25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. ISAIAH LXVI. 1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity. 5 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous generation, 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church. 15 God's severe judgments against the wicked. 19 The Gentiles shall have an holy church, 24 and see the damnation of the wicked. A.C. 710 to 699. ch. xi. 6, 7. Kings viii. vi. 18. Acts 27. 2 Chron. 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and +1 the earth is my footstool where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? : 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. vii. 49. & xvii. 24. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a* lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that Or, kid. offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that + burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have + Heb. maketh chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their memorial of. abominations. a 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their + Or, devices. u Prov. i. 24. fears upon them; " because when I called, none did answer; ch. Ixv. 12. when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before Jer. vii. 13. mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he x ch. v. 19. shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. my X 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring Or, beget. forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: A. C. 710 to 659. 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted *Or, bright. With the abundance of her glory. ness. * 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowych. xlix. 22. ing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. & lx. 4. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves +Or, one af in the gardens + behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. ter another. 18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chaOr, coaches. riots, and in litters, and upon mules, and z Ex. xix. 6. ch. 1xi. 6. 1 Pet. ii. 9. Rev. i. 6. a ch. lxv. 17. beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as 21 And I will also take of them for 2 priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. a 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I 2 Pet. iii. 18. will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. Rev. xxi. i. Heb. from new moon to 23 And it shall come to pass, that § from one new moon his new moon, to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. and from sab. bath to his sabbath. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases to 699. of the men that have transgressed against me: for their A. C. 710 b worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. SECTION XXIX. The Death of Hezekiah. 2 CHRONICLES XXXII. VER. 27, TO THE END. 27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of * pleasant jewels; b Mark ix, 44. 699. *Heb. instru ments of de 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, sire. and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. Kings xx. 31 ¶ Howbeit in the business of the † ambassadors of the + Heb. interprinces of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, 12 that he might know all that was in his heart. 12. Is. xxxix. nesses. 698. 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah Heb. kindthe prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the § chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: Or, highest. and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 2 CHRONICLES XXIX. VER. 1, 2. xviii. 1. 1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he d 2 Kings reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. ISAIAH XXXVI. 1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions soliciteth the people to revolt, 22 His words are told to Hezekiah. e 2 Kings xviii. 13. 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sen- 2 Chron. xxxii. 1. * Or, secrctary. nacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the * scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 4¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? +Heb. a word. 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but † vain words) ‡I have counsel and of lips. + Or, But counsel and strength are for the war. f Ezek. xxix. 6,7. Or, hostages. || Or, Seek my favour by a present. strength for war; now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? 8 Now therefore give § pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it : and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 12 ¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, ||* Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one *Heb. Make of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of with me a blessing. his own cistern; 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Scpharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 22 ¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the houshold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. ISAIAH XXXVII. 1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them. 6 Isaiah comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah's prayer. 21 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion. 36 An angel slayeth the Assyrians. 37 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons. 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the houshold, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, tion. and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and Or, provocathere is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is † left. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. + Heb. found. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and † Or, put a spirit into him. return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? |