young. 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in 10 a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being 11 his counselor hath taught him?

14 With whom took he counsel, and who 12 instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of 13 understanding?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.

17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 T To whom then will ye God? or what likeness will ye compare to him?

liken

19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that 14 is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.

Before CHRIST,

712.

John 12. 34.

1 Pet. 1. 25 or, O thou

that tellest

dings to good tiZion. or, O thou

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equaled? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?! there is no searching of his understand

10 Heb. a

tierce. Rom. 11.

34.

1 Cor. 2. 16.

11 Heb. man of his counsel. 12 Heb. made him under

stand. 13 Heb. un.

derstand.
ings?

Dan. 4. 35.

Acts 17. 29. 14 Heb: is poor of ob

lation. 15 or, Him that sitteth, &c.

i Ps. 104. 2.

2

3

Job. 12. 21. Ps. 107. 40.

! Ps. 147. 5. 16 Heb. change. Heb. right

eousness.

Heb.

in peace.

u c 43.10. &

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall 16 renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

CHAP. XLI.

1 God expostulateth with his people about his mercies to the church, 10 about his promises, 21 and about the vanity of idols.

KEEP silence before me, wishes;

and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

2 Who raised up 1 the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

3 He pursued them, and passed 2 safely; even 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 the last; I am he.

12.

Rev. 1. 17. & 22. 13.

Heb. Be

21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard hath it not been told you from strong. the beginning? have ye not understood 4 or, from the foundations of the earth? 22 15 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that i stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

24 Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwhind shall take them away as stubble.

6 They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, 3 Be of good courage.

7 So the carpenter encouraged the 4 goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer 5 him that smote the anvil, saying, 6 It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should 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 to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy

God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

7

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be d ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even s them that contended with thee: they that war against thees shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught.

13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye 10 men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having 11 teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Before CHRIST,

712.

Ex. 23. 22. Zech. 12. 3.

c. 60. 12.

7 Heb. The

men of thy
strife.
Heb. the
men of thy

contention.

Heb. the men of thy

war.

10 or, few

men.

Heb. mouths.

e c. 35. 7. & 44. 3.

Ps. 107. 35.

12 or, Acacia,

Lowth.

13 Heb.

Cause to come near.

14 Heb. set

our heart upon them.

1 The office of Christ graced with meekness and constancy: 5 God's promise to him. 10 An exhortation to praise God for his gospel: 17 He reproveth the people of incredulity.

a

17 When the poor and needy seek wa-15 or, worse ter, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

16 or, worse than of a viper.

18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of 17 Heb. water, and the dry land springs of wa

ter.

return.

Matt. 12.18. Matt. 3. 17. & 17. 5. Ephes. 1. 6.

1 or, dimly burning.

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the 12 shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 21 13 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, 3 Heb. saith the King of Jacob.

22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they are that we may 14 consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things

to come.

23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, ye are 15 of nothing, and your work 16 of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mor*tar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

5 T Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and expanded them; he that spread forth the earth, and that which it produceth; he that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy 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 a bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. 10 Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and 4 all that is in it; the isles, and their inhabitants.

11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the isles.

13 The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yes, roar; he will s prevail against his enemies.

14 I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and 6 devour at once.

15 I will make waste mountains and

21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make 8 it honorable.

22 But this is a people robbed and pillaged; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for 10 a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

11 Heb. for the aftertime.

1 or, person.

a c. 44. 1. 2. Jer. 30. 10.

23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken, and hear 11 for & 46 27. the time to come?

24 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 to his law.

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle and it hath set him on fire around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

CHAP. XLIII.

pro

2

bc. 41. 21.22. c. 41. 4. & 44. 8.

3

or, nothing formed of God.

d c. 45. 21.

Hos. 13. 4.

Heb. turn

it back I
Job 9. 12.
c. 14. 27.

1 The Lord comforteth the church with his mises: 8 He appealeth to the people for wit-e ness of his omnipotence; 14 He fortelleth to them the destruction of Babylon, 18 and his wonderful deliverance of his people: 22 He 4 Heb. bars. reproveth the people as inexcusable.

UT now thus saith the LORD that 5 or, boast.

BUT now thee, Sa 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.

Ex. 14.

16. 22. g Josh. 3. 13. 16.

5

es.

