shall crie unto the LORD, because of the oppressours, and he shal send them a Saviour and a great One, and he shall deliver them. And the LORD shalbe knowen to Egypt, and the Egyptians shal know the LORD in that day, and shal do sacrifice and oblation, yea they shall vow a vowe unto the LORD, and performe it. And the LORD shall smite Egypt, he shall smite and heale it, and they shall returne even to the LORD, and he shalbe intreated of them, and shall heale them. CHAPTER XIX In that day shall there be a hie way out of Egypt to Assyria, The covenant of and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Egypt, Assyria Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In and Israel. that day shall Israel bee the third with Egypt, and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: whom the LORD of hosts shal blesse, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. IN CHAPTER XX shamefull N the yeere that Tartan came unto Ashdod (when Sargon the A type preking of Assyria sent him) and fought against Ashdod and figuring the tooke it: at the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the sonne captivitie of of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loynes, Egypt and and put off thy shooe from thy foot: and he did so, walking naked Ethiopia. and bare foot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare foote three yeeres for a signe and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia: so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, yong and old, naked and bare foote, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this yle shall say in that day; Behold, such is our expectation whither we flee for helpe to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? TH CHAPTER XXI THE burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlewinds in the The Prophet, South passe thorough; so it commeth from the desert, from bewayling the a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; people, seeth in captivity of his The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler a vision, the fall of Babylon spoileth Goe up, O Elam: besiege, O Media: all the sighing by the Medes thereof have I made to cease. Therefore are my loynes filled with and Persians. paine, pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman CHAPTER Edom, scorning the Prophet, is moved to repentance. The set time of Arabias calamity. The Prophet lamenteth the invasion of Iury by the Persians. that travelleth: I was bowed downe at the hearing of it, I was dismayed at the seeing of it. My heart panted, fearefulnesse affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into feare unto me. Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eate, drinke: arise yee princes, and anoint the shield. For thus hath the Lord sayd unto me; Goe, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. And he saw a charet with a couple of horsemen, a charet of asses, and a charet of camels; and hee hearkened diligently with much heede. And he cryed; A lyon: my Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the day time, and I am set in my ward whole nights. And behold, heere commeth a charet of men with a couple of horsemen : and he answered and sayd; Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the graven images of her Gods he hath broken unto the ground. O my threshing and the corne of my floore: that which I have heard of the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. The burden of Dumah. Hee calleth to me out of Seir: Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman sayd; The morning commeth, and also the night: if yee will enquire, enquire yee: returne, come. The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall yee lodge, O yee travelling companies of Dedanim. The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. For they fled from the swords, from the drawen sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousnesse of warre. For thus hath the Lord sayd unto me: Within a yeere, according to the yeeres of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall faile. And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar shalbe diminished for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. TH CHAPTER XXII HE burden of the valley of vision. What ayleth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the house toppes? Thou that art full of stirres, a tumultuous citie, a ioyous citie: thy slaine men are not slaine with the sword, nor dead in battell. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from farre. Therefore sayd I; Looke away from me, I will weepe bitterly, labour not to comfort me; because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of treading downe, and of perplexitie by the Lord GOD of hostes in the XXII valley of vision, breaking downe the walles, and of crying to the CHAPTER mountaines. And Elam bare the quiver with charets of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. And it shall come to passe that thy choicest valleys shall be full of charets, and the horsemen shall set themselves in aray at the gate. wisedome and And he discovered the covering of Iudah, and thou diddest He reproveth looke in that day to the armour of the house of the forrest. Ye their humane have seene also the breaches of the citie of David, that they are worldly ioy. many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower poole. And ye have numbred the houses of Ierusalem, and the houses have yee broken downe to fortifie the wall. Ye made also a ditch betweene the two walles, for the water of the olde poole: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long agoe. And in that day did the Lord God of hostes call to weeping and to mourning, and to baldnesse, and to girding with sackecloth. And behold ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine; let us eate and drinke, for to morrow we shall die. And it was revealed in mine eares by the LORD of hostes; surely this iniquitie shall not be purged from you, till yee die, sayth the Lord God of hostes. deprivation, Thus sayth the Lord GoD of hostes, Goe, get