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the work of preparing an ,english       
translation of the ,bible for ,catholic 
readers1 the first such translation into
 ,modern ,english4 ,assisting were      
,william ,allen1 ,richard ,bristow1     
,thomas ,worthington1 and ,william      
,reynolds who revised1 criticized1 and  
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,worthington4  ,later the ,old          
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two parts 7#afji and #afaj7 by ,laurence
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,worthington1 then superior of the      

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 delayed due to financial difficulties4 
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,latin1 a ,latin word was ,anglicized   
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the ,english language4  ,spellings of   
proper names and the numbering of the   
,psalms are adopted from the ,latin     
,vulgate4  ,in #agdi ,dr4 ,richard      
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diction and introduced a more fluid     

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style1 although it is now rarely used   
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included in this electronic edition are 
generally attributed to ,bishop         
,challoner4  ,the #afaj printing of the 
second tome of the ,old ,testament      
includes an appendix containing the     
non-canonical books ',prayer of         
,manasses1' ',third ,booke of ,esdras1' 
and ',fourth ,booke of ,esdras4'  ,while
 not part of ,challoner's revision1 the 
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original glossary included in the       
appendices of ,vol4 ,,iii4              
,,contents   ,the ,second ,part of the  
,old ,testament    ,book of ,psalms     
,book of ,proverbs   ,ecclesiastes      
,solomon's ,canticle of ,canticles      
,book of ,wisdom   ,ecclesiasticus      
,prophecy of ,isaias   ,prophecy of     
,jeremias   ,lamentations of ,jeremias  
,prophecy of ,baruch   ,prophecy of     
,ezechiel   ,prophecy of ,daniel        
,prophecy of ,osee   ,prophecy of ,joel 
,prophecy of ,amos   ,prophecy of       
,abdias   ,prophecy of ,jonas           
,prophecy of ,micheas   ,prophecy of    
,nahum   ,prophecy of ,habacuc          
,prophecy of ,sophonias   ,prophecy of  
,aggeus   ,prophecy of ,zacharias       
,prophecy of ,malachias   ,first ,book  
of ,machabees   ,second ,book of        

,machabees   ,appendices    ,the ,prayer
 of ,manasses   ,the ,third ,booke of   
,esdras   ,the ,fourth ,booke of ,esdras
    ,the ,prophecie of ,abdias          
,,the ,,book ,,of ,,psalms    ,the      
psalms are called by the ,hebrews       
,,tehillim1 that is1 ,hymns of ,praise4 
,the author1 of a great part of them at 
least1 was king ,david3 but many are of 
opinion that some of them were made by  
,asaph1 and others whose names are      
prefixed in the titles4    ,psalms      
,chapter #a   ,beatus vir4  ,the        
happiness of the just and the evil state
 of the wicked4  #a3a4 ,blessed is the  
man who hath not walked in the counsel  
of the ungodly1 nor stood in the way of 
sinners1 nor sat in the chair of        
pestilence3  #a3b4 ,but his will is in  
the law of the ,lord1 and on his law he 
shall meditate day and night4  #a3c4    
,and he shall be like a tree which is   
planted near the running waters1 which  
shall bring forth its fruit1 in due     
season4  ,and his leaf shall not fall   

off3  and all whatsoever he shall do    
shall prosper4  #a3d4 ,not so the       
wicked1 not so3  but like the dust1     
which the wind driveth from the face of 
the earth4  #a3e4 ,therefore the wicked 
shall not rise again in judgment3  nor  
sinners in the council of the just4     
#a3f4 ,for the ,lord knoweth the way of 
the just3  and the way of the wicked    
shall perish4    ,psalms ,chapter #b    
,quare fremuerunt4  ,the vain efforts of
 persecutors against ,christ and his    
church4  #b3a4 ,why have the ,gentiles  
raged1 and the people devised vain      
things8  #b3b4 ,the kings of the earth  
stood up1 and the princes met together1 
against the ,lord1 and against his      
,christ4  #b3c4 ,let us break their     
bonds asunder3  and let us cast away    
their yoke from us4  #b3d4 ,he that     
dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them3 
and the ,lord shall deride them4  #b3e4 
,then shall he speak to them in his     
anger1 and trouble them in his rage4    
#b3f4 ,but ,i am appointed king by him  

over ,sion1 his holy mountain1 preaching
 his commandment4  #b3g4 ,the ,lord hath
 said to me3  ,thou art my son1 this day
 have ,i begotten thee4  #b3h4 ,ask of  
me1 and ,i will give thee the ,gentiles 
for thy inheritance1 and the utmost     
parts of the earth for thy possession4  
#b3i4 ,thou shalt rule them with a rod  
of iron1 and shalt break them in pieces 
like a potter's vessel4  #b3aj4 ,and    
now1 ,o ye kings1 understand3  receive  
instruction1 you that judge the earth4  
#b3aa4 ,serve ye the ,lord with fear3   
and rejoice unto him with trembling4    
#b3ab4 ,embrace discipline1 lest at any 
time the ,lord be angry1 and you perish 
from the just way4  #b3ac4 ,when his    
wrath shall be kindled in a short time1 
blessed are all they that trust in him4 
,psalms ,chapter #c   ,domine1 quid     
multiplicati4  ,the prophet's danger and
 delivery from his son ,absalom3        
mystically1 the passion and resurrection
 of ,christ4  #c3a4 ,the psalm of ,david
 when he fled from the face of his son  

,absalom4  #c3b4 ,many say to my soul3  
,there is no salvation for him in his   
,god4  #c3d4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 art my
 protector1 my glory1 and the lifter up 
of my head4  #c3e4 ,i have cried to the 
,lord with my voice3  and he hath heard 
me from his holy hill4  #c3f4 ,i have   
slept and have taken my rest3  and ,i   
have risen up1 because the ,lord hath   
protected me4  #c3g4 ,i will not fear   
thousands of the people surrounding me3 
arise1 ,o ,lord2 save me1 ,o my ,god4   
#c3h4 ,for thou hast struck all them who
 are my adversaries without cause3  thou
 hast broken the teeth of sinners4      
#c3i4 ,salvation is of the ,lord3  and  
thy blessing is upon thy people4        
,psalms ,chapter #d   ,cum invocarem4   
,the prophet teacheth us to flee to ,god
 in tribulation1 with confidence in him4
  #d3a4 ,unto the end1 in verses4  ,a   
psalm for ,david4  ,unto the end4 4     
4,or1 as ,st4 ,jerome renders it1       
victori1 to him that overcometh3  which 
some understand of the chief musician2  

to whom they suppose the psalms1 which  
bear that title1 were given to be sung3 
we rather understand the psalms thus    
inscribed to refer to ,christ1 who is   
the end of the law1 and the great       
conqueror of death and hell1 and to the 
,new ,testament4--,ibid4  ,in verses1 in
 carminibus4 4 4,in the ,hebrew1 it is  
neghinoth1 supposed by some to be a     
musical instrument1 with which this     
psalm was to be sung4--,ibid4  ,for     
,david1 or to ,david4 4 4,that is1      
inspired to ,david himself1 or to be    
sung4  #d3b4 ,when ,i called upon him1  
the ,god of my justice heard me3  when  
,i was in distress1 thou hast enlarged  
me4  ,have mercy on me3  and hear my    
prayer4  #d3c4 ,o ye sons of men1 how   
long will you be dull of heart8  why do 
you love vanity1 and seek after lying8  
#d3d4 ,know ye also that the ,lord hath 
made his holy one wonderful3  the ,lord 
will hear me when ,i shall cry unto him4
  #d3e4 ,be ye angry1 and sin not3  the 
things you say in your hearts1 be sorry 

for them upon your beds4  #d3f4 ,offer  
up the sacrifice of justice1 and trust  
in the ,lord3  many say1 ,who sheweth us
 good things8  #d3g4 ,the light of thy  
countenance1 ,o ,lord1 is signed upon   
us3  thou hast given gladness in my     
heart4  #d3h4 ,by the fruit of their    
corn1 their wine1 and oil1 they rest3   
#d3i4 ,in peace in the self same ,i will
 sleep1 and ,i will rest3  #d3aj4 ,for  
thou1 ,o ,lord1 singularly hast settled 
me in hope4    ,psalms ,chapter #e      
,verba mea auribul4  ,a prayer to ,god  
against the iniquities of men4  #e3a4   
,unto the end1 for her that obtaineth   
the inheritance4  ,a psalm for ,david4  
,for her that obtaineth the inheritance4
 4 4,that is1 for the church of ,christ4
  #e3b4 ,give ear1 ,o ,lord1 to my      
words1 understand my cry4  #e3c4        
,hearken to the voice of my prayer1 ,o  
my ,king and my ,god4  #e3d4 ,for to    
thee will ,i pray3  ,o ,lord1 in the    
morning thou shalt hear my voice4  #e3e4
 ,in the morning ,i will stand before   

thee1 and ,i will see3  because thou art
 not a ,god that willest iniquity4      
#e3f4 ,neither shall the wicked dwell   
near thee3  nor shall the unjust abide  
before thy eyes4  #e3g4 ,thou hatest all
 the workers of iniquity3  thou wilt    
destroy all that speak a lie4  ,the     
bloody and the deceitful man the ,lord  
will abhor4  #e3h4 ,but as for me in the
 multitude of thy mercy1 ,i will come   
into thy house2 ,i will worship towards 
thy holy temple1 in thy fear4  #e3i4    
,conduct me1 ,o ,lord1 in thy justice3  
because of my enemies1 direct my way in 
thy sight4  #e3aj4 ,for there is no     
truth in their mouth3  their heart is   
vain4  #e3aa4 ,their throat is an open  
sepulchre3  they dealt deceitfully with 
their tongues3  judge them1 ,o ,god4    
,let them fall from their devices3      
according to the multitude of their     
wickednesses cast them out3  for they   
have provoked thee1 ,o ,lord4  #e3ab4   
,but let all them be glad that hope in  
thee3  they shall rejoice for ever1 and 

thou shalt dwell in them4  ,and all they
 that love thy name shall glory in thee4
  #e3ac4 ,for thou wilt bless the just4 
,o ,lord1 thou hast crowned us1 as with 
a shield of thy good will4    ,psalms   
,chapter #f   ,domine1 ne in furore4  ,a
 prayer of a penitent sinner1 under the 
scourge of ,god4  ,the first penitential
 psalm4  #f3a4 ,unto the end1 in verses1
 a psalm for ,david1 for the octave4    
,for the octave4 4 4,that is1 to be sung
 on an instrument of eight strings4     
,st4 ,augustine understands it          
mystically1 of the last resurrection1   
and the world to come2 which is1 as it  
were1 the octave1 or eighth day1 after  
the seven days of this mortal life3  and
 for this octave1 sinners must dispose  
themselves1 like ,david1 by bewailing   
their sins1 whilst they are here upon   
earth4  #f3b4 ,o ,lord1 rebuke me not in
 thy indignation1 nor chastise me in thy
 wrath4  #f3c4 ,have mercy on me1 ,o    
,lord1 for ,i am weak3  heal me1 ,o     
,lord1 for my bones are troubled4  #f3d4

 ,and my soul is troubled exceedingly3  
but thou1 ,o ,lord1 how long8  #f3e4    
,turn to me1 ,o ,lord1 and deliver my   
soul3  ,o save me for thy mercy's sake4 
#f3f4 ,for there is no one in death1    
that is mindful of thee3  and who shall 
confess to thee in hell8  #f3g4 ,i have 
laboured in my groanings1 every night ,i
 will wash my bed3  ,i will water my    
couch with my tears4  #f3h4 ,my eye is  
troubled through indignation3  ,i have  
grown old amongst all my enemies4  #f3i4
 ,depart from em1 all ye workers of     
iniquity3  for the ,lord hath heard the 
voice of my weeping4  #f3aj4 ,the ,lord 
hath heard my supplication3  the ,lord  
hath received my prayer4  #f3aa4 ,let   
all my enemies be ashamed1 and be very  
much troubled3  let them be turned back1
 and be ashamed very speedily4          
,psalms ,chapter #g   ,domine1 ,deus    
meus4  ,david1 trusting in the justice  
of his cause1 prayeth for ,god's help   
against his enemies4  #g3a4 ,the psalm  
of ,david1 which he sung to the ,lord1  

for the words of ,chusi1 the son of     
,jemini4  #g3b4 ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 in   
thee have ,i put my trust2 same me from 
all them that persecute me1 and deliver 
me4  #g3c4 ,lest at any time he seize   
upon my soul like a lion1 while there is
 no one to redeem me1 nor to save4      
#g3d4 ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 if ,i have done
 this thing1 if there be iniquity in my 
hands3  #g3e4 ,if ,i have rendered to   
them that repaid me evils1 let me       
deservedly fall empty before my enemies4
  #g3f4 ,let the enemy pursue my soul1  
and take it1 and tread down my life1 on 
the earth1 and bring down my glory to   
the dust4  #g3g4 ,rise up1 ,o ,lord1 in 
thy anger3  and be thou exalted in the  
borders of my enemies4  ,and arise1 ,o  
,lord1 my ,god1 in the precept which    
thou hast commanded3  #g3h4 ,and a      
congregation of people shall surround   
thee4  ,and for their sakes return thou 
on high4  #g3i4 ,the ,lord judgeth the  
people4  ,judge me1 ,o ,lord1 according 
to my justice1 and according to my      

innocence in me4  #g3aj4 ,the wickedness
 of sinners shall be brought to nought2 
and thou shalt direct the just3  the    
searcher of hearts and reins is ,god4   
,just  #g3aa4 ,is my help from the      
,lord2 who saveth the upright of heart4 
#g3ab4 ,god is a just judge1 strong and 
patient3  is he angry every day8  #g3ac4
 ,except you will be converted1 he will 
brandish his sword2 he hath bent his    
bow1 and made it ready4  #g3ad4 ,and in 
it he hath prepared to instruments of   
death1 he hath made ready his arrows for
 them that burn4  ,for them that burn4 4
 4,that is1 against the persecutors of  
his saints4  #g3ae4 ,behold he hath been
 in labour with injustice3  he hath     
conceived sorrow1 and brought forth     
iniquity4  #g3af4 ,he hath opened a pit 
and dug it3  and he is fallen into the  
hole he made4  #g3ag4 ,his sorrow shall 
be turned on his own head3  and his     
iniquity shall come down upon his crown4
  #g3ah4 ,i will give glory to the ,lord
 according to his justice3  and will    

sing to the name of the ,lord the most  
high4    ,psalms ,chapter #h   ,domine1 
,dominus noster4  ,god is wonderful in  
his works2 especially in mankind1       
singularly exalted by the incarnation of
 ,christ4  #h3a4 ,unto the end1 for the 
presses3  a psalm for ,david4  ,the     
presses4 4 4,in ,hebrew1 ,gittith1      
supposed to be a musical instrument4    
#h3b4 ,o ,lord1 our ,lord1 how admirable
 is thy name in the whole earth6 ,for   
thy magnificence is elevated above the  
heavens4  #h3c4 ,out of the mouth of    
infants and of sucklings thou hast      
perfected praise1 because of thy        
enemies1 that thou mayst destroy the    
enemy and the avenger4  #h3d4 ,for ,i   
will behold thy heavens1 the works of   
thy fingers3  the moon and the stars    
which thou hast founded4  #h3e4 ,what is
 man1 that thou art mindful of him8  or 
the son of man1 that thou visitest him8 
#h3f4 ,thou hast made him a little less 
than the angels1 thou hast crowned him  
with glory and honour3  #h3g4 ,and hast 

set him over the works of thy hands4    
#h3h4 ,thou hast subjected all things   
under his feet1 all sheep and oxen3     
moreover1 the beasts also of the fields4
  #h3i4 ,the birds of the air1 and the  
fishes of the sea1 that pass through the
 paths of the sea4  #h3aj4 ,o ,lord1 our
 ,lord1 how admirable is thy name in the
 whole earth6    ,psalms ,chapter #i    
,confitebor tibi1 ,domine4  ,the church 
praiseth ,god for his protection against
 her enemies4  #i3a4 ,unto the end1 for 
the hidden things of the ,son4  ,a psalm
 for ,david4  ,the hidden things of the 
,son4 4 4,the humility and sufferings of
 ,christ1 the ,son of ,god2 and of good 
,christians1 who are his sons by        
adoption2 are called hidden things1 with
 regard to the children of this world1  
who know not the value and merit of     
them4  #i3b4 ,i will give praise to     
thee1 ,o ,lord1 with my whole heart3  ,i
 will relate all thy wonders4  #i3c4 ,i 
will be glad1 and rejoice in thee3  ,i  
will sing to thy name1 ,o thou most     

high4  #i3d4 ,when my enemy shall be    
turned back3  they shall be weakened1   
and perish before thy face4  #i3e4 ,for 
thou hast maintained my judgment and my 
cause3  thou hast sat on the throne1 who
 judgest justice4  #i3f4 ,thou hast     
rebuked the ,gentiles1 and the wicked   
one hath perished2 thou hast blotted out
 their name for ever and ever4  #i3g4   
,the swords of the enemy have failed    
unto the end3  and their cities thou    
hast destroyed4  ,their memory hath     
perished with a noise3  #i3h4 ,but the  
,lord remaineth for ever4  ,he hath     
prepared his throne in judgment3  #i3i4 
,and he shall judge the world in equity1
 he shall judge the people in justice4  
#i3aj4 ,and the ,lord is become a refuge
 for the poor3  a helper in due time in 
tribulation4  #i3aa4 ,and let them trust
 in thee who know thy name3  for thou   
hast not forsaken them that seek thee1  
,o ,lord4  #i3ab4 ,sing ye to the ,lord1
 who dwelleth in ,sion3  declare his    
ways among the ,gentiles3  #i3ac4 ,for  

requiring their blood1 he hath          
remembered them3  he hath not forgotten 
the cry of the poor4  #i3ad4 ,have mercy
 on me1 ,o ,lord3  see my humiliation   
which ,i suffer from my enemies4  #i3ae4
 ,thou that liftest me up from the gates
 of death1 that ,i may declare all thy  
praises in the gates of the daughter of 
,sion4  #i3af4 ,i will rejoice in thy   
salvation3  the ,gentiles have stuck    
fast in the destruction which they      
prepared4  ,their foot hath been taken  
in the very snare which they hid4       
#i3ag4 ,the ,lord shall be known when he
 executeth judgments3  the sinner hath  
been caught in the works of his own     
hands4  #i3ah4 ,the wicked shall be     
turned into hell1 all the nations that  
forget ,god4  #i3ai4 ,for the poor man  
shall not be forgotten to the end3  the 
patience of the poor shall not perish   
for ever4  #i3bj4 ,arise1 ,o ,lord1 let 
not man be strengthened3  let the       
,gentiles be judged in thy sight4       
#i3ba4 ,appoint1 ,o ,lord1 a lawgiver   

over them3  that the ,gentiles may know 
themselves to be but men4  ,here the    
late ,hebrew doctors divide this psalm  
into two1 making ver4 #bb the beginning 
of ,psalm #aj4  ,and again they join    
,psalms #adf and #adg into one1 in order
 that the whole number of psalms should 
not exceed #aej4 ,and in this manner the
 psalms are numbered in the ,protestant 
,bible4  ,psalm #aj according to the    
,hebrews4  #i;a3#a4 ,why1 ,o ,lord1 hast
 thou retired afar off8  why dost thou  
slight us in our wants1 in the time of  
trouble8  #i;a3#b4 ,whilst the wicked   
man is proud1 the poor is set on fire3  
they are caught in the counsels which   
they devise4  #i;a3#c4 ,for the sinner  
is praised in the desires of his soul3  
and the unjust man is blessed4  #i;a3#d4
 ,the sinner hath provoked the ,lord1   
according to the multitude of his wrath1
 he will not seek him3  #i;a3#e4 ,god is
 not before his eyes3  his ways are     
filthy at all times4  ,thy judgments are
 removed form his sight3  he shall rule 

over all his enemies4  #i;a3#f4 ,for he 
hath said in his heart3  ,i shall not be
 moved from generation to generation1   
and shall be without evil4  #i;a3#g4    
,his mouth is full of cursing1 and of   
bitterness1 and of deceit3 under his    
tongue are labour and sorrow4  #i;a3#h4 
,he sitteth in ambush with the rich1 in 
private places1 that he may kill the    
innocent4  #i;a3#i4 ,his eyes are upon  
the poor man3  he lieth in wait1 in     
secret1 like a lion in his den4  ,he    
lieth in ambush1 that he may catch the  
poor man3 so catch the poor1 whilst he  
draweth him to him4  #i;a3#aj4 ,in his  
net he will bring him down1 he will     
crouch and fall1 when he shall have     
power over the poor4  #i;a3#aa4 ,for he 
hath said in his heart3  ,god hath      
forgotten1 he hath turned away his face1
 not to see to the end4  #i;a3#ab4      
,arise1 ,o ,lord ,god1 let thy hand be  
exalted3  forget not the poor4          
#i;a3#ac4 ,wherefore hath the wicked    
provoked ,god8  for he hath said in his 

heart3  ,he will not require it4        
#i;a3#ad4 ,thou seest it1 for thou      
considerest labour and sorrow3  that    
thou mayst deliver them into thy hands4 
,to thee is the poor man left3  thou    
wilt be a helper to the orphan4         
#i;a3#ae4 ,break thou the arm of the    
sinner and of the malignant3  his sin   
shall be sought1 and shall not be found4
  #i;a3#af4 ,the ,lord shall reign to   
eternity1 yea1 for ever and ever3  ye   
,gentiles shall perish from his land4   
#i;a3#ag4 ,the ,lord hath heard the     
desire of the poor3  thy ear hath heard 
the preparation of their heart4         
#i;a3#ah4 ,to judge for the fatherless  
and for the humble1 that man may no more
 presume to magnify himself upon earth4 
,psalms ,chapter #aj   ,in ,domino      
confido4  ,the just man's confidence in 
,god in the midst of persecutions4      
#aj3a4 ,unto the end4  ,a psalm to      
,david4  #aj3b4 ,in the ,lord ,i put my 
trust3  how then do you say to my soul3 
,get thee away from hence to the        

mountain1 like a sparrow4  #aj3c4 ,for1 
lo1 the wicked have bent their bow3     
they have prepared their arrows in the  
quiver1 to shoot in the dark the upright
 of heart4  #aj3d4 ,for they have       
destroyed the things which thou hast    
made3  but what has the just man done8  
#aj3e4 ,the ,lord is in his holy temple1
 the ,lord's throne is in heaven4 ,his  
eyes look on the poor man3  his eyelids 
examine the sons of men4  #aj3f4 ,the   
,lord trieth the just and the wicked3   
but he that loveth iniquity1 hateth his 
own soul4  #aj3g4 ,he shall rain snares 
upon sinners3  fire and brimstone1 and  
storms of winds1 shall be the portion of
 their cup4  #aj3h4 ,for the ,lord is   
just1 and hath loved justice3  his      
countenance hath beheld righteousness4  
,psalms ,chapter #aa   ,salvum me fac4  
,the prophet calls for ,god's help      
against the wicked4  #aa3a4 ,unto the   
end3  for the octave1 a psalm for       
,david4  #aa3b4 ,save me1 ,o ,lord1 for 
there is now no saint3  truths are      

decayed from among the children of men4 
#aa3c4 ,they have spoken vain things1   
every one to his neighbour3  with       
deceitful lips1 and with a double heart 
have they spoken4  #aa3d4 ,may the ,lord
 destroy all deceitful lips1 and the    
tongue that speaketh proud things4      
#aa3e4 ,who have said3  ,we will magnify
 our tongue3  our lips are our own3 who 
is ,lord over us8  #aa3f4 ,by reason of 
the misery of the needy1 and the groans 
of the poor1 now will ,i arise1 saith   
the ,lord4  ,i will set him in safety3  
,i will deal confidently in his regard4 
#aa3g4 ,the words of the ,lord are pure 
words3  as silver tried by the fire1    
purged from the earth1 refined seven    
times4  #aa3h4 ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 wilt    
preserve us3  and keep us from this     
generation for ever4  #aa3i4 ,the wicked
 walk round about3  according to thy    
highness1 thou hast multiplied the      
children of men4    ,psalms ,chapter #ab
   ,usquequo1 ,domine4  ,a prayer in    
tribulation4  #ab3a4 ,unto the end1 a   

psalm for ,david4  ,how long1 ,o ,lord1 
wilt thou forget me unto the end8  how  
long dost thou turn away thy face from  
me8  #ab3b4 ,how long shall ,i take     
counsels in my soul1 sorrow in my heart 
all the day8  #ab3c4 ,how long shall my 
enemy be exalted over ,me8  #ab3d4      
,consider1 and hear me1 ,o ,lord1 my    
,god4  ,enlighten my eyes1 that ,i never
 sleep in death3  #ab3e4 ,lest at any   
time my enemy say3  ,i have prevailed   
against him4  ,they that trouble me1    
will rejoice when ,i am moved3  #ab3f4  
,but ,i have trusted in thy mercy4  ,my 
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation3   
,i will sing to the ,lord1 who giveth me
 good things3  yea1 ,i will sing to the 
name of the ,lord1 the most high4       
,psalms ,chapter #ac   ,dixit insipiens4
  ,the general corruption of man before 
our redemption by ,christ4  #ac3a4 ,unto
 the end1 a psalm for ,david4  ,the fool
 hath said in his heart3 ,there is no   
,god4  ,they are corrupt1 and are become
 abominable in their ways3  there is    

none that doth good1 no not one4  #ac3b4
 ,the ,lord hath looked down from heaven
 upon the children of men1 to see if    
there be any that understand and seek   
,god4  #ac3c4 ,they are all gone aside1 
they are become unprofitable together3  
there is none that doth good3  no not   
one4  ,their throat is an open          
sepulchre2 with their tongues they acted
 deceitfully3  the poison of asps is    
under their lips4  ,their mouth is full 
of cursing and bitterness2 their feet   
are swift to shed blood4  ,destruction  
and unhappiness in their ways2 and the  
way of peace they have not known3 there 
is no fear of ,god before their eyes4   
#ac3d4 ,shall not all they know that    
work iniquity1 who devour my people as  
they eat bread8  #ac3e4 ,they have not  
called upon the ,lord3  there have they 
trembled for fear1 where there was no   
fear4  #ac3f4 ,for the ,lord is in the  
just generation3  you have confounded   
the counsel of the poor man2 but the    
,lord is his hope4  #ac3g4 ,who shall   

give out of ,sion the salvation of      
,israel8  when the ,lord shall have     
turned away the captivity of his people1
 ,jacob shall rejoice1 and ,israel shall
 be glad4    ,psalms ,chapter #ad       
,domine1 quis habitabit4  ,what kind of 
men shall dwell in the heavenly ,sion4  
#ad3a4 ,a psalm for ,david4  ,lord1 who 
shall dwell in thy tabernacle8  or who  
shall rest in thy holy hill8  #ad3b4 ,he
 that walketh without blemish1 and      
worketh justice3  #ad3c4 ,he that       
speaketh truth in his heart1 who hath   
not used deceit in his tongue3  ,nor    
hath done evil to his neighbour3  nor   
taken up a reproach against his         
neighbours4  #ad3d4 ,in his sight the   
malignant is brought to nothing3  but he
 glorifieth them that fear the ,lord4   
,he that sweareth to his neighbour1 and 
deceiveth not2  #ad3e4 ,he that hath not
 put out his money to usury1 nortaken   
bribes against the innocent3  ,he that  
doth these things1 shall not be moved   
for ever4    ,psalms ,chapter #ae       

,conserva me1 ,domine4  ,christ's future
 victory and triumph over the world and 
death4  #ae3a4 ,the inscription of a    
title to ,david himself4  ,preserve me1 
,o ,lord1 for ,i have put my trust in   
thee4  ,the inscription of a title4 4   
4,that is1 of a pillar or monument1     
staylographia3  which is as much as to  
say1 that this psalm is most worthy to  
be engraved on an everlasting monument4 
#ae3b4 ,i have said to the ,lord1 thou  
art my ,god1 for thou hast no need of my
 goods4  #ae3c4 ,to the saints1 who are 
in his land1 he hath made wonderful all 
my desires in them4  #ae3d4 ,their      
infirmities were multiplied3  afterwards
 they made haste4  ,i will not gather   
together their meetings for             
bloodofferings3  nor will ,i be mindful 
of their names by my lips4  #ae3e4 ,the 
,lord is the portion of my inheritance  
and of my cup3  it is thou that wilt    
restore my inheritance to me4  #ae3f4   
,the lines are fallen unto me in goodly 
places3  for my inheritance is goodly to

 me4  #ae3g4 ,i will bless the ,lord1   
who hath given me understanding3        
moreover1 my reins also have corrected  
me even till night4  #ae3h4 ,i set the  
,lord always in my sight3  for he is at 
my right hand1 that ,i be not moved4    
#ae3i4 ,therefore my heart hath been    
glad1 and my tongue hath rejoiced3      
moreover1 my flesh also shall rest in   
hope4  #ae3aj4 ,because thou wilt not   
leave my soul in hell2 nor wilt thou    
give thy holy one to see corruption4    
#ae3aa4 ,thou hast made known to me the 
ways of life1 thou shalt fill me with   
joy with thy countenance3  at thy right 
hand are delights even to the end4      
,psalms ,chapter #af   ,exaudi1 ,domine1
 justitiam4  ,a just man's prayer in    
tribulation against the malice of his   
enemy4  #af3a4 ,the prayer of ,david4   
,hear1 ,o ,lord1 my justice3  attend to 
my supplication4  ,give ear unto my     
prayer1 which proceedeth not from       
deceitful lips4  #af3b4 ,let my judgment
 come forth from thy countenance3  let  

thy eyes behold the things that are     
equitable4  #af3c4 ,thou hast proved my 
heart1 and visited it by night1 thou    
hast tried me by fire3  and iniquity    
hath not been found in me4  #af3d4 ,that
 my mouth may not speak the works of    
men3  for the sake of the words of thy  
lips1 ,i have kept hard ways4  #af3e4   
,perfect thou my goings in thy paths3   
that my footsteps be not moved4  #af3f4 
,i have cried to thee1 for thou1 ,o     
,god1 hast heard me3  ,o incline thy ear
 unto me1 and hear my words4  #af3g4    
,shew forth thy wonderful mercies2 thou 
who savest them that trust in thee4     
#af3h4 ,from them that resist thy right 
hand keep me1 as the apple of thy eye4  
,protect me under the shadow of thy     
wings4  #af3i4 ,from the face of the    
wicked who have afflicted me4  ,my      
enemies have surrounded my soul3        
#af3aj4 ,they have shut up their fat3   
their mouth hath spoken proudly4  ,their
 fat4 4 4,that is1 their bowels of      
compassion3  for they have none for me4 

#af3aa4 ,they have cast me forth1 and   
now they have surrounded me3  they have 
set their eyes bowing down to the earth4
  #af3ab4 ,they have taken me1 as a lion
 prepared for the prey2 and as a young  
lion dwelling in secret places4  #af3ac4
 ,arise1 ,o ,lord1 disappoint him and   
supplant him2 deliver my soul from the  
wicked one2 thy sword  #af3ad4 ,from the
 enemies of thy hand4  ,o ,lord1 divide 
them from the few of the earth in their 
life3  their belly is filled from thy   
hidden stores4  ,they are full of       
children3  and they have left to their  
little ones the rest of their substance4
  ,divide them from the few1 etc4 4     
4,that is1 cut them off from the earth1 
and the few trifling things thereof2    
which they are so proud of1 or divide   
them from the few2 that is1 from thy    
elect1 who are but few2 that they may no
 longer have it in their power to       
oppress them4  ,it is not meant by way  
of a curse or imprecation2 but1 as many 
other the like passages in the psalms1  

by way of a prediction1 or prophecy of  
what should come upon them1 in          
punishment of their wickedness4  ,ibid4 
,thy hidden stores4 4 4,thy secret      
treasures1 out of which thou furnishest 
those earthly goods1 which1 with a      
bountiful hand thou hast distributed    
both to the good and the bad4  #af3ae4  
,but as for me1 ,i will appear before   
thy sight in justice3  ,i shall be      
satisfied when thy glory shall appear4  
,psalms ,chapter #ag   ,diligam te1     
,domine4  ,david's thanks to ,god for   
his delivery from all his enemies4      
#ag3a4 ,unto the end1 for ,david1 the   
servant of the ,lord1 who spoke to the  
,lord the words of this canticle1 in the
 day that the ,lord delivered him from  
the hand of all his enemies1 and from   
the hand of ,saul3  and he said3  #ag3b4
 ,i will love thee1 ,o ,lord1 my        
strength3  #ag3c4 ,the ,lord is my      
firmament1 my refuge1 and my deliverer4 
,my ,god is my helper1 and in him will  
,i put my trust4  ,my protector1 and the

 horn of my salvation1 and my support4  
#ag3d4 ,praising1 ,i will call upon the 
,lord3  and ,i shall be saved from my   
enemies4  #ag3e4 ,the sorrows of death  
surrounded me3  and the torrents of     
iniquity troubled me4  #ag3f4 ,the      
sorrows of hell encompassed me3  and the
 snares of death prevented me4  #ag3g4  
,in my affliction ,i called upon the    
,lord1 and ,i cried to my ,god3 ,and he 
heard my voice from his holy temple3    
and my cry before him came into his     
ears4  #ag3h4 ,the earth shook and      
trembled3  the foundations of the       
mountains were troubled and were moved1 
because he was angry with them4  #ag3i4 
,there went up a smoke in his wrath3    
and a fire flamed from his face3  coals 
were kindled by it4  #ag3aj4 ,he bowed  
the heavens1 and came down1 and darkness
 was under his feet4  #ag3aa4 ,and he   
ascended upon the cherubim1 and he flew2
 he flew upon the wings of the winds4   
#ag3ab4 ,and he made darkness his       
covert1 his pavilion round about him3   

dark waters in the clouds of the air4   
#ag3ac4 ,at the brightness that was     
before him the clouds passed1 hail and  
coals of fire4  #ag3ad4 ,and the ,lord  
thundered from heaven1 and the ,highest 
gave his voice3  hail and coals of fire4
  #ag3ae4 ,and he sent forth his arrows1
 and he scattered them3  he multiplied  
lightnings1 and troubled them4  #ag3af4 
,then the fountains of waters appeared1 
and the foundations of the world were   
discovered3  ,at thy rebuke1 ,o ,lord1  
at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath4
  #ag3ag4 ,he sent from on high1 and    
took me3  and received me out of many   
waters4  #ag3ah4 ,he delivered me from  
my strongest enemies1 and from them that
 hated me3  for they were too strong for
 me4  #ag3ai4 ,they prevented me in the 
day of my affliction3  and the ,lord    
became my protector4  #ag3bj4 ,and he   
brought me forth into a large place3  he
 saved me1 because he was well pleased  
with me4  #ag3ba4 ,and the ,lord will   
reward me according to my justice2 and  

will repay me according to the cleanness
 of my hands3  #ag3bb4 ,because ,i have 
kept the ways of the ,lord2 and have not
 done wickedly against my ,god4  #ag3bc4
 ,for all his judgments are in my sight3
  and his justices ,i have not put away 
from me4  #ag3bd4 ,and ,i shall be      
spotless with him3  and shall keep      
myself from my iniquity4  #ag3be4 ,and  
the ,lord will reward me according to my
 justice3  and according to the         
cleanness of my hands before his eyes4  
#ag3bf4 ,with the holy thou wilt be     
holy2 and with the innocent man thou    
wilt be innocent3  #ag3bg4 ,and withe   
the elect thou wilt be elect3  and with 
the perverse thou wilt be perverted4    
#ag3bh4 ,for thou wilt save the humble  
people2 but wilt bring down the eyes of 
the proud4  #ag3bi4 ,for thou lightest  
my lamp1 ,o ,lord3  ,o my ,god1         
enlighten my darkness4  #ag3cj4 ,for by 
thee ,i shall be delivered from         
temptation2 and through my ,god ,i shall
 go over a wall4  #ag3ca4 ,as for my    

,god1 his way is undefiled3  the words  
of the ,lord are fire-tried3  he is the 
protector of all that trust in him4     
#ag3cb4 ,for who is ,god but the ,lord8 
or who is ,god but our ,god8  #ag3cc4   
,god1 who hath girt me with strength2   
and made my way blameless4  #ag3cd4 ,who
 hath made my feet like the feet of     
harts3  and who setteth me upon high    
places4  #ag3ce4 ,who teacheth my hands 
to war3  and thou hast made my arms like
 a brazen bow4  #ag3cf4 ,and thou hast  
given me the protection of thy          
salvation3  and thy right hand hath held
 me up3  ,and thy discipline hath       
corrected me unto the end3  and thy     
discipline1 the same shall teach me4    
#ag3cg4 ,thou hast enlarged my steps    
under me2 and my feet are not weakened4 
#ag3ch4 ,i will pursue after my enemies1
 and overtake them3  and ,i will not    
turn again till they are consumed4      
#ag3ci4 ,i will break them1 and they    
shall not be able to stand3  they shall 
fall under my feet4  #ag3dj4 ,and thou  

hast girded me with strength unto       
battle2 and hast subdued under me them  
that rose up against me4  #ag3da4 ,and  
thou hast made my enemies furn their    
back upon me1 and hast destroyed them   
that hated me4  #ag3db4 ,they cried1 but
 there was none to save them1 to the    
,lord3  but he heard them not4  #ag3dc4 
,and ,i shall beat them as small as the 
dust before the wind2 ,i shall bring    
them to nought1 like the dirt in the    
streets4  #ag3dd4 ,thou wilt deliver me 
from the contradictions of the people2  
thou wilt make me head of the ,gentiles4
  #ag3de4 ,a people which ,i knew not1  
hath served me3  at the hearing of the  
ear they have obeyed me4  #ag3df4 ,the  
children that are strangers have lied to
 me1 strange children have faded away1  
and have halted from their paths4       
#ag3dg4 ,the ,lord liveth1 and blessed  
by my ,god1 and let the ,god of my      
salvation be exalted4  #ag3dh4 ,o ,god1 
who avengest me1 and subduest the people
 under me1 my deliverer from my enraged 

enemies4  #ag3di4 ,and thou wilt lift me
 up above them that rise up against me3 
from the unjust man thou wilt deliver   
me4  #ag3ej4 ,therefore will ,i give    
glory to thee1 ,o ,lord1 among the      
nations1 and ,i will sing a psalm to thy
 name4  #ag3ea4 ,giving great           
deliverance to his king1 and shewing    
mercy to ,david1 his anointed3  and to  
his seed for ever4    ,psalms ,chapter  
#ah   ,coeli enarrant4  ,the works of   
,god shew forth his glory3  his law is  
greatly to be esteemed and loved4       
#ah3a4 ,unto the end4  ,a ,psalm for    
,david4  #ah3b4 ,the heavens shew forth 
the glory of ,god1 and the firmament    
declareth the work of his hands4  #ah3c4
 ,day to day uttereth speech1 and night 
to night sheweth knowledge4  #ah3d4     
,there are no speeches nor languages1   
where their voices are not heard4       
#ah3e4 ,their sound hath gone forth into
 all the earth3  and their words unto   
the ends of the world4  #ah3f4 ,he hath 
set his tabernacle in the sun3  and he  

as a bridegroom coming out of his       
bridechamber1 ,hath rejoiced as a giant 
to run the way3  #ah3g4 ,his going out  
is from the end of heaven1 ,and his     
circuit even to the end thereof3  and   
there is no one that can hide himself   
from his heat4  #ah3h4 ,the law of the  
,lord is unspotted1 converting souls3   
the testimony of the ,lord is faithful1 
giving wisdom to little ones4  #ah3i4   
,the justices of the ,lord are right1   
rejoicing hearts3  the commandment of   
the ,lord is lightsome1 enlightening the
 eyes4  #ah3aj4 ,the fear of the ,lord  
is holy1 enduring for ever and ever3    
the judgments of the ,lord are true1    
justified in themselves4  #ah3aa4 ,more 
to be desired than gold and many        
precious stones3  and sweeter than honey
 and the honeycomb4  #ah3ab4 ,for thy   
servant keepeth them1 and in keeping    
them there is a great reward4  #ah3ac4  
,who can understand sins8  from my      
secret ones cleanse me1 ,o ,lord3       
#ah3ad4 ,and from those of others spare 

thy servant4  ,if they shall have no    
dominion over me1 then shall ,i be      
without spot3  and ,i shall be cleansed 
form the greatest sin4  #ah3ae4 ,and the
 words of my mouth shall be such as may 
please3  and the meditation of my heart 
always in thy sight4  ,o ,lord1 my      
helper and my ,redeemer4    ,psalms     
,chapter #ai   ,exaudiat te ,dominus4   
,a prayer for the king4  #ai3a4 ,unto   
the end4  ,a psalm for ,david4  #ai3b4  
,may the ,lord hear thee in the day of  
tribulation3  may the name of the ,god  
of ,jacob protect thee4  #ai3c4 ,may he 
send thee help from the sanctuary3  and 
defend thee out of ,sion4  #ai3d4 ,may  
he be mindful of all thy sacrifices3    
and may thy whole burntoffering be made 
fat4  #ai3e4 ,may he give thee according
 to thy own heart2 and confirm all thy  
counsels4  #ai3f4 ,we will rejoice in   
thy salvation2 and in the name of our   
,god we shall be exalted4  #ai3g4 ,the  
,lord fulfil all thy petitions3  now    
have ,i known that the ,lord hath saved 

his anointed4  ,he will hear him from   
his holy heaven3  the salvation of his  
right hand is in powers4  ,the salvation
 of his right hand is in powers4 4      
4,that is1 in strength4 ,his right hand 
is strong and mighty to save them that  
trust in him4  #ai3h4 ,some trust in    
chariots1 and some in horses3  but we   
will call upon the name of the ,lord1   
our ,god4  #ai3i4 ,they are bound1 and  
have fallen3  but we are risen1 and are 
set upright4  ,o ,lord1 save the king3  
and hear us in the day that we shall    
call upon thee4    ,psalms ,chapter #bj 
,domine1 in virtute4  ,praise to ,god   
for ,christ's exaltation after his      
passion4  #bj3a4 ,unto the end4  ,a     
psalm for ,david4  #bj3b4 ,in thy       
strength1 ,o ,lord1 the king shall joy2 
and in thy salvation he shall rejoice   
exceedingly4  #bj3c4 ,thou hast given   
him his heart's desire3  and hast not   
withholden from him the will of his     
lips4  #bj3d4 ,for thou hast prevented  
him with blessings of sweetness3  thou  

hast set on his head a crown of precious
 stones4  #bj3e4 ,he asked life of thee3
  and thou hast given him length of days
 for ever and ever4  #bj3f4 ,his glory  
is great in thy salvation3  glory and   
great beauty shalt thou lay upon him4   
#bj3g4 ,for thou shalt give him to be a 
blessing for ever and ever3  thou shalt 
make him joyful in gladness with thy    
countenance4  #bj3h4 ,for the king      
hopeth in the ,lord3  and through the   
mercy of the most ,high he shall not be 
moved4  #bj3i4 ,let thy hand be found by
 all thy enemies3  let thy right hand   
find out all them that hate thee4       
#bj3aj4 ,thou shalt make them as an oven
 of fire1 in the time of thy anger3  the
 ,lord shall trouble them in his wrath1 
and fire shall devour them4  #bj3aa4    
,their fruit shalt thou destroy from the
 earth3  and their seed from among the  
children of men4  #bj3ab4 ,for they have
 intended evils against thee3  they have
 devised counsels which they have not   
been able to establish4  #bj3ac4 ,for   

thou shalt make them turn their back3   
in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their
 face4  ,in thy remnants thou shalt     
prepare their face4 4 4,or thou shalt   
set thy remnants against their faces4   
,that is1 thou shalt make them see what 
punishments remain for them hereafter   
from thy justice4  ,instead of remnants1
 ,st4 ,jerome renders it funes1 that is1
 cords or strings1 viz41 of the bow of  
divine justice1 from which ,god directs 
his arrows against the faces of his     
enemies4  #bj3ad4 ,be thou exalted1 ,o  
,lord1 in thy own strength3  we will    
sing and praise thy power4    ,psalms   
,chapter #ba   ,deus ,deus meus4        
,christ's passion3  and the conversion  
of the ,gentiles4  #ba3a4 ,unto the end1
 for the morning protection1 a psalm for
 ,david4  #ba3b4 ,o ,god my ,god1 look  
upon me3  why hast thou forsaken me8    
,far from my salvation are the words of 
my sins4  ,the words of my sins4 4      
4,that is1 the sins of the world1 which 
,i have taken upon myself1 cry out      

against me1 and are the cause of all my 
sufferings4  #ba3c4 ,o my ,god1 ,i shall
 cry by day1 and thou wilt not hear3    
and by night1 and it shall not be       
reputed as folly in me4  #ba3d4 ,but    
thou dwellest in the holy place1 the    
praise of ,israel4  #ba3e4 ,in thee have
 our fathers hoped3  they have hoped1   
and thou hast delivered them4  #ba3f4   
,they cried to thee1 and they were      
saved3  they trusted in thee1 and were  
not confounded4  #ba3g4 ,but ,i am a    
worm1 and no man3  the reproach of men1 
and the outcast of the people4  #ba3h4  
,all they that saw me have laughed me to
 scorn3  they have spoken with the lips1
 and wagged the head4  #ba3i4 ,he hoped 
in the ,lord1 let him deliver him3  let 
him save him1 seeing he delighteth in   
him4  #ba3aj4 ,for thou art he that hast
 drawn me out of the womb3  my hope from
 the breasts of my mother4  #ba3aa4 ,i  
was cast upon thee from the womb4  ,from
 my mother's womb thou art my ,god1     
#ba3ab4 ,depart not from me4  ,for      

tribulation is very near3  for there is 
none to help me4  #ba3ac4 ,many calves  
have surrounded me3  fat bulls have     
besieged me4  #ba3ad4,they have opened  
their mouths against me1 as a lion      
ravening and roaring4  #ba3ae4 ,i am    
poured out like water2 and all my bones 
are scattered4  ,my heart is become like
 wax melting in the midst of my bowels4 
#ba3af4 ,my strength is dried up like a 
potsherd1 and my tongue hath cleaved to 
my jaws3  and thou hast brought me down 
into the dust of death4  #ba3ag4 ,for   
many dogs have encompassed me3  the     
council of the malignant hath besieged  
me4  ,they have dug my hands and feet4  
#ba3ah4 ,they have numbered all my      
bones4  ,and they have looked and stared
 upon me4  #ba3ai4 ,they parted my      
garments amongst them2 and upon my      
vesture they cast lots4  #ba3bj4 ,but   
thou1 ,o ,lord1 remove not thy help to a
 distance from me2 look towards my      
defence4  #ba3ba4 ,deliver1 ,o ,god1 my 
soul from the sword3  my only one from  

the hand of the dog4  #ba3bb4 ,save me  
from the lion's mouth2 and my lowness   
from the horns of the unicorns4  #ba3bc4
 ,i will declare thy name to my         
brethren3  in the midst of the church   
will ,i praise thee4  #ba3bd4 ,ye that  
fear the ,lord1 praise him3  all ye the 
seed of ,jacob1 glorify him4  #ba3be4   
,let all the seed of ,israel fear him3  
because he hath not slighted nor        
despised the supplication of the poor   
man4  ,neither hath he turned away his  
face form me3  and when ,i cried to him 
he heard me4  #ba3bf4 ,with thee is my  
praise in a great church3  ,i will pay  
my vows in the sight of them that fear  
him4  #ba3bg4 ,the poor shall eat and   
shall be filled3  and they shall praise 
the ,lord that seek him3  their hearts  
shall live for ever and ever4  #ba3bh4  
,all the ends of the earth shall        
remember1 and shall be converted to the 
,lord3  ,and all the kindreds of the    
,gentiles shall adore in his sight4     
#ba3bi4 ,for the kingdom is the ,lord's2

 and he shall have dominion over the    
nations4  #ba3cj4 ,all the fat ones of  
the earth have eaten and have adored3   
all they that go down to the earth shall
 fall before him4  #ba3ca4 ,and to him  
my soul shall live3  and my seed shall  
serve him4  #ba3cb4 ,there shall be     
declared to the ,lord a generation to   
come3  and the heavens shall shew forth 
his justice to a people that shall be   
born1 which the ,lord hath made4        
,psalms ,chapter #bb   ,dominus regit   
me4  ,god's spiritual benefits to       
faithful souls4  #bb3a4 ,a psalm for    
,david4  ,the ,lord ruleth me3  and ,i  
shall want nothing4  ,ruleth me4 4 4,in 
,hebrew1 ,is my shepherd1 viz41 to feed1
 guide1 and govern me4  #bb3b4 ,he hath 
set me in a place of pasture4  ,he hath 
brought me up1 on the water of          
refreshment3  #bb3c4 ,he hath converted 
my soul4  ,he hath led me on the paths  
of justice1 for his own name's sake4    
#bb3d4 ,for though ,i should walk in the
 midst of the shadow of death1 ,i will  

fear no evils1 for thou art with me4    
,thy rod and thy staff1 they have       
comforted me4  #bb3e4 ,thou hast        
prepared a table before me against them 
that afflict me4  ,thou hast anointed my
 head with oil2 and my chalice which    
inebreateth me1 how goodly is it6       
#bb3f4 ,and thy mercy will follow me all
 the days of my life4  ,and that ,i may 
dwell in the house of the ,lord unto    
length of days4    ,psalms ,chapter #bc 
,domini est terra4  ,who are they that  
shall ascend to heaven3  ,christ's      
triumphant ascension thither4  #bc3a4   
,on the first day of the week1 a psalm  
for ,david4  ,the earth is the ,lord's  
and the fulness thereof3  the world1 and
 all they that dwell therein4  #bc3b4   
,for he hath founded it upon the seas2  
and hath prepared it upon the rivers4   
#bc3c4 ,who shall ascend into the       
mountain of the ,lord3  or who shall    
stand in his holy place8  #bc3d4 ,the   
innocent in hands1 and clean of heart1  
who hath not taken his soul in vain1 nor

 sworn deceitfully to his neighbour4    
#bc3e4 ,he shall receive a blessing from
 the ,lord1 and mercy from ,god his     
,saviour4  #bc3f4 ,this is the          
generation of them that seek him1 of    
them that seek the face of the ,god of  
,jacob4  #bc3g4 ,lift up your gates1 ,o 
ye princes1 and be ye lifted up1 ,o     
eternal gates3  and the ,king of ,glory 
shall enter in4  #bc3h4 ,who is this    
,king of ,glory8  the ,lord who is      
strong and mighty3  the ,lord mighty in 
battle4  #bc3i4 ,lift up your gates1 ,o 
ye princes1 and be ye lifted up1 ,o     
eternal gates3  and the ,king of ,glory 
shall enter in4  #bc3aj4 ,who is this   
,king of ,glory8  the ,lord of hosts1 he
 is the ,king of ,glory4    ,psalms     
,chapter #bd   ,ad te1 ,domine1 levavi4 
,a prayer for grace1 mercy1 and         
protection against our enemies4  #bd3a4 
,unto the end1 a psalm for ,david4  ,to 
thee1 ,o ,lord1 have ,i lifted up my    
soul4  #bd3b4 ,in thee1 ,o my ,god1 ,i  
put my trust2 let me not be ashamed4    

#bd3c4 ,neither let my enemies laugh at 
me3  for none of them that wait on thee 
shall be confounded4  #bd3d4 ,let all   
them be confounded that act unjust      
things without cause4 ,shew1 ,o ,lord1  
thy ways to me1 and teach me thy paths4 
#bd3e4 ,direct me in thy truth1 and     
teach me2 for thou art ,god my ,saviour2
 and on thee have ,i waited all the day 
long4  #bd3f4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 thy  
bowels of compassion2 and thy mercies   
that are from the beginning of the      
world4  #bd3g4 ,the sins of my youth and
 my ignorances do not remember4         
,according to thy mercy remember thou   
me3  for thy goodness' sake1 ,o ,lord4  
#bd3h4 ,the ,lord is sweet and          
righteous3  therefore he will give a law
 to sinners in the way4  #bd3i4 ,he will
 guide the mild in judgment3  he will   
teach the meek his ways4  #bd3aj4 ,all  
the ways of the ,lord are mercy and     
truth1 to them that seek after his      
covenant and his testimonies4  #bd3aa4  
,for thy name's sake1 ,o ,lord1 thou    

wilt pardon my sin3  for it is great4   
#bd3ab4 ,who is the man that feareth the
 ,lord8  ,he hath appointed him a law in
 the way he hath chosen4  #bd3ac4 ,his  
soul shall dwell in good things3  and   
his seed shall inherit the land4        
#bd3ad4 ,the ,lord is a firmament to    
them that fear him3  and his covenant   
shall be made manifest to them4  #bd3ae4
 ,my eyes are ever towards the ,lord3   
for he shall pluck my feet out of the   
snare4  #bd3af4 ,look thou upon me1 and 
have mercy on me2 for ,i am alone and   
poor4  #bd3ag4 ,the troubles of my heart
 are multiplied3  deliver me from my    
necessities4  #bd3ah4 ,see my abjection 
and my labour2 and forgive me all my    
sins4  #bd3ai4 ,consider my enemies for 
they are multiplied1 and have hated me  
with an unjust hatred4  #bd3bj4 ,deep   
thou my soul1 and deliver me3  ,i shall 
not be ashamed1 for ,i have hoped in    
thee4  #bd3ba4 ,the innocent and the    
upright have adhered to me3  because ,i 
have waited on thee4  #bd3bb4 ,deliver  

,israel1 ,o ,god1 from all his          
tribulations4    ,psalms ,chapter #be   
,judica me1 ,domine4  ,david's prayer to
 ,god in his distress1 to be delivered1 
that he may come to worship him in his  
tabernacle4  #be3a4 ,unto the end1 a    
psalm for ,david4  ,judge me1 ,o ,lord1 
for ,i have walked in my innocence3  and
 ,i have put my trust in the ,lord1 and 
shall not be weakened4  #be3b4 ,prove   
me1 ,o ,lord1 and try me2 burn my reins 
and my heart4  #be3c4 ,for thy mercy is 
before my eyes2 and ,i am well pleased  
with thy truth4  #be3d4 ,i have not sat 
with the council of vanity3  neither    
will ,i go in with the doers of unjust  
things4  #be3e4 ,i have hated the       
assembly of the malignant2 and with the 
wicked ,i will not sit4  #be3f4 ,i will 
wash my hands among the innocent2 and   
will compass thy altar1 ,o ,lord3       
#be3g4 ,that ,i may hear the voice of   
thy praise3  and tell of all thy        
wondrous works4  #be3h4 ,i have loved1  
,o ,lord1 the beauty of thy house2 and  

the place where thy glory dwelleth4     
#be3i4 ,take not away my soul1 ,o ,god1 
with the wicked3  nor my life with      
bloody men3  #be3aj4 ,in whose hands are
 iniquities3  their right hand is filled
 with gifts4  #be3aa4 ,but as for me1 ,i
 have walked in my innocence3  redeem   
me1 and have mercy on me4  #be3ab4 ,my  
foot hath stood in the direct way3  in  
the churches ,i will bless thee1 ,o     
,lord4    ,psalms ,chapter #bf          
,dominus illuminatio4  ,david's faith   
and hope in ,god4  #bf3a4 ,the psalm of 
,david before he was anointed4  ,the    
,lord is my light and my salvation1 whom
 shall ,i fear8  ,the ,lord is the      
protector of my life3  of whom shall ,i 
be afraid8  #bf3b4 ,whilst the wicked   
draw near against me1 to eat my flesh4  
,my enemies that trouble me1 have       
themselves been weakened1 and have      
fallen4  #bf3c4 ,if armies in camp      
should stand together against me1 my    
heart shall not fear4  ,if a battle     
should rise up against me1 in this will 

,i be confident4  #bf3d4 ,one thing ,i  
have asked of the ,lord1 this will ,i   
seek after2 that ,i may dwell in the    
house of the ,lord all the days of my   
life4  ,that ,i may see the delight of  
the ,lord1 and may visit his temple4    
#bf3e4 ,for he hath hidden me in his    
tabernacle2 in the day of evils1 he hath
 protected me in the secret place of his
 tabernacle4  #bf3f4 ,he hath exalted me
 upon a rock3  and now he hath lifted up
 my head above my enemies4  ,i have gone
 round1 and have offered up in his      
tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation3   
,i will sing1 and recite a psalm to the 
,lord4  #bf3g4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 my      
voice1 with which ,i have cried to thee3
  have mercy on me and hear me4  #bf3h4 
,my heart hath said to thee3  ,my face  
hath sought thee3  thy face1 ,o ,lord1  
will ,i still seek4  #bf3i4 ,turn not   
away thy face from me2 decline not in   
thy wrath from thy servant4  ,be thou my
 helper1 forsake me not2 do not thou    
despise me1 ,o ,god my ,saviour4        

#bf3aj4 ,for my father and my mother    
have left me3  but the ,lord hath taken 
me up4  #bf3aa4 ,set me1 ,o ,lord1 a law
 in thy way1 and guide me in the right  
path1 because of my enemies4  #bf3ab4   
,deliver me not over to the will of them
 that trouble me2 for unjust witnesses  
have risen up against me2 and iniquity  
hath lied to itself4  #bf3ac4 ,i believe
 to see the good things of the ,lord in 
the land of the living4  #bf3ad4 ,expect
 the ,lord1 do manfully1 and let thy    
heart take courage1 and wait thou for   
the ,lord4    ,psalms ,chapter #bg   ,ad
 te1 ,domine1 clamabo4  ,david's prayer 
that his enemies may not prevail over   
him4  #bg3a4 ,a psalm for ,david        
himself4  ,unto thee will ,i cry1 ,o    
,lord3  ,o my ,god1 be not thou silent  
to me3  lest if thou be silent to me1 ,i
 become like them that go down into the 
pit4  #bg3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 the voice 
of my supplication1 when ,i pray to     
thee2 when ,i lift up my hands to thy   
holy temple4  #bg3c4 ,draw me not away  

together with the wicked2 and with the  
workers of iniquity destroy me not3     
,who speak peace with their neighbour1  
but evils are in their hearts4  #bg3d4  
,give them according to their works1 and
 according to the wickedness of their   
inventions4  ,according to the works of 
their hands give thou to them3  render  
to them their reward4  #bg3e4 ,because  
they have not understood the works of   
the ,lord1 and the operations of his    
hands3  thou shalt destroy them1 and    
shalt not build them up4  #bg3f4        
,blessed be the ,lord1 for he hath heard
 the voice of my supplication4  #bg3g4  
,the ,lord is my helper and my          
protector3  in him hath my heart        
confided1 and ,i have been helped4  ,and
 my flesh hath flourished again1 and    
with my will ,i will give praise to him4
  #bg3h4 ,the ,lord is the strength of  
his people1 and the protector of the    
salvation of his anointed4  #bg3i4      
,save1 ,o ,lord1 thy people1 and bless  
thy inheritance3  and rule them and     

exalt them for ever4    ,psalms ,chapter
 #bh   ,afferte ,domino4  ,an invitation
 to glorify ,god1 with a commemoration  
of his mighty works4  #bh3a4 ,a psalm   
for ,david1 at the finishing of the     
tabernacle4  ,bring to the ,lord1 ,o ye 
children of ,god3  bring to the ,lord   
the offspring of rams4  #bh3b4 ,bring to
 the ,lord glory and honour3  bring to  
the ,lord glory to his name3  adore ye  
the ,lord in his holy court4  #bh3c4    
,the voice of the ,lord is upon the     
waters2 the ,god of majesty hath        
thundered1 ,the ,lord is upon many      
waters4  #bh3d4 ,the voice of the ,lord 
is in power2 the voice of the ,lord in  
magnificence4  #bh3e4 ,the voice of the 
,lord breaketh the cedars3  yea1 the    
,lord shall break the cedars of         
,libanus4  #bh3f4 ,and shall reduce them
 to pieces1 as a calf of ,libanus1 and  
as the beloved son of unicorns4  ,shall 
reduce them to pieces1 etc4 4 4,in      
,hebrew1 shall make them to skip like a 
calf4  ,the psalmist here describes the 

effects of thunder 7which he calls the  
voice of the ,lord7 which sometimes     
breaks down the tallest and strongest   
trees2 and makes their broken branches  
skip1 etc4  ,all this is to be          
understood mystically of the powerful   
voice of ,god's word in his church2     
which has broken the pride of the great 
ones of this world1 and brought many of 
them meekly and joyfully to submit their
 necks to the sweet yoke of ,christ4    
#bh3g4 ,the voice of the ,lord divideth 
the flame of fire3  #bh3h4 ,the voice of
 the ,lord shaketh the desert3  and the 
,lord shall shake the desert of ,cades4 
#bh3i4 ,the voice of the ,lord prepareth
 the stags3  and he will discover the   
thick woods3  and in his temple all     
shall speak his glory4  #bh3aj4 ,the    
,lord maketh the flood to dwell3  and   
the ,lord shall sit king for ever4  ,the
 ,lord will give strength to his people3
  the ,lord will bless his people with  
peace4    ,psalms ,chapter #bi          
,exaltabo te1 ,domine4  ,david praiseth 

,god for his deliverance1 and his       
merciful dealings with him4  #bi3a4 ,a  
psalm of a canticle1 at the dedication  
of ,david's house4  #bi3b4 ,i will extol
 thee1 ,o ,lord1 for thou hast upheld   
me3  and hast not made my enemies to    
rejoice over me4  #bi3c4 ,o ,lord my    
,god1 ,i have cried to thee1 and thou   
hast healed me4  #bi3d4 ,thou hast      
brought forth1 ,o ,lord1 my soul from   
hell3  thou hast saved me from them that
 go down into the pit4  #bi3e4 ,sing to 
the ,lord1 ,o ye his saints3  and give  
praise to the memory of his holiness4   
#bi3f4 ,for wrath is in his indignation2
 and life in his good will4  ,in the    
evening weeping shall have place1 and in
 the morning gladness4  #bi3g4 ,and in  
my abundance ,i said3  ,i shall never be
 moved4  #bi3h4 ,o ,lord1 in thy favour1
 thou gavest strength to my beauty4     
,thou turnedst away thy face from me1   
and ,i became troubled4  #bi3i4 ,to     
thee1 ,o ,lord1 will ,i cry3  and ,i    
will make supplication to my ,god4      

#bi3aj4 ,what profit is there in my     
blood1 whilst ,i go down to corruption8 
,shall dust confess to thee1 or declare 
thy truth8  #bi3aa4 ,the ,lord hath     
heard1 and hath had mercy on me3  the   
,lord became my helper4  #bi3ab4 ,thou  
hast turned for me my mourning into joy3
  thou hast cut my sackcloth1 and hast  
compassed me with gladness3  #bi3ac4 ,to
 the end that my glory may sing to thee1
 and ,i may not regret3 ,o ,lord my     
,god1 ,i will give praise to thee for   
ever4    ,psalms ,chapter #cj   ,in te1 
,domine1 speravi4  ,a prayer of a just  
man under affliction4  #cj3a4 ,unto the 
end1 a psalm for ,david1 in an ecstasy4 
#cj3b4 ,in thee1 ,o ,lord1 have ,i      
hoped1 let me never be confounded3      
deliver me in thy justice4  #cj3c4 ,bow 
down thy ear to me3  make haste to      
deliver me4  ,be thou unto me a ,god1 a 
protector1 and a house of refuge1 to    
save me4  #cj3d4 ,for thou art my       
strength and my refuge2 and for thy     
name's sake thou wilt lead me1 and      

nourish me4  #cj3e4 ,thou wilt bring me 
out of this snare1 which they have      
hidden for me3  for thou art my         
protector4  #cj3f4 ,into thy hands ,i   
commend my spirit3  thou hast redeemed  
me1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of truth4  #cj3g4
 ,thou hast hated them that regard      
vanities1 to no purpose4  ,but ,i have  
hoped in the ,lord3  #cj3h4 ,i will be  
glad and rejoice in thy mercy4  ,for    
thou hast regarded my humility1 thou    
hast saved my soul out of distresses4   
#cj3i4 ,and thou hast not shut me up in 
the hands of the enemy3  thou hast set  
my feet in a spacious place4  #cj3aj4   
,have mercy on me1 ,o ,lord1 for ,i am  
afflicted3  my eye is troubled with     
wrath1 my soul1 and my belly3  #cj3aa4  
,for my life is wasted with grief3  and 
my years in sighs4  ,my strength is     
weakened through poverty and my bones   
are disturbed4  #cj3ab4 ,i am become a  
reproach among all my enemies1 and very 
much to my neighbours2 and a fear to my 
acquaintance4  ,they that saw me without

 fled from me4  #cj3ac4 ,i am forgotten 
as one dead from the heart4  ,i am      
become as a vessel that is destroyed4   
#cj3ad4 ,for ,i have heard the blame of 
many that dwell round about4  ,while    
they assembled together against me1 they
 consulted to take away my life4        
#cj3ae4 ,but ,i have put my trust in    
thee1 ,o ,lord3  ,i said3  ,thou art my 
,god4  #cj3af4 ,my lots are in thy      
hands4  ,deliver me out of the hands of 
my enemies2 and from them that persecute
 me4  #cj3ag4 ,make thy face to shine   
upon thy servant2 save me in thy mercy4 
#cj3ah4 ,let me not be confounded1 ,o   
,lord1 for ,i have called upon thee4    
,let the wicked be ashamed1 and be      
brought down to hell4  #cj3ai4 ,let     
deceitful lips be made dumb4  ,which    
speak iniquity against the just1 with   
pride and abuse4  #cj3bj4 ,o how great  
is the multitude of thy sweetness1 ,o   
,lord1 which thou hast hidden for them  
that fear thee6  ,which thou hast       
wrought for them that hope in thee1 in  

the sight of the sons of men4  #cj3ba4  
,thou shalt hide them in the secret of  
thy face1 from the disturbance of men4  
,thou shalt protect them in thy         
tabernacle from the contradiction of    
tongues4  #cj3bb4 ,blessed be the ,lord1
 for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy  
to me in a fortified city4  #cj3bc4 ,but
 ,i said in the excess of my mind3  ,i  
am cast away from before thy eyes4      
,therefore thou hast heard the voice of 
my prayer1 when ,i cried to thee4       
#cj3bd4 ,o love the ,lord1 all ye his   
saints3  for the ,lord will require     
truth1 and will repay them abundantly   
that act proudly4  #cj3be4 ,do ye       
manfully1 and let your heart be         
strengthened1 all ye that hope in the   
,lord4    ,psalms ,chapter #ca   ,beati 
quorum4  ,the second penitential psalm4 
#ca3a4 ,to ,david himself1              
understanding4  ,blessed are they whose 
iniquities are forgiven1 and whose sins 
are covered4  #ca3b4 ,blessed is the man
 to whom the ,lord hath not imputed sin1

 and in whose spirit there is no guile4 
#ca3c4 ,because ,i was silent my bones  
grew old2 whilst ,i cried out all the   
day long4  ,because ,i was silent1 etc4 
4 4,that is1 whilst ,i kept silence1 by 
concealing1 or refusing to confess my   
sins1 thy hand was heavy upon me1 etc4  
#ca3d4 ,for day and night thy hand was  
heavy upon me3  ,i am turned in my      
anguish1 whilst the thorn is fastened4  
,i am turned1 etc4 4 4,that is1 ,i turn 
and roll about in my bed to seek for    
ease in my pain whilst the thorn of thy 
justice pierces my flesh1 and sticks    
fast in me4  ,or1 ,i am turned3  that   
is1 ,i am converted to thee1 my ,god1 by
 being brought to a better understanding
 by thy chastisements4  ,in the ,hebrew 
it is1 my moisture is turned into the   
droughts of the summer4  #ca3e4 ,i have 
acknowledged my sin to thee1 and my     
injustice ,i have not concealed4  ,i    
said ,i will confess against my self my 
injustice to the ,lord3  and thou hast  
forgiven the wickedness of my sin4      

#ca3f4 ,for this shall every one that is
 holy pray to thee in a seasonable time4
  ,and yet in a flood of many waters1   
they shall not come nigh unto him4      
#ca3g4 ,thou art my refuge from the     
trouble which hath encompassed me3  my  
joy1 deliver me from them that surround 
me4  #ca3h4 ,i will give thee           
understanding1 and ,i will instruct thee
 in this way1 in which thou shalt go3   
,i will fix my eyes upon thee4  #ca3i4  
,do not become like the horse and the   
mule1 who have no understanding4  ,with 
bit and bridle bind fast their jaws1 who
 come not near unto thee4  #ca3aj4 ,many
 are the scourges of the sinner1 but    
mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in
 the ,lord4  #ca3aa4 ,be glad in the    
,lord1 and rejoice1 ye just1 and glory1 
all ye right of heart4    ,psalms       
,chapter #cb   ,exultate1 justi4  ,an   
exhortation to praise ,god1 and to trust
 in him4  #cb3a4 ,a psalm for ,david4   
,rejoice in the ,lord1 ,o ye just3      
praise becometh the upright4  #cb3b4    

,give praise to the ,lord on the harp2  
sing to him with the psaltery1 the      
instrument of ten strings4  #cb3c4 ,sing
 to him a new canticle1 sing well unto  
him with a loud noise4  #cb3d4 ,for the 
word of the ,lord is right1 and all his 
works are done with faithfulness4       
#cb3e4 ,he loveth mercy and judgment2   
the earth is full of the mercy of the   
,lord4  #cb3f4 ,by the word of the ,lord
 the heavens were established2 and all  
the power of them by the spirit of his  
mouth3  #cb3g4 ,gathering together the  
waters of the sea1 as in a vessel2      
laying up the depths in storehouses4    
#cb3h4 ,let all the earth fear the      
,lord1 and let all the inhabitants of   
the world be in awe of him4  #cb3i4 ,for
 he spoke and they were made3  he       
commanded and they were created4        
#cb3aj4 ,the ,lord bringeth to nought   
the counsels of nations2 and he         
rejecteth the devices of people1 and    
casteth away the counsels of princes4   
#cb3aa4 ,but the counsel of the ,lord   

standeth for ever3  the thoughts of his 
heart to all generations4  #cb3ab4      
,blessed is the nation whose ,god is the
 ,lord3  the people whom he hath chosen 
for his inheritance4  #cb3ac4 ,the ,lord
 hath looked from heaven3  he hath      
beheld all the sons of men4  #cb3ad4    
,from his habitation which he hath      
prepared1 he hath looked upon all that  
dwell on the earth4  #cb3ae4 ,he who    
hath made the hearts of every one of    
them3  who understandeth all their      
works4  #cb3af4 ,the king is not saved  
by a great army3  nor shall the giant be
 saved by his own great strength4       
#cb3ag4 ,vain is the horse for safety3  
neither shall he be saved by the        
abundance of his strength4  #cb3ah4     
,behold the eyes of the ,lord are on    
them that fear him3  and on them that   
hope in his mercy4  #cb3ai4 ,to deliver 
their souls from death2 and feed them in
 famine4  #cb3bj4 ,our soul waiteth for 
the ,lord3  for he is our helper and    
protector4  #cb3ba4 ,for in him our     

heart shall rejoice3  and in his holy   
name we have trusted4  #cb3bb4 ,let thy 
mercy1 ,o ,lord1 be upon us1 as we have 
hooped in thee4    ,psalms ,chapter #cc 
,benedicam ,dominum4  ,an exhortation to
 the praise1 and service of ,god4       
#cc3a4 ,for ,david1 when he changed his 
countenance before ,achimelech1 who     
dismissed him1 and he went his way4  #a 
,kings #ba4  #cc3b4 ,i will bless the   
,lord at all times1 his praise shall be 
always in my mouth4  #cc3c4 ,in the     
,lord shall my soul be praised3  let the
 meek hear and rejoice4  #cc3d4 ,o      
magnify the ,lord with me2 and let us   
extol his name together4  #cc3e4 ,i     
sought the ,lord1 and he heard me2 and  
he delivered me from all my troubles4   
#cc3f4 ,come ye to him and be           
enlightened3  and your faces shall not  
be confounded4  #cc3g4 ,this poor man   
cried1 and the ,lord heard him3  and    
saved him out of all his troubles4      
#cc3h4 ,the angel of the ,lord shall    
encamp round about them that fear him3  

and shall deliver them4  #cc3i4 ,o      
taste1 and see that the ,lord is sweet3 
blessed is the man that hopeth in him4  
#cc3aj4 ,fear the ,lord1 all ye his     
saints3  for there is no want to them   
that fear him4  #cc3aa4 ,the rich have  
wanted1 and have suffered hunger3  but  
they that seek the ,lord shall not be   
deprived of any good4  #cc3ab4 ,come1   
children1 hearken to me3  ,i will teach 
you the fear of the ,lord4  #cc3ac4 ,who
 is the man that desireth life3  who    
liveth to see good days8  #cc3ad4 ,keep 
thy tongue form evil1 and thy lips from 
speaking guile4  #cc3ae4 ,turn away from
 evil and do good3  seek after peace and
 pursue it4  #cc3af4 ,the eyes of the   
,lord are upon the just3  and his ears  
unto their prayers4  #cc3ag4 ,but the   
countenance of the ,lord is against them
 that do evil things3  to cut off the   
remembrance of them from the earth4     
#cc3ah4 ,the just cried1 and the ,lord  
heard them3  and delivered them out of  
all their troubles4  #cc3ai4 ,the ,lord 

is nigh unto them that are of a contrite
 heart3  and he will save the humble of 
spirit4  #cc3bj4 ,many are the          
afflictions of the just2 but out of them
 all will the ,lord deliver them4       
#cc3ba4 ,the ,lord is nigh unto them    
that are of a contrite heart3  and he   
will save the humble of spirit4  #cc3bb4
 ,the death of the wicked is very evil3 
and they that hate the just shall be    
guilty4  #cc3bc4 ,the ,lord will redeem 
the souls of his servants3  and none of 
them that trust in him shall offend4    
,psalms ,chapter #cd   ,judica1 ,domine1
 nocentes me4  ,david1 in the person of 
,christ1 prayeth against his            
persecutors3 prophetically foreshewing  
the punishments that shall fall upon    
them4  #cd3a4 ,for ,david himself4      
,judge thou1 ,o ,lord1 them that wrong  
me3 overthrow them that fight against   
me4  #cd3b4 ,take hold of arms and      
shield3  and rise up to help me4  #cd3c4
 ,bring out the sword1 and shut up the  
way against them that persecute me3  say

 to my soul3  ,i am thy salvation4      
#cd3d4 ,let them be confounded and      
ashamed that seek after my soul4  ,let  
them be turned back and be confounded   
that devise evil against me4  #cd3e4    
,let them become as dust before the     
wind3  and let the angel of the ,lord   
straiten them4  #cd3f4 ,let their way   
become dark and slippery2 and let the   
angel of the ,lord pursue them4  #cd3g4 
,for without cause they have hidden     
their net for me unto destruction3      
without cause they have upbraided my    
soul4  #cd3h4 ,let the snare which he   
knoweth not come upon him3  and let the 
net which he hath hidden catch him3  and
 into that very snare let them fall4    
#cd3i4 ,but my soul shall rejoice in the
 ,lord2 and shall be delighted in his   
salvation4  #cd3aj4 ,all my bones shall 
say3  ,lord1 who is like to thee8  ,who 
deliverest the poor from the hand of    
them that are stronger than he2 the     
needy and the poor from them that strip 
him4  #cd3aa4 ,unjust witnesses rising  

up have asked me things ,i knew not4    
#cd3ab4 ,they repaid me evil for good3  
to the depriving me of my soul4  #cd3ac4
 ,but as for me1 when they were         
troublesome to me1 ,i was clothed with  
haircloth4  ,i humbled my soul with     
fasting2 and my prayer shall be turned  
into my bosom4  #cd3ad4 ,as a neighbour 
and as an own brother1 so did ,i please3
  as one mourning and sorrowful so was  
,i humbled4  #cd3ae4 ,but they rejoiced 
against me1 and came together3  scourges
 were gathered together upon me1 and ,i 
knew not4  #cd3af4 ,they were separated1
 and repented not3  they tempted me1    
they scoffed at me with scorn3  they    
gnashed upon me with their teeth4       
#cd3ag4 ,lord1 when wilt thou look upon 
me8  rescue thou my soul from their     
malice3  my only one from the lions4    
#cd3ah4 ,i will give thanks to thee in a
 great church2 ,i will praise thee in a 
strong people4  #cd3ai4 ,let not them   
that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice  
over me3  who have hated me without     

cause1 and wink with the eyes4  #cd3bj4 
,for they spoke indeed peaceably to me2 
and speaking in the anger of the earth  
they devised guile4  #cd3ba4 ,and they  
opened their mouth wide against me2 they
 said3  ,well done1 well done1 our eyes 
have seen it4  #cd3bb4 ,thou hast seen1 
,o ,lord1 be not thou silent3  ,o ,lord1
 depart not from me4  #cd3bc4 ,arise1   
and be attentive to my judgment3  to my 
cause1 my ,god1 and my ,lord4  #cd3bd4  
,judge me1 ,o ,lord my ,god according to
 thy justice1 and let them not rejoice  
over me4  #cd3be4 ,let them not say in  
their hearts3  ,it is well1 it is well1 
to our mind3  neither let them say3  ,we
 have swallowed him up4  #cd3bf4 ,let   
them blush3  and be ashamed together1   
who rejoice at my evils4  ,let them be  
clothed with confusion and shame1 who   
speak great things against me4  #cd3bg4 
,let them rejoice and be glad1 who are  
well pleased with my justice1 and let   
them say always3  ,the ,lord be         
magnified1 who delights in the peace of 

his servant4  #cd3bh4 ,and my tongue    
shall meditate thy justice1 thy praise  
all the day long4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#ce   ,dixit injustus4  ,the malice of  
sinners1 and the goodness of ,god4      
#ce3a4 ,unto the end1 for the servant of
 ,god1 ,david himself4  #ce3b4 ,the     
unjust hath said within himself1 that he
 would sin3  there is no fear of ,god   
before his eyes4  #ce3c4 ,for in his    
sight he hath done deceitfully1 that his
 iniquity may be found unto hatred4     
,unto hatred4 4 4,that is1 hateful to   
,god4  #ce3d4 ,the words of his mouth   
are iniquity and guile3  he would not   
understand that he might do well4       
#ce3e4 ,he hath devised iniquity on his 
bed1 he hath set himself on every way   
that is not good3  but evil he hath not 
hated4  #ce3f4 ,o ,lord1 thy mercy is in
 heaven1 and thy truth reacheth even to 
the clouds4  #ce3g4 ,thy justice is as  
the mountains of ,god1 thy judgments are
 a great deep4  ,men and beasts thou    
wilt preserve1 ,o ,lord3  #ce3h4 ,o how 

hast thou multiplied thy mercy1 ,o ,god6
  ,but the children of men shall put    
their trust under the covert of thy     
wings4  #ce3i4 ,they shall be inebriated
 with the plenty of thy house2 and thou 
shalt make them drink of the torrent of 
thy pleasure4  #ce3aj4 ,for with thee is
 the fountain of life2 and in thy light 
we shall see light4  #ce3aa4 ,extend thy
 mercy to them that know thee1 and thy  
justice to them that are right in heart4
  #ce3ab4 ,let not the foot of pride    
come to me1 and let not the hand of the 
sinner move me4  #ce3ac4 ,there the     
workers of iniquity are fallen1 they are
 cast out1 and could not stand4         
,psalms ,chapter #cf   ,noli aemulari4  
,an exhortation to despise this world2  
and the short prosperity of the wicked2 
and to trust in ,providence4  #cf3a4 ,be
 not emulous of evildoers2 nor envy them
 that work iniquity4  #cf3b4 ,for they  
shall shortly wither away as grass1 and 
as the green herbs shall quickly fall4  
#cf3c4 ,trust in the ,lord1 and do good1

 and dwell in the land1 and thou shalt  
be fed with its riches4  #cf3d4 ,delight
 in the ,lord1 and he will give thee the
 requests of thy heart4  #cf3e4 ,commit 
thy way to the ,lord1 and trust in him1 
and he will do it4  #cf3f4 ,and he will 
bring forth thy justice as the light1   
and thy judgment as the noonday4  #cf3g4
 ,be subject to the ,lord and pray to   
him4  ,envy not the man who prospereth  
in his way2 the man who doth unjust     
things4  #cf3h4 ,cease from anger1 and  
leave rage2 have no emulation to do     
evil4  #cf3i4 ,for evildoers shall be   
cut off3  but they that wait upon the   
,lord1 they shall inherit the land4     
#cf3aj4 ,for yet a little while1 and the
 wicked shall not be3  and thou shalt   
seek his place1 and shalt not find it4  
#cf3aa4 ,but the meek shall inherit the 
land1 and shall delight in abundance of 
peace4  #cf3ab4 ,the sinner shall watch 
the just man3  and shall gnash upon him 
with his teeth4  #cf3ac4 ,but the ,lord 
shall laugh at him3  for he foreseeth   

that his day shall come4  #cf3ad4 ,the  
wicked have drawn out the sword3  they  
have bent their bow4 ,to cast down the  
poor and needy1 to kill the upright of  
heart4  #cf3ae4 ,let their sword enter  
into their own hearts1 and let their bow
 be broken4  #cf3af4 ,better is a little
 to the just1 than the great riches of  
the wicked4  #cf3ag4 ,for the arms of   
the wicked shall be broken in pieces2   
but the ,lord strengtheneth the just4   
#cf3ah4 ,the ,lord knoweth the days of  
the undefiled2 and their inheritance    
shall be for ever4  #cf3ai4 ,they shall 
not be confounded in the evil time2 and 
in the days of famine they shall be     
filled3  #cf3bj4 ,because the wicked    
shall perish4  ,and the enemies of the  
,lord1 presently after they shall be    
honoured and exalted1 shall come to     
nothing and vanish like smoke4  #cf3ba4 
,the sinner shall borrow1 and not pay   
again2 but the just sheweth mercy and   
shall give4  #cf3bb4 ,for such as bless 
him shall inherit the land3  but such as

 curse him shall perish4  #cf3bc4 ,with 
the ,lord shall the steps of a man be   
directed1 and he shall like well his    
way4  #cf3bd4 ,when he shall fall he    
shall not be bruised1 for the ,lord     
putteth his hand under him4  #cf3be4 ,i 
have been young and now am old2 and ,i  
have not seen the just forsaken1 nor his
 seed seeking bread4  #cf3bf4 ,he       
sheweth mercy1 and lendeth all the day  
long2 and his seed shall be in blessing4
  #cf3bg4 ,decline from evil and do     
good1 and dwell for ever and ever4      
#cf3bh4 ,for the ,lord loveth judgment1 
and will not forsake his saints3 they   
shall be preserved for ever4  ,the      
unjust shall be punished1 and the seed  
of the wicked shall perish4  #cf3bi4    
,but the just shall inherit the land1   
and shall dwell therein for evermore4   
#cf3cj4 ,the mouth of the just shall    
meditate wisdom3  and his tongue shall  
speak judgment4  #cf3ca4 ,the law of his
 ,god is in his heart1 and his steps    
shall not be supplanted4  #cf3cb4 ,the  

wicked watcheth the just man1 and       
seeketh to put him to death1  #cf3cc4   
,but the ,lord will not leave him in his
 hands2 nor condemn him when he shall be
 judged4  #cf3cd4 ,expect the ,lord and 
keep his way3  and he will exalt thee to
 inherit the land3  when the sinners    
shall perish thou shalt see4  #cf3ce4 ,i
 have seen the wicked highly exalted1   
and lifted up like the cedars of        
,libanus4  #cf3cf4 ,and ,i passed by1   
and lo1 he was not3  and ,i sought him  
and his place was not found4  #cf3cg4   
,keep innocence1 and behold justice3    
for there are remnants for the peaceable
 man4  #cf3ch4 ,but the unjust shall be 
destroyed together3  the remnants of the
 wicked shall perish4  #cf3ci4 ,but the 
salvation of the just is from the ,lord1
 and he is their protector in the time  
of trouble4  #cf3dj4 ,and the ,lord will
 help them and deliver them3  and he    
will rescue them from the wicked1 and   
save them because they have hoped in    
him4    ,psalms ,chapter #cg   ,domine1 

ne in furore4  ,a prayer of a penitent  
for the remission of his sins4  ,the    
third penitential psalm4  #cg3a4 ,a     
psalm for ,david1 for a remembrance of  
the sabbath4  ,for a remembrance4 4     
4,viz41 of our miseries and sins3  and  
to be sung on the sabbath day4  #cg3b4  
,rebuke me not1 ,o ,lord1 in thy        
indignation2 nor chastise me in thy     
wrath4  #cg3c4 ,for thy arrows are      
fastened in me3  and thy hand hath been 
strong upon me4  #cg3d4 ,there is no    
health in my flesh1 because of thy      
wrath3  there is no peace for my bones1 
because of my sins4  #cg3e4 ,for my     
iniquities are gone over my head3  and  
as a heavy burden are become heavy upon 
me4  #cg3f4 ,my sores are putrified and 
corrupted1 because of my foolishness4   
#cg3g4 ,i am become miserable1 and am   
bowed down even to the end3  ,i walked  
sorrowful all the day long4  #cg3h4 ,for
 my loins are filled with illusions2 and
 there is no health in my flesh4  #cg3i4
 ,i am afflicted and humbled            

exceedingly3  ,i roared with the        
groaning of my heart4  #cg3aj4 ,lord1   
all my desire is before thee1 and my    
groaning is not hidden from thee4       
#cg3aa4 ,my heart is troubled1 my       
strength hath left me1 and the light of 
my eyes itself is not with me4  #cg3ab4 
,my friends and my neighbours have drawn
 near1 and stood against me4  ,and they 
that were near me stood afar off3       
#cg3ac4 ,and they that sought my soul   
used violence4  ,and they that sought   
evils to me spoke vain things1 and      
studied deceits all the day long4       
#cg3ad4 ,but ,i1 as a deaf man1 heard   
not3  and as a dumb man not opening his 
mouth4  #cg3ae4 ,and ,i became as a man 
that heareth not3  and that hath no     
reproofs in his mouth4  #cg3af4 ,for in 
thee1 ,o ,lord1 have ,i hoped3  thou    
wilt hear me1 ,o ,lord my ,god4  #cg3ag4
 ,for ,i said3  ,lest at any time my    
enemies rejoice over me3  and whilst my 
feet are moved1 they speak great things 
against me4  #cg3ah4 ,for ,i am ready   

for scourges3  and my sorrow is         
continually before me4  #cg3ai4 ,for ,i 
will declare my iniquity3  and ,i will  
think for my sin4  #cg3bj4 ,but my      
enemies live1 and are stronger than ,i3 
and they that hate me wrongfully are    
multiplied4  #cg3ba4 ,they that render  
evil for good1 have detracted me1       
because ,i followed goodness4  #cg3bb4  
,for sake me not1 ,o ,lord my ,god3  do 
not thou depart from me4  #cg3bc4       
,attend unto my help1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god
 of my salvation4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#ch   ,dixi custodiam4  ,a just man's   
peace and patience in his sufferings2   
considering the vanity of the world1 and
 the providence of ,god4  #ch3a4 ,unto  
the end1 for ,idithun himself1 a        
canticle of ,david4  #ch3b4 ,i said3  ,i
 will take heed to my ways3  that ,i sin
 not with my tongue4  ,i have set a     
guard to my mouth1 when the sinner stood
 against me4  #ch3c4 ,i was dumb1 and   
was humbled1 and kept silence from good 
things3 and my sorrow was renewed4      

#ch3d4 ,my heart grew hot within me3    
and in my meditation a fire shall flame 
out4  #ch3e4 ,i spoke with my tongue3   
,o ,lord1 make me know my end4  ,and    
what is the number of my days3  that ,i 
may know what is wanting to me4  #ch3f4 
,behold thou hast made my days          
measurable4  and my substance is as     
nothing before thee4  ,and indeed all   
things are vanity3  every man living4   
#ch3g4 ,surely man passeth as an image3 
yea1 and he is disquieted in vain4  ,he 
storeth up3  and he knoweth not for whom
 he shall gather these things4  #ch3h4  
,and now what is my hope8  is it not the
 ,lord8  and my substance is with thee4 
#ch3i4 ,deliver thou me from all my     
iniquities3  thou hast made me a        
reproach to the fool4  #ch3aj4 ,i was   
dumb1 and ,i opened not my mouth1       
because thou hast done it4  #ch3aa4     
,remove thy scourges from me4  ,the     
strength of thy hand hath made me faint 
in rebukes3  #ch3ab4 ,thou hast         
corrected man for iniquity4  ,and thou  

hast made his soul to waste away like a 
spider3  surely in vain is any man      
disquieted4  #ch3ac4 ,hear my prayer1 ,o
 ,lord1 and my supplication3  give ear  
to my tears4  ,be no silent3  for ,i am 
a stranger with thee1 and a sojourner as
 all my fathers were4  #ch3ad4 ,o       
forgive me1 that ,i may be refreshed1   
before ,i go hence1 and be no more4     
,psalms ,chapter #ci   ,expectans       
expectavi4  ,christ's coming1 and       
redeeming mankind4  #ci3a4 ,unto the    
end1 a psalm for ,david himself4  #ci3b4
 ,with expectation ,i have waited for   
the ,lord1 and he was attentive to me4  
#ci3c4 ,and he heard my prayers1 and    
brought me out of the pit of misery and 
the mire of dregs4  ,and he set my feet 
upon a rock1 and directed my steps4     
#ci3d4 ,and he put a new canticle into  
my mouth1 a song to our ,god4  ,many    
shall see1 and shall fear3  and they    
shall hope in the ,lord4  #ci3e4        
,blessed is the man whose trust is in   
the name of the ,lord2 and who hath not 

had regard to vanities1 and lying       
follies4  #ci3f4 ,thou hast multiplied  
thy wonderful works1 ,o ,lord my ,god3  
and in thy thoughts there is no one like
 to thee4  ,i have declared and ,i have 
spoken they are multiplied above number4
  #ci3g4 ,sacrifice and oblation thou   
didst not desire2 but thou hast pierced 
ears for me4  ,burnt offering and sin   
offering thou didst not require3  #ci3h4
 ,then said ,i1 ,behold ,i come4  ,in   
the head of the book it is written of me
  #ci3i4 ,that ,i should do thy will3   
,o my ,god1 ,i have desired it1 and thy 
law in the midst of my heart4  #ci3aj4  
,i have declared thy justice in a great 
church1 lo1 ,i will not restrain my     
lips3  ,o ,lord1 thou knowest it4       
#ci3aa4 ,i have not hid thy justice     
within my heart3  ,i have declared thy  
truth and thy salvation4  ,i have not   
concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a
 great council4  #ci3ab4 ,withhold not  
thou1 ,o ,lord1 thy tender mercies from 
me3  thy mercy and thy truth have always

 upheld me4  #ci3ac4 ,for evils without 
number have surrounded me2 my iniquities
 have overtaken me1 and ,i was not able 
to see4  ,they are multiplied above the 
hairs of my head3  and my heart hath    
forsaken me4  ,my iniquities4 4 4,that  
is1 the sins of all mankind1 which ,i   
have taken upon me4  #ci3ad4 ,be        
pleased1 ,o ,lord1 to deliver me4  look 
down1 ,o ,lord1 to help me4  #ci3ae4    
,let them be confounded and ashamed     
together1 that seek after my soul to    
take it away4  ,let them be turned      
backward and be ashamed that desire     
evils to me4  #ci3af4 ,let them         
immediately bear their confusion1 that  
say to me3  ',t is well1 t' is well4    
',t is well4 4 4,the ,hebrew here is an 
interjection of insult and derision1    
like the ,vah4  ,matt4 #bg4di4  #ci3ag4 
,let all that seek thee rejoice and be  
glad in thee3  and let such as love thy 
salvation say always3  ,the ,lord be    
magnified4  #ci3ah4 ,but ,i am a beggar 
and poor3  the ,lord is careful for me4 

,thou art my helper and my protector3   
,o my ,god1 be not slack4    ,psalms    
,chapter #dj   ,beatus qui intelligit4  
,the happiness of him that shall believe
 in ,christ2 notwithstanding the        
humility and poverty in which he shall  
come3  the malice of his enemies1       
especially of the traitor ,judas4       
#dj3a4 ,unto the end1 a psalm for ,david
 himself4  #dj3b4 ,blessed is he that   
understandeth concerning the needy and  
the poor3  the ,lord will deliver him in
 the evil day4  #dj3c4 ,the ,lord       
preserve him and give him life1 and make
 him blessed upon the earth3  and       
deliver him not up to the will of his   
enemies4  #dj3d4 ,the ,lord help him on 
his bed of sorrow3  thou hast turned all
 his couch in his sickness4  #dj3e4 ,i  
said3  ,o ,lord1 be thou merciful to me3
  heal my soul1 for ,i have sinned      
against thee4  #dj3f4 ,my enemies have  
spoken evils against me3  when shall he 
die and his name perish8  #dj3g4 ,and if
 he came in to see me1 he spoke vain    

things3  his heart gathered together    
iniquity to itself4  ,he went out and   
spoke to the same purpose4  #dj3h4 ,all 
my enemies whispered together against   
me3  they devised evils to me4  #dj3i4  
,they determined against me an unjust   
word3  shall he that sleepeth rise again
 no more8  #dj3aj4 ,for even the man of 
my peace1 in whom ,i trusted1 who ate my
 bread1 hath greatly supplanted me4     
#dj3aa4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 have mercy 
on me1 and raise my up again3  and ,i   
will requite them4  #dj3ab4 ,by this ,i 
know1 that thou hast had a good will for
 me3  because my enemy shall not rejoice
 over me4  #dj3ac4 ,but thou hast upheld
 me by reason of my innocence3  and hast
 established me in thy sight for ever4  
#dj3ad4 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god  
of ,israel from eternity to eternity4   
,so be it4  ,so be it4    ,psalms       
,chapter #da   ,quemadmodum desiderat4  
,the fervent desire of the just after   
,god3  hope in afflictions4  #da3a4     
,unto the end1 understanding for the    

sons of ,core4  #da3b4 ,as the hart     
panteth after the fountains of water2 so
 my soul panteth after thee1 ,o ,god4   
#da3c4 ,my soul hath thirsted after the 
strong living ,god2 when shall ,i come  
and appear before the face of ,god8     
#da3d4 ,my tears have been my bread day 
and night1 whilst it is said to me      
daily3  ,where is thy ,god8  #da3e4     
,these things ,i remembered1 and poured 
out my soul in me3  for ,i shall go over
 into the place of the wonderful        
tabernacle1 even to the house of ,god3  
,with the voice of joy and praise2 the  
noise of one feasting4  #da3f4 ,why art 
thou sad1 ,o my soul8  and why dost thou
 trouble me8  ,hope in ,god1 for ,i will
 still give praise to him3  the         
salvation of my countenance1  #da3g4    
,and my ,god4  ,my soul is troubled     
within my self3  therefore will ,i      
remember thee from the land of ,jordan  
and ,hermoniim1 from the little hill4   
#da3h4 ,deep calleth on deep1 at the    
noise of thy flood-gates4  ,all thy     

heights and thy billows have passed over
 me4  #da3i4 ,in the daytime the ,lord  
hath commanded his mercy2 and a canticle
 to him in the night4  ,with me is      
prayer to the ,god of my life4  #da3aj4 
,i will say to ,god3  ,thou art my      
support4  ,why hast thou forgotten me8  
and why go ,i mourning1 whilst my enemy 
afflicteth me8  #da3aa4 ,whilst my bones
 are broken1 my enemies who trouble me  
have reproached me2 ,whilst they say to 
me day by day3  ,where is thy ,god8     
#da3ab4 ,why art thou cast down1 ,o my  
soul8  and why dost thou disquiet me8   
,hope thou in ,god1 for ,i will still   
give praise to him3  the salvation of my
 countenance1 and my ,god4    ,psalms   
,chapter #db   ,judica me1 ,deus4  ,the 
prophet aspireth after the temple and   
altar of ,god4  #db3a4 ,a psalm for     
,david4  ,judge me1 ,o ,god1 and        
distinguish my cause from the nation    
that is not holy3  deliver me from the  
unjust and deceitful man4  #db3b4 ,for  
thou art ,god my strength3  why hast    

thou cast me off8  and why do ,i go     
sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth   
me8  #db3c4 ,sent forth thy light and   
thy truth3  they have conducted me1 and 
brought me unto thy holy hill1 and into 
thy tabernacles4  #db3d4 ,and ,i will go
 in to the altar of ,god3  to ,god who  
giveth joy to my youth4  #db3e4 ,to     
thee1 ,o ,god my ,god1 ,i will give     
praise upon the harp3  why art thou sad1
 ,o my soul8  and why dost thou disquiet
 me8  #db3f4 ,hope in ,god1 for ,i will 
still give praise to him3  the salvation
 of my countenance1 and my ,god4        
,psalms ,chapter #dc   ,deus auribus    
nostris4  ,the church commemorates      
former favours1 and present afflictions2
 under which she prays for succour4     
#dc3a4 ,unto the end1 for the sons of   
,core1 to give understanding4  #dc3b4   
,we have heard1 ,o ,god1 with our ears3 
our fathers have declared to us1 ,the   
work thou hast wrought in their days1   
and in the days of old4  #dc3c4 ,thy    
hand destroyed the ,gentiles1 and thou  

plantedst them3  thou didst afflict the 
people and cast them out4  #dc3d4 ,for  
they got not the possession of the land 
by their own sword3 neither did their   
own arm save them4  ,but thy right hand 
and thy arm1 and the light of thy       
countenance3  because thou wast pleased 
with them4  #dc3e4 ,thou art thyself my 
king and my ,god1 who commandest the    
saving of ,jacob4  #dc3f4 ,through thee 
we will push down our enemies with the  
horn3  and through thy name we will     
despise them that rise up against us4   
#dc3g4 ,for ,i will not trust in my bow3
  neither shall my sword save me4       
#dc3h4 ,but thou hast saved us from them
 that afflict us3  and hast put them to 
shame that hate us4  #dc3i4 ,in ,god    
shall we glory all the day long3  and in
 thy name we will give praise for ever4 
#dc3aj4 ,but now thou hast cast us off1 
and put us to shame3  and thou 1 ,o     
,god1 wilt not go out with our armies4  
#dc3aa4 ,thou hast made us turn our back
 to our enemies3  and they that hated us

 plundered for themselves4  #dc3ab4     
,thou hast given us up like sheep to be 
eaten3  thou hast scattered us among the
 nations4  #dc3ac4 ,thou hast sold thy  
people for no price3  and there was no  
reckoning in the exchange of them4      
#dc3ad4 ,thou hast made us a reproach to
 our neighbours1 a scoff and derision to
 them that are round about us4  #dc3ae4 
,thou hast made us a byword among the   
,gentiles3  a shaking of the head among 
the people4  #dc3af4 ,all the day long  
my shame is before me3  and the         
confusion of my face hath covered me1   
#dc3ag4 ,at the voice of him that       
reproacheth and detracteth me3  at the  
face of the enemy and persecutor4       
#dc3ah4 ,all these things have come upon
 us1 yet we have not forgotten thee3    
and we have not done wickedly in thy    
covenant4  #dc3ai4 ,and our heart hath  
not turned back3  neither hast thou     
turned aside our steps from thy way4    
#dc3bj4 ,for thou hast humbled us in the
 place of affliction3  and the shadow of

 death hath covered us4  #dc3ba4 ,if we 
have forgotten the name of our ,god1 and
 if we have spread forth our hands to a 
strange god3  #dc3bb4 ,shall not ,god   
search out these things3  for he knoweth
 the secrets of the heart4  ,because for
 thy sake we are killed all the day     
long3  we are counted as sheep for the  
slaughter4  #dc3bc4 ,arise1 why sleepest
 thou1 ,o ,lord8  arise1 and cast us not
 off to the end4  #dc3bd4 ,why turnest  
thou thy face away8  and forgettest our 
want and our trouble8  #dc3be4 ,for our 
soul is humbled down to the dust3  our  
belly cleaveth to the earth4  #dc3bf4   
,arise1 ,o ,lord1 help us and redeem us 
for thy name's sake4    ,psalms ,chapter
 #dd   ,eructavit cor meum4  ,the       
excellence of ,christ's kingdom1 and the
 endowments of his church4  #dd3a4 ,unto
 the end1 for them that shall be        
changed1 for the sons of ,core1 for     
understanding4  ,a canticle for the     
,beloved4  ,for them that shall be      
changed4 4 4i4e41 for souls happily     

changed1 by being converted to          
,god4--,ibid4  ,the ,beloved4 4 4,viz41 
,our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #dd3b4 ,my  
heart hath uttered a good word3  ,i     
speak my works to the king3 ,my tongue  
is the pen of a scrivener that writeth  
swiftly4  #dd3c4 ,thou art beautiful    
above the sons of men3  grace is poured 
abroad in thy lips2 therefore hath ,god 
blessed thee for ever4  #dd3d4 ,gird thy
 sword upon thy thigh1 ,o thou most     
mighty4  #dd3e4 ,with thy comeliness and
 thy beauty set out1 proceed            
prosperously1 and reign4  ,because of   
truth and meekness and justice3  and thy
 right hand shall conduct thee          
wonderfully4  #dd3f4 ,thy arrows are    
sharp3  under thee shall people fall1   
into the hearts of the king's enemies4  
#dd3g4 ,thy throne1 ,o ,god1 is forever 
and ever3  the sceptre of thy kingdom is
 a sceptre of uprightness4  #dd3h4 ,thou
 hast loved justice1 and hated iniquity3
  therefore ,god1 thy ,god1 hath        
anointed thee with the oil of gladness  

above thy fellows4  #dd3i4 ,myrrh and   
stacte and cassia perfume thy garments1 
from the ivory houses3  out of which    
#dd3aj4 ,the daughters of kings have    
delighted thee in thy glory4  ,the queen
 stood on thy right hand1 in gilded     
clothing2 surrounded with variety4      
#dd3aa4 ,hearken1 ,o daughter1 and see1 
and incline thy ear3  and forget thy    
people and thy father's house4  #dd3ab4 
,and the king shall greatly desire thy  
beauty2 for he is the ,lord thy ,god1   
and him they shall adore4  #dd3ac4 ,and 
the daughters of ,tyre with gifts1 yea1 
all the rich among the people1 shall    
entreat thy countenance4  #dd3ad4 ,all  
the glory of the king's daughter is     
within in golden borders1  #dd3ae4      
,clothed round about with varieties4    
,after her shall virgins be brought to  
the king3  her neighbours shall be      
brought to thee4  #dd3af4 ,they shall be
 brought with gladness and rejoicing3   
they shall be brought into the temple of
 the king4  #dd3ag4 ,instead of thy     

fathers1 sons are born to thee3  thou   
shalt make them princes over all the    
earth4  #dd3ah4 ,they shall remember thy
 name throughout all generations4       
,therefore shall people praise thee for 
ever2 yea1 for ever and ever4    ,psalms
 ,chapter #de   ,deus noster refugium4  
,the church in persecution trusteth in  
the protection of ,god4  #de3a4 ,unto   
the end1 for the sons of ,core1 for the 
hidden4  #de3b4 ,our ,god is our refuge 
and strength3  a helper in troubles1    
which have found us exceedingly4  #de3c4
 ,therefore we will not fear1 when the  
earth shall be troubled2 and the        
mountains shall be removed into the     
heart of the sea4  #de3d4 ,their waters 
roared and were troubled3  the mountains
 were troubled with his strength4       
#de3e4 ,the stream of the river maketh  
the city of ,god joyful3  the most ,high
 hath sanctified his own tabernacle4    
#de3f4 ,god is in the midst thereof1 it 
shall not be moved3  ,god will help it  
in the morning early4  #de3g4 ,nations  

were troubled1 and kingdoms were bowed  
down3  he uttered his voice1 the earth  
trembled4  #de3h4 ,the ,lord of armies  
is with us3  the ,god of ,jacob is our  
protector4  #de3i4 ,come and behold ye  
the works of the ,lord3  what wonders he
 hath done upon earth1  #de3aj4 ,making 
wars to cease even to the end of the    
earth4  ,he shall destroy the bow1 and  
break the weapons3  and the shield he   
shall burn in the fire4  #de3aa4 ,be    
still and see that ,i am ,god2 ,i will  
be exalted among the nations1 and ,i    
will be exalted in the earth4  #de3ab4  
,the ,lord of armies is with us3  the   
,god of ,jacob is our protector4        
,psalms ,chapter #df   ,omnes gentes1   
plaudite4  ,the ,gentiles are invited to
 praise ,god for the establishment of   
the kingdom of ,christ4  #df3a4 ,unto   
the end1 for the sons of ,core4  #df3b4 
,o clap your hands1 all ye nations3     
shout unto ,god with the voice of joy1  
#df3c4 ,for the ,lord is high1 terrible3
  a great king over all the earth4      

#df3d4 ,he hath subdued the people under
 us2 and the nations under our feet4    
#df3e4 ,he hath chosen for us his       
inheritance1 the beauty of ,jacob which 
he hath love4  #df3f4 ,god is ascended  
with jubilee1 and the ,lord with the    
sound of trumpet4  #df3g4 ,sing praises 
to our ,god1 sing ye3  sing praises to  
our king1 sing ye4  #df3h4 ,for ,god is 
the king of all the earth3  sing ye     
wisely4  #df3i4 ,god shall reign over   
the nations3  ,god sitteth on his holy  
throne4  #df3aj4 ,the princes of the    
people are gathered together1 with the  
,god of ,abraham3  for the strong gods  
of the earth are exceedingly exalted4   
,psalms ,chapter #dg   ,magnus ,dominus4
  ,god is greatly to be praised for the 
establishment of his church4  #dg3a4 ,a 
psalm of a canticle1 for the sons of    
,core1 on the second day of the week4   
#dg3b4 ,great is the ,lord1 and         
exceedingly to be praised in the city of
 our ,god1 in his holy mountain4  #dg3c4
 ,with the joy of the whole earth is    

mount ,sion founded1 on the sides of the
 north1 the city of the great king4     
#dg3d4 ,in her houses shall ,god be     
known1 when he shall protect her4       
#dg3e4 ,for behold the kings of the     
earth assembled themselves3  they       
gathered together4  #dg3f4 ,so they saw1
 and they wondered1 they were troubled1 
they were moved3  #dg3g4 ,trembling took
 hold of them4  ,there were pains as of 
a woman in labour4  #dg3h4 ,with a      
vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces
 the ships of ,tharsis4  #dg3i4 ,as we  
have heard1 so have we seen1 in the city
 of the ,lord of hosts1 in the city of  
our ,god3  ,god hath founded it for     
ever4  #dg3aj4 ,we have received thy    
mercy1 ,o ,god1 in the midst of thy     
temple4  #dg3aa4 ,according to thy name1
 ,o ,god1 so also is thy praise unto the
 ends of the earth3  thy right hand is  
full of justice4  #dg3ab4 ,let mount    
,sion rejoice1 and the daughters of     
,juda be glad2 because of thy judgments1
 ,o ,lord4  #dg3ac4 ,surround ,sion1 and

 encompass her3  tell lye in her towers4
  #dg3ad4 ,set your hearts on her       
strength2 and distribute her houses1    
that ye may relate it in another        
generation4  #dg3ae4 ,for this is ,god1 
our ,god unto eternity1 and for ever and
 ever3 he shall rule us for evermore4   
,psalms ,chapter #dh   ,audite haec1    
omnes gentes4  ,the folly of worldlings1
 who live on in sin1 without thinking of
 death or hell4  #dh3a4 ,unto the end1 a
 psalm for the sons of ,core4  #dh3b4   
,hear these things1 all ye nations3     
give ear1 all ye inhabitants of the     
world4  #dh3c4 ,all you that are        
earthborn1 and you sons of men3  both   
rich and poor together4  #dh3d4 ,my     
mouth shall speak wisdom3  and the      
meditation of my heart understanding4   
#dh3e4 ,i will incline my ear to a      
parable2 ,i will open my proposition on 
the psaltery4  #dh3f4 ,why shall ,i fear
 in the evil day8  the iniquity of my   
heel shall encompass me4  ,the iniquity 
of my heel4 4 4,that is1 the iniquity of

 my steps or ways3 or the iniquity of my
 pride1 with which as with the heel1 ,i 
have spurned and kicked at my           
neighbours3  or the iniquity of my heel1
 that is1 the iniquity in which ,i shall
 be found in death4  ,the meaning of    
this verse is1 ,why should ,i now       
indulge those passions and sinful       
affections1 or commit now those sins1   
which will cause me so much fear and    
anguish in the evil day2 when the       
sorrows of death shall compass me1 and  
the perils of hell shall find me8       
#dh3g4 ,they that trust in their own    
strength1 and glory in the multitude of 
their riches1  ,they that trust1 etc4 4 
4,as much as to say1 let them fear that 
trust in their strength or riches3  for 
they have great reason to fear3  seeing 
no brother or other man1 how much a     
friend soever1 can by any price or      
labour rescue them from death4  #dh3h4  
,no brother can redeem1 nor shall man   
redeem3  he shall not give to ,god his  
ransom1  #dh3i4 ,nor the price of the   

redemption of his soul3  and shall      
labour for ever1  ,and shall labour for 
ever1 etc4 4 4,this seems to be a       
continuation of the foregoing sentence3 
as much as to say no man can by any     
price or ransom prolong his life1 that  
so he may still continue to labour here1
 and live to the end of the world4      
,others understand it of the eternal    
sorrows1 and dying life of hell1 which  
is the dreadful consequence of dying in 
sin4  #dh3aj4 ,and shall still live unto
 the end4  #dh3aa4 ,he shall not see    
destruction1 when he shall see the wise 
dying3 the senseless and the fool shall 
perish together3  ,and they shall leave 
their riches to strangers3  ,he shall   
not see destruction1 etc4 4 4,or1 shall 
he not see destruction8 ,as much as to  
say1 however thoughtless he may be of   
his death1 he must not expect to escape2
 when even the wise and the good are not
 exempt from dying4  #dh3ab4 ,and their 
sepulchres shall be their houses for    
ever4  ,their dwelling places to all    

generations3  they have called their    
lands by their names4  ,they have       
called1 etc4 4 4,that is1 they have left
 their names on their graves1 which     
alone remain of their lands4  #dh3ac4   
,and man when he was in honour did not  
understand2 he is compared to senseless 
beasts1 and is become like to them4     
#dh3ad4 ,this way of theirs is a        
stumblingblock to them3  and afterwards 
they shall delight in their mouth4      
,they shall delight in their mouth4 4   
4,notwithstanding the wretched way in   
which they walk1 they shall applaud     
themselves with their mouths1 and glory 
in their doings4  #dh3ae4 ,they are laid
 in hell like sheep3  death shall feed  
upon them4 ,and the just shall have     
dominion over them in the morning2 and  
their help shall decay in hell from     
their glory4  ,in the morning4 4 4,that 
is1 in the resurrection to a new life2  
when the just shall judge and condemn   
the wicked4  ,ibid4  ,from their glory4 
4 4,that is1 when their short-lived     

glory in this world shall be past1 and  
be no more4  #dh3af4 ,but ,god will     
redeem my soul from the hand of hell1   
when he shall receive me4  #dh3ag4 ,be  
not thou afraid1 when a man shall be    
made rick1 and when the glory of his    
house shall be increased4  #dh3ah4 ,for 
when he shall die he shall take nothing 
away2 nor shall his glory descend with  
him4  #dh3ai4 ,for in his lifetime his  
soul will be blessed3  and he will      
praise thee when thou shalt do well to  
him4  #dh3bj4 ,he shall go in to the    
generations of his fathers3  and he     
shall never see light4  #dh3ba4 ,man    
when he was in honour did not           
understand3  he hath been compared to   
senseless beasts1 and made like to them4
    ,psalms ,chapter #di   ,deus deorum4
  ,the coming of ,christ3  who prefers  
virtue and inward purity before the     
blood of victims4  #di3a4 ,a psalm for  
,asaph4  ,the ,god of gods1 the ,lord   
hath spoken3  and he hath called the    
earth4  ,from the rising of the sun1 to 

the going down thereof3  #di3b4 ,out of 
,sion the loveliness of his beauty4     
#di3c4 ,god shall come manifestly3  our 
,god shall come1 and shall not keep     
silence4  ,a fire shall burn before him3
  and a mighty tempest shall be round   
about him4  #di3d4 ,he shall call heaven
 from above1 and the earth1 to judge his
 people4  #di3e4 ,gather ye together his
 saints to him3  who set his covenant   
before sacrifices4  #di3f4 ,and the     
heavens shall declare his justice3  for 
,god is judge4  #di3g4 ,hear1 ,o my     
people1 and ,i will speak3  ,o ,israel1 
and ,i will testify to thee3  ,i am     
,god1 thy ,god4  #di3h4 ,i will not     
reprove thee for thy sacrifices3  and   
thy burnt offerings are always in my    
sight4  #di3i4 ,i will not take calves  
out of thy house3  nor he goats out of  
thy flocks4  #di3aj4 ,for all the beasts
 of the woods are mine3  the cattle on  
the hills1 and the oxen4  #di3aa4 ,i    
know all the fowls of the air3  and with
 me is the beauty of the field4  #di3ab4

 ,if ,i should be hungry1 ,i would not  
tell thee3  for the world is mine1 and  
the fulness thereof4  #di3ac4 ,shall ,i 
eat the flesh of bullocks8  or shall ,i 
drink the blood of goats8  #di3ad4      
,offer to ,god the sacrifice of praise3 
and pay thy vows to the most ,high4     
#di3ae4 ,and call upon me in the day of 
trouble3  ,i will deliver thee1 and thou
 shalt glorify me4  #di3af4 ,but to the 
sinner ,god hath said3  ,why dost thou  
declare my justices1 and take my        
covenant in thy mouth8  #di3ag4 ,seeing 
thou hast hated discipline3  and hast   
cast my words behind thee4  #di3ah4 ,if 
thou didst see a thief thou didst run   
with him3  and with adulterers thou hast
 been a partaker4  #di3ai4 ,thy mouth   
hath abounded with evil1 and thy tongue 
framed deceits4  #di3bj4 ,sitting thou  
didst speak against thy brother1 and    
didst lay a scandal against thy mother's
 son3  #di3ba4 ,these things hast thou  
done1 and ,i was silent4  ,thou         
thoughtest unjustly that ,i should be   

like to thee3  but ,i will reprove thee1
 and set before thy face4  #di3bb4      
,understand these things1 you that      
forget ,god2 lest he snatch you away1   
and there be none to deliver you4       
#di3bc4 ,the sacrifice of praise shall  
glorify me3  and there is the way by    
which ,i will shew him the salvation of 
,god4    ,psalms ,chapter #ej           
,miserere4  ,the repentance and         
confession of ,david after his sin4     
,the fourth penitential psalm4  #ej3a4  
,unto the end1 a psalm of ,david1       
#ej3b4 ,when ,nathan the prophet came to
 him1 after he had sinned with          
,bethsabee4  #b ,kings #ab4  #ej3c4     
,have mercy on me1 ,o ,god1 according to
 thy great mercy4  ,and according to the
 multitude of thy tender mercies blot   
out my iniquity4  #ej3d4 ,wash me yet   
more from my iniquity1 and cleanse me   
from my sin4  #ej3e4 ,for ,i know my    
iniquity1 and my sin is always before   
me4  #ej3f4 ,to thee only have ,i       
sinned1 and have done evil before thee3 

that thou mayst be justified in thy     
words1 and mayst overcome when thou art 
judged4  #ej3g4 ,for behold ,i was      
conceived in iniquities2 and in sins did
 my mother conceive me4  #ej3h4 ,for    
behold thou hast loved truth3  the      
uncertain and hidden things of thy      
wisdom thou hast made manifest to me4   
#ej3i4 ,thou shalt sprinkle me with     
hyssop1 and ,i shall be cleansed3  thou 
shalt wash me1 and ,i shall be made     
whiter than snow4  #ej3aj4 ,to my       
hearing thou shalt give joy and         
gladness3  and the bones that have been 
humbled shall rejoice4  #ej3aa4 ,turn   
away thy face from my sins1 and blot out
 all my iniquities4  #ej3ab4 ,create a  
clean heart in me1 ,o ,god3  and renew a
 right spirit within my bowels4  #ej3ac4
 ,cast me not away from thy face2 and   
take not thy holy spirit from me4       
#ej3ad4 ,restore unto me the joy of thy 
salvation1 and strengthen me with a     
perfect spirit4  #ej3ae4 ,i will teach  
the unjust thy ways3  and the wicked    

shall be converted to thee4  #ej3af4    
,deliver me from blood1 ,o ,god1 thou   
,god of my salvation3  and my tongue    
shall extol thy justice4  #ej3ag4 ,o    
,lord1 thou wilt open my lips3  and my  
mouth shall declare thy praise4  #ej3ah4
 ,for if thou hadst desired sacrifice1  
,i would indeed have given it3  with    
burnt offerings thou wilt not be        
delighted4  #ej3ai4 ,a sacrifice to ,god
 is an afflicted spirit3  a contrite and
 humbled heart1 ,o ,god1 thou wilt not  
despise4  #ej3bj4 ,deal favourably1 ,o  
,lord1 in thy good will with ,sion2 that
 the walls of ,jerusalem may be built   
up4  #ej3ba4 ,then shalt thou accept the
 sacrifice of justice1 oblations and    
whole burnt offerings3  then shall they 
lay calves upon thy altar4    ,psalms   
,chapter #ea   ,quid gloriaris4  ,david 
condemneth the wickedness of ,doeg1 and 
foretelleth his destruction4  #ea3a4    
,unto the end1 understanding for ,david1
  #ea3b4 ,when ,doeg the ,edomite came  
and told ,saul3  ,david went to the     

house of ,achimelech4  #ea3c4 ,why dost 
thou glory in malice1 thou that art     
mighty in iniquity8  #ea3d4 ,all the day
 long thy tongue hath devised injustice3
  as a sharp razor1 thou hast wrought   
deceit4  #ea3e4 ,thou hast loved malice 
more than goodness3  and iniquity rather
 than to speak righteousness4  #ea3f4   
,thou hast loved all the words of ruin1 
,o deceitful tongue4  #ea3g4 ,therefore 
will ,god destroy thee for ever3  he    
will pluck thee out1 and remove thee    
from thy dwelling place3  and thy root  
out of the land of the living4  #ea3h4  
,the just shall see and fear1 and shall 
laugh at him1 and say3  #ea3i4 ,behold  
the man that made not ,god his helper3  
,but trusted in the abundance of his    
riches3  and prevailed in his vanity4   
#ea3aj4 ,but ,i1 as a fruitful olive    
tree in the house of ,god1 have hoped in
 the mercy of ,god for ever1 yea for    
ever and ever4  #ea3aa4 ,i will praise  
thee for ever1 because thou hast done   
it3  and ,i will wait on thy name1 for  

it is good in the sight of thy saints4  
,psalms ,chapter #eb   ,dixit insipiens4
  ,the general corruption of man before 
the coming of ,christ4  #eb3a4 ,unto the
 end1 for ,maeleth1 understandings to   
,david4  ,the fool said in his heart3   
,there is no ,god4  ,maeleth4 4 4,or    
,machalath4  ,a musical instrument1 or a
 chorus of musicians1 for ,st4 ,jerome  
renders it1 per chorum4  #eb3b4 ,they   
are corrupted1 and become abominable in 
iniquities3  there is none that doth    
good4  #eb3c4 ,god looked down from     
heaven on the children of men3  to see  
if there were any that did understand1  
or did seek ,god4  #eb3d4 ,all have gone
 aside1 they are become unprofitable    
together1 there is none that doth good1 
no not one4  #eb3e4 ,shall not all the  
workers of iniquity know1 who eat up my 
people as they eat bread8  #eb3f4 ,they 
have not called upon ,god3  there have  
they trembled for fear1 where there was 
no fear4  ,for ,god hath scattered the  
bones of them that please men3  they    

have been confounded1 because ,god hath 
despised them4  ,god hath scattered the 
bones1 etc4 4 4,that is1 ,god has       
brought to nothing the strength of all  
those that seek to please men1 to the   
prejudice of their duty to their ,maker4
  #eb3g4 ,who will give out of ,sion the
 salvation of ,israel8  when ,god shall 
bring back the captivity of his people1 
,jacob shall rejoice1 and ,israel shall 
be glad4    ,psalms ,chapter #ec        
,deus1 in nomine tuo4  ,a prayer for    
help in distress4  #ec3a4 ,unto the end1
 in verses1 understanding for ,david4   
#ec3b4 ,when the en of ,ziph had come   
and said to ,saul3  ,is not ,david      
hidden with us8  #a ,kings #bc4ai       
#ec3c4 ,save me1 ,o ,god1 by thy name1  
and judge me in thy strength4  #ec3d4 ,o
 ,god1 hear my prayer3  give ear to the 
words of my mouth4  #ec3e4 ,for         
strangers have risen up against me2 and 
the mighty have sought after my soul3   
and they have not set ,god before their 
eyes4  #ec3f4 ,for behold ,god is my    

helper3  and the ,lord is the protector 
of my soul4  #ec3g4 ,turn back the evils
 upon my enemies2 and cut them off in   
thy truth4  #ec3h4 ,i will freely       
sacrifice to thee1 and will give praise1
 ,o ,god1 to thy name3  because it is   
good3  #ec3i4 ,for thou hast delivered  
me out of all trouble3  and my eye hath 
looked down upon my enemies4    ,psalms 
,chapter #ed   ,exaudi1 ,deus4  ,a      
prayer of a just man under persecution  
from the wicked4  ,it agrees to ,christ 
persecuted by the ,jews1 and betrayed by
 ,judas4  #ed3a4 ,unto the end1 in      
verses1 understanding for ,david4       
#ed3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,god1 my prayer1 and   
despise not my supplication3  #ed3c4 ,be
 attentive to me and hear me4  ,i am    
grieved in my exercise2 and am troubled1
  #ed3d4 ,at the voice of the enemy1 and
 at the tribulation of the sinner4 ,for 
they have cast iniquities upon me3  and 
in wrath they were troublesome to me4   
#ed3e4 ,my heart is troubled within me3 
and the fear of death is fallen upon me4

  #ed3f4 ,fear and trembling are come   
upon me3  and darkness hath covered me4 
#ed3g4 ,and ,i said3  ,who will give me 
wings like a dove1 and ,i will fly and  
be at rest8  #ed3h4 ,lo1 ,i have gone   
far off flying away2 and ,i abode in the
 wilderness4  #ed3i4 ,i waited for him  
that hath saved me from pusillanimity of
 spirit1 and a storm4  #ed3aj4 ,cast    
down1 ,o ,lord1 and divide their        
tongues2 for ,i have seen iniquity and  
contradiction in the city4  #ed3aa4 ,day
 and night shall iniquity surround it   
upon its walls3  and in the midst       
thereof are labour1  #ed3ab4 ,and       
injustice4  ,and usury and deceit have  
not departed from its streets4  #ed3ac4 
,for if my enemy had reviled me1 ,i     
would verily have borne with it4  ,and  
if he that hated me had spoken great    
things against me1 ,i would perhaps have
 hidden my self from him4  #ed3ad4 ,but 
thou a man of one mind1 my guide1 and my
 familiar1  #ed3ae4 ,who didst take     
sweetmeats together with me3  in the    

house of ,god we walked with consent4   
#ed3af4 ,let death come upon them1 and  
let them go down alive into hell4 ,for  
there is wickedness in their dwellings3 
in the midst of them4  ,let death1 etc4 
4 4,this1 and such like imprecations    
which occur in the psalms1 are delivered
 prophetically2 that is1 by way of      
foretelling the punishments which shall 
fall upon the wicked from divine        
justice1 and approving the righteous    
ways of ,god3  but not by way of ill    
will1 or uncharitable curses1 which the 
law of ,god disallows4  #ed3ag4 ,but ,i 
have cried to ,god3  and the ,lord will 
save me4  #ed3ah4 ,evening and morning1 
and at noon ,i will speak and declare3  
and he shall hear my voice4  #ed3ai4 ,he
 shall redeem my soul in peace from them
 that draw near to me3 for among many   
they were with me4  ,among many1 etc4 4 
4,that is1 they that drew near to attack
 me were many in company all combined to
 fight against me4  #ed3bj4 ,god shall  
hear1 and the ,eternal shall humble     

them4  ,for there is no change with     
them1 and they have not feared ,god3    
#ed3ba4 ,he hath stretched forth his    
hand to repay4  ,they have defiled his  
covenant1  #ed3bb4 ,they are divided by 
the wrath of his countenance1 and his   
heart hath drawn near4  ,his words are  
smoother than oil1 and the same are     
darts4  ,they are divided1 etc4 4       
4,dispersed1 scattered1 and brought to  
nothing1 by the wrath of ,god2 who looks
 with indignation on their wicked and   
deceitful ways4  #ed3bc4 ,cast thy care 
upon the ,lord1 and he shall sustain    
thee3  he shall not suffer the just to  
waver for ever4  #ed3bd4 ,but thou1 ,o  
,god1 shalt bring them down into the pit
 of destruction4  ,bloody and deceitful 
men shall not live out half their days2 
but ,i will trust in thee1 ,o ,lord4    
,psalms ,chapter #ee   ,miserere mei1   
,deus4  ,a prayer of ,david in danger   
and distress4  #ee3a4 ,unto the end1 for
 a people that is removed at a distance 
form the sanctuary3  for ,david1 for an 

inscription of a title 7or pillar7 when 
the ,philistines held him in ,geth4     
#ee3b4 ,have mercy on me1 ,o ,god1 for  
man hath trodden me under foot2 all the 
day long he hath afflicted me fighting  
against me4  #ee3c4 ,my enemies have    
trodden on me all the day long2 for they
 are many that make war against me4     
#ee3d4 ,from the height of the day ,i   
shall fear3  but ,i will trust in thee4 
,the height of the day4 4 4,that is1    
even at noonday1 when the sun is the    
highest1 ,i am still in danger4  #ee3e4 
,in ,god ,i will praise my words1 in    
,god ,i have put my trust3  ,i will not 
fear what flesh can do against me4  ,my 
words4 4 4,the words or promises ,god   
has made in my favour4  #ee3f4 ,all the 
day long they detested my words3  all   
their thoughts were against me unto     
evil4  #ee3g4 ,they will dwell and hide 
themselves3  they will watch my heel4   
,as they have waited for my soul1       
#ee3h4 ,for nothing shalt thou save     
them3  in thy anger thou shalt break the

 people in pieces4  ,o ,god1  ,for      
nothing shalt thou save them4 4 4,that  
is1 since they lie in wait to ruin my   
soul1 thou shalt for no consideration   
favour or assist them1 but execute thy  
justice upon them4  #ee3i4 ,i have      
declared to thee my life3  thou hast set
 me tears in thy sight1 ,as also in thy 
promise4  #ee3aj4 ,then shall my enemies
 be turned back4  ,in what day soever ,i
 shall call upon thee1 behold ,i know   
thou art my ,god4  #ee3aa4 ,in ,god will
 ,i praise the word1 in the ,lord will  
,i praise his speech4  ,in ,god have ,i 
hoped1 ,i will not fear what man can do 
to me4  #ee3ab4 ,in me1 ,o ,god1 are    
vows to thee1 which ,i will pay1 praises
 to thee3  #ee3ac4 ,because thou hast   
delivered my soul from death1 my feet   
from falling3  that ,i may please in the
 sight of ,god1 in the light of the     
living4    ,psalms ,chapter #ef         
,miserere mei1 ,deus4  ,the prophet     
prays in his affliction1 and praises    
,god for his delivery4  #ef3a4 ,unto the

 end1 destroy not1 for ,david1 for an   
inscription of a title1 when he fled    
from ,saul into the cave4  #a ,kings    
#bd4  ,destroy not4 4 4,suffer me not to
 be destroyed4  #ef3b4 ,have mercy on   
me1 ,o ,god1 have mercy on me3  for my  
soul trusteth in thee4  ,and in the     
shadow of thy wings will ,i hope1 until 
iniquity pass away4  #ef3c4 ,i will cry 
to ,god the most high2 to ,god who hath 
done good to me4  #ef3d4 ,he hath sent  
from heaven and delivered me3  he hath  
made them a reproach that trod upon me4 
,god hath sent his mercy and his truth1 
#ef3e4 ,and he hath delivered my soul   
from the midst of the young lions4 ,i   
slept troubled4  ,the sons of men1 whose
 teeth are weapons and arrows1 and their
 tongue a sharp sword4  #ef3f4 ,be thou 
exalted1 ,o ,god1 above the heavens1 and
 thy glory above all the earth4  #ef3g4 
,they prepared a snare for my feet2 and 
they bowed down my soul4 ,they dug a pit
 before my face1 and they are fallen    
into it4  #ef3h4 ,my heart is ready1 ,o 

,god1 my heart is ready3  ,i will sing1 
and rehearse a psalm4  #ef3i4 ,arise1 ,o
 my glory1 arise psaltery and harp3  ,i 
will arise early4  #ef3aj4 ,i will give 
praise to thee1 ,o ,lord1 among the     
people3  ,i will sing a psalm to thee   
among the nations4  #ef3aa4 ,for thy    
mercy is magnified even to the heavens3 
and thy truth unto the clouds4  #ef3ab4 
,be thou exalted1 ,o ,god1 above the    
heavens3  and thy glory above all the   
earth4    ,psalms ,chapter #eg   ,si    
vere utique4  ,david reproveth the      
wicked1 and foretelleth their           
punishment4  #eg3a4 ,unto the end1      
destroy not1 for ,david1 for an         
inscription of a title4  #eg3b4 ,if in  
very deed ye speak justice3  judge right
 things1 ye sons of men4  #eg3c4 ,for in
 your heart you work iniquity3  your    
hands forge injustice in the earth4     
#eg3d4 ,the wicked are alienated from   
the womb2 they have gone astray from the
 womb3  they have spoken false things4  
#eg3e4 ,their madness is according to   

the likeness of a serpent3  like the    
deaf asp that stoppeth her ears3  #eg3f4
 ,which will not hear the voice of the  
charmers2 nor of the wizard that        
charmeth wisely4  #eg3g4 ,god shall     
break in pieces their teeth in their    
mouth3  the ,lord shall break the       
grinders of the lions4  #eg3h4 ,they    
shall come to nothing1 like water       
running down2 he hath bent his bow till 
they be weakened4  #eg3i4 ,like wax that
 melteth they shall be taken away3  fire
 hath fallen on them1 and they shall not
 see the sun4  #eg3aj4 ,before your     
thorns could know the brier2 he         
swalloweth them up1 as alive1 in his    
wrath4  ,before your thorns1 etc4 4     
4,that is1 before your thorns grow up1  
so as to become strong briers1 they     
shall be overtaken and consumed by      
divine justice1 swallowing them up1 as  
it were1 alive in his wrath4  #eg3aa4   
,the just shall rejoice when he shall   
see the revenge3  he shall wash his     
hands in the blood of the sinner4       

,shall wash his hands1 etc4 4 4,shall   
applaud the justice of ,god1 and take   
occasion from the consideration of the  
punishment of the wicked to wash and    
cleanse his hands from sin4  #eg3ab4    
,and man shall say3  ,if indeed there be
 fruit to the just3  there is indeed a  
,god that judgeth them on the earth4    
,psalms ,chapter #eh   ,eripe me4  ,a   
prayer to be delivered from the wicked1 
with confidence in ,god's help and      
protection4  ,it agrees to ,christ and  
his enemies the ,jews4  #eh3a4 ,unto the
 end1 destroy not1 for ,david for an    
inscription of a title1 when ,saul sent 
and watched his house to kill him4  #a  
,kings #ai4  #eh3b4 ,deliver me from my 
enemies1 ,o my ,god2 and defend me from 
them that rise up against me4  #eh3c4   
,deliver me from them that work         
iniquity1 and save me from bloody men4  
#eh3d4 ,for behold they have caught my  
soul3  the mighty have rushed in upon   
me3  #eh3e4 ,neither is it my iniquity1 
nor my sin1 ,o ,lord3  without iniquity 

have ,i run1 and directed my steps4     
#eh3f4 ,rise up thou to meet me1 and    
behold3  even thou1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god  
of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel4  ,attend 
to visit all the nations3  have no mercy
 on all them that work iniquity4  #eh3g4
 ,they shall return at evening1 and     
shall suffer hunger like dogs3 and shall
 go round about the city4  #eh3h4       
,behold they shall speak with their     
mouth1 and a sword is in their lips3    
for who1 say they1 hath heard us8       
#eh3i4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 shalt laugh 
at them3  thou shalt bring all the      
nations to nothing4  #eh3aj4 ,i will    
keep my strength to thee3  for thou art 
my protector3  #eh3aa4 ,my ,god1 his    
mercy shall prevent me4  #eh3ab4 ,god   
shall let me see over my enemies3  slay 
them not1 lest at any time my people    
forget4  ,scatter them by thy power2 and
 bring them down1 ,o ,lord1 my          
protector3  #eh3ac4 ,for the sin of     
their mouth1 and the word of their lips3
  and let them be taken in their pride4 

,and for their cursing and lying they   
shall be talked of1  #eh3ad4 ,when they 
are consumed3  when they are consumed by
 thy wrath1 and they shall be no more4  
,and they shall know that ,god will rule
 ,jacob1 and all the ends of the earth4 
#eh3ae4 ,they shall return at evening   
and shall suffer hunger like dogs3 and  
shall go round about the city4  #eh3af4 
,they shall be scattered abroad to eat1 
and shall murmur if they be not filled4 
#eh3ag4 ,but ,i will sing thy strength3 
and will extol thy mercy in the morning4
  ,for thou art become my support1 and  
my refuge1 in the day of my trouble4    
#eh3ah4 ,unto thee1 ,o my helper1 will  
,i sing1 for thou art ,god my defence3  
my ,god my mercy4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#ei   ,deus1 repulisti nos4  ,after many
 afflictions1 the church of ,christ     
shall prevail4  #ei3a4 ,unto the end1   
for them that shall be changed1 for the 
inscription of a title1 to ,david       
himself1 for doctrine1  #ei3b4 ,when he 
set fire to ,mesopotamia of ,syria and  

,sobal3  and ,joab returned and slew of 
,edom1 in the vale of the saltpits1     
twelve thousand men4  #ei3c4 ,o ,god1   
thou hast cast us off1 and hast         
destroyed us2 thou hast been angry1 and 
hast had mercy on us4  #ei3d4 ,thou hast
 moved the earth1 and hast troubled it3 
heal thou the breaches thereof1 for it  
has been moved4  #ei3e4 ,thou hast shewn
 thy people hard things2 thou hast made 
us drink the wine of sorrow4  #ei3f4    
,thou hast given a warning to them that 
fear thee3  that they may flee from     
before the bow3  ,that thy beloved may  
be delivered4  #ei3g4 ,save me with thy 
right hand1 and hear me4  #ei3h4 ,god   
hath spoken in his holy place3  ,i will 
rejoice1 and ,i will divide ,sichem2 and
 will mete out the vale of tabernacles4 
#ei3i4 ,galaad is mine1 and ,manasses is
 mine3  and ,ephraim is the strength of 
my head4  ,juda is my king3  #ei3aj4    
,moab is the pot of my hope4  ,into     
,edom will ,i stretch out my shoe3  to  
me the foreigners are made subject4     

,the pot of my hope4 4 4,or my watering 
pot4  ,that is1 a vessel for meaner     
uses1 by being reduced to serve me1 even
 in the meanest employments4--,ibid4    
,foreigners4 4 4,so the ,philistines are
 called1 who had no kindred with the    
,israelites2 whereas the ,edomites1     
,moabites1 etc41 were originally of the 
same family4  #ei3aa4 ,who will bring me
 into the strong city8  who will lead me
 into ,edom8  #ei3ab4 ,wilt not thou1 ,o
 ,god1 who hast cast us off8  and wilt  
not thou1 ,o ,god1 go out with our      
armies8  #ei3ac4 ,give us help from     
trouble3  for vain is the salvation of  
man4  #ei3ad4 ,through ,god we shall do 
mightily3  and he shall bring to nothing
 them that afflict us4    ,psalms       
,chapter #fj   ,exaudi1 ,deus4  ,a      
prayer for the coming of the kingdom of 
,christ1 which shall have no end4       
#fj3a4 ,unto the end1 in hymns1 for     
,david4  #fj3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,god1 my      
supplication3  be attentive to my       
prayer4  #fj3c4 ,to thee have ,i cried  

from the ends of the earth3  when my    
heart was in anguish1 thou hast exalted 
me on a rock4  ,thou hast conducted me2 
#fj3d4 ,for thou hast been my hope2 a   
tower of strength against the face of   
the enemy4  #fj3e4 ,in thy tabernacle ,i
 shall dwell for ever3  ,i shall be     
protected under the covert of thy wings4
  #fj3f4 ,for thou1 my ,god1 hast heard 
my prayer3  thou hast given an          
inheritance to them that fear thy name4 
#fj3g4 ,thou wilt add days to the days  
of the king3  his years even to         
generation and generation4  #fj3h4 ,he  
abideth for ever in the sight of ,god3  
his mercy and truth who shall search8   
#fj3i4 ,so will ,i sing a psalm to thy  
name for ever and ever3  that ,i may pay
 my vows from day to day4    ,psalms    
,chapter #fa   ,nonne ,deo4  ,the       
prophet encourageth himself and all     
others to trust in ,god1 and serve him4 
#fa3a4 ,unto the end1 for ,idithun1 a   
psalm of ,david4  #fa3b4 ,shall not my  
soul be subject to ,god8  for from him  

is my salvation4  #fa3c4 ,for he is my  
,god and my saviour3  he is my          
protector1 ,i shall be moved no more4   
#fa3d4 ,how long do you rush in upon a  
man8  you all kill1 as if you were      
thrusting down a leaning wall1 and a    
tottering fence4  #fa3e4 ,but they have 
thought to cast away my price2 ,i ran in
 thirst3 they blessed with their mouth1 
but cursed with their heart4  #fa3f4    
,but be thou1 ,o my soul1 subject to    
,god3  for from him is my patience4     
#fa3g4 ,for he is my ,god and my        
saviour3  he is my helper1 ,i shall not 
be moved4  #fa3h4 ,in ,god is my        
salvation and my glory3  he is the ,god 
of my help1 and my hope is in ,god4     
#fa3i4 ,trust in him1 all ye            
congregation of people3  pour out your  
hearts before him4  ,god is our helper  
for ever4  #fa3aj4 ,but vain are the    
sons of men1 the sons of men are liars  
in the balances3  that by vanity they   
may together deceive4  ,are liars in the
 balances1 etc4 4 4,they are so vain and

 light1 that if they are put into the   
scales1 they will be found to be of no  
weight2 and to be mere lies1 deceit1 and
 vanity4  ,or1 ,they are liars in their 
balances1 by weighing things by false   
weights1 and preferring the temporal    
before the eternal4  #fa3aa4 ,trust not 
in iniquity1 and cover not robberies3   
if riches abound1 set not your heart    
upon them4  #fa3ab4 ,god hath spoken    
once1 these two things have ,i heard1   
that power belongeth to ,god1  #fa3ac4  
,and mercy to thee1 ,o ,lord2 for thou  
wilt render to every man according to   
his works4    ,psalms ,chapter #fb      
,deus ,deus meus1 ad te4  ,the prophet  
aspireth after ,god4  #fb3a4 ,a psalm of
 ,david while he was in the desert of   
,edom4  #fb3b4 ,o ,god1 my ,god1 to thee
 do ,i watch at break of day4  ,for thee
 my soul hath thirsted2 for thee my     
flesh1 ,o how many ways6  #fb3c4 ,in a  
desert land1 and where there is no way1 
and no water3  so in the sanctuary have 
,i come before thee1 to see thy power   

and thy glory4  #fb3d4 ,for thy mercy is
 better than lives3  thee my lips will  
praise4  #fb3e4 ,thus will ,i bless thee
 all my life long3  and in thy name ,i  
will lift up my hands4  #fb3f4 ,let my  
soul be filled as with marrow and       
fatness3  and my mouth shall praise thee
 with joyful lips4  #fb3g4 ,if ,i have  
remembered thee upon my bed1 ,i will    
meditate on thee in the morning3  #fb3h4
 ,because thou hast been my helper4     
,and ,i will rejoice under the covert of
 thy wings3  #fb3i4 ,my soul hath stuck 
close to thee3  thy right hand hath     
received me4  #fb3aj4 ,but they have    
fought my soul in vain1 they shall go   
into the lower parts of the earth3      
#fb3aa4 ,they shall be delivered into   
the hands of the sword1 they shall be   
the portions of foxes4  #fb3ab4 ,but the
 king shall rejoice in ,god1 all they   
shall be praised that swear by him3     
because the mouth is stopped of them    
that speak wicked things4    ,psalms    
,chapter #fc   ,exaudi ,deus orationem4 

