Isaiah 65 Cross References - Thomson

¹ [M] I became manifest to them who inquired not for me; I was found by them who sought me not. I said, "Behold here I am" to the nation which did not invoke my name. ² I stretched out my hands all the day long to a disobedient and gainsaying people, who were walking not in a good way, but following their own sins. ³ This people are provoking me continually to my face. They will sacrifice in the gardens and burn incense on the tiles, to demons which have not an existence. ⁴ They sleep in tombs and in caverns for the purpose of dreaming: they eat swine's flesh, and the broth of sacrifices; all their vessels are polluted; ⁵ yet they say, "Keep at a distance from me; come not near me, for I am clean." This is a smoke which causeth my wrath; a fire is kindled by it every day. ⁶ Behold it is written before me: I will not keep silence, until I have retributed into their bosom ⁷ their sins; and the sins of their fathers, saith the Lord. They have burned incense on the mounts, and treated me with scorn on the hills, I will retribute their works into their bosom. ⁸ Thus saith the Lord, as when a good grape is found in the cluster, they will say, "Destroy it not; for there is a blessing in it, " so will I do for the sake of him who serveth me; for his sake I will not destroy them all. ⁹ I will indeed bring forth the seed from Jacob namely, from Juda, and he shall inherit my holy mountain: and my chosen ones and my servants shall inherit and dwell there; ¹⁰ and there shall be in the forest folds for flocks; and the valley of Achor shall be a resting place of herds, for my people who have sought me. ¹¹ But as for you, who forsake me and forget my holy mountain, and who prepare a table for the Demon, and fill up a mixed potion for Fortune, ¹² you I will deliver up to the sword; you shall all bow down to slaughter. Because I called and you answered not: I spake and you would not listen; but did what is evil in my sight; and chose the things in which I did not delight; ¹³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold my servants shall eat; but you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink; but you shall be thirsty: behold my servants shall rejoice; but you shall be ashamed: ¹⁴ behold my servants shall triumph with joy: But you shall scream for sorrow of heart, and howl for anguish of spirit. ¹⁵ For you shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen. As for you, the Lord will destroy you; but to my servants, a new name shall be given ¹⁶ which shall be blessed on the earth: for they will bless the true God: and they who swear on the earth, will swear by the true God. For they will forget their former affliction and it shall not recur to their mind: ¹⁷ for there shall be a new heaven and the earth shall be new: and they shall no more remember former things, nor shall they ever come again into their mind. ¹⁸ But in this they shall find joy and gladness: for behold I am about to make Jerusalem a subject of joy, and this people of mine a subject of rejoicing. ¹⁹ And I will exult in Jerusalem and rejoice in my people; and there shall no more be heard therein, the voice of wailing nor the sound of a mournful cry. ²⁰ Nor shall there any more be there an untimely birth, nor an old man, who shall not complete his term. For he who is a hundred years old shall be young; and the sinner, who dieth at a hundred years, shall be deemed accursed. ²¹ And they shall build houses and dwell therein: and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof. ²² They shall not build, and others inhabit: nor shall they plant and others eat: for according to the days of the tree of that life, shall be the days of this my people: for they shall wear out the works of their toils. ²³ My chosen ones shall not labour in vain, nor shall they bring forth children for a curse. Because they are a seed blessed of God, both they and their offspring: ²⁴ therefore it shall come to pass, that before they call I will answer them: and while they are yet speaking I will say, "What is the matter." ²⁵ Then shall the wolves and the lambs feed together: and the lion shall eat straw like the But the serpent shall eat dust as bread. They shall not hurt, nor shall they destroy on my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

¹⁴ And the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed from all the cattle and from all the beasts which are upon the earth. Upon thy breast and belly thou shalt go and shalt eat earth all the days of thy life. ¹⁵ And I will put enmity between thee and the woman; and between thy seed and her seed. He will wound thy head, and thou wilt wound his heel."

⁵ So all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

²⁷ So all the days of Mathousala which he lived were nine hundred and sixty nine years, and he died.

⁵ So when the Lord God saw that the wickedness of the men on the earth was multiplied, and that every one was in his heart studiously and continually bent upon evils,

² and I will make thee a great nation; and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed;

⁷ And I will establish this my covenant with thee and thy seed after thee, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee.

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, Write this in a book to keep it in remembrance; and rehearse it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will entirely blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

⁵ thou shalt not worship them; nor serve them; for I, the Lord thy God, am a zealous God, retributing to them who hate me the sins of fathers upon children to the third and fourth generation;

²⁴ An altar of earth you shall make for me, and sacrifice thereon your whole burnt offerings and your offerings of thanksgiving, both your sheep and your young bulls in every place where I record my name. ²⁵ And I will come to thee and bless thee. And if thou makest for me an altar of stones; thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for thou hast put thy workmanship on them and they are polluted.

¹⁹ The dedications of the first products of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.

¹ Thou shalt also make an Altar to burn incense thereon. Of incorruptible wood thou shalt make it ² a cubit long and a cubit broad. It shall be square and the height shall be two cubits. The horns shall be a component part of it. ³ And thou shalt overlay with pure gold its grate and its sides round about and the horns thereof. And thou shall make for it a wreathed border of gold round about. ⁴ And thou shalt make two rings of pure gold under its wreathed border for the two corners. Thou shalt make them on the two sides and there shall be clasps for the staves with which it is to be carried. ⁵ And thou shalt make staves of incorruptible wood and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt place this before the veil, which is over the ark of the testimonies, from which I will make myself known to thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon every morning compound incense beaten fine. When he replenisheth the lamps he shall burn incense thereon. ⁸ And when Aaron lighteth the lamps in the evening he shall burn incense thereon every day continually before the Lord throughout their generations. ⁹ And upon it thou shalt not offer any other incense offering, homage offering, nor cake offering; nor shalt thou pour a libation thereon. ¹⁰ But Aaron shall make an atonement on it; on the horns thereof, once a year. With the blood of the purifying sacrifice he shall purify it throughout their generations. It is a Holy of Holies to the Lord.

²⁶ The first fruits of thy land thou shalt lay by for the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in the milk of its dam.

⁷ and the swine, though it hath a parted hoof, yet because it doth not chew the cud, it is unclean to you.

⁵ In order that the children of Israel may offer up their sacrifices, whatever they kill in the fields they shall carry for the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, to the priest, and offer them as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord;

³ if you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, ⁴ I will give you rain in its season: and the land shall yield its productions; ⁵ and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; and the thresher shall overtake the vintager; and the vintager shall overtake the sower; and you shall eat your bread in plenty; and dwell in your land securely, and war shall not pass through your land. ⁶ I will indeed give you peace in your land; and you shall lie down to rest; and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will destroy the wild beasts out of your land; ⁷ and you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with destruction. ⁸ Even five of you shall pursue an hundred; and a hundred of you shall pursue myriads, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. ⁹ And I will watch over you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. ¹⁰ And you shall eat the last year's crops, and the crops of the year before, and remove old stores out of the way of new.

¹⁶ I will deal with you in this manner; I will send against you distress, and the scab, and the gangrene to eat out your eyes; and wasting consumption; and you shall sow your seed in vain; for your enemies shall eat it:

²⁰ and your strength shall be spent in vain. The earth shall not yield you its seed, nor shall the trees of the field yield you their fruit.

²² I will send against you the wild beasts of the earth, and they shall devour you, and destroy your cattle; and I will make you few in number, and your high ways shall be desolate.

²⁵ I will bring a sword against you to avenge the cause of the covenant; and when you flee to your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

²⁹ And you shall eat the flesh of your sons; and the flesh of your daughters also you shall eat:

³⁹ And those of you who are left shall pine away for their sins, and for the sins of their fathers; In the land of their enemies they shall pine away,

³⁹ and have it on the tufts, that when you see them you may remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them, and not turn aside after your imaginations, and your own eyes, by following of which you have gone a whoring;

¹¹ that whoever toucheth the dead body of a man shall be unclean seven days.

¹⁶ And every one who, in the open field, toucheth one slain, or dead, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁷ Now, for one who is unclean, they shall take some of the burnt ashes of the purification, and pour spring water thereon, in a vessel; ¹⁸ and a man who is clean shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the house, and on the vessels, and on the persons who may be in the house, and on him who hath touched a human bone, or a man who hath been slain, or one dead, or a grave. ¹⁹ The clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify himself^ and shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening. ²⁰ And whoever shall be defiled, and not purified, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation, because he hath defiled the holy things of the Lord. Because the water of sprinkling hath not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean.

¹⁴ Behold you are risen up in your fathers' stead, a set of sinful men, to augment the wrath of the Lord against Israel.

⁴⁰ You shall therefore keep his commandments, and his rules of rectitude, which I this day give you in charge, that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee; that you may live long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.

¹³ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him alone, and cleave to him, and swear by his name.

⁷ Remember; never forget how often thou hast provoked to wrath the Lord thy God, in the wilderness. From the day you came out of Egypt, till your coming to this place, you have gone on in a course of rebellion against the Lord.

²⁰ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and cleave to him, and swear by his name.

³ you shall not eat any abomination.

⁸ the swine also, because, though it parteth the hoof and divideth it into distinct hoofs, yet it doth not chew the cud, it is unclean to you. You shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead carcasses.

²¹ Every thing which dieth of itself you shall not eat. It may be given to the stranger, who is in thy cities, and he may eat it, or thou mayst sell it to the stranger. Because thou art a people dedicated to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not boil a lamb in the milk of its dam.

