tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-prefs therein and he looked that it fhould bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerufalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard; I will take away the hedge thereof, and it fhall be eaten up and break down the wall thereof, and it fhall be trodden down. 6 And I will lay it wafte: it fhall not be pruned, nor digged, but there fhall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hofts is the houfe of Ifrael, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold, oppreflion; for righteoufnefs, but behold, a cry. 8 Woe unto them that oin houfe to houfe, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placled alone in the midft of the earth. 9 In mine ears faid the Lord of hofts, Of a truth many houfes fhall be defolate, even great and fair without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard fhall yield one bath, and the feed of an homer fhall yield an ephah. II Woe unto them that rife up early in the morning, that they may follow ftrong drink, that continue until night, till wine inflame them. 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, be caufe they have no know. ledge: and their honourable men are famifhed, and their multitude dried up with thirst. the mighty man fhall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty fhall be humbled. 16 But the Lord of hofts fhall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy, fhall be fanctified in righteoufnefs. 17 Then fhall the lambs feed after their manner, and the wafte places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and fin as it were with a cart-rope : 19 That fay, Let him make speed, and haften his work, that we may fee it: and let the counfel of the Holy One of Ifrael draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 20 ¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darknefs for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for fweet, and fweet for bitter. 21 Woe unto them that are wife in their own eyes, and prudent in their own fight. 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle ftrong drink: righteous from him. 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame confumeth the chaff, fo their root shall be as rottenness, and their blosfom fhall go up as duft: because they have caft away. the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Ifrael. 25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath ftretched forth his hand against them, and hath fmitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcafes were torn in the midst of the ftreets: For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out ftill. 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hifs unto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they fhall come with speed swiftly. 27 None fhall be weary nor ftumble among them: none fhall flumber nor fleep: neither fhall the girdle of their loins be loofed, nor the latchet of their fhoes be broken. are 28 Whose arrows fharp, and all their bows. 23 Which juftify the wic-bent, their horfes hoofs fhall ked for reward, and take a- be counted like flint, and way the righteousness of the their wheels like a whirlwind. 29 Their 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they fhall roar like young lions: yea, they fhall roar and lay hold of the 16 For before the child fhall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall prey, and fhall carry it away be forfaken of both her fafe, and none fhall deliver it. 30 And in that day they kings. CHAP. IX. Evertheless, the dim. fhall roar against them, like the roaring of the fea: anders ball not be fuch if one look unto the land, behold darknefs, and forrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof, CHAP. VII. M OREOVER, the Lord fpake a gain unto Ahaz, faying. II Afk thee a fign of the Lord thy God, afk it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz faid, I will not afk, neither will I tempt the Lord. 13 And he faid, Hear ye now, O houfe of David, Is it a fmall thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God alfo? 14 Therefore the Lord himself fhall give you a fign, Behold, a virgin fhall conceive and bear a fon, and fhall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey fhall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, as was in her vexation, when at the firft he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the fea, beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the fhadow of death, upon them hath the light fhined. 3 Thou haft multiplied the nation, and not increafed the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harveft, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For thou haft broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his fhoulder, the rod of his oppreffor, as in the day of Midian. 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noife, and garments rolled in blood, but this fhall be with burning and fuel of fire, Ee 4 8 For reprove with equity, for the meek of the earth: and he fhall finite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips fhall he flay the wicked. 6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government fhall be upon his fhoulder: and his name fhall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor,. The mighty God, The everlast- 5 And righteousness fhall ing Father, The prince of peace. be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf alfo fhall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard fhall be down with the kid: and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling 7 Of the increafe of his government and peace there fball be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it, and to eftablish it with judgment, and with justice, from hence-together, and a little child forth even for ever: the zeal fhall lead them. of the Lord of hofts will perform this. CHAP. XI. 7 And the cow and the bear fhall feed, their young ones fhall lie down together: and the lion fhall eat straw ND there fhall come like the ox. A forth a rod out of the ftem of Jeffe, and a branch hall grow out of his roots. 2 And the fpirit of the Lord fhall reft upon him, the fpirit of wisdom and understanding, the fpirit of counsel and might, the fpirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord: 3 And fhall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, and he fhall not judge after the fight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. 4 But with righteousness fhall he judge the poor, and 8 And the fucking child hall play on the hole of the afp, and the weaned child. fhall put his hand on the cockatrice-den. 9 They fhall not hurt nor deftroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth fhall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the fea. 10 And in that day there fhall be a root of Jeffe, which fhall ftand for an enfign of the people; to it fhall the Gentiles feek, and his reft shall be glorious. II And it fhall come to pals pafs in that day, that the Lord fhall fet his hand again the second time, to recover the remnant of his people which fhall be left, from Affyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the fea. 16 And there fhall be an high-way for the remnant of his people, which fhall be left from Affyria, like as it was to Ifrael in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. B CHAP. XXIV. EHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it wafte, and turneth it upfide down, and fcattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, fo with the prieft; as with the fervant, 12 And he shall set up an enfign for the nations, and fhall affemble the outcafts of Ifrael, and gather together the difperfed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth. 13 The envy alfo of E-fo with his mafter; as with phraim fhall depart, and the the maid, fo with her mifadverfaries of Judah fhall be trefs; as with the buyer, fo cut off: Ephraim fhall not with the feller; as with the envy Judah, and Judah fhall lender, fo with the borrower; not vex Ephraim. as with the taker of ufury, fo with the giver of ufury to 14 But they fhall fly upon the fhoulders of the Philif-him. tines toward the weft, they 3 The land fhall be utterfhall spoil them of the eaft together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon shall obey them. ly emptied, and utterly fpoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languifheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 15 And the Lord fhall utterly deftroy the tongue of the Egyptian fea, and with his mighty wind fhall he 5 The earth alfo is defiled fhake his hand over the ri-under the inhabitants therever, and shall finite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry-fhod. of: because they have transgreffed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the ever lafting |