thee unto this Hee prophesieth treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say; Shebnaes What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as hee that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himselfe in a rocke? Behold; the LORD will cary thee away with a mightie captivitie, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turne and tosse thee, like a ball into a large countrey: there shalt thou die, and there the charets of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lords house. And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee downe. And it shall come to passe in that day, that I will call my and Eliakim servant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah: and I will clothe him with prefiguring the kingdome of thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I wil commit Christ, his thy government into his hand, and he shalbe a father to the substitution. inhabitants of Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open and none shall shut, and he shall shut and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a naile in a sure place, and he shalbe for a glorious throne to his fathers house. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his fathers house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantitie: from the vessels of cups, even to all 4: D 25 CHAPTER the vessels of flagons. In that day, sayth the LORD of hostes, shall the naile that is fastened in the sure place, be remooved, and be cut downe and fall: and the burden that was upon it shall bee cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. CHAPTER XXIII The miserable overthrow of Tyre. Their unhappie returne. T HE burden of Tyre. Howle yee ships of Tarshish, for it is laide waste, so that there is no house, no entring in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, yee inhabitants of the yle, thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that passe over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the harvest of the river is her revenew, and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying; I travell not, nor bring foorth children, neither doe I nourish up yong men, nor bring up virgines. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shal they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Passe ye over to Tarshish, howle ye inhabitants of the yle. Is this your ioyous citie, whose antiquitie is of ancient dayes? her owne feete shall cary her afarre off to soiourne. Who hath taken this counsell against Tyre the crowning citie, whose merchants are princes, whose traffiquers are the honourable of the earth? The LORD of hostes hath purposed it, to staine the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. Passe through thy land as a river O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, hee shooke the kingdomes: the LORD hath given a commandement against the merchant citie, to destroy the strong holdes thereof. And he said, Thou shalt no more reioice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, passe over to Chittim, there also shalt thou have no rest. Behold, the land of the Caldeans, this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwel in the wildernesse : they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruine. Howle ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. And it shall come to passe in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventie yeeres according to the dayes of one king after the end of seventie yeeres shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harpe, goe about the city thou harlot, that hast beene forgotten, make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembred. : And it shall come to passe after the ende of seventie yeeres, that the LORD will visite Tyre, and shee shall turne to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandize and her hire shall be holinesse to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up: for her merchandize shalbe for them that dwell before the LORD, to eate sufficiently, and for durable clothing. B CHAPTER XXIIII CHAPTER XXIII EHOLD, the LORD maketh the earth emptie, and maketh it The dolefull waste, and turneth it upside downe, and scattereth abroad iudgements of God upon the the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be as with the people, land. so with the priest, as with the servant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistresse, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the lender, so with the borower, as with the taker of usurie, so with the giver of usurie to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughtie people of the earth doe languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof: because they have transgressed the lawes, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therin are desolate : therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merrie hearted doe sigh. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, the ioy of the harpe ceaseth. They shall not drinke wine with a song, strong drinke shall bee bitter to them that drinke it. The city of confusion is broken downe: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. There is a crying for wine in the streets, all ioy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. When thus it shalbe in the midst of the land among the people: A remnant there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning shall ioyfully praise him. grapes when the vintage is done. They shal lift up their voice, they shal sing, for the maiesty of the LORD, they shall crie aloud from the sea. Wherefore, glorifie ye the LORD in the fires, even the Name of the LORD God of Israel in the yles of the Sea. shall advance From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even God in his glory to the righteous: but I said, My leannesse, my leannesse, woe iudgements unto me: the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, yea the his Kingdome. treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. Feare, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And |