¹¹ or maketh use of drugs to practise incantation, or a belly speaker, or an astrologer, or a necromancer;

³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city; and blessed shalt thou be in the field; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the products of thy land, and thy herds, and thy flocks. ⁵ Blessed shall be thy granaries, and thy stores. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed when thou goest out. ⁷ May the Lord thy God deliver up thine enemies, who rise up against thee, to be smitten before thee. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The Lord send upon thee the blessing in thy store houses, and on all the labours of thy hands, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ⁹ The Lord establish thee a holy people for himself, as he solemnly promised thy fathers. If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and walk in all his ways, ¹⁰ then shall all the nations of the earth see that thou art called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of thee; ¹¹ and the Lord thy God will multiply thee, for good, in the offspring of thy body, and in the increase of thy cattle, and in the products of thy ground, in the land which he solemnly promised thy fathers to give thee. ¹² The Lord open for thee his good treasury, the heaven, to give thy land the rain in due season. May he bless all the works of thy hands, so that thou mayst lend to many nations, and not borrow of them;

³⁰ Thou wilt take a wife, and another man shall have her. Thou wilt build a house, but shall not dwell therein. Thou wilt plant a vineyard, but shalt not gather the grapes thereof. ³¹ Thy ox will be slaughtered before thy face, and thou shalt not eat thereof. Thy ass will be taken from thee, and shall not be restored; thy flocks will be given to thine enemies, and there shall be none to help thee; ³² thy sons, and thy daughters, will be given to another nation, and thine eyes will melt in looking at them; there will be no strength in thy hand. ³³ A nation, which thou knowest not will eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured, and oppressed continually

³⁸ There thou shalt carry out much seed into the field, and shalt bring little home, for the locust shall devour it; ³⁹ thou shalt plant a vineyard and dress it; but shalt not press out wine, nor regale thyself from it; for worms shall eat it up. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt have plantations of olive trees, in all thy borders, but shalt not be anointed with oil, for thine olive tree shall cast its fruit: ⁴¹ thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but shalt not have them with thee; for they shall go into captivity. ⁴² All thy trees and the products of thy land, shall be consumed with blasting.

¹⁹ Now in case any one shall hear the words of this curse, and bless himself in his heart, saying, Good luck betide me! I will walk in the error of my own heart, that the sinner may not involve the guiltless in ruin with himself. ²⁰ God will not be propitious to him, but most assuredly the anger of the Lord, and his indignation, will then be kindled against that man; and all the curses of this covenant, which are written in this book, shall cleave to him; and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

²⁴ When all the nations shall say, Why hath the Lord dealt thus with this land? What hath occasioned this great fierceness of indignation? ²⁵ Then they will say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

²⁷ for I know thy contentious disposition, and thy stiff neck. For even now while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against God; how then can it be otherwise after my death?

⁴ He is God, his works are perfect; All his ways are acts of judgment; A faithful God; he doth no injustice; Righteous and holy is the Lord.

¹⁶ They exasperated me with strange gods, With their abominations they provoked me, ¹⁷ They sacrificed to demons, and not to God; To gods, which they had never known, Which had started up, new and fictitious, Of which their fathers had no knowledge,

¹⁷ They sacrificed to demons, and not to God; To gods, which they had never known, Which had started up, new and fictitious, Of which their fathers had no knowledge, ¹⁸ The God who begot thee, thou hast forsaken, And hast forgot the God who nourished thee; ¹⁹ And the Lord saw, and was provoked to jealousy; He was provoked at the temper of his sons and daughters, ²⁰ and said, I will turn away my face from them, And shew what shall befal them in the latter days. Because they are a perverse generation; Children, who have no faith in them; ²¹ They have provoked me by what is not God; Have exasperated me with their idols; I therefore will provoke them by what is not a nation, By a foolish nation I will vex them.

²¹ They have provoked me by what is not God; Have exasperated me with their idols; I therefore will provoke them by what is not a nation, By a foolish nation I will vex them. ²² Since a fire is kindled because of my wrath, It shall burn down to the lowest Hades; It shall consume the land, and the products thereof; It shall set on fire the foundations of mountains:

²⁵ Abroad the sword shall bereave them of children, And in their chambers terror shall destroy. The youth shall perish with the young virgin, The sucking infant with the venerable sage.

³⁴ Behold! are not these things stored up with me? And sealed up among my treasures?

²⁴ Then Joshua took Achar, son of Zara, and led him up to the valley of Achor, with his sons, and his daughters, and his cattle, and his asses, and all his flocks, and his tent, and all his goods, and all the people accompanied him. And when he had led them up to Emek-Achor, ²⁵ Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? The Lord destroy thee, as at this day! Then all Israel stoned him with stones. ²⁶ And when they had raised over him a great heap of stones, the Lord ceased from the fierceness of his anger. For this cause he called that place Emek-Achor, which is its name at this day.

¹ Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Madiam seven years. ² And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel, so that because of Madiam, the Israelites made for themselves those dens which are in the mountains, and those caves and strong holds in cliffs. ³ And when the Israelites had sown, Madiam and Amelek came up, and the children of the east came up with them, ⁴ and encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits, all the way to Gaza. In all the land of Israel they did not leave sustenance for life, nor among the herds a bull or a jack ass. ⁵ For they came up with cattle. And their tents were pitched like locusts for multitude: and they and their camels were innumerable. And they came into the land of Israel, and wasted it; ⁶ so that Israel was greatly impoverished by the Madianites.

⁴³ And he walked in all the way of his father Asa, and deviated not from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

³ But none of the high places were removed. There the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

⁴ But he did not remove the high places. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

³⁵ But the high places he did not remove. Still the people sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

⁴ He sacrificed also and burned incense on the high places, and on the mounts and under every shady tree.

¹⁴ yet they hearkened not; but hardened their neck more than their fathers had done; ¹⁵ His testimonies which he gave them in charge, they did not keep; but walked after vanities and became vain, and followed the nations around them in the very things which the Lord commanded them not to do. ¹⁶ They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves a molten image; even two calves. And having made bowers, they worshipped the whole host of heaven, and served Baal. ¹⁷ They made their sons and their daughters to pass through fire, and used divination and practised augury. Indeed they sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to wrath.

¹⁷ Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me by the works of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched.

⁹ And now, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts and knoweth every thought. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will at last forsake thee.

¹⁵ And the Lord the God of their fathers had sent to them by the ministry of his prophets, rising early, and sending his messengers, because he compassionated his people and his sanctuary. ¹⁶ But they continued to deride his messengers, and to despise his words, and insult his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord ascended against his people; until there was no remedy.

¹¹ But put forth thine hand and touch all that he hath, he will indeed openly renounce thee.

⁵ Only put forth thy hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, he will indeed openly renounce thee.

²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe grain cut in due season; or like a heap from a threshing floor, carried home in time.

¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me.

⁴ He asked of thee life; and thou hast given him length of days forever.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him:

⁵ into thy hands I will commit my spirit. Thou, Lord the God of truth hast redeemed me.

⁵ I acknowledged my sin and did not conceal mine iniquity. I said, Against myself I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord, thereupon thou didst forgive the wickedness of my heart.

¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

¹² What man soever desireth life and loveth to see good days:

⁴ He contrived mischief on his bed; he persisted in every course which was not good, and did not abhor wickedness.

¹⁹ In time of troubles they shall not be shamed, and in days of famine they shall be plentifully fed. ²⁰ Because the sinners shall perish. Therefore when the enemies of the Lord were exalted and glorified; they were flitting away like smoke, and vanishing.

³ God in full manifestation, even our God will come and will not keep silence. Before him a fire shall blaze; and around him shall be a mighty tempest.

¹⁵ Then call on me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver thee and thou shalt praise me."

²¹ These things thou hast done and I was silent. Thou unjustly didst suppose that I would be like thyself. I will reprove thee and set things in order before thee.

⁸ O God, to thee I have unfolded my life: thou hast placed my tears before thee.

¹¹ But the joy of the king will be in God. Every one who sweareth by him shall glory; because the mouth of them who speak lies is stopped.

⁴ Let all the earth worship thee. With music vocal and instrumental let them sing to thee; let them sing harmoniously to thy name.

³ let peoples praise thee, O God, let all peoples praise thee. ⁴ Let nations be glad and rejoice, because thou judgest peoples righteously, and wilt guide nations on the earth. ⁵ Let peoples praise thee, O God, let all peoples praise thee.

¹⁷ Let his name be blessed for ever! His name shall endure longer than the sun: and by him all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed. All the nations shall hail him happy.

⁴⁰ How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and excite him to anger in the desert?

⁵⁸ They provoked him with their mounts, and with their graven images moved him to jealousy.

¹² Retribute to these neighbours of ours; into their bosom seven fold; their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, Lord.

¹¹ But my people did not hearken to my voice; nor did Israel attend to me. ¹² Therefore I gave them up to the devices of their own hearts. Let them walk in their own devices.

¹⁵ But thou, Lord God, who art merciful and gracious, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth,

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: I am with him in affliction: I will deliver him and honour him. ¹⁶ With length of days I will satisfy him; and I will shew him my salvation.

¹² The righteous shall bloom like a palm tree; and be multiplied like a cedar on Lebanon. ¹³ Being planted by the house of the Lord they shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ In a vigorous old age they shall still multiply; and continue prosperous;

¹⁰ Say among the nations, The Lord is King, for he hath renovated this World, which shall no more be shaken; he will judge peoples with righteousness. ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult: let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof. ¹² Let the plains and all therein be gladdened; and let all the trees of the forest exult ¹³ before the Lord; for he is coming; for he is coming to judge the earth, he will judge the World with righteousness"and the several tribes with his truth.