2 When thou passest through the wa-2 Cor. 5.17. ters, I will be with thee; and through the Rev. 21. 5. rivers, they shall not overflow thee: or, ostrich when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Cush and Seba Heb. lambs,

for thee.

4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. 5 a Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my

Heb. daughters

of the owl.

i Luke 1. 74.

75.

or, kids. Heb. made me drunk, or, abund antly mois

tened.

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; verily, I have made him.

8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be collected, and and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was 2 no god formed, neither shall there be after me.

11 I, even I, d am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.

12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shown, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

13 Yes, before the day was, I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall 3. hinder it?

14 Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their 4 nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose 5 cry is in the ships.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

16 Thus saith the LORD, who ƒ maketh a way in the sea, and as path in the mighty waters;

17 Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched

as tow.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the 56 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 show forth my praise. 22 T 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 7 small cattle of thy burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou s filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast 9 made me to serve with thy

1 God comforteth the church with his promises. 7 The vanity of idols, 9 and folly of idol. makers. 21 He exhorteth to praise God for

his redemption and omnipotence.

YET

a

ET now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen :

2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:

4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-cour

ses.

5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with 4 or, taketh his hand to the LORD, and surname him- courage. self by the name of Israel.

6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people 5 Heb. and the things that are coming, and daubed. shall come, let them show to 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 besides me? verily a there is no 1 God; I know not any.

9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their 2 delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

10 Who hath formed a god, or cast a 6 Heb. setgraven image that is profitable for noth-teth to his ing?

Il Behold, all his fellows shall be sashamed and the workmen, they are of men let them all be assembled, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

12 The smith 3 with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

heart.

7 Heb. that which comes of a tree?

13 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 down cedars for himself, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; indeed he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yes, he maketh a god, and worshipeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down to it.

with part of it he eateth flesh; he roast16 He burneth part of it in the fire; eth meat, and is satisfied: yes, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

17 And the residue of it he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down to it, and worshipeth it, and prayeth to it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath 5 shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

19 And none 6 considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; I have also baked bread upon its coals; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to 7 the stock of a tree?

20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

21 ¶ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten by

me.

22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

24 Thus saith the LORD thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself:

25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cit

1 God calleth Cyrus for his church's sake. 52 Chr. 36.
By his omnipotence he challengeth obedi. 22. 23.
ence: 20 He convinceth the idols of vanity, Ezra 1. 1,
by his saving power.
&c. c.45.13.
HUS saith the LORD to his anointed,

held to subdue nations before him; and
I will loose the loins of kings, to open be-
fore him the two-leaved gates, and the
gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the
crooked places straight: I will break in
pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder
the bars of iron:

1

a

or, strength

ened. 39. & 32.39. Deut. 4. 35.

c. 44. 8.

b Jer. 18. 6.

Rom. 9. 20.

2or, make straight.

3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, who call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Is-Chr. 36. rael my elect, I have even called thee by Ezra 1. 1, thy name: I have surnamed thee, though &c. c. 44.28. thou hast not known me:

5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I`girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

22. 23.

6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the LORD, dc. 44. 11. and there is none else.

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and 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 to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

10 Woe to him that saith to his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth ?

11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

e Deut.30.11.

Rom.14.11.

Phil. 2. 10.

3or, Surely he shall In the say of me,

LORD is

all right.
eousness

and
strength.

12 I have made the earth, and created 4 Heb. right man upon it: I, even my hands, have eousnesses. stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

13 I have raised him up in righteous-1 or, things ness, and I will 2 direct all his ways: he carried. shall build my city, and he shall let go

C

my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

2 Heb. their

14 Thus saith the LORD, The labor of soul. Egypt, and merchandise of Cush and of

the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shali come over, and they shall fall down to thee, they shall make supplication to 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 Savior.

16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall 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 For thus saith the LORD that creed the earth and made it; he hath estabated the heavens; God himself that formlished it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

19 Í have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20 T Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that have escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save.

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yes, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

22 Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall

swear.

24 3 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I 4 righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

CHAP. XLVI.

1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves. 3 God saveth his people to the end. 5 Idols are not comparable to God for power, 12 or present salvation.

BEL EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your i loads were heavy; they were a burden to the weary beast.

2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but 2 themselves have gone into captivity.

3 Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the birth, which are carried from the womb:

4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: