Gad exfoflulatcth ivith his people Chap. xli. about his mtrcicS. as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as acurtain, and lpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 13 That hringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges ot" the earth as vanity. 14 Yea, they Ihallnotbe planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their Itock Ihafl not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they (hall wither, and the whirlwind (hall take them away as stubble. 15 To whom then will ye liken me, or (hall I be equal? faith the Holy One. 16 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them al! by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong ia power; not one faileth. 17 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lor D, and my judgement is pasted over from my God? *8 Hast thou notknown? hast thou not heard, that th'„- everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of his understanding. zq He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he mercaseth strength. 30 Even the youths (hall faint and be wearV, and the young men (hall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lo a D (hall renew their strength; they (hall mount up with wings as eagles; they mall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint, CHAP. XLI. 1 God ixpofiulatcthnuiih his people about his mercies to the church, 1 o and about his promises, at and about the vanity of idols. KEEPsilcnce before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgement, a Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made hon rule over kings ? he;;ave them as the dull to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; ran by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with tiie last; I am he. 5 The isies law /'•', and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6They helped every one his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that Imoothe'th luith the hammer him that smote the anvil, laying, It is ready for the (bdering: and he fastened it with nails, that it (houid not be moved. 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10 «J Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dilmayc-d; for I a:u thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. n Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (hall be ashamed and confounded: they sliall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee (hall perilh. 1* Thou malt seek them, and malt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee (hall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, faith the Lor D, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I will make thee a new" (harp thresliinginstrumenthavirigteeth 1 thou shalt threlh the mountains-, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou (halt fan them, and the wind (hall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou (halt rejoice in the Lor D, and (halt glory iri the Holy One of Israel. 17 Wlien the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, / the God of Israel will not forsake them. • 181 will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the (hittab tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert Qj the The office tf Christ. ISAIAH An exhortation U praise Gti. and the box that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lo R. D have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, end ^them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 8 I am the Lo R D: that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come t» pass, and new things do I declare: befoi* they spring forth I tell you of them. to ^f Sing unto the Lords new son?, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that Is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them sliout from the top of the mountains. I z Let them give glory unto theLo R D, and declare his praise in the illands. 13 The Lo R D sliall go forth as a mighty man, he (hall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he (lull prevail against his enemies. 14.1 have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: noiv will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 1 j I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them,and not forsake them. 17 They sliall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trail in graven images, that fay to the molten images, Ye are our gods. 1X Hear, ye deaf; aud look, ye blind, that ye may fee. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind a the Lord's servant? 20 Seeing many- things, but thou observe st not; opening the ears, but h« heareth not. si The Lor D is well pleased for his ngh the fir tree, and the pine: tree together: 20 That they may fee, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lor D hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 21 *r Produce your cause, faith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, faith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and (hew us what (hall happen: let them (hew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 2 3 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we maybe dismayed, and behold it together. 24Behold, years of nothing, and your woik of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. 2 51 have railed up one from the north, and he (hall come: from the riling of the l'un sliall he call upon my name: and he (hall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 76 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may kno w ? and before time, that we may fay, He is righteous? yea, there is none that (lieweth, yea, there is none thatdeclareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27 The fakshallsay to Zion, Behold, tehold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 28 For I beheld, a»d there was ho man; even among them, and there iuas 110 counseller, that, when I alked of them, could answer a word. 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. CHAP. XLII. 1 The office oj Christ. 5 God's promise tohim. ro An exhortation to f raise God. BEHOLD my iervant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in ivhom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him; he sliall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles. 2 He (hall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed flull he not break, and the smoking flax (hall he not quench: he (hall bring forth iudgement unto truth. 4. He sliall not fail, nor be discouraged, til! lie have,set judgement in the earth: and the isles sliall wait for his law. 5 f Thus faith God the Lo R D , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, aud righteousness' fake $ he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. iiButthisi/apeoplerobbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none faith, Restore. 13 Who among you will give ear to thii? tufa will hearken and hear for the time to come? 1+ Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers > did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. »5Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. CHAP. XLIII. 1 the Lord comsorteth the church with his promises. 14. Hefortelleth Babylon's defiru3ion; 18 and hispeople's deliverance. BUT now, thus faith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thon passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and throngh the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither (ball the flame kindle upon thee. 1 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt/"<*■ thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. ♦ Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will Igive men for thee, and people for thy life, £ Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy feed from the east, and gather thee from the west; *I will fay to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. * Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: *ho among them can declare this, and mewus former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be "stified; or let them beai\ andsay, ft is truth. 