,a prayer in affliction1 with confidence
 in ,god that he will bring to nought   
the machinations of persecutors4  #fc3a4
 ,unto the end1 a psalm for ,david4     
#fc3b4 ,hear ,o ,god1 my prayer1 when ,i
 make supplication to thee3  deliver my 
soul from the fear of the enemy4  #fc3c4
 ,thou hast protected me from the       
assembly of the malignant2 from the     
multitude of the workers of iniquity4   
#fc3d4 ,for they have whetted their     
tongues like a sword2 they have bent    
their bow a bitter thing1  #fc3e4 ,to   
shoot in secret the undefiled4  #fc3f4  
,they will shoot at him on a sudden1 and
 will not fear3  they are resolute in   
wickedness4  ,they have talked of hiding
 snares2 they have said3  ,who shall see
 them8  #fc3g4 ,they have searched after
 iniquities3  they have failed in their 
search4  ,man shall come to a deep      
heart3  ,a deep heart4 4 4,that is1     
crafty1 subtle1 deep projects and       
designs2 which nevertheless shall not   
succeed2 for ,god shall be exalted in   

bringing them to nought by his wisdom   
and power4  #fc3h4 ,and ,god shall be   
exalted4  ,the arrows of children are   
their wounds3  ,the arrows of children  
are their wounds4 4 4,that is1 the      
wounds1 stripes1 or blows1 they seek to 
inflict upon the just1 are but like the 
weak efforts of children's arrows1 which
 can do no execution3  and their        
tongues1 that is1 their speeches against
 them come to nothing4  #fc3i4 ,and     
their tongues against them are made     
weak4  ,all that saw them were troubled2
  #fc3aj4 ,and every man was afraid4    
,and they declared the works of ,god1   
and understood his doings4  #fc3aa4 ,the
 just shall rejoice in the ,lord1 and   
shall hope in him3  and all the upright 
in heart shall be praised4    ,psalms   
,chapter #fd   ,te decet4  ,god is to be
 praised in his church1 to which all    
nations shall be called4  #fd3a4 ,to the
 end1 a psalm of ,david4  ,the canticle 
of ,jeremias and ,ezechiel to the people
 of the captivity1 when they began to go

 out4  ,of the captivity4 4 4,that is1  
the people of the captivity of ,babylon4
 ,this is not in the ,hebrew1 but is    
found in the ancient translation of the 
,septuagint4  #fd3b4 ,a hymn1 ,o ,god1  
becometh thee in ,sion3  and a vow shall
 be paid to thee in ,jerusalem4  #fd3c4 
,o hear my prayer3  all flesh shall come
 to thee4  #fd3d4 ,the words of the     
wicked have prevailed over us3  and thou
 wilt pardon our transgressions4  #fd3e4
 ,blessed is he whom thou hast chosen   
and taken to thee3  he shall dwell in   
thy courts4  ,we shall be filled with   
the good things of thy house2 holy is   
thy temple1  #fd3f4 ,wonderful in       
justice4  ,hear us1 ,o ,god our saviour1
 who art the hope of all the ends of the
 earth1 and in the sea afar off4  #fd3g4
 ,thou who preparest the mountains by   
thy strength1 being girded with power3  
#fd3h4 ,who troublest the depth of the  
sea1 the noise of its waves4  ,the      
,gentiles shall be troubled1  #fd3i4    
,and they that dwell in the uttermost   

borders shall be afraid at thy signs3   
thou shalt make the outgoings of the    
morning and of the evening to be joyful4
  #fd3aj4 ,thou hast visited the earth1 
and hast plentifully watered it2 thou   
hast many ways enriched it4  ,the river 
of ,god is filled with water1 thou hast 
prepared their food3  for so is its     
preparation4  #fd3aa4 ,fill up          
plentifully the streams thereof1        
multiply its fruits2 it shall spring up 
and rejoice in its showers4  #fd3ab4    
,thou shalt bless the crown of the year 
of thy goodness3  and thy fields shall  
be filled with plenty4  #fd3ac4 ,the    
beautiful places of the wilderness shall
 grow fat3  and the hills shall be      
girded about with joy1  #fd3ad4 ,the    
rams of the flock are clothed1 and the  
vales shall abound with corn3  they     
shall shout1 yea they shall sing a hymn4
    ,psalms ,chapter #fe   ,jubilate    
,deo4  ,an invitation to praise ,god4   
#fe3a4 ,unto the end1 a canticle of a   
psalm of the resurrection4  ,shout with 

joy to ,god1 all the earth1  #fe3b4     
,sing ye a psalm to his name2 give glory
 to his praise4  #fe3c4 ,say unto ,god1 
,how terrible are thy works1 ,o ,lord6  
in the multitude of thy strength thy    
enemies shall lie to thee4  #fe3d4 ,let 
all the earth adore thee1 and sing to   
thee3  let it sing a psalm to thy name4 
#fe3e4 ,come and see the works of ,god2 
who is terrible in his counsels over the
 sons of men4  #fe3f4 ,who turneth the  
sea into dry land1 in the river they    
shall pass on foot3  there shall we     
rejoice in him4  #fe3g4 ,who by his     
power ruleth for ever3  his eyes behold 
the nations2 let not them that provoke  
him be exalted in themselves4  #fe3h4 ,o
 bless our ,god1 ye ,gentiles3  and make
 the voice of his praise to be heard4   
#fe3i4 ,who hath set my soul to live3   
and hath not suffered my feet to be     
moved3  #fe3aj4 ,for thou1 ,o ,god1 hast
 proved us3  thou hast tried us by fire1
 as silver is tried4  #fe3aa4 ,thou hast
 brought us into a net1 thou hast laid  

afflictions on our back3  #fe3ab4 ,thou 
hast set men over our heads4  ,we have  
passed through fire and water1 and thou 
hast brought us out into a refreshment4 
#fe3ac4 ,i will go into thy house with  
burnt offerings3  ,i will pay thee my   
vows1  #fe3ad4 ,which my lips have      
uttered1 ,and my mouth hath spoken1 when
 ,i was in trouble4  #fe3ae4 ,i will    
offer up to thee holocausts full of     
marrow1 with burnt offerings of rams3   
,i will offer to thee bullocks with     
goats4  #fe3af4 ,come and hear1 all ye  
that fear ,god1 and ,i will tell you    
what great things he hath done for my   
soul4  #fe3ag4 ,i cried to him with my  
mouth3  and ,i extolled him with my     
tongue4  #fe3ah4 ,if ,i have looked at  
iniquity in my heart1 the ,lord will not
 hear me4  #fe3ai4 ,therefore hath ,god 
heard me1 and hath attended to the voice
 of my supplication4  #fe3bj4 ,blessed  
be ,god1 who hath not turned away my    
prayer1 nor his mercy from me4          
,psalms ,chapter #ff   ,deus misereatur4

  ,a prayer for the propagation of the  
church4  #ff3a4 ,unto the end1 in hymns1
 a psalm of a canticle for ,david4      
#ff3b4 ,may ,god have mercy on us1 and  
bless us3  may he cause the light of his
 countenance to shine upon us1 and may  
he have mercy on us4  #ff3c4 ,that we   
may know thy way upon earth3  thy       
salvation in all nations4  #ff3d4 ,let  
people confess to thee1 ,o ,god3  let   
all people give praise to thee4  #ff3e4 
,let the nations be glad and rejoice3   
for thou judgest the people with        
justice1 and directest the nations upon 
earth4  #ff3f4 ,let the people1 ,o ,god1
 confess to thee3  let all the people   
give praise to thee3  #ff3g4 ,the earth 
hath yielded her fruit4  ,may ,god1 our 
,god bless us1  #ff3h4 ,may ,god bless  
us3  and all the ends of the earth fear 
him4    ,psalms ,chapter #fg   ,exurgat 
,deus4  ,the glorious establishment of  
the church of the ,new ,testament1      
prefigured by the benefits bestowed on  
the people of ,israel4  #fg3a4 ,unto the

 end1 a psalm of a canticle for ,david  
himself4  #fg3b4 ,let ,god arise1 and   
let his enemies be scattered3  and let  
them that hate him flee from before his 
face4  #fg3c4 ,as smoke vanisheth1 so   
let them vanish away3  as wax melteth   
before the fire1 so let the wicked      
perish at the presence of ,god4  #fg3d4 
,and let the just feast1 and rejoice    
before ,god3  and be delighted with     
gladness4  #fg3e4 ,sing ye to ,god1 sing
 a psalm to his name1 make a way for him
 who ascendeth upon the west3  the ,lord
 is his name4  ,rejoice ye before him3  
but the wicked shall be troubled at his 
presence1  ,who ascendeth upon the west4
 4 4,super occasum4  ,st4 ,gregory      
understands it of ,christ1 who after his
 going down1 like the sun1 in the west1 
by his passion and death1 ascended more 
glorious1 and carried all before him4   
,st4 ,jerome renders it1 who ascendeth1 
or cometh up1 through the deserts4      
#fg3f4 ,who is the father of orphans1   
and the judge of widows4  ,god in his   

holy place3  #fg3g4 ,god who maketh men 
of one manner to dwell in a house3  ,who
 bringeth out them that were bound in   
strength2 in like manner them that      
provoke1 that dwell in sepulchres4  ,of 
one manner4 4 4,that is1 agreeing in    
faith1 unanimous in love1 and following 
the same manner of discipline4  ,it is  
verified in the servants of ,god1 living
 together in his house1 which is the    
church4  #a ,tim4 #c4ae4--;,ibid4  ,them
 that were bound1 etc4 4 4,the power and
 mercy of ,god appears in his bringing  
out of their captivity those that were  
strongly bound in their sins3  and in   
restoring to his grace those whose      
behaviour had been most provoking2 and  
who by their evil habits were not only  
dead1 but buried in their sepulchres4   
#fg3h4 ,o ,god1 when thou didst go forth
 in the sight of thy people1 when thou  
didst pass through the desert3  #fg3i4  
,the earth was moved1 and the heavens   
dropped at the presence of the ,god of  
,sina1 at the presence of the ,god of   

,israel4  #fg3aj4 ,thou shalt set aside 
for thy inheritance a free rain1 ,o     
,god3  and it was weakened1 but thou    
hast made it perfect4  ,a free rain4 4  
4the manna1 which rained plentifully    
from heaven1 in favour of ,god's        
inheritance1 that is1 of his people     
,israel3  which was weakened indeed     
under a variety of afflictions1 but was 
made perfect by ,god2 that is1 was still
 supported by divine providence1 and    
brought on to the promised land4  ,it   
agrees particularly to the church of    
,christ his true inheritance1 which is  
plentifully watered with the free rain  
of heavenly grace2 and through many     
infirmities1 that is1 crosses and       
tribulations1 is made perfect1 and      
fitted for eternal glory4  #fg3aa4 ,in  
it shall thy animals dwell2 in thy      
sweetness1 ,o ,god1 thou hast provided  
for the poor4  ,in it1 etc4 4 4,that is1
 in this church1 which is thy fold and  
thy inheritance1 shall thy animals1 thy 
sheep1 dwell3  where thou hast          

plentifully provided for them4  #fg3ab4 
,the ,lord shall give the word to them  
that preach good tidings with great     
power4  ,to them that preach good       
tidings4 4 4,evangelizantibus4  ,that   
is1 to the preachers of the gospel2 who 
receiving the word from the ,lord1 shall
 with great power and efficacy preach   
throughout the world the glad tidings of
 a ,saviour1 and of eternal salvation   
through him4  #fg3ac4 ,the king of      
powers is of the beloved1 of the        
beloved2 and the beauty of the house    
shall divide spoils4  ,the king of      
powers4 4 4,that is1 the mighty ,king1  
the ,lord of hosts1 is of the beloved1  
of the beloved2 that is1 is on the side 
of ,christ1 his most beloved son3  and  
his beautiful house1 viz41 the church1  
in which ,god dwells forever1 shall by  
her spiritual conquests divide the      
spoils of many nations4  ,the ,hebrew   
7as it now stands pointed7 is thus      
rendered1 ,the kings of armies have     
fled1 they have fled1 and she that      

dwells at home 7or the beauty of the    
house7 shall divide the spoils4  #fg3ad4
 ,if you sleep among the midst of lots1 
you shall be as the wings of a dove     
covered with silver1 and the hinder     
parts of her back with the paleness of  
gold4  ,if you sleep among the midst of 
lots 7intermedios cleros1 etc474 4      
4,viz41 in such dangers and             
persecutions1 as if your enemies were   
casting lots for your goods and persons3
  or in the midst of the lots1          
7intermedios terminos1 as ,st4 ,jerome  
renders it17 that is1 upon the very     
bounds or borders of the dominions of   
your enemies3  you shall be secure      
nevertheless under the divine           
protection2 and shall be enabled to fly 
away1 like a dove1 with glittering wings
 and feathers shining like the palest   
and most precious gold2 that is1 with   
great increase of virtue1 and glowing   
with the fervour of charity4  #fg3ae4   
,when he that is in heaven appointeth   
kings over her1 they shall be whited    

with snow in ,selmon4  ,kings over her4 
4 4,that is1 pastors and rulers over his
 church1 viz41 the apostles and their   
successors4  ,then by their ministry    
shall men be made whiter than the snow  
which lies on the top of the high       
mountain ,selmon4  #fg3af4 ,the mountain
 of ,god is a fat mountain4  ,a curdled 
mountain1 a fat mountain4  ,the mountain
 of ,god4 4 4,the church1 which1 ,isa4  
#b4b1 is called ,the mountain of the    
house of the ,lord upon the top of      
mountains4  ,it is here called a fat and
 a curdled mountain2 that is to say1    
most fruitful1 and enriched by the      
spiritual gifts and graces of the ,holy 
,ghost4  #fg3ag4 ,why suspect1 ye       
curdled mountains8  ,a mountain in which
 ,god is well pleased to dwell3  for    
there the ,lord shall dwell unto the    
end4  ,why suspect1 ye curdled          
mountains84 4 4,why do you suppose or   
imagine there may be any other such     
curdled mountains8  ,you are mistaken3  
the mountain thus favoured by ,god is   

but one2 and this same he has chosen for
 his dwelling for ever4  #fg3ah4 ,the   
chariot of ,god is attended by ten      
thousands2 thousands of them that       
rejoice3  the ,lord is among them in    
,sina1 in the holy place4  ,the chariot 
of ,god4 4 4,descending to give his law 
on mount ,sina3  as also of ,jesus      
,christ his ,son1 ascending into heaven1
 to send from thence the ,holy ,ghost1  
to publish his new law1 is attended with
 ten thousands1 that is1 with an        
innumerable multitude of joyful angels4 
#fg3ai4 ,thou hast ascended on high1    
thou hast led captivity captive2 thou   
hast received gifts in men4  ,yea for   
those also that do not believe1 the     
dwelling of the ,lord ,god4  ,led       
captivity captive4 4 4,carrying away    
with thee to heaven those who before had
 been the captives of ,satan2 and       
receiving from ,god the ,father gifts to
 be distributed to men2 even to those   
who were before unbelievers4  #fg3bj4   
,blessed be the ,lord day by day3  the  

,god of our salvation will make our     
journey prosperous to us4  #fg3ba4 ,our 
,god is the ,god of salvation3  and of  
the ,lord1 of the ,lord are the issues  
from death4  ,the issues from death4 4  
4,the ,lord alone is master of the      
issues1 by which we may escape from     
death4  #fg3bb4 ,but ,god shall break   
the heads of his enemies3  the hairy    
crown of them that walk on in their     
sins4  #fg3bc4 ,the ,lord said3  ,i will
 turn them from ,basan1 ,i will turn    
them into the depth of the sea3  ,i will
 turn them from ,basan1 etc4 4 4,i will 
cast out my enemies from their rich     
possessions1 signified by ,basan1 a     
fruitful country2 and ,i will drive them
 into the depth of the sea3  and make   
such a slaughter of them1 that the feet 
of my servants may be dyed in their     
blood1 etc4  #fg3bd4 ,that thy foot may 
be dipped in the blood of thy enemies2  
the tongue of thy dogs be red with the  
same4  #fg3be4 ,they have seen thy      
goings1 ,o ,god1 the goings of my ,god3 

of my king who is in his sanctuary4     
,thy goings4 4 4,thy ways1 thy          
proceedings1 by which thou didst        
formerly take possession of the promised
 land in favour of thy people2 and shalt
 afterwards of the whole world1 which   
thou shalt subdue to thy ,son4  #fg3bf4 
,princes went before joined with        
singers1 in the midst of young damsels  
playing on timbrels4  ,princes4 4 4,the 
apostles1 the first converters of       
nations2 attended by numbers of perfect 
souls1 singing the divine praises1 and  
virgins consecrated to ,god4  #fg3bg4   
,in the churches bless ye ,god the      
,lord1 from the fountains of ,israel4   
,from the fountains of ,israel4 4 4,from
 whom both ,christ and his apostles     
sprung4  ,by ,benjamin1 the holy fathers
 on this place understand ,st4 ,paul1   
who was of that tribe1 named here a     
youth1 because he was the last called to
 the apostleship4  ,by the princes of   
,juda1 ,zabulon1 and ,nephthali1 we may 
understand the other apostles1 who were 

of the tribe of ,juda2 or of the tribes 
of ,zabulon1 and ,nephthali1 where our  
,lord began to preach1 ,matt4 #d4ac1    
etc4  #fg3bh4 ,there is ,benjamin a     
youth1 in ecstasy of mind4  ,the princes
 of ,juda are their leaders3  the       
princes of ,zabulon1 the princes of     
,nephthali4  #fg3bi4 ,command thy       
strength1 ,o ,god confirm1 ,o ,god1 what
 thou hast wrought in us4  ,command thy 
strength4 4 4,give orders that thy      
strength may be always with us4  #fg3cj4
 ,from thy temple in ,jerusalem1 kings  
shall offer presents to thee4  #fg3ca4  
,rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds1   
the congregation of bulls with the kine 
of the people2 who seek to exclude them 
who are tried with silver4  ,scatter    
thou the nations that delight in wars3  
,rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds4 4 
4or the wild beasts1 which lie hid in   
the reeds4  ,that is1 the devils1 who   
hide themselves in order to surprise    
their prey4  ,or by wild beasts1 are    
here understood persecutors1 who1 for   

all their attempts against the ,church1 
are but as weak reeds1 which cannot     
prevail against them who are supported  
by the strength of the ,almighty4  ,the 
same are also called the congregation of
 bulls 7from their rage against the     
,church7 who assemble together all their
 kine1 that is1 the people their        
subjects1 to exclude if they can1 from  
,christ and his inheritance1 his        
constant confessors1 who are like silver
 tried by fire4  #fg3cb4 ,ambassadors   
shall come out of ,egypt3  ,ethiopia    
shall soon stretch out her hands to     
,god4  ,ambassadors shall come1 etc4 4  
4,it is a prophecy of the conversion of 
the ,gentiles1 and by name of the       
,egyptians and ,ethiopians4  #fg3cc4    
,sing to ,god1 ye kingdoms of the earth3
  sing ye to the ,lord3  ,sing ye to    
,god1  #fg3cd4 ,who mounteth above the  
heaven of heavens1 to the east4  ,behold
 he will give to his voice the voice of 
power3  ,to the east4 4 4,from mount    
,olivet1 which is on the east side of   

,jerusalem4--,ibid4  ,the voice of      
power4 4 4,that is1 he will make his    
voice to be a powerful voice3  by       
calling from death to life1 such as were
 dead in mortal sin3  as at the last day
 he will by the power of his voice call 
all the dead from their graves4  #fg3ce4
 ,give ye glory to ,god for ,israel1 his
 magnificence1 and his power is in the  
clouds4  #fg3cf4 ,god is wonderful in   
his saints3  the ,god of ,israel is he  
who will give power and strength to his 
people4  ,blessed be ,god4    ,psalms   
,chapter #fh   ,salvum me fac1 ,deus4   
,christ in his passion declareth the    
greatness of his sufferings1 and the    
malice of his persecutors the ,jews2 and
 foretelleth their reprobation4  #fh3a4 
,unto the end1 for them that shall be   
changed2 for ,david4  ,for them that    
shall be changed4 4 4,a psalm for       
,christian converts1 to remember the    
passion of ,christ4  #fh3b4 ,save me1 ,o
 ,god3  for the waters are come in even 
unto my soul4  ,the waters4 4 4,of      

afflictions and sorrows4  ,my soul is   
sorrowful even unto death4  ,matt4      
#bf4ch4  #fh3c4 ,i stick fast in the    
mire of the deep and there is no sure   
standing4  ,i am come into the depth of 
the sea1 and a tempest hath overwhelmed 
me4  #fh3d4 ,i have laboured with       
crying2 my jaws are become hoarse1 my   
eyes have failed1 whilst ,i hope in my  
,god4  #fh3e4 ,they are multiplied above
 the hairs of my head1 who hate me      
without cause4  ,my enemies are grown   
strong who have wrongfully persecuted   
me3  then did ,i pay that which ,i took 
not away4  ,i pay that which ,i took not
 away4 4 4,christ in his passion made   
restitution of what he had not taken    
away1 by suffering the punishment due to
 our sins1 and so repairing the injury  
we had done to ,god4  #fh3f4 ,o ,god1   
thou knowest my foolishness2 and my     
offences are not hidden from thee3  ,my 
foolishness and my offences4 4 4which my
 enemies impute to me3  or the follies  
and sins of men1 which ,i have taken    

upon myself4  #fh3g4 ,let not them be   
ashamed for me1 who look for thee1 ,o   
,lord1 the ,lord of hosts4  ,let them   
not be confounded on my account1 who    
seek thee1 ,o ,god of ,israel4  #fh3h4  
,because for thy sake ,i have borne     
reproach2 shame hath covered my face4   
#fh3i4 ,i am become a stranger to my    
brethren1 and an alien to the sons of my
 mother4  #fh3aj4 ,for the zeal of thy  
house hath eaten me up3  and the        
reproaches of them that reproached thee 
are fallen upon me4  #fh3aa4 ,and ,i    
covered my soul in fasting3  and it was 
made a reproach to me4  #fh3ab4 ,and ,i 
made haircloth my garment3  and ,i      
became a byword to them4  #fh3ac4 ,they 
that sat in the gate spoke against me3  
and they that drank wine made me their  
song4  #fh3ad4 ,but as for me1 my prayer
 is to thee1 ,o ,lord2 for the time of  
thy good pleasure1 ,o ,god4  ,in the    
multitude of thy mercy hear me1 in the  
truth of thy salvation4  #fh3ae4 ,draw  
me out of the mire1 that ,i may not     

stick fast3  deliver me from them that  
hate me1 and out of the deep waters4    
#fh3af4 ,let not the tempest of water   
drown me1 nor the deep water swallow me 
up3  and let not the pit shut her mouth 
upon me4  #fh3ag4 ,hear me1 ,o ,lord1   
for thy mercy is kind2 look upon me     
according to the multitude of thy tender
 mercies4  #fh3ah4 ,and turn not away   
thy face from thy servant3  for ,i am in
 trouble1 hear me speedily4  #fh3ai4    
,attend to my soul1 and deliver it3     
save me because of my enemies4  #fh3bj4 
,thou knowest my reproach1 and my       
confusion1 and my shame4  #fh3ba4 ,in   
thy sight are all they that afflict me2 
my heart hath expected reproach and     
misery4  ,and ,i looked for one that    
would grieve together with me1 but there
 was none3  and for one that would      
comfort me1 and ,i found none4  #fh3bb4 
,and they gave me gall for my food1 and 
in my thirst they gave me vinegar to    
drink4  #fh3bc4 ,let their table become 
as a snare before them1 and a           

recompense1 and a stumblingblock4  ,let 
their table1 etc4 4 4,what here follows 
in the style of an imprecation1 is a    
prophecy of the wretched state to which 
the ,jews should be reduced in          
punishment of their wilful obstinacy4   
#fh3bd4 ,let their eyes be darkened that
 they see not2 and their back bend thou 
down always4  #fh3be4 ,pour out thy     
indignation upon them3  and let thy     
wrathful anger take hold of them4       
#fh3bf4 ,let their habitation be made   
desolate3  and let there be none to     
dwell in their tabernacles4  #fh3bg4    
,because they have persecuted him whom  
thou hast smitten2 and they have added  
to the grief of my wounds4  #fh3bh4 ,add
 thou iniquity upon their iniquity3  and
 let them not come into thy justice4    
#fh3bi4 ,let them be blotted out of the 
book of the living2 and with the just   
let them not be written4  #fh3cj4 ,but  
,i am poor and sorrowful3  thy          
salvation1 ,o ,god1 hath set me up4     
#fh3ca4 ,i will praise the name of ,god 

with a canticle3  and ,i will magnify   
him with praise4  #fh3cb4 ,and it shall 
please ,god better than a young calf1   
that bringeth forth horns and hoofs4    
#fh3cc4 ,let the poor see and rejoice3  
seek ye ,god1 and your soul shall live4 
#fh3cd4 ,for the ,lord hath heard the   
poor3  and hath not despised his        
prisoners4  #fh3ce4 ,let the heavens and
 the earth praise him2 the sea1 and     
every thing that creepeth therein4      
#fh3cf4 ,for ,god will save ,sion1 and  
the cities of ,juda shall be built up4  
,and they shall dwell there1 and acquire
 it by inheritance4  ,sion4 4 4,the     
catholic church4  ,the cities of ,juda1 
etc41 her places of worship1 which shall
 be established throughout the world4   
,and there1 viz41 in this church of     
,christ1 shall his servants dwell1 etc4 
#fh3cg4 ,and the seed of his servants   
shall possess it2 and they that love his
 name shall dwell therein4    ,psalms   
,chapter #fi   ,deus in adjutorium4  ,a 
prayer in persecution4  #fi3a4 ,unto the

 end1 a psalm for ,david1 to bring to   
remembrance that the ,lord saved him4   
#fi3b4 ,o ,god1 come to my assistance2  
,o ,lord1 make haste to help me4  #fi3c4
 ,let them be confounded and ashamed    
that seek my soul3  #fi3d4 ,let them be 
turned backward1 and blush for shame    
that desire evils to me3  ,let them be  
presently turned away blushing for shame
 that say to me3  ',tis well1 'tis well4
  ',t is well1 't is well4 4 4,euge1    
euge4  ,st4 ,jerome renders it1 vah1    
vah6 which is the voice of one insulting
 and deriding4  ,some understand it as a
 detestation of deceitful flatterers4   
#fi3e4 ,let all that seek thee rejoice  
and be glad in thee2 and let such as    
love thy salvation say always3  ,the    
,lord be magnified4  #fi3f4 ,but ,i am  
needy and poor2 ,o ,god1 help me4  ,thou
 art my helper and my deliverer3  ,o    
lord1 make no delay4    ,psalms ,chapter
 #gj   ,in te1 ,domine4  ,a prayer for  
perseverance4  #gj3a4 ,a psalm for      
,david4  ,of the sons of ,jonadab1 and  

the former captives4  ,in thee1 ,o      
,lord1 ,i have hoped1 let me never be   
put to confusion3  ,of the sons of      
,jonadab4 4 4,the ,rechabites1 of whom  
see ,jer4 #ce4  ,by this addition of the
 seventy-two interpreters1 we gather    
that this psalm was usually sung in the 
synagogue1 in the person of the         
,rechabites1 and of those who were first
 carried away into captivity4  #gj3b4   
,deliver me in thy justice1 and rescue  
me4  ,incline thy ear unto me1 and save 
me4  #gj3c4 ,be thou unto me a ,god1 a  
protector1 and a place of strength3     
that thou mayst make me safe4  ,for thou
 art my firmament and my refuge4  #gj3d4
 ,deliver me1 ,o my ,god1 out of the    
hand of the sinner1 and out of the hand 
of the transgressor of the law and of   
the unjust4  #gj3e4 ,for thou art my    
patience1 ,o ,lord3  my hope1 ,o ,lord1 
from my youth4  #gj3f4 ,by thee have ,i 
been confirmed from the womb3  from my  
mother's womb thou art my protector4    
,of thee ,i shall continually sing3     

#gj3g4 ,i am become unto many as a      
wonder1 but thou art a strong helper4   
#gj3h4 ,let my mouth be filled with     
praise1 that ,i may sing thy glory2 thy 
greatness all the day long4  #gj3i4     
,cast me not off in the time of old age3
  when my strength shall fail1 do not   
thou forsake me4  #gj3aj4 ,for my       
enemies have spoken against me2 and they
 that watched my soul have consulted    
together1  #gj3aa4 ,saying3  ,god hath  
forsaken him3  pursue and take him1 for 
there is none to deliver him4  #gj3ab4  
,o ,god1 be not thou far from me3  ,o my
 ,god1 make haste to my help4  #gj3ac4  
,let them be confounded and come to     
nothing that detract my soul2 let them  
be covered with confusion and blame that
 seek my hurt4  #gj3ad4 ,but ,i will    
always hope2 and will add to all thy    
praise4  #gj3ae4 ,my mouth shall shew   
forth thy justice2 thy salvation all the
 day long4  ,because ,i have not known  
learning1  ,learning4 4 4,as much as to 
say1 ,i build not upon human learning1  

but only on the power and justice of    
,god4  #gj3af4 ,i will enter into the   
powers of the ,lord3  ,o ,lord1 ,i will 
be mindful of thy justice alone4        
#gj3ag4 ,thou hast taught me1 ,o ,god1  
from my youth3  and till now ,i will    
declare thy wonderful works4  #gj3ah4   
,and unto old age and grey hairs3  ,o   
,god1 forsake me not1 ,until ,i shew    
forth thy arm to all the generation that
 is to come3  ,thy power1  #gj3ai4 ,and 
thy justice1 ,o ,god1 even to the       
highest great things thou hast done3  ,o
 ,god1 who is like to thee8  #gj3bj4    
,how great troubles hast thou shewn me1 
many and grievous3  and turning thou    
hast brought me to life1 and hast       
brought me back again from the depths of
 the earth3  #gj3ba4 ,thou hast         
multiplied thy magnificence2 and turning
 to me thou hast comforted me4  #gj3bb4 
,for ,i will also confess to thee thy   
truth with the instruments of psaltery3 
,o ,god1 ,i will sing to thee with the  
harp1 thou holy one of ,israel4  #gj3bc4

 ,my lips shall greatly rejoice1 when ,i
 shall sing to thee2 and my soul which  
thou hast redeemed4  #gj3bd4 ,yea and my
 tongue shall meditate on thy justice   
all the day2 when they shall be         
confounded and put to shame that seek   
evils to me4    ,psalms ,chapter #ga    
,deus1 judicium tuum4  ,a prophecy of   
the coming of ,christ1 and of his       
kingdom3  prefigured by ,solomon and his
 happy reign4  #ga3a4 ,a psalm on       
,solomon4  #ga3b4 ,give to the king thy 
judgment1 ,o ,god1 and to the king's son
 thy justice3  ,to judge thy people with
 justice1 and thy poor with judgment4   
#ga3c4 ,let the mountains receive peace 
for the people3  and the hills justice4 
#ga3d4 ,he shall judge the poor of the  
people1 and he shall save the children  
of the poor3  and he shall humble the   
oppressor4  #ga3e4 ,and he shall        
continue with the sun and before the    
moon1 throughout all generations4       
#ga3f4 ,he shall come down like rain    
upon the fleece2 and as showers falling 

gently upon the earth4  #ga3g4 ,in his  
days shall justice spring up1 and       
abundance of peace1 till the moon be    
taken away4  #ga3h4 ,and he shall rule  
from sea to sea1 and from the river unto
 the ends of the earth4  #ga3i4 ,before 
him the ,ethiopians shall fall down3    
and his enemies shall lick the ground4  
#ga3aj4 ,the kings of ,tharsis and the  
islands shall offer presents3  the kings
 of the ,arabians and of ,saba shall    
bring gifts3  #ga3aa4 ,and all kings of 
the earth shall adore him3  all nations 
shall serve him4  #ga3ab4 ,for he shall 
deliver the poor from the mighty3  and  
the needy that had no helper4  #ga3ac4  
,he shall spare the poor and needy3  and
 he shall save the souls of the poor4   
#ga3ad4 ,he shall redeem their souls    
from usuries and iniquity3  and their   
names shall be honourable in his sight4 
#ga3ae4 ,and he shall live1 and to him  
shall be given of the gold of ,arabia1  
for him they shall always adore3  they  
shall bless him all the day4  #ga3af4   

,and there shall be a firmament on the  
earth on the tops of mountains1 above   
,libanus shall the fruit thereof be     
exalted3  and they of the city shall    
flourish like the grass of the earth4   
,a firmament on the earth1 etc4 4 4,this
 may be understood of the church of     
,christ1 ever firm and visible3  and of 
the flourishing condition of its        
congregation4  #ga3ag4 ,let his name be 
blessed for evermore3  his name         
continueth before the sun4  ,and in him 
shall all the tribes of the earth be    
blessed3  all nations shall magnify him4
  #ga3ah4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 the    
,god of ,israel1 who alone doth         
wonderful things4  #ga3ai4 ,and blessed 
be the name of his majesty for ever3    
and the whole earth shall be filled with
 his majesty4  ,so be it4  ,so be it4   
#ga3bj4 ,the praises of ,david1 the son 
of ,jesse1 are ended4  ,are ended4 4    
4,by this it appears that this psalm1   
though placed here1 was in order of time
 the last of those which ,david         

composed4    ,psalms ,chapter #gb       
,quam bonus ,israel ,deus4  ,the        
temptation of the weak1 upon seeing the 
prosperity of the wicked1 is overcome by
 the consideration of the justice of    
,god1 who will quickly render to every  
one according to his works4  #gb3a4 ,a  
psalm for ,asaph4  ,how good is ,god to 
,israel1 to them that are of a right    
heart6  #gb3b4 ,but my feet were almost 
moved2 my steps had well nigh slipped4  
#gb3c4 ,because ,i had a zeal on        
occasion of the wicked1 seeing the      
prosperity of sinners4  #gb3d4 ,for     
there is no regard to their death1 nor  
is there strength in their stripes4     
#gb3e4 ,they are not in the labour of   
men3  neither shall they be scourged    
like other men4  #gb3f4 ,therefore pride
 hath held them fast3  they are covered 
with their iniquity and their           
wickedness4  #gb3g4 ,their iniquity hath
 come forth1 as it were from fatness3   
they have passed into the affection of  
the heart4  ,fatness4 4 4,abundance and 

temporal prosperity1 which hath         
encouraged them in their iniquity3  and 
made them give themselves up to their   
irregular affections4  #gb3h4 ,they have
 thought and spoken wickedness3  they   
have spoken iniquity on high4  #gb3i4   
,they have set their mouth against      
heaven3  and their tongue hath passed   
through the earth4  #gb3aj4 ,therefore  
will my people return here and full days
 shall be found in them4  ,return here4 
4 4or hither4  ,the weak among the      
servants of ,god1 will be apt often to  
return to this thought1 and will be     
shocked when they consider the full     
days1 that is1 the long and prosperous  
life of the wicked2 and will be tempted 
to make the reflections against         
providence which are set down in the    
following verses4  #gb3aa4 ,and they    
said3  ,how doth ,god know8  and is     
there knowledge in the most ,high8      
#gb3ab4 ,behold these are sinners2 and  
yet1 abounding in the world they have   
obtained riches4  #gb3ac4 ,and ,i said3 

,then have ,i in vain justified my      
heart1 and washed my hands among the    
innocent4  #gb3ad4 ,and ,i have been    
scourged all the day2 and my            
chastisement hath been in the mornings4 
#gb3ae4 ,if ,i said3  ,i will speak     
thus2 behold ,i should condemn the      
generation of thy children4  ,if ,i     
said1 etc4 4 4,that is1 if ,i should    
indulge such thoughts as these4  #gb3af4
 ,i studied that ,i might know this     
thing1 it is a labour in my sight3      
#gb3ag4 ,until ,i go into the sanctuary 
of ,god1 and understand concerning their
 last ends4  #gb3ah4 ,but indeed for    
deceits thou hast put it to them3  when 
they were lifted up thou hast cast them 
down4  ,thou hast put it to them4 4 4,in
 punishment of their deceits1 or for    
deceiving them1 thou hast brought evils 
upon them in their last end1 which1 in  
their prosperity they never apprehended4
  #gb3ai4 ,how are they brought to      
desolation8  they have suddenly ceased  
to be3  they have perished by reason of 

their iniquity4  #gb3bj4 ,as the dream  
of them that awake1 ,o ,lord2 so in thy 
city thou shalt bring their image to    
nothing4  #gb3ba4 ,for my heart hath    
been inflamed1 and my reins have been   
changed3  #gb3bb4 ,and ,i am brought to 
nothing1 and ,i knew not4  #gb3bc4 ,i am
 become as a beast before thee3  and ,i 
am always with thee4  #gb3bd4 ,thou hast
 held me by my right hand2 and by thy   
will thou hast conducted me1 and with   
thy glory thou hast received me4        
#gb3be4 ,for what have ,i in heaven8    
and besides thee what do ,i desire upon 
earth8  #gb3bf4 ,for thee my flesh and  
my heart hath fainted away3  thou art   
the ,god of my heart1 and the ,god that 
is my portion for ever4  #gb3bg4 ,for   
behold they that go far from thee shall 
perish3  thou hast destroyed all them   
that are disloyal to thee4  #gb3bh4 ,but
 it is good for me to adhere to my ,god1
 to put my hope in the ,lord ,god3      
,that ,i may declare all thy praises1 in
 the gates of the daughter of ,sion4    

,psalms ,chapter #gc   ,ut quid1 ,deus4 
,a prayer of the church under grievous  
persecutions4  #gc3a4 ,understanding for
 ,asaph4  ,o ,god1 why hast thou cast us
 off unto the end3  why is thy wrath    
enkindled against the sheep of thy      
pasture8  #gc3b4 ,remember thy          
congregation1 which thou hast possessed 
from the beginning4  ,the sceptre of thy
 inheritance which thou hast redeemed3  
mount ,sion in which thou hast dwelt4   
#gc3c4 ,lift up thy hands against their 
pride unto the end2 see what things the 
enemy hath done wickedly in the         
sanctuary4  #gc3d4 ,and they that hate  
thee have made their boasts1 in the     
midst of thy solemnity4  ,they have set 
up their ensigns for signs1  ,their     
ensigns1 etc4 4 4,they have fixed their 
colours for signs and trophies1 both on 
the gates1 and on the highest top of the
 temple3  and they knew not1 that is1   
they regarded not the sanctity of the   
place4 ,this psalm manifestly foretells 
the time of the ,machabees1 and the     

profanation of the temple by ,antiochus4
  #gc3e4 ,and they knew not both in the 
going out and on the highest top4 ,as   
with axes in a wood of trees1  #gc3f4   
,they have cut down at once the gates   
thereof1 with axe and hatchet they have 
brought it down4  #gc3g4 ,they have set 
fire to thy sanctuary3  they have       
defiled the dwelling place of thy name  
on the earth4  #gc3h4 ,they said in     
their heart1 the whole kindred of them  
together3  ,let us abolish all the      
festival days of ,god from the land4    
#gc3i4 ,our signs we have not seen1     
there is now no prophet3  and he will   
know us no more4  #gc3aj4 ,how long1 ,o 
,god1 shall the enemy reproach3  is the 
adversary to provoke thy name for ever8 
#gc3aa4 ,why dost thou turn away thy    
hand3  and thy right hand out of the    
midst of thy bosom for ever8  #gc3ab4   
,but ,god is our king before ages3  he  
hath wrought salvation in the midst of  
the earth4  #gc3ac4 ,thou by thy        
strength didst make the sea firm3  thou 

didst crush the heads of the dragons in 
the waters4  ,the sea firm4 4 4,by      
making the waters of the ,red ,sea stand
 like firm walls1 whilst ,israel passed 
through3  and destroying the ,egyptians 
called here dragons from their cruelty1 
in the same waters1 with their king3    
casting up their bodies on the shore to 
be stripped by the ,ethiopians          
inhabiting in those days the coast of   
,arabia4  #gc3ad4 ,thou hast broken the 
heads of the dragon3  thou hast given   
him to be meat for the people of the    
,ethiopians4  #gc3ae4 ,thou hast broken 
up the fountains and the torrents3  thou
 hast dried up the ,ethan rivers4       
,ethan rivers4 4 4,that is1 rivers which
 run with strong streams4  ,this was    
verified in ,jordan1 ,jos4 #c1 and in   
,arnon1 ,num4 #ba4ad4  #gc3af4 ,thine is
 the day1 and thine is the night3  thou 
hast made the morning light and the sun4
  #gc3ag4 ,thou hast made all the       
borders of the earth3  the summer and   
the spring were formed by thee4  #gc3ah4

 ,remember this1 the enemy hath         
reproached the ,lord3  and a foolish    
people hath provoked thy name4  #gc3ai4 
,deliver not up to beasts the souls that
 confess to thee3  and forget not to the
 end the souls of thy poor4  #gc3bj4    
,have regard to thy covenant3  for they 
that are the obscure of the earth have  
been filled with dwellings of iniquity4 
,the obscure of the earth4 4 4,mean and 
ignoble wretches have been filled1 that 
is1 enriched1 with houses of iniquity1  
that is1 with our estates and           
possessions1 which they have unjustly   
acquired4  #gc3ba4 ,let not the humble  
be turned away with confusion3  the poor
 and needy shall praise thy name4       
#gc3bb4 ,arise1 ,o ,god1 judge thy own  
cause3  remember thy reproaches with    
which the foolish man hath reproached   
thee all the day4  #gc3bc4 ,forget not  
the voices of thy enemies3  the pride of
 them that hate thee ascendeth          
continually4    ,psalms ,chapter #gd    
,confitebimur tibi4  ,there is a just   

judgment to come3  therefore let the    
wicked take care4  #gd3a4 ,unto the end1
 corrupt not1 a psalm of a canticle for 
,asaph4  ,corrupt not4 4 4,it is        
believed to have been the beginning of  
some ode or hymn1 to the tune of which  
this psalm was to be sung4  ,st4        
,augustine and other fathers take it to 
be an admonition of the spirit of ,god1 
not to faint or fail in our hope3  but  
to persevere with constancy in good3    
because ,god will not fail in his due   
time to render to every man according to
 his works4  #gd3b4 ,we will praise     
thee1 ,o ,god3  we will praise1 and we  
will call upon thy name4  ,we will      
relate thy wondrous works3  #gd3c4 ,when
 ,i shall take a time1 ,i will judge    
justices4  ,when ,i shall take a time4 4
 4,in proper times3  particularly at the
 last day1 when the earth shall melt    
away at the presence of the great       
,judge3 the same who originally laid the
 foundations of it1 and as it were      
established its pillars4  #gd3d4 ,the   

earth is melted1 and all that dwell     
therein3  ,i have established the       
pillars thereof4  #gd3e4 ,i said to the 
wicked3  ,do not act wickedly3  and to  
the sinners3 ,lift not up the horn4     
#gd3f4 ,lift not up your horn on high3  
speak not iniquity against ,god4  #gd3g4
 ,for neither from the east1 nor from   
the west1 nor from the desert hills3    
#gd3h4 ,for ,god is the judge4  ,one he 
putteth down1 and another he lifteth up3
  #gd3i4 ,for in the hand of the ,lord  
there is a cup of strong wine full of   
mixture4  ,and he hath poured it out    
from this to that3  but the dregs       
thereof are not emptied3  all the       
sinners of the earth shall drink4       
#gd3aj4 ,but ,i will declare for ever3  
,i will sing to the ,god of ,jacob4     
#gd3aa4 ,and ,i will break all the horns
 of sinners3  but the horns of the just 
shall be exalted4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#ge   ,notus in ,judaea4  ,god is known 
in his church3  and exerts his power in 
protecting it4  ,it alludes to the      

slaughter of the ,assyrians1 in the days
 of king ,ezechias4  #ge3a4 ,unto the   
end1 in praises1 a psalm for ,asaph3  a 
canticle to the ,assyrians4  #ge3b4 ,in 
,judea ,god is known3  his name is great
 in ,israel4  #ge3c4 ,and his place is  
in peace3  and his abode in ,sion3      
#ge3d4 ,there hath he broken the powers 
of bows1 the shield1 the sword1 and the 
battle4  #ge3e4 ,thou enlightenest      
wonderfully from the everlasting hills4 
#ge3f4 ,all the foolish of heart were   
troubled4  ,they have slept their sleep2
 and all the men of riches have found   
nothing in their hands4  #ge3g4 ,at thy 
rebuke1 ,o ,god of ,jacob1 they have all
 slumbered that mounted on horseback4   
#ge3h4 ,thou art terrible1 and who shall
 resist thee8  from that time thy wrath4
  ,from that time1 etc4 4 4,from the    
time that thy wrath shall break out4    
#ge3i4 ,thou hast caused judgment to be 
heard from heaven3  the earth trembled  
and was still1  #ge3aj4 ,when ,god arose
 in judgment1 to save all the meek of   

the earth4  #ge3aa4 ,for the thought of 
man shall give praise to thee3  and the 
remainders of the thought shall keep    
holiday to thee4  #ge3ab4 ,vow ye1 and  
pay to the ,lord your ,god3  all you    
that are round about him bring presents4
  ,to him that is terrible1  #ge3ac4    
,even to him who taketh away the spirit 
of princes3  to the terrible with the   
kings of the earth4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#gf   ,voce mea4  ,the faithful have    
recourse to ,god in trouble of mind1    
with confidence in his mercy and power4 
#gf3a4 ,unto the end1 for ,idithun1 a   
psalm of ,asaph4  #gf3b4 ,i cried to the
 ,lord with my voice2 to ,god with my   
voice1 and he gave ear to me4  #gf3c4   
,in the days of my trouble ,i sought    
,god1 with my hands lifted up to him in 
the night1 and ,i was not deceived4  ,my
 soul refused to be comforted3  #gf3d4  
,i remembered ,god1 and was delighted1  
and was exercised1 and my spirit swooned
 away4  #gf3e4 ,my eyes prevented the   
watches3  ,i was troubled1 and ,i spoke 

not4  #gf3f4 ,i thought upon the days of
 old3  and ,i had in my mind the eternal
 years4  #gf3g4 ,and ,i meditated in the
 night with my own heart3  and ,i was   
exercised and ,i swept my spirit4       
#gf3h4 ,will ,god then cast off for     
ever8  or will he never be more         
favourable again8  #gf3i4 ,or will he   
cut off his mercy for ever1 from        
generation to generation8  #gf3aj4 ,or  
will ,god forget to shew mercy8  or will
 he in his anger shut up his mercies8   
#gf3aa4 ,and ,i said1 ,now have ,i      
begun3  this is the change of the right 
hand of the most ,high4  #gf3ab4 ,i     
remembered the works of the ,lord3  for 
,i will be mindful of thy wonders from  
the beginning4  #gf3ac4 ,and ,i will    
meditate on all thy works3  and will be 
employed in thy inventions4  #gf3ad4    
,thy way1 ,o ,god1 is in the holy place3
  who is the great ,god like our ,god8  
#gf3ae4 ,thou art the ,god that dost    
wonders4  ,thou hast made thy power     
known among the nations3  #gf3af4 ,with 

thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people   
the children of ,jacob and of ,joseph4  
#gf3ag4 ,the waters saw thee1 ,o ,god1  
the waters saw thee3  and they were     
afraid1 and the depths were troubled4   
#gf3ah4 ,great was the noise of the     
waters3  the clouds sent out a sound4   
,for thy arrows pass3  #gf3ai4 ,the     
voice of thy thunder in a wheel4  ,thy  
lightnings enlightened the world3  the  
earth shook and trembled4  #gf3bj4 ,thy 
way is in the sea1 and thy paths in many
 waters3  and thy footsteps shall not be
 known4  #gf3ba4 ,thou hast conducted   
thy people like sheep1 by the hand of   
,moses and ,aaron4    ,psalms ,chapter  
#gg   ,attendite4  ,god's great benefits
 to the people of ,israel1              
notwithstanding their ingratitude4      
#gg3a4 ,understanding for ,asaph4       
,attend1 ,o my people1 to my law3       
incline your ears to the words of my    
mouth4  #gg3b4 ,i will open my mouth in 
parables3  ,i will utter propositions   
from the beginning4  ,propositions4 4   

4,deep and mysterious sayings4  ,by this
 it appears that the historical facts of
 ancient times1 commemorated in this    
psalm1 were deep and mysterious3  as    
being figures of great truths           
appertaining to the time of the ,new    
,testament4  #gg3c4 ,how great things   
have we heard and known1 and our fathers
 have told us4  #gg3d4 ,they have not   
been hidden from their children1 in     
another generation4  ,declaring the     
praises of the ,lord1 and his powers1   
and his wonders which he hath done4     
#gg3e4 ,and he set up a testimony in    
,jacob3  and made a law in ,israel4     
,how great things he commanded our      
fathers1 that they should make the same 
known to their children3  #gg3f4 ,that  
another generation might know them4     
,the children that should be born and   
should rise up1 and declare them to     
their children4  #gg3g4 ,that they may  
put their hope in ,god and may not      
forget the works of ,god3  and may seek 
his commandments4  #gg3h4 ,that they may

 not become like their fathers1 a       
perverse and exasperating generation4   
,a generation that set not their heart  
aright3 and whose spirit was not        
faithful to ,god4  #gg3i4 ,the sons of  
,ephraim who bend and shoot with the    
bow3  they have turned back in the day  
of battle4  #gg3aj4 ,they kept not the  
covenant of ,god3  and in his law they  
would not walk4  #gg3aa4 ,and they      
forgot his benefits1 and his wonders    
that he had shewn them4  #gg3ab4        
,wonderful things did he do in the sight
 of their fathers1 in the land of       
,egypt1 in the field of ,tanis4  #gg3ac4
 ,he divided the sea and brought them   
through3  and he made the waters to     
stand as in a vessel4  #gg3ad4 ,and he  
conducted them with a cloud by day3  and
 all the night with a light of fire4    
#gg3ae4 ,he struck the rock in the      
wilderness3  and gave them to drink1 as 
out of the great deep4  #gg3af4 ,he     
brought forth water out of the rock3    
and made streams run down as rivers4    

#gg3ag4 ,and they added yet more sin    
against him3  they provoked the most    
,high to wrath in the place without     
water4  #gg3ah4 ,and they tempted ,god  
in their hearts1 by asking meat for     
their desires4  #gg3ai4 ,and they spoke 
ill of ,god3  they said3  ,can ,god     
furnish a table in the wilderness8      
#gg3bj4 ,because he struck the rock1 and
 the waters gushed out1 and the streams 
overflowed4  ,can he also give bread1 or
 provide a table for his people8        
#gg3ba4 ,therefore the ,lord heard1 and 
was angry3  and a fire was kindled      
against ,jacob1 and wrath came up       
against ,israel4  #gg3bb4 ,because they 
believed not in ,god3  and trusted not  
in his salvation4  #gg3bc4 ,and he had  
commanded the clouds from above1 and had
 opened the doors of heaven4  #gg3bd4   
,and had rained down manna upon them to 
eat1 and had given them the bread of    
heaven4  #gg3be4 ,man ate the bread of  
angels3  he sent them provisions in     
abundance4  #gg3bf4 ,he removed the     

south wind from heaven3  and by his     
power brought in the southwest wind4    
#gg3bg4 ,and he rained upon them flesh  
as dust3  and feathered fowls like as   
the sand of the sea4  #gg3bh4 ,and they 
fell in the midst of their camp1 round  
about their pavilions4  #gg3bi4 ,so they
 did eat1 and were filled exceedingly1  
and he gave them their desire3  #gg3cj4 
they were not defrauded of that which   
they craved4  ,as yet their meat was in 
their mouth3  #gg3ca4 ,and the wrath of 
,god came upon them4  ,and he slew the  
fat ones amongst them1 and brought down 
the chosen men of ,israel4  #gg3cb4 ,in 
all these things they sinned still3  and
 they behaved not for his wondrous      
works4  #gg3cc4 ,and their days were    
consumed in vanity1 and their years in  
haste4  #gg3cd4 ,when he slew them1 then
 they sought him3  and they returned1   
and came to him early in the morning4   
#gg3ce4 ,and they remembered that ,god  
was their helper3  and the most high    
,god their redeemer4  #gg3cf4 ,and they 

loved him with their mouth3  and with   
their tongue they lied unto him3        
#gg3cg4 ,but their heart was not right  
with him3  nor were they counted        
faithful in his covenant4  #gg3ch4 ,but 
he is merciful1 and will forgive their  
sins3  and will not destroy them4  ,and 
many a time did he turn away his anger3 
and did not kindle all his wrath4       
#gg3ci4 ,and he remembered that they are
 flesh3  a wind that goeth and returneth
 not4  #gg3dj4 ,how often did they      
provoke him in the desert3  and move him
 to wrath in the place without water8   
#gg3da4 ,and they turned back and       
tempted ,god3  and grieved the holy one 
of ,israel4  #gg3db4 ,they remembered   
not his hand1 in the day that he        
redeemed them from the hand of him that 
afflicted them3  #gg3dc4 ,how he wrought
 his signs in ,egypt1 and his wonders in
 the field of ,tanis4  #gg3dd4 ,and he  
turned their rivers into blood1 and     
their showers that they might not drink4
  #gg3de4 ,he sent amongst them divers  

sorts of flies1 which devoured them3 and
 frogs which destroyed them4  #gg3df4   
,and he gave up their fruits to the     
blast1 and their labours to the locust4 
#gg3dg4 ,and he destroyed their         
vineyards with hail1 and their mulberry 
trees with hoarfrost4  #gg3dh4 ,and he  
gave up their cattle to the hail1 and   
their stock to the fire4  #gg3di4 ,and  
he sent upon them the wrath of his      
indignation3  indignation and wrath and 
trouble1 which he sent by evil angels4  
#gg3ej4 ,he made a way for a path to his
 anger3  he spared not their souls from 
death1 and their cattle he shut up in   
death4  #gg3ea4 ,and he killed all the  
firstborn in the land of ,egypt3  the   
firstfruits of all their labour in the  
tabernacles of ,cham4  #gg3eb4 ,and he  
took away his own people as sheep3  and 
guided them in the wilderness like a    
flock4  #gg3ec4 ,and he brought them out
 in hope and they feared not3  and the  
sea overwhelmed their enemies4  #gg3ed4 
,and he brought them into the mountain  

of his sanctuary3  the mountain which   
his right hand had purchased4  ,and he  
cast out the ,gentiles before them3  and
 by lot divided to them their land by a 
line of distribution4  #gg3ee4 ,and he  
made the tribes of ,israel to dwell in  
their tabernacles4  #gg3ef4 ,yet they   
tempted1 and provoked the most high     
,god3  and they kept not his            
testimonies4  #gg3eg4 ,and they turned  
away1 and kept not the covenant3  even  
like their fathers they were turned     
aside as a crooked bow4  #gg3eh4 ,they  
provoked him to anger on their hills3   
and moved him to jealousy with their    
graven things4  #gg3ei4 ,god heard1 and 
despised them1 and he reduced ,israel   
exceedingly as it were to nothing4      
#gg3fj4 ,and he put away the tabernacle 
of ,silo1 his tabernacle where he dwelt 
among men4  #gg3fa4 ,and he delivered   
their strength into captivity3  and     
their beauty into the hands of the      
enemy4  #gg3fb4 ,and he shut up his     
people under the sword3  and he despised

 his inheritance4  #gg3fc4 ,fire        
consumed their young men3  and their    
maidens were not lamented4  #gg3fd4     
,their priests fell by the sword3  and  
their widows did not mourn4  #gg3fe4    
,and the ,lord was awaked as one out of 
sleep1 and like a mighty man that hath  
been surfeited with wine4  #gg3ff4 ,and 
he smote his enemies on the hinder      
parts3  he put them to an everlasting   
reproach4  #gg3fg4 ,and he rejected the 
tabernacle of ,joseph3  and chose not   
the tribe of ,ephraim3  #gg3fh4 ,but he 
chose the tribe of ,juda1 mount ,sion   
which he loved4  #gg3fi4 ,and he built  
his sanctuary as of unicorns1 in the    
land which he founded for ever4  ,as of 
unicorns4 4 4,that is1 firm and strong  
like the horn of the unicorn4  ,this is 
one of the chiefest of the propositions 
of this psalm1 foreshewing the firm     
establishment of the one1 true1 and     
everlasting sanctuary of ,god1 in his   
church4  #gg3gj4 ,and he chose his      
servant ,david1 and took him from the   

flocks of sheep3  he brought him from   
following the ewes great with young1    
#gg3ga4 ,to feed ,jacob his servant and 
,israel his inheritance4  #gg3gb4 ,and  
he fed them in the innocence of his     
heart3  and conducted them by the       
skilfulness of his hands4    ,psalms    
,chapter #gh   ,deus1 venerunt gentes4  
,the church in time of persecution      
prayeth for relief4  ,it seems to belong
 to the time of the ,machabees4  #gh3a4 
,a psalm for ,asaph4  ,o ,god1 the      
heathens are come into thy inheritance1 
they have defiled thy holy temple3  they
 have made ,jerusalem as a place to keep
 fruit4  #gh3b4 ,they have given the    
dead bodies of thy servants to be meat  
for the fowls of the air3  the flesh of 
thy saints for the beasts of the earth4 
#gh3c4 ,they have poured out their blood
 as water1 round about ,jerusalem and   
there was none to bury them4  #gh3d4 ,we
 are become a reproach to our           
neighbours3  a scorn and derision to    
them that are round about us4  #gh3e4   

,how long1 ,o ,lord1 wilt thou be angry 
for ever3  shall thy zeal be kindled    
like a fire8  #gh3f4 ,pour out thy wrath
 upon the nations that have not known   
thee3  and upon the kingdoms that have  
not called upon thy name4  #gh3g4       
,because they have devoured ,jacob2 and 
have laid waste his place4  #gh3h4      
,remember not our former iniquities3    
let thy mercies speedily prevent us1 for
 we are become exceeding poor4  #gh3i4  
,help us1 ,o ,god1 our saviour3  and for
 the glory of thy name1 ,o ,lord1       
deliver us3  and forgive us our sins for
 thy name's sake3  #gh3aj4 ,lest they   
should say among the ,gentiles3  ,where 
is their ,god8  ,and let him be made    
known among the nations before our eyes1
 ,by the revenging the blood of thy     
servants1 which hath been shed3  #gh3aa4
 ,let the sighing of the prisoners come 
in before thee4  ,according to the      
greatness of thy arm1 take possession of
 the children of them that have been put
 to death4  #gh3ab4 ,and render to our  

neighbours sevenfold in their bosom3    
the reproach wherewith they have        
reproached thee1 ,o ,lord4  #gh3ac4 ,but
 we thy people1 and the sheep of thy    
pasture1 will give thanks to thee for   
ever4  ,we will shew forth thy praise1  
unto generation and generation4         
,psalms ,chapter #gi   ,qui regis       
,israel4  ,a prayer for the church in   
tribulation1 commemorating ,god's former
 favours4  #gi3a4 ,unto the end1 for    
them that shall be changed1 a testimony 
for ,asaph1 a psalm4  #gi3b4 ,give ear1 
,o thou that rulest ,israel3  thou that 
leadest ,joseph like a sheep4  ,thou    
that sittest upon the cherubims1 shine  
forth  #gi3c4 ,before ,ephraim1         
,benjamin1 and ,manasses4  ,stir up thy 
might1 and come to save us4  #gi3d4     
,convert us1 ,o ,god3  and shew us thy  
face1 and we shall be saved4  #gi3e4 ,o 
,lord ,god of hosts1 how long wilt thou 
be angry against the prayer of thy      
servant8  #gi3f4 ,how long wilt thou    
feed us with the bread of tears3  and   

give us for our drink tears in measure8 
#gi3g4 ,thou hast made us to be a       
contradiction to our neighbours3  and   
our enemies have scoffed at us4  #gi3h4 
,o ,god of hosts1 convert us3  and shew 
thy face1 and we shall be saved4  #gi3i4
 ,thou hast brought a vineyard out of   
,egypt3  thou hast cast out the         
,gentiles and planted it4  #gi3aj4 ,thou
 wast the guide of its journey in its   
sight3  thou plantedst the roots        
thereof1 and it filled the land4        
#gi3aa4 ,the shadow of it covered the   
hills3  and the branches thereof the    
cedars of ,god4  #gi3ab4 ,it stretched  
forth its branches unto the sea1 and its
 boughs unto the river4  #gi3ac4 ,why   
hast thou broken down the hedge thereof1
 so that all they who pass by the way do
 pluck it8  #gi3ad4 ,the boar out of the
 wood hath laid it waste3  and a        
singular wild beast hath devoured it4   
#gi3ae4 ,turn again1 ,o ,god of hosts1  
look down from heaven1 and see1 and     
visit this vineyard3  #gi3af4 ,and      

perfect the same which thy right hand   
hath planted3  and upon the son of man  
whom thou hast confirmed for thyself4   
#gi3ag4 ,things set on fire and dug down
 shall perish at the rebuke of thy      
countenance4  ,things set on fire1 etc4 
4 4,so this vineyard of thine1 almost   
consumed already1 must perish1 if thou  
continue thy rebukes4  #gi3ah4 ,let thy 
hand be upon the man of thy right hand3 
and upon the son of man whom thou hast  
confirmed for thyself4  ,the man of thy 
right hand4 4 4,christ4  #gi3ai4 ,and we
 depart not from thee1 thou shalt       
quicken us3  and we will call upon thy  
name4  #gi3bj4 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts1  
convert us and shew thy face1 and we    
shall be saved4    ,psalms ,chapter #hj 
,exultate ,deo4  ,an invitation to a    
solemn praising of ,god4  #hj3a4 ,unto  
the end1 for the winepresses1 a psalm   
for ,asaph himself4  ,for the           
winepresses1 etc4 4 4,torcularibus4  ,it
 either signifies a musical instrument1 
or that this psalm was to be sung at the

 feast of the tabernacles after the     
gathering in of the vintage4  #hj3b4    
,rejoice to ,god our helper3  sing aloud
 to the ,god of ,jacob4  #hj3c4 ,take a 
psalm1 and bring hither the timbrel3    
the pleasant psaltery with the harp4    
#hj3d4 ,blow up the trumpet on the new  
moon1 on the noted day of your          
solemnity4  #hj3e4 ,for it is a         
commandment in ,israel1 and a judgment  
to the ,god of ,jacob4  #hj3f4 ,he      
ordained it for a testimony in ,joseph1 
when he came out of the land of ,egypt3 
he heard a tongue which he knew not4    
#hj3g4 ,he removed his back from the    
burdens3  his hands had served in       
baskets4  #hj3h4 ,thou calledst upon me 
in affliction1 and ,i delivered thee3   
,i heard thee in the secret place of    
tempest3  ,i proved thee at the waters  
of contradiction4  ,in the secret place 
of tempest4 4 4,heb41 ,of thunder4      
,when thou soughtest to hide thyself    
from the tempest3  or1 when ,i came down
 to mount ,sina1 hidden from thy eyes in

 a storm of thunder4  #hj3i4 ,hear1 ,o  
my people1 and ,i will testify to thee3 
,o ,israel1 if thou wilt hearken to me1 
#hj3aj4 there shall be no new god in    
thee3  neither shalt thou adore a       
strange god4  #hj3aa4 ,for ,i am the    
,lord thy ,god1 who brought thee out of 
the land of ,egypt3  open thy mouth     
wide1 and ,i will fill it4  #hj3ab4 ,but
 my people heard not my voice3  and     
,israel hearkened not to me4  #hj3ac4   
,so ,i let them go according to the     
desires of their heart3  they shall walk
 in their own inventions4  #hj3ad4 ,if  
my people had heard me3  if ,israel had 
walked in my ways3  #hj3ae4 ,i should   
soon have humbled their enemies1 and    
laid my hand on them that troubled them4
  #hj3af4 ,the enemies of the ,lord have
 lied to him3  and their time shall be  
for ever4  ,their time shall be forever4
 4 4,impenitent sinners shall suffer for
 ever4  #hj3ag4 ,and he fed them with   
the fat of wheat1 and filled them with  
honey out of the rock4    ,psalms       

,chapter #ha   ,deus stetit4  ,an       
exhortation to judges and men in power4 
#ha3a4 ,a psalm for ,asaph4  ,god hath  
stood in the congregation of gods3 and  
being in the midst of them he judgeth   
gods4  #ha3b4 ,how long will you judge  
unjustly3  and accept the persons of the
 wicked8  #ha3c4 ,judge for the needy   
and fatherless3  do justice to the      
humble and the poor4  #ha3d4 ,rescue the
 poor2 and deliver the needy out of the 
hand of the sinner4  #ha3e4 ,they have  
not known nor understood3  they walk on 
in darkness3  all the foundations of the
 earth shall be moved4  #ha3f4 ,i have  
said3  ,you are gods and all of you the 
sons of the most ,high4  #ha3g4 ,but you
 like men shall die3  and shall fall    
like one of the princes4  #ha3h4 ,arise1
 ,o ,god1 judge thou the earth3  for    
thou shalt inherit among all the        
nations4    ,psalms ,chapter #hb        
,deus1 quis similis4  ,a prayer against 
the enemies of ,god's church4  #hb3a4 ,a
 canticle of a psalm for ,asaph4  #hb3b4

 ,o ,god1 who shall be like to thee8    
hold not thy peace1 neither be thou     
still1 ,o ,god4  #hb3c4 ,for lo1 thy    
enemies have made a noise3  and they    
that hate thee have lifted up the head4 
#hb3d4 ,they have taken a malicious     
counsel against thy people1 and have    
consulted against thy saints4  #hb3e4   
,they have said3  ,come and let us      
destroy them1 so that they be not a     
nation3  and let the name of ,israel be 
remembered no more4  #hb3f4 ,for they   
have contrived with one consent3  they  
have made a covenant together against   
thee1  #hb3g4 ,the tabernacle of the    
,edomites1 and the ,ishmahelites3       
,moab1 and the ,agarens1  #hb3h4 ,gebal1
 and ,ammon and ,amalec3  the           
,philistines1 with the inhabitants of   
,tyre4  #hb3i4 ,yea1 and the ,assyrian  
also is joined with them3  they are come
 to the aid of the sons of ,lot4        
#hb3aj4 ,do to them as thou didst to    
,madian and to ,sisara3  as to ,jabin at
 the brook of ,cisson4  #hb3aa4 ,who    

perished at ,endor3  and became as dung 
for the earth4  #hb3ab4 ,make their     
princes like ,oreb1 and ,zeb1 and       
,zebee1 and ,salmana4 ,all their        
princes1  #hb3ac4 ,who have said3  ,let 
us possess the sanctuary of ,god for an 
inheritance4  #hb3ad4 ,o my ,god1 make  
them like a wheel2 and as stubble before
 the wind4  #hb3ae4 ,as fire which      
burneth the wood3  and as a flame       
burning mountains3  #hb3af4 ,so shalt   
thou pursue them with thy tempest3  and 
shalt trouble them in thy wrath4        
#hb3ag4 ,fill their faces with shame2   
and they shall seek thy name1 ,o ,lord4 
#hb3ah4 ,let them be ashamed and        
troubled for ever and ever3  and let    
them be confounded and perish4  #hb3ai4 
,and let them know that the ,lord is thy
 name3  thou alone art the most ,high   
over all the earth4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#hc   ,quam dilecta4  ,the soul aspireth
 after heaven2 rejoicing in the mean    
time1 in being in the communion of      
,god's church upon earth4  #hc3a4 ,unto 

the end1 for the winepresses1 a psalm   
for the sons of ,core4  #hc3b4 ,how     
lovely are thy tabernacles1 ,o ,lord of 
hosts6  #hc3c4 my soul longeth and      
fainteth for the courts of the ,lord4   
,my heart and my flesh have rejoiced in 
the living ,god4  #hc3d4 ,for the       
sparrow hath found herself a house1 and 
the turtle a nest for herself where she 
may lay her young ones3  ,thy altars1 ,o
 ,lord of hosts1 my king and my ,god4   
#hc3e4 ,blessed are they that dwell in  
thy house1 ,o ,lord3  they shall praise 
thee for ever and ever4  #hc3f4 ,blessed
 is the man whose help is from thee3  in
 his heart he hath disposed to ascend by
 steps1  ,in his heart he hath disposed 
to ascend by steps1 etc4 4 4,ascensiones
 in corde suo disposuit4  ,as by steps  
men ascended to the temple of ,god      
situated on a hill2 so the good         
,christian ascends towards the eternal  
temple by certain steps of virtue       
disposed or ordered within the heart3   
and this whilst he lives as yet in the  

body1 in this vale of tears1 the place  
which man hath set3  that is1 which he  
hath brought himself to3 being cast out 
of paradise for his sin4  #hc3g4 ,in the
 vale of tears1 in the place which he   
hath set4  #hc3h4 ,for the lawgiver     
shall give a blessing1 they shall go    
from virtue to virtue3  the ,god of gods
 shall be seen in ,sion4  #hc3i4 ,o     
,lord ,god of hosts1 hear my prayer3    
give ear1 ,o ,god of ,jacob4  #hc3aj4   
,behold1 ,o ,god our protector3  and    
look on the face of thy ,christ4        
#hc3aa4 ,for better is one day in thy   
courts above thousands4  ,i have chosen 
to be an abject in the house of my ,god1
 rather than to dwell in the tabernacles
 of sinners4  #hc3ab4 ,for ,god loveth  
mercy and truth3  the ,lord will give   
grace and glory4  #hc3ac4 ,he will not  
deprive of good things them that walk in
 innocence3 ,o ,lord of hosts1 blessed  
is the man that trusteth in thee4       
,psalms ,chapter #hd   ,benedixisti1    
,domine4  ,the coming of ,christ1 to    

bring peace and salvation to man4       
#hd3a4 ,unto the end1 for the sons of   
,core1 a psalm4  #hd3b4 ,lord1 thou hast
 blessed thy land3  thou hast turned    
away the captivity of ,jacob4  #hd3c4   
,thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy 
people3  thou hast covered all their    
sins4  #hd3d4 ,thou hast mitigated all  
thy anger3  thou hast turned away from  
the wrath of thy indignation4  #hd3e4   
,convert us1 ,o ,god our saviour3  and  
turn off thy anger from us4  #hd3f4     
,wilt thou be angry with us for ever3   
or wilt thou extend thy wrath from      
generation to generation8  #hd3g4 ,thou 
wilt turn1 ,o ,god1 and bring us to     
life3  and thy people shall rejoice in  
thee4  #hd3h4 ,shew us1 ,o ,lord1 thy   
mercy2 and grant us thy salvation4      
#hd3i4 ,i will hear what the ,lord ,god 
will speak in me3  for he will speak    
peace unto his people3  ,and unto his   
saints3  and unto them that are         
converted to the heart4  #hd3aj4 ,surely
 his salvation is near to them that fear

 him 3  that glory may dwell in our     
land4  #hd3aa4 ,mercy and truth have met
 each other3  justice and peace have    
kissed4  #hd3ab4 ,truth is sprung out of
 the earth3  and justice hath looked    
down from heaven4  #hd3ac4 ,for the     
,lord will give goodness3  and our earth
 shall yield her fruit4  #hd3ad4        
,justice shall walk before him3  and    
1shall set his steps in the way4        
,psalms ,chapter #he   ,inclina1        
,domine4  ,a prayer for ,god's grace to 
assist us to the end4  #he3a4 ,a prayer 
for ,david himself4  ,incline thy ear1  
,o ,lord1 and hear me3 for ,i am needy  
and poor4  #he3b4 ,preserve my soul1 for
 ,i am holy3  save thy servant1 ,o my   
,god1 that trusteth in thee4  ,i am     
holy4 4 4,i am by my office and         
profession dedicated to thy service4    
#he3c4 ,have mercy on me1 ,o ,lord1 for 
,i have cried to thee all the day4      
#he3d4 ,give joy to the soul of thy     
servant1 for to thee1 ,o ,lord1 ,i have 
lifted up my soul4  #he3e4 ,for thou1 ,o

 ,lord1 art sweet and mild3  and        
plenteous in mercy to all that call upon
 thee4  #he3f4 ,give ear1 ,o ,lord1 to  
my prayer3  and attend to the voice of  
my petition4  #he3g4 ,i have called upon
 thee in the day of my trouble3  because
 thou hast heard me4  #he3h4 ,there is  
none among the gods like unto thee1 ,o  
,lord3  and there is none according to  
thy works4  #he3i4 ,all the nations thou
 hast made shall come and adore before  
thee1 ,o ,lord3  and they shall glorify 
thy name4  #he3aj4 ,for thou art great  
and dost wonderful things3  thou art    
,god alone4  #he3aa4 ,conduct me1 ,o    
,lord1 in thy way1 and ,i will walk in  
thy truth3 let my heart rejoice that it 
may fear thy name4  #he3ab4 ,i will     
praise thee1 ,o ,lord my ,god1 with my  
whole heart1 and ,i will glorify thy    
name for ever3  #he3ac4 ,for thy mercy  
is great towards me3  and thou hast     
delivered my soul out of the lower hell4
  #he3ad4 ,o ,god1 the wicked are risen 
up against me1 and the assembly of the  

mighty have sought my soul3  and they   
have not set thee before their eyes4    
#he3ae4 ,and thou1 ,o ,lord1 art a ,god 
of compassion1 and merciful1 patient1   
and of much mercy1 and true4  #he3af4 ,o
 look upon me1 and have mercy on me3    
give thy command to thy servant1 and    
save the son of thy handmaid4  #he3ag4  
,shew me a token for good3  that they   
who hate me may see1 and be confounded1 
because thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast helped me  
and hast comforted me4    ,psalms       
,chapter #hf   ,fundamenta ejus4  ,the  
glory of the church of ,christ4  #hf3a4 
,for the sons of ,core1 a psalm of a    
canticle4  ,the foundations thereof are 
the holy mountains3  ,the holy          
mountains4 4 4,the apostles and         
prophets4  ,eph4 #b4bj4  #hf3b4 ,the    
,lord loveth the gates of ,sion above   
all the tabernacles of ,jacob4  #hf3c4  
,glorious things are said of thee1 ,o   
city of ,god4  #hf3d4 ,i will be mindful
 of ,rahab and of ,babylon knowing me4  
,behold the foreigners1 and ,tyre1 and  

the people of the ,ethiopians1 these    
were there4  ,rahab4 4 4,egypt1 etc4    
,to this ,sion1 which is the church of  
,god1 many shall resort from all        
nations4  #hf3e4 ,shall not ,sion say3  
,this man and that man is born in her8  
and the ,highest himself hath founded   
her4  ,shall not ,sion say1 etc4 4 4,the
 meaning is1 that ,sion1 viz41 the      
church1 shall not only be able to       
commemorate this or that particular     
person of renown born in her1 but also  
to glory in great multitudes of people  
and princes of her communion2 who have  
been foretold in the writings of the    
prophets1 and registered in the writings
 of the apostles4  #hf3f4 ,the ,lord    
shall tell in his writings of peoples   
and of princes1 of them that have been  
in her4  #hf3g4 ,the dwelling in thee is
 as it were of all rejoicing4    ,psalms
 ,chapter #hg   ,domine1 ,deus salutis4 
,a prayer of one under grievous         
affliction3  it agrees to ,christ in his
 passion1 and alludes to his death and  

burial4  #hg3a4 ,a canticle of a psalm  
for the sons of ,core3  unto the end1   
for ,maheleth1 to answer understanding  
of ,eman the ,ezrahite4  ,maheleth4 4   
4,a musical instrument1 or chorus of    
musicians1 to answer one                
another4--,ibid4  ,understanding4 4 4,or
 a psalm of instruction1 composed by    
,eman the ,ezrahite1 or by ,david1 in   
his name4  #hg3b4 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of 
my salvation3  ,i have cried in the day1
 and in the night before thee4  #hg3c4  
,let my prayer come in before thee3     
incline thy ear to my petition4  #hg3d4 
,for my soul is filled with evils3  and 
my life hath drawn nigh to hell4  #hg3e4
 ,i am counted among them that go down  
to the pit3  ,i am become as a man      
without help1  #hg3f4 ,free among the   
dead4  ,like the slain sleeping in the  
sepulchres1 whom thou rememberest no    
more3  and they are cut off from thy    
hand4  #hg3g4 ,they have laid me in the 
lower pit3  in the dark places1 and in  
the shadow of death4  #hg3h4 ,thy wrath 

is strong over me3  and all thy waves   
thou hast brought in upon me4  #hg3i4   
,thou hast put away my acquaintance far 
from me3  they have set me an           
abomination to themselves4  ,i was      
delivered up1 and came not forth3       
#hg3aj4 ,my eyes languished through     
poverty4  ,all the day ,i cried to thee1
 ,o ,lord3  ,i stretched out my hands to
 thee4  #hg3aa4 ,wilt thou shew wonders 
to the dead8  or shall physicians raise 
to life1 and give praise to thee8       
#hg3ab4 ,shall any one in the sepulchre 
declare thy mercy3  and thy truth in    
destruction8  #hg3ac4 ,shall thy wonders
 be known in the dark2 and thy justice  
in the land of forgetfulness8  #hg3ad4  
,but ,i1 ,o ,lord1 have cried to thee3  
and in the morning my prayer shall      
prevent thee4  #hg3ae4 ,lord1 why       
castest thou off my prayer3  why turnest
 thou away thy face from me8  #hg3af4 ,i
 am poor1 and in labours from my youth3 
and being exalted have been humbled and 
troubled4  #hg3ag4 ,thy wrath hath come 

upon me3  and thy terrors have troubled 
me4  #hg3ah4 ,they have come round about
 me like water all the day3  they have  
compassed me about together4  #hg3ai4   
,friend and neighbour thou hast put far 
from me3  and my acquaintance1 because  
of misery4    ,psalms ,chapter #hh      
,misericordias ,domini4  ,the perpetuity
 of the church of ,christ1 in           
consequence of the promise of ,god3     
which1 notwithstanding1 ,god permits her
 to suffer sometimes most grievous      
afflictions4  #hh3a4 ,of understanding1 
for ,ethan the ,ezrahite4  #hh3b4 ,the  
mercies of the ,lord ,i will sing for   
ever4  ,i will shew forth thy truth with
 my mouth to generation and generation4 
#hh3c4 ,for thou hast said3  ,mercy     
shall be built up for ever in the       
heavens3  thy truth shall be prepared in
 them4  #hh3d4 ,i have made a covenant  
with my elect3  ,i have sworn to ,david 
my servant3  #hh3e4 ,thy seed will ,i   
settle for ever4  ,and ,i will build up 
thy throne unto generation and          

generation4  #hh3f4 ,the heavens shall  
confess thy wonders1 ,o ,lord3  and thy 
truth in the church of the saints4      
#hh3g4 ,for who in the clouds can be    
compared to the ,lord3  or who among the
 sons of ,god shall be like to ,god8    
#hh3h4 ,god1 who is glorified in the    
assembly of the saints3  great and      
terrible above all them that are about  
him4  #hh3i4 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts1 who
 is like to thee8  thou art mighty1 ,o  
,lord1 and thy truth is round about     
thee4  #hh3aj4 ,thou rulest the power of
 the sea3  and appeasest the motion of  
the waves thereof4  #hh3aa4 ,thou hast  
humbled the proud one1 as one that is   
slain3  with the arm of thy strength    
thou hast scattered thy enemies4        
#hh3ab4 ,thine are the heavens1 and     
thine is the earth3  the world and the  
fulness thereof thou hast founded3      
#hh3ac4 ,the north and the sea thou hast
 created4  ,thabor and ,hermon shall    
rejoice in thy name3  #hh3ad4 ,thy arm  
is with might4  ,let thy hand be        

strengthened1 and thy right hand        
exalted3  #hh3ae4 ,justice and judgment 
are the preparation of thy throne4      
,mercy and truth shall go before thy    
face3  #hh3af4 ,blessed is the people   
that knoweth jubilation4  ,they shall   
walk1 ,o ,lord1 in the light of thy     
countenance3  #hh3ag4 ,and in thy name  
they shall rejoice all the day1 and in  
thy justice they shall be exalted4      
#hh3ah4 ,for thou art the glory of their
 strength3  and in thy good pleasure    
shall our horn be exalted4  #hh3ai4 ,for
 our protection is of the ,lord1 and of 
our king the holy one of ,israel4       
#hh3bj4 ,then thou spokest in a vision  
to thy saints1 and saidst3  ,i have laid
 help upon one that is mighty1 and have 
exalted one chosen out of my people4    
#hh3ba4 ,i have found ,david my servant3
  with my holy oil ,i have anointed him4
  #hh3bb4 ,for my hand shall help him3  
and my arm shall strengthen him4        
#hh3bc4 ,the enemy shall have no        
advantage over him3  nor the son of     

iniquity have power to hurt him4        
#hh3bd4 ,and ,i will cut down his       
enemies before his face2 and them that  
hate him ,i will put to flight4  #hh3be4
 ,and my truth and my mercy shall be    
with him3  and in my name shall his horn
 be exalted4  #hh3bf4 ,and ,i will set  
his hand in the sea2 and his right hand 
in the rivers4  #hh3bg4 ,he shall cry   
out to me3  ,thou art my father3  my    
,god1 and the support of my salvation4  
#hh3bh4 ,and ,i will make him my        
firstborn1 high above the kings of the  
earth4  #hh3bi4 ,i will keep my mercy   
for him for ever3  and my covenant      
faithful to him4  #hh3cj4 ,and ,i will  
make his seed to endure for evermore3   
and his throne as the days of heaven4   
#hh3ca4 ,and if his children forsake my 
law1 and walk not in my judgments3      
#hh3cb4 ,if they profane my justices3   
and keep not my commandments3  #hh3cc4  
,i will visit their iniquities with a   
rod and their sins with stripes4        
#hh3cd4 ,but my mercy ,i will not take  

away from him3  nor will ,i suffer my   
truth to fail4  #hh3ce4 ,neither will ,i
 profane my covenant3  and the words    
that proceed from my mouth ,i will not  
make void4  #hh3cf4 ,once have ,i sworn 
by my holiness3  ,i will not lie unto   
,david3  #hh3cg4 ,his seed shall endure 
for ever4  #hh3ch4 ,and his throne as   
the sun before me3  and as the moon     
perfect for ever1 and a faithful witness
 in heaven4  #hh3ci4 ,but thou hast     
rejected and despised3  thou hast been  
angry with my anointed4  #hh3dj4 ,thou  
hast overthrown the covenant of thy     
servant3  thou hast profaned his        
sanctuary on the earth4  ,overthrown the
 covenant1 etc4 4 4,all this seems to   
relate to the time of the captivity of  
,babylon1 in which1 for the sins of the 
people and their princes1 ,god seemed to
 have set aside for a while the covenant
 he made with ,david4  #hh3da4 ,thou    
hast broken down all his hedges3  thou  
hast made his strength fear4  #hh3db4   
,all that pass by the way have robbed   

him3  he is become a reproach to his    
neighbours4  #hh3dc4 ,thou hast set up  
the right hand of them that oppress him3
  thou hast made all his enemies to     
rejoice4  #hh3dd4 ,thou hast turned away
 the help of his sword2 and hast not    
assisted him in battle4  #hh3de4 ,thou  
hast made his purification to cease3    
and thou hast cast his throne down to   
the ground4  #hh3df4 ,thou hast         
shortened the days of his time3  thou   
hast covered him with confusion4        
#hh3dg4 ,how long1 ,o ,lord1 turnest    
thou away unto the end8  shall thy anger
 burn like fire8  #hh3dh4 ,remember what
 my substance is3  for hast thou made   
all the children of men in vain8        
#hh3di4 ,who is the man that shall live1
 and not see death3  that shall deliver 
his soul from the hand of hell8  #hh3ej4
 ,lord1 where are thy ancient mercies1  
according to what thou didst swear to   
,david in thy truth8  #hh3ea4 ,be       
mindful1 ,o ,lord1 of the reproach of   
thy servants 7which ,i have held in my  

bosom7 of many nations3  #hh3eb4        
,wherewith thy enemies have reproached1 
,o ,lord2 wherewith they have reproached
 the change of thy anointed4  #hh3ec4   
,blessed be the ,lord for evermore4  ,so
 be it4  ,so be it4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#hi   ,domine1 refugium4  ,a prayer for 
the mercy of ,god3  recounting the      
shortness and miseries of the days of   
man4  #hi3a4 ,a prayer of ,moses the man
 of ,god4  ,lord1 thou hast been our    
refuge from generation to generation4   
#hi3b4 ,before the mountains were made1 
or the earth and the world was formed2  
from eternity and to eternity thou art  
,god4  #hi3c4 ,turn not man away to be  
brought low3  and thou hast said3  ,be  
converted1 ,o ye sons of men4  ,turn not
 man away1 etc4 4 4,suffer him not quite
 to perish from thee1 since thou art    
pleased to call upon him to be converted
 to thee4  #hi3d4 ,for a thousand years 
in thy sight are as yesterday1 which is 
past4  ,and as a watch in the night1    
#hi3e4 ,things that are counted nothing1

 shall their years be4  #hi3f4 ,in the  
morning man shall grow up like grass2 in
 the morning he shall flourish and pass 
away3  in the evening he shall fall1    
grow dry1 and wither4  #hi3g4 ,for in   
thy wrath we have fainted away3  and are
 troubled in thy indignation4  #hi3h4   
,thou hast set our iniquities before thy
 eyes3  our life in the light of thy    
countenance4  #hi3i4 ,for all our days  
are spent2 and in thy wrath we have     
fainted away4  ,our years shall be      
considered as a spider3  ,as a spider4 4
 4,as frail and weak as a spider's web2 
and miserable withal1 whilst like a     
spider we spend our bowels in weaving   
webs to catch flies4  #hi3aj4 ,the days 
of our years in them are threescore and 
ten years4  ,but if in the strong they  
be fourscore years3  and what is more of
 them is labour and sorrow4  ,for       
mildness is come upon us3  and we shall 
be corrected4  ,mildness is come upon   
us1 etc4 4 4,god's mildness corrects us2
 inasmuch as he deals kindly with us1 in

 shortening the days of this miserable  
life2 and so weaning our affections from
 all its transitory enjoyments1 and     
teaching us true wisdom4  #hi3aa4 ,who  
knoweth the power of thy anger1 and for 
thy fear  #hi3ab4 ,can number thy wrath8
  ,so make thy right hand known3  and   
men learned in heart1 in wisdom4        
#hi3ac4 ,return1 ,o ,lord1 how long8    
and be entreated in favour of thy       
servants4  #hi3ad4 ,we are filled in the
 morning with thy mercy3  and we have   
rejoiced1 and are delighted all our     
days4  #hi3ae4 ,we have rejoiced for the
 days in which thou hast humbled us3    
for the years in which we have seen     
evils4  #hi3af4 ,look upon thy servants 
and upon their works3  and direct their 
children4  #hi3ag4 ,and let the         
brightness of the ,lord our ,god be upon
 us3  and direct thou the works of our  
hands over us2 yea1 the work of our     
hands do thou direct4    ,psalms        
,chapter #ij   ,qui habitat4  ,the just 
is secure under the protection of ,god4 

#ij3a4 ,the praise of a canticle for    
,david4  ,he that dwelleth in the aid of
 the most ,high1 shall abide under the  
protection of the ,god of ,jacob4       
#ij3b4 ,he shall say to the ,lord3      
,thou art my protector1 and my refuge3  
my ,god1 in him will ,i trust4  #ij3c4  
,for he hath delivered me from the snare
 of the hunters3  and from the sharp    
word4  #ij3d4 ,he will overshadow thee  
with his shoulders3  and under his wings
 thou shalt trust4  #ij3e4 ,his truth   
shall compass thee with a shield3  thou 
shalt not be afraid of the terror of the
 night4  #ij3f4 ,of the arrow that      
flieth in the day1 of the business that 
walketh about in the dark3  of invasion1
 or of the noonday devil4  #ij3g4 ,a    
thousand shall fall at thy side1 and ten
 thousand at thy right hand3  but it    
shall not come nigh thee4  #ij3h4 ,but  
thou shalt consider with thy eyes3  and 
shalt see the reward of the wicked4     
#ij3i4 ,because thou1 ,o ,lord1 art my  
hope3  thou hast made the most ,high thy

 refuge4  #ij3aj4 ,there shall no evil  
come to thee3  nor shall the scourge    
come near thy dwelling4  #ij3aa4 ,for he
 hath given his angels charge over thee2
 to keep thee in all thy ways4  #ij3ab4 
,in their hands they shall bear thee up3
  lest thou dash thy foot against a     
stone4  #ij3ac4 ,thou shalt walk upon   
the asp and the basilisk3  and thou     
shalt trample under foot the lion and   
the dragon4  #ij3ad4 ,because he hoped  
in me ,i will deliver him3  ,i will     
protect him because he hath known my    
name4  #ij3ae4 ,he shall cry to me1 and 
,i will hear him3  ,i am with him in    
tribulation1 ,i will deliver him1 and ,i
 will glorify him4  #ij3af4 ,i will fill
 him with length of days2 and ,i will   
shew him my salvation4    ,psalms       
,chapter #ia   ,bonum est confiteri4    
,god is to be praised for his wondrous  
works4  #ia3a4 ,a psalm of a canticle on
 the sabbath day4  #ia3b4 ,it is good to
 give praise to the ,lord3  and to sing 
to thy name1 ,o most ,high4  #ia3c4 ,to 

shew forth thy mercy in the morning1 and
 thy truth in the night3  #ia3d4 ,upon  
an instrument of ten strings1 upon the  
psaltery3  with a canticle upon the     
harp4  #ia3e4 ,for thou hast given me1  
,o ,lord1 a delight in thy doings3  and 
in the works of thy hands ,i shall      
rejoice4  #ia3f4 ,o ,lord1 how great are
 thy works6 thy thoughts are exceeding  
deep4  #ia3g4 ,the senseless man shall  
not know3  nor will the fool understand 
these things4  #ia3h4 ,when the wicked  
shall spring up as grass3  and all the  
workers of iniquity shall appear3  ,that
 they may perish for ever and ever3     
#ia3i4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 art most    
high for evermore4  #ia3aj4 ,for behold 
thy enemies1 ,o lord1 for behold thy    
enemies shall perish3  and all the      
workers of iniquity shall be scattered4 
#ia3aa4 ,but my horn shall be exalted   
like that of the unicorn3  and my old   
age in plentiful mercy4  #ia3ab4 ,my eye
 also hath looked down upon my enemies3 
and my ear shall hear of the downfall of

 the malignant that rise up against me4 
#ia3ac4 ,the just shall flourish like   
the palm tree3  he shall grow up like   
the cedar of ,libanus4  #ia3ad4 ,they   
that are planted in the house of the    
,lord shall flourish in the courts of   
the house of our ,god4  #ia3ae4 ,they   
shall still increase in a fruitful old  
age3  and shall be well treated1        
#ia3af4 ,that they may shew1 ,that the  
,lord our ,god is righteous1 and there  
is no iniquity in him4    ,psalms       
,chapter #ib   ,dominus regnavit4  ,the 
glory and stability of the kingdom2 that
 is1 of the church of ,christ4  ,praise 
in the way of a canticle1 for ,david    
himself1 on the day before the sabbath1 
when the earth was founded4  #ib3a4 ,the
 ,lord hath reigned1 he is clothed with 
beauty3  the ,lord is clothed with      
strength1 and hath girded himself4  ,for
 he hath established the world which    
shall not be moved4  #ib3b4 ,my throne  
is prepared from of old3  thou art from 
everlasting4  #ib3c4 ,the floods have   

lifted up1 ,o ,lord3  the floods have   
lifted up their voice4  ,the floods have
 lifted up their waves1  #ib3d4 ,with   
the noise of many waters4  ,wonderful   
are the surges of the sea3  wonderful is
 the ,lord on high4  #ib3e4 ,thy        
testimonies are become exceedingly      
credible3  holiness becometh thy house1 
,o ,lord1 unto length of days4          
,psalms ,chapter #ic   ,deus ultionum4  
,god shall judge and punish the         
oppressors of his people4  ,a psalm for 
,david himself on the fourth day of the 
week4  #ic3a4 ,the ,lord is the ,god to 
whom revenge belongeth3  the ,god of    
revenge hath acted freely4  #ic3b4 ,lift
 up thyself1 thou that judgest the      
earth3  render a reward to the proud4   
#ic3c4 ,how long shall sinners1 ,o      
,lord3  how long shall sinners glory8   
#ic3d4 ,shall they utter1 and speak     
iniquity3  shall all speak who work     
injustice8  #ic3e4 ,thy people1 ,o      
,lord1 they have brought low3  and they 
have afflicted thy inheritance4  #ic3f4 

,they have slain the widow and the      
stranger3  and they have murdered the   
fatherless4  #ic3g4 ,and they have said3
  ,the ,lord shall not see3  neither    
shall the ,god of ,jacob understand4    
#ic3h4 ,understand1 ye senseless among  
the people3  and1 you fools1 be wise at 
last4  #ic3i4 ,he that planted the ear1 
shall he not hear8  or he that formed   
the eye1 doth he not consider8  #ic3aj4 
,he that chastiseth nations1 shall he   
not rebuke3  he that teacheth man       
knowledge8  #ic3aa4 ,the ,lord knoweth  
the thoughts of men1 that they are vain4
  #ic3ab4 ,blessed is the man whom thou 
shalt instruct1 ,o ,lord3  and shalt    
teach him out of thy law4  #ic3ac4 ,that
 thou mayst give him rest from the evil 
days3  till a pit be dug for the wicked4
  ,rest from the evil days4 4 4,that    
thou mayst mitigate the sorrows1 to     
which he is exposed1 during the short   
and evil days of his mortality4  #ic3ad4
 ,for the ,lord will not cast off his   
people3  neither will he forsake his own

 inheritance4  #ic3ae4 ,until justice be
 turned into judgment3  and they that   
are near it are all the upright in      
heart4  ,until justice be turned into   
judgment1 etc4 4 4,by being put in      
execution2 which will be agreeable to   
all the upright in heart4  #ic3af4 ,who 
shall rise up for me against the        
evildoers8  or who shall stand with me  
against the workers of iniquity8        
#ic3ag4 ,unless the ,lord had been my   
helper1 my soul had almost dwelt in     
hell4  #ic3ah4 ,if ,i said3  ,my foot is
 moved3  thy mercy1 ,o ,lord1 assisted  
me4  #ic3ai4 ,according to the multitude
 of my sorrows in my heart1 thy comforts
 have given joy to my soul4  #ic3bj4    
,doth the seat of iniquity stick to     
thee1 who framest labour in commandment8
  ,doth the seat of iniquity stick to   
thee1 etc4 4 4,that is1 wilt thou1 ,o   
,god1 who art always just1 admit of the 
seat of iniquity3  that is1 of          
injustice1 or unjust judges1 to have any
 partnership with thee8  ,thou who      

framest1 or makest1 labour in           
commandment1 that is1 thou who obligest 
us to labour with all diligence to keep 
thy commandments4  #ic3ba4 ,they will   
hunt after the soul of the just1 and    
will condemn innocent blood4  #ic3bb4   
,but the ,lord is my refuge3  and my    
,god the help of my hope4  #ic3bc4 ,and 
he will render them their iniquity 3    
and in their malice he will destroy     
them3  the ,lord our ,god will destroy  
them4    ,psalms ,chapter #id   ,venite 
exultemus4  ,an invitation to adore and 
serve ,god1 and to hear his voice4      
,praise of a canticle for ,david        
himself4  #id3a4 ,come let us praise the
 ,lord with joy3  let us joyfully sing  
to ,god our saviour4  #id3b4 ,let us    
come before his presence with           
thanksgiving2 and make a joyful noise to
 him with psalms4  #id3c4 ,for the ,lord
 is a great ,god1 and a great ,king     
above all gods4  #id3d4 ,for in his hand
 are all the ends of the earth3  and the
 heights of the mountains are his4      

#id3e4 ,for the sea is his1 and he made 
it3  and his hands formed the dry land4 
#id3f4 ,come let us adore and fall down3
  and weep before the ,lord that made   
us4  #id3g4 ,for he is the ,lord our    
,god3  and we are the people of his     
pasture and the sheep of his hand4      
#id3h4 ,to day if you shall hear his    
voice1 harden not your hearts3  #id3i4  
,as in the provocation1 according to the
 day of temptation in the wilderness3   
where your fathers tempted me1 they     
proved me1 and saw my works4  #id3aj4   
,forty years long was ,i offended with  
that generation1 and ,i said3  ,these   
always err in heart4  #id3aa4 ,and these
 men have not known my ways3  so ,i     
swore in my wrath that they shall not   
enter into my rest4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#ie   ,cantate ,domino4  ,an exhortation
 to praise ,god for the coming of       
,christ and his kingdom4  #ie3a4 ,a     
canticle for ,david himself1 when the   
house was built after the captivity4    
,sing ye to the ,lord a new canticle3   

sing to the ,lord1 all the earth4  ,when
 the house was built1 etc4 4 4,alluding 
to that time1 and then ordered to be    
sung3  but principally relating to the  
building of the church of ,christ1 after
 our redemption from the captivity of   
,satan4  #ie3b4 ,sing ye to the ,lord   
and bless his name3  shew forth his     
salvation from day to day4  #ie3c4      
,declare his glory among the ,gentiles3 
his wonders among all people4  #ie3d4   
,for the ,lord is great1 and exceedingly
 to be praised3  he is to be feared     
above all gods4  #ie3e4 ,for all the    
gods of the ,gentiles are devils3  but  
the ,lord made the heavens4  #ie3f4     
,praise and beauty are before him3      
holiness and majesty in his sanctuary4  
#ie3g4 ,bring ye to the ,lord1 ,o ye    
kindreds of the ,gentiles1 bring ye to  
the ,lord glory and honour3  #ie3h4     
,bring to the ,lord glory unto his name4
  ,bring up sacrifices1 and come into   
his courts3  #ie3i4 ,adore ye the ,lord 
in his holy court4  ,let all the earth  

be moved at his presence4  #ie3aj4 ,say 
ye among the ,gentiles1 the ,lord hath  
reigned4  ,for he hath corrected the    
world1 which shall not be moved3  he    
will judge the people with justice4     
#ie3aa4 ,let the heavens rejoice1 and   
let the earth be glad1 let the sea be   
moved1 and the fulness thereof3  #ie3ab4
 ,the fields and all things that are in 
them shall be joyful4  ,then shall all  
the trees of the woods rejoice  #ie3ac4 
before the face of the ,lord1 because he
 cometh3  because he cometh to judge the
 earth4  ,he shall judge the world with 
justice1 and the people with his truth4 
,psalms ,chapter #if   ,dominus         
regnavit4  ,all are invited to rejoice  
at the glorious coming and reign of     
,christ4  #if3a4 ,for the same ,david1  
when his land was restored again to him4
  ,the ,lord hath reigned1 let the earth
 rejoice3  let many islands be glad4    
#if3b4 ,clouds and darkness are round   
about him3  justice and judgment are the
 establishment of his throne4  ,clouds  

and darkness4 4 4,the coming of ,christ 
in the clouds with great terror and     
majesty to judge the world1 is here     
prophesied4  #if3c4 ,a fire shall go    
before him1 and shall burn his enemies  
round about4  #if3d4 ,his lightnings    
have shone forth to the world3  the     
earth saw and trembled4  #if3e4 ,the    
mountains melted like wax1 at the       
presence of the ,lord3  at the presence 
of the ,lord of all the earth4  #if3f4  
,the heavens declared his justice3  and 
all people saw his glory4  #if3g4 ,let  
them be all confounded that adore graven
 things1 and that glory in their idols4 
,adore him1 all you his angels3  #if3h4 
,sion heard1 and was glad4  ,and the    
daughters of ,juda rejoiced1 because of 
thy judgments1 ,o ,lord4  #if3i4 ,for   
thou art the most high ,lord over all   
the earth3  thou art exalted exceedingly
 above all gods4  #if3aj4 ,you that love
 the ,lord1 hate evil3  the ,lord       
preserveth the souls of his saints1 he  
will deliver them out of the hand of the

 sinner4  #if3aa4 ,light is risen to the
 just1 and joy to the right of heart4   
#if3ab4 ,rejoice1 ye just1 in the ,lord3
  and give praise to the remembrance of 
his holiness4    ,psalms ,chapter #ig   
,cantate ,domino4  ,all are again       
invited to praise the ,lord1 for the    
victories of ,christ4  #ig3a4 ,a psalm  
for ,david himself4  ,sing ye to the    
,lord a new canticle3 because he hath   
done wonderful things4  ,his right hand 
hath wrought for him salvation1 and his 
arm is holy4  #ig3b4 ,the ,lord hath    
made known his salvation3  he hath      
revealed his justice in the sight of the
 ,gentiles4  #ig3c4 ,he hath remembered 
his mercy and his truth toward the house
 of ,israel4  ,all the ends of the earth
 have seen the salvation of our ,god4   
#ig3d4 ,sing joyfully to ,god1 all the  
earth2 make melody1 rejoice and sing4   
#ig3e4 ,sing praise to the ,lord on the 
harp1 on the harp1 and with the voice of
 a psalm3  #ig3f4 ,with long trumpets1  
and sound of cornet4  ,make a joyful    

noise before the ,lord our king3  #ig3g4
 ,let the sea be moved and the fullness 
thereof3  the world and they that dwell 
therein4  #ig3h4 ,the rivers shall clap 
their hands1 the mountains shall rejoice
 together  #ig3i4 ,at the presence of   
the ,lord3  because he cometh to judge  
the earth4  ,he shall judge the world   
with justice1 and the people with       
equity4    ,psalms ,chapter #ih         
,dominus regnavit4  ,the reign of the   
,lord in ,sion3  that is1 of ,christ in 
his church4  #ih3a4 ,a psalm for ,david 
himself4  ,the ,lord hath reigned1 let  
the people be angry3  he that sitteth on
 the cherubims3  let the earth be moved4
  ,let the people be angry4 4 4,though  
many enemies rage1 and the whole earth  
be stirred up to oppose the reign of    
,christ1 he shall still prevail4  #ih3b4
 ,the lord is great in ,sion1 and high  
above all people4  #ih3c4 ,let them give
 praise to thy great name3  for it is   
terrible and holy3  #ih3d4 ,and the     
king's honour loveth judgment4  ,thou   

hast prepared directions3  thou hast    
done judgment and justice in ,jacob4    
,loveth judgment4 4 4,requireth         
discretion4--,ibid4  ,directions4 4     
4,most right and just laws to direct    
men4  #ih3e4 ,exalt ye the ,lord our    
,god1 and adore his footstool1 for it is
 holy4  ,adore his footstool4 4 4,the   
ark of the covenant was called1 in the  
,old ,testament1 ,god's footstool3  over
 which he was understood to sit1 on his 
propitiatory1 or mercy seat1 as on a    
throne1 between the wings of the        
cherubims1 in the sanctuary3  to which  
the children of ,israel paid a great    
veneration4  ,but as this psalm         
evidently relates to ,christ1 and the   
,new ,testament1 where the ark has no   
place1 the holy fathers understand this 
text1 of the worship paid by the church 
to the body and blood of ,christ in the 
sacred mysteries3  inasmuch as the      
humanity of ,christ is1 as it were1 the 
footstool of the divinity4  ,so ,st4    
,ambrose1 ,l4 #c4  ,de ,spiritu ,sancto1

 c4 #ab4  ,and ,st4 ,augustine upon this
 psalm4  #ih3f4 ,moses and ,aaron among 
his priests3  and ,samuel among them    
that call upon his name4  ,they called  
upon the ,lord1 and he heard them3      
,moses and ,aaron among his priests4 4  
4,by this it is evident1 that ,moses    
also was a priest1 and indeed the chief 
priest1 inasmuch as he consecrated      
,aaron1 and offered sacrifice for him4  
,lev4 #h4  ,so that his pre-eminence    
over ,aaron makes nothing for lay church
 headship4  #ih3g4 ,he spoke to them in 
the pillar of the cloud4  ,they kept his
 testimonies1 and the commandment which 
he gave them4  #ih3h4 ,thou didst hear  
them1 ,o ,lord our ,god3  thou wast a   
merciful ,god to them1 and taking       
vengeance on all their inventions4  ,all
 their inventions4 4 4that is1 all the  
enterprises of their enemies against    
them1 as in the case of ,core1 ,dathan1 
and ,abiron4  #ih3i4 ,exalt ye the ,lord
 our ,god1 and adore at his holy        
mountain3  for the ,lord our ,god is    

holy4    ,psalms ,chapter #ii           
,jubilate ,deo4  ,all are invited to    
rejoice in ,god the creator of all4     
#ii3a4 ,a psalm of praise4  #ii3b4 ,sing
 joyfully to ,god1 all the earth3  serve
 ye the ,lord with gladness4  ,come in  
before his presence with exceeding great
 joy4  #ii3c4 ,know ye that the ,lord he
 is ,god3  he made us1 and not we       
ourselves4  ,we are his people and the  
sheep of his pasture4  #ii3d4 ,go ye    
into his gates with praise1 into his    
courts with hymns3  and give glory to   
him4  ,praise ye his name3  #ii3e4 ,for 
the ,lord is sweet1 his mercy endureth  
for ever1 and his truth to generation   
and generation4    ,psalms ,chapter #ajj
   ,misericordiam et judicium4  ,the    
prophet exhorteth all by his example1 to
 follow mercy and justice4  #ajj3a4 ,a  
psalm for ,david himself4  ,mercy and   
judgment ,i will sing to thee1 ,o ,lord3
  ,i will sing1  #ajj3b4 ,and ,i will   
understand in the unspotted way1 when   
thou shalt come to me4  ,i walked in the

 innocence of my heart1 in the midst of 
my house4  ,i will understand1 etc4 4   
4,that is1 ,i will apply my mind1 ,i    
will do my endeavour1 to know and to    
follow the perfect way of thy           
commandments3 not trusting to my own    
strength1 but relying on thy coming to  
me by thy grace4  #ajj3c4 ,i will not   
set before my eyes any unjust thing3  ,i
 hated the workers of iniquities4       
#ajj3d4 ,the perverse heart did not     
cleave to me3  and the malignant1 that  
turned aside from me1 ,i would not know4
  #ajj3e4 ,the man that in private      
detracted his neighbour1 him did ,i     
persecute4  ,with him that had a proud  
eye1 and an unsatiable heart1 ,i would  
not eat4  #ajj3f4 ,my eyes were upon the
 faithful of the earth1 to sit with me3 
the man that walked in the perfect way1 
he served me4  #ajj3g4 ,he that worketh 
pride shall not dwell in the midst of my
 house3 he that speaketh unjust things  
did not prosper before my eyes4  #ajj3h4
 ,in the morning ,i put to death all the

 wicked of the land3  that ,i might cut 
off all the workers of iniquity from the
 city of the ,lord4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#aja   ,domine1 exaudi4  ,a prayer for  
one in affliction3  the fifth           
penitential psalm4  #aja3a4 ,the prayer 
of the poor man1 when he was anxious1   
and poured out his supplication before  
the ,lord4  #aja3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 my 
prayer3  and let my cry come to thee4   
#aja3c4 ,turn not away thy face from me3
  in the day when ,i am in trouble1     
incline thy ear to me4  ,in what day    
soever ,i shall call upon thee1 hear me 
speedily4  #aja3d4 ,for my days are     
vanished like smoke1 and my bones are   
grown dry like fuel for the fire4       
#aja3e4 ,i am smitten as grass1 and my  
heart is withered3  because ,i forgot to
 eat my bread4  #aja3f4 ,through the    
voice of my groaning1 my bone hath      
cleaved to my flesh4  #aja3g4 ,i am     
become like to a pelican of the         
wilderness3  ,i am like a night raven in
 the house4  ,a pelican1 etc4 4 4,i am  

become through grief1 like birds that   
affect solitude and darkness4  #aja3h4  
,i have watched1 and am become as a     
sparrow all alone on the housetop4      
#aja3i4 ,all the day long my enemies    
reproached me3  and they that praised me
 did swear against me4  #aja3aj4 ,for ,i
 did eat ashes like bread1 and mingled  
my drink with weeping4  #aja3aa4        
,because of thy anger and indignation3  
for having lifted me up thou hast thrown
 me down4  #aja3ab4 ,my days have       
declined like a shadow1 and ,i am       
withered like grass4  #aja3ac4 ,but     
thou1 ,o ,lord1 endurest for ever3  and 
thy memorial to all generations4        
#aja3ad4 ,thou shalt arise and have     
mercy on ,sion3  for it is time to have 
mercy on it1 for the time is come4      
#aja3ae4 ,for the stones thereof have   
pleased thy servants3  and they shall   
have pity on the earth thereof4         
#aja3af4 ,all the ,gentiles shall fear  
thy name1 ,o ,lord1 and all the kings of
 the earth thy glory4  #aja3ag4 ,for the

 ,lord hath built up ,sion3  and he     
shall be seen in his glory4  #aja3ah4   
,he hath had regard to the prayer of the
 humble3  and he hath not despised their
 petition4  #aja3ai4 ,let these things  
be written unto another generation3  and
 the people that shall be created shall 
praise the ,lord3  #aja3bj4 ,because he 
hath looked forth from his high         
sanctuary3  from heaven the ,lord hath  
looked upon the earth4  #aja3ba4 ,that  
he might hear the groans of them that   
are in fetters3  that he might release  
the children of the slain3  #aja3bb4    
,that they may declare the name of the  
,lord in ,sion3  and his praise in      
,jerusalem2  #aja3bc4 ,when the people  
assemble together1 and kings1 to serve  
the ,lord4  #aja3bd4 ,he answered him in
 the way of his strength3  ,declare unto
 me the fewness of my days4  ,he        
answered him in the way of his strength4
 4 4,that is1 the people1 mentioned in  
the foregoing verse1 or the penitent1 in
 whose person this psalm is delivered1  

answered the ,lord in the way of his    
strength3  that is1 according to the    
best of his power and strength3  or when
 he was in the flower of his age and    
strength3  inquiring after the fewness  
of his days3  to know if he should live 
long enough to see the happy restoration
 of ,sion1 etc4  #aja3be4 ,call me not  
away in the midst of my days3  thy years
 are unto generation and generation4    
#aja3bf4 ,in the beginning1 ,o ,lord1   
thou foundedst the earth3  and the      
heavens are the works of thy hands4     
#aja3bg4 ,they shall perish but thou    
remainest3  and all of them shall grow  
old like a garment3  ,and as a vesture  
thou shalt change them1 and they shall  
be changed4  #aja3bh4 ,but thou art     
always the selfsame1 and thy years shall
 not fail4  #aja3bi4 ,the children of   
thy servants shall continue and their   
seed shall be directed for ever4        
,psalms ,chapter #ajb   ,benedic1 anima4
  ,thanksgiving to ,god for his mercies4
  #ajb3a4 ,for ,david himself4  ,bless  

the ,lord1 ,o my soul3  and let all that
 is within me bless his holy name4      
#ajb3b4 ,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul1   
and never forget all he hath done for   
thee4  #ajb3c4 ,who forgiveth all thy   
iniquities3  who healeth all thy        
diseases4  #ajb3d4 ,who redeemeth thy   
life from destruction3  who crowneth    
thee with mercy and compassion4  #ajb3e4
 ,who satisfieth thy desire with good   
things3  thy youth shall be renewed like
 the eagle's4  #ajb3f4 ,the ,lord doth  
mercies1 and judgment for all that      
suffer wrong4  #ajb3g4 ,he hath made his
 ways known to ,moses3  his wills to the
 children of ,israel4  #ajb3h4 ,the     
,lord is compassionate and merciful3    
longsuffering and plenteous in mercy4   
#ajb3i4 ,he will not always be angry3   
nor will he threaten for ever4  #ajb3aj4
 ,he hath not dealt with us according to
 our sins3  nor rewarded us according to
 our iniquities4  #ajb3aa4 ,for         
according to the height of the heaven   
above the earth3  he hath strengthened  

his mercy towards them that fear him4   
#ajb3ab4 ,as far as the east is from the
 west1 so far hath he removed our       
iniquities from us4  #ajb3ac4 ,as a     
father hath compassion on his children1 
so hath the ,lord compassion on them    
that fear him3  #ajb3ad4 ,for he knoweth
 our frame4  ,he remembereth that we are
 dust3  #ajb3ae4 ,man's days are as     
grass1 as the flower of the field so    
shall he flourish4  #ajb3af4 ,for the   
spirit shall pass in him1 and he shall  
not be3  and he shall know his place no 
more4  #ajb3ag4 ,but the mercy of the   
,lord is from eternity and unto eternity
 upon them that fear him3  ,and his     
justice unto children's children1       
#ajb3ah4 ,to such as keep his covenant1 
,and are mindful of his commandments to 
do them4  #ajb3ai4 ,the lord hath       
prepared his throne in heaven3  and his 
kingdom shall rule over all4  #ajb3bj4  
,bless the ,lord1 all ye his angels3    
you that are mighty in strength1 and    
execute his word1 hearkening to the     

voice of his orders4  #ajb3ba4 ,bless   
the ,lord1 all ye his hosts3  you       
ministers of his that do his will4      
#ajb3bb4 ,bless the ,lord1 all his      
works3  in every place of his dominion1 
,o my soul1 bless thou the ,lord4       
,psalms ,chapter #ajc   ,benedic1 anima4
  ,god is to be praised for his mighty  
works1 and wonderful providence4        
#ajc3a4 ,for ,david himself4  ,bless the
 ,lord1 ,o my soul3  ,o ,lord my ,god1  
thou art exceedingly great4  ,thou hast 
put on praise and beauty3  #ajc3b4 ,and 
art clothed with light as with a        
garment4  ,who stretchest out the heaven
 like a pavilion3  #ajc3c4 ,who coverest
 the higher rooms thereof with water4   
,who makest the clouds thy chariot3  who
 walkest upon the wings of the winds4   
#ajc3d4 ,who makest thy angels spirits3 
and thy ministers a burning fire4       
#ajc3e4 ,who hast founded the earth upon
 its own bases3  it shall not be moved  
for ever and ever4  #ajc3f4 ,the deep   
like a garment is its clothing3  above  

the mountains shall the waters stand4   
#ajc3g4 ,at thy rebuke they shall flee3 
at the voice of thy thunder they shall  
fear4  #ajc3h4 ,the mountains ascend1   
and the plains descend into the place   
which thou hast founded for them4       
#ajc3i4 ,thou hast set a bound which    
they shall not pass over2 neither shall 
they return to cover the earth4         
#ajc3aj4 ,thou sendest forth springs in 
the vales3  between the midst of the    
hills the waters shall pass4  #ajc3aa4  
,all the beasts of the field shall      
drink3  the wild asses shall expect in  
their thirst4  #ajc3ab4 ,over them the  
birds of the air shall dwell3  from the 
midst of the rocks they shall give forth
 their voices4  #ajc3ac4 ,thou waterest 
the hills from thy upper rooms3  the    
earth shall be filled with the fruit of 
thy works3  #ajc3ad4 ,bringing forth    
grass for cattle1 and herb for the      
service of men4  ,that thou mayst bring 
bread out of the earth3  #ajc3ae4 ,and  
that wine may cheer the heart of man4   

,that he may make the face cheerful with
 oil3  and that bread may strengthen    
man's heart4  #ajc3af4 ,the trees of the
 field shall be filled1 and the cedars  
of ,libanus which he hath planted3      
#ajc3ag4 ,there the sparrows shall make 
their nests4  ,the highest of them is   
the house of the heron4  #ajc3ah4 ,the  
high hills are a refuge for the harts1  
the rock for the irchins4  #ajc3ai4 ,he 
hath made the moon for seasons3  the sun
 knoweth his going down4  #ajc3bj4 ,thou
 hast appointed darkness1 and it is     
night3  in it shall all the beasts of   
the woods go about3  #ajc3ba4 ,the young
 lions roaring after their prey1 and    
seeking their meat from ,god4  #ajc3bb4 
,the sun ariseth1 and they are gathered 
together3  and they shall lie down in   
their dens4  #ajc3bc4 ,man shall go     
forth to his work1 and to his labour    
until the evening4  #ajc3bd4 ,how great 
are thy works1 ,o ,lord 8  thou hast    
made all things in wisdom3  the earth is
 filled with thy riches4  #ajc3be4 ,so  

is this great sea1 which stretcheth wide
 its arms3  there are creeping things   
without number3  ,creatures little and  
great4  #ajc3bf4 ,there the ships shall 
go4  ,this sea dragon which thou hast   
formed to play therein4  #ajc3bg4 ,all  
expect of thee that thou give them food 
in season4  #ajc3bh4 ,what thou givest  
to them they shall gather up3  when thou
 openest thy hand1 they shall all be    
filled with good4  #ajc3bi4 ,but if thou
 turnest away thy face1 they shall be   
troubled3  thou shalt take away their   
breath1 and they shall fail1 and shall  
return to their dust4  #ajc3cj4 ,thou   
shalt send forth thy spirit1 and they   
shall be created3 and thou shalt renew  
the face of the earth4  #ajc3ca4 ,may   
the glory of the ,lord endure for ever3 
the ,lord shall rejoice in his works4   
#ajc3cb4 ,he looketh upon the earth1 and
 maketh it tremble3  he troubleth the   
mountains1 and they smoke4  #ajc3cc4 ,i 
will sing to the ,lord as long as ,i    
live3  ,i will sing praise to my ,god   

while ,i have my being4  #ajc3cd4 ,let  
my speech be acceptable to him3  but ,i 
will take delight in the ,lord4         
#ajc3ce4 ,let sinners be consumed out of
 the earth1 and the unjust1 so that they
 be no more3  ,o my soul1 bless thou the
 ,lord4    ,psalms ,chapter #ajd        
,confitemini ,domino4  ,a thanksgiving  
to ,god for his benefits to his people  
,israel4  ,alleluia4  #ajd3a4 ,give     
glory to the ,lord1 and call upon his   
name3  declare his deeds among the      
,gentiles4  #ajd3b4 ,sing to him1 yea   
sing praises to him3  relate all his    
wondrous works4  #ajd3c4 ,glory ye in   
his holy name3  let the heart of them   
rejoice that seek the ,lord4  #ajd3d4   
,seek ye the lord1 and be strengthened3 
seek his face evermore4  #ajd3e4        
,remember his marvellous works which he 
hath done2 his wonders1 and the         
judgments of his mouth4  #ajd3f4 ,o ye  
seed of ,abraham his servant2 ye sons of
 ,jacob his chosen4  #ajd3g4 ,he is the 
,lord our ,god3  his judgments are in   

all the earth4  #ajd3h4 ,he hath        
remembered his covenant for ever3  the  
word which he commanded to a thousand   
generations4  #ajd3i4 ,which he made to 
,abraham2 and his oath to ,isaac3       
#ajd3aj4 ,and he appointed the same to  
,jacob for a law1 and to ,israel for an 
everlasting testament3  #ajd3aa4        
,saying3  ,to thee will ,i give the land
 of ,chanaan1 the lot of your           
inheritance4  #ajd3ab4 ,when they were  
but a small number3  yea very few1 and  
sojourners therein3  #ajd3ac4 ,and they 
passed from nation to nation1 and from  
one kingdom to another people4  #ajd3ad4
 ,he suffered no man to hurt them3  and 
he reproved kings for their sakes4      
#ajd3ae4 ,touch ye not my anointed3  and
 do no evil to my prophets4  #ajd3af4   
,and he called a famine upon the land3  
and he broke in pieces all the support  
of bread4  #ajd3ag4 ,he sent a man      
before them3  ,joseph1 who was sold for 
a slave4  #ajd3ah4 ,they humbled his    
feet in fetters3  the iron pierced his  

soul1  #ajd3ai4 ,until his word came4   
,the word of the ,lord inflamed him4    
#ajd3bj4 ,the king sent1 and he released
 him3  the ruler of the people1 and he  
set him at liberty4  #ajd3ba4 ,he made  
him master of his house1 and ruler of   
all his possession4  #ajd3bb4 ,that he  
might instruct his princes as himself1  
and teach his ancients wisdom4  #ajd3bc4
 ,and ,israel went into ,egypt3  and    
,jacob was a sojourner in the land of   
,cham4  #ajd3bd4 ,and he increased his  
people exceedingly3  and strengthened   
them over their enemies4  #ajd3be4 ,he  
turned their heart to hate his people3  
and to deal deceitfully with his        
servants4  ,he turned their heart1 etc4 
4 4,not that ,god 7who is never the     
author of sin7 moved the ,egyptians to  
hate and persecute his people2 but that 
the ,egyptians took occasion of hating  
and envying them1 from the sight of the 
benefits which ,god bestowed upon them4 
#ajd3bf4 ,he sent ,moses his servant3   
,aaron the man whom he had chosen4      

#ajd3bg4 ,he gave them power to shew    
them signs1 and his wonders in the land 
of ,cham4  #ajd3bh4 ,he sent darkness1  
and made it obscure3  and grieved not   
his words4  ,grieved not his words4 4   
4,that is1 he was not wanting to fulfil 
his words3  or he did not grieve ,moses 
and ,aaron1 the carriers of his words3  
or he did not grieve his words1 that is1
 his sons1 the children of ,israel1 who 
enjoyed light whilst the ,egyptians were
 oppressed with darkness4  #ajd3bi4 ,he 
turned their waters into blood1 and     
destroyed their fish4  #ajd3cj4 ,their  
land brought forth frogs1 in the inner  
chambers of their kings4  #ajd3ca4 ,he  
spoke1 and there came divers sorts of   
flies and sciniphs in all their coasts4 
,sciniphs4 4 4,see the annotation1      
,ex4#h4af4  #ajd3cb4 ,he gave them hail 
for rain1 a burning fire in the land4   
#ajd3cc4 ,and he destroyed their        
vineyards and their fig trees3  and he  
broke in pieces the trees of their      
coasts4  #ajd3cd4 ,he spoke1 and the    

locust came1 and the bruchus1 of which  
there was no number4  ,bruchus4 4 4,an  
insect of the locust kind4  #ajd3ce4    
,and they devoured all the grass in     
their land1 and consumed all the fruit  
of their ground4  #ajd3cf4 ,and he slew 
all the firstborn in their land3  the   
firstfruits of all their labour4        
#ajd3cg4 ,and he brought them out with  
silver and gold3  and there was not     
among their tribes one that was feeble4 
#ajd3ch4 ,egypt was glad when they      
departed3  for the fear of them lay upon
 them4  #ajd3ci4 ,he spread a cloud for 
their protection1 and fire to give them 
light in the night4  #ajd3dj4 ,they     
asked1 and the quail came3  and he      
filled them with the bread of heaven4   
#ajd3da4 ,he opened the rock1 and waters
 flowed3  rivers ran down in the dry    
land4  #ajd3db4 ,because he remembered  
his holy word1 which he had spoken to   
his servant ,abraham4  #ajd3dc4 ,and he 
brought forth his people with joy1 and  
his chosen with gladness4  #ajd3dd4 ,and

 he gave them the lands of the          
,gentiles3  and they possessed the      
labours of the people3  #ajd3de4 ,that  
they might observe his justifications1  
and seek after his law4  ,his           
justifications4 4 4,that is1 his        
commandments2 which here1 and in many   
other places of the scripture1 are      
called justifications1 because the      
keeping of them makes man just4  ,the   
,protestants render it by the word      
statutes1 in favour of their doctrine1  
which does not allow good works to      
justify4    ,psalms ,chapter #aje       
,confitemini ,domino4  ,a confession of 
the manifold sins and ingratitudes of   
the ,israelites4  ,alleluia4  #aje3a4   
,give glory to the ,lord1 for he is     
good3  for his mercy endureth for ever4 
#aje3b4 ,who shall declare the powers of
 the ,lord8  who shall set forth all his
 praises8  #aje3c4 ,blessed are they    
that keep judgment1 and do justice at   
all times4  #aje3d4 ,remember us1 ,o    
,lord1 in the favour of thy people3     

visit us with thy salvation4  #aje3e4   
,that we may see the good of thy chosen1
 that we may rejoice in the joy of thy  
nation3  that thou mayst be praised with
 thy inheritance4  #aje3f4 ,we have     
sinned with our fathers3  we have acted 
unjustly1 we have wrought iniquity4     
#aje3g4 ,our fathers understood not thy 
wonders in ,egypt3  they remembered not 
the multitude of thy mercies3  ,and they
 provoked to wrath going up to the sea1 
even the ,red ,sea4  #aje3h4 ,and he    
saved them for his own name's sake3     
that he might make his power known4     
#aje3i4 ,and he rebuked the ,red ,sea   
and it was dried up3  and he led them   
through the depths1 as in a wilderness4 
#aje3aj4 ,and he saved them from the    
hand of them that hated them3  and he   
redeemed them from the hand of the      
enemy4  #aje3aa4 ,and the water covered 
them that afflicted them3  there was not
 one of them left4  #aje3ab4 ,and they  
believed his words3  and they sang his  
praises4  #aje3ac4 ,they had quickly    

done1 they forgot his works3  and they  
waited not for his counsel4  #aje3ad4   
,and they coveted their desire in the   
desert3  and they tempted ,god in the   
place without water4  #aje3ae4 ,and he  
gave them their request3  and sent      
fulness into their souls4  #aje3af4 ,and
 they provoked ,moses in the camp1      
,aaron the holy one of the ,lord4       
#aje3ag4 ,the earth opened and swallowed
 up ,dathan3  and covered the           
congregation of ,abiron4  #aje3ah4 ,and 
a fire was kindled in their             
congregation3  the flame burned the     
wicked4  #aje3ai4 ,they made also a calf
 in ,horeb3  and they adored the graven 
thing4  #aje3bj4 ,and they changed their
 glory into the likeness of a calf that 
eateth grass4  #aje3ba4 ,they forgot    
,god1 who saved them1 who had done great
 things in ,egypt1  #aje3bb4 ,wondrous  
works in the land of ,cham3  terrible   
things in the ,red ,sea4  #aje3bc4 ,and 
he said that he would destroy them3  had
 not ,moses his chosen stood before him 

in the breach3  ,to turn away his wrath1
 lest he should destroy them4  #aje3bd4 
,and they set at nought the desirable   
land4  ,they believed not his word1     
#aje3be4 ,and they murmured in their    
tents3  they hearkened not to the voice 
of the ,lord4  #aje3bf4 ,and he lifted  
up his hand over them3  to overthrow    
them in the desert2  #aje3bg4 ,and to   
cast down their seed among the nations1 
and to scatter them in the countries4   
#aje3bh4 ,they also were initiated to   
,beelphegor3  and ate the sacrifices of 
the dead4  ,initiated4 4 4,that is1 they
 dedicated1 or consecrated themselves to
 the idol of the ,moabites and          
,madianites1 called ,beelphegor1 or     
,baal-,peor4 ,num4 #be4c4--;,ibid4  ,the
 dead4 4 4,viz41 idols without life4    
#aje3bi4 ,and they provoked him with    
their inventions3  and destruction was  
multiplied among them4  #aje3cj4 ,then  
,phinees stood up1 and pacified him3    
and the slaughter ceased4  #aje3ca4 ,and
 it was reputed to him unto justice1 to 

generation and generation for evermore4 
#aje3cb4 ,they provoked him also at the 
waters of contradiction3  and ,moses was
 afflicted for their sakes3  #aje3cc4   
,because they exasperated his spirit4   
,and he distinguished with his lips4    
,he distinguished with his lips4 4      
4,moses1 by occasion of the people's    
rebellion and incredulity1 was guilty of
 distinguishing with his lips2 when1    
instead of speaking to the rock1 as ,god
 had commanded1 he said to the people1  
with a certain hesitation in his faith1 
,hear ye1 rebellious and incredulous3   
,can we from this rock bring out water  
for you8  ,num4 #bj4aj4  #aje3cd4 ,they 
did not destroy the nations of which the
 ,lord spoke unto them4  #aje3ce4 ,and  
they were mingled among the heathens1   
and learned their works3  #aje3cf4 ,and 
served their idols1 and it became a     
stumblingblock to them4  #aje3cg4 ,and  
they sacrificed their sons1 and their   
daughters to devils4  #aje3ch4 ,and they
 shed innocent blood3  the blood of     

their sons and of their daughters which 
they sacrificed to the idols of         
,chanaan4  ,and the land was polluted   
with blood1  #aje3ci4 ,and was defiled  
with their works3  and they went aside  
after their own inventions4  #aje3dj4   
,and the ,lord was exceedingly angry    
with his people3  and he abhorred his   
inheritance4  #aje3da4 ,and he delivered
 them into the hands of the nations3    
and they that hated them had dominion   
over them4  #aje3db4 ,and their enemies 
afflicted them3  and they were humbled  
under their hands3  #aje3dc4 ,many times
 did he deliver them4  ,but they        
provoked him with their counsel3  and   
they were brought low by their          
iniquities4  #aje3dd4 ,and he saw when  
they were in tribulation3  and he heard 
their prayer4  #aje3de4 ,and he was     
mindful of his covenant3  and repented  
according to the multitude of his       
mercies4  #aje3df4 ,and he gave them    
unto mercies1 in the sight of all those 
that had made them captives4  #aje3dg4  

,save us1 ,o ,lord1 our ,god3  and      
gather us from among the nations3 ,that 
we may give thanks to thy holy name1 and
 may glory in thy praise4  #aje3dh4     
,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of       
,israel1 from everlasting to            
everlasting3  and let all the people    
say3  ,so be it1 so be it4    ,psalms   
,chapter #ajf   ,confitemini ,domino4   
,all are invited to give thanks to ,god 
for his perpetual providence over men4  
,alleluia4  #ajf3a4 ,give glory to the  
,lord1 for he is good3  for his mercy   
endureth for ever4  #ajf3b4 ,let them   
say so that have been redeemed by the   
,lord1 whom he hath redeemed from the   
hand of the enemy3  and gathered out of 
the countries4  #ajf3c4 ,from the rising
 and from the setting of the sun1 from  
the north and from the sea4  #ajf3d4    
,they wandered in a wilderness1 in a    
place without water3  they found not the
 way of a city for their habitation4    
#ajf3e4 ,they were hungry and thirsty3  
their soul fainted in them4  #ajf3f4    

,and they cried to the ,lord in their   
tribulation3  and he delivered them out 
of their distresses4  #ajf3g4 ,and he   
led them into the right way1 that they  
might go to a city of habitation4       
#ajf3h4 ,let the mercies of the ,lord   
give glory to him3  and his wonderful   
works to the children of men4  #ajf3i4  
,for he hath satisfied the empty soul1  
and hath filled the hungry soul with    
good things4  #ajf3aj4 ,such as sat in  
darkness and in the shadow of death3    
bound in want and in iron4  #ajf3aa4    
,because they had exasperated the words 
of ,god3  and provoked the counsel of   
the most ,high3  #ajf3ab4 ,and their    
heart was humbled with labours3  they   
were weakened1 and there was none to    
help them4  #ajf3ac4 ,then they cried to
 the ,lord in their affliction3  and he 
delivered them out of their distresses4 
#ajf3ad4 ,and he brought them out of    
darkness1 and the shadow of death2 and  
broke their bonds in sunder4  #ajf3ae4  
,let the mercies of the ,lord give glory

 to him1 and his wonderful works to the 
children of men4  #ajf3af4 ,because he  
hath broken gates of brass1 and burst   
iron bars4  #ajf3ag4 ,he took them out  
of the way of their iniquity3  for they 
were brought low for their injustices4  
#ajf3ah4 ,their soul abhorred all manner
 of meat3  and they drew nigh even to   
the gates of death4  #ajf3ai4 ,and they 
cried to the ,lord in their affliction3 
and he delivered them out of their      
distresses4  #ajf3bj4 ,he sent his word1
 and healed them3  and delivered them   
from their destructions4  #ajf3ba4 ,let 
the mercies of the ,lord give glory to  
him3  and his wonderful works to the    
children of men4  #ajf3bb4 ,and let them
 sacrifice the sacrifice of praise3  and
 declare his works with joy4  #ajf3bc4  
,they that go down to the sea in ships1 
doing business in the great waters3     
#ajf3bd4 ,these have seen the works of  
the ,lord1 and his wonders in the deep4 
#ajf3be4 ,he said the word1 and there   
arose a storm of wind3  and the waves   

thereof were lifted up4  #ajf3bf4 ,they 
mount up to the heavens1 and they go    
down to the depths3 their soul pined    
away with evils4  #ajf3bg4 ,they were   
troubled1 and reeled like a drunken man2
 and all their wisdom was swallowed up4 
#ajf3bh4 ,and they cried to the ,lord in
 their affliction3  and he brought them 
out of their distresses4  #ajf3bi4 ,and 
he turned the storm into a breeze3  and 
its waves were still4  #ajf3cj4 ,and    
they rejoiced because they were still3  
and he brought them to the haven which  
they wished for4  #ajf3ca4 ,let the     
mercies of the ,lord give glory to him1 
and his wonderful works to the children 
of men4  #ajf3cb4 ,and let them exalt   
him in the church of the people3  and   
praise him in the chair of the ancients4
  #ajf3cc4 ,he hath turned rivers into a
 wilderness3  and the sources of waters 
into dry ground3  #ajf3cd4 ,a fruitful  
land into barrenness1 for the wickedness
 of them that dwell therein4  #ajf3ce4  
,he hath turned a wilderness into pools 

of waters1 and a dry land into water    
springs4  #ajf3cf4 ,and hath placed     
there the hungry2 and they made a city  
for their habitation4  #ajf3cg4 ,anti   
they sowed fields1 and planted          
vineyards3  and they yielded fruit of   
birth4  #ajf3ch4 ,and he blessed them1  
and they were multiplied exceedingly3   
and their cattle he suffered not to     
decrease4  #ajf3ci4 ,then they were     
brought to be few3  and they were       
afflicted through the trouble of evils  
and sorrow4  #ajf3dj4 ,contempt was     
poured forth upon their princes3  and he
 caused them to wander where there was  
no passing1 and out of the way4         
#ajf3da4 ,and he helped the poor out of 
poverty3  and made him families like a  
flock of sheep4  #ajf3db4 ,the just     
shall see1 and shall rejoice1 and all   
iniquity shall stop her mouth4  #ajf3dc4
 ,who is wise1 and will keep these      
things2 and will understand the mercies 
of the ,lord8    ,psalms ,chapter #ajg  
,paratum cor meum4  ,the prophet        

praiseth ,god for benefits received4    
#ajg3a4 ,a canticle of a psalm for      
,david himself4  #ajg3b4 ,my heart is   
ready1 ,o ,god1 my heart is ready3  ,i  
will sing1 and will give praise1 with my
 glory4  #ajg3c4 ,arise1 my glory2      
arise1 psaltery and harp3  ,i will arise
 in the morning early4  #ajg3d4 ,i will 
praise thee1 ,o ,lord1 among the people3
  and ,i will sing unto thee among the  
nations4  #ajg3e4 ,for thy mercy is     
great above the heavens3  and thy truth 
even unto the clouds4  #ajg3f4 ,be thou 
exalted1 ,o ,god1 above the heavens1 and
 thy glory over all the earth3  #ajg3g4 
,that thy beloved may be delivered4     
,save with thy right hand and hear me4  
#ajg3h4 ,god hath spoken in his         
holiness4  ,i will rejoice1 and ,i will 
divide ,sichem and ,i will mete out the 
vale of tabernacles4  #ajg3i4 ,galaad is
 mine3  and ,manasses is mine and       
,ephraim the protection of my head4     
,juda is my king3  #ajg3aj4 ,moab the   
pot of my hope4  ,over ,edom ,i will    

stretch out my shoe3 the aliens are     
become my friends4  #ajg3aa4 ,who will  
bring me into the strong city8  who will
 lead me into ,edom8  #ajg3ab4 ,wilt not
 thou1 ,o ,god1 who hast cast us off 8  
and wilt not thou1 ,o ,god1 go forth    
with our armies8  #ajg3ac4 ,o grant us  
help from trouble3  for vain is the help
 of man4  #ajg3ad4 ,through ,god we     
shall do mightily3  and he will bring   
our enemies to nothing4    ,psalms      
,chapter #ajh   ,deus1 laudem meam4     
,david in the person of ,christ1 prayeth
 against his persecutors2 more          
especially the traitor ,judas3          
foretelling and approving his just      
punishment for his obstinacy in sin and 
final impenitence4  #ajh3a4 ,unto the   
end1 a psalm for ,david4  #ajh3b4 ,o    
,god1 be not thou silent in my praise3  
for the mouth of the wicked and the     
mouth of the deceitful man is opened    
against me4  #ajh3c4 ,they have spoken  
against me with deceitful tongues2 and  
they have compassed me about with words 

of hatred2 and have fought against me   
without cause4  #ajh3d4 ,instead of     
making me a return of love1 they        
detracted me3  but ,i gave myself to    
prayer4  #ajh3e4 ,and they repaid me    
evil for good3  and hatred for my love4 
#ajh3f4 ,set thou the sinner over him3  
and may the devil stand at his right    
hand4  ,set thou the sinner over him1   
etc4 4 4,give to the devil1 that        
arch-sinner1 power over him3  let him   
enter into him1 and possess him4 ,the   
imprecations1 contained in the thirty   
verses of this psalm1 are opposed to the
 thirty pieces of silver for which      
,judas betrayed our ,lord2 and are to be
 taken as prophetic denunciations of the
 evils that should befall the traitor   
and his accomplices the ,jews2 and not  
properly as curses4  #ajh3g4 ,when he is
 judged1 may he go out condemned2 and   
may his prayer be turned to sin4        
#ajh3h4 ,may his days be few3  and his  
bishopric let another take4  #ajh3i4    
,may his children be fatherless1 and his

 wife a widow4  #ajh3aj4 ,let his       
children be carried about vagabonds1 and
 beg2 and let them be cast out of their 
dwellings4  #ajh3aa4 ,may the usurer    
search all his substance3  and let      
strangers plunder his labours4  #ajh3ab4
 ,may there be none to help him3  nor   
none to pity his fatherless offspring4  
#ajh3ac4 ,may his posterity be cut off2 
in one generation may his name be       
blotted out4  #ajh3ad4 ,may the iniquity
 of his fathers be remembered in the    
sight of the ,lord3  and let not the sin
 of his mother be blotted out4  #ajh3ae4
 ,may they be before the ,lord          
continually1 and let the memory of them 
perish from the earth3  #ajh3af4 because
 he remembered not to shew mercy1       
#ajh3ag4 ,but persecuted the poor man   
and the beggar2 and the broken in heart1
 to put him to death4  #ajh3ah4 ,and he 
loved cursing1 and it shall come unto   
him3  and he would not have blessing1   
and it shall be far from him4  ,and he  
put on cursing1 like a garment3  and it 

went in like water into his entrails1   
and like oil in his bones4  #ajh3ai4    
,may it be unto him like a garment which
 covereth him2 and like a girdle with   
which he is girded continually4         
#ajh3bj4 ,this is the work of them who  
detract me before the ,lord2 and who    
speak evils against my soul4  #ajh3ba4  
,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 do with me for thy 
name's sake3  because thy mercy is      
sweet4  ,do thou deliver me1  #ajh3bb4  
,for ,i am poor and needy1 and my heart 
is troubled within me4  #ajh3bc4 ,i am  
taken away like the shadow when it      
declineth3  and ,i am shaken off as     
locusts4  #ajh3bd4 ,my knees are        
weakened through fasting3  and my flesh 
is changed for oil4  ,for oil4 4        
4,propter oleum4  ,the meaning is1 my   
flesh is changed1 being perfectly       
emaciated and dried up1 as having lost  
all its oil or fatness4  #ajh3be4 ,and  
,i am become a reproach to them3  they  
saw me and they shaked their heads4     
#ajh3bf4 ,help me1 ,o ,lord my ,god2    

save me2 according to thy mercy4        
#ajh3bg4 ,and let them know that this is
 thy hand3  and that thou1 ,o ,lord1    
hast done it4  #ajh3bh4 ,they will curse
 and thou wilt bless3  let them that    
rise up against me be confounded3  but  
thy servant shall rejoice4  #ajh3bi4    
,let them that detract me be clothed    
with shame3  and let them be covered    
with their confusion as with a double   
cloak4  #ajh3cj4 ,i will give great     
thanks to the ,lord with my mouth3  and 
in the midst of many ,i will praise him4
  #ajh3ca4 ,because he hath stood at the
 right hand of the poor1 to save my soul
 from persecutors4    ,psalms ,chapter  
#aji   ,dixit ,dominus4  ,christ's      
exaltation and everlasting priesthood4  
#aji3a4 ,a psalm for ,david4  ,the ,lord
 said to my ,lord3  ,sit thou at my     
right hand3  ,until ,i make thy enemies 
thy footstool4  #aji3b4 ,the ,lord will 
send forth the sceptre of thy power out 
of ,sion3 rule thou in the midst of thy 
enemies4  #aji3c4 ,with thee is the     

principality in the day of thy strength3
  in the brightness of the saints3  from
 the womb before the day star ,i begot  
thee4  #aji3d4 ,the ,lord hath sworn1   
and he will not repent3  ,thou art a    
priest for ever according to the order  
of ,melchisedech4  #aji3e4 ,the ,lord at
 thy right hand hath broken kings in the
 day of his wrath4  #aji3f4 ,he shall   
judge among nations1 he shall fill      
ruins3  he shall crush the heads in the 
land of many4  #aji3g4 ,he shall drink  
of the torrent in the way3  therefore   
shall he lift up the head4    ,psalms   
,chapter #aaj   ,confitebor tibi1       
,domine4  ,god is to be praised for his 
graces1 and benefits to his church4     
,alleluia4  #aaj3a4 ,i will praise thee1
 ,o ,lord1 with my whole heart2 in the  
council of the just1 and in the         
congregation4  #aaj3b4 ,great are the   
works of the ,lord3  sought out         
according to all his wills4  #aaj3c4    
,his work is praise and magnificence3   
and his justice continueth for ever and 

ever4  #aaj3d4 ,he hath made a          
remembrance of his wonderful works1     
being a merciful and gracious ,lord3    
#aaj3e4 ,he hath given food to them that
 fear him4  ,he will be mindful for ever
 of his covenant3  #aaj3f4 ,he will shew
 forth to his people the power of his   
works4  #aaj3g4 ,that he may give them  
the inheritance of the ,gentiles3  the  
works of his hands are truth and        
judgment4  #aaj3h4 ,all his commandments
 are faithful3  confirmed for ever and  
ever1 made in truth and equity4  #aaj3i4
 ,he hath sent redemption to his people3
  he hath commanded his covenant for    
ever4  ,holy and terrible is his name3  
#aaj3aj4 ,the fear of the ,lord is the  
beginning of wisdom4  ,a good           
understanding to all that do it3  his   
praise continueth for ever and ever4    
,psalms ,chapter #aaa   ,beatus vir4    
,the good man is happy4  ,alleluia1 of  
the returning of ,aggeus and ,zacharias4
  ,of the returning1 etc4 4 4,this is in
 the ,greek and ,latin1 but not in the  

,hebrew4  ,it signifies that this psalm 
was proper to be sung at the time of the
 return of the people from their        
captivity2 to inculcate to them1 how    
happy they might be1 if they would be   
constant in the service of ,god4        
#aaa3a4 ,blessed is the man that feareth
 the ,lord3  he shall delight           
exceedingly in his commandments4        
#aaa3b4 ,his seed shall be mighty upon  
earth3  the generation of the righteous 
shall be blessed4  #aaa3c4 ,glory and   
wealth shall be in his house3  and his  
justice remaineth for ever and ever4    
#aaa3d4 ,to the righteous a light is    
risen up in darkness3  he is merciful1  
and compassionate and just4  #aaa3e4    
,acceptable is the man that sheweth     
mercy and lendeth3  he shall order his  
words with judgment3  #aaa3f4 ,because  
he shall not be moved for ever4  #aaa3g4
 ,the just shall be in everlasting      
remembrance3  he shall not fear the evil
 hearing4  ,his heart is ready to hope  
in the ,lord3  #aaa3h4 ,his heart is    

strengthened1 he shall not be moved     
until he look over his enemies4  #aaa3i4
 ,he hath distributed1 he hath given to 
the poor3  his justice remaineth for    
ever and ever3  his horn shall be       
exalted in glory4  #aaa3aj4 ,the wicked 
shall see1 and shall be angry1 he shall 
gnash with his teeth and pine away3  the
 desire of the wicked shall perish4     
,psalms ,chapter #aab   ,laudate1 pueri4
  ,god is to be praised for his regard  
to the poor and humble4  ,alleluia4     
#aab3a4 ,praise the ,lord1 ye children3 
praise ye the name of the ,lord4        
#aab3b4 ,blessed be the name of the     
,lord1 from henceforth now and for ever4
  #aab3c4 ,from the rising of the sun   
unto the going down of the same1 the    
name of the ,lord is worthy of praise4  
#aab3d4 ,the ,lord is high above all    
nations2 and his glory above the        
heavens4  #aab3e4 ,who is as the ,lord  
our ,god1 who dwelleth on high3  #aab3f4
 and looketh down on the low things in  
heaven and in earth8  #aab3g4 ,raising  

up the needy from the earth1 and lifting
 up the poor out of the dunghill3       
#aab3h4 ,that he may place him with     
princes1 with the princes of his people4
  #aab3i4 ,who maketh a barren woman to 
dwell in a house1 the joyful mother of  
children4    ,psalms ,chapter #aac   ,in
 exitu ,israel4  ,god hath shewn his    
power in delivering his people3  idols  
are vain4  ,the ,hebrews divide this    
into two psalms4  ,alleluia4  #aac3a4   
,when ,israel went out of ,egypt1 the   
house of ,jacob from a barbarous people3
  #aac3b4 ,judea was made his sanctuary1
 ,israel his dominion4  #aac3c4 ,the sea
 saw and fled3  ,jordan was turned back4
  #aac3d4 ,the mountains skipped like   
rams1 and the hills like the lambs of   
the flock4  #aac3e4 ,what ailed thee1 ,o
 thou sea1 that thou didst flee3 and    
thou1 ,o ,jordan1 that thou wast turned 
back8  #aac3f4 ,ye mountains1 that ye   
skipped like rams1 and ye hills1 like   
lambs of the flock8  #aac3g4 ,at the    
presence of the ,lord the earth was     

moved1 at the presence of the ,god of   
,jacob3  #aac3h4 ,who turned the rock   
into pools of water1 and the stony hill 
into fountains of waters4  #aac3a4 ,not 
to us1 ,o ,lord1 not to us2 but to thy  
name give glory4  #aac3b4 ,for thy      
mercy1 and for thy truth's sake3  lest  
the ,gentiles should say3  ,where is    
their ,god8  #aac3c4 ,but our ,god is in
 heaven3  he hath done all things       
whatsoever he would4  #aac3d4 ,the idols
 of the ,gentiles are silver and gold1  
the works of the hands of men4  #aac3e4 
,they have mouths and speak not3  they  
have eyes and see not4  #aac3f4 ,they   
have ears and hear not3  they have noses
 and smell not4  #aac3g4 ,they have     
hands and feel not3  they have feet and 
walk not3 neither shall they cry out    
through their throat4  #aac3h4 ,let them
 that make them become like unto them3  
and all such as trust in them4  #aac3i4 
,the house of ,israel hath hoped in the 
,lord3  he is their helper and their    
protector4  #aac3aj4 ,the house of      