¹ A Psalm by David. Sing to the Lord, a new song, that the Lord hath done wonderful things. His own right hand and his holy arm hath saved him. ² The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath displayed his forgiving mercy before the nations. ³ He remembered his mercy for Jacob; and his truth to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Raise a shout of triumph to God, all ye of the earth! Sing and exult and sing in harmonious strains. ⁵ Sing to the Lord with a kithara; with a kithara and a tuneful psalm. ⁶ With spiral trumpets and the sounding cornet, raise a shout of triumph for the Lord, before the king. ⁷ Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof; the World and they who dwell therein. ⁸ Let the rivers unite in applauses; let the mountains exult with joy; ⁹ that he is come to judge the earth. He will judge the World with righteousness, and the several tribes with equity.

⁶ We with our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers minded not thy wonders in Egypt, they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies. Though in coming up they were refractory at the Red sea,

¹⁴ May the Lord add to you more and more; to you and to your children ¹⁵ May you be blessed by the Lord: who made the heaven and the earth.

¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Sion, and made choice of it for his habitation.

²⁴ seeing I have called and you have not answered: and though I continued my speech, you did not attend:

²⁴ seeing I have called and you have not answered: and though I continued my speech, you did not attend: ²⁵ but set at naught my counsels and disregarded my reproofs: ²⁶ therefore I will laugh at your calamity; and mock when your destruction cometh. ²⁷ Yes, when tumult shall suddenly come upon you; and destruction like a whirlwind shall be at hand; even when tribulation and siege approach you; or when destruction is advancing upon you. ²⁸ For when you call upon me I will not listen to you. The wicked may seek me, but they shall not find me. ²⁹ For they hated wisdom and did not chuse the word of the Lord: ³⁰ nor would they attend to my counsels, but contemned my reproofs: ³¹ Let them eat, therefore, the fruits of their own way; and be filled with their own iniquity. ³² For, because they wronged infants they shall be slain: and a rigorous inquest shall destroy the wicked. ³³ But he who hearkeneth to me shall dwell with hope; and rest secure from all evil."

¹⁶ Because he delighteth in all those things which God hateth: therefore he is destroyed for the depravity of his soul. ¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

⁷ The just are remembered with praises; but the name of the wicked is extinguished.

²⁶ As vinegar is hurtful to the teeth; and smoke to the eyes; so is transgression to them who commit it.

⁵ Every lofted minded man is impure in the sight of God: and he who hath joined hand to hand unjustly shall not go unpunished.

²⁹ The man who is a transgressor enticeth friends; and leadeth them in ways which are not good.

¹² He who sinned continued thenceforward to do evil, even because of the forbearance shewn to them. Now as I know that it is good for them who fear God, that they should be awed by his presence; ¹³ and that it cannot be well with the wicked; and that he who is not awed by the presence of God cannot prolong his days at ease;

¹¹ daughter of Sion go forth and view king Solomon; in the crown with which his mother crowned him; on the day of his espousals; Even on the day of the gladness of his heart.

² Hearken, heaven! and hear earth! what the Lord hath spoken. "I have begotten children and brought them up; and they have rebelled against me.

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds;

¹⁹ If you indeed be willing and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land:

²³ The chiefs are rebellious; associates of thieves: they love gifts; they seek rewards: to orphans they do not administer justice; and to the cause of widows they do not attend.

²⁸ the lawless and sinful shall be crushed together; and they who have forsaken the Lord shall be utterly destroyed: ²⁹ for they shall be exposed to shame for the idols on which they doted; as they have been for the gardens which they desired.

² Because in the last days, the mount of the Lord will be conspicuous; and the house of God will be on the top of mountains; and exalted above the hills: therefore all the nations will come to it.

² Because in the last days, the mount of the Lord will be conspicuous; and the house of God will be on the top of mountains; and exalted above the hills: therefore all the nations will come to it. ³ Many nations indeed, will go saying, "Come, let us go up to the mount of the Lord; and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his way, and we will walk therein." For from Sion shall go forth a law; and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. ⁴ And he will judge among the nations; and work conviction in many a people: and they shall beat their swords into plough shares; and their spears into pruning hooks: and nation shall not lift up a sword against nation; nor shall they learn war any more.

⁸ Because Jerusalem is forsaken and Judea is fallen therefore their tongues concur with their transgression. They disbelieve the things relating to the Lord.

¹¹ Alas for the wicked! according to the works of his hands evils shall befal him. my people!

²⁵ And thy son the most beautiful whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword and be laid low;

¹³ for still about the tenth is in it; and shall again be for a prey, and be like the ilex and like the oak when it hath fallen from its station.

⁴ that you may not fall into the captive band? For all this his anger is not turned away, but still his hand is lifted high.

²⁰ And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel shall no more join, nor shall those of Jacob who have escaped, any more lean on them who have injured them; but they will place their confidence in God the Holy One of Israel, in truth ²¹ This remnant of Jacob shall indeed be for the Mighty God. ²² Yes: though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, this remnant of them shall be saved.

⁶ And a wolf shall pasture with a lamb; and a leopard shall lie down with a kid; and the calf, and bull and lion shall pasture together, and a little child shall tend them. ⁷ The cow and bear shall feed together; and together their young shall herd; and the lion shall eat chaff like an ox. ⁸ And the sucking child shall lay its hand on the holes of asps and on the bed of young asps. ⁹ And they shall not hurt nor have power to destroy any one on the mountain which is my sanctuary. Because the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as abundant water covereth depths of seas;

⁹ And they shall not hurt nor have power to destroy any one on the mountain which is my sanctuary. Because the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord as abundant water covereth depths of seas; ¹⁰ therefore there shall be in that day, the root of Jesse, even he who riseth up to rule nations: in him nations will put their trust, and his resting place shall be glorious. ¹¹ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will proceed to shew his hand to provoke to jealousy the remnant of his people; that residue which is left from the Assyrians and from Egypt and from Babylonia, and from Ethiopia and the Elamites, and from the risings of the sun and Arabia. ¹² And he will erect a standard for the nations, and gather together the outcasts of Israel, and assemble the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth. ¹³ And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away; and the enemies of Juda shall be destroyed: Ephraim shall not envy Juda; nor shall Juda vex Ephraim: ¹⁴ And they shall be wafted in the ships of foreign tribes; and they shall spoil both the sea and them of the east and Idumea; and upon Moab they shall first lay their hands; but the sons of Ammon shall first obey. ¹⁵ And the Lord will dry up the sea of Egypt, and lay his hand on the river with a vehement wind; and smite the seven channels, so that they may be crossed dry shod. ¹⁶ And there shall be a passage for my people left in Egypt. It shall be for Israel as on the day when they came up out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ And there shall be a passage for my people left in Egypt. It shall be for Israel as on the day when they came up out of the land of Egypt.

⁴ Thou shalt say also on that day, praise the Lord: invoke his name aloud! proclaim among the nations his glorious acts: call them up to your remembrance. Because his name is exalted; ⁵ praise ye the name of the Lord. Because he hath done stupendous acts; proclaim them throughout the whole earth. ⁶ Shout for joy and be glad, inhabitants of Sion, for in the midst of it is exalted the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁸ In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt which shall speak the language of Chanaan. And swear by the name of the Lord of Hosts: and one of them shall be called the city of Asedek.

¹⁴ Yes, these were their undisguised expressions, in the hearing of the Lord of hosts, therefore this sin will not be forgiven you till you die.

¹⁴ a shout will be raised. But they who are left in the land shall be gladdened with the glory of the Lord. The water of the sea will be troubled:

⁸ Mighty death had swallowed up; but the Lord God hath again wiped every tear from every face; and removed from the whole earth the reproach of this people. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. ⁹ And in that day they will say, "Behold our God in whom we trusted, will indeed save us. He is the Lord, for him we waited and exulted; let us therefore rejoice in our salvation.

¹ In that day God will bring his holy sword, even his great and powerful sword, upon the dragon, the flying serpent; Upon the dragon, the crooked serpent; he will slay the dragon.

⁶ [p] They who are coming are children of Jacob. Israel shall bloom and blossom; and the World shall be filled with his fruit.

¹⁸ his people shall then inhabit a city of peace and dwell secure, and they shall enjoy rest with riches.

⁹ The land mourned; Lebanon was ashamed; Saron was become fens; Galilee and Channel were bare.

² Let the deserts of Jordan also bloom and rejoice; to it hath been given the glory of Lebanon an the honour of Channel. And my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of our God.

⁹ No lion shall be there; nor shall any ravenous beast come up thither, nor ever be found there; but in it the redeemed will walk, and they who have been collected for the Lord. ¹⁰ They indeed shall return and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy shall crown their head: for on their heads will be praise and rapture; and gladness shall have full possession of them. Pain and sorrow and sighing are fled.

³⁰ Now this shall be a sign to thee. Eat this year what thou hast sown, and in the second year what is left; but in the third year sow ye and reap; plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof;

⁹ Ascend a lofty mountain, thou who proclaimest good news to Sion: exalt thy voice with strength, thou who bringest glad tidings to Jerusalem: raise it up; be not afraid; say to the cities of Juda, Behold, your God!

¹⁷ and the poor and the needy shall exult with joy: for when they shall seek water and there shall be none, and their tongue is parched with thirst; I the Lord their God, I the God of Israel will hear and will not forsake them;

²⁷ I will first give notice to Sion and I will comfort Jerusalem on the way. ²⁸ For of the nations behold there is none, and of the idols none giveth warning. And should I ask them, Whence are you? They could not make me any answer.

