594.

Jer. 2. 2. ver. 43. 60, Hoa II. 1. 1 ver. 4, 5, 6.

u ver. 31. I Or, brothe house.

x Ia. 57. 5. 7. Jer. 2. 20. & 3.2.

y Prov. 9. 14.

seh 8.10,14.& 20. 7, 8 & 23.

19, 20, 21.

22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, t when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD,)

24 That "thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street.

25 Thou hast built thy high place Yat every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them 2 Chr. 28.18, that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

19.

ver. 57.

Or, eitics. b2 Kings 16. 7. 10.

2 Chr. 2. 23. Jer. 2. 18, 3.

eh. 23.12,&e.

ech.23.14,&e.

Or, In thy daughters is thine, fe. d ver, 21, 39.

.Is. 30. 6. Hos. 8. 9.

28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan Cunto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

31 In that dthou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and thirest them, that they may +Heb.bribest. come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

36 Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy

Her grievous judgment.

abominations, and by the blood of Before thy children, which thou didst give CHRIST unto them:

594.

fver. 20.

Jer. 2. 34.

26.

37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that Jer. 13. 22. thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated: 1 will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

38 And I will judge thee, tas women that break wedlock and ished blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: Ithey shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

i

Lam. 1. 8. eh. 23. 9, 10, 22.294 Hos. 2. 10. & 8. 10. Nah, 3, 5.

Heb. with judgments

b Lev. 20. 10. Deut. 22.22 ch. 23. 45.

Gen. 9. 6.

Ex. 21. 12.
Bee ver. 20,

ver. 24, 31. ch. 23. 26.

Hos. 2. 3. ↑ Heb. instrumento of thine or nament. meh.23.48,47. n John 8, 5, 7.

2 Kin. 15, 9. Jer. 34, 8. & 42. 13.

5.& qeh. 23. 27. reh. 5. 13.

23. 10, 48.

40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 41 And they shall burn thine Deut. 13. 16. houses with fire, and Pexecute judg ments upon thee in the sight of many women and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 43 Because "thou hast not remem-Ps. 78. 42. bered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

44 T Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

50 And they were haughty, and b committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters Matt. 12. 41, in all thine abominations which thou

d Jer. 3. 11.

42.

hast done.

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 53 When I shall bring again their & var. 60,61. captivity, fthe captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

e See Is, 1, 9.

fJer. 20, 16.

8 ch. 14,22,23.

+ Heb for a
report, or,
hearing.
+ Heb.
prides, or,
excellencies.

h2 Kin. 10.5. 2 Chr. 28. 18.

Ia. 7. 1. & 14. 28.

+ Heb. Aram. iver. 27.

¡Or, spoil. ịch. 29. 49. + Heb. borne them.

m Deut. 29. 12, 14.

n Ps. 106. 45.

54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 56 For thy sister Sodom was not I mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy breproach of the daughters of † Syria, and all that are round about her, i the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. 58 k Thou hast † borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

59 For thus saith the Lord Gop; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast 1 despised the 1 ch. 17. 13,16. oath in breaking the covenant. 60 T Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61 Then P thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for 9 daughters, but not by thy covenant.

o Jer. 32.40. &

50. 5

peh. 20. 43.&

36. 31.

q Is. 54. 1. & 60. 4. Gal. 4.25, &c. Jer. 31. 31, &o.

Hos.2.19.20.

t ver. 61.

62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:

63 That thou mayest remember, u Rom. 3. 19. and be confounded, " and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

God's judgment upon her

CHAPTER XVII. Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, 11 is shewed God's judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt. 22 God promiseth to plant the cedar of the gospel.

AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of.Israel;

Before CHRIST about 594.

&c.

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great See ver. 12, wings, long winged, full of feathers, which had fdivers colours, came unto Lebanon, and b took the highest branch of the cedar:

4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

5 He took also of the seed of the land, and tplanted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Heb.c broidering. b2 Kin.24.12

↑ Heb. put it in a field of seed.

e Deut, & 7,8 9.

dla. 44. 4.

. ver. 16.

6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, fthis vine did bend her fver. 15. roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

8 It was planted in a good † soil by + Heb, fidd. great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not 2 Kin. 25. 7. pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Hos, 13, 15

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? hshall it not utterly with- heh. 19. 12. er, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

11 T Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 Say now to ithe rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

14 That the kingdom might be "base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

ich. 25.& 12 9.

k ver. 3. 2 Kin, 24. 11 -16.

12xin. 24.17. m? Chr.38.13.

+ Heb. brought him to an oath. a ver. & el. 29. 14. + Heb. to keep Ais covenant. to stand to it.

God defendeth his justice.

Before iquity of his father, he shall surely CHRIST live.

504.

ch. 3. 18. r Ex. 20. 5. Deut. 5. 9. 2 Kin. 23.28. & 24, 3, 4.

ver. 4.

Deut. 25. 18. 2 Kings 116.

2 Chr. 25. 4. Jer 31.29,30.

u L. 3. 10. 11.

x Rom, 2, 9.

y ver. 27. ch. 33. 12,19.

3 ch. 33. 16.

A ver. 32.

ch. 33. IL

1 Tim. 2. 4. 2 Pet. 3. 9.

b ch. 3. 20. & 33. 12, 13, 18.

18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 19 T Yet say ye, Why? "doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

20The soul that sinneth, it shall

die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the 8on: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 222 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24 T But b when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he 2 Pet. 2. 20. live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

d ver. 29.

25 Yet ye say, d The way of the ol. 33. 17.20. Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

ever, 24.

f ver. 21.

gver. 11.

h ver. 25.

ich. 7.3. & 33. 20.

k Matt. 3. 2. Rev. 2. 5.

| Or, others.

26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

27 Again, fwhen the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29 h Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. * Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

A lamentation for Jerusalem.

31 T1 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 For "I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Gop: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

CHAPTER XIX.
1 4 lamentation for the princes of Israel,
under the parable of lions' whelps taken
in a pit, 10 and for Jerusalem, under
the parable of a wasted vine.

M lamentation for the princes of
Israel,

OREOVER, take thou up a

2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took d another of her whelps, and mude him a young lion.

6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

85 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: bhe was taken in their pit.

9 i And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10 T Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her "stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the cast wind dried up her och. 17 10 fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 P And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured

Hos. 13. 15.

pJudg. 9. 15

2 Kin. 24. 20. ch. 17. 18.