,aaron hath hoped in the ,lord3  he is  
their helper and their protector4       
#aac3aa4 ,they that fear the ,lord have 
hoped in the ,lord3  he is their helper 
and their protector4  #aac3ab4 ,the     
,lord hath been mindful of us1 and hath 
blessed us4  ,he hath blessed the house 
of ,israel3  he hath blessed the house  
of ,aaron4  #aac3ac4 ,he hath blessed   
all that fear the ,lord1 both little and
 great4  #aac3ad4 ,may the ,lord add    
blessings upon you3  upon you1 and upon 
your children4  #aac3ae4 ,blessed be you
 of the ,lord1 who made heaven and      
earth4  #aac3af4 ,the heaven of heaven  
is the ,lord's3  but the earth he has   
given to the children of men4  #aac3ag4 
,the dead shall not praise thee1 ,o     
,lord3  nor any of them that go down to 
hell4  #aac3ah4 ,but we that live bless 
the ,lord3  from this time now and for  
ever4    ,psalms ,chapter #aad          
,dilexi4  ,the prayer of a just man in  
affliction1 with a lively confidence in 
,god4  ,alleluia4  #aad3a4 ,i have      

loved1 because the ,lord will hear the  
voice of my prayer4  #aad3b4 ,because he
 hath inclined his ear unto me3  and in 
my days ,i will call upon him4  #aad3c4 
,the sorrows of death have compassed me3
  and the perils of hell have found me4 
,i met with trouble and sorrow3  #aad3d4
 ,and ,i called upon the name of the    
,lord4  ,o ,lord1 deliver my soul4      
#aad3e4 ,the ,lord is merciful and just1
 and our ,god sheweth mercy4  #aad3f4   
,the ,lord is the keeper of little ones3
  ,i was humbled1 and he delivered me4  
#aad3g4 ,turn1 ,o my soul1 into thy     
rest3  for the ,lord hath been bountiful
 to thee4  #aad3h4 ,for he hath         
delivered my soul from death3  my eyes  
from tears1 my feet from falling4       
#aad3i4 ,i will please the ,lord in the 
land of the living4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#aae   ,credidi4  ,this in the ,hebrew  
is joined with the foregoing psalm1 and 
continues to express the faith and      
gratitude of the psalmist4  ,alleluia4  
#aae3aj4 ,i have believed1 therefore    

have ,i spoken2 but ,i have been humbled
 exceedingly4  #aae3aa4 ,i said in my   
excess3  ,every man is a liar4  #aae3ab4
 ,what shall ,i render to the ,lord1 for
 all the things that he hath rendered to
 me8  #aae3ac4 ,i will take the chalice 
of salvation2 and ,i will call upon the 
name of the ,lord4  #aae3ad4 ,i will pay
 my vows to the ,lord before all his    
people3  #aae3ae4 ,precious in the sight
 of the ,lord is the death of his       
saints4  #aae3af4 ,o ,lord1 for ,i am   
thy servant3  ,i am thy servant1 and the
 son of thy handmaid4  ,thou hast broken
 my bonds3  #aae3ag4 ,i will sacrifice  
to thee the sacrifice of praise1 and ,i 
will call upon the name of the ,lord4   
#aae3ah4 ,i will pay my vows to the     
,lord in the sight of all his people3   
#aae3ai4 ,in the courts of the house of 
the ,lord1 in the midst of thee1 ,o     
,jerusalem4    ,psalms ,chapter #aaf    
,laudate ,dominum4  ,all nations are    
called upon to praise ,god for his mercy
 and truth4  ,alleluia4  #aaf3a4 ,o     

,praise the ,lord1 all ye nations3      
praise him1 all ye people4  #aaf3b4 ,for
 his mercy is confirmed upon us3  and   
the truth of the ,lord remaineth for    
ever4    ,psalms ,chapter #aag          
,confitemini ,domino4  ,the psalmist    
praiseth ,god for his delivery from     
evils3  putteth his whole trust in him2 
and foretelleth the coming of ,christ4  
,alleluia4  #aag3a4 ,give praise to the 
,lord1 for he is good3  for his mercy   
endureth for ever4  #aag3b4 ,let ,israel
 now say1 that he is good3  that his    
mercy endureth for ever4  #aag3c4 ,let  
the house of ,aaron now say1 that his   
mercy endureth for ever4  #aag3d4 ,let  
them that fear the ,lord now say1 that  
his mercy endureth for ever4  #aag3e4   
,in my trouble ,i called upon the ,lord3
  and the ,lord heard me1 and enlarged  
me4  #aag3f4 ,the ,lord is my helper3   
,i will not fear what man can do unto   
me4  #aag3g4 ,the ,lord is my helper3   
and ,i will look over my enemies4       
#aag3h4 ,it is good to confide in the   

,lord1 rather than to have confidence in
 man4  #aag3i4 ,it is good to trust in  
the ,lord1 rather than to trust in      
princes4  #aag3aj4 ,all nations         
compassed me about2 and1 in the name of 
the ,lord ,i have been revenged on them4
  #aag3aa4 ,surrounding me they         
compassed me about3  and in the name of 
the ,lord ,i have been revenged on them4
  #aag3ab4 ,they surrounded me like     
bees1 and they burned like fire among   
thorns3  and in the name of the ,lord ,i
 was revenged on them4  #aag3ac4 ,being 
pushed ,i was overturned that ,i might  
fall3  but the ,lord supported me4      
#aag3ad4 ,the ,lord is my strength and  
my praise3  and he is become my         
salvation4  #aag3ae4 ,the voice of      
rejoicing and of salvation is in the    
tabernacles of the just4  #aag3af4 ,the 
right hand of the ,lord hath wrought    
strength3  the right hand of the ,lord  
hath exalted me3  the right hand of the 
,lord hath wrought strength4  #aag3ag4  
,i shall not die1 but live3  and shall  

declare the works of the ,lord4         
#aag3ah4 ,the ,lord chastising hath     
chastised me3  but he hath not delivered
 me over to death4  #aag3ai4 ,open ye to
 me the gates of justice3  ,i will go in
 to them1 and give praise to the ,lord4 
#aag3bj4 ,this is the gate of the ,lord1
 the just shall enter into it4  #aag3ba4
 ,i will give glory to thee because thou
 hast heard me3  and art become my      
salvation4  #aag3bb4 ,the stone which   
the builders rejected2 the same is      
become the head of the corner4  #aag3bc4
 ,this is the ,lord's doing 1 and it is 
wonderful in our eyes4  #aag3bd4 ,this  
is the day which the ,lord hath made3   
let us be glad and rejoice therein4     
#aag3be4 ,o ,lord1 save me3  ,o ,lord1  
give good success4  #aag3bf4 ,blessed be
 he that cometh in the name of the      
,lord4  ,we have blessed you out of the 
house of the ,lord4  #aag3bg4 ,the ,lord
 is ,god1 and he hath shone upon us4    
,appoint a solemn day1 with shady       
boughs1 even to the horn of the altar4  

#aag3bh4 ,thou art my ,god1 and ,i will 
praise thee3  thou art my ,god1 and ,i  
will exalt thee4  ,i will praise thee1  
because thou hast heard me1 and art     
become my salvation4  #aag3bi4 ,o praise
 ye the ,lord1 for he is good3  for his 
mercy endureth for ever4    ,psalms     
,chapter #aah   ,beati immaculati4  ,of 
the excellence of virtue consisting in  
the love and observance of the          
commandments of ,god4  ,alleluia4       
,,aleph4  ,aleph4 4 4,the first eight   
verses of this psalm in the original    
begin with ,aleph1 which is the name of 
the first letter of the ,hebrew         
alphabet4  ,the second eight verses     
begin with ,beth1 the name of the second
 letter of the ,hebrew alphabet2 and so 
to the end of the whole alphabet1 in all
 twenty-two letters1 each letter having 
eight verses4 ,this order is variously  
expounded by the holy fathers2 which    
shews the difficulty of understanding   
the holy scriptures1 and consequently   
with what humility1 and submission to   

the ,church they are to be read4        
#aah3a4 ,blessed are the undefiled in   
the way1 who walk in the law of the     
,lord4  #aah3b4 ,blessed are they that  
search his testimonies3  that seek him  
with their whole heart4  ,his           
testimonies4 4 4,the commandments of    
,god are called his testimonies1 because
 they testify his holy will unto us4    
,note here1 that in almost every verse  
of this psalm 7which in number are #agf7
 the word and law of ,god1 and the love 
and observance of it1 is perpetually    
inculcated1 under a variety of          
denominations1 all signifying the same  
thing4  #aah3c4 ,for they that work     
iniquity1 have not walked in his ways4  
#aah3d4 ,thou hast commanded thy        
commandments to be kept most diligently4
  #aah3e4 ,o6 that my ways may be       
directed to keep thy justifications4    
#aah3f4 ,then shall ,i not be           
confounded1 when ,i shall look into all 
thy commandments4  #aah3g4 ,i will      
praise thee with uprightness of heart1  

when ,i shall have learned the judgments
 of thy justice4  #aah3h4 ,i will keep  
thy justifications3  ,o6 do not thou    
utterly forsake me4  ,,beth4  #aah3i4   
,by what doth a young man correct his   
way8  by observing thy words4  #aah3aj4 
,with my whole heart have ,i sought     
after thee3  let me not stray from thy  
commandments4  #aah3aa4 ,thy words have 
,i hidden in my heart1 that ,i may not  
sin against thee4  #aah3ab4 ,blessed art
 thou1 ,o ,lord3  teach me thy          
justifications4  #aah3ac4 ,with my lips 
,i have pronounced all the judgments of 
thy mouth4  #aah3ad4 ,i have been       
delighted in the way of thy testimonies1
 as in all riches4  #aah3ae4 ,i will    
meditate on thy commandments3  and ,i   
will consider thy ways4  #aah3af4 ,i    
will think of thy justifications3  ,i   
will not forget thy words4  ,,gimel4    
#aah3ag4 ,give bountifully to thy       
servant1 enliven me3  and ,i shall keep 
thy words4  #aah3ah4 ,open thou my eyes3
  and ,i will consider the wondrous     

things of thy law4  #aah3ai4 ,i am a    
sojourner on the earth3  hide not thy   
commandments from me4  #aah3bj4 ,my soul
 hath coveted to long for thy           
justifications1 at all times4  #aah3ba4 
,thou hast rebuked the proud3  they are 
cursed who decline from thy             
commandments4  #aah3bb4 ,remove from me 
reproach and contempt3  because ,i have 
sought after thy testimonies4  #aah3bc4 
,for princes sat1 and spoke against me3 
but thy servant was employed in thy     
justifications4  #aah3bd4 ,for thy      
testimonies are my meditation3  and thy 
justifications my counsel4  ,,daleth4   
#aah3be4 ,my soul hath cleaved to the   
pavement3  quicken thou me according to 
thy word4  #aah3bf4 ,i have declared my 
ways1 and thou hast heard me3  teach me 
thy justifications4  #aah3bg4 ,make me  
to understand the way of thy            
justifications3  and ,i shall be        
exercised in thy wondrous works4        
#aah3bh4 ,my soul hath slumbered through
 heaviness3  strengthen thou me in thy  

words4  #aah3bi4 ,remove from me the way
 of iniquity3  and out of thy law have  
mercy on me4  #aah3cj4 ,i have chosen   
the way of truth3  thy judgments ,i have
 not forgotten4  #aah3ca4 ,i have stuck 
to thy testimonies1 ,o ,lord3  put me   
not to shame4  #aah3cb4 ,i have run the 
way of thy commandments1 when thou didst
 enlarge my heart4  ,,he4  #aah3cc4 ,set
 before me for a law the way of thy     
justifications1 ,o ,lord3 and ,i will   
always seek after it4  #aah3cd4 ,give me
 understanding1 and ,i will search thy  
law2 and ,i will keep it with my whole  
heart4  #aah3ce4 ,lead me into the path 
of thy commandments2 for this same ,i   
have desired4  #aah3cf4 ,incline my     
heart into thy testimonies and not to   
covetousness4  #aah3cg4 ,turn away my   
eyes that they may not behold vanity3   
quicken me in thy way4  #aah3ch4        
,establish thy word to thy servant1 in  
thy fear4  #aah3ci4 ,turn away my       
reproach1 which ,i have apprehended3    
for thy judgments are delightful4       

#aah3dj4 ,behold ,i have longed after   
thy precepts3  quicken me in thy        
justice4  ,,vau4  #aah3da4 ,let thy     
mercy also come upon me1 ,o ,lord3  thy 
salvation according to thy word4        
#aah3db4 ,so shall ,i answer them that  
reproach me in any thing2 that ,i have  
trusted in thy words4  #aah3dc4 ,and    
take not thou the word of truth utterly 
out of my mouth3 for in thy words1 ,i   
have hoped exceedingly4  #aah3dd4 ,so   
shall ,i always keep thy law1 for ever  
and ever4  #aah3de4 ,and ,i walked at   
large3  because ,i have sought after thy
 commandments4  #aah3df4 ,and ,i spoke  
of thy testimonies before kings3  and ,i
 was not ashamed4  #aah3dg4 ,i meditated
 also on thy commandments1 which ,i     
loved4  #aah3dh4 ,and ,i lifted up my   
hands to thy commandments1 which ,i     
loved3 and ,i was exercised in thy      
justifications4  ,,zain4  #aah3di4 ,be  
thou mindful of thy word to thy servant1
 in which thou hast given me hope4      
#aah3ej4 ,this hath comforted me in my  

humiliation3  because thy word hath     
enlivened me4  #aah3ea4 ,the proud did  
iniquitously altogether3  but ,i        
declined not from thy law4  #aah3eb4 ,i 
remembered1 ,o ,lord1 thy judgments of  
old3  and ,i was comforted4  #aah3ec4 ,a
 fainting hath taken hold of me1 because
 of the wicked that forsake thy law4    
#aah3ed4 ,thy justifications were the   
subject of my song1 in the place of my  
pilgrimage4  #aah3ee4 ,in the night ,i  
have remembered thy name1 ,o ,lord3  and
 have kept thy law4  #aah3ef4 ,this     
happened to me3  because ,i sought after
 thy justifications4  ,,heth4  #aah3eg4 
,o ,lord1 my portion1 ,i have said1 ,i  
would keep thy law4  #aah3eh4 ,i        
entreated thy face with all my heart3   
have mercy on me according to thy word4 
#aah3ei4 ,i have thought on my ways3    
and turned my feet unto thy testimonies4
  #aah3fj4 ,i am ready1 and am not      
troubled3  that ,i may keep thy         
commandments4  #aah3fa4 ,the cords of   
the wicked have encompassed me3  but ,i 

have not forgotten thy law4  #aah3fb4 ,i
 rose at midnight to give praise to     
thee2 for the judgments of thy          
justification4  #aah3fc4 ,i am a        
partaker with all them that fear thee1  
and that keep thy commandments4         
#aah3fd4 ,the earth1 ,o ,lord1 is full  
of thy mercy3  teach me thy             
justifications4  ,,teth4  #aah3fe4 ,thou
 hast done well with thy servant1 ,o    
,lord1 according to thy word4  #aah3ff4 
,teach me goodness and discipline and   
knowledge2 for ,i have believed thy     
commandments4  #aah3fg4 ,before ,i was  
humbled ,i offended2 therefore have ,i  
kept thy word4  #aah3fh4 ,thou art good2
 and in thy goodness teach me thy       
justifications4  #aah3fi4 ,the iniquity 
of the proud hath been multiplied over  
me3  but ,i will seek thy commandments  
with my whole heart4  #aah3gj4 ,their   
heart is curdled like milk3  but ,i have
 meditated on thy law4  #aah3ga4 ,it is 
good for me that thou hast humbled me1  
that ,i may learn thy justifications4   

#aah3gb4 ,the law of thy mouth is good  
to me1 above thousands of gold and      
silver4  ,,jod4  #aah3gc4 ,thy hands    
have made me and formed me3  give me    
understanding1 and ,i will learn thy    
commandments4  #aah3gd4 ,they that fear 
thee shall see me1 and shall be glad 3  
because ,i have greatly hoped in thy    
words4  #aah3ge4 ,i know1 ,o ,lord1 that
 thy judgments are equity3  and in thy  
truth thou hast humbled me4  #aah3gf4   
,o6 let thy mercy be for my comfort1    
according to thy word unto thy servant4 
#aah3gg4 ,let thy tender mercies come   
unto me1 and ,i shall live3  for thy law
 is my meditation4  #aah3gh4 ,let the   
proud be ashamed1 because they have done
 unjustly towards me3  but ,i will be   
employed in thy commandments4  #aah3gi4 
,let them that fear thee turn to me3    
and they that know thy testimonies4     
#aah3hj4 ,let my heart be undefiled in  
thy justifications1 that ,i may not be  
confounded4  ,,caph4  #aah3ha4 ,my soul 
hath fainted after thy salvation3  and  

in thy word ,i have very much hoped4    
#aah3hb4 ,my eyes have failed for thy   
word1 saying3  ,when wilt thou comfort  
me8  #aah3hc4 ,for ,i am become like a  
bottle in the frost3  ,i have not       
forgotten thy justifications4  #aah3hd4 
,how many are the days of thy servant3  
when wilt thou execute judgment on them 
that persecute me8  #aah3he4 ,the wicked
 have told me fables3  but not as thy   
law4  #aah3hf4 ,all thy statutes are    
truth3  they have persecuted me         
unjustly1 do thou help me4  #aah3hg4    
,they had almost made an end of me upon 
earth3  but ,i have not forsaken thy    
commandments4  #aah3hh4 ,quicken thou me
 according to thy mercy3  and ,i shall  
keep the testimonies of thy mouth4      
,,lamed4  #aah3hi4 ,for ever1 ,o ,lord1 
thy word standeth firm in heaven4       
#aah3ij4 ,thy truth unto all            
generations3  thou hast founded the     
earth1 and it continueth4  #aah3ia4 ,by 
thy ordinance the day goeth on3  for all
 things serve thee4  #aah3ib4 ,unless   

thy law had been my meditation1 ,i had  
then perhaps perished in my abjection4  
#aah3ic4 ,thy justifications ,i will    
never forget3  for by them thou hast    
given me life4  #aah3id4 ,i am thine1   
save thou me3  for ,i have sought thy   
justifications4  #aah3ie4 ,the wicked   
have waited for me to destroy me3  but  
,i have understood thy testimonies4     
#aah3if4 ,i have seen an end of all     
perfection3  thy commandment is         
exceeding broad4  ,,mem4  #aah3ig4 ,o   
how have ,i loved thy law1 ,o ,lord6 it 
is my meditation all the day4  #aah3ih4 
,through thy commandment1 thou hast made
 me wiser than my enemies3  for it is   
ever with me4  #aah3ii4 ,i have         
understood more than all my teachers3   
because thy testimonies are my          
meditation4  #aah3ajj4 ,i have had      
understanding above ancients3  because  
,i have sought thy commandments4        
#aah3aja4 ,i have restrained my feet    
from every evil way3  that ,i may keep  
thy words4  #aah3ajb4 ,i have not       

declined from thy judgments1 because    
thou hast set me a law4  #aah3ajc4 ,how 
sweet are thy words to my palate6 more  
than honey to my mouth4  #aah3ajd4 ,by  
thy commandments ,i have had            
understanding3  therefore have ,i hated 
every way of iniquity4  ,,nun4          
#aah3aje4 ,thy word is a lamp to my     
feet1 and a light to my paths4          
#aah3ajf4 ,i have sworn and am          
determined to keep the judgments of thy 
justice4  #aah3ajg4 ,i have been        
humbled1 ,o ,lord1 exceedingly3  quicken
 thou me according to thy word4         
#aah3ajh4 ,the free offerings of my     
mouth make acceptable1 ,o ,lord3  and   
teach me thy judgments4  #aah3aji4 ,my  
soul is continually in my hands3  and ,i
 have not forgotten thy law4  #aah3aaj4 
,sinners have laid a snare for me3  but 
,i have not erred from thy precepts4    
#aah3aaa4 ,i have purchased thy         
testimonies for an inheritance for ever3
 because they are the joy of my heart4  
#aah3aab4 ,i have inclined my heart to  

do thy justifications for ever1 for the 
reward4  ,,samech4  #aah3aac4 ,i have   
hated the unjust3  and have loved thy   
law4  #aah3aad4 ,thou art my helper and 
my protector3  and in thy word ,i have  
greatly hoped4  #aah3aae4 ,depart from  
me1 ye malignant3  and ,i will search   
the commandments of my ,god4  #aah3aaf4 
,uphold me according to thy word1 and ,i
 shall live3  and let me not be         
confounded in my expectation4  #aah3aag4
 ,help me1 and ,i shall be saved3  and  
,i will meditate always on thy          
justifications4  #aah3aah4 ,thou hast   
despised all them that fall off from thy
 judgments2 for their thought is unjust4
  #aah3aai4 ,i have accounted all the   
sinners of the earth prevaricators3     
therefore have ,i loved thy testimonies4
  #aah3abj4 ,pierce thou my flesh with  
thy fear3  for ,i am afraid of thy      
judgments4  ,,ain4  #aah3aba4 ,i have   
done judgment and justice3  give me not 
up to them that slander me4  #aah3abb4  
,uphold thy servant unto good3  let not 

the proud calumniate me4  #aah3abc4 ,my 
eyes have fainted after thy salvation3  
and for the word of thy justice4        
#aah3abd4 ,deal with thy servant        
according to thy mercy3  and teach me   
thy justifications4  #aah3abe4 ,i am thy
 servant3  give me understanding that ,i
 may know thy testimonies4  #aah3abf4   
,it is time1 ,o ,lord1 to do3  they have
 dissipated thy law4  #aah3abg4         
,therefore have ,i loved thy            
commandments above gold and the topaz4  
#aah3abh4 ,therefore was ,i directed to 
all thy commandments3  ,i have hated all
 wicked ways4  ,,phe4  #aah3abi4 ,thy   
testimonies are wonderful3  therefore my
 soul hath sought them4  #aah3acj4 ,the 
declaration of thy words giveth light3  
and giveth understanding to little ones4
  #aah3aca4 ,i opened my mouth1 and     
panted3  because ,i longed for thy      
commandments4  #aah3acb4 ,look thou upon
 me1 and have mercy on me according to  
the judgment of them that love thy name4
  #aah3acc4 ,direct my steps according  

to thy word3  and let no iniquity have  
dominion over me4  #aah3acd4 ,redeem me 
from the calumnies of men3  that ,i may 
keep thy commandments4  #aah3ace4 ,make 
thy face to shine upon thy servant3  and
 teach me thy justifications4  #aah3acf4
 ,my eyes have sent forth springs of    
water3  because they have not kept thy  
law4  ,,sade4  #aah3acg4 ,thou art just1
 ,o ,lord3  and thy judgment is right4  
#aah3ach4 ,thou hast commanded justice  
thy testimonies3  and thy truth         
exceedingly4  #aah3aci4 ,my zeal hath   
made me pine away3  because my enemies  
forgot thy words4  #aah3adj4 ,thy word  
is exceedingly refined3  and thy servant
 hath loved it4  #aah3ada4 ,i am very   
young and despised2 but ,i forget not   
thy justifications4  #aah3adb4 ,thy     
justice is justice for ever3  and thy   
law is the truth4  #aah3adc4 ,trouble   
and anguish have found me3  thy         
commandments are my meditation4         
#aah3add4 ,thy testimonies are justice  
for ever3  give me understanding1 and ,i

 shall live4  ,,coph4  #aah3ade4 ,i     
cried with my whole heart1 hear me1 ,o  
,lord3  ,i will seek thy justifications4
  #aah3adf4 ,i cried unto thee1 save me3
  that ,i may keep thy commandments4    
#aah3adg4 ,i prevented the dawning of   
the day1 and cried3  because in thy     
words ,i very much hoped4  #aah3adh4 ,my
 eyes to thee have prevented the        
morning3  that ,i might meditate on thy 
words4  #aah3adi4 ,hear thou my voice1  
,o ,lord1 according to thy mercy3  and  
quicken me according to thy judgment4   
#aah3aej4 ,they that persecute me have  
drawn nigh to iniquity2 but they are    
gone far off from thy law4  #aah3aea4   
,thou art near1 ,o ,lord3  and all thy  
ways are truth4  #aah3aeb4 ,i have known
 from the beginning concerning thy      
testimonies3 that thou hast founded them
 for ever4  ,,res4  #aah3aec4 ,see my   
humiliation and deliver me for ,i have  
not forgotten thy law4  #aah3aed4 ,judge
 my judgment and redeem me3  quicken    
thou me for thy word's sake4  #aah3aee4 

,salvation is far from sinners2 because 
they have not sought thy justifications4
  #aah3aef4 ,many1 ,o ,lord1 are thy    
mercies3  quicken me according to thy   
judgment4  #aah3aeg4 ,many are they that
 persecute me and afflict me2 but ,i    
have not declined from thy testimonies4 
#aah3aeh4 ,i beheld the transgressors1  
and pined away2 because they kept not   
thy word4  #aah3aei4 ,behold ,i have    
loved thy commandments1 ,o ,lord2       
quicken me thou in thy mercy4  #aah3afj4
 ,the beginning of thy words is truth3  
all the judgments of thy justice are for
 ever4  ,,sin4  #aah3afa4 ,princes have 
persecuted me without cause3  and my    
heart hath been in awe of thy words4    
#aah3afb4 ,i will rejoice at thy words1 
as one that hath found great spoil4     
#aah3afc4 ,i have hated and abhorred    
iniquity2 but ,i have loved thy law4    
#aah3afd4 ,seven times a day ,i have    
given praise to thee1 for the judgments 
of thy justice4  #aah3afe4 ,much peace  
have they that love thy law1 and to them

 there is no stumbling4  block4         
#aah3aff4 ,i looked for thy salvation1  
,o ,lord3  and ,i loved thy             
commandments4  #aah3afg4 ,my soul hath  
kept thy testimonies and hath loved them
 exceedingly4  #aah3afh4 ,i have kept   
thy commandments and thy testimonies3   
because all my ways are in thy sight4   
,,tau4  #aah3afi4 ,let my supplication1 
,o ,lord1 come near in thy sight3  give 
me understanding according to thy word4 
#aah3agj4 ,let my request come in before
 thee2 deliver thou me according to thy 
word4  #aah3aga4 ,my lips shall utter a 
hymn1 when thou shalt teach me thy      
justifications4  #aah3agb4 ,my tongue   
shall pronounce thy word3  because all  
thy commandments are justice4  #aah3agc4
 ,let thy hand be with me to save me2   
for ,i have chosen thy precepts4        
#aah3agd4 ,i have longed for thy        
salvation1 ,o ,lord2 and thy law is my  
meditation4  #aah3age4 ,my soul shall   
live and shall praise thee3  and thy    
judgments shall help me4  #aah3agf4 ,i  

have gone astray like a sheep that is   
lost3  seek thy servant1 because ,i have
 not forgotten thy commandments4        
,psalms ,chapter #aai   ,ad ,dominum4   
,a prayer in tribulation4  ,a gradual   
canticle4  ,a gradual canticle4 4 4,the 
following psalms1 in number fifteen1 are
 called gradual psalms1 or canticles1   
from the word gradus1 signifying steps1 
ascensions1 or degrees3  either because 
they were appointed to be sung on the   
fifteen steps1 by which the people      
ascended to the temple3 or1 that in the 
singing of them the voice was to be     
raised by certain steps or ascensions3  
or1 that they were to be sung by the    
people returning from their captivity   
and ascending to ,jerusalem1 which was  
seated amongst mountains4  ,the holy    
fathers1 in a mystical sense1 understand
 these steps1 or ascensions1 of the     
degrees by which ,christians spiritually
 ascend to virtue and perfection2 and to
 the true temple of ,god in the heavenly
 ,jerusalem4  #aai3a4 ,in my trouble ,i 

cried to the ,lord3  and he heard me4   
#aai3b4 ,o ,lord1 deliver my soul from  
wicked lips1 and a deceitful tongue4    
#aai3c4 ,what shall be given to thee1 or
 what shall be added to thee1 to a      
deceitful tongue8  #aai3d4 ,the sharp   
arrows of the mighty1 with coals that   
lay waste4  #aai3e4 ,woe is me1 that my 
sojourning is prolonged6  ,i have dwelt 
with the inhabitants of ,cedar3  #aai3f4
 ,my soul hath been long a sojourner4   
#aai3g4 ,with them that hated peace ,i  
was peaceable3  when ,i spoke to them   
they fought against me without cause4   
,psalms ,chapter #abj   ,levavi oculos4 
,god is the keeper of his servants4  ,a 
gradual canticle4  #abj3a4 ,i have      
lifted up my eyes to the mountains1 from
 whence help shall come to me4  #abj3b4 
,my help is from the ,lord1 who made    
heaven and earth4  #abj3c4 ,may he not  
suffer thy foot to be moved3  neither   
let him slumber that keepeth thee4      
#abj3d4 ,behold he shall neither slumber
 nor sleep1 that keepeth ,israel4       

#abj3e4 ,the ,lord is thy keeper1 the   
,lord is thy protection upon thy right  
hand4  #abj3f4 ,the sun shall not burn  
thee by day3  nor the moon by night4    
#abj3g4 ,the ,lord keepeth thee from all
 evil3  may the ,lord keep thy soul4    
#abj3h4 ,may the ,lord keep thy coming  
in and thy going out2 from henceforth   
now and for ever4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#aba   ,laetatus sum in his4  ,the      
desire and hope of the just for the     
coming of the kingdom of ,god1 and the  
peace of his church4  #aba3a4 ,a gradual
 canticle4  ,i rejoiced at the things   
that were said to me3  ,we shall go into
 the house of the ,lord4  #aba3b4 ,our  
feet were standing in thy courts1 ,o    
,jerusalem4  #aba3c4 ,jerusalem1 which  
is built as a city1 which is compact    
together4  #aba3d4 ,for thither did the 
tribes go up1 the tribes of the ,lord3  
the testimony of ,israel1 to praise the 
name of the ,lord4  #aba3e4 ,because    
their seats have sat in judgment1 seats 
upon the house of ,david4  #aba3f4 ,pray

 ye for the things that are for the     
peace of ,jerusalem3  and abundance for 
them that love thee4  #aba3g4 ,let peace
 be in thy strength3  and abundance in  
thy towers4  #aba3h4 ,for the sake of my
 brethren1 and of my neighbours1 ,i     
spoke peace of thee4  #aba3i4 ,because  
of the house of the ,lord our ,god1 ,i  
have sought good things for thee4       
,psalms ,chapter #abb   ,ad te levavi4  
,a prayer in affliction1 with confidence
 in ,god4  ,a gradual canticle4  #abb3a4
 ,to thee have ,i lifted up my eyes1 who
 dwellest in heaven4  #abb3b4 ,behold as
 the eyes of servants are on the hands  
of their masters1 ,as the eyes of the   
handmaid are on the hands of her        
mistress3 so are our eyes unto the ,lord
 our ,god1 until he have mercy on us4   
#abb3c4 ,have mercy on us1 ,o ,lord1    
have mercy on us3  for we are greatly   
filled with contempt4  #abb3d4 ,for our 
soul is greatly filled3  we are a       
reproach to the rich1 and contempt to   
the proud4    ,psalms ,chapter #abc     

,nisi quia ,domini4  ,the church giveth 
glory to ,god for her deliverance1 from 
the hands of her enemies4  #abc3a4 ,a   
gradual canticle4  ,if it had not been  
that the ,lord was with us1 let ,israel 
now say3  #abc3b4 ,if it had not been   
that the ,lord was with us1 ,when men   
rose up against us1  #abc3c4 ,perhaps   
they had swallowed us up alive4  ,when  
their fury was enkindled against us1    
#abc3d4 ,perhaps the waters had         
swallowed us up4  #abc3e4 ,our soul hath
 passed through a torrent3  perhaps our 
soul had passed through a water         
insupportable4  #abc3f4 ,blessed be the 
,lord1 who hath not given us to be a    
prey to their teeth4  #abc3g4 ,our soul 
hath been delivered as a sparrow out of 
the snare of the fowlers4  ,the snare is
 broken1 and we are delivered4  #abc3h4 
,our help is in the name of the ,lord1  
who made heaven and earth4    ,psalms   
,chapter #abd   ,qui confidunt4  ,the   
just are always under ,god's protection4
  #abd3a4 ,a gradual canticle4  ,they   

that trust in the ,lord shall be as     
mount ,sion3  he shall not be moved for 
ever that dwelleth  #abd3b4 ,in         
,jerusalem4  ,mountains are round about 
it3  so the ,lord is round about his    
people from henceforth now and for ever4
  #abd3c4 ,for the ,lord will not leave 
the rod of sinners upon the lot of the  
just3  that the just may not stretch    
forth their hands to iniquity4  #abd3d4 
,do good1 ,o ,lord1 to those that are   
good1 and to the upright of heart4      
#abd3e4 ,but such as turn aside into    
bonds1 the ,lord shall lead out with the
 workers of iniquity3  peace upon       
,israel4    ,psalms ,chapter #abe   ,in 
convertendo4  ,the people of ,god       
rejoice at their delivery from          
captivity4  #abe3a4 ,a gradual canticle4
  ,when the ,lord brought back the      
captivity of ,sion1 we became like men  
comforted4  #abe3b4 ,then was our mouth 
filled with gladness2 and our tongue    
with joy4  ,then shall they say among   
the ,gentiles3  ,the ,lord hath done    

great things for them4  #abe3c4 ,the    
,lord hath done great things for us3  we
 are become joyful4  #abe3d4 ,turn again
 our captivity1 ,o ,lord1 as a stream in
 the south4  #abe3e4 ,they that sow in  
tears shall reap in joy4  #abe3f4 ,going
 they went and wept1 casting their      
seeds4  #abe3g4 ,but coming they shall  
come with joyfulness1 carrying their    
sheaves4    ,psalms ,chapter #abf       
,nisi ,dominus4  ,nothing can be done   
without ,god's grace and blessing4      
#abf3a4 ,a gradual canticle of ,solomon4
  ,unless the ,lord build the house1    
they labour in vain that build it4      
,unless the ,lord keep the city1 he     
watcheth in vain that keepeth it4       
#abf3b4 ,it is vain for you to rise     
before light1 rise ye after you have    
sitten1 you that eat the bread of       
sorrow4  ,when he shall give sleep to   
his beloved1  ,it is vain for you to    
rise before light4 4 4,that is1 your    
early rising1 your labour and worldly   
solicitude1 will be vain1 that is1 will 

avail you nothing1 without the light1   
grace1 and blessing of ,god4  #abf3c4   
,behold the inheritance of the ,lord are
 children3  the reward1 the fruit of the
 womb4  #abf3d4 ,as arrows in the hand  
of the mighty1 so the children of them  
that have been shaken4  #abf3e4 ,blessed
 is the man that hath filled the desire 
with them2 he shall not be confounded   
when he shall speak to his enemies in   
the gate4    ,psalms ,chapter #abg      
,beati omnes4  ,the fear of ,god is the 
way to happiness4  #abg3a4 ,a gradual   
canticle4  ,blessed are all they that   
fear the ,lord3 that walk in his ways4  
#abg3b4 ,for thou shalt eat the labours 
of thy hands3  blessed art thou1 and it 
shall be well with thee4  #abg3c4 ,thy  
wife as a fruitful vine1 on the sides of
 thy house4  ,thy children as olive     
plants1 round about thy table4  #abg3d4 
,behold1 thus shall the man be blessed  
that feareth the ,lord4  #abg3e4 ,may   
the ,lord bless thee out of ,sion3  and 
mayst thou see the good things of       

,jerusalem all the days of thy life4    
#abg3f4 ,and mayst thou see thy         
children's children1 peace upon ,israel4
    ,psalms ,chapter #abh   ,saepe      
expugnaverunt4  ,the church of ,god is  
invincible 3  her persecutors come to   
nothing4  #abh3a4 ,a gradual canticle4  
,often have they fought against me from 
my youth1 let ,israel now say4  #abh3b4 
,often have they fought against me from 
my youth3  but they could not prevail   
over me4  #abh3c4 ,the wicked have      
wrought upon my back3  they have        
lengthened their iniquity4  #abh3d4 ,the
 ,lord who is just will cut the necks of
 sinners3  #abh3e4 ,let them all be     
confounded and turned back that hate    
,sion4  #abh3f4 ,let them be as grass   
upon the tops of houses3  which         
withereth before it be plucked up3      
#abh3g4 ,who with the mower filleth not 
his hand3  nor he that gathereth sheaves
 his bosom4  #abh3h4 ,and they that     
passed by have not said3  ,the blessing 
of the ,lord be upon you3  we have      

blessed you in the name of the ,lord4   
,psalms ,chapter #abi   ,de profundis4  
,a prayer of a sinner1 trusting in the  
mercies of ,god4  ,the sixth penitential
 psalm4  #abi3a4 ,a gradual canticle4   
,out of the depths ,i have cried to     
thee1 ,o ,lord3  #abi3b4 ,lord1 hear my 
voice4  ,let thy ears be attentive to   
the voice of my supplication4  #abi3c4  
,if thou1 ,o ,lord1 wilt mark           
iniquities3  ,lord1 who shall stand it4 
#abi3d4 ,for with thee there is merciful
 forgiveness3  and by reason of thy law1
 ,i have waited for thee1 ,o ,lord4  ,my
 soul hath relied on his word3  #abi3e4 
my soul hath hoped in the ,lord4        
#abi3f4 ,from the morning watch even    
until night1 let ,israel hope in the    
,lord4  #abi3g4 ,because with the ,lord 
there is mercy3  and with him plentiful 
redemption4  #abi3h4 ,and he shall      
redeem ,israel from all his iniquities4 
,psalms ,chapter #acj   ,domine1 none   
est4  ,the prophet's humility4  #acj3a4 
,a gradual canticle of ,david4  ,lord1  

my heart is not exalted3  nor are my    
eyes lofty4  ,neither have ,i walked in 
great matters1 nor in wonderful things  
above me4  #acj3b4 ,if ,i was not humbly
 minded1 but exalted my soul3  ,as a    
child that is weaned is towards his     
mother1 so reward in my soul4  #acj3c4  
,let ,israel hope in the ,lord1 from    
henceforth now and for ever4    ,psalms 
,chapter #aca   ,memento1 ,domine4  ,a  
prayer for the fulfilling of the promise
 made to ,david4  #aca3a4 ,a gradual    
canticle4  ,o ,lord1 remember ,david1   
and all his meekness4  #aca3b4 ,how he  
swore to the ,lord1 he vowed a vow to   
the ,god of ,jacob3  #aca3c4 ,if ,i     
shall enter into the tabernacle of my   
house3  if ,i shall go up into the bed  
wherein ,i lie3  #aca3d4 ,if ,i shall   
give sleep to my eyes1 or slumber to my 
eyelids1  #aca3e4 ,or rest to my        
temples3  until ,i find out a place for 
the ,lord1 a tabernacle for the ,god of 
,jacob4  #aca3f4 ,behold we have heard  
of it in ,ephrata3  we have found it in 

the fields of the wood4  ,we have heard 
of it in ,ephrata4 4 4,when ,i was      
young1 and lived in ,bethlehem1         
otherwise called ,ephrata1 ,i heard of  
,god's tabernacle and ark1 and had a    
devout desire of seeking it2 and        
accordingly ,i found it at              
,cariathiarim1 the city of the woods3   
where it was till it was removed to     
,jerusalem4  ,see #a ,par4 #ac4  #aca3g4
 ,we will go into his tabernacle3  we   
will adore in the place where his feet  
stood4  #aca3h4 ,arise1 ,o ,lord1 into  
thy resting place3  thou and the ark1   
which thou hast sanctified4  #aca3i4    
,let thy priests be clothed with        
justice3  and let thy saints rejoice4   
#aca3aj4 ,for thy servant ,david's sake1
 turn not away the face of thy anointed4
  #aca3aa4 ,the ,lord hath sworn truth  
to ,david1 and he will not make it void3
  of the fruit of thy womb ,i will set  
upon thy throne4  #aca3ab4 ,if thy      
children will keep my covenant1 and     
these my testimonies which ,i shall     

teach them3  ,their children also for   
evermore shall sit upon thy throne4     
#aca3ac4 ,for the ,lord hath chosen     
,sion3  he hath chosen it for his       
dwelling4  #aca3ad4 ,this is my rest for
 ever and ever3  here will ,i dwell1 for
 ,i have chosen it4  #aca3ae4 ,blessing 
,i will bless her widow3  ,i will       
satisfy her poor with bread4  #aca3af4  
,i will clothe her priests with         
salvation1 and her saints shall rejoice 
with exceeding great joy4  #aca3ag4     
,there will ,i bring forth a horn to    
,david3  ,i have prepared a lamp for my 
anointed4  #aca3ah4 ,his enemies ,i will
 clothe with confusion3  but upon him   
shall my sanctification flourish4       
,psalms ,chapter #acb   ,ecce quam      
bonum4  ,the happiness of brotherly love
 and concord4  #acb3a4 ,a gradual       
canticle of ,david4  ,behold how good   
and how pleasant it is for brethren to  
dwell together in unity3  #acb3b4 ,like 
the precious ointment on the head1 that 
ran down upon the beard1 the beard of   

,aaron1 ,which ran down to the skirt of 
his garment3  #acb3c4 ,as the dew of    
,hermon1 which descendeth upon mount    
,sion4  ,for there the ,lord hath       
commanded blessing1 and life for        
evermore4    ,psalms ,chapter #acc      
,ecce nunc benedicite4  ,an exhortation 
to praise ,god continually4  #acc3a4 ,a 
gradual canticle4  ,behold now bless ye 
the ,lord1 all ye servants of the ,lord3
  ,who stand in the house of the ,lord1 
in the courts of the house of our ,god4 
#acc3b4 ,in the nights lift up your     
hands to the holy places1 and bless ye  
the ,lord4  #acc3c4 ,may the ,lord out  
of ,sion bless thee1 he that made heaven
 and earth4    ,psalms ,chapter #acd    
,laudate nomen4  ,an exhortation to     
praise ,god3  the vanity of idols4      
#acd3a4 ,alleluia4  ,praise ye the name 
of the ,lord3  ,o you his servants1     
praise the ,lord3  #acd3b4 ,you that    
stand in the house of the ,lord1 in the 
courts of the house of our ,god4        
#acd3c4 ,praise ye the ,lord1 for the   

,lord is good3  sing ye to his name1 for
 it is sweet4  #acd3d4 ,for the ,lord   
hath chosen ,jacob unto himself3        
,israel for his own possession4  #acd3e4
 ,for ,i have known that the ,lord is   
great1 and our ,god is above all gods4  
#acd3f4 ,whatsoever the ,lord pleased he
 hath done1 in heaven1 in earth1 in the 
sea1 and in all the deeps4  #acd3g4 ,he 
bringeth up clouds from the end of the  
earth3  he hath made lightnings for the 
rain4  ,he bringeth forth winds out of  
his stores3  #acd3h4 ,he slew the       
firstborn of ,egypt from man even unto  
beast4  #acd3i4 ,he sent forth signs and
 wonders in the midst of thee1 ,o       
,egypt3 upon ,pharao1 and upon all his  
servants4  #acd3aj4 ,he smote many      
nations1 and slew mighty kings3         
#acd3aa4 ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1
 and ,og king of ,basan1 and all the    
kingdoms of ,chanaan4  #acd3ab4 ,and    
gave their land for an inheritance1 for 
an inheritance to his people ,israel4   
#acd3ac4 ,thy name1 ,o ,lord1 is for    

ever3  thy memorial1 ,o ,lord1 unto all 
generations4  #acd3ad4 ,for the ,lord   
will judge his people1 and will be      
entreated in favour of his servants4    
#acd3ae4 ,the idols of the ,gentiles are
 silver and gold1 the works of men's    
hands4  #acd3af4 ,they have a mouth1 but
 they speak not3  they have eyes1 but   
they see not4  #acd3ag4 ,they have ears1
 but they hear not3  neither is there   
any breath in their mouths4  #acd3ah4   
,let them that make them be like to     
them3  and every one that trusteth in   
them4  #acd3ai4 ,bless the ,lord1 ,o    
house of ,israel3  bless the ,lord1 ,o  
house of ,aaron4  #acd3bj4 ,bless the   
,lord1 ,o house of ,levi3  you that fear
 the ,lord1 bless the ,lord4  #acd3ba4  
,blessed be the ,lord out of ,sion1 who 
dwelleth in ,jerusalem4    ,psalms      
,chapter #ace   ,confitemini ,domino4   
,god is to be praised for his wonderful 
works4  #ace3a4 ,alleluia4  ,praise the 
,lord1 for he is good3  for his mercy   
endureth for ever4  ,praise the ,lord4 4

 4,by this invitation to praise the     
,lord1 thrice repeated1 we profess the  
,blessed ,trinity1 ,one ,god in three   
distinct ,persons1 the ,father1 and the 
,son1 and the ,holy ,ghost4  #ace3b4    
,praise ye the ,god of gods3  for his   
mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3c4       
,praise ye the ,lord of lords3  for his 
mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3d4 ,who  
alone doth great wonders3  for his mercy
 endureth for ever4  #ace3e4 ,who made  
the heavens in understanding3  for his  
mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3f4 ,who  
established the earth above the waters3 
for his mercy endureth for ever4        
#ace3g4 ,who made the great lights3  for
 his mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3h4  
,the sun to rule the day3  for his mercy
 endureth for ever4  #ace3i4 ,the moon  
and the stars to rule the night3  for   
his mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3aj4  
,who smote ,egypt with their firstborn3 
for his mercy endureth for ever4        
#ace3aa4 ,who brought out ,israel from  
among them3  for his mercy endureth for 

ever4  #ace3ab4 ,with a mighty hand and 
with a stretched out arm3  for his mercy
 endureth for ever4  #ace3ac4 ,who      
divided the ,red ,sea into parts3  for  
his mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3ad4  
,and brought out ,israel through the    
midst thereof3  for his mercy endureth  
for ever4  #ace3ae4 ,and overthrew      
,pharao and his host in the ,red ,sea3  
for his mercy endureth for ever4        
#ace3af4 ,who led his people through the
 desert3  for his mercy endureth for    
ever4  #ace3ag4 ,who smote great kings3 
for his mercy endureth for ever4        
#ace3ah4 ,and slew strong kings3  for   
his mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3ai4  
,sehon king of the ,amorrhites3  for his
 mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3bj4 ,and
 ,og king of ,basan3  for his mercy     
endureth for ever4  #ace3ba4 ,and he    
gave their land for an inheritance3  for
 his mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3bb4 
,for an inheritance to his servant      
,israel3  for his mercy endureth for    
ever4  #ace3bc4 ,for he was mindful of  

us in our affliction3  for his mercy    
endureth for ever4  #ace3bd4 ,and he    
redeemed us from our enemies3  for his  
mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3be4 ,who 
giveth food to all flesh3  for his mercy
 endureth for ever4  #ace3bf4 ,give     
glory to the ,god of heaven3  for his   
mercy endureth for ever4  #ace3bg4 ,give
 glory to the ,lord of lords3  for his  
mercy endureth for ever4    ,psalms     
,chapter #acf   ,super flumina4  ,the   
lamentation of the people of ,god in    
their captivity in ,babylon4  ,a psalm  
of ,david1 for ,jeremias4  ,for         
,jeremias4 4 4,for the time of          
,jeremias1 and the captivity of         
,babylon4  #acf3a4 ,upon the rivers of  
,babylon1 there we sat and wept3  when  
we remembered ,sion3  #acf3b4 ,on the   
willows in the midst thereof we hung up 
our instruments4  #acf3c4 ,for there    
they that led us into captivity required
 of us the words of songs4  ,and they   
that carried us away1 said3  ,sing ye to
 us a hymn of the songs of ,sion4       

#acf3d4 ,how shall we sing the song of  
the ,lord in a strange land8  #acf3e4   
,if ,i forget thee1 ,o ,jerusalem1 let  
my right hand be forgotten4  #acf3f4    
,let my tongue cleave to my jaws1 if ,i 
do not remember thee3  ,if ,i make not  
,jerusalem the beginning of my joy4     
#acf3g4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 the        
children of ,edom1 in the day of        
,jerusalem3 ,who say3  ,rase it1 rase   
it1 even to the foundation thereof4     
#acf3h4 ,o daughter of ,babylon1        
miserable3  blessed shall he be who     
shall repay thee thy payment which thou 
hast paid us4  #acf3i4 ,blessed be he   
that shall take and dash thy little ones
 against the rock4  ,dash thy little    
ones1 etc4 4 4,in the spiritual sense1  
we dash the little ones of ,babylon     
against the rock1 when we mortify our   
passions1 and stifle the first motions  
of them1 by a speedy recourse to the    
rock which is ,christ4    ,psalms       
,chapter #acg   ,confitebor tibi4       
,thanksgiving to ,god for his benefits4 

#acg3a4 ,for ,david himself4  ,i will   
praise thee1 ,o ,lord1 with my whole    
heart3  for thou hast heard the words of
 my mouth4  ,i will sing praise to thee 
in the sight of the angels3  #acg3b4 ,i 
will worship towards thy holy temple1   
and ,i will give glory to thy name4     
,for thy mercy1 and for thy truth3  for 
thou hast magnified thy holy name above 
all4  #acg3c4 ,in what day soever ,i    
shall call upon thee1 hear me3  thou    
shalt multiply strength in my soul4     
#acg3d4 ,may all the kings of the earth 
give glory to thee3  for they have heard
 all the words of thy mouth4  #acg3e4   
,and let them sing in the ways of the   
,lord3  for great is the glory of the   
,lord4  #acg3f4 ,for the ,lord is high1 
and looketh on the low3  and the high he
 knoweth afar off4  #acg3g4 ,if ,i shall
 walk in the midst of tribulation1 thou 
wilt quicken me3  and thou hast         
stretched forth thy hand against the    
wrath of my enemies3  and thy right hand
 hath saved me4  #acg3h4 ,the ,lord will

 repay for me3  thy mercy1 ,o ,lord1    
endureth for ever3  ,o despise not the  
works of thy hands4    ,psalms ,chapter 
#ach   ,domine1 probasti4  ,god's       
special providence over his servants4   
#ach3a4 ,unto the end1 a psalm of       
,david4  ,lord1 thou hast proved me1 and
 known me3  #ach3b4 ,thou hast known my 
sitting down1 and my rising up4  #ach3c4
 ,thou hast understood my thoughts afar 
off3  my path and my line thou hast     
searched out4  #ach3d4 ,and thou hast   
foreseen all my ways3  for there is no  
speech in my tongue4  ,there is no      
speech1 etc4 4 4,viz41 unknown to thee3 
or when there is no speech in my tongue2
 yet my whole interior and my most      
secret thoughts are known to thee4      
#ach3e4 ,behold1 ,o ,lord1 thou hast    
known all things1 the last and those of 
old3  thou hast formed me1 and hast laid
 thy hand upon me4  #ach3f4 ,thy        
knowledge is become wonderful to me3  it
 is high1 and ,i cannot reach to it4    
#ach3g4 ,whither shall ,i go from thy   

spirit8  or whither shall ,i flee from  
thy face8  #ach3h4 ,if ,i ascend into   
heaven1 thou art there3  if ,i descend  
into hell1 thou art present4  #ach3i4   
,if ,i take my wings early in the       
morning1 and dwell in the uttermost     
parts of the sea3  #ach3aj4 ,even there 
also shall thy hand lead me3  and thy   
right hand shall hold me4  #ach3aa4 ,and
 ,i said3  ,perhaps darkness shall cover
 me3  and night shall be my light in my 
pleasures4  #ach3ab4 ,but darkness shall
 not be dark to thee1 and night shall be
 light all the day3  the darkness       
thereof1 and the light thereof are alike
 to thee4  #ach3ac4 ,for thou hast      
possessed my reins3  thou hast protected
 me from my mother's womb4  #ach3ad4 ,i 
will praise thee1 for thou art fearfully
 magnified3  wonderful are thy works1   
and my soul knoweth right well4         
#ach3ae4 ,my bone is not hidden from    
thee1 which thou hast made in secret3   
and my substance in the lower parts of  
the earth4  #ach3af4 ,thy eyes did see  

my imperfect being1 and in thy book all 
shall be written3  days shall be formed1
 and no one in them4  #ach3ag4 ,but to  
me thy friends1 ,o ,god1 are made       
exceedingly honourable3 their           
principality is exceedingly             
strengthened4  #ach3ah4 ,i will number  
them1 and they shall be multiplied above
 the sand1 ,i rose up and am still with 
thee4  #ach3ai4 ,if thou wilt kill the  
wicked1 ,o ,god3  ye men of blood1      
depart from me3  #ach3bj4 ,because you  
say in thought3  ,they shall receive thy
 cities in vain4  ,because you say in   
thought1 etc4 4 4,depart from me1 you   
wicked1 who plot against the servants of
 ,god1 and think to cast them out of the
 cities of their habitation2 as if they 
have received them in vain1 and to no   
purpose4  #ach3ba4 ,have ,i not hated   
them1 ,o ,lord1 that hated thee3  and   
pined away because of thy enemies8      
#ach3bb4 ,i have hated them with a      
perfect hatred3  and they are become    
enemies to me4  ,i have hated them4 4   

4,not with an hatred of malice1 but a   
zeal for the observance of ,god's       
commandments2 which he saw were despised
 by the wicked1 who are to be considered
 enemies to ,god4  #ach3bc4 ,prove me1  
,o ,god1 and know my heart3  examine me1
 and know my paths4  #ach3bd4 ,and see  
if there be in me the way of iniquity3  
and lead me in the eternal way4         
,psalms ,chapter #aci   ,eripe me1      
,domine4  ,a prayer to be delivered from
 the wicked4  #aci3a4 ,unto the end1 a  
psalm of ,david4  #aci3b4 ,deliver me1  
,o ,lord1 from the evil man3  rescue me 
from the unjust man4  #aci3c4 ,who have 
devised iniquities in their hearts3  all
 the day long they designed battles4    
#aci3d4 ,they have sharpened their      
tongues like a serpent3  the venom of   
asps is under their lips4  #aci3e4 ,keep
 me1 ,o ,lord1 from the hand of the     
wicked3  and from unjust men deliver me4
  ,who have proposed to supplant my     
steps3  #aci3f4 ,the proud have hidden a
 net for me4  ,and they have stretched  

out cords for a snare3  they have laid  
for me a stumblingblock by the wayside4 
#aci3g4 ,i said to the ,lord3  ,thou art
 my ,god3  hear1 ,o ,lord1 the voice of 
my supplication4  #aci3h4 ,o ,lord1     
,lord1 the strength of my salvation3    
thou hast overshadowed my head in the   
day of battle4  #aci3i4 ,give me not up1
 ,o ,lord1 from my desire to the wicked3
  they have plotted against me2 do not  
thou forsake me1 lest they should       
triumph4  #aci3aj4 ,the head of them    
compassing me about3  the labour of     
their lips shall overwhelm them4        
#aci3aa4 ,burning coals shall fall upon 
them2 thou wilt cast them down into the 
fire3  in miseries they shall not be    
able to stand4  #aci3ab4 ,a man full of 
tongue shall not be established in the  
earth3 evil shall catch the unjust man  
unto destruction4  #aci3ac4 ,i know that
 the ,lord will do justice to the needy1
 and will revenge the poor4  #aci3ad4   
,but as for the just1 they shall give   
glory to thy name3  and the upright     

shall dwell with thy countenance4       
,psalms ,chapter #adj   ,domine1        
clamavi4  ,a prayer against sinful      
words1 and deceitful flatterers4  ,a    
psalm of ,david4  #adj3a4 ,i have cried 
to thee1 ,o ,lord1 hear me3  hearken to 
my voice1 when ,i cry to thee4  #adj3b4 
,let my prayer be directed as incense in
 thy sight2 the lifting up of my hands1 
as evening sacrifice4  #adj3c4 ,set a   
watch1 ,o ,lord1 before my mouth3  and a
 door round about my lips4  #adj3d4     
,incline not my heart to evil words2 to 
make excuses in sins4 ,with men that    
work iniquity3  and ,i will not         
communicate with the choicest of them4  
#adj3e4 ,the just man shall correct me  
in mercy1 and shall reprove me3 but let 
not the oil of the sinner fatten my     
head4  ,for my prayer shall still be    
against the things with which they are  
well pleased3  ,let not the oil of the  
sinner1 etc4 4 4,that is1 the flattery1 
or deceitful praise4--,ibid4  ,for my   
prayer1 etc4 4 4,so far from coveting   

their praises1 who are never well       
pleased but with things that are evil2  
,i shall continually pray to be         
preserved from such things as they are  
delighted with4  #adj3f4 ,their judges  
falling upon the rock have been         
swallowed up4  ,they shall hear my      
words1 for they have prevailed3  ,their 
judges1 etc4 4 4,their rulers1 or       
chiefs1 quickly vanish and perish1 like 
ships dashed against the rocks1 and     
swallowed up by the waves4  ,let them   
then hear my words1 for they are        
powerful and will prevail2 or1 as it is 
in the ,hebrew1 for they are sweet4     
#adj3g4 ,as when the thickness of the   
earth is broken up upon the ground3 ,our
 bones are scattered by the side of     
hell4  #adj3h4 ,but to thee1 ,o ,lord1  
,lord1 are my eyes3  in thee have ,i put
 my trust1 take not away my soul4       
#adj3i4 ,keep me from the snare1 which  
they have laid for me1 and from the     
stumblingblocks of them that work       
iniquity4  #adj3aj4 ,the wicked shall   

fall in his net3  ,i am alone until ,i  
pass4  ,i am alone1 etc4 4 4,singularly 
protected by the ,almighty1 until ,i    
pass all their nets and snares4         
,psalms ,chapter #ada   ,voce mea4  ,a  
prayer of ,david in extremity of danger4
  #ada3a4 ,of understanding for ,david1 
,a prayer when he was in the cave4  #a  
,kings #bd4  #ada3b4 ,i cried to the    
,lord with my voice3  with my voice ,i  
made supplication to the ,lord4  #ada3c4
 ,in his sight ,i pour out my prayer1   
and before him ,i declare my trouble3   
#ada3d4 ,when my spirit failed me1 then 
thou knewest my paths4  ,in this way    
wherein ,i walked1 they have hidden a   
snare for me4  #ada3e4 ,i looked on my  
right hand1 and beheld1 and there was no
 one that would know me4  ,flight hath  
failed me3  and there is no one that    
hath regard to my soul4  #ada3f4 ,i     
cried to thee1 ,o ,lord3  ,i said3      
,thou art my hope1 my portion in the    
land of the living4  #ada3g4 ,attend to 
my supplication3  for ,i am brought very

 low4  ,deliver me from my persecutors2 
for they are stronger than ,i4  #ada3h4 
,bring my soul out of prison1 that ,i   
may praise thy name3  the just wait for 
me1 until thou reward me4    ,psalms    
,chapter #adb   ,domine1 exaudi4  ,the  
psalmist in tribulation calleth upon    
,god for his delivery4  ,the seventh    
penitential psalm4  #adb3a4 ,a psalm of 
,david1 when his son ,absalom pursued   
him4  #b ,kings #ag4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 my
 prayer3  give ear to my supplication in
 thy truth3 hear me in thy justice4     
#adb3b4 ,and enter not into judgment    
with thy servant3  for in thy sight no  
man living shall be justified4  #adb3c4 
,for the enemy hath persecuted my soul3 
he hath brought down my life to the     
earth4  ,he hath made me to dwell in    
darkness as those that have been dead of
 old3  #adb3d4 ,and my spirit is in     
anguish within me3  my heart within me  
is troubled4  #adb3e4 ,i remembered the 
days of old1 ,i meditated on all thy    
works3  ,i meditated upon the works of  

thy hands4  #adb3f4 ,i stretched forth  
my hands to thee3  my soul is as earth  
without water unto thee4  #adb3g4 ,hear 
me speedily1 ,o ,lord3  my spirit hath  
fainted away4  ,turn not away thy face  
from me1 lest ,i be like unto them that 
go down into the pit4  #adb3h4 ,cause me
 to hear thy mercy in the morning2 for  
in thee have ,i hoped4  ,make the way   
known to me1 wherein ,i should walk3    
for ,i have lifted up my soul to thee4  
#adb3i4 ,deliver me from my enemies1 ,o 
,lord1 to thee have ,i fled3  #adb3aj4  
,teach me to do thy will1 for thou art  
my ,god4  ,thy good spirit shall lead me
 into the right land3  #adb3aa4 for thy 
name's sake1 ,o ,lord1 thou wilt quicken
 me in thy justice4 ,thou wilt bring my 
soul out of trouble3  #adb3ab4 ,and in  
thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies4 
,and thou wilt cut off all them that    
afflict my soul3  for ,i am thy servant4
    ,psalms ,chapter #adc   ,benedictus 
,dominus4  ,the prophet praiseth ,god1  
and prayeth to be delivered from his    

enemies4 ,no worldly happiness is to be 
compared with that of serving ,god4  ,a 
psalm of ,david against ,goliath4       
#adc3a4 ,blessed be the ,lord my ,god1  
who teacheth my hands to fight1 and my  
fingers to war4  #adc3b4 ,my mercy1 and 
my refuge3  my support1 and my          
deliverer3  ,my protector1 and ,i have  
hoped in him3  who subdueth my people   
under me4  #adc3c4 ,lord1 what is man1  
that thou art made known to him8  or the
 son of man1 that thou makest account of
 him8  #adc3d4 ,man is like to vanity3  
his days pass away like a shadow4       
#adc3e4 ,lord1 bow down thy heavens and 
descend3  touch the mountains1 and they 
shall smoke4  #adc3f4 ,send forth       
lightning1 and thou shalt scatter them3 
shoot out thy arrows1 and thou shalt    
trouble them4  #adc3g4 ,put forth thy   
hand from on high1 take me out1 and     
deliver me from many waters3  from the  
hand of strange children3  #adc3h4      
,whose mouth hath spoken vanity3  and   
their right hand is the right hand of   

iniquity4  #adc3i4 ,to thee1 ,o ,god1 ,i
 will sing a new canticle3  on the      
psaltery and an instrument of ten       
strings ,i will sing praises to thee4   
#adc3aj4 ,who givest salvation to kings3
  who hast redeemed thy servant ,david  
from the malicious sword3  #adc3aa4     
,deliver me1 ,and rescue me out of the  
hand of strange children2 whose mouth   
hath spoken vanity3  and their right    
hand is the right hand of iniquity3     
#adc3ab4 ,whose sons are as new plants  
in their youth3  ,their daughters decked
 out1 adorned round about after the     
similitude of a temple3  #adc3ac4 ,their
 storehouses full1 flowing out of this  
into that4  ,their sheep fruitful in    
young1 abounding in their goings forth3 
#adc3ad4 ,their oxen fat4  ,there is no 
breach of wall1 nor passage1 nor crying 
out in their streets4  #adc3ae4 ,they   
have called the people happy1 that hath 
these things3  but happy is that people 
whose ,god is the ,lord4    ,psalms     
,chapter #add   ,exaltabo te1 ,deus4  ,a

 psalm of praise1 to the infinite       
majesty of ,god4  #add3a4 ,praise1 for  
,david himself4  ,i will extol thee1 ,o 
,god my king3  and ,i will bless thy    
name for ever2 yea1 for ever and ever4  
#add3b4 ,every day will ,i bless thee3  
and ,i will praise thy name for ever2   
yea1 for ever and ever4  #add3c4 ,great 
is the ,lord1 and greatly to be praised3
  and of his greatness there is no end4 
#add3d4 ,generation and generation shall
 praise thy works3  and they shall      
declare thy power4  #add3e4 ,they shall 
speak of the magnificence of the glory  
of thy holiness3  and shall tell thy    
wondrous works4  #add3f4 ,and they shall
 speak of the might of thy terrible     
acts3  and shall declare thy greatness4 
#add3g4 ,they shall publish the memory  
of the abundance of thy sweetness3 and  
shall rejoice in thy justice4  #add3h4  
,the ,lord is gracious and merciful3    
patient and plenteous in mercy4  #add3i4
 ,the ,lord is sweet to all3  and his   
tender mercies are over all his works4  

#add3aj4 ,let all thy works1 ,o lord1   
praise thee3  and let thy saints bless  
thee4  #add3aa4 ,they shall speak of the
 glory of thy kingdom3  and shall tell  
of thy power3  #add3ab4 ,to make thy    
might known to the sons of men3  and the
 glory of the magnificence of thy       
kingdom4  #add3ac4 ,thy kingdom is a    
kingdom of all ages3  and thy dominion  
endureth throughout all generations4    
,the ,lord is faithful in all his words3
  and holy in all his works4  #add3ad4  
,the ,lord lifteth up all that fall3    
and setteth up all that are cast down4  
#add3ae4 ,the eyes of all hope in thee1 
,o ,lord3  and thou givest them meat in 
due season4  #add3af4 ,thou openest thy 
hand1 and fillest with blessing every   
living creature4  #add3ag4 ,the ,lord is
 just in all his ways3  and holy in all 
his works4  #add3ah4 ,the ,lord is nigh 
unto all them that call upon him3  to   
all that call upon him in truth4        
#add3ai4 ,he will do the will of them   
that fear him3  and he will hear their  

prayer1 and save them4  #add3bj4 ,the   
,lord keepeth all them that love him2   
but all the wicked he will destroy4     
#add3ba4 ,my mouth shall speak the      
praise of the ,lord3  and let all flesh 
bless his holy name forever2 yea1 for   
ever and ever4    ,psalms ,chapter #ade 
,lauda1 anima4  ,we are not to trust in 
men1 but in ,god alone4  #ade3a4        
,alleluia1 of ,aggeus and ,zacharias4   
#ade3b4 ,praise the ,lord1 ,o my soul1  
in my life ,i will praise the ,lord3  ,i
 will sing to my ,god as long as ,i     
shall be4  ,put not your trust in       
princes3  #ade3c4 ,in the children of   
men1 in whom there is no salvation4     
#ade3d4 ,his spirit shall go forth1 and 
he shall return into his earth3 in that 
day all their thoughts shall perish4    
#ade3e4 ,blessed is he who hath the ,god
 of ,jacob for his helper1 whose hope is
 in the ,lord his ,god3  #ade3f4 ,who   
made heaven and earth1 the sea1 and all 
things that are in them4  #ade3g4 ,who  
keepeth truth for ever3  who executeth  

judgment for them that suffer wrong3    
who giveth food to the hungry4  ,the    
,lord looseth them that are fettered3   
#ade3h4 ,the ,lord enlighteneth the     
blind4  ,the ,lord lifteth up them that 
are cast down3  the ,lord loveth the    
just4  #ade3i4 ,the ,lord keepeth the   
strangers1 he will support the          
fatherless and the widow3  and the ways 
of sinners he will destroy4  #ade3aj4   
,the ,lord shall reign for ever3  thy   
,god1 ,o ,sion1 unto generation and     
generation4    ,psalms ,chapter #adf    
,laudate ,dominum4  ,an exhortation to  
praise ,god for his benefits4  #adf3a4  
,alleluia4  ,praise ye the ,lord1       
because psalm is good3  to our ,god be  
joyful and comely praise4  #adf3b4 ,the 
,lord buildeth up ,jerusalem3  he will  
gather together the dispersed of        
,israel4  #adf3c4 ,who healeth the      
broken of heart1 and bindeth up their   
bruises4  #adf3d4 ,who telleth the      
number of the stars3  and calleth them  
all by their names4  #adf3e4 ,great is  

our ,lord1 and great is his power3  and 
of his wisdom there is no number4       
#adf3f4 ,the ,lord lifteth up the meek1 
and bringeth the wicked down even to the
 ground4  #adf3g4 ,sing ye to the ,lord 
with praise3  sing to our ,god upon the 
harp4  #adf3h4 ,who covereth the heaven 
with clouds1 and prepareth rain for the 
earth4  ,who maketh grass to grow on the
 mountains1 and herbs for the service of
 men4  #adf3i4 ,who giveth to beasts    
their food3  and to the young ravens    
that call upon him4  #adf3aj4 ,he shall 
not delight in the strength of the      
horse3  nor take pleasure in the legs of
 a man4  #adf3aa4 ,the ,lord taketh     
pleasure in them that fear him3  and in 
them that hope in his mercy4    ,psalms 
,chapter #adg   ,lauda1 ,jerusalem4     
,the church is called upon to praise    
,god for his peculiar graces and favours
 to his people4  ,in the ,hebrew1 this  
psalm is joined to the foregoing4       
,alleluia4  #adg3ab4 ,praise the ,lord1 
,o ,jerusalem3  praise thy ,god1 ,o     

,sion4  #adg3ac4 ,because he hath       
strengthened the bolts of thy gates1 he 
hath blessed thy children within thee4  
#adg3ad4 ,who hath placed peace in thy  
borders3  and filleth thee with the fat 
of corn4  #adg3ae4 ,who sendeth forth   
his speech to the earth3  his word      
runneth swiftly4  #adg3af4 ,who giveth  
snow like wool3  scattereth mists like  
ashes4  #adg3ag4 ,he sendeth his crystal
 like morsels3  who shall stand before  
the face of his cold8  ,he sendeth his  
crystal4 4 4,that is1 his ice4  ,some   
understand it of hail1 which is1 as it  
were1 ice1 divided into particles or    
morsels4  #adg3ah4 ,he shall send out   
his word1 and shall melt them3  his wind
 shall blow1 and the waters shall run4  
#adg3ai4 ,who declareth his word to     
,jacob3  his justices and his judgments 
to ,israel4  #adg3bj4 ,he hath not done 
in like manner to every nation3  and his
 judgments he hath not made manifest to 
them4  ,alleluia4    ,psalms ,chapter   
#adh   ,laudate ,dominum de caelis4     

,all creatures are invited to praise    
their ,creator4  ,alleluia4  #adh3a4    
,praise ye the ,lord from the heavens3  
praise ye him in the high places4       
#adh3b4 ,praise ye him1 all his angels1 
praise ye him1 all his hosts4  #adh3c4  
,praise ye him1 ,o sun and moon3  praise
 him1 all ye stars and light4  #adh3d4  
,praise him1 ye heavens of heavens3  and
 let all the waters that are above the  
heavens  #adh3e4 ,praise the name of the
 ,lord4  ,for he spoke1 and they were   
made3 he commanded1 and they were       
created4  #adh3f4 ,he hath established  
them for ever1 and for ages of ages3  he
 hath made a decree1 and it shall not   
pass away4  #adh3g4 ,praise the ,lord   
from the earth1 ye dragons1 and all ye  
deeps3  #adh3h4 ,fire1 hail1 snow1 ice1 
stormy winds1 which fulfil his word3    
#adh3i4 ,mountains and all hills1       
fruitful trees and all cedars3  #adh3aj4
 ,beasts and all cattle3  serpents and  
feathered fowls3  #adh3aa4 ,kings of the
 earth and all people3  princes and all 

judges of the earth3  #adh3ab4 ,young   
men and maidens3  let the old with the  
younger1 praise the name of the ,lord3  
#adh3ac4 ,for his name alone is exalted4
  #adh3ad4 ,the praise of him is above  
heaven and earth3  and he hath exalted  
the horn of his people4  ,a hymn to all 
his saints to the children of ,israel1 a
 people approaching to him4  ,alleluia4 
,psalms ,chapter #adi   ,cantate        
,domino4  ,the church is particularly   
bound to praise ,god4  ,alleluia4       
#adi3a4 ,sing ye to the ,lord a new     
canticle3  let his praise be in the     
church of the saints4  #adi3b4 ,let     
,israel rejoice in him that made him3   
and let the children of ,sion be joyful 
in their king4  #adi3c4 ,let them praise
 his name in choir3  let them sing to   
him with the timbrel and the psaltery4  
#adi3d4 ,for the ,lord is well pleased  
with his people3  and he will exalt the 
meek unto salvation4  #adi3e4 ,the      
saints shall rejoice in glory3  they    
shall be joyful in their beds4  #adi3f4 

,the high praises of ,god shall be in   
their mouth3  and two-edged swords in   
their hands3  #adi3g4 ,to execute       
vengeance upon the nations1             
chastisements among the people3  #adi3h4
 ,to bind their kings with fetters1 and 
their nobles with manacles of iron4     
#adi3i4 ,to execute upon them the       
judgment that is written3  this glory is
 to all his saints4  ,alleluia4         
,psalms ,chapter #aej   ,laudate        
,dominum in sanctis4  ,an exhortation to
 praise ,god with all sorts of          
instruments4  ,alleluia4  #aej3a4       
,praise ye the ,lord in his holy places3
  praise ye him in the firmament of his 
power4  #aej3b4 ,praise ye him for his  
mighty acts3  praise ye him according to
 the multitude of his greatness4        
#aej3c4 ,praise him with the sound of   
trumpet3  praise him with psaltery and  
harp4  #aej3d4 ,praise him with timbrel 
and choir3  praise him with strings and 
organs4  #aej3e4 ,praise him on high    
sounding cymbals3  praise him on cymbals

 of joy3  let every spirit praise the   
,lord4  ,alleluia4     ,,the ,,book ,,of
 ,,proverbs    ,this ,book is so called1
 because it consists of wise and weighty
 sentences3  regulating the morals of   
men3  and directing them to wisdom and  
virtue4  ,and these sentences are also  
called ,,parables1 because great truths 
are often couched in them under certain 
figures and similitudes4    ,proverbs   
,chapter #a   ,the use and end of the   
proverbs4  ,an exhortation to flee the  
company of the wicked3  and to hearken  
to the voice of wisdom4  #a3a4 ,the     
parables of ,solomon1 the son of ,david1
 king of ,israel1  #a3b4 ,to know       
wisdom1 and instruction3  #a3c4 ,to     
understand the words of prudence3  and  
to receive the instruction of doctrine1 
justice1 and judgment1 and equity3      
#a3d4 ,to give subtilty to little ones1 
to the young man knowledge and          
understanding4  #a3e4 ,a wise man shall 
hear1 and shall be wiser3  and he that  
understandeth shall possess governments4

  #a3f4 ,he shall understand a parable  
and the interpretation1 the words of the
 wise1 and their mysterious sayings4    
#a3g4 ,the fear of the ,lord is the     
beginning of wisdom4  ,fools despise    
wisdom and instruction4  #a3h4 ,my son1 
hear the instruction of thy father1 and 
forsake not the law of thy mother3      
#a3i4 ,that grace may be added to thy   
head1 and a chain of gold to thy neck4  
#a3aj4 ,my son1 if sinners shall entice 
thee1 consent not to them4  #a3aa4 ,if  
they shall say3  ,come with us1 let us  
lie in wait for blood1 let us hide      
snares for the innocent without cause3  
#a3ab4 ,let us swallow him up alive like
 hell1 and whole as one that goeth down 
into the pit4  #a3ac4 ,we shall find all
 precious substance1 we shall fill our  
houses with spoils4  #a3ad4 ,cast in thy
 lot with us1 let us all have one purse4
  #a3ae4 ,my son1 walk not thou with    
them1 restrain thy foot from their      
paths4  #a3af4 ,for their feet run to   
evil1 and make haste to shed blood4     

#a3ag4 ,but a net is spread in vain     
before the eyes of them that have wings4
  #a3ah4 ,and they themselves lie in    
wait for their own blood1 and practise  
deceits against their own souls4  #a3ai4
 ,so the ways of every covetous man     
destroy the souls of the possessors4    
#a3bj4 ,wisdom preacheth abroad1 she    
uttereth her voice in the streets3      
#a3ba4 ,at the head of multitudes she   
crieth out1 in the entrance of the gates
 of the city she uttereth her words1    
saying3  #a3bb4 ,o children1 how long   
will you love childishness1 and fools   
covet those things which are hurtful to 
themselves1 and the unwise hate         
knowledge8  #a3bc4 ,turn ye at my       
reproof3  behold ,i will utter my spirit
 to you1 and will shew you my words4    
#a3bd4 ,because ,i called1 and you      
refused3  ,i stretched out my hand1 and 
there was none that regarded4  #a3be4   
,you have despised all my counsel1 and  
have neglected my reprehensions4  #a3bf4
 ,i also will laugh in your destruction1

 and will mock when that shall come to  
you which you feared4  #a3bg4 ,when     
sudden calamity shall fall on you1 and  
destruction1 as a tempest1 shall be at  
hand3  when tribulation and distress    
shall come upon you3  #a3bh4 ,then shall
 they call upon me1 and ,i will not     
hear3  they shall rise in the morning1  
and shall not find me3  #a3bi4 ,because 
they have hated instruction1 and        
received not the fear of the ,lord1     
#a3cj4 ,nor consented to my counsel1 but
 despised all my reproof4  #a3ca4       
,therefore they shall eat the fruit of  
their own way1 and shall be filled with 
their own devices4  #a3cb4 ,the turning 
away of little ones shall kill them1 and
 the prosperity of fools shall destroy  
them4  #a3cc4 ,but he that shall hear   
me1 shall rest without terror1 and shall
 enjoy abundance1 without fear of evils4
    ,proverbs ,chapter #b   ,the        
advantages of wisdom3  and the evils    
from which it delivers4  #b3a4 ,my son1 
if thou wilt receive my words1 and wilt 

hide my commandments with thee1  #b3b4  
,that thy ear may hearken to wisdom3    
incline thy heart to know prudence4     
#b3c4 ,for if thou shalt call for       
wisdom1 and incline thy heart to        
prudence3  #b3d4 ,if thou shalt seek her
 as money1 and shalt dig for her as for 
a treasure3  #b3e4 ,then shalt thou     
understand the fear of the ,lord1 and   
shalt find the knowledge of ,god3  #b3f4
 ,because the ,lord giveth wisdom3  and 
out of his mouth cometh prudence and    
knowledge4  #b3g4 ,he wilt keep the     
salvation of the righteous1 and protect 
them that walk in simplicity1  #b3h4    
,keeping the paths of justice1 and      
guarding the ways of saints4  #b3i4     
,then shalt thou understand justice1 and
 judgment1 and equity1 and every good   
path4  #b3aj4 ,if wisdom shall enter    
into thy heart1 and knowledge please thy
 soul3  #b3aa4 ,counsel shall keep thee1
 and prudence shall preserve thee1      
#b3ab4 ,that thou mayst be delivered    
from the evil way1 and from the man that

 speaketh perverse things3  #b3ac4 ,who 
leave the right way1 and walk by dark   
ways3  #b3ad4 ,who are glad when they   
have done evil1 and rejoice in the most 
wicked things3  #b3ae4 ,whose ways are  
perverse1 and their steps infamous4     
#b3af4 ,that thou mayst be delivered    
from the strange woman1 and from the    
stranger1 who softeneth her words2      
#b3ag4 ,and forsaketh the guide of her  
youth1  #b3ah4 ,and hath forgotten the  
covenant of her ,god3  for her house    
inclineth unto death1 and her paths to  
hell4  #b3ai4 ,none that go in unto her1
 shall return again1 neither shall they 
take hold of the paths of life4  #b3bj4 
,that thou mayst walk in a good way3    
and mayst keep the paths of the just4   
#b3ba4 ,for they that are upright1 shall
 dwell in the earth2 and the simple     
shall continue in it4  #b3bb4 ,but the  
wicked shall be destroyed from the      
earth3  and they that do unjustly1 shall
 be taken away from it4    ,proverbs    
,chapter #c   ,an exhortation to the    

practice of virtue4  #c3a4 ,my son1     
forget not my law1 and let thy heart    
keep my commandments4  #c3b4 ,for they  
shall add to thee length of days1 and   
years of life1 and peace4  #c3c4 ,let   
not mercy aud truth leave thee1 put them
 about thy neck1 and write them in the  
tables of thy heart4  #c3d4 ,and thou   
shalt find grace1 and good understanding
 before ,god and men4  #c3e4 ,have      
confidence in the ,lord with all thy    
heart1 and lean not upon thy own        
prudence4  #c3f4 ,in all thy ways think 
on him1 and he will direct thy steps4   
#c3g4 ,be not wise in thy own conceit3  
fear ,god1 and depart from evil3  #c3h4 
,for it shall be health to thy navel1   
and moistening to thy bones4  #c3i4     
,honour the ,lord with thy substance1   
and give him of the first of all thy    
fruits2  #c3aj4 ,and thy barns shall be 
filled with abundance1 and thy presses  
shall run over with wine4  #c3aa4 ,my   
son1 reject not the correction of the   
,lord3  and do not faint when thou art  

chastised by him3  #c3ab4 ,for whom the 
,lord loveth1 he chastiseth3  and as a  
father in the son he pleaseth himself4  
#c3ac4 ,blessed is the man that findeth 
wisdom1 and is rich in prudence3  #c3ad4
 ,the purchasing thereof is better than 
the merchandise of silver1 and her fruit
 than the chief and purest gold3  #c3ae4
 ,she is more precious than all riches3 
and all the things that are desired1 are
 not to be compared to her4  #c3af4     
,length of days is in her right hand1   
and in her left hand riches and glory4  
#c3ag4 ,her ways are beautiful ways1 and
 all her paths are peaceable4  #c3ah4   
,she is a tree of life to them that lay 
hold on her3  and he that shall retain  
her is blessed4  #c3ai4 ,the ,lord by   
wisdom hath founded the earth1 hath     
established the heavens by prudence4    
#c3bj4 ,by his wisdom the depths have   
broken out1 and the clouds grow thick   
with dew4  #c3ba4 ,my son1 let not these
 things depart from thy eyes3  keep the 
law and counsel3  #c3bb4 ,and there     

shall be life to thy soul1 and grace to 
thy mouth4  #c3bc4 ,then shalt thou walk
 confidently in thy way1 and thy foot   
shall not stumble3  #c3bd4 ,if thou     
sleep1 thou shalt not fear3  thou shalt 
rest1 and thy sleep shall be sweet4     
#c3be4 ,be not afraid of sudden fear1   
nor of the power of the wicked falling  
upon thee4  #c3bf4 ,for the ,lord will  
be at thy side1 and will keep thy foot  
that thou be not taken4  #c3bg4 ,do not 
withhold him from doing good1 who is    
able3  if thou art able1 do good thyself
 also4  #c3bh4 ,say not to thy friend3  
,go1 and come again3  and to morrow ,i  
will give to thee3  when thou canst give
 at present4  #c3bi4 ,practise not evil 
against thy friend1 when he hath        
confidence in thee4  #c3cj4 ,strive not 
against a man without cause1 when he    
hath done thee no evil4  #c3ca4 ,envy   
not the unjust man1 and do not follow   
his ways4  #c3cb4 ,for every mocker is  
an abomination to the ,lord1 and his    
communication is with the simple4       

#c3cc4 ,want is from the ,lord in the   
house of the wicked3  but the           
habitations of the just shall be        
blessed4  #c3cd4 ,he shall scorn the    
scorners1 and to the meek he will give  
grace4  #c3ce4 ,the wise shall possess  
glory3  the promotion of fools is       
disgrace4    ,proverbs ,chapter #d   ,a 
further exhortation to seek after       
wisdom4  #d3a4 ,hear1 ye children1 the  
instruction of a father1 and attend1    
that you may know prudence4  #d3b4 ,i   
will give you a good gift1 forsake not  
my law4  #d3c4 ,for ,i also was my      
father's son1 tender1 and as an only son
 in the sight of my mother3  #d3d4 ,and 
he taught me1 and said3  ,let thy heart 
receive my words1 keep my commandments1 
and thou shalt live4  #d3e4 ,get wisdom1
 get prudence3  forget not1 neither     
decline from the words of my mouth4     
#d3f4 ,forsake her not1 and she shall   
keep thee3  love her1 and she shall     
preserve thee4  #d3g4 ,the beginning of 
wisdom1 get wisdom1 and with all thy    

possession purchase prudence4  #d3h4    
,take hold on her1 and she shall exalt  
thee3  thou shalt be glorified by her1  
when thou shalt embrace her4  #d3i4 ,she
 shall give to thy head increase of     
graces1 and protect thee with a noble   
crown4  #d3aj4 ,hear1 ,o my son1 and    
receive my words1 that years of life may
 be multiplied to thee4  #d3aa4 ,i will 
shew thee the way of wisdom1 ,i will    
lead thee by the paths of equity3       
#d3ab4 ,which when thou shalt have      
entered1 thy steps shall not be         
straitened1 and when thou runnest1 thou 
shalt not meet a stumblingblock4  #d3ac4
 ,take hold on instruction1 leave it    
not3  keep it1 because it is thy life4  
#d3ad4 ,be not delighted in the paths of
 the wicked1 neither let the way of evil
 men please thee4  #d3ae4 ,flee from it1
 pass not by it3  go aside1 and forsake 
it4  #d3af4 ,for they sleep not1 except 
they have done evil3  and their sleep is
 taken away unless they have made some  
to fall4  #d3ag4 ,they eat the bread of 

wickedness1 and drink the wine of       
iniquity4  #d3ah4 ,but the path of the  
just1 as a shining light1 goeth         
forwards1 and increaseth even to perfect
 day4  #d3ai4 ,the way of the wicked is 
darksome3  they know not where they     
fall4  #d3bj4 ,my son1 hearken to my    
words1 and incline thy ear to my        
sayings4  #d3ba4 ,let them not depart   
from thy eyes1 keep them in the midst of
 thy heart3  #d3bb4 ,for they are life  
to those that find them1 and health to  
all flesh4  #d3bc4 ,with all            
watchfulness keep thy heart1 because    
life issueth out from it4  #d3bd4       
,remove from thee a froward mouth1 and  
let detracting lips be far from thee4   
#d3be4 ,let thy eyes look straight on1  
and let thy eyelids go before thy steps4
  #d3bf4 ,make straight the path for thy
 feet1 and all thy ways shall be        
established4  #d3bg4 ,decline not to the
 right hand1 nor to the left3  turn away
 thy foot from evil4  ,for the ,lord    
knoweth the ways that are on the right  

hand3  but those are perverse which are 
on the left hand4  ,but he will make thy
 courses straight1 he will bring forward
 thy ways in peace4    ,proverbs        
,chapter #e   ,an exhortation to fly    
unlawful lust1 and the occasions of it4 
#e3a4 ,my son1 attend to my wisdom1 and 
incline thy ear to my prudence1  #e3b4  
,that thou mayst keep thoughts1 and thy 
lips may preserve instruction4  ,mind   
not the deceit of a woman4  #e3c4 ,for  
the lips of a harlot are like a         
honeycomb dropping1 and her throat is   
smoother than oil4  #e3d4 ,but her end  
is bitter as wormwood1 and sharp as a   
two-edged sword4  #e3e4 ,her feet go    
down into death1 and her steps go in as 
far as hell4  #e3f4 ,they walk not by   
the path of life1 her steps are         
wandering1 and unaccountable4  #e3g4    
,now1 therefore1 my son1 hear me1 and   
depart not from the words of my mouth4  
#e3h4 ,remove thy way far from her1 and 
come not nigh the doors of her house4   
#e3i4 ,give not thy honour to strangers1

 and thy years to the cruel4  #e3aj4    
,lest strangers be filled with thy      
strength1 and thy labours be in another 
man's house1  #e3aa4 ,and thou mourn at 
the last1 when thou shalt have spent thy
 flesh and thy body1 and say2  #e3ab4   
,why have ,i hated instruction1 and my  
heart consented not to reproof1  #e3ac4 
,and have not heard the voice of them   
that taught me1 and have not inclined my
 ear to masters8  #e3ad4 ,i have almost 
been in all evil1 in the midst of the   
church and of the congregation4  #e3ae4 
,drink water out of thy own cistern1 and
 the streams of thy own well3  #e3af4   
,let thy fountains be conveyed abroad1  
and in the streets divide thy waters4   
#e3ag4 ,keep them to thyself alone1     
neither let strangers be partakers with 
thee4  #e3ah4 ,let thy vein be blessed1 
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth3 
#e3ai4 ,let her be thy dearest hind1 and
 most agreeable fawn3  let her breasts  
inebriate thee at all times3  be thou   
delighted continually with her love4    

#e3bj4 ,why art thou seduced1 my son1 by
 a strange woman1 and art cherished in  
the bosom of another8  #e3ba4 ,the ,lord
 beholdeth the ways of man1 and         
considereth all his steps4  #e3bb4 ,his 
own iniquities catch the wicked1 and he 
is fast bound with the ropes of his own 
sins4  #e3bc4 ,he shall die1 because he 
hath not received instruction1 and in   
the multitude of his folly he shall be  
deceived4    ,proverbs ,chapter #f      
,documents on several heads4  #f3a4 ,my 
son1 if thou be surety for thy friend1  
thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a    
stranger1  #f3b4 ,thou art ensnared with
 the words of thy mouth1 and caught with
 thy own words4  #f3c4 ,do1 therefore1  
my son1 what ,i say1 and deliver        
thyself3  because thou art fallen into  
the hand of thy neighbour4  ,run about1 
make haste1 stir up thy friend3  #f3d4  
,give not sleep to thy eyes1 neither let
 thy eyelids slumber4  #f3e4 ,deliver   
thyself as a doe from the hand1 and as a
 bird from the hand of the fowler4      

#f3f4 ,go to the ant1 ,o sluggard1 and  
consider her ways1 and learn wisdom3    
#f3g4 ,which1 although she hath no      
guide1 nor master1 nor captain1  #f3h4  
,provideth her meat for herself in the  
summer1 and gathereth her food in the   
harvest4  #f3i4 ,how long wilt thou     
sleep1 ,o sluggard8  when wilt thou     
arise out of thy sleep8  #f3aj4 ,thou   
wilt sleep a little1 thou wilt slumber a
 little1 thou wilt fold thy hands a     
little to sleep3  #f3aa4 ,and want shall
 come upon thee1 as a traveller1 and    
poverty as a man armed4  ,but if thou be
 diligent1 thy harvest shall come as a  
fountain1 and want shall flee far from  
thee4  #f3ab4 ,a man that is an         
apostate1 an unprofitable man1 walketh  
with a perverse mouth1  #f3ac4 ,he      
winketh with the eyes1 presseth with the
 foot1 speaketh with the finger4  #f3ad4
 ,with a wicked heart he deviseth evil1 
and at all times he soweth discord4     
#f3ae4 ,to such a one his destruction   
shall presently come1 and he shall      

suddenly be destroyed1 and shall no     
longer have any remedy4  #f3af4 ,six    
things there are1 which the ,lord       
hateth1 and the seventh his soul        
detesteth3  #f3ag4 ,haughty eyes1 a     
lying tongue1 hands that shed innocent  
blood1  #f3ah4 ,a heart that deviseth   
wicked plots1 feet that are swift to run
 into mischief1  #f3ai4 ,a deceitful    
witness that uttereth lies1 and him that
 soweth discord among brethren4  #f3bj4 
,my son1 keep the commandments of thy   
father1 and forsake not the law of thy  
mother4  #f3ba4 ,bind them in thy heart 
continually1 and put them about thy     
neck4  #f3bb4 ,when thou walkest1 let   
them go with thee3  when thou sleepest1 
let them keep thee1 and when thou       
awakest1 talk with them4  #f3bc4        
,because the commandment is a lamp1 and 
the law a light1 and reproofs of        
instruction are the way of life3  #f3bd4
 ,that they may keep thee from the evil 
woman1 and from the flattering tongue of
 the stranger4  #f3be4 ,let not thy     

heart covet her beauty1 be not caught   
with her winks3  #f3bf4 ,for the price  
of a harlot is scarce one loaf3  but the
 woman catcheth the precious soul of a  
man4  #f3bg4 ,can a man hide fire in his
 bosom1 and his garments not burn8      
#f3bh4 ,or can he walk upon hot coals1  
and his feet not be burnt8  #f3bi4 ,so  
he that goeth in to his neighbour's     
wife1 shall not be clean when he shall  
touch her4  #f3cj4 ,the fault is not so 
great when a man hath stolen3  for he   
stealeth to fill his hungry soul3  ,the 
fault is not so great1 etc4 4 4,the sin 
of theft is not so great1 as to be      
compared with adultery3  especially when
 a person pressed with hunger 7which is 
the case here spoken of7 steals to      
satisfy nature4 ,moreover the damage    
done by theft may much more easily be   
repaired1 than the wrong done by        
adultery4  ,but this does not hinder1   
but that theft also is a mortal sin1    
forbidden by one of the ten             
commandments4  #f3ca4 ,and if he be     

taken1 he shall restore sevenfold1 and  
shall give up all the substance of his  
house4  #f3cb4 ,but he that is an       
adulterer1 for the folly of his heart   
shall destroy his own soul3  #f3cc4 ,he 
gathereth to himself shame and          
dishonour1 and his reproach shall not be
 blotted out3  #f3cd4 ,because the      
jealousy and rage of the husband will   
not spare in the day of revenge1  #f3ce4
 ,nor will he yield to any man's        
prayers1 nor will he accept for         
satisfaction ever so many gifts4        
,proverbs ,chapter #g   ,the love of    
wisdom is the best preservative from    
being led astray by temptation4  #g3a4  
,my son1 keep my words1 and lay up my   
precepts with thee4  ,son1  #g3b4 ,keep 
my commandments1 and thou shalt live3   
and my law as the apple of thy eye3     
#g3c4 ,bind it upon thy fingers1 write  
it upon the tables of thy heart4  #g3d4 
,say to wisdom3  ,thou art my sister3   
and call prudence thy friend1  #g3e4    
,that she may keep thee from the woman  

that is not thine1 and from the stranger
 who sweeteneth her words4  #g3f4 ,for  
,i looked out of the window of my house 
through the lattice1  #g3g4 ,and ,i see 
little ones1 ,i behold a foolish young  
man1  #g3h4 ,who passeth through the    
street by the corner1 and goeth nigh the
 way of her house1  #g3i4 ,in the dark  
when it grows late1 in the darkness and 
obscurity of the night4  #g3aj4 ,and    
behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's  
attire1 prepared to deceive souls3      
talkative and wandering1  #g3aa4 ,not   
bearing to be quiet1 not able to abide  
still at home1  #g3ab4 ,now abroad1 now 
in the streets1 now lying in wait near  
the corners4  #g3ac4 ,and catching the  
young man1 she kisseth him1 and with an 
impudent face1 flattereth1 saying3      
#g3ad4 ,i vowed victims for prosperity1 
this day ,i have paid my vows4  #g3ae4  
,therefore ,i am come out to meet thee1 
desirous to see thee1 and ,i have found 
thee4  #g3af4 ,i have woven my bed with 
cords1 ,i have covered it with painted  

tapestry1 brought from ,egypt4  #g3ag4  
,i have perfumed my bed with myrrh1     
aloes1 and cinnamon4  #g3ah4 ,come1 let 
us be inebriated with the breasts1 and  
let us enjoy the desired embraces1 till 
the day appear4  #g3ai4 ,for my husband 
is not at home1 he is gone a very long  
journey4  #g3bj4 ,he took with him a bag
 of money3  he will return home the day 
of the full moon4  #g3ba4 ,she entangled
 him with many words1 and drew him away 
with the flattery of her lips4  #g3bb4  
,immediately he followeth her as an ox  
led to be a victim1 and as a lamb       
playing the wanton1 and not knowing that
 he is drawn like a fool to bonds1      
#g3bc4 ,till the arrow pierce his liver3
  as if a bird should make haste to the 
snare1 and knoweth not that his life is 
in danger4  #g3bd4 ,now1 therefore1 my  
son1 hear me1 and attend to the words of
 my mouth4  #g3be4 ,let not thy mind be 
drawn away in her ways3  neither be thou
 deceived with her paths4  #g3bf4 ,for  
she hath cast down many wounded1 and the

 strongest have been slain by her4      
#g3bg4 ,her house is the way to hell1   
reaching even to the inner chambers of  
death4    ,proverbs ,chapter #h   ,the  
preaching of wisdom4  ,her excellence4  
#h3a4 ,doth not wisdom cry aloud1 and   
prudence put forth her voice8  #h3b4    
,standing in the top of the highest     
places by the way1 in the midst of the  
paths1  #h3c4 ,beside the gates of the  
city1 in the very doors she speaketh1   
saying3  #h3d4 ,o ye men1 to you ,i     
call1 and my voice is to the sons of    
men4  #h3e4 ,o little ones understand   
subtlety1 and ye unwise1 take notice4   
#h3f4 ,hear1 for ,i will speak of great 
things3  and my lips shall be opened to 
preach right things4  #h3g4 ,my mouth   
shall meditate truth1 and my lips shall 
hate wickedness4  #h3h4 ,all my words   
are just1 there is nothing wicked1 nor  
perverse in them4  #h3i4 ,they are right
 to them that understand1 and just to   
them that find knowledge4  #h3aj4       
,receive my instruction1 and not money3 

choose knowledge rather than gold4      
#h3aa4 ,for wisdom is better than all   
the most precious things3  and          
whatsoever may be desired cannot be     
compared to it4  #h3ab4 ,i1 wisdom1     
dwell in counsel1 and am present in     
learned thoughts4  #h3ac4 ,the fear of  
the ,lord hateth evil2 ,i hate          
arrogance1 and pride1 and every wicked  
way1 and a mouth with a double tongue4  
#h3ad4 ,counsel and equity is mine1     
prudence is mine1 strength is mine4     
#h3ae4 ,by me kings reign1 and lawgivers
 decree just things4  #h3af4 ,by me     
princes rule1 and the mighty decree     
justice4  #h3ag4 ,i love them that love 
me3  and they that in the morning early 
watch for me1 shall find me4  #h3ah4    
,with me are riches and glory1 glorious 
riches and justice4  #h3ai4 ,for my     
fruit is better than gold and the       
precious stone1 and my blossoms than    
choice silver4  #h3bj4 ,i walk in the   
way of justice1 in the midst of the     
paths of judgment1  #h3ba4 ,that ,i may 

enrich them that love me1 and may fill  
their treasures4  #h3bb4 ,the ,lord     
possessed me in the beginning of his    
ways1 before he made any thing from the 
beginning4  #h3bc4 ,i was set up from   
eternity1 and of old1 before the earth  
was made4  #h3bd4 ,the depths were not  
as yet1 and ,i was already conceived1   
neither had the fountains of waters as  
yet sprung out4  #h3be4 ,the mountains1 
with their huge bulk1 had not as yet    
been established3  before the hills1 ,i 
was brought forth3  #h3bf4 ,he had not  
yet made the earth1 nor the rivers1 nor 
the poles of the world4  #h3bg4 ,when he
 prepared the heavens1 ,i was present3  
when with a certain law1 and compass1 he
 enclosed the depths3  #h3bh4 ,when he  
established the sky above1 and poised   
the fountains of waters3  #h3bi4 ,when  
he compassed the sea with its bounds1   
and set a law to the waters that they   
should not pass their limits3  when he  
balanced the foundations of the earth2  
#h3cj4 ,i was with him forming all      

things3  and was delighted every day1   
playing before him at all times2  #h3ca4
 ,playing in the world3  and my delights
 were to be with the children of men4   
#h3cb4 ,now1 therefore1 ye children1    
hear me3  blessed are they that keep my 
ways4  #h3cc4 ,hear instruction1 and be 
wise1 and refuse it not4  #h3cd4        
,blessed is the man that heareth me1 and
 that watcheth daily at my gates1 and   
waiteth at the posts of my doors4       
#h3ce4 ,he that shall find me1 shall    
find life1 and shall have salvation from
 the ,lord4  #h3cf4 ,but he that shall  
sin against me shall hurt his own soul4 
,all that hate me love death4           
,proverbs ,chapter #i   ,wisdom invites 
all to her feast4  ,folly calls another 
way4  #i3a4 ,wisdom hath built herself a
 house1 she hath hewn her out seven     
pillars4  #i3b4 ,she hath slain her     
victims1 mingled her wine1 and set forth
 her table4  #i3c4 ,she hath sent her   
maids to invite to the tower1 and to the
 walls of the city3  #i3d4 ,whosoever is

 a little one1 let him come to me4  ,and
 to the unwise she said3  #i3e4 ,come1  
eat my bread1 and drink the wine which  
,i have mingled for you4  #i3f4 ,forsake
 childishness1 and live1 and walk by the
 ways of prudence4  #i3g4 ,he that      
teacheth a scorner1 doth an injury to   
himself2 and he that rebuketh a wicked  
man1 getteth himself a blot4  #i3h4     
,rebuke not a scorner1 lest he hate     
thee4  ,rebuke a wise man1 and he will  
love thee4  #i3i4 ,give an occasion to a
 wise man1 and wisdom shall be added to 
him4 ,teach a just man1 and he shall    
make haste to receive it4  #i3aj4 ,the  
fear of the ,lord is the beginning of   
wisdom3  and the knowledge of the holy  
is prudence4  #i3aa4 ,for by me shall   
thy days be multiplied1 and years of    
life shall be added to thee4  #i3ab4 ,if
 thou be wise1 thou shalt be so to      
thyself3  and if a scorner1 thou alone  
shalt bear the evil4  #i3ac4 ,a foolish 
woman and clamorous1 and full of        
allurements1 and knowing nothing at all1

  #i3ad4 ,sat at the door of her house1 
upon a seat1 in a high place of the     
city1  #i3ae4 ,to call them that pass by
 the way1 and go on their journey3      
#i3af4 ,he that is a little one1 let him
 turn to me4  ,and to the fool she said3
  #i3ag4 ,stolen waters are sweeter1 and
 hidden bread is more pleasant4  #i3ah4 
,and he did not know that giants are    
there1 and that her guests are in the   
depths of hell4    ,proverbs ,chapter   
#aj   ,in the twenty following chapters 
are contained many wise sayings and     
axioms1 relating to wisdom and folly1   
virtue and vice4  #aj3a4 ,a wise son    
maketh the father glad3  but a foolish  
son is the sorrow of his mother4  #aj3b4
 ,treasures of wickedness shall profit  
nothing3  but justice shall deliver from
 death4  #aj3c4 ,the ,lord will not     
afflict the soul of the just with       
famine1 and he will disappoint the      
deceitful practices of the wicked4      
#aj3d4 ,the slothful hand hath wrought  
poverty3  but the hand of the           

industrious getteth riches4  ,he that   
trusteth to lies feedeth the winds3 and 
the same runneth after birds1 that fly  
away4  #aj3e4 ,he that gathereth in the 
harvest1 is a wise son3  but he that    
snorteth in the summer1 is the son of   
confusion4  #aj3f4 ,the blessing of the 
,lord is upon the head of the just3  but
 iniquity covereth the mouth of the     
wicked4  #aj3g4 ,the memory of the just 
is with praises3  and the name of the   
wicked shall rot4  #aj3h4 ,the wise of  
heart receiveth precepts3  a fool is    
beaten with lips4  #aj3i4 ,he that      
walketh sincerely1 walketh confidently3 
but he that perverteth his ways1 shall  
be manifest4  #aj3aj4 ,he that winketh  
with the eye1 shall cause sorrow3  and  
the foolish in lips shall be beaten4    
#aj3aa4 ,the mouth of the just is a vein
 of life3  and the mouth of the wicked  
covereth iniquity4  #aj3ab4 ,hatred     
stirreth up strifes3  and charity       
covereth all sins4  #aj3ac4 ,in the lips
 of the wise is wisdom found3  and a rod

 on the back of him that wanteth sense4 
#aj3ad4 ,wise men lay up knowledge3  but
 the mouth of the fool is next to       
confusion4  #aj3ae4 ,the substance of a 
rich man is the city of his strength3   
the fear of the poor is their poverty4  
#aj3af4 ,the work of the just is unto   
life3  but the fruit of the wicked unto 
sin4  #aj3ag4 ,the way of life1 to him  
that observeth correction3  but he that 
forsaketh reproofs1 goeth astray4       
#aj3ah4 ,lying lips hide hatred3  he    
that uttereth reproach1 is foolish4     
#aj3ai4 ,in the multitude of words there
 shall not want sin3  but he that       
refraineth his lips1 is most wise4      
#aj3bj4 ,the tongue of the just is as   
choice silver3  but the heart of the    
wicked is nothing worth4  #aj3ba4 ,the  
lips of the just teach many3  but they  
that are ignorant1 shall die in the want
 of understanding4  #aj3bb4 ,the        
blessing of the ,lord maketh men rich3  
neither shall affliction be joined to   
them4  #aj3bc4 ,a fool worketh mischief 

as it were for sport3  but wisdom is    
prudence to a man4  #aj3bd4 ,that which 
the wicked feareth1 shall come upon him3
  to the just their desire shall be     
given4  #aj3be4 ,as a tempest that      
passeth1 so the wicked shall be no more3
  but the just is as an everlasting     
foundation4  #aj3bf4 ,as vinegar to the 
teeth1 and smoke to the eyes1 so is the 
sluggard to them that sent him4  #aj3bg4
 ,the fear of the ,lord shall prolong   
days3  and the years of the wicked shall
 be shortened4  #aj3bh4 ,the expectation
 of the just is joy3  but the hope of   
the wicked shall perish4  #aj3bi4 ,the  
strength of the upright is the way of   
the ,lord3  and fear to them that work  
evil4  #aj3cj4 ,the just shall never be 
moved3  but the wicked shall not dwell  
on the earth4  #aj3ca4 ,the mouth of the
 just shall bring forth wisdom3  the    
tongue of the perverse shall perish4    
#aj3cb4 ,the lips of the just consider  
what is acceptable3  and the mouth of   
the wicked uttereth perverse things4    

,proverbs ,chapter #aa   #aa3a4 ,a      
deceitful balance is an abomination     
before the ,lord3  and a just weight is 
his will4  #aa3b4 ,where pride is1 there
 also shall be reproach3  but where     
humility is1 there also is wisdom4      
#aa3c4 ,the simplicity of the just shall
 guide them3  and the deceitfulness of  
the wicked shall destroy them4  #aa3d4  
,riches shall not profit in the day of  
revenge3  but justice shall deliver from
 death4  #aa3e4 ,the justice of the     
upright shall make his way prosperous3  
and the wicked man shall fall by his own
 wickedness4  #aa3f4 ,the justice of the
 righteous shall deliver them3  and the 
unjust shall be caught in their own     
snares4  #aa3g4 ,when the wicked man is 
dead1 there shall be no hope any more3  
and the expectation of the solicitous   
shall perish4  #aa3h4 ,the just is      
delivered out of distress3  and the     
wicked shall be given up for him4       
#aa3i4 ,the dissembler with his mouth   
deceiveth his friend3  but the just     

shall be delivered by knowledge4        
#aa3aj4 ,when it goeth well with the    
just1 the city shall rejoice3  and when 
the wicked perish1 there shall be       
praise4  #aa3aa4 ,by the blessing of the
 just the city shall be exalted3  and by
 the mouth of the wicked it shall be    
overthrown4  #aa3ab4 ,he that despiseth 
his friend1 is mean of heart3  but the  
wise man will hold his peace4  #aa3ac4  
,he that walketh deceitfully1 revealeth 
secrets3  but he that is faithful1      
concealeth the thing committed to him by
 his friend4  #aa3ad4 ,where there is no
 governor1 the people shall fall3  but  
there is safety where there is much     
counsel4  #aa3ae4 ,he shall be afflicted
 with evil1 that is surety for a        
stranger3 but he that is aware of       
snares1 shall be secure4  #aa3af4 ,a    
gracious woman shall find glory3  and   
the strong shall have riches4  #aa3ag4  
,a merciful man doth good to his own    
soul3  but he that is cruel casteth off 
even his own kindred4  #aa3ah4 ,the     

wicked maketh an unsteady work3  but to 
him that soweth justice1 there is a     
faithful reward4  #aa3ai4 ,clemency     
prepareth life3  and the pursuing of    
evil things1 death4  #aa3bj4 ,a perverse
 heart is abominable to the ,lord3  and 
his will is in them that walk sincerely4
  #aa3ba4 ,hand in hand the evil man    
shall not be innocent3  but the seed of 
the just shall be saved4  #aa3bb4 ,a    
golden ring in a swine's snout1 a woman 
fair and foolish4  #aa3bc4 ,the desire  
of the just is all good1 the expectation
 of the wicked is indignation4  #aa3bd4 
,some distribute their own goods1 and   
grow richer3  others take away what is  
not their own1 and are always in want4  
#aa3be4 ,the soul that blesseth1 shall  
be made fat3  and he that inebriateth1  
shall be inebriated also himself4       
#aa3bf4 ,he that hideth up corn1 shall  
be cursed among the people3  but a      
blessing upon the head of them that     
sell4  #aa3bg4 ,well doth he rise early 
who seeketh good things2 but he that    

seeketh after evil things1 shall be     
oppressed by them4  #aa3bh4 ,he that    
trusteth in his riches shall fall3  but 
the just shall spring up as a green     
leaf4  #aa3bi4 ,he that troubleth his   
own house1 shall inherit the winds3  and
 the fool shall serve the wise4  #aa3cj4
 ,the fruit of the just man is a tree of
 life3  and he that gaineth souls is    
wise4  #aa3ca4 ,if the just man receive 
in the earth1 how much more the wicked  
and the sinner4    ,proverbs ,chapter   
#ab   #ab3a4 ,he that loveth correction1
 loveth knowledge3  but he that hateth  
reproof1 is foolish4  #ab3b4 ,he that is
 good1 shall draw grace from the ,lord3 
but he that trusteth in his own devices1
 doth wickedly4  #ab3c4 ,man shall not  
be strengthened by wickedness3  and the 
root of the just shall not be moved4    
#ab3d4 ,a diligent woman is a crown to  
her husband3  and she that doth things  
worthy of confusion1 is as rottenness in
 his bones4  #ab3e4 ,the thoughts of the
 just are judgments3  and the counsels  

of the wicked are deceitful4  #ab3f4    
,the words of the wicked lie in wait for
 blood3  the mouth of the just shall    
deliver them4  #ab3g4 ,turn the wicked1 
and they shall not be3  but the house of
 the just shall stand firm4  #ab3h4 ,a  
man shall be known by his learning3  but
 he that is vain and foolish1 shall be  
exposed to contempt4  #ab3i4 ,better is 
the poor man that provideth for himself1
 than he that is glorious and wanteth   
bread4  #ab3aj4 ,the just regardeth the 
lives of his beasts3  but the bowels of 
the wicked are cruel4  #ab3aa4 ,he that 
tilleth his land shall be satisfied with
 bread3  but he that pursueth idleness  
is very foolish4  #ab3ab4 ,he that is   
delighted in passing his time over wine1
 leaveth a reproach in his strong holds4
  #ab3ab4 ,the desire of the wicked is  
the fortification of evil men3  but the 
root of the just shall prosper4  #ab3ac4
 ,for the sins of the lips ruin draweth 
nigh to the evil man3  but the just     
shall escape out of distress4  #ab3ad4  

,by the fruit of his own mouth shall a  
man be filled with good things1 and     
according to the works of his hands it  
shall be repaid him4  #ab3ae4 ,the way  
of a fool is right in his own eyes3  but
 he that is wise hearkeneth unto        
counsels4  #ab3af4 ,a fool immediately  
sheweth his anger3  but he that         
dissembleth injuries is wise4  #ab3ag4  
,he that speaketh that which he knoweth1
 sheweth forth justice3 but he that     
lieth1 is a deceitful witness4  #ab3ah4 
,there is that promiseth1 and is pricked
 as it were with a sword of conscience3 
but the tongue of the wise is health4   
#ab3ai4 ,the lip of truth shall be      
steadfast for ever3  but he that is a   
hasty witness1 frameth a lying tongue4  
#ab3bj4 ,deceit is in the heart of them 
that think evil things3  but joy        
followeth them that take counsels of    
peace4  #ab3ba4 ,whatsoever shall befall
 the just man1 shall not make him sad3  
but the wicked shall be filled with     
mischief4  #ab3bb4 ,lying lips are an   

abomination to the ,lord3  but they that
 deal faithfully1 please him4  #ab3bc4  
,a cautious man concealeth knowledge3   
and the heart of fools publisheth folly4
  #ab3bd4 ,the hand of the valiant shall
 bear rule3  but that which is slothful 
shall be under tribute4  #ab3be4 ,grief 
in the heart of a man shall bring him   
low1 but with a good word he shall be   
made glad4  #ab3bf4 ,he that neglecteth 
a loss for the sake of a friend1 is     
just3  but the way of the wicked shall  
deceive them4  #ab3bg4 ,the deceitful   
man shall not find gain3  but the       
substance of a just man shall be        
precious gold4  #ab3bh4 ,in the path of 
justice is life3  but the bye-way       
leadeth to death4    ,proverbs ,chapter 
#ac   #ac3a4 ,a wise son heareth the    
doctrine of his father3  but he that is 
a scorner1 heareth not when he is       
reproved4  #ac3b4 ,of the fruit of his  
own month shall a man be filled with    
good things3  but the soul of           
transgressors is wicked4  #ac3c4 ,he    

that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul3
  but he that hath no guard on his      
speech shall meet with evils4  #ac3d4   
,the sluggard willeth1 and willeth not3 
but the soul of them that work1 shall be
 made fat4  #ac3e4 ,the just shall hate 
a lying word3  but the wicked           
confoundeth1 and shall be confounded4   
#ac3f4 ,justice keepeth the way of the  
innocent3  but wickedness overthroweth  
the sinner4  #ac3g4 ,one is as it were  
rich1 when he hath nothing and another  
is as it were poor1 when he hath great  
riches4  #ac3h4 ,the ransom of a man's  
life are his riches3  but he that is    
poor1 beareth not reprehension4  #ac3i4 
,the light of the just giveth joy3  but 
the lamp of the wicked shall be put out4
  #ac3aj4 ,among the proud there are    
always contentions3  but they that do   
all things with counsel1 are ruled by   
wisdom4  #ac3aa4 ,substance got in haste
 shall be diminished3  but that which by
 little and little is gathered with the 
hand1 shall increase4  #ac3ab4 ,hope    

that is deferred afflicteth the soul3   
desire when it cometh1 is a tree of     
life4  #ac3ac4 ,whosoever speaketh ill  
of any thing1 bindeth himself for the   
time to come3  but he that feareth the  
commandment1 shall dwell in peace4      
,deceitful souls go astray in sins3  the
 just are merciful1 and shew mercy4     
#ac3ad4 ,the law of the wise is a       
fountain of life1 that he may decline   
from the ruin of death4  #ac3ae4 ,good  
instruction shall give grace3  in the   
way of scorners is a deep pit4  #ac3af4 
,the prudent man doth all things with   
counsel3  but he that is a fool1 layeth 
open his folly4  #ac3ag4 ,the messenger 
of the wicked shall fall into mischief3 
but a faithful ambassador is health4    
#ac3ah4 ,poverty and shame to him that  
refuseth instruction3  but he that      
yieldeth to reproof shall be glorified4 
#ac3ai4 ,the desire that is             
accomplished1 delighteth the soul3      
fools hate them that flee from evil     
things4  #ac3bj4 ,he that walketh with  

the wise1 shall be wise3  a friend of   
fools shall become like to them4        
#ac3ba4 ,evil pursueth sinners3  and to 
the just good shall be repaid4  #ac3bb4 
,the good man leaveth heirs1 sons1 and  
grandsons3  and the substance of the    
sinner is kept for the just4  #ac3bc4   
,much food is in the tillage of fathers3
  but for others it is gathered without 
judgment4  #ac3bd4 ,he that spareth the 
rod1 hateth his son3  but he that loveth
 him1 correcteth him betimes4  #ac3be4  
,the just eateth and filleth his soul3  
but the belly of the wicked is never to 
be filled4    ,proverbs ,chapter #ad    
#ad3a4 ,a wise woman buildeth her house3
  but the foolish will pull down with   
her hands that also which is built4     
#ad3b4 ,he that walketh in the right    
way1 and feareth ,god1 is despised by   
him that goeth by an infamous way4      
#ad3c4 ,in the mouth of a fool is the   
rod of pride3  but the lips of the wise 
preserve them4  #ad3d4 ,where there are 
no oxen1 the crib is empty3  but where  

there is much corn1 there the strength  
of the ox is manifest4  #ad3e4 ,a       
faithful witness will not lie3  but a   
deceitful witness uttereth a lie4       
#ad3f4 ,a scorner seeketh wisdom1 and   
findeth it not3  the learning of the    
wise is easy4  #ad3g4 ,go against a     
foolish man1 and he knoweth not the lips
 of prudence4  #ad3h4 ,the wisdom of a  
discreet man is to understand his way3  
and the imprudence of fools erreth4     
#ad3i4 ,a fool will laugh at sin1 but   
among the just grace shall abide4       
#ad3aj4 ,the heart that knoweth the     
bitterness of his own soul1 in his joy  
the stranger shall not intermeddle4     
#ad3aa4 ,the house of the wicked shall  
be destroyed3  but the tabernacles of   
the just shall flourish4  #ad3ab4 ,there
 is a way which seemeth just to a man3  
but the ends thereof lead to death4     
#ad3ac4 ,laughter shall be mingled with 
sorrow1 and mourning taketh hold of the 
ends of joy4  #ad3ad4 ,a fool shall be  
filled with his own ways1 and the good  

man shall be above him4  #ad3ae4 ,the   
innocent believeth every word3  the     
discreet man considereth his steps4  ,no
 good shall come to the deceitful son3  
but the wise servant shall prosper in   
his dealings1 and his way shall be made 
straight4  #ad3af4 ,a wise man feareth1 
and declineth from evil3  the fool      
leapeth over1 and is confident4  #ad3ag4
 ,the impatient man shall work folly3   
and the crafty man is hateful4  #ad3ah4 
,the childish shall possess folly1 and  
the prudent shall look for knowledge4   
#ad3ai4 ,the evil shall fall down before
 the good3  and the wicked before the   
gates of the just4  #ad3bj4 ,the poor   
man shall be hateful even to his own    
neighbour3  but the friends of the rich 
are many4  #ad3ba4 ,he that despiseth   
his neighbour1 sinneth3  but he that    
sheweth mercy to the poor1 shall be     
blessed4  ,he that believeth in the     
,lord1 loveth mercy4  #ad3bb4 ,they err 
that work evil3  but mercy and truth    
prepare good things4  #ad3bc4 ,in much  

work there shall be abundance3  but     
where there are many words1 there is    
oftentimes want4  #ad3bd4 ,the crown of 
the wise1 is their riches3  the folly of
 fools1 imprudence4  #ad3be4 ,a faithful
 witness delivereth souls3  and the     
double dealer uttereth lies4  #ad3bf4   
,in the fear of the ,lord is confidence 
of strength1 and there shall be hope for
 his children4  #ad3bg4 ,the fear of the
 ,lord is a fountain of life1 to decline
 from the ruin of death4  #ad3bh4 ,in   
the multitude of people is the dignity  
of the king3  and in the small number of
 the people the dishonour of the prince4
  #ad3bi4 ,he that is patient1 is       
governed with much wisdom3  but he that 
is impatient1 exalteth his folly4       
#ad3cj4 ,soundness of heart is the life 
of the flesh3  but envy is the          
rottenness of the bones4  #ad3ca4 ,he   
that oppresseth the poor1 upbraideth his
 maker3  but he that hath pity on the   
poor1 honoureth him4  #ad3cb4 ,the      
wicked man shall be driven out in his   

wickedness3  but the just hath hope in  
his death4  #ad3cc4 ,in the heart of the
 prudent resteth wisdom1 and it shall   
instruct all the ignorant4  #ad3cd4     
,justice exalteth a nation3  but sin    
maketh nations miserable4  #ad3ce4 ,a   
wise servant is acceptable to the king3 
he that is good for nothing shall feel  
his anger4    ,proverbs ,chapter #ae    
#ae3a4 ,a mild answer breaketh wrath3   
but a harsh word stirreth up fury4      
#ae3b4 ,the tongue of the wise adorneth 
knowledge3  but the mouth of fools      
bubbleth out folly4  #ae3c4 ,the eyes of
 the ,lord in every place behold the    
good and the evil4  #ae3d4 ,a peaceable 
tongue is a tree of life3  but that     
which is immoderate1 shall crush the    
spirit4  #ae3e4 ,a fool laugheth at the 
instruction of his father3  but he that 
regardeth reproofs shall become prudent4
  ,in abundant justice there is the     
greatest strength3  but the devices of  
the wicked shall be rooted out4  #ae3f4 
,the house of the just is very much     

strength3  and in the fruits of the     
wicked is trouble4  #ae3g4 ,the lips of 
the wise shall disperse knowledge3  the 
heart of fools shall be unlike4  #ae3h4 
,the victims of the wicked are          
abominable to the ,lord3  the vows of   
the just are acceptable4  #ae3i4 ,the   
way of the wicked is an abomination to  
the ,lord3  he that followeth justice is
 beloved by him4  #ae3aj4 ,instruction  
is grievous to him that forsaketh the   
way of life3 he that hateth reproof     
shall die4  #ae3aa4 ,hell and           
destruction are before the ,lord3  how  
much more the hearts of the children of 
men8  #ae3ab4 ,a corrupt man loveth not 
one that reproveth him3  nor will he go 
to the wise4  #ae3ac4 ,a glad heart     
maketh a cheerful countenance3  but by  
grief of mind the spirit is cast down4  
#ae3ad4 ,the heart of the wise seeketh  
instruction3  and the mouth of fools    
feedeth on foolishness4  #ae3ae4 ,all   
the days of the poor are evil3  a secure
 mind is like a continual feast4        

#ae3af4 ,better is a little with the    
fear of the ,lord1 than great treasures 
without content4  #ae3ag4 ,it is better 
to be invited to herbs with love1 than  
to a fatted calf with hatred4  #ae3ah4  
,a passionate man stirreth up strifes3  
he that is patient appeaseth those that 
are stirred up4  #ae3ai4 ,the way of the
 slothful is as a hedge of thorns3  the 
way of the just is without offence4     
#ae3bj4 ,a wise son maketh a father     
joyful3  but the foolish man despiseth  
his mother4  #ae3ba4 ,folly is joy to   
the fool3  and the wise man maketh      
straight his steps4  #ae3bb4 ,designs   
are brought to nothing where there is no
 counsel3  but where there are many     
counsellors1 they are established4      
#ae3bc4 ,a man rejoiceth in the sentence
 of his mouth3  and a word in due time  
is best4  #ae3bd4 ,the path of life is  
above for the wise1 that he may decline 
from the lowest hell4  #ae3be4 ,the     
,lord will destroy the house of the     
proud3  and will strengthen the borders 

of the widow4  #ae3bf4 ,evil thoughts   
are an abomination to the ,lord3  and   
pure words most beautiful shall be      
confirmed by him4  #ae3bg4 ,he that is  
greedy of gain troubleth his own house3 
but he that hateth bribes shall live4   
,by mercy and faith sins are purged     
away3  and by the fear of the ,lord     
every one declineth from evil4  #ae3bh4 
,the mind of the just studieth          
obedience3  the mouth of the wicked     
overfloweth with evils4  #ae3bi4 ,the   
,lord is far from the wicked3  and he   
will hear the prayers of the just4      
#ae3cj4 ,the light of the eyes rejoiceth
 the soul3  a good name maketh the bones
 fat4  #ae3ca4 ,the ear that heareth the
 reproofs of life1 shall abide in the   
midst of the wise4  #ae3cb4 ,he that    
rejecteth instruction1 despiseth his own
 soul3  but he that yieldeth to reproof1
 possesseth understanding4  #ae3cc4 ,the
 fear of the ,lord is the lesson of     
wisdom3  and humility goeth before      
glory4    ,proverbs ,chapter #af        

#af3a4 ,it is the part of man to prepare
 the soul3  and of the ,lord to govern  
the tongue4  ,it is the part of man1    
etc4 4 4,that is1 a man should prepare  
in his heart and soul what he is to say3
  but after all1 it must be the ,lord   
that must govern his tongue1 to speak to
 the purpose4  ,not that we can think   
any thing of good without ,god's grace2 
but that after we have 7with ,god's     
grace7 thought and prepared within our  
souls what we would speak1 if ,god does 
not govern our tongue1 we shall not     
succeed in what we speak4  #af3b4 ,all  
the ways of a man are open to his eyes3 
the ,lord is the weigher of spirits4    
#af3c4 ,lay open thy works to the ,lord3
  and thy thoughts shall be directed4   
#af3d4 ,the ,lord hath made all things  
for himself3  the wicked also for the   
evil day4  #af3e4 ,every proud man is an
 abomination to the ,lord3  though hand 
should be joined to hand1 he is not     
innocent4  ,the beginning of a good way 
is to do justice3  and this is more     

acceptable with ,god1 than to offer     
sacrifices4  #af3f4 ,by mercy and truth 
iniquity is redeemed2 and by the fear of
 the ,lord men depart from evil4  #af3g4
 ,when the ways of man shall please the 
,lord1 he will convert even his enemies 
to peace4  #af3h4 ,better is a little   
with justice1 than great revenues with  
iniquity4  #af3i4 ,the heart of man     
disposeth his way3  but the ,lord must  
direct his steps4  #af3aj4 ,divination  
is in the lips of the king1 his mouth   
shall not err in judgment4  #af3aa4     
,weight and balance are judgments of the
 ,lord3  and his work all the weights of
 the bag4  #af3ab4 ,they that act       
wickedly are abominable to the king3    
for the throne is established by        
justice4  #af3ac4 ,just lips are the    
delight of kings3  he that speaketh     
right things shall be loved4  #af3ad4   
,the wrath of a king is as messengers of
 death3  and the wise man will pacify   
it4  #af3ae4 ,in the cheerfulness of the
 king's countenance is life3  and his   

clemency is like the latter rain4       
#af3af4 ,get wisdom1 because it is      
better than gold3  and purchase         
prudence1 for it is more precious than  
silver4  #af3ag4 ,the path of the just  
departeth from evils3  he that keepeth  
his soul keepeth his way4  #af3ah4      
,pride goeth before destruction3  and   
the spirit is lifted up before a fall4  
#af3ai4 ,it is better to be humbled with
 the meek1 than to divide spoils with   
the proud4  #af3bj4 ,the learned in word
 shall find good things3  and he that   
trusteth in the ,lord is blessed4       
#af3ba4 ,the wise in heart shall be     
called prudent3  and he that is sweet in
 words1 shall attain to greater things4 
#af3bb4 ,knowledge is a fountain of life
 to him that possesseth it3  the        
instruction of fools is foolishness4    
#af3bc4 ,the heart of the wise shall    
instruct his mouth3  and shall add grace
 to his lips4  #af3bd4 ,well ordered    
words are as a honeycomb3  sweet to the 
soul1 and health to the bones4  #af3be4 

,there is a way that seemeth to a man   
right3  and the ends thereof lead to    
death4  #af3bf4 ,the soul of him that   
laboureth1 laboureth for himself1       
because his mouth hath obliged him to   
it4  #af3bg4 ,the wicked man diggeth    
evil1 and in his lips is a burning fire4
  #af3bh4 ,a perverse man stirreth up   
quarrels3  and one full of words        
separateth princes4  #af3bi4 ,an unjust 
man allureth his friend3  and leadeth   
him into a way that is not good4        
#af3cj4 ,he that with fixed eyes        
deviseth wicked things1 biting his lips1
 bringeth evil to pass4  #af3ca4 ,old   
age is a crown of dignity1 when it is   
found in the ways of justice4  #af3cb4  
,the patient man is better than the     
valiant3  and he that ruleth his spirit1
 than he that taketh cities4  #af3cc4   
,lots are cast into the lap1 but they   
are disposed of by the ,lord4           
,proverbs ,chapter #ag   #ag3a4 ,better 
is a dry morsel with joy1 than a house  
full of victims with strife4  #ag3b4 ,a 

wise servant shall rule over foolish    
sons1 and shall divide the inheritance  
among the brethren4  #ag3c4 ,as silver  
is tried by fire1 and gold in the       
furnace3  so the ,lord trieth the       
hearts4  #ag3d4 ,the evil man obeyeth an
 unjust tongue3  and the deceitful      
hearkeneth to lying lips4  #ag3e4 ,he   
that despiseth the poor1 reproacheth his
 maker3  and he that rejoiceth at       
another man's ruin1 shall not be        
unpunished4  #ag3f4 ,children's children
 are the crown of old men3  and the     
glory of children are their fathers4    
#ag3g4 ,eloquent words do not become a  
fool1 nor lying lips a prince4  #ag3h4  
,the expectation of him that expecteth  
is a most acceptable jewel3             
whithersoever he turneth himself1 he    
understandeth wisely4  #ag3i4 ,he that  
concealeth a transgression1 seeketh     
friendships3  he that repeateth it      
again1 separateth friends4  #ag3aj4 ,a  
reproof availeth more with a wise man1  
than a hundred stripes with a fool4     

#ag3aa4 ,an evil man always seeketh     
quarrels3  but a cruel angel shall be   
sent against him4  #ag3ab4 ,it is better
 to meet a bear robbed of her whelps1   
than a fool trusting in his own folly4  
#ag3ac4 ,he that rendereth evil for     
good1 evil shall not depart from his    
house4  #ag3ad4 ,the beginning of       
quarrels is as when one letteth out     
water3  and before he suffereth         
reproach1 he forsaketh judgment4        
#ag3ae4 ,he that justifieth the wicked1 
and he that condemneth the just1 both   
are abominable before ,god4  #ag3af4    
,what doth it avail a fool to have      
riches1 seeing he cannot buy wisdom8    
,he that maketh his house high1 seeketh 
a downfall3  and he that refuseth to    
learn1 shall fall into evils4  #ag3ag4  
,he that is a friend loveth at all      
times3  and a brother is proved in      
distress4  #ag3ah4 ,a foolish man will  
clap hands1 when he is surety for his   
friend4  #ag3ai4 ,he that studieth      
discords1 loveth quarrels3  and he that 

exalteth his door1 seeketh ruin4        
#ag3bj4 ,he that is of a perverse heart1
 shall not find good3  and he that      
perverteth his tongue1 shall fall into  
evil4  #ag3ba4 ,a fool is born to his   
own disgrace3  and even his father shall
 not rejoice in a fool4  #ag3bb4 ,a     
joyful mind maketh age flourishing3  a  
sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones4   
#ag3bc4 ,the wicked man taketh gifts out
 of the bosom1 that he may pervert the  
paths of judgment4  #ag3bd4 ,wisdom     
shineth in the face of the wise3  the   
eyes of fools are in the ends of the    
earth4  #ag3be4 ,a foolish son is the   
anger of the father3  and the sorrow of 
the mother that bore him4  #ag3bf4 ,it  
is no good thing to do hurt to the just3
  nor to strike the prince1 who judgeth 
right4  #ag3bg4 ,he that setteth bounds 
to his words1 is knowing and wise3  and 
the man of understanding is of a        
precious spirit4  #ag3bh4 ,even a fool1 
if he will hold his peace1 shall be     
counted wise3 and if he close his lips1 

a man of understanding4    ,proverbs    
,chapter #ah   #ah3a4 ,he that hath a   
mind to depart from a friend1 seeketh   
occasions3 he shall ever be subject to  
reproach4  #ah3b4 ,a fool receiveth not 
the words of prudence3  unless thou say 
those things which are in his heart4    
#ah3c4 ,the wicked man1 when he is come 
into the depths of sins1 contemneth3    
but ignominy and reproach follow him4   
#ah3d4 ,words from the mouth of a man   
are as deep water3  and the fountain of 
wisdom is an overflowing stream4  #ah3e4
 ,it is not good to accept the person of
 the wicked1 to decline from the truth  
of judgment4  #ah3f4 ,the lips of a fool
 intermeddle with strife3  and his mouth
 provoketh quarrels4  #ah3g4 ,the mouth 
of a fool is his destruction3  and his  
lips are the ruin of his soul4  #ah3h4  
,the words of the double tongued are as 
if they were harmless3  and they reach  
even to the inner parts of the bowels4  
,fear casteth down the slothful3  and   
the souls of the effeminate shall be    

hungry4  #ah3i4 ,he that is loose and   
slack in his work1 is the brother of him
 that wasteth his own works4  #ah3aj4   
,the name of the ,lord is a strong      
tower3  the just runneth to it1 and     
shall be exalted4  #ah3aa4 ,the         
substance of the rich man is the city of
 his strength1 and as a strong wall     
compassing him about4  #ah3ab4 ,before  
destruction1 the heart of a man is      
exalted3  and before he be glorified1 it
 is humbled4  #ah3ac4 ,he that answereth
 before he heareth1 sheweth himself to  
be a fool1 and worthy of confusion4     
#ah3ad4 ,the spirit of a man upholdeth  
his infirmity3  but a spirit that is    
easily angered1 who can bear8  #ah3ae4  
,a wise heart shall acquire knowledge3  
and the ear of the wise seeketh         
instruction4  #ah3af4 ,a man's gift     
enlargeth his way1 and maketh him room  
before princes4  #ah3ag4 ,the just is   
first accuser of himself3  his friend   
cometh1 and shall search him4  #ah3ah4  
,the lot suppresseth contentions1 and   

determineth even between the mighty4    
#ah3ai4 ,a brother that is helped by his
 brother1 is like a strong city3 and    
judgments are like the bars of cities4  
#ah3bj4 ,of the fruit of a man's mouth  
shall his belly be satisfied3  and the  
offspring of his lips shall fill him4   
#ah3ba4 ,death and life are in the power
 of the tongue3  they that love it1     
shall eat the fruits thereof4  #ah3bb4  
,he that hath found a good wife1 hath   
found a good thing1 and shall receive a 
pleasure from the ,lord4  ,he that      
driveth away a good wife1 driveth away a
 good thing3  but he that keepeth an    
adulteress1 is foolish and wicked4      
#ah3bc4 ,the poor will speak with       
supplications1 and the rich will speak  
roughly4  #ah3bd4 ,a man amiable in     
society1 shall be more friendly than a  
brother4    ,proverbs ,chapter #ai      
#ai3a4 ,better is the poor man1 that    
walketh in his simplicity1 than a rich  
man that is perverse in his lips and    
unwise4  #ai3b4 ,where there is no      

knowledge of the soul1 there is no good3
  and he that is hasty with his feet    
shall stumble4  #ai3c4 ,the folly of a  
man supplanteth his steps3  and he      
fretteth in his mind against ,god4      
#ai3d4 ,riches make many friends3  but  
from the poor man1 even they whom he    
had1 depart4  #ai3e4 ,a false witness   
shall not be unpunished3  and he that   
speaketh lies1 shall not escape4  #ai3f4
 ,many honour the person of him that is 
mighty1 and are friends of him that     
giveth gifts4  #ai3g4 ,the brethren of  
the poor man hate him3  moreover also   
his friends have departed far from him4 
,he that followeth after words only1    
shall have nothing4  #ai3h4 ,but he that
 possesseth a mind1 loveth his own soul1
 and he that keepeth prudence1 shall    
find good things4  #ai3i4 ,a false      
witness shall not be unpunished3  and he
 that speaketh lies1 shall perish4      
#ai3aj4 ,delicacies are not seemly for a
 fool3  nor for a servant to have rule  
over princes4  #ai3aa4 ,the learning of 

a man is known by patience3  and his    
glory is to pass over wrongs4  #ai3ab4  
,as the roaring of a lion1 so also is   
the anger of a king3  and his           
cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass4 
#ai3ac4 ,a foolish son is the grief of  
his father3  and a wrangling wife is    
like a roof continually dropping        
through4  #ai3ad4 ,house and riches are 
given by parents3  but a prudent wife is
 properly from the ,lord4  #ai3ae4      
,slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep1
 and an idle soul shall suffer hunger4  
#ai3af4 ,he that keepeth the            
commandment1 keepeth his own soul3  but 
he that neglecteth his own way1 shall   
die4  #ai3ag4 ,he that hath mercy on the
 poor1 lendeth to the ,lord3  and he    
will repay him4  #ai3ah4 ,chastise thy  
son1 despair not3  but to the killing of
 him set not thy soul4  #ai3ai4 ,he that
 is impatient1 shall suffer damage3  and
 when he shall take away1 he shall add  
another thing4  #ai3bj4 ,hear counsel1  
and receive instruction1 that thou mayst

 be wise in thy latter end4  #ai3ba4    
,there are many thoughts in the heart of
 a man3  but the will of the ,lord shall
 stand firm4  #ai3bb4 ,a needy man is   
merciful3  and better is the poor than  
the lying man4  #ai3bc4 ,the fear of the
 ,lord is unto life3  and he shall abide
 in the fulness without being visited   
with evil4  #ai3bd4 ,the slothful hideth
 his hand under his armpit1 and will not
 so much as bring it to his mouth4      
#ai3be4 ,the wicked man being scourged1 
the fool shall be wiser3  but if thou   
rebuke a wise man1 he will understand   
discipline4  #ai3bf4 ,he that afflicteth
 his father1 and chaseth away his       
mother1 is infamous and unhappy4        
#ai3bg4 ,cease not1 ,o my son1 to hear  
instruction1 and be not ignorant of the 
words of knowledge4  #ai3bh4 ,an unjust 
witness scorneth judgment3  and the     
mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity4 
#ai3bi4 ,judgments are prepared for     
scorners3  and striking hammers for the 
bodies of fools4    ,proverbs ,chapter  