¹⁰ [p] Sing to the Lord a new song, ye, his government! Praise his name, ye from the utmost border of the earth, ye who go clown on the sea and navigate it, ye islands, and ye who dwell therein. ¹¹ Let the desert be glad and the villages thereof; the folds for flocks and them who inhabit Kedar: let the inhabitants of Petra rejoice; let them shout from the top of the mountains: ¹² to this God let them ascribe glory; let them proclaim his powers among the isles.

¹⁴ [J] I have been silent; but shall I always keep silence and forbear? Like a woman in travail I have endured suffering; I will strike with astonishment and wither at once.

¹ Still however thus saith the Lord, the God who made thee Jacob, and who formed thee, Israel! fear not. Because I have redeemed thee; have called thee by thy name; thou art mine;

¹⁸ Mention not these former things, nor reason from the things of old.

⁹ And have not then the fashioners and engravers heard? They are all fools making things to please their fancies; things which cannot profit them: but shame shall cover these god makers,

²³ [c] Rejoice, O heavens! because God hath compassionated Israel. Utter sounds of joy, ye foundations of the earth! Burst forth into songs, ye mountains and hills, and all ye trees which are thereon! Because God hath redeemed Jacob and Israel shall be glorified. [[c] the chorus]

¹⁹ am the Lord and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret nor in an obscure part of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye a vain thing. I am THE I AM, the Lord, who speak righteousness and proclaim truth.

²² Turn to me and ye shall be saved, ye from the farthest part of the earth, I am God and there is none else. ²³ By myself I swear [righteousness shall proceed from my mouth; my words shall not be reversed] that to me every knee shall bow and every tongue shall swear, with respect to God, ²⁴ saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him, and all that make distinctions among them shall be ashamed. ²⁵ On account of the Lord they shall be acquitted; and in God all the seed of Israel will glory.

¹ Hear these things, ye house of Jacob, ye who are called by the name of Israel! ye who are descendants of Juda! ye who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention of it, but not with truth, nor with righteousness;

⁴ Whereupon I said, "I have laboured in vain; for vanity and for nought I have spent my strength; therefore my cause is with the Lord; and my labour is before my God."

¹³ [c] Rejoice heavens; and let the earth be glad, let the mountains resound with bursts of joy; for God hath compassionated his people, and comforted those of his people who were afflicted.

² Why, when I came, was there no man? And why, when I called, did none answer? Is my hand unable to save? Or have I no power to rescue? Behold with my rebuke I can dry up the sea, and make the rivers a desert, so that the fishes thereof shall shrivel for want of water, and die for thirst. I can clothe the heaven with darkness, and make its covering like sackcloth.

¹ Hearken to me ye who are in pursuit of righteousness and who are seeking the Lord. Look at that hard rock which you have been hewing, and into that deep pit which you have digged.

³ And now Sion, I will comfort thee. I have indeed comforted all her desolations, and I will make her waste places like a garden; and those west of her like the garden of the Lord. In her shall be found joy and gladness, thanksgiving and the sound of praise.

¹¹ For under the guidance of the Lord they shall be brought back, and shall come to Sion with joy and everlasting gladness; for praise shall crown their head and joy shall overtake them. Grief and sorrow and sighing are fled.

¹⁶ I will put my words in thy mouth, and cover thee under the shelter of my hand with which I made the heaven and founded the earth; and say to Sion, Thou art my people.

⁷ like beauty on the mountains; like the feet of one proclaiming peace, like one proclaiming glad tidings. Because I will cause thy salvation to be proclaimed, Saying, Sion, thy God will reign; ⁸ because the voice of thy watchmen is lifted up; with the voice therefore let all at the same time express joy. [c] Because eyes will look to eyes when the Lord compassionateth Sion;

⁸ because the voice of thy watchmen is lifted up; with the voice therefore let all at the same time express joy. [c] Because eyes will look to eyes when the Lord compassionateth Sion; ⁹ let the ruins of Jerusalem break out together with bursts of joy. Because the Lord hath compassionated her and delivered Jerusalem;

⁹ let the ruins of Jerusalem break out together with bursts of joy. Because the Lord hath compassionated her and delivered Jerusalem; ¹⁰ let the Lord therefore make bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations! and let all the ends of the earth see the salvation come from our God.

⁴ Be not terrified because thou hast been exposed to shame; nor blush because thou hast been reproached. For thou shalt forget the shame of ancient times, and the reproach of thy widowhood

² Why are you expending money and labour for that which will not satisfy? Hearken to me and you shall eat good things; and your soul will be regaled with delicacies.

⁵ Nations which knew thee not will fly to thee, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. ⁶ Seek ye the Lord; and when you find him call upon him. And when he draweth near to you; ⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

⁷ them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings, and their sacrifices shall be acceptable on mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations.

⁵ invoking idols under shady trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks? ⁶ This shall be thy portion; this thy lot; as thou hast poured out libations to them and to them offered up sacrifices, shall I not for these things be incensed? ⁷ On a high and lofty mountain thou hast made thy bed, and caused thy sacrifice to ascend thither;

⁷ On a high and lofty mountain thou hast made thy bed, and caused thy sacrifice to ascend thither; ⁸ and behind the posts of thy doors thou hast set up thy memorial. Didst thou think, that, if thou departedst from me, thou shouldst have something more? Thou hast loved them who lay with thee ⁹ and multiplied thy fornication with them, and hast done it with many who are far from thee; and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders; and humbled thyself even to Hades; ¹⁰ With thy long journies thou hast wearied thyself and hast not said, "I will take some rest." Because in thy full strength thou hast done this; therefore thou shouldst not supplicate me.

¹³ lo When thou criest; let them deliver thee in thine affliction. A wind indeed shall overtake them all; and a whirlwind shall sweep them away. But they who adhere to me shall possess the land, and inherit my holy mountain.

⁹ Then thou shalt cry and God will answer thee; and whilst thou art speaking he will say, Lo I am here. If thou remove from thee the bond, and the vote and decree which occasion murmuring,

⁷ Their feet are running to evil; they are swift to shed blood. And their reasonings are reasonings for murders. Destruction and misery are in their ways, ⁸ and the path of peace they do not know, nor is there any judgment in their ways; for the paths which they travel are crooked and peace they do not know.

²⁰ For thy sun shall not go down nor shall thy moon ever wane: For the Lord will be to thee an everlasting light; and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

⁷ Thus shall they again inherit the land; and everlasting joy shall be on their head.

⁹ and their seed shall be distinguished among the nations? and their offspring in the midst of peoples. Every one who seeth them will know them, that they are a seed whom God hath blessed.

² and nations see thy righteousness, and kings this glory of thine. When he shall call thee by a new name which the Lord himself will give thee;

⁴ And thou shalt no more be called, Forsaken; nor shall thy land any more be called, The desert; but thy name shall be called My delight; and that of thy country, The inhabited land. Because the Lord is well pleased with thee therefore thy land shall be thickly inhabited: ⁵ and as a youth cohabiting with a virgin bride, so shall thy sons inhabit it: and 'as a bridegroom will rejoice in his bride, so will the Lord rejoice over thee.

⁸ the Lord hath sworn by his glory and by the power of his arm, I will no more give thy corn and thy food to thine enemies; nor shall the sons of strangers any more drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured. ⁹ But they who reap the harvest shall eat and praise the Lord; and they who gather the vintage shall drink wine in my holy courts.

¹⁰ But they rebelled and provoked his holy spirit; so he became their enemy. He fought against them;

¹⁹ We are become as at the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.

¹² yet for all these things, thou, Lord, hast refrained, and been silent. Thou hast humbled us exceedingly.

³ This people are provoking me continually to my face. They will sacrifice in the gardens and burn incense on the tiles, to demons which have not an existence.

⁶ Behold it is written before me: I will not keep silence, until I have retributed into their bosom

⁹ I will indeed bring forth the seed from Jacob namely, from Juda, and he shall inherit my holy mountain: and my chosen ones and my servants shall inherit and dwell there;

¹¹ But as for you, who forsake me and forget my holy mountain, and who prepare a table for the Demon, and fill up a mixed potion for Fortune, ¹² you I will deliver up to the sword; you shall all bow down to slaughter. Because I called and you answered not: I spake and you would not listen; but did what is evil in my sight; and chose the things in which I did not delight;

¹⁵ For you shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen. As for you, the Lord will destroy you; but to my servants, a new name shall be given

¹⁹ And I will exult in Jerusalem and rejoice in my people; and there shall no more be heard therein, the voice of wailing nor the sound of a mournful cry.

²² They shall not build, and others inhabit: nor shall they plant and others eat: for according to the days of the tree of that life, shall be the days of this my people: for they shall wear out the works of their toils.

²⁵ Then shall the wolves and the lambs feed together: and the lion shall eat straw like the But the serpent shall eat dust as bread. They shall not hurt, nor shall they destroy on my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

³ As for the wicked man, who sacrificeth to me a young bull: he is one who slayeth a dog: and though he offereth me fine flour: it will be as the blood of swine. Though he offereth incense for a memorial, he is as a blasphemer. As they have chosen their own ways: and their soul hath delighted in their abominations:

³ As for the wicked man, who sacrificeth to me a young bull: he is one who slayeth a dog: and though he offereth me fine flour: it will be as the blood of swine. Though he offereth incense for a memorial, he is as a blasphemer. As they have chosen their own ways: and their soul hath delighted in their abominations: ⁴ I also will chuse their delusions, and pay them back their sins. Because I called them and they did not answer; I spake, but they did not listen:;but did that which is evil in my sight, and chose the things in which I did not delight; ⁵ hear the decisions of the Lord; ye who tremble at his word, say, "O our brethren; [to them who hate you and are abominable, that the name of the Lord may be glorified and appear to their joy, when they shall be ashamed]

¹⁰ Rejoice Jerusalem! and sing praises therein, all ye who love her! Be exceedingly joyful with her, all ye who mourn for her! ¹¹ That you may suck and be satisfied from the breast of her consolation; that you may suck and be fed deliciously, at the commencement of her glory. ¹² For thus saith the Lord, Behold I will glide to them like a peaceful stream, and like a torrent deluging the glory of nations. Their children shall be carried on shoulders, and shall be dandled on knees. ¹³ As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and in Jerusalem you shall find consolation. ¹⁴ And you shall see it, and your heart shall rejoice; and your bones shall flourish like a green herb. And the hand of the Lord will be made known to them who fear him. And it will terrify them who are disobedient.

