4 Hearken unto me, my people ; and give ear unto me, O my nation: h for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest 1for a light of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. n m 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for P the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 7 ¶'Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For "the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. aArt thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? C b The afflictions of Jerusalem. k were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? Before CHRIST cir. 712. himself ready. k Job 20. 7. 14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not dier, made in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. 15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. m P Zech. 9. 11. Job 26. 12. Ps. 74. 13. Jer. 31. 35. ch. 59. 21. John 3. 34. ° ch. 49. 2. P ch. 65. 17. & G6, 22. 16 And I have put my words in thy Deut. 18. 18. mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Je-ch. 52. 1. rusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. t 16. SceDeut.28. 28, 34. Ps. 60, 3. & 75. 8. Ezek. 23.32, 33, 34. Zech. 12. 2. Rev. 14. 10. ch. 47. 9. deso-Heb. hap 19 These two things † are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and † destruction, and the famine, and the sword: "by whom shall I comfort thee? X pened. Heb. break ing. u Amos 7. 2. 20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at Lam.2.11,12. the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again : a b 23 But I will put it into the hand of Jer. 25. 17, them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. Christ's free redemption. Before CHRIST cir. 712. * See ch. 3. 26. & 51. 23. Zech. 2. 7. e ISAIAH, LIII. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: 'loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. Christ's sufferings foretold. CHAPTER LIII. 1 The prophet, complaining of incredulity, excuseth a Before CHRIST cir. 712. a hath believed our † report? John 12. 38. Rom. 10, 16, For thus saith the LORD, Ye have WHO to whom is the arm of the Or, doc 3 " g sold yourselves for nought; and be redeemed without money. Ps. 44. 12. ch. 45. 13. Jer. 15. 13. Gen. 46. 6. i Ezek. 36. 20, 23. Rom. 2. 24. Nah. 1. 15. 1 Ps. 93. 1. & 96.10.&97.1. ch. 51. 3. nch. 48. 20. • Ps. 98. 2, 3. P Luke 3. 6. 4 ch. 48. 20. Jer. 50. 8. & 51. 6, 45. Zech. 2. 6, 7. 2 Cor. 6. 17. Rev. 18. 4. 'Lev.22.2,&c. 'See Exod. 12. 33, 39. Mic. 2. 13. "Numb. 10. 25. ch. 58. 8. See Exod. 14. 19. 9¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: " for the LORD hath comforted his people," he hath redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. 12 For 'ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will t be your rereward. u 13 ¶ Behold, my servant shall || deal +Heb. gather prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. you up. ch. 42. 1. [Or, prosper. ch. 53. 10. Jer. 23. 5. 7 Phil. 2. 9. 2 Ps. 22. 6, 7. ch. 53. 2, 3. Ezek. 36, 25. 14. 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; Hebr. 9. 13, the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had Ephes.3.5,9 not heard shall they consider. e ch. 55. 5. Rom. 15. 21. & 16. 25, 26. The church is comforted. Before CHRIST cir. 712. d Mark 15. 28. Luke 22, 37. • Luke 23. 34. Rom. 8. 34. Hebr. 7. 25. & 9. 24. 1 John 2. 1. Zeph. 3. 14. b 1 Sam. 2. 5. ch. 49. 19, 20. d ch. 55. 5. & 61. 9. Jer. 3. 14. (Luke 1. 32. 8 Zech. 14. 9. Rom. 3. 29. La ch. 62. 4. 1 Ps. 30. 5. 2 Cor. 4. 17. *ch. 55. 3. Jer. 31. 3. 1 Gen. 8. 21. m Ps. 46. 2. ch. 51. 6. Matt. 5. 18. n Ps. 89. 33, 34. ISAIAH, LIV. e was numbered with the transgressors; 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. e The promises of Christ. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. Before CHRIST cir. 712. P 13 And all thy children shall be taught ch. 11. 9. of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; Ho, every one that thirsteth, come 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; "but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy Rev. 21. 18, foundations with sapphires. • 1 Chron. 29. 2. &c. 25. John 4. 14. b Matt. 13. 44, 46. 5h Behold, thou shalt call a nation that ch. 60. 5. thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7" Let the wicked forsake his way, and † the unrighteous man " his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for † he will abundantly pardon. mch. 51. 12, 13. "Ps. 50. 21. ° ch. 40. 3. & 62. 10. P Job 6. 10. Luke 1. 49. 9 Ps. 68. 4. k 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. m 11 And of whom hast thou been thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? "have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. 13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; : 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumthe stumblingblock out of the way of my people. q Р 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and Zech 2. 13. holy place,with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Ps. 34. 18. & 51. 17. & 138. 6. ch. 66. 2. Ps. 147. 3. ch. 61. 1. S 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. X 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: 'I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on +frowardly in the way of his heart. a 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. с 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. e 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth Job 11. 17. as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; "the glory of Exod. 14.19. the LORD † shall be thy rereward. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: |