7 10 Ye are my witnesses, faith theLORB, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no god formed, neither (hull there he after me. Ill, even I, am ti.e Lord; and befide me there is 110 saviour. ix I have declared, and have saved, and I have (hewed, when there tvgj no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, iaith the Lord, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day ivat I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it. 14. Thus faith the Lo R D, yourredeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. i$lam theLoR n, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus faith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the1 mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they fliall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 18 fl Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it (hall spring forth; shall ye no(t know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 10 The beasts of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither halt thou honoured me with thy lacrific»i. T have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 24. Thou hast brought me no sw*et cane with money, neither halt tlicu silled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hart made me to serve with thy sins, thou haft wearied me with thine iniquities. ,. 25 1, e<ven\, am he that blotteth ^ut thy transgressions for mine ov.n fake, and will not remember thy sins. Qji * a« Put The vanity.cf idols, ISAIAH 26 Put me in remembrance 1 let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayeft be justified. 2 7 Thy first father hath finned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. CHAP. XLIV. j God's church comforted. 7 The 'vanity of idols, 9 and Jolly of idol makers. YET now hear, O Jacob my servant; •j For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the diy ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 And they (hall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One sliall fay, I am the Lo R D's ; and 'another (hall call hintfelfby the name of Jacob; and another lhall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himselshy the name of Israel. 6 Thus faith the Lord the Kingof Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no god. 7 f[ And who, as I, sliall call, and (hall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? "and the things that are coming, and (hall come, let them (hew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. -Is there a God bende me? yea, there is no God: I know not any. 9 f[ They that make a.graven image or/all of them vanity; ana their delectable things (hall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be afliamed. 13 Who hath formed a god, or molten n graven image that is profitable for nothing? • n Behold, all his fellows (hall be and fatty of idol makers. strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. 1 j The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14. He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth m a(h, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then lhall it be for a man to burn: for he w ill take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and wor(hippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire. with part thereof he eateth flefli; lie roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and faith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17 And the residue thereof he maketb a god, even his graven image; he fallthe down unto it, and woisliippethit, and prayeth unto it, and faith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18 They have not known, nor understood: for he hath fliut their eyes, that they cannot fee; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none confidereth in bis heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to fay, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon t hecoalsthereof; I have roalted flefli, and eaten it: and ihall I make the residue thereof an abomination? (hall I fill down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on a(hes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor soy, Is then not a lie in my right hand? 21 Kcmemberthese, O Jacoband Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou slialt not be forgotten of me. 221 have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23 Sing.O yeheavens; fortheLoRP hath done it.- shout, ve lower parts ot the earth: break forth iuto singing, )'e mountains, O forest, aud every tree therein: for the, Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in I«'ae'• 24TI1U8 faith the Lo* D fly •r«<J**a^j and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretchetli forth the hea vens alone; that fpreadeth abroad the earth by myself; j 5 Thou frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolisti; 16 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that faith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye mall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27 That faith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: z% That faith of Cyrus, He is my (hepherd, and (hall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou (halt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation (hall be laid. CHAP. XLV. 1 G-rf calleth Cyrus for his church's fake. 5 He challcngeth obedience. 20 He con •vinceih the idols of vanity. THUSsaiththeLoR D to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates (hall not be (hut; 2 I will go before thee; and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou niayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, «m the God of Israel. 4- For Jacob my servant's fake, and Israel mine elect: I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 5 fl I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no god beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: . 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that thereis none beside me. I am the Lo R D , and there it none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lor D do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, sad let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it. 9 Woe untq him that stiiveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd_/7r/--v with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay fay to him that falhioneth it, What makeft thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10 Woe unto him that faith unto his father, What begettelt thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 5 11 Thus faith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, A(k we of things to come concerning my foii:, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direst all his way's: he lhall build my city, and lie mail let go my captives, not for price nor reward, faith the LorD of hofh. i4Thus faith the Lo R D , The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and otthe Sabeans, men of stature, shalfcome over unto thee, and they mall be thine: they shall come afterthee; in chains they (hall come over, and they (hall fall down unto thee, they (hall make supplication unto thee,saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 16 They (hall be ashamed, and also confounded all of them: they (hall go' to confusion together that are makers of idols. 17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation; ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18 Forth us faith the Lo R D , that created the heavens; God himself, that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lot. D ; and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in (erres, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20 fl Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient times* viho hath told it from'that time? have Qj 3 not |