¹⁴ And you shall see it, and your heart shall rejoice; and your bones shall flourish like a green herb. And the hand of the Lord will be made known to them who fear him. And it will terrify them who are disobedient. ¹⁵ For behold! the Lord will come as a fire, and his chariots as a whirlwind, to execute his vengeance with wrath and his rebuke with flaming fire.

¹⁷ They who consecrate and purify themselves for the gardens, and they who, in the outer courts, eat swine's flesh, and the abominations and the mouse, shall for this be consumed together, said the Lord. ¹⁸ As I know their works and their reasoning I am coming to gather together all the nations and the tongues, and they shall come and see my glory.

²² For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, shall remain in my presence, saith the Lord; so shall your seed and your name be established.

²⁸ Where now are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Will they arise and save in the time of thy trouble? Since according to the number of thy cities were thy gods Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they burned incense to Baal;

⁶ Again the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast thou seen what the house of Israel have done to me? They have gone up upon every high mountain and under every shady tree and have there committed whoredom;

¹⁶ And when you are multiplied and increased in the land, saith the Lord, in those days they shall no more say, "The ark of the covenant of the Holy Israel." It shall no more come to mind nor be named; nor shall it be covered nor made any more. ¹⁷ In those days and at that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it. And they shall no more follow the desires of their own wicked heart.

² As the Lord liveth" with truth in judgment and justice: then shall the nations bless by him, and by him praise God in Jerusalem.

¹⁴ Jerusalem! wash thy heart from wickedness that thou mayst be saved. How long do ill grounded reasonings for thy troubles remain in thee?

⁹ Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord, and on such a nation as this shall not my soul be avenged?

²³ But this people have a revolting and disobedient heart. They have turned aside and are gone:

²⁹ shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord, and on such a nation as this shall not my soul be avenged?

¹³ Now therefore because you have done all these things: and I have spoken to you and you have not hearkened to me; and I have called you and you have not answered;

¹⁹ do they not vex themselves; that their faces may be covered with shame? ²⁰ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold my anger and my fury is poured upon this place and on these men; and on the cattle and on every tree of their field and on all the products of the ground, and it shall burn and shall not be quenched.

²⁴ But they hearkened not to me nor inclined their ear; but walked in the devices of their own wicked heart, and went backward and not forward

¹⁰ They must be taken up and carried; for they cannot walk. Fear them not for they can do you no harm, and there is no good in them.

¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the way of my people to swear by my name, "As the Lord liveth" as they taught my people to swear by Baal;

²⁵ this, then, shall be thy lot and portion for your disobeying me, saith the Lord. As thou hast forgotten Me and trusted in lies;

¹⁷ Because Mine eyes are on all their ways, and their iniquities are not hid from Mine eyes, ¹⁸ therefore I will doubly requite them for their wickedness and their sins-for their having defiled My land with the carcasses of their abominations, and for their acts of iniquity with which they have caused My heritage to transgress.

¹³ Thou, O Lord art the hope of Israel. Let all who forsake Thee be ashamed; let them who have apostatised be enrolled in the dust, because they have forsaken the Lord the fountain of lie.

²¹ For this cause deliver up their sons to famine and give them up in multitudes to the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows; and the husbands be cut off by pestilence and their young men fall by the sword in battle.

²² And among all the captives of Juda at Babylon; they shall from them use an execration saying, "The Lord deal with thee as he did with Sedekias, and as he did with Achiab whom the king of Babylon roasted with fire,

¹¹ [Omitted]

⁴ For I will rebuild thee, and thou shalt be rebuilt. virgin of Israel, again thou shalt take thy timbrel, and go forth with a congregation of rejoicers. ⁵ As you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria, plant and sing praises;

⁷ For thus said the Lord to Jacob, Rejoice and shout at the head of nations; issue proclamations and sing praises; say, "The Lord hath saved his people, the remnant of Israel."

¹² therefore they shall come and rejoice on mount Sion. They shall indeed come to the good things of the Lord; to a land of corn and wine, and of fruits and herds and flocks; and their soul shall be like a fruitful tree; and they shall no more be hungry.

³⁷ Though the heaven is exalted very high, saith the Lord, and the surface of the earth is depressed far below, yet I will not reject the race of Israel, saith the Lord, for all that they have done, ³⁸ Thus said the Lord who hath given the sun to enlighten the day and the moon and stars to enlighten the night, and hath caused the sea to roar and its billows to resound, the Lord Almighty is his name; Behold days are coming, saith the Lord, when a city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner; ³⁹ If these laws cease to operate in my presence, saith the Lord, then may the race of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever. and the diameter thereof shall extend forward as far as the hills of Gareb: ⁴⁰ and it shall be enclosed around with choice stones; and all the Asaremoth as far as Nachal Kedron, even to the corner of the horse gate eastward shall be dedicated to the Lord, and it shall no more fail nor shall it be demolished until the age.

³⁰ Because the children of Israel and the children of Juda have done nothing but evil before mine eyes from their youth; ³¹ because this very city hath been an object of my wrath and of my resentment from the day it was built to this day; ³² let him remove it from my presence on account of all the iniquities of the children of Israel and Juda, which they and their kings and their chiefs and their priests and their prophets, the men of Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done to provoke me. ³³ For they have turned to me their back and not their face. Though I taught them betimes, they would no more receive instruction, ³⁴ but have set up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, and polluted it with their impurities; ³⁵ and have built up the altars to Baal which were in the valley of the son of Ennom to offer up their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; a thing which I never commanded them, nor did it ever come into my mind that they should commit such an abomination to cause Juda to transgress heinously.

³⁸ And they shall be my people and I will be their God. ³⁹ And I will give them another way and another heart that I may be always feared and may be for good to them and their children after them.

⁴¹ and I will watch over them to do them good, and plant them in this land with faithfulness even with my whole heart and soul.

¹⁷ therefore thus said the Lord, You have not hearkened to me to proclaim a general release, every one to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim a dismission of you to the sword, and to pestilence and to famine; and I will deliver you up to dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.

³ Son of man, I am about to send thee to the house of Israel, to them who are provoking me; who have provoked me, both they and their fathers even to this day. ⁴ And thou shalt say unto them, "Thus saith the Lord, ⁵ "whether they hear or be affrighted; [for they are a provoking house] and let them know that thou art a prophet among them. ⁶ And thou son of man, be not afraid of them nor daunted at their presence. Because they will sting thee and rise up against thee on all sides and thou dwellest in the midst of scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor terrified at their looks; because they are a provoking house, ⁷ therefore thou shalt deliver my words to them whether they hear or be affrighted.

¹⁴ Upon this I said, Not so: Lord God of Israel, seeing my soul hath not been polluted with impurity. Even from my birth to this day I have not eaten what died of itself, or was torn by wild beasts, nor hath any tainted flesh ever entered my mouth.

¹⁷ And he said to me, Hast thou seen? Son of man. Is it a light thing for the house of Juda to commit the transgressions, which they have committed here? Because they have filled the land with iniquity, and lo! they are as it were insulting me to my face.[Note: Here something seems to be wanting. I apprehend; it was the people sacrificing to idols on the house tops.] ¹⁸ therefore I will deal with them with wrath. Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have compassion.

²¹ But as the heart of these was entirely devoted to their abominations and their iniquities, I have requited their ways upon their heads, saith the Lord

¹⁷ Or if I bring a sword against that land, and say, sword, pass thou through this land, that I may cut off from it man and beast; ¹⁸ should there be in it three such men as those; As I live saith the Lord, they shall not deliver sons nor daughters; they and they only shall be saved. ¹⁹ Or if I send a pestilence against that land, and pour out my wrath upon it with slaughter, with intent to destroy out of it man and beast, ²⁰ and Noe, Daniel and Job be therein; As I live, saith the Lord, neither sons nor daughters shall be left: they for their righteousness shall deliver only their own souls. ²¹ Yet thus saith the Lord, Though I send these my four severe judgments sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence, against Jerusalem to destroy out of it man and beast,

⁶ who eateth not upon the mountains, nor lifteth up his eyes to the desires of the house of Israel, and defileth not his neighbour's wife, nor approacheth a woman in a state of separation;

²⁷ Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, thus far your fathers provoked me to wrath, by their transgressions which they committed against me. ²⁸ And when I brought them into the land, which I lifted up my hand to give them; they beheld every high hill and every shady grove, and there they sacrificed to their gods; and there set in order the sweet smelling savour; and there poured out their libations.

²⁸ And when I brought them into the land, which I lifted up my hand to give them; they beheld every high hill and every shady grove, and there they sacrificed to their gods; and there set in order the sweet smelling savour; and there poured out their libations.

³¹ therefore I poured out my wrath upon it, to destroy it utterly with the fire of mine indignation. Their ways I have requited on their heads, saith the Lord, Lord.

