it, and the fowls from his branches. Never-
theless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band
the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man's, and let
