20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils," and "idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk :

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21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

CHAP. X.

1 A mighty strong angel appeareth with a book open in his hand : 6 he sweareth by him that liveth for ever, that there shall be no more time: 9 John is commanded to take and eat the book.

AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a "a cloud : and a brain

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b DEUT. XXXI. 29: Evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. JER. iii. 5: Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. do. viii. 6: I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

See on 1 COR. X. 20.

Ps. cxv. 4: Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. do. cxxxv. 15: The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ISA. xl. 19, 20: The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot: he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. DAN. V. 23: Thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

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REV. xxii. 15: Without are dogs and sorcerers.

CHAP. X.

REV. xiv. 14: I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man.

EZEK. i. 28: As the appearance of the bow that is in the

bow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire :

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2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion froareth and when he had cried, seven thun

ders uttered their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write

and I heard h Seal up

a voice from heaven saying unto me, those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.

C MAT. xvii. 2: [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun. REV. i. 16: His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

d See on REV. i. 15.

e MAT. xxviii. 18: Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

fAMOS, i. 2: The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

8 See on REV. iv. 5.

h DAN. viii. 26: The vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. do. xii. 4, 9: But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end-Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

GEN. xiv. 22: Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth. ExOD. vi. 8: I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it. DEUT. xxxii. 40: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. DAN. xii. 7: I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up

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6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, 'that there should be time no longer :

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, "the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the P voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto

his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half.

* REV. iv. 11: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. See on Acтs, xiv. 15.

I DAN. xii. 7: The words under ver. 5. REV. xvi. 17: The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

m REV. xi. 15.

"ROM. xi. 25: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. EPH. iii. 4, 5, 6, 9: Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles shouldbe fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

• See on LUKE, i. 33.

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him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth 'sweet as honey and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

Il And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

CHAP. XI.

3 The two witnesses prophesy: 6 they have power to shut heaven, that it rain not: 7 the beast shall fight against them, and kill them : 8 they lie unburied, 11 and after three days and an half rise again: 14 the second woe is past : 15 the seventh trumpet soundeth. AND there was given to me a areed like

9 JER. XV. 16: Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. EZEK. ii. 8: But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. do. iii. 1, 2, 3, 14: Son of man, eat that thou findest, eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon ine.

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Ps. cxix. 103: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! EZEK. iii. 3: The words under ver. 9.

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EZEK. ii. 10: He spread it [the roll] before me and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

CHAP. XI.

a EZEK. xl. 3, &c : Behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed, &c. ZEC. ii. 1: I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring

unto a rod and the angel stood, saying, "Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

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2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,' and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they * tread under f foot forty and two months.

3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 2 a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

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they may prophesy, &c. A. V.

line in his hand.

REV. xxi. 15: And he that talked with me

had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. See the 40th and three following

chapters of Ezekiel.

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NUMB. xxiii. 18: He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear.

© EZEK. xl. 17, 20: Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

d Ps. lxxix. 1: O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. LUKE, xxi. 24: Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

e DAN. viii. 10: It [the little horn] waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 1 MAC. iii. 51: Thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness and brought low.

REV. xiii. 5: Power was given to him to continue forty and two months.

* REV. xx. 4: I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image.

REV. xix. 10: The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

REV. xii. 6, 14.

ISA. xxii. 12: And in that day did the Lord GoD of hosts