⁴¹ adorn thyself with sumptuous attire, and sit on a covered sopha with a table set before it; and they were regaled with mine ⁴² incense and mine oil, and joined in the harmonious song, even with men of the common herd who had come from the wilderness; [though they had put bracelets on their hands and a

¹³ And I will lead them out from among the nations, and gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel, and in the vales and in all the habitable part of the land. ¹⁴ I will feed them in good pasture. On the lofty mountain of Israel shall be their folds; there they shall lie down and rest there in luxurious ease, and be fed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

⁸ but your grapes and your fruits, mountains of Israel, shall be eaten by my people. Because they have confident hopes of coming; ⁹ because, lo! I am over you, and I will watch over you; therefore you shall be cultivated and sown: ¹⁰ and upon you I will multiply men even the whole house of Israel; and the cities shall be rebuilt and the wastes inhabited: ¹¹ and upon you I will multiply men and cattle, and cause you to be inhabited as in your former state. And I will deal kindly with you as I did in times of old; and you shall know that I am the Lord. ¹² And I will cause men, my people Israel, to increase upon you; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be a possession for them, and shall no more be without a succession of children from them. ¹³ Thus saith the Lord, Lord, For as much as they said of thee, "Thou art a devourer of men, and art bereft of thy nation, ¹⁴ "Therefore thou shalt no more devour men nor make thy nation childless, saith the Lord, Lord. ¹⁵ And the revile of nations shall no more be heard against you, nor shall you any more bear the reproaches of peoples, saith the Lord, Lord.

²⁴ When I take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and bring you into your own land; ²⁵ then I will sprinkle upon you pure water, and you shall be cleansed from all your impurities and from all your idols; and when I have cleansed you, ²⁶ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh: ²⁷ And I will put my spirit in you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and to keep my judgments and practise them.

²¹ thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, Lord, Behold I will take the whole house of Israel from among the nations, whither they went; and I will gather them from all those around them, and bring them to the land of Israel, ²² and make them a nation in my land even on the mountains of Israel. And there shall be one chief over them. And they shall no more be two nations; nor shall they any more be split into two kingdoms, ²³ that they may no more be polluted with their idols. And I will deliver them from all their iniquities and purify them from all their sins which they have committed. And they shall be my people, and I the Lord will be their God. ²⁴ And my servant David shall be chief among them. He shall be singly the shepherd of all. Because they will walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and practise them, ²⁵ therefore they shall dwell in that land of theirs which I gave to my servant Jacob. Where their fathers dwelt there they shall dwell and my servant David shall be the only chief forever. ²⁶ And I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. ²⁷ And I will place my sanctuary in the midst of them forever. And my habitation shall be among them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people. ²⁸ And the nations shall know that I am the Lord who sanctifieth them, by my sanctuary being in the midst of them forever.

²⁵ Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will now bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have compassion on the house of Israel. And I will shew a zeal for my holy name, ²⁶ when they shall have suffered disgrace, for the rebellion of which they were guilty, when they dwelt peaceably in their own land. And there shall be none to make them afraid, ²⁷ when I have brought them back from among the nations and gathered them from the countries of the nations. So I shall be hallowed by them in the sight of the nations ²⁸ and they shall know that I the Lord am their God, when I manifest myself to them among the nations. ²⁹ And I will no more turn away my face from them, for as much as I have poured out my wrath on the house of Israel, saith the Lord, Lord.

¹¹ and let them receive their punishment for all that they have done. Delineate the house and its outlets and its whole figure and make known to them the ordinances thereof and all the rites thereof. And that they may keep my rules of rectitude and all my ordinances and practice them,

⁸ In thee, Lord, is our righteousness. Though to us belongeth confusion of face; to our kings, and our chiefs and our fathers, who have sinned against thee:

²⁰ Now whilst I was still speaking and praying and confessing mine own sins and the sins of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the mount of the sanctuary; ²¹ even whilst I was uttering this prayer, behold a man, Gabriel, whom I saw in the former vision, came flying and touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice ²² and instructed me and conversed with me and said, Daniel, I am now come to teach thee knowledge. ²³ At the beginning of thy supplication a word went forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art a man greatly beloved. Be instructed therefore by the decree, and understand by the vision.

¹² Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to gain knowledge and afflict thyself before the Lord thy God, thy words were heard, and I came at thy words;

¹ And at that time Michael the great chief, who hath been over the children of thy people will stand up, and there will be a time of tribulation; a tribulation such as hath not been since there was a nation on the earth even to this time. At that time all thy people who are enrolled in the book shall be saved. ² And many of them who sleep in mounds of earth shall be raised up, some for everlasting life and some for disgrace and everlasting shame.

¹¹ Now from the time of the change of the daily sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up there will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

¹⁰ [Now the number of the children of Israel was like the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor counted.] "But it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, " You are not my people, " they shall be called children of the Living God,

¹⁵ And thence I will give her for her possessions, even the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be humbled there as in the days of her youth, even as in the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

¹¹ Ephraim is flown like a bird; their glories from parentage, births and conceptions are gone. ¹² For though they bring up their children, they shall be bereaved of them from among men: for [and alas for them! my flesh is of them] ¹³ Ephraim, as I have seen, have roused their children for a hunt; even Ephraim hath, that he may lead out his children to a fatal conflict. ¹⁴ Give them: [p] [O Lord what wilt thou give them?] [J]; A womb incapable of bearing children and dry breasts.

¹⁴ Who knoweth but he will turn and relent, and leave behind him a blessing and a sacrifice and a libation for the Lord your God.

⁴ Now what have you, Tyre and Sidon and all Galilee of foreign tribes, to do with me? Are you rendering me a retribution? Or are you venting your spite against me? On your heads I will severely and speedily return your retribution.

⁸ Behold the eyes of the Lord God are against every kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth. But because I will not utterly destroy the house of Israel, saith the Lord, ⁹ therefore I order, and I will scatter the house of Israel among all the nations, as if they were winnowed with a fan; and not a morsel of it shall fall on this land.

¹¹ In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David which hath fallen; I will rebuild those parts of it which have fallen to decay, and repair what have been demolished. I will indeed rebuild it as in the days of old, ¹² that the rest of mankind may seek [the Lord] even all the nations who are called by my name, saith the Lord who doth all these things. ¹³ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, When the harvester shall overtake the grape gatherer; and the grape shall begin to ripen at seeding time; and the mountains shall distil sweet wine; and all the hills shall be planted. ¹⁴ And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel; and they shall rebuild the wasted cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; and make gardens and eat the fruits of them.

¹⁴ And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel; and they shall rebuild the wasted cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; and make gardens and eat the fruits of them. ¹⁵ I will indeed plant them in their own land; and they shall no more be rooted up from the land, which I have given them, saith the Lord God Almighty.

¹⁷ But on mount Sion shall be safety and a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall possess those who possessed them; ¹⁸ and the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph, a flame; and the house of Esau shall be as stubble; and upon these they shall kindle and consume them, so that there shall not be a torch bearer to the house of Esau. For the Lord hath spoken. ¹⁹ And they in Nageb shall inherit the mountain of Esau; and those in Sephale shall inherit the Philistines; and they shall possess mount Ephraim and the plain of Samaria and Benjamin and Galaaditis; ²⁰ and this shall be the dominion of the captivity; to the Israelites shall belong the land of the Chananites to Sarepta, and to the captives of Jerusalem, to Ephratha: they shall possess the cities of Nageb. ²¹ And they who have been preserved, shall go up from mount Sion to execute vengeance on the mountain of Esau. And the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

³ And he will judge among many peoples, and rebuke nations of extensive power. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall no more lift up a sword against nation; nor shall they any more learn to fight.

¹⁷ They will lick dust like serpents trailing on the ground; they will be confounded in their enclosure. [p] At the Lord our God let them be confounded and struck with terror because of thee.

⁴ I will indeed stretch forth my hand against Juda, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will remove out of this place the names of Baal and the names of her priests; ⁵ and them who worship the host of heaven on the house tops; both those Worshippers and them also who swear by the Lord and who swear also by their king;

⁵ and them who worship the host of heaven on the house tops; both those Worshippers and them also who swear by the Lord and who swear also by their king; ⁶ and them who turn aside from the Lord, and them who seek not the Lord, and them who cleave not to him.

¹⁴ Rejoice, daughters of Sion, Make proclamation, daughters of Jerusalem! Be glad and rejoice with thy whole heart, daughter of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ Rejoice, daughters of Sion, Make proclamation, daughters of Jerusalem! Be glad and rejoice with thy whole heart, daughter of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ The Lord hath taken away thy transgressions; he hath redeemed thee out of the hand of thine enemies. The king of Israel; the Lord is in the midst of thee; thou shalt no more see evils. ¹⁶ At that time the Lord will say to Jerusalem, " Take courage, Sion. Let not thy hands hang down. ¹⁷ The Lord thy God is with thee. The Mighty one will save thee. He will bring thee gladness and renew thee in his love; and rejoice over thee with joy as in the day of a festival;

¹⁷ The Lord thy God is with thee. The Mighty one will save thee. He will bring thee gladness and renew thee in his love; and rejoice over thee with joy as in the day of a festival; ¹⁸ when I have gathered those of you who have been bruised." [J] Ha! who is this that hath taken up a reproach against her? ¹⁹ Behold here am I; I am dealing with thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord, and I will save her who hath been trodden down; and take back her who hath been put away; and I will make them a boast and renowned in every land. ²⁰ And they shall be ashamed at that time when I deal kindly with you. Even at the time when I take you back. For I will make you renowned and a boast among all the people of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before their eyes, saith the Lord.

²⁰ And they shall be ashamed at that time when I deal kindly with you. Even at the time when I take you back. For I will make you renowned and a boast among all the people of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before their eyes, saith the Lord.

⁶ You have sown much and gathered little. You have eaten but have not had enough. You have drunk, but not plentifully; you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed. And he who earned wages put it in a bag with holes.

¹⁹ lay up in your minds whether that will be the case in the threshing floor? whether the vine or the fig tree or the pomegranate or the olive tree will any more be unproductive? From this very day I will bless.

¹¹ and many nations will flee to the Lord in that day, and be his people and dwell in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty hath sent me to thee.

⁷ Were not these the words which the Lord spake by the ministry of the prophets who were in former times when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities around her and the hilly country and the plain were inhabited?

¹¹ but they refused to attend and turned back contemptuously; and stopped their ears that they might not hear; ¹² and made their heart disobedient that they might not hearken to my law; therefore [according to the words which the Lord Almighty by his spirit sent by the ministry of the former prophets] there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty; ¹³ that it might come to pass as he said, "As they hearkened not, so they shall cry and I will not listen, saith the Lord Almighty,

³ But thus saith the Lord, I will return to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord Almighty, a holy mountain.

¹³ And it shall come to pass, that as you, the house of Juda and the house of Israel, were for a curse among the nations; so I will save you, and you shall be for a blessing. Be of good courage and let your hands be strong,

²² I am going. So many peoples and many nations will come to seek the face of the Lord Almighty at Jerusalem, and to conciliate the favour of the Lord. ²³ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If in those days ten men of all the tongues of the nations take hold, they must take hold of the skirt of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee, for we have heard that God is with you.

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion! Make proclamation, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy king is coming for thee. He is righteous and a saviour. He is meek and mounted on an ass, even a young colt.

⁶ And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and settle them in their houses, because I have loved them: and they shall be as if I had not cast them off; for I am the Lord their God and I will hearken to them: ⁷ and they shall be like the warriors of Ephraim; and their heart shall be gladdened as with wine; and their children shall see and be made glad; and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. ⁸ I will make a signal for them and receive them, for I will redeem them and they shall multiply as they have done.

⁸ I will make a signal for them and receive them, for I will redeem them and they shall multiply as they have done. ⁹ Though I sow them among peoples, yet they who are far off will remember me. They shall nurture up their children and return:

⁹ Though I sow them among peoples, yet they who are far off will remember me. They shall nurture up their children and return: ¹⁰ and I will bring them back out of the land of Egypt; and gather them from amongst the Assyrians; and bring them to Galaaditis and Lebanon and not one of them shall be left behind. ¹¹ And they shall cross over a narrow sea and lash waves at sea; and all the depths of rivers shall be dried up, and all the haughtiness of the Assyrians shall be removed; and the sceptre of Egypt shall be taken quite away. ¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God, and in his name they shall boast; saith the Lord.

²⁰ In that day there shall be on the bridle of the horse, "Holy to the Lord Almighty." And the kettles in the house of the Lord shall be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹ And every kettle in Jerusalem and in Juda shall be holy to the Lord Almighty. And all that sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there shall no more be a Chananite in the house of the Lord Almighty in that day.

¹⁰ Now let that which hath been plundered from him be in his house. Turn now in this respect, saith the Lord Almighty: [see] if I will not open for you the flood gates of heaven and pour my blessing upon you, until there is enough;

¹⁶ Against these things they who feared the Lord spoke to one another; and the Lord hearkened and heard and wrote a book of remembrance before him for them who fear the Lord and revere his name.

¹⁸ And when you shall be converted, you shall see the difference between a righteous man and one who is unrighteous; and between him who serveth God and him who serveth not.

¹² and the children of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

²⁸ And when he arrived at the opposite shore in the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs coming out of the tombs, so furious that nobody durst pass that way.

¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, Why doth your teacher eat with these publicans and sinners?

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by its fruit ³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

⁴² and cast them into the fiery furnace. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come malicious surmises, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies.

³⁴ And when the fruit season approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to receive the fruits of it. ³⁵ But the tenants seizing his servants, beat one and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants in greater number than the first, and they treated them in the same manner. ³⁷ At last he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come let us kill him and keep possession of his inheritance. ³⁹ So, seizing him, they turned him out of the vineyard and slew him. ⁴⁰ Now when the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to these tenants? ⁴¹ They say to him, "Wretches! he will put them to a wretched death: and his vineyard he will let to others; who will render him the fruits in their seasons."

⁴¹ They say to him, "Wretches! he will put them to a wretched death: and his vineyard he will let to others; who will render him the fruits in their seasons." ⁴² Jesus saith to them, Have you never read in the scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected was the very one for the head of the corner. This [salvation] was from the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes." ⁴³ Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing the fruits thereof.

³ And he sent his servants to call them who were invited to the wedding, but they would not come.

⁷ When the king heard this he was incensed, and sent forth his armies, and destroyed the murderers, and burned their city.

¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, Bind his hands and feet and carry him out and cast him into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

³¹ So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of them who killed the prophets. ³² As for you then, fill up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Serpents! brood of vipers! how can you escape the punishment of hell? ³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth; from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings; but you would not!

²² Indeed if those days were not shortened, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

² just as he was stepping out of the vessel, there met him a man coming out from among the tombs, with an unclean spirit, ³ who made his abode in the tombs, and whom no one could confine; no, not even with chains. ⁴ For he had often been bound with fetters and chains; but he burst the chains and broke in pieces the fetters, so that none could tame him. ⁵ And he was continually, night and day, on the mountains and in the tombs, screaming, and cutting himself with stones.

²⁴ Therefore I say to you, What things soever you ask when you pray, believe that you will receive, and you shall have them.

²⁰ And had not the Lord shortened those days, no flesh could escape. But for the sake of the chosen, whom he hath made choice of, he hath shortened those days.

³⁰ Whereupon their Scribes and the Pharisees expressed their dissatisfaction to his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said within himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of a woman this is, who toucheth him; that she is a sinner.

²⁷ just as he was landing he was met by a man of the city who had been long possessed by demons, and who wore no clothes, nor abode in any house, but in the tombs;

²⁸ Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets and stonest them who are sent to thee! How often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen doth her brood under her wings; and ye would not.

²³ the master said to the servant, Go out to the highways and hedges, and press people to come that my house may be full. ²⁴ For I say to you, None of the men who have been invited shall taste of my supper.

² when the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them; ³ he then spake this parable to them, saying,

⁵ And having found it, doth he not joyfully lay it on his shoulders;

¹⁸ I will rise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, ¹⁹ and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. ²⁰ Accordingly he arose and went to his father. But he keeping yet at a distance, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁸ At this he was angry and would not go in. His father therefore went out and entreated him. ²⁹ But he answering, said to his father, Behold these many years that I have served thee without ever disobeying thy command, thou hast never given me a kid, that I might be merry with my friends: ³⁰ but soon as this son of thine is come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

²⁴ Whereupon he cried and said, Father, Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life time; and Lazarus in like manner, his evil things. But now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

⁹ Then with a view to some who had a confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others, he spake this parable, ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one, a Pharisee; and the other, a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican. ¹² I fast twice a week. I pay tithes of all that I possess.

⁴¹ And as he drew near he viewed the city and wept over it, ⁴² saying, O that thou hadst known; even thou; even in this very ay of thine, the things which were for thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes.

¹¹ He came to his own peculiar territories, and his own peculiar people did not receive him.

¹⁴ Now the Word became incarnate, and dwelt as in a tent among us, and we beheld his glory; a glory as of an only begotten from the father. He was full of grace and truth.

¹⁷ Because the law was given by Moses grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

²⁹ The next day John seeth Jesus coming towards him, and saith, Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!

⁶ Jesus saith to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one cometh to the father but by me.

³⁹ For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all them afar off, whomsoever the Lord our God may invite."

²⁵ You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham "And by thy seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed." ²⁶ It is to you first that God, having raised up his son Jesus, hath sent him, blessing you, when you turn every one from his iniquities.

³¹ And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken. And they were all filled with a Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

⁵¹ O stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? Indeed they have slain them who prophesied concerning the coming of that Righteous one, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers:

¹ As for Saul he was still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Having gone to the chief priest,

¹⁹ and having taken some food, he was strengthened. And Saul was some days with the brethren in Damascus, ²⁰ and forthwith, in the synagogues proclaimed Jesus that he is the son of God. ²¹ At which all that heard were surprised, and said, Is not this he who made havoc of them at Jerusalem, who invoked that name, and came hither on purpose to carry such bound to the chief priests?

³⁰ Thereupon Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting till this hour, and at the ninth hour praying in my house. And lo! a man stood before me in splendid attire, ³¹ and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine acts of benevolence are remembered before God; ³² send therefore to Joppa for Simon who is surnamed Peter. He lodgeth at the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea side. He will come and speak to thee.

²⁶ And having found him he brought him to Antioch. And for a whole year they assembled with this congregation, and taught a considerable multitude. And the disciples at Antioch first got the name of Christians.

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison; and there was earnest prayer to God made for him by the congregation. ⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, as Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, being bound with two chains; and the guards before the door were keeping watch, ⁷ behold an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the prison. And touching Peter's side he roused him up, saying, Arise quickly. Upon which his chains dropped from his hands. ⁸ Then the angel said to him, Gird thyself and put on thy sandals; and when he had done so, then he saith to him, Throw thy mantle around thee and follow me. ⁹ So going out, he followed him, but did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision. ¹⁰ And having passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of its own accord. So, going out, they proceeded on through one street, and suddenly the angel left him. ¹¹ Then Peter coming to himself, said, Now I know certainly that the Lord hath sent his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the Jews. ¹² Then, upon recollection, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where many were assembled and praying. ¹³ And when Peter knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant maid named Rhoda, went to inquire who was there. ¹⁴ But knowing Peter's voice, she, for joy, did not open the gate, but ran and told that Peter was at the gate. ¹⁵ Upon which they said to her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was certainly so: then they said, It is his angel. ¹⁶ As Peter continued knocking, they opened the gate, and upon seeing him, were extremely surprised.

²¹ And he said to me, Depart, for I will send thee to far distant nations. ²² Now till that Word they had continued listening to him; then they raised their voice saying, Away with such a one from the earth, for it is not fit that he should live.

⁵ Indeed according to this obduracy, and impenitent heart of thine thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against a day of the wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

⁵ Indeed according to this obduracy, and impenitent heart of thine thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against a day of the wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, ⁶ who will render to every one according to his works ⁷ to them who by perseverance in well-doing, seek for glory and honour, and incorruption [he will grant] everlasting life; ⁸ but for them who are contentious and disobedient to the truth and in subjection to unrighteousness, there will be indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who doth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

¹⁷ Behold thou art called a Jew, and thou restest on the law and gloriest in God, ¹⁸ and knowest his will, and triest things which differ, being instructed out of the law, ¹⁹ and hast a confidence that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light to them who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law. ²¹ Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? Thou who proclaimest not to steal, dost thou steal? ²² Thou who sayest, Commit not adultery', dost thou commit adultery? Thou who abominatest idols, dost thou violate things sacred? ²³ Thou who gloriest in a law, dost thou by the breach of that law dishonour God? ²⁴ For as it is written, "On your account the name of God is blasphemed among the nations." ²⁵ For circumcision is indeed profitable if thou performest the law. But if thou art a transgressor of the law thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. ²⁶ If then the uncircumcision keep the moral precepts of the law, shall not such a one's uncircumcision be accounted circumcision? ²⁷ And may not the uncircumcision which in a state of nature performeth the law, judge thee who being under a written law and circumcision art a transgressor of law? ²⁸ For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is barely in the flesh: ²⁹ but he, who is a Jew inwardly, whose circumcision is that of the heart"spiritually not literally, whose praise is not from men, but from God.

¹⁶ Therefore the promise is because of faith, that it may be matter of favour to this extent, that it may be firm to the whole seed"not only to that under the law, but to that of the faith of Abraham,

⁷ nor are they all children, because they are of the race of Abraham; but in Isaak a seed shall be called for thee. ⁸ That is to say, It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

²⁴ even us whom he hath called not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles. ²⁵ As he actually saith by Hosea, "I will call them my people who are not my people; and I will call her beloved, who was not beloved." ²⁶ And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, they shall there be called children of the7 living God."

²⁶ And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, they shall there be called children of the7 living God." ²⁷ Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, this remnant shall be saved." ²⁸ For he is closing an account and making a deduction with saving goodness. Because the Lord will make with the land a reckoning from which a deduction is made, ²⁹ therefore as Esaias said. "Had not the Lord of hosts left us a seed, we must have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah." ³⁰ What then are we to infer? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, but it was a righteousness because of belief;

²⁰ But Esaias is more explicit, and saith, "I was found by them who sought me not, I became manifest to them who inquired not for me." ²¹ But concerning Israel he saith, "I have stretched out my hands all the day long to a disobedient and gainsaying people."

⁵ In like manner, therefore, at this present time there is a remnant according to a choice of favour.

⁵ In like manner, therefore, at this present time there is a remnant according to a choice of favour. ⁶ Now if it be by favour, it is no more in consideration of works, since in this case the favour be no favour: but if it be in consideration of works it is no more of favour, otherwise the work is no work.

⁶ Now if it be by favour, it is no more in consideration of works, since in this case the favour be no favour: but if it be in consideration of works it is no more of favour, otherwise the work is no work. ⁷ What is the inference? That which Israel sought he did not obtain; but the chosen obtained it and the rest were blinded.

²⁴ For if thou hast been cut from a natural wild olive tree, and contrary to nature graffed on a good olive tree; how much more shall they that are natural branches be graffed on their own olive tree. ²⁵ For, that you, brethren, may not have too high an opinion of your selves, I would not have you ignorant of this secret, That a partial blindness hath come upon Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles shall have come in, ²⁶ and then at length all Israel shall be saved. As it is written "For the sake of Sion the Deliverer will come And turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁸ With respect to these glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but with respect to the choice, they are beloved on account of the fathers.

¹¹ For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

²⁰ And the God of peace will soon bruise satan under your feet. The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

⁹ Do you not know that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the voluptuous, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor such as indulge inordinate desires, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ Now such some of you were; but, you have washed yourselves; but you are hallowed, but you are acquitted by the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God.

²⁰ No. I only say, that what the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. Now, I would not have you to be partakers in the worship of the demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

⁵⁸ So then, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, immoveable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

²⁹ And if you are Christ's, you are then the seed of Abraham and heirs according to promise.

¹² that you were at that time without Christ; aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and being without God in the world: ¹³ but now by Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, are brought near by the blood of the Christ;

¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the father.

¹⁵ [from those indeed who slew the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God, and are in opposition to all men, ¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the nations that they may be saved; thus, filling up the measure of their sins continually: but the wrath is at last coming upon them,]

¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the nations that they may be saved; thus, filling up the measure of their sins continually: but the wrath is at last coming upon them,]

¹⁶ Be always cheerful.

³ For we, even we ourselves were formerly foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy, objects of hatred, hating one another; ⁴ but when the kindness and love of God our saviour for man was brightly displayed, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy; he saved us by a bath of regeneration, and a renewal of a holy spirit, ⁶ which he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our saviour, ⁷ in order that we, being pardoned by his favour, might become expectant heirs of everlasting life.

¹⁷ God, willing on this occasion to shew more fully to the heirs of this promise the immutability of his determination, interposed an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to deceive, there might be strong consolation for us who have fled to take hold of this proffered hope,

²² but you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels

¹⁴ But every one is tempted by his own desire, when allured and ensnared. ¹⁵ In that case desire having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when grown up, produceth death.

⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you.

¹³ Is any one among you afflicted, let him pray. Is any one cheerful, let him sing praises.

⁹ but you being a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people peculiarly set apart that you may publish the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light ¹⁰ you who formerly were not a people but are now the people of God who were uncompassionated, but are now compassionated

¹⁰ you who formerly were not a people but are now the people of God who were uncompassionated, but are now compassionated

⁵ Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"

¹³ and we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness!

¹⁴ this also is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hearkeneth to us. ¹⁵ Now, if we know that he hearkeneth to us in whatever we may ask; we know that we obtain from him the petitions which we have asked.

¹⁹ These are they who separate themselves, being sensual, and not having the spirit.

¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will tend them and guide them to living fountains of water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel sounded and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of the world are become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for the ages of the ages. ¹⁶ And the four and twenty elders who were seated on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshipped God, ¹⁷ saying, "We thank thee O Lord, the God, the Almighty who is and who was and who is to come, because thou hast assumed thy great power and commenced thy reign. ¹⁸ The nations indeed were enraged and thy wrath came and the time for the dead to be avenged and for giving the reward to thy servants the teachers and to the saints and to them who fear thy name, small and great, and for destroying them who destroy the earth.

⁷ And there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought; ⁸ but did not prevail, nor was their place any more found in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent who is called The Devil and Satan who leadeth the whole world astray. He was thrown on the earth and his angels were thrown with him.

¹ And I looked and behold! a lamb was standing on the mountain Sion and with him a hundred and forty four thousand having the name of his father written on their foreheads.

¹ And after this I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation and the glory and the honour and the power be to the Lord our God; ² for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath passed sentence on the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and hath avenged the blood of his servants, at her hand. ³ [And again they said, alleluia!] and the smoke of her goeth up for the ages of the ages. ⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four animate beings fell down and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen. Alleluia. ⁵ And there came out from the throne a voice, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants and ye who fear him, both small and great. ⁶ And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude and as a sound of many waters, and as it were a peal of mighty thunder saying, Alleluia. Because the Lord God the Omnipotent reigneth,

² and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years ³ and cast him into the bottomless gulf and shut him up, and sealed it on him that he might not lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were ended. And after that he must be loosed for a short time.

³ and cast him into the bottomless gulf and shut him up, and sealed it on him that he might not lead the nations astray any more until the thousand years were ended. And after that he must be loosed for a short time. ⁴ And I saw thrones and to them who sat on them judgment was given, and [I saw] the souls of them who had been slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not worshipped the beast nor its image, nor received the mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they lived and reigned with the Christ the thousand years;

⁴ And I saw thrones and to them who sat on them judgment was given, and [I saw] the souls of them who had been slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not worshipped the beast nor its image, nor received the mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they lived and reigned with the Christ the thousand years; ⁵ but the rest of the dead did not revive until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. And books were opened; and another book was opened namely that of Life. And the dead were judged by the writings in those books according to their works.

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth were passed away and the sea is no more. ² And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

² And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men! and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people; and God himself will be with them their God.

³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men! and he will dwell with them; and they will be his people; and God himself will be with them their God. ⁴ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there shall no more be death; nor shall grief, nor screaming, nor pain be any more; for the former things are gone.

⁴ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there shall no more be death; nor shall grief, nor screaming, nor pain be any more; for the former things are gone. ⁵ And he who sat on the throne said, Behold I make all things new. Then he saith to me, Write that these words are true and faithful;