#bj   #bj3a4 ,wine is a luxurious thing1
 and drunkenness riotous3  whosoever is 
delighted therewith1 shall not be wise4 
#bj3b4 ,as the roaring of a lion1 so    
also is the dread of a king3  he that   
provoketh him1 sinneth against his own  
soul4  #bj3c4 ,it is an honour for a man
 to separate himself from quarrels3  but
 all fools are meddling with reproaches4
  #bj3d4 ,because of the cold the       
sluggard would not plough3  he shall beg
 therefore in the summer1 and it shall  
not be given him4  #bj3e4 ,counsel in   
the heart of a man is like deep water3  
but a wise man will draw it out4  #bj3f4
 ,many men are called merciful3  but who
 shall find a faithful man8  #bj3g4 ,the
 just that walketh in his simplicity1   
shall leave behind him blessed children4
  #bj3h4 ,the king1 that sitteth on the 
throne of judgment1 scattereth away all 
evil with his look4  #bj3i4 ,who can    
say3  ,my heart is clean1 ,i am pure    
from sin8  #bj3aj4 ,diverse weights and 
diverse measures1 both are abominable   

before ,god4  #bj3aa4 ,by his           
inclinations a child is known1 if his   
works be clean and right4  #bj3ab4 ,the 
hearing ear1 and the seeing eye1 the    
,lord hath made them both4  #bj3ac4     
,love not sleep1 lest poverty oppress   
thee3  open thy eyes1 and be filled with
 bread4  #bj3ad4 ,it is naught1 it is   
naught1 saith every buyer3  and when he 
is gone away1 then he will boast4       
#bj3ae4 ,there is gold and a multitude  
of jewels3  but the lips of knowledge   
are a precious vessel4  #bj3af4 ,take   
away the garment of him that is surety  
for a stranger1 and take a pledge from  
him for strangers4  #bj3ag4 ,the bread  
of lying is sweet to a man3  but        
afterwards his mouth shall be filled    
with gravel4  #bj3ah4 ,designs are      
strengthened by counsels3  and wars are 
to be managed by governments4  #bj3ai4  
,meddle not with him that revealeth     
secrets1 and walketh deceitfully1 and   
openeth wide his lips4  #bj3bj4 ,he that
 curseth his father1 and mother1 his    

lamp shall be put out in the midst of   
darkness4  #bj3ba4 ,the inheritance     
gotten hastily in the beginning1 in the 
end shall be without a blessing4        
#bj3bb4 ,say not3  ,i will return evil3 
wait for the ,lord1 and he will deliver 
thee4  #bj3bc4 ,diverse weights are an  
abomination before the ,lord3  a        
deceitful balance is not good4  #bj3bd4 
,the steps of men are guided by the     
,lord3  but who is the man that can     
understand his own way8  #bj3be4 ,it is 
ruin to a man to devour holy ones1 and  
after vows to retract4  #bj3bf4 ,a wise 
king scattereth the wicked1 and bringeth
 over them the wheel4  #bj3bg4 ,the     
spirit of a man is the lamp of the      
,lord1 which searcheth all the hidden   
things of the bowels4  #bj3bh4 ,mercy   
and truth preserve the king1 and his    
throne is strengthened by clemency4     
#bj3bi4 ,the joy of young men is their  
strength3  and the dignity of old men1  
their grey hairs4  #bj3cj4 ,the blueness
 of a wound shall wipe away evils3  and 

stripes in the more inward parts of the 
belly4    ,proverbs ,chapter #ba        
#ba3a4 ,as the divisions of waters1 so  
the heart of the king is in the hand of 
the ,lord3  whithersoever he will1 he   
shall turn it4  #ba3b4 ,every way of a  
man seemeth right to himself3  but the  
,lord weigheth the hearts4  #ba3c4 ,to  
do mercy and judgment1 pleaseth the     
,lord more than victims4  #ba3d4        
,haughtiness of the eyes is the         
enlarging of the heart3  the lamp of the
 wicked is sin4  #ba3e4 ,the thoughts of
 the industrious always bring forth     
abundance3  but every sluggard is always
 in want4  #ba3f4 ,he that gathereth    
treasures by a lying tongue1 is vain and
 foolish1 and shall stumble upon the    
snares of death4  #ba3g4 ,the robberies 
of the wicked shall be their downfall1  
because they would not do judgment4     
#ba3h4 ,the perverse way of a man is    
strange3  but as for him that is pure1  
his work is right4  #ba3i4 ,it is better
 to sit in a corner of the housetop1    

than with a brawling woman1 and in a    
common house4  #ba3aj4 ,the soul of the 
wicked desireth evil1 he will not have  
pity on his neighbour4  #ba3aa4 ,when a 
pestilent man is punished1 the little   
one will be wiser3 and if he follow the 
wise1 he will receive knowledge4        
#ba3ab4 ,the just considereth seriously 
the house of the wicked1 that he may    
withdraw the wicked from evil4  #ba3ac4 
,he that stoppeth his ear against the   
cry of the poor1 shall also cry himself1
 and shall not be heard4  #ba3ad4 ,a    
secret present quencheth anger3  and a  
gift in the bosom1 the greatest wrath4  
#ba3ae4 ,it is joy to the just to do    
judgment3  and dread to them that work  
iniquity4  #ba3af4 ,a man that shall    
wander out of the way of doctrine1 shall
 abide in the company of the giants4    
#ba3ag4 ,he that loveth good cheer1     
shall be in want3  he that loveth wine1 
and fat things1 shall not be rich4      
#ba3ah4 ,the wicked is delivered up for 
the just3  and the unjust for the       

righteous4  #ba3ai4 ,it is better to    
dwell in a wilderness1 than with a      
quarrelsome and passionate woman4       
#ba3bj4 ,there is a treasure to be      
desired1 and oil in the dwelling of the 
just3  and the foolish man shall spend  
it4  #ba3ba4 ,he that followeth justice 
and mercy1 shall find life1 justice1 and
 glory4  #ba3bb4 ,the wise man hath     
scaled the city of the strong1 and hath 
cast down the strength of the confidence
 thereof4  #ba3bc4 ,he that keepeth his 
mouth and his tongue1 keepeth his soul  
from distress4  #ba3bd4 ,the proud and  
the arrogant is called ignorant1 who in 
anger worketh pride4  #ba3be4 ,desires  
kill the slothful3  for his hands have  
refused to work at all4  #ba3bf4 ,he    
longeth and desireth all the day3  but  
he that is just1 will give1 and will not
 cease4  #ba3bg4 ,the sacrifices of the 
wicked are abominable1 because they are 
offered of wickedness4  #ba3bh4 ,a lying
 witness shall perish3  an obedient man 
shall speak of victory4  #ba3bi4 ,the   

wicked man impudently hardeneth his     
face3  but he that is righteous1        
correcteth his way4  #ba3cj4 ,there is  
no wisdom1 there is no prudence1 there  
is no counsel against the ,lord4        
#ba3ca4 ,the horse is prepared for the  
day of battle3  but the ,lord giveth    
safety4    ,proverbs ,chapter #bb       
#bb3a4 ,a good name is better than great
 riches3  and good favour is above      
silver and gold4  #bb3b4 ,the rich and  
poor have met one another3  the ,lord is
 the maker of them both4  #bb3c4 ,the   
prudent man saw the evil1 and hid       
himself3  the simple passed on1 and     
suffered loss4  #bb3d4 ,the fruit of    
humility is the fear of the ,lord1      
riches and glory and life4  #bb3e4 ,arms
 and swords are in the way of the       
perverse3  but he that keepeth his own  
soul1 departeth far from them4  #bb3f4  
,it is a proverb3  ,a young man         
according to his way1 even when he is   
old1 he will not depart from it4  #bb3g4
 ,the rich ruleth over the poor3  and   

the borrower is servant to him that     
lendeth4  #bb3h4 ,he that soweth        
iniquity1 shall reap evils1 and with the
 rod of his anger he shall be consumed4 
#bb3i4 ,he that is inclined to mercy1   
shall be blessed3  for of his bread he  
hath given to the poor4  ,he that maketh
 presents1 shall purchase victory and   
honour3  but he carrieth away the souls 
of the receivers4  #bb3aj4 ,cast out the
 scoffer1 and contention shall go out   
with him1 and quarrels and reproaches   
shall cease4  #bb3aa4 ,he that loveth   
cleanness of heart1 for the grace of his
 lips shall have the king for his       
friend4  #bb3ab4 ,the eyes of the ,lord 
preserve knowledge3  and the words of   
the unjust are overthrown4  #bb3ac4 ,the
 slothful man saith3  ,there is a lion  
without1 ,i shall be slain in the midst 
of the streets4  #bb3ad4 ,the mouth of a
 strange woman is a deep pit3  he whom  
the ,lord is angry with1 shall fall into
 it4  #bb3ae4 ,folly is bound up in the 
heart of a child1 and the rod of        

correction shall drive it away4  #bb3af4
 ,he that oppresseth the poor1 to       
increase his own riches1 shall himself  
give to one that is richer1 and shall be
 in need4  #bb3ag4 ,incline thy ear1 and
 hear the words of the wise3  and apply 
thy heart to my doctrine3  #bb3ah4      
,which shall be beautiful for thee1 if  
thou keep it in thy bowels1 and it shall
 flow in thy lips3  #bb3ai4 ,that thy   
trust may be in the ,lord1 wherefore ,i 
have also shewn it to thee this day4    
#bb3bj4 ,behold ,i have described it to 
thee three manner of ways1 in thoughts  
and knowledge3  #bb3ba4 ,that ,i might  
shew thee the certainty1 and the words  
of truth1 to answer out of these to them
 that sent thee4  #bb3bb4 ,do no        
violence to the poor1 because he is     
poor3  and do not oppress the needy in  
the gate3  #bb3bc4 ,because the ,lord   
will judge his cause3  and will afflict 
them that have afflicted his soul4      
#bb3bd4 ,be not a friend to an angry    
man1 and do not walk with a furious man3

  #bb3be4 ,lest perhaps thou learn his  
ways1 and take scandal to thy soul4     
#bb3bf4 ,be not with them that fasten   
down their hands1 and that offer        
themselves sureties for debts3  #bb3bg4 
,for if thou have not wherewith to      
restore1 what cause is there that he    
should take the covering from thy bed8  
#bb3bh4 ,pass not beyond the ancient    
bounds which thy fathers have set4      
#bb3bi4 ,hast thou seen a man swift in  
his work8  he shall stand before kings1 
and shall not be before those that are  
obscure4    ,proverbs ,chapter #bc      
#bc3a4 ,when thou shalt sit to eat with 
a prince1 consider diligently what is   
set before thy face3  #bc3b4 ,and put a 
knife to thy throat1 if it be so that   
thou have thy soul in thy own power4    
#bc3c4 ,be not desirous of his meats1 in
 which is the bread of deceit4  #bc3d4  
,labour not to be rich3  but set bounds 
to thy prudence4  #bc3e4 ,lift not up   
thy eyes to riches which thou canst not 
have3  because they shall make          

themselves wings like those of an eagle1
 and shall fly towards heaven4  #bc3f4  
,eat not with an envious man1 and desire
 not his meats3  #bc3g4 ,because1 like a
 soothsayer1 and diviner1 he thinketh   
that which he knoweth not4  ,eat and    
drink1 will he say to thee3  and his    
mind is not with thee4  #bc3h4 ,the     
meats which thou hadst eaten1 thou shalt
 vomit up3  and shalt loose thy         
beautiful words4  #bc3i4 ,speak not in  
the ears of fools3  because they will   
despise the instruction of thy speech4  
#bc3aj4 ,touch not the bounds of little 
ones3  and enter not into the field of  
the fatherless3  #bc3aa4 ,for their near
 kinsman is strong3  and he will judge  
their cause against thee4  #bc3ab4 ,let 
thy heart apply itself to instruction   
and thy ears to words of knowledge4     
#bc3ac4 ,withhold not correction from a 
child3  for if thou strike him with the 
rod1 he shall not die4  #bc3ad4 ,thou   
shalt beat him with the rod1 and deliver
 his soul from hell4  #bc3ae4 ,my son1  

if thy mind be wise1 my heart shall     
rejoice with thee3  #bc3af4 ,and my     
reins shall rejoice1 when thy lips shall
 speak what is right4  #bc3ag4 ,let not 
thy heart envy sinners3  but be thou in 
the fear of the ,lord all the day long3 
#bc3ah4 ,because thou shalt have hope in
 the latter end1 and thy expectation    
shall not be taken away4  #bc3ai4 ,hear 
thou1 my son1 and be wise3  and guide   
thy mind in the way4  #bc3bj4 ,be not in
 the feasts of great drinkers1 nor in   
their revellings1 who contribute flesh  
to eat3  #bc3ba4 ,because they that give
 themselves to drinking1 and that club  
together1 shall be consumed3  and       
drowsiness shall be clothed with rags4  
#bc3bb4 ,hearken to thy father1 that    
begot thee3  and despise not thy mother 
when she is old4  #bc3bc4 ,buy truth1   
and do not sell wisdom1 and instruction1
 and understanding4  #bc3bd4 ,the father
 of the just rejoiceth greatly3  he that
 hath begotten a wise son1 shall have   
joy in him4  #bc3be4 ,let thy father and

 thy mother be joyful1 and let her      
rejoice that bore thee4  #bc3bf4 ,my    
son1 give me thy heart3  and let thy    
eyes keep my ways4  #bc3bg4 ,for a      
harlot is a deep ditch3  and a strange  
woman is a narrow pit4  #bc3bh4 ,she    
lieth in wait in the way as a robber1   
and him whom she shall see unwary1 she  
will kill4  #bc3bi4 ,who hath woe8      
whose father hath woe8  who hath        
contentions8  who falls into pits8  who 
hath wounds without cause8  who hath    
redness of eyes8  #bc3cj4 ,surely they  
that pass their time in wine1 and study 
to drink off their cups4  #bc3ca4 ,look 
not upon the wine when it is yellow1    
when the colour thereof shineth in the  
glass3  it goeth in pleasantly1  #bc3cb4
 ,but in the end1 it will bite like a   
snake1 and will spread abroad poison    
like a basilisk4  #bc3cc4 ,thy eyes     
shall behold strange women1 and thy     
heart shall utter perverse things4      
#bc3cd4 ,and thou shalt be as one       
sleeping in the midst of the sea1 and as

 a pilot fast asleep when the stern is  
lost4  #bc3ce4 ,and thou shalt say3     
,they have beaten me1 but ,i was not    
sensible of pain3  they drew me1 and ,i 
felt not3  when shall ,i awake and find 
wine again8    ,proverbs ,chapter #bd   
#bd3a4 ,seek not to be like evil men1   
neither desire to be with them3  #bd3b4 
,because their mind studieth robberies1 
and their lips speak deceits4  #bd3c4   
,by wisdom the house shall be built1 and
 by prudence it shall be strengthened4  
#bd3d4 ,by instruction the storerooms   
shall be filled with all precious and   
most beautiful wealth4  #bd3e4 ,a wise  
man is strong3  and a knowing man1 stout
 and valiant4  #bd3f4 ,because war is   
managed by due ordering3  and there     
shall be safety where there are many    
counsels4  #bd3g4 ,wisdom is too high   
for a fool2 in the gate he shall not    
open his mouth4  #bd3h4 ,he that        
deviseth to do evils1 shall be called a 
fool4  #bd3i4 ,the thought of a fool is 
sin3  and the detractor is the          

abomination of men4  #bd3aj4 ,if thou   
lose hope1 being weary in the day of    
distress1 thy strength shall be         
diminished4  #bd3aa4 ,deliver them that 
are led to death3  and those that are   
drawn to death1 forbear not to deliver4 
#bd3ab4 ,if thou say3  ,i have not      
strength enough3  he that seeth into the
 heart1 he understandeth1 and nothing   
deceiveth the keeper of thy soul1 and he
 shall render to a man according to his 
works4  #bd3ac4 ,eat honey1 my son1     
because it is good1 and the honeycomb   
most sweet to thy throat4  #bd3ad4 ,so  
also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy   
soul3  which when thou hast found1 thou 
shalt have hope in the end1 and thy hope
 shall not perish4  #bd3ae4 ,lie not in 
wait1 nor seek after wickedness in the  
house of the just1 nor spoil his rest4  
#bd3af4 ,for a just man shall fall seven
 times1 and shall rise again3  but the  
wicked shall fall down into evil4       
#bd3ag4 ,when thy enemy shall fall1 be  
not glad1 and in his ruin let not thy   

heart rejoice3  #bd3ah4 ,lest the ,lord 
see1 and it displease him1 and he turn  
away his wrath from him4  #bd3ai4       
,contend not with the wicked1 nor seek  
to be like the ungodly4  #bd3bj4 ,for   
evil men have no hope of things to come1
 and the lamp of the wicked shall be put
 out4  #bd3ba4 ,my son1 fear the ,lord1 
and the king3  and have nothing to do   
with detractors4  #bd3bb4 ,for their    
destruction shall rise suddenly3  and   
who knoweth the ruin of both8  #bd3bc4  
,these things also to the wise3  ,it is 
not good to have respect to persons in  
judgment4  #bd3bd4 ,they that say to the
 wicked man3  ,thou art just3  shall be 
cursed by the people1 and the tribes    
shall abhor them4  #bd3be4 ,they that   
rebuke him shall be praised3  and a     
blessing shall come upon them4  #bd3bf4 
,he shall kiss the lips1 who answereth  
right words4  #bd3bg4 ,prepare thy work 
without1 and diligently till thy ground3
  that afterward thou mayst build thy   
house4  #bd3bh4 ,be not witness without 

cause against thy neighbour3  and       
deceive not any man with thy lips4      
#bd3bi4 ,say not3  ,i will do to him as 
he hath done to me3  ,i will render to  
every one according to his work4        
#bd3cj4 ,i passed by the field of the   
slothful man1 and by the vineyard of the
 foolish man3  #bd3ca4 ,and behold it   
was all filled with nettles1 and thorns 
had covered the face thereof1 and the   
stone wall was broken down4  #bd3cb4    
,which when ,i had seen1 ,i laid it up  
in my heart1 and by the example ,i      
received instruction4  #bd3cc4 ,thou    
wilt sleep a little1 said ,i1 thou wilt 
slumber a little1 thou wilt fold thy    
hands a little to rest4  #bd3cd4 ,and   
poverty shall come to thee as a runner1 
and beggary as an armed man4            
,proverbs ,chapter #be   #be3a4 ,these  
are also parables of ,solomon1 which the
 men of ,ezechias1 king of ,juda1 copied
 out4  #be3b4 ,it is the glory of ,god  
to conceal the word1 and the glory of   
kings to search out the speech4  #be3c4 

,the heaven above and the earth beneath1
 and the heart of kings is unsearchable4
  #be3d4 ,take away the rust from       
silver1 and there shall come forth a    
most pure vessel3  #be3e4 ,take away    
wickedness from the face of the king1   
and his throne shall be established with
 justice4  #be3f4 ,appear not glorious  
before the king1 and stand not in the   
place of great men4  #be3g4 ,for it is  
better that it should be said to thee3  
,come up hither2 than that thou shouldst
 be humbled before the prince4  #be3h4  
,the things which thy eyes have seen1   
utter not hastily in a quarrel3  lest   
afterward thou mayst not be able to make
 amends1 when thou hast dishonoured thy 
friend4  #be3i4 ,treat thy cause with   
thy friend1 and discover not the secret 
to a stranger3  #be3aj4 ,lest he insult 
over thee1 when he hath heard it1 and   
cease not to upbraid thee4  ,grace and  
friendship deliver a man3  keep these   
for thyself1 lest thou fall under       
reproach4  #be3aa4 ,to speak a word in  

due time1 is like apples of gold on beds
 of silver4  #be3ab4 ,as an earring of  
gold and a bright pearl1 so is he that  
reproveth the wise1 and the obedient    
ear4  #be3ac4 ,as the cold of snow in   
the time of harvest1 so is a faithful   
messenger to him that sent him1 for he  
refresheth his soul4  #be3ad4 ,as       
clouds1 and wind1 when no rain          
followeth1 so is the man that boasteth1 
and doth not fulfil his promises4       
#be3ae4 ,by patience a prince shall be  
appeased1 and a soft tongue shall break 
hardness4  #be3af4 ,thou hast found     
honey1 eat what is sufficient for thee1 
lest being glutted therewith thou vomit 
it up4  #be3ag4 ,withdraw thy foot from 
the house of thy neighbour1 lest having 
his fill he hate thee4  #be3ah4 ,a man  
that beareth false witness against his  
neighbour1 is like a dart and a sword   
and a sharp arrow4  #be3ai4 ,to trust in
 an unfaithful man in the time of       
trouble1 is like a rotten tooth1 and    
weary foot1  #be3bj4 ,and one that      

looseth his garment in cold weather4    
,as vinegar upon nitre1 so is he that   
singeth songs to a very evil heart4  ,as
 a moth doth by a garment1 and a worm by
 the wood3  so the sadness of a man     
consumeth the heart4  #be3ba4 ,if thy   
enemy be hungry1 give him to eat3  if he
 thirst1 give him water to drink3       
#be3bb4 ,for thou shalt heap hot coals  
upon his head1 and the ,lord will reward
 thee4  #be3bc4 ,the north wind driveth 
away rain1 as doth a sad countenance a  
backbiting tongue4  #be3bd4 ,it is      
better to sit in a corner of the        
housetop3  than with a brawling woman1  
and in a common house4  #be3be4 ,as cold
 water to a thirsty soul1 so are good   
tidings from a far country4  #be3bf4 ,a 
just man falling down before the wicked1
 is as a fountain troubled with the foot
 and a corrupted spring4  #be3bg4 ,as it
 is not good for a man to eat much      
honey1 so he that is a searcher of      
majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory4  
,majesty4 4 4,viz41 of ,god4  ,for to   

search into that incomprehensible       
,majesty1 and to pretend to sound the   
depths of the wisdom of ,god1 is        
exposing our weak understanding to be   
blinded with an excess of light and     
glory1 which it cannot comprehend4      
#be3bh4 ,as a city that lieth open and  
is not compassed with walls1 so is a man
 that cannot refrain his own spirit in  
speaking4    ,proverbs ,chapter #bf     
#bf3a4 ,as snow in summer1 and rain in  
harvest1 so glory is not seemly for a   
fool4  #bf3b4 ,as a bird flying to other
 places1 and a sparrow going here or    
there3  so a curse uttered without cause
 shall come upon a man4  ,as a bird1    
etc4 4 4,the meaning is1 that a curse   
uttered without cause shall do no harm  
to the person that is cursed1 but will  
return upon him that curseth1 as        
whithersoever a bird flies1 it returns  
to its own nest4  #bf3c4 ,a whip for a  
horse1 and a snaffle for an ass1 and a  
rod for the back of fools4  #bf3d4      
,answer not a fool according to his     

folly1 lest thou be made like him4      
,answer not a fool1 etc4 4 4,viz41 so as
 to imitate him but only so as to       
reprove his folly4  #bf3e4 ,answer a    
fool according to his folly1 lest he    
imagine himself to be wise4  #bf3f4 ,he 
that sendeth words by a foolish         
messenger1 is lame of feet and drinketh 
iniquity4  #bf3g4 ,as a lame man hath   
fair legs in vain3  so a parable is     
unseemly in the mouth of fools4  #bf3h4 
,as he that casteth a stone into the    
heap of ,mercury3  so is he that giveth 
honour to a fool4  #bf3i4 ,as if a thorn
 should grow in the hand of a drunkard3 
so is a parable in the mouth of fools4  
#bf3aj4 ,judgment determineth causes3   
and he that putteth a fool to silence1  
appeaseth anger4  #bf3aa4 ,as a dog that
 returneth to his vomit1 so is the fool 
that repeateth his folly4  #bf3ab4 ,hast
 thou seen a man wise in his own        
conceit8  there shall be more hope of a 
fool than of him4  #bf3ac4 ,the slothful
 man saith3  ,there is a lion in the    

way1 and a lioness in the roads4        
#bf3ad4 ,as the door turneth upon its   
hinges1 so doth the slothful upon his   
bed4  #bf3ae4 ,the slothful hideth his  
hand under his armpit1 and it grieveth  
him to turn it to his mouth4  #bf3af4   
,the sluggard is wiser in his own       
conceit1 than seven men that speak      
sentences4  #bf3ag4 ,as he that taketh a
 dog by the ears1 so is he that passeth 
by in anger1 and meddleth with another  
man's quarrel4  #bf3ah4 ,as he is guilty
 that shooteth arrows1 and lances unto  
death4  #bf3ai4 ,so is the man that     
hurteth his friend deceitfully3  and    
when he is taken1 saith3  ,i did it in  
jest4  #bf3bj4 ,when the wood faileth1  
the fire shall go out3  and when the    
talebearer is taken away1 contentions   
shall cease4  #bf3ba4 ,as coals are to  
burning coals1 and wood to fire1 so an  
angry man stirreth up strife4  #bf3bb4  
,the words of a talebearer are as it    
were simple1 but they reach to the      
innermost parts of the belly4  #bf3bc4  

,swelling lips joined with a corrupt    
heart1 are like an earthern vessel      
adorned with silver dross4  #bf3bd4 ,an 
enemy is known by his lips1 when in his 
heart he entertaineth deceit4  #bf3be4  
,when he shall speak low1 trust him not3
  because there are seven mischiefs in  
his heart4  #bf3bf4 ,he that covereth   
hatred deceitfully1 his malice shall be 
laid open in the public assembly4       
#bf3bg4 ,he that diggeth a pit1 shall   
fall into it3  and he that rolleth a    
stone1 it shall return to him4  #bf3bh4 
,a deceitful tongue loveth not truth3   
and a slippery mouth worketh ruin4      
,proverbs ,chapter #bg   #bg3a4 ,boast  
not for to morrow1 for thou knowest not 
what the day to come may bring forth4   
#bg3b4 ,let another praise thee1 and not
 thy own mouth3  a stranger1 and not thy
 own lips4  #bg3c4 ,a stone is heavy1   
and sand weighty3  but the anger of a   
fool is heavier than them both4  #bg3d4 
,anger hath no mercy3  nor fury1 when it
 breaketh forth3  and who can bear the  

violence of one provoked8  #bg3e4 ,open 
rebuke is better than hidden love4      
#bg3f4 ,better are the wounds of a      
friend1 than the deceitful kisses of an 
enemy4  #bg3g4 ,a soul that is full     
shall tread upon the honeycomb3  and a  
soul that is hungry shall take even     
bitter for sweet4  #bg3h4 ,as a bird    
that wandereth from her nest1 so is a   
man that leaveth his place4  #bg3i4     
,ointment and perfumes rejoice the      
heart3  and the good counsels of a      
friend are sweet to the soul4  #bg3aj4  
,thy own friend1 and thy father's       
friend1 forsake not3  and go not into   
thy brother's house in the day of thy   
affliction4  ,better is a neighbour that
 is near than a brother afar off4       
#bg3aa4 ,study wisdom1 my son1 and make 
my heart joyful1 that thou mayst give an
 answer to him that reproacheth4        
#bg3ab4 ,the prudent man seeing evil    
hideth himself3  little ones passing on 
have suffered losses4  #bg3ac4 ,take    
away his garment that hath been surety  

for a stranger3  and take from him a    
pledge for strangers4  #bg3ad4 ,he that 
blesseth his neighbour with a loud      
voice1 rising in the night1 shall be    
like to him that curseth4  #bg3ae4      
,roofs dropping through in a cold day1  
and a contentious woman are alike4      
#bg3af4 ,he that retaineth her1 is as he
 that would hold the wind1 and shall    
call the oil of his right hand4  #bg3ag4
 ,iron sharpeneth iron1 so a man        
sharpeneth the countenance of his       
friend4  #bg3ah4 ,he that keepeth the   
fig tree1 shall eat the fruit thereof3  
and he that is the keeper of his master1
 shall be glorified4  #bg3ai4 ,as the   
faces of them that look therein1 shine  
in the water1 so the hearts of men are  
laid open to the wise4  #bg3bj4 ,hell   
and destruction are never filled3  so   
the eyes of men are never satisfied4    
#bg3ba4 ,as silver is tried in the      
fining-pot1 and gold in the furnace3 so 
a man is tried by the mouth of him that 
praiseth4  ,the heart of the wicked     

seeketh after evils1 but the righteous  
heart seeketh after knowledge4  #bg3bb4 
,though thou shouldst bray a fool in the
 mortar1 as when a pestle striketh upon 
sodden barley1 his folly would not be   
taken from him4  #bg3bc4 ,be diligent to
 know the countenance of thy cattle1 and
 consider thy own flocks3  #bg3bd4 ,for 
thou shalt not always have power3  but a
 crown shall be given to generation and 
generation4  #bg3be4 ,the meadows are   
open1 and the green herbs have appeared1
 and the hay is gathered out of the     
mountains4  #bg3bf4 ,lambs are for thy  
clothing3  and kids for the price of the
 field4  #bg3bg4 ,let the milk of the   
goats be enough for thy food1 and for   
the necessities of thy house1 and for   
maintenance for thy handmaids4          
,proverbs ,chapter #bh   #bh3a4 ,the    
wicked man fleeth1 when no man pursueth3
  but the just1 bold as a lion1 shall be
 without dread4  #bh3b4 ,for the sins of
 the land many are the princes thereof3 
and for the wisdom of a man1 and the    

knowledge of those things that are said1
 the life of the prince shall be        
prolonged4  #bh3c4 ,a poor man that     
oppresseth the poor1 is like a violent  
shower1 which bringeth a famine4  #bh3d4
 ,they that forsake the law1 praise the 
wicked man3  they that keep it1 are     
incensed against him4  #bh3e4 ,evil men 
think not on judgment3  but they that   
seek after the ,lord1 take notice of all
 things4  #bh3f4 ,better is the poor man
 walking in his simplicity1 than the    
rich in crooked ways4  #bh3g4 ,he that  
keepeth the law1 is a wise son3  but he 
that feedeth gluttons1 shameth his      
father4  #bh3h4 ,he that heapeth        
together riches by usury and loan1      
gathereth them for him that will be     
bountiful to the poor4  #bh3i4 ,he that 
turneth away his ears from hearing the  
law1 his prayer shall be an abomination4
  #bh3aj4 ,he that deceiveth the just in
 a wicked way1 shall fall in his own    
destruction3  and the upright shall     
possess his goods4  #bh3aa4 ,the rich   

man seemeth to himself wise3  but the   
poor man that is prudent shall search   
him out4  #bh3ab4 ,in the joy of the    
just there is great glory3  when the    
wicked reign1 men are ruined4  #bh3ac4  
,he that hideth his sins1 shall not     
prosper3  but he that shall confess1 and
 forsake them1 shall obtain mercy4      
#bh3ad4 ,blessed is the man that is     
always fearful3  but he that is hardened
 in mind shall fall into evil4  #bh3ae4 
,as a roaring lion1 and a hungry bear1  
so is a wicked prince over the poor     
people4  #bh3af4 ,a prince void of      
prudence shall oppress many by calumny3 
but he that hateth covetousness1 shall  
prolong his days4  #bh3ag4 ,a man that  
doth violence to the blood of a person1 
if he flee even to the pit1 no man will 
stay him4  #bh3ah4 ,he that walketh     
uprightly1 shall be saved3  he that is  
perverse in his ways1 shall fall at     
once4  #bh3ai4 ,he that tilleth his     
ground1 shall be filled with bread3  but
 he that followeth idleness1 shall be   

filled with poverty4  #bh3bj4 ,a        
faithful man shall be much praised3  but
 he that maketh haste to be rich1 shall 
not be innocent4  #bh3ba4 ,he that hath 
respect to a person in judgment1 doth   
not well3 such a man even for a morsel  
of bread forsaketh the truth4  #bh3bb4  
,a man that maketh haste to be rich1 and
 envieth others1 is ignorant that       
poverty shall come upon him4  #bh3bc4   
,he that rebuketh a man1 shall afterward
 find favour with him1 more than he that
 by a flattering tongue deceiveth him4  
#bh3bd4 ,he that stealeth any thing from
 his father1 or from his mother3 and    
saith1 ,this is no sin1 is the partner  
of a murderer4  #bh3bf4 ,he that        
boasteth and puffeth up himself1        
stirreth up quarrels3 but he that       
trusteth in the ,lord1 shall be healed4 
#bh3bf4 ,he that trusteth in his own    
heart1 is a fool3  but he that walketh  
wisely1 he shall be saved4  #bh3bg4 ,he 
that giveth to the poor shall not want3 
he that despiseth his entreaty1 shall   

suffer indigence4  #bh3bh4 ,when the    
wicked rise up1 men shall hide          
themselves3  when they perish1 the just 
shall be multiplied4    ,proverbs       
,chapter #bi   #bi3a4 ,the man that with
 a stiff neck despiseth him that        
reproveth him1 shall suddenly be        
destroyed3  and health shall not follow 
him4  #bi3b4 ,when just men increase1   
the people shall rejoice3  when the     
wicked shall bear rule1 the people shall
 mourn4  #bi3c4 ,a man that loveth      
wisdom1 rejoiceth his father3  but he   
that maintaineth harlots1 shall squander
 away his substance4  #bi3d4 ,a just    
king setteth up the land3  a covetous   
man shall destroy it4  #bi3e4 ,a man    
that speaketh to his friend with        
flattering and dissembling words1       
spreadeth a net for his feet4  #bi3f4 ,a
 snare shall entangle the wicked man    
when he sinneth3  and the just shall    
praise and rejoice4  #bi3g4 ,the just   
taketh notice of the cause of the poor3 
the wicked is void of knowledge4  #bi3h4

 ,corrupt men bring a city to ruin3  but
 wise men turn away wrath4  #bi3i4 ,if a
 wise man contend with a fool1 whether  
he be angry1 or laugh1 he shall find no 
rest4  #bi3aj4 ,bloodthirsty men hate   
the upright3  but just men seek his     
soul4  #bi3aa4 ,a fool uttereth all his 
mind3  a wise man deferreth1 and keepeth
 it till afterwards4  #bi3ab4 ,a prince 
that gladly heareth lying words1 hath   
all his servants wicked4  #bi3ac4 ,the  
poor man and the creditor have met one  
another3  the ,lord is the enlightener  
of them both4  #bi3ad4 ,the king that   
judgeth the poor in truth1 his throne   
shall be established for ever4  #bi3ae4 
,the rod and reproof give wisdom3  but  
the child that is left to his own will1 
bringeth his mother to shame4  #bi3af4  
,when the wicked are multiplied1 crimes 
shall be multiplied3  but the just shall
 see their downfall4  #bi3ag4 ,instruct 
thy son and he shall refresh thee1 and  
shall give delight to thy soul4  #bi3ah4
 ,when prophecy shall fail1 the people  

shall be scattered abroad3 but he that  
keepeth the law1 is blessed4  #bi3ai4 ,a
 slave will not be corrected by words3  
because he understandeth what thou      
sayest1 and will not answer4  #bi3bj4   
,hast thou seen a man hasty to speak8   
folly is rather to be looked for1 than  
his amendment4  #bi3ba4 ,he that        
nourisheth his servant delicately from  
his childhood1 afterwards shall find him
 stubborn4  #bi3bb4 ,a passionate man   
provoketh quarrels3  and he that is     
easily stirred up to wrath1 shall be    
more prone to sin4  #bi3bc4 ,humiliation
 followeth the proud3  and glory shall  
uphold the humble of spirit4  #bi3bd4   
,he that is partaker with a thief1      
hateth his own soul3  he heareth one    
putting him to his oath1 and discovereth
 not4  #bi3be4 ,he that feareth man     
shall quickly fall3  he that trusteth in
 the ,lord1 shall be set on high4       
#bi3bf4 ,many seek the face of the      
prince3  but the judgment of every one  
cometh forth from the ,lord4  #bi3bg4   

,the just abhor a wicked man3  and the  
wicked loathe them that are in the right
 way4  ,the son that keepeth the word1  
shall be free from destruction4         
,proverbs ,chapter #cj   ,the wise man  
thinketh humbly of himself4  ,his prayer
 and sentiments upon certain virtues and
 vices4  #cj3a4 ,the words of ,gatherer 
the son of ,vomiter4  ,the vision which 
the man spoke1 with whom ,god is1 and   
who being strengthened by ,god1 abiding 
with him1 said3  ,gatherer1 etc4 4 4,or1
 as it is in the ,latin1 ,congregans the
 son of ,vomens4  ,the ,latin           
interpreter has given us in this place  
the signification of the ,hebrew names1 
instead of the names themselves1 which  
are in the ,hebrew1 ,agur the son of    
,jakeh4  ,but whether this ,agur be the 
same person as ,solomon1 as many think1 
or a different person1 whose doctrine   
was adopted by ,solomon1 and inserted   
among his parables or proverbs1 is      
uncertain4  #cj3b4 ,i am the most       
foolish of men1 and the wisdom of men is

 not with me4  #cj3c4 ,i have not       
learned wisdom1 and have not known the  
science of saints4  #cj3d4 ,who hath    
ascended up into heaven1 and descended8 
who hath held the wind in his hands8    
who hath bound up the waters together as
 in a garment8  who hath raised up all  
the borders of the earth8  what is his  
name1 and what is the name of his son1  
if thou knowest8  #cj3e4 ,every word of 
,god is fire tried3  he is a buckler to 
them that hope in him4  ,is fire tried4 
4 4,that is1 most pure1 like gold       
purified by fire4  #cj3f4 ,add not any  
thing to his words1 lest thou be        
reproved and found a liar3  #cj3g4 ,two 
things ,i have asked of thee1 deny them 
not to me before ,i die4  #cj3h4 ,remove
 far from me vanity1 and lying words4   
,give me neither beggary1 nor riches3   
give me only the necessaries of life3   
#cj3i4 ,lest perhaps being filled1 ,i   
should be tempted to deny1 and say3 ,who
 is the ,lord8  or being compelled by   
poverty1 ,i should steal1 and forswear  

the name of my ,god4  #cj3aj4 ,accuse   
not a servant to his master1 lest he    
curse thee1 and thou fall4  #cj3aa4     
,there is a generation that curseth     
their father1 and doth not bless their  
mother4  #cj3ab4 ,a generation that are 
pure in their own eyes1 and yet are not 
washed from their filthiness4  #cj3ac4  
,a generation1 whose eyes are lofty1 and
 their eyelids lifted up on high4       
#cj3ad4 ,a generation that for teeth    
hath swords1 and grindeth with their jaw
 teeth1 to devour the needy from off the
 earth1 and the poor from among men4    
#cj3ae4 ,the horseleech hath two        
daughters that say3  ,bring1 bring4     
,there are three things that never are  
satisfied1 and the fourth never saith3  
,it is enough4  ,the horseleech4 4      
4,concupiscence1 which hath two         
daughters that are never satisfied1     
viz41 lust and avarice4  #cj3af4 ,hell  
and the mouth of the womb1 and the earth
 which is not satisfied with water3  and
 the fire never saith3  ,it is enough4  

#cj3ag4 ,the eye that mocketh at his    
father1 and that despiseth the labour of
 his mother in bearing him1 let the     
ravens of the brooks pick it out1 and   
the young eagles eat it4  #cj3ah4 ,three
 things are hard to me1 and the fourth  
,i am utterly ignorant of4  #cj3ai4 ,the
 way of an eagle in the air1 the way of 
a serpent upon a rock1 the way of a ship
 in the midst of the sea1 and the way of
 a man in youth4  #cj3bj4 ,such also is 
the way of an adulterous woman1 who     
eateth and wipeth her mouth1 and saith3 
,i have done no evil4  #cj3ba4 ,by three
 things the earth is disturbed1 and the 
fourth it cannot bear4  #cj3bb4 ,by a   
slave when he reigneth3  by a fool when 
be is filled with meat3  #cj3bc4 ,by an 
odious woman when she is married3  and  
by a bondwoman when she is heir to her  
mistress4  #cj3bd4 ,there are four very 
little things of the earth1 and they are
 wiser than the wise4  #cj3be4 ,the     
ants1 a feeble people1 which provide    
themselves food in the harvest3  #cj3bf4

 ,the rabbit1 a weak people1 which      
maketh its bed in the rock3  #cj3bg4    
,the locust hath no king1 yet they all  
go out by their bands3  #cj3bh4 ,the    
stellio supporteth itself on hands1 and 
dwelleth in kings' houses4  ,the        
stellio4 4 4,a kind of house lizard     
marked with spots like stars1 from      
whence it has its name4  #cj3ai4 ,there 
are three things1 which go well1 and the
 fourth that walketh happily3  #cj3cj4  
,a lion1 the strongest of beasts1 who   
hath no fear of any thing he meeteth3   
#cj3ca4 ,a cock girded about the loins3 
and a ram3  and a king1 whom none can   
resist4  #cj3cb4 ,there is that hath    
appeared a fool after he was lifted up  
on high3  for if he had understood1 he  
would have laid his hand upon his mouth4
  #cj3cc4 ,and he that strongly         
squeezeth the paps to bring out milk1   
straineth out butter3  and he that      
violently bloweth his nose1 bringeth out
 blood3  and he that provoketh wrath1   
bringeth forth strife4    ,proverbs     

,chapter #ca   ,an exhortation to       
chastity1 temperance1 and works of      
mercy2 with the praise of a wise woman4 
#ca3a4 ,the words of king ,lamuel4  ,the
 vision wherewith his mother instructed 
him4  ,lamuel4 4 4,this name signifies  
,god with him1 and is supposed to have  
been one of the names of ,solomon4      
#ca3b4 ,what1 ,o my beloved1 what1 ,o   
the beloved of my womb1 what1 ,o the    
beloved of my vows8  #ca3c4 ,give not   
thy substance to women1 and thy riches  
to destroy kings4  #ca3d4 ,give not to  
kings1 ,o ,lamuel1 give not wine to     
kings3  because there is no secret where
 drunkenness reigneth3  #ca3e4 ,and lest
 they drink and forget judgments1 and   
pervert the cause of the children of the
 poor4  #ca3f4 ,give strong drink to    
them that are sad2 and wine to them that
 are grieved in mind3  #ca3g4 ,let them 
drink1 and forget their want1 and       
remember their sorrow no more4  #ca3h4  
,open thy mouth for the dumb1 and for   
the causes of all the children that     

pass4  #ca3i4 ,open thy mouth1 decree   
that which is just1 and do justice to   
the needy and poor4  #ca3aj4 ,who shall 
find a valiant woman8  far1 and from the
 uttermost coasts is the price of her4  
#ca3aa4 ,the heart of her husband       
trusteth in her1 and he shall have no   
need of spoils4  #ca3ab4 ,she will      
render him good1 and not evil all the   
days of her life4  #ca3ac4 ,she hath    
sought wool and flax1 and hath wrought  
by the counsel of her hands4  #ca3ad4   
,she is like the merchant's ship1 she   
bringeth her bread from afar4  #ca3ae4  
,and she hath risen in the night1 and   
given a prey to her household1 and      
victuals to her maidens4  #ca3af4 ,she  
hath considered a field1 and bought it3 
with the fruit of her hands she hath    
planted a vineyard4  #ca3ag4 ,she hath  
girded her loins with strength1 and hath
 strengthened her arm4  #ca3ah4 ,she    
hath tasted1 and seen that her traffic  
is good3  her lamp shall not be put out 
in the night4  #ca3ai4 ,she hath put out

 her hand to strong things1 and her     
fingers have taken hold of the spindle4 
#ca3bj4 ,she hath opened her hand to the
 needy1 and stretched out her hands to  
the poor4  #ca3ba4 ,she shall not fear  
for her house in the cold of snow3  for 
all her domestics are clothed with      
double garments4  #ca3bb4 ,she hath made
 for herself clothing of tapestry3  fine
 linen1 and purple1 is her covering4    
#ca3bc4 ,her husband is honourable in   
the gates1 when he sitteth among the    
senators of the land4  #ca3bd4 ,she made
 fine linen1 and sold it1 and delivered 
a girdle to the ,chanaanite4  ,the      
,chanaanite4 4 4,the merchant1 for      
,chanaanite1 in ,hebrew1 signifies a    
merchant4  #ca3be4 ,strength and beauty 
are her clothing1 and she shall laugh in
 the latter day4  #ca3bf4 ,she hath     
opened her mouth to wisdom1 and the law 
of clemency is on her tongue4  #ca3bg4  
,she hath looked well on the paths of   
her house1 and hath not eaten her bread 
idle4  #ca3bh4 ,her children rose up1   

and called her blessed3  her husband1   
and he praised her4  #ca3bi4 ,many      
daughters have gathered together riches3
  thou hast surpassed them all4  #ca3cj4
 ,favour is deceitful1 and beauty is    
vain3  the woman that feareth the ,lord1
 she shall be praised4  #ca3ca4 ,give   
her of the fruit of her hands3  and let 
her works praise her in the gates4      
,,ecclesiastes    ,this ,book is called 
,ecclesiastes1 or ,the ,preacher1 7in   
,hebrew1 ,coheleth17 because in it1     
,solomon1 as an excellent preacher1     
setteth forth the vanity of the things  
of this world3  to withdraw the hearts  
and affections of men from such empty   
toys4    ,ecclesiastes ,chapter #a      
,the vanity of all temporal things4     
#a3a4 ,the words of ,ecclesiastes1 the  
son of ,david1 king of ,jerusalem4      
#a3b4 ,vanity of vanities1 said         
,ecclesiastes3  vanity of vanities1 and 
all is vanity4  #a3c4 ,what hath a man  
more of all his labour1 that he taketh  
under the sun8  #a3d4 ,one generation   

passeth away1 and another generation    
cometh3  but the earth standeth for     
ever4  #a3e4 ,the sun riseth1 and goeth 
down1 and returneth to his place3  and  
there rising again1  #a3f4 ,maketh his  
round by the south1 and turneth again to
 the north3  the spirit goeth forward   
surveying all places round about1 and   
returneth to his circuits4  #a3g4 ,all  
the rivers run into the sea1 yet the sea
 doth not overflow3 unto the place from 
whence the rivers come1 they return1 to 
flow again4  #a3h4 ,all things are hard3
  man cannot explain them by word4  ,the
 eye is not filled with seeing1 neither 
is the ear filled with hearing4  #a3i4  
,what is it that hath been8  the same   
thing that shall be4  ,what is it that  
hath been done8  the same that shall be 
done4  #a3aj4 ,nothing under the sun is 
new1 neither is any man able to say3    
,behold this is new3  for it hath       
already gone before in the ages that    
were before us4  #a3aa4 ,there is no    
remembrance of former things3  nor      

indeed of those things which hereafter  
are to come1 shall there be any         
remembrance with them that shall be in  
the latter end4  #a3ab4 ,i ,ecclesiastes
 was king over ,israel in ,jerusalem1   
#a3ac4 ,and ,i proposed in my mind to   
seek and search out wisely concerning   
all things that are done under the sun4 
,this painful occupation hath ,god given
 to the children of men1 to be exercised
 therein4  #a3ad4 ,i have seen all      
things that are done under the sun1 and 
behold all is vanity1 and vexation of   
spirit4  #a3ae4 ,the perverse are hard  
to be corrected1 and the number of fools
 is infinite4  #a3af4 ,i have spoken in 
my heart1 saying3  ,behold ,i am become 
great1 and have gone beyond all in      
wisdom1 that were before me in          
,jerusalem3  and my mind hath           
contemplated many things wisely1 and ,i 
have learned4  #a3ag4 ,and ,i have given
 my heart to know prudence1 and         
learning1 and errors1 and folly3  and ,i
 have perceived that in these also there

 was labour1 and vexation of spirit1    
#a3ah4 ,because in much wisdom there is 
much indignation3  and he that addeth   
knowledge1 addeth also labour4          
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #b   ,the vanity 
of pleasures1 riches1 and worldly       
labours4  #b3a4 ,i said in my heart3  ,i
 will go1 and abound with delights1 and 
enjoy good things4  ,and ,i saw that    
this also was vanity4  #b3b4 ,laughter  
,i counted error3  and to mirth ,i said3
  ,why art thou vainly deceived8  #b3c4 
,i thought in my heart1 to withdraw my  
flesh from wine1 that ,i might turn my  
mind to wisdom1 and might avoid folly1  
till ,i might see what was profitable   
for the children of men3  and what they 
ought to do under the sun1 all the days 
of their life4  #b3d4 ,i made me great  
works1 ,i built me houses1 and planted  
vineyards1  #b3e4 ,i made gardens1 and  
orchards1 and set them with trees of all
 kinds1  #b3f4 ,and ,i made me ponds of 
water1 to water therewith the wood of   
the young trees1  #b3g4 ,i got me       

menservants1 and maidservants1 and had a
 great family3 and herds of oxen1 and   
great flocks of sheep1 above all that   
were before me in ,jerusalem3  #b3h4 ,i 
heaped together for myself silver and   
gold1 and the wealth of kings1 and      
provinces3  ,i made me singing men1 and 
singing women1 and the delights of the  
sons of men1 cups and vessels to serve  
to pour out wine3  #b3i4 ,and ,i        
surpassed in riches all that were before
 me in ,jerusalem3  my wisdom also      
remained with me4  #b3aj4 ,and          
whatsoever my eyes desired1 ,i refused  
them not3  and ,i withheld not my heart 
from enjoying every pleasure1 and       
delighting itself in the things which ,i
 had prepared3  and esteemed this my    
portion1 to make use of my own labour4  
#b3aa4 ,and when ,i turned myself to all
 the works which my hands had wrought1  
and to the labours wherein ,i had       
laboured in vain1 ,i saw in all things  
vanity1 and vexation of mind1 and that  
nothing was lasting under the sun4      

#b3ab4 ,i passed further to behold      
wisdom1 and errors and folly1 7,what is 
man1 said ,i that he can follow the     
,king his maker87  #b3ac4 ,and ,i saw   
that wisdom excelled folly1 as much as  
light differeth from darkness4  #b3ad4  
,the eyes of a wise man are in his head3
  the fool walketh in darkness3  and ,i 
learned that they were to die both      
alike4  #b3ae4 ,and ,i said in my heart3
  ,if the death of the fool and mine    
shall be one1 what doth it avail me1    
that ,i have applied myself more to the 
study of wisdom8  ,and speaking with my 
own mind1 ,i perceived that this also   
was vanity4  #b3af4 ,for there shall be 
no remembrance of the wise no more than 
of the fool forever1 and the times to   
come shall cover all things together    
with oblivion3  the learned dieth in    
like manner as the unlearned4  #b3ag4   
,and therefore ,i was weary of my life1 
when ,i saw that all things under the   
sun are evil1 and all vanity and        
vexation of spirit4  #b3ah4 ,again ,i   

hated all my application wherewith ,i   
had earnestly laboured under the sun1   
being like to have an heir after me1    
#b3ai4 ,whom ,i know not whether he will
 be a wise man or a fool1 and he shall  
have rule over all my labours with which
 ,i have laboured and been solicitous3  
and is there anything so vain8  #b3bj4  
,wherefore ,i left off and my heart     
renounced labouring anymore under the   
sun4  #b3ba4 ,for when a man laboureth  
in wisdom1 and knowledge1 and           
carefulness1 he leaveth what he hath    
gotten to an idle man3  so this also is 
vanity1 and a great evil4  #b3bb4 ,for  
what profit shall a man have of all his 
labour1 and vexation of spirit1 with    
which he hath been tormented under the  
sun8  #b3bc4 ,all his days are full of  
sorrows and miseries1 even in the night 
he doth not rest in mind3  and is not   
this vanity8  #b3bd4 ,is it not better  
to eat and drink1 and to shew his soul  
good things of his labours8  and this is
 from the hand of ,god4  #b3be4 ,who    

shall so feast and abound with delights 
as ,i8  #b3bf4 ,god hath given to a man 
that is good in his sight1 wisdom1 and  
knowledge1 and joy3  but to the sinner  
he hath given vexation1 and superfluous 
care1 to heap up and to gather together1
 and to give it to him that hath pleased
 ,god3  but this also is vanity1 and a  
fruitless solicitude of the mind4       
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #c   ,all human  
things are liable to perpetual changes4 
,we are to rest on ,god's providence1   
and cast away fruitless cares4  #c3a4   
,all things have their season1 and in   
their times all things pass under       
heaven4  #c3b4 ,a time to be born and a 
time to die4  ,a time to plant1 and a   
time to pluck up that which is planted4 
#c3c4 ,a time to kill1 and a time to    
heal4  ,a time to destroy1 and a time to
 build4  #c3d4 ,a time to weep1 and a   
time to laugh4  ,a time to mourn1 and a 
time to dance4  #c3e4 ,a time to scatter
 stones1 and a time to gather4  ,a time 
to embrace1 and a time to be far from   

embraces4  #c3f4 ,a time to get1 and a  
time to lose4  ,a time to keep1 and a   
time to cast away4  #c3g4 ,a time to    
rend1 and a time to sew4  ,a time to    
keep silence1 and a time to speak4      
#c3h4 ,a time of love1 and a time of    
hatred4  ,a time of war1 and a time of  
peace4  #c3i4 ,what hath man more of his
 labour8  #c3aj4 ,i have seen the       
trouble1 which ,god hath given the sons 
of men to be exercised in it4  #c3aa4   
,he hath made all things good in their  
time1 and hath delivered the world to   
their consideration1 so that man cannot 
find out the work which ,god hath made  
from the beginning to the end4  #c3ab4  
,and ,i have known that there was no    
better thing than to rejoice1 and to do 
well in this life4  #c3ac4 ,for every   
man that eateth and drinketh1 and seeth 
good of his labour1 this is the gift of 
,god4  #c3ad4 ,i have learned that all  
the works which ,god hath made1 continue
 for ever3  we cannot add any thing1 nor
 take away from those things which ,god 

hath made that he may be feared4  #c3ae4
 ,that which hath been made1 the same   
continueth3  the things that shall be1  
have already been3  and ,god restoreth  
that which is past4  #c3af4 ,i saw under
 the sun in the place of judgment       
wickedness1 and in the place of justice 
iniquity4  #c3ag4 ,and ,i said in my    
heart3  ,god shall judge both the just  
and the wicked1 and then shall be the   
time of every thing4  #c3ah4 ,i said in 
my heart concerning the sons of men1    
that ,god would prove them1 and shew    
them to be like beasts4  #c3ai4         
,therefore the death of man1 and of     
beasts is one1 and the condition of them
 both is equal3  as man dieth1 so they  
also die3  all things breathe alike1 and
 man hath nothing more than beast3  all 
things are subject to vanity4  ,man hath
 nothing more1 etc4 4 4,viz41 as to the 
life of the body4  #c3bj4 ,and all      
things go to one place3  of earth they  
were made1 and into earth they return   
together4  #c3ba4 ,who knoweth if the   

spirit of the children of ,adam ascend  
upward1 and if the spirit of the beasts 
descend downward8  ,who knoweth1 etc4 4 
4,viz41 experimentally3  since no one in
 this life can see a spirit4  ,but as to
 the spirit of the beasts1 which is     
merely animal1 and become extinct by the
 death of the beast1 who can tell the   
manner it acts so as to give life and   
motion1 and by death to descend         
downward1 that is1 to be no more8       
#c3bb4 ,and ,i have found that nothing  
is better than for a man to rejoice in  
his work1 and that this is his portion4 
,for who shall bring him to know the    
things that shall be after him8         
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #d   ,other      
instances of human miseries4  #d3a4 ,i  
turned myself to other things1 and ,i   
saw the oppressions that are done under 
the sun1 and the tears of the innocent1 
and they had no comforter2 and they were
 not able to resist their violence1     
being destitute of help from any4  #d3b4
 ,and ,i praised the dead rather than   

the living3  #d3c4 ,and ,i judged him   
happier than them both1 that is not yet 
born1 nor hath seen the evils that are  
done under the sun4  #d3d4 ,again ,i    
considered all the labours of men1 and  
,i remarked that their industries are   
exposed to the envy of their neighbour3 
so in this also there is vanity1 and    
fruitless care4  #d3e4 ,the fool foldeth
 his hands together1 and eateth his own 
flesh1 saying3  #d3f4 ,better is a      
handful with rest1 than both hands full 
with labour1 and vexation of mind4      
#d3g4 ,considering ,i found also another
 vanity under the sun3  #d3h4 ,there is 
but one1 and he hath not a second1 no   
child1 no brother1 and yet he ceaseth   
not to labour1 neither are his eyes     
satisfied with riches1 neither doth he  
reflect1 saying3  ,for whom do ,i       
labour1 and defraud my soul of good     
things8  in this also is vanity1 and a  
grievous vexation4  #d3i4 ,it is better 
therefore that two should be together1  
than one3  for they have the advantage  

of their society3  #d3aj4 ,if one fall  
he shall be supported by the other3  woe
 to him that is alone1 for when he      
falleth1 he hath none to lift him up4   
#d3aa4 ,and if two lie together1 they   
shall warm one another3  how shall one  
alone be warmed8  #d3ab4 ,and if a man  
prevail against one1 two shall withstand
 him3  a threefold cord is not easily   
broken4  #d3ac4 ,better is a child that 
is poor and wise1 than a king that is   
old and foolish1 who knoweth not to     
foresee for hereafter4  #d3ad4 ,because 
out of prison and chains sometimes a man
 cometh forth to a kingdom3  and another
 born king is consumed with poverty4    
#d3ae4 ,i saw all men living1 that walk 
under the sun with the second young man1
 who shall rise up in his place4  #d3af4
 ,the number of the people1 of all that 
were before him is infinite3  and they  
that shall come afterwards1 shall not   
rejoice in him3  but this also is       
vanity1 and vexation of spirit4  #d3ag4 
,keep thy foot1 when thou goest into the

 house of ,god1 and draw nigh to hear4  
,for much better is obedience1 than the 
victims of fools1 who know not what evil
 they do4    ,ecclesiastes ,chapter #e  
,caution in words4  ,vows are to be     
paid4  ,riches are often pernicious3 the
 moderate use of them is the gift of    
,god4  #e3a4 ,speak not any thing       
rashly1 and let not thy heart be hasty  
to utter a word before ,god4  ,for ,god 
is in heaven1 and thou upon earth3      
therefore let thy words be few4  #e3b4  
,dreams follow many cares3  and in many 
words shall be found folly4  #e3c4 ,if  
thou hast vowed any thing to ,god1 defer
 not to pay it3  for an unfaithful and  
foolish promise displeaseth him3  but   
whatsoever thou hast vowed1 pay it4     
#e3d4 ,and it is much better not to vow1
 than after a vow not to perform the    
things promised4  #e3e4 ,give not thy   
mouth to cause thy flesh to sin3  and   
say not before the angel3  ,there is no 
providence3  lest ,god be angry at thy  
words1 and destroy all the works of thy 

hands4  #e3f4 ,where there are many     
dreams1 there are many vanities1 and    
words without number3  but do thou fear 
,god4  #e3g4 ,if thou shalt see the     
oppressions of the poor1 and violent    
judgments1 and justice perverted in the 
province1 wonder not at this matter3    
for he that is high hath another higher1
 and there are others still higher than 
these3  #e3h4 ,moreover there is the    
king that reigneth over all the land    
subject to him4  #e3i4 ,a covetous man  
shall not be satisfied with money3  and 
he that loveth riches shall reap no     
fruit from them3  so this also is       
vanity4  #e3aj4 ,where there are great  
riches1 there are also many to eat them4
 ,and what doth it profit the owner1 but
 that he seeth the riches with his eyes8
  #e3aa4 ,sleep is sweet to a labouring 
man1 whether he eat little or much3 but 
the fulness of the rich will not suffer 
him to sleep4  #e3ab4 ,there is also    
another grievous evil1 which ,i have    
seen under the sun3  riches kept to the 

hurt of the owner4  #e3ac4 ,for they are
 lost with very great affliction3  he   
hath begotten a son1 who shall be in    
extremity of want4  #e3ad4 ,as he came  
forth naked from his mother's womb1 so  
shall he return1 and shall take nothing 
away with him of his labour4  #e3ae4 ,a 
most deplorable evil3  as he came1 so   
shall he return4  ,what then doth it    
profit him that he hath laboured for the
 wind8  #e3af4 ,all the days of his life
 he eateth in darkness1 and in many     
cares1 and in misery1 and sorrow4       
#e3ag4 ,this therefore hath seemed good 
to me1 that a man should eat and drink1 
and enjoy the fruit of his labour1      
wherewith he hath laboured under the    
sun1 all the days of his life1 which    
,god hath given him3  and this is his   
portion4  #e3ah4 ,and every man to whom 
,god hath given riches1 and substance1  
and hath given him power to eat thereof1
 and to enjoy his portion1 and to       
rejoice of his labour3  this is the gift
 of ,god4  #e3ai4 ,for he shall not much

 remember the days of his life1 because 
,god entertaineth his heart with        
delight4    ,ecclesiastes ,chapter #f   
,the misery of the covetous man4  #f3a4 
,there is also another evil1 which ,i   
have seen under the sun1 and that       
frequent among men3  #f3b4 ,a man to    
whom ,god hath given riches1 and        
substance1 and honour1 and his soul     
wanteth nothing of all that he desireth3
  yet ,god doth not give him power to   
eat thereof1 but a stranger shall eat it
 up4  ,this is vanity and a great       
misery4  #f3c4 ,if a man beget a hundred
 children1 and live many years1 and     
attain to a great age1 and his soul make
 no use of the goods of his substance1  
and he be without burial3  of this man  
,i pronounce1 that the untimely born is 
better than he4  #f3d4 ,for he came in  
vain1 and goeth to darkness1 and his    
name shall be wholly forgotten4  #f3e4  
,he hath not seen the sun1 nor known the
 distance of good and evil3  #f3f4      
,although he lived two thousand years1  

and hath not enjoyed good things3  do   
not all make haste to one place8  #f3g4 
,all the labour of man is for his mouth1
 but his soul shall not be filled4      
#f3h4 ,what hath the wise man more than 
the fool8  and what the poor man1 but to
 go thither1 where there is life8  #f3i4
 ,better it is to see what thou mayst   
desire1 than to desire that which thou  
canst not know4  ,but this also is      
vanity1 and presumption of spirit4      
#f3aj4 ,he that shall be1 his name is   
already called3  and it is known1 that  
he is a man1 and cannot contend in      
judgment with him that is stronger than 
himself4  #f3aa4 ,there are many words  
that have much vanity in disputing4     
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #g               
,prescriptions against worldly vanities3
  mortification1 patience1 and seeking  
wisdom4  #g3a4 ,what needeth a man to   
seek things that are above him1 whereas 
he knoweth not what is profitable for   
him in his life1 in all the days of his 
pilgrimage1 and the time that passeth   

like a shadow8  ,or who can tell him    
what shall be after him under the sun8  
#g3b4 ,a good name is better than       
precious ointments3  and the day of     
death than the day of one's birth4      
#g3c4 ,it is better to go to the house  
of mourning1 than to the house of       
feasting3  for in that we are put in    
mind of the end of all1 and the living  
thinketh what is to come4  #g3d4 ,anger 
is better than laughter3  because by the
 sadness of the countenance the mind of 
the offender is corrected4  ,anger4 4   
4,that is1 correction1 or just wrath and
 zeal against evil4  #g3e4 ,the heart of
 the wise is where there is mourning1   
and the heart of fools where there is   
mirth4  #g3f4 ,it is better to be       
rebuked by a wise man1 than to be       
deceived by the flattery of fools4      
#g3g4 ,for as the crackling of thorns   
burning under a pot1 so is the laughter 
of a fool3  now this also is vanity4    
#g3h4 ,oppression troubleth the wise1   
and shall destroy the strength of his   

heart4  #g3i4 ,better is the end of a   
speech than the beginning4  ,better is  
the patient man than the presumptuous4  
#g3aj4 ,be not quickly angry3  for anger
 resteth in the bosom of a fool4  #g3aa4
 ,say not3  ,what thinkest thou is the  
cause that former times were better than
 they are now8  for this manner of      
question is foolish4  #g3ab4 ,wisdom    
with riches is more profitable1 and     
bringeth more advantage to them that see
 the sun4  #g3ac4 ,for as wisdom is a   
defence1 so money is a defence3  but    
learning and wisdom excel in this1 that 
they give life to him that possesseth   
them4  #g3ad4 ,consider the works of    
,god1 that no man can correct whom he   
hath despised4  #g3ae4 ,in the good day 
enjoy good things1 and beware beforehand
 of the evil day3  for ,god hath made   
both the one and the other1 that man may
 not find against him any just          
complaint4  #g3af4 ,these things also ,i
 saw in the days of my vanity3  ,a just 
man perisheth in his justice1 and a     

wicked man liveth a long time in his    
wickedness4  #g3ag4 ,be not over just3  
and be not more wise than is necessary1 
lest thou become stupid4  ,over just4 4 
4,viz41 ,by an excessive rigour in      
censuring the ways of ,god in bearing   
with the wicked4  #g3ah4 ,be not        
overmuch wicked3  and be not foolish1   
lest thou die before thy time4  ,be not 
overmuch wicked4 4 4,that is1 lest by   
the greatness of your sin you leave no  
room for mercy4  #g3ai4 ,it is good that
 thou shouldst hold up the just1 yea and
 from him withdraw not thy hand3  for he
 that feareth ,god1 neglecteth nothing4 
#g3bj4 ,wisdom hath strengthened the    
wise more than ten princes of the city4 
#g3ba4 ,for there is no just man upon   
earth1 that doth good1 and sinneth not4 
#g3bb4 ,but do not apply thy heart to   
all words that are spoken3  lest perhaps
 thou hear thy servant reviling thee4   
#g3bc4 ,for thy conscience knoweth that 
thou also hast often spoken evil of     
others4  #g3bd4 ,i have tried all things

 in wisdom4  ,i have said3  ,i will be  
wise3 and it departed farther from me1  
#g3be4 ,much more than it was3  it is a 
great depth1 who shall find it out8     
#g3bf4 ,i have surveyed all things with 
my mind1 to know1 and consider1 and seek
 out wisdom and reason3  and to know the
 wickedness of the fool1 and the error  
of the imprudent3  #g3bg4 ,and ,i have  
found a woman more bitter than death1   
who is the hunter's snare1 and her heart
 is a net1 and her hands are bands4  ,he
 that pleaseth ,god shall escape from   
her3  but he that is a sinner1 shall be 
caught by her4  #g3bh4 ,lo this have ,i 
found1 said ,ecclesiastes1 weighing one 
thing after another1 that ,i might find 
out the account1  #g3bi4 ,which yet my  
soul seeketh1 and ,i have not found it4 
,one man among a thousand ,i have found1
 a woman among them all ,i have not     
found4  #g3cj4 ,only this ,i have found1
 that ,god made man right1 and he hath  
entangled himself with an infinity of   
questions4  ,who is as the wise man8    

and who hath known the resolution of the
 word8  ,of the word4 4 4,that is1 of   
this obscure and difficult matter4      
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #h   ,true wisdom
 is to observe ,god's commandments4     
,the ways of ,god are unsearchable4     
#h3a4 ,the wisdom of a man shineth in   
his countenance1 and the most mighty    
will change his face4  #h3b4 ,i observe 
the mouth of the king1 and the          
commandments of the oath of ,god4  #h3c4
 ,be not hasty to depart from his face1 
and do not continue in an evil work3    
for he will do all that pleaseth him3   
#h3d4 ,and his word is full of power3   
neither can any man say to him3  ,why   
dost thou so8  #h3e4 ,he that keepeth   
the commandment1 shall find no evil4    
,the heart of a wiser man understandeth 
time and answer4  #h3f4 ,there is a time
 and opportunity for every business1 and
 great affliction for man3  #h3g4       
,because he is ignorant of things past1 
and things to come he cannot know by any
 messenger4  #h3h4 ,it is not in man's  

power to stop the spirit1 neither hath  
he power in the day of death1 neither is
 he suffered to rest when war is at     
hand1 neither shall wickedness save the 
wicked4  #h3i4 ,all these things ,i have
 considered1 and applied my heart to all
 the works that are done under the sun4 
,sometimes one man ruleth over another  
to his own hurt4  #h3aj4 ,i saw the     
wicked buried3  who also when they were 
yet living were in the holy place1 and  
were praised in the city as men of just 
works3 but this also is vanity4  #h3aa4 
,for because sentence is not speedily   
pronounced against the evil1 the        
children of men commit evils without any
 fear4  #h3ab4 ,but though a sinner do  
evil a hundred times1 and by patience be
 borne withal1 ,i know from thence that 
it shall be well with them that fear    
,god1 who dread his face4  #h3ac4 ,but  
let it not be well with the wicked1     
neither let his days be prolonged1 but  
as a shadow let them pass away that fear
 not the face of the ,lord4  #h3ad4     

,there is also another vanity1 which is 
done upon the earth4  ,there are just   
men to whom evils happen1 as though they
 had done the works of the wicked3  and 
there are wicked men1 who are as secure 
as though they had the deeds of the     
just3  but this also ,i judge most vain4
  #h3ae4 ,therefore ,i commended mirth1 
because there was no good for a man     
under the sun1 but to eat1 and drink1   
and be merry1 and that he should take   
nothing else with him of his labour in  
the days of his life1 which ,god hath   
given him under the sun4  ,no good for a
 man1 etc4 4 4,some commentators think  
the wise man here speaks in the person  
of the libertine3  representing the     
objections of these men against divine  
providence1 and the inferences they draw
 from thence1 which he takes care       
afterwards to refute4  ,but it may also 
be said1 that his meaning is to commend 
the moderate use of the goods of this   
world1 preferably to the cares and      
solicitudes of worldlings1 their        

attachment to vanity and curiosity1 and 
presumptuously diving into the          
unsearchable ways of divine providence4 
#h3af4 ,and ,i applied my heart to know 
wisdom1 and to understand the           
distraction that is upon earth3  for    
there are some that day and night take  
no sleep with their eyes4  #h3ag4 ,and  
,i understood that man can find no      
reason of all those works of ,god that  
are done under the sun3  and the more he
 shall labour to seek1 so much the less 
shall he find3  yea1 though the wise man
 shall say1 that he knoweth it1 he shall
 not be able to find it4                
,ecclesiastes ,chapter #i   ,man knows  
not certainty that he is in ,god's      
grace4  ,after death no more work or    
merit4  #i3a4 ,all these things have ,i 
considered in my heart1 that ,i might   
carefully understand them3  there are   
just men and wise men1 and their works  
are in the hand of ,god3  and yet man   
knoweth not whether he be worthy of     
love1 or hatred3  #i3b4 ,but all things 

are kept uncertain for the time to come1
 because all things equally happen to   
the just and to the wicked1 to the good 
and to the evil1 to the clean and to the
 unclean1 to him that offereth victims1 
and to him that despiseth sacrifices4   
,as the good is1 so also is the sinner3 
as the perjured1 so he also that        
sweareth truth4  #i3c4 ,this is a very  
great evil among all things that are    
done under the sun1 that the same things
 happen to all men3  whereby also the   
hearts of the children of men are filled
 with evil1 and with contempt while they
 live1 and afterwards they shall be     
brought down to hell4  #i3d4 ,there is  
no man that liveth always1 or that      
hopeth for this3  a living dog is better
 than a dead lion4  #i3e4 ,for the      
living know that they shall die1 but the
 dead know nothing more1 neither have   
they a reward any more3  for the memory 
of them is forgotten4  ,know nothing    
more4 4 4,viz41 as to the transactions  
of this world1 in which they have now no

 part1 unless it be revealed to them2   
neither have they any knowledge or power
 now of doing any thing to secure their 
eternal state1 7if they have not taken  
care of it in their lifetime37 nor can  
they now procure themselves any good1 as
 the living always may do1 by the grace 
of ,god4  #i3f4 ,their love also1 and   
their hatred1 and their envy are all    
perished1 neither have they any part in 
this world1 and in the work that is done
 under the sun4  #i3g4 ,go then1 and eat
 thy bread with joy1 and drink thy wine 
with gladness3  because thy works please
 ,god4  #i3h4 ,at all times let thy     
garments be white1 and let not oil      
depart from thy head4  #i3i4 ,live      
joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest1
 all the days of thy unsteady life1     
which are given to thee under the sun1  
all the time of thy vanity3  for this is
 thy portion in life1 and in thy labour 
wherewith thou labourest under the sun4 
#i3aj4 ,whatsoever thy hand is able to  
do1 do it earnestly3  for neither work1 

nor reason1 nor wisdom1 nor knowledge   
shall be in hell1 whither thou art      
hastening4  #i3aa4 ,i turned me to      
another thing1 and ,i saw that under the
 sun1 the race is not to the swift1 nor 
the battle to the strong1 nor bread to  
the wise1 nor riches to the learned1 nor
 favour to the skilful3  but time and   
chance in all4  #i3ab4 ,man knoweth not 
his own end3  but as fishes are taken   
with the hook1 and as birds are caught  
with the snare1 so men are taken in the 
evil time1 when it shall suddenly come  
upon them4  #i3ac4 ,this wisdom also ,i 
have seen under the sun1 and it seemed  
to me to be very great3  #i3ad4 ,a      
little city1 and few men in it3  there  
came against it a great king1 and       
invested it1 and built bulwarks round   
about it1 and the siege was perfect4    
#i3ae4 ,now there was found in it a man 
poor and wise1 and he delivered the city
 by his wisdom1 and no man afterward    
remembered that poor man4  #i3af4 ,and  
,i said that wisdom is better than      

strength3  how then is the wisdom of the
 poor man slighted1 and his words not   
heard8  #i3ag4 ,the words of the wise   
are heard in silence1 more than the cry 
of a prince among fools4  #i3ah4 ,better
 is wisdom1 than weapons of war3  and he
 that shall offend in one1 shall lose   
many good things4    ,ecclesiastes      
,chapter #aj   ,observations on wisdom  
and folly1 ambition and detraction4     
#aj3a4 ,dying flies spoil the sweetness 
of the ointment4  ,wisdom and glory is  
more precious than a small and          
shortlived folly4  #aj3b4 ,the heart of 
a wise man is in his right hand1 and the
 heart of a fool is in his left hand4   
#aj3c4 ,yea1 and the fool when he       
walketh in the way1 whereas he himself  
is a fool1 esteemeth all men fools4     
#aj3d4 ,if the spirit of him that hath  
power1 ascend upon thee1 leave not thy  
place3  because care will make the      
greatest sins to cease4  #aj3e4 ,there  
is an evil that ,i have seen under the  
sun1 as it were by an error proceeding  

from the face of the prince3  #aj3f4 ,a 
fool set in high dignity1 and the rich  
sitting beneath4  #aj3g4 ,i have seen   
servants upon horses3  and princes      
walking on the ground as servants4      
#aj3h4 ,he that diggeth a pit1 shall    
fall into it3  and he that breaketh a   
hedge1 a serpent shall bite him4  #aj3i4
 ,he that removeth stones1 shall be hurt
 by them3  and he that cutteth trees1   
shall be wounded by them4  #aj3aj4 ,if  
the iron be blunt1 and be not as before1
 but be made blunt1 with much labour it 
shall be sharpened3  and after industry 
shall follow wisdom4  #aj3aa4 ,if a     
serpent bite in silence1 he is nothing  
better that backbiteth secretly4        
#aj3ab4 ,the words of the mouth of a    
wise man are grace3  but the lips of a  
fool shall throw him down headlong4     
#aj3ac4 ,the beginning of his words is  
folly1 and the end of his talk is a     
mischievous error4  #aj3ad4 ,a fool     
multiplieth words4  ,a man cannot tell  
what hath been before him3  and what    

shall be after him1 who can tell him8   
#aj3ae4 ,the labour of fools shall      
afflict them that know not how to go to 
the city4  #aj3af4 ,woe to thee1 ,o     
land1 when thy king is a child1 and when
 the princes eat in the morning4        
#aj3ag4 ,blessed is the land1 whose king
 is noble1 and whose princes eat in due 
season for refreshment1 and not for     
riotousness4  #aj3ah4 ,by slothfulness a
 building shall be brought down1 and    
through the weakness of hands1 the house
 shall drop through4  #aj3ai4 ,for      
laughter they make bread1 and wine that 
the living may feast3  and all things   
obey money4  #aj3bj4 ,detract not the   
king1 no not in thy thought2 and speak  
not evil of the rich man in thy private 
chamber3  because even the birds of the 
air will carry thy voice1 and he that   
hath wings will tell what thou hast     
said4    ,ecclesiastes ,chapter #aa     
,exhortation to works of mercy1 while we
 have time1 to diligence in good1 and to
 the remembrance of death and judgment4 

#aa3a4 ,cast thy bread upon the running 
waters3  for after a long time thou     
shalt find it again4  #aa3b4 ,give a    
portion to seven1 and also to eight3    
for thou knowest not what evil shall be 
upon the earth4  #aa3c4 ,if the clouds  
be full1 they will pour out rain upon   
the earth4  ,if the tree fall to the    
south1 or to the north1 in what place   
soever it shall fall1 there shall it be4
  ,if the tree fall1 etc4 4 4,the state 
of the soul is unchangeable when once   
she comes to heaven or hell3  and a soul
 that departs this life in the state of 
grace1 shall never fall from grace3  as 
on the other side1 a soul that dies out 
of the state of grace1 shall never come 
to it4  ,but this does not exclude a    
place of temporal punishments for such  
souls as die in the state of grace3  yet
 not so as to be entirely pure3  and    
therefore they shall be saved1 indeed1  
yet so as by fire4  #a ,cor4 #c4ac1 #ad1
 #ae4  #aa3d4 ,he that observeth the    
wind1 shall not sow3  and he that       

considereth the clouds1 shall never     
reap4  #aa3e4 ,as thou knowest not what 
is the way of the spirit1 nor how the   
bones are joined together in the womb of
 her that is with child3  so thou       
knowest not the works of ,god1 who is   
the maker of all4  #aa3f4 ,in the       
morning sow thy seed1 and in the evening
 let not thy hand cease3  for thou      
knowest not which may rather spring up1 
this or that3 and if both together1 it  
shall be the better4  #aa3g4 ,the light 
is sweet1 and it is delightful for the  
eyes to see the sun4  #aa3h4 ,if a man  
live many years1 and have rejoiced in   
them all1 he must remember the darksome 
time1 and the many days3  which when    
they shall come1 the things past shall  
be accused of vanity4  #aa3i4 ,rejoice  
therefore1 ,o young man1 in thy youth1  
and let thy heart be in that which is   
good in the days of thy youth1 and walk 
in the ways of thy heart1 and in the    
sight of thy eyes3  and know that for   
all these ,god will bring thee into     

judgment4  #aa3aj4 ,remove anger from   
thy heart1 and put away evil from thy   
flesh4 ,for youth and pleasure are vain4
    ,ecclesiastes ,chapter #ab   ,the   
,creator is to be remembered in the days
 of our youth3  all worldly things are  
vain3  we should fear ,god and keep his 
commandments4  #ab3a4 ,remember thy     
,creator in the days of thy youth1      
before the time of affliction come1 and 
the years draw nigh of which thou shalt 
say3  ,they please me not3  #ab3b4      
,before the sun1 and the light1 and the 
moon1 and the stars be darkened1 and the
 clouds return after the rain3  ,before 
the sun1 etc4 4 4,that is1 before old   
age3  the effects of which upon all the 
senses and faculties are described in   
the following verses1 under a variety of
 figures4  #ab3c4 ,when the keepers of  
the house shall tremble1 and the strong 
men shall stagger1 and the grinders     
shall be idle in a small number1 and    
they that look through the holes shall  
be darkened3  #ab3d4 ,and they shall    

shut the doors in the street1 when the  
grinder's voice shall be low1 and they  
shall rise up at the voice of the bird1 
and all the daughters of music shall    
grow deaf4  #ab3e4 ,and they shall fear 
high things1 and they shall be afraid in
 the way1 the almond tree shall         
flourish1 the locust shall be made fat1 
and the caper tree shall be destroyed3  
because man shall go into the house of  
his eternity1 and the mourners shall go 
round about in the street4  #ab3f4      
,before the silver cord be broken1 and  
the golden fillet shrink back1 and the  
pitcher be crushed at the fountain1 and 
the wheel be broken upon the cistern1   
#ab3g4 ,and the dust return into its    
earth1 from whence it was1 and the      
spirit return to ,god1 who gave it4     
#ab3h4 ,vanity of vanities1 said        
,ecclesiastes1 and all things are       
vanity4  #ab3i4 ,and whereas            
,ecclesiastes was very wise1 he taught  
the people1 and declared the things that
 he had done3  and seeking out1 he set  

forth many parables4  #ab3aj4 ,he sought
 profitable words1 and wrote words most 
right1 and full of truth4  #ab3aa4 ,the 
words of the wise are as goads1 and as  
nails deeply fastened in1 which by the  
counsel of masters are given from one   
shepherd4  #ab3ab4 ,more than these1 my 
son1 require not4  ,of making many books
 there is no end3  and much study is an 
affliction of the flesh4  #ab3ac4 ,let  
us all hear together the conclusion of  
the discourse4  ,fear ,god1 and keep his
 commandments3  for this is all man3    
,all man4 4 4,the whole business and    
duty of man4  #ab3ad4 ,and all things   
that are done1 ,god will bring into     
judgment for every error1 whether it be 
good or evil4  ,error4 4 4,or1 hidden   
and secret thing4     ,,solomon',s      
,,canticle ,,of ,,canticles    ,this    
,book is called the ,canticle of        
,canticles1 that is to say1 the most    
excellent of all canticles3  because it 
is full of high mysteries1 relating to  
the happy union of ,christ and his      

spouse3  which is here begun by love2   
and is to be eternal in heaven4  ,the   
spouse of ,christ is the church3  more  
especially as to the happiest part of   
it1 viz41 perfect souls1 every one of   
which is his beloved1 but1 above all    
others1 the immaculate and ever blessed 
virgin mother4    ,canticle of          
,canticles ,chapter #a   ,the spouse    
aspires to an union with ,christ1 their 
mutual love for one another4  #a3a4 ,let
 him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth3
  for thy breasts are better than wine1 
,let him kiss me4 4 4,the church1 the   
spouse of ,christ1 prays that he may    
love and have peace with her1 which the 
spouse prefers to every thing delicious3
  and therefore expresses 7ver4 #b7 that
 young maidens1 that is the souls of the
 faithful1 have loved thee4  #a3b4      
,smelling sweet of the best ointments4  
,thy name is as oil poured out3         
therefore young maidens have loved thee4
  #a3c4 ,draw me3  we will run after    
thee to the odour of thy ointments4     

,the king hath brought me into his      
storerooms3  we will be glad and rejoice
 in thee1 remembering thy breasts more  
than wine3  the rightous love thee4     
,draw me4 4 4,that is1 with thy grace3  
otherwise ,i should not be able to come 
to thee4  ,this metaphor shews that we  
cannot of ourselves come to ,christ our 
,lord1 unless he draws us by his grace1 
which is laid up in his storerooms3     
that is1 in the mysteries of ,faith1    
which ,god in his goodness and love for 
mankind hath revealed1 first by his     
servant ,moses in the ,old ,law in      
figure only1 and afterwards in reality  
by his only begotten ,son ,jesus        
,christ4  #a3d4 ,i am black but         
beautiful1 ,o ye daughters of           
,jerusalem1 as the tents of ,cedar1 as  
the curtains of ,solomon4  ,i am black  
but beautiful4 4 4,that is1 the church  
of ,christ founded in humility appearing
 outwardly afflicted1 and as it were    
black and contemptible2 but inwardly1   
that is1 in its doctrine and morality1  

fair and beautiful4  #a3e4 ,do not      
consider me that ,i am brown1 because   
the sun hath altered my colour3  the    
sons of my mother have fought against   
me1 they have made me the keeper in the 
vineyards3  my vineyard ,i have not     
kept4  #a3f4 ,shew me1 ,o thou whom my  
soul loveth1 where thou feedest1 where  
thou liest in the midday1 lest ,i begin 
to wander after the flocks of thy       
companions4  #a3g4 ,if thou know not    
thyself1 ,o fairest among women1 go     
forth1 and follow after the steps of the
 flocks1 and feed thy kids beside the   
tents of the shepherds4  ,if thou know  
not thyself1 etc4 4 4,christ encourages 
his spouse to follow and watch her      
flock3  and though she know not entirely
 the power at hand to assist her1 he    
tells her1 ver4 #h1 my company of       
horsemen1 that is1 his angels1 are      
always watching and protecting her4     
,and in the following verses he reminds 
her of the virtues and gifts with which 
he has endowed her4  #a3h4 ,to my       

company of horsemen1 in ,pharao's       
chariots1 have ,i likened thee1 ,o my   
love4  #a3i4 ,thy cheeks are beautiful  
as the turtledove's1 thy neck as jewels4
  #a3aj4 ,we will make thee chains of   
gold1 inlaid with silver4  #a3aa4 ,while
 the king was at his repose1 my         
spikenard sent forth the odour thereof4 
#a3ab4 ,a bundle of myrrh is my beloved 
to me1 he shall abide between my        
breasts4  #a3ac4 ,a cluster of cypress  
my love is to me1 in the vineyards of   
,engaddi4  #a3ad4 ,behold thou are fair1
 ,o my love1 behold thou are fair1 thy  
eyes are as those of doves4  #a3ae4     
,behold thou art fair1 my beloved1 and  
comely4  ,our bed is flourishing4       
#a3af4 ,the beams of our houses are of  
cedar1 our rafters of cypress trees4    
,canticle of ,canticles ,chapter #b     
,christ caresses his spouse3  he invites
 her to him4  #b3a4 ,i am the flower of 
the field1 and the lily of the valleys4 
,i am the flower of the field4 4        
4,christ professes himself the flower of

 mankind1 yea1 the ,lord of all         
creatures3  and1 ver4 #b1 declares the  
excellence of his spouse1 the true      
church above all other societies1 which 
are to be considered as thorns4  #b3b4  
,as the lily among thorns1 so is my love
 among the daughters4  #b3c4 ,as the    
apple tree among the trees of the woods1
 so is my beloved among the sons4  ,i   
sat down under his shadow1 whom ,i      
desired3  and his fruit was sweet to my 
palate4  #b3d4 ,he brought me into the  
cellar of wine1 he set in order charity 
in me4  #b3e4 ,stay me up with flowers1 
compass me about with apples3  because  
,i languish with love4  #b3f4 ,his left 
hand is under my head1 and his right    
hand shall embrace me4  #b3g4 ,i adjure 
you1 ,o ye daughters of ,jerusalem1 by  
the roes1 and the harts of the field1   
that you stir not up1 nor make the      
beloved to awake1 till she please4      
#b3h4 ,the voice of my beloved1 behold  
he cometh leaping upon the mountains1   
skipping over the hills4  ,the voice of 

my beloved3  that is1 the preaching of  
the gospel surmounting difficulties     
figuratively here expressed by mountains
 and little hills4  #b3i4 ,my beloved is
 like a roe1 or a young hart4  ,behold  
he standeth behind our wall1 looking    
through the windows1 looking through the
 lattices4  #b3aj4 ,behold my beloved   
speaketh to me3  ,arise1 make haste1 my 
love1 my dove1 my beautiful one1 and    
come4  #b3aa4 ,for winter is now past1  
the rain is over and gone4  #b3ab4 ,the 
flowers have appeared in our land1 the  
time of pruning is come3  the voice of  
the turtle is heard in our land3  #b3ac4
 ,the fig tree hath put forth her green 
figs3  the vines in flower yield their  
sweet smell4  ,arise1 my love1 my       
beautiful one1 and come3  #b3ad4 ,my    
dove in the clefts of the rock1 in the  
hollow places of the wall1 shew me thy  
face1 let thy voice sound in my ears3   
for thy voice is sweet1 and thy face    
comely4  #b3ae4 ,catch us the little    
foxes that destroy the vines3  for our  

vineyard hath flourished4  ,catch us the
 little foxes4 4 4,christ commands his  
pastors to catch false teachers1 by     
holding forth their fallacy and         
erroneous doctrine1 which like foxes    
would bite and destroy the vines4       
#b3af4 ,my beloved to me1 and ,i to him 
who feedeth among the lilies1  #b3ag4   
,till the day break1 and the shadows    
retire4  ,return3  be like1 my beloved1 
to a roe1 or to a young hart upon the   
mountains of ,bether4    ,canticle of   
,canticles ,chapter #c   ,the spouse    
seeks ,christ4  ,the glory of his       
humanity4  #c3a4 ,in my bed by night ,i 
sought him whom my soul loveth3  ,i     
sought him1 and found him not4  ,in my  
bed by night1 etc4 4 4,the ,gentiles as 
in the dark1 and seeking in heathen     
delusion what they could not find1 the  
true ,god1 until ,christ revealed his   
doctrine to them by his watchmen1 7ver4 
#c17 that is1 by the apostles1 and      
teachers by whom they were converted to 
the true faith2 and holding that faith  

firmly1 the spouse 7the ,catholic       
,church7 declares1 ver4 #d1 ,that she   
will not let him go1 till she bring him 
into her mother's house1 etc41 that is1 
till at last1 the ,jews also shall find 
him4  #c3b4 ,i will rise1 and will go   
about the city3  in the streets and the 
broad ways ,i will seek him whom my soul
 loveth3  ,i sought him1 and ,i found   
him not4  #c3c4 ,the watchmen who keep  
the city1 found me3  ,have you seen him1
 whom my soul loveth8  #c3d4 ,when ,i   
had a little passed by them1 ,i found   
him whom my soul loveth3  ,i held him3  
and ,i will not let him go1 till ,i     
bring him into my mother's house1 and   
into the chamber of her that bore me4   
#c3e4 ,i adjure you1 ,o daughters of    
,jerusalem1 by the roes and the harts of
 the fields1 that you stir not up1 nor  
awake my beloved1 till she please4      
#c3f4 ,who is she that goeth up by the  
desert1 as a pillar of smoke of         
aromatical spices1 of myrrh1 and        
frankincense1 and of all the powders of 

the perfumer8  #c3g4 ,behold threescore 
valiant ones of the most valiant of     
,israel1 surrounded the bed of ,solomon8
  #c3h4 ,all holding swords1 and most   
expert in war3  every man's sword upon  
his thigh1 because of fears in the      
night4  #c3i4 ,king ,solomon hath made  
him a litter of the wood of ,libanus3   
#c3aj4 ,the pillars thereof he made of  
silver1 the seat of gold1 the going up  
of purple3  the midst he covered with   
charity for the daughters of ,jerusalem4
  #c3aa4 ,go forth1 ye daughters of     
,sion1 and see king ,solomon in the     
diadem1 wherewith his mother crowned him
 in the day of the joy of his heart4    
,canticle of ,canticles ,chapter #d     
,christ sets forth the graces of his    
spouse3  and declares his love for her4 
#d3a4 ,how beautiful art thou1 my love1 
how beautiful art thou6 thy eyes are    
doves' eyes1 besides what is hid within4
  ,thy hair is as flocks of goats1 which
 come up from mount ,galaad4  ,how      
beautiful art thou4 4 4,christ again    

praises the beauties of his church1     
which through the whole of this chapter 
are exemplified by a variety of         
metaphors1 setting forth her purity1 her
 simplicity1 and her stability4  #d3b4  
,thy teeth as flocks of sheep1 that are 
shorn1 which come up from the washing1  
all with twins1 and there is none barren
 among them4  #d3c4 ,thy lips are as a  
scarlet lace3  and thy speech sweet4    
,thy cheeks are as a piece of a         
pomegranate1 besides that which lieth   
hid within4  #d3d4 ,thy neck1 is as the 
tower of ,david1 which is built with    
bulwarks3 a thousand bucklers hang upon 
it1 all the armour of valiant men4      
#d3e4 ,thy two breasts like two young   
roes that are twins1 which feed among   
the lilies4  ,thy two breasts1 etc4 4   
4,mystically to be understood3  the love
 of ,god and the love of our neighbour1 
which are so united as twins which feed 
among the lilies3  that is1 the love of 
,god and our neighbour1 feeds on the    
divine mysteries and the holy           

sacraments1 left by ,christ to his      
spouse to feed and nourish her children4
  #d3f4 ,till the day break1 and the    
shadows retire1 ,i will go to the       
mountain of myrrh1 and to the hill of   
frankincense4  #d3g4 ,thou art all fair1
 ,o my love1 and there is not a spot in 
thee4  #d3h4 ,come from ,libanus1 my    
spouse1 come from ,libanus1 come3  thou 
shalt be crowned from the top of ,amana1
 from the top of ,sanir and ,hermon1    
from the dens of the lions1 from the    
mountains of the leopards4  #d3i4 ,thou 
hast wounded my heart1 my sister1 my    
spouse1 thou hast wounded my heart with 
one of thy eyes1 and with one hair of   
thy neck4  #d3aj4 ,how beautiful are thy
 breasts1 my sister1 my spouse6 thy     
breasts are more beautiful than wine1   
and the sweet smell of thy ointments    
above all aromatical spices4  #d3aa4    
,thy lips1 my spouse1 are as a dropping 
honeycomb1 honey and milk are under thy 
tongue2 and the smell of thy garments1  
as the smell of frankincense4  #d3ab4   

,my sister1 my spouse1 is a garden      
enclosed1 a garden enclosed1 a fountain 
sealed up4  ,my sister1 etc41 a garden  
enclosed4 4 4,figuratively the church is
 enclosed1 containing only the faithful4
  ,a fountain sealed up4 4 4,that none  
can drink of its waters1 that is1 the   
graces and spiritual benefits of the    
holy sacraments1 but those who are      
within its walls4  #d3ac4 ,thy plants   
are a paradise of pomegranates with the 
fruits of the orchard4  ,cypress with   
spikenard4  #d3ad4 ,spikenard and       
saffron1 sweet cane and cinnamon1 with  
all the trees of ,libanus1 myrrh and    
aloes with all the chief perfumes4      
#d3ae4 ,the fountain of gardens3  the   
well of living waters1 which run with a 
strong stream from ,libanus4  #d3af4    
,arise1 ,o north wind1 and come1 ,o     
south wind1 blow through my garden1 and 
let the aromatical spices thereof flow4 
,canticle of ,canticles ,chapter #e     
,christ calls his spouse3  she          
languishes with love3  and describes him

 by his graces4  #e3a4 ,let my beloved  
come into his garden1 and eat the fruit 
of his apple trees4  ,i am come into my 
garden1 ,o my sister1 my spouse1 ,i have
 gathered my myrrh1 with my aromatical  
spices3  ,i have eaten the honeycomb    
with my honey1 ,i have drunk my wine    
with my milk3  eat1 ,o friends1 and     
drink1 and be inebriated1 my dearly     
beloved4  ,let my beloved come into his 
garden1 etc4 4 4,garden1 mystically the 
church of ,christ1 abounding with fruit1
 that is1 the good works of the elect4  
#e3b4 ,i sleep1 and my heart watcheth3  
the voice of my beloved knocking3 ,open 
to me1 my sister1 my love1 my dove1 my  
undefiled3  for my head is full of dew1 
and my locks of the drops of the nights4
  #e3c4 ,i have put off my garment1 how 
shall ,i put it on8  ,i have washed my  
feet1 how shall ,i defile them8  #e3d4  
,my beloved put his hand through the key
 hole1 and my bowels were moved at his  
touch4  ,my beloved put his hand through
 the key hole1 etc4 4 4,the spouse of   

,christ1 his church1 at times as it were
 penned up by its persecutors1 and in   
fears1 expecting the divine assistance1 
here signified by his hand3  and ver4   
#f1 but he had turned aside and was     
gone1 that is1 ,christ permitting a     
further trial of suffering3  and again1 
ver4 #g1 the keepers1 etc41 signifying  
the violent and cruel persecutors of the
 church taking her veil1 despoiling the 
church of its places of worship and     
ornaments for the divine service4  #e3e4
 ,i arose up to open to my beloved3  my 
hands dropped with myrrh1 and my fingers
 were full of the choicest myrrh4  #e3f4
 ,i opened the bolt of my door to my    
beloved3  but he had turned aside1 and  
was gone4  ,my soul melted when he      
spoke3  ,i sought him1 and found him    
not3  ,i called1 and he did not answer  
me4  #e3g4 ,the keepers that go about   
the city found me3  they struck me3  and
 wounded me3  the keepers of the walls  
took away my veil from me4  #e3h4 ,i    
adjure you1 ,o daughters of ,jerusalem1 

if you find my beloved1 that you tell   
him that ,i languish with love4  #e3i4  
,what manner of one is thy beloved of   
the beloved1 ,o thou most beautiful     
among women8  what manner of one is thy 
beloved of the beloved1 that thou hast  
so adjured us8  #e3aj4 ,my beloved is   
white and ruddy1 chosen out of          
thousands4  ,my beloved1 etc4 4 4,in    
this and the following verses1 the      
church mystically describes ,christ to  
those who know him not1 that is1 to     
infidels in order to convert them to the
 true faith4  #e3aa4 ,his head is as the
 finest gold3  his locks as branches of 
palm trees1 black as a raven4  #e3ab4   
,his eyes as doves upon brooks of       
waters1 which are washed with milk1 and 
sit beside the plentiful streams4       
#e3ac4 ,his cheeks are as beds of       
aromatical spices set by the perfumers4 
,his lips are as lilies dropping choice 
myrrh4  #e3ad4 ,his hands are turned and
 as of gold1 full of hyacinths4  ,his   
belly as of ivory1 set with sapphires4  

#e3ae4 ,his legs as pillars of marble1  
that are set upon bases of gold4 ,his   
form as of ,libanus1 excellent as the   
cedars4  #e3af4 ,his throat most sweet1 
and he is all lovely3  such is my       
beloved1 and he is my friend1 ,o ye     
daughters of ,jerusalem4  #e3ag4        
,whither is thy beloved gone1 ,o thou   
most beautiful among women8 whither is  
thy beloved turned aside1 and we will   
seek him with thee8    ,canticle of     
,canticles ,chapter #f   ,the spouse of 
,christ is but one3  she is fair and    
terrible4  #f3a4 ,my beloved is gone    
down into his garden1 to the bed of     
aromatical spices1 to feed in the       
gardens1 and to gather lilies4  ,my     
beloved is gone down into his garden4 4 
4,christ1 pleased with the good works of
 his holy and devout servants labouring 
in his garden1 is always present with   
them3  but the words is gone down1 are  
to be understood1 that after trying his 
,church by permitting persecution1 he   
comes to her assistance and she rejoices

 at his coming4  #f3b4 ,i to my beloved1
 and my beloved to me1 who feedeth among
 the lilies4  #f3c4 ,thou art beautiful1
 ,o my love1 sweet and comely as        
,jerusalem terrible as an army set in   
array4  #f3d4 ,turn away thy eyes from  
me1 for they have made me flee away4    
,thy hair is as a flock of goats1 that  
appear from ,galaad4  #f3e4 ,thy teeth  
as a flock of sheep1 which come up from 
the washing1 all with twins1 and there  
is none barren among them4  #f3f4 ,thy  
cheeks are as the bark of a pomegranate1
 beside what is hidden within thee4     
#f3g4 ,there are threescore queens1 and 
fourscore concubines1 and young maidens 
without number4  #f3h4 ,one is my dove1 
my perfect one is but one1 she is the   
only one of her mother1 the chosen of   
her that bore her4  ,the daughters saw  
her1 and declared her most blessed3  the
 queens and concubines1 and they praised
 her4  ,one is my dove1 etc4 4 4,that   
is1 my church is one1 and she only is   
perfect and blessed4  #f3i4 ,who is she 

that cometh forth as the morning rising1
 fair as the moon1 bright as the sun1   
terrible as an army set in array8  ,who 
is she1 etc4 4 4,here is a beautiful    
metaphor describing the church from the 
beginning4  ,as1 the morning rising1    
signifying the church before the written
 law2 fair as the moon1 shewing her     
under the light of the gospel3  and     
terrible as an army1 the power of       
,christ's church against its enemies4   
#f3aj4 ,i went down into the garden of  
nuts1 to see the fruits of the valleys1 
and to look if the vineyard had         
flourished1 and the pomegranates budded4
  #f3aa4 ,i knew not3  my soul troubled 
me for the chariots of ,aminadab4       
#f3ab4 ,return1 return1 ,o ,sulamitess3 
return1 return that we may behold thee4 
,canticle of ,canticles ,chapter #g   ,a
 further description of the graces of   
the church the spouse of ,christ4  #g3a4
 ,what shalt thou see in the ,sulamitess
 but the companies of camps8 ,how       
beautiful are thy steps in shoes1 ,o    

prince's daughter6  ,the joints of thy  
thighs are like jewels1 that are made by
 the hand of a skilful workman4  ,how   
beautiful are thy steps1 etc4 4 4,by    
these metaphors are signified the power 
and mission of the church in propagating
 the true faith4  #g3b4 ,thy navel is   
like a round bowl never wanting cups4   
,thy belly is like a heap of wheat1 set 
about with lilies4  #g3c4 ,thy two      
breasts are like two young roes that are
 twins4  #g3d4 ,thy neck as a tower of  
ivory4  ,thy eyes like the fishpools in 
,hesebon1 which are in the gate of the  
daughter of the multitude4  ,thy nose is
 as the tower of ,libanus1 that looketh 
toward ,damascus4  #g3e4 ,thy head is   
like ,carmel3  and the hairs of thy head
 as the purple of the king bound in the 
channels4  ,thy head is like ,carmel4 4 
4,christ1 the invisible head of his     
church1 is here signified4  #g3f4 ,how  
beautiful art thou1 and how comely1 my  
dearest1 in delights6  #g3g4 ,thy       
stature is like to a palm tree1 and thy 

breasts to clusters of grapes4  #g3h4 ,i
 said3  ,i will go up into the palm     
tree1 and will take hold of the fruit   
thereof3  and thy breasts shall be as   
the clusters of the vine3 and the odour 
of thy mouth like apples4  #g3i4 ,thy   
throat like the best wine1 worthy for my
 beloved to drink1 and for his lips and 
his teeth to ruminate4  #g3aj4 ,i to my 
beloved1 and his turning is towards me4 
#g3aa4 ,come1 my beloved1 let us go     
forth into the field1 let us abide in   
the villages4  #g3ab4 ,let us get up    
early to the vineyards1 let us see if   
the vineyard flourish1 if the flowers be
 ready to bring forth fruits1 if the    
pomegranates flourish3  there will ,i   
give thee my breasts4  #g3ac4 ,the      
mandrakes give a smell4  ,in our gates  
are all fruits3  the new and the old1 my
 beloved1 ,i have kept for thee4        
,canticle of ,canticles ,chapter #h     
,the love of the church to ,christ3  his
 love to her4  #h3a4 ,who shall give    
thee to me for my brother1 sucking the  

breasts of my mother1 that ,i may find  
thee without1 and kiss thee1 and now no 
man may despise me8  #h3b4 ,i will take 
hold of thee1 and bring thee into my    
mother's house3 there thou shalt teach  
me1 and ,i will give thee a cup of      
spiced wine and new wine of my          
pomegranates4  #h3c4 ,his left hand     
under my head1 and his right hand shall 
embrace me4  ,his left hand1 etc4 4     
4,words of the church to ,christ4  ,his 
left hand1 signifying the ,old          
,testament1 and his right hand1 the     
,new4  #h3d4 ,i adjure you1 ,o daughters
 of ,jerusalem1 that you stir not up1   
nor awake my love till she please4      
#h3e4 ,who is this that cometh up from  
the desert1 flowing with delights1      
leaning upon her beloved8  ,under the   
apple tree ,i raised thee up3  there thy
 mother was corrupted1 there she was    
defloured that bore thee4  ,who is this1
 etc4 4 4,the angels with admiration    
behold the ,gentiles converted to the   
faith3  coming up from the desert1 that 

is1 coming from heathenism and false    
worship3  flowing with delights1 that   
is1 abounding with good works which are 
pleasing to ,god3  leaning on her       
beloved1 on the promise of ,christ to   
his ,church1 that the gates of hell     
should not prevail against it2 and      
supported by his grace conferred by the 
sacraments4  ,under the apple tree ,i   
raised thee up2 that is1 that ,christ   
redeemed the ,gentiles at the foot of   
the cross1 where the synagogue of the   
,jews 7the mother church7 was corrupted 
by their denying him1 and crucifying    
him4  #h3f4 ,put me as a seal upon thy  
heart1 as a seal upon thy arm1 for love 
is strong as death1 jealousy as hard as 
hell1 the lamps thereof are fire and    
flames4  #h3g4 ,many waters cannot      
quench charity1 neither can the floods  
drown it3  if a man should give all the 
substance of his house for love1 he     
shall despise it as nothing4  #h3h4 ,our
 sister is little1 and hath no breasts4 
,what shall we do to our sister in the  

day when she is to be spoken to8  ,our  
sister is little1 etc4 4 4,mystically   
signifies the ,jews1 who are to be      
spoken to3  that is1 converted towards  
the end of the world3  and then shall   
become a wall1 that is1 a part of the   
building1 the church of ,christ4  #h3i4 
,if she be a wall3  let us build upon it
 bulwarks of silver3  if she be a door1 
let us join it together with boards of  
cedar4  #h3aj4 ,i am a wall3  and my    
breasts are as a tower since ,i am      
become in his presence as one finding   
peace4  #h3aa4 ,the peaceable had a     
vineyard1 in that which hath people3  he
 let out the same to keepers1 every man 
bringeth for the fruit thereof a        
thousand pieces of silver4  #h3ab4 ,my  
vineyard is before me4  ,a thousand are 
for thee1 the peaceable1 and two hundred
 for them that keep the fruit thereof4  
#h3ac4 ,thou that dwellest in the       
gardens1 the friends hearken3  make me  
hear thy voice4  #h3ad4 ,flee away1 ,o  
my beloved1 and be like to the roe1 and 

to the young hart upon the mountains of 
aromatical spices4     ,,the ,,book ,,of
 ,,wisdom    ,this ,book is so called1  
because it treats of the excellence of  
,,wisdom1 the means to obtain it1 and   
the happy fruits it produces4  ,it is   
written in the person of ,solomon1 and  
contains his sentiments4  ,but it is    
uncertain who was the writer4  ,it      
abounds with instructions and           
exhortations to kings and all           
magistrates to minister justice in the  
commonwealth1 teaching all kinds of     
virtues under the general names of      
justice and wisdom4  ,it contains also  
many prophecies of ,christ's coming1    
passion1 resurrection1 and other        
,christian mysteries4  ,the whole may be
 divided into three parts4  ,in the     
first six chapters1 the author          
admonishes all superiors to love and    
exercise justice and wisdom4  ,in the   
next three1 he teacheth that wisdom     
proceedeth only from ,god1 and is       
procured by prayer and a good life4  ,in

 the other ten chapters1 he sheweth the 
excellent effects and utility of wisdom 
and justice4    ,wisdom ,chapter #a     
,an exhortation to seek ,god sincerely1 
who cannot be deceived1 and desireth not
 our death4  #a3a4 ,love justice1 you   
that are the judges of the earth4       
,think of the ,lord in goodness1 and    
seek him in simplicity of heart3  #a3b4 
,for he is found by them that tempt him 
not3  and he sheweth himself to them    
that have faith in him4  #a3c4 ,for     
perverse thoughts separate from ,god3   
and his power1 when it is tried1        
reproveth the unwise3  #a3d4 ,for wisdom
 will not enter into a malicious soul1  
nor dwell in a body subject to sins4    
#a3e4 ,for the ,holy ,spirit of         
discipline will flee from the deceitful1
 and will withdraw himself from thoughts
 that are without understanding1 and he 
shall not abide when iniquity cometh in4
  #a3f4 ,for the spirit of wisdom is    
benevolent1 and will not acquit the evil
 speaker from his lips3  for ,god is    

witness of his reins1 and he is a true  
searcher of his heart1 and a hearer of  
his tongue4  #a3g4 ,for the ,spirit of  
the ,lord hath filled the whole world3  
and that which containeth all things1   
hath knowledge of the voice4  #a3h4     
,therefore he that speaketh unjust      
things1 cannot be hid1 neither shall the
 chastising judgment pass him by4  #a3i4
 ,for inquisition shall be made into the
 thoughts of the ungodly1 and the       
hearing of his words shall come to ,god1
 to the chastising of his iniquities4   
#a3aj4 ,for the ear of jealousy heareth 
all things1 and the tumult of murmuring 
shall not be hid4  #a3aa4 ,keep         
yourselves1 therefore1 from murmuring1  
which profiteth nothing1 and refrain    
your tongue from detraction1 for an     
obscure speech shall not go for nought3 
and the mouth that belieth1 killeth the 
soul4  #a3ab4 ,seek not death in the    
error of your life1 neither procure ye  
destruction by the works of your hands4 
#a3ac4 ,for ,god made not death1 neither

 hath he pleasure in the destruction of 
the living4  #a3ad4 ,for he created all 
things that they might be3  and he made 
the nations of the earth for health3    
and there is no poison of destruction in
 them1 nor kingdom of hell upon the     
earth4  #a3ae4 ,for justice is perpetual
 and immortal4  #a3af4 ,but the wicked  
with works and words have called it to  
them3  and esteeming it a friend1 have  
fallen away and have made a covenant    
with it3  because they are worthy to be 
of the part thereof4    ,wisdom ,chapter
 #b   ,the vain reasonings of the       
wicked3  their persecuting the just1    
especially the ,son of ,god4  #b3a4 ,for
 they have said1 reasoning with         
themselves1 but not right3  ,the time of
 our life is short and tedious1 and in  
the end of a man there is no remedy1 and
 no man hath been known to have returned
 from hell3  #b3b4 ,for we are born of  
nothing1 and after this we shall be as  
if we had not been3  for the breath in  
our nostrils is smoke3  and speech a    

spark to move our heart1  #b3c4 ,which  
being put out1 our body shall be ashes1 
and our spirit shall be poured abroad as
 soft air1 and our life shall pass away 
as the trace of a cloud1 and shall be   
dispersed as a mist1 which is driven    
away by the beams of the sun1 and       
overpowered with the heat thereof3      
#b3d4 ,and our name in time shall be    
forgotten1 and no man shall have any    
remembrance of our works4  #b3e4 ,for   
our time is as the passing of a shadow1 
and there is no going back of our end3  
for it is fast sealed1 and no man       
returneth3  #b3f4 ,come1 therefore1 and 
let us enjoy the good things that are   
present1 and let us speedily use the    
creatures as in youth4  #b3g4 ,let us   
fill ourselves with costly wine1 and    
ointments3  and let not the flower of   
the time pass by us4  #b3h4 ,let us     
crown ourselves with roses1 before they 
be withered3  let no meadow escape our  
riot4  #b3i4 ,let none of us go without 
his part in luxury3  let us every where 

leave tokens of joy3  for this is our   
portion1 and this our lot4  #b3aj4 ,let 
us oppress the poor just man1 and not   
spare the widow1 nor honour the ancient 
grey hairs of the aged4  #b3aa4 ,but let
 our strength be the law of justice3    
for that which is feeble is found to be 
nothing worth4  #b3ab4 ,let us1         
therefore1 lie in wait for the just1    
because he is not for our turn1 and he  
is contrary to our doings1 and          
upbraideth us with transgressions of the
 law1 and divulgeth against us the sins 
of our way of life4  #b3ac4 ,he boasteth
 that he hath the knowledge of ,god1 and
 calleth himself the son of ,god4       
#b3ad4 ,he is become a censurer of our  
thoughts4  #b3ae4 ,he is grievous unto  
us1 even to behold3  for his life is not
 like other men's1 and his ways are very
 different4  #b3af4 ,we are esteemed by 
him as triflers1 and he abstaineth from 
our ways as from filthiness1 and he     
preferreth the latter end of the just1  
and glorieth that he hath ,god for his  

father4  #b3ag4 ,let us see then if his 
words be true1 and let us prove what    
shall happen to him1 and we shall know  
what his end shall be4  #b3ah4 ,for if  
he be the true son of ,god1 he will     
defend him1 and will deliver him from   
the hands of his enemies4  #b3ai4 ,let  
us examine him by outrages and tortures1
 that we may know his meekness1 and try 
his patience4  #b3bj4 ,let us condemn   
him to a most shameful death3  for there
 shall be respect had unto him by his   
words4  #b3ba4 ,these things they       
thought1 and were deceived3  for their  
own malice blinded them4  #b3bb4 ,and   
they knew not the secrets of ,god1 nor  
hoped for the wages of justice1 nor     
esteemed the honour of holy souls4      
#b3bc4 ,for ,god created man            
incorruptible1 and to the image of his  
own likeness he made him4  #b3bd4 ,but  
by the envy of the devil1 death came    
into the world3  #b3be4 ,and they follow
 him that are of his side4    ,wisdom   
,chapter #c   ,the happiness of the     

just3  and the unhappiness of the       
wicked4  #c3a4 ,but the souls of the    
just are in the hand of ,god1 and the   
torment of death shall not touch them4  
#c3b4 ,in the sight of the unwise they  
seemed to die3  and their departure was 
taken for misery3  #c3c4 ,and their     
going away from us1 for utter           
destruction3  but they are in peace4    
#c3d4 ,and though in the sight of men   
they suffered torments1 their hope is   
full of immortality4  #c3e4 ,afflicted  
in few things1 in many they shall be    
well rewarded3 because ,god hath tried  
them1 and found them worthy of himself4 
#c3f4 ,as gold in the furnace1 he hath  
proved them1 and as a victim of a       
holocaust1 he hath received them1 and in
 time there shall be respect had to     
them4  #c3g4 ,the just shall shine1 and 
shall run to and fro like sparks among  
the reeds4  #c3h4 ,they shall judge     
nations1 and rule over people1 and their
 ,lord shall reign for ever4  #c3i4     
,they that trust in him shall understand

 the truth3  and they that are faithful 
in love1 shall rest in him3  for grace  
and peace are to his elect4  #c3aj4 ,but
 the wicked shall be punished according 
to their own devices3 who have neglected
 the just1 and have revolted from the   
,lord4  #c3aa4 ,for he that rejecteth   
wisdom1 and discipline1 is unhappy3  and
 their hope is vain1 and their labours  
without fruit1 and their works          
unprofitable4  #c3ab4 ,their wives are  
foolish1 and their children wicked4     
#c3ac4 ,their offspring is cursed1 for  
happy is the barren3  and the undefiled1
 that hath not known bed in sin1 she    
shall have fruit in the visitation of   
holy souls4  #c3ad4 ,and the eunuch1    
that hath not wrought iniquity with his 
hands1 nor thought wicked things against
 ,god for the precious gift of faith    
shall be given to him1 and a most       
acceptable lot in the temple of ,god4   
#c3ae4 ,for the fruit of good labours is
 glorious1 and the root of wisdom never 
faileth4  #c3af4 ,but the children of   

adulterers shall not come to perfection1
 and the seed of the unlawful bed shall 
be rooted out4  #c3ag4 ,and if they live
 long1 they shall be nothing regarded1  
and their last old age shall be without 
honour4  #c3ah4 ,and if they die        
quickly1 they shall have no hope1 nor   
speech of comfort in the day of trial4  
#c3ai4 ,for dreadful are the ends of a  
wicked race4    ,wisdom ,chapter #d     
,the difference between the chaste and  
the adulterous generations3  and between
 the death of the just and the wicked4  
#d3a4 ,how beautiful is the chaste      
generation with glory3  for the memory  
thereof is immortal3  because it is     
known both with ,god and with men4      
#d3b4 ,when it is present1 they imitate 
it3  and they desire it1 when it hath   
withdrawn itself1 and it triumpheth     
crowned for ever1 winning the reward of 
undefiled conflicts4  #d3c4 ,but the    
multiplied brood of the wicked shall not
 thrive1 and bastard slips shall not    
take deep root1 nor any fast foundation4

  #d3d4 ,and if they flourish in        
branches for a time1 yet standing not   
fast1 they shall be shaken with the     
wind1 and through the force of winds    
they shall be rooted out4  #d3e4 ,for   
the branches not being perfect1 shall be
 broken1 and their fruits shall be      
unprofitable1 and sour to eat1 and fit  
for nothing4  #d3f4 ,for the children   
that are born of unlawful beds1 are     
witnesses of wickedness against their   
parents in their trial4  #d3g4 ,but the 
just man1 if he be prevented with death1
 shall be in rest4  #d3h4 ,for venerable
 old age is not that of long time1 nor  
counted by the number of years3  but the
 understanding of a man is grey hairs4  
#d3i4 ,and a spotless life is old age4  
#d3aj4 ,he pleased ,god1 and was        
beloved1 and living among sinners1 he   
was translated4  #d3aa4 ,he was taken   
away1 lest wickedness should alter his  
understanding1 or deceit beguile his    
soul4  #d3ab4 ,for the bewitching of    
vanity obscureth good things1 and the   

wandering of concupiscence overturneth  
the innocent mind4  #d3ac4 ,being made  
perfect in a short space1 he fulfilled a
 long time4  #d3ad4 ,for his soul       
pleased ,god3  therefore he hastened to 
bring him out of the midst of           
iniquities3  but the people see this1   
and understand not1 nor lay up such     
things in their hearts3  #d3ae4 ,that   
the grace of ,god1 and his mercy is with
 his saints1 and that he hath respect to
 his chosen4  #d3af4 ,but the just that 
is dead1 condemneth the wicked that are 
living1 and youth soon ended1 the long  
life of the unjust4  #d3ag4 ,for they   
shall see the end of the wise man1 and  
it shall not understand what ,god hath  
designed for him1 and why the ,lord hath
 set him in safety4  #d3ah4 ,they shall 
see him1 and shall despise him3  but the
 ,lord shall laugh them to scorn4       
#d3ai4 ,and they shall fall after this  
without honour1 and be a reproach among 
the dead for ever3  for he shall burst  
them puffed up and speechless1 and shall

 shake them from the foundations1 and   
they shall be utterly laid waste3  they 
shall be in sorrow1 and their memory    
shall perish4  #d3bj4 ,they shall come  
with fear at the thought of their sins1 
and their iniquities shall stand against
 them to convict them4    ,wisdom       
,chapter #e   ,the fruitless repentance 
of the wicked in another world3  the    
reward of the just4  #e3a4 ,then shall  
the just stand with great constancy     
against those that have afflicted them1 
and taken away their labours4  #e3b4    
,these seeing it1 shall be troubled with
 terrible fear1 and shall be amazed at  
the suddenness of their unexpected      
salvation1  #e3c4 ,saying within        
themselves1 repenting1 and groaning for 
anguish of spirit3  ,these are they1    
whom we had sometime in derision1 and   
for a parable of reproach4  #e3d4 ,we   
fools esteemed their life madness1 and  
their end without honour4  #e3e4        
,behold1 how they are numbered among the
 children of ,god1 and their lot is     

among the saints4  #e3f4 ,therefore we  
have erred from the way of truth1 and   
the light of justice hath not shined    
unto us1 and the sun of understanding   
hath not risen upon us4  #e3g4 ,we      
wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity
 and destruction1 and have walked       
through hard ways1 but the way of the   
,lord we have not known4  #e3h4 ,what   
hath pride profited us8  or what        
advantage hath the boasting of riches   
brought us8  #e3i4 ,all those things are
 passed away like a shadow1 and like a  
post that runneth on1  #e3aj4 ,and as a 
ship1 that passeth through the waves3   
whereof when it is gone by1 the trace   
cannot be found4  nor the path of its   
keel in the waters3  #e3aa4 ,or as when 
a bird flieth through the air1 of the   
passage of which no mark can be found1  
but only the sound of the wings beating 
the light air1 and parting it by the    
force of her flight3  she moved her     
wings1 and hath flown through1 and there
 is no mark found afterwards of her way3

  #e3ab4 ,or as when an arrow is shot at
 a mark1 the divided air quickly cometh 
together again1 so that the passage     
thereof is not known3  #e3ac4 ,so we    
also being born1 forthwith ceased to be3
  and have been able to shew no mark of 
virtue3  but are consumed in our        
wickedness4  #e3ad4 ,such things as     
these the sinners said in hell3  #e3ae4 
,for the hope of the wicked is as dust1 
which is blown away with the wind1 and  
as a thin froth which is dispersed by   
the storm3  and a smoke that is         
scattered abroad by the wind3  and as   
the remembrance of a guest of one day   
that passeth by4  #e3af4 ,but the just  
shall live for evermore3  and their     
reward is with the ,lord1 and the care  
of them with the most ,high4  #e3ag4    
,therefore shall they receive a kingdom 
of glory1 and a crown of beauty at the  
hand of the ,lord3  for with his right  
hand he will cover them1 and with his   
holy arm he will defend them4  #e3ah4   
,and his zeal will take armour1 and he  

will arm the creature for the revenge of
 his enemies4  #e3ai4 ,he will put on   
justice as a breastplate1 and will take 
true judgment instead of a helmet3      
#e3bj4 ,he will take equity for an      
invincible shield3  #e3ba4 ,and he will 
sharpen his severe wrath for a spear1   
and the whole world shall fight with him
 against the unwise4  #e3bb4 ,then      
shafts of lightning shall go directly   
from the clouds1 as from a bow well     
bent1 they shall be shot out1 and shall 
fly to the mark4  #e3bc4 ,and thick hail
 shall be cast upon them from the stone 
casting wrath3  the water of the sea    
shall rage against them1 and the rivers 
shall run together in a terrible manner4
  #e3bd4 ,a mighty wind shall stand up  
against them1 and as a whirlwind shall  
divide them3  and their iniquity shall  
bring all the earth to a desert1 and    
wickedness shall overthrow the thrones  
of the mighty4    ,wisdom ,chapter #f   
,an address to princes to seek after    
wisdom3  she is easily found by those   

that seek her4  #f3a4 ,wisdom is better 
than strength3  and a wise man is better
 than a strong man4  #f3b4 ,hear1       
therefore1 ye kings1 and understand1    
learn ye that are judges of the ends of 
the earth4  #f3c4 ,give ear1 you that   
rule the people1 and that please        
yourselves in multitudes of nations3    
#f3d4 ,for power is given you by the    
,lord1 and strength by the most ,high1  
who will examine your works3  and search
 out your thoughts3  #f3f4 ,because     
being ministers of his kingdom1 you have
 not judged rightly1 nor kept the law of
 justice1 nor walked according to the   
will of ,god4  #f3f4 ,horribly and      
speedily will he appear to you3  for a  
most severe judgment shall be for them  
that bear rule4  #f3g4 ,for to him that 
is little1 mercy is granted3  but the   
mighty shall be mightily tormented4     
#f3h4 ,for ,god will not except any     
man's person1 neither will he stand in  
awe of any man's greatness3  for he made
 the little and the great1 and he hath  

equally care of all4  #f3i4 ,but a      
greater punishment is ready for the more
 mighty4  #f3aj4 ,to you1 therefore1 ,o 
kings1 are these my words1 that you may 
learn wisdom1 and not fall from it4     
#f3aa4 ,for they that have kept just    
things justly1 shall be justified3 and  
they that have learned these things1    
shall find what to answer4  #f3ab4      
,covet ye1 therefore1 my words1 and love
 them1 and you shall have instruction4  
#f3ac4 ,wisdom is glorious1 and never   
fadeth away1 and is easily seen by them 
that love her1 and is found by them that
 seek her4  #f3ad4 ,she preventeth them 
that covet her1 so that she first       
sheweth herself unto them4  #f3ae4 ,he  
that awaketh early to seek her1 shall   
not labour3  for he shall find her      
sitting at his door4  #f3af4 ,to think1 
therefore1 upon her1 is perfect         
understanding3  and he that watcheth for
 her1 shall quickly be secure4  #f3ag4  
,for she goeth about seeking such as are
 worthy of her1 and she sheweth herself 

to them cheerfully in the ways1 and     
meeteth them with all providence4       
#f3ah4 ,for the beginning of her is the 
most true desire of discipline4  #f3ai4 
,and the care of discipline is love3    
and love is the keeping of her laws3    
and the keeping of her laws is the firm 
foundation of incorruption3  #f3bj4 ,and
 incorruption bringeth near to ,god4    
#f3ba4 ,therefore the desire of wisdom  
bringeth to the everlasting kingdom4    
#f3bb4 ,if then your delight be in      
thrones1 and sceptres1 ,o ye kings of   
the people1 love wisdom1 that you may   
reign for ever4  #f3bc4 ,love the light 
of wisdom1 all ye that bear rule over   
peoples4  #f3bd4 ,now what wisdom is1   
and what was her origin1 ,i will        
declare3  and ,i will not hide from you 
the mysteries of ,god1 but will seek her
 out from the beginning of her birth1   
and bring the knowledge of her to light1
 and will not pass over the truth3      
#f3be4 ,neither will ,i go with         
consuming envy3  for such a man shall   

not be partaker of wisdom4  #f3bf4 ,now 
the multitude of the wise is the welfare
 of the whole world3 and a wise king is 
the upholding of the people4  #f3bg4    
,receive1 therefore1 instruction by my  
words1 and it shall be profitable to    
you4    ,wisdom ,chapter #g   ,the      
excellence of wisdom3  how she is to be 
found4  #g3a4 ,i myself am a mortal man1
 like all others1 and of the race of    
him1 that was first made of the earth1  
and in the womb of my mother ,i was     
fashioned to be flesh4  #g3b4 ,in the   
time of ten months ,i was compacted in  
blood1 of the seed of man1 and the      
pleasure of sleep concurring4  #g3c4    
,and being born1 ,i drew in the common  
air1 and fell upon the earth1 that is   
made alike1 and the first voice which ,i
 uttered was crying1 as all others do4  
#g3d4 ,i was nursed in swaddling        
clothes1 and with great cares4  #g3e4   
,for none of the kings had any other    
beginning of birth4  #g3f4 ,for all men 
have one entrance into life1 and the    

like going out4  #g3g4 ,wherefore ,i    
wished1 and understanding was given me3 
and ,i called upon ,god1 and the spirit 
of wisdom came upon me3  #g3h4 ,and ,i  
preferred her before kingdoms and       
thrones1 and esteemed riches nothing in 
comparison of her4  #g3i4 ,neither did  
,i compare unto her any precious stone3 
for all gold1 in comparison of her1 is  
as a little sand2 and silver1 in respect
 to her1 shall be counted as clay4      
#g3aj4 ,i loved her above health and    
beauty1 and chose to have her instead of
 light3  for her light cannot be put    
out4  #g3aa4 ,now all good things came  
to me together with her1 and innumerable
 riches through her hands1  #g3ab4 ,and 
,i rejoiced in all these3  for this     
wisdom went before me1 and ,i knew not  
that she was the mother of them all4    
#g3ac4 ,which ,i have learned without   
guile1 and communicate without envy1 and
 her riches ,i hide not4  #g3ad4 ,for   
she is an infinite treasure to men3     
which they that use1 become the friends 

of ,god1 being commended for the gifts  
of discipline4  #g3ae4 ,and ,god hath   
given to me to speak as ,i would1 and to
 conceive thoughts worthy of those      
things that are given me3  because he is
 the guide of wisdom1 and the director  
of the wise3  #g3af4 ,for in his hand   
are both we1 and our words1 and all     
wisdom1 and the knowledge and skill of  
works4  #g3ag4 ,for he hath given me the
 true knowledge of the things that are3 
to know the disposition of the whole    
world1 and the virtues of the elements1 
#g3ah4 ,the beginning1 and ending1 and  
midst of the times1 the alterations of  
their courses1 and the changes of       
seasons1  #g3ai4 ,the revolutions of the
 year1 and the dispositions of the      
stars1  #g3bj4 ,the natures of living   
creatures1 and rage of wild beasts1 the 
force of winds1 and reasonings of men1  
the diversities of plants1 and the      
virtues of roots1  #g3ba4 ,and all such 
things as are hid1 and not foreseen1 ,i 
have learned3 for wisdom1 which is the  

worker of all things1 taught me4  #g3bb4
 ,for in her is the spirit of           
understanding2 holy1 one1 manifold1     
subtile1 eloquent1 active1 undefiled1   
sure1 sweet1 loving that which is good1 
quick1 which nothing hindereth1         
beneficent1  #g3bc4 ,gentle1 kind1      
steadfast1 assured1 secure1 having all  
power1 overseeing all things1 and       
containing all spirits3  intelligible1  
pure1 subtile3  #g3bd4 ,for wisdom is   
more active than all active things2 and 
reacheth everywhere1 by reason of her   
purity4  #g3be4 ,for she is a vapour of 
the power of ,god1 and a certain pure   
emmanation of the glory of the ,almighty
 ,god3  and therefore no defiled thing  
cometh into her4  #g3bf4 ,for she is the
 brightness of eternal light1 and the   
unspotted mirror of ,god's majesty1 and 
the image of his goodness4  #g3bg4 ,and 
being but one1 she can do all things3   
and remaining in herself the same1 she  
reneweth all things1 and through nations
 conveyeth herself into holy souls1 she 

maketh the friends of ,god and prophets4
  #g3bh4 ,for ,god loveth none but him  
that dwelleth with wisdom4  #g3bi4 ,for 
she is more beautiful than the sun1 and 
above all the order of the stars3  being
 compared with the light1 she is found  
before it4  #g3cj4 ,for after this      
cometh night1 but no evil can overcome  
wisdom4    ,wisdom ,chapter #h          
,further praises of wisdom3  and her    
fruits4  #h3a4 ,she reacheth1 therefore1
 from end to end mightily1 and ordereth 
all things sweetly4  #h3b4 ,her have ,i 
loved1 and have sought her out from my  
youth1 and have desired to take for my  
spouse1 and ,i became a lover of her    
beauty4  #h3c4 ,she glorifieth her      
nobility by being conversant with ,god3 
yea1 and the ,lord of all things hath   
loved her4  #h3d4 ,for it is she that   
teacheth the knowledge of ,god and is   
the chooser of his works4  #h3e4 ,and if
 riches be desired in life1 what is     
richer than wisdom1 which maketh all    
things8  #h3f4 ,and if sense do work3   

who is a more artful worker than she of 
those things that are8  #h3g4 ,and if a 
man love justice3  her labours have     
great virtues3  for she teacheth        
temperance1 and prudence1 and justice1  
and fortitude1 which are such things as 
men can have nothing more profitable in 
life4  #h3h4 ,and if a man desire much  
knowledge3  she knoweth things past1 and
 judgeth of things to come3  she knoweth
 the subtilties of speeches1 and the    
solutions of arguments3  she knoweth    
signs and wonders before they be done1  
and the events of times and ages4  #h3i4
 ,i purposed1 therefore1 to take her to 
me to live with me3  knowing that she   
will communicate to me of her good      
things1 and will be a comfort in my     
cares and grief4  #h3aj4 ,for her sake  
,i shall have glory among the multitude1
 and honour with the ancients1 though ,i
 be young3  #h3aa4 ,and ,i shall be     
found of a quick conceit in judgment1   
and shall be admired in the sight of the
 mighty1 and the faces of princes shall 

wonder at me4  #h3ab4 ,they shall wait  
for me when ,i hold my peace1 and they  
shall look upon me when ,i speak2 and if
 ,i talk much1 they shall lay their     
hands on their mouth4  #h3ac4 ,moreover1
 by the means of her ,i shall have      
immortality3  and shall leave behind me 
an everlasting memory to them that come 
after me4  #h3ad4 ,i shall set the      
people in order3  and nations shall be  
subject to me4  #h3ae4 ,terrible kings  
hearing1 shall be afraid of me3  among  
the multitude ,i shall be found good1   
and valiant in war4  #h3af4 ,when ,i go 
into my house1 ,i shall repose myself   
with her3  for her conversation hath no 
bitterness1 nor her company any         
tediousness1 but joy and gladness4      
#h3ag4 ,thinking these things with      
myself1 and pondering them in my heart1 
that to be allied to wisdom is          
immortality1  #h3ah4 ,and that there is 
great delight in her friendship1 and    
inexhaustible riches in the works of her
 hands1 and in the exercise of          

conference with her1 wisdom1 and glory  
in the communication of her words3  ,i  
went about seeking1 that ,i might take  
her to myself4  #h3ai4 ,and ,i was a    
witty child1 and had received a good    
soul4  #h3bj4 ,and whereas ,i was more  
good1 ,i came to a body undefiled4      
#h3ba4 ,and as ,i knew that ,i could not
 otherwise be continent1 except ,god    
gave it1 and this also was a point of   
wisdom1 to know whose gift it was1 ,i   
went to the ,lord1 and besought him1 and
 said with my whole heart3    ,wisdom   
,chapter #i   ,solomon's prayer for     
wisdom4  #i3a4 ,god of my fathers1 and  
,lord of mercy1 who hast made all things
 with thy word1  #i3b4 ,and by thy      
wisdom hast appointed man1 that he      
should have dominion over the creature  
that was made by thee1  #i3c4 ,that he  
should order the world according to     
equity and justice1 and execute justice 
with an upright heart3  #i3d4 ,give me  
wisdom1 that sitteth by thy throne1 and 
cast me not off from among thy children3

  #i3e4 ,for ,i am thy servant1 and the 
son of thy handmaid1 a weak man1 and of 
short time1 and falling short of the    
understanding of judgment and laws4     
#i3f4 ,for if one be perfect among the  
children of men1 yet if thy wisdom be   
not with him1 he shall be nothing       
regarded4  #i3g4 ,thou hast chosen me to
 be king of thy people1 and a judge of  
thy sons and daughters3  #i3h4 ,and hast
 commanded me to build a temple on thy  
holy mount1 and an altar in the city of 
thy dwelling place1 a resemblance of thy
 holy tabernacle1 which thou hast       
prepared from the beginning3  #i3i4 ,and
 thy wisdom with thee1 which knoweth thy
 works1 which then also was present when
 thou madest the world1 and knew what   
was agreeable to thy eyes1 and what was 
right in thy commandments4  #i3aj4 ,send
 her out of thy holy heaven1 and from   
the throne of thy majesty1 that she may 
be with me1 and may labour with me1 that
 ,i may know what is acceptable with    
thee3  #i3aa4 ,for she knoweth and      

understandeth all things1 and shall lead
 me soberly in my works1 and shall      
preserve me by her power4  #i3ab4 ,so   
shall my works be acceptable1 and ,i    
shall govern thy people justly1 and     
shall be worthy of the throne of my     
father4  #i3ac4 ,for who among men is he
 that can know the counsel of ,god8  or 
who can think what the will of ,god is8 
#i3ad4 ,for the thoughts of mortal men  
are fearful1 and our counsels uncertain4
  #i3ae4 ,for the corruptible body is a 
load upon the soul1 and the earthly     
habitation presseth down the mind that  
museth upon many things4  #i3af4 ,and   
hardly do we guess aright at things that
 are upon earth3  and with labour do we 
find the things that are before us4     
,but the things that are in heaven1 who 
shall search out8  #i3ag4 ,and who shall
 know thy thought1 except thou give     
wisdom1 and send thy holy ,spirit from  
above3  #i3ah4 ,and so the ways of them 
that are upon earth may be corrected1   
and men may learn the things that please

 thee8  #i3ai4 ,for by wisdom they were 
healed1 whosoever have pleased thee1 ,o 
,lord1 from the beginning4    ,wisdom   
,chapter #aj   ,what wisdom did for     
,adam1 ,noe1 ,abraham1 ,lot1 ,jacob1    
,joseph1 and the people of ,israel4     
#aj3a4 ,she preserved him1 that was     
first formed by ,god1 the father of the 
world1 when he was created alone1       
#aj3b4 ,and she brought him out of his  
sin1 and gave him power to govern all   
things4  #aj3c4 ,but when the unjust    
went away from her in his anger1 he     
perished by the fury wherewith he       
murdered his brother4  ,the unjust4 4   
4,cain4  #aj3d4 ,for whose cause1 when  
water destroyed the earth1 wisdom healed
 it again1 directing the course of the  
just by contemptible wood4  ,for whose  
cause4 4 4,viz41 for the wickedness of  
the race of ,cain4--,ibid4 ,the just4 4 
4,noe4  #aj3e4 ,moreover1 when the      
nations had conspired together to       
consent to wickedness1 she knew the     
just1 and preserved him without blame to

 ,god1 and kept him strong against the  
compassion for his son4  ,she knew the  
just4 4 4,she found out and approved    
,abraham4  ,ibid4 ,and kept him strong1 
etc4 4 4,gave him strength to stand firm
 against the efforts of his natural     
tenderness1 when he was ordered to      
sacrifice his son4  #aj3f4 ,she         
delivered the just man1 who fled from   
the wicked that were perishing1 when the
 fire came down upon ,pentapolis3  ,the 
just man4 4 4,lot4--,ibid4  ,pentapolis4
 4 4,the land of the five cities1       
,sodom1 ,gomorrha1 etc4  #aj3g4 ,whose  
land1 for a testimony of their          
wickedness1 is desolate1 and smoketh to 
this day1 and the trees bear fruits that
 ripen not1 and a standing pillar of    
salt is a monument of an incredulous    
soul4  #aj3h4 ,for regarding not wisdom1
 they did not only slip in this1 that   
they were ignorant of good things2 but  
they left also unto men a memorial of   
their folly1 so that in the things in   
which they sinned1 they could not so    

much as lie hid4  #aj3i4 ,but wisdom    
hath delivered from sorrow them that    
attend upon her4  #aj3aj4 ,she conducted
 the just1 when he fled from his        
brother's wrath1 through the right ways1
 and shewed him the kingdom of ,god1 and
 gave him the knowledge of the holy     
things1 made him honourable in his      
labours1 and accomplished his labours4  
,the just4 4 4,jacob4  #aj3aa4 ,in the  
deceit of them that overreached him1 she
 stood by him1 and made him honourable4 
#aj3ab4 ,she kept him safe from his     
enemies1 and she defended him from      
seducers1 and gave him a strong         
conflict1 that he might overcome1 and   
know that wisdom is mightier than all4  
,conflict4 4 4,viz41 with the angel4    
#aj3ac4 ,she forsook not the just when  
he was sold1 but delivered him from     
sinners3  she went down with him into   
the pit4  ,the just when he was sold4 4 
4,viz41 ,joseph4  #aj3ad4 ,and in bands 
she left him not1 till she brought him  
the sceptre of the kingdom1 and power   

against those that oppressed him3  and  
shewed them to be liars that had accused
 him1 and gave him everlasting glory4   
#aj3ae4 ,she delivered the just people1 
and blameless seed1 from the nations    
that oppressed them4  #aj3af4 ,she      
entered into the soul of the servant of 
,god and stood against dreadful kings in
 wonders and signs4  ,the servant of    
,god4 4 4,viz41 ,moses4  #aj3ag4 ,and   
she rendered to the just the wages of   
their labours1 and conducted them in a  
wonderful way3  and she was to them for 
a covert by day1 and for the light of   
stars by night3  #aj3ah4 ,and she       
brought them through the ,red ,sea1 and 
carried them over through a great water4
  #aj3ai4 ,but their enemies she drowned
 in the sea1 and from the depth of hell 
she brought them out4  ,therefore the   
just took the spoils of the wicked4     
#aj3bj4 ,and they sung to thy holy name1
 ,o ,lord1 and they praised with one    
accord thy victorious hand4  #aj3ba4    
,for wisdom opened the mouth of the     

dumb1 and made the tongues of infants   
eloquent4    ,wisdom ,chapter #aa       
,other benefits of wisdom to the people 
of ,god4  #aa3a4 ,she prospered their   
works in the hands of the holy prophet4 
,the holy prophet4 4 4,moses4  #aa3b4   
,they went through wildernesses that    
were not inhabited1 and in desert places
 they pitched their tents4  #aa3c4 ,they
 stood against their enemies1 and       
revenged themselves of their            
adversaries4  ,their enemies4 4 4,the   
,amalecites4  #aa3d4 ,they were thirsty1
 and they called upon thee1 and water   
was given them out of the high rock1 and
 a refreshment of their thirst out of   
the hard stone4  #aa3e4 ,for by what    
things their enemies were punished1 when
 their drink failed them1 while the     
children of ,israel abounded therewith1 
and rejoiced3  ,by what things1 etc4 4  
4,the meaning is1 that ,god1 who wrought
 a miracle to punish the ,egyptians by  
thirst1 when he turned all their waters 
into blood1 7at which time the          

,israelites1 who were exempt from those 
plagues1 had plenty of water17 wrought  
another miracle in favour of his own    
people in their thirst1 by giving them  
water out of the rock4  #aa3f4 ,by the  
same things they in their need were     
benefited4  #aa3g4 ,for instead of a    
fountain of an ever running river1 thou 
gavest human blood to the unjust4       
#aa3h4 ,and whilst they were diminished 
for a manifest reproof of their         
murdering the infants1 thou gavest to   
thine abundant water unlooked for3      
#aa3i4 ,shewing by the thirst that was  
then1 how thou didst exalt thine1 and   
didst kill their adversaries4  #aa3aj4  
,for when they were tried1 and chastised
 with mercy1 they knew how the wicked   
were judged with wrath1 and tormented4  
#aa3aa4 ,for thou didst admonish and try
 them as a father3  but the others1 as a
 severe king1 thou didst examine and    
condemn4  #aa3ab4 ,for whether absent or
 present1 they were tormented alike4    
#aa3ac4 ,for a double affliction came   

upon them1 and a groaning for the       
remembrance of things past4  #aa3ad4    
,for when they heard that by their      
punishments the others were benefited1  
they remembered the ,lord1 wondering at 
the end of what was come to pass4  ,by  
their punishments1 etc4 4 4,that is1    
that the ,israelites had been benefited 
and miraculously favoured in the same   
kind1 in which they had been punished4  
#aa3ae4 ,for whom they scorned before1  
when he was thrown out at the time of   
his being wickedly exposed to perish1   
him they admired in the end1 when they  
saw the event3  their thirsting being   
unlike to that of the just4  #aa3af4    
,but for the foolish devices of their   
iniquity1 because some being deceived   
worshipped dumb serpents and worthless  
beasts1 thou didst send upon them a     
multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance3 
,dumb beasts4 4 4,viz41 frogs1 sciniphs1
 flies1 and locusts4  #aa3ag4 ,that they
 might know that by what things a man   
sinneth1 by the same also he is         

tormented4  #aa3ah4 ,for thy almighty   
hand1 which made the world of matter    
without form1 was not unable to send    
upon them a multitude of bears1 or      
fierce lions1  #aa3ai4 ,or unknown      
beasts of a new kind1 full of rage2     
either breathing out a fiery vapour1 or 
sending forth a stinking smoke1 or      
shooting horrible sparks out of their   
eyes3  #aa3bj4 ,whereof not only the    
hurt might be able to destroy them1 but 
also the very sight might kill them     
through fear4  #aa3ba4 ,yea1 and without
 these1 they might have been slain with 
one blast1 persecuted by their own      
deeds1 and scattered by the breath of   
thy power3  but thou hast ordered all   
things in measure1 and number1 and      
weight4  #aa3bb4 ,for great power always
 belonged to thee alone3  and who shall 
resist the strength of thy arm8  #aa3bc4
 ,for the whole world before thee is as 
the least grain of the balance1 and as a
 drop of the morning dew1 that falleth  
down upon tho earth4  #aa3bd4 ,but thou 

hast mercy upon all1 because thou canst 
do all things1 and overlookest the sins 
of men for the sake of repentance4      
#aa3be4 ,for thou lovest all things that
 are1 and hatest none of the things     
which thou hast made3  for thou didst   
not appoint1 or make any thing hating   
it4  #aa3bf4 ,and how could any thing   
endure1 if thou wouldst not8  or be     
preserved1 if not called by thee8       
#aa3bg4 ,but thou sparest all3  because 
they are thine1 ,o ,lord1 who lovest    
souls4    ,wisdom ,chapter #ab   ,god's 
wisdom and mercy in his proceedings with
 the ,chanaanites4  #ab3a4 ,o how good  
and sweet is thy ,spirit1 ,o ,lord1 in  
all things6  #ab3b4 ,and therefore thou 
chastisest them that err1 by little and 
little3  and admonishest them1 and      
speakest to them1 concerning the things 
wherein they offend3  that leaving their
 wickedness1 they may believe in thee1  
,o ,lord4  #ab3c4 ,for those ancient    
inhabitants of thy holy land1 whom thou 
didst abhor1  #ab3d4 ,because they did  

works hateful to thee by their          
sorceries1 and wicked sacrifices1       
#ab3e4 ,and those merciless murderers of
 their own children1 and eaters of men's
 bowels1 and devourers of blood from the
 midst of thy consecration1  ,from the  
midst of thy consecration4 4            
4,literally1 sacrament4  ,that is1 the  
land sacred to thee1 in which thy temple
 was to be established1 and man's       
redemption to be wrought4  #ab3f4 ,and  
those parents sacrificing with their own
 hands helpless souls1 it was thy will  
to destroy by the hands of our parents1 
#ab3g4 ,that the land which of all is   
most dear to thee1 might receive a      
worthy colony of the children of ,god4  
#ab3h4 ,yet even those thou sparedst as 
men1 and didst send wasps forerunners of
 thy host1 to destroy them by little and
 little4  #ab3i4 ,not that thou wast    
unable to bring the wicked under the    
just by war1 or by cruel beasts1 or with
 one rough word to destroy them at once3
  #ab3aj4 ,but executing thy judgments  

by degrees1 thou gavest them place of   
repentance1 not being ignorant that they
 were a wicked generation1 and their    
malice natural1 and that their thought  
could never be changed4  #ab3aa4 ,for it
 was a cursed seed from the beginning3  
neither didst thou for fear of any one  
give pardon to their sins4  #ab3ab4 ,for
 who shall say to thee3  ,what hast thou
 done8  or who shall withstand thy      
judgment8  or who shall come before thee
 to be a revenger of wicked men8  or who
 shall accuse thee1 if the nations      
perish1 which thou hast made 8  #ab3ac4 
,for there is no other ,god but thou1   
who hast care of all1 that thou shouldst
 shew that thou dost not give judgment  
unjustly4  #ab3ad4 ,neither shall king1 
nor tyrant1 in thy sight inquire about  
them whom thou hast destroyed4  #ab3ae4 
,for so much then1 as thou art just1    
thou orderest all things justly3        
thinking it not agreeable to the power1 
to condemn him who deserveth not to be  
punished4  #ab3af4 ,for thy power is the

 beginning of justice3  and because thou
 art ,lord of all1 thou makest thyself  
gracious to all4  #ab3ag4 ,for thou     
shewest thy power1 when men will not    
believe thee to be absolute in power1   
and thou convincest the boldness of them
 that know thee not4  #ab3ah4 ,but thou 
being master of power1 judgest with     
tranquillity1 and with great favour     
disposest of us3  for thy power is at   
hand when thou wilt4  #ab3ai4 ,but thou 
hast taught thy people by such works1   
that they must be just and humane1 and  
hast made thy children to be of a good  
hope3 because in judging1 thou givest   
place for repentance for sins4  #ab3bj4 
,for if thou didst punish the enemies of
 thy servants1 and that deserved to die1
 with so great deliberation1 giving them
 time and place whereby they might be   
changed from their wickedness3  #ab3ba4 
,with what circumspection hast thou     
judged thy own children1 to whose       
parents thou hast sworn1 and made       
covenants of good promises8  #ab3bb4    

,therefore whereas thou chastisest us1  
thou scourgest our enemies very many    
ways1 to the end that when we judge we  
may think on thy goodness3  and when we 
are judged1 we may hope for thy mercy4  
#ab3bc4 ,wherefore thou hast also       
greatly tormented them1 who1 in their   
life1 have lived foolishly and unjustly1
 by the same things which they          
worshipped4  #ab3bd4 ,for they went     
astray for a long time in the ways of   
error1 holding those things for gods    
which are the most worthless among      
beasts1 living after the manner of      
children without understanding4  #ab3be4
 ,therefore thou hast sent a judgment   
upon them1 as senseless children1 to    
mock them4  #ab3bf4 ,but they that were 
not amended by mockeries and            
reprehensions1 experienced the worthy   
judgment of ,god4  #ab3bg4 ,for seeing1 
with indignation1 that they suffered by 
those very things which they took for   
gods1 when they were destroyed by the   
same1 they acknowledged him the true    

,god1 whom in time past they denied that
 they knew3  for which cause the end    
also of their condemnation came upon    
them4    ,wisdom ,chapter #ac           
,idolaters are inexcusable3  and those  
most of all that worship for gods the   
works of the hands of men4  #ac3a4 ,but 
all men are vain1 in whom there is not  
the knowledge of ,god3 and who by these 
good things that are seen1 could not    
understand him that is1 neither by      
attending to the works have acknowledged
 who was the workman3  #ac3b4 ,but have 
imagined either the fire1 or the wind1  
or the swift air1 or the circle of the  
stars1 or the great water1 or the sun   
and moon1 to be the gods that rule the  
world4  #ac3c4 ,with whose beauty1 if   
they1 being delighted1 took them to be  
gods3  let them know how much the ,lord 
of them is more beautiful than they3    
for the first author of beauty made all 
those things4  #ac3d4 ,or if they       
admired their power1 and their effects1 
let them understand by them1 that he    

that made them1 is mightier than they3  
#ac3e4 ,for by the greatness of the     
beauty1 and of the creature1 the creator
 of them may be seen1 so as to be known 
thereby4  #ac3f4 ,but yet as to these   
they are less to be blamed4  ,for they  
perhaps err1 seeking ,god1 and desirous 
to find him4  #ac3g4 ,for being         
conversant among his works1 they search3
  and they are persuaded that the things
 are good which are seen4  #ac3h4 ,but  
then again they are not to be pardoned4 
#ac3i4 ,for if they were able to know so
 much as to make a judgment of the      
world3  how did they not more easily    
find out the ,lord thereof8  #ac3aj4    
,but unhappy are they1 and their hope is
 among the dead1 who have called gods   
the works of the hand of men1 gold and  
silver1 the inventions of art1 and the  
resemblances of beasts1 or an           
unprofitable stone the work of an       
ancient hand4  #ac3aa4 ,or if an artist1
 a carpenter1 hath cut down a tree      
proper for his use in the wood1 and     

skilfully taken off all the bark        
thereof1 and with his art1 diligently   
formeth a vessel profitable for the     
common uses of life1  #ac3ab4 ,and useth
 the chips of his work to dress his     
meat3  #ac3ac4 ,and taking what was left
 thereof1 which is good for nothing1    
being a crooked piece of wood1 and full 
of knots1 carveth it diligently when he 
hath nothing else to do1 and by the     
skill of his art fashioneth it1 and     
maketh it like the image of a man3      
#ac3ad4 ,or the resemblance of some     
beast1 laying it over with vermilion1   
and painting it red1 and covering every 
spot that is in it3  #ac3ae4 ,and maketh
 a convenient dwelling place for it1 and
 setting it in a wall1 and fastening it 
with iron1  #ac3af4 ,providing for it1  
lest it should fall1 knowing that it is 
unable to help itself3  for it is an    
image1 and hath need of help4  #ac3ag4  
,and then maketh prayer to it1 enquiring
 concerning his substance1 and his      
children1 or his marriage4  ,and he is  

not ashamed to speak to that which hath 
no life3  #ac3ah4 ,and for health he    
maketh supplication to the weak1 and for
 life prayeth to that which is dead1 and
 for help calleth upon that which is    
unprofitable3  #ac3ai4 ,and for a good  
journey he petitioneth him that cannot  
walk3  and for getting1 and for working1
 and for the event of all things he     
asketh him that is unable to do any     
thing4    ,wisdom ,chapter #ad   ,the   
beginning of worshipping idols3  and the
 effects thereof4  #ad3a4 ,again1       
another designing to sail1 and beginning
 to make his voyage through the raging  
waves1 calleth upon a piece of wood more
 frail than the wood that carrieth him4 
#ad3b4 ,for this the desire of gain     
devised1 and the workman built it by his
 skill4  #ad3c4 ,but thy providence1 ,o 
,father1 governeth it3  for thou hast   
made a way even in the sea1 and a most  
sure path among the waves1  #ad3d4      
,shewing that thou art able to save out 
of all things1 yea1 though a man went to

 sea without art4  #ad3e4 ,but that the 
works of thy wisdom might not be idle3  
therefore men also trust their lives    
even to a little wood1 and passing over 
the sea by ship1 are saved4  #ad3f4 ,and
 from the beginning also1 when the proud
 giants perished1 the hope of the world 
fleeing to a vessel1 which was governed 
by thy hand1 left to the world seed of  
generation4  #ad3g4 ,for blessed is the 
wood1 by which justice cometh  #ad3h4   
,but the idol that is made by hands1 is 
cursed1 as well it1 as he that made it3 
he because he made it2 and it because   
being frail it is called a god4  #ad3i4 
,but to ,god the wicked and his         
wickedness are hateful alike4  #ad3aj4  
,for that which is made1 together with  
him that made it1 shall suffer torments4
  #ad3aa4 ,therefore there shall be no  
respect had even to the idols of the    
,gentiles3  because the creatures of    
,god are turned to an abomination1 and a
 temptation to the souls of men1 and a  
snare to the feet of the unwise4        

#ad3ab4 ,for the beginning of           
fornication is the devising of idols3   
and the invention of them is the        
corruption of life4  #ad3ac4 ,for       
neither were they from the beginning1   
neither shall they be for ever4  #ad3ad4
 ,for by the vanity of men they came    
into the world3  and therefore they     
shall be found to come shortly to an    
end4  #ad3ae4 ,for a father being       
afflicted with bitter grief1 made to    
himself the image of his son1 who was   
quickly taken away3  and him who then   
had died as a man1 he began now to      
worship as a god1 and appointed him     
rites and sacrifices among his servants4
  #ad3af4 ,then1 in process of time1    
wicked custom prevailing1 this error was
 kept as a law1 and statues were        
worshipped by the commandment of        
tyrants4  #ad3ag4 ,and those whom men   
could not honour in presence1 because   
they dwelt far off1 they brought their  
resemblance from afar1 and made an      
express image of the king1 whom they had

 a mind to honour3  that by this their  
diligence1 they might honour as present1
 him that was absent4  #ad3ah4 ,and to  
the worshipping of these1 the singular  
diligence also of the artificer helped  
to set forward the ignorant4  #ad3ai4   
,for he being willing to please him that
 employed him1 laboured with all his art
 to make the resemblance in the best    
manner4  #ad3bj4 ,and the multitude of  
men1 carried away by the beauty of the  
work1 took him now for a god1 that      
little before was but honoured as a man4
  #ad3ba4 ,and this was the occasion of 
deceiving human life3  for men serving  
either their affection1 or their kings1 
gave the incommunicable name to stones  
and wood4  #ad3bb4 ,and it was not      
enough for them to err about the        
knowledge of ,god1 but whereas they     
lived in a great war of ignorance1 they 
call so many and so great evils peace4  
#ad3bc4 ,for either they sacrifice their
 own children1 or use hidden sacrifices1
 or keep watches full of madness1       

#ad3bd4 ,so that now they neither keep  
life1 nor marriage undefiled1 but one   
killeth another through envy1 or        
grieveth him by adultery3  #ad3be4 ,and 
all things are mingled together1 blood1 
murder1 theft1 and dissimulation1       
corruption and unfaithfulness1 tumults  
and perjury1 disquieting of the good1   
#ad3bf4 ,forgetfulness of ,god1 defiling
 of souls1 changing of nature1 disorder 
in marriage1 and the irregularity of    
adultery and uncleanness4  #ad3bg4 ,for 
the worship of abominable idols is the  
cause1 and the beginning and end of all 
evil4  #ad3bh4 ,for either they are mad 
when they are merry3  or they prophesy  
lies1 or they live unjustly1 or easily  
forswear themselves4  #ad3bi4 ,for      
whilst they trust in idols1 which are   
without life1 though they swear amiss1  
they look not to be hurt4  #ad3cj4 ,but 
for both these things they shall be     
justly punished1 because they have      
thought not well of ,god1 giving heed to
 idols1 and have sworn unjustly1 in     

guile despising justice4  #ad3ca4 ,for  
it is not the power of them1 by whom    
they swear1 but the just vengeance of   
sinners always punisheth the            
transgression of the unjust4    ,wisdom 
,chapter #ae   ,the servants of ,god    
praise him who hath delivered them from 
idolatry2 condemning both the makers and
 the worshippers of idols4  #ae3a4 ,but 
thou1 our ,god1 art gracious and true1  
patient1 and ordering all things in     
mercy4  #ae3b4 ,for if we sin1 we are   
thine1 knowing thy greatness3  and if we
 sin not1 we know that we are counted   
with thee4  #ae3c4 ,for to know thee is 
perfect justice3  and to know thy       
justice1 and thy power1 is the root of  
immortality4  #ae3d4 ,for the invention 
of mischievous men hath not deceived us1
 nor the shadow of a picture1 a         
fruitless labour1 a graven figure with  
divers colours1  #ae3e4 ,the sight      
whereof enticeth the fool to lust after 
it1 and he loveth the lifeless figure of
 a dead image4  #ae3f4 ,the lovers of   

evil things deserve to have no better   
things to trust in1 both they that make 
them1 and they that love them1 and they 
that worship them4  #ae3g4 ,the potter  
also tempering soft earth1 with labour  
fashioneth every vessel for our service1
 and of the same clay he maketh both    
vessels that are for clean uses1 and    
likewise such as serve to the contrary3 
but what is the use of these vessels1   
the potter is the judge4  #ae3h4 ,and of
 the same clay by a vain labour he      
maketh a god3  he who a little before   
was made of earth himself1 and a little 
after returneth to the same out of which
 he was taken1 when his life1 which was 
lent him1 shall be called for again4    
#ae3i4 ,but his care is1 not that he    
shall labour1 nor that his life is      
short1 but he striveth with the         
goldsmiths and silversmiths3  and he    
endeavoureth to do like the workers in  
brass1 and counteth it a glory to make  
vain things4  #ae3aj4 ,for his heart is 
ashes1 and his hope vain earth and his  

life more base than clay3  #ae3aa4      
,forasmuch as he knew not his maker1 and
 him that inspired into him the soul    
that worketh1 and that breathed into him
 a living spirit4  #ae3ab4 ,yea1 and    
they have counted our life a pastime and
 the business of life to be gain1 and   
that we must be getting every way1 even 
out of evil4  #ae3ac4 ,for that man     
knoweth that he offendeth above all     
others1 who of earthly matter maketh    
brittle vessels1 and graven gods4       
#ae3ad4 ,but all the enemies of thy     
people that hold them in subjection1 are
 foolish1 and unhappy1 and proud beyond 
measure3  #ae3ae4 ,for they have        
esteemed all the idols of the heathens  
for gods1 which neither have the use of 
eyes to see1 nor noses to draw breath1  
nor ears to hear1 nor fingers of hands  
to handle1 and as for their feet1 they  
are slow to walk4  #ae3af4 ,for man made
 them3  and he that borroweth his own   
breath1 fashioned them4  ,for no man can
 make a god like to himself4  #ae3ag4   

,for being mortal himself1 he formeth a 
dead thing with his wicked hands4  ,for 
he is better than they whom he          
worshippeth1 because he indeed hath     
lived1 though he were mortal1 but they  
never4  #ae3ah4 ,moreover1 they worship 
also the vilest creatures3  but things  
without sense1 compared to these1 are   
worse than they4  #ae3ai4 ,yea1 neither 
by sight can any man see good of these  
beasts4  ,but they have fled from the   
praise of ,god1 and from his blessing4  
,wisdom ,chapter #af   ,god's different 
dealings with the ,egyptians and with   
his own people4  #af3a4 ,for these      
things1 and by the like things to these1
 they were worthily punished1 and were  
destroyed by a multitude of beasts4     
#af3b4 ,instead of which punishment1    
dealing well with thy people1 thou      
gavest them their desire of delicious   
food1 of a new taste1 preparing for them
 quails for their meat3  #af3c4 ,to the 
end1 that they indeed desiring food1 by 
means of those things that were shewn   

and sent among them1 might loath even   
that which was necessary to satisfy     
their desire4  ,but these1 after        
suffering want for a short time1 tasted 
a new meat4  ,they indeed desiring food1
 etc4 4 4,he means the ,egyptians2 who  
were restrained even from that food     
which was necessary1 by the frogs and   
the flies that were sent amongst them1  
and spoiled all their meats4--,ibid4    
,but these4 4 4,viz41 the ,israelites4  
#af3d4 ,for it was requisite that       
inevitable destruction should come upon 
them that exercised tyranny3  but to    
these it should only be shewn how their 
enemies were destroyed4  #af3e4 ,for    
when the fierce rage of beasts came upon
 these1 they were destroyed by the      
bitings of crooked serpents4  #af3f4    
,but thy wrath endured not for ever1 but
 they were troubled for a short time for
 their correction1 having a sign of     
salvation1 to put them in remembrance of
 the commandment of thy law4  ,sign of  
salvation4 4 4,the brazen serpent1 an   

emblem of ,christ our ,saviour4  #af3g4 
,for he that turned to it1 was not      
healed by that which he saw1 but by     
thee1 the ,saviour of all4  #af3h4 ,and 
in this thou didst shew to our enemies1 
that thou art he who deliverest from all
 evil4  #af3i4 ,for the bitings of      
locusts1 and of flies1 killed them1 and 
there was found no remedy for their     
life3  because they were worthy to be   
destroyed by such things4  #af3aj4 ,but 
not even the teeth of venomous serpents 
overcame thy children3  for thy mercy   
came and healed them4  #af3aa4 ,for they
 were examined for the remembrance of   
thy words1 and were quickly healed1 lest
 falling into deep forgetfulness1 they  
might not be able to use thy help4      
#af3ab4 ,for it was neither herb1 nor   
mollifying plaster1 that healed them1   
but thy word1 ,o ,lord1 which healeth   
all things4  #af3ac4 ,for it is thou1 ,o
 ,lord1 that hast power of life and     
death1 and leadest down to the gates of 
death1 and bringest back again3  #af3ad4

 ,a man indeed killeth through malice1  
and when the spirit is gone forth1 it   
shall not return1 neither shall he call 
back the soul that is received3  #af3ae4
 ,but it is impossible to escape thy    
hand3  #af3af4 ,for the wicked that     
denied to know thee1 were scourged by   
the strength of thy arm1 being          
persecuted by strange waters1 and hail1 
and rain1 and consumed by fire4  #af3ag4
 ,and which was wonderful1 in water1    
which extinguisheth all things1 the fire
 had more force3  for the world fighteth
 for the just4  ,the fire had more      
force4 4 4,viz41 when the fire and hail 
mingled together laid waste the land of 
,egypt4  ,ex4 #i4  #af3ah4 ,for at one  
time the fire was mitigated1 that the   
beasts which were sent against the      
wicked might not be burnt1 but that they
 might see1 and perceive that they were 
persecuted by the judgment of ,god4     
#af3ai4 ,and at another time the fire1  
above its own power1 burnt in the midst 
of water1 to destroy the fruits of a    

wicked land4  #af3bj4 ,instead of which 
things1 thou didst feed thy people with 
the food of angels1 and gavest them     
bread from heaven1 prepared without     
labour2 having in it all that is        
delicious1 and the sweetness of every   
taste4  #af3ba4 ,for thy sustenance     
shewed thy sweetness to thy children1   
and serving every man's will1 it was    
turned to what every man liked4  #af3bb4
 ,but snow and ice endured the force of 
fire1 and melted not3  that they might  
know that the fire1 burning in the hail1
 and flashing in the rain1 destroyed the
 fruits of the enemies4  #af3bc4 ,but   
this same again1 that the just might be 
nourished1 did even forget its own      
strength4  #af3bd4 ,for the creature    
serving thee1 the ,creator1 is made     
fierce against the unjust for their     
punishment3  and abateth its strength   
for the benefit of them that trust in   
thee4  #af3be4 ,therefore even then it  
was transformed into all things1 and was
 obedient to thy grace1 that nourisheth 

all1 according to the will of them that 
desired it of thee3  #af3bf4 ,that thy  
children1 ,o ,lord1 whom thou lovedst1  
might know that it is not the growing of
 fruits that nourisheth men1 but thy    
word preserveth them that believe in    
thee4  #af3bg4 ,for that which could not
 be destroyed by fire1 being warmed with
 a little sunbeam1 presently melted     
away3  #af3bh4 ,that it might be known  
to all1 that we ought to prevent the sun
 to bless thee1 and adore thee at the   
dawning of the light4  #af3bi4 ,for the 
hope of the unthankful shall melt away  
as the winter's ice1 and shall run off  
as unprofitable water4    ,wisdom       
,chapter #ag   ,the ,egyptian darkness4 
#ag3a4 ,for thy judgments1 ,o ,lord1 are
 great1 and thy words cannot be         
expressed3  therefore undisciplined     
souls have erred4  #ag3b4 ,for while the
 wicked thought to be able to have      
dominion over the holy nation1 they     
themselves being fettered with the bonds
 of darkness1 and a long night1 shut up 

in their houses1 lay there exiled from  
the eternal providence4  #ag3c4 ,and    
while they thought to lie hid in their  
obscure sins1 they were scattered under 
a dark veil of forgetfullness1 being    
horribly afraid1 and troubled with      
exceeding great astonishment4  #ag3d4   
,for neither did the den that held them1
 keep them from fear3  for noises coming
 down troubled them1 and sad visions    
appearing to them1 affrighted them4     
#ag3e4 ,and no power of fire could give 
them light1 neither could the bright    
flames of the stars enlighten that      
horrible night4  #ag3f4 ,but there      
appeared to them a sudden fire1 very    
dreadful3  and being struck with the    
fear of that face1 which was not seen1  
they thought the things which they saw  
to be worse3  #ag3g4 ,and the delusions 
of their magic art were put down1 and   
their boasting of wisdom was            
reproachfully rebuked4  #ag3h4 ,for they
 who promised to drive away fears and   
troubles from a sick soul1 were sick    

themselves of a fear worthy to be       
laughed at4  #ag3i4 ,for though no      
terrible thing disturbed them3  yet     
being scared with the passing by of     
beasts1 and hissing of serpents1 they   
died for fear and denying that they saw 
the air1 which could by no means be     
avoided4  #ag3aj4 ,for whereas          
wickedness is fearful1 it beareth       
witness of its condemnation3  for a     
troubled conscience always forecasteth  
grievous things4  #ag3aa4 ,for fear is  
nothing else but a yielding up of the   
succours from thought4  #ag3ab4 ,and    
while there is less expectation from    
within1 the greater doth it count the   
ignorance of that cause which bringeth  
the torment4  #ag3ac4 ,but they that    
during that night1 in which nothing     
could be done1 and which came upon them 
from the lowest and deepest hell1 slept 
the same sleep1  #ag3ad4 ,were sometimes
 molested with the fear of monsters1    
sometimes fainted away1 their soul      
failing them3  for a sudden and unlooked

 for fear was come upon them4  #ag3ae4  
,moreover1 if any of them had fallen    
down1 he was kept shut up in prison     
without irons4  #ag3af4 ,for if any one 
were a husbandman1 or a shepherd1 or a  
labourer in the field1 and was suddenly 
overtaken1 he endured a necessity from  
which he could not fly4  #ag3ag4 ,for   
they were all bound together with one   
chain of darkness4 ,whether it were a   
whistling wind1 or the melodious voice  
of birds1 among the spreading branches  
of trees1 or a fall of water running    
down with violence1  #ag3ah4 ,or the    
mighty noise of stones tumbling down1 or
 the running that could not be seen of  
beasts playing together1 or the roaring 
voice of wild beasts1 or a rebounding   
echo from the highest mountains3  these 
things made them to swoon for fear4     
#ag3ai4 ,for the whole world was        
enlightened1 with a clear light1 and    
none were hindered in their labours4    
#ag3bj4 ,but over them only was spread a
 heavy night1 an image of that darkness 

which was to come upon them4  ,but they 
were to themselves more grievous than   
the darkness4    ,wisdom ,chapter #ah   
,the slaughter of the firstborn in      
,egypt3  the efficacy of ,aaron's       
intercession1 in the sedition on        
occasion of ,core4  #ah3a4 ,but thy     
saints had a very great light1 and they 
heard their voice indeed1 but did not   
see their shape4  ,and because they also
 did not suffer the same things1 they   
glorified thee3  #ah3b4 ,and they that  
before had been wronged1 gave thanks1   
because they were not hurt now3  and    
asked this gift1 that there might be a  
difference4  #ah3c4 ,therefore they     
received a burning pillar of fire for a 
guide of the way which they knew not1   
and thou gavest them a harmless sun of a
 good entertainment4  ,a harmless sun4 4
 4,a light that should not hurt or      
molest them2 but that should be an      
agreeable guest to them4  #ah3d4 ,the   
others indeed were worthy to be deprived
 of light1 and imprisoned in darkness1  

who kept thy children shut up1 by whom  
the pure light of the law was to be     
given to the world4  #ah3e4 ,and whereas
 they thought to kill the babes of the  
just3  one child being cast forth1 and  
saved to reprove them1 thou tookest away
 a multitude of their children1 and     
destroyedst them altogether in a mighty 
water4  ,one child4 4 4,viz41 ,moses4   
#ah3f4 ,for that night was known before 
by our fathers1 that assuredly knowing  
what oaths they had trusted to1 they    
might be of better courage4  #ah3g4 ,so 
thy people received the salvation of the
 just1 and destruction of the unjust4   
#ah3h4 ,for as thou didst punish the    
adversaries so thou didst also encourage
 and glorify us4  #ah3i4 ,for the just  
children of good men were offering      
sacrifice secretly1 and they unanimously
 ordered a law of justice3  that the    
just should receive both good and evil  
alike1 singing now the praises of the   
fathers4  ,of good men4 4 4,viz41 of the
 patriarchs4  ,their children1 the      

,israelites1 offered in private the     
sacrifice of the paschal lamb2 and were 
regulating what they were to do in their
 journey1 when that last and most       
dreadful plague was coming upon their   
enemies4  #ah3aj4 ,but on the other side
 there sounded an ill according cry of  
the enemies1 and a lamentable mourning  
was heard for the children that were    
bewailed4  #ah3aa4 ,and the servant     
suffered the same punishment as the     
master1 and a common man suffered in    
like manner as the king4  #ah3ab4 ,so   
all alike had innumerable dead1 with one
 kind of death4 ,neither were the living
 sufficient to bury them3  for in one   
moment the noblest offspring of them was
 destroyed4  ,the noblest offspring4 4  
4,that is1 the firstborn4  #ah3ac4 ,for 
whereas they would not believe any thing
 before by reason of the enchantments1  
then first upon the destruction of the  
firstborn1 they acknowledged the people 
to be of ,god4  #ah3ad4 ,for while all  
things were in quiet silence1 and the   

night was in the midst of her course1   
#ah3ae4 ,thy ,almighty word leaped down 
from heaven from thy royal throne1 as a 
fierce conqueror into the midst of the  
land of destruction1  #ah3af4 ,with a   
sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned      
commandment1 and he stood and filled all
 things with death1 and standing on the 
earth1 reached even to heaven4  #ah3ag4 
,then suddenly visions of evil dreams   
troubled them1 and fears unlooked for   
came upon them4  #ah3ah4 ,and one thrown
 here1 another there1 half dead1 shewed 
the cause of his death4  #ah3ai4 ,for   
the visions that troubled them          
foreshewed these things1 lest they      
should perish1 and not know why they    
suffered these evils4  #ah3bj4 ,but the 
just also were afterwards touched by an 
assault of death1 and there was a       
disturbance of the multitude in the     
wilderness3 but thy wrath did not long  
continue2  #ah3ba4 ,for a blameless man 
made haste to pry for the people1       
bringing forth the shield of his        

ministry1 prayer1 and by incense making 
supplication1 withstood the wrath1 and  
put an end to the calamity1 shewing that
 he was thy servant4  #ah3bb4 ,and he   
overcame the disturbance1 not by        
strength of body nor with force of arms1
 but with a word he subdued him that    
punished them1 alleging the oath and    
covenant made with the fathers4  #ah3bc4
 ,for when they were now fallen down    
dead by heaps one upon another1 he stood
 between and stayed the assault1 and cut
 off the way to the living4  #ah3bd4    
,for in the priestly robe which he wore1
 was the whole world3  and in the four  
rows of the stones1 the glory of the    
fathers was graven1 and thy majesty was 
written upon the diadem of his head4    
#ah3bf4 ,and to these the destroyer gave
 place1 and was afraid of them3 for the 
proof only of wrath was enough4         
,wisdom ,chapter #ai   ,why ,god shewed 
no mercy to the ,egyptians4  ,his favour
 to the ,israelites4 ,all creatures obey
 ,god's orders for the service of the   

good1 and the punishment of the wicked4 
#ai3a4 ,but as to the wicked1 even to   
the end there came upon them wrath      
without mercy4  ,for he knew before also
 what they would do3  #ai3b4 ,for when  
they had given them leave to depart and 
had sent them away with great care1 they
 repented and pursued after them4       
#ai3c4 ,for whilst they were yet        
mourning1 and lamenting at the graves of
 the dead1 they took up another foolish 
device3  and pursued them as fugitives  
whom they had pressed to be gone3       
#ai3d4 ,for a necessity1 of which they  
were worthy1 brought them to this end3  
and they lost the remembrance of those  
things which had happened1 that their   
punishment might fill up what was       
wanting to their torments3  #ai3e4 ,and 
that thy people might wonderfully pass  
through1 but they might find a new      
death4  #ai3f4 ,for every creature1     
according to its kind was fashioned     
again as from the beginning1 obeying thy
 commandments1 that thy children might  

be kept without hurt4  #ai3g4 ,for a    
cloud overshadowed their camps and where
 water was before1 dry land appeared1   
and in the ,red ,sea a way without      
hindrance1 and out of the great deep a  
springing field3  #ai3h4 ,through which 
all the nation passed which was         
protected with thy hand1 seeing thy     
miracles and wonders4  #ai3i4 ,for they 
fed on their food like horses1 and they 
skipped like lambs1 praising thee1 ,o   
,lord1 who hadst delivered them4        
#ai3aj4 ,for they were yet mindful of   
those things which had been done in the 
time of their sojourning1 how the ground
 brought forth flies instead of cattle1 
and how the river cast up a multitude of
 frogs instead of fishes4  #ai3aa4 ,and 
at length they saw a new generation of  
birds1 when being led by their appetite1
 they asked for delicate meats4  #ai3ab4
 ,for to satisfy their desire1 the quail
 came up to them from the sea3  and     
punishments came upon the sinners1 not  
without foregoing signs by the force of 

thunders3  for they suffered justly     
according to their own wickedness4      
#ai3ac4 ,for they exercised a more      
detestable inhospitality than any3      
others indeed received not strangers    
unknown to them1 but these brought their
 guests into bondage that had deserved  
well of them4  #ai3ad4 ,and not only so1
 but in another respect also they were  
worse3 for the others against their will
 received the strangers4  #ai3ae4 ,but  
these grievously afflicted them whom    
they had received with joy1 and who     
lived under the same laws4  #ai3af4 ,but
 they were struck with blindness3  as   
those others were at the doors of the   
just man1 when they were covered with   
sudden darkness1 and every one sought   
the passage of his own door4  #ai3ag4   
,for while the elements are changed in  
themselves1 as in an instrument the     
sound of the quality is changed1 yet all
 keep their sound3  which may clearly be
 perceived by the very sight4  ,elements
 are changed1 etc4 4 4,the meaning is1  

that whatever changes ,god wrought in   
the elements by miracles in favour of   
his people1 they still kept their       
harmony by obeying his will4  #ai3ah4   
,for the things of the land were turned 
into things of the water3 and the things
 that before swam in the water passed   
upon the land4  #ai3ai4 ,the fire had   
power in water above its own virtue1 and
 the water forgot its quenching nature4 
#ai3bj4 ,on the other side1 the flames  
wasted not the flesh of corruptible     
animals walking therein1 neither did    
they melt that good food1 which was apt 
to melt as ice4  ,for in all things thou
 didst magnify thy people1 ,o ,lord1 and
 didst honour them1 and didst not       
despise them1 but didst assist them at  
all times1 and in every place4  ,that   
good food4 4 4,the manna4               
,,ecclesiasticus    ,this ,book is so   
called from a ,greek word that signifies
 a preacher3 because1 like an excellent 
preacher1 it gives admirable lessons of 
all virtues4  ,the author was ,jesus the

 son of ,sirach of ,jerusalem1 who      
flourished about two hundred years      
before ,christ4  ,as it was written     
after the time of ,esdras1 it is not in 
the ,jewish canon2 but is received as   
canonical and divine by the ,catholic   
,church1 instructed by apostolical      
tradition1 and directed by the spirit of
 ,god4  ,it was first written in the    
,hebrew1 but afterwards translated into 
,greek1 by another ,jesus1 the grandson 
of the author1 whose prologue to this   
book is the following3    ,,the         
,,prologue4   ,the knowledge of many and
 great things hath been shewn us by the 
law1 and the prophets1 and others that  
have followed them3  for which things   
,israel is to be commended for doctrine 
and wisdom1 because not only they that  
speak must needs be skilful1 but        
strangers also1 both speaking and       
writing1 may by their means become most 
learned4  ,my grandfather ,jesus1 after 
he had much given himself to a diligent 
reading of the law1 and the prophets1   

and other books1 that were delivered to 
us from our fathers1 had a mind also to 
write something himself1 pertaining to  
doctrine and wisdom2 that such as are   
desirous to learn1 and are made knowing 
in these things1 may be more and more   
attentive in mind1 and be strengthened  
to live according to the law4  ,i       
entreat you therefore to come with      
benevolence1 and to read with attention1
 and to pardon us for those things      
wherein we may seem1 while we follow the
 image of wisdom1 to come short in the  
composition of words2 for the ,hebrew   
words have not the same force in them   
when translated into another tongue4    
,and not only these1 but the law also   
itself1 and the prophets1 and the rest  
of the books1 have no small difference1 
when they are spoken in their own       
language4  ,for in the eight and        
thirtieth year coming into ,egypt1 when 
,ptolemy ,evergetes was king1 and       
continuing there a long time1 ,i found  
there books left1 of no small nor       

contemptible learning4  ,therefore ,i   
thought it good1 and necessary for me to
 bestow some diligence and labour to    
interpret this book2 and with much      
watching and study in some space of     
time1 ,i brought the book to an end1 and
 set it forth for the service of them   
that are willing to apply their mind1   
and to learn how they ought to conduct  
themselves1 who purpose to lead their   
life according to the law of the ,lord4 
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #a   ,all      
wisdom is from ,god1 and is given to    
them that fear and love ,god4  #a3a4    
,all wisdom is from the ,lord ,god1 and 
hath been always with him1 and is before
 all time4  #a3b4 ,who hath numbered the
 sand of the sea1 and the drops of rain1
 and the days of the world8  ,who hath  
measured the height of heaven1 and the  
breadth of the earth1 and the depth of  
the abyss8  #a3c4 ,who hath searched out
 the wisdom of ,god that goeth before   
all things8  #a3d4 ,wisdom hath been    
created before all things1 and the      

understanding of prudence from          
everlasting4  #a3e4 ,the word of ,god on
 high is the fountain of wisdom1 and her
 ways are everlasting commandments4     
#a3f4 ,to whom hath the root of wisdom  
been revealed1 and who hath known her   
wise counsels8  #a3g4 ,to whom hath the 
discipline of wisdom been revealed and  
made manifest8  and who hath understood 
the multiplicity of her steps8  #a3h4   
,there is one most high ,creator        
,almighty1 and a powerful king1 and     
greatly to be feared1 who sitteth upon  
his throne1 and is the ,god of dominion4
  #a3i4 ,he created her in the ,holy    
,ghost1 and saw her1 and numbered her1  
and measured her4  #a3aj4 ,and he poured
 her out upon all his works1 and upon   
all flesh according to his gift1 and    
hath given her to them that love him4   
#a3aa4 ,the fear of the ,lord is honour1
 and glory1 and gladness1 and a crown of
 joy4  #a3ab4 ,the fear of the ,lord    
shall delight the heart1 and shall give 
joy1 and gladness1 and length of days4  

#a3ac4 ,with him that feareth the ,lord1
 it shall go well in the latter end1 and
 in the day of his death he shall be    
blessed4  #a3ad4 ,the love of ,god is   
honourable wisdom4  #a3ae4 ,and they to 
whom she shall shew herself love her by 
the sight1 and by the knowledge of her  
great works4  #a3af4 ,the fear of the   
,lord is the beginning of wisdom1 and   
was created with the faithful in the    
womb1 it walketh with chosen women1 and 
is known with the just and faithful4    
#a3ag4 ,the fear of the ,lord is the    
religiousness of knowledge4  #a3ah4     
,religiousness shall keep and justify   
the heart1 it shall give joy and        
gladness4  #a3ai4 ,it shall go well with
 him that feareth the ,lord1 and in the 
days of his end he shall be blessed4    
#a3bj4 ,to fear ,god is the fulness of  
wisdom1 and fulness is from the fruits  
thereof4  #a3ba4 ,she shall fill all her
 house with her increase1 and the       
storehouses with her treasures4  #a3bb4 
,the fear of the ,lord is a crown of    

wisdom1 filling up peace and the fruit  
of salvation3  #a3bc4 ,and it hath seen1
 and numbered her3  but both are the    
gifts of ,god4  #a3bd4 ,wisdom shall    
distribute knowledge1 and understanding 
of prudence3 and exalteth the glory of  
them that hold her4  #a3be4 ,the root of
 wisdom is to fear the ,lord3  and the  
branches thereof are long-lived4  #a3bf4
 ,in the treasures of wisdom is         
understanding1 and religiousness of     
knowledge3  but to sinners wisdom is an 
abomination4  #a3bg4 ,the fear of the   
,lord driveth out sin3  #a3bh4 ,for he  
that is without fear1 cannot be         
justified3  for the wrath of his high   
spirits is his ruin4  #a3bi4 ,a patient 
man shall bear for a time1 and          
afterwards joy shall be restored to him4
  #a3cj4 ,a good understanding will hide
 his words for a time1 and the lips of  
many shall declare his wisdom4  #a3ca4  
,in the treasures of wisdom is the      
signification of discipline3  #a3cb4    
,but the worship of ,god is an          

abomination to a sinner4  #a3cc4 ,son1  
if thou desire wisdom1 keep justice1 and
 ,god will give her to thee4  #a3cd4    
,for the fear of the ,lord is wisdom and
 discipline3  and that which is         
agreeable to him1  #a3ce4 ,is faith1 and
 meekness3  and he will fill up his     
treasures4  #a3cf4 ,be not incredulous  
to the fear of the ,lord3  and come not 
to him with a double heart4  #a3cg4 ,be 
not a hypocrite in the sight of men1 and
 let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to
 thee4  #a3ch4 ,watch over them1 lest   
thou fall1 and bring dishonour upon thy 
soul1  #a3ci4 ,and ,god discover thy    
secrets1 and cast thee down in the midst
 of the congregation4  #a3dj4 ,because  
thou camest to the ,lord wickedly1 and  
thy heart is full of guile and deceit4  
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #b   ,god's    
servants must look for temptations3  and
 must arm themselves with patience and  
confidence in ,god4  #b3a4 ,son1 when   
thou comest to the service of ,god1     
stand in justice and in fear1 and       

prepare thy soul for temptation4  #b3b4 
,humble thy heart1 and endure3  incline 
thy ear1 and receive the words of       
understanding3  and make not haste in   
the time of clouds4  #b3c4 ,wait on ,god
 with patience3  join thyself to ,god1  
and endure1 that thy life may be        
increased in the latter end4  #b3d4     
,take all that shall be brought upon    
thee3  and in thy sorrow endure1 and in 
thy humiliation keep patience4  #b3e4   
,for gold and silver are tried in the   
fire1 but acceptable men in the furnace 
of humiliation4  #b3f4 ,believe ,god1   
and he will recover thee3  and direct   
thy way1 and trust in him4  ,keep his   
fear1 and grow old therein4  #b3g4 ,ye  
that fear the ,lord1 wait for his mercy3
  and go not aside from him lest ye     
fall4  #b3h4 ,ye that fear the ,lord1   
believe him3  and your reward shall not 
be made void4  #b3i4 ,ye that fear the  
,lord hope in him1 and mercy shall come 
to you for your delight4  #b3aj4 ,ye    
that fear the ,lord1 love him1 and your 

hearts shall be enlightened4  #b3aa4 ,my
 children behold the generations of men3
  and know ye that no one hath hoped in 
the ,lord1 and hath been confounded4    
#b3ab4 ,for who hath continued in his   
commandment1 and hath been forsaken8  or
 who hath called upon him1 and he       
despised him8  #b3ac4 ,for ,god is      
compassionate and merciful1 and will    
forgive sins in the day of tribulation3 
and he is a protector to all that seek  
him in truth4  #b3ad4 ,woe to them that 
are of a double heart and to wicked     
lips1 and to the hands that do evil1 and
 to the sinner that goeth on the earth  
two ways4  #b3ae4 ,woe to them that are 
fainthearted1 who believe not ,god3  and
 therefore they shall not be protected  
by him4  #b3af4 ,woe to them that have  
lost patience1 and that have forsaken   
the right ways1 and have gone aside into
 crooked ways4  #b3ag4 ,and what will   
they do1 when the ,lord shall begin to  
examine8  #b3ah4 ,they that fear the    
,lord1 will not be incredulous to his   

word3  and they that love him1 will keep
 his way4  #b3ai4 ,they that fear the   
,lord1 will seek after the things that  
are well pleasing to him3  and they that
 love him1 shall be filled with his law4
  #b3bj4 ,they that fear the ,lord1 will
 prepare their hearts1 and in his sight 
will sanctify their souls1  #b3ba4 ,they
 that fear the ,lord1 keep his          
commandments1 and will have patience    
even until his visitation1  #b3bb4      
,saying3  ,if we do not penance1 we     
shall fall into the hands of the ,lord1 
and not into the hands of men4  #b3bc4  
,for according to his greatness1 so also
 is his mercy with him4                 
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #c   ,lessons  
concerning the honour of parents1 and   
humility1 and avoiding curiosity4  #c3a4
 ,the sons of wisdom are the church of  
the just3  and their generation1        
obedience and love4  #c3b4 ,children1   
hear the judgment of your father1 and so
 do that you may be saved4  #c3c4 ,for  
,god hath made the father honourable to 

the children3  and seeking the judgment 
of the mothers1 hath confirmed it upon  
the children4  #c3d4 ,he that loveth    
,god1 shall obtain pardon for his sins  
by prayer1 and shall refrain himself    
from them1 and shall be heard in the    
prayer of days4  #c3e4 ,and he that     
honoureth his mother is as one that     
layeth up a treasure4  #c3f4 ,he that   
honoureth his father shall have joy in  
his own children1 and in the day of his 
prayer he shall be heard4  #c3g4 ,he    
that honoureth his father shall enjoy a 
long life3  and he that obeyeth the     
father1 shall be a comfort to his       
mother4  #c3h4 ,he that feareth the     
,lord1 honoureth his parents1 and will  
serve them as his masters that brought  
him into the world4  #c3i4 ,honour thy  
father1 in work and word1 and all       
patience1  #c3aj4 ,that a blessing may  
come upon thee from him1 and his        
blessing may remain in the latter end4  
#c3aa4 ,the father's blessing           
establisheth the houses of the children3

 but the mother's curse rooteth up the  
foundation4  #c3ab4 ,glory not in the   
dishonour of thy father3  for his shame 
is no glory to thee4  #c3ac4 ,for the   
glory of a man is from the honour of his
 father1 and a father without honour is 
the disgrace of the son4  #c3ad4 ,son1  
support the old age of thy father1 and  
grieve him not in his life2  #c3ae4 ,and
 if his understanding fail1 have        
patience with him1 and despise him not  
when thou art in thy strength3  for the 
relieving of the father shall not be    
forgotten4  #c3af4 ,for good shall be   
repaid to thee for the sin of thy       
mother4  #c3ag4 ,and in justice thou    
shalt be built up1 and in the day of    
affliction thou shalt be remembered3    
and thy sins shall melt away as the ice 
in the fair warm weather4  #c3ah4 ,of   
what an evil fame is he that forsaketh  
his father3  and he is cursed of ,god   
that angereth his mother4  #c3ai4 ,my   
son1 do thy works in meekness1 and thou 
shalt be beloved above the glory of men4

  #c3bj4 ,the greater thou art1 the more
 humble thyself in all things1 and thou 
shalt find grace before ,god3  #c3ba4   
,for great is the power of ,god alone1  
and he is honoured by the humble4       
#c3bb4 ,seek not the things that are too
 high for thee1 and search not into     
things above thy ability3  but the      
things that ,god hath commanded thee1   
think on them always1 and in many of his
 works be not curious4  #c3bc4 ,for it  
is not necessary for thee to see with   
thy eyes those things that are hid4     
#c3bd4 ,in unnecessary matters be not   
over curious1 and in many of his works  
thou shalt not be inquisitive4  #c3be4  
,for many things are shewn to thee above
 the understanding of men4  #c3bf4 ,and 
the suspicion of them hath deceived     
many1 and hath detained their minds in  
vanity4  #c3bg4 ,a hard heart shall fear
 evil at the last3  and he that loveth  
danger shall perish in it4  #c3bh4 ,a   
heart that goeth two ways shall not have
 success1 and the perverse of heart     

shall be scandalized therein4  #c3bi4 ,a
 wicked heart shall be laden with       
sorrows1 and the sinner will add sin to 
sin4  #c3cj4 ,the congregation of the   
proud shall not be healed3  for the     
plant of wickedness shall take root in  
them1 and it shall not be perceived4    
#c3ca4 ,the heart of the wise is        
understood in wisdom1 and a good ear    
will hear wisdom with all desire4       
#c3cb4 ,a wise heart1 and which hath    
understanding1 will abstain from sins1  
and in the works of justice shall have  
success4  #c3cc4 ,water quencheth a     
flaming fire1 and alms resisteth sins3  
#c3cd4 ,and ,god provideth for him that 
sheweth favour3  he remembereth him     
afterwards1 and in the time of his fall 
he shall find a sure stay4              
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #d   ,an       
exhortation to works of mercy1 and to   
the love of wisdom4  #d3a4 ,son1 defraud
 not the poor of alms1 and turn not away
 thy eyes from the poor4  #d3b4 ,despise
 not the hungry soul3  and provoke not  

the poor in his want4  #d3c4 ,afflict   
not the heart of the needy1 and defer   
not to gibe to him that is in distress4 
#d3d4 ,reject not the petition of the   
afflicted3  and turn not away thy face  
from the needy4  #d3e4 ,turn not away   
thy eyes from the poor for fear of      
anger3  and leave not to them that ask  
of thee to curse thee behind thy back4  
#d3f4 ,for the prayer of him that       
curseth thee in the bitterness of his   
soul1 shall be heard1 for he that made  
him will hear him4  #d3g4 ,make thyself 
affable to the congregation of the poor1
 and humble thy soul to the ancient1 and
 bow thy head to a great man4  #d3h4    
,bow down thy ear cheerfully to the     
poor1 and pay what thou owest1 and      
answer him peaceable words with         
mildness4  #d3i4 ,deliver him that      
suffereth wrong out of the hand of the  
proud3  and be not fainthearted in thy  
soul4  #d3aj4 ,in judging be merciful to
 the fatherless as a father1 and as a   
husband to their mother4  #d3aa4 ,and   

thou shalt be as the obedient son of the
 most ,high1 and he will have mercy on  
thee more than a mother4  #d3ab4 ,wisdom
 inspireth life into her children1 and  
protecteth them that seek after her1 and
 will go before them in the way of      
justice4  #d3ac4 ,and he that loveth    
her1 loveth life3  and they that watch  
for her1 shall embrace her sweetness4   
#d3ad4 ,they that hold her fast1 shall  
inherit life3  and whithersoever she    
entereth1 ,god will give a blessing4    
#d3ae4 ,they that serve her1 shall be   
servants to the holy one3  and ,god     
loveth them that love her4  #d3af4 ,he  
that hearkeneth to her1 shall judge     
nations3  and he that looketh upon her1 
shall remain secure4  #d3ag4 ,if he     
trust to her1 he shall inherit her1 and 
his generation shall be in assurance4   
#d3ah4 ,for she walketh with him in     
temptation1 and at the first she        
chooseth him4  ,in temptation1 etc4 4   
4,the meaning is1 that before wisdom    
will choose any for her favourite1 she  

will try them by leading them through   
contradictions1 afflictions1 and        
temptations1 the usual noviceship of the
 children of ,god4  #d3ai4 ,she will    
bring upon him fear and dread and trial3
  and she will scourge him with the     
affliction of her discipline1 till she  
try him by her laws1 and trust his soul4
  #d3bj4 ,then she will strengthen him1 
and make a straight way to him1 and give
 him joy1  #d3ba4 ,and will disclose her
 secrets to him1 and will heap upon him 
treasures of knowledge and understanding
 of justice4  #d3bb4 ,but if he go      
astray1 she will forsake him1 and       
deliver him into the hands of his enemy4
  #d3bc4 ,son1 observe the time1 and fly
 from evil4  #d3bd4 ,for thy soul be not
 ashamed to say the truth4  #d3be4 ,for 
there is a shame that bringeth sin1 and 
there is a shame that bringeth glory and
 grace4  #d3bf4 ,accept no person       
against thy own person1 nor against thy 
soul a lie4  #d3bg4 ,reverence not thy  
neighbour in his fall3  #d3bh4 ,and     

refrain not to speak in the time of     
salvation4  ,hide not thy wisdom in her 
beauty4  #d3bi4 ,for by the tongue      
wisdom is discerned3  and understanding1
 and knowledge1 and learning by the word
 of the wise1 and steadfastness in the  
works of justice4  #d3cj4 ,in nowise    
speak against the truth1 but be ashamed 
of the lie of thy ignorance4  #d3ca4 ,be
 not ashamed to confess thy sins1 but   
submit not thyself to every man for sin4
  #d3cb4 ,resist not against the face of
 the mighty1 and do not strive against  
the stream of the river4  #d3cc4 ,strive
 for justice for thy soul1 and even unto
 death fight for justice1 and ,god will 
overthrow thy enemies for thee4  #d3cd4 
,be not hasty in thy tongue3  and slack 
and remiss in thy works4  #d3ce4 ,be not
 as a lion in thy house1 terrifying them
 of thy household1 and oppressing them  
that are under thee4  #d3cf4 ,let not   
thy hand be stretched out to receive1   
and shut when thou shouldst give4       
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #e   ,we must  

not presume of our wealth or strength3  
nor of the mercy of ,god1 to go on in   
sin3  we must be steadfast in virtue and
 truth4  #e3a4 ,set not thy heart upon  
unjust possessions1 and say not3  ,i    
have enough to live on3  for it shall be
 of no service in the time of vengeance 
and darkness4  #e3b4 ,follow not in thy 
strength the desires of thy heart3      
#e3c4 ,and say not3  ,how mighty am ,i8 
and who shall bring me under for my     
deeds8  for ,god will surely take       
revenge4  #e3d4 ,say not3  ,i have      
sinned1 and what harm hath befallen me8 
for the most ,high is a patient         
rewarder4  #e3e4 ,be not without fear   
about sin forgiven1 and add not sin upon
 sin3  #e3f4 ,and say not3  ,the mercy  
of the ,lord is great1 he will have     
mercy on the multitude of my sins4      
#e3g4 ,for mercy and wrath quickly come 
from him1 and his wrath looketh upon    
sinners4  #e3h4 ,delay not to be        
converted to the ,lord1 and defer it not
 from day to day4  #e3i4 ,for his wrath 

shall come on a sudden1 and in the time 
of vengeance he will destroy thee4      
#e3aj4 ,be not anxious for goods        
unjustly gotten3  for they shall not    
profit thee in the day of calamity and  
revenge4  #e3aa4 ,winnow not with every 
wind1 and go not into every way3  for so
 is every sinner proved by a double     
tongue4  #e3ab4 ,be steadfast in the way
 of the ,lord1 and in the truth of thy  
judgment1 and in knowledge1 and let the 
word of peace and justice keep with     
thee4  #e3ac4 ,be meek to hear the word1
 that thou mayst understand3  and return
 a true answer with wisdom4  #e3ad4 ,if 
thou have understanding1 answer thy     
neighbour3  but if not1 let thy hand be 
upon thy mouth1 lest thou be surprised  
in an unskilful word1 and be confounded4
  #e3ae4 ,honour and glory is in the    
word of the wise1 but the tongue of the 
fool is his ruin4  #e3af4 ,be not called
 a whisperer1 and be not taken in thy   
tongue1 and confounded4  #e3ag4 ,for    
confusion and repentance is upon a      

thief1 and an evil mark of disgrace upon
 the double tongued1 but to the         
whisperer hatred1 and enmity1 and       
reproach4  #e3ah4 ,justify alike the    
small and the great4    ,ecclesiasticus 
,chapter #f   ,of true and false        
friends3  and of the of the fruits of   
wisdom4  #f3a4 ,instead of a friend     
become not an enemy to thy neighbour3   
for an evil man shall inherit reproach  
and shame1 so shall every sinner that is
 envious and double tongued4  #f3b4     
,extol not thyself in the thoughts of   
thy soul like a bull3  lest thy strength
 be quashed by folly1  #f3c4 ,and it eat
 up thy leaves1 and destroy thy fruit1  
and thou be left as a dry tree in the   
wilderness4  #f3d4 ,for a wicked soul   
shall destroy him that hath it1 and     
maketh him to be a joy to his enemies1  
and shall lead him into the lot of the  
wicked4  #f3e4 ,a sweet word multiplieth
 friends1 and appeaseth enemies1 and a  
gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth4
  #f3f4 ,be in peace with many1 but let 

one of a thousand be thy counsellor4    
#f3g4 ,if thou wouldst get a friend1 try
 him before thou takest him1 and do not 
credit him easily4  #f3h4 ,for there is 
a friend for his own occasion1 and he   
will not abide in the day of thy        
trouble4  #f3i4 ,and there is a friend  
that turneth to enmity2 and there is a  
friend that will disclose hatred and    
strife and reproaches4  #f3aj4 ,and     
there is a friend a companion at the    
table1 and he will not abide in the day 
of distress4  #f3aa4 ,a friend if he    
continue steadfast1 shall be to thee as 
thyself1 and shall act with confidence  
among them of thy household4  #f3ab4 ,if
 he humble himself before thee1 and hide
 himself from thy face1 thou shalt have 
unanimous friendship for good4  #f3ac4  
,separate thyself from thy enemies1 and 
take heed of thy friends4  #f3ad4 ,a    
faithful friend is a strong defence3    
and he that hath found him1 hath found a
 treasure4  #f3ae4 ,nothing can be      
compared to a faithful friend1 and no   

weight of gold and silver is able to    
countervail the goodness of his         
fidelity4  #f3af4 ,a faithful friend is 
the medicine of life and immortality3   
and they that fear the ,lord1 shall find
 him4  #f3ag4 ,he that feareth ,god1    
shall likewise have good friendship3    
because according to him shall his      
friend be4  #f3ah4 ,my son1 from thy    
youth up receive instruction1 and even  
to thy grey hairs thou shalt find       
wisdom4  #f3ai4 ,come to her as one that
 plougheth1 and soweth1 and wait for her
 good fruits3  #f3bj4 ,for in working   
about her thou shalt labour a little1   
and shalt quickly eat of her fruits4    
#f3ba4 ,how very unpleasant is wisdom to
 the unlearned1 and the unwise will not 
continue with her4  #f3bb4 ,she shall be
 to them as a mighty stone of trial1 and
 they will cast her from them before it 
be long4  #f3bc4 ,for the wisdom of     
doctrine is according to her name1 and  
she is not manifest unto many1 but with 
them to whom she is known1 she          

continueth even to the sight of ,god4   
#f3bd4 ,give ear1 my son1 and take wise 
counsel1 and cast not away my advice4   
#f3be4 ,put thy feet into her fetters1  
and thy neck into her chains3  #f3bf4   
,bow down thy shoulder1 and bear her1   
and be not grieved with her bands4      
#f3bg4 ,come to her with all thy mind1  
and keep her ways with all thy power4   
#f3bh4 ,search for her1 and she shall be
 made known to thee1 and when thou hast 
gotten her1 let her not go3  #f3bi4 ,for
 in the latter end thou shalt find rest 
in her1 and she shall be turned to thy  
joy4  #f3cj4 ,then shall her fetters be 
a strong defence for thee1 and a firm   
foundation1 and her chain a robe of     
glory3  #f3ca4 ,for in her is the beauty
 of life1 and her bands are a healthful 
binding4  #f3cb4 ,thou shalt put her on 
as a robe of glory1 and thou shalt set  
her upon thee as a crown of joy4  #f3cc4
 ,my son1 if thou wilt attend to me1    
thou shalt learn3  and if thou wilt     
apply thy mind1 thou shalt be wise4     

#f3cd4 ,if thou wilt incline thy ear1   
thou shalt receive instruction3  and if 
thou love to hear1 thou shalt be wise4  
#f3ce4 ,stand in the multitude of       
ancients that are wise1 and join thyself
 from thy heart to their wisdom1 that   
thou mayst hear every discourse of ,god1
 and the sayings of praise may not      
escape thee4  #f3cf4 ,and if thou see a 
man of understanding1 go to him early in
 the morning1 and let thy foot wear the 
steps of his doors4  #f3cg4 ,let thy    
thoughts be upon the precepts of ,god1  
and meditate continually on his         
commandments3  and he will give thee a  
heart1 and the desire of wisdom shall be
 given to thee4    ,ecclesiasticus      
,chapter #g   ,religious and moral      
duties4  #g3a4 ,do no evils1 and no     
evils shall lay hold of thee4  #g3b4    
,depart from the unjust1 and evils shall
 depart from thee4  #g3c4 ,my son1 sow  
not evils in the furrows of injustice1  
and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold4 
#g3d4 ,seek not of the ,lord a          

preeminence1 nor of the king the seat of
 honour4  #g3e4 ,justify not thyself    
before ,god1 for he knoweth the heart3  
and desire not to appear wise before the
 king4  #g3f4 ,seek not to be made a    
judge1 unless thou have strength enough 
to extirpate iniquities3  lest thou fear
 the person of the powerful1 and lay a  
stumblingblock for thy integrity4  #g3g4
 ,offend not against the multitude of a 
city1 neither cast thyself in upon the  
people1  #g3h4 ,nor bind sin to sin3    
for even in one thou shalt not be       
unpunished4  #g3i4 ,be not fainthearted 
in thy mind3  #g3aj4 ,neglect not to    
pray1 and to give alms4  #g3aa4 ,say    
not3  ,god will have respect to the     
multitude of my gifts1 and when ,i offer
 to the most high ,god1 he will accept  
my offerings4  #g3ab4 ,laugh no man to  
scorn in the bitterness of his soul3    
for there is one that humbleth and      
exalteth1 ,god who seeth all4  #g3ac4   
,devise not a lie against thy brother3  
neither do the like against thy friend4 

#g3ad4 ,be not willing to make any      
manner of lie3  for the custom thereof  
is not good4  #g3ae4 ,be not full of    
words in a multitude of ancients1 and   
repeat not the word in thy prayer4      
,repeat not1 etc4 4 4,make not much     
babbling by repetition of words3  but   
aim more at fervour of heart4  #g3af4   
,hate not laborious works1 nor husbandry
 ordained by the most ,high4  #g3ag4    
,number not thyself among the multitude 
of the disorderly4  #g3ah4 ,remember    
wrath1 for it will not tarry long4      
#g3ai4 ,humble thy spirit very much3    
for the vengeance on the flesh of the   
ungodly is fire and worms4  #g3bj4 ,do  
not transgress against thy friend       
deferring money1 nor despise thy dear   
brother for the sake of gold4  #g3ba4   
,depart not from a wise and good wife1  
whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the
 ,lord3  for the grace of her modesty is
 above gold4  #g3bb4 ,hurt not the      
servant that worketh faithfully1 nor the
 hired man that giveth thee his life4   

#g3bc4 ,let a wise servant be dear to   
thee as thy own soul1 defraud him not of
 liberty1 nor leave him needy4  #g3bd4  
,hast thou cattle8  have an eye to them3
  and if they be for thy profit1 keep   
them with thee4  #g3be4 ,hast thou      
children8  instruct them1 and bow down  
their neck from their childhood4  #g3bf4
 ,hast thou daughters8  have a care of  
their body1 and shew not thy countenance
 gay towards them4  #g3bg4 ,marry thy   
daughter well1 and thou shalt do a great
 work1 and give her to a wise man4      
#g3bh4 ,if thou hast a wife according to
 thy soul1 cast her not off3  and to her
 that is hateful1 trust not thyself4    
,with thy whole heart1  #g3bi4 ,honour  
thy father1 and forget not the groanings
 of thy mother3  #g3cj4 ,remember that  
thou hadst not been born but through    
them3  and make a return to them as they
 have done for thee4  #g3ca4 ,with all  
thy soul fear the ,lord1 and reverence  
his priests4  #g3cb4 ,with all thy      
strength love him that made thee3  and  

forsake not his ministers4  #g3cc4      
,honour ,god with all thy soul and give 
honour to the priests1 and purify       
thyself with thy arms4  ,thy arms4 4    
4,that is1 with all thy power3  or else 
by arms 7brachiis7 are here signified   
the right shoulders of the victims1     
which by the law fell to the priests4   
,see ver4 #ce4  #g3cd4 ,give them their 
portion1 as it is commanded thee1 of the
 firstfruits and of purifications3  and 
for thy negligences purify thyself with 
a few4  #g3ce4 ,offer to the ,lord the  
gift of thy shoulders1 and the sacrifice
 of sanctification1 and the firstfruits 
of the holy things3  #g3cf4 ,and stretch
 out thy hand to the poor1 that thy     
expiation and thy blessing may be       
perfected4  #g3cg4 ,a gift hath grace in
 the sight of all the living1 and       
restrain not grace from the dead4  ,and 
restrain not grace from the dead4 4     
4,that is1 withhold not from them the   
benefit of alms1 prayers1 and           
sacrifices4  ,such was the doctrine and 

practice of the church of ,god even in  
the time of the ,old ,testament4 ,and   
the same has always been continued from 
the days of the apostles in the church  
of the ,new ,testament4  #g3ch4 ,be not 
wanting in comforting them that weep1   
and walk with them that mourn4  #g3ci4  
,be not slow to visit the sick3  for by 
these things thou shalt be confirmed in 
love4  #g3dj4 ,in all thy works remember
 thy last end1 and thou shalt never sin4
    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #h   ,other
 lessons of wisdom and virtue4  #h3a4   
,strive not with a powerful man1 lest   
thou fall into his hands4  #h3b4        
,contend not with a rich man1 lest he   
bring an action against thee4  #h3c4    
,for gold and silver hath destroyed     
many1 and hath reached even to the heart
 of kings1 and perverted them4  #h3d4   
,strive not with a man that is full of  
tongue1 and heap not wood upon his fire4
  #h3e4 ,communicate not with an        
ignorant man1 lest he speak ill of thy  
family4  #h3f4 ,despise not a man that  

turneth away from sin1 nor reproach him 
therewith3  remember that we are all    
worthy of reproof4  #h3g4 ,despise not a
 man in his old age2 for we also shall  
become old4  #h3h4 ,rejoice not at the  
death of thy enemy2 knowing that we all 
die1 and are not willing that others    
should rejoice at our death4  #h3i4     
,despise not the discourse of them that 
are ancient and wise1 but acquaint      
thyself with their proverbs4  #h3aj4    
,for of them thou shalt learn wisdom1   
and instruction of understanding1 and to
 serve great men without blame4  #h3aa4 
,let not the discourse of the ancients  
escape thee1 for they have learned of   
their fathers3  #h3ab4 ,for of them thou
 shalt learn understanding1 and to give 
an answer in time of need4  #h3ac4      
,kindle not the coals of sinners by     
rebuking them1 lest thou be burnt with  
the flame of the fire of their sins4    
#h3ad4 ,stand not against the face of an
 injurious person1 lest he sit as a spy 
to entrap thee in thy words4  #h3ae4    

,lend not to a man that is mightier than
 thyself3  and if thou lendest1 count it
 as lost4  #h3af4 ,be not surety above  
thy power3  and if thou be surety1 think
 as if thou wert to pay it4  #h3ag4     
,judge not against a judge3  for he     
judgeth according to that which is just4
  #h3ah4 ,go not on the way with a bold 
man1 lest he burden thee with his evils3
  for he goeth according to his own     
will1 and thou shalt perish together    
with his folly4  #h3ai4 ,quarrel not    
with a passionate man1 and go not into  
the desert with a bold man3  for blood  
is as nothing in his sight1 and where   
there is no help he will overthrow thee4
  #h3bj4 ,advise not with fools1 for    
they cannot love but such things as     
please them4  #h3ba4 ,before a stranger 
do no matter of counsel3  for thou      
knowest not what he will bring forth4   
#h3bb4 ,open not thy heart to every man3
  lest he repay thee with an evil turn1 
and speak reproachfully to thee4        
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #i   ,cautions 

with regard to women1 and dangerous     
conversations4  #i3a4 ,be not jealous   
over the wife of thy bosom1 lest she    
shew in thy regard the malice of a      
wicked lesson4  #i3b4 ,give not the     
power of thy soul to a woman1 lest she  
enter upon thy strength1 and thou be    
confounded4  #i3c4 ,look not upon a     
woman that hath a mind for many3  lest  
thou fall into her snares4  #i3d4 ,use  
not much the company of her that is a   
dancer1 and hearken not to her1 lest    
thou perish by the force of her charms4 
#i3e4 ,gaze not upon a maiden1 lest her 
beauty be a stumblingblock to thee4     
#i3f4 ,give not thy soul to harlots in  
any point3  lest thou destroy thyself   
and thy inheritance4  #i3g4 ,look not   
round about thee in the ways of the     
city1 nor wander up and down in the     
streets thereof4  #i3h4 ,turn away thy  
face from a woman dressed up1 and gaze  
not about upon another's beauty4  #i3i4 
,for many have perished by the beauty of
 a woman1 and hereby lust is enkindled  

as a fire4  #i3aj4 ,every woman that is 
a harlot1 shall be trodden upon as dung 
in the way4  #i3aa4 ,many by admiring   
the beauty of another man's wife1 have  
become reprobate1 for her conversation  
burneth as fire4  #i3ab4 ,sit not at all
 with another man's wife1 nor repose    
upon the bed with her3  #i3ac4 ,and     
strive not with her over wine1 lest thy 
heart decline towards her and by thy    
blood thou fall into destruction4       
#i3ad4 ,forsake not an old friend1 for  
the new will not be like to him4  #i3ae4
 ,a new friend is as new wine3  it shall
 grow old1 and thou shalt drink it with 
pleasure4  #i3af4 ,envy not the glory   
and riches of a sinner3  for thou       
knowest not what his ruin shall be4     
#i3ag4 ,be not pleased with the wrong   
done by the unjust1 knowing that even to
 hell the wicked shall not please4      
#i3ah4 ,keep thee far from the man that 
hath power to kill1 so thou shalt not   
suspect the fear of death4  #i3ai4 ,and 
if thou come to him1 commit no fault1   

lest he take away thy life4  #i3bj4     
,know it to be a communication with     
death3  for thou art going in the midst 
of snares1 and walking upon the arms of 
them that are grieved4  #i3ba4          
,according to thy power beware of thy   
neighbour1 and treat with the wise and  
prudent4  #i3bb4 ,let just men be thy   
guests1 and let thy glory be in the fear
 of ,god4  #i3bc4 ,and let the thought  
of ,god be in thy mind1 and all thy     
discourse on the commandments of the    
,highest4  #i3bd4 ,works shall be       
praised for the hand of the artificers1 
and the prince of the people for the    
wisdom of his speech1 but the word of   
the ancients for the sense4  #i3be4 ,a  
man full of tongue is terrible in his   
city1 and he that is rash in his word   
shall be hateful4    ,ecclesiasticus    
,chapter #aj   ,the virtues and vices of
 men in power3  the great evil of pride4
  #aj3a4 ,a wise judge shall judge his  
people1 and the government of a prudent 
man shall be steady4  ,judge his people4

 4 4,in the ,greek it is1 instruct his  
people4  #aj3b4 ,as the judge of the    
people is himself1 so also are his      
ministers3 and what manner of man the   
ruler of a city is1 such also are they  
that dwell therein4  #aj3c4 ,an unwise  
king shall be the ruin of his people3   
and cities shall be inhabited through   
the prudence of the rulers4  #aj3d4 ,the
 power of the earth is in the hand of   
,god1 and in his time he will raise up a
 profitable ruler over it4  #aj3e4 ,the 
prosperity of man is in the hand of     
,god1 and upon the person of the scribe 
he shall lay his honour4  ,the scribe4 4
 4,that is1 the man that is wise and    
learned in the law4  #aj3f4 ,remember   
not any injury done thee by thy         
neighbour1 and do thou nothing by deeds 
of injury4  #aj3g4 ,pride is hateful    
before ,god and men3  and all iniquity  
of nations is execrable4  #aj3h4 ,a     
kingdom is translated from one people to
 another1 because of injustices1 and    
wrongs1 and injuries1 and divers        

deceits4  #aj3i4 ,but nothing is more   
wicked than the covetous man4  ,why is  
earth1 and ashes proud8  #aj3aj4 ,there 
is not a more wicked thing than to love 
money3  for such a one setteth even his 
own soul to sale3  because while he     
liveth he hath cast away his bowels4    
#aj3aa4 ,all power is of short life4  ,a
 long sickness is troublesome to the    
physician4  #aj3ab4 ,the physician      
cutteth off a short sickness3  so also a
 king is to day1 and to morrow he shall 
die4  #aj3ac4 ,for when a man shall die1
 he shall inherit serpents1 and beasts1 
and worms4  #aj3ad4 ,the beginning of   
the pride of man1 is to fall off from   
,god3  #aj3ae4 ,because his heart is    
departed from him that made him3  for   
pride is the beginning of all sin3  he  
that holdeth it1 shall be filled with   
maledictions1 and it shall ruin him in  
the end4  #aj3af4 ,therefore hath the   
,lord disgraced the assemblies of the   
wicked1 and hath utterly destroyed them4
  #aj3ag4 ,god hath overturned the      

thrones of proud princes1 and hath set  
up the meek in their stead4  #aj3ah4    
,god hath made the roots of proud       
nations to wither1 and hath planted the 
humble of these nations4  #aj3ai4 ,the  
,lord hath overthrown the lands of the  
,gentiles1 and hath destroyed them even 
to the foundation4  #aj3bj4 ,he hath    
made some of them to wither away1 and   
hath destroyed them1 and hath made the  
memory of them to cease from the earth4 
#aj3ba4 ,god hath abolished the memory  
of the proud1 and hath preserved the    
memory of them that are humble in mind4 
#aj3bb4 ,pride was not made for men3    
nor wrath for the race of women4        
#aj3bc4 ,that seed of men shall be      
honoured1 which feareth ,god3  but that 
seed shall be dishonoured1 which        
transgresseth the commandments of the   
,lord4  #aj3bd4 ,in the midst of        
brethren their chief is honourable3  so 
shall they that fear the ,lord1 be in   
his eyes4  #aj3be4 ,the fear of ,god is 
the glory of the rich1 and of the       

honourable1 and of the poor4  #aj3bf4   
,despise not a just man that is poor1   
and do not magnify a sinful man that is 
rich4  #aj3bg4 ,the great man1 and the  
judge1 and the mighty is in honour3  and
 there is none greater than he that     
feareth ,god4  #aj3bh4 ,they that are   
free shall serve a servant that is wise3
  and a man that is prudent and well    
instructed will not murmur when he is   
reproved2 and he that is ignorant1 shall
 not be honoured4  #aj3bi4 ,extol not   
thyself in doing thy work1 and linger   
not in the time of distress2  #aj3cj4   
,better is he that laboureth1 and       
aboundeth in all things1 than he that   
boasteth himself and wanteth bread4     
#aj3ca4 ,my son1 keep thy soul in       
meekness1 and give it honour according  
to its desert4  #aj3cb4 ,who will       
justify him that sinneth against his own
 soul8  and who will honour him that    
dishonoureth his own soul8  #aj3cc4 ,the
 poor man is glorified by his discipline
 and fear1 and there is a man that is   

honoured for his wealth4  #aj3cd4 ,but  
he that is glorified in poverty1 how    
much more in wealth8 and he that is     
glorified in wealth1 let him fear       
poverty4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #aa
   ,lessons of humility and moderation  
in all things4  #aa3a4 ,the wisdom of   
the humble shall exalt his head1 and    
shall make him sit in the midst of great
 men4  #aa3b4 ,praise not a man for his 
beauty1 neither despise a man for his   
look4  #aa3c4 ,the bee is small among   
flying things but her fruit hath the    
chiefest sweetness4  #aa3d4 ,glory not  
in apparel at any time1 and be not      
exalted in the day of thy honour3  for  
the works of the ,highest only are      
wonderful1 and his works are glorious1  
and secret1 and hidden4  #aa3e4 ,many   
tyrants have sat on the throne1 and he  
whom no man would think on1 hath worn   
the crown4  #aa3f4 ,many mighty men have
 been greatly brought down1 and the     
glorious have been delivered into the   
hand of others4  #aa3g4 ,before thou    

inquire1 blame no man3  and when thou   
hast inquired1 reprove justly4  #aa3h4  
,before thou hear1 answer not a word3   
and interrupt not others in the midst of
 their discourse4  #aa3i4 ,strive not in
 a matter which doth not concern thee1  
and sit not in judgment with sinners4   
#aa3aj4 ,my son1 meddle not with many   
matters3  and if thou be rich1 thou     
shalt not be free from sin3  for if thou
 pursue after thou shalt not overtake2  
and if thou run before thou shalt not   
escape4  #aa3aa4 ,there is an ungodly   
man that laboureth1 and maketh haste1   
and is in sorrow1 and is so much the    
more in want4  #aa3ab4 ,again1 there is 
an inactive man that wanteth help1 is   
very weak in ability1 and full of       
poverty3  #aa3ac4 ,yet the eye of ,god  
hath looked upon him for good1 and hath 
lifted him up from his low estate1 and  
hath exalted his head3  and many have   
wondered at him1 and have glorified     
,god4  #aa3ad4 ,good things and evil1   
life and death1 poverty and riches1 are 

from ,god4  #aa3ae4 ,wisdom and         
discipline1 and the knowledge of the law
 are with ,god4  ,love and the ways of  
good things are with him4  #aa3af4      
,error and darkness are created with    
sinners3  and they that glory in evil   
things1 grow old in evil4  #aa3ag4 ,the 
gift of ,god abideth with the just1 and 
his advancement shall have success for  
ever4  #aa3ah4 ,there is one that is    
enriched by living sparingly1 and this  
is the portion of his reward4  #aa3ai4  
,in that he saith3  ,i have found me    
rest1 and now ,i will eat of my goods   
alone3  #aa3bj4 ,and he knoweth not what
 time shall pass1 and that death        
approacheth1 and that he must leave all 
to others1 and shall die4  #aa3ba4 ,be  
steadfast in thy covenant1 and be       
conversant therein1 and grow old in the 
work of thy commandments4  #aa3bb4      
,abide not in the works of sinners4     
,but trust in ,god1 and stay in thy     
place1  #aa3bc4 ,for it is easy in the  
eyes of ,god on a sudden to make the    

poor man rich4  #aa3bd4 ,the blessing of
 ,god maketh haste to reward the just1  
and in a swift hour his blessing beareth
 fruit4  #aa3be4 ,say not3  ,what need  
,i1 and what good shall ,i have by this8
  #aa3bf4 ,say not3  ,i am sufficient   
for myself3  and what shall ,i be made  
worse by this8  #aa3bg4 ,in the day of  
good things be not unmindful of evils3  
and in the day of evils be not unmindful
 of good things3  #aa3bh4 ,for it is    
easy before ,god in the day of death to 
reward every one according to his ways4 
#aa3bi4 ,the affliction of an hour      
maketh one forget great delights1 and in
 the end of a man is the disclosing of  
his works4  #aa3cj4 ,praise not any man 
before death1 for a man is known by his 
children4  #aa3ca4 ,bring not every man 
into thy house3  for many are the snares
 of the deceitful4  #aa3cb4 ,for as     
corrupted bowels send forth stinking    
breath1 and as the partridge is brought 
into the cage1 and as the roe into the  
snare3  so also is the heart of the     

proud1 and as a spy that looketh on the 
fall of his neighbour4  #aa3cc4 ,for he 
lieth in wait and turneth good into     
evil1 and on the elect he will lay a    
blot4  #aa3cd4 ,of one spark cometh a   
great fire1 and of one deceitful man    
much blood3  and a sinful man lieth in  
wait for blood4  #aa3ce4 ,take heed to  
thyself of a mischievous man1 for he    
worketh evils3 lest he bring upon thee  
reproach for ever4  #aa3cf4 ,receive a  
stranger in1 and he shall overthrow thee
 with a whirlwind1 and shall turn thee  
out of thy own4    ,ecclesiasticus      
,chapter #ab   ,we are to be liberal to 
the just3  and not to trust the wicked4 
#ab3a4 ,if thou do good1 know to whom   
thou dost it1 and there shall be much   
thanks for thy good deeds4  #ab3b4 ,do  
good to the just1 and thou shalt find   
great recompense3  and if not of him1   
assuredly of the ,lord4  #ab3c4 ,for    
there is no good for him that is always 
occupied in evil1 and that giveth no    
alms3  for the ,highest hateth sinners1 

and hath mercy on the penitent4  #ab3d4 
,give to the merciful and uphold not the
 sinner3  ,god will repay vengeance to  
the ungodly and to sinners1 and keep    
them against the day of vengeance4      
#ab3e4 ,give to the good1 and receive   
not a sinner4  #ab3f4 ,do good to the   
humble1 and give not to the ungodly3    
hold back thy bread1 and give it not to 
him1 lest thereby he overmaster thee4   
#ab3g4 ,for thou shalt receive twice as 
much evil for all the good thou shalt   
have done to him3  for the ,highest also
 hateth sinners1 and will repay         
vengeance to the ungodly4  #ab3h4 ,a    
friend shall not be known in prosperity1
 and an enemy shall not be hidden in    
adversity4  #ab3i4 ,in the prosperity of
 a man1 his enemies are grieved3  and a 
friend is known in his adversity4       
#ab3aj4 ,never trust thy enemy for as a 
brass pot his wickedness rusteth3       
#ab3aa4 ,though he humble himself and go
 crouching1 yet take good heed and      
beware of him4  #ab3ab4 ,set him not by 

thee1 neither let him sit on thy right  
hand1 lest he turn into thy place1 and  
seek to take thy seat and at the last   
thou acknowledge my words1 and be       
pricked with my sayings4  #ab3ac4 ,who  
will pity an enchanter struck by a      
serpent1 or any that come near wild     
beasts8  so is it with him that keepeth 
company with a wicked man1 and is       
involved in his sins4  #ab3ad4 ,for an  
hour he will abide with thee3  but if   
thou begin to decline1 he will not      
endure it4  #ab3ae4 ,an enemy speaketh  
sweetly with his lips1 but in his heart 
he lieth in wait1 to throw thee into a  
pit4  #ab3af4 ,an enemy weepeth with his
 eyes3  but if he find an opportunity he
 will not be satisfied with blood3      
#ab3ag4 ,and if evils come upon thee1   
thou shalt find him there first4        
#ab3ah4 ,an enemy hath tears in his     
eyes1 and while he pretendeth to help   
thee1 will undermine thy feet4  #ab3ai4 
,he will shake his head1 and clap his   
hands1 and whisper much1 and change his 

countenance4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter
 #ac   ,cautions in the choice of       
company4  #ac3a4 ,he that toucheth      
pitch1 shall be defiled with it3  and he
 that hath fellowship with the proud1   
shall put on pride4  #ac3b4 ,he shall   
take a burden upon him that hath        
fellowship with one more honourable than
 himself4  ,and have no fellowship with 
one that is richer than thyself4  #ac3c4
 ,what agreement shall the earthen pot  
have with the kettle8  for if they knock
 one against the other1 it shall be     
broken4  #ac3d4 ,the rich man hath done 
wrong1 and yet he will fume3  but the   
poor is wronged and must hold his peace4
  #ac3e4 ,if thou give1 he will make use
 of thee3  and if thou have nothing1 he 
will forsake thee4  #ac3f4 ,if thou have
 any thing1 he will live with thee1 and 
will make thee bare1 and he will not be 
sorry for thee4  #ac3g4 ,if he have need
 of thee he will deceive thee1 and      
smiling upon thee will put thee in hope2
 he will speak thee fair1 and will say3 

,what wantest thou8  #ac3h4 ,and he will
 shame thee by his meats1 till he have  
drawn thee dry twice or thrice1 and at  
last he will laugh at thee3  and        
afterward when he seeth thee1 he will   
forsake thee1 and shake his head at     
thee4  #ac3i4 ,humble thyself to ,god1  
and wait for his hands4  #ac3aj4 ,beware
 that thou be not deceived into folly1  
and be humbled4  #ac3aa4 ,be not lowly  
in thy wisdom1 lest being humbled thou  
be deceived into folly4  #ac3ab4 ,if    
thou be invited by one that is mightier1
 withdraw thyself3 for so he will invite
 thee the more4  #ac3ac4 ,be not        
troublesome to him1 lest thou be put    
back3  and keep not far from him1 lest  
thou be forgotten4  #ac3ad4 ,affect not 
to speak with him as an equal1 and      
believe not his many words3  for by much
 talk he will sift thee1 and smiling    
will examine thee concerning thy        
secrets4  #ac3ae4 ,his cruel mind will  
lay up thy words3  and he will not spare
 to do thee hurt1 and to cast thee into 

prison4  #ac3af4 ,take heed to thyself1 
and attend diligently to what thou      
hearest3  for thou walkest in danger of 
thy ruin4  #ac3ag4 ,when thou hearest   
those things1 see as it were in sleep1  
and thou shalt awake4  #ac3ah4 ,love    
,god all thy life1 and call upon him for
 thy salvation4  #ac3ai4 ,every beast   
loveth its like3  so also every man him 
that is nearest to himself4  #ac3bj4    
,all flesh shall consort with the like  
to itself1 and every man shall associate
 himself to his like4  #ac3ba4 ,if the  
wolf shall at any time have fellowship  
with the lamb1 so the sinner with the   
just4  #ac3bb4 ,what fellowship hath a  
holy man with a dog1 or what part hath  
the rich with the poor8  #ac3bc4 ,the   
wild ass is the lion's prey in the      
desert3  so also the poor are devoured  
by the rich4  #ac3bd4 ,and as humility  
is an abomination to the proud3  so also
 the rich man abhorreth the poor4       
#ac3be4 ,when a rich man is shaken1 he  
is kept up by his friends3  but when a  

poor man is fallen down1 he is thrust   
away even by his acquaintance4  #ac3bf4 
,when a rich man hath been deceived1 he 
hath many helpers3  he hath spoken proud
 things1 and they have justified him4   
#ac3bg4 ,the poor man was deceived1 and 
he is rebuked also3  he hath spoken     
wisely1 and could have no place4        
#ac3bh4 ,the rich man spoke1 and all    
held their peace1 and what he said they 
extol even to the clouds4  #ac3bi4 ,the 
poor man spoke1 and they say3  ,who is  
this8  and if he stumble1 they will     
overthrow him4  #ac3cj4 ,riches are good
 to him that hath no sin in his         
conscience3  and poverty is very wicked 
in the mouth of the ungodly4  #ac3ca4   
,the heart of a man changeth his        
countenance1 either for good1 or for    
evil4  #ac3cb4 ,the token of a good     
heart1 and a good countenance thou shalt
 hardly find1 and with labour4          
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #ad   ,the evil
 of avarice3  works of mercy are        
recommended1 and the love of wisdom4    

#ad3a4 ,blessed is the man that hath not
 slipped by a word out of his mouth1 and
 is not pricked with the remorse of sin4
  #ad3b4 ,happy is he that hath had no  
sadness of his mind1 and who is not     
fallen from his hope4  #ad3c4 ,riches   
are not comely for a covetous man and a 
niggard1 and what should an envious man 
do with gold8  #ad3d4 ,he that gathereth
 together by wronging his own soul1     
gathereth for others1 and another will  
squander away his goods in rioting4     
#ad3e4 ,he that is evil to himself1 to  
whom will he be good8  and he shall not 
take pleasure in his goods4  #ad3f4     
,there is none worse than he that       
envieth himself1 and this is the reward 
of his wickedness3  #ad3g4 ,and if he do
 good1 he doth it ignorantly1 and       
unwillingly3  and at the last he        
discovereth his wickedness4  #ad3h4 ,the
 eye of the envious is wicked3  and he  
turneth away his face1 and despiseth his
 own soul4  #ad3i4 ,the eye of the      
covetous man is insatiable in his       

portion of iniquity3  he will not be    
satisfied till he consume his own soul1 
drying it up4  #ad3aj4 ,an evil eye is  
towards evil things3  and he shall not  
have his fill of bread1 but shall be    
needy and pensive at his own table4     
#ad3aa4 ,my son1 if thou have any thing1
 do good to thyself1 and offer to ,god  
worthy offerings4  #ad3ab4 ,remember    
that death is not slow1 and that the    
covenant of hell hath been shewn to     
thee3  for the covenant of this world   
shall surely die4  ,covenant of hell4 4 
4,the decree by which all are to go down
 to the regions of death4  #ad3ac4 ,do  
good to thy friend before thou die1 and 
according to thy ability1 stretching out
 thy hand give to the poor4  #ad3ad4    
,defraud not thyself of the good day1   
and let not the part of a good gift     
overpass thee4  #ad3ae4 ,shalt thou not 
leave to others to divide by lot thy    
sorrows and labours8  #ad3af4 ,give and 
take1 and justify thy soul4  #ad3ag4    
,before thy death work justice3  for in 

hell there is no finding food4  #ad3ah4 
,all flesh shall fade as grass1 and as  
the leaf that springeth out on a green  
tree4  #ad3ai4 ,some grow1 and some fall
 off3  so is the generation of flesh and
 blood1 one cometh to an end1 and       
another is born4  #ad3bj4 ,every work   
that is corruptible shall fail in the   
end3  and the worker thereof shall go   
with it4  #ad3ba4 ,and every excellent  
work shall be justified3  and the worker
 thereof shall be honoured therein4     
#ad3bb4 ,blessed is the man that shall  
continue in wisdom1 and that shall      
meditate in his justice1 and in his mind
 shall think of the all seeing eye of   
,god4  #ad3bc4 ,he that considereth her 
ways in his heart1 and hath             
understanding in her secrets1 who goeth 
after her as one that traceth1 and      
stayeth in her ways4  #ad3bd4 ,he who   
looketh in at her windows1 and          
hearkeneth at her door4  #ad3be4 ,he    
that lodgeth near her house1 and        
fastening a pin in her walls shall set  

up his tent high unto her1 where good   
things shall rest in his lodging for    
ever4  #ad3bf4 ,he shall set his        
children under her shelter1 and shall   
lodge under her branches3  #ad3bg4 ,he  
shall be protected under her covering   
from the heat1 and shall rest in her    
glory4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #ae  
,wisdom embraceth them that fear ,god4  
,god is not the author of sin4  #ae3a4  
,he that feareth ,god1 will do good3    
and he that possesseth justice1 shall   
lay hold on her1  #ae3b4 ,and she will  
meet him as an honourable mother1 and   
will receive him as a wife married of a 
virgin4  #ae3c4 ,with the bread of life 
and understanding1 she shall feed him1  
and give him the water of wholesome     
wisdom to drink3  and she shall be made 
strong in him1 and he shall not be      
moved4  #ae3d4 ,and she shall hold him  
fast1 and he shall not be confounded3   
and she shall exalt him among his       
neighbours4  #ae3e4 ,and in the midst of
 the church she shall open his mouth1   

and shall fill him with the spirit of   
wisdom and understanding1 and shall     
clothe him with a robe of glory4  #ae3f4
 ,she shall heap upon him a treasure of 
joy and gladness1 and shall cause him to
 inherit an everlasting name4  #ae3g4   
,but foolish men shall not obtain her1  
and wise men shall meet her1 foolish men
 shall not see her3  for she is far from
 pride and deceit4  #ae3h4 ,lying men   
shall be mindful of her3  but men that  
speak truth shall be found with her1 and
 shall advance1 even till they come to  
the sight of ,god4  #ae3i4 ,praise is   
not seemly in the mouth of a sinner3    
#ae3aj4 ,for wisdom came forth from     
,god3  for praise shall be with the     
wisdom of ,god1 and shall abound in a   
faithful mouth1 and the sovereign ,lord 
will give praise unto it4  #ae3aa4 ,say 
not3  ,it is through ,god1 that she is  
not with me3  for do not thou the things
 that he hateth4  #ae3ab4 ,say not3  ,he
 hath caused me to err3  for he hath no 
need of wicked men4  #ae3ac4 ,the ,lord 

hateth all abomination of error1 and    
they that fear him shall not love it4   
#ae3ad4 ,god made man from the          
beginning1 and left him in the hand of  
his own counsel4  #ae3ae4 ,he added his 
commandments and precepts4  #ae3af4 ,if 
thou wilt keep the commandments and     
perform acceptable fidelity for ever1   
they shall preserve thee4  #ae3ag4 ,he  
hath set water and fire before thee3    
stretch forth thy hand to which thou    
wilt4  #ae3ah4 ,before man is life and  
death1 good and evil1 that which he     
shall choose shall be given him3        
#ae3ai4 ,for the wisdom of ,god is      
great1 and he is strong in power1 seeing
 all men without ceasing4  #ae3bj4 ,the 
eyes of the ,lord are towards them that 
fear him1 and he knoweth al the work of 
man4  #ae3ba4 ,he hath commanded no man 
to do wickedly1 and he hath given no man
 license to sin2  #ae3bb4 ,for he       
desireth not a multitude of faithless   
and unprofitable children4              
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #af   ,it is   

better to have none than many wicked    
children4  ,of the justice and mercy of 
,god4  ,his ways are unsearchable4      
#af3a4 ,rejoice not in ungodly children1
 if they be multiplied3  neither be     
delighted in them1 if the fear of ,god  
be not with them4  #af3b4 ,trust not to 
their life1 and respect not their       
labours4  #af3c4 ,for better is one that
 feareth ,god1 than a thousand ungodly  
children4  #af3d4 ,and it is better to  
die without children1 than to leave     
ungodly children4  #af3e4 ,by one that  
is wise a country shall be inhabited1   
the tribe of the ungodly shall become   
desolate4  #af3f4 ,many such things hath
 my eyes seen1 and greater things than  
these my ear hath heard4  #af3g4 ,in the
 congregation of sinners a fire shall be
 kindled1 and in an unbelieving nation  
wrath shall flame out4  #af3h4 ,the     
ancient giants did not obtain pardon for
 their sins1 who were destroyed trusting
 to their own strength3  #af3i4 ,and he 
spared not the place where ,lot         

sojourned1 but abhorred them for the    
pride of their word4  #af3aj4 ,he had   
not pity on them1 destroying the whole  
nation that extolled themselves in their
 sins4  #af3aa4 ,so did he with the six 
hundred thousand footmen1 who were      
gathered together in the hardness of    
their heart3  and if one had been       
stiffnecked1 it is a wonder if he had   
escaped unpunished3  ,six hundred       
thousand footmen1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the    
children of ,israel1 whom he sentenced  
to die in the wilderness4  ,num4 #ad4   
#af3ab4 ,for mercy and wrath are with   
him4  ,he is mighty to forgive1 and to  
pour out indignation3  #af3ac4          
,according as his mercy is1 so his      
correction judgeth a man according to   
his works4  #af3ad4 ,the sinner shall   
not escape in his rapines1 and the      
patience of him that sheweth mercy shall
 not be put off4  #af3ae4 ,all mercy    
shall make a place for every man        
according to the merit of his works1 and
 according to the wisdom of his         

sojournment4  #af3af4 ,say not3  ,i     
shall be hidden from ,god1 and who shall
 remember me from on high8  #af3ag4 ,in 
such a multitude ,i shall not be known3 
for what is my soul in such an immense  
creation8  #af3ah4 ,behold the heaven1  
and the heavens of heavens1 the deep1   
and all the earth1 and the things that  
are in them1 shall be moved in his      
sight1  #af3ai4 ,the mountains also1 and
 the hills1 and the foundations of the  
earth3  when ,god shall look upon them1 
they shall be shaken with trembling4    
#af3bj4 ,and in all these things the    
heart is senseless3  and every heart is 
understood by him4  #af3ba4 ,and his    
ways who shall understand1 and the      
storm1 which no eye of man shall see8   
#af3bb4 ,for many of his works are      
hidden1 but the works of his justice who
 shall declare8  or who shall endure8   
for the testament is far from some1 and 
the examination of all is in the end4   
#af3bc4 ,he that wanteth understanding  
thinketh vain things1 and the foolish1  

and erring man1 thinketh foolish things4
  #af3bd4 ,hearken to me1 my son1 and   
learn the discipline of understanding1  
and attend to my words in thy heart4    
#af3be4 ,and ,i will shew forth good    
doctrine in equity1 and will seek to    
declare wisdom3  and attend to my words 
in thy heart1 whilst with equity of     
spirit ,i tell thee the virtues that    
,god hath put upon his works from the   
beginning1 and ,i shew forth in truth   
his knowledge4  #af3bf4 ,the works of   
,god are done in judgment from the      
beginning1 and from the making of them  
he distinguished their parts1 and their 
beginnings in their generations4        
#af3bg4 ,he beautified their works for  
ever1 they have neither hungered1 nor   
laboured1 and they have not ceased from 
their works4  #af3bh4 ,nor shall any of 
them straiten his neighbour at any time4
  #af3bi4 ,be not thou incredulous to   
his word4  #af3cj4 ,after this ,god     
looked upon the earth1 and filled it    
with his goods4  #af3ca4 ,the soul of   

every living thing hath shewn forth     
before the face thereof1 and into it    
they return again4  ,shewn forth4 4     
4,viz41 the glory and power of ,god upon
 the earth4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter 
#ag   ,the creation and favour of ,god  
to man4  ,an exhortation to turn to     
,god4  #ag3a4 ,god created man of the   
earth1 and made him after his own image4
  #ag3b4 ,and he turned him into it     
again1 and clothed him with strength    
according to himself4  #ag3c4 ,he gave  
him the number of his days and time1 and
 gave him power over all things that are
 upon the earth4  #ag3d4 ,he put the    
fear of him upon all flesh1 and he had  
dominion over beasts and fowls4  #ag3e4 
,he created of him a helpmate like to   
himself1 he gave them counsel1 and a    
tongue1 and eyes1 and ears1 and a heart 
to devise3  and he filled them with the 
knowledge of understanding4  #ag3f4 ,he 
created in them the science of the      
spirit1 he fired their heart with       
wisdom1 and shewed them both good and   

evil4  #ag3g4 ,he set his eye upon their
 hearts to shew them the greatness of   
his works3  #ag3h4 ,that they might     
praise the name which he hath           
sanctified3  and glory in his wondrous  
act that they might declare the glorious
 things of his works4  #ag3i4 ,moreover 
he gave them instructions1 and the law  
of life for an inheritance4  #ag3aj4 ,he
 made an everlasting covenant with them1
 and he shewed them his justice and     
judgments4  #ag3aa4 ,and their eye saw  
the majesty of his glory1 and their ears
 heard his glorious voice1 and he said  
to them3  ,beware of all iniquity4      
,their eye saw1 etc4 4 4,viz41 when he  
gave the law on mount ,sinai4  #ag3ab4  
,and he gave to every one of them       
commandment concerning his neighbour4   
#ag3ac4 ,their ways are always before   
him1 they are not hidden from his eyes4 
#ag3ad4 ,over every nation he set a     
ruler4  #ag3ae4 ,and ,israel was made   
the manifest portion of ,god4  #ag3af4  
,and all their works are as the sun in  

the sight of ,god3  and his eyes are    
continually upon their ways4  #ag3ag4   
,their covenants were not hid by their  
iniquity1 and all their iniquities are  
in the sight of ,god4  #ag3ah4 ,the alms
 of a man is as a signet with him1 and  
shall preserve the grace of a man as the
 apple of the eye3  #ag3ai4 ,and        
afterward he shall rise up1 and shall   
render them their reward1 to every one  
upon their own head1 and shall turn them
 down into the bowels of the earth4     
#ag3bj4 ,but to the penitent he hath    
given the way of justice1 and he hath   
strengthened them that were fainting in 
patience1 and hath appointed to them the
 lot of truth4  #ag3ba4 ,turn to the    
,lord1 and forsake thy sins3  #ag3bb4   
,make thy prayer before the face of the 
,lord1 and offend less4  ,offend less4 4
 4,minue offendicula4  ,that is1 remove 
sins and the occasions of sins4  #ag3bc4
 ,return to the ,lord1 and turn away    
from thy injustice1 and greatly hate    
abomination4  #ag3bd4 ,and know the     

justices and judgments of ,god1 and     
stand firm in the lot set before thee1  
and in prayer to the most high ,god4    
#ag3be4 ,go to the side of the holy age1
 with them that live and give praise to 
,god4  ,go to the side1 etc4 4 4,fly    
from the side of ,satan and sin1 and    
join with the holy ones1 that follow    
,god and godliness4  #ag3bf4 ,tarry not 
in the error of the ungodly1 give glory 
before death4 ,praise perisheth from the
 dead as nothing4  #ag3bg4 ,give thanks 
whilst thou art living1 whilst thou art 
alive and in health thou shalt give     
thanks1 and shalt praise ,god1 and shalt
 glory in his mercies4  #ag3bh4 ,how    
great is the mercy of the ,lord1 and his
 forgiveness to them that turn to him 6 
#ag3bi4 ,for all things cannot be in    
men1 because the son of man is not      
immortal1 and they are delighted with   
the vanity of evil4  #ag3cj4 ,what is   
brighter than the sun2 yet it shall be  
eclipsed4  ,or what is more wicked than 
that which flesh and blood hath         

invented8  and this shall be reproved4  
#ag3ca4 ,he beholdeth the power of the  
height of heaven3  and all men are earth
 and ashes4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter 
#ah   ,god's works are wonderful3  we   
must serve him1 and not our lusts4      
#ah3a4 ,he that liveth for ever created 
all things together4  ,god only shall be
 justified1 and he remaineth an         
invincible king for ever4  #ah3b4 ,who  
is able to declare his works8  #ah3c4   
,for who shall search out his glorious  
acts8  #ah3d4 ,and who shall show forth 
the power of his majesty8  or who shall 
be able to declare his mercy8  #ah3e4   
,nothing may be taken away1 nor added1  
neither is it possible to find out the  
glorious works of ,god4  #ah3f4 ,when a 
man hath done1 then shall he begin3  and
 when he leaveth off1 he shall be at a  
loss4  ,then shall he begin4 4 4,god is 
so great and incomprehensible1 that when
 man has done all that he can to find   
out his greatness and boundless         
perfections1 he is still to begin3  for 

what he has found out1 is but a mere    
nothing in comparison with his infinity4
  #ah3g4 ,what is man1 and what is his  
grace8  and what is his good1 or what is
 his evil8  #ah3h4 ,the number of the   
days of men at the most are a hundred   
years1 as a drop of water of the sea are
 they esteemed3  and as a pebble of the 
sand1 so are a few years compared to    
eternity4  #ah3i4 ,therefore ,god is    
patient in them1 and poureth forth his  
mercy upon them4  #ah3aj4 ,he hath seen 
the presumption of their heart that it  
is wicked1 and hath known their end that
 it is evil4  #ah3aa4 ,therefore hath he
 filled up his mercy in their favour1   
and hath shewn them the way of justice4 
#ah3ab4 ,the compassion of man is toward
 his neighbour3  but the mercy of ,god  
is upon all flesh4  #ah3ac4 ,he hath    
mercy1 and teacheth1 and correcteth1 as 
a shepherd doth his flock4  #ah3ad4 ,he 
hath mercy on him that receiveth the    
discipline of mercy1 and that maketh    
haste in his judgments4  #ah3ae4 ,my    

son1 in thy good deeds1 make no         
complaint1 and when thou givest any     
thing1 add not grief by an evil word4   
#ah3af4 ,shall not the dew assuage the  
heat8  so also the good word is better  
than the gift4  #ah3ag4 ,lo1 is not a   
word better than a gift8  but both are  
with a justified man4  #ah3ah4 ,a fool  
will upbraid bitterly3  and a gift of   
one ill taught consumeth the eyes4      
#ah3ai4 ,before judgment prepare thee   
justice1 and learn before thou speak4   
#ah3bj4 ,before sickness take a         
medicine1 and before judgment examine   
thyself1 and thou shalt find mercy in   
the sight of ,god4  #ah3ba4 ,humble     
thyself before thou art sick1 and in the
 time of sickness shew thy conversation4
  #ah3bb4 ,let nothing hinder thee from 
praying always1 and be not afraid to be 
justified even to death3  for the reward
 of ,god continueth for ever4  #ah3bc4  
,before prayer prepare thy soul3  and be
 not as a man that tempteth ,god4       
#ah3bd4 ,remember the wrath that shall  

be at the last day1 and the time of     
repaying when he shall turn away his    
face4  #ah3be4 ,remember poverty in the 
time of abundance1 and the necessities  
of poverty in the day of riches4        
#ah3bf4 ,from the morning until the     
evening the time shall be changed1 and  
all these are swift in the eyes of ,god4
  #ah3bg4 ,a wise man will fear in every
 thing1 and in the days of sins will    
beware of sloth4  #ah3bh4 ,every man of 
understanding knoweth wisdom1 and will  
give praise to him that findeth her4    
#ah3bi4 ,they that were of good         
understanding in words1 have also done  
wisely themselves3  and have understood 
truth and justice1 and have poured forth
 proverbs and judgments4  #ah3cj4 ,go   
not after thy lusts1 but turn away from 
thy own will4  #ah3ca4 ,if thou give to 
thy soul her desires1 she will make thee
 a joy to thy enemies4  #ah3cb4 ,take no
 pleasure in riotous assemblies1 be they
 ever so small3 for their concertation  
is continual4  #ah3cc4 ,make not thyself

 poor by borrowing to contribute to     
feasts when thou hast nothing in thy    
purse3  for thou shalt be an enemy to   
thy own life4    ,ecclesiasticus        
,chapter #ai   ,admonition against      
sundry vices4  #ai3a4 ,a workman that is
 a drunkard shall not be rich3  and he  
that contemneth small things1 shall fall
 by little and little4  #ai3b4 ,wine and
 women make wise men fall off1 and shall
 rebuke the prudent3  #ai3c4 ,and he    
that joineth himself to harlots1 will be
 wicked4 ,rottenness and worms shall    
inherit him1 and he shall be lifted up  
for a greater example1 and his soul     
shall be taken away out of the number4  
#ai3d4 ,he that is hasty to give credit1
 is light of heart1 and shall be        
lessened3  and he that sinneth against  
his own soul1 shall be despised4  #ai3e4
 ,he that rejoiceth in iniquity1 shall  
be censured1 and he that hateth         
chastisement1 shall have less life3  and
 he that hateth babbling1 extinguisheth 
evil4  #ai3f4 ,he that sinneth against  

his own soul1 shall repent3  and he that
 is delighted with wickedness1 shall be 
condemned4  #ai3g4 ,rehearse not again a
 wicked and harsh word1 and thou shalt  
not fare the worse4  #ai3h4 ,tell not   
thy mind to friend or foe3  and if there
 be a sin with thee1 disclose it not4   
#ai3i4 ,for he will hearken to thee1 and
 will watch thee1 and as it were        
defending thy sin he will hate thee1 and
 so will he be with thee always4        
#ai3aj4 ,hast thou heard a word against 
thy neighbour8  let it die within thee1 
trusting that it will not burst thee4   
#ai3aa4 ,at the hearing of a word the   
fool is in travail1 as a woman groaning 
in the bringing forth a child4  #ai3ab4 
,as an arrow that sticketh in a man's   
thigh3  so is a word in the heart of a  
fool4  #ai3ac4 ,reprove a friend1 lest  
he may not have understood1 and say3  ,i
 did it not3  or if he did it1 that he  
may do it no more4  #ai3ad4 ,reprove thy
 neighbour1 for it may be he hath not   
said it3  and if he hath said it1 that  

he may not say it again4  #ai3ae4       
,admonish thy friend3  for there is     
often a fault committed4  #ai3af4 ,and  
believe not every word4  ,there is one1 
that slippeth with the tongue1 but not  
from his heart4  #ai3ag4 ,for who is    
there that hath not offended with his   
tongue8 ,admonish thy neighbour before  
thou threaten him4  #ai3ah4 ,and give   
place to the fear of the most ,high3    
for the fear of ,god is all wisdom1 and 
therein is to fear ,god1 and the        
disposition of the law is in all wisdom4
  #ai3ai4 ,but the learning of          
wickedness is not wisdom3  and the      
device of sinners is not prudence4      
#ai3bj4 ,there is a subtle wickedness1  
and the same is detestable3  and there  
is a man that is foolish1 wanting in    
wisdom4  #ai3ba4 ,better is a man that  
hath less wisdom1 and wanteth           
understanding1 with the fear of ,god1   
than he that aboundeth in understanding1
 and transgresseth the law of the most  
,high4  #ai3bb4 ,there is an exquisite  

subtilty1 and the same is unjust4       
#ai3bc4 ,and there is one that uttereth 
an exact word telling the truth4 ,there 
is one that humbleth himself wickedly1  
and his interior is full of deceit3     
#ai3bd4 ,and there is one that          
submitteth himself exceedingly with a   
great lowliness3  and there is one that 
casteth down his countenance1 and maketh
 as if he did not see that which is     
unknown3  #ai3be4 ,and if he be hindered
 from sinning for want of power1 if he  
shall find opportunity to do evil1 he   
will do it4  #ai3bf4 ,a man is known by 
his look1 and a wise man1 when thou     
meetest him1 is known by his            
countenance4  #ai3bg4 ,the attire of the
 body1 and the laughter of the teeth1   
and the gait of the man1 shew what he   
is4  #ai3bh4 ,there is a lying rebuke in
 the anger of an injurious man3  and    
there is a judgment that is not allowed 
to be good3  and there is one that      
holdeth his peace1 he is wise4          
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #bj   ,rules   

with regard to correction1 discretion1  
and avoiding lies4  #bj3a4 ,how much    
better is it to reprove1 than to be     
angry1 and not to hinder him that       
confesseth in prayer4  #bj3b4 ,the lust 
of an eunuch shall deflour a young      
maiden3  #bj3c4 ,so is he that by       
violence executeth of the unwise4       
#bj3d4 ,how good is it1 when thou art   
reproved1 to shew repentance6 for so    
thou shalt escape wilful sin4  #bj3e4   
,there is one that holdeth his peace1   
that is found wise3  and there is       
another that is hateful1 that is bold in
 speech4  #bj3f4 ,there is one that     
holdeth his peace1 because he knoweth   
not what to say3  and there is another  
that holdeth his peace1 knowing the     
proper time4  #bj3g4 ,a wise man will   
hold his peace till he see opportunity3 
but a babbler1 and a fool1 will regard  
no time4  #bj3h4 ,he that useth many    
words shall hurt his own soul3  and he  
that taketh authority to himself        
unjustly shall be hated4  #bj3i4 ,there 

is success in evil things to a man      
without discipline1 and there is a      
finding that turneth to loss4  #bj3aj4  
,there is a gift that is not profitable3
  and there is a gift1 the recompense of
 which is double4  #bj3aa4 ,there is an 
abasement because of glory3  and there  
is one that shall lift up his head from 
a low estate4  #bj3ab4 ,there is that   
buyeth much for a small price1 and      
restoreth the same sevenfold4  #bj3ac4  
,a man wise in words shall make himself 
beloved3  but the graces of fools shall 
be poured out4  #bj3ad4 ,the gift of the
 fool shall do thee no good3  for his   
eyes are sevenfold4  #bj3ae4 ,he will   
give a few things1 and upbraid much3    
and the opening of his mouth is the     
kindling of a fire4  #bj3af4 ,to day a  
man lendeth1 and to morrow he asketh it 
again3  such a man as this is hateful4  
#bj3ag4 ,a fool shall have no friend1   
and there shall be no thanks for his    
good deeds4  #bj3ah4 ,for they that eat 
his bread1 are of a false tongue4  ,how 

often1 and how many will laugh him to   
scorn6  #bj3ai4 ,for he doth not        
distribute with right understanding that
 which was to be had3  in like manner   
also that which was not to be had4      
#bj3bj4 ,the slipping of a false tongue 
is as one that falleth on the pavement3 
so the fall of the wicked shall come    
speedily4  #bj3ba4 ,a man without grace 
is as a vain fable1 it shall be         
continually in the mouth of the unwise4 
#bj3bb4 ,a parable coming out of a      
fool's mouth shall be rejected3  for he 
doth not speak it in due season4        
#bj3bc4 ,there is that is hindered from 
sinning through want1 and in his rest he
 shall be pricked4  #bj3bd4 ,there is   
that will destroy his own soul through  
shamefacedness1 and by occasion of an   
unwise person he will destroy it3  and  
by respect of person he will destroy    
himself4  #bj3be4 ,there is that for    
bashfulness promiseth to his friend1 and
 maketh him his enemy for nothing4      
#bj3bf4 ,a lie is a foul blot in a man1 

and yet it will be continually in the   
mouth of men without discipline4        
#bj3bg4 ,a thief is better than a man   
that is always lying3  but both of them 
shall inherit destruction4  #bj3bh4 ,the
 manners of lying men are without       
honour3  and their confusion is with    
them without ceasing4  #bj3bi4 ,a wise  
man shall advance himself with his      
words1 and a prudent man shall please   
the great ones4  #bj3cj4 ,he that       
tilleth his land shall make a high heap 
of corn3  and he that worketh justice   
shall be exalted3  and he that pleaseth 
great men shall escape iniquity4        
#bj3ca4 ,presents and gifts blind the   
eyes of judges1 and make them dumb in   
the mouth1 so that they cannot correct4 
#bj3cb4 ,o ,wisdom that is hid1 and     
treasure that is not seen3  what profit 
is there in them both8  #bj3cc4 ,better 
is he that hideth his folly1 than the   
man that hideth his wisdom4             
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #ba   ,cautions
 against sin in general1 and some sins  

in particular4  #ba3a4 ,my son1 hast    
thou sinned8  do so no more3  but for   
thy former sins also pray that they may 
be forgiven thee4  #ba3b4 ,flee from    
sins as from the face of a serpent3  for
 if thou comest near them1 they will    
take hold of thee4  #ba3c4 ,the teeth   
thereof are the teeth of a lion1 killing
 the souls of men4  #ba3d4 ,all iniquity
 is like a two-edged sword1 there is no 
remedy for the wound thereof4  #ba3e4   
,injuries and wrongs will waste riches3 
and the house that is very rich shall be
 brought to nothing by pride3  so the   
substance of the proud shall be rooted  
out4  #ba3f4 ,the prayer out of the     
mouth of the poor shall reach the ears  
of ,god1 and judgment shall come for him
 speedily4  #ba3g4 ,he that hateth to be
 reproved walketh in the trace of a     
sinner3 and he that feareth ,god will   
turn to his own heart4  #ba3h4 ,he that 
is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar
 off1 but a wise man knoweth to slip by 
him4  #ba3i4 ,he that buildeth his house

 at other men's charges1 is as he that  
gathereth himself stones to build in the
 winter4  #ba3aj4 ,the congregation of  
sinners is like tow heaped together1 and
 the end of them is a flame of fire4    
#ba3aa4 ,the way of sinners is made     
plain with stones1 and in their end is  
hell1 and darkness1 and pains4  #ba3ab4 
,he that keepeth justice shall get the  
understanding thereof4  #ba3ac4 ,the    
perfection of the fear of ,god is wisdom
 and understanding4  #ba3ad4 ,he that is
 not wise in good1 will not be taught4  
#ba3ae4 ,but there is a wisdom that     
aboundeth in evil3  and there is no     
understanding where there is bitterness4
  #ba3af4 ,the knowledge of a wise man  
shall abound like a flood1 and his      
counsel continueth like a fountain of   
life4  #ba3ag4 ,the heart of a fool is  
like a broken vessel1 and no wisdom at  
all shall it hold4  #ba3ah4 ,a man of   
sense will praise every wise word he    
shall hear1 and will apply it to        
himself3  the luxurious man hath heard  

it1 and it shall displease him1 and he  
will cast it behind his back4  #ba3ai4  
,the talking of a fool is like a burden 
in the way3  but in the lips of the     
wise1 grace shall be found4  #ba3bj4    
,the mouth of the prudent is sought     
after in the church1 and they will think
 upon his words in their hearts4        
#ba3ba4 ,as a house that is destroyed1  
so is wisdom to a fool3  and the        
knowledge of the unwise is as words     
without sense4  #ba3bb4 ,doctrine to a  
fool is as fetters on the feet1 and like
 manacles on the right hand4  #ba3bc4 ,a
 fool lifteth up his voice in laughter3 
but a wise man will scarce laugh low to 
himself4  #ba3bd4 ,learning to the      
prudent is as an ornament of gold1 and  
like a bracelet upon his right arm4     
#ba3be4 ,the foot of a fool is soon in  
his neighbour's house3  but a man of    
experience will be abashed at the person
 of the mighty4  #ba3bf4 ,a fool will   
peep through the window into the house3 
but he that is well taught will stand   

without4  #ba3bg4 ,it is the folly of a 
man to hearken at the door3  and a wise 
man will be grieved with the disgrace4  
#ba3bh4 ,the lips of the unwise will be 
telling foolish things3  but the words  
of the wise shall be weighed in a       
balance4  #ba3bi4 ,the heart of fools is
 in their mouth3  and the mouth of wise 
men is in their heart4  #ba3cj4 ,while  
the ungodly curseth the devil1 he       
curseth his own soul4  ,while the       
ungodly1 etc4 4 4,he condemneth and     
curseth himself3  inasmuch as by sin he 
takes part with the devil1 and is1 as it
 were1 his member and subject4  #ba3ca4 
,the talebearer shall defile his own    
soul1 and shall be hated by all3  and he
 that shall abide with him shall be     
hateful3  the silent and wise man shall 
be honoured4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter
 #bb   ,wise sayings on divers subjects4
  #bb3a4 ,the sluggard is pelted with a 
dirty stone1 and all men will speak of  
his disgrace4  #bb3b4 ,the sluggard is  
pelted with the dung of oxen3  and every

 one that toucheth him will shake his   
hands4  #bb3c4 ,a son ill taught is the 
confusion of the father3  and a foolish 
daughter shall be to his loss4  #bb3d4  
,a wise daughter shall bring an         
inheritance to her husband3  but she    
that confoundeth1 becometh a disgrace to
 her father4  #bb3e4 ,she that is bold  
shameth both her father and husband1 and
 will not be inferior to the ungodly3   
and shall be disgraced by them both4    
#bb3f4 ,a tale out of time is like music
 in mourning3  but the stripes and      
instruction of wisdom are never out of  
time4  #bb3g4 ,he that teacheth a fool1 
is like one that glueth a potsherd      
together4  #bb3h4 ,he that telleth a    
word to him that heareth not1 is like   
one that waketh a man out of a deep     
sleep4  #bb3i4 ,he speaketh with one    
that is asleep1 who uttereth wisdom to a
 fool3  and in the end of the discourse 
he saith3  ,who is this8  #bb3aj4 ,weep 
for the dead1 for his light hath failed3
  and weep for the fool1 for his        

understanding faileth4  ,for the fool4 4
 4,in the language of the ,holy ,ghost1 
he is styled a fool1 that turns away    
from ,god to follow vanity and sin4     
,and what is said by the wise man       
against fools is meant of such fools as 
these4  #bb3aa4 ,weep but a little for  
the dead1 for he is at rest4  #bb3ab4   
,for the wicked life of a wicked fool is
 worse than death4  #bb3ac4 ,the        
mourning for the dead is seven days3    
but for a fool and an ungodly man all   
the days of their life4  #bb3ad4 ,talk  
not much with a fool and go not with him
 that hath no sense4  #bb3ae4 ,keep     
thyself from him1 that thou mayst not   
have trouble1 and thou shalt not be     
defiled with his sin4  #bb3af4 ,turn    
away from him1 and thou shalt find rest1
 and shalt not be wearied out with his  
folly4  #bb3ag4 ,what is heavier than   
lead8  and what other name hath he but  
fool8  #bb3ah4 ,sand and salt1 and a    
mass of iron is easier to bear1 than a  
man without sense1 that is both foolish 

and wicked4  #bb3ai4 ,a frame of wood   
bound together in the foundation of a   
building1 shall not be loosed3  so      
neither shall the heart that is         
established by advised counsel4  #bb3bj4
 ,the thought of him that is wise at all
 times1 shall not be depraved by fear4  
#bb3ba4 ,as pales set in high places1   
and plasterings made without cost1 will 
not stand against the face of the wind3 
#bb3bb4 ,so also a fearful heart in the 
imagination of a fool shall not resist  
against the violence of fear4  #bb3bc4  
,as a fearful heart in the thought of a 
fool at all times will not fear1 so     
neither shall he that continueth always 
in the commandments of ,god4  #bb3bd4   
,he that pricketh the eye1 bringeth out 
tears3  and he that pricketh the heart1 
bringeth forth resentment4  #bb3be4 ,he 
that flingeth a stone at birds1 shall   
drive them away3  so he that upbraideth 
his friend1 breaketh friendship4        
#bb3bf4 ,although thou hast drawn a     
sword at a friend1 despair not3  for    

there may be a returning4  ,to a friend1
  #bb3bg4 ,if thou hast opened a sad    
mouth1 fear not1 for there may be a     
reconciliation3  except upbraiding1 and 
reproach1 and pride1 and disclosing of  
secrets1 or a treacherous wound3  for in
 all these cases a friend will flee     
away4  #bb3bh4 ,keep fidelity with a    
friend in his poverty1 that in his      
prosperity also thou mayst rejoice4     
#bb3bi4 ,in the time of his trouble     
continue faithful to him1 that thou     
mayst also be heir with him in his      
inheritance4  #bb3cj4 ,as the vapour of 
a chimney1 and the smoke of the fire    
goeth up before the fire3  so also      
injurious words1 and reproaches1 and    
threats1 before blood4  #bb3ca4 ,i will 
not be ashamed to salute a friend1      
neither will ,i hide myself from his    
face3  and if any evil happen to me by  
him1 ,i will bear it4  #bb3cb4 ,but     
every one that shall hear it1 will      
beware of him4  #bb3cc4 ,who will set a 
guard before my mouth1 and a sure seal  

upon my lips1 that ,i fall not by them1 
and that my tongue destroy me not8      
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #bc   ,a prayer
 for grace to flee sin3  cautions       
against profane swearing and other      
vices4  #bc3a4 ,o ,lord1 father1 and    
sovereign ruler of my life1 leave me not
 to their counsel3  nor suffer me to    
fall by them4  ,by them4 4 4,viz41 the  
tongue and the lips1 mentioned in the   
last verse of the foregoing chapter4    
#bc3b4 ,who will set scourges over my   
thoughts1 and the discipline of wisdom  
over my heart1 that they spare me not in
 their ignorances1 and that their sins  
may not appear3  ,that they spare me not
 in their ignorances1 etc4 4 4,that is1 
that the scourges and discipline of     
wisdom may restrain the ignorances1 that
 is1 the slips and offences which are   
usually committed by the tongue and the 
lips4  #bc3c4 ,lest my ignorances       
increase1 and my offences be multiplied1
 and my sins abound1 and ,i fall before 
my adversaries1 and my enemy rejoice    

over me8  #bc3d4 ,o ,lord1 father1 and  
,god of my life1 leave me not to their  
devices4  #bc3e4 ,give me not           
haughtiness of my eyes1 and turn away   
from me all coveting4  #bc3f4 ,take from
 me the greediness of the belly1 and let
 not the lusts of the flesh take hold of
 me1 and give me not over to a shameless
 and foolish mind4  #bc3g4 ,hear1 ,o ye 
children1 the discipline of the mouth1  
and he that will keep it shall not      
perish by his lips1 nor be brought to   
fall into most wicked works4  #bc3h4 ,a 
sinner is caught in his own vanity1 and 
the proud and the evil speakers shall   
fall thereby4  #bc3i4 ,let not thy mouth
 be accustomed to swearing3  for in it  
there are many falls4  #bc3aj4 ,and let 
not the naming of ,god be usual in thy  
mouth1 and meddle not with the names of 
saints1 for thou shalt not escape free  
from them4  #bc3aa4 ,for as a slave     
daily put to the question1 is never     
without a blue mark3  so every one that 
sweareth1 and nameth1 shall not be      

wholly pure from sin4  #bc3ab4 ,a man   
that sweareth much1 shall be filled with
 iniquity1 and a scourge shall not      
depart from his house4  #bc3ac4 ,and if 
he make it void1 his sin shall be upon  
him1 and if he dissemble it1 he         
offendeth double3  #bc3ad4 ,and if he   
swear in vain1 he shall not be          
justified3  for his house shall be      
filled with his punishment4  #bc3ae4    
,there is also another speech opposite  
to death1 let it not be found in the    
inheritance of ,jacob4  #bc3af4 ,for    
from the merciful all these things shall
 be taken away1 and they shall not      
wallow in sins4  #bc3ag4 ,let not thy   
mouth be accustomed to indiscreet       
speech3  for therein is the word of sin4
  #bc3ah4 ,remember thy father and thy  
mother1 for thou sittest in the midst of
 great men3  #bc3ai4 ,lest ,god forget  
thee in their sight1 and thou1 by thy   
daily custom be infatuated and suffer   
reproach3  and wish that thou hadst not 
been born1 and curse the day of thy     

nativity4  #bc3bj4 ,the man that is     
accustomed to opprobrious words1 will   
never be corrected all the days of his  
life4  #bc3ba4 ,two sorts of men        
multiply sins1 and the third bringeth   
wrath and destruction4  #bc3bb4 ,a hot  
soul is a burning fire1 it will never be
 quenched1 till it devour some thing4   
#bc3bc4 ,and a man that is wicked in the
 mouth of his flesh1 will not leave off 
till he hath kindled a fire4  #bc3bd4   
,to a man that is a fornicator all bread
 is sweet1 he will not be weary of      
sinning unto the end4  #bc3be4 ,every   
man that passeth beyond his own bed1    
despising his own soul1 and saying3     
,who seeth me8  #bc3bf4 ,darkness       
compasseth me about1 and the walls cover
 me1 and no man seeth me3  whom do ,i   
fear8  the most ,high will not remember 
my sins4  #bc3bg4 ,and he understandeth 
not that his eye seeth all things1 for  
such a man's fear driveth him from the  
fear of ,god1 and the eyes of men       
fearing him3  #bc3bh4 ,and he knoweth   

not that the eyes of the ,lord are far  
brighter than the sun1 beholding round  
about all the ways of men1 and the      
bottom of the deep1 and looking into the
 hearts of men1 into the most hidden    
parts4  #bc3bi4 ,for all things were    
known to the ,lord ,god1 before they    
were created3  so also after they were  
perfected he beholdeth all things4      
#bc3cj4 ,this man shall be punished in  
the streets of the city1 and he shall be
 chased as a colt3  and where he        
suspected not1 he shall be taken4       
#bc3ca4 ,and he shall be in disgrace    
with all men1 because he understood not 
the fear of the ,lord4  #bc3cb4 ,so     
every woman also that leaveth her       
husband1 and bringeth in an heir by     
another3  #bc3cc4 ,for first she hath   
been unfaithful to the law of the most  
,high3 and secondly1 she hath offended  
against her husband3  thirdly1 she hath 
fornicated in adultery1 and hath gotten 
her children of another man4  #bc3cd4   
,this woman shall be brought into the   

assembly1 and inquisition shall be made 
of her children4  #bc3ce4 ,her children 
shall not take root1 and her branches   
shall bring forth no fruit4  #bc3cf4    
,she shall leave her memory to be       
cursed1 and her infamy shall not be     
blotted out4  #bc3cg4 ,and they that    
remain shall know1 that there is nothing
 better than the fear of ,god3  and that
 there is nothing sweeter than to have  
regard to the commandments of the ,lord4
  #bc3ch4 ,it is great glory to follow  
the ,lord3  for length of days shall be 
received from him4    ,ecclesiasticus   
,chapter #bd   ,wisdom praiseth herself3
  her origin1 her dwelling1 her dignity1
 and her fruits4  #bd3a4 ,wisdom shall  
praise her own self1 and shall be       
honoured in ,god1 and shall glory in the
 midst of her people1  #bd3b4 ,and shall
 open her mouth in the churches of the  
most ,high1 and shall glorify herself in
 the sight of his power1  #bd3c4 ,and in
 the midst of her own people she shall  
be exalted1 and shall be admired in the 

holy assembly4  #bd3d4 ,and in the      
multitude of the elect she shall have   
praise1 and among the blessed she shall 
be blessed1 saying3  #bd3e4 ,i came out 
of the mouth of the most ,high1 the     
firstborn before all creatures3  #bd3f4 
,i made that in the heavens there should
 rise light that never faileth1 and as a
 cloud ,i covered all the earth3  #bd3g4
 ,i dwelt in the highest places1 and my 
throne is in a pillar of a cloud4       
#bd3h4 ,i alone have compassed the      
circuit of heaven1 and have penetrated  
into the bottom of the deep1 and have   
walked in the waves of the sea1  #bd3i4 
,and have stood in all the earth3  and  
in every people1  #bd3aj4 ,and in every 
nation ,i have had the chief rule3      
#bd3aa4 ,and by my power ,i have trodden
 under my feet the hearts of all the    
high and low3  and in all these ,i      
sought rest1 and ,i shall abide in the  
inheritance of the ,lord4  #bd3ab4 ,then
 the creator of all things commanded1   
and said to me3  and he that made me1   

rested in my tabernacle1  #bd3ac4 ,and  
he said to me3  ,let thy dwelling be in 
,jacob1 and thy inheritance in ,israel1 
and take root in my elect4  #bd3ad4     
,from the beginning1 and before the     
world1 was ,i created1 and unto the     
world to come ,i shall not cease to be1 
and in the holy dwelling place ,i have  
ministered before him4  #bd3ae4 ,and so 
was ,i established in ,sion1 and in the 
holy city likewise ,i rested1 and my    
power was in ,jerusalem4  #bd3af4 ,and  
,i took root in an honourable people1   
and in the portion of my ,god his       
inheritance1 and my abode is in the full
 assembly of saints4  #bd3ag4 ,i was    
exalted like a cedar in ,libanus1 and as
 a cypress tree on mount ,sion4  #bd3ah4
 ,i was exalted like a palm tree in     
,cades1 and as a rose plant in ,jericho3
  #bd3ai4 ,as a fair olive tree in the  
plains1 and as a plane tree by the water
 in the streets1 was ,i exalted4        
#bd3bj4 ,i gave a sweet smell like      
cinnamon1 and aromatical balm3  ,i      

yielded a sweet odour like the best     
myrrh3  #bd3ba4 ,and ,i perfumed my     
dwelling as storax1 and galbanum1 and   
onyx1 and aloes1 and as the frankincense
 not cut1 and my odour is as the purest 
balm4  #bd3bb4 ,i have stretched out my 
branches as the turpentine tree1 and my 
branches are of honour and grace4       
#bd3bc4 ,as the vine ,i have brought    
forth a pleasant odour3  and my flowers 
are the fruit of honour and riches4     
#bd3bd4 ,i am the mother of fair love1  
and of fear1 and of knowledge1 and of   
holy hope4  #bd3be4 ,in me is all grace 
of the way and of the truth1 in me is   
all hope of life and of virtue4  #bd3bf4
 ,come over to me1 all ye that desire   
me1 and be filled with my fruits4       
#bd3bg4 ,for my spirit is sweet above   
honey1 and my inheritance above honey   
and the honeycomb4  #bd3bh4 ,my memory  
is unto everlasting generations4        
#bd3bi4 ,they that eat me1 shall yet    
hunger3  and they that drink me1 shall  
yet thirst4  #bd3cj4 ,he that hearkeneth

 to me1 shall not be confounded3  and   
they that work by me1 shall not sin4    
#bd3ca4 ,they that explain me shall have
 life everlasting4  #bd3cb4 ,all these  
things are the book of life1 and the    
covenant of the most ,high1 and the     
knowledge of truth4  #bd3cc4 ,moses     
commanded a law in the precepts of      
justices1 and an inheritance to the     
house of ,jacob1 and the promises to    
,israel4  #bd3cd4 ,he appointed to      
,david his servant to raise up of him a 
most mighty king1 and sitting on the    
throne of glory for ever4  ,a most      
mighty king4 4 4,viz41 ,christ1 who by  
his gospel1 like an overflowing river1  
has enriched the earth with heavenly    
wisdom4  #bd3ce4 ,who filleth up wisdom 
as the ,phison1 and as the ,tigris in   
the days of the new fruits4  #bd3cf4    
,who maketh understanding to abound as  
the ,euphrates1 who multiplieth it as   
the ,jordan in the time of harvest4     
#bd3cg4 ,who sendeth knowledge as the   
light1 and riseth up as ,gehon in the   

time of the vintage4  #bd3ch4 ,who first
 hath perfect knowledge of her1 and a   
weaker shall not search her out4  ,who  
first hath perfect knowledge of her4 4  
4,christ was the first that had perfect 
knowledge of heavenly wisdom4  #bd3ci4  
,for her thoughts are more vast than the
 sea1 and her counsels more deep than   
the great ocean4  #bd3dj4 ,i1 wisdom1   
have poured out rivers4  #bd3da4 ,i1    
like a brook out of a river of a mighty 
water2 ,i1 like a channel of a river1   
and like an aqueduct1 came out of       
paradise4  #bd3db4 ,i said3  ,i will    
water my garden of plants1 and ,i will  
water abundantly the fruits of my       
meadow4  #bd3dc4 ,and behold my brook   
became a great river1 and my river came 
near to a sea3  #bd3dd4 ,for ,i make    
doctrine to shine forth to all as the   
morning light1 and ,i will declare it   
afar off4  #bd3de4 ,i will penetrate to 
all the lower parts of the earth1 and   
will behold all that sleep1 and will    
enlighten all that hope in the ,lord4   

#bd3df4 ,i will yet pour out doctrine as
 prophecy1 and will leave it to them    
that seek wisdom1 and will not cease to 
instruct their offspring even to the    
holy age4  #bd3dg4 ,see ye that ,i have 
not laboured myself only1 but for all   
that seek out the truth4                
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #be            
,documents of wisdom on several         
subjects4  #be3a4 ,with three things my 
spirit is pleased1 which are approved   
before ,god and men3  #be3b4 ,the       
concord of brethren1 and the love of    
neighbours1 and man and wife that agree 
well together4  #be3c4 ,three sorts my  
soul hateth1 and ,i am greatly grieved  
at their life3  #be3d4 ,a poor man that 
is proud3  a rich man that is a liar3   
an old man that is a fool1 and doting4  
#be3e4 ,the things that thou hast not   
gathered in thy youth1 how shalt thou   
find them in thy old age8  #be3f4 ,o how
 comely is judgment for a grey head1 and
 for ancients to know counsel6  #be3g4  
,o how comely is wisdom for the aged1   

and understanding and counsel to men of 
honour6  #be3h4 ,much experience is the 
crown of old men1 and the fear of ,god  
is their glory4  #be3i4 ,nine things    
that are not to be imagined by the heart
 have ,i magnified1 and the tenth ,i    
will utter to men with my tongue4       
#be3aj4 ,a man that hath joy of his     
children3  and he that liveth and seeth 
the fall of his enemies4  #be3aa4       
,blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise
 woman1 and that hath not slipped with  
his tongue1 and that hath not served    
such as are unworthy of him4  #be3ab4   
,blessed is he that findeth a true      
friend1 and that declareth justice to an
 ear that heareth4  #be3ac4 ,how great  
is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge6
 but there is none above him that       
feareth the ,lord4  #be3ad4 ,the fear of
 ,god hath set itself above all things3 
#be3ae4 ,blessed is the man1 to whom it 
is given to have the fear of ,god3 he   
that holdeth it1 to whom shall he be    
likened8  #be3af4 ,the fear of ,god is  

the beginning of his love3  and the     
beginning of faith is to be fast joined 
unto it4  #be3ag4 ,the sadness of the   
heart is every plague3  and the         
wickedness of a woman is all evil4      
#be3ah4 ,and a man will choose any      
plague1 but the plague of the heart3    
#be3ai4 ,and any wickedness1 but the    
wickedness of a woman3  #be3bj4 ,and any
 affliction1 but the affliction from    
them that hate him3  #be3ba4 ,and any   
revenge1 but the revenge of enemies4    
#be3bb4 ,there is no head worse than the
 head of a serpent3  #be3bc4 ,and there 
is no anger above the anger of a woman4 
,it will be more agreeable to abide with
 a lion and a dragon1 than to dwell with
 a wicked woman4  #be3bd4 ,the          
wickedness of a woman changeth her face3
  and she darkeneth her countenance as a
 bear3  and sheweth it like sackcloth4  
,in the midst of her neighbours1        
#be3be4 ,her husband groaned1 and       
hearing he sighed a little4  #be3bf4    
,all malice is short to the malice of a 

woman1 let the lot of sinners fall upon 
her4  #be3bg4 ,as the climbing of a     
sandy way is to the feet of the aged1 so
 is a wife full of tongue to a quiet    
man4  #be3bh4 ,look not upon a woman's  
beauty1 and desire not a woman for      
beauty4  #be3bi4 ,a woman's anger1 and  
impudence1 and confusion is great4      
#be3cj4 ,a woman1 if she have           
superiority1 is contrary to her husband4
  #be3ca4 ,a wicked woman abateth the   
courage1 and maketh a heavy countenance1
 and a wounded heart4  #be3cb4 ,feeble  
hands1 and disjointed knees1 a woman    
that doth not make her husband happy4   
#be3cc4 ,from the woman came the        
beginning of sin1 and by her we all die4
  #be3cd4 ,give no issue to thy water1  
no1 not a little3  nor to a wicked woman
 liberty to gad abroad4  #be3ce4 ,if she
 walk not at thy hand1 she will confound
 thee in the sight of thy enemies4      
#be3cf4 ,cut her off from thy flesh1    
lest she always abuse thee4             
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #bf   ,of good 

and bad women4  #bf3a4 ,happy is the    
husband of a good wife3  for the number 
of his years is double4  #bf3b4 ,a      
virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband1   
and shall fulfil the years of his life  
in peace4  #bf3c4 ,a good wife is a good
 portion1 she shall be given in the     
portion of them that fear ,god1 to a man
 for his good deeds4  #bf3d4 ,rich or   
poor1 if his heart is good1 his         
countenance shall be cheerful at all    
times4  #bf3e4 ,of three things my heart
 hath been afraid1 and at the fourth my 
face hath trembled3  #bf3f4 ,the        
accusation of a city1 and the gathering 
together of the people3  #bf3g4 ,and a  
false calumny1 all are more grievous    
than death4  #bf3h4 ,a jealous woman is 
the grief and mourning of the heart4    
#bf3i4 ,with a jealous woman is a       
scourge of the tongue which             
communicateth with all4  #bf3aj4 ,as a  
yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro1  
so also is a wicked woman3  he that hath
 hold of her1 is as he that taketh hold 

of a scorpion4  #bf3aa4 ,a drunken woman
 is a great wrath3  and her reproach and
 shame shall not be hid4  #bf3ab4 ,the  
fornication of a woman shall be known by
 the haughtiness of her eyes and by her 
eyelids4  #bf3ac4 ,on a daughter that   
turneth not away herself1 set a strict  
watch3 lest finding an opportunity she  
abuse herself4  #bf3ad4 ,take heed of   
the impudence of her eyes1 and wonder   
not if she slight thee4  #bf3ae4 ,she   
will open her mouth as a thirsty        
traveller to the fountain1 and will     
drink of every water near her1 and will 
sit down by every hedge1 and open her   
quiver against every arrow1 until she   
fail4  #bf3af4 ,the grace of a diligent 
woman shall delight her husband1 and    
shall fat his bones4  #bf3ag4 ,her      
discipline is the gift of ,god4  #bf3ah4
 ,such is a wise and silent woman1 and  
there is nothing so much worth as a well
 instructed soul4  #bf3ai4 ,a holy and  
shamefaced woman is grace upon grace4   
#bf3bj4 ,and no price is worthy of a    

continent soul4  #bf3ba4 ,as the sun    
when it riseth to the world in the high 
places of ,god1 so is the beauty of a   
good wife for the ornament of her house4
  #bf3bb4 ,as the lamp shining upon the 
holy candlestick1 so is the beauty of   
the face in a ripe age1  #bf3bc4 ,as    
golden pillars upon bases of silver1 so 
are the firm feet upon the soles of a   
steady woman4  #bf3bd4 ,as everlasting  
foundations upon a solid rock1 so the   
commandments of ,god in the heart of a  
holy woman4  #bf3be4 ,at two things my  
heart is grieved1 and the third bringeth
 anger upon me4  #bf3bf4 ,a man of war  
fainting through poverty1 and a man of  
sense despised3  #bf3bg4 ,and he that   
passeth over from justice to sin1 ,god  
hath prepared such an one for the sword4
  #bf3bh4 ,two sorts of callings have   
appeared to me hard and dangerous3  a   
merchant is hardly free from negligence3
  and a huckster shall not be justified 
from the sins of the lips4  ,from       
negligence4 4 4,that is1 from the       

neglect of the service of ,god3 because 
the eager pursuit of the mammon of this 
world1 is apt to make men of that       
calling forget the great duties of      
loving ,god above all things1 and their 
neighbours as themselves4--,ibid4  ,a   
huckster4 4 4,or1 a retailer of wine4   
,men of that profession are both greatly
 exposed to danger of sin themselves1   
and are too often accessary to the sins 
of others4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter  
#bg   ,dangers of sin from several      
heads3  the fear of ,god is the best    
preservative4  ,he that diggeth a pit1  
shall fall into it4  #bg3a4 ,through    
poverty many have sinned3  and he that  
seeketh to be enriched1 turneth away his
 eye4  #bg3b4 ,as a stake sticketh fast 
in the midst of the joining of stones1  
so also in the midst of selling and     
buying1 sin shall stick fast4  #bg3c4   
,sin shall be destroyed with the sinner4
  #bg3d4 ,unless thou hold thyself      
diligently in the fear of the ,lord1 thy
 house shall quickly be overthrown4     

#bg3e4 ,as when one sifteth with a      
sieve1 the dust will remain3  so will   
the perplexity of a man in his thoughts4
  #bg3f4 ,the furnace trieth the        
potter's vessels1 and the trial of      
affliction just men4  #bg3g4 ,as the    
dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit    
thereof1 so a word out of the thought of
 the heart of man4  #bg3h4 ,praise not a
 man before he speaketh1 for this is the
 trial of men4  #bg3i4 ,if thou         
followest justice1 thou shalt obtain    
her3  and shalt put her on as a long    
robe of honour1 and thou shalt dwell    
with her3  and she shall protect thee   
for ever1 and in the day of             
acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong 
foundation4  #bg3aj4 ,birds resort unto 
their like3  so truth will return to    
them that practise her4  #bg3aa4 ,the   
lion always lieth in wait for prey3  so 
do sins for them that work iniquities4  
#bg3ab4 ,a holy man continueth in wisdom
 as the sun3  but a fool is changed as  
the moon4  #bg3ac4 ,in the midst of the 

unwise keep in the word till its time3  
but be continually among men that think4
  #bg3ad4 ,the discourse of sinners is  
hateful1 and their laughter is at the   
pleasures of sin4  #bg3ae4 ,the speech  
that sweareth much shall make the hair  
of the head stand upright3  and its     
irreverence shall make one stop his     
ears4  #bg3af4 ,in the quarrels of the  
road is the shedding of blood3  and     
their cursing is a grievous hearing4    
#bg3ag4 ,he that discloseth the secret  
of a friend loseth his credit1 and shall
 never find a friend to his mind4       
#bg3ah4 ,love thy neighbour1 and be     
joined to him with fidelity4  #bg3ai4   
,but if thou discover his secrets1      
follow no more after him4  #bg3bj4 ,for 
as a man that destroyeth his friend1 so 
is he that destroyeth the friendship of 
his neighbour4  #bg3ba4 ,and as one that
 letteth a bird go out of his hand1 so  
hast thou let thy neighbour go1 and thou
 shalt not get him again4  #bg3bb4      
,follow after him no more1 for he is    

gone afar off1 he is fled1 as a roe     
escaped out of the snare because his    
soul is wounded4  #bg3bc4 ,thou canst no
 more bind him up4  ,and of a curse     
there is reconciliation3  ,and of a     
curse there is reconciliation4 4 4,that 
is1 it is easier to obtain a            
reconciliation after a curse1 than after
 disclosing a secret4  #bg3bd4 ,but to  
disclose the secrets of a friend1       
leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul4     
#bg3be4 ,he that winketh with the eye   
forgeth wicked things1 and no man will  
cast him off3  #bg3bf4 ,in the sight of 
thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth1 and 
will admire thy words3  but at the last 
he will writhe his mouth1 and on thy    
words he will lay a stumblingblock4     
#bg3bg4 ,i have hated many things but   
not like him1 and the ,lord will hate   
him4  #bg3bh4 ,if one cast a stone on   
high1 it will fall upon his own head3   
and the deceitful stroke will wound the 
deceitful4  #bg3bi4 ,he that diggeth a  
pit1 shall fall into it3  and he that   

setteth a stone for his neighbour1 shall
 stumble upon it3  and he that layeth a 
snare for another1 shall perish in it4  
#bg3cj4 ,a mischievous counsel shall be 
rolled back upon the author1 and he     
shall not know from whence it cometh to 
him4  #bg3ca4 ,mockery and reproach are 
of the proud1 and vengeance as a lion   
shall lie in wait for him4  #bg3cb4     
,they shall perish in a snare that are  
delighted with the fall of the just3    
and sorrow shall consume them before    
they die4  #bg3cc4 ,anger and fury are  
both of them abominable1 and the sinful 
man shall be subject to them4           
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #bh   ,lessons 
against revenge and quarrels4  ,the     
evils of the tongue4  #bh3a4 ,he that   
seeketh to revenge himself1 shall find  
vengeance from the ,lord1 and he will   
surely keep his sins in remembrance4    
#bh3b4 ,forgive thy neighbour if he hath
 hurt thee3  and then shall thy sins be 
forgiven to thee when thou prayest4     
#bh3c4 ,man to man reserveth anger1 and 

doth he seek remedy of ,god8  #bh3d4 ,he
 hath no mercy on a man like himself1   
and doth he entreat for his own sins8   
#bh3e4 ,he that is but flesh1 nourisheth
 anger1 and doth he ask forgiveness of  
,god8  who shall obtain pardon for his  
sins8  #bh3f4 ,remember thy last things1
 and let enmity cease3  #bh3g4 ,for     
corruption and death hang over in his   
commandments4  ,in his commandments4 4  
4,supply the sentence out of the ,greek 
thus3 ,remember corruption and death1   
and abide in the commandments4  #bh3h4  
,remember the fear of ,god1 and be not  
angry with thy neighbour4  #bh3i4       
,remember the covenant of the most      
,high1 and overlook the ignorance of thy
 neighbour4  #bh3aj4 ,refrain from      
strife1 and thou shalt diminish thy     
sins4  #bh3aa4 ,for a passionate man    
kindleth strife1 and a sinful man will  
trouble his friends1 and bring in debate
 in the midst of them that are at peace4
  #bh3ab4 ,for as the wood of the forest
 is1 so the fire burneth1 and as a man's

 strength is1 so shall his anger be1 and
 according to his riches he shall       
increase his anger4  #bh3ac4 ,a hasty   
contention kindleth a fire and a hasty  
quarrel sheddeth blood and a tongue that
 beareth witness bringeth death4        
#bh3ad4 ,if thou blow the spark1 it     
shall burn as a fire3  and if thou spit 
upon it1 it shall be quenched3  both    
come out of the mouth4  #bh3ae4 ,the    
whisperer and the double tongue is      
accursed3  for he hath troubled many    
that were at peace4  #bh3af4 ,the tongue
 of a third person hath disquieted many1
 and scattered them from nation to      
nation4  #bh3ag4 ,it hath destroyed the 
strong cities of the rich1 and hath     
overthrown the houses of great men4     
#bh3ah4 ,it hath cut in pieces the      
forces of people1 and undone strong     
nations4  #bh3ai4 ,the tongue of a third
 person hath cast out valiant women1 and
 deprived them of their labours4        
#bh3bj4 ,he that hearkeneth to it1 shall
 never have rest1 neither shall he have 

a friend in whom he may repose4  #bh3ba4
 ,the stroke of a whip maketh a blue    
mark3  but the stroke of the tongue will
 break the bones4  #bh3bb4 ,many have   
fallen by the edge of the sword1 but not
 so many as have perished by their own  
tongue4  #bh3bc4 ,blessed is he that is 
defended from a wicked tongue1 that hath
 not passed into the wrath thereof1 and 
that hath not drawn the yoke thereof1   
and hath not been bound in its bands4   
#bh3bd4 ,for its yoke is a yoke of iron3
  and its bands are bands of brass4     
#bh3be4 ,the death thereof is a most    
evil death3  and hell is preferable to  
it4  #bh3bf4 ,its continuance shall not 
be for a long time1 but it shall possess
 the ways of the unjust3  and the just  
shall not be burnt with its flame4      
#bh3bg4 ,they that forsake ,god shall   
fall into it1 and it shall burn in them1
 and shall not be quenched1 and it shall
 be sent upon them as a lion1 and as a  
leopard it shall tear them4  #bh3bh4    
,hedge in thy ears with thorns1 hear not

 a wicked tongue1 and make doors and    
bars to thy mouth4  #bh3bi4 ,melt down  
thy gold and silver1 and make a balance 
for thy words1 and a just bridle for thy
 mouth3  #bh3cj4 ,and take heed lest    
thou slip with thy tongue1 and fall in  
the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait
 for thee1 and thy fall be incurable    
unto death4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter 
#bi   ,of charity in lending money1 and 
justice in repaying4  ,of alms1 and of  
being surety4  #bi3a4 ,he that sheweth  
mercy1 lendeth to his neighbour3  and he
 that is stronger in hand1 keepeth the  
commandments4  ,and he that is stronger 
in hand4 4 4,that is1 he that is hearty 
and bountiful in lending to his         
neighbour in his necessity4  #bi3b4     
,lend to thy neighbour in the time of   
his need1 and pay thou thy neighbour    
again in due time4  #bi3c4 ,keep thy    
word1 and deal faithfully with him3  and
 thou shalt always find that which is   
necessary for thee4  #bi3d4 ,many have  
looked upon a thing lent as a thing     

found1 and have given trouble to them   
that helped them4  #bi3e4 ,till they    
receive1 they kiss the hands of the     
lender1 and in promises they humble     
their voice3  #bi3f4 ,but when they     
should repay1 they will ask time1 and   
will return tedious and murmuring words1
 and will complain of the time3  #bi3g4 
,and if he be able to pay1 he will stand
 off1 he will scarce pay one half1 and  
will count it as if he had found it3    
#bi3h4 ,but if not1 he will defraud him 
of his money1 and he shall get him for  
an enemy without cause4  #bi3i4 ,and he 
will pay him with reproaches and curses1
 and instead of honour and good turn    
will repay him injuries4  #bi3aj4 ,many 
have refused to lend1 not out of        
wickedness1 but they were afraid to be  
defrauded without cause4  #bi3aa4 ,but  
yet towards the poor be thou more       
hearty1 and delay not to shew him mercy4
  #bi3ab4 ,help the poor because of the 
commandment3  and send him not away     
empty handed because of his poverty4    

#bi3ac4 ,lose thy money for thy brother 
and thy friend3  and hide it not under a
 stone to be lost4  #bi3ad4 ,place thy  
treasure in the commandments of the most
 ,high1 and it shall bring thee more    
profit than gold4  #bi3ae4 ,shut up alms
 in the heart of the poor1 and it shall 
obtain help for thee against all evil4  
#bi3af4 ,better than the shield of the  
mighty1 and better than the spear3      
#bi3ag4 ,it shall fight for thee against
 thy enemy4  #bi3ah4 ,a good man is     
surety for his neighbour3  and he that  
hath lost shame1 will leave him to      
himself4  #bi3ai4 ,forget not the       
kindness of thy surety3  for he hath    
given his life for thee4  #bi3bj4 ,the  
sinner and the unclean fleeth from his  
surety4  #bi3ba4 ,a sinner attributeth  
to himself the goods of his surety3  and
 he that is of an unthankful mind will  
leave him that delivered him4  #bi3bb4  
,a man is surety for his neighbour3  and
 when he hath lost all shame1 he shall  
forsake him4  #bi3bc4 ,evil suretyship  

hath undone many of good estate1 and    
hath tossed them as a wave of the sea4  
#bi3bd4 ,it hath made powerful men to go
 from place to place round about1 and   
they have wandered in strange countries4
  #bi3be4 ,a sinner that transgresseth  
the commandment of the ,lord1 shall fall
 into an evil suretyship3  and he that  
undertaketh many things1 shall fall into
 judgment4  #bi3bf4 ,recover thy        
neighbour according to thy power1 and   
take heed to thyself that thou fall not4
  #bi3bg4 ,the chief thing for man's    
life is water and bread1 and clothing1  
and a house to cover shame4  #bi3bh4    
,better is the poor man's fare under a  
roof of boards1 than sumptuous cheer    
abroad in another man's house4  #bi3bi4 
,be contented with little instead of    
much1 and thou shalt not hear the       
reproach of going abroad4  #bi3cj4 ,it  
is a miserable life to go as a guest    
from house to house3  for where a man is
 a stranger1 he shall not deal          
confidently1 nor open his mouth4        

#bi3ca4 ,he shall entertain and feed1   
and give drink to the unthankful1 and   
moreover he shall hear bitter words4    
#bi3cb4 ,go1 stranger1 and furnish the  
table1 and give others to eat what thou 
hast in thy hand4  #bi3cc4 ,give place  
to the honourable presence of my        
friends3  for ,i want my house1 my      
brother being to be lodged with me4     
#bi3cd4 ,these things are grievous to a 
man of understanding3  the upbraiding of
 houseroom1 and the reproaching of the  
lender4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #cj 
,of correction of children4  ,health is 
better than wealth4  ,excessive grief is
 hurtful4  #cj3a4 ,he that loveth his   
son1 frequently chastiseth him1 that he 
may rejoice in his latter end1 and not  
grope after the doors of his neighbours4
  #cj3b4 ,he that instructeth his son   
shall be praised in him1 and shall glory
 in him in the midst of them of his     
household4  #cj3c4 ,he that teacheth his
 son1 maketh his enemy jealous1 and in  
the midst of his friends he shall glory 

in him4  #cj3d4 ,his father is dead1 and
 he is as if he were not dead3  for he  
hath left one behind him that is like   
himself4  #cj3e4 ,while he lived he saw 
and rejoiced in him3  and when he died  
he was not sorrowful1 neither was he    
confounded before his enemies4  #cj3f4  
,for he left behind him a defender of   
his house against his enemies1 and one  
that will requite kindness to his       
friends4  #cj3g4 ,for the souls of his  
sons he shall bind up his wounds1 and at
 every cry his bowels shall be troubled4
  #cj3h4 ,a horse not broken becometh   
stubborn1 and a child left to himself   
will become headstrong4  #cj3i4 ,give   
thy son his way1 and he shall make thee 
afraid3  play with him1 and he shall    
make thee sorrowful4  #cj3aj4 ,laugh not
 with him1 lest thou have sorrow1 and at
 the last thy teeth be set on edge4     
#cj3aa4 ,give him not liberty in his    
youth1 and wink not at his devices4     
#cj3ab4 ,bow down his neck while he is  
young1 and beat his sides while he is a 

child1 lest he grow stubborn1 and regard
 thee not1 and so be a sorrow of heart  
to thee4  #cj3ac4 ,instruct thy son1 and
 labour about him1 lest his lewd        
behaviour be an offence to thee4        
#cj3ad4 ,better is a poor man who is    
sound1 and strong of constitution1 than 
a rich man who is weak and afflicted    
with evils4  #cj3ae4 ,health of the soul
 in holiness of justice1 is better than 
all gold and silver3  and a sound body1 
than immense revenues4  #cj3af4 ,there  
is no riches above the riches of the    
health of the body3 and there is no     
pleasure above the joy of the heart4    
#cj3ag4 ,better is death than a bitter  
life1 and everlasting rest1 than        
continual sickness4  #cj3ah4 ,good      
things that are hidden in a mouth that  
is shut1 are as messes of meat set about
 a grave4  #cj3ai4 ,what good shall an  
offering do to an idol8  for it can     
neither eat1 nor smell3  #cj3bj4 ,so is 
he that is persecuted by the ,lord1     
bearing the reward of his iniquity3     

#cj3ba4 ,he seeth with his eyes1 and    
groaneth1 as an eunuch embracing a      
virgin1 and sighing4  #cj3bb4 ,give not 
up thy soul to sadness1 and afflict not 
thyself in thy own counsel4  #cj3bc4    
,the joyfulness of the heart1 is the    
life of a man1 and a never failing      
treasure of holiness3  and the joy of a 
man is length of life4  #cj3bd4 ,have   
pity on thy own soul1 pleasing ,god1 and
 contain thyself3 gather up thy heart in
 his holiness3  and drive away sadness  
far from thee4  #cj3be4 ,for sadness    
hath killed many1 and there is no profit
 in it4  #cj3bf4 ,envy and anger shorten
 a man's days1 and pensiveness will     
bring old age before the time4  #cj3bg4 
,a cheerful and good heart is always    
feasting3  for his banquets are prepared
 with diligence4    ,ecclesiasticus     
,chapter #ca   ,of the desire of riches1
 and of moderation in eating and        
drinking4  #ca3a4 ,watching for riches  
consumeth the flesh1 and the thought    
thereof driveth away sleep4  #ca3b4 ,the

 thinking beforehand turneth away the   
understanding1 and a grievous sickness  
maketh the soul sober4  #ca3c4 ,the rich
 man hath laboured in gathering riches  
together1 and when he resteth he shall  
be filled with his goods4  #ca3d4 ,the  
poor man hath laboured in his low way of
 life1 and in the end he is still poor4 
#ca3e4 ,he that loveth gold1 shall not  
be justified3  and he that followeth    
after corruption1 shall be filled with  
it4  #ca3f4 ,many have been brought to  
fall for gold1 and the beauty thereof   
hath been their ruin4  #ca3g4 ,gold is a
 stumblingblock to them that sacrifice  
to it3  woe to them that eagerly follow 
after it1 and every fool shall perish by
 it4  #ca3h4 ,blessed is the rich man   
that is found without blemish3  and that
 hath not gone after gold1 nor put his  
trust in money nor in treasures4  #ca3i4
 ,who is he1 and we will praise him8    
for he hath done wonderful things in his
 life4  #ca3aj4 ,who hath been tried    
thereby1 and made perfect1 he shall have

 glory everlasting4  ,he that could have
 transgressed1 and hath not             
transgressed3  and could do evil things1
 and hath not done them3  #ca3aa4       
,therefore are his goods established in 
the ,lord1 and all the church of the    
saints shall declare his alms4  #ca3ab4 
,art thou set at a great table8  be not 
the first to open thy mouth upon it4    
#ca3ac4 ,say not3  ,there are many      
things which are upon it4  #ca3ad4      
,remember that a wicked eye is evil4    
#ca3ae4 ,what is created more wicked    
than an eye8  therefore shall it weep   
over all the face when it shall see4    
#ca3af4 ,stretch not out thy hand first1
 lest being disgraced with envy thou be 
put to confusion4  #ca3ag4 ,be not hasty
 in a feast4  #ca3ah4 ,judge of the     
disposition of thy neighbour by thyself4
  #ca3ai4 ,use as a frugal man the      
things that are set before thee3  lest  
if thou eatest much1 thou be hated4     
#ca3bj4 ,leave off first1 for manners'  
sake3  and exceed not1 lest thou offend4

  #ca3ba4 ,and if thou sittest among    
many1 reach not thy hand out first of   
all1 and be not the first to ask for    
drink4  #ca3bb4 ,how sufficient is a    
little wine for a man well taught1 and  
in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy    
with it1 and thou shalt feel no pain4   
#ca3bc4 ,watching1 and choler1 and      
gripes1 are with an intemperate man3    
#ca3bd4 ,sound and wholesome sleep with 
a moderate man3  he shall sleep till    
morning1 and his soul shall be delighted
 with him4  #ca3be4 ,and if thou hast   
been forced to eat much1 arise1 go out1 
and vomit3  and it shall refresh thee1  
and thou shalt not bring sickness upon  
thy body4  #ca3bf4 ,hear me1 my son1 and
 despise me not3  and in the end thou   
shalt find my words4  #ca3bg4 ,in all   
thy works be quick1 and no infirmity    
shall come to thee4  #ca3bh4 ,the lips  
of many shall bless him that is liberal 
of his bread1 and the testimony of his  
truth is faithful4  #ca3bi4 ,against him
 that is niggardly of his bread1 the    

city will murmur1 and the testimony of  
his niggardliness is true4  #ca3cj4     
,challenge not them that love wine3  for
 wine hath destroyed very many4  #ca3ca4
 ,fire trieth hard iron3  so wine drunk 
to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the
 proud4  #ca3cb4 ,wine taken with       
sobriety is equal life to men3  if thou 
drink it moderately1 thou shalt be      
sober4  #ca3cc4 ,what is his life1 who  
is diminished with wine8  #ca3cd4 ,what 
taketh away life8  death4  #ca3ce4 ,wine
 was created from the beginning to make 
men joyful1 and not to make them drunk4 
#ca3cf4 ,wine drunken with moderation is
 the joy of the soul and the heart4     
#ca3cg4 ,sober drinking is health to    
soul and body4  #ca3ch4 ,wine drunken   
with excess raiseth quarrels1 and wrath1
 and many ruins4  #ca3ci4 ,wine drunken 
with excess is bitterness of the soul4  
#ca3dj4 ,the heat of drunkenness is the 
stumblingblock of the fool1 lessening   
strength and causing wounds4  #ca3da4   
,rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet  

of wine3  and despise him not in his    
mirth4  #ca3db4 ,speak not to him words 
of reproach3  and press him not in      
demanding again4    ,ecclesiasticus     
,chapter #cb   ,lessons for superiors   
and inferiors4  ,advantages of fearing  
,god1 and doing nothing without counsel4
  #cb3a4 ,have they made thee ruler8  be
 not lifted up3  be among them as one of
 them4  #cb3b4 ,have care of them1 and  
so sit down1 and when thou hast         
acquitted thyself of all thy charge1    
take thy place3  #cb3c4 ,that thou mayst
 rejoice for them1 and receive a crown  
as an ornament of grace1 and get the    
honour of the contribution4  #cb3d4     
,speak1 thou that art elder3  for it    
becometh thee1  #cb3e4 ,to speak the    
first word with careful knowledge1 and  
hinder not music4  #cb3f4 ,where there  
is no hearing1 pour not out words1 and  
be not lifted up out of season with thy 
wisdom4  #cb3g4 ,a concert of music in a
 banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set  
in gold4  #cb3h4 ,as a signet of an     

emerald in a work of gold3  so is the   
melody of music with pleasant and       
moderate wine4  #cb3i4 ,hear in silence1
 and for thy reverence good grace shall 
come to thee4  #cb3aj4 ,young man1      
scarcely speak in thy own cause4        
#cb3aa4 ,if thou be asked twice1 let thy
 answer be short4  #cb3ab4 ,in many     
things be as if thou wert ignorant1 and 
hear in silence and withal seeking4     
#cb3ac4 ,in the company of great men    
take not upon thee3  and when the       
ancients are present1 speak not much4   
#cb3ad4 ,before a storm goeth lightning3
  and before shamefacedness goeth       
favour3  and for thy reverence good     
grace shall come to thee4  #cb3ae4 ,and 
at the time of rising be not slack3  but
 be first to run home to thy house1 and 
there withdraw thyself1 and there take  
thy pastime4  #cb3af4 ,and do what thou 
hast a mind1 but not in sin or proud    
speech4  #cb3ag4 ,and for all these     
things bless the ,lord1 that made thee1 
and that replenisheth thee with all his 

good things4  #cb3ah4 ,he that feareth  
the ,lord1 will receive his discipline3 
and they that will seek him early1 shall
 find a blessing4  #cb3ai4 ,he that     
seeketh the law1 shall be filled with   
it3  and he that dealeth deceitfully1   
shall meet with a stumblingblock        
therein4  #cb3bj4 ,they that fear the   
,lord1 shall find just judgment1 and    
shall kindle justice as a light4        
#cb3ba4 ,a sinful man will flee reproof1
 and will find an excuse according to   
his will4  #cb3bb4 ,a man of counsel    
will not neglect understanding1 a       
strange and proud man will not dread    
fear3  #cb3bc4 ,even after he hath done 
with fear without counsel1 he shall be  
controlled by the things of his own     
seeking4  #cb3bd4 ,my son1 do thou      
nothing without counsel1 and thou shalt 
not repent when thou hast done4  #cb3be4
 ,go not in the way of ruin1 and thou   
shalt not stumble against the stones3   
trust not thyself to a rugged way1 lest 
thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul4  

#cb3bf4 ,and beware of thy own children1
 and take heed of them of thy household4
  #cb3bg4 ,in every work of thine regard
 thy soul in faith3  for this is the    
keeping of the commandments4  ,in faith4
 4 4,that is1 follow sincerely thy soul 
in her faith and conscience4  #cb3bh4   
,he that believeth ,god1 taketh heed to 
the commandments3  and he that trusteth 
in him1 shall fare never the worse4     
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #cc   ,the fear
 of ,god is the best security4  ,times  
and men are in the hands of ,god4  ,take
 care of thyself as long as thou livest1
 and look to thy servants4  #cc3a4 ,no  
evils shall happen to him that feareth  
the ,lord1 but in temptation ,god will  
keep him and deliver him from evils4    
#cc3b4 ,a wise man hateth not the       
commandments and justices1 and he shall 
not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a  
storm4  #cc3c4 ,a man of understanding  
is faithful to the law of ,god1 and the 
law is faithful to him4  #cc3d4 ,he that
 cleareth up a question1 shall prepare  

what to say1 and so having prayed he    
shall be heard1 and shall keep          
discipline1 and then he shall answer4   
#cc3e4 ,the heart of a fool is as a     
wheel of a cart3  and his thoughts are  
like a rolling axletree4  #cc3f4 ,a     
friend that is a mocker1 is like a      
stallion horse3  he neigheth under every
 one that sitteth upon him4  #cc3g4 ,why
 doth one day excel another1 and one    
light another1 and one year another     
year1 when all come of the sun8  #cc3h4 
,by the knowledge of the ,lord they were
 distinguished1 the sun being made1 and 
keeping his commandment4  #cc3i4 ,and he
 ordered the seasons1 and holidays of   
them1 and in them they celebrated       
festivals at an hour4  #cc3aj4 ,some of 
them ,god made high and great days1 and 
some of them he put in the number of    
ordinary days4  ,and all men are from   
the ground1 and out of the earth1 from  
whence ,adam was created4  #cc3aa4 ,with
 much knowledge the ,lord hath divided  
them and diversified their ways4        

#cc3ab4 ,some of them hath he blessed1  
and exalted3  and some of them hath he  
sanctified1 and set near himself3  and  
some of them hath he cursed and brought 
low1 and turned them from their station4
  #cc3ac4 ,as the potter's clay is in   
his hand1 to fashion and order it3      
#cc3ad4 ,all his ways are according to  
his ordering3  so man is in the hand of 
him that made him1 and he will render to
 him according to his judgment4  #cc3ae4
 ,good is set against evil1 and life    
against death3  so also is the sinner   
against a just man4  ,and so look upon  
all the works of the most ,high4  ,two  
and two1 and one against another4       
#cc3af4 ,and ,i awaked last of all1 and 
as one that gathereth after the         
grapegatherers4  #cc3ag4 ,in the        
blessing of ,god ,i also have hoped3    
and as one that gathereth grapes1 have  
,i filled the winepress4  #cc3ah4 ,see  
that ,i have not laboured for myself    
only1 but for all that seek discipline4 
#cc3ai4 ,hear me1 ye great men1 and all 

ye people1 and hearken with your ears1  
ye rulers of the church4  #cc3bj4 ,give 
not to son or wife1 brother or friend1  
power over thee while thou livest2 and  
give not thy estate to another1 lest    
thou repent1 and thou entreat for the   
same4  #cc3ba4 ,as long as thou livest1 
and hast breath in thee1 let no man     
change thee4  ,change thee4 4 4,that is1
 so as to have this power over thee4    
#cc3bb4 ,for it is better that thy      
children should ask of thee1 than that  
thou look toward the hands of thy       
children4  #cc3bc4 ,in all thy works    
keep the pre-eminence4  ,the            
pre-eminence4 4 4,that is1 be master in 
thy own house1 and part not with thy    
authority4  #cc3bd4 ,let no stain sully 
thy glory4  ,in the time when thou shalt
 end the days of thy life1 and in the   
time of thy decease1 distribute thy     
inheritance4  #cc3be4 ,fodder1 and a    
wand1 and a burden are for an ass3      
bread1 and correction1 and work for a   
slave4  #cc3bf4 ,he worketh under       

correction1 and seeketh to rest3  let   
his hands be idle1 and he seeketh       
liberty4  #cc3bg4 ,the yoke and the     
thong bend a stiff neck1 and continual  
labours bow a slave4  #cc3bh4 ,torture  
and fetters are for a malicious slave3  
send him to work1 that he be not idle3  
#cc3bi4 ,for idleness hath taught much  
evil4  #cc3cj4 ,set him to work3  for so
 it is fit for him4  ,and if he be not  
obedient1 bring him down with fetters1  
but be not excessive towards any one1   
and do no grievous thing without        
judgment4  #cc3ca4 ,if thou have a      
faithful servant1 let him be to thee as 
thy own soul3  treat him as a brother3  
because in the blood of thy soul thou   
hast gotten him4  #cc3cb4 ,if thou hurt 
him unjustly1 he will run away3  #cc3cc4
 ,and if he rise up and depart1 thou    
knowest not whom to ask1 and in what way
 to seek him4    ,ecclesiasticus        
,chapter #cd   ,the vanity of dreams4   
,the advantage of experience1 and of the
 fear of ,god4  #cd3a4 ,the hopes of a  

man that is void of understanding are   
vain and deceitful3  and dreams lift up 
fools4  #cd3b4 ,the man that giveth heed
 to lying visions1 is like to him that  
catcheth at a shadow1 and followeth     
after the wind4  #cd3c4 ,the vision of  
dreams is the resemblance of one thing  
to another3 as when a man's likeness is 
before the face of a man4  #cd3d4 ,what 
can be made clean by the unclean8  and  
what truth can come from that which is  
false8  #cd3e4 ,deceitful divinations   
and lying omens and the dreams of       
evildoers1 are vanity3  #cd3f4 ,and the 
heart fancieth as that of a woman in    
travail3  except it be a vision sent    
forth from the most ,high1 set not thy  
heart upon them4  #cd3g4 ,for dreams    
have deceived many1 and they have failed
 that put their trust in them4  #cd3h4  
,the word of the law shall be fulfilled 
without a lie1 and wisdom shall be made 
plain in the mouth of the faithful4     
#cd3i4 ,what doth he know1 that hath not
 been tried8  ,a man that hath much     

experience1 shall think of many things3 
and he that hath learned many things1   
shall shew forth understanding4  #cd3aj4
 ,he that hath no experience1 knoweth   
little3  and he that hath been          
experienced in many things1 multiplieth 
prudence4  #cd3aa4 ,he that hath not    
been tried1 what manner of things doth  
he know8 he that hath been surprised1   
shall abound with subtlety4  #cd3ab4 ,i 
have seen many things by travelling1 and
 many customs of things4  #cd3ac4       
,sometimes ,i have been in danger of    
death for these things1 and ,i have been
 delivered by the grace of ,god4        
#cd3ad4 ,the spirit of those that fear  
,god1 is sought after1 and by his regard
 shall be blessed4  #cd3ae4 ,for their  
hope is on him that saveth them1 and the
 eyes of ,god are upon them that love   
him4  #cd3af4 ,he that feareth the ,lord
 shall tremble at nothing1 and shall not
 be afraid3  for he is his hope4        
#cd3ag4 ,the soul of him that feareth   
the ,lord is blessed4  #cd3ah4 ,to whom 

doth he look1 and who is his strength8  
#cd3ai4 ,the eyes of the ,lord are upon 
them that fear him1 he is their powerful
 protector1 and strong stay1 a defence  
from the heat1 and a cover from the sun 
at noon1  #cd3bj4 ,a preservation from  
stumbling1 and a help from falling3  he 
raiseth up the soul1 and enlighteneth   
the eyes1 and giveth health1 and life1  
and blessing4  #cd3ba4 ,the offering of 
him that sacrificeth of a thing         
wrongfully gotten1 is stained1 and the  
mockeries of the unjust are not         
acceptable4  #cd3bb4 ,the ,lord is only 
for them that wait upon him in the way  
of truth and justice4  #cd3bc4 ,the most
 ,high approveth not the gifts of the   
wicked3  neither hath he respect to the 
oblations of the unjust1 nor will he be 
pacified for sins by the multitude of   
their sacrifices4  #cd3bd4 ,he that     
offereth sacrifice of the goods of the  
poor1 is as one that sacrificeth the son
 in the presence of his father4  #cd3be4
 ,the bread of the needy1 is the life of

 the poor3  he that defraudeth them     
thereof1 is a man of blood4  #cd3bf4 ,he
 that taketh away the bread gotten by   
sweat1 is like him that killeth his     
neighbour4  #cd3bg4 ,he that sheddeth   
blood1 and he that defraudeth the       
laborer of his hire1 are brothers4      
#cd3bh4 ,when one buildeth up1 and      
another pulleth down3  what profit have 
they but the labour8  #cd3bi4 ,when one 
prayeth1 and another curseth3  whose    
voice will ,god hear8  #cd3cj4 ,he that 
washeth himself after touching the dead1
 if he toucheth him again1 what doth his
 washing avail8  #cd3ca4 ,so a man that 
fasteth for his sins1 and doth the same 
again1 what doth his humbling himself   
profit him8  who will hear his prayer8  
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #ce   ,what    
sacrifices are pleasing to ,god4  #ce3a4
 ,he that keepeth the law1 multiplieth  
offerings4  #ce3b4 ,it is a wholesome   
sacrifice to take heed to the           
commandments1 and to depart from all    
iniquity4  #ce3c4 ,and to depart from   

injustice1 is to offer a propitiatory   
sacrifice for injustices1 and a begging 
of pardon for sins4  #ce3d4 ,he shall   
return thanks1 that offereth fine flour3
  and he that doth mercy1 offereth      
sacrifice4  #ce3e4 ,to depart from      
iniquity is that which pleaseth the     
,lord1 and to depart from injustice1 is 
an entreaty for sins4  #ce3f4 ,thou     
shalt not appear empty in the sight of  
the ,lord4  #ce3g4 ,for all these things
 are to be done because of the          
commandment of ,god4  #ce3h4 ,the       
oblation of the just maketh the altar   
fat1 and is an odour of sweetness in the
 sight of the most ,high4  #ce3i4 ,the  
sacrifice of the just is acceptable1 and
 the ,lord will not forget the memorial 
thereof4  #ce3aj4 ,give glory to ,god   
with a good heart3  and diminish not the
 firstfruits of thy hands4  #ce3aa4 ,in 
every gift shew a cheerful countenance1 
and sanctify thy tithes with joy4       
#ce3ab4 ,give to the most ,high         
according to what he hath given to thee1

 and with a good eye do according to the
 ability of thy hands3  #ce3ac4 ,for the
 ,lord maketh recompense1 and will give 
thee seven times as much4  #ce3ad4 ,do  
not offer wicked gifts1 for such he will
 not receive4  #ce3ae4 ,and look not    
upon an unjust sacrifice1 for the ,lord 
is judge1 and there is not with him     
respect of person4  #ce3af4 ,the ,lord  
will not accept any person against a    
poor man1 and he will hear the prayer of
 him that is wronged4  #ce3ag4 ,he will 
not despise the prayers of the          
fatherless3  nor the widow1 when she    
poureth out her complaint4  #ce3ah4 ,do 
not the widow's tears run down the      
cheek1 and her cry against him that     
causeth them to fall8  #ce3ai4 ,for from
 the cheek they go up even to heaven1   
and the ,lord that heareth will not be  
delighted with them4  #ce3bj4 ,he that  
adoreth ,god with joy1 shall be         
accepted1 and his prayer shall approach 
even to the clouds4  #ce3ba4 ,the prayer
 of him that humbleth himself1 shall    

pierce the clouds3  and till it come    
nigh he will not be comforted3  and he  
will not depart till the most ,high     
behold4  #ce3bb4 ,and the ,lord will not
 be slack1 but will judge for the just1 
and will do judgment3  and the ,almighty
 will not have patience with them1 that 
he may crush their back3  #ce3bc4 ,and  
he will repay vengeance to the          
,gentiles1 till he have taken away the  
multitude of the proud1 and broken the  
sceptres of the unjust1  #ce3bd4 ,till  
he have rendered to men according to    
their deeds3  and according to the works
 of ,adam1 and according to his         
presumption1  #ce3be4 ,till he have     
judged the cause of his people1 and he  
shall delight the just with his mercy4  
#ce3bf4 ,the mercy of ,god is beautiful 
in the time of affliction1 as a cloud of
 rain in the time of drought4           
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #cf   ,a prayer
 for the church of ,god4  ,of a good    
heart1 and a good wife4  #cf3a4 ,have   
mercy upon us1 ,o ,god of all1 and      

behold us1 and shew us the light of thy 
mercies3  #cf3b4 ,and send thy fear upon
 the nations1 that have not sought after
 thee3  that they may know that there is
 no ,god beside thee1 and that they may 
shew forth thy wonders4  #cf3c4 ,lift up
 thy hand over the strange nations1 that
 they may see thy power4  #cf3d4 ,for as
 thou hast been sanctified in us in     
their sight1 so thou shalt be magnified 
among them in our presence1  #cf3e4     
,that they may know thee1 as we also    
have known thee1 that there is no ,god  
beside thee1 ,o ,lord4  #cf3f4 ,renew   
thy signs1 and work new miracles4       
#cf3g4 ,glorify thy hand1 and thy right 
arm4  #cf3h4 ,raise up indignation1 and 
pour out wrath4  #cf3i4 ,take away the  
adversary1 and crush the enemy4  #cf3aj4
 ,hasten the time1 and remember the end1
 that they may declare thy wonderful    
works4  #cf3aa4 ,let him that escapeth  
be consumed by the rage of the fire3    
and let them perish that oppress thy    
people4  #cf3ab4 ,crush the head of the 

princes of the enemies that say3  ,there
 is no other beside us4  #cf3ac4 ,gather
 together all the tribes of ,jacob3     
that they may know that there no ,god   
besides thee1 and may declare thy great 
works3  and thou shalt inherit them as  
from the beginning4  #cf3ad4 ,have mercy
 on thy people1 upon whom thy name is   
invoked3  and upon ,israel1 whom thou   
hast raised up to be thy firstborn4     
#cf3ae4 ,have mercy on ,jerusalem1 the  
city which thou hast sanctified1 the    
city of thy rest4  #cf3af4 ,fill ,sion  
with thy unspeakable words1 and thy     
people with thy glory4  #cf3ag4 ,give   
testimony to them that are thy creatures
 from the beginning1 and raise up the   
prophecies which the former prophets    
spoke in thy name4  #cf3ah4 ,reward them
 that patiently wait for thee1 that thy 
prophets may be found faithful3  and    
hear the prayers of thy servants1       
#cf3ai4 ,according to the blessing of   
,aaron over thy people1 and direct us   
into the way of justice1 and let all    

know that dwell upon the earth1 that    
thou art ,god the beholder of all ages4 
#cf3bj4 ,the belly will devour all meat1
 yet one is better than another4        
#cf3ba4 ,the palate tasteth venison and 
the wise heart false speeches4  #cf3bb4 
,a perverse heart will cause grief1 and 
a man of experience will resist it4     
#cf3bc4 ,a woman will receive every man3
  yet one daughter is better than       
another4  ,a woman will receive every   
man4 4 4,that is1 any man that her      
parents propose to her to marry1 though 
she does not like him1 but marries in   
obedience to her parents1 who make the  
choice for her4  #cf3bd4 ,the beauty of 
a woman cheereth the countenance of her 
husband1 and a man desireth nothing     
more4  #cf3be4 ,if she have a tongue    
that can cure1 and likewise mitigate and
 shew mercy3  her husband is not like   
other men4  #cf3bf4 ,he that possesseth 
a good wife1 beginneth a possession3    
she is a help like to himself1 and a    
pillar of rest4  #cf3bg4 ,where there is

 no hedge1 the possession shall be      
spoiled3  and where there is no wife1 he
 mourneth that is in want4  #cf3bh4 ,who
 will trust him that hath no rest1 and  
that lodgeth wheresoever the night      
taketh him1 as a robber well appointed1 
that skippeth from city to city4        
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #cg   ,of the  
choice of friends and counsellors4      
#cg3a4 ,every friend will say3  ,i also 
am his friend3  but there is a friend1  
that is only a friend in name4  ,is not 
this a grief even to death8  #cg3b4 ,but
 a companion and a friend shall be      
turned to an enemy4  #cg3c4 ,o wicked   
presumption1 whence camest thou to cover
 the earth with thy malice1 and         
deceitfulness8  #cg3d4 ,there is a      
companion who rejoiceth with his friend 
in his joys1 but in the time of trouble1
 he will be against him4  #cg3e4 ,there 
is a companion who condoleth with his   
friend for his belly's sake1 and he will
 take up a shield against the enemy4    
#cg3f4 ,forget not thy friend in thy    

mind1 and be not unmindful of him in thy
 riches4  #cg3g4 ,consult not with him  
that layeth a snare for thee1 and hide  
thy counsel from them that envy thee4   
#cg3h4 ,every counsellor giveth out     
counsel1 but there is one that is a     
counsellor for himself4  #cg3i4 ,beware 
of a counsellor4  ,and know before what 
need he hath3  for he will devise to his
 own mind3  #cg3aj4 ,lest he thrust a   
stake into the ground1 and say to thee3 
#cg3aa4 ,thy way is good2 and then stand
 on the other side to see what shall    
befall thee4  #cg3ab4 ,treat not with a 
man without religion concerning         
holiness1 nor with an unjust man        
concerning justice1 nor with a woman    
touching her of whom she is jealous1 nor
 with a coward concerning war1 nor with 
a merchant about traffic1 nor with a    
buyer of selling1 nor with an envious   
man of giving thanks1  #cg3ac4 ,nor with
 the ungodly of piety1 nor with the     
dishonest of honesty1 nor with the field
 laborer of every work1  #cg3ad4 ,nor   

with him that worketh by the year of the
 finishing of the year1 nor with an idle
 servant of much business3  give no heed
 to these in any matter of counsel4     
#cg3ae4 ,but be continually with a holy 
man1 whomsoever thou shalt know to      
observe the fear of ,god1  #cg3af4      
,whose soul is according to thy own     
soul3  and who1 when thou shalt stumble 
in the dark1 will be sorry for thee4    
#cg3ag4 ,and establish within thyself a 
heart of good counsel3  for there is no 
other thing of more worth to thee than  
it4  #cg3ah4 ,the soul of a holy man    
discovereth sometimes true things1 more 
than seven watchmen that sit in a high  
place to watch4  #cg3ai4 ,but above all 
these things pray to the most ,high1    
that he may direct thy way in truth4    
#cg3bj4 ,in all thy works let the true  
word go before thee1 and steady counsel 
before every action4  #cg3ba4 ,a wicked 
word shall change the heart3  out of    
which four manner of things arise1 good 
and evil1 life and death3  and the      

tongue is continually the ruler of them4
  ,there is a man that is subtle and a  
teacher of many1 and yet is unprofitable
 to his own soul4  #cg3bb4 ,a skilful   
man hath taught many1 and is sweet to   
his own soul4  #cg3bc4 ,he that speaketh
 sophistically1 is hateful3  he shall be
 destitute of every thing4  #cg3bd4     
,grace is not given him from the ,lord3 
for he is deprived of all wisdom4       
#cg3be4 ,there is a wise man that is    
wise to his own soul3  and the fruit of 
his understanding is commendable4       
#cg3bf4 ,a wise man instructeth his own 
people1 and the fruits of his           
understanding are faithful4  #cg3bg4 ,a 
wise man shall be filled with blessings1
 and they that see shall praise him4    
#cg3bh4 ,the life of a man is in the    
number of his days3  but the days of    
,israel are innumerable4  #cg3bi4 ,a    
wise man shall inherit honour among his 
people1 and his name shall live for     
ever4  #cg3cj4 ,my son1 prove thy soul  
in thy life3  and if it be wicked1 give 

it no power3  #cg3ca4 ,for all things   
are not expedient for all1 and every    
kind pleaseth not every soul4  #cg3cb4  
,be not greedy in any feasting1 and pour
 not out thyself upon any meat3  #cg3cc4
 ,for in many meats there will be       
sickness1 and greediness will turn to   
choler4  #cg3cd4 ,by surfeiting many    
have perished1 but he that is temperate1
 shall prolong life4    ,ecclesiasticus 
,chapter #ch   ,of physicians and       
medicines3  what is to be done in       
sickness1 and how we are to mourn for   
the dead4  ,of the employments of       
labourers and artificers4  #ch3a4       
,honour the physician for the need thou 
hast of him3  for the most ,high hath   
created him4  #ch3b4 ,for all healing is
 from ,god1 and he shall receive gifts  
of the king4  #ch3c4 ,the skill of the  
physician shall lift up his head1 and in
 the sight of great men he shall be     
praised4  #ch3d4 ,the most ,high hath   
created medicines out of the earth1 and 
a wise man will not abhor them4  #ch3e4 

,was not bitter water made sweet with   
wood8  #ch3f4 ,the virtue of these      
things is come to the knowledge of men1 
and the most ,high hath given knowledge 
to men1 that he may be honoured in his  
wonders4  #ch3g4 ,by these he shall cure
 and shall allay their pains1 and of    
these the apothecary shall make sweet   
confections1 and shall make up ointments
 of health1 and of his works there shall
 be no end4  #ch3h4 ,for the peace of   
,god is over all the face of the earth4 
#ch3i4 ,my son1 in thy sickness neglect 
not thyself1 but pray to the ,lord1 and 
he shall heal thee4  #ch3aj4 ,turn away 
from sin and order thy hands aright1 and
 cleanse thy heart from all offence4    
#ch3aa4 ,give a sweet savour1 and a     
memorial of fine flour1 and make a fat  
offering1 and then give place to the    
physician4  #ch3ab4 ,for the ,lord      
created him3  and let him not depart    
from thee1 for his works are necessary4 
#ch3ac4 ,for there is a time when thou  
must fall into their hands3  #ch3ad4    

,and they shall beseech the ,lord1 that 
he would prosper what they give for ease
 and remedy1 for their conversation4    
#ch3ae4 ,he that sinneth in the sight of
 his ,maker1 shall fall into the hands  
of the physician4  #ch3af4 ,my son1 shed
 tears over the dead1 and begin to      
lament as if thou hadst suffered some   
great harm1 and according to judgment   
cover his body1 and neglect not his     
burial4  #ch3ag4 ,and for fear of being 
ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day1  
and then comfort thyself in thy sadness4
  #ch3ah4 ,and make mourning for him    
according to his merit for a day1 or    
two1 for fear of detraction4  #ch3ai4   
,for of sadness cometh death1 and it    
overwhelmeth the strength1 and the      
sorrow of the heart boweth down the     
neck4  #ch3bj4 ,in withdrawing aside    
sorrow remaineth3  and the substance of 
the poor is according to his heart4     
#ch3ba4 ,give not up thy heart to       
sadness1 but drive it from thee3  and   
remember the latter end4  #ch3bb4       

,forget it not3  for there is no        
returning1 and thou shalt do him no     
good1 and shalt hurt thyself4  #ch3bc4  
,remember my judgment3  for thine also  
shall be so3  yesterday for me1 and to  
day for thee4  #ch3bd4 ,when the dead is
 at rest1 let his remembrance rest1 and 
comfort him in the departing of his     
spirit4  #ch3be4 ,the wisdom of a scribe
 cometh by his time of leisure3  and he 
that is less in action1 shall receive   
wisdom4  ,a scribe4 4 4,that is1 a      
doctor of the law1 or1 a learned man4   
#ch3bf4 ,with what wisdom shall he be   
furnished that holdeth the plough1 and  
that glorieth in the goad1 that driveth 
the oxen therewith1 and is occupied in  
their labours1 and his whole talk is    
about the offspring of bulls8  #ch3bg4  
,he shall give his mind to turn up      
furrows1 and his care is to give the    
kine fodder4  #ch3bh4 ,so every         
craftsman and workmaster that laboureth 
night and day1 he who maketh graven     
seals1 and by his continual diligence   

varieth the figure3  he shall give his  
mind to the resemblance of the picture1 
and by his watching shall finish the    
work4  #ch3bi4 ,so doth the smith       
sitting by the anvil and considering the
 iron work4  ,the vapour of the fire    
wasteth his flesh1 and he fighteth with 
the heat of the furnace4  #ch3cj4 ,the  
noise of the hammer is always in his    
ears1 and his eye is upon the pattern of
 the vessel he maketh4  #ch3ca4 ,he     
setteth his mind to finish his work1 and
 his watching to polish them to         
perfection4  #ch3cb4 ,so doth the potter
 sitting at his work1 turning the wheel 
about with his feet1 who is always      
carefully set to his work1 and maketh   
all his work by number3  #ch3cc4 ,he    
fashioneth the clay with his arm1 and   
boweth down his strength before his     
feet3  #ch3cd4 ,he shall give his mind  
to finish the glazing1 and his watching 
to make clean the furnace4  #ch3ce4 ,all
 these trust to their hands1 and every  
one is wise in his own art4  #ch3cf4    

,without these a city is not built4     
#ch3cg4 ,and they shall not dwell1 nor  
walk about therein1 and they shall not  
go up into the assembly4  #ch3ch4 ,upon 
the judges' seat they shall not sit1 and
 the ordinance of judgment they shall   
not understand1 neither shall they      
declare discipline and judgment1 and    
they shall not be found where parables  
are spoken3  #ch3ci4 ,but they shall    
strengthen the state of the world1 and  
their prayer shall be in the work of    
their craft1 applying their soul1 and   
searching in the law of the most ,high4 
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #ci   ,the     
exercises of the wise man4  ,the ,lord  
is to be glorified for his works4       
#ci3a4 ,the wise man will seek out the  
wisdom of all the ancients1 and will be 
occupied in the prophets4  #ci3b4 ,he   
will keep the sayings of renowned men1  
and will enter withal into the          
subtilties of parables4  #ci3c4 ,he will
 search out the hidden meanings of      
proverbs1 and will be conversant in the 

secrets of parables4  #ci3d4 ,he shall  
serve among great men1 and appear before
 the governor4  #ci3e4 ,he shall pass   
into strange countries3  for he shall   
try good and evil among men4  #ci3f4 ,he
 will give his heart to resort early to 
the ,lord that made him1 and he will    
pray in the sight of the most ,high4    
#ci3g4 ,he will open his mouth in       
prayer1 and will make supplication for  
his sins4  #ci3h4 ,for if it shall      
please the great ,lord1 he will fill him
 with the spirit of understanding3      
#ci3i4 ,and he will pour forth the words
 of his wisdom as showers1 and in his   
prayer he will confess to the ,lord4    
#ci3aj4 ,and he shall direct his        
counsel1 and his knowledge1 and in his  
secrets shall he meditate4  #ci3aa4 ,he 
shall shew forth the discipline he hath 
learned1 and shall glory in the law of  
the covenant of the ,lord4  #ci3ab4     
,many shall praise his wisdom1 and it   
shall never be forgotten4  #ci3ac4 ,the 
memory of him shall not depart away1 and

 his name shall be in request from      
generation to generation4  #ci3ad4      
,nations shall declare his wisdom1 and  
the church shall shew forth his praise4 
#ci3ae4 ,if he continue1 he shall leave 
a name above a thousand3  and if he     
rest1 it shall be to his advantage4     
#ci3af4 ,i will yet meditate that ,i may
 declare3  for ,i am filled as with a   
holy transport4  #ci3ag4 ,by a voice he 
saith3  ,hear me1 ye divine offspring1  
and bud forth as the rose planted by the
 brooks of waters4  ,ye divine          
offspring4 4 4,he speaks to the children
 of ,israel1 the people of ,god3  whom  
he exhorts to bud forth and flourish    
with virtue4  #ci3ah4 ,give ye a sweet  
odour as frankincense4  #ci3ai4 ,send   
forth flowers1 as the lily1 and yield a 
smell1 and bring forth leaves in grace1 
and praise with canticles1 and bless the
 ,lord in his works4  #ci3bj4 ,magnify  
his name1 and give glory to him with the
 voice of your lips1 and with the       
canticles of your mouths1 and with      

harps1 and in praising him1 you shall   
say in this manner3  #ci3ba4 ,all the   
works of the ,lord are exceeding good4  
#ci3bb4 ,at his word the waters stood as
 a heap3  and at the words of his mouth 
the receptacles of waters3  #ci3bc4 ,for
 at his commandment favour is shewn1 and
 there is no diminishing of his         
salvation4  #ci3bd4 ,the works of all   
flesh are before him1 and there is      
nothing hid from his eyes4  #ci3be4 ,he 
seeth from eternity to eternity1 and    
there is nothing wonderful before him4  
#ci3bf4 ,there is no saying3  ,what is  
this1 or what is that8  for all things  
shall be sought in their time4  #ci3bg4 
,his blessing hath overflowed like a    
river4  #ci3bh4 ,and as a flood hath    
watered the earth2 so shall his wrath   
inherit the nations1 that have not      
sought after him4  #ci3bi4 ,even as he  
turned the waters into a dry land1 and  
the earth was made dry3  and his ways   
were made plain for their journey3  so  
to sinners they are stumblingblocks in  

his wrath4  #ci3cj4 ,good things were   
created for the good from the beginning1
 so for the wicked1 good and evil       
things4  #ci3ca4 ,the principal things  
necessary for the life of men1 are      
water1 fire1 and iron1 salt1 milk1 and  
bread of flour1 and honey1 and the      
cluster of the grape1 and oil1 and      
clothing4  #ci3cb4 ,all these things    
shall be for good to the holy1 so to the
 sinners and the ungodly they shall be  
turned into evil4  #ci3cc4 ,there are   
spirits that are created for vengeance1 
and in their fury they lay on grievous  
torments4  #ci3cd4 ,in the time of      
destruction they shall pour out their   
force3  and they shall appease the wrath
 of him that made them4  #ci3ce4 ,fire1 
hail1 famine1 and death1 all these were 
created for vengeance4  #ci3cf4 ,the    
teeth of beasts1 and scorpions1 and     
serpents1 and the sword taking vengeance
 upon the ungodly unto destruction4     
#ci3cg4 ,in his commandments they shall 
feast1 and they shall be ready upon     

earth when need is1 and when their time 
is come they shall not transgress his   
word4  #ci3ch4 ,therefore from the      
beginning ,i was resolved1 and ,i have  
meditated1 and thought on these things  
and left them in writing1  #ci3ci4 ,all 
the works of the ,lord are good1 and he 
will furnish every work in due time4    
#ci3dj4 ,it is not to be said3  ,this is
 worse than that3  for all shall be well
 approved in their time4  #ci3da4 ,now  
therefore with the whole heart and mouth
 praise ye him1 and bless the name of   
the ,lord4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter  
#dj   ,the miseries of the life of man  
are relieved by the grace of ,god and   
his fear4  #dj3a4 ,great labour is      
created for all men1 and a heavy yoke is
 upon the children of ,adam from the day
 of their coming out of their mother's  
womb1 until the day of their burial into
 the mother of all4  #dj3b4 ,their      
thoughts1 and fears of the heart1 their 
imagination of things to come1 and the  
day of their end3  #dj3c4 ,from him that

 sitteth on a glorious throne1 unto him 
that is humbled in earth and ashes3     
#dj3d4 ,from him that weareth purple1   
and beareth the crown1 even to him that 
is covered with rough linen3  wrath1    
envy1 trouble1 unquietness1 and the fear
 of death1 continual anger1 and strife1 
#dj3e4 ,and in the time of rest upon his
 bed1 the sleep of the night changeth   
his knowledge4  #dj3f4 ,a little and as 
nothing is his rest1 and afterward in   
sleep1 as in the day of keeping watch4  
#dj3g4 ,he is troubled in the vision of 
his heart1 as if he had escaped in the  
day of battle4  ,in the time of his     
safety he rose up1 and wondereth that   
there is no fear4  #dj3h4 ,such things  
happen to all flesh1 from man even to   
beast1 and upon sinners are sevenfold   
more4  #dj3i4 ,moreover1 death1 and     
bloodshed1 strife1 and sword1           
oppressions1 famine1 and affliction1 and
 scourges3  #dj3aj4 ,all these things   
are created for the wicked1 and for     
their sakes came the flood4  #dj3aa4    

,all things that are of the earth1 shall
 return to the earth again1 and all     
waters shall return to the sea4  #dj3ab4
 ,all bribery1 and injustice shall be   
blotted out1 and fidelity shall stand   
for ever4  #dj3ac4 ,the riches of the   
unjust shall be dried up like a river1  
and shall pass away with a noise like a 
great thunder in rain4  #dj3ad4 ,while  
he openeth his hands he shall rejoice3  
but transgressors shall pine away in the
 end4  #dj3ae4 ,the offspring of the    
ungodly shall not bring forth many      
branches1 and make a noise as unclean   
roots upon the top of a rock4  #dj3af4  
,the weed growing over every water1 and 
at the bank of the river1 shall be      
pulled up before all grass4  #dj3ag4    
,grace is like a paradise in blessings1 
and mercy remaineth for ever4  #dj3ah4  
,the life of a laborer that is content  
with what he hath1 shall be sweet1 and  
in it thou shalt find a treasure4       
#dj3ai4 ,children1 and the building of a
 city shall establish a name1 but a     

blameless wife shall be counted above   
them both4  #dj3bj4 ,wine and music     
rejoice the heart1 but the love of      
wisdom is above them both4  #dj3ba4 ,the
 flute and the psaltery make a sweet    
melody1 but a pleasant tongue is above  
them both4  #dj3bb4 ,thy eye desireth   
favour and beauty1 but more than these  
green sown fields4  #dj3bc4 ,a friend   
and companion meeting together in       
season1 but above them both is a wife   
with her husband4  #dj3bd4 ,brethren are
 a help in the time of trouble1 but     
mercy shall deliver more than they4     
#dj3be4 ,gold and silver make the feet  
stand sure3  but wise counsel is above  
them both4  #dj3bf4 ,riches and strength
 lift up the heart3  but above these is 
the fear of the ,lord4  #dj3bg4 ,there  
is no want in the fear of the ,lord1 and
 it needeth not to seek for help4       
#dj3bh4 ,the fear of the ,lord is like a
 paradise of blessing1 and they have    
covered it above all glory4  #dj3bi4 ,my
 son1 in thy lifetime be not indigent3  

for it is better to die than to want4   
#dj3cj4 ,the life of him that looketh   
toward another man's table is not to be 
counted a life3  for he feedeth his soul
 with another man's meat4  #dj3ca4 ,but 
a man1 well instructed and taught1 will 
look to himself4  #dj3cb4 ,begging will 
be sweet in the mouth of the unwise1 but
 in his belly there shall burn a fire4  
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #da   ,of the  
remembrance of death3  of an evil and of
 a good name3  of what things we ought  
to be ashamed4  #da3a4 ,o death1 how    
bitter is the remembrance of thee to a  
man that hath peace in his possessions6 
#da3b4 ,to a man that is at rest1 and   
whose ways are prosperous in all things1
 and that is yet able to take meat6     
#da3c4 ,o death thy sentence is welcome 
to the man that is in need1 and to him  
whose strength faileth3  #da3d4 ,who is 
in a decrepit age1 and that is in care  
about all things1 and to the distrustful
 that loseth patience6  #da3e4 ,fear not
 the sentence of death4  ,remember what 

things have been before thee1 and what  
shall come after thee3  this sentence is
 from the ,lord upon all flesh4  #da3f4 
,and what shall come upon thee by the   
good pleasure of the most ,high8        
whether ten1 or a hundred1 or a thousand
 years4  #da3g4 ,for among the dead     
there is no accusing of life4  #da3h4   
,the children of sinners become children
 of abominations1 and they that converse
 near the houses of the ungodly4  #da3i4
 ,the inheritance of the children of    
sinners shall perish1 and with their    
posterity shall be a perpetual reproach4
  #da3aj4 ,the children will complain of
 an ungodly father1 because for his sake
 they are in reproach4  #da3aa4 ,woe to 
you1 ungodly men1 who have forsaken the 
law of the most high ,lord4  #da3ab4    
,and if you be born1 you shall be born  
in malediction3  and if you die1 in     
malediction shall be your portion4      
#da3ac4 ,all things that are of the     
earth1 shall return into the earth3 so  
the ungodly shall from malediction to   

destruction4  #da3ad4 ,the mourning of  
men is about their body1 but the name of
 the ungodly shall be blotted out4      
#da3ae4 ,take care of a good name3  for 
this shall continue with thee1 more than
 a thousand treasures precious and      
great4  #da3af4 ,a good life hath its   
number of days3  but a good name shall  
continue for ever4  #da3ag4 ,my         
children1 keep discipline in peace3  for
 wisdom that is hid1 and a treasure that
 is not seen1 what profit is there in   
them both8  #da3ah4 ,better is the man  
that hideth his folly1 than the man that
 hideth his wisdom4  #da3ai4 ,wherefore 
have a shame of these things ,i am now  
going to speak of4  ,have a shame1 etc4 
4 4,that is to say1 be ashamed of doing 
any of these things1 which ,i am now    
going to mention2 for though sometimes  
shamefacedness is not to be indulged3   
yet it is often good and necessary3  as 
in the following cases4  #da3bj4 ,for it
 is not good to keep all shamefacedness3
  and all things do not please all men  

in opinion4  #da3ba4 ,be ashamed of     
fornication before father and mother3   
and of a lie before a governor and a man
 in power3  #da3bb4 ,of an offence      
before a prince1 and a judge3  of       
iniquity before a congregation and a    
people3  #da3bc4 ,of injustice before a 
companion and friend3  and in regard to 
the place where thou dwellest1  #da3bd4 
,of theft1 and of the truth of ,god1 and
 the covenant3  of leaning with thy     
elbow over meat1 and of deceit in giving
 and taking3  #da3be4 ,of silence before
 them that salute thee3  of looking upon
 a harlot3  and of turning away thy face
 from thy kinsman4  #da3bf4 ,turn not   
away thy face from thy neighbour1 and of
 taking away a portion and not          
restoring4  #da3bg4 ,gaze not upon      
another man's wife1 and be not          
inquisitive after his handmaid1 and     
approach not her bed4  #da3bh4 ,be      
ashamed of upbraiding speeches before   
friends3  and after thou hast given1    
upbraid not4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter

 #db   ,of what things we ought not to  
be ashamed4  ,cautions with regard to   
women4  ,the works and greatness of     
,god4  #db3a4 ,repeat not the word which
 thou hast heard1 and disclose not the  
thing that is secret2 so shalt thou be  
truly without confusion1 and shalt find 
favour before all men3  be not ashamed  
of any of these things1 and accept no   
person to sin thereby3  #db3b4 ,of the  
law of the most ,high1 and of his       
covenant1 and of judgment to justify the
 ungodly3  #db3c4 ,of the affair of     
companions and travellers1 and of the   
gift of the inheritance of friends3     
#db3d4 ,of exactness of balance and     
weights1 of getting much or little3     
#db3e4 ,of the corruption of buying1 and
 of merchants1 and of much correction of
 children1 and to make the side of a    
wicked slave to bleed4  #db3f4 ,sure    
keeping is good over a wicked wife4     
#db3g4 ,where there are many hands1 shut
 up1 and deliver all things in number1  
and weight3  and put all in writing that

 thou givest out or receivest in4       
#db3h4 ,be not ashamed to inform the    
unwise and foolish1 and the aged1 that  
are judged by young men3  and thou shalt
 be well instructed in all things1 and  
well approved in the sight of all men   
living4  #db3i4 ,the father waketh for  
the daughter when no man knoweth1 and   
the care for her taketh away his sleep1 
when she is young1 lest she pass away   
the flower of her age1 and when she is  
married1 lest she should be hateful3    
#db3aj4 ,in her virginity1 lest she     
should be corrupted1 and be found with  
child in her father's house3  and having
 a husband1 lest she should misbehave   
herself1 or at the least become barren4 
#db3aa4 ,keep a sure watch over a       
shameless daughter3  lest at anytime she
 make thee become a laughingstock to thy
 enemies1 and a byword in the city1 and 
a reproach among the people1 and she    
make thee ashamed before all the        
multitude4  #db3ab4 ,behold not         
everybody's beauty3  and tarry not among

 women4  #db3ac4 ,for from garments     
cometh a moth1 and from a woman the     
iniquity of a man4  #db3ad4 ,for better 
is the iniquity of a man1 than a woman  
doing a good turn1 and a woman bringing 
shame and reproach4  ,better is the     
iniquity1 etc4 4 4,that is1 there is1   
commonly speaking1 less danger to be    
apprehended to the soul from the        
churlishness1 or injuries we receive    
from men1 than from the flattering      
favours and familiarity of women4       
#db3ae4 ,i will now remember the works  
of the ,lord1 and ,i will declare the   
things ,i have seen4  ,by the words of  
the ,lord are his works4  #db3af4 ,the  
sun giving light hath looked upon all   
things1 and full of the glory of the    
,lord is his work4  #db3ag4 ,hath not   
the ,lord made the saints to declare all
 his wonderful works1 which the ,lord   
,almighty hath firmly settled to be     
established for his glory8  #db3ah4 ,he 
hath searched out the deep1 and the     
heart of men3  and considered their     

crafty devices4  #db3ai4 ,for the ,lord 
knoweth all knowledge1 and hath beheld  
the signs of the world1 he declareth the
 things that are past1 and the things   
that are to come1 and revealeth the     
traces of hidden things4  #db3bj4 ,no   
thought escapeth him1 and no word can   
hide itself from him4  #db3ba4 ,he hath 
beautified the glorious works of his    
wisdom3  and he is from eternity to     
eternity1 and to him nothing may be     
added1  #db3bb4 ,nor can he be          
diminished1 and he hath no need of any  
counsellor4  #db3bc4 ,o how desirable   
are all his works1 and what we can know 
is but as a spark6  #db3bd4 ,all these  
things live1 and remain for ever1 and   
for every use all things obey him4      
#db3be4 ,all things are double1 one     
against another1 and he hath made       
nothing defective4  #db3bf4 ,he hath    
established the good things of every    
one4  ,and who shall be filled with     
beholding his glory8    ,ecclesiasticus 
,chapter #dc   ,the works of ,god are   

exceedingly glorious and wonderful3  no 
man is able sufficiently to praise him4 
#dc3a4 ,the firmament on high is his    
beauty1 the beauty of heaven with its   
glorious shew4  #dc3b4 ,the sun when he 
appeareth shewing forth at his rising1  
an admirable instrument1 the work of the
 most ,high4  #dc3c4 ,at noon he burneth
 the earth1 and who can abide his       
burning heat8 ,as one keeping a furnace 
in the works of heat3  #dc3d4 ,the sun  
three times as much1 burneth the        
mountains1 breathing out fiery vapours1 
and shining with his beams1 he blindeth 
the eyes4  #dc3e4 ,great is the ,lord   
that made him1 and at his words he hath 
hastened his course4  #dc3f4 ,and the   
moon in all in her season1 is for a     
declaration of times and a sign of the  
world4  #dc3g4 ,from the moon is the    
sign of the festival day1 a light that  
decreaseth in her perfection4  #dc3h4   
,the month is called after her name1    
increasing wonderfully in her           
perfection4  #dc3i4 ,being an instrument

 of the armies on high1 shining         
gloriously in the firmament of heaven4  
#dc3aj4 ,the glory of the stars is the  
beauty of heaven2 the ,lord enlighteneth
 the world on high4  #dc3aa4 ,by the    
words of the holy one they stand in     
judgment1 and shall never fall in their 
watches4  #dc3ab4 ,look upon the        
rainbow1 and bless him that made it3  it
 is very beautiful in its brightness4   
#dc3ac4 ,it encompasseth the heaven     
about with the circle of its glory1 the 
hands of the most ,high have displayed  
it4  #dc3ad4 ,by his commandment he     
maketh the snow to fall apace1 and      
sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of 
his judgment4  #dc3ae4 ,through this are
 the treasures opened1 and the clouds   
fly out like birds4  #dc3af4 ,by his    
greatness he hath fixed the clouds1 and 
the hailstones are broken4  #dc3ag4 ,at 
his sight shall the mountains be shaken1
 and at his will the south wind shall   
blow4  #dc3ah4 ,the noise of his thunder
 shall strike the earth1 so doth the    

northern storm1 and the whirlwind3      
#dc3ai4 ,and as the birds lighting upon 
the earth1 he scattereth snow1 and the  
falling thereof1 is as the coming down  
of locusts4  #dc3bj4 ,the eye admireth  
at the beauty of the whiteness thereof1 
and the heart is astonished at the      
shower thereof4  #dc3ba4 ,he shall pour 
frost as salt upon the earth3  and when 
it freezeth1 it shall become like the   
tops of thistles4  #dc3bb4 ,the cold    
north wind bloweth1 and the water is    
congealed into crystal2 upon every      
gathering together of waters it shall   
rest1 and shall clothe the waters as a  
breastplate4  #dc3bc4 ,and it shall     
devour the mountains1 and burn the      
wilderness1 and consume all that is     
green as with fire4  #dc3bd4 ,a present 
remedy of all is the speedy coming of a 
cloud1 and a dew that meeteth it1 by the
 heat that cometh1 shall overpower it4  
#dc3be4 ,at his word the wind is still1 
and with his thought he appeaseth the   
deep1 and the ,lord hath planted islands

 therein4  #dc3bf4 ,let them that sail  
on the sea1 tell the dangers thereof3   
and when we hear with our ears1 we shall
 admire4  #dc3bg4 ,there are great and  
wonderful works3  a variety of beasts1  
and of all living things1 and the       
monstrous creatures of whales4  #dc3bh4 
,through him is established the end of  
their journey1 and by his word all      
things are regulated4  #dc3bi4 ,we shall
 say much1 and yet shall want words3    
but the sum of our words is1 ,he is all4
  #dc3cj4 ,what shall we be able to do  
to glorify him8  for the ,almighty      
himself is above all his works4  #dc3ca4
 ,the ,lord is terrible1 and exceeding  
great1 and his power is admirable4      
#dc3cb4 ,glorify the ,lord as much as   
ever you can1 for he will yet far       
exceed1 and his magnificence is         
wonderful4  #dc3cc4 ,blessing the ,lord1
 exalt him as much as you can2 for he is
 above all praise4  #dc3cd4 ,when you   
exalt him put forth all your strength1  
and be not weary3  for you can never go 

far enough4  #dc3ce4 ,who shall see him1
 and declare him8  and who shall magnify
 him as he is from the beginning8       
#dc3cf4 ,there are many things hidden   
from us that are greater than these3    
for we have seen but a few of his works4
  #dc3cg4 ,but the ,lord hath made all  
things1 and to the godly he hath given  
wisdom4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #dd 
,the praises of the holy fathers1 in    
particular of ,enoch1 ,noe1 ,abraham1   
,isaac1 and ,jacob4  #dd3a4 ,let us now 
praise men of renown and our fathers in 
their generation4  #dd3b4 ,the ,lord    
hath wrought great glory through his    
magnificence from the beginning4  #dd3c4
 ,such as have borne rule in their      
dominions1 men of great power1 and      
endued with their wisdom1 shewing forth 
in the prophets the dignity of prophets1
  #dd3d4 ,and ruling over the present   
people1 and by the strength of wisdom   
instructing the people in most holy     
words4  #dd3e4 ,such as by their skill  
sought out musical tunes1 and published 

canticles of the scriptures4  #dd3f4    
,rich men in virtue1 studying           
beautifulness3  living at peace in their
 houses4  #dd3g4 ,all these have gained 
glory in their generations1 and were    
praised in their days4  #dd3h4 ,they    
that were born of them have left a name 
behind them1 that their praises might be
 related3  #dd3i4 ,and there are some1  
of whom there is no memorial3  who are  
perished1 as if they had never been3    
and are become as if they had never been
 born1 and their children with them4    
#dd3aj4 ,but these were men of mercy1   
whose godly deeds have not failed3      
#dd3aa4 ,good things continue with their
 seed1  #dd3ab4 ,their posterity are a  
holy inheritance1 and their seed hath   
stood in the covenants4  #dd3ac4 ,and   
their children for their sakes remain   
for ever3  their seed and their glory   
shall not be forsaken4  #dd3ad4 ,their  
bodies are buried in peace1 and their   
name liveth unto generation and         
generation4  #dd3ae4 ,let the people    

shew forth their wisdom1 and the church 
declare their praise4  #dd3af4 ,henoch  
pleased ,god1 and was translated into   
paradise1 that he may give repentance to
 the nations4  #dd3ag4 ,noe was found   
perfect1 just1 and in the time of wrath 
he was made a reconciliation4  #dd3ah4  
,therefore was there a remnant left to  
the earth1 when the flood came4  #dd3ai4
 ,the covenants of the world were made  
with him1 that all flesh should no more 
be destroyed with the flood4  #dd3bj4   
,abraham was the great father of a      
multitude of nations1 and there was not 
found the like to him in glory1 who kept
 the law of the most ,high1 and was in  
covenant with him4  #dd3ba4 ,in his     
flesh he established the covenant1 and  
in temptation he was found faithful4    
#dd3bb4 ,therefore by an oath he gave   
him glory in his posterity1 that he     
should increase as the dust of the      
earth1  #dd3bc4 ,and that he would exalt
 his seed as the stars1 and they should 
inherit from sea to sea1 and from the   

river to the ends of the earth4  #dd3bd4
 ,and he did in like manner with ,isaac 
for the sake of ,abraham his father4    
#dd3be4 ,the ,lord gave him the blessing
 of all nations1 and confirmed his      
covenant upon the head of ,jacob4       
#dd3bf4 ,he acknowledged him in his     
blessings1 and gave him an inheritance1 
and divided him his portion in twelve   
tribes4  #dd3bg4 ,and he preserved for  
him men of mercy1 that found grace in   
the eyes of all flesh4                  
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #de   ,the     
praises of ,moses1 of ,aaron1 and of    
,phinees4  #de3a4 ,moses was beloved of 
,god1 and men3  whose memory is in      
benediction4  #de3b4 ,he made him like  
the saints in glory1 and magnified him  
in the fear of his enemies1 and with his
 words he made prodigies to cease4      
#de3c4 ,he glorified him in the sight of
 kings1 and gave him commandments in the
 sight of his people1 and shewed him his
 glory4  #de3d4 ,he sanctified him in   
his faith1 and meekness1 and chose him  

out of all flesh4  #de3e4 ,for he heard 
him1 and his voice1 and brought him into
 a cloud4  #de3f4 ,and he gave him      
commandments before his face1 and a law 
of life and instruction1 that he might  
teach ,jacob his covenant1 and ,israel  
his judgments4  #de3g4 ,he exalted      
,aaron his brother1 and like to himself 
of the tribe of ,levi3  #de3h4 ,he made 
an everlasting covenant with him1 and   
gave him the priesthood of the nation1  
and made him blessed in glory1  #de3i4  
,and he girded him about with a glorious
 girdle1 and clothed him with a robe of 
glory1 and crowned him with majestic    
attire4  #de3aj4 ,he put upon him a     
garment to the feet1 and breeches1 and  
an ephod1 and he compassed him with many
 little bells of gold all round about1  
#de3aa4 ,that as he went there might be 
a sound1 and a noise made that might be 
heard in the temple1 for a memorial to  
the children of his people4  #de3ab4 ,he
 gave him a holy robe of gold1 and blue1
 and purple1 a woven work of a wise man1

 endued with judgment and truth3        
#de3ac4 ,of twisted scarlet the work of 
an artist1 with precious stones cut and 
set in gold1 and graven by the work of a
 lapidary for a memorial1 according to  
the number of the tribes of ,israel4    
#de3ad4 ,and a crown of gold upon his   
mitre wherein was engraved ,holiness1 an
 ornament of honour3  a work of power1  
and delightful to the eyes for its      
beauty4  #de3ae4 ,before him there were 
none so beautiful1 even from the        
beginning4  #de3af4 ,no stranger was    
ever clothed with them1 but only his    
children alone1 and his grandchildren   
for ever4  #de3ag4 ,his sacrifices were 
consumed with fire every day4  #de3ah4  
,moses filled his hands and anointed him
 with holy oil4  #de3ai4 ,this was made 
to him for an everlasting testament1 and
 to his seed as the days of heaven1 to  
execute the office of the priesthood1   
and to have praise1 and to glorify his  
people in his name4  #de3bj4 ,he chose  
him out of all men living1 to offer     

sacrifice to ,god1 incense1 and a good  
savour1 for a memorial to make          
reconciliation for his people3  #de3ba4 
,and he gave him power in his           
commandments1 in the covenants of his   
judgments1 that he should teach ,jacob  
his testimonies1 and give light to      
,israel in his law4  #de3bb4 ,and       
strangers stood up against him1 and     
through envy the men that were with     
,dathan and ,abiron1 compassed him about
 in the wilderness1 and the congregation
 of ,core in their wrath4  #de3bc4 ,the 
,lord ,god saw and it pleased him not1  
and they were consumed in his wrathful  
indignation4  #de3bd4 ,he wrought       
wonders upon them1 and consumed them    
with a flame of fire4  #de3be4 ,and he  
added glory to ,aaron1 and gave him an  
inheritance1 and divided unto him the   
firstfruits of the increase of the      
earth4  #de3bf4 ,he prepared them bread 
in the first place unto fulness3  for   
the sacrifices also of the ,lord they   
shall eat1 which he gave to him1 and to 

his seed4  #de3bg4 ,but he shall not    
inherit among the people in the land1   
and he hath no portion among the people3
  for he himself is his portion and     
inheritance4  #de3bh4 ,phinees the son  
of ,eleazar is the third in glory1 by   
imitating him in the fear of the ,lord3 
#de3bi4 ,and he stood up in the shameful
 fall of the people3  in the goodness   
and readiness of his soul he appeased   
,god for ,israel4  #de3cj4 ,therefore he
 made to him a covenant of peace1 to be 
the prince of the sanctuary1 and of his 
people1 that the dignity of priesthood  
should be to him and to his seed for    
ever4  #de3ca4 ,and a covenant to ,david
 the king1 the son of ,jesse of the     
tribe of ,juda1 an inheritance to him   
and to his seed1 that he might give     
wisdom into our heart to judge his      
people in justice1 that their good      
things might not be abolished1 and he   
made their glory in their nation        
everlasting4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter
 #df   ,the praise of ,josue1 of ,caleb1

 and of ,samuel4  #df3a4 ,valiant in war
 was ,jesus the son of ,nave1 who was   
successor of ,moses among the prophets1 
who was great according to his name1    
,jesus the son of ,nave4 4 4,so ,josue  
is named in the ,greek ,bibles4  ,for   
,josue and ,jesus signify the same      
thing1 viz41 a saviour4  #df3b4 ,very   
great for the saving the elect of ,god1 
to overthrow the enemies that rose up   
against them1 that he might get the     
inheritance for ,israel4  #df3c4 ,how   
great glory did he gain when he lifted  
up his hands1 and stretched out swords  
against the cities8  #df3d4 ,who before 
him hath so resisted8  for the ,lord    
himself brought the enemies4  #df3e4    
,was not the sun stopped in his anger1  
and one day made as two8  #df3f4 ,he    
called upon the most high ,sovereign    
when the enemies assaulted him on every 
side1 and the great and holy ,god heard 
him by hailstones of exceeding great    
force4  #df3g4 ,he made a violent       
assault against the nation of his       

enemies1 and in the descent he destroyed
 the adversaries4  ,and in the descent4 
4 4,of ,beth-horon 7,jos4 #aj474  #df3h4
 ,that the nations might know his power1
 that it is not easy to fight against   
,god4  ,and he followed the mighty one3 
#df3i4 ,and in the days of ,moses he did
 a work of mercy1 he and ,caleb the son 
of ,jephone1 in standing against the    
enemy1 and withholding the people from  
sins1 and appeasing the wicked          
murmuring4  #df3aj4 ,and they two being 
appointed1 were delivered out of the    
danger from among the number of six     
hundred thousand men on foot1 to bring  
them into their inheritance1 into the   
land that floweth with milk and honey4  
#df3aa4 ,and the ,lord gave strength    
also to ,caleb1 and his strength        
continued even to his old age1 so that  
he went up to the high places of the    
land1 and his seed obtained it for an   
inheritance3  #df3ab4 ,that all the     
children of ,israel might see1 that it  
is good to obey the holy ,god4  #df3ac4 

,then all the judges1 every one by name1
 whose heart was not corrupted3  who    
turned not away from the ,lord1  #df3ad4
 ,that their memory might be blessed1   
and their bones spring up out of their  
place1  #df3ae4 ,and their name continue
 for ever1 the glory of the holy men    
remaining unto their children4  #df3af4 
,samuel the prophet of the ,lord1 the   
beloved of the ,lord his ,god1          
established a new government1 and       
anointed princes over his people4       
#df3ag4 ,by the law of the ,lord he     
judged the congregation1 and the ,god of
 ,jacob beheld1 and by his fidelity he  
was proved a prophet4  #df3ah4 ,and he  
was known to be faithful in his words1  
because he saw the ,god of light3       
#df3ai4 ,and called upon the name of the
 ,lord ,almighty1 in fighting against   
the enemies who beset him on every side1
 when he offered a lamb without blemish4
  #df3bj4 ,and the ,lord thundered from 
heaven1 and with a great noise made his 
voice to be heard4  #df3ba4 ,and he     

crushed the princes of the ,tyrians1 and
 all the lords of the ,philistines3     
#df3bb4 ,and before the time of the end 
of his life in the world1 he protested  
before the ,lord1 and his anointed3     
money1 or any thing else1 even to a     
shoe1 he had not taken of any man1 and  
no man did accuse him4  #df3bc4 ,and    
after this he slept1 and he made known  
to the king1 and shewed him the end of  
his life1 and he lifted up his voice    
from the earth in prophecy to blot out  
the wickedness of the nation4           
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #dg   ,the     
praise of ,nathan1 of ,david1 and of    
,solomon3  ,of his fall and punishment4 
#dg3a4 ,then ,nathan the prophet arose  
in the days of ,david4  #dg3b4 ,and as  
the fat taken away from the flesh1 so   
was ,david chosen from among the        
children of ,israel4  #dg3c4 ,he played 
with lions as with lambs3  and with     
bears he did in like manner as with the 
lambs of the flock1 in his youth4       
#dg3d4 ,did not he kill the giant1 and  

take away reproach from his people8     
#dg3e4 ,in lifting up his hand1 with the
 stone in the sling he beat down the    
boasting of ,goliath3  #dg3f4 ,for he   
called upon the ,lord the ,almighty1 and
 he gave strength in his right hand1 to 
take away the mighty warrior1 and to set
 up the horn of his nation4  #dg3g4 ,so 
in ten thousand did he glorify him1 and 
praised him in the blessings of the     
,lord1 in offering to him a crown of    
glory3  #dg3h4 ,for he destroyed the    
enemies on every side1 and extirpated   
the ,philistines the adversaries unto   
this day3  he broke their horn for ever4
  #dg3i4 ,in all his works he gave      
thanks to the holy one1 and to the most 
,high1 with words of glory4  #dg3aj4    
,with his whole heart he praised the    
,lord1 and loved ,god that made him3    
and he gave him power against his       
enemies3  #dg3aa4 ,and he set singers   
before the altar1 and by their voices he
 made sweet melody4  #dg3ab4 ,and to the
 festivals he added beauty1 and set in  

order the solemn times even to the end  
of his life1 that they should praise the
 holy name of the ,lord1 and magnify the
 holiness of ,god in the morning4       
#dg3ac4 ,the ,lord took away his sins1  
and exalted his horn for ever3  and he  
gave him a covenant of the kingdom1 and 
a throne of glory in ,israel4  #dg3ad4  
,after him arose up a wise son1 and for 
his sake he cast down all the power of  
the enemies4  #dg3ae4 ,solomon reigned  
in days of peace1 and ,god brought all  
his enemies under him1 that he might    
build a house in his name1 and prepare a
 sanctuary for ever3  ,o how wise wast  
thou in thy youth6  #dg3af4 ,and thou   
wast filled as a river with wisdom1 and 
thy soul covered the earth4  #dg3ag4    
,and thou didst multiply riddles in     
parables3  thy name went abroad to the  
islands far off1 and thou wast beloved  
in thy peace4  #dg3ah4 ,the countries   
wondered at thee for thy canticles1 and 
proverbs1 and parables1 and             
interpretations1  #dg3ai4 ,and at the   

name of the ,lord ,god1 whose surname   
is1 ,god of ,israel4  #dg3bj4 ,thou     
didst gather gold as copper1 and didst  
multiply silver as lead1  #dg3ba4 ,and  
thou didst bow thyself to women3  and by
 thy body thou wast brought under       
subjection4  #dg3bb4 ,thou hast stained 
thy glory1 and defiled thy seed so as to
 bring wrath upon thy children1 and to  
have thy folly kindled1  #dg3bc4 ,that  
thou shouldst make the kingdom to be    
divided1 and out of ,ephraim a          
rebellious kingdom to rule4  #dg3bd4    
,but ,god will not leave off his mercy1 
and he will not destroy1 nor abolish his
 own works1 neither will he cut up by   
the roots the offspring of his elect3   
and he will not utterly take away the   
seed of him that loveth the ,lord4      
#dg3be4 ,wherefore he gave a remnant to 
,jacob1 and to ,david of the same stock4
  #dg3bf4 ,and ,solomon had an end with 
his fathers4  #dg3bg4 ,and he left      
behind him of his seed1 the folly of the
 nation1  #dg3bh4 ,even ,roboam that had

 little wisdom1 who turned away the     
people through his counsel3  #dg3bi4    
,and ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 who   
caused ,israel to sin1 and shewed       
,ephraim the way of sin1 and their sins 
were multiplied exceedingly4  #dg3cj4   
,they removed them far away from their  
land4  #dg3ca4 ,and they sought out all 
iniquities1 till vengeance came upon    
them1 and put an end to all their sins4 
,ecclesiasticus ,chapter #dh   ,the     
praise of ,elias1 of ,eliseus1 of       
,ezechias1 and of ,isaias4  #dh3a4 ,and 
,elias the prophet stood up1 as a fire1 
and his word burnt like a torch4  #dh3b4
 ,he brought a famine upon them1 and    
they that provoked him in their envy1   
were reduced to a small number1 for they
 could not endure the commandments of   
the ,lord4  #dh3c4 ,by the word of the  
,lord he shut up the heaven1 and he     
brought down fire from heaven thrice4   
#dh3d4 ,thus was ,elias magnified in his
 wondrous works4  ,and who can glory    
like to thee8  #dh3e4 ,who raisedst up a

 dead man from below1 from the lot of   
death1 by the word of the ,lord ,god4   
#dh3f4 ,who broughtest down kings to    
destruction1 and brokest easily their   
power in pieces1 and the glorious from  
their bed4  #dh3g4 ,who heardest        
judgment in ,sina1 and in ,horeb the    
judgments of vengeance4  #dh3h4 ,who    
anointedst kings to penance1 and madest 
prophets successors after thee4  #dh3i4 
,who wast taken up in a whirlwind of    
fire1 in a chariot of fiery horses4     
#dh3aj4 ,who art registered in the      
judgments of times to appease the wrath 
of the ,lord1 to reconcile the heart of 
the father to the son1 and to restore   
the tribes of ,jacob4  #dh3aa4 ,blessed 
are they that saw thee1 and were        
honoured with thy friendship4  #dh3ab4  
,for we live only in our life1 but after
 death our name shall not be such4      
#dh3ac4 ,elias was indeed covered with  
the whirlwind1 and his spirit was filled
 up in ,eliseus3  in his days he feared 
not the prince1 and no man was more     

powerful than he4  #dh3ad4 ,no word     
could overcome him1 and after death his 
body prophesied4  #dh3ae4 ,in his life  
he did great wonders1 and in death he   
wrought miracles4  #dh3af4 ,for all this
 the people repented not1 neither did   
they depart from their sins till they   
were cast out of their land1 and were   
scattered through all the earth4        
#dh3ag4 ,and there was left but a small 
people1 and a prince in the house of    
,david4  #dh3ah4 ,some of these did that
 which pleased ,god3  but others        
committed many sins4  #dh3ai4 ,ezechias 
fortified his city1 and brought in water
 into the midst thereof1 and he digged a
 rock with iron1 and made a well for    
water4  #dh3bj4 ,in his days            
,sennacherib came up1 and sent          
,rabsaces1 and lifted up his hand       
against them1 and he stretched out his  
hand against ,sion1 and became proud    
through his power4  #dh3ba4 ,then their 
hearts and hands trembled1 and they were
 in pain as women in travail4  #dh3bb4  

,and they called upon the ,lord who is  
merciful1 and spreading their hands1    
they lifted them up to heaven3  and the 
holy ,lord ,god quickly heard their     
voice4  #dh3bc4 ,he was not mindful of  
their sins1 neither did he deliver them 
up to their enemies1 but he purified    
them by the hand of ,isaias1 the holy   
prophet4  #dh3bd4 ,he overthrew the army
 of the ,assyrians1 and the angel of the
 ,lord destroyed them4  #dh3be4 ,for    
,ezechias did that which pleased ,god1  
and walked valiantly in the way of      
,david his father1 which ,isaias1 the   
great prophet1 and faithful in the sight
 of ,god1 had commanded him4  #dh3bf4   
,in his days the sun wen backward1 and  
he lengthened the king's life4  #dh3bg4 
,with a great spirit he saw the things  
that are to come to pass at last1 and   
comforted the mourners in ,sion4        
#dh3bh4 ,he showed what should come to  
pass for ever1 and secret things before 
they came4    ,ecclesiasticus ,chapter  
#di   ,the praise of ,josias1 of        

,jeremias1 ,ezechiel1 and the twelve    
prophets4 ,also of ,zorobabel1 ,jesus   
the son of ,josedech1 ,nehemias1 ,enoch1
 ,joseph1 ,seth1 ,sem1 and ,adam4       
#di3a4 ,the memory of ,josias is like   
the composition of a sweet smell made by
 the art of a perfumer3  #di3b4 ,his    
remembrance shall be sweet as honey in  
every mouth1 and as music at a banquet  
of wine4  #di3c4 ,he was directed by    
,god unto the repentance of the nation1 
and he took away the abominations of    
wickedness4  #di3d4 ,and he directed his
 heart towards the ,lord1 and in the    
days of sinners he strengthened         
godliness4  #di3e4 ,except ,david1 and  
,ezechias and ,josias1 all committed    
sin4  #di3f4 ,for the kings of ,juda    
forsook the law of the most ,high1 and  
despised the fear of ,god4  #di3g4 ,so  
they gave their kingdom to others1 and  
their glory to a strange nation1  #di3h4
 ,they burnt the chosen city of         
holiness1 and made the streets thereof  
desolate according to the prediction of 

,jeremias4  #di3i4 ,for they treated him
 evil1 who was consecrated a prophet    
from his mother's womb1 to overthrow1   
and pluck up1 and destroy1 and to build 
again1 and renew4  #di3aj4 ,it was      
,ezechiel that saw the glorious vision1 
which was shewn him upon the chariot of 
cherubims4  #di3aa4 ,for he made mention
 of the enemies under the figure of     
rain1 and of doing good to them that    
shewed right ways4  #di3ab4 ,and may the
 bones of the twelve prophets spring up 
out of their place3  for they           
strengthened ,jacob1 and redeemed       
themselves by strong faith4  #di3ac4    
,how shall we magnify ,zorobabel8  for  
he was as a signet on the right hand2   
#di3ad4 ,in like manner ,jesus the son  
of ,josedec who in their days built the 
house1 and set up a holy temple to the  
,lord1 prepared for everlasting glory4  
#di3ae4 ,and let ,nehemias be a long    
time remembered1 who raised up for us   
our walls that were cast down1 and set  
up the gates and the bars1 who rebuilt  

our houses4  #di3af4 ,no man was born   
upon earth like ,henoch3  for he also   
was taken up from the earth4  #di3ag4   
,nor as ,joseph1 who was a man born     
prince of his brethren1 the support of  
his family1 the ruler of his brethren1  
the stay of the people3  #di3ah4 ,and   
his bones were visited1 and after death 
they prophesied4  ,they prophesied4 4   
4,that is1 by their being carried out of
 ,egypt they verified the prophetic     
prediction of ,joseph4  ,gen4 #ej4      
#di3ai4 ,seth and ,sem obtained glory   
among men3  and above every soul ,adam  
in the beginning1    ,ecclesiasticus    
,chapter #ej   ,the praises of ,simon   
the high priest4  ,the conclusion4      
#ej3a4 ,simon the high priest1 the son  
of ,onias1 who in his life propped up   
the house1 and in his days fortified the
 temple4  #ej3b4 ,by him also the height
 of the temple was founded1 the double  
building and the high walls of the      
temple4  #ej3c4 ,in his days the wells  
of water flowed out1 and they were      

filled as the sea above measure4  #ej3d4
 ,he took care of his nation1 and       
delivered it from destruction4  #ej3e4  
,he prevailed to enlarge the city1 and  
obtained glory in his conversation with 
the people3  and enlarged the entrance  
of the house and the court4  #ej3f4 ,he 
shone in his days as the morning star in
 the midst of a cloud1 and as the moon  
at the full4  #ej3g4 ,and as the sun    
when it shineth1 so did he shine in the 
temple of ,god4  #ej3h4 ,and as the     
rainbow giving light in bright clouds1  
and as the flower of roses in the days  
of the spring1 and as the lilies that   
are on the brink of the water1 and as   
the sweet smelling frankincense in the  
time of summer4  #ej3i4 ,as a bright    
fire1 and frankincense burning in the   
fire4  #ej3aj4 ,as a massy vessel of    
gold1 adorned with every precious stone4
  #ej3aa4 ,as an olive tree budding     
forth1 and a cypress tree rearing itself
 on high1 when he put on the robe of    
glory1 and was clothed with the         

perfection of power4  ,clothed with the 
perfection of power4 4 4,that is1 with  
all the vestments denoting his dignity  
and authority4  #ej3ab4 ,when he went up
 to the holy altar1 he honoured the     
vesture of holiness4  #ej3ac4 ,and when 
he took the portions out of the hands of
 the priests1 he himself stood by the   
altar4  ,and about him was the ring of  
his brethren3  and as the cedar planted 
in mount ,libanus1  #ej3ad4 ,and as     
branches of palm trees1 they stood round
 about him1 and all the sons of ,aaron  
in their glory4  #ej3ae4 ,and the       
oblation of the ,lord was in their      
hands1 before all the congregation of   
,israel3  and finishing his service1 on 
the altar1 to honour the offering of the
 most high ,king1  #ej3af4 ,he stretched
 forth his hand to make a libation1 and 
offered of the blood of the grape4      
#ej3ag4 ,he poured out at the foot of   
the altar a divine odour to the most    
high ,prince4  #ej3ah4 ,then the sons of
 ,aaron shouted1 they sounded with      

beaten trumpets1 and made a great noise 
to be heard for a remembrance before    
,god4  #ej3ai4 ,then all the people     
together made haste1 and fell down to   
the earth upon their faces1 to adore the
 ,lord their ,god1 and to pray to the   
,almighty ,god the most ,high4  #ej3bj4 
,and the singers lifted up their voices1
 and in the great house the sound of    
sweet melody was increased4  #ej3ba4    
,and the people in prayer besought the  
,lord the most ,high1 until the worship 
of the ,lord was perfected1 and they had
 finished their office4  #ej3bb4 ,then  
coming down1 he lifted up his hands over
 all the congregation of the children of
 ,israel1 to give glory to ,god with his
 lips1 and to glory in his name3        
#ej3bc4 ,and he repeated his prayer1    
willing to shew the power of ,god4      
#ej3bd4 ,and now pray ye to the ,god of 
all1 who hath done great things in all  
the earth1 who hath increased our days  
from our mother's womb1 and hath done   
with us according to his mercy4  #ej3be4

 ,may he grant us joyfulness of heart1  
and that there be peace in our days in  
,israel for ever3  #ej3bf4 ,that ,israel
 may believe that the mercy of ,god is  
with us1 to deliver us in his days4     
#ej3bg4 ,there are two nations which my 
soul abhorreth3  and the third is no    
nation3  which ,i hate3  ,abhorreth4 4  
4,viz41 with a holy indignation1 as     
enemies of ,god and persecutors of his  
people4  ,such were then the ,edomites  
who abode in mount ,seir1 the           
,philistines1 and the ,samaritans who   
dwelt in ,sichem1 and had their         
schismatical temple in that             
neighbourhood4  #ej3bh4 ,they that sit  
on mount ,seir1 and the ,philistines1   
and the foolish people that dwell in    
,sichem4  #ej3bi4 ,jesus the son of     
,sirach1 of ,jerusalem1 hath written in 
this book the doctrine of wisdom and    
instruction1 who renewed wisdom from his
 heart4  #ej3cj4 ,blessed is he that is 
conversant in these good things and he  
that layeth them up in his heart1 shall 

be wise always4  #ej3ca4 ,for if he do  
them1 he shall be strong to do all      
things3  because the light of ,god      
guideth his steps4    ,ecclesiasticus   
,chapter #ea   ,a prayer of praise and  
thanksgiving4  #ea3a4 ,a prayer of      
,jesus the son of ,sirach4  ,i will give
 glory to thee1 ,o ,lord1 ,o ,king1 and 
,i will praise thee1 ,o ,god my         
,saviour4  #ea3b4 ,i will give glory to 
thy name3  for thou hast been a helper  
and protector to me4  #ea3c4 ,and hast  
preserved my body from destruction1 from
 the snare of an unjust tongue1 and from
 the lips of them that forge lies1 and  
in the sight of them that stood by1 thou
 hast been my helper4  #ea3d4 ,and thou 
hast delivered me1 according to the     
multitude of the mercy of thy name1 from
 them that did roar1 prepared to devour4
  #ea3e4 ,out of the hands of them that 
sought my life1 and from the gates of   
afflictions1 which compassed me about3  
#ea3f4 ,from the oppression of the flame
 which surrounded me1 and in the midst  

of the fire ,i was not burnt4  #ea3g4   
,from the depth of the belly of hell1   
and from an unclean tongue1 and from    
lying words1 from an unjust king1 and   
from a slanderous tongue3  #ea3h4 ,my   
soul shall praise the ,lord even to     
death4  #ea3i4 ,and my life was drawing 
near to hell beneath4  #ea3aj4 ,they    
compassed me on every side1 and there   
was no one that would help me4  ,i      
looked for the succour of men1 and there
 was none4  #ea3aa4 ,i remembered thy   
mercy1 ,o ,lord1 and thy works1 which   
are from the beginning of the world4    
#ea3ab4 ,how thou deliverest them that  
wait for thee1 ,o ,lord1 and savest them
 out of the hands of the nations4       
#ea3ac4 ,thou hast exalted my dwelling  
place upon the earth and ,i have prayed 
for death to pass away4  #ea3ad4 ,i     
called upon the ,lord1 the father of my 
,lord1 that he would not leave me in the
 day of my trouble1 and in the time of  
the proud without help4  #ea3ae4 ,i will
 praise thy name continually1 and will  

praise it with thanksgiving1 and my     
prayer was heard4  #ea3af4 ,and thou    
hast saved me from destruction1 and hast
 delivered me from the evil time4       
#ea3ag4 ,therefore ,i will give thanks1 
and praise thee1 and bless the name of  
the ,lord4  #ea3ah4 ,when ,i was yet    
young1 before ,i wandered about1 ,i     
sought for wisdom openly in my prayer4  
#ea3ai4 ,i prayed for her before the    
temple1 and unto the very end ,i will   
seek after her1 and she flourished as a 
grape soon ripe4  #ea3bj4 ,my heart     
delighted in her1 my foot walked in the 
right way1 from my youth up ,i sought   
after her4  #ea3ba4 ,i bowed down my ear
 a little1 and received her4  #ea3bb4 ,i
 found much wisdom in myself1 and       
profited much therein4  #ea3bc4 ,to him 
that giveth me wisdom1 will ,i give     
glory4  #ea3bd4 ,for ,i have determined 
to follow her3  ,i have had a zeal for  
good1 and shall not be confounded4      
#ea3be4 ,my soul hath wrestled for her1 
and in doing it ,i have been confirmed4 

#ea3bf4 ,i stretched forth my hands on  
high1 and ,i bewailed my ignorance of   
her4  #ea3bg4 ,i directed my soul to    
her1 and in knowledge ,i found her4     
#ea3bh4 ,i possessed my heart with her  
from the beginning3  therefore ,i shall 
not be forsaken4  #ea3bi4 ,my entrails  
were troubled in seeking her3  therefore
 shall ,i possess a good possession4    
#ea3cj4 ,the ,lord hath given me a      
tongue for my reward3  and with it ,i   
will praise him4  #ea3ca4 ,draw near to 
me1 ye unlearned1 and gather yourselves 
together into the hours of discipline4  
#ea3cb4 ,why are ye slow and what do you
 say of these things8  your souls are   
exceeding thirsty4  #ea3cc4 ,i have     
opened my mouth1 and have spoken3  buy  
her for yourselves without silver1      
#ea3cd4 ,and submit your neck to the    
yoke1 and let your soul receive         
discipline3  for she is near at hand to 
be found4  #ea3ce4 ,behold with your    
eyes how ,i have laboured a little1 and 
have found much rest to myself4  #ea3cf4

 ,receive ye discipline as a great sum  
of money1 and possess abundance of gold 
by her4  #ea3cg4 ,let your soul rejoice 
in his mercy and you shall not be       
confounded in his praise4  #ea3ch4 ,work
 your work before the time1 and he will 
give you your reward in his time4       
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,isaias    ,this 
inspired writer is called by the ,holy  
,ghost1 the great prophet1              
7,ecclesiasticus #dh4be17 from the      
greatness of his prophetic spirit1 by   
which he hath foretold so long before1  
and in so clear a manner1 the coming of 
,christ1 the mysteries of our           
redemption1 the calling of the          
,gentiles1 and the glorious             
establishment1 and perpetual flourishing
 of the church of ,christ3  insomuch    
that he may seem to have been rather an 
evangelist than a prophet4  ,his very   
name is not without mystery2 for ,isaias
 in ,hebrew signifies the salvation of  
the ,lord1 or ,jesus is the ,lord4  ,he 
was1 according to the tradition of the  

,hebrews1 of the blood royal of the     
kings of ,juda3  and after a most holy  
life1 ended his days by a glorious      
martyrdom2 being sawed in two1 at the   
command of his wicked son in law1 ,king 
,manasses1 for reproving his evil ways4 
,isaias ,chapter #a   ,the prophet      
complains of the sins of ,juda and      
,jerusalem1 and exhorts them to a       
sincere conversion4  #a3a4 ,the vision  
of ,isaias the ,son of ,amos1 which he  
saw concerning ,juda and ,jerusalem in  
the days of ,ozias1 ,joathan1 ,achaz1   
and ,ezechias1 kings of ,juda4  #a3b4   
,hear1 ,o ye heavens1 and give ear1 ,o  
earth1 for the ,lord hath spoken4  ,i   
have brought up children1 and exalted   
them3  but they have despised me4  #a3c4
 ,the ox knoweth his owner1 and the ass 
his master's crib3  but ,israel hath not
 known me1 and my people hath not       
understood4  #a3d4 ,woe to the sinful   
nation1 a people laden with iniquity1 a 
wicked seed1 ungracious children3  they 
have forsaken the ,lord1 they have      

blasphemed the ,holy ,one of ,israel1   
they are gone away backwards4  #a3e4    
,for what shall ,i strike you any more1 
you that increase transgression8  the   
whole head is sick1 and the whole heart 
is sad4  #a3f4 ,from the sole of the    
foot unto the top of the head1 there is 
no soundness therein3  wounds and       
bruises and swelling sores3  they are   
not bound up1 nor dressed1 nor fomented 
with oil4  #a3g4 ,your land is desolate1
 your cities are burnt with fire3  your 
country strangers devour before your    
face1 and it shall be desolate as when  
wasted by enemies4  #a3h4 ,and the      
daughter of ,sion shall be left as a    
covert in a vineyard1 and as a lodge in 
a garden of cucumbers1 and as a city    
that is laid waste4  #a3i4 ,except the  
,lord of hosts had left us seed1 we had 
been as ,sodom1 and we should have been 
like to ,gomorrha4  #a3aj4 ,hear the    
word of the ,lord1 ye rulers of ,sodom1 
give ear to the law of our ,god1 ye     
people of ,gomorrha4  #a3aa4 ,to what   

purpose do you offer me the multitude of
 your victims1 saith the ,lord8  ,i am  
full1 ,i desire not holocausts of rams1 
and fat of fatlings1 and blood of       
calves1 and lambs1 and buck goats4      
#a3ab4 ,when you came to appear before  
me1 who required these things at your   
hands1 that you should walk in my       
courts8  #a3ac4 ,offer sacrifice no more
 in vain3  incense is an abomination to 
me4 ,the new moons1 and the sabbaths and
 other festivals ,i will not abide1 your
 assemblies are wicked4  #a3ad4 ,my soul
 hateth your new moons1 and your        
solemnities3  they are become           
troublesome to me1 ,i am weary of       
bearing them4  #a3ae4 ,and when you     
stretch forth your hands1 ,i will turn  
away my eyes from you3  and when you    
multiply prayer1 ,i will not hear3  for 
your hands are full of blood4  #a3af4   
,wash yourselves1 be clean1 take away   
the evil of your devices from my eyes1  
cease to do perversely1  #a3ag4 ,learn  
to do well3  seek judgment1 relieve the 

oppressed1 judge for the fatherless1    
defend the widow4  #a3ah4 ,and then     
come1 and accuse me1 saith the ,lord3   
if your sins be as scarlet1 they shall  
be made as white as snow3  and if they  
be red as crimson1 they shall be white  
as wool4  #a3ai4 ,if you be willing1 and
 will hearken to me1 you shall eat the  
good things of the land4  #a3bj4 ,but if
 you will not1 and will provoke me to   
wrath3  the sword shall devour you      
because the mouth of the ,lord hath     
spoken it4  #a3ba4 ,how is the faithful 
city1 that was full of judgment1 become 
a harlot8  justice dwelt in it1 but now 
murderers4  #a3bb4 ,thy silver is turned
 into dross3  thy wine is mingled with  
water4  #a3bc4 ,thy princes are         
faithless1 companions of thieves3  they 
all love bribes1 they run after rewards4
  ,they judge not for the fatherless3   
and the widow's cause cometh not in to  
them4  #a3bd4 ,therefore saith the ,lord
 the ,god of hosts1 the mighty one of   
,israel3  ,ah6 ,i will comfort myself   

over my adversaries3  and ,i will be    
revenged of my enemies4  #a3be4 ,and ,i 
will turn my hand to thee1 and ,i will  
clean purge away thy dross1 and ,i will 
take away all thy tin4  #a3bf4 ,and ,i  
will restore thy judges as they were    
before1 and thy counsellors as of old4  
,after this thou shalt be called the    
city of the just1 a faithful city4      
#a3bg4 ,sion shall be redeemed in       
judgment1 and they shall bring her back 
in justice4  #a3bh4 ,and he shall       
destroy the wicked1 and the sinners     
together3  and they that have forsaken  
the ,lord1 shall be consumed4  #a3bi4   
,for they shall be confounded for the   
idols1 to which they have sacrificed3   
and you shall be ashamed of the gardens 
which you have chosen4  #a3cj4 ,when you
 shall be as an oak with the leaves     
falling off1 and as a garden without    
water4  #a3ca4 ,and your strength shall 
be as the ashes of tow1 and your work as
 a spark3  and both shall burn together1
 and there shall be none to quench it4  

,isaias ,chapter #b   ,all nations shall
 flow to the church of ,christ4  ,the   
,jews shall be rejected for their sins4 
,idolatry shall be destroyed4  #b3a4    
,the word that ,isaias the son of ,amos 
saw1 concerning ,juda and ,jerusalem4   
#b3b4 ,and in the last days the mountain
 of the house of the ,lord shall be     
prepared on the top of mountains1 and it
 shall be exalted above the hills1 and  
all nations shall flow unto it4  ,the   
last days4 4 4,the whole time of the new
 law1 from the coming of ,christ till   
the end of the world1 is called in the  
scripture the last days2 because no     
other age or time shall come after it1  
but only eternity4--,ibid4  ,on the top 
of mountains1 etc4 4 4,this shews the   
perpetual visibility of the church of   
,christ3  for a mountain upon the top of
 mountains cannot be hid4  #b3c4 ,and   
many people shall go1 and say3  ,come   
and let us go up to the mountain of the 
,lord1 and to the house of the ,god of  
,jacob1 and he will teach us his ways1  

and we will walk in his paths3  for the 
law shall come forth from ,sion1 and the
 word of the ,lord from ,jerusalem4     
#b3d4 ,and he shall judge the ,gentiles1
 and rebuke many people3  and they shall
 turn their swords into ploughshares1   
and their spears into sickles3  nation  
shall not lift up sword against nation1 
neither shall they be exercised any more
 to war4  #b3e4 ,o house of ,jacob1 come
 ye1 and let us walk in the light of the
 ,lord4  #b3f4 ,for thou hast cast off  
thy people1 the house of ,jacob3        
because they are filled as in times     
past1 and have had soothsayers as the   
,philistines1 and have adhered to       
strange children4  #b3g4 ,their land is 
filled with silver and gold3  and there 
is no end of their treasures4  #b3h4    
,and their land is filled with horses3  
and their chariots are innumerable4     
,their land also is full of idols3  they
 have adored the work of their own      
hands1 which their own fingers have     
made4  #b3i4 ,and man hath bowed himself

 down1 and man hath been debased3       
therefore forgive them not4  #b3aj4     
,enter thou into the rock1 and hide thee
 in the pit from the face of the fear of
 the ,lord1 and from the glory of his   
majesty4  #b3aa4 ,the lofty eyes of man 
are humbled1 and the haughtiness of men 
shall be made to stoop3  and the ,lord  
alone shall be exalted in that day4     
#b3ab4 ,because the day of the ,lord of 
hosts shall be upon every one that is   
proud and highminded1 and upon every one
 that is arrogant1 and he shall be      
humbled4  #b3ac4 ,and upon all the tall 
and lofty cedars of ,libanus1 and upon  
all the oaks of ,basan4  #b3ad4 ,and    
upon all the high mountains and upon all
 the elevated hills4  #b3ae4 ,and upon  
every high tower1 and every fenced wall4
  #b3af4 ,and upon all the ships of     
,tharsis1 and upon all that is fair to  
behold4  #b3ag4 ,and the loftiness of   
men shall be bowed down1 and the        
haughtiness of men shall be humbled1 and
 the ,lord alone shall be exalted in    

that day4  #b3ah4 ,and idols shall be   
utterly destroyed4  ,idols shall be     
utterly destroyed4 4 4or utterly pass   
away4  ,this was verified by the        
establishment of ,christianity4  ,and by
 this and other texts of the like       
nature1 the wild system of some modern  
sectaries is abundantly confuted1 who   
charge the whole ,christian church with 
worshipping idols1 for many ages4       
#b3ai4 ,and they shall go into the holes
 of rocks1 and into the caves of the    
earth from the face of the fear of the  
,lord1 and from the glory of his        
majesty1 when he shall rise up to strike
 the earth4  #b3bj4 ,in that day a man  
shall cast away his idols of silver1 and
 his idols of gold1 which he had made   
for himself to adore1 moles and bats4   
#b3ba4 ,and he shall go into the clefts 
of rocks1 and into the holes of stones  
from the face of the fear of the ,lord1 
and from the glory of his majesty1 when 
he shall rise up to strike the earth4   
#b3bb4 ,cease ye therefore from the man1

 whose breath is in his nostrils1 for he
 is reputed high4    ,isaias ,chapter #c
   ,the confusion and other evils that  
shall come upon the ,jews for their     
sins4  ,the pride of their women shall  
be punished4  #c3a4 ,for behold the     
sovereign ,lord of hosts shall take away
 from ,jerusalem1 and from ,juda the    
valiant and the strong1 the whole       
strength of bread1 and the whole        
strength of water4  #c3b4 ,the strong   
man1 and the man of war1 the judge1 and 
the prophet and the cunning man1 and the
 ancient4  #c3c4 ,the captain over      
fifty1 and the honourable in            
countenance1 and the counsellor1 and the
 architect1 and the skilful in eloquent 
speech4  #c3d4 ,and ,i will give        
children to be their princes1 and the   
effeminate shall rule over them4  #c3e4 
,and the people shall rush one upon     
another1 and every man against his      
neighbour3  the child shall make a      
tumult against the ancient1 and the base
 against the honourable4  #c3f4 ,for a  

man shall take hold of his brother1 one 
of the house of his father1 saying3     
,thou hast a garment1 be thou our ruler1
 and let this ruin be under thy hand4   
#c3g4 ,in that day he shall answer1     
saying3  ,i am no healer1 and in my     
house there is no bread1 nor clothing3  
make me not ruler of the people4  #c3h4 
,for ,jerusalem is ruined1 and ,juda is 
fallen3  because their tongue1 and their
 devices are against the ,lord1 to      
provoke the eyes of his majesty4  #c3i4 
,the shew of their countenance hath     
answered them3  and they have proclaimed
 abroad their sin as ,sodom1 and they   
have not hid it3  woe to their souls1   
for evils are rendered to them4  #c3aj4 
,say to the just man that it is well1   
for he shall eat the fruit of his       
doings4  #c3aa4 ,woe to the wicked unto 
evil3  for the reward of his hands shall
 be given him4  #c3ab4 ,as for my       
people1 their oppressors have stripped  
them1 and women have ruled over them4   
,o my people1 they that call thee       

blessed1 the same deceive thee1 and     
destroy the way of thy steps4  #c3ac4   
,the ,lord standeth up to judge1 and he 
standeth to judge the people4  #c3ad4   
,the ,lord will enter into judgment with
 the ancients of his people1 and its    
princes3  for you have devoured the     
vineyard1 and the spoil of the poor is  
in your house4  #c3ae4 ,why do you      
consume my people1 and grind the faces  
of the poor8 saith the ,lord the ,god of
 hosts4  #c3af4 ,and the ,lord said3    
,because the daughters of ,sion are     
haughty1 and have walked with stretched 
out necks1 and wanton glances of their  
eyes1 and made a noise as they walked   
with their feet and moved in a set pace3
  #c3ag4 ,the ,lord will make bald the  
crown of the head of the daughters of   
,sion1 and the ,lord will discover their
 hair4  #c3ah4 ,in that day the ,lord   
will take away the ornaments of shoes1  
and little moons1  #c3ai4 ,and chains   
and necklaces1 and bracelets1 and       
bonnets1  #c3bj4 ,and bodkins1 and      

ornaments of the legs1 and tablets1 and 
sweet balls1 and earrings1  #c3ba4 ,and 
rings1 and jewels hanging on the        
forehead1  #c3bb4 ,and changes of       
apparel1 and short cloaks1 and fine     
linen1 and crisping pins1  #c3bc4 ,and  
lookingglasses1 and lawns1 and          
headbands1 and fine veils4  #c3bd4 ,and 
instead of a sweet smell there shall be 
stench1 and instead of a girdle1 a cord1
 and instead of curled hair1 baldness1  
and instead of a stomacher1 haircloth4  
#c3be4 ,thy fairest men also shall fall 
by the sword1 and thy valiant ones in   
battle4  #c3bf4 ,and her gates shall    
lament and mourn1 and she shall sit     
desolate on the ground4    ,isaias      
,chapter #d   ,after an extremity of    
evils that shall fall upon the ,jews1 a 
remnant shall be comforted by ,christ4  
#d3a4 ,and in that day seven women shall
 take hold of one man1 saying3  ,we will
 eat our own bread1 and wear our own    
apparel3  only let us be called by thy  
name1 take away our reproach4  #d3b4 ,in

 that day the bud of the ,lord shall be 
in magnificence and glory1 and the fruit
 of the earth shall be high1 and a great
 joy to them that shall have escaped of 
,israel4  ,the bud of the ,lord4 4      
4,that is1 ,christ4  #d3c4 ,and it shall
 come to pass1 that every one that shall
 be left in ,sion1 and that shall remain
 in ,jerusalem1 shall be called holy1   
every one that is written in life in    
,jerusalem4  #d3d4 ,if the ,lord shall  
wash away the filth of the daughters of 
,sion1 and shall wash away the blood of 
,jerusalem out of the midst thereof1 by 
the spirit of judgment1 and by the      
spirit of burning4  #d3e4 ,and the ,lord
 will create upon every place of mount  
,sion1 and where he is called upon1 a   
cloud by day1 and a smoke and the       
brightness of a flaming fire in the     
night3  for over all the glory shall be 
a protection4  #d3f4 ,and there shall be
 a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime
 from the heat1 and for a security and  
covert from the whirlwind1 and from     

rain4    ,isaias ,chapter #e   ,the     
reprobation of the ,jews is foreshewn   
under the parable of a vineyard4  ,a woe
 is pronounced against sinners3  the    
army of ,god shall send against them4   
#e3a4 ,i will sing to my beloved the    
canticle of my cousin concerning his    
vineyard4  ,my beloved had a vineyard on
 a hill in a fruitful place4  ,my       
cousin4 4 4,so the prophet calls        
,christ1 as being of his family and     
kindred1 by descending from the house of
 ,david4  ,ibid4  ,on a hill1 etc4 4    
4,literally1 in the horn1 the son of    
oil4  #e3b4 ,and he fenced it in1 and   
picked the stones out of it1 and planted
 it with the choicest vines1 and built a
 tower in the midst thereof1 and set up 
a winepress therein3  and he looked that
 it should bring forth grapes1 and it   
brought forth wild grapes4  #e3c4 ,and  
now1 ,o ye inhabitants of ,jerusalem1   
and ye men of ,juda1 judge between me   
and my vineyard4  #e3d4 ,what is there  
that ,i ought to do more to my vineyard1

 that ,i have not done to it8  was it   
that ,i looked that it should bring     
forth grapes1 and it hath brought forth 
wild grapes8  #e3e4 ,and now ,i will    
shew you what ,i will do to my vineyard4
  ,i will take away the hedge thereof1  
and it shall be wasted3  ,i will break  
down the wall thereof1 and it shall be  
trodden down4  #e3f4 ,and ,i will make  
it desolate3  it shall not be pruned1   
and it shall not be digged3  but briers 
and thorns shall come up3  and ,i will  
command the clouds to rain no rain upon 
it4  #e3g4 ,for the vineyard of the     
,lord of hosts is the house of ,israel3 
and the man of ,juda1 his pleasant      
plant3  and ,i looked that he should do 
judgment1 and behold iniquity3  and do  
justice1 and behold a cry4  #e3h4 ,woe  
to you that join house to house and lay 
field to field1 even to the end of the  
place3  shall you alone dwell in the    
midst of the earth8  #e3i4 ,these things
 are in my ears1 saith the ,lord of     
hosts3  ,unless many great and fair     

houses shall become desolate1 without an
 inhabitant4  #e3aj4 ,for ten acres of  
vineyard shall yield one little measure1
 and thirty bushels of seed shall yield 
three bushels4  #e3aa4 ,woe to you that 
rise up early in the morning to follow  
drunkenness1 and to drink in the        
evening1 to be inflamed with wine4      
#e3ab4 ,the harp1 and the lyre1 and1 the
 timbrel and the pipe1 and wine are in  
your feasts3  and the work of the ,lord 
you regard not1 nor do you consider the 
works of his hands4  #e3ac4 ,therefore  
is my people led away captive1 because  
they had not knowledge1 and their nobles
 have perished with famine1 and their   
multitude were dried up with thirst4    
#e3ad4 ,therefore hath hell enlarged her
 soul1 and opened her mouth without any 
bounds1 and their strong ones1 and their
 people1 and their high and glorious    
ones shall go down into it4  #e3ae4 ,and
 man shall be brought down1 and man     
shall be humbled1 and the eyes of the   
lofty shall be brought low4  #e3af4 ,and

 the ,lord of hosts shall be exalted in 
judgment1 and the holy ,god shall be    
sanctified in justice4  #e3ag4 ,and the 
lambs shall feed according to their     
order1 and strangers shall eat the      
deserts turned into fruitfulness4       
#e3ah4 ,woe to you that draw iniquity   
with cords of vanity1 and sin as the    
rope of a cart4  #e3ai4 ,that say3  ,let
 him make haste1 and let his work come  
quickly1 that we may see it3  and let   
the counsel of the ,holy ,one of ,israel
 come1 that we may know it4  #e3bj4 ,woe
 to you that call evil good1 and good   
evil3  that put darkness for light1 and 
light for darkness3  that put bitter for
 sweet1 and sweet for bitter4  #e3ba4   
,woe to you that are wise in your own   
eyes1 and prudent in your own conceits4 
#e3bb4 ,woe to you that are mighty to   
drink wine1 and stout men at            
drunkenness4  #e3bc4 ,that justify the  
wicked for gifts1 and take away the     
justice of the just from him4  #e3bd4   
,therefore as the tongue of the fire    

devoureth the stubble1 and the heat of  
the flame consumeth it3  so shall their 
root be as ashes1 and their bud shall go
 up as dust3  for they have cast away   
the law of the ,lord of hosts1 and have 
blasphemed the word of the ,holy ,one of
 ,israel4  #e3be4 ,therefore is the     
wrath of the ,lord kindled against his  
people1 and he hath stretched out his   
hand upon them1 and struck them3  and   
the mountains were troubles1 and their  
carcasses became as dung in the midst of
 the streets4  ,for after this his anger
 is not turned away1 but his hand is    
stretched out still4  #e3bf4 ,and he    
will lift up a sign to the nations afar 
off1 and will whistle to them from the  
ends of the earth3  and behold they     
shall come with speed swiftly4  #e3bg4  
,there is none that shall faint1 nor    
labour among them3  they shall not      
slumber nor sleep1 neither shall the    
girdle of their loins be loosed1 nor the
 latchet of their shoes be broken4      
#e3bh4 ,their arrows are sharp1 and all 

their bows are bent4  ,the hoofs of     
their horses shall be like the flint1   
and their wheels like the violence of a 
tempest4  #e3bi4 ,their roaring like    
that of a lion1 they shall roar like    
young lions3  yea they shall roar1 and  
take hold of the prey1 and they shall   
keep fast hold of it1 and there shall be
 none to deliver it4  #e3cj4 ,and they  
shall make a noise against them that    
day1 like the roaring of the sea2 we    
shall look towards the land1 and behold 
darkness of tribulation1 and the light  
is darkened with the mist thereof4      
,isaias ,chapter #f   ,a glorious       
vision1 in which the prophet's lips are 
cleansed3  he foretelleth the obstinacy 
of the ,jews4  #f3a4 ,in the year that  
king ,ozias died1 ,i saw the ,lord      
sitting upon a throne high and elevated3
  and his train filled the temple4      
#f3b4 ,upon it stood the seraphims3  the
 one had six wings1 and the other had   
six wings3  with two they covered his   
face1 and with two they covered his     

feet1 and with two they flew4  #f3c4    
,and they cried one to another1 and     
said3  ,holy1 holy1 holy1 the ,lord ,god
 of hosts1 all the earth is full of his 
glory1  #f3d4 ,and the lintels of the   
doors were moved at the voice of him    
that cried1 and the house was filled    
with smoke4  #f3e4 ,and ,i said3  ,woe  
is me1 because ,i have held my peace2   
because ,i am a man of unclean lips1 and
 ,i dwell in the midst of a people that 
hath unclean lips1 and ,i have seen with
 my eyes the ,king the ,lord of hosts4  
#f3f4 ,and one of the seraphims flew to 
me1 and in his hand was a live coal1    
which he had taken with the tongs off   
the altar4  #f3g4 ,and he touched my    
mouth1 and said3  ,behold this hath     
touched thy lips1 and thy iniquities    
shall be taken away1 and thy sin shall  
be cleansed4  #f3h4 ,and ,i heard the   
voice of the ,lord1 saying3  ,whom shall
 ,i send8  and who shall go for us8     
,and ,i said3  ,lo1 here am ,i1 send me4
  #f3i4 ,and he said3  ,go1 and thou    

shalt say to this people3  ,hearing1    
hear1 and understand not3  and see the  
vision1 and know it not4  #f3aj4 ,blind 
the heart of this people1 and make their
 ears heavy1 and shut their eyes3  lest 
they see with their eyes1 and hear with 
their ears1 and understand with their   
heart1 and be converted and ,i heal     
them4  #f3aa4 ,and ,i said3  ,how long1 
,o ,lord8  ,and he said3  ,until the    
cities be wasted without inhabitant1 and
 the houses without man1 and the land   
shall be left desolate4  #f3ab4 ,and the
 ,lord shall remove men far away1 and   
she shall be multiplied that was left in
 the midst of the earth4  #f3ac4 ,and   
there shall be still a tithing therein1 
and she shall turn1 and shall be made a 
show as a turpentine tree1 and as an oak
 that spreadeth its branches3  that     
which shall stand therein1 shall be a   
holy seed4    ,isaias ,chapter #g   ,the
 prophet assures king ,achaz that the   
two kings his enemies shall not take    
,jerusalem4  ,a virgin shall conceive   

and bear a son4  #g3a4 ,and it came to  
pass in the days of ,achaz the son of   
,joathan1 the son of ,ozias1 king of    
,juda1 that ,rasin king of ,syria and   
,phacee the son of ,romelia king of     
,israel1 came up to ,jerusalem1 to fight
 against it3 but they could not prevail 
over it4  #g3b4 ,and they told the house
 of ,david1 saying3  ,syria hath rested 
upon ,ephraim1 and his heart was moved1 
and the heart of his people1 as the     
trees of the woods are moved with the   
wind4  #g3c4 ,and the ,lord said to     
,isaias3  ,go forth to meet ,achaz1 thou
 and ,jasub thy son that is left1 to the
 conduit of the upper pool in the way of
 the fuller's field4  #g3d4 ,and thou   
shalt say to him3  ,see thou be quiet3  
fear not1 and let not thy heart be      
afraid of the two tails of these        
firebrands1 smoking with the wrath of   
the fury of ,rasin king of ,syria1 and  
of the son of ,romelia4  #g3e4 ,because 
,syria hath taken counsel against thee1 
unto the evil of ,ephraim and the son of

 ,romelia1 saying3  #g3f4 ,let us go up 
to ,juda1 and rouse it up1 and draw it  
away to us1 and make the son of ,tabeel 
king in the midst thereof4  #g3g4 ,thus 
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,it shall not    
stand1 and this shall not be4  #g3h4    
,but the head of ,syria is ,damascus1   
and the head of ,damascus is ,rasin3    
and within threescore and five years1   
,ephraim shall cease to be a people3    
#g3i4 ,and the head of ,ephraim is      
,samaria1 and the head of ,samaria is   
the son of ,romelia4  ,if you will not  
believe1 you shall not continue4  #g3aj4
 ,and the ,lord spoke again to ,achaz1  
saying3  #g3aa4 ,ask thee a sign of the 
,lord thy ,god1 either unto the depth of
 hell1 or unto the height above4  #g3ab4
 ,and ,achaz said3  ,i will not ask1 and
 ,i will not tempt the ,lord4  #g3ac4   
,and he said3  ,hear ye therefore1 ,o   
house of ,david3  ,is it a small thing  
for you to be grievous to men1 that you 
are grievous to my ,god also8  #g3ad4   
,therefore the ,lord himself shall give 

you a sign4  ,behold a virgin shall     
conceive1 and bear a son and his name   
shall be called ,emmanuel4  #g3ae4 ,he  
shall eat butter and honey1 that he may 
know to refuse the evil1 and to choose  
the good4  #g3af4 ,for before the child 
know to refuse the evil and to choose   
the good1 the land which thou abhorrest 
shall be forsaken of the face of her two
 kings4  #g3ag4 ,the ,lord shall bring  
upon thee1 and upon thy people1 and upon
 the house of thy father1 days that have
 not come since the time of the         
separation of ,ephraim from ,juda with  
the king of the ,assyrians4  #g3ah4 ,and
 it shall come to pass in that day1 that
 the ,lord shall hiss for the fly1 that 
is in the uttermost parts of the rivers 
of ,egypt1 and for the bee that is in   
the land of ,assyria4  #g3ai4 ,and they 
shall come1 and shall all of them rest  
in the torrents of the valleys1 and in  
the holes of the rocks1 and upon all    
places set with shrubs1 and in all      
hollow places4  #g3bj4 ,in that day the 

,lord shall shave with a razor that is  
hired by them that are beyond the river1
 by the king of the ,assyrians1 the head
 and the hairs of the feet1 and the     
whole beard4  #g3ba4 ,and it shall come 
to pass in that day1 that a man shall   
nourish a young cow1 and two sheep4     
#g3bb4 ,and for the abundance of milk he
 shall eat butter3  for butter and honey
 shall every one eat that shall be left 
in the midst of the land4  #g3bc4 ,and  
it shall come to pass in that day1 that 
every place where there were a thousand 
vines1 at a thousand pieces of silver1  
shall become thorns and briers4  #g3bd4 
,with arrows and with bows they shall go
 in thither3  for briers and thorns     
shall be in all the land4  #g3be4 ,and  
as for the hills that shall be raked    
with a rake1 the fear of thorns and     
briers shall not come thither1 but they 
shall be for the ox to feed on1 and the 
lesser cattle to tread upon4    ,isaias 
,chapter #h   ,the name of a child that 
is to be born3  many evils shall come   

upon the ,jews for their sins4  #h3a4   
,and the ,lord said to me3  ,take thee a
 great book1 and write in it with a     
man's pen4  ,take away the spoils with  
speed1 quickly take the prey4  #h3b4    
,and ,i took unto me faithful witnesses1
 ,urias the priest1 and ,zacharias the  
son of ,barachias4  #h3c4 ,and ,i went  
to the prophetess1 and she conceived1   
and bore a son4 ,and the ,lord said to  
me3  ,call his name1 ,hasten to take    
away the spoils3 ,make hast to take away
 the prey4  #h3d4 ,for before the child 
know to call his father and his mother1 
the strength of ,damascus1 and the      
spoils of ,samaria shall be taken away  
before the king of the ,assyrians4      
#h3e4 ,and the ,lord spoke to me again1 
saying3  #h3f4 ,forasmuch as this people
 hath cast away the waters of ,siloe1   
that go with silence1 and hath rather   
taken ,rasin1 and the son of ,romelia3  
#h3g4 ,therefore behold the ,lord will  
bring upon them the waters of the river 
strong and many1 the king of the        

,assyrians1 and all his glory3 and he   
shall come up over all his channels1 and
 shall overflow all his banks4  #h3h4   
,and shall pass through ,juda1          
overflowing1 and going over shall reach 
even to the neck4  ,and the stretching  
out of his wings shall fill the breadth 
of thy1 land1 ,o ,emmanuel4  #h3i4      
,gather yourselves together1 ,o ye      
people1 and be overcome1 and give ear1  
all ye lands afar off3  strengthen      
yourselves1 and be overcome1 gird       
yourselves1 and be overcome4  #h3aj4    
,take counsel together1 and it shall be 
defeated3  speak a word1 and it shall   
not be done3  because ,god is with us4  
#h3aa4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to me3 
,as he hath taught me1 with a strong    
arm1 that ,i should not walk in the way 
of this people1 saying3  #h3ab4 ,say ye 
not3  ,a conspiracy3  for all that this 
people speaketh1 is a conspiracy3       
neither fear ye their fear1 nor be      
afraid4  #h3ac4 ,sanctify the ,lord of  
hosts himself3  and let him be your     

fear1 and let him be your dread4  #h3ad4
 ,and he shall be a sanctification to   
you4  ,but for a stone of stumbling1 and
 for a rock of offence to the two houses
 of ,israel1 for a snare and a ruin to  
the inhabitants of ,jerusalem4  #h3ae4  
,and very many of them shall stumble and
 fall1 and shall be broken in pieces1   
and shall be snared1 and taken4  #h3af4 
,bind up the testimony1 seal the law    
among my disciples4  #h3ag4 ,and ,i will
 wait for the ,lord1 who hath hid his   
face from the house of ,jacob1 and ,i   
will look for him4  #h3ah4 ,behold ,i   
and my children1 whom the ,lord hath    
given me for a sign1 and for a wonder in
 ,israel from the ,lord of hosts1 who   
dwelleth in mount ,sion4  #h3ai4 ,and   
when they shall say to you3  ,seek of   
pythons1 and of diviners1 who mutter in 
their enchantments3  should not the     
people seek of their ,god1 for the      
living of the dead8  ,seek of pythons4 4
 4,that is1 people pretending to tell   
future things by a prophesying          

spirit4--,ibid4  ,should not the people 
seek of their ,god1 for the living of   
the dead84 4 4,here is signified1 that  
it is to ,god we should pray to be      
directed1 and not to seek of the dead1  
7that is1 of fortune-tellers dead in    
sin17 for the health of the living4     
#h3bj4 ,to the law rather1 and to the   
testimony4  ,and if they speak not      
according to this word1 they shall not  
have the morning light4  #h3ba4 ,and    
they shall pass by it1 they shall fall1 
and be hungry3  and when they shall be  
hungry1 they will be angry1 and curse   
their king1 and their ,god1 and look    
upwards4  #h3bb4 ,and they shall look to
 the earth1 and behold trouble and      
darkness1 weakness and distress1 and a  
mist following them1 and they cannot fly
 away from their distress4    ,isaias   
,chapter #i   ,what joy shall come after
 afflictions by the birth and kingdom of
 ,christ2 which shall flourish for ever4
  ,judgments upon ,israel for their     
sins4  #i3a4 ,at the first time the land

 of ,zabulon1 and the land of ,nephtali 
was lightly touched3  and at the last   
the way of the sea beyond the ,jordan of
 the ,galilee of the ,gentiles was      
heavily loaded4  #i3b4 ,the people that 
walked in darkness1 have seen a great   
light3  to them that dwelt in the region
 of the shadow of death1 light is risen4
  #i3c4 ,thou hast multiplied the       
nation1 and hast not increased the joy4 
,they shall rejoice before thee1 as they
 that rejoice in the harvest1 as        
conquerors rejoice after taking a prey1 
when they divide the spoils4  #i3d4 ,for
 the yoke of their burden1 and the rod  
of their shoulder1 and the sceptre of   
their oppressor thou hast overcome1 as  
in the day of ,madian4  #i3e4 ,for every
 violent taking of spoils1 with tumult1 
and garment mingled with blood1 shall be
 burnt1 and be fuel for the fire4  #i3f4
 ,for a ,,child ,,is ,,born to us1 and a
 son is given to us1 and the government 
is upon his shoulder3  and his name     
shall be called ,wonderful1 ,counsellor1

 ,god the ,mighty1 the ,father of the   
world to come1 the ,prince of ,peace4   
#i3g4 ,his empire shall be multiplied1  
and there shall be no end of peace3  he 
shall sit upon the throne of ,david1 and
 upon his kingdom2 to establish it and  
strengthen it with judgment and with    
justice1 from henceforth and for ever3  
the zeal of the ,lord of hosts will     
perform this4  #i3h4 ,the ,lord sent a  
word into ,jacob1 and it hath lighted   
upon ,israel4  #i3i4 ,and all the people
 of ,ephraim shall know1 and the        
inhabitants of ,samaria that say in the 
pride and haughtiness of their heart3   
#i3aj4 ,the bricks are fallen down1 but 
we will build with square stones3 they  
have cut down the sycamores1 but we will
 change them for cedars4  #i3aa4 ,and   
the ,lord shall set up the enemies of   
,rasin over him1 and shall bring on his 
enemies in a crowd3  #i3ab4 ,the        
,syrians from the east1 and1 the        
,philistines from the west3 and they    
shall devour ,israel with open mouth4   

,for all this his indignation is not    
turned away1 but his hand is stretched  
out still4  #i3ac4 ,and the people are  
not returned to him who hath struck     
them1 and have not sought after the     
,lord of hosts4  #i3ad4 ,and the ,lord  
shall destroy out of ,israel the head   
and the tail1 him that bendeth down1 and
 him that holdeth back1 in one day4     
#i3ae4 ,the aged and honourable1 he is  
the head3  and the prophet that teacheth
 lies1 he is the tail4  #i3af4 ,and they
 that call this people blessed1 shall   
cause them to err3 and they that are    
called blessed1 shall be thrown down1   
headlong4  #i3ag4 ,therefore the ,lord  
shall have no joy in their young men3   
neither shall he have mercy on their    
fatherless1 and widows3  for every one  
is a hypocrite and wicked1 and every    
mouth hath spoken folly4  ,for all this 
his indignation is not turned away1 but 
his hand is stretched out still4  #i3ah4
 ,for wickedness is kindled as a fire1  
it shall devour the brier and the thorn3

  and shall kindle in the thicket of the
 forest1 and it shall be wrapped up in  
smoke ascending on high4  #i3ai4 ,by the
 wrath of the ,lord of hosts the land is
 troubled1 and the people shall be as   
fuel for the fire3  no man shall spare  
his brother4  #i3bj4 ,and he shall turn 
to the right hand1 and shall be hungry3 
and shall eat on the left hand1 and     
shall not be filled3  every one shall   
eat the flesh of his own arm3  ,manasses
 ,ephraim1 and ,ephraim ,manasses1 and  
they together shall be against ,juda4   
#i3ba4 ,after all these things his      
indignation is not turned away1 but his 
hand is stretched out still4    ,isaias 
,chapter #aj   ,woe to the makers of    
wicked laws4  ,the ,assyrian shall be a 
rod for punishing ,israel3  but for     
their pride they shall be destroyed3    
and a remnant of ,israel saved4  #aj3a4 
,woe to them that make wicked laws3  and
 when they write1 write injustice3      
#aj3b4 ,to oppress the poor in judgment1
 and do violence to the cause of the    

humble of my people3  that widows might 
be their prey1 and that they might rob  
the fatherless4  #aj3c4 ,what will you  
do in the day of visitation1 and of the 
calamity which cometh from afar8  to    
whom will ye flee for help8  and where  
will ye leave your glory8  #aj3d4 ,that 
you be not bowed down under the bond1   
and fall with the slain8  ,in all these 
things his anger is not turned away1 but
 his hand is stretched out still4       
#aj3e4 ,woe to the ,assyrian1 he is the 
rod and the staff of my anger1 and my   
indignation is in their hands4  #aj3f4  
,i will send him to a deceitful nation1 
and ,i will give him a charge against   
the people of my wrath1 to take away the
 spoils1 and to lay hold on the prey1   
and to tread them down like the mire of 
the streets4  #aj3g4 ,but he shall not  
take it so1 and his heart shall not     
think so3 but his heart shall be set to 
destroy1 and to cut off nations not a   
few4  #aj3h4 ,for he shall say3  #aj3i4 
,are not my princes as so many kings8   

is not ,calano as ,charcamis3 and ,emath
 as ,arphad8  is not ,samaria as        
,damascus8  #aj3aj4 ,as my hand hath    
found the kingdoms of the idol1 so also 
their idols of ,jerusalem1 and of       
,samaria4  #aj3aa4 ,shall ,i not1 as ,i 
have done to ,samaria and her idols1 so 
do to ,jerusalem and her idols8  #aj3ab4
 ,and it shall come to pass1 that when  
the ,lord shall have performed all his  
works in mount ,sion1 and in ,jerusalem1
 ,i will visit the fruit of the proud   
heart of the king of ,assyria1 and the  
glory of the haughtiness of his eyes4   
#aj3ac4 ,for he hath said3  ,by the     
strength of my own hand ,i have done it1
 and by my own wisdom ,i have           
understood3  and ,i have removed the    
bounds of the people1 and have taken the
 spoils of the princes1 and as a mighty 
man hath pulled down them that sat on   
high4  #aj3ad4 ,and my hand hath found  
the strength of the people as a nest2   
and as eggs are gathered1 that are left1
 so have ,i gathered all the earth3 and 

there was none that moved the wing1 or  
opened the mouth1 or made the least     
noise4  #aj3ae4 ,shall the axe boast    
itself against him that cutteth with it8
  or shall the saw exalt itself against 
him by whom it is drawn8  as if a rod   
should lift itself up against him that  
lifteth it up1 and a staff exalt itself1
 which is but wood4  #aj3af4 ,therefore 
the sovereign ,lord1 the ,lord of hosts1
 shall send leanness among his fat ones3
  and under his glory shall be kindled a
 burning1 as it were the burning of a   
fire4  #aj3ag4 ,and the light of ,israel
 shall be as a fire1 and the ,holy ,one 
thereof as a flame3  and his thorns and 
his briers shall be set on fire1 and    
shall be devoured in one day4  #aj3ah4  
,and the glory of his forest1 and of his
 beautiful hill1 shall be consumed from 
the soul even to the flesh1 and he shall
 run away through fear4  #aj3ai4 ,and   
they that remain of the trees of his    
forest shall be so few1 that they shall 
easily be numbered1 and a child shall   

write them down4  #aj3bj4 ,and it shall 
come to pass in that day1 that the      
remnant of ,israel1 and they that shall 
escape of the house of ,jacob1 shall    
lean no more upon him that striketh     
them3  but they shall lean upon the     
,lord the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 in     
truth4  #aj3ba4 ,the remnant shall be   
converted1 the remnant1 ,i say1 of      
,jacob1 to the mighty ,god4  #aj3bb4    
,for if thy people1 ,o ,israel1 shall be
 as the sand of the sea1 a remnant of   
them shall be converted1 the consumption
 abridged shall overflow with justice4  
,a remnant of them shall be converted4 4
 4,this was partly verified in the      
children of ,israel who remained after  
the devastations of the ,assyrians1 in  
the time of king ,ezechias3  and partly 
in the conversion of a remnant of the   
,jews to the faithful of                
,christ4--,ibid4  ,the consumption      
abridged1 etc4 4 4,that is1 the number  
of them cut short1 and reduced to few1  
shall flourish in abundance of justice4 

#aj3bc4 ,for the ,lord ,god of hosts    
shall make a consumption1 and an        
abridgment in the midst of all the land4
  #aj3bd4 ,therefore1 thus saith the    
,lord the ,god of hosts3  ,o my people  
that dwellest in ,sion1 be not afraid of
 the ,assyrian3  he shall strike thee   
with his rod1 and he shall lift up his  
staff over thee in the way of ,egypt4   
#aj3be4 ,for yet a little and a very    
little while1 and my indignation shall  
cease1 and my wrath shall be upon their 
wickedness4  #aj3bf4 ,and the ,lord of  
hosts shall raise up a scourge against  
him1 according to the slaughter of      
,madian in the rock of ,oreb1 and his   
rod over the sea1 and he shall lift it  
up in the way of ,egypt4  #aj3bg4 ,and  
it shall come to pass in that day1 that 
his burden shall be taken away from off 
thy shoulder1 and his yoke from off thy 
neck1 and the yoke shall putrefy at the 
presence of the oil4  ,at the presence  
of the oil4 4 4,that is1 by the sweet   
unction of divine mercy4  #aj3bh4 ,he   

shall come into ,aiath1 he shall pass   
into ,magron3  at ,machmas he shall lay 
up his carriages4  ,into ,aiath1 etc4 4 
4,here the prophet describes the march  
of the ,assyrians under ,sennacherib2   
and the terror they should carry with   
them2 and how they should suddenly be   
destroyed4  #aj3bi4 ,they have passed in
 haste1 ,gaba is our lodging3  ,rama was
 astonished1 ,gabaath of ,saul fled     
away4  #aj3cj4 ,lift up thy voice1 ,o   
daughter of ,gallim1 attend1 ,o ,laisa1 
poor ,anathoth4  #aj3ca4 ,medemena is   
removed3  ye inhabitants of ,gabim1 take
 courage4  #aj3cb4 ,it is yet day       
enough1 to remain in ,nobe3  he shall   
shake his hand against the mountain of  
the daughter of ,sion1 the hill of      
,jerusalem4  #aj3cc4 ,behold the        
sovereign ,lord of hosts shall break the
 earthen vessel with terror1 and the    
tall of stature shall be cut down1 and  
the lofty shall be humbled4  #aj3cd4    
,and the thickets of the forest shall be
 cut down with iron1 and ,libanus with  

its high ones shall fall4    ,isaias    
,chapter #aa   ,of the spiritual kingdom
 of ,christ1 to which all nations shall 
repair4  #aa3a4 ,and there shall come   
forth a rod out of the root of ,jesse1  
and a flower shall rise up out of his   
root4  #aa3b4 ,and the spirit of the    
,lord shall rest upon him3  the spirit  
of wisdom1 and of understanding1 the    
spirit of counsel1 and of fortitude1 the
 spirit of knowledge1 and of godliness4 
#aa3c4 ,and he shall be filled with the 
spirit of the fear of the ,lord1 ,he    
shall not judge according to the sight  
of the eyes1 nor reprove according to   
the hearing of the ears4  #aa3d4 ,but he
 shall judge the poor with justice1 and 
shall reprove with equity the meek of   
the earth3  and he shall strike the     
earth with the rod of his mouth1 and    
with the breath of his lips he shall    
slay the wicked4  #aa3e4 ,and justice   
shall be the girdle of his loins3  and  
faith the girdle of his reins4  #aa3f4  
,the wolf shall dwell with the lamb3    

and the leopard shall lie down with the 
kid3  the calf and the lion1 and the    
sheep shall abide together1 and a little
 child shall lead them4  #aa3g4 ,the    
calf and the bear shall feed3  their    
young ones shall rest together3  and the
 lion shall eat straw like the ox4      
#aa3h4 ,and the sucking child shall play
 on other hole of the asp3  and the     
weaned child shall thrust his hand into 
the den of the basilisk4  #aa3i4 ,they  
shall not hurt1 nor shall they kill in  
all my holy mountain1 for the earth is  
filled with the knowledge of the ,lord1 
as the covering waters of the sea4      
#aa3aj4 ,in that day the root of ,jesse1
 who standeth for an ensign of the      
people1 him the ,gentiles shall beseech1
 and his sepulchre shall be glorious4   
#aa3aa4 ,and it shall come to pass in   
that day1 that the ,lord shall set his  
hand the second time to possess the     
remnant of his people1 which shall be   
left from the ,assyrians1 and from      
,egypt1 and from ,phetros1 and from     

,ethiopia1 and from ,elam1 and from     
,sennaar1 and from ,emath1 and from the 
islands of the sea4  #aa3ab4 ,and he    
shall set up a standard unto the        
nations1 and shall assemble the         
fugitives of ,israel1 and shall gather  
together the dispersed of ,juda from the
 four quarters of the earth4  #aa3ac4   
,and the envy of ,ephraim shall be taken
 away1 and the enemies of ,juda shall   
perish3  ,ephraim shall not envy ,juda1 
and ,juda shall not fight against       
,ephraim4  #aa3ad4 ,but they shall fly  
upon the shoulders of the ,philistines  
by the sea1 they together shall spoil   
the children of the east3  ,edom1 till  
,moab shall be under the rule of their  
hand1 and the children of ,ammon shall  
be obedient4  #aa3ae4 ,and the ,lord    
shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of
 ,egypt1 and shall lift up his hand over
 the river in the strength of his       
spirit3 and he shall strike it in the   
seven streams1 so that men may pass     
through it in their shoes4  #aa3af4 ,and

 there shall be a highway for the       
remnant of my people1 which shall be    
left from the ,assyrians3  as there was 
for ,israel in the day that he came up  
out of the land of ,egypt4    ,isaias   
,chapter #ab   ,a canticle of           
thanksgiving for the benefits of        
,christ4  #ab3a4 ,and thou shalt say in 
that day3  ,i will give thanks to thee1 
,o ,lord1 for thou wast angry with me3  
thy wrath is turned away1 and thou hast 
comforted me4  #ab3b4 ,behold1 ,god is  
my saviour1 ,i will deal confidently1   
and will not fear3  because the ,lord is
 my strength1 and my praise1 and he is  
become my salvation4  #ab3c4 ,thou shall
 draw waters with joy out of the        
saviour's fountains3  #ab3d4 ,and you   
shall say in that day3  ,praise ye the  
,lord1 and call upon his name3  make his
 works known among the people3  remember
 that his name is high4  #ab3e4 ,sing ye
 to the ,lord1 for he hath done great   
things3  shew this forth in all the     
earth4  #ab3f4 ,rejoice1 and praise1 ,o 

thou habitation of ,sion3  for great is 
he that is in the midst of thee1 the    
,holy ,one of ,israel4    ,isaias       
,chapter #ac   ,the desolation of       
,babylon4  #ac3a4 ,the burden of        
,babylon which ,isaias the son of ,amos 
saw4  ,the burden of ,babylon4 4 4,that 
is1 a prophecy against ,babylon4  #ac3b4
 ,upon the dark mountain lift ye up a   
banner1 exalt the voice1 lift up the    
hand1 and let the rulers go into the    
gates4  #ac3c4 ,i have commanded my     
sanctified ones1 and have called my     
strong ones in my wrath1 them that      
rejoice in my glory4  #ac3d4 ,the noise 
of a multitude in the mountains1 as it  
were of many people1 the noise of the   
sound of kings1 of nations gathered     
together3 the ,lord of hosts hath given 
charge to the troops of war4  #ac3e4 ,to
 them that come from a country afar off1
 from the end of heaven3  the ,lord and 
the instruments of his wrath1 to destroy
 the whole land4  #ac3f4 ,howl ye1 for  
the day of the ,lord is near3  it shall 

come as a destruction from the ,lord4   
#ac3g4 ,therefore shall all hands be    
faint1 and every heart of man shall     
melt1  #ac3h4 ,and shall be broken4     
,gripings and pains1 shall take hold of 
them1 they shall be in pain as a woman  
in labour4  ,every one shall be amazed  
at his neighbour1 their countenances    
shall be as faces burnt4  #ac3i4        
,behold1 the day of the ,lord shall     
come1 a cruel day1 and full of          
indignation1 and of wrath1 and fury1 to 
lay the land desolate1 and to destroy   
the sinners thereof out of it4  #ac3aj4 
,for the stars of heaven1 and their     
brightness shall not display their      
light3  the sun shall be darkened in his
 rising1 and the moon shall not shine   
with her light4  #ac3aa4 ,and ,i will   
visit the evils of the world1 and       
against the wicked for their iniquity3  
and ,i will make the pride of infidels  
to cease1 and will bring down the       
arrogancy of the mighty4  #ac3ab4 ,a man
 shall be more precious than gold1 yea a

 man than the finest of gold4  #ac3ac4  
,for this ,i will trouble the heaven3   
and the earth shall be moved out of her 
place1 for the indignation of the ,lord 
of hosts1 and for the day of his fierce 
wrath4  #ac3ad4 ,and they shall be as a 
doe fleeing away1 and as a sheep3  and  
there shall be none to gather them      
together3  every man shall turn to his  
own people1 and every one shall flee to 
his own land4  #ac3ae4 ,every one that  
shall be found1 shall be slain3  and    
every one that shall come to their aid1 
shall fall by the sword4  #ac3af4 ,their
 inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces  
before their eyes3 their houses shall be
 pillaged1 and their wives shall be     
ravished4  #ac3ag4 ,behold ,i will stir 
up the ,medes against them1 who shall   
not seek silver1 nor desire gold3       
#ac3ah4 ,but with their arrows they     
shall kill the children1 and shall have 
no pity upon the sucklings of the womb1 
and their eye shall not spare their     
sons4  #ac3ai4 ,and that ,babylon1      

glorious among kingdoms1 the famous     
pride of the ,chaldeans1 shall be even  
as the ,lord destroyed ,sodom and       
,gomorrha4  #ac3bj4 ,it shall no more be
 inhabited for ever1 and it shall not be
 founded unto generation and generation3
  neither shall the ,arabian pitch his  
tents there1 nor shall shepherds rest   
there4  #ac3ba4 ,but wild beasts shall  
rest there1 and their houses shall be   
filled with serpents1 and ostriches     
shall dwell there1 and the hairy ones   
shall dance there3  #ac3bb4 ,and owls   
shall answer one another there1 in the  
houses thereof1 and sirens in the       
temples of pleasure4    ,isaias ,chapter
 #ad   ,the restoration of ,israel after
 their captivity4  ,the parable or song 
insulting over the king of ,babylon4  ,a
 prophecy against the ,philistines4     
#ad3a4 ,her time is near at hand1 and   
her days shall not be prolonged4 ,for   
the ,lord will have mercy on ,jacob1 and
 will yet choose out of ,israel1 and    
will make them rest upon their own      

ground3  and the stranger shall be      
joined with them1 and shall adhere to   
the house of ,jacob4  #ad3b4 ,and the   
people shall take them1 and bring them  
into their place3 and the house of      
,israel shall possess them in the land  
of the ,lord for servants and handmaids3
  and they shall make them captives that
 had taken them1 and shall subdue their 
oppressors4  #ad3c4 ,and it shall come  
to pass in that day1 that when ,god     
shall give thee rest from thy labour1   
and from thy vexation1 and from the hard
 bondage1 wherewith thou didst serve    
before1  #ad3d4 ,thou shalt take up this
 parable against the king of ,babylon1  
and shalt say3  ,how is the oppressor   
come to nothing1 the tribute hath       
ceased8  #ad3e4 ,the ,lord hath broken  
the staff of the wicked1 the rod of the 
rulers1  #ad3f4 ,that struck the people 
in wrath with an incurable wound1 that  
brought nations under in fury1 that     
persecuted in a cruel manner4  #ad3g4   
,the whole earth is quiet and still1 it 

is glad and hath rejoiced4  #ad3h4 ,the 
fir trees also have rejoiced over thee1 
and the cedars of ,libanus1 saying3     
,since thou hast slept1 there hath none 
come up to cut us down4  #ad3i4 ,hell   
below was in an uproar to meet thee at  
thy coming1 it stirred up the giants for
 thee4  ,all the princes of the earth   
are risen up from their thrones1 all the
 princes of nations4  #ad3aj4 ,all shall
 answer1 and say to thee3  ,thou also   
art wounded as well as we1 thou art     
become like unto us4  #ad3aa4 ,thy pride
 is brought down to hell1 thy carcass is
 fallen down3 under thee shall the moth 
be strewed1 and worms shall be thy      
covering4  #ad3ab4 ,how art thou fallen 
from heaven1 ,o ,lucifer1 who didst rise
 in the morning8  how art thou fallen to
 the earth1 that didst wound the        
nations8  ,o ,lucifer4 4 4,o day star4  
,all this1 according to the letter1 is  
spoken of the king of ,babylon4  ,it may
 also be applied1 in a spiritual sense1 
to ,lucifer the prince of devils1 who   

was created a bright angel1 but fell by 
pride and rebellion against ,god4       
#ad3ac4 ,and thou saidst in thy heart3  
,i will ascend into heaven1 ,i will     
exalt my throne above the stars of ,god1
 ,i will sit in the mountain of the     
covenant1 in the sides of the north4    
#ad3ad4 ,i will ascend above the height 
of the clouds1 ,i will be like the most 
,high4  #ad3ae4 ,but yet thou shalt be  
brought down to hell1 into the depth of 
the pit4  #ad3af4 ,they that shall see  
thee1 shall turn toward thee1 and behold
 thee4  ,is this the man that troubled  
the earth1 that shook kingdoms1  #ad3ag4
 ,that made the world a wilderness1 and 
destroyed the cities thereof1 that      
opened not the prison to his prisoners8 
#ad3ah4 ,all the kings of the nations   
have all of them slept in glory1 every  
one in his own house4  #ad3ai4 ,but thou
 art cast out of thy grave1 as an       
unprofitable branch defiled1 and wrapped
 up among them that were slain by the   
sword1 and art gone down to the bottom  

of the pit1 as a rotten carcass4        
#ad3bj4 ,thou shalt not keep company    
with them1 even in burial3  for thou    
hast destroyed thy land1 thou hast slain
 thy people3  the seed of the wicked    
shall not be named for ever4  #ad3ba4   
,prepare his children for slaughter for 
the iniquity of their fathers3  they    
shall not rise up1 nor inherit the land1
 nor fill the face of the world with    
cities4  #ad3bb4 ,and ,i will rise up   
against them1 saith the ,lord of hosts3 
and ,i will destroy the name of         
,babylon1 and the remains1 and the bud1 
and the offspring1 saith the ,lord4     
#ad3bc4 ,and ,i will make it a          
possession for the ericius and pools of 
waters1 and ,i will sweep it and wear it
 out with a besom1 saith the ,lord of   
hosts4  #ad3bd4 ,the ,lord of hosts hath
 sworn1 saying3  ,surely as ,i have     
thought1 so shall it be3  and as ,i have
 purposed1  #ad3be4 ,so shall it fall   
out3  ,that ,i will destroy the         
,assyrian in my land1 and upon my       

mountains tread him under foot3  and his
 yoke shall be taken away from them1 and
 his burden shall be taken off their    
shoulder4  #ad3bf4 ,this is the counsel1
 that ,i have purposed upon all the     
earth1 and this is the hand that is     
stretched out upon all nations4  #ad3bg4
 ,for the ,lord of hosts hath decreed1  
and who can disannul it8  and his hand  
is stretched out3  and who shall turn it
 away8  #ad3bh4 ,in the year that king  
,achaz died1 was this burden3  #ad3bi4  
,rejoice not thou1 whole ,philistia1    
that the rod of him that struck thee is 
broken in pieces3  for out of the root  
of the serpent shall come forth a       
basilisk1 and his seed shall swallow the
 bird4  #ad3cj4 ,and the firstborn of   
the poor shall be fed1 and the poor     
shall rest with confidence3  and ,i will
 make thy root perish with famine1 and  
,i will kill thy remnant4  #ad3ca4      
,howl1 ,o gate2 cry1 ,o city3  all      
,philistia is thrown down3  for a smoke 
shall come from the north1 and there is 

none that shall escape his troop4       
#ad3cb4 ,and what shall be answered to  
the messengers of the nations8 ,that the
 ,lord hath founded ,sion1 and the poor 
of his people shall hope in him4        
,isaias ,chapter #ae   ,a prophecy of   
the desolation of the ,moabites4  #ae3a4
 ,the burden of ,moab4  ,because in the 
night ,ar of ,moab is laid waste1 it is 
silent3  because the wall of ,moab is   
destroyed in the night1 it is silent4   
#ae3b4 ,the house is gone up1 and ,dibon
 to the high places to mourn over ,nabo1
 and over ,medaba1 ,moab hath howled3   
on all their heads shall be baldness1   
and every beard shall be shaven4  #ae3c4
 ,in their streets they are girded with 
sackcloth3  on the tops of their houses1
 and in their streets all shall howl and
 come down weeping4  #ae3d4 ,hesebon    
shall cry1 and ,eleale1 their voice is  
heard even to ,jasa4 ,for this shall the
 well appointed men of ,moab howl1 his  
soul shall howl to itself4  #ae3e4 ,my  
heart shall cry to ,moab1 the bars      

thereof shall flee unto ,segor a heifer 
of three years old3  for by the ascent  
of ,luith they shall go up weeping3  and
 in the way of ,oronaim they shall lift 
up a cry of destruction4  #ae3f4 ,for   
the waters of ,nemrim shall be desolate1
 for the grass is withered away1 the    
spring is faded1 all the greenness is   
perished4  #ae3g4 ,according to the     
greatness of their work1 is their       
visitation also3  they shall lead them  
to the torrent of the willows4  ,torrent
 of the willows4 4 4,that is1 as some   
say1 the waters of ,babylon3 others     
render it1 a valley of the ,arabians4   
#ae3h4 ,for the cry is gone round about 
the border of ,moab3  the howling       
thereof unto ,gallim1 and unto the well 
of ,elim the cry thereof4  #ae3i4 ,for  
the waters of ,dibon are filled with    
blood3  for ,i will bring more upon     
,dibon3  the lion upon them that shall  
flee of ,moab1 and upon the remnant of  
the land4    ,isaias ,chapter #af   ,the
 prophet prayeth for ,christ's coming4  

,the affliction of the ,moabites for    
their pride4  #af3a4 ,send forth1 ,o    
,lord1 the lamb1 the ruler of the earth1
 from ,petra of the desert1 to the mount
 of the daughter of ,sion4  #af3b4 ,and 
it shall come to pass1 that as a bird   
fleeing away1 and as young ones flying  
out of the nest1 so shall the daughters 
of ,moab be in the passage of ,arnon4   
#af3c4 ,take counsel1 gather a council3 
make thy shadow as the night in the     
midday3  hide them that flee1 and betray
 not them that wander about4  #af3d4 ,my
 fugitives shall dwell with thee3  ,o   
,moab1 be thou a covert to them from the
 face of the destroyer3  for the dust is
 at an end1 the wretch is consumed3  he 
hath failed1 that trod the earth under  
foot4  #af3e4 ,and a throne shall be    
prepared in mercy1 and one shall sit    
upon it in truth in the tabernacle of   
,david1 judging and seeking judgment and
 quickly rendering that which is just4  
#af3f4 ,we have heard of the pride of   
,moab1 he is exceeding proud3  his pride

 and his arrogancy1 and his indignation 
is more than his strength4  #af3g4      
,therefore shall ,moab howl to ,moab1   
every one shall howl3  to them that     
rejoice upon the brick walls1 tell ye   
their stripes4  #af3h4 ,for the suburbs 
of ,hesebon are desolate1 and the lords 
of the nations have destroyed the       
vineyard of ,sabama3  the branches      
thereof have reached even to ,jazer3    
they have wandered in the wilderness1   
the branches thereof are left1 they are 
gone over the sea4  #af3i4 ,therefore ,i
 will lament with the weeping of ,jazer 
the vineyard of ,sabama3  ,i will water 
thee with my tears1 ,o ,hesebon1 and    
,eleale3  for the voice of the treaders 
hath rushed in upon thy vintage1 and    
upon thy harvest4  #af3aj4 ,and gladness
 and joy shall be taken away from       
,carmel1 and there shall be no rejoicing
 nor shouting in the vineyards4  ,he    
shall not tread out wine in the press   
that was wont to tread it out3  the     
voice of the treaders ,i have taken     

away4  ,carmel4 4 4,this name is often  
taken to signify a fair and fruitful    
hill or field1 such as mount ,carmel is4
  #af3aa4 ,wherefore my bowels shall    
sound like a harp for ,moab1 and my     
inward parts for the brick wall4        
#af3ab4 ,and it shall come to pass1 when
 it is seen that ,moab is wearied on his
 high places1 that he shall go in to his
 sanctuaries to pray1 and shall not     
prevail4  #af3ac4 ,this is the word1    
that the ,lord spoke to ,moab from that 
time3  #af3ad4 ,and now the ,lord hath  
spoken1 saying3  ,in three years1 as the
 years of a hireling1 the glory of ,moab
 shall be taken away for all the        
multitude of the people1 and it shall be
 left small and feeble1 not many4       
,isaias ,chapter #ag   ,judgments upon  
,damascus and ,samaria4  ,the overthrow 
of the ,assyrians4  #ag3a4 ,the burden  
of ,damascus4  ,behold ,damascus shall  
cease to be a city1 and shall be as a   
ruinous heap of stones4  #ag3b4 ,the    
cities of ,aroer shall be left for      

flocks1 and they shall rest there1 and  
there shall be none to make them afraid4
  #ag3c4 ,and aid shall cease from      
,ephraim1 and the kingdom from          
,damascus3 and the remnant of ,syria    
shall be as the glory of the children of
 ,israel3  saith the ,lord of hosts4    
#ag3d4 ,and it shall come to pass in    
that day1 that the glory of ,jacob shall
 be made thin1 and the fatness of his   
flesh shall grow lean4  #ag3e4 ,and it  
shall be as when one gathereth in the   
harvest that which remaineth1 and his   
arm shall gather the ears of corn3  and 
it shall be as he that seeketh ears in  
the vale of ,raphaim4  #ag3f4 ,and the  
fruit thereof that shall be left upon   
it1 shall be as one cluster of grapes1  
and as the shaking of the olive tree1   
two or three berries in the top of a    
bough1 or four or five upon the top of  
the tree1 saith the ,lord the ,god of   
,israel4  #ag3g4 ,in that day man shall 
bow down himself to his ,maker1 and his 
eyes shall look to the ,holy ,one of    

,israel4  #ag3h4 ,and he shall not look 
to the altars which his hands made2 and 
he shall not have respect to the things 
that his fingers wrought1 such as groves
 and temples4  #ag3i4 ,in that day his  
strong cities shall be forsaken1 as the 
ploughs1 and the corn that were left    
before the face of the children of      
,israel1 and thou shalt be desolate4    
,that were left4 4 4,viz41 by the       
,chanaanites1 when the children of      
,israel came into their land4  #ag3aj4  
,because thou hast forgotten ,god thy   
saviour1 and hast not remembered thy    
strong helper3  therefore shalt thou    
plant good plants1 and shalt sow strange
 seed4  #ag3aa4 ,in the day of thy      
planting shall be the wild grape1 and in
 the morning thy seed shall flourish3   
the harvest is taken away in the day of 
inheritance1 and shall grieve thee much4
  #ag3ab4 ,woe to the multitude of many 
people1 like the multitude of the       
roaring sea3  and the tumult of crowds1 
like the noise of many waters4  ,the    

multitude1 etc4 4 4,this and all that   
follows to the end of the chapter1      
relates to the ,assyrian army under     
,sennacherib4  #ag3ac4 ,nations shall   
make a noise like the noise of waters   
overflowing1 but he shall rebuke him1   
and he shall flee far off3  and he shall
 be carried away as the dust of the     
mountains before the wind1 and as a     
whirlwind before a tempest4  #ag3ad4 ,in
 the time of the evening1 behold there  
shall be trouble3  the morning shall    
come1 and he shall not be3  this is the 
portion of them that have wasted us1 and
 the lot of them that spoiled us4       
,isaias ,chapter #ah   ,a woe to the    
,ethiopians1 who fed ,israel with vain  
hopes1 their future conversion4  #ah3a4 
,woe to the land1 the winged cymbal1    
which is beyond the rivers of ,ethiopia1
  #ah3b4 ,that sendeth ambassadors by   
the sea1 and in vessels of bulrushes    
upon the waters4  ,go1 ye swift angels1 
to a nation rent and torn in pieces3  to
 a terrible people1 after which there is

 no other3  to a nation expecting and   
trodden underfoot1 whose land the rivers
 have spoiled4  ,angels4 4 4,or         
messengers4  #ah3c4 ,all ye inhabitants 
of the world1 who dwell on the earth1   
when the sign shall be lifted up on the 
mountains1 you shall see1 and you shall 
hear the sound of the trumpet4  #ah3d4  
,for thus saith the ,lord to me3  ,i    
will take my rest1 and consider in my   
place1 as the noon light is clear1 and  
as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest4
  #ah3e4 ,for before the harvest it was 
all flourishing1 and it shall bud       
without perfect ripeness1 and the sprigs
 thereof shall be cut off with pruning  
hooks3  and what is left shall be cut   
away and shaken out4  #ah3f4 ,and they  
shall be left together to the birds of  
the mountains1 and the beasts of the    
earth3  and the fowls shall be upon them
 all the summer1 and all the beasts of  
the earth shall winter upon them4       
#ah3g4 ,at that time shall a present be 
brought to the ,lord of hosts1 from a   

people rent and torn in pieces3  from a 
terrible people1 after which there hath 
been no other3  from a nation expecting1
 expecting and trodden under foot1 whose
 land the rivers have spoiled1 to the   
place of the name of the ,lord of hosts1
 to mount ,sion4    ,isaias ,chapter #ai
   ,the punishment of ,egypt3  their    
call to the church4  #ai3a4 ,the burden 
of ,egypt4  ,behold the ,lord will      
ascend upon a swift cloud1 and will     
enter into ,egypt1 and the idols of     
,egypt shall be moved at his presence1  
and the heart of ,egypt shall melt in   
the midst thereof4  #ai3b4 ,and ,i will 
set the ,egyptians to fight against the 
,egyptians3  and they shall fight       
brother against brother1 and friend     
against friend1 city against city1      
kingdom against kingdom4  #ai3c4 ,and   
the spirit of ,egypt shall be broken in 
the bowels thereof1 and ,i will cast    
down their counsel3  and they shall     
consult their idols1 and their diviners1
 and their wizards1 and soothsayers4    

#ai3d4 ,and ,i will deliver ,egypt into 
the hand of cruel masters1 and a strong 
king shall rule over them1 saith the    
,lord the ,god of hosts4  #ai3e4 ,and   
the water of the sea shall be dried up1 
and the river shall be wasted and dry4  
#ai3f4 ,and the rivers shall fail3  the 
streams of the banks shall be           
diminished1 and be dried up4  ,the reed 
and the bulrush shall wither away4      
#ai3g4 ,the channel of the river shall  
be laid bare from its fountain1 and     
every thing sown by the water shall be  
dried up1 it shall wither away1 and     
shall be no more4  #ai3h4 ,the fishers  
also shall mourn1 and all that cast a   
hook into the river shall lament1 and   
they that spread nets upon the waters   
shall languish away4  #ai3i4 ,they shall
 be confounded that wrought in flax1    
combing and weaving fine linen4  #ai3aj4
 ,and its watery places shall be dry1   
all they shall mourn that made pools to 
take fishes4  #ai3aa4 ,the princes of   
,tanis are become fools1 the wise       

counsellors of ,pharao have given       
foolish counsel3  how will you say to   
,pharao3  ,i am the son of the wise1 the
 son of ancient kings8  #ai3ab4 ,where  
are now thy wise men8  let them tell    
thee1 and shew what the ,lord of hosts  
hath purposed upon ,egypt4  #ai3ac4 ,the
 princes of ,tanis are become fools1 the
 princes of ,memphis are gone astray1   
they have deceived ,egypt1 the stay of  
the people thereof4  #ai3ad4 ,the ,lord 
hath mingled in the midst thereof the   
spirit of giddiness3  and they have     
caused ,egypt to err in all its works1  
as a drunken man staggereth and         
vomiteth4  #ai3ae4 ,and there shall be  
no work for ,egypt1 to make head or     
tail1 him that bendeth down1 or that    
holdeth back4  #ai3af4 ,in that day     
,egypt shall be like unto women1 and    
they shall be amazed1 and afraid1       
because of the moving of the hand of the
 ,lord of hosts1 which he shall move    
over it4  #ai3ag4 ,and the land of ,juda
 shall be a terror to ,egypt3  everyone 

that shall remember it shall tremble    
because of the counsel of the ,lord of  
hosts1 which he hath determined         
concerning it4  #ai3ah4 ,in that day    
there shall be five cities in the land  
of ,egypt1 speaking the language of     
,chanaan1 and swearing by the ,lord of  
hosts3 one shall be called the city of  
the sun4  #ai3ai4 ,in that day there    
shall be an altar of the ,lord in the   
midst of the land of ,egypt1 and a      
monument of the ,lord at the borders    
thereof3  #ai3bj4 ,it shall be for a    
sign1 and for a testimony to the ,lord  
of hosts in the land of ,egypt4  ,for   
they shall cry to the ,lord because of  
the oppressor1 and he shall send them a 
,saviour and a defender to deliver them4
  #ai3ba4 ,and the ,lord shall be known 
by ,egypt1 and the ,egyptians shall know
 the ,lord in that day1 and shall       
worship him with sacrifices and         
offerings3  and they shall make vows to 
the ,lord1 and perform them4  #ai3bb4   
,and the ,lord shall strike ,egypt with 

a scourge1 and shall heal it1 and they  
shall return to the ,lord1 and he shall 
be pacified towards them1 and heal them4
  #ai3bc4 ,in that day there shall be a 
way from ,egypt to the ,assyrians1 and  
the ,assyrian shall enter into ,egypt1  
and the ,egyptian to the ,assyrians1 and
 the ,egyptians shall serve the         
,assyrian4  #ai3bd4 ,in that day shall  
,israel be the third to the ,egyptian   
and the ,assyrian3  a blessing in the   
midst of the land1  #ai3be4 ,which the  
,lord of hosts hath blessed1 saying3    
,blessed be my people of ,egypt1 and the
 work of my hands to the ,assyrian3  but
 ,israel is my inheritance4    ,isaias  
,chapter #bj   ,the ignominious         
captivity of the ,egyptians1 and the    
,ethiopians4  #bj3a4 ,in the year that  
,tharthan entered into ,azotus1 when    
,sargon the king of the ,assyrians had  
sent him1 and he had fought against     
,azotus1 and had taken it3  #bj3b4 ,at  
that same time the ,lord spoke by the   
hand of ,isaias the son of ,amos1 saying

 ,go1 and loose the sackcloth from off  
thy loins1 and take off thy shoes from  
thy feet4  ,and he did so1 and went     
naked1 and barefoot4  #bj3c4 ,and the   
,lord said3  ,as my servant ,isaias hath
 walked1 naked and barefoot1 it shall be
 a sign and a wonder of three years upon
 ,egypt1 and upon ,ethiopia1  #bj3d4 ,so
 shall the king of the ,assyrians lead  
away the prisoners of ,egypt1 and the   
captivity of ,ethiopia1 young and old1  
naked and barefoot1 with their buttocks 
uncovered to the shame of ,egypt4       
#bj3e4 ,and they shall be afraid1 and   
ashamed of ,ethiopia their hope1 and of 
,egypt their glory4  #bj3f4 ,and the    
inhabitants of this isle shall say in   
that day3  ,lo this was our hope1 to    
whom we fled for help1 to deliver us    
from the face of the king of the        
,assyrians3  and how shall we be able to
 escape8    ,isaias ,chapter #ba   ,the 
destruction of ,babylon by the ,medes   
and ,persians3  a prophecy against the  
,edomites and the ,arabians4  #ba3a4    

,the burden of the desert of the sea4   
,as whirlwinds come from the south1 it  
cometh from the desert from a terrible  
land4  ,the desert of the sea4 4 4,so   
,babylon is here called1 because from a 
city as full of people as the sea is    
with water1 it was become a desert4     
#ba3b4 ,a grievous vision is told me3   
he that is unfaithful dealeth           
unfaithfully3  and he that is a spoiler1
 spoileth4  ,go up1 ,o ,elam1 besiege1  
,o ,mede3  ,i have made all the mourning
 thereof to cease4  ,o ,elam4 4 4,that  
is1 ,o ,persia4  #ba3c4 ,therefore are  
my loins filled with pain1 anguish hath 
taken hold of me1 as the anguish of a   
woman in labour3  ,i fell down at the   
hearing of it1 ,i was troubled at the   
seeing of it4  #ba3d4 ,my heart failed1 
darkness amazed me3  ,babylon my beloved
 is become a wonder to me4  #ba3e4      
,prepare the table1 behold in the       
watchtower them that eat and drink3     
arise1 ye princes1 take up the shield4  
#ba3f4 ,for thus hath the ,lord said to 

me3  ,go1 and set a watchman3  and      
whatsoever he shall see1 let him tell4  
#ba3g4 ,and he saw a chariot with two   
horsemen1 a rider upon an ass1 and a    
rider upon a camel3  and he beheld them 
diligently with much heed4  ,a rider    
upon an ass1 etc4 4 4,these two riders  
are the kings of the ,persians and      
,medes4  #ba3h4 ,and a lion cried out3  
,i am upon the watchtower of the ,lord1 
standing continually by day3  and ,i am 
upon my ward1 standing whole nights4    
,and a lion cried out4 4 4,that is1 ,i  
,isaias seeing the approaching ruin of  
,babylon1 have cried out as a lion      
roaring4  #ba3i4 ,behold this man       
cometh1 the rider upon the chariot with 
two horsemen1 and he answered1 and said3
  ,babylon is fallen1 she is fallen1 and
 all the graven gods thereof are broken 
unto the ground4  #ba3aj4 ,o my         
thrashing1 and the children of my floor1
 that which ,i have heard of the ,lord  
of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel1 ,i have  
declared unto you4  #ba3aa4 ,the burden 

of ,duma calleth to me out of ,seir3    
,watchman1 what of the night8  watchman1
 what of the night8  ,duma4 4 4,that is1
 ,idumea1 or ,edom4  #ba3ab4 ,the       
watchman said3  ,the morning cometh1    
also the night3  if you seek1 seek3     
return1 come4  #ba3ac4 ,the burden in   
,arabia4  ,in the forest at evening you 
shall sleep1 in the paths of ,dedanim4  
#ba3ad4 ,meeting the thirsty bring him  
water1 you that inhabit the land of the 
south1 meet with bread him that fleeth4 
#ba3ae4 ,for they are fled from before  
the swords1 from the sword that hung    
over them1 from the bent bow1 from the  
face of a grievous battle4  #ba3af4 ,for
 thus saith the ,lord to me3  ,within a 
year1 according to the years of a       
hireling1 all the glory of ,cedar shall 
be taken away4  ,cedar4 4 4,arabia4     
#ba3ag4 ,and the residue of the number  
of strong archers of the children of    
,cedar shall be diminished3  for the    
,lord the ,god of ,israel hath spoken   
it4    ,isaias ,chapter #bb   ,the      

prophet laments the devastation of      
,juda4  ,he foretells the deprivation of
 ,sobna1 and the substitution of        
,eliacim1 a figure of ,christ4  #bb3a4  
,the burden of the valley of vision4    
,what aileth thee also1 that thou too   
art wholly gone up to the housetops8    
,the valley of vision4 4 4,jerusalem4   
,the temple of ,jerusalem was built upon
 mount ,moria1 or the mountain of       
vision4  ,but the city is here called   
the valley of vision2 either because it 
was lower than the temple1 or because of
 the low condition to which it was to be
 reduced4  #bb3b4 ,full of clamour1 a   
populous city1 a joyous city3  thy slain
 are not slain by the sword1 nor dead in
 battle4  #bb3c4 ,all the princes are   
fled together1 and are bound hard3  all 
that were found1 are bound together1    
they are fled far off4  #bb3d4          
,therefore have ,i said3  ,depart from  
me1 ,i will weep bitterly3 labour not to
 comfort me1 for the devastation of the 
daughter of my people4  #bb3e4 ,for it  

is a day of slaughter and of treading   
down1 and of weeping to the ,lord the   
,god of hosts in the valley of vision1  
searching the wall1 and magnificent upon
 the mountain4  #bb3f4 ,and ,elam took  
the quiver1 the chariot of the horseman1
 and the shield was taken down from the 
wall4  #bb3g4 ,and thy choice valleys   
shall be full of chariots1 and the      
horsemen shall place themselves in the  
gate4  #bb3h4 ,and the covering of ,juda
 shall be discovered1 and thou shalt see
 in that day the armoury of the house of
 the forest4  #bb3i4 ,and you shall see 
the breaches of the city of ,david1 that
 they are many3  and you have gathered  
together the waters of the lower pool1  
#bb3aj4 ,and have numbered the houses of
 ,jerusalem1 and broken down houses to  
fortify the wall4  #bb3aa4 ,and you made
 a ditch between the two walls for the  
water of the old pool3  and you have not
 looked up to the maker thereof1 nor    
regarded him even at a distance1 that   
wrought it long ago4  #bb3ab4 ,and the  

,lord1 the ,god of hosts1 in that day   
shall call to weeping1 and to mourning1 
to baldness1 and to girding with        
sackcloth3  #bb3ac4 ,and behold joy and 
gladness1 killing calves1 and slaying   
rams1 eating flesh1 and drinking wine3  
,let us eat and drink2 for to morrow we 
shall die4  #bb3ad4 ,and the voice of   
the ,lord of hosts was revealed in my   
ears3 ,surely this iniquity shall not be
 forgiven you till you die1 saith the   
,lord ,god of hosts4  #bb3ae4 ,thus     
saith the ,lord ,god of hosts3  ,go1 get
 thee in to him that dwelleth in the    
tabernacle1 to ,sobna who is over the   
temple3  and thou shalt say to him3     
#bb3af4 ,what dost thou here1 or as if  
thou wert somebody here8  for thou hast 
hewed thee out a sepulchre here1 thou   
hast hewed out a monument carefully in a
 high place1 a dwelling for thyself in a
 rock4  #bb3ag4 ,behold the ,lord will  
cause thee to be carried away1 as a cock
 is carried away1 and he will lift thee 
up as a garment4  #bb3ah4 ,he will crown

 thee with a crown of tribulation1 he   
will toss thee like a ball into a large 
and spacious country3  there shalt thou 
die1 and there shall the chariot of thy 
glory be1 the shame of the house of thy 
,lord4  #bb3ai4 ,and ,i will drive thee 
out from thy station1 and depose thee   
from thy ministry4  #bb3bj4 ,and it     
shall come to pass in that day1 that ,i 
will call my servant ,eliacim the son of
 ,helcias1  #bb3ba4 ,and ,i will clothe 
him with thy robe1 and will strengthen  
him with thy girdle1 and will give thy  
power into his hand3  and he shall be as
 a father to the inhabitants of         
,jerusalem1 and to the house of ,juda4  
#bb3bb4 ,and ,i will lay the key of the 
house of ,david upon his shoulder3 and  
he shall open1 and none shall shut3  and
 he shall shut1 and none shall open4    
#bb3bc4 ,and ,i will fasten him as a peg
 in a sure place1 and he shall be for a 
throne of glory to the house of his     
father4  #bb3bd4 ,and they shall hang   
upon him all the glory of his father's  

house1 divers kinds of vessels1 every   
little vessel1 from the vessels of cups 
even to every instrument of music4      
#bb3be4 ,in that day1 saith the ,lord of
 hosts1 shall the peg be removed1 that  
was fastened in the sure place3  and it 
shall be broken and shall fall3  and    
that which hung thereon1 shall perish1  
because the ,lord hath spoken it4       
,isaias ,chapter #bc   ,the destruction 
of ,tyre4  ,it shall be repaired again  
after seventy years4  #bc3a4 ,the burden
 of ,tyre4  ,howl1 ye ships of the sea1 
for the house is destroyed1 from whence 
they were wont to come3  from the land  
of ,cethim it is revealed to them4      
#bc3b4 ,be silent1 you that dwell in the
 island3  the merchants of ,sidon       
passing over the sea1 have filled thee4 
#bc3c4 ,the seed of the ,nile in many   
waters1 the harvest of the river is her 
revenue3  and she is become the mart of 
the nations4  #bc3d4 ,be thou ashamed1  
,o ,sidon3  for the sea speaketh1 even  
the strength of the sea1 saying3  ,i    

have not been in labour1 nor have ,i    
brought forth1 nor have ,i nourished up 
young men1 nor brought up virgins4      
#bc3e4 ,when it shall be heard in       
,egypt1 they will be sorry when they    
shall hear of ,tyre3  #bc3f4 ,pass over 
the seas1 howl1 ye inhabitants of the   
island4  #bc3g4 ,is not this your city1 
which gloried from of old in her        
antiquity8  her feet shall carry her    
afar off to sojourn4  #bc3h4 ,who hath  
taken this counsel against ,tyre1 that  
was formerly crowned1 whose merchants   
were princes1 and her traders the nobles
 of the earth8  #bc3i4 ,the ,lord of    
hosts hath designed it1 to pull down the
 pride of all glory1 and bring to       
disgrace all the glorious ones of the   
earth4  #bc3aj4 ,pass thy land as a     
river1 ,o daughter of the sea1 thou hast
 a girdle no more4  #bc3aa4 ,he         
stretched out his hand over the sea1 he 
troubled kingdoms3 the ,lord hath given 
a charge against ,chanaan1 to destroy   
the strong ones thereof4  #bc3ab4 ,and  

he said3  ,thou shalt glory no more1 ,o 
virgin daughter of ,sidon1 who art      
oppressed3  arise and sail over to      
,cethim1 there also thou shalt have no  
rest4  #bc3ac4 ,behold the land of the  
,chaldeans1 there was not such a people1
 the ,assyrians founded it3  they have  
led away the strong ones thereof into   
captivity1 they have destroyed the      
houses thereof1 they have1 brought it to
 ruin4  #bc3ad4 ,howl1 ,o ye ships of   
the sea1 for your strength is laid      
waste4  #bc3ae4 ,and it shall come to   
pass in that day that thou1 ,o ,tyre1   
shalt be forgotten1 seventy years1      
according to the days of one king3  but 
after seventy years1 there shall be unto
 ,tyre as the song of a harlot4  #bc3af4
 ,take a harp1 go about the city1 harlot
 that hast been forgotten3 sing well1   
sing many a song1 that thou mayst be    
remembered4  #bc3ag4 ,and it shall come 
to pass after seventy years1 that the   
,lord will visit ,tyre1 and will bring  
her back again to her traffic3  and she 

shall commit fornication again with all 
the kingdoms of the world upon the face 
of the earth4  #bc3ah4 ,and her         
merchandise and her hire shall be       
sanctified to the ,lord3  they shall not
 be kept in store1 nor laid up3  for her
 merchandise shall be for them that     
shall dwell before the ,lord1 that they 
may eat unto fulness1 and be clothed for
 a continuance4  ,sanctified to the     
,lord4 4 4,this alludes to the          
conversion of the ,gentiles4    ,isaias 
,chapter #bd   ,the judgments of ,god   
upon all the sinners of the world4  ,a  
remnant shall joyfully praise him4      
#bd3a4 ,behold the ,lord shall lay waste
 the earth1 and shall strip it1 and     
shall afflict the face thereof1 and     
scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof4 
#bd3b4 ,and it shall be as with the     
people1 so with the priest3  and as with
 the servant so with his master3  as    
with the handmaid1 so with her mistress3
  as with the buyer1 so with the seller3
  as with the lender1 so with the       

borrower3  as with him that calleth for 
his money1 so with him that oweth4      
#bd3c4 ,with desolation shall the earth 
be laid waste1 and it shall be utterly  
spoiled3  for the ,lord hath spoken this
 word4  #bd3d4 ,the earth mourned1 and  
faded away1 and is weakened3  the world 
faded away1 the height of the people of 
the earth is weakened4  #bd3e4 ,and the 
earth is infected by the inhabitants    
thereof3  because they have transgressed
 the laws1 they have changed the        
ordinance1 they have broken the         
everlasting covenant4  #bd3f4 ,therefore
 shall a curse devour the earth1 and the
 inhabitants thereof shall sin3  and    
therefore they that dwell therein shall 
be mad1 and few men shall be left4      
#bd3g4 ,the vintage hath mourned1 the   
vine hath languished away1 all the merry
 have sighed4  #bd3h4 ,the mirth of     
timbrels hath ceased1 the noise of them 
that rejoice is ended1 the melody of the
 harp is silent4  #bd3i4 ,they shall not
 drink wine with a song3  the drink     

shall be bitter to them that drink it4  
#bd3aj4 ,the city of vanity is broken   
down1 every house is shut up1 no man    
cometh in4  #bd3aa4 ,there shall be a   
crying for wine in the streets3  all    
mirth is forsaken3  the joy of the earth
 is gone away4  #bd3ab4 ,desolation is  
left in the city1 and calamity shall    
oppress the gates4  #bd3ac4 ,for it     
shall be thus in the midst of the earth1
 in the midst of the people1 as if a few
 olives1 that remain1 should be shaken  
out of the olive tree3  or grapes1 when 
the vintage is ended4  #bd3ad4 ,these   
shall lift up their voice1 and shall    
give praise3  when the ,lord shall be   
glorified1 they shall make a joyful     
noise from the sea4  #bd3ae4 ,therefore 
glorify ye the ,lord in instruction3    
the name of the ,lord ,god of ,israel in
 the islands of the sea4  #bd3af4 ,from 
the ends of the earth we have heard     
praises1 the glory of the just one4     
,and ,i said3  ,my secret to myself1 my 
secret to myself1 woe is me3  the       

prevaricators have prevaricated1 and    
with the prevarication of transgressors 
they have prevaricated4  #bd3ag4 ,fear1 
and the pit1 and the snare are upon     
thee1 ,o thou inhabitant of the earth4  
#bd3ah4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that
 he that shall flee from the noise of   
the fear1 shall fall into the pit3  and 
he that shall rid himself out of the    
pit1 shall be taken in the snare3  for  
the flood-gates from on high are opened1
 and the foundations of the earth shall 
be shaken4  #bd3ai4 ,with breaking shall
 the earth be broken1 with crushing     
shall the earth be crushed1 with        
trembling shall the earth be moved4     
#bd3bj4 ,with shaking shall the earth be
 shaken as a drunken man1 and shall be  
removed as the tent of one night3  and  
the iniquity thereof shall be heavy upon
 it1 and it shall fall1 and not rise    
again4  #bd3ba4 ,and it shall come to   
pass1 that in that day the ,lord shall  
visit upon the host of heaven on high1  
and upon the kings of the earth1 on the 

earth4  ,the host of heaven on high4 4  
4,the stars1 which in many places of the
 ,scripture are so called4  ,some       
commentators explain that these words   
here signify the demons of the air4     
#bd3bb4 ,and they shall be gathered     
together as in the gathering of one     
bundle into the pit1 and they shall be  
shut up there in prison3  and after many
 days they shall be visited4  #bd3bc4   
,and the moon shall blush1 and the sun  
shall be ashamed1 when the ,lord of     
hosts shall reign in mount ,sion1 and in
 ,jerusalem1 and shall be glorified in  
the sight of his ancients4    ,isaias   
,chapter #be   ,a canticle of           
thanksgiving for ,god's judgments and   
benefits4  #be3a4 ,o ,lord1 thou art my 
,god1 ,i will exalt ,o thee1 and give   
glory to thy name3  for thou hast done  
wonderful things1 thy designs of old    
faithful1 amen4  #be3b4 ,for thou hast  
reduced the city to a heap1 the strong  
city to ruin1 the house of strangers1 to
 be no city1 and to be no more built up 

for ever4  #be3c4 ,therefore shall a    
strong people praise thee1 the city of  
mighty nations shall fear thee4  #be3d4 
,because thou hast been a strength to   
the poor1 a strength to the needy in his
 distress3  a refuge from the whirlwind1
 a shadow from the heat4  ,for the blast
 of the mighty is like a whirlwind      
beating against a wall4  #be3e4 ,thou   
shalt bring down the tumult of          
strangers1 as heat in thirst3 and as    
with heat under a burning cloud1 thou   
shalt make the branch of the mighty to  
wither away4  #be3f4 ,and the ,lord of  
hosts shall make unto all people in this
 mountain1 a feast of fat things1 a     
feast of wine1 of fat things full of    
marrow1 of wine purified from the lees4 
#be3g4 ,and he shall destroy in this    
mountain the face of the bond with which
 all people were tied1 and the web that 
he began over all nations4  #be3h4 ,he  
shall cast death down headlong for ever3
  and the ,lord ,god shall wipe away    
tears from every face1 and the reproach 

of his people he shall take away from   
off the whole earth3  for the ,lord hath
 spoken it4  #be3i4 ,and they shall say 
in that day3  ,lo1 this is our ,god1 we 
have waited for him1 and he will save   
us3  this is the ,lord1 we have         
patiently waited for him1 we shall      
rejoice and be joyful in his salvation4 
#be3aj4 ,for the hand of the ,lord shall
 rest in this mountain3  and ,moab shall
 be trodden down under him1 as straw is 
broken in pieces with the wain4  ,moab4 
4 4,that is1 the reprobate1 whose       
eternal punishment1 from which they can 
no way escape1 is described under these 
figures4  #be3aa4 ,and he shall stretch 
forth his hands under him1 as he that   
swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to  
swim3  and he shall bring down his glory
 with the dashing of his hands4  #be3ab4
 ,and the bulwarks of thy high walls    
shall fall1 and be brought low1 and     
shall be pulled down to the ground1 even
 to the dust4    ,isaias ,chapter #bf   
,a canticle of thanks for the           

deliverance of ,god's people4  #bf3a4   
,in that day shall this canticle be sung
 in the land of ,juda4  ,sion the city  
of our strength a saviour1 a wall and a 
bulwark shall be set therein4  #bf3b4   
,open ye the gates1 and let the just    
nation1 that keepeth the truth1 enter   
in4  #bf3c4 ,the old error is passed    
away3  thou wilt keep peace3  peace1    
because we have hoped in thee4  #bf3d4  
,you have hoped in the ,lord for        
evermore1 in the ,lord ,god mighty for  
ever4  #bf3e4 ,for he shall bring down  
them that dwell on high1 the high city  
he shall lay low4  ,he shall bring it   
down even to the ground1 he shall pull  
it down even to the dust4  #bf3f4 ,the  
foot shall tread it down1 the feet of   
the poor1 the steps of the needy4       
#bf3g4 ,the way of the just is right1   
the path of the just is right to walk   
in4  #bf3h4 ,and in the way of thy      
judgments1 ,o ,lord1 we have patiently  
waited for thee3  thy name1 and thy     
remembrance are the desire of the soul4 

#bf3i4 ,my soul hath desired thee in the
 night3  yea1 and with my spirit within 
me in the morning early ,i will watch to
 thee4  ,when thou shalt do thy         
judgments on the earth1 the inhabitants 
of the world shall learn justice4       
#bf3aj4 ,let us have pity on the wicked1
 but he will not learn justice3 in the  
land of the saints he hath done wicked  
things1 and he shall not see the glory  
of the ,lord4  #bf3aa4 ,lord1 let thy   
hand be exalted1 and let them not see3  
let the envious people see1 and be      
confounded3  and let fire devour thy    
enemies4  #bf3ab4 ,lord1 thou wilt give 
us peace3  for thou hast wrought all our
 works for us4  #bf3ac4 ,o ,lord our    
,god1 other lords besides thee have had 
dominion over us1 only in thee let us   
remember thy name4  #bf3ad4 ,let not the
 dead live1 let not the giants rise     
again3  therefore hast visited and      
destroyed them1 and hast destroyed all  
their memory4  #bf3ae4 ,thou hast been  
favourable to the nation1 ,o ,lord1 thou

 hast been favourable to the nation3    
art thou glorified8  thou hast removed  
all the ends of the earth far off4      
#bf3af4 ,lord1 they have sought after   
thee in distress1 in the tribulation of 
murmuring thy instruction was with them4
  #bf3ag4 ,as a woman with child1 when  
she draweth near the time of her        
delivery1 is in pain1 and crieth out in 
her pangs3  so are we become in thy     
presence1 ,o ,lord4  #bf3ah4 ,we have   
conceived1 and been as it were in       
labour1 and have brought forth wind3  we
 have not wrought salvation on the      
earth1 therefore the inhabitants of the 
earth have not fallen4  #bf3ai4 ,thy    
dead men shall live1 my slain shall rise
 again3  awake1 and give praise1 ye that
 dwell in the dust3  for thy dew is the 
dew of the light3  and the land of the  
giants thou shalt pull down into ruin4  
#bf3bj4 ,go1 my people1 enter into thy  
chambers1 shut thy doors upon thee1 hide
 thyself a little for a moment1 until   
the indignation pass away4  #bf3ba4 ,for

 behold the ,lord will come out of his  
place1 to visit the iniquity of the     
inhabitant of the earth against him3    
and the earth shall disclose her blood1 
and shall cover her slain no more4      
,shall cover her slain no more4 4 4,this
 is said with relation to the martyrs1  
and their happy resurrection4    ,isaias
 ,chapter #bg   ,the punishment of the  
oppressors of ,god's people4  ,the      
,lord's favour to his church4  #bg3a4   
,in that day the ,lord with his hard1   
and great1 and strong sword shall visit 
leviathan the bar serpent1 and leviathan
 the crooked serpent1 and shall slay the
 whale that is in the sea4  ,leviathan4 
4 4,that is1 the devil1 the great enemy 
of the people of ,god4 ,he is called the
 bar serpent from his strength1 and the 
crooked serpent from his wiles2 and the 
whale of the sea1 from the tyranny he   
exercises in the sea of this world4  ,he
 was spiritually slain by the death of  
,christ1 when his power was destroyed4  
#bg3b4 ,in that day there shall be      

singing to the vineyard of pure wine4   
,the vineyard1 etc4 4 4,the church of   
,christ4  #bg3c4 ,i am the ,lord that   
keep it1 ,i will suddenly give it drink3
  lest any hurt come to it1 ,i keep it  
night and day4  ,i will suddenly give it
 drink4 4 4,or1 as the ,hebrew may also 
be rendered1 ,i will continually water  
it4  #bg3d4 ,there is no indignation in 
me3  who shall make me a thorn and a    
brier in battle3  shall ,i march against
 it1 shall1 ,i set it on fire together8 
,no indignation in me1 etc4 4 4,viz41   
against the church3  nor shall ,i become
 as a thorn or brier in its regard2 or  
march against it1 or set it on fire3    
but it shall always take fast hold of   
me1 and keep an everlasting peace with  
me4  #bg3e4 ,or rather shall it take    
hold of my strength1 shall it make peace
 with me1 shall it make peace with me8  
#bg3f4 ,when they shall rush in unto    
,jacob1 ,israel shall blossom and bud1  
and they shall fill the face of the     
world with seed4  ,when they shall rush 

in1 etc4 4 4,some understand this of the
 enemies of the true ,israel1 that shall
 invade it in vain4  ,others of the     
spiritual invasion made by the apostles 
of ,christ4  #bg3g4 ,hath he struck him 
according to the stroke of him that     
struck him8  or is he slain1 as he      
killed them that were slain by him8     
,hath he struck him1 etc4 4 4,hath ,god 
punished the carnal persecuting ,jews1  
in proportion to their doings against   
,christ and his saints8  #bg3h4 ,in     
measure against measure1 when it shall  
be cast off1 thou shalt judge it4  ,he  
hath meditated with his severe spirit in
 the day of heat4  ,when it shall be    
cast off1 etc4 4 4,when the synagogue   
shall be cast off1 thou shalt judge it  
in measure1 and in proportion to its    
crimes4--,ibid4 ,he hath meditated1 etc4
 4 4,god hath designed severe           
punishments in the day of his wrath4    
#bg3i4 ,therefore upon this shall the   
iniquity of the house of ,jacob be      
forgiven3  and this is all the fruit1   

that the sin thereof should be taken    
away1 when he shall have made all the   
stones of the altar1 as burnt stones    
broken in pieces1 the groves and temples
 shall not stand4  ,of the house of     
,jacob4 4 4,viz41 of such of them as    
shall be converted4  #bg3aj4 ,for the   
strong city shall be desolate1 the      
beautiful city shall be forsaken1 and   
shall be left as a wilderness3  there   
the calf shall feed1 and there shall he 
lie down1 and shall consume its         
branches4  ,the strong city4 4          
4,jerusalem4  #bg3aa4 ,its harvest shall
 be destroyed with drought1 women shall 
come and teach it3  for it is not a wise
 people1 therefore he that made it1     
shall not have mercy on it3  and he that
 formed it1 shall not spare it4  #bg3ab4
 ,and it shall come to pass1 that in    
that day the ,lord will strike from the 
channel of the river even to the torrent
 of ,egypt1 and you shall be gathered   
together one by one1 ,o ye children of  
,israel4  #bg3ac4 ,and it shall come to 

pass1 that in that day a noise shall be 
made with a great trumpet1 and they that
 were lost1 shall come from the land of 
the ,assyrians1 and they that were      
outcasts in the land of ,egypt1 and they
 shall adore the ,lord in the holy mount
 in ,jerusalem4  ,a great trumpet4 4    
4,the preaching of the gospel for the   
conversion of the ,jews4    ,isaias     
,chapter #bh   ,the punishment of the   
,israelites1 for their pride1           
intemperance1 and contempt of religion4 
,christ the cornerstone4  #bh3a4 ,woe to
 the crown of pride1 to the drunkards of
 ,ephraim1 and to the fading flower the 
glory his joy1 who were on the head of  
the fat valley1 staggering with wine4   
,ephraim4 4 4,that is1 the kingdom of   
the ten tribes4--,ibid4  ,the head of   
the fat valley4 4 4,samaria1 situate on 
a hill1 having under it a most fertile  
valley4  #bh3b4 ,behold the ,lord is    
mighty and strong1 as a storm of hail3  
a destroying whirlwind1 as the violence 
of many waters overflowing1 and sent    

forth upon a spacious land4  #bh3c4 ,the
 crown of pride of the drunkards of     
,ephraim shall be trodden under feet4   
#bh3d4 ,and the fading tower the glory  
of his joy1 who is on the head of the   
fat valley1 shall be as a hasty fruit   
before the ripeness of autumn3  which   
when he that seeth it shall behold1 as  
soon he taketh it in his hand1 he will  
eat it up4  #bh3e4 ,in that day the     
,lord of hosts shall be a crown of      
glory1 and a garland of joy to the      
residue of his people3  #bh3f4 ,and a   
spirit of judgment to him that sitteth  
in judgment1 and strength to them that  
return out of the battle to the gate4   
#bh3g4 ,but these also have been        
ignorant through wine1 and through      
drunkenness have erred3  the priest and 
the prophet have been ignorant through  
drunkenness1 they are swallowed up with 
wine1 they have gone astray in          
drunkenness1 they have not known him    
that seeth1 they have been ignorant of  
judgment4  ,these also4 4 4,the kingdom 

of ,juda4  #bh3h4 ,for all the tables   
were full of vomit and filth1 so that   
there was no more place4  #bh3i4 ,whom  
shall he teach knowledge8  and whom     
shall he make to understand the hearing8
  them that are weaned from the milk1   
that are drawn away from the breasts4   
#bh3aj4 ,for command1 command again2    
command1 command again2 expect1 expect  
again2 a little there1 a little there4  
,command1 command again1 etc4 4 4,this  
is said in the person of the ,jews1     
resisting the repeated commands of ,god1
 and still putting him off4  #bh3aa4    
,for with the speech of lips1 and with  
another tongue he will speak to this    
people4  #bh3ab4 ,to whom he said3      
,this is my rest1 refresh the weary1 and
 this is my refreshing3  and they would 
not hear4  #bh3ac4 ,and the word of the 
,lord shall be to them3  ,command1      
command again2 command1 command again2  
expect1 expect again2 a little there1 a 
little there3  that they may go1 and    
fall backward1 and be broken1 and       

snared1 and taken4  #bh3ad4 ,wherefore  
hear the word of the ,lord1 ye scornful 
men1 who rule over my people that is in 
,jerusalem4  #bh3ae4 ,for you have said3
  ,we have entered into a league with   
death1 and we have made a covenant with 
hell4  ,when the overflowing scourge    
shall pass through1 it shall not come   
upon us3  for we have placed our hope in
 lies1 and by falsehood we are          
protected4  #bh3af4 ,therefore thus     
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i will  
lay a stone in the foundations of ,sion1
 a tried stone1 a corner stone1 a       
precious stone1 founded in the          
foundation4  ,he that believeth1 let him
 not hasten4  ,a stone in the           
foundations4 4 4,viz41 ,christ4--,ibid4 
,let him not hasten1 etc4 4 4,let him   
expect his coming with patience4        
#bh3ag4 ,and ,i will set judgment in    
weight1 and justice in measure3  and    
hail shall overturn the hope of         
falsehood3  and waters shall overflow   
its protection4  #bh3ah4 ,and your      

league with death shall be abolished1   
and your covenant with hell shall not   
stand3  when the overflowing scourge    
shall pass1 you shall be trodden down by
 it4  #bh3ai4 ,whensoever it shall pass 
through1 it shall take you away3 because
 in the morning early it shall pass     
through1 in the day and in the night1   
and vexation alone shall make you       
understand what you hear4  #bh3bj4 ,for 
the bed is straitened1 so that one must 
fall out1 and a short covering cannot   
cover both4  ,the bed is straitened1    
etc4 4 4,it is too narrow to hold two3  
,god will have the bed of our heart all 
to himself4  #bh3ba4 ,for the ,lord     
shall stand up as in the mountain of    
divisions3  he shall be angry as in the 
valley which is in ,gabaon3  that he may
 do his work1 his strange work3  that he
 may perform his work1 his work is      
strange to him4  ,as in the mountain1   
etc4 4 4,as the ,lord fought against the
 ,philistines in ,baal ,pharasim1 #b    
,kings #e41 and against the             

,chanaanites1 in the valley of ,gabaon1 
,jos4 #aj4  #bh3bb4 ,and now do not     
mock1 lest your bonds be tied strait4   
,for ,i have heard of the ,lord the ,god
 of hosts a consumption and a cutting   
short upon all the earth4  #bh3bc4 ,give
 ear1 and hear my voice1 hearken1 and   
hear my speech4  #bh3bd4 ,shall the     
ploughman plough all the day to sow1    
shall he open and harrow his ground8    
#bh3be4 ,will he not1 when he hath made 
plain the surface thereof1 sow gith1 and
 scatter cummin1 and put wheat in order1
 and barley1 and millet1 and vetches in 
their bounds8  #bh3bf4 ,for he will     
instruct him in judgment3  his ,god will
 teach him4  #bh3bg4 ,for gith shall not
 be thrashed with saws1 neither shall   
the cart wheel turn about upon cummin3  
but gith shall be beaten out with a rod1
 and cumin with a staff4  #bh3bh4 ,but  
breadcorn shall be broken small3  but   
the thrasher shall not thrash it for    
ever1 neither shall the cart wheel hurt 
it1 nor break it with its teeth4        

#bh3bi4 ,this also is come forth from   
the ,lord ,god of hosts1 to make his    
counsel wonderful1 and magnify justice4 
,this also1 etc4 4 4,such also is the   
proceeding of the ,lord with his land1  
and the divers seeds he throws therein4 
,isaias ,chapter #bi   ,god's heavy     
judgments upon ,jerusalem1 for their    
obstinacy3  with a prophecy of the      
conversion of the ,gentiles4  #bi3a4    
,woe to ,ariel1 to ,ariel the city which
 ,david took3  year is added to year4   
the solemnities are at an end4  ,ariel4 
4 4,this word signifies1 the lion of    
,god1 and here is taken for the strong  
city of ,jerusalem4  #bi3b4 ,and ,i will
 make a trench about ,ariel1 and it     
shall be in sorrow and mourning1 and it 
shall be to me as ,ariel4  #bi3c4 ,and  
,i will make a circle round about thee1 
and ,i will cast up a rampart against   
thee1 and raise up bulwarks to besiege  
thee4  #bi3d4 ,thou shalt be brought    
down1 thou shall speak out of the earth1
 and thy speech shall be heard out of   

the ground3  and thy voice shall be from
 the earth like that of the python1 and 
out of the earth thy speech shall       
mutter4  #bi3e4 ,and the multitude of   
them that fan thee1 shall be like small 
dust3  and as ashes passing away1 the   
multitude of them that have prevailed   
against thee4  #bi3f4 ,and it shall be  
at an instant suddenly4  ,a visitation  
shall come from the ,lord of hosts in   
thunder1 and with earthquake1 and with a
 great noise of whirlwind and tempest2  
and with the flame of devouring fire4   
#bi3g4 ,and the multitude of all nations
 that have fought against ,ariel1 shall 
be as the dream of a vision by night1   
and all that have fought1 and besieged  
and prevailed against it4  #bi3h4 ,and  
as he that is hungry dreameth1 and      
eateth1 but when he is awake1 his soul  
is empty3  and as he that is thirsty    
dreameth1 and drinketh and after he is  
awake1 is yet faint with thirst1 and his
 soul is empty3  so shall be the        
multitude of all the ,gentiles1 that    

have fought against mount ,sion4  #bi3i4
 ,be astonished1 and wonder1 waver1 and 
stagger3  be drunk1 and not with wine3  
stagger1 and not with drunkenness4      
#bi3aj4 ,for the ,lord hath mingled for 
you the spirit of a deep sleep1 he will 
shut up your eyes1 he will cover your   
prophets and princes1 that see visions4 
#bi3aa4 ,and the vision of all shall be 
unto you as the words of a book that is 
sealed which when they shall deliver to 
one that is learned1 they shall say3    
,read this3  and he shall answer3  ,i   
cannot1 for it is sealed4  #bi3ab4 ,and 
the book shall be given to one that     
knoweth no letters1 and it shall be said
 to him3  ,read3  and he shall answer3  
,i know no letters4  #bi3ac4 ,and the   
,lord said3  ,forasmuch as this people  
draw near me with their mouth1 and with 
their lips glorify me1 but their heart  
is far from me1 and they have feared me 
with the commandment and doctrines of   
men3  #bi3ad4 ,therefore behold ,i will 
proceed to cause an admiration in this  

people1 by a great and wonderful        
miracle3  for wisdom shall perish from  
their wise men1 and the understanding of
 their prudent men shall be hid4        
#bi3ae4 ,woe to you that are deep of    
heart1 to hide your counsel from the    
,lord3  and their works are in the dark1
 and they say3  ,who seeth us1 and who  
knoweth us8  #bi3af4 ,this thought of   
yours is perverse3  as if the clay      
should think against the potter1 and the
 work should say to the maker thereof3  
,thou madest me not3  or the thing      
framed should say to him that fashioned 
it3 ,thou understandest not4  #bi3ag4   
,is it not yet a very little while1 and 
,libanus shall be turned into charmel1  
and charmel shall be esteemed as a      
forest8  ,charmel4 4 4,this word        
signifies a fruitful field4  #bi3ah4    
,and in that day the deaf shall hear the
 words of the book1 and out of darkness 
and obscurity the eyes of the blind     
shall see4  #bi3ai4 ,and the meek shall 
increase their joy in the ,lord1 and the

 poor men shall rejoice in the ,holy    
,one of ,israel4  #bi3bj4 ,for he that  
did prevail hath failed1 the scorner is 
consumed1 and they are all cut off that 
watched for iniquity3  #bi3ba4 ,that    
made men sin by word1 and supplanted him
 that reproved them in the gate1 and    
declined in vain from the just4  #bi3bb4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord to the 
house of ,jacob1 he that redeemed       
,abraham3  ,jacob shall not now be      
confounded1 neither shall his           
countenance now be ashamed3  #bi3bc4    
,but when he shall see his children1 the
 work of my hands in the midst of him   
sanctifying my name1 and they shall     
sanctify the ,holy ,one of ,jacob1 and  
shall glorify the ,god of ,israel3      
#bi3bd4 ,and they that erred in spirit1 
shall know understanding1 and they that 
murmured1 shall learn the law4          
,isaias ,chapter #cj   ,the people are  
blamed for their confidence in ,egypt4  
,god's mercies towards his church4  ,the
 punishment of sinners4  #cj3a4 ,woe to 

you1 apostate children1 saith the ,lord1
 that you would take counsel1 and not of
 me3  and would begin a web1 and not by 
my spirit1 that you might add sin upon  
sin3  #cj3b4 ,who walk to go down into  
,egypt1 and have not asked at my mouth1 
hoping for help in the strength of      
,pharao1 and trusting in the shadow of  
,egypt4  #cj3c4 ,and the strength of    
,pharao shall be to your confusion1 and 
the confidence of the shadow of ,egypt  
to your shame4  #cj3d4 ,for thy princes 
were in ,tanis1 and thy messengers came 
even to ,hanes4  #cj3e4 ,they were all  
confounded at a people that could not   
profit them3 they were no help1 nor to  
any profit1 but to confusion and to     
reproach4  #cj3f4 ,the burden of the    
beasts of the south4  ,in a land of     
trouble and distress1 from whence come  
the lioness1 and the lion1 the viper and
 the flying basilisk1 they carry their  
riches upon the shoulders of beasts1 and
 their treasures upon the bunches of    
camels to a people that shall not be    

able to profit them4  #cj3g4 ,for ,egypt
 shall help in vain1 and to no purpose3 
therefore have ,i cried concerning this3
  ,it is pride only1 sit still4  #cj3h4 
,now therefore go in and write for them 
upon box1 and note it diligently in a   
book1 and it shall be in the latter days
 for a testimony for ever4  #cj3i4 ,for 
it is a people that provoketh to wrath1 
and lying children that will not hear   
the law of ,god4  #cj3aj4 ,who say to   
the seers3  ,see not3  and to them that 
behold3  ,behold not for us those things
 that are right3  speak unto us pleasant
 things1 see errors for us4  #cj3aa4    
,take away from me the way1 turn away   
the path from me1 let the ,holy ,one of 
,israel cease from before us4  #cj3ab4  
,therefore thus saith the ,holy ,one of 
,israel3  ,because you have rejected    
this word1 and have trusted in          
oppression and tumult1 and have leaned  
upon it3  #cj3ac4 ,therefore shall this 
iniquity be to you as a breach that     
falleth1 and is found wanting in a high 

wall1 for the destruction thereof shall 
come on a sudden1 when it is not looked 
for4  #cj3ad4 ,and it shall be broken   
small1 as the potter's vessel is broken 
all to pieces with mighty breaking1 and 
there shall not a sherd be found of the 
pieces thereof1 wherein a little fire   
may be carried from the hearth1 or a    
little water be drawn out of the pit4   
#cj3ae4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god  
the ,holy ,one of ,israel3  ,if you     
return and be quiet1 you shall be saved3
  in silence and in hope shall your     
strength be4  ,and you would not3       
#cj3af4 ,but have said3  ,no1 but we    
will flee to horses3  therefore shall   
you flee4  ,and we will mount upon swift
 ones3  therefore shall they be swifter 
that shall pursue after you4  #cj3ag4 ,a
 thousand men shall flee for fear of    
one3  and for fear of five shall you    
flee1 till you be left as the mast of   
ship on the top of a mountain1 and as an
 ensign upon a hill4  #cj3ah4 ,therefore
 the ,lord waiteth that he may have     

mercy on you3  and therefore shall he be
 exalted sparing you3  because the ,lord
 is the ,god of judgment3  blessed are  
all they that wait for him4  #cj3ai4    
,for the people of ,sion shall dwell in 
,jerusalem3  weeping thou shalt not     
weep1 he will surely have pity on thee3 
at the voice of thy cry1 as soon as he  
shall hear1 he will answer thee4        
#cj3bj4 ,and the ,lord will give you    
spare bread1 and short water3  and will 
not cause thy teacher to flee away from 
thee any more1 and thy eyes shall see   
thy teacher4  #cj3ba4 ,and thy ears     
shall hear the word of one admonishing  
thee behind thy back3  ,this is the way1
 walk ye in it3  and go not aside       
neither to the right hand1 nor to the   
left4  #cj3bb4 ,and thou shalt defile   
the plates of thy graven things of      
silver1 and the garment of thy molten   
things of gold1 and shalt cast them away
 as the uncleanness of a menstruous     
woman4  ,thou shalt say to it3  ,get    
thee hence4  #cj3bc4 ,and rain shall be 

given to thy seed1 wheresoever thou     
shalt sow in the land3  and the bread of
 the corn of the land shall be most     
plentiful1 and fat4  ,the lamb in that  
day shall feed at large in thy          
possession3  #cj3bd4 ,and thy oxen1 and 
the ass colts that till the ground1     
shall eat mingled provender as it was   
winnowed in the floor4  #cj3be4 ,and    
there shall be upon every high mountain1
 and upon every elevated hill rivers of 
running waters in the day of the        
slaughter of many1 when the tower shall 
fall4  #cj3bf4 ,and the light of the    
moon shall be as the light of the sun1  
and the light of the sun shall be       
sevenfold1 as the light of seven days3  
in the day when the ,lord shall bind up 
the wound of his people1 and shall heal 
the stroke of their wound4  #cj3bg4     
,behold the name of the ,lord cometh    
from afar1 his wrath burneth1 and is    
heavy to bear3  his lips are filled with
 indignation1 and his tongue as a       
devouring fire4  #cj3bh4 ,his breath as 

a torrent overflowing even to the midst 
of the neck1 to destroy the nations unto
 nothing1 and the bridle of error that  
was in the jaws of the people4  #cj3bi4 
,you shall have a song as in the night  
of the sanctified solemnity1 and joy of 
heart1 as where one goeth with a pipe1  
to come into the mountain of the ,lord1 
to the ,mighty ,one of ,israel4  #cj3cj4
 ,and the ,lord shall make the glory of 
his voice to be heard1 and shall shew   
the terror of his arm1 in the           
threatening of wrath1 and the flame of  
devouring fire3  he shall crush to      
pieces with whirlwind1 and hailstones4  
#cj3ca4 ,for at the voice of the ,lord  
the ,assyrian shall fear being struck   
with the rod4  #cj3cb4 ,and the passage 
of the rod shall be strongly grounded1  
which the ,lord shall make to rest upon 
him with timbrels and harps1 and in     
great battles he shall overthrow them4  
#cj3cc4 ,for ,topheth is prepared from  
yesterday1 prepared by the king1 deep1  
and wide4  ,the nourishment thereof is  

fire and much wood3  the breath of the  
,lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling
 it4  ,topheth4 4 4,it is the same as   
,gehenna1 and is taken for hell4        
,isaias ,chapter #ca   ,the folly of    
trusting to ,egypt1 and forgetting ,god4
  ,he will fight for his people against 
the ,assyrians4  #ca3a4 ,woe to them    
that go down to ,egypt for help1        
trusting in horses1 and putting their   
confidence in chariots1 because they are
 many3  and in horsemen1 because they   
are very strong3  and have not trusted  
in the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 and have  
not sought after the ,lord4  #ca3b4 ,but
 he that is the wise one hath brought   
evil1 and hath not removed his words3   
and he will rise up against the house of
 the wicked1 and against the aid of them
 that work iniquity4  #ca3c4 ,egypt is  
man1 and not ,god3  and their horses1   
flesh1 and not spirit3  and the ,lord   
shall put down his hand1 and the helper 
shall fall1 and he that is helped shall 
fall1 and they shall all be confounded  

together4  #ca3d4 ,for thus saith the   
,lord to me3  ,like as the lion roareth1
 and the lions whelp upon his prey1 and 
when a multitude of shepherds shall come
 against him1 he will not fear at their 
voice1 nor be afraid of their multitude3
  so shall the ,lord of hosts come down 
to fight upon mount ,sion1 and upon the 
hill thereof4  #ca3e4 ,as birds flying1 
so will the ,lord of hosts protect      
,jerusalem1 protecting and delivering1  
passing over and saving4  #ca3f4 ,return
 as you had deeply revolted1 ,o children
 of ,israel4  #ca3g4 ,for in that day a 
man shall cast away his idols of silver1
 and his idols of gold1 which your hands
 have made for you to sin4  #ca3h4 ,and 
the ,assyrian shall fall by the sword   
not of a man1 and the sword not of a man
 shall devour him1 and he shall flee not
 at the face of the sword1 and his young
 men shall be tributaries4  #ca3i4 ,and 
his strength shall pass away with dread1
 and his princes fleeing shall be       
afraid3  the ,lord hath said it1 whose  

fire is in ,sion1 and his furnace in    
,jerusalem4    ,isaias ,chapter #cb     
,the blessings of the reign of ,christ4 
,the desolation of the ,jews1 and       
prosperity of the church of ,christ4    
#cb3a4 ,behold a king shall reign in    
justice1 and princes shall rule in      
judgment4  #cb3b4 ,and a man shall be as
 when one is hid from the wind1 and     
hideth himself from a storm1 as rivers  
of waters in drought1 and the shadow of 
a rock that standeth out in a desert    
land4  #cb3c4 ,the eyes of them that see
 shall not be dim1 and the ears of them 
that hear shall hearken diligently4     
#cb3d4 ,and the heart of fools shall    
understand knowledge1 and the tongue of 
stammerers shall speak readily and      
plain4  #cb3e4 ,the fool shall no more  
be called prince3  neither shall the    
deceitful be called great3  #cb3f4 ,for 
the fool will speak foolish things1 and 
his heart will work iniquity1 to        
practise hypocrisy1 and speak to the    
,lord deceitfully1 and to make empty the

 soul of the hungry1 and take away drink
 from the thirsty4  #cb3g4 ,the vessels 
of the deceitful are most wicked3  for  
he hath framed devices to destroy the   
meek1 with lying words1 when the poor   
man speaketh judgment4  #cb3h4 ,but the 
prince will devise such things as are   
worthy of a prince1 and he shall stand  
above the rulers4  #cb3i4 ,rise up1 ye  
rich women1 and hear my voice3  ye      
confident daughters1 give ear to my     
speech4  #cb3aj4 ,for after days and a  
year1 you that are confident shall be   
troubled3  for the vintage is at an end1
 the gathering shall come no more4      
#cb3aa4 ,be astonished1 ye rich women1  
be troubled1 ye confident ones3 strip   
you1 and be confounded1 gird your loins4
  #cb3ab4 ,mourn for your breasts1 for  
the delightful country1 for the fruitful
 vineyard4  #cb3ac4 ,upon the land of my
 people shall thorns and briers come up3
  how much more upon all the houses of  
joy1 of the city that rejoiced8  #cb3ad4
 ,for the house is forsaken1 the        

multitude of the city is left1 darkness 
and obscurity are come upon its dens for
 ever4  ,a joy of wild asses1 the       
pastures of flocks4  #cb3ae4 ,until the 
spirit be poured upon us from on high3  
and the desert shall be as a charmel1   
and charmel shall be counted for a      
forest4  #cb3af4 ,an judgment shall     
dwell in the wilderness1 and justice    
shall sit in charmel4  #cb3ag4 ,and the 
work of justice shall be peace1 and the 
service of justice quietness1 and       
security for ever4  #cb3ah4 ,and my     
people shall sit in the beauty of peace1
 and in the tabernacles of confidence1  
and in wealthy rest4  #cb3ai4 ,but hail 
shall be in the descent of the forest1  
and the city shall be made very low4    
#cb3bj4 ,blessed are ye that sow upon   
all waters1 sending thither the foot of 
the ox and the ass4    ,isaias ,chapter 
#cc   ,god's revenge against the enemies
 of his church4  ,the happiness of the  
heavenly ,jerusalem4  #cc3a4 ,woe to    
thee that spoilest1 shalt not thou      

thyself also be spoiled8  and thou that 
despisest1 shalt not thyself also be    
despised8 when thou shalt have made an  
end of spoiling1 thou shalt be spoiled3 
when being wearied thou shalt cease to  
despise1 thou shalt be despised4  ,that 
spoilest1 etc4 4 4,this is particularly 
directed to ,sennacherib4  #cc3b4 ,o    
,lord1 have mercy on us3  for we have   
waited for thee3  be thou our arm in the
 morning1 and our salvation in the time 
of trouble4  #cc3c4 ,at the voice of the
 angel the people fled1 and at the      
lifting up thyself the nations are      
scattered4  #cc3d4 ,and your spoils     
shall be gathered together as the       
locusts are gathered1 as when the       
ditches are full of them4  #cc3e4 ,the  
,lord is magnified1 for he hath dwelt on
 high3  he hath filled ,sion with       
judgment and justice4  #cc3f4 ,and there
 shall be faith in thy times3  riches of
 salvation1 wisdom and knowledge3  the  
fear of the ,lord is his treasure4      
#cc3g4 ,behold they that see shall cry  

without1 the angels of peace shall weep 
bitterly4  ,the angels of peace4 4 4,the
 messengers or deputies sent to         
negotiate a peace4  #cc3h4 ,the ways are
 made desolate1 no one passeth by the   
road1 the covenant is made void1 he hath
 rejected the cities1 he hath not       
regarded the men4  #cc3i4 ,the land hath
 mourned1 and languished3  ,libanus is  
confounded1 and become foul1 and ,saron 
is become as a desert3  and ,basan and  
,carmel are shaken4  #cc3aj4 ,now will  
,i rise up1 saith the ,lord3  now will  
,i be exalted1 now will ,i lift up      
myself4  #cc3aa4 ,you shall conceive    
heat1 you shall bring forth stubble3    
your breath as fire shall devour you4   
#cc3ab4 ,and the people shall be as     
ashes after a fire1 as a bundle of      
thorns they shall be burnt with fire4   
#cc3ac4 ,hear1 you that are far off1    
what ,i have done1 and you that are near
 know my strength4  #cc3ad4 ,the sinners
 in ,sion are afraid1 trembling hath    
seized upon the hypocrites4  ,which of  

you can dwell with devouring fire8      
which of you shall dwell with           
everlasting burnings8  #cc3ae4 ,he that 
walketh in justices1 and speaketh truth1
 that casteth away avarice by           
oppression1 and shaketh his hands from  
all bribes1 that stoppeth his ears lest 
he hear blood1 and shutteth his eyes    
that he may see no evil4  #cc3af4 ,he   
shall dwell on high1 the fortifications 
of rocks shall be his highness3  bread  
is given him1 his waters are sure4      
#cc3ag4 ,his eyes shall see the king in 
his beauty1 they shall see the land far 
off4  #cc3ah4 ,thy heart shall meditate 
fear3  where is the learned8  where is  
he that pondered the words of the law8  
where is the teacher of little ones8    
#cc3ai4 ,the shameless people thou shalt
 not see1 the people of profound speech3
  so that thou canst not understand the 
eloquence of his tongue1 in whom there  
is no wisdom4  #cc3bj4 ,look upon ,sion 
the city of our solemnity3  thy eyes    
shall see ,jerusalem1 a rich habitation1

 a tabernacle that cannot be removed3   
neither shall the nails thereof be taken
 away for ever1 neither shall any of the
 cords thereof be broken4  #cc3ba4      
,because only there our ,lord is        
magnificent3  a place of rivers1 very   
broad and spacious streams3  no ship    
with oars shall pass by it1 neither     
shall the great galley pass through it4 
,of rivers4 4 4,he speaks of the rivers 
of endless joys that flow from the      
throne of ,god to water the heavenly    
,jerusalem1 where no enemy's ship can   
come1 etc4  #cc3bb4 ,for the ,lord is   
our judge1 the ,lord is our lawgiver1   
the ,lord is our king3  he will save us4
  #cc3bc4 ,thy tacklings are loosed1 and
 they shall be of no strength3  thy mast
 shall be in such condition1 that thou  
shalt not be able to spread the flag4   
,then shall the spoils of much prey be  
divided3  the lame shall take the spoil4
  ,thy tacklings4 4 4,he speaks of the  
enemies of the church1 under the        
allegory of a ship that is disabled4    

#cc3bd4 ,neither shall he that is near1 
say3  ,i am feeble4  ,the people that   
dwell therein1 shall have their iniquity
 taken away from them4    ,isaias       
,chapter #cd   ,the general judgment of 
the wicked4  #cd3a4 ,come near1 ye      
,gentiles1 and hear1 and hearken1 ye    
people3  let the earth hear1 and all    
that is therein1 the world1 and every   
thing that cometh forth of it4  #cd3b4  
,for the indignation of the ,lord is    
upon all nations1 and his fury upon all 
their armies3  he hath killed them1 and 
delivered them to slaughter4  #cd3c4    
,their slain shall be cast forth1 and   
out of their carcasses shall rise a     
stink3  the mountains shall be melted   
with their blood4  #cd3d4 ,and all the  
host of the heavens shall pine away1 and
 the heavens shall be folded together as
 a book3  and all their host shall fall 
down as the leaf falleth from the vine1 
and from the fig tree4  ,and all the    
host of the heavens4 4 4,that is1 the   
sun1 moon1 and stars4  #cd3e4 ,for my   

sword is inebriated in heaven3  behold  
it shall come down upon ,idumea1 and    
upon the people of my slaughter unto    
judgment4  ,idumea4 4 4,under the name  
of ,idumea1 or ,edom a people that were 
enemies of the ,jews1 are here          
understood the wicked in general1 the   
enemies of ,god and his church4  #cd3f4 
,the sword of the ,lord is filled with  
blood1 it is made thick with the blood  
of lambs and buck goats1 with the blood 
of rams full of marrow3  for there is a 
victim of the ,lord in ,bosra and a     
great slaughter in the land of ,edom4   
#cd3g4 ,and the unicorns shall go down  
with them1 and the bulls with the       
mighty3  their land shall be soaked with
 blood1 and their ground with the fat of
 fat ones4  ,the unicorns4 4 4,that is1 
the great and mighty4  #cd3h4 ,for it is
 the day of the vengeance of the ,lord1 
the year of recompenses of the judgment 
of ,sion4  ,the year of recompenses1    
etc4 4 4,when the persecutors of ,sion1 
that is1 of the church1 shall receive   

their reward4  #cd3i4 ,and the streams  
thereof shall be turned into pitch1 and 
the ground thereof into brimstone3  and 
the land thereof shall become burning   
pitch4  #cd3aj4 ,night and day it shall 
not be quenched1 the smoke thereof shall
 go up for ever3  from generation to    
generation it shall lie waste1 none     
shall pass through it for ever and ever4
  #cd3aa4 ,the bittern and ericius shall
 possess it3  and the ibis and the raven
 shall dwell in it3  and a line shall be
 stretched out upon it1 to bring it to  
nothing1 and a plummet1 unto desolation4
  #cd3ab4 ,the nobles thereof shall not 
be there3  they shall call rather upon  
the king1 and all the princes thereof   
shall be nothing4  #cd3ac4 ,and thorns  
and nettles shall grow up in its houses1
 and the thistle in the fortresses      
thereof3  and it shall be the habitation
 of dragons1 and the pasture of         
ostriches4  #cd3ad4 ,and demons and     
monsters shall meet1 and the hairy ones 
shall cry out one to another1 there hath

 the lamia lain down1 and found rest for
 herself4  #cd3ae4 ,there hath the      
ericius had its hole1 and brought up its
 young ones1 and hath dug round about1  
and cherished them in the shadow        
thereof3  thither are the kites gathered
 together one to another4  #cd3af4      
,search ye diligently in the book of the
 ,lord1 and read3  not one of them was  
wanting1 one hath not sought for the    
other3  for that which proceedeth out of
 my mouth1 he hath commanded1 and his   
spirit it hath gathered them4  #cd3ag4  
,and he hath cast the lot for them1 and 
his hand hath divided it to them by     
line3  they shall possess it for ever1  
from generation to generation they shall
 dwell therein4    ,isaias ,chapter #ce 
,the joyful flourishing of ,christ's    
kingdom3  in his church shall be a holy 
and secure way4  #ce3a4 ,the land that  
was desolate and impassable shall be    
glad1 and the wilderness shall rejoice1 
and shall flourish like the lily4       
#ce3b4 ,it shall bud forth and blossom1 

and shall rejoice with joy and praise3  
the glory of ,libanus is given to it3   
the beauty of ,carmel1 and ,saron1 they 
shall see the glory of the ,lord1 and   
the beauty of our ,god4  #ce3c4         
,strengthen ye the feeble hands1 and    
confirm the weak knees4  #ce3d4 ,say to 
the fainthearted3  ,take courage1 and   
fear not3  behold your ,god will bring  
the revenge of recompense3  ,god himself
 will come and will save you4  #ce3e4   
,then shall the eyes of the blind be    
opened1 and the ears of the deaf shall  
be unstopped4  #ce3f4 ,then shall the   
lame man leap as a hart1 and the tongue 
of the dumb shall be free3  for waters  
are broken out in the desert1 and       
streams in the wilderness4  #ce3g4 ,and 
that which was dry land1 shall become a 
pool1 and the thirsty land springs of   
water4  ,in the dens where dragons dwelt
 before1 shall rise up the verdure of   
the reed and the bulrush4  #ce3h4 ,and a
 path and a way shall be there1 and it  
shall be called the holy way3  the      

unclean shall not pass over it1 and this
 shall be unto you a straight way1 so   
that fools shall not err therein4       
#ce3i4 ,no lion shall be there1 nor     
shall any mischievous beast go up by it1
 nor be found there3  but they shall    
walk there that shall be delivered4     
#ce3aj4 ,and the redeemed of the ,lord  
shall return1 and shall come into ,sion 
with praise1 and everlasting joy shall  
be upon their heads3  they shall obtain 
joy and gladness1 and sorrow and        
mourning shall flee away4    ,isaias    
,chapter #cf   ,sennacherib invades     
,juda3  his blasphemies4  #cf3a4 ,and it
 came to pass in the fourteenth year of 
king ,ezechias1 that ,sennacherib king  
of the ,assyrians came up against all   
the fenced cities of ,juda1 and took    
them4  #cf3b4 ,and the king of the      
,assyrians sent ,rabsaces from ,lachis  
to ,jerusalem1 to king ,ezechias with a 
great army1 and he stood by the conduit 
of the upper pool in the way of the     
fuller's field4  #cf3c4 ,and there went 

out to him ,eliacim the son of ,helcias1
 who was over the house1 and ,sobna the 
scribe1 and ,joahe the son of ,asaph the
 recorder4  #cf3d4 ,and ,rabsaces said  
to them3  ,tell ,ezechias3  ,thus saith 
the great king1 the king of the         
,assyrians3  ,what is this confidence   
wherein thou trustest8  #cf3e4 ,or with 
what counsel or strength dost thou      
prepare for war8  on whom dost thou     
trust1 that thou art revolted from me8  
#cf3f4 ,lo thou trustest upon this      
broken staff of a reed1 upon ,egypt3    
upon which if a man lean1 it will go    
into his hand1 and pierce it3  so is    
,pharao king of ,egypt to all that trust
 in him4  #cf3g4 ,but if thou wilt      
answer me3  ,we trust in the ,lord our  
,god3  is it not he whose high places   
and altars ,ezechias hath taken away1   
and hath said to ,juda and ,jerusalem3  
,you shall worship before this altar8   
#cf3h4 ,and now deliver thyself up to my
 lord the king of the ,assyrians1 and ,i
 will give thee two thousand horses1 and

 thou wilt not be able on thy part to   
find riders for them4  #cf3i4 ,and how  
wilt thou stand against the face of the 
judge of one place1 of the least of my  
master's servants8  ,but if thou trust  
in ,egypt1 in chariots and in horsemen3 
#cf3aj4 ,and am ,i now come up without  
the ,lord against this land to destroy  
it8  ,the ,lord said to me3  ,go up     
against this land1 and destroy it4      
#cf3aa4 ,and ,eliacim1 and ,sobna1 and  
,joahe said to ,rabsaces3  ,speak to thy
 servants in the ,syrian tongue3  for we
 understand it3  speak not to us in the 
,jews' language in the hearing of the   
people1 that are upon the wall4  #cf3ab4
 ,and ,rabsaces said to them3  ,hath my 
master sent me to thy master and to     
thee1 to speak all these words2 and not 
rather to the men that sit on the wall2 
that they may eat their own dung1 and   
drink their urine with you8  #cf3ac4    
,then ,rabsaces stood1 and cried out    
with a loud voice in the ,jews'         
language1 and said3  ,hear the words of 

the great king1 the king of the         
,assyrians4  #cf3ad4 ,thus saith the    
king3  ,let not ,ezechias deceive you1  
for he shall not be able to deliver you4
  #cf3ae4 ,and let not ,ezechias make   
you trust in the ,lord1 saying3  ,the   
,lord will surely deliver us1 and this  
city shall not be given into the hands  
of the king of the ,assyrians4  #cf3af4 
,do not hearken to ,ezechias3  for thus 
said the king of the ,assyrians3  ,do   
with me that which is for your          
advantage1 and come out to me1 and eat  
ye every one of his vine1 and every one 
of his fig tree1 and drink ye every one 
the water of his cistern1  #cf3ag4 ,till
 ,i come and take you away to a land1   
like to your own1 a land of corn and of 
wine1 a land of bread and vineyards4    
#cf3ah4 ,neither let ,ezechias trouble  
you1 saying3  ,the ,lord will deliver   
us4  ,have any of the gods of the       
nations delivered their land out of the 
hand of the king of the ,assyrians8     
#cf3ai4 ,where is the god of ,emath and 

of ,arphad8  where is the god of        
,sepharvaim8  have they delivered       
,samaria out of my hand8  #cf3bj4 ,who  
is there among all the gods of these    
lands1 that hath delivered his country  
out of my hand1 that the ,lord may      
deliver ,jerusalem out of my hand8      
#cf3ba4 ,and they held their peace1 and 
answered him not a word4  ,for the king 
had commanded1 saying3  ,answer him not4
  #cf3bb4 ,and ,eliacim the son of      
,helcias1 that was over the house1 and  
,sobna the scribe1 and ,joahe the son of
 ,asaph the recorder1 went in to        
,ezechias with their garments rent1 and 
told him the words of ,rabsaces4        
,isaias ,chapter #cg   ,ezechias1 his   
mourning and prayer4  ,god's promise of 
protection4  ,the ,assyrian army is     
destroyed4  ,sennacherib is slain4      
#cg3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when king  
,ezechias had heard it1 that he rent his
 garments and covered himself with      
sackcloth1 and went into the house of   
the ,lord4  #cg3b4 ,and he sent ,eliacim

 who was over the house1 and ,sobna the 
scribe1 and the ancients of the priests 
covered with sackcloth1 to ,isaias the  
son of ,amos the prophet4  #cg3c4 ,and  
they said to him3  ,thus saith          
,ezechias3  ,this day is a day of       
tribulation1 and of rebuke1 and of      
blasphemy3  for the children are come to
 the birth1 and there is not strength to
 bring forth4  #cg3d4 ,it may be the    
,lord thy ,god will hear the words of   
,rabsaces1 whom the king of the         
,assyrians his master hath sent to      
blaspheme the living ,god1 and to       
reproach with words which the ,lord thy 
,god hath heard3 wherefore lift up by   
prayer for the remnant that is left4    
#cg3e4 ,and the servants of ,ezechias   
came to ,isaias4  #cg3f4 ,and ,isaias   
said to them3  ,thus shall you say to   
your master3  ,thus saith the ,lord3    
,be not afraid of the words that thou   
hast heard1 with which the servants of  
the king of the ,assyrians have         
blasphemed me4  #cg3g4 ,behold1 ,i will 

send a spirit upon him1 and he shall    
hear a message1 and shall return to his 
own country1 and ,i will cause him to   
fall by the sword in his own country4   
#cg3h4 ,and ,rabsaces returned1 and     
found the king of the ,assyrians        
besieging ,lobna4  ,for he had heard    
that he was departed from ,lachis4      
#cg3i4 ,and he heard say about ,tharaca 
the king of ,ethiopia3  ,he is come     
forth to fight against thee4  ,and when 
he heard it1 he sent messengers to      
,ezechias1 saying3  #cg3aj4 ,thus shall 
you speak to ,ezechias the king of      
,juda1 saying3  ,let not thy ,god       
deceive thee1 in whom thou trustest1    
saying3  ,jerusalem shall not be given  
into the hands of the king of the       
,assyrians4  #cg3aa4 ,behold thou hast  
heard all that the kings of the         
,assyrians have done to all countries   
which they have destroyed1 and canst    
thou be delivered8  #cg3ab4 ,have the   
gods of the nations delivered them whom 
my fathers have destroyed1 ,gozam1 and  

,haram1 and ,reseph1 and the children of
 ,eden1 that were in ,thalassar8        
#cg3ac4 ,where is the king of ,emath1   
and the king of ,arphad1 and the king of
 the city of ,sepharvaim1 of ,ana1 and  
of ,ava8  #cg3ad4 ,and ,ezechias took   
the letter from the hand of the         
messengers1 and read it1 and went up to 
the house of the ,lord1 and ,ezechias   
spread it before the ,lord4  #cg3ae4    
,and ,ezechias prayed to the ,lord1     
saying3  #cg3af4 ,lord of hosts1 ,god of
 ,israel who sitteth upon the cherubims1
 thou alone art the ,god of all the     
kingdoms of the earth1 thou hast made   
heaven and earth4  #cg3ag4 ,incline1 ,o 
,lord1 thy ear1 and hear3  open1 ,o     
,lord1 thy eyes1 and see1 and hear all  
the words of ,sennacherib1 which he hath
 sent to blaspheme the living ,god4     
#cg3ah4 ,for of a truth1 ,o ,lord1 the  
kings of the ,assyrians have laid waste 
lands1 and their countries4  #cg3ai4    
,and they have cast their gods into the 
fire1 for they were not gods1 but the   

works of men's hands1 of wood and stone3
  and they broke them in pieces4        
#cg3bj4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord our ,god1    
save us out of his hand3  and let all   
the kingdoms of the earth know1 that    
thou only art the ,lord4  #cg3ba4 ,and  
,isaias the son of ,amos sent to        
,ezechias1 saying3  ,thus saith the     
,lord the ,god of ,israel3  ,for the    
prayer thou hast made to me concerning  
,sennacherib the king of the ,assyrians3
  #cg3bb4 ,this is the word which the   
,lord hath spoken of him3  ,the virgin  
the daughter of ,sion hath despised     
thee1 and laughed thee to scorn3  the   
daughter of ,jerusalem hath wagged the  
head after thee4  #cg3bc4 ,whom hast    
thou reproached1 and whom hast thou     
blasphemed1 and against whom hast thou  
exalted thy voice1 and lifted up thy    
eyes on high8  ,against the ,holy ,one  
of ,israel4  #cg3bd4 ,by the hand of thy
 servants thou hast reproached the      
,lord3  and hast said3  ,with the       
multitude of my chariots ,i have gone up

 to the height of the mountains1 to the 
top of ,libanus3  and ,i will cut down  
its tall cedars1 and its choice fir     
trees1 and will enter to the top of its 
height1 to the forest of its ,carmel4   
,carmel4 4 4,see these figurative       
expressions explained in the annotations
 on the nineteenth chapter of the fourth
 book of ,kings4  #cg3be4 ,i have       
digged1 and drunk water1 and have dried 
up with the sole of my foot1 all the    
rivers shut up in banks4  #cg3bf4 ,hast 
thou not heard what ,i have done to him 
of old8  from the days of old ,i have   
formed it3  and now ,i have brought it  
to effect3  and it hath come to pass    
that hills fighting together1 and fenced
 cities should be destroyed4  #cg3bg4   
,the inhabitants of them were weak of   
hand1 they trembled1 and were           
confounded3  they became like the grass 
of the field1 and the herb of the       
pasture1 and like the grass of the      
housetops1 which withered before it was 
ripe4  #cg3bh4 ,i know thy dwelling1 and

 thy going out1 and thy coming in1 and  
thy rage against me4  #cg3bi4 ,when thou
 wast mad against me1 thy pride came up 
to my ears3 therefore ,i will put a ring
 in thy nose1 and a bit between thy     
lips1 and ,i will turn thee back by the 
way by which thou camest4  #cg3cj4 ,but 
to thee this shall be a sign3  ,eat this
 year the things that spring of         
themselves1 and in the second year eat  
fruits3  but in the third year sow and  
reap1 and plant vineyards1 and eat the  
fruit of them4  #cg3ca4 ,and that which 
shall be saved of the house of ,juda1   
and which is left1 shall take root      
downward1 and shall bear fruit upward3  
#cg3cb4 ,for out of ,jerusalem shall go 
forth a remnant1 and salvation from     
mount ,sion3  the zeal of the ,lord of  
hosts shall do this4  #cg3cc4 ,wherefore
 thus saith the ,lord concerning the    
king of the ,assyrians3  ,he shall not  
come into this city1 nor shoot an arrow 
into it1 nor come before it with shield1
 nor cast a trench about it4  #cg3cd4   

,by the way that he came1 he shall      
return1 and into this city he shall not 
come1 saith the ,lord4  #cg3ce4 ,and ,i 
will protect this city1 and will save it
 for my own sake1 and for the sake of   
,david my servant4  #cg3cf4 ,and the    
angel of the ,lord went out and slew in 
the camp of the ,assyrians a hundred and
 eighty-five thousand4  ,and they arose 
in the morning1 and behold they were all
 dead corpses4  #cg3cg4 ,and            
,sennacherib the king of the ,assyrians 
went out and departed1 and returned1 and
 dwelt in ,ninive4  #cg3ch4 ,and it came
 to pass1 as he was worshipping in the  
temple of ,nesroch his god1 that        
,adramelech and ,sarasar his sons slew  
him with the sword3  and they fled into 
the land of ,ararat1 and ,asarhaddon his
 son reigned in his stead4    ,isaias   
,chapter #ch   ,ezechias being          
advertised that he shall die1 obtains by
 prayer a prolongation of his life3  in 
confirmation of which the sun goes back4
 ,the canticle of ,ezechias4  #ch3a4 ,in

 those days ,ezechias was sick even to  
death1 and ,isaias the son of ,amos the 
prophet cane unto him1 and said to him3 
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,take order with
 thy house1 for thou shalt die1 and not 
live4  #ch3b4 ,and ,ezechias turned his 
face toward the wall1 and prayed to the 
,lord1  #ch3c4 ,and said3  ,i beseech   
thee1 ,o ,lord1 remember how ,i have    
walked before thee in truth1 and with a 
perfect heart1 and have done that which 
is good in thy sight4  ,and ,ezechias   
wept with great weeping4  #ch3d4 ,and   
the word of the ,lord came to ,isaias1  
saying3  #ch3e4 ,go and say to          
,ezechias3  ,thus saith the ,lord the   
,god of ,david thy father3  ,i have     
heard thy prayer1 and ,i have seen thy  
tears3  behold ,i will add to thy days  
fifteen years3  #ch3f4 ,and ,i will     
deliver thee and this city out of the   
hand of the king of the ,assyrians1 and 
,i will protect it4  #ch3g4 ,and this   
shall be a sign to thee from the ,lord1 
that the ,lord will do this word which  

he hath spoken3  #ch3h4 ,behold ,i will 
bring again the shadow of the lines1 by 
which it is now gone down in the sun    
dial of ,achaz with the sun1 ten lines  
backward4  ,and the sun returned ten    
lines by the degrees by which it was    
gone down4  #ch3i4 ,the writing of      
,ezechias king of ,juda1 when he had    
been sick1 and was recovered of his     
sickness4  #ch3aj4 ,i said3  ,in the    
midst of my days ,i shall go to the     
gates of hell3 ,i sought for the residue
 of my years4  ,hell4 4 4,sheol1 or     
,hades1 the region of the dead4  #ch3aa4
 ,i said3  ,i shall not see the ,lord   
,god in the land of the living4 ,i shall
 behold man no more1 nor the inhabitant 
of rest4  #ch3ab4 ,my generation is at  
an end1 and it is rolled away from me1  
as a shepherd's tent4  ,my life is cut  
off1 as by a weaver3  whilst ,i was yet 
but beginning1 he cut me off3  from     
morning even to night thou wilt make an 
end of me4  #ch3ac4 ,i hoped till       
morning1 as a lion so hath he broken all

 my bones3 from morning even to night   
thou wilt make an end of me4  #ch3ad4 ,i
 will cry like a young swallow1 ,i will 
meditate like a dove3  my eyes are      
weakened looking upward3  ,lord1 ,i     
suffer violence1 answer thou for me4    
#ch3ae4 ,what shall ,i say1 or what     
shall he answer for me1 whereas he      
himself hath done it8  ,i will recount  
to thee all my years in the bitterness  
of my soul4  #ch3af4 ,o ,lord1 if man's 
life be such1 and the life of my spirit 
be in such things as these1 thou shalt  
correct me1 and make me to live4        
#ch3ag4 ,behold in peace is my          
bitterness most bitter3  but thou hast  
delivered my soul that it should not    
perish1 thou hast cast all my sins      
behind thy back4  #ch3ah4 ,for hell     
shall not confess to thee1 neither shall
 death praise thee3  nor shall they that
 go down into the pit1 look for thy     
truth4  #ch3ai4 ,the living1 the living1
 he shall give praise to thee1 as ,i do 
this day3  the father shall make the    

truth known to the children4  #ch3bj4 ,o
 ,lord1 save me1 and we will sing our   
psalms all the days of our life in the  
house of the ,lord4  #ch3ba4 ,now       
,isaias had ordered that they should    
take a lump of figs1 and lay it as a    
plaster upon the wound1 and that he     
should be healed4  #ch3bb4 ,and         
,ezechias had said3  ,what shall be the 
sign that ,i shall go up to the house of
 the ,lord8    ,isaias ,chapter #ci     
,ezechias shews all his treasures to the
 ambassadors of ,babylon3  upon which   
,isaias foretells the ,babylonish       
captivity4  #ci3a4 ,at that time        
,merodach ,baladan1 the son of ,baladan 
king of ,babylon1 sent letters and      
presents to ,ezechias3  for he had heard
 that he had been sick and was          
recovered4  #ci3b4 ,and ,ezechias       
rejoiced at their coming1 and he shewed 
them the storehouses of his aromatical  
spices1 and of the silver1 and of the   
gold1 and of the sweet odours1 and of   
the precious ointment1 and all the      

storehouses of his furniture1 and all   
things that were found in his treasures4
  ,there was nothing in his house1 nor  
in all his dominion that ,ezechias      
shewed them not4  #ci3c4 ,then ,isaias  
the prophet came to king ,ezechias1 and 
said to him3 ,what said these men1 and  
from whence came they to thee8  ,and    
,ezechias said3  ,from a far country    
they came to me1 from ,babylon4  #ci3d4 
,and he said3  ,what saw they in thy    
house8  ,and ,ezechias said3  ,all      
things that are in my house have they   
seen1 there was not any thing which ,i  
have not shewn them in my treasures4    
#ci3e4 ,and ,isaias said to ,ezechias3  
,hear the word of the ,lord of hosts4   
#ci3f4 ,behold the days shall come that 
all that is in thy house1 and that thy  
fathers have laid up in store until this
 day1 shall be carried away into        
,babylon3  there shall not any thing be 
left1 saith the ,lord4  #ci3g4 ,and of  
thy children1 that shall issue from     
thee1 whom thou shalt beget1 they shall 

take away1 and they shall be eunuchs in 
the palace of the king of ,babylon4     
#ci3h4 ,and ,ezechias said to ,isaias3  
,the word of the ,lord1 which he hath   
spoken1 is good4  ,and he said3  ,only  
let peace and truth be in my days4      
,isaias ,chapter #dj   ,the prophet     
comforts the people with the promise of 
the coming of ,christ to forgive their  
sins4  ,god's almighty power and        
majesty4  #dj3a4 ,be comforted1 be      
comforted1 my people1 saith your ,god4  
#dj3b4 ,speak ye to the heart of        
,jerusalem1 and call to her3  for her   
evil is come to an end1 her iniquity is 
forgiven3  she hath received of the hand
 of the ,lord double for all her sins4  
#dj3c4 ,the voice of one crying in the  
desert3  ,prepare ye the way of the     
,lord1 make straight in the wilderness  
the paths of our ,god4  #dj3d4 ,every   
valley shall be exalted1 and every      
mountain and hill shall be made low1 and
 the crooked shall become straight1 and 
the rough ways plain4  #dj3e4 ,and the  

glory of the ,lord shall be revealed1   
and all flesh together shall see1 that  
the mouth of the ,lord hath spoken4     
#dj3f4 ,the voice of one1 saying3  ,cry4
  ,and ,i said3  ,what shall ,i cry8    
,all flesh is grass1 and all the glory  
thereof as the flower of the field4     
#dj3g4 ,the grass is withered1 and the  
flower is fallen1 because the spirit of 
the ,lord hath blown upon it4  ,indeed  
the people is grass3  #dj3h4 ,the grass 
is withered1 and the flower is fallen3  
but the word of our ,lord endureth for  
ever4  #dj3i4 ,get thee up upon a high  
mountain1 thou that bringest good       
tidings to ,sion3  lift up thy voice    
with strength1 thou that bringest good  
tidings to ,jerusalem3  lift it up1 fear
 not4  ,say to the cities of ,juda3     
,behold your ,god3  #dj3aj4 ,behold the 
,lord ,god shall come with strength1 and
 his arm shall rule3  ,behold his reward
 is with him and his work is before him4
  #dj3aa4 ,he shall feed his flock like 
a shepherd3  he shall gather together   

the lambs with his arm1 and shall take  
them up in his bosom1 and he himself    
shall carry them that are with young4   
#dj3ab4 ,who hath measured the waters in
 the hollow of his hand1 and weighed the
 heavens with his palm8  who hath poised
 with three fingers the bulk of the     
earth1 and weighed the mountains in     
scales1 and the hills in a balance8     
#dj3ac4 ,who hath forwarded the spirit  
of the ,lord8  or who hath been his     
counsellor1 and hath taught him8        
#dj3ad4 ,with whom hath he consulted1   
and who hath instructed him1 and taught 
him the path of justice1 and taught him 
knowledge1 and shewed him the way of    
understanding8  #dj3ae4 ,behold the     
,gentiles are as a drop of a bucket1 and
 are counted as the smallest grain of a 
balance3  behold the islands are as a   
little dust4  #dj3af4 ,and ,libanus     
shall not be enough to burn1 nor the    
beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt   
offering4  #dj3ag4 ,all nations are     
before him as if they had no being at   

all1 and are counted to him as nothing1 
and vanity4  #dj3ah4 ,to whom then have 
you likened ,god8  or what image will   
you make for him8  #dj3ai4 ,hath the    
workman cast a graven statue8  or hath  
the goldsmith formed it with gold1 or   
the silversmith with plates of silver8  
#dj3bj4 ,he hath chosen strong wood1 and
 that will not rot3  the skilful workman
 seeketh how he may set up an idol that 
may not be moved4  #dj3ba4 ,do you not  
know8  hath it not been heard8  hath it 
not been told you from the beginning8   
have you not understood the foundations 
of the earth8  #dj3bb4 ,it is he that   
sitteth upon the globe of the earth1 and
 the inhabitants thereof are as locusts3
  he that stretcheth out the heavens as 
nothing1 and spreadeth them out as a    
tent to dwell in4  #dj3bc4 ,he that     
bringeth the searchers of secrets to    
nothing1 that hath made the judges of   
the earth as vanity4  #dj3bd4 ,and      
surely their stock was neither planted1 
nor sown1 nor rooted in the earth3      

suddenly he hath blown upon them1 and   
they are withered1 and a whirlwind shall
 take them away as stubble4  #dj3be4    
,and to whom have ye likened me1 or made
 me equal1 saith the ,holy ,one8        
#dj3bf4 ,lift up your eyes on high1 and 
see who hath created these things3  who 
bringeth out their host by number1 and  
calleth them all by their names3  by the
 greatness of his might1 and strength1  
and power1 not one of them was missing4 
#dj3bg4 ,why sayest thou1 ,o ,jacob1 and
 speakest1 ,o ,israel3  ,my way is hid  
from the ,lord1 and my judgment is      
passed over from my ,god8  #dj3bh4      
,knowest thou not1 or hast thou not     
heard8  the ,lord is the everlasting    
,god1 who hath created the ends of the  
earth3  he shall not faint1 nor labour1 
neither is there any searching out of   
his wisdom4  #dj3bi4 ,it is he that     
giveth strength to the weary1 and       
increaseth force and might to them that 
are not4  #dj3cj4 ,you shall faint1 and 
labour1 and young men shall fall by     

infirmity4  #dj3ca4 ,but they that hope 
in the ,lord shall renew their strength1
 they shall take wings as eagles1 they  
shall run and not be weary1 they shall  
walk and not faint4    ,isaias ,chapter 
#da   ,the reign of the just one3  the  
vanity of idols4  #da3a4 ,let the       
islands keep silence before me1 and the 
nations take new strength3  let them    
come near1 and then speak1 let us come  
near to judgment together4  #da3b4 ,who 
hath raised up the just one from the    
east1 hath called him to follow him8  he
 shall give the nations in his sight1   
and he shall rule over kings3  he shall 
give them as the dust to his sword1 as  
stubble driven by the wind1 to his bow4 
#da3c4 ,he shall pursue them1 he shall  
pass in peace1 no path shall appear     
after his feet4  #da3d4 ,who hath       
wrought and done these things1 calling  
the generations from the beginning8  ,i 
the ,lord1 ,i am the first and the last4
  #da3e4 ,the islands saw it1 and       
feared1 the ends of the earth were      

astonished1 they drew near1 and came4   
#da3f4 ,every one shall help his        
neighbour1 and shall say to his brother3
 ,be of good courage4  #da3g4 ,the      
coppersmith striking with the hammer    
encouraged him that forged at that time1
 saying3  ,it is ready for soldering3   
and he strengthened it with nails1 that 
it should not be moved4  #da3h4 ,but    
thou ,israel1 art my servant1 ,jacob    
whom ,i have chosen1 the seed of        
,abraham my friend3  #da3i4 ,in whom ,i 
have taken thee from the ends of the    
earth1 and from the remote parts thereof
 have called thee1 and said to thee3    
,thou art my servant1 ,i have chosen    
thee1 and have not cast thee away4      
#da3aj4 ,fear not1 for ,i am with thee3 
turn not aside1 for ,i am thy ,god3 ,i  
have strengthened thee1 and have helped 
thee1 and the right hand of my just one 
hath upheld thee4  #da3aa4 ,behold all  
that fight against thee shall be        
confounded and ashamed1 they shall be as
 nothing1 and the men shall perish that 

strive against thee4  #da3ab4 ,thou     
shalt seek them1 and shalt not find the 
men that resist thee3  they shall be as 
nothing3  and as a thing consumed the   
men that war against thee4  #da3ac4 ,for
 ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 who take thee
 by the hand1 and say to thee3  ,fear   
not1 ,i have helped thee4  #da3ad4 ,fear
 not1 thou worm of ,jacob1 you that are 
dead of ,israel3  ,i have helped thee1  
saith the ,lord3  and thy ,redeemer the 
,holy ,one of ,israel4  #da3ae4 ,i have 
made thee as a new thrashing wain1 with 
teeth like a saw3 thou shalt thrash the 
mountains1 and break them in pieces3    
and shalt make the hills as chaff4      
#da3af4 ,thou shalt fan them1 and the   
wind shall carry them away1 and the     
whirlwind shall scatter them3  and thou 
shalt rejoice in the ,lord1 in the ,holy
 ,one of ,israel thou shalt be joyful4  
#da3ag4 ,the needy and the poor seek for
 waters1 and there are none3 their      
tongue hath been dry with thirst4  ,i   
the ,lord will hear them1 ,i the ,god of

 ,israel will not forsake them4  #da3ah4
 ,i will open rivers in the high hills1 
and fountains in the midst of the       
plains3  ,i will turn the desert into   
pools of waters1 and the impassable land
 into streams of waters4  #da3ai4 ,i    
will plant in the wilderness the cedar1 
and the thorn1 and the myrtle1 and the  
olive tree3  ,i will set in the desert  
the fir tree1 the elm1 and the box tree 
together3  ,the thorn4 4 4,in ,hebrew1  
the shitta1 or setim1 a tree resembling 
the white thorn4  #da3bj4 ,that they may
 see and know1 and consider1 and        
understand together that the hand of the
 ,lord hath done this1 and the ,holy    
,one of ,israel hath created it4        
#da3ba4 ,bring your cause near1 saith   
the ,lord3  bring hither1 if you have   
any thing to allege1 saith the ,king of 
,jacob4  #da3bb4 ,let them come1 and    
tell us all things that are to come3    
tell us the former things what they     
were3  and we will set our heart upon   
them and shall know the latter end of   

them1 and tell us the things that are to
 come4  #da3bc4 ,shew the things that   
are to come hereafter1 and we shall know
 that ye are gods4  ,do ye also good or 
evil1 if you can3  and let us speak1 and
 see together4  #da3bd4 ,behold1 you are
 of nothing1 and your work of that which
 hath no being3  he that hath chosen you
 is an abomination4  #da3be4 ,i have    
raised up one from the north1 and he    
shall come from the rising of the sun3  
he shall call upon my name1 and he shall
 make princes to be as dirt1 and as the 
potter treading clay4  #da3bf4 ,who hath
 declared from the beginning1 that we   
may know3  and from time of old1 that we
 may say3  ,thou art just4  ,there is   
none that sheweth1 nor that foretelleth1
 nor that heareth your words4  #da3bg4  
,the first shall say to ,sion3  ,behold 
they are here1 and to ,jerusalem ,i will
 give an evangelist4  #da3bh4 ,and ,i   
saw1 and there was no one even among    
them to consult1 or who1 when ,i asked1 
could answer a word4  #da3bi4 ,behold   

they are all in the wrong1 and their    
works are vain3 their idols are wind and
 vanity4    ,isaias ,chapter #db   ,the 
office of ,christ4  ,the preaching of   
the gospel to the ,gentiles4  ,the      
blindness and reprobation of the ,jews4 
#db3a4 ,behold my servant1 ,i will      
uphold him3  my elect1 my soul          
delighteth in him3  ,i have given my    
spirit upon him1 he shall bring forth   
judgment to the ,gentiles4  ,my servant4
 4 4,christ1 who according to his       
humanity1 is the servant of ,god4       
#db3b4 ,he shall not cry1 nor have      
respect to person1 neither shall his    
voice be heard abroad4  #db3c4 ,the     
bruised reed he shall not break1 and    
smoking flax he shall not quench1 he    
shall bring forth judgment unto truth4  
#db3d4 ,he shall not be sad1 nor        
troublesome1 till he set judgment in the
 earth1 and the islands shall wait for  
his law4  #db3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord  
,god that created the heavens1 and      
stretched them out3  that established   

the earth1 and the things that spring   
out of it3  that giveth breath to the   
people upon it1 and spirit to them that 
tread thereon4  #db3f4 ,i the ,lord have
 called thee in justice1 and taken thee 
by the hand1 and preserved thee4  ,and  
,i have given thee for a covenant of the
 people1 for a light of the ,gentiles3  
#db3g4 ,that thou mightest open the eyes
 of the blind1 and bring forth the      
prisoner out of prison1 and them that   
sit in darkness out of the prison house4
  #db3h4 ,i the ,lord1 this is my name3 
,i will not give my glory to another1   
nor my praise to graven things4  #db3i4 
,the things that were first1 behold they
 are come3  and new things do ,i        
declare3  before they spring forth1 ,i  
will make you hear them4  #db3aj4 ,sing 
ye to the ,lord a new song1 his praise  
is from the ends of the earth3  you that
 go down to the sea1 and all that are   
therein3  ye islands1 and ye inhabitants
 of them4  #db3aa4 ,let the desert and  
the cities thereof be exalted3  ,cedar  

shall dwell in houses3  ye inhabitants  
of ,petra1 give praise1 they shall cry  
from the top of the mountains4  ,petra4 
4 4,a city that gives name to ,arabia   
,petraea4  #db3ab4 ,they shall give     
glory to the ,lord1 and shall declare   
his praise in the islands4  #db3ac4 ,the
 ,lord shall go forth as a mighty man1  
as a man of war shall he stir up zeal3  
he shall shout and cry3  he shall       
prevail against his enemies4  #db3ad4 ,i
 have always held my peace1 ,i have kept
 silence1 ,i have been patient1 ,i will 
speak now as a woman in labour3  ,i will
 destroy1 and swallow up at once4       
#db3ae4 ,i will lay waste the mountains 
and hills1 and will make all their grass
 to wither3  and ,i will turn rivers    
into islands1 and will dry up the       
standing pools4  #db3af4 ,and ,i will   
lead the blind into the way which they  
know not3  and in the paths which they  
were ignorant of ,i will make them walk3
  ,i will make darkness light before    
them1 and crooked things straight3      

these things have ,i done to them1 and  
have not forsaken them4  #db3ag4 ,they  
are turned back3  let them be greatly   
confounded1 that trust in a graven      
thing1 that say to a molten thing3  ,you
 are our god4  #db3ah4 ,hear1 ye deaf1  
and1 ye blind1 behold that you may see4 
#db3ai4 ,who is blind1 but my servant8  
or deaf1 but he to whom ,i have sent my 
messengers8  ,who is blind1 but he that 
is sold8  or who is blind1 but the      
servant of the ,lord8  #db3bj4 ,thou    
that seest many things1 wilt thou not   
observe them8  thou that hast ears open1
 wilt thou not hear8  #db3ba4 ,and the  
,lord was willing to sanctify him1 and  
to magnify the law1 and exalt it4       
#db3bb4 ,but this is a people that is   
robbed and wasted3  they are all the    
snare of young men1 and they are hid in 
the houses of prisons3  they are made a 
prey1 and there is none to deliver them3
  a spoil1 and there is none that saith3
  ,restore4  #db3bc4 ,who is there among
 you that will give ear to this1 that   

will attend and hearken for times to    
come8  #db3bd4 ,who hath given ,jacob   
for a spoil1 and ,israel to robbers8    
hath not the ,lord himself1 against whom
 we have sinned8  ,and they would not   
walk in his ways1 and they have not     
hearkened to his law4  #db3be4 ,and he  
hath poured out upon him the indignation
 of his fury1 and a strong battle1 and  
hath burnt him round about1 and he knew 
not3  and set him on fire1 and he       
understood not4    ,isaias ,chapter #dc 
,god comforts his church1 promising to  
protect her for ever3  he expostulates  
with the ,jews for their ingratitude4   
#dc3a4 ,and now thus saith the ,lord    
that created thee1 ,o ,jacob1 and formed
 thee1 ,o ,israel3  ,fear not1 for ,i   
have redeemed thee1 and called thee by  
thy name3  thou art mine4  #dc3b4 ,when 
thou shalt pass through the waters1 ,i  
will be with thee1 and the rivers shall 
not cover thee3  when thou shalt walk in
 the fire1 thou shalt not be burnt1 and 
the flames shall not burn in thee3      

#dc3c4 ,for ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1   
the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 thy ,saviour3
  ,i have given ,egypt for thy          
atonement1 ,ethiopia and ,saba for thee4
  #dc3d4 ,since thou becamest honourable
 in my eyes1 thou art glorious3  ,i have
 loved thee1 and ,i will give men for   
thee1 and people for thy life4  #dc3e4  
,fear not1 for ,i am with thee3  ,i will
 bring thy seed from the east1 and      
gather thee from the west4  #dc3f4 ,i   
will say to the north3  ,give up3  and  
to the south3  ,keep not back3  bring my
 sons from afar1 and my daughters from  
the ends of the earth4  #dc3g4 ,and     
every one that calleth upon my name1 ,i 
have created him for my glory4  ,i have 
formed him1 and made him4  #dc3h4 ,bring
 forth the people that are blind1 and   
have eyes3  that are deaf1 and have     
ears4  #dc3i4 ,all the nations are      
assembled together1 and the tribes are  
gathered3  who among you can declare    
this1 and shall make us hear the former 
things8  let them bring forth their     

witnesses1 let them be justified1 and   
hear1 and say3  ,it is truth4  #dc3aj4  
,you are my witnesses1 saith the ,lord1 
and my servant whom ,i have chosen3     
that you may know1 and believe me1 and  
understand that ,i myself am4  ,before  
me there was no ,god formed1 and after  
me there shall be none4  #dc3aa4 ,i am1 
,i am the ,lord3  and there is no       
saviour besides me4  #dc3ab4 ,i have    
declared1 and have saved4  ,i have made 
it heard1 and there was no strange one  
among you4  ,you are my witnesses1 saith
 the ,lord1 and ,i am ,god4  #dc3ac4    
,and from the beginning ,i am the same1 
and there is none that can deliver out  
of my hind3  ,i will work1 and who shall
 turn it away8  #dc3ad4 ,thus saith the 
,lord your redeemer1 the ,holy ,one of  
,israel3  ,for your sake ,i sent to     
,babylon1 and have brought down all     
their bars1 and the ,chaldeans glorying 
in their ships4  #dc3ae4 ,i am the ,lord
 your ,holy ,one1 the ,creator of       
,israel1 your ,king4  #dc3af4 ,thus     

saith the ,lord1 who made a way in the  
sea1 and a path in the mighty waters4   
#dc3ag4 ,who brought forth the chariot  
and the horse1 the army and the strong3 
they lay down to sleep together1 and    
they shall not rise again3 they are     
broken as flax1 and are extinct4        
#dc3ah4 ,remember not former things1 and
 look not on things of old4  #dc3ai4    
,behold ,i do new things1 and now they  
shall spring forth1 verily you shall    
know them3  ,i will make a way in the   
wilderness1 and rivers in the desert4   
#dc3bj4 ,the beast of the field shall   
glorify me1 the dragons and the         
ostriches3  because ,i have given waters
 in the wilderness1 rivers in the       
desert1 to give drink to my people1 to  
my chosen4  #dc3ba4 ,this people have ,i
 formed for myself1 they shall shew     
forth my praise4  #dc3bb4 ,but thou hast
 not called upon me1 ,o ,jacob1 neither 
hast thou laboured about me1 ,o ,israel4
  #dc3bc4 ,thou hast not offered me the 
ram of thy holocaust1 nor hast thou     

glorified me with thy victims3  ,i have 
not caused thee to serve with oblations1
 nor wearied thee with incense4  #dc3bd4
 ,thou hast bought me no sweet cane with
 money1 neither hast thou filled me with
 the fat of thy victims4  ,but thou hast
 made me to serve with thy sins1 thou   
hast wearied me with thy iniquities4    
#dc3be4 ,i am1 ,i am he that blot out   
thy iniquities for my own sake1 and ,i  
will not remember thy sins4  #dc3bf4    
,put me in remembrance1 and let us plead
 together3  tell if thou hast any thing 
to justify thyself4  #dc3bg4 ,thy first 
father sinned1 and thy teachers have    
transgressed against me4  #dc3bh4 ,and  
,i have profaned the holy princes1 ,i   
have given ,jacob to slaughter1 and     
,israel to reproach4    ,isaias ,chapter
 #dd   ,god's favour to his church4     
,the folly of idolatry4  ,the people    
shall be delivered from captivity4      
#dd3a4 ,and now hear1 ,o ,jacob1 my     
servant1 and ,israel whom ,i have       
chosen4  #dd3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord   

that made and formed thee1 thy helper   
from the womb3  ,fear not1 ,o my servant
 ,jacob1 and thou most righteous whom ,i
 have chosen4  #dd3c4 ,for ,i will pour 
out waters upon the thirsty ground1 and 
streams upon the dry land3  ,i will pour
 out my spirit upon thy seed1 and my    
blessing upon thy stock4  #dd3d4 ,and   
they shall spring up among the herbs1 as
 willows beside the running waters4     
#dd3e4 ,one shall say3  ,i am the       
,lord's1 and another shall call himself 
by the name of ,jacob1 and another shall
 subscribe with his hand1 ,to the ,lord1
 and surname himself by the name of     
,israel4  #dd3f4 ,thus saith the ,lord  
the king of ,israel1 and his redeemer   
the ,lord of hosts3  ,i am the first1   
and ,i am the last1 and besides me there
 is no ,god4  #dd3g4 ,who is like to me8
  let him call and declare3  and let him
 set before me the order1 since ,i      
appointed the ancient people3  and the  
things to come1 and that shall be       
hereafter1 let them shew unto them4     

#dd3h4 ,fear ye not1 neither be ye      
troubled from that time ,i have made    
thee to hear1 and have declared3  you   
are my witnesses4  ,is there a ,god     
besides me1 a maker1 whom ,i have not   
known8  #dd3i4 ,the makers of idols are 
all of them nothing1 and their best     
beloved things shall not profit them4   
,they are their witnesses1 that they do 
not see1 nor understand1 that they may  
be ashamed4  #dd3aj4 ,who hath formed a 
god1 and made a graven thing that is    
profitable for nothing8  #dd3aa4        
,behold1 all the partakers thereof shall
 be confounded3  for the makers are men3
  they shall all assemble together1 they
 shall stand and fear1 and shall be     
confounded together4  #dd3ab4 ,the smith
 hath wrought with his file1 with coals1
 and with hammers he hath formed it1 and
 hath wrought with the strength of his  
arm3  he shall hunger and faint1 he     
shall drink no water1 and shall be      
weary4  #dd3ac4 ,the carpenter hath     
stretched out his rule1 he hath formed  

it with a plane3  he hath made it with  
corners1 and hath fashioned it round    
with the compass3  and he hath made the 
image of a man as it were a beautiful   
man dwelling in a house4  #dd3ad4 ,he   
hath cut down cedars1 taken the holm1   
and the oak that stood among the trees  
of the forest3  he hath planted the pine
 tree1 which the rain hath nourished4   
#dd3ae4 ,and it hath served men for     
fuel3  he took thereof1 and warmed      
himself3  and he kindled it1 and baked  
bread3  but of the rest he made a god1  
and adored it3  he made a graven thing1 
and bowed down before it4  #dd3af4 ,part
 of it he burnt with fire1 and with part
 of it he dressed his meat3  he boiled  
pottage1 and was filled1 and was warmed1
 and said3 ,aha1 ,i am warm1 ,i have    
seen the fire4  #dd3ag4 ,but the residue
 thereof he made a god1 and a graven    
thing for himself3  he boweth down      
before it1 and adoreth it1 and prayeth  
unto it1 saying3  ,deliver me1 for thou 
art my ,god4  #dd3ah4 ,they have not    

known1 nor understood3  for their eyes  
are covered that they may not see1 and  
that they may not understand with their 
heart4  #dd3ai4 ,they do not consider in
 their mind1 nor know1 nor have the     
thought to say3  ,i have burnt part of  
it in the fire1 and ,i have baked bread 
upon the coals thereof3  ,i have broiled
 flesh and have eaten1 and of the       
residue thereof shall ,i make an idol8  
shall ,i fall down before the stock of a
 tree8  #dd3bj4 ,part thereof is ashes3 
his foolish heart adoreth it1 and he    
will not save his soul1 nor say3        
,perhaps there is a lie in my right     
hand4  #dd3ba4 ,remember these things1  
,o ,jacob1 and ,israel1 for thou art my 
servant4  ,i have formed thee1 thou art 
my servant1 ,o ,israel1 forget me not4  
#dd3bb4 ,i have blotted out thy         
iniquities as a cloud1 and thy sins as a
 mist3  return to me1 for ,i have       
redeemed thee4  #dd3bc4 ,give praise1 ,o
 ye heavens1 for the ,lord hath shewn   
mercy3  shout with joy1 ye ends of the  

earth3  ye mountains1 resound with      
praise1 thou1 ,o forest1 and every tree 
therein3  for the ,lord hath redeemed   
,jacob1 and ,israel shall be glorified4 
#dd3bd4 ,thus saith the ,lord thy       
redeemer1 and thy maker1 from the womb3 
,i am the ,lord1 that make all things1  
that alone stretch out the heavens1 that
 established the earth1 and there is    
none with me4  #dd3be4 ,that make void  
the tokens of diviners1 and make the    
soothsayers mad4  ,that turn the wise   
backward1 and that make their knowledge 
foolish4  #dd3bf4 ,that raise up the    
word of my servant and perform the      
counsel of my messengers1 who say to    
,jerusalem3  ,thou shalt be inhabited3  
and to the cities of ,juda3  ,you shall 
be built1 and ,i will raise up the      
wastes thereof4  #dd3bg4 ,who say to the
 deep3  ,be thou desolate1 and ,i will  
dry up thy rivers4  #dd3bh4 ,who say to 
,cyrus3  ,thou art my shepherd1 and thou
 shalt perform all my pleasure4  ,who   
say to ,jerusalem3  ,thou shalt be      

built3  and to the temple3  ,thy        
foundations shall be laid4    ,isaias   
,chapter #de   ,a prophecy of ,cyrus1 as
 a figure of ,christ1 the great         
deliverer of ,god's people4  #de3a4     
,thus saith the ,lord to my anointed    
,cyrus1 whose right hand ,i have taken  
hold of1 to subdue nations before his   
face1 and to turn the backs of kings1   
and to open the doors before him1 and   
the gates shall not be shut4  #de3b4 ,i 
will go before thee1 and will humble the
 great ones of the earth3  ,i will break
 in pieces the gates of brass1 and will 
burst the bars of iron4  #de3c4 ,and ,i 
will give thee hidden treasures1 and the
 concealed riches of secret places3     
that thou mayest know that ,i am the    
,lord who call thee by thy name1 the    
,god of ,israel4  #de3d4 ,for the sake  
of my servant ,jacob1 and ,israel my    
elect1 ,i have even called thee by thy  
name3  ,i have made a likeness of thee1 
and thou hast not known me4  #de3e4 ,i  
am the ,lord1 and there is none else3   

there is no ,god besides me3  ,i girded 
thee1 and thou hast not known me3       
#de3f4 ,that they may know who are from 
the rising of the sun1 and they who are 
from the west1 that there is none       
besides me4  ,i am the ,lord1 and there 
is none else3  #de3g4 ,i form the light1
 and create darkness1 ,i make peace1 and
 create evil3  ,i the ,lord that do all 
these things4  ,create evil1 etc4 4     
4,the evils of afflictions and          
punishments1 but not the evil of sin4   
#de3h4 ,drop down dew1 ye heavens1 from 
above1 and let the clouds rain the just3
  let the earth be opened1 and bud forth
 a saviour3  and let justice spring up  
together3  ,i the ,lord have created    
him4  #de3i4 ,woe to him that gainsayeth
 his maker1 a sherd of the earthen pots3
  shall the clay say to him that        
fashioneth it3  ,what art thou making1  
and thy work is without hands8  #de3aj4 
,woe to him that saith to his father3   
,why begettest thou8  and to the woman3 
,why dost thou bring forth8  #de3aa4    

,thus saith the ,lord the ,holy ,one of 
,israel1 his maker3  ,ask me of things  
to come1 concerning my children1 and    
concerning the work of my hands give ye 
charge to me4  #de3ab4 ,i made the      
earth3  and ,i created man upon it3  my 
hand stretched forth the heavens1 and ,i
 have commanded all their host4  #de3ac4
 ,i have raised him up to justice1 and  
,i will direct all his ways3 he shall   
build my city1 and let go my captives1  
not for ransom1 nor for presents1 saith 
the ,lord the ,god of hosts4  #de3ad4   
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,the labour of  
,egypt1 and the merchandise of          
,ethiopia1 and of ,sabaim1 men of       
stature shall come over to thee1 and    
shall be thine3  they shall walk after  
thee1 they shall go bound with manacles3
  and they shall worship thee1 and shall
 make supplication to thee3  only in    
thee is ,god1 and there is no ,god      
besides thee4  #de3ae4 ,verily thou art 
a hidden ,god1 the ,god of ,israel the  
saviour4  #de3af4 ,they are all         

confounded and ashamed3  the forgers of 
errors are gone together into confusion4
  #de3ag4 ,israel is saved in the ,lord 
with an eternal salvation3  you shall   
not be confounded1 and you shall not be 
ashamed for ever and ever4  #de3ah4 ,for
 thus saith the ,lord that created the  
heavens1 ,god himself that formed the   
earth1 and made it1 the very maker      
thereof3  he did not create it in vain3 
he formed it to be inhabited4  ,i am the
 ,lord1 and there is no other4  #de3ai4 
,i have not spoken in secret1 in a dark 
place of the earth3  ,i have not said to
 the seed of ,jacob3  ,seek me in vain4 
,i am the ,lord that speak justice1 that
 declare right things4  #de3bj4         
,assemble yourselves1 and come1 and draw
 near together1 ye that are saved of the
 ,gentiles3  they have no knowledge that
 set up the wood of their graven work1  
and pray to a god that cannot save4     
#de3ba4 ,tell ye1 and come1 and consult 
together3  who hath declared this from  
the beginning1 who hath foretold this   

from that time8  ,have not ,i the ,lord1
 and there is no ,god else besides me8  
,a just ,god and a saviour1 there is    
none besides me4  #de3bb4 ,be converted 
to me1 and you shall be saved1 all ye   
ends of the earth3  for ,i am ,god1 and 
there is no other4  #de3bc4 ,i have     
sworn by myself1 the word of justice    
shall go out of my mouth1 and shall not 
return3  #de3bd4 ,for every knee shall  
be bowed to me1 and every tongue shall  
swear4  #de3be4 ,therefore shall he say3
  ,in the ,lord are my justices and     
empire3 they shall come to him1 and all 
that resist him shall be confounded4    
#de3bf4 ,in the ,lord shall all the seed
 of ,israel be justified and praised4   
,isaias ,chapter #df   ,the idols of    
,babylon shall be destroyed4  ,salvation
 is promised through ,christ4  #df3a4   
,bel is broken1 ,nebo is destroyed3     
their idols are put upon beasts and     
cattle1 your burdens of heavy weight    
even unto weariness4  #df3b4 ,they are  
consumed1 and are broken together3  they

 could not save him that carried them1  
and they themselves shall go into       
captivity4  #df3c4 ,hearken unto me1 ,o 
house of ,jacob1 all the remnant of the 
house of ,israel who are carried by my  
bowels1 are borne up by my womb4  #df3d4
 ,even to your old age ,i am the same1  
and to your grey hairs ,i will carry    
you3  ,i have made you1 and ,i will     
bear3  ,i will carry and will save4     
#df3e4 ,to whom have you likened me1 and
 made me equal1 and compared me1 and    
made me like8  #df3f4 ,you that         
contribute gold out of the bag1 and     
weigh out silver in the scales3  and    
hire a goldsmith to make a god3  and    
they fall down and worship4  #df3g4     
,they bear him on their shoulders and   
carry him1 and set him in his place1 and
 he shall stand1 and shall not stir out 
of his place4 ,yea1 when they shall cry 
also unto him1 he shall not hear3  he   
shall not save them from tribulation4   
#df3h4 ,remember this1 and be ashamed3  
return1 ye transgressors1 to the heart4 

#df3i4 ,remember the former age1 for ,i 
am ,god1 and there is no ,god beside1   
neither is there the like to me3        
#df3aj4 ,who shew from the beginning the
 things that shall be at last1 and from 
ancient times the things that as yet are
 not done1 saying3  ,my counsel shall   
stand1 and all my will shall be done3   
#df3aa4 ,who call a bird from the east1 
and from a far country the man of my own
 will1 and ,i have spoken1 and will     
bring it to pass3  ,i have created1 and 
,i will do it4  ,hear me1 ,o ye         
hardhearted1 who are far from justice4  
#df3ab4 ,i have brought my justice near1
 it shall not be afar off3  and my      
salvation shall not tarry4  ,i will give
 salvation in ,sion1 and my glory in    
,israel4    ,isaias ,chapter #dg        
,god's judgment upon ,babylon4  #dg3a4  
,come down1 sit in the dust1 ,o virgin  
daughter of ,babylon1 sit on the ground3
  there is no throne for the daughter of
 the ,chaldeans1 for thou shalt no more 
be called delicate and tender4  #dg3b4  

,take a millstone and grind meal3       
uncover thy shame1 strip thy shoulder1  
make bare thy legs1 pass over the       
rivers4  #dg3c4 ,thy nakedness shall be 
discovered1 and thy shame shall be seen3
  ,i will take vengeance1 and no man    
shall resist me4  #dg3d4 ,our redeemer1 
the ,lord of hosts is his name1 the     
,holy ,one of ,israel4  #dg3e4 ,sit thou
 silent1 and get thee into darkness1 ,o 
daughter of the ,chaldeans3  for thou   
shalt no more be called the lady of     
kingdoms4  #dg3f4 ,i was angry with my  
people1 ,i have polluted my inheritance1
 and have given them into thy hand3     
thou hast shewn no mercy to them3  upon 
the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke     
exceeding heavy4  #dg3g4 ,and thou hast 
said3  ,i shall be a lady for ever3     
thou hast not laid these things to thy  
heart1 neither hast thou remembered thy 
latter end4  #dg3h4 ,and now hear these 
things1 thou that art delicate1 and     
dwellest confidently1 that sayest in thy
 heart3  ,i am1 and there is none else  

besides me3  ,i shall not sit as a      
widow1 and ,i shall not know barrenness4
  #dg3i4 ,these two things shall come   
upon thee suddenly in one day1          
barrenness and widowhood4  ,all things  
are come upon thee1 because of the      
multitude of thy sorceries1 and for the 
great hardness of thy enchanters4       
#dg3aj4 ,and thou hast trusted in thy   
wickedness1 and hast said3  ,there is   
none that seeth me4  ,thy wisdom1 and1  
thy knowledge1 this hath deceived thee4 
,and thou hast said in thy heart3  ,i   
am1 and besides me there is no other4   
#dg3aa4 ,evil shall come upon thee1 and 
thou shalt not know the rising thereof3 
and calamity shall fall violently upon  
thee1 which thou canst not keep off3    
misery shall come upon thee suddenly1   
which thou shalt not know4  #dg3ab4     
,stand now with thy enchanters1 and with
 the multitude of thy sorceries1 in     
which thou hast laboured from thy youth1
 if so be it may profit thee any thing1 
or if thou mayst become stronger4       

#dg3ac4 ,thou hast failed in the        
multitude of thy counsels3  let now the 
astrologers stand and save thee1 they   
that gazed at the stars1 and counted the
 months1 that from them they might tell 
the things that shall come to thee4     
#dg3ad4 ,behold they are as stubble1    
fire hath burnt them1 they shall not    
deliver themselves from the power of the
 flames3  there are no coals wherewith  
they may be warmed1 nor fire1 that they 
may sit thereat4  #dg3ae4 ,such are all 
the things become to thee1 in which thou
 hast laboured3  thy merchants from thy 
youth1 every one hath erred in his own  
way1 there is none that can save thee4  
,isaias ,chapter #dh   ,he reproaches   
the ,jews for their obstinacy3  he will 
deliver them out of their captivity1 for
 his own name's sake4  #dh3a4 ,hear ye  
these things1 ,o house of ,jacob1 you   
that are called by the name of ,israel1 
and are come forth out of the waters of 
,juda1 you who swear by the name of the 
,lord1 and make mention of the ,god of  

,israel1 but not in truth1 nor in       
justice4  #dh3b4 ,for they are called of
 the holy city1 and are established upon
 the ,god of ,israel3  the ,lord of     
hosts is his name4  #dh3c4 ,the former  
things of old1 ,i have declared1 and    
they went forth out of my mouth1 and ,i 
have made them to be heard3  ,i did them
 suddenly and they came to pass4  #dh3d4
 ,for ,i knew that thou art stubborn1   
and thy neck is as an iron sinew1 and   
thy forehead as brass4  #dh3e4 ,i       
foretold thee of old1 before they came  
to pass ,i told thee1 lest thou shouldst
 say3  ,my idols have done these things1
 and my graven and molten things have   
commanded them4  #dh3f4 ,see now all the
 things which thou hast heard3  but have
 you declared them8  ,i have shewn thee 
new things from that time1 and things   
are kept which thou knowest not3  #dh3g4
 ,they are created now1 and not of old3 
and before the day1 when thou heardest  
them not1 lest thou shouldst say3       
,behold ,i knew them4  #dh3h4 ,thou hast

 neither heard1 nor known1 neither was  
thy ear opened of old4  ,for ,i know    
that transgressing thou wilt transgress1
 and ,i have called thee a transgressor 
from the womb4  #dh3i4 ,for my name's   
sake ,i will remove my wrath far off3   
and for my praise ,i will bridle thee1  
lest thou shouldst perish4  #dh3aj4     
,behold ,i have refined thee1 but not as
 silver1 ,i have chosen thee in the     
furnace of poverty4  #dh3aa4 ,for my own
 sake1 for my own sake will ,i do it1   
that ,i may not be blasphemed3  and ,i  
will not give my glory to another4      
#dh3ab4 ,hearken to me1 ,o ,jacob1 and  
thou ,israel whom ,i call3  ,i am he1 ,i
 am the first1 and ,i am the last4      
#dh3ac4 ,my hand also hath founded the  
earth1 and my right hand hath measured  
the heavens3  ,i shall call them1 and   
they shall stand together4  #dh3ad4     
,assemble yourselves together1 all you1 
and hear3  who among them hath declared 
these things8  the ,lord hath loved him1
 he will do his pleasure in ,babylon1   

and his arm shall be on the ,chaldeans4 
#dh3ae4 ,i1 even ,i have spoken and     
called him3  ,i have brought him1 and   
his way is made prosperous4  #dh3af4    
,come ye near unto me1 and hear this3   
,i have not spoken in secret from the   
beginning3  from the time before it was 
done1 ,i was there1 and now the ,lord   
,god hath sent me1 and his spirit4      
#dh3ag4 ,thus saith the ,lord thy       
redeemer1 the ,holy ,one of ,israel3  ,i
 am the ,lord thy ,god that teach thee  
profitable things1 that govern thee in  
the way that thou walkest4  #dh3ah4 ,o  
that thou hadst hearkened to my         
commandments3  thy peace had been as a  
river1 and thy justice as the waves of  
the sea1  #dh3ai4 ,and thy seed had been
 as the sand1 and the offspring of thy  
bowels like the gravel thereof3  his    
name should not have perished1 nor have 
been destroyed from before my face4     
#dh3bj4 ,come forth out of ,babylon1    
flee ye from the ,chaldeans1 declare it 
with the voice of joy3  make this to be 

heard1 and speak it out even to the ends
 of the earth4  ,say3  ,the ,lord hath  
redeemed his servant ,jacob4  #dh3ba4   
,they thirsted not in the desert1 when  
he led them out3  he brought forth water
 out of the rock for them1 and he clove 
the rock1 and the waters gushed out4    
#dh3bb4 ,there is no peace to the       
wicked1 saith the ,lord4    ,isaias     
,chapter #di   ,christ shall bring the  
,gentiles to salvation4  ,god's love to 
his church is perpetual4  #di3a4 ,give  
ear1 ye islands1 and hearken1 ye people 
from afar4  ,the ,lord hath called me   
from the womb1 from the bowels of my    
mother he hath been mindful of my name4 
#di3b4 ,and he hath made my mouth like a
 sharp sword3  in the shadow of his hand
 he hath protected me1 and hath made me 
as a chosen arrow3  in his quiver he    
hath hidden me4  #di3c4 ,and he said to 
me3  ,thou art my servant ,israel1 for  
in thee will ,i glory4  #di3d4 ,and ,i  
said3  ,i have laboured in vain1 ,i have
 spent my strength without cause and in 

vain3  therefore my judgment is with the
 ,lord1 and my work with my ,god4       
#di3e4 ,and now saith the ,lord1 that   
formed me from the womb to be his       
servant1 that ,i may bring back ,jacob  
unto him1 and ,israel will not be       
gathered together3  and ,i am glorified 
in the eyes of the ,lord1 and my ,god is
 made my strength4  #di3f4 ,and he said3
  ,it is a small thing that thou        
shouldst be my servant to raise up the  
tribes of ,jacob1 and to convert the    
dregs of ,israel4 ,behold1 ,i have given
 thee to be the light of the ,gentiles1 
that thou mayst be my salvation even to 
the farthest part of the earth4  #di3g4 
,thus saith the ,lord the redeemer of   
,israel1 his ,holy ,one1 to the soul    
that is despised1 to the nation that is 
abhorred1 to the servant of rulers3     
,kings shall see1 and princes shall rise
 up1 and adore for the ,lord's sake1    
because he is faithful1 and for the     
,holy ,one of ,israel1 who hath chosen  
thee4  #di3h4 ,thus saith the ,lord3    

,in an acceptable time ,i have heard    
thee1 and in the day of salvation ,i    
have helped thee3  and ,i have preserved
 thee1 and given thee to be a covenant  
of the people1 that thou mightest raise 
up the earth1 and possess the           
inheritances that were destroyed3       
#di3i4 ,that thou mightest say to them  
that are bound3  ,come forth3  and to   
them that are in darkness3  ,shew       
yourselves4  ,they shall feed in the    
ways1 and their pastures shall be in    
every plain4  #di3aj4 ,they shall not   
hunger1 nor thirst1 neither shall the   
heat nor the sun strike them3  for he   
that is merciful to them1 shall be their
 shepherd1 and at the fountains of      
waters he shall give them drink4        
#di3aa4 ,and ,i will make all my        
mountains a way1 and my paths shall be  
exalted4  #di3ab4 ,behold these shall   
come from afar1 and behold these from   
the north and from the sea1 and these   
from the south country4  #di3ac4 ,give  
praise1 ,o ye heavens1 and rejoice1 ,o  

earth1 ye mountains1 give praise with   
jubilation3  because the ,lord hath     
comforted his people1 and will have     
mercy on his poor ones4  #di3ad4 ,and   
,sion said3  ,the ,lord hath forsaken   
me1 and the ,lord hath forgotten me4    
#di3ae4 ,can a woman forget her infant1 
so as not to have pity on the son of her
 womb8  and if she should forget1 yet   
will not ,i forget thee4  #di3af4       
,behold1 ,i have graven thee in my      
hands3  thy walls are always before my  
eyes4  #di3ag4 ,thy builders are come3  
they that destroy thee and make thee    
waste shall go out of thee4  #di3ah4    
,lift up thy eyes round about1 and see  
all these are gathered together1 they   
are come to thee3  ,i live1 saith the   
,lord1 thou shalt be clothed with all   
these as with an ornament1 and as a     
bride thou shalt put them about thee4   
#di3ai4 ,for thy deserts1 and thy       
desolate places1 and the land of thy    
destruction shall now be too narrow by  
reason of the inhabitants1 and they that

 swallowed thee up shall be chased far  
away4  #di3bj4 ,the children of thy     
barrenness shall still say in thy ears3 
,the place is too strait for me1 make me
 room to dwell in4  #di3ba4 ,and thou   
shalt say in thy heart3  ,who hath      
begotten these8  ,i was barren and      
brought not forth1 led away1 and        
captive3  and who hath brought up these8
  ,i was destitute and alone3  and      
these1 where were they8  #di3bb4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i will  
lift up my hand to the ,gentiles1 and   
will set up my standard to the people4  
,and they shall bring thy sons in their 
arms1 and carry thy daughters upon their
 shoulders4  #di3bc4 ,and kings shall be
 thy nursing fathers1 and queens thy    
nurses3 they shall worship thee with    
their face toward the earth1 and they   
shall lick up the dust of thy feet4     
,and thou shalt know that ,i am the     
,lord1 for they shall not be confounded 
that wait for him4  #di3bd4 ,shall the  
prey be taken from the strong8  or can  

that which was taken by the mighty1 be  
delivered8  #di3be4 ,for thus saith the 
,lord3  ,yea verily1 even the captivity 
shall be taken away from the strong3    
and that which was taken by the mighty1 
shall be delivered4  ,but ,i will judge 
those that have judged thee1 and thy    
children ,i will save4  #di3bf4 ,and ,i 
will feed thy enemies with their own    
flesh3  and they shall be made drunk    
with their own blood1 as with new wine3 
and all flesh shall know1 that ,i am the
 ,lord that save thee1 and thy ,redeemer
 the ,mighty ,one of ,jacob4    ,isaias 
,chapter #ej   ,the synagogue shall be  
divorced for her iniquities4  ,christ   
for her sake will endure ignominious    
afflictions4  #ej3a4 ,thus saith the    
,lord3  ,what is this bill of the       
divorce of your mother1 with which ,i   
have put her away8  or who is my        
creditor1 to whom ,i sold you3  behold  
you are sold for your iniquities1 and   
for your wicked deeds have ,i put your  
mother away4  #ej3b4 ,because ,i came1  

and there was not a man3  ,i called1 and
 there was none that would hear4  ,is my
 hand shortened and become little1 that 
,i cannot redeem8  or is there no       
strength in me to deliver8  ,behold at  
my rebuke ,i will make the sea a desert1
 ,i will turn the rivers into dry land3 
the fishes shall rot for want of water1 
and shall die for thirst4  #ej3c4 ,i    
will clothe the heavens with darkness1  
and will make sackcloth their covering4 
#ej3d4 ,the ,lord hath given me a       
learned tongue1 that ,i should know how 
to uphold by word him that is weary3  he
 wakeneth in the morning1 in the morning
 he wakeneth my ear1 that ,i may hear   
him as a master4  #ej3e4 ,the ,lord ,god
 hath opened my ear1 and ,i do not      
resist3  ,i have not gone back4  #ej3f4 
,i have given my body to the strikers1  
and my cheeks to them that plucked them3
  ,i have not turned away my face from  
them that rebuked me1 and spit upon me4 
#ej3g4 ,the ,lord ,god is my helper1    
therefore am ,i not confounded3         

therefore have ,i set my face as a most 
hard rock1 and ,i know that ,i shall not
 be confounded4  #ej3h4 ,he is near that
 justifieth me1 who will contend with   
me8  let us stand together1 who is my   
adversary8  let him come near to me4    
#ej3i4 ,behold the ,lord ,god is my     
helper3  who is he that shall condemn   
me8  ,lo1 they shall all be destroyed as
 a garment1 the moth shall eat them up4 
#ej3aj4 ,who is there among you that    
feareth the ,lord1 that heareth the     
voice of his servant1 that hath walked  
in darkness1 and hath no light8 let him 
hope in the name of the ,lord1 and lean 
upon his ,god4  #ej3aa4 ,behold all you 
that kindle a fire1 encompassed with    
flames1 walk in the light of your fire1 
and in the flames which you have        
kindled3 this is done to you by my hand1
 you shall sleep in sorrows4    ,isaias 
,chapter #ea   ,an exhortation to trust 
in ,christ4  ,he shall protect the      
children of his church4  #ea3a4 ,give   
ear to me1 you that follow that which is

 just1 and you that seek the ,lord3     
look unto the rock whence you are hewn1 
and to the hole of the pit from which   
you are dug out4  #ea3b4 ,look unto     
,abraham your father1 and to ,sara that 
bore you3  for ,i called him alone1 and 
blessed him1 and multiplied him4  #ea3c4
 ,the ,lord therefore will comfort      
,sion1 and will comfort all the ruins   
thereof3  and he will make her desert as
 a place of pleasure1 and her wilderness
 as the garden of the ,lord4  ,joy and  
gladness shall be found therein1        
thanksgiving1 and the voice of praise4  
#ea3d4 ,hearken unto me1 ,o my people1  
and give ear to me1 ,o my tribes3 for a 
law shall go forth from me1 and my      
judgment shall rest to be a light of the
 nations4  #ea3e4 ,my just one is near  
at hand1 my saviour is gone forth1 and  
my arms shall judge the people3  the    
islands shall look for me1 and shall    
patiently wait for my arm4  #ea3f4 ,lift
 up your eyes to heaven1 and look down  
to the earth beneath3 for the heavens   

shall vanish like smoke1 and the earth  
shall be worn away like a garment1 and  
the inhabitants thereof shall perish in 
like manner3  but my salvation shall be 
for ever1 and my justice shall not fail4
  #ea3g4 ,hearken to me1 you that know  
what is just1 my people who have my law 
in your heart3  fear ye not the reproach
 of men1 and be not afraid of their     
blasphemies4  #ea3h4 ,for the worm shall
 eat them up as a garment3  and the moth
 shall consume them as wool3  but my    
salvation shall be for ever1 and my     
justice from generation to generation4  
#ea3i4 ,arise1 arise1 put on strength1  
,o thou arm of the ,lord1 arise as in   
the days of old1 in the ancient         
generations4  ,hast not thou struck the 
proud one1 and wounded the dragon8      
#ea3aj4 ,hast not thou dried up the sea1
 the water of the mighty deep1 who      
madest the depth of the sea a way1 that 
the delivered might pass over8  #ea3aa4 
,and now they that are redeemed by the  
,lord1 shall return1 and shall come into

 ,sion singing praises1 and joy         
everlasting shall be upon their heads1  
they shall obtain joy and gladness1     
sorrow and mourning shall flee away4    
#ea3ab4 ,i myself will comfort you3  who
 art thou1 that thou shouldst be afraid 
of a mortal man1 and of the son of man1 
who shall wither away like grass8       
#ea3ac4 ,and thou hast forgotten the    
,lord thy maker1 who stretched out the  
heavens1 and founded the earth3  and    
thou hast been afraid continually all   
the day at the presence of his fury who 
afflicted thee1 and had prepared himself
 to destroy thee3  where is now the fury
 of the oppressor8  #ea3ad4 ,he shall   
quickly come that is going to open unto 
you1 and he shall not kill unto utter   
destruction1 neither shall his bread    
fail4  #ea3ae4 ,but ,i am the ,lord thy 
,god1 who trouble the sea1 and the waves
 thereof swell3  the ,lord of hosts is  
my name4  #ea3af4 ,i have put my words  
in thy mouth1 and have protected thee in
 the shadow of my hand1 that thou       

mightest plant the heavens1 and found   
the earth3  and mightest say to ,sion3  
,thou art my people4  #ea3ag4 ,arise1   
arise1 stand up1 ,o ,jerusalem1 which   
hast drunk at the hand of the ,lord the 
cup of his wrath2 thou hast drunk even  
to the bottom of the cup of dead sleep1 
and thou hast drunk even to the dregs4  
#ea3ah4 ,there is none that can uphold  
her among all the children that she hath
 brought forth3  and there is none that 
taketh her by the hand among all the    
children that she hath brought up4      
#ea3ai4 ,there are two things that have 
happened to thee3  who shall be sorry   
for thee8  desolation1 and destruction1 
and the famine1 and the sword1 who shall
 comfort thee8  #ea3bj4 ,thy children   
are cast forth1 they have slept at the  
head of all the ways1 and the wild ox   
that is snared3  full of the indignation
 of the ,lord1 of the rebuke of thy     
,god4  #ea3ba4 ,therefore hear this1    
thou poor little one1 and thou that art 
drunk but not with wine4  #ea3bb4 ,thus 

saith thy ,sovereign the ,lord1 and thy 
,god1 who will fight for his people3    
,behold ,i have taken out of thy hand   
the cup of dead sleep1 the dregs of the 
cup of my indignation1 thou shalt not   
drink it again any more4  #ea3bc4 ,and  
,i will put it in the hand of them that 
have oppressed thee1 and have said to   
thy soul3  ,bow down1 that we may go    
over3  and thou hast laid thy body as   
the ground1 and as a way to them that   
went over4    ,isaias ,chapter #eb      
,under the figure of the deliverance    
from the ,babylonish captivity1 the     
church is invited to rejoice for her    
redemption from sin4  ,christ's kingdom 
shall be exalted4  #eb3a4 ,arise1 arise1
 put on thy strength1 ,o ,sion1 put on  
the garments of thy glory1 ,o           
,jerusalem1 the city of the ,holy ,one3 
for henceforth the uncircumcised1 and   
unclean shall no more pass through thee4
  #eb3b4 ,shake thyself from the dust1  
arise1 sit up1 ,o ,jerusalem3  loose the
 bonds from off thy neck1 ,o captive    

daughter of ,sion4  #eb3c4 ,for thus    
saith the ,lord3  ,you were sold gratis1
 and you shall be redeemed1 without     
money4  #eb3d4 ,for thus saith the ,lord
 ,god3  ,my people went down into ,egypt
 at the beginning to sojourn there3  and
 the ,assyrian hath oppressed them      
without any cause at all4  #eb3e4 ,and  
now what have ,i here1 saith the ,lord3 
for my people is taken away gratis4     
,they that rule over them treat them    
unjustly1 saith the ,lord1 and my name  
is continually blasphemed all the day   
long4  #eb3f4 ,therefore my people shall
 know my name in that day3  for ,i      
myself that spoke1 behold ,i am here4   
#eb3g4 ,how beautiful upon the mountains
 are the feet of him that bringeth good 
tidings1 and that preacheth peace3  of  
him that sheweth forth good1 that       
preacheth salvation1 that saith to      
,sion3  ,thy ,god shall reign6  #eb3h4  
,the voice of thy watchmen3  they have  
lifted up their voice1 they shall praise
 together3  for they shall see eye to   

eye when the ,lord shall convert ,sion4 
#eb3i4 ,rejoice1 and give praise        
together1 ,o ye deserts of ,jerusalem3  
for the ,lord hath comforted his people3
  he hath redeemed ,jerusalem4  #eb3aj4 
,the ,lord hath prepared his holy arm in
 the sight of all the ,gentiles3  and   
all the ends of the earth shall see the 
salvation of our ,god4  #eb3aa4 ,depart1
 depart1 go ye out from thence1 touch no
 unclean thing3 go out of the midst of  
her1 be ye clean1 you that carry the    
vessels of the ,lord4  #eb3ab4 ,for you 
shall not go out in a tumult1 neither   
shall you make haste by flight3  for the
 ,lord will go before you1 and the ,god 
of ,israel will gather you together4    
#eb3ac4 ,behold my servant shall        
understand1 he shall be exalted1 and    
extolled1 and shall be exceeding high4  
#eb3ad4 ,as many have been astonished at
 thee1 so shall his visage be inglorious
 among men1 and his form among the sons 
of men4  #eb3ae4 ,he shall sprinkle many
 nations1 kings shall shut their mouth  

at him3  for they to whom it was not    
told of him1 have seen3  and they that  
heard not1 have beheld4    ,isaias      
,chapter #ec   ,a prophecy of the       
passion of ,christ4  #ec3a4 ,who a hath 
believed our report8  and to whom is the
 arm of the ,lord revealed8  #ec3b4 ,and
 he shall grow up as a tender plant     
before him1 and as a root out of a      
thirsty ground3  there is no beauty in  
him1 nor comeliness3  and we have seen  
him1 and there was no sightliness1 that 
we should be desirous of him3  #ec3c4   
,despised1 and the most abject of men1 a
 man of sorrows1 and acquainted with    
infirmity3  and his look was as it were 
hidden and despised1 whereupon we       
esteemed him not4  #ec3d4 ,surely he    
hath borne our infirmities and carried  
our sorrows3  and we have thought him as
 it were a leper1 and as one struck by  
,god and afflicted4  #ec3e4 ,but he was 
wounded for our iniquities1 he was      
bruised for our sins3  the chastisement 
of our peace was upon him1 and by his   

bruises we are healed4  #ec3f4 ,all we  
like sheep have gone astray1 every one  
hath turned aside into his own way3  and
 the ,lord hath laid on him the iniquity
 of us all4  #ec3g4 ,he was offered     
because it was his own will1 and he     
opened not his mouth3  he shall be led  
as a sheep to the slaughter1 and shall  
be dumb as a lamb before his shearer1   
and he shall not open his mouth4  #ec3h4
 ,he was taken away from distress1 and  
from judgment3  who shall declare his   
generation8  because he is cut off out  
of the land of the living3  for the     
wickedness of my people have ,i struck  
him4  #ec3i4 ,and he shall give the     
ungodly for his burial1 and the rich for
 his death3  because he hath done no    
iniquity1 neither was there deceit in   
his mouth4  #ec3aj4 ,and the ,lord was  
pleased to bruise him in infirmity3  if 
he shall lay down his life for sin1 he  
shall see a longlived seed1 and the will
 of the ,lord shall be prosperous in his
 hand4  #ec3aa4 ,because his soul hath  

laboured1 he shall see and be filled3   
by his knowledge shall this my just     
servant justify many1 and he shall bear 
their iniquities4  #ec3ab4 ,therefore   
will ,i distribute to him very many1 and
 he shall divide the spoils of the      
strong1 because he hath delivered his   
soul unto death1 and was reputed with   
the wicked3  and he hath borne the sins 
of many1 and hath prayed for the        
transgressors4    ,isaias ,chapter #ed  
,the ,gentiles1 who were barren before1 
shall multiply in the church of ,christ3
  from which ,god's mercy shall never   
depart4  #ed3a4 ,give praise1 ,o thou   
barren1 that bearest not3  sing forth   
praise1 and make a joyful noise1 thou   
that didst not travail with child3  for 
many are the children of the desolate1  
more than of her that hath a husband1   
saith the ,lord4  #ed3b4 ,enlarge the   
place of thy tent1 and stretch out the  
skins of thy tabernacles1 spare not3    
lengthen thy cords1 and strengthen thy  
stakes4  #ed3c4 ,for thou shalt pass on 

to the right hand1 and to the left3  and
 thy seed shall inherit the ,gentiles1  
and shall inhabit the desolate cities4  
#ed3d4 ,fear not1 for thou shalt not be 
confounded1 nor blush3  for thou shalt  
not be put to shame1 because thou shalt 
forget the shame of thy youth1 and shalt
 remember no more the reproach of thy   
widowhood4  #ed3e4 ,for he that made    
thee shall rule over thee1 the ,lord of 
hosts is his name3  and thy ,redeemer1  
the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 shall be     
called the ,god of all the earth4       
#ed3f4 ,for the ,lord hath called thee  
as a woman forsaken and mourning in     
spirit1 and as a wife cast off from her 
youth1 said thy ,god4  #ed3g4 ,for a    
small moment have ,i forsaken thee1 but 
with great mercies will ,i gather thee4 
#ed3h4 ,in a moment of indignation have 
,i hid my face a little while from thee1
 but with everlasting kindness have ,i  
had mercy on thee1 said the ,lord thy   
,redeemer4  #ed3i4 ,this thing is to me 
as in the days of ,noe1 to whom ,i      

swore1 that ,i would no more bring in   
the waters of ,noe upon the earth3  so  
have ,i sworn not to be angry with thee1
 and not to rebuke thee4  #ed3aj4 ,for  
the mountains shall be moved1 and the   
hills shall tremble2 but my mercy shall 
not depart from thee1 and the covenant  
of my peace shall not be moved3  said   
the ,lord that hath mercy on thee4      
#ed3aa4 ,o poor little one1 tossed with 
tempest1 without all comfort1 behold ,i 
will lay thy stones in order1 and will  
lay thy foundations with sapphires1     
#ed3ab4 ,and ,i will make thy bulwarks  
of jasper3  and thy gates of graven     
stones1 and all thy borders of desirable
 stones4  #ed3ac4 ,all thy children     
shall be taught of the ,lord3  and great
 shall be the peace of thy children4    
#ed3ad4 ,and thou shalt be founded in   
justice3  depart far from oppression1   
for thou shalt not fear2 and from       
terror1 for it shall not come near thee4
  #ed3ae4 ,behold1 an inhabitant shall  
come1 who was not with me1 he that was a

 stranger to thee before1 shall be      
joined to thee4  #ed3af4 ,behold1 ,i    
have created the smith that bloweth the 
coals in the fire1 and bringeth forth an
 instrument for his work1 and ,i have   
created the killer to destroy4  #ed3ag4 
,no weapon that is formed against thee  
shall prosper3  and every tongue that   
resisteth thee in judgment1 thou shalt  
condemn4  ,this is the inheritance of   
the servants of the ,lord1 and their    
justice with me1 saith the ,lord4       
,isaias ,chapter #ee   ,god promises    
abundance of spiritual graces to the    
faithful1 that shall believe in ,christ 
out of all nations1 and sincerely serve 
him4  #ee3a4 ,all you that thirst1 come 
to the waters3  and you that have no    
money make haste1 buy1 and eat3  come   
ye1 buy wine and milk without money1 and
 without any price4  #ee3b4 ,why do you 
spend money for that which is not bread1
 and your labour for that which doth not
 satisfy you8  ,hearken diligently to   
me1 and eat that which is good1 and your

 soul shall be delighted in fatness4    
#ee3c4 ,incline your ear and come to me3
  hear and your soul shall live1 and ,i 
will make an everlasting covenant with  
you1 the faithful mercies of ,david4    
#ee3d4 ,behold ,i have given him for a  
witness to the people1 for a leader and 
a master to the ,gentiles4  #ee3e4      
,behold thou shalt call a nation1 which 
thou knewest not3  and the nations that 
knew not thee shall run to thee1 because
 of the ,lord thy ,god1 and for the     
,holy ,one of ,israel1 for he hath      
glorified thee4  #ee3f4 ,seek ye the    
,lord1 while he may be found3  call upon
 him1 while he is near4  #ee3g4 ,let the
 wicked forsake his way1 and the unjust 
man his thoughts1 and let him return to 
the ,lord1 and he will have mercy on    
him1 and to our ,god3  for he is        
bountiful to forgive4  #ee3h4 ,for my   
thoughts are not your thoughts3  nor    
your ways my ways1 saith the ,lord4     
#ee3i4 ,for as the heavens are exalted  
above the earth1 so are my ways exalted 

above your ways1 and my thoughts above  
your thoughts4  #ee3aj4 ,and as the rain
 and the snow come down from heaven1 and
 return no more thither1 but soak the   
earth1 and water it1 and make it to     
spring1 and give seed to the sower1 and 
bread to the eater3  #ee3aa4 ,so shall  
my word be1 which shall go forth from my
 mouth3  it shall not return to me void1
 but it shall do whatsoever ,i please1  
and shall prosper in the things for     
which ,i sent it4  #ee3ab4 ,for you     
shall go out with joy1 and be led forth 
with peace3  the mountains and the hills
 shall sing praise before you1 and all  
the trees of the country shall clap     
their hands4  #ee3ac4 ,instead of the   
shrub1 shall come up the fir tree1 and  
instead of the nettle1 shall come up the
 myrtle tree3  and the ,lord shall be   
named for an everlasting sign1 that     
shall not be taken away4    ,isaias     
,chapter #ef   ,god invites all to keep 
his commandments3  the ,gentiles that   
keep them shall be the people of ,god3  

the ,jewish pastors are reproved4       
#ef3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,keep ye 
judgment1 and do justice3  for my       
salvation is near to come1 and my       
justice to be revealed4  #ef3b4 ,blessed
 is the man that doth this1 and the son 
of man that shall lay hold on this3     
that keepeth the sabbath from profaning 
it1 that keepeth his hands from doing   
any evil4  #ef3c4 ,and let not the son  
of the stranger1 that adhereth to the   
,lord1 speak1 saying3  ,the ,lord will  
divide and separate me from his people4 
,and let not the eunuch say3  ,behold ,i
 am a dry tree4  #ef3d4 ,for thus saith 
the ,lord to the eunuchs1 ,they that    
shall keep my sabbaths1 and shall choose
 the things that please me1 and shall   
hold fast my covenant3  #ef3e4 ,i will  
give to them in my house1 and within my 
walls1 a place1 and a name better than  
sons and daughters3  ,i will give them  
an everlasting name which shall never   
perish4  #ef3f4 ,and the children of the
 stranger that adhere to the ,lord1 to  

worship him1 and to love his name1 to be
 his servants3  every one that keepeth  
the sabbath from profaning it1 and that 
holdeth fast my covenant3  #ef3g4 ,i    
will bring them into my holy mount1 and 
will make them joyful in my house of    
prayer3  their holocausts1 and their    
victims shall please me upon my altar3  
for my house shall be called the house  
of prayer1 for all nations4  #ef3h4 ,the
 ,lord ,god1 who gathereth the scattered
 of ,israel1 saith3  ,i will still      
gather unto him his congregation4       
#ef3i4 ,all ye beasts of the field come 
to devour1 all ye beasts of the forest4 
#ef3aj4 ,his watchmen are all blind1    
they are all ignorant3  dumb dogs not   
able to bark1 seeing vain things1       
sleeping and loving dreams4  #ef3aa4    
,and most impudent dogs1 they never had 
enough3  the shepherds themselves knew  
no understanding3  all have turned aside
 into their own way1 every one after his
 own gain1 from the first even to the   
last4  #ef3ab4 ,come1 let us take wine1 

and be filled with drunkenness3  and it 
shall be as to day1 so also to morrow1  
and much more4    ,isaias ,chapter #eg  
,the infidelity of the ,jews3  their    
idolatry4  ,promises to humble          
penitents4  #eg3a4 ,the just perisheth1 
and no man layeth it to heart1 and men  
of mercy are taken away1 because there  
is none that understandeth2 for the just
 man is taken away from before the face 
of evil4  #eg3b4 ,let peace come1 let   
him rest in his bed that hath walked in 
his uprightness4  #eg3c4 ,but draw near 
hither1 you sons of the sorceress1 the  
seed of the adulterer1 and of the       
harlot4  #eg3d4 ,upon whom have you     
jested8  upon whom have you opened your 
mouth wide1 and put out your tongue8    
are not you wicked children1 a false    
seed1  #eg3e4 ,who seek your comfort in 
idols under every green tree1           
sacrificing children in the torrents1   
under the high rocks8  #eg3f4 ,in the   
parts of the torrent is thy portion1    
this is thy lot3  and thou hast poured  

out libations to them1 thou hast offered
 sacrifice4 ,shall ,i not be angry at   
these things8  #eg3g4 ,upon a high and  
lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed1  
and hast gone up thither to offer       
victims4  #eg3h4 ,and behind the door1  
and behind the post thou hast set up thy
 remembrance3  for thou hast discovered 
thyself near me1 and hast received an   
adulterer3  thou hast enlarged thy bed1 
and made a covenant with them3  thou    
hast loved their bed with open hand4    
#eg3i4 ,and thou hast adorned thyself   
for the king with ointment1 and hast    
multiplied thy perfumes4  ,thou hast    
sent thy messengers far off1 and wast   
debased even to hell4  #eg3aj4 ,thou    
hast been wearied in the multitude of   
thy ways3  yet thou saidst not3  ,i will
 rest3  thou has found life of thy hand1
 therefore thou hast not asked4  #eg3aa4
 ,for whom hast thou been solicitous and
 afraid1 that thou hast lied1 and hast  
not been mindful of me1 nor thought on  
me in thy heart8 for ,i am silent1 and  

as one that seeth not1 and thou hast    
forgotten me4  #eg3ab4 ,i will declare  
thy justice1 and thy works shall not    
profit thee4  #eg3ac4 ,when thou shalt  
cry1 let thy companies deliver thee1 but
 the wind shall carry them all off1 a   
breeze shall take them away1 but he that
 putteth his trust in me1 shall inherit 
the land1 and shall possess my holy     
mount4  #eg3ad4 ,and ,i will say3  ,make
 a way3  give free passage1 turn out of 
the path1 take away the stumblingblocks 
out of the way of my people4  #eg3ae4   
,for thus saith the ,high and the       
,eminent that inhabiteth eternity3  and 
his name is ,holy1 who dwelleth in the  
high and holy place1 and with a contrite
 and humble spirit1 to revive the spirit
 of the humble1 and to revive the heart 
of the contrite4  #eg3af4 ,for ,i will  
not contend for ever1 neither will ,i be
 angry unto the end3  because the spirit
 shall go forth from my face1 and       
breathings ,i will make4  #eg3ag4 ,for  
the iniquity of his covetousness ,i was 

angry1 and ,i struck him3  ,i hid my    
face from thee1 and was angry3  and he  
went away wandering in his own heart4   
#eg3ah4 ,i saw his ways1 and ,i healed  
him1 and brought him back1 and restored 
comforts to him1 and to them that mourn 
for him4  #eg3ai4 ,i created the fruit  
of the lips1 peace1 peace to him that is
 far off1 and to him that is near1 said 
the ,lord1 and ,i healed him4  #eg3bj4  
,but the wicked are like the raging sea1
 which cannot rest1 and the waves       
thereof cast up dirt and mire4  #eg3ba4 
,there is no peace to the wicked1 saith 
the ,lord ,god4    ,isaias ,chapter #eh 
,god rejects the hypocritical fasts of  
the ,jews3  recommends works of mercy1  
and sincere godliness4  #eh3a4 ,cry1    
cease not1 lift up thy voice like a     
trumpet1 and shew my people their wicked
 doings1 and the house of ,jacob their  
sins4  #eh3b4 ,for they seek me from day
 to day1 and desire to know my ways1 as 
a nation that hath done justice1 and    
hath not forsaken the judgment of their 

,god3  they ask of me the judgments of  
justice3  they are willing to approach  
to ,god4  #eh3c4 ,why have we fasted1   
and thou hast not regarded3  have we    
humbled our souls1 and thou hast not    
taken notice8  ,behold in the day of    
your fast your own will is found1 and   
you exact of all your debtors4  #eh3d4  
,behold you fast for debates and strife1
 and strike with the fist wickedly4  ,do
 not fast as you have done until this   
day1 to make your cry to be heard on    
high4  #eh3e4 ,is this such a fast as ,i
 have chosen3  for a man to afflict his 
soul for a day8  is this it1 to wind his
 head about like a circle1 and to spread
 sackcloth and ashes8  wilt thou call   
this a fast1 and a day acceptable to the
 ,lord8  #eh3f4 ,is not this rather the 
fast that ,i have chosen8  loose the    
bands of wickedness1 undo the bundles   
that oppress1 let them that are broken  
go free1 and break asunder every burden4
  #eh3g4 ,deal thy bread to the hungry1 
and bring the needy and the harbourless 

into thy house3  when thou shalt see one
 naked1 cover him1 and despise not thy  
own flesh4  #eh3h4 ,then shall thy light
 break forth as the morning1 and thy    
health shall speedily arise1 and thy    
justice shall go before thy face1 and   
the glory of the ,lord shall gather thee
 up4  #eh3i4 ,then shalt thou call1 and 
the ,lord shall hear3  thou shalt cry1  
and he shall say1 ,here ,i am4  ,if thou
 wilt take away the chain out of the    
midst of thee1 and cease to stretch out 
the finger1 and to speak that which     
profiteth not4  #eh3aj4 ,when thou shalt
 pour out thy soul to the hungry1 and   
shalt satisfy the afflicted soul1 then  
shall thy light rise up in darkness1 and
 thy darkness shall be as the noonday4  
#eh3aa4 ,and the ,lord will give thee   
rest continually1 and will fill thy soul
 with brightness1 and deliver thy bones1
 and thou shalt be like a watered       
garden1 and like a fountain of water    
whose waters shall not fail4  #eh3ab4   
,and the places that have been desolate 

for ages shall be built in thee3  thou  
shalt raise up the foundation of        
generation and generation3  and thou    
shalt be called the repairer of the     
fences1 turning the paths into rest4    
#eh3ac4 ,if thou turn away thy foot from
 the sabbath1 from doing thy own will in
 my holy day1 and call the sabbath      
delightful1 and the holy of the ,lord   
glorious1 and glorify him1 while thou   
dost not thy own ways1 and thy own will 
is not found1 to speak a word3  #eh3ad4 
,then shalt thou be delighted in the    
,lord1 and ,i will lift thee up above   
the high places of the earth1 and will  
feed thee with the inheritance of ,jacob
 thy father4  ,for the mouth of the     
,lord hath spoken it4    ,isaias        
,chapter #ei   ,the dreadful evil of sin
 is displayed1 as the great obstacle to 
all good from ,god3  yet he will send a 
,redeemer1 and make an everlasting      
covenant with his church4  #ei3a4       
,behold the hand of the ,lord is not    
shortened that it cannot save1 neither  

is his ear heavy that it cannot hear4   
#ei3b4 ,but your iniquities have divided
 between you and your ,god1 and your    
sins have hid his face from you that he 
should not hear4  #ei3c4 ,for your hands
 are defiled with blood1 and your       
fingers with iniquity3  your lips have  
spoken lies1 and your tongue uttereth   
iniquity4  #ei3d4 ,there is none that   
calleth upon justice1 neither is there  
any one that judgeth truly3  but they   
trust in a mere nothing1 and speak      
vanities3  they have conceived labour1  
and brought forth iniquity4  #ei3e4     
,they have broken the eggs of asps1 and 
have woven the webs of spiders3  he that
 shall eat of their eggs1 shall die3    
and that which is brought out1 shall be 
hatched into a basilisk4  #ei3f4 ,their 
webs shall not be for clothing1 neither 
shall they cover themselves with their  
works3  their works are unprofitable    
works1 and the work of iniquity is in   
their hands4  #ei3g4 ,their feet run to 
evil1 and make haste to shed innocent   

blood3 their thoughts are unprofitable  
thoughts3  wasting and destruction are  
in their ways4  #ei3h4 ,they have not   
known the way of peace1 and there is no 
judgment in their steps3  their paths   
are become crooked to them1 every one   
that treadeth in them knoweth no peace4 
#ei3i4 ,therefore is judgment far from  
us1 and justice shall not overtake us4  
,we looked for light1 and behold        
darkness3  brightness1 and we have      
walked in the dark4  #ei3aj4 ,we have   
groped for the wall1 and like the blind 
we have groped as if we had no eyes3  we
 have stumbled at noonday as in         
darkness1 we are in dark places1 as dead
 men4  #ei3aa4 ,we shall roar all of us 
like bears1 and shall lament as mournful
 doves4  ,we have looked for judgment1  
and there is none3  for salvation1 and  
it is far from us4  #ei3ab4 ,for our    
iniquities are multiplied before thee1  
and our sins have testified against us3 
for our wicked doings are with us1 and  
have known our iniquities3  #ei3ac4 ,in 

sinning and lying against the ,lord3    
and we have turned away so that we went 
not after our ,god1 but spoke calumny   
and transgression3 we have conceived1   
and uttered from the heart1 words of    
falsehood4  #ei3ad4 ,and judgment is    
turned away backward1 and justice hath  
stood far off3  because truth hath      
fallen down in the street1 and equity   
could not come in4  #ei3ae4 ,and truth  
hath been forgotten3  and he that       
departed from evil1 lay open to be a    
prey3  and the ,lord saw1 and it        
appeared evil in his eyes1 because there
 is no judgment4  #ei3af4 ,and he saw   
that there is not a man3  and he stood  
astonished1 because there is none to    
oppose himself3  and his own arm brought
 salvation to him1 and his own justice  
supported him4  #ei3ag4 ,he put on      
justice as a breastplate1 and a helmet  
of salvation upon his head3  he put on  
the garments of vengeance1 and was clad 
with zeal as with a cloak4  #ei3ah4 ,as 
unto revenge1 as it were to repay wrath 

to his adversaries1 and a reward to his 
enemies3  he will repay the like to the 
islands4  #ei3ai4 ,and they from the    
west1 shall fear the name of the ,lord3 
and they from the rising of the sun1 his
 glory when he shall come as a violent  
stream1 which the spirit of the ,lord   
driveth on3  #ei3bj4 ,and there shall   
come a redeemer to ,sion1 and to them   
that return from iniquity in ,jacob1    
saith the ,lord4  #ei3ba4 ,this is my   
covenant with them1 saith the ,lord3    
,my spirit that is in thee1 and my words
 that ,i have put in thy mouth1 shall   
not depart out of thy mouth1 nor out of 
the mouth of thy seed1 nor out of the   
mouth of thy seed's seed1 saith the     
,lord1 from henceforth and for ever4    
,this is my covenant1 etc4 4 4,note here
 a clear promise of perpetual orthodoxy 
to the church of ,christ4    ,isaias    
,chapter #fj   ,the light of true faith 
shall shine forth in the church of      
,christ1 and shall be spread through all
 nations1 and continue for all ages4    

#fj3a4 ,arise1 be enlightened1 ,o       
,jerusalem3  for thy light is come1 and 
the glory of the ,lord is risen upon    
thee4  #fj3b4 ,for behold darkness shall
 cover the earth1 and a mist the people3
 but the ,lord shall arise upon thee1   
and his glory shall be seen upon thee4  
#fj3c4 ,and the ,gentiles shall walk in 
thy light1 and kings in the brightness  
of thy rising4  #fj3d4 ,lift up thy eyes
 round about1 and see3  all these are   
gathered together1 they are come to     
thee3  thy sons shall come from afar1   
and thy daughters shall rise up at thy  
side4  #fj3e4 ,then shalt thou see1 and 
abound1 and thy heart shall wonder and  
be enlarged1 when the multitude of the  
sea shall be converted to thee1 the     
strength of the ,gentiles shall come to 
thee4  #fj3f4 ,the multitude of camels  
shall cover thee1 the dromedaries of    
,madian and ,epha3  all they from ,saba 
shall come1 bringing gold and           
frankincense3  and shewing forth praise 
to the ,lord4  #fj3g4 ,all the flocks of

 ,cedar shall be gathered together unto 
thee1 the rams of ,nabaioth shall       
minister to thee3  they shall be offered
 upon my acceptable altar1 and ,i will  
glorify the house of my majesty4  #fj3h4
 ,who are these1 that fly as clouds1 and
 as doves to their windows8  #fj3i4     
,for1 the islands wait for me1 and the  
ships of the sea in the beginning3  that
 ,i may bring thy sons from afar3  their
 silver1 and their gold with them1 to   
the name of the ,lord thy ,god1 and to  
the ,holy ,one of ,israel1 because he   
hath glorified thee4  #fj3aj4 ,and the  
children of strangers shall build up thy
 walls1 and their kings shall minister  
to thee3  for in my wrath have ,i struck
 thee1 and in my reconciliation have ,i 
had mercy upon thee4  #fj3aa4 ,and thy  
gates shall be open continually3  they  
shall not be shut day nor night1 that   
the strength of the ,gentiles may be    
brought to thee1 and their kings may be 
brought4  #fj3ab4 ,for the nation and   
the kingdom that will not serve thee1   

shall perish3  and the ,gentiles shall  
be wasted with desolation4  #fj3ac4 ,the
 glory of ,libanus shall come to thee1  
the fir tree1 and the box tree1 and the 
pine tree together1 to beautify the     
place of my sanctuary3  and ,i will     
glorify the place of my feet4  #fj3ad4  
,and the children of them that afflict  
thee1 shall come bowing down to thee1   
and all that slandered thee shall       
worship the steps of thy feet1 and shall
 call thee the city of the ,lord1 the   
,sion of the ,holy ,one of ,israel4     
#fj3ae4 ,because thou wast forsaken1 and
 hated1 and there was none that passed  
through thee1 ,i will make thee to be an
 everlasting glory1 a joy unto          
generation and generation3  #fj3af4 ,and
 thou shalt suck the milk of the        
,gentiles1 and thou shalt be nursed with
 the breasts of kings3  and thou shalt  
know that ,i am the ,lord thy ,saviour1 
and thy ,redeemer1 the ,mighty ,one of  
,jacob4  #fj3ag4 ,for brass ,i will     
bring gold1 and for iron ,i will bring  

silver3 and for wood brass1 and for     
stones iron3  and ,i will make thy      
visitation peace1 and thy overseers     
justice4  #fj3ah4 ,iniquity shall no    
more be heard in thy land1 wasting nor  
destruction in thy borders1 and         
salvation shall possess thy walls1 and  
praise thy gates4  #fj3ai4 ,thou shalt  
no more have the sun for thy light by   
day1 neither shall the brightness of the
 moon enlighten thee3  but the ,lord    
shall be unto thee for an everlasting   
light1 and thy ,god for thy glory4      
,thou shalt no more1 etc4 4 4,in this   
latter part of the chapter1 the prophet 
passes from the illustrious promises    
made to the church militant on earth1 to
 the glory of the church triumphant in  
heaven4  #fj3bj4 ,thy sun shall go down 
no more1 and thy moon shall not         
decrease3 for the ,lord shall be unto   
thee for an everlasting light1 and the  
days of thy mourning shall be ended4    
#fj3ba4 ,and thy people shall be all    
just1 they shall inherit the land for   

ever1 the branch of my planting1 the    
work of my hand to glorify me4  #fj3bb4 
,the least shall become a thousand1 and 
a little one a most strong nation3  ,i  
the ,lord will suddenly do this thing in
 its time4    ,isaias ,chapter #fa      
,the office of ,christ3  the mission of 
the ,apostles2 the happiness of their   
converts4  #fa3a4 ,the spirit of the    
,lord is upon me1 because the ,lord hath
 anointed me3  he hath sent me to preach
 to the meek1 to heal the contrite of   
heart1 and to preach a release to the   
captives1 and deliverance to them that  
are shut up4  #fa3b4 ,to proclaim the   
acceptable year of the ,lord1 and the   
day of vengeance of our ,god3  to       
comfort all that mourn3  #fa3c4 ,to     
appoint to the mourners of ,sion1 and to
 give them a crown for ashes1 the oil of
 joy for mourning1 a garment of praise  
for the spirit of grief3  and they shall
 be called in it the mighty ones of     
justice1 the planting of the ,lord to   
glorify him4  #fa3d4 ,and they shall    

build the places that have been waste   
from of old1 and shall raise up ancient 
ruins1 and shall repair the desolate    
cities1 that were destroyed for         
generation and generation4  #fa3e4 ,and 
strangers shall stand and shall feed    
your flocks3  and the sons of strangers 
shall be your husbandman1 and the       
dressers of your vines4  #fa3f4 ,but you
 shall be called the priests of the     
,lord3  to you it shall be said3  ,ye   
ministers of our ,god3  you shall eat   
the riches of the ,gentiles1 and you    
shall pride yourselves in their glory4  
#fa3g4 ,for your double confusion and   
shame1 they shall praise their part3    
therefore shall they receive double in  
their land1 everlasting joy shall be    
unto them4  #fa3h4 ,for ,i am the ,lord 
that love judgment1 and hate robbery in 
a holocaust3  and ,i will make their    
work in truth1 and ,i will make a       
perpetual covenant with them4  #fa3i4   
,and they shall know their seed among   
the ,gentiles1 and their offspring in   

the midst of peoples3  all that shall   
see them1 shall know them1 that these   
are the seed which the ,lord hath       
blessed4  #fa3aj4 ,i will greatly       
rejoice in the ,lord1 and my soul shall 
be joyful in my ,god3  for he hath      
clothed me with the garments of         
salvation3  and with the robe of justice
 he hath covered me1 as a bridegroom    
decked with a crown1 and as a bride     
adorned with her jewels4  #fa3aa4 ,for  
as the earth bringeth forth her bud1 and
 as the garden causeth her seed to shoot
 forth3  so shall the ,lord ,god make   
justice to spring forth1 and praise     
before all the nations4    ,isaias      
,chapter #fb   ,the prophet will not    
cease from preaching ,christ3  to whom  
all nations shall be converted3  and    
whose church shall continue for ever4   
#fb3a4 ,for ,sion's sake ,i will not    
hold my peace1 and for the sake of      
,jerusalem1 ,i will not rest till her   
just one come forth as brightness1 and  
her saviour be lighted as a lamp4       

#fb3b4 ,and the ,gentiles shall see thy 
just one1 and all kings thy glorious    
one3  and thou shalt be called by a new 
name1 which the mouth of the ,lord shall
 name4  #fb3c4 ,and thou shalt be a     
crown of glory in the hand of the ,lord1
 and a royal diadem in the hand of thy  
,god4  #fb3d4 ,thou shalt no more be    
called ,forsaken3  and thy land shall no
 more be called ,desolate3  but thou    
shalt be called ,my pleasure in her1 and
 thy land inhabited4  ,because the ,lord
 hath been well pleased with thee3 and  
thy land shall be inhabited4  #fb3e4    
,for the young man shall dwell with the 
virgin1 and thy children shall dwell in 
thee4  ,and the bridegroom shall rejoice
 over the bride1 and thy ,god shall     
rejoice over thee4  #fb3f4 ,upon thy    
walls1 ,o ,jerusalem1 ,i have appointed 
watchmen all the day1 and all the night1
 they shall never hold their peace4     
,you that are mindful of the ,lord1 hold
 not your peace1  #fb3g4 ,and give him  
no silence till he establish1 and till  

he make ,jerusalem a praise in the      
earth4  #fb3h4 ,the ,lord hath sworn by 
his right hand1 and by the arm of his   
strength3  ,surely ,i will no more give 
thy corn to be meat for thy enemies3    
and the sons of the strangers shall not 
drink thy wine1 for which thou hast     
laboured4  #fb3i4 ,for they that gather 
it1 shall eat it1 and shall praise the  
,lord3 and they that bring it together1 
shall drink it in my holy courts4       
#fb3aj4 ,go through1 go through the     
gates1 prepare the way for the people1  
make the road plain1 pick out the       
stones1 and lift up the standard to the 
people4  #fb3aa4 ,behold the ,lord hath 
made it to be heard in the ends of the  
earth1 tell the daughter of ,sion3      
,behold thy ,saviour cometh3  behold his
 reward is with him1 and his work before
 him4  #fb3ab4 ,and they shall call     
them1 ,the holy people1 the redeemed of 
the ,lord4  ,but thou shalt be called3  
,a city sought after1 and not forsaken4 
,isaias ,chapter #fc   ,christ's victory

 over his enemies3  his mercies to his  
people3  their complaint4  #fc3a4 ,who  
is this that cometh from ,edom1 with    
dyed garments from ,bosra1 this         
beautiful one in his robe1 walking in   
the greatness of his strength4  ,i1 that
 speak justice1 and am a defender to    
save4  ,edom4 4 4,edom and ,bosra 7a    
strong city of ,edom7 are here taken in 
a mystical sense for the enemies of     
,christ and his church4  #fc3b4 ,why    
then is thy apparel red1 and thy        
garments like theirs that tread in the  
winepress8  #fc3c4 ,i have trodden the  
winepress alone1 and of the ,gentiles   
there is not a man with me3  ,i have    
trampled on them in my indignation1 and 
have trodden them down in my wrath1 and 
their blood is sprinkled upon my        
garments1 and ,i have stained all my    
apparel4  #fc3d4 ,for the day of        
vengeance is in my heart1 the year of my
 redemption is come4  #fc3e4 ,i looked  
about1 and there was none to help3  ,i  
sought1 and there was none to give aid3 

and my own arm hath saved for me1 and my
 indignation itself hath helped me4     
#fc3f4 ,and ,i have trodden down the    
people in my wrath1 and have made them  
drunk in my indignation1 and have       
brought down their strength to the      
earth4  #fc3g4 ,i will remember the     
tender mercies of the ,lord1 the praise 
of the ,lord for all the things that the
 ,lord hath bestowed upon us1 and for   
the multitude of his good things to the 
house of ,israel1 which he hath given   
them according to his kindness1 and     
according to the multitude of his       
mercies4  #fc3h4 ,and he said3  ,surely 
they are my people1 children that will  
not deny3  so he became their saviour4  
#fc3i4 ,in all their affliction he was  
not troubled1 and the angel of his      
presence saved them3  in his love1 and  
in his mercy he redeemed them1 and he   
carried them and lifted them up all the 
days of old4  #fc3aj4 ,but they provoked
 to wrath1 and afflicted the spirit of  
his ,holy ,one3  and he was turned to be

 their enemy1 and he fought against     
them4  #fc3aa4 ,and he remembered the   
days of old of ,moses1 and of his       
people3 ,where is he that brought them  
up out of the sea1 with the shepherds of
 his flock8  where is he that put in the
 midst of them the spirit of his ,holy  
,one8  #fc3ab4 ,he that brought out     
,moses by the right hand1 by the arm of 
his majesty3  that divided the waters   
before them1 to make himself an         
everlasting name4  #fc3ac4 ,he that led 
them out through the deep1 as a horse in
 the wilderness that stumbleth not4     
#fc3ad4 ,as a beast that goeth down in  
the field1 the spirit of the ,lord was  
their leader3  so didst thou lead thy   
people to make thyself a glorious name4 
#fc3ae4 ,look down from heaven1 and     
behold from thy holy habitation and the 
place of thy glory3  where is thy zeal1 
and thy strength1 the multitude of thy  
bowels1 and of thy mercies8  they have  
held back themselves from me4  ,they    
have held back1 etc4 4 4,this is spoken 

by the prophet in the person of the     
,jews at the time when1 for their sins1 
they were given up to their enemies4    
#fc3af4 ,for thou art our father1 and   
,abraham hath not known us1 and ,israel 
hath been ignorant of us3  thou1 ,o     
,lord1 art our father1 our redeemer1    
from everlasting is thy name4  ,abraham 
hath not know us1 etc4 4 4,that is1     
,abraham will not now acknowledge us for
 his children1 by reason of our         
degeneracy2 but thou1 ,o ,lord1 art our 
true father and our redeemer1 and no    
other can be called our parent in       
comparison with thee4  #fc3ag4 ,why hast
 thou made us to err1 ,o ,lord1 from thy
 ways3  why hast thou hardened our      
heart1 that we should not fear thee8    
return for the sake of thy servants1 the
 tribes of thy inheritance4  ,made us to
 err1 etc4  ,hardened our heart1 etc4 4 
4,the meaning is1 that ,god in          
punishment of their great and manifold  
crimes1 and their long abuse of his     
mercy and grace1 had withdrawn his      

graces from them1 and so given them up  
to error and hardness of heart4  #fc3ah4
 ,they have possessed thy holy people as
 nothing3  our enemies have trodden down
 thy sanctuary4  #fc3ai4 ,we are become 
as in the beginning1 when thou didst not
 rule over us1 and when we were not     
called by thy name4    ,isaias ,chapter 
#fd   ,the prophet prays for the release
 of his people2 and for the remission of
 their sins4  #fd3a4 ,o that thou       
wouldst rend the heavens1 and wouldst   
come down3  the mountains would melt    
away at thy presence4  #fd3b4 ,they     
would melt as at the burning of fire1   
the waters would burn with fire1 that   
thy name might be made known to thy     
enemies3  that the nations might tremble
 at thy presence4  #fd3c4 ,when thou    
shalt do wonderful things1 we shall not 
bear them3  thou didst come down1 and at
 thy presence the mountains melted away4
  #fd3d4 ,from the beginning of the     
world they have not heard1 nor perceived
 with the ears3  the eye hath not seen1 

,o ,god1 besides thee1 what things thou 
hast prepared for them that wait for    
thee4  #fd3e4 ,thou hast met him that   
rejoiceth1 and doth justice3  in thy    
ways they shall remember thee3  behold  
thou art angry1 and we have sinned3  in 
them we have been always1 and we shall  
be saved4  #fd3f4 ,and we are all become
 as one unclean1 and all our justices as
 the rag of a menstruous woman3  and we 
have all fallen as a leaf1 and our      
iniquities1 like the wind1 have taken us
 away4  ,our justices1 etc4 4 4,that is1
 the works by which we pretended to make
 ourselves just4  ,this is spoken       
particularly of the sacrifices1         
sacraments1 and ceremonies of the ,jews1
 after the death of ,christ1 and the    
promulgation of the new law4  #fd3g4    
,there is none that calleth upon thy    
name3  that riseth up1 and taketh hold  
of thee3  thou hast hid thy face from   
us1 and hast crushed us in the hand of  
our iniquity4  #fd3h4 ,and now1 ,o      
,lord1 thou art our father1 and we are  

clay3  and thou art our maker1 and we   
all are the works of thy hands4  #fd3i4 
,be not very angry1 ,o ,lord1 and       
remember no longer our iniquity3 behold1
 see we are all thy people4  #fd3aj4    
,the city of thy sanctuary is become a  
desert1 ,sion is made a desert1         
,jerusalem is desolate4  #fd3aa4 ,the   
house of our holiness1 and of our glory1
 where our fathers praised thee1 is     
burnt with fire1 and all our lovely     
things are turned into ruins4  #fd3ab4  
,wilt thou refrain thyself1 ,o ,lord1   
upon these things1 wilt thou hold thy   
peace1 and afflict us vehemently8       
,isaias ,chapter #fe   ,the ,gentiles   
shall seek and find ,christ1 but the    
,jews will persecute him1 and be        
rejected1 only a remnant shall be       
reserved4  ,the church shall multiply1  
and abound with graces4  #fe3a4 ,they   
have sought me that before asked not for
 me1 they have found me that sought me  
not4  ,i said3  ,behold me1 behold me1  
to a nation that did not call upon my   

name4  #fe3b4 ,i have spread forth my   
hands all the day to an unbelieving     
people1 who walk in a way that is not   
good after their own thoughts4  #fe3c4  
,a people that continually provoke me to
 anger before my face1 that immolate in 
gardens1 and sacrifice upon bricks4     
#fe3d4 ,that dwell in sepulchres1 and   
sleep in the temple of idols3  that eat 
swine's flesh1 and profane broth is in  
their vessels4  #fe3e4 ,that say3       
,depart from me1 come not near me1      
because thou art unclean3  these shall  
be smoke in my anger1 a fire burning all
 the day4  #fe3f4 ,behold it is written 
before me3  ,i will not be silent1 but  
,i will render and repay into their     
bosom4  #fe3g4 ,your iniquities1 and the
 iniquities of your fathers together1   
saith the ,lord1 who have sacrificed    
upon the mountains1 and have reproached 
me upon the hills2 and ,i will measure  
back their first work in their bosom4   
#fe3h4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,as if a 
grain be found in a cluster1 and it be  

said3  ,destroy it not1 because it is a 
blessing3  so will ,i do for the sake of
 my servants1 that ,i may not destroy   
the whole4  #fe3i4 ,and ,i will bring   
forth a seed out of ,jacob1 and out of  
,juda a possessor of my mountains3  and 
my elect shall inherit it1 and my       
servants shall dwell there4  #fe3aj4    
,and the plains shall be turned to folds
 of flocks1 and the valley of ,achor    
into a place for the herds to lie down  
in1 for my people that have sought me4  
#fe3aa4 ,and you1 that have forsaken the
 ,lord1 that have forgotten my holy     
mount1 that set a table for fortune1 and
 offer libations upon it1  #fe3ab4 ,i   
will number you in the sword1 and you   
shall all fall by slaughter3  because ,i
 called and you did not answer3  ,i     
spoke1 and you did not hear3  and you   
did evil in my eyes1 and you have chosen
 the things that displease me4  #fe3ac4 
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,behold my servants shall eat1 and you  
shall be hungry3  behold my servants    

shall drink1 and you shall be thirsty4  
#fe3ad4 ,behold my servants shall       
rejoice1 and you shall be confounded3   
behold my servants shall praise for     
joyfulness of heart1 and you shall cry  
for sorrow of heart1 and shall howl for 
grief of spirit4  #fe3ae4 ,and you shall
 leave your name for an execration to my
 elect3  and the ,lord ,god shall slay  
thee1 and call his servants by another  
name4  #fe3af4 ,in which he that is     
blessed upon the earth1 shall be blessed
 in ,god1 amen3  and he that sweareth in
 the earth1 shall swear by ,god1 amen3  
because the former distresses are       
forgotten1 and because they are hid from
 my eyes4  #fe3ag4 ,for behold ,i create
 new heavens1 and a new earth3  and the 
former things shall not be in           
remembrance1 and they shall not come    
upon the heart4  #fe3ah4 ,but you shall 
be glad and rejoice for ever in these   
things1 which ,i create3  for behold ,i 
create ,jerusalem a rejoicing1 and the  
people thereof joy4  #fe3ai4 ,and ,i    

will rejoice in ,jerusalem1 and joy in  
my people1 and the voice of weeping     
shall no more be heard in her1 nor the  
voice of crying4  #fe3bj4 ,there shall  
no more be an infant of days there1 nor 
an old man that shall not fill up his   
days3  for the child shall die a hundred
 years old1 and the sinner being a      
hundred years old shall be accursed4    
#fe3ba4 ,and they shall build houses1   
and inhabit them2 and they shall plant  
vineyards1 and eat the fruits of them4  
#fe3bb4 ,they shall not build1 and      
another inhabit2 they shall not plant1  
and another eat3  for as the days of a  
tree1 so shall be the days of my people1
 and the works of their hands shall be  
of long continuance4  #fe3bc4 ,my elect 
shall not labour in vain1 nor bring     
forth in trouble2 for they are the seed 
of the blessed of the ,lord1 and their  
posterity with them4  #fe3bd4 ,and it   
shall come to pass1 that before they    
call1 ,i will hear2 as they are yet     
speaking1 ,i will hear4  #fe3be4 ,the   

wolf and the lamb shall feed together2  
the lion and the ox shall eat straw2 and
 dust shall be the serpent's food3  they
 shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy 
mountain1 saith the ,lord4    ,isaias   
,chapter #ff   ,more of the reprobation 
of the ,jews1 and of the call of the    
,gentiles4  #ff3a4 ,thus saith the      
,lord3  ,heaven is my throne1 and the   
earth my footstool3  what is this house 
that you will build to me8  and what is 
this place of my rest8  ,what is this   
house1 etc4 4 4,this is a prophecy that 
the temple should be cast off4  #ff3b4  
,my hand made all these things1 and all 
these things were made1 saith the ,lord4
  ,but to whom shall ,i have respect1   
but to him that is poor and little1 and 
of a contrite spirit1 and that trembleth
 at my words8  #ff3c4 ,he that          
sacrificeth an ox1 is as if he slew a   
man3  he that killeth a sheep in        
sacrifice1 as if he should brain a dog3 
he that offereth an oblation1 as if he  
should offer swine's blood2 he that     

remembereth incense1 as if he should    
bless an idol4  ,all these things have  
they chosen in their ways1 and their    
soul is delighted in their abominations4
  ,he that sacrificeth an ox1 etc4 4    
4,this is a prophecy that the sacrifices
 which were offered in the old law      
should be abolished in the new2 and that
 the offering of them should be a       
crime4--,ibid4 ,remembereth incense4 4  
4,viz41 to offer it in the way of a     
sacrifice4  #ff3d4 ,wherefore ,i also   
will choose their mockeries1 and will   
bring upon them the things they feared3 
because ,i called1 and there was none   
that would answer2 ,i have spoken1 and  
they heard not2 and they have done evil 
in my eyes1 and have chosen the things  
that displease me4  ,i will choose their
 mockeries4 4 4,i will turn their       
mockeries upon themselves2 and will     
cause them to be mocked by their        
enemies4  #ff3e4 ,hear the word of the  
,lord1 you that tremble at his word3    
,your brethren that hate you1 and cast  

you out for my name's sake1 have said3  
,let the ,lord be glorified1 and we     
shall see in your joy3  but they shall  
be confounded4  #ff3f4 ,a voice of the  
people from the city1 a voice from the  
temple1 the voice of the ,lord that     
rendereth recompense to his enemies4    
#ff3g4 ,before she was in labour1 she   
brought forth2 before her time came to  
be delivered1 she brought forth a man   
child4  ,before she was in labour1 etc4 
4 4,this relates to the conversion of   
the ,gentiles1 who were born1 as it     
were1 all on a sudden to the church of  
,god4  #ff3h4 ,who hath ever heard such 
a thing8  and who hath seen the like to 
this8  shall the earth bring forth in   
one day8  or shall a nation be brought  
forth at once1 because ,sion hath been  
in labour1 and hath brought forth her   
children8  #ff3i4 ,shall not ,i that    
make others to bring forth children1    
myself bring forth1 saith the ,lord8    
shall ,i1 that give generation to       
others1 be barren1 saith the ,lord thy  

,god8  #ff3aj4 ,rejoice with ,jerusalem1
 and be glad with her1 all you that love
 her3  rejoice for joy with her1 all you
 that mourn for her4  #ff3aa4 ,that you 
may suck1 and be filled with the breasts
 of her consolations3  that you may milk
 out1 and flow with delights1 from the  
abundance of her glory4  #ff3ab4 ,for   
thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will  
bring upon her as it were a river of    
peace1 and as an overflowing torrent the
 glory of the ,gentiles1 which you shall
 suck2 you shall be carried at the      
breasts1 and upon the knees they shall  
caress you4  #ff3ac4 ,as one whom the   
mother caresseth1 so will ,i comfort    
you1 and you shall be comforted in      
,jerusalem4  #ff3ad4 ,you shall see and 
your heart shall rejoice1 and your bones
 shall flourish like an herb1 and the   
hand of the ,lord shall be known to his 
servants1 and he shall be angry with his
 enemies4  #ff3ae4 ,for behold the ,lord
 will come with fire1 and his chariots  
are like a whirlwind1 to render his     

wrath in indignation1 and his rebuke    
with flames of fire4  #ff3af4 ,for the  
,lord shall judge by fire1 and by his   
sword unto all flesh1 and the slain of  
the ,lord shall be many4  #ff3ag4 ,they 
that were sanctified1 thought themselves
 clean in the gardens behind the gate   
within1 they that did eat swine's flesh1
 and the abomination1 and the mouse3    
they shall be consumed together1 saith  
the ,lord4  #ff3ah4 ,but ,i know their  
works1 and their thoughts3  ,i come that
 ,i may gather them together with all   
nations and tongues3  and they shall    
come and shall see my glory4  #ff3ai4   
,and ,i will set a sign among them1 and 
,i will send of them that shall be      
saved1 to the ,gentiles into the sea1   
into ,africa1 and ,lydia them that draw 
the bow3  into ,italy1 and ,greece1 to  
the islands afar off1 to them that have 
not heard of me1 and have not seen my   
glory4  ,and they shall declare my glory
 to the ,gentiles3  #ff3bj4 ,and they   
shall bring all your brethren out of all

 nations for a gift to the ,lord1 upon  
horses1 and in chariots1 and in litters1
 and on mules1 and in coaches1 to my    
holy mountain ,jerusalem1 saith the     
,lord1 as if the children of ,israel    
should bring an offering in a clean     
vessel into the house of the ,lord4     
#ff3ba4 ,and ,i will take of them to be 
priests1 and ,levites1 saith the ,lord4 
#ff3bb4 ,for as the new heavens1 and the
 new earth1 which ,i will make to stand 
before me1 saith the ,lord3  so shall   
your seed stand1 and your name4  #ff3bc4
 ,and there shall be month after month1 
and sabbath after sabbath3 and all flesh
 shall come to adore before my face1    
saith the ,lord4  #ff3bd4 ,and they     
shall go out1 and see the carcasses of  
the men that have transgressed against  
me3  their worm shall not die1 and their
 fire shall not be quenched3  and they  
shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh4
     ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,jeremias   
,jeremias was a priest1 a native of     
,anathoth1 a priestly city in the tribe 

of ,benjamin3  and was sanctified from  
his mother's womb1 to be a prophet of   
,god2 which office he began to execute  
when he was yet a child in age4  ,he was
 in his whole life1 according to the    
signification of his name1 ,great before
 the ,lord2 and a special figure of     
,jesus ,christ1 in the persecutions he  
underwent for discharging his duty2 in  
his charity for his persecutors2 and in 
the violent death he suffered at their  
hands3  it being an ancient tradition of
 the ,hebrews1 that he was stoned to    
death by the remnant of the ,jews who   
had retired into ,egypt4    ,jeremias   
,chapter #a   ,the time1 and the        
calling1 of ,jeremias3  his prophetical 
visions4  ,god encourages him4  #a3a4   
,the words of ,jeremias the son of      
,helcias1 of the priests that were in   
,anathoth1 in the land of ,benjamin4    
#a3b4 ,the word of the ,lord which came 
to him in the days of ,josias the son of
 ,amon king of ,juda1 in the thirteenth 
year of his reign4  #a3c4 ,and which    

came to him in the days of ,joakim the  
son of ,josias king of ,juda1 unto the  
end of the eleventh year of ,sedecias   
the son of ,josias king of ,juda1 even  
unto the carrying away of ,jerusalem    
captive1 in the fifth month4  #a3d4 ,and
 the word of the ,lord came to me1      
saying3  #a3e4 ,before ,i formed thee in
 the bowels of thy mother1 ,i knew thee3
  and before thou camest forth out of   
the womb1 ,i sanctified thee1 and made  
thee a prophet unto the nations4  #a3f4 
,and ,i said3  ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,lord ,god3 
behold1 ,i cannot speak1 for ,i am a    
child4  #a3g4 ,and the ,lord said to me3
  ,say not3  ,i am a child3  for thou   
shalt go to all that ,i shall send thee3
  and whatsoever ,i shall command thee1 
thou shalt speak4  #a3h4 ,be not afraid 
at their presence3  for ,i am with thee 
to deliver thee1 saith the ,lord4  #a3i4
 ,and the ,lord put forth his hand1 and 
touched my mouth3  and the ,lord said to
 me3  ,behold ,i have given my words in 
thy mouth3  #a3aj4 ,lo1 ,i have set thee

 this day over the nations1 and over    
kingdoms1 to root up1 and to pull down1 
and to waste1 and to destroy1 and to    
build1 and to plant4  #a3aa4 ,and the   
word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3   
,what seest thou1 ,jeremias8  ,and ,i   
said3  ,i see a rod watching4  #a3ab4   
,and the ,lord said to me3  ,thou hast  
seen well3  for ,i will watch over my   
word to perform it4  #a3ac4 ,and the    
word of the ,lord came to me a second   
time saying3  ,what seest thou8  ,and ,i
 said3  ,i see a boiling caldron1 and   
the face thereof from the face of the   
north4  #a3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to   
me3  ,from the north shall an evil break
 forth upon all the inhabitants of the  
land4  #a3ae4 ,for behold ,i will call  
together all the families of the        
kingdoms of the north1 saith the ,lord3 
and they shall come1 and shall set every
 one his throne in the entrance of the  
gates of ,jerusalem1 and upon all the   
walls thereof round about1 and upon all 
the cities of ,juda4  #a3af4 ,and ,i    

will pronounce my judgments against     
them1 touching all their wickedness1 who
 have forsaken me1 and have sacrificed  
to strange gods1 and have adored the    
work of their own hands4  #a3ag4 ,thou  
therefore gird up thy loins1 and arise1 
and speak to them all that ,i command   
thee4  ,be not afraid at their presence3
  for ,i will make thee not to fear     
their countenance4  #a3ah4 ,for behold  
,i have made thee this day a fortified  
city1 and a pillar of iron1 and a wall  
of brass1 over all the land1 to the     
kings of ,juda1 to the princes thereof1 
and to the priests1 and to the people of
 the land4  #a3ai4 ,and they shall fight
 against them1 and shall not prevail3   
for ,i am with thee1 saith the ,lord1 to
 deliver thee4    ,jeremias ,chapter #b 
,god expostulates with the ,jews for    
their ingratitude and infidelity4  #b3a4
 ,and the word of the ,lord came to me1 
saying3  #b3b4 ,go1 and cry in the ears 
of ,jerusalem1 saying3  ,thus saith the 
,lord3 ,i have remembered thee1 pitying 

thy youth1 and the love of thy          
espousals1 when thou followedst me in   
the desert1 in a land that is not sown4 
#b3c4 ,israel is holy to the ,lord1 the 
firstfruits of his increase3  all they  
that devour him offend3  evils shall    
come upon them1 saith the ,lord4  #b3d4 
,hear ye the word of the ,lord1 ,o house
 of ,jacob1 and all ye families of the  
house of ,israel3  #b3e4 ,thus saith the
 ,lord3  ,what iniquity have your       
fathers found in me1 that they are gone 
far from me1 and have walked after      
vanity1 and are become vain8  #b3f4 ,and
 they have not said3  ,where is the     
,lord1 that made us come up out of the  
land of ,egypt8  that led us through the
 desert1 through a land uninhabited and 
unpassable1 through a land of drought1  
and the image of death1 through a land  
wherein no man walked1 nor any man      
dwelt8  #b3g4 ,and ,i brought you into  
the land of ,carmel1 to eat the fruit   
thereof1 and the best things thereof3   
and when ye entered in1 you defiled my  

land and made my inheritance an         
abomination4  ,carmel4 4 4,that is1 a   
fruitful1 plentiful land4  #b3h4 ,the   
priests did not say3  ,where is the     
,lord8  and they that held the law knew 
me not1 and the pastors transgressed    
against me3  and the prophets prophesied
 in ,baal1 and followed idols4  #b3i4   
,therefore will ,i yet contend in       
judgment with you1 saith the ,lord1 and 
,i will plead with your children4       
#b3aj4 ,pass over to the isles of       
,cethim1 and see3  and send into ,cedar1
 and consider diligently3  and see if   
there hath been done any thing like     
this4  #b3aa4 ,if a nation hath changed 
their gods1 and indeed they are not     
gods3  but my people have changed their 
glory into an idol4  #b3ab4 ,be         
astonished1 ,o ye heavens1 at this1 and 
ye gates thereof1 be very desolate1     
saith the ,lord4  #b3ac4 ,for my people 
have done two evils4  ,they have        
forsaken me1 the fountain of living     
water1 and have digged to themselves    

cisterns1 broken cisterns1 that can hold
 no water4  #b3ad4 ,is ,israel a        
bondman1 or a homeborn slave8  why then 
is he become a prey8  #b3ae4 ,the lions 
have roared upon him1 and have made a   
noise1 they have made his land a        
wilderness3  his cities are burnt down1 
and there is none to dwell in them4     
#b3af4 ,the children also of ,memphis1  
and of ,taphnes have defloured thee1    
even to the crown of the head4  #b3ag4  
,hath not this been done to thee1       
because thou hast forsaken the ,lord thy
 ,god at that time1 when he led thee by 
the way8  #b3ah4 ,and now what hast thou
 to do in the way of ,egypt1 to drink   
the troubled water8  ,and what hast thou
 to do with the way of the ,assyrians1  
to drink the water of the river8  #b3ai4
 ,thy own wickedness shall reprove thee1
 and thy apostasy shall rebuke thee4    
,know thou1 and see that it is an evil  
and a bitter thing for thee1 to have    
left the ,lord thy ,god1 and that my    
fear is not with thee1 saith the ,lord  

the ,god of hosts4  #b3bj4 ,of old time 
thou hast broken my yoke1 thou hast     
burst my bands1 and thou saidst3  ,i    
will not serve4  ,for on every high     
hill1 and under every green tree thou   
didst prostitute thyself4  #b3ba4 ,yet1 
,i planted thee a chosen vineyard1 all  
true seed3  how then art thou turned    
unto me into that which is good for     
nothing1 ,o strange vineyard8  #b3bb4   
,though thou wash thyself with nitre1   
and multiply to thyself the herb borith1
 thou art stained in thy iniquity before
 me1 saith the ,lord ,god4  ,borith4 4  
4,an herb used to clean clothes1 and    
take out spots and dirt4  #b3bc4 ,how   
canst thou say3  ,i am not polluted1 ,i 
have not walked after ,baalim8  see thy 
ways in the valley1 know what thou hast 
done3  as a swift runner pursuing his   
course4  #b3bd4 ,a wild ass accustomed  
to the wilderness in the desire of his  
heart1 snuffed up the wind of his love3 
none shall turn her away3  all that seek
 her shall not fail3  in her monthly    

filth they shall find her4  #b3be4 ,keep
 thy foot from being bare1 and thy      
throat from thirst4  ,but thou saidst3  
,i have lost all hope1 ,i will not do   
it3  for ,i have loved strangers1 and ,i
 will walk after them4  #b3bf4 ,as the  
thief is confounded when he is taken1 so
 is the house of ,israel confounded1    
they and their kings1 their princes and 
their priests1 and their prophets4      
#b3bg4 ,saying to a stock3  ,thou art my
 father3  and to a stone3  ,thou hast   
begotten me3  they have turned their    
back to me1 and not their face3  and in 
the time of their affliction they will  
say3  ,arise1 and deliver us4  #b3bh4   
,where are the gods1 whom thou hast made
 thee8  let them arise and deliver thee 
in the time of thy affliction3  for     
according to the number of thy cities   
were thy gods1 ,o ,juda4  #b3bi4 ,why   
will you contend with me in judgment8   
you have all forsaken me1 saith the     
,lord4  #b3cj4 ,in vain have ,i struck  
your children1 they have not received   

correction3  your sword hath devoured   
your prophets1 your generation is like a
 ravaging lion4  #b3ca4 ,see ye the word
 of the ,lord3  ,am ,i become a         
wilderness to ,israel1 or a lateward    
springing land8  why then have my people
 said3  ,we are revolted1 we will come  
to thee no more8  #b3cb4 ,will a virgin 
forget her ornament1 or a bride her     
stomacher8  but my people hath forgotten
 me days without number4  #b3cc4 ,why   
dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good
 to seek my love1 thou who hast also    
taught thy malices to be thy ways1      
#b3cd4 ,and in thy skirts is found the  
blood of the souls of the poor and      
innocent8  not in ditches have ,i found 
them1 but in all places1 which ,i       
mentioned before4  #b3ce4 ,and thou hast
 said3  ,i am without sin and am        
innocent3  and therefore let thy anger  
be turned away from me4  ,behold1 ,i    
will contend with thee in judgment1     
because thou hast said3  ,i have not    
sinned4  #b3cf4 ,how exceeding base art 

thou become1 going the same ways over   
again6 and thou shalt be ashamed of     
,egypt1 as thou wast ashamed of         
,assyria4  #b3cg4 ,for from thence thou 
shalt go1 and thy hand shall be upon thy
 head3  for the ,lord hath destroyed thy
 trust1 and thou shalt have nothing     
prosperous therein4    ,jeremias        
,chapter #c   ,god invites the rebel    
,jews to return to him1 with a promise  
to receive them3  he foretells the      
conversion of the ,gentiles4  #c3a4 ,it 
is commonly said3  ,if a man put away   
his wife1 and she go from him1 and marry
 another man1 shall he return to her any
 more8  shall not that woman be         
polluted1 and defiled8  but thou hast   
prostituted thyself to many lovers3     
nevertheless return to me1 saith the    
,lord1 and ,i will receive thee4  #c3b4 
,lift up thy eyes on high3  and see     
where thou hast not prostituted thyself3
  thou didst sit in the ways1 waiting   
for them as a robber in the wilderness3 
and thou hast polluted the land with thy

 fornications1 and with thy wickedness4 
#c3c4 ,therefore the showers were       
withholden1 and there was no lateward   
rain3  thou hadst a harlot's forehead1  
thou wouldst not blush4  #c3d4          
,therefore at the least from this time  
call to me3  ,thou art my father1 the   
guide of my virginity3  #c3e4 ,wilt thou
 be angry for ever1 or wilt thou        
continue unto the end8 ,behold1 thou    
hast spoken1 and hast done evil things1 
and hast been able4  #c3f4 ,and the     
,lord said to me in the days of king    
,josias3  ,hast thou seen what          
rebellious ,israel hath done8  she hath 
gone of herself upon every high         
mountain1 and under every green tree1   
and hath played the harlot there4  #c3g4
 ,and when she had done all these       
things1 ,i said3  ,return to me1 and she
 did not return4  ,and her treacherous  
sister ,juda saw1  #c3h4 ,that because  
the rebellious ,israel had played the   
harlot1 ,i had put her away1 and given  
her a bill of divorce3  yet her         

treacherous sister ,juda was not afraid1
 but went and played the harlot also    
herself4  #c3i4 ,and by the facility of 
her fornication she defiled the land1   
and played the harlot with stones and   
with stocks4  #c3aj4 ,and after all     
this1 her treacherous sister ,juda hath 
not returned to me with her whole heart1
 but with falsehood1 saith the ,lord4   
#c3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to me3  ,the 
rebellious ,israel hath justified her   
soul1 in comparison of the treacherous  
,juda4  #c3ab4 ,go1 and proclaim these  
words towards the north1 and thou shalt 
say3  ,return1 ,o rebellious ,israel1   
saith the ,lord1 and ,i will not turn   
away my face from you3  for ,i am holy1 
saith the ,lord1 and ,i will not be     
angry for ever4  #c3ac4 ,but yet        
acknowledge thy iniquity1 that thou hast
 transgressed against the ,lord thy     
,god3  and thou hast scattered thy ways 
to strangers under every green tree1 and
 hast not heard my voice1 saith the     
,lord4  #c3ad4 ,return1 ,o ye revolting 

children1 saith the ,lord3  for ,i am   
your ,i husband3  and ,i will take you1 
one of a city1 and two of a kindred1 and
 will bring you into ,sion4  #c3ae4 ,and
 ,i will give you pastors according to  
my own heart1 and they shall feed you   
with knowledge and doctrine4  #c3af4    
,and when you shall be multiplied1 and  
increase in the land in those days1     
saith the ,lord1 they shall say no more3
  ,the ark of the covenant of the ,lord3
  neither shall it come upon the heart1 
neither shall they remember it1 neither 
shall it be visited1 neither shall that 
be done any more4  #c3ag4 ,at that time 
,jerusalem shall be called the throne of
 the ,lord3 and all the nations shall be
 gathered together to it1 in the name of
 the ,lord to ,jerusalem1 and they shall
 not walk after the perversity of their 
most wicked heart4  #c3ah4 ,in those    
days the house of ,juda shall go to the 
house of ,israel1 and they shall come   
together out of the land of the north to
 the land which ,i gave to your fathers4

  #c3ai4 ,but ,i said3  ,how shall ,i   
put thee among the children1 and give   
thee a lovely land1 the goodly          
inheritance of the armies of the        
,gentiles8  ,and ,i said3  ,thou shalt  
call me father and shalt not cease to   
walk after me4  #c3bj4 ,but as a woman  
that despiseth her lover1 so hath the   
house of ,israel despised me1 saith the 
,lord4  #c3ba4 ,a voice was heard in the
 highways1 weeping and howling of the   
children of ,israel3  because they have 
made their way wicked1 they have        
forgotten the ,lord their ,god4  #c3bb4 
,return1 you rebellious children1 and ,i
 will heal your rebellions4 ,behold we  
come to thee3  for thou art the ,lord   
our ,god4  #c3bc4 ,in very deed the     
hills were liars1 and the multitude of  
the mountains3  truly in the ,lord our  
,god is the salvation of ,israel4       
#c3bd4 ,confusion hath devoured the     
labour of our fathers from our youth1   
their flocks and their herds1 their sons
 and their daughters4  #c3be4 ,we shall 

sleep in our confusion1 and our shame   
shall cover us1 because we have sinned  
against the ,lord our ,god1 we and our  
fathers from our youth even to this day1
 and we have not hearkened to the voice 
of the ,lord our ,god4    ,jeremias     
,chapter #d   ,and admonition to sincere
 repentance1 and circumcision of the    
heart1 with threats of grievous         
punishment to those that persist in sin4
  #d3a4 ,if thou wilt return1 ,o        
,israel1 saith the ,lord1 return to me3 
if thou wilt take away thy              
stumblingblocks out of my sight1 thou   
shalt not be moved4  #d3b4 ,and thou    
shalt swear3  ,as the ,lord liveth1 in  
truth1 and in judgment1 and in justice3 
and the ,gentiles shall bless him1 and  
shall praise him4  #d3c4 ,for thus saith
 the ,lord to the men of ,juda and      
,jerusalem3  ,break up anew your fallow 
ground1 and sow not upon thorns3  #d3d4 
,be circumcised to the ,lord1 and take  
away the foreskins of your hearts1 ye   
men of ,juda1 and ye inhabitants of     

,jerusalem3  lest my indignation come   
forth like fire1 and burn1 and there be 
none that can quench it because of the  
wickedness of your thoughts4  #d3e4     
,declare ye in ,juda1 and make it heard 
in ,jerusalem3  speak1 and sound with   
the trumpet in the land3  cry aloud1 and
 say3  ,assemble yourselves1 and let us 
go into strong cities4  #d3f4 ,set up   
the standard in ,sion4  ,strengthen     
yourselves1 stay not3  for ,i bring evil
 from the north1 and great destruction4 
#d3g4 ,the lion is come up out of his   
den1 and the robber of nations hath     
roused himself3  he is come forth out of
 his place1 to make thy land desolate3  
thy cities shall be laid waste1         
remaining without an inhabitant4  #d3h4 
,for this gird yourselves with          
haircloth1 lament and howl3  for the    
fierce anger of the ,lord is not turned 
away from us4  #d3i4 ,and it shall come 
to pass in that day1 saith the ,lord3   
,that the heart of the king shall       
perish1 and the heart of the princes3   

and the priests shall be astonished1 and
 the prophets shall be amazed4  #d3aj4  
,and ,i said3  ,alas1 alas1 alas1 ,o    
,lord ,god1 hast thou then deceived this
 people and ,jerusalem1 saying3  ,you   
shall have peace3  and behold the sword 
reacheth even to the soul8  #d3aa4 ,at  
that time it shall be said to this      
people1 and to ,jerusalem3  ,a burning  
wind is in the ways that are in the     
desert of the way of the daughter of my 
people1 not to fan1 nor to cleanse4     
#d3ab4 ,a full wind from these places   
shall come to me3  and now ,i will speak
 my judgments with them4  #d3ac4 ,behold
 he shall come up as a cloud1 and his   
chariots as a tempest3  his horses are  
swifter than eagles3  woe unto us1 for  
we are laid waste4  #d3ad4 ,wash thy    
heart from wickedness1 ,o ,jerusalem1   
that thou mayst be saved3  how long     
shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee8   
#d3ae4 ,for a voice of one declaring    
from ,dan1 and giving notice of the idol
 from mount ,ephraim4  #d3af4 ,say ye to

 the nations3  ,behold it is heard in   
,jerusalem1 that guards are coming from 
a far country1 and give out their voice 
against the cities of ,juda4  #d3ag4    
,they are set round about her1 as       
keepers of fields3  because she hath    
provoked me to wrath1 saith the ,lord4  
#d3ah4 ,thy ways1 and thy devices have  
brought these things upon thee3 this is 
thy wickedness1 because it is bitter1   
because it hath touched thy heart4      
#d3ai4 ,my bowels1 my bowels are in     
part1 the senses of my heart are        
troubled within me1 ,i will not hold my 
peace1 for my soul hath heard the sound 
of the trumpet1 the cry of battle4      
#d3bj4 ,destruction upon destruction is 
called for1 and all the earth is laid   
waste3  my tents are destroyed on a     
sudden1 and my pavilions in a moment4   
#d3ba4 ,how long shall ,i see men       
fleeing away1 how long shall ,i hear the
 sound of the trumpet8  #d3bb4 ,for my  
foolish people have not known me3  they 
are foolish and senseless children3     

they are wise to do evil1 but to do good
 they have no knowledge4  #d3bc4 ,i     
beheld the earth1 and lo it was void1   
and nothing3  and the heavens1 and there
 was no light in them4  #d3bd4 ,i looked
 upon the mountains1 and behold they    
trembled3  and all the hills were       
troubled4  #d3be4 ,i beheld1 and lo     
there was no man3  and all the birds of 
the air were gone4  #d3bf4 ,i looked1   
and behold ,carmel was a wilderness3    
and all its cities were destroyed at the
 presence of the ,lord1 and at the      
presence of the wrath of his            
indignation4  #d3bg4 ,for thus saith the
 ,lord3  ,all the land shall be         
desolate1 but yet ,i will not utterly   
destroy4  #d3bh4 ,the ,earth shall      
mourn1 and the heavens shall lament from
 above3 because ,i have spoken1 ,i have 
purposed1 and ,i have not repented1     
neither am ,i turned away from it4      
#d3bi4 ,at the voice of the horsemen1   
and the archers1 all the city is fled   
away3  they have entered into thickets  

and climbed up the rocks3 all the cities
 are forsaken1 and there dwelleth not a 
man in them4  #d3cj4 ,but when thou art 
spoiled what wilt thou do8  though thou 
clothest thyself with scarlet1 though   
thou deckest thee with ornaments of     
gold1 and paintest thy eyes with stibic 
stone1 thou shalt dress thyself out in  
vain3  thy lovers have despised thee1   
they will seek thy life4  #d3ca4 ,for ,i
 have heard the voice as of a woman in  
travail1 anguishes as of a woman in     
labour of a child4  ,the voice of the   
daughter of ,sion1 dying away1 spreading
 her hands3  ,woe is me1 for my soul    
hath fainted because of them that are   
slain4    ,jeremias ,chapter #e   ,the  
judgments of ,god shall fall upon the   
,jews for their manifold sins4  #e3a4   
,go about through the streets of        
,jerusalem1 and see1 and consider1 and  
seek in the broad places thereof1 if you
 can find a man that executeth judgment1
 and seeketh faith3  and ,i will be     
merciful unto it4  #e3b4 ,and though    

they say3  ,the ,lord liveth2 this also 
they will swear falsely4  #e3c4 ,o      
,lord1 thy eyes are upon truth3  thou   
hast struck them1 and they have not     
grieved3  thou hast bruised them1 and   
they have refused to receive correction3
  they have made their faces harder than
 the rock1 and they have refused to     
return4  #e3d4 ,but ,i said3  ,perhaps  
these are poor and foolish1 that know   
not the way of the ,lord1 the judgment  
of their ,god4  #e3e4 ,i will go        
therefore to the great men1 and will    
speak to them3  for they have known the 
way of the ,lord1 the judgment of their 
,god3  and behold these have altogether 
broken the yoke more1 and have burst the
 bonds4  #e3f4 ,wherefore a lion out of 
the wood hath slain them1 a wolf in the 
evening hath spoiled them1 a leopard    
watcheth for their cities3  every one   
that shall go out thence shall be taken1
 because their transgressions are       
multiplied1 their rebellions are        
strengthened4  #e3g4 ,how can ,i be     

merciful to thee8  thy children have    
forsaken me1 and swear by them that are 
not gods3  ,i fed them to the full1 and 
they committed adultery1 and rioted in  
the harlot's house4  #e3h4 ,they are    
become as amorous horses and stallions3 
every one neighed after his neighbour's 
wife4  #e3i4 ,shall ,i not visit for    
these things1 saith the ,lord8  and     
shall not my soul take revenge on such a
 nation8  #e3aj4 ,scale the walls       
thereof1 and throw them down1 but do not
 utterly destroy3  take away the        
branches thereof1 because they are not  
the ,lord's4  #e3aa4 ,for the house of  
,israel1 and the house of ,juda have    
greatly transgressed against me1 saith  
the ,lord4  #e3ab4 ,they have denied the
 ,lord1 and said1 ,it is not he3  and   
the evil shall not come upon us3  we    
shall not see the sword and famine4     
#e3ac4 ,the prophets have spoken in the 
wind1 and there was no word of ,god in  
them3  these things therefore shall     
befall them4  #e3ad4 ,thus saith the    

,lord the ,god of hosts3  because you   
have spoken this word1 behold ,i will   
make my words in thy mouth as fire1 and 
this people as wood1 and it shall devour
 them4  #e3ae4 ,behold ,i will bring    
upon you a nation from afar1 ,o house of
 ,israel1 saith the ,lord3  a strong    
nation1 an ancient nation1 a nation     
whose language thou shalt not know1 nor 
understand what they say4  #e3af4 ,their
 quiver is as an open sepulchre1 they   
are all valiant4  #e3ag4 ,and they shall
 eat up thy corn1 and thy bread3  they  
shall devour thy sons1 and thy          
daughters3  they shall eat up thy       
flocks1 and thy herds3  they shall eat  
thy vineyards1 and thy figs3  and with  
the sword they shall destroy thy strong 
cities1 wherein thou trustest4  #e3ah4  
,nevertheless in those days1 saith the  
,lord1 ,i will not bring you to utter   
destruction4  #e3ai4 ,and if you shall  
say3  ,why hath the ,lord our ,god done 
all these things to us8  thou shalt say 
to them3  ,as you have forsaken me1 and 

served a strange god in your own land1  
so shall you serve strangers in a land  
that is not your own4  #e3bj4 ,declare  
ye this to the house of ,jacob1 and     
publish it in ,juda1 saying3  #e3ba4    
,hear1 ,o foolish people1 and without   
understanding3  who have eyes1 and see  
not3  and ears1 and hear not4  #e3bb4   
,will not you then fear me1 saith the   
,lord3  and will you not repent at my   
presence8  ,i have set the sand a bound 
for the sea1 an everlasting ordinance1  
which it shall not pass over3  and the  
waves thereof shall toss themselves1 and
 shall not prevail3  they shall swell1  
and shall not pass over it4  #e3bc4 ,but
 the heart of this people is become hard
 of belief and provoking1 they are      
revolted and gone away4  #e3bd4 ,and    
they have not said in their heart3  ,let
 us fear the ,lord our ,god1 who giveth 
us the early and the latter rain in due 
season3  who preserveth for us the      
fulness of the yearly harvest4  #e3be4  
,your iniquities have turned these      

things away1 and your sins have         
withholden good things from you4  #e3bf4
 ,for among my people are found wicked  
men1 that lie in wait as fowlers1       
setting snares and traps to catch men4  
#e3bg4 ,as a net is full of birds1 so   
their houses are full of deceit3        
therefore are they become great and     
enriched4  #e3bh4 ,they are grown gross 
and fat3  and have most wickedly        
transgressed my words4  ,they have not  
judged the cause of the widow1 they have
 not managed the cause of the           
fatherless1 and they have not judged the
 judgment of the poor4  #e3bi4 ,shall ,i
 not visit for these things1 saith the  
,lord8  or shall not my soul take       
revenge on such a nation8  #e3cj4       
,astonishing and wonderful things have  
been done in the land4  #e3ca4 ,the     
prophets prophesied falsehood1 and the  
priests clapped their hands3  and my    
people loved such things3  what then    
shall be done in the end thereof8       
,jeremias ,chapter #f   ,the evils that 

threaten ,jerusalem4  ,she is invited to
 return1 and walk in the good way1 and  
not to rely on sacrifices without       
obedience4  #f3a4 ,strengthen           
yourselves1 ye sons of ,benjamin1 in the
 midst of ,jerusalem1 and sound the     
trumpet in ,thecua1 and set up the      
standard over ,bethacarem3  for evil is 
seen out of the north1 and a great      
destruction4  #f3b4 ,i have likened the 
daughter of ,sion to a beautiful and    
delicate woman4  #f3c4 ,the shepherds   
shall come to her with their flocks3    
they have pitched their tents against   
her round about3  every one shall feed  
them that are under his hand4  #f3d4    
,prepare ye war against her3  arise1 and
 let us go up at midday3  woe unto us1  
for the day is declined1 for the shadows
 of the evening are grown longer4  #f3e4
 ,arise1 and let us go up in the night1 
and destroy her houses4  #f3f4 ,for thus
 saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,hew down   
her trees1 cast up a trench about       
,jerusalem3  this is the city to be     

visited1 all oppression is in the midst 
of her4  #f3g4 ,as a cistern maketh its 
water cold1 so hath she made her        
wickedness cold3  violence and spoil    
shall be heard in her1 infirmity and    
stripes are continually before me4      
#f3h4 ,be thou instructed1 ,o           
,jerusalem1 lest my soul depart from    
thee1 lest ,i make thee desolate1 a land
 uninhabited4  #f3i4 ,thus saith the    
,lord of hosts3  ,they shall gather the 
remains of ,israel1 as in a vine1 even  
to one cluster3  turn back thy hand1 as 
a grapegatherer into the basket4  #f3aj4
 ,to whom shall ,i speak8  and to whom  
shall ,i testify1 that he may hear8     
behold1 their ears are uncircumcised1   
and they cannot hear3 behold the word of
 the ,lord is become unto them a        
reproach3  and they will not receive it4
  #f3aa4 ,therefore am ,i full of the   
fury of the ,lord1 ,i am weary with     
holding in3  pour it out upon the child 
abroad1 and upon the council of the     
young men together3  for man and woman  

shall be taken1 the ancient and he that 
is full of days4  #f3ab4 ,and their     
houses shall be turned over to others1  
with their lands and their wives        
together3  for ,i will stretch forth my 
hand upon the inhabitants of the land1  
saith the ,lord4  #f3ac4 ,for from the  
least of them even to the greatest1 all 
are given to covetousness3  and from the
 prophet even to the priest1 all are    
guilty of deceit4  #f3ad4 ,and they     
healed the breach of the daughter of my 
people disgracefully1 saying3  ,peace1  
peace3  and there was no peace4  #f3ae4 
,they were confounded1 because they     
committed abomination3  yea1 rather they
 were not confounded with confusion1 and
 they knew not how to blush3  wherefore 
they shall fall among them that fall3   
in the time of their visitation they    
shall fall down1 saith the ,lord4       
#f3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,stand ye
 on the ways1 and see1 and ask for the  
old paths1 which is the good way1 and   
walk ye in it3  and you shall find      

refreshment for your souls4  ,and they  
said3  ,we will not walk4  #f3ag4 ,and  
,i appointed watchmen over you1 saying3 
,hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet4
  ,and they said3  ,we will not hearken4
  #f3ah4 ,therefore hear1 ye nations1   
and know1 ,o congregation1 what great   
things ,i will do to them4  #f3ai4      
,hear1 ,o earth3  ,behold ,i will bring 
evils upon this people1 the fruits of   
their own thoughts3  because they have  
not heard my words1 and they have cast  
away my law4  #f3bj4 ,to what purpose do
 you bring me frankincense from ,saba1  
and the sweet smelling cane from a far  
country8  your holocausts are not       
acceptable1 nor are your sacrifices     
pleasing to me4  #f3ba4 ,therefore thus 
saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will bring 
destruction upon this people1 by which  
fathers and sons together shall fall1   
neighbour and kinsman shall perish4     
#f3bb4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold a
 people cometh from the land of the     
north1 and a great nation shall rise up 

from the ends of the earth4  #f3bc4     
,they shall lay hold on arrow and       
shield3  they are cruel1 and will have  
no mercy4  ,their voice shall roar like 
the sea3  and they shall mount upon     
horses1 prepared as men for war1 against
 thee1 ,o daughter of ,sion4  #f3bd4 ,we
 have heard the fame thereof1 our hands 
grow feeble3  anguish hath taken hold of
 us1 as a woman in labour4  #f3be4 ,go  
not out into the fields1 nor walk in the
 highway3  for the sword of the enemy1  
and fear is on every side4  #f3bf4 ,gird
 thee with sackcloth1 ,o daughter of my 
people1 and sprinkle thee with ashes3   
make thee mourning as for an only son1 a
 bitter lamentation1 because the        
destroyer shall suddenly come upon us4  
#f3bg4 ,i have set thee for a strong    
trier among my people3  and thou shalt  
know1 and prove their way4  #f3bh4 ,all 
these princes go out of the way1 they   
walk deceitfully1 they are brass and    
iron3  they are all corrupted4  #f3bi4  
,the bellows have failed1 the lead is   

consumed in the fire1 the founder hath  
melted in vain3  for their wicked deeds 
are not consumed4  #f3cj4 ,call them    
reprobate silver1 for the ,lord hath    
rejected them4    ,jeremias ,chapter #g 
,the temple of ,god shall not protect a 
sinful people1 without a sincere        
conversion4  ,the ,lord will not receive
 the prayers of the prophet for them3   
because they are obstinate in their     
sins4  #g3a4 ,the word that came to     
,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3  #g3b4
 ,stand in the gate of the house of the 
,lord1 and proclaim there this word1 and
 say3  ,hear ye the word of the ,lord1  
all ye men of ,juda1 that enter in at   
these gates1 to adore the ,lord4  #g3c4 
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god 
of ,israel3  ,make your ways and your   
doings good3  and ,i will dwell with you
 in this place4  #g3d4 ,trust not in    
lying words1 saying3  ,the temple of the
 ,lord1 the temple of the ,lord1 it is  
the temple of the ,lord4  #g3e4 ,for if 
you will order well your ways1 and your 

doings3  if you will execute judgment   
between a man and his neighbour1  #g3f4 
,if you oppress not the stranger1 the   
fatherless1 and the widow1 and shed not 
innocent blood in this place1 and walk  
not after strange gods to your own hurt1
  #g3g4 ,i will dwell with you in this  
place3  in the land1 which ,i gave to   
your fathers from the beginning and for 
evermore4  #g3h4 ,behold you put your   
trust in lying words1 which shall not   
profit you3  #g3i4 ,to steal1 to murder1
 to commit adultery1 to swear falsely1  
to offer to ,baalim1 and to go after    
strange gods1 which you know not4       
#g3aj4 ,and you have come1 and stood    
before me in this house1 in which my    
name is called upon1 and have said3  ,we
 are delivered1 because we have done all
 these abominations4  #g3aa4 ,is this   
house then1 in which my name hath been  
called upon1 in your eyes become a den  
of robbers8  ,i1 ,i am he3  ,i have seen
 it1 saith the ,lord4  #g3ab4 ,go ye to 
my place in ,silo1 where my name dwelt  

from the beginning3  and see what ,i did
 to it for the wickedness of my people  
,israel3  #g3ac4 ,and now1 because you  
have done all these works1 saith the    
,lord3 and ,i have spoken to you rising 
up early1 and speaking1 and you have not
 heard3  and ,i have called you1 and you
 have not answered3  #g3ad4 ,i will do  
to this house1 in which my name is      
called upon1 and in which you trust1 and
 to the place which ,i have given you   
and your fathers1 as ,i did to ,silo4   
#g3ae4 ,and ,i will cast you away from  
before my face1 as ,i have cast away all
 your brethren1 the whole seed of       
,ephraim4  #g3af4 ,therefore do not thou
 pray for this people1 nor take to thee 
praise and supplication for them3  and  
do not withstand me3  for ,i will not   
hear thee4  #g3ag4 ,seest thou not what 
they do in the cities of ,juda1 and in  
the streets of ,jerusalem8  #g3ah4 ,the 
children gather wood1 and the fathers   
kindle the fire1 and the women knead the
 dough1 to make cakes to the queen of   

heaven1 and to offer libations to       
strange gods1 and to provoke me to      
anger4  ,queen of heaven4 4 4,that is1  
the moon1 which they worshipped under   
that name4  #g3ai4 ,do they provoke me  
to anger1 saith the ,lord8  is it not   
themselves1 to the confusion of their   
own countenance8  #g3bj4 ,therefore thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold my wrath
 and my indignation is enkindled against
 this place1 upon men and upon beasts1  
and upon the trees of the field1 and    
upon the fruits of the land1 and it     
shall burn1 and shall not be quenched4  
#g3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts   
the ,god of ,israel3  ,add your burnt   
offerings to your sacrifices1 and eat ye
 the flesh4  #g3bb4 ,for ,i spoke not to
 your fathers1 and ,i commanded them    
not1 in the day that ,i brought them out
 of the land of ,egypt1 concerning the  
matter of burnt offerings and           
sacrifices4  ,i commanded them not4 4   
4,viz41 such sacrifices as the ,jews at 
this time offered1 without obedience2   

which was the thing principally         
commanded3 so that in comparison with   
it1 the offering of the holocausts and  
sacrifices was of small account4  #g3bc4
 ,but this thing ,i commanded them1     
saying3  ,hearken to my voice1 and ,i   
will be your ,god1 and you shall be my  
people3  and walk ye in all the way that
 ,i have commanded you1 that it may be  
well with you4  #g3bd4 ,but they        
hearkened not1 nor inclined their ear3  
but walked in their own will1 and in the
 perversity of their wicked heart3  and 
went backward and not forward1  #g3be4  
,from the day that their fathers came   
out of the land of ,egypt1 even to this 
day4  ,and ,i have sent to you all my   
servants the prophets1 from day to day1 
rising up early and sending4  #g3bf4    
,and they have not hearkened to me3  nor
 inclined their ear3  but have hardened 
their neck1 and have done worse than    
their fathers4  #g3bg4 ,and thou shalt  
speak to them all these words1 but they 
will not hearken to thee3  and thou     

shalt call them1 but they will not      
answer thee4  #g3bh4 ,and thou shalt say
 to them3  ,this is a nation which hath 
not hearkened to the voice of the ,lord 
their ,god1 nor received instruction3   
faith is lost1 and is taken away out of 
their mouth4  #g3bi4 ,cut off thy hair1 
and cast it away3  and take up a        
lamentation on high3  for the ,lord hath
 rejected1 and forsaken the generation  
of his wrath1  #g3cj4 ,because the      
children of ,juda have done evil in my  
eyes1 saith the ,lord4  ,they have set  
their abominations in the house in which
 my name is called upon1 to pollute it2 
#g3ca4 ,and they have built the high    
places of ,topheth1 which is in the     
valley of the son of ,ennom1 to burn    
their sons1 and their daughters in the  
fire3  which ,i commanded not1 nor      
thought on in my heart4  #g3cb4         
,therefore behold the days shall come1  
saith the ,lord1 and it shall no more be
 called ,topheth1 nor the valley of the 
son of ,ennom3 but the valley of        

slaughter3  and they shall bury in      
,topheth1 because there is no place4    
#g3cc4 ,and the carcasses of this people
 shall be meat for the fowls of the air1
 and for the beasts of the earth1 and   
there shall be none to drive them away4 
#g3cd4 ,and ,i will cause to cease out  
of the cities of ,juda1 and out of the  
streets of ,jerusalem1 the voice of joy1
 and the voice of gladness1 the voice of
 the bridegroom and the voice of the    
bride3  for the land shall be desolate4 
,jeremias ,chapter #h   ,other evils    
that shall fall upon the ,jews for their
 impenitence4  #h3a4 ,at that time1     
saith the ,lord1 they shall cast out the
 bones of the kings of ,juda1 and the   
bones of the princes thereof1 and the   
bones of the priests1 and the bones of  
the prophets1 and the bones of the      
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 out of their 
graves4  #h3b4 ,and they shall spread   
them abroad to the sun1 and the moon1   
and all the host of heaven1 whom they   
have loved1 and whom they have served1  

and after whom have walked1 and whom    
they have sought1 and adored3  they     
shall not be gathered1 and they shall   
not be buried3  they shall be as dung   
upon the face of the earth4  #h3c4 ,and 
death shall be chosen rather than life  
by all that shall remain of this wicked 
kindred in all places1 which are left1  
to which ,i have cast them out1 saith   
the ,lord of hosts4  #h3d4 ,and thou    
shalt say to them3  ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,shall not he that falleth1 rise
 again8  and he that is turned away1    
shall he not turn again8  #h3e4 ,why    
then is this people in ,jerusalem turned
 away with a stubborn revolting8  they  
have laid hold on lying1 and have       
refused to return4  #h3f4 ,i attended1  
and hearkened2 no man speaketh what is  
good1 there is none that doth penance   
for his sin1 saying3  ,what have ,i     
done8  ,they are all turned to their own
 course1 as a horse rushing to the      
battle4  #h3g4 ,the kite in the air hath
 known her time3  the turtle1 and the   

swallow1 and the stork have observed the
 time of their coming3  but my people   
have not known the judgment of the      
,lord4  #h3h4 ,how do you say3  ,we are 
wise1 and the law of the ,lord is with  
us8 ,indeed the lying pens of the       
scribes hath wrought falsehood4  #h3i4  
,the wise men are confounded1 they are  
dismayed1 and taken3  for they have cast
 away the word of the ,lord1 and there  
is no wisdom in them4  #h3aj4 ,therefore
 will ,i give their women to strangers1 
their fields to others for an           
inheritance3  because from the least    
even to the greatest all follow         
covetousness3  from the prophet even to 
the priest all deal deceitfully4  #h3aa4
 ,and they healed the breach of the     
daughter of my people disgracefully1    
saying3  ,peace1 peace3  when there was 
no peace4  #h3ab4 ,they are confounded1 
because they have committed abomination3
  yea rather they are not confounded    
with confusion1 and they have not known 
how to blush3  therefore shall they fall

 among them that fall2 in the time of   
their visitation they shall fall1 saith 
the ,lord4  #h3ac4 ,gathering ,i will   
gather them together1 saith the ,lord1  
there is no grape on the vines1 and     
there are no figs on the fig tree1 the  
leaf is fallen3  and ,i have given them 
the things that are passed away4  #h3ad4
 ,why do we sit still8  assemble        
yourselves1 and let us enter into the   
fenced city1 and let us be silent there3
  for the ,lord our ,god hath put us to 
silence1 and hath given us water of gall
 to drink3  for we have sinned against  
the ,lord4  #h3ae4 ,we looked for peace 
and no good came3  for a time of        
healing1 and behold fear4  #h3af4 ,the  
snorting of his horses was heard from   
,dan1 all the land was moved at the     
sound of the neighing of his warriors3  
and they came and devoured the land1 and
 all that was in it3  the city and its  
inhabitants4  #h3ag4 ,for behold ,i will
 send among you serpents1 basilisks1    
against which there is no charm3  and   

they shall bite you1 saith the ,lord4   
#h3ah4 ,my sorrow is above sorrow1 my   
heart mourneth within me4  #h3ai4       
,behold the voice of the daughter of my 
people from a far country3 ,is not the  
,lord in ,sion1 or is not her king in   
her8  why then have they provoked me to 
wrath with their idols1 and strange     
vanities8  #h3bj4 ,the harvest is past1 
the summer is ended1 and we are not     
saved4  #h3ba4 ,for the affliction of   
the daughter of my people ,i am         
afflicted1 and made sorrowful1          
astonishment hath taken hold on me4     
#h3bb4 ,is there no balm in ,galaad8  or
 is there no physician there8  ,why then
 is not the wound of the daughter of my 
people closed8    ,jeremias ,chapter #i 
,the prophet laments the miseries of his
 people3  and their sins1 which are the 
cause of them4  ,he exhorts them to     
repentance4  #i3a4 ,who will give water 
to my head1 and a fountain of tears to  
my eyes8  and ,i will weep day and night
 for the slain of the daughter of my    

people4  #i3b4 ,who will give me in the 
wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring 
men1 and ,i will leave my people1 and   
depart from them8  because they are all 
adulterers1 an assembly of              
transgressors4  #i3c4 ,and they have    
bent their tongue1 as a bow1 for lies1  
and not for truth3  they have           
strengthened themselves upon the earth1 
for they have proceeded from evil to    
evil1 and me they have not known1 saith 
the ,lord4  #i3d4 ,let every man take   
heed of his neighbour1 and let him not  
trust in any brother of his3  for every 
brother will utterly supplant1 and every
 friend will walk deceitfully4  #i3e4   
,and a man shall mock his brother1 and  
they will not speak the truth3  for they
 have taught their tongue to speak lies3
  they have laboured to commit iniquity4
  #i3f4 ,thy habitation is in the midst 
of deceit3  through deceit they have    
refused to know me1 saith the ,lord4    
#i3g4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of
 hosts3  ,behold ,i will melt1 and try  

them3  for what else shall ,i do before 
the daughter of my people8  #i3h4 ,their
 tongue is a piercing arrow1 it hath    
spoken deceit3  with his mouth one      
speaketh peace with his friend1 and     
secretly he lieth in wait for him4      
#i3i4 ,shall ,i not visit them for these
 things1 saith the ,lord8  or shall not 
my soul be revenged on such a nation8   
#i3aj4 ,for the mountains ,i will take  
up weeping and lamentation1 and for the 
beautiful places of the desert1         
mourning3  because they are burnt up1   
for that there is not a man that passeth
 through them3  and they have not heard 
the voice of the owner3  from the fowl  
of the air to the beasts they are gone  
away and departed4  #i3aa4 ,and ,i will 
make ,jerusalem to be heaps of sand1 and
 dens of dragons3  and ,i will make the 
cities of ,juda desolate1 for want of an
 inhabitant4  #i3ab4 ,who is the wise   
man1 that may understand this1 and to   
whom the word of the mouth of the ,lord 
may come that he may declare this1 why  

the land hath perished1 and is burnt up 
like a wilderness1 which none passeth   
through8  #i3ac4 ,and the ,lord said3   
,because they have forsaken my law1     
which ,i gave them1 and have not heard  
my voice1 and have not walked in it4    
#i3ad4 ,but they have gone after the    
perverseness of their own heart1 and    
after ,baalim1 which their fathers      
taught them4  #i3ae4 ,therefore thus    
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel3  ,behold ,i will feed this     
people with wormwood1 and give them     
water of gall to drink4  #i3af4 ,and ,i 
will scatter them among the nations1    
which they and their fathers have not   
known3  and ,i will send the sword after
 them till they be consumed4  #i3ag4    
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god 
of ,israel3  ,consider ye1 and call for 
the mourning women1 and let them come3  
and send to them that are wise women1   
and let them make haste3  #i3ah4 ,let   
them hasten and take up a lamentation   
for us3  let our eyes shed tears1 and   

our eyelids run down with waters4       
#i3ai4 ,for a voice of wailing is heard 
out of ,sion3  ,how are we wasted and   
greatly confounded8  because we have    
left the land1 because our dwellings are
 cast down4  #i3bj4 ,hear therefore1 ye 
women1 the word of the ,lord3  and let  
your ears receive the word of his mouth3
  and teach your daughters wailing3  and
 every one her neighbour mourning4      
#i3ba4 ,for death is come up through our
 windows1 it is entered into our houses 
to destroy the children from without1   
the young men from the streets4  #i3bb4 
,speak3  ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,even  
the carcass of man shall fall as dung   
upon the face of the country1 and as    
grass behind the back of the mower1 and 
there is none to gather it4  #i3bc4     
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,let not the    
wise man glory in his wisdom1 and let   
not the strong man glory in his         
strength1 and let not the rich man glory
 in his riches3  #i3bd4 ,but let him    
that glorieth glory in this1 that he    

understandeth and knoweth me1 for ,i am 
the ,lord that exercise mercy1 and      
judgment1 and justice in the earth3  for
 these things please me1 saith the      
,lord4  #i3be4 ,behold1 the days come1  
saith the ,lord1 and ,i will visit upon 
every one that hath the foreskin        
circumcised4  #i3bf4 ,upon ,egypt1 and  
upon ,juda1 and upon ,edom1 and upon the
 children of ,ammon1 and upon ,moab1 and
 upon all that have their hair polled   
round1 that dwell in the desert3  for   
all the nations are uncircumcised in the
 flesh1 but all the house of ,israel are
 uncircumcised in the heart4            
,jeremias ,chapter #aj   ,neither stars 
nor idols are to be feared1 but the     
great ,creator of all things4  ,the     
chastisement of ,jerusalem for her sins4
  #aj3a4 ,hear ye the word which the    
,lord hath spoken concerning you1 ,o    
house of ,israel4  #aj3b4 ,thus saith   
the ,lord3  ,learn not according to the 
ways of the ,gentiles3  and be not      
afraid of the signs of heaven1 which the

 heathens fear3  #aj3c4 ,for the laws of
 the people are vain3  for the works of 
the hand of the workman hath cut a tree 
out of the forest with an axe4  #aj3d4  
,he hath decked it with silver and gold3
  he hath put it together with nails and
 hammers1 that it may not fall asunder4 
#aj3e4 ,they are framed after the       
likeness of a palm tree1 and shall not  
speak3  they must be carried to be      
removed1 because they cannot go4        
,therefore fear them not1 for they can  
neither do evil nor good4  #aj3f4 ,there
 is none like to thee1 ,o ,lord3  thou  
art great1 and great is thy name in     
might4  #aj3g4 ,who shall not fear thee1
 ,o king of nations8  for thine is the  
glory3  among all the wise men of the   
nations1 and in all their kingdoms there
 is none like unto thee4  #aj3h4 ,they  
shall be all proved together to be      
senseless and foolish3 the doctrine of  
their vanity is wood4  #aj3i4 ,silver   
spread into plates is brought from      
,tharsis1 and gold from ,ophaz3  the    

work of the artificer1 and of the hand  
of the coppersmith3 violet and purple is
 their clothing3  all these things are  
the work of artificers4  #aj3aj4 ,but   
the ,lord is the true ,god3  he is the  
living ,god1 and the everlasting king3  
at his wrath the earth shall tremble1   
and the nations shall not be able to    
abide his threatening4  #aj3aa4 ,thus   
then shall you say to them3  ,the gods  
that have not made heaven and earth1 let
 them perish from the earth1 and from   
among those places that are under       
heaven4  #aj3ab4 ,he that maketh the    
earth by his power1 that prepareth the  
world by his wisdom1 and stretcheth out 
the heavens by his knowledge4  #aj3ac4  
,at his voice he giveth a multitude of  
waters in the heaven1 and lifteth up the
 clouds from the ends of the earth3  he 
maketh lightnings for rain1 and bringeth
 forth the wind out of his treasures4   
#aj3ad4 ,every man is become a fool for 
knowledge1 every artist is confounded in
 his graven idol3  for what he hath cast

 is false1 and there is no spirit in    
them4  #aj3ae4 ,they are vain things1   
and a ridiculous work3  in the time of  
their visitation they shall perish4     
#aj3af4 ,the portion of ,jacob is not   
like these3  for it is he who formed all
 things3  and ,israel is the rod of his 
inheritance3  the ,lord of hosts is his 
name4  #aj3ag4 ,gather up thy shame out 
of the land1 thou that dwellest in a    
siege4  #aj3ah4 ,for thus saith he      
,lord3  ,behold ,i will cast away far   
off the inhabitants of the land at this 
time3  and ,i will afflict them1 so that
 they may be found4  #aj3ai4 ,woe is me 
for my destruction1 my wound is very    
grievous4  ,but ,i said3  ,truly this is
 my own evil1 and ,i will bear it4      
#aj3bj4 ,my tabernacle is laid waste1   
all my cords are broken3  my children   
are gone out from me1 and they are not3 
there is none to stretch forth my tent  
any more1 and to set up my curtains4    
#aj3ba4 ,because the pastors have done  
foolishly1 and have not sought the      

,lord3  therefore have they not         
understood1 and all their flock is      
scattered4  #aj3bb4 ,behold the sound of
 a noise cometh1 a great commotion out  
of the land of the north3  to make the  
cities of ,juda a desert1 and a dwelling
 for dragons4  #aj3bc4 ,i know1 ,o      
,lord1 that the way of a man is not his3
  neither is it in a man to walk1 and to
 direct his steps4  ,the way of a man is
 not his4 4 4,the meaning is1 that      
notwithstanding man's free will1 yet he 
can do no good without ,god's help1 nor 
evil without his permission4  ,so that1 
in the present case1 all the evils which
 ,nabuchodonosor was about to bring upon
 ,jerusalem1 could not have come but by 
the will of ,god4  #aj3bd4 ,correct me1 
,o ,lord1 but yet with judgment3  and   
not in thy fury1 lest thou bring me to  
nothing4  #aj3be4 ,pour out thy         
indignation upon the nations that have  
not known thee1 and upon the provinces  
that have not called upon thy name3     
because they have eaten up ,jacob1 and  

devoured him1 and consumed him1 and have
 destroyed his glory4    ,jeremias      
,chapter #aa   ,the prophet proclaims   
the covenant of ,god3  and denounces    
evils to the obstinate transgressors of 
it4  ,the conspiracy of the ,jews       
against him1 a figure of their          
conspiracy against ,christ4  #aa3a4 ,the
 word that came from the ,lord to       
,jeremias1 saying3  #aa3b4 ,hear ye the 
words of this covenant1 and speak to the
 men of ,juda1 and to the inhabitants of
 ,jerusalem1  #aa3c4 ,and thou shalt say
 to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord the    
,god of ,israel3  ,cursed is the man    
that shall not hearken to the words of  
this covenant1  #aa3d4 ,which ,i        
commanded your fathers in the day that  
,i brought them out of the land of      
,egypt1 from the iron furnace1 saying3  
,hear ye my voice1 and do all things    
that ,i command you3  and you shall be  
my people1 and ,i will be your ,god3    
#aa3e4 ,that ,i may accomplish the oath 
which ,i swore to your fathers1 to give 

them a land flowing with milk and honey1
 as it is this day4  ,and ,i answered   
and said3  ,amen1 ,o ,lord4  #aa3f4 ,and
 the ,lord said to me3  ,proclaim aloud 
all these words in the cities of ,juda1 
and in the streets of ,jerusalem1       
saying3  ,hear ye the words of the      
covenant1 and do them3  #aa3g4 ,for     
protesting ,i conjured your fathers in  
the day that ,i brought them out of the 
land of ,egypt even to this day3  rising
 early ,i conjured them1 and said3      
,hearken ye to my voice3  #aa3h4 ,and   
they obeyed not1 nor inclined their ear3
  but walked every one in the           
perverseness of his own wicked heart3   
and ,i brought upon them all the words  
of this covenant1 which ,i commanded    
them to do1 but they did them not4      
#aa3i4 ,and the ,lord said to me3  ,a   
conspiracy is found among the men of    
,juda1 and among the inhabitants of     
,jerusalem4  #aa3aj4 ,they are returned 
to the former iniquities of their       
fathers1 who refused to hear my words3  

so these likewise have gone after       
strange gods1 to serve them3  the house 
of ,israel1 and the house of ,juda have 
made void my covenant1 which ,i made    
with their fathers4  #aa3aa4 ,wherefore 
thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will  
bring in evils upon them1 which they    
shall not be able to escape3  and they  
shall cry to me1 and ,i will not hearken
 to them4  #aa3ab4 ,and the cities of   
,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem
 shall go1 and cry to the gods to whom  
they offer sacrifice1 and they shall not
 save them in the time of their         
affliction4  #aa3ac4 ,for according to  
the number of thy cities were thy gods1 
,o ,juda3 and according to the number of
 the streets of ,jerusalem thou hast set
 up altars of confusion1 altars to offer
 sacrifice to ,baalim4  #aa3ad4         
,therefore do not thou pray for this    
people1 and do not take up praise and   
prayer for them3  for ,i will not hear  
them in the time of their cry to me1 in 
the time of their affliction4  #aa3ae4  

,what is the meaning that my beloved    
hath wrought much wickedness in my      
house8  shall the holy flesh take away  
from thee thy crimes1 in which thou hast
 boasted8  #aa3af4 ,the ,lord called thy
 name1 a plentiful olive tree1 fair1    
fruitful1 and beautiful3  at the noise  
of a word1 a great fire was kindled in  
it1 and the branches thereof are burnt4 
#aa3ag4 ,and the ,lord of hosts that    
planted thee1 hath pronounced evil      
against thee3  for the evils of the     
house of ,israel1 and of the house of   
,juda1 which they have done to          
themselves1 to provoke me1 offering     
sacrifice to ,baalim4  #aa3ah4 ,but     
thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast shewn me1 and ,i   
have known3  then thou shewedst me their
 doings4  #aa3ai4 ,and ,i was as a meek 
lamb1 that is carried to be a victim3   
and ,i knew not that they had devised   
counsels against me1 saying3  ,let us   
put wood on his bread1 and cut him off  
from the land of the living1 and let his
 name be remembered no more4  #aa3bj4   

,but thou1 ,o ,lord of ,sabaoth1 who    
judgest justly1 and triest the reins and
 the hearts1 let me see thy revenge on  
them3  for to thee have ,i revealed my  
cause4  ,sabaoth4 4 4,that is1 of hosts 
or armies1 a name frequently given to   
,god in the scriptures4--,ibid4  ,thy   
revenge4 4 4,this was rather a          
prediction of what was to happen1 with  
an approbation of the divine justice1   
than an imprecation4  #aa3ba4 ,therefore
 thus saith the ,lord to the men of     
,anathoth1 who seek thy life1 and say3  
,thou shalt not prophesy in the name of 
the ,lord1 and thou shalt not die in our
 hands4  #aa3bb4 ,therefore thus saith  
the ,lord of hosts3  ,behold ,i will    
visit upon them3  their young men shall 
die by the sword1 their sons and their  
daughters shall die by famine4  #aa3bc4 
,and there shall be no remains of them3 
for ,i will bring in evil upon the men  
of ,anathoth1 the year of their         
visitation4    ,jeremias ,chapter #ab   
,the prosperity of the wicked shall be  

but for a short time4  ,the desolation  
of the ,jews for their sins4  ,their    
return from their captivity4  #ab3a4    
,thou indeed1 ,o ,lord1 art just1 if ,i 
plead with thee1 but yet ,i will speak  
what is just to thee3  ,why doth the way
 of the wicked prosper3  why is it well 
with all them that transgress1 and do   
wickedly8  #ab3b4 ,thou hast planted    
them1 and they have taken root3  they   
prosper and bring forth fruit3  thou art
 near in their mouth1 and far from their
 reins4  #ab3c4 ,and thou1 ,o ,lord1    
hast known me1 thou hast seen me1 and   
proved my heart with thee3  gather them 
together as for the day of slaughter4   
#ab3d4 ,how long shall the land mourn1  
and the herb of every field wither for  
the wickedness of them that dwell       
therein8  ,the beasts and the birds are 
consumed3  because they have said3  ,he 
shall not see our last end4  #ab3e4 ,if 
thou hast been wearied with running with
 footmen1 how canst thou contend with   
horses8  and if thou hast been secure in

 a land of peace1 what wilt thou do in  
the swelling of the ,jordan8  #ab3f4    
,for even thy brethren1 and the house of
 thy father1 even they have fought      
against thee1 and have cried after thee 
with full voice3 believe them not when  
they speak good things to thee4  #ab3g4 
,i have forsaken my house1 ,i have left 
my inheritance3  ,i have given my dear  
soul into the hand of her enemies4      
#ab3h4 ,my inheritance is become to me  
as a lion in the wood3  it hath cried   
out against me1 therefore have ,i hated 
it4  #ab3i4 ,is my inheritance to me as 
a speckled bird8  is it as a bird dyed  
throughout8  come ye1 assemble          
yourselves1 all ye beasts of the earth1 
make haste to devour4  #ab3aj4 ,many    
pastors have destroyed my vineyard1 they
 have trodden my portion under foot3    
they have changed my delightful portion 
into a desolate wilderness4  #ab3aa4    
,they have laid it waste1 and it hath   
mourned for me4  ,with desolation is all
 the land made desolate2 because there  

is none that considereth in the heart4  
#ab3ab4 ,the spoilers are come upon all 
the ways of the wilderness1 for the     
sword of the ,lord shall devour from one
 end of the land to the other end       
thereof3  there is no peace for all     
flesh4  #ab3ac4 ,they have sown wheat1  
and reaped thorns3  they have received  
an inheritance1 and it shall not profit 
them3  you shall be ashamed of your     
fruits1 because of the fierce wrath of  
the ,lord4  #ab3ad4 ,thus saith the     
,lord against all wicked neighbours1    
that touch the inheritance that ,i have 
shared out to my people ,israel3        
,behold ,i will pluck them out of their 
land1 and ,i will pluck the house of    
,juda out of the midst of them4  #ab3ae4
 ,and when ,i shall have plucked them   
out1 ,i will return1 and have mercy on  
them3  and will bring them back1 every  
man to his inheritance1 and every man   
into his land4  #ab3af4 ,and it shall   
come to pass1 if they will be taught1   
and will learn the ways of my people1 to

 swear by my name3  ,the ,lord liveth1  
as they have taught my people to swear  
by ,baal3  that they shall be built up  
in the midst of my people4  #ab3ag4 ,but
 if they will not hear1 ,i will utterly 
pluck out and destroy that nation1 saith
 the ,lord4    ,jeremias ,chapter #ac   
,under the figure of a linen girdle is  
foretold the destruction of the ,jews4  
,their obstinacy in sin brings all      
miseries upon them4  #ac3a4 ,thus saith 
the ,lord to me3  ,go1 and get thee a   
linen girdle1 and thou shalt put it     
about thy loins1 and shalt not put it   
into water4  #ac3b4 ,and ,i got a girdle
 according to the word of the ,lord1 and
 put it about my loins4  #ac3c4 ,and the
 word of the ,lord came to me the second
 time1 saying3  #ac3d4 ,take the girdle 
which thou hast got1 which is about thy 
loins1 and arise1 go to the ,euphrates1 
and hide it there in a hole of the rock4
  #ac3e4 ,and ,i went1 and hid it by the
 ,euphrates1 as the ,lord had commanded 
me4  #ac3f4 ,and it came to pass after  

many days1 that the ,lord said to me3   
,arise1 go to the ,euphrates1 and take  
from thence the girdle1 which ,i        
commanded thee to hide there4  #ac3g4   
,and ,i went to the ,euphrates1 and     
digged1 and took the girdle out of the  
place where ,i had hid it and behold the
 girdle was rotten1 so that it was fit  
for no use4  #ac3h4 ,and the word of the
 ,lord came to me1 saying3  #ac3i4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord3  ,after this manner   
will ,i make the pride of ,juda1 and the
 great pride of ,jerusalem to rot4      
#ac3aj4 ,this wicked people1 that will  
not hear my words1 and that walk in the 
perverseness of their heart1 and have   
gone after strange gods to serve them1  
and to adore them3  and they shall be as
 this girdle 1which is fit for no use4  
#ac3aa4 ,for as the girdle sticketh     
close to the loins of a man1 so have ,i 
brought close to me all the house of    
,israel1 and all the house of ,juda1    
saith the ,lord3  that they might be my 
people1 and for a name1 and for a       

praise1 and for a glory3  but they would
 not hear4  #ac3ab4 ,thou shalt speak   
therefore to them this word3  ,thus     
saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3    
,every bottle shall be filled with wine4
  ,and they shall say to thee3  ,do we  
not know that every bottle shall be     
filled with wine8  #ac3ac4 ,and thou    
shalt say to them3  ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,behold ,i will fill all the    
inhabitants of this land1 and the kings 
of the race of ,david that sit upon his 
throne1 and the priests1 and the        
prophets1 and all the inhabitants of    
,jerusalem1 with drunkenness4  #ac3ad4  
,and ,i will scatter them every man from
 his brother1 and fathers and sons in   
like manner1 saith the ,lord3  ,i will  
not spare1 and ,i will not pardon3  nor 
will ,i have mercy1 but to destroy them4
  #ac3ae4 ,hear ye1 and give ear3  ,be  
not proud1 for the ,lord hath spoken4   
#ac3af4 ,give ye glory to the ,lord your
 ,god1 before it be dark1 and before    
your feet stumble upon the dark         

mountains3  you shall look for light1   
and he will turn it into the shadow of  
death1 and into darkness4  #ac3ag4 ,but 
if you will not hear this1 my soul shall
 weep in secret for your pride3  weeping
 it shall weep1 and my eyes shall run   
down with tears1 because the flock of   
the ,lord is carried away captive4      
#ac3ah4 ,say to the king1 and to the    
queen3  ,humble yourselves1 sit down3   
for the crown of your glory is come down
 from your head4  #ac3ai4 ,the cities of
 the south are shut up1 and there is    
none to open them3  all ,juda is carried
 away captive with an entire captivity4 
#ac3bj4 ,lift up your eyes1 and see1 you
 that come from the north3  where is the
 flock that is given thee1 thy beautiful
 cattle8  #ac3ba4 ,what wilt thou say   
when he shall visit thee8  for thou hast
 taught them against thee1 and          
instructed them against thy own head3   
shall not sorrows lay hold on thee1 as a
 woman in labour8  #ac3bb4 ,and if thou 
shalt say in thy heart3  ,why are these 

things come upon me8  ,for the greatness
 of thy iniquity1 thy nakedness is      
discovered1 the soles of thy feet are   
defiled4  #ac3bc4 ,if the ,ethiopian can
 change his skin1 or the leopard his    
spots3 you also may do well1 when you   
have learned evil4  #ac3bd4 ,and ,i will
 scatter them as stubble1 which is      
carried away by the wind in the desert4 
#ac3be4 ,this is thy lot1 and the       
portion of thy measure from me1 saith   
the ,lord1 because thou hast forgotten  
me1 and hast trusted in falsehood4      
#ac3bf4 ,wherefore ,i have also bared   
thy thighs against thy face1 and thy    
shame hath appeared4  #ac3bg4 ,i have   
seen thy adulteries1 and thy neighing1  
the wickedness of thy fornication3  and 
thy abominations1 upon the hills in the 
field4  ,woe to thee1 ,jerusalem1 wilt  
thou not be made clean after me3  how   
long yet8    ,jeremias ,chapter #ad   ,a
 grievous famine3  and the prophet's    
prayer on that occasion4  ,evils        
denounced to false prophets4  ,the      

prophet mourns for his people4  #ad3a4  
,the word of the ,lord that came to     
,jeremias concerning the words of the   
drought4  #ad3b4 ,judea hath mourned1   
and the gates thereof are fallen1 and   
are become obscure on the ground1 and   
the cry of ,jerusalem is gone up4       
#ad3c4 ,the great ones sent their       
inferiors to the water3  they came to   
draw1 they found no water1 they carried 
back their vessels empty3  they were    
confounded and afflicted1 and covered   
their heads4  #ad3d4 ,for the           
destruction of the land1 because there  
came no rain upon the earth1 the        
husbandman were confounded1 they covered
 their heads4  #ad3e4 ,yea1 the hind    
also brought forth in the field1 and    
left it1 because there was no grass4    
#ad3f4 ,and the wild asses stood upon   
the rocks1 they snuffed up the wind like
 dragons1 their eyes failed1 because    
there was no grass4  #ad3g4 ,if our     
iniquities have testified against us1 ,o
 ,lord1 do thou it for thy name's sake1 

for our rebellions are many1 we have    
sinned against thee4  #ad3h4 ,o         
expectation of ,israel1 the ,saviour    
thereof in time of trouble3 why wilt    
thou be as a stranger in the land1 and  
as a wayfaring man turning in to lodge8 
#ad3i4 ,why wilt thou be as a wandering 
man1 as a mighty man that cannot save8  
but thou1 ,o ,lord1 art among us1 and   
thy name is called upon by us1 forsake  
us not4  #ad3aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord  
to this people1 that have loved to move 
their feet1 and have not rested1 and    
have not pleased the ,lord3  ,he will   
now remember their iniquities1 and visit
 their sins4  #ad3aa4 ,and the ,lord    
said to me3  ,pray not for this people  
for their good4  #ad3ab4 ,when they fast
 ,i will not hear their prayers3  and if
 they offer holocausts and victims1 ,i  
will not receive them3  for ,i will     
consume them by the sword1 and by       
famine1 and by the pestilence4  #ad3ac4 
,and ,i said3  ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,o ,lord    
,god1 the prophets say to them3 ,you    

shall not see the sword1 and there shall
 be no famine among you1 but he will    
give you true peace in this place4      
#ad3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to me3  ,the
 prophets prophesy falsely in my name3  
,i sent them not1 neither have ,i       
commanded them1 nor have ,i spoken to   
them3  they prophesy unto you a lying   
vision1 and divination and deceit1 and  
the seduction of their own heart4       
#ad3ae4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord 
concerning the prophets that prophesy in
 my name1 whom ,i did not send1 that    
say3  ,sword and famine shall not be in 
this land3  ,by sword and famine shall  
those prophets be consumed4  #ad3af4    
,and the people to whom they prophesy1  
shall be cast out in the streets of     
,jerusalem because of the famine and the
 sword1 and there shall be none to bury 
them3  they and their wives1 their sons 
and their daughters1 and ,i will pour   
out their own wickedness upon them4     
#ad3ag4 ,and thou shalt speak this word 
to them3  ,let my eyes shed down tears  

night and day1 and let them not cease1  
because the virgin daughter of my people
 is afflicted with a great affliction1  
with an exceeding grievous evil4        
#ad3ah4 ,if ,i go forth into the fields1
 behold the slain with the sword3 and if
 ,i enter into the city1 behold them    
that are consumed with famine4  ,the    
prophet also and the priest are gone    
into a land which they knew not4        
#ad3ai4 ,hast thou utterly cast away    
,juda1 or hath thy soul abhorred ,sion8 
why then hast thou struck us1 so that   
there is no healing for us8 we have     
looked for peace1 and there is no good3 
and for the time of healing1 and behold 
trouble4  #ad3bj4 ,we acknowledge1 ,o   
,lord1 our wickedness1 the iniquities of
 our fathers1 because we have sinned    
against thee4  #ad3ba4 ,give us not to  
be a reproach1 for thy name's sake1 and 
do not disgrace in us the throne of thy 
glory3  remember1 break not thy covenant
 with us4  #ad3bb4 ,are there any among 
the graven things of the ,gentiles that 

can send rain8  or can the heavens give 
showers8  art not thou the ,lord our    
,god1 whom we have looked for8  for thou
 hast made all these things4            
,jeremias ,chapter #ae   ,god is        
determined to punish the ,jews for their
 sins4  ,the prophet's complaint1 and   
,god's promise to him4  #ae3a4 ,and the 
,lord said to me3  ,if ,moses and       
,samuel shall stand before me1 my soul  
is not towards this people3  cast them  
out from my sight1 and let them go      
forth4  #ae3b4 ,and if they shall say   
unto thee3  ,whither shall we go forth8 
thou shalt say to them3  ,thus saith the
 ,lord3  ,such as are for death1 to     
death3  and such as are for the sword1  
to the sword3  and such as are for      
famine1 to famine3  and such as are for 
captivity1 to captivity4  #ae3c4 ,and ,i
 will visit them with four kinds1 saith 
the ,lord3  ,the sword to kill1 and the 
dogs to tear1 and the fowls of the air1 
and the beasts of the earth1 to devour  
and to destroy4  #ae3d4 ,and ,i will    

give them up to the rage of all the     
kingdoms of the earth3  because of      
,manasses the son of ,ezechias the king 
of ,juda1 for all that he did in        
,jerusalem4  #ae3e4 ,for who shall have 
pity on thee1 ,o ,jerusalem8  or who    
shall bemoan thee8  or who shall go to  
pray for thy peace8  #ae3f4 ,thou hast  
forsaken me1 saith the ,lord1 thou art  
gone backward3 and ,i will stretch out  
my hand against thee1 and ,i will       
destroy thee3  ,i am weary of entreating
 thee4  #ae3g4 ,and ,i will scatter them
 with a fan in the gates of the land3   
,i have killed and destroyed my people1 
and yet they are not returned from their
 ways4  #ae3h4 ,their widows are        
multiplied unto me above the sand of the
 sea3  ,i have brought upon them against
 the mother of the young man a spoiler  
at noonday3  ,i have cast a terror on a 
sudden upon the cities4  #ae3i4 ,she    
that hath borne seven is become weak1   
her soul hath fainted away3  her sun is 
gone down1 while it was yet day3  she is

 confounded1 and ashamed3  and the      
residue of them ,i will give up to the  
sword in the sight of their enemies1    
saith the ,lord4  #ae3aj4 ,woe is me1 my
 mother3  why hast thou borne me a man  
of strife1 a man of contention to all   
the earth8  ,i have not lent on usury1  
neither hath any man lent to me on      
usury3  yet all curse me4  #ae3aa4 ,the 
,lord saith to me3  ,assuredly it shall 
be well with thy remnant1 assuredly ,i  
shall help thee in the time of          
affliction1 and in the time of          
tribulation against the enemy4  #ae3ab4 
,shall iron be allied with the iron from
 the north1 and the brass8  ,shall iron 
be allied1 etc4 4 4,shall the iron1 that
 is1 the strength of ,juda1 stand       
against the stronger iron of the north1 
that is1 of ,babylon3  or enter into an 
alliance upon equal footing with it8    
,no certainly3  but it must be broken by
 it4  #ae3ac4 ,thy riches and thy       
treasures ,i will give unto spoil for   
nothing1 because of all thy sins1 even  

in all thy borders4  #ae3ad4 ,and ,i    
will bring thy enemies out of a land1   
which thou knowest not3  for a fire is  
kindled in my rage1 it shall burn upon  
you4  #ae3ae4 ,o ,lord1 thou knowest1   
remember me1 and visit me1 and defend me
 from them that persecute me1 do not    
defend me in thy patience3  know that   
for thy sake ,i have suffered reproach4 
,do not defend me in thy patience4 4    
4,that is1 let not thy patience and     
longsuffering1 which thou usest towards 
sinners1 keep thee from making haste to 
my assistance4  #ae3af4 ,thy words were 
found1 and ,i did eat them1 and thy word
 was to me a joy and gladness of my     
heart3  for thy name is called upon me1 
,o ,lord ,god of hosts4  #ae3ag4 ,i sat 
not in the assembly of jesters1 nor did 
,i make a boast of the presence of thy  
hand3  ,i sat alone1 because thou hast  
filled me with threats4  #ae3ah4 ,why is
 my sorrow become perpetual1 and my     
wound desperate so as to refuse to be   
healed8  it is become to me as the      

falsehood of deceitful waters that      
cannot be trusted4  #ae3ai4 ,therefore  
thus saith the ,lord3  ,if thou wilt be 
converted1 ,i will convert thee1 and    
thou shalt stand before my face2 and    
thou wilt separate the precious from the
 vile1 thou shalt be as my mouth3  they 
shall be turned to thee1 and thou shalt 
not be turned to them4  #ae3bj4 ,and ,i 
will make thee to this people as a      
strong wall of brass3 and they shall    
fight against thee1 and shall not       
prevail3  for ,i am with thee to save   
thee1 and to deliver thee1 saith the    
,lord4  #ae3ba4 ,and ,i will deliver    
thee out of the hand of the wicked1 and 
,i will redeem thee out of the hand of  
the mighty4    ,jeremias ,chapter #af   
,the prophet is forbid to marry4  ,the  
,jews shall be utterly ruined for their 
idolatry3  but shall at length be       
released from their captivity1 and the  
,gentiles shall be converted4  #af3a4   
,and the word of the ,lord came to me1  
saying3  #af3b4 ,thou shalt not take    

thee a wife1 neither shalt thou have    
sons and daughters in this place4       
#af3c4 ,for thus saith the ,lord        
concerning the sons and daughters1 that 
are born in this place1 and concerning  
their mothers that bore them3 and       
concerning their fathers1 of whom they  
were born in this land3  #af3d4 ,they   
shall die by the death of grievous      
illnesses3  they shall not be lamented1 
and they shall not be buried1 they shall
 be as dung upon the face of the earth3 
and they shall be consumed with the     
sword1 and with famine3  and their      
carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of
 the air1 and for the beasts of the     
earth4  #af3e4 ,for thus saith the      
,lord3  ,enter not into the house of    
feasting1 neither go thou to mourn1 nor 
to comfort them3  because ,i have taken 
away my peace from this people1 saith   
the ,lord1 my mercy and commiserations4 
#af3f4 ,both the great and the little   
shall die in this land3  they shall not 
be buried nor lamented1 and men shall   

not cut themselves1 nor make themselves 
bald for them4  #af3g4 ,and they shall  
not break bread among them to him that  
mourneth1 to comfort him for the dead3  
neither shall they give them for their  
father and mother4  #af3h4 ,and do not  
thou go into the house of feasting1 to  
sit with them1 and to eat and drink3    
#af3i4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of     
hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold ,i 
will take away out of this place in your
 sight1 and in your days the voice of   
mirth1 and the voice of gladness1 the   
voice of the bridegroom1 and the voice  
of the bride4  #af3aj4 ,and when thou   
shalt tell this people all these words1 
and they shall say to thee3  ,wherefore 
hath the ,lord pronounced against us all
 this great evil8  what is our iniquity8
  and what is our sin1 that we have     
sinned against the ,lord our ,god8      
#af3aa4 ,thou shalt say to them3        
,because your fathers forsook me1 saith 
the ,lord3  and went after strange gods1
 and served them1 and adored them3  and 

they forsook me1 and kept not my law4   
#af3ab4 ,and you also have done worse   
than your fathers3  for behold every one
 of you walketh after the perverseness  
of his evil heart1 so as not to hearken 
to me4  #af3ac4 ,so ,i will cast you    
forth out of this land1 into a land     
which you know not1 nor your fathers3   
and there you shall serve strange gods  
day and night1 which shall not give you 
any rest4  #af3ad4 ,therefore behold the
 days come1 saith the ,lord1 when it    
shall be said no more3  ,the ,lord      
liveth1 that brought forth the children 
of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt4   
#af3ae4 ,but1 ,the ,lord liveth1 that   
brought the children of ,israel out of  
the land of the north1 and out of all   
the lands to which ,i cast them out3    
and ,i will bring them again into their 
land1 which ,i gave to their fathers4   
#af3af4 ,behold ,i will send many       
fishers1 saith the ,lord1 and they shall
 fish them3  and after this ,i will send
 them many hunters1 and they shall hunt 

them from every mountain1 and from every
 hill and out of the holes of the rocks4
  #af3ag4 ,for my eyes are upon all     
their ways3  they are not hid from my   
face1 and their iniquity hath not been  
hid from my eyes4  #af3ah4 ,and ,i will 
repay first their double iniquities1 and
 their sins3 because they have defiled  
my land with the carcasses of their     
idols1 and they have filled my          
inheritance with their abominations4    
#af3ai4 ,o ,lord1 my might1 and my      
strength1 and my refuge in the day of   
tribulation3  to thee the ,gentiles     
shall come from the ends of the earth1  
and shall say3  ,surely our fathers have
 possessed lies1 a vanity which hath not
 profited them4  #af3bj4 ,shall a man   
make gods unto himself and they are no  
gods8  #af3ba4 ,therefore behold ,i will
 this once cause them to know1 ,i will  
shew them my hand and my power3  and    
they shall know that my name is the     
,lord4    ,jeremias ,chapter #ag   ,for 
their obstinacy in sin the ,jews shall  

be led captive4  ,he is cursed that     
trusteth in flesh4  ,god alone searcheth
 the heart1 giving to every one as he   
deserves4  ,the prophet prayeth to be   
delivered from his enemies1 and         
preacheth up the observance of the      
sabbath4  #ag3a4 ,the sin of ,juda is   
written with a pen of iron1 with the    
point of a diamond1 it is graven upon   
the table of their heart1 upon the horns
 of their altars4  #ag3b4 ,when their   
children shall remember their altars1   
and their groves1 and their green trees 
upon the high mountains1  #ag3c4        
,sacrificing in the field3  ,i will give
 thy strength1 and all thy treasures to 
the spoil1 and thy high places for sin  
in all thy borders4  #ag3d4 ,and thou   
shalt be left stripped of thy           
inheritance1 which ,i gave thee3  and ,i
 will make thee serve thy enemies in a  
land which thou knowest not3  because   
thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath1 it
 shall burn for ever4  #ag3e4 ,thus     
saith the ,lord3  ,cursed be the man    

that trusteth in man1 and maketh flesh  
his arm1 and whose heart departeth from 
the ,lord4  #ag3f4 ,for he shall be like
 tamaric in the desert1 and he shall not
 see when good shall come3  but he shall
 dwell in dryness in the desert in a    
salt land1 and not inhabited4  ,tamaric4
 4 4,a barren shrub that grows in the   
driest parts of the wilderness4  #ag3g4 
,blessed be the man that trusteth in the
 ,lord1 and the ,lord shall be his      
confidence4  #ag3h4 ,and he shall be as 
a tree that is planted by the waters1   
that spreadeth out its roots towards    
moisture3  and it shall not fear when   
the heat cometh4  ,and the leaf thereof 
shall be green1 and in the time of      
drought it shall not be solicitous1     
neither shall it cease at any time to   
bring forth fruit4  #ag3i4 ,the heart is
 perverse above all things1 and         
unsearchable1 who can know it8  #ag3aj4 
,i am the ,lord who search the heart1   
and prove the reins3  who give to every 
one according to his way1 and according 

to the fruit of his devices4  #ag3aa4   
,as the partridge hath hatched eggs     
which she did not lay3  so is he that   
hath gathered riches1 and not by right3 
in the midst of his days he shall leave 
them1 and in his latter end he shall be 
a fool4  #ag3ab4 ,a high and glorious   
throne from the beginning is the place  
of our sanctification4  #ag3ac4 ,o      
,lord1 the hope of ,israel3  all that   
forsake thee shall be confounded3  they 
that depart from thee1 shall be written 
in the earth3 because they have forsaken
 the ,lord1 the vein of living waters4  
#ag3ad4 ,heal me1 ,o ,lord1 and ,i shall
 be healed3  save me1 and ,i shall be   
saved3  for thou art my praise4  #ag3ae4
 ,behold they say to me3  ,where is the 
word of the ,lord8  let it come4        
#ag3af4 ,and ,i am not troubled1        
following thee for my pastor1 and ,i    
have not desired the day of man1 thou   
knowest4  ,that which went out of my    
lips1 hath been right in thy sight4     
#ag3ag4 ,be not thou a terror unto me1  

thou art my hope in the day of          
affliction4  #ag3ah4 ,let them be       
confounded that persecute me1 and let   
not me be confounded3  let them be      
afraid1 and let not me be afraid3  bring
 upon them the day of affliction1 and   
with a double destruction1 destroy them4
  ,let them be confounded1 etc4 4 4,such
 expressions as these in the writings of
 the prophets1 are not to be understood 
as imprecations proceeding from malice  
or desire of revenge3  but as prophetic 
predictions of evils that were about to 
fall upon impenitent sinners1 and       
approbations of the ways of divine      
justice4  #ag3ai4 ,thus saith the ,lord 
to me3  ,go1 and stand in the gate of   
the children of the people1 by which the
 kings of ,juda come in1 and go out1 and
 in all the gates of ,jerusalem3        
#ag3bj4 ,and thou shalt say to them3    
,hear the word of the ,lord1 ye kings of
 ,juda1 and al ,juda1 and all the       
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 that enter in
 by these gates4  #ag3ba4 ,thus saith   

the ,lord3  ,take heed to your souls1   
and carry no burdens on the sabbath day3
  and bring them not in by the gates of 
,jerusalem4  #ag3bb4 ,and do not bring  
burdens out of your houses on the       
sabbath day1 neither do ye any work3    
sanctify the sabbath day1 as ,i         
commanded your fathers4  #ag3bc4 ,but   
they did not hear1 nor incline their    
ear3  but hardened their neck1 that they
 might not hear me1 and might not       
receive instruction4  #ag3bd4 ,and it   
shall come to pass3  if you will hearken
 to me1 saith the ,lord1 to bring in no 
burdens by the gates of this city on the
 sabbath day3  and if you will sanctify 
the sabbath day1 to do no work therein3 
#ag3be4 ,then shall there enter in by   
the gates of this city kings and        
princes1 sitting upon the throne of     
,david1 and riding in chariots and on   
horses1 they and their princes1 the men 
of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of        
,jerusalem3  and this city shall be     
inhabited for ever4  #ag3bf4 ,and they  

shall come from the cities of ,juda1 and
 from the places round about ,jerusalem1
 and from the land of ,benjamin1 and    
from the plains1 and from the mountains1
 and from the south1 bringing           
holocausts1 and victims1 and sacrifices1
 and frankincense1 and they shall bring 
in an offering into the house of the    
,lord4  #ag3bg4 ,but if you will not    
hearken to me1 to sanctify the sabbath  
day1 and not to carry burdens1 and not  
to bring them in by the gates of        
,jerusalem on the sabbath day3  ,i will 
kindle a fire in the gates thereof1 and 
it shall devour the houses of           
,jerusalem1 and it shall not be         
quenched4    ,jeremias ,chapter #ah     
,as the clay in the hand of the potter1 
so is ,israel in ,god's hand4  ,he      
pardoneth penitents1 and punisheth the  
obstinate4  ,they conspire against      
,jeremias1 for which he denounceth to   
them the miseries that hang over them4  
#ah3a4 ,the word that came to ,jeremias 
from the ,lord1 saying3  #ah3b4 ,arise1 

and go down into the potter's house1 and
 there thou shalt hear my words4  #ah3c4
 ,and ,i went down into the potter's    
house1 and behold he was doing a work on
 the wheel4  #ah3d4 ,and the vessel was 
broken which he was making of clay with 
his hands3  and turning he made another 
vessel1 as it seemed good in his eyes to
 make it4  #ah3e4 ,then the word of the 
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ah3f4       
,cannot ,i do with you1 as this potter1 
,o house of ,israel1 saith the ,lord8   
behold as clay is in the hand of the    
potter1 so are you in my hand1 ,o house 
of ,israel4  #ah3g4 ,i will suddenly    
speak against a nation1 and against a   
kingdom1 to root out1 and to pull down1 
and to destroy it4  #ah3h4 ,if that     
nation against which ,i have spoken1    
shall repent of their evil1 ,i also will
 repent of the evil that ,i have thought
 to do to them4  #ah3i4 ,and ,i will    
suddenly speak of a nation and of a     
kingdom1 to build up and plant it4      
#ah3aj4 ,if it shall do evil in my      

sight1 that it obey not my voice3  ,i   
will repent of the good that ,i have    
spoken to do unto it4  #ah3aa4 ,now     
therefore tell the men of ,juda1 and the
 inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 saying3     
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i frame
 evil against you1 and devise a device  
against you3  let every man of you      
return from his evil way1 and make ye   
your ways and your doings good4  #ah3ab4
 ,and they said2 ,we have no hopes3  for
 we will go after our own thoughts1 and 
we will do every one according to the   
perverseness of his evil heart4  #ah3ac4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  ,ask 
among the nations3  ,who hath heard such
 horrible things1 as the virgin of      
,israel hath done to excess8  #ah3ad4   
,shall the snow of ,libanus fail from   
the rock of the field8  or can the cold 
waters that gush out and run down1 be   
taken away8  #ah3ae4 ,because my people 
have forgotten me1 sacrificing in vain1 
and stumbling in their ways1 in ancient 
paths1 to walk by them in a way not     

trodden3  #ah3af4 ,that their land might
 be given up to desolation1 and to a    
perpetual hissing3  every one that shall
 pass by it1 shall be astonished1 and   
wag his head4  #ah3ag4 ,as a burning    
wind will ,i scatter them before the    
enemy3  ,i will shew them the back1 and 
not the face1 in the day of their       
destruction4  #ah3ah4 ,and they said3   
,come1 and let us invent devices against
 ,jeremias3 for the law shall not perish
 from the priest1 nor counsel from the  
wise1 nor the word from the prophet3    
come1 and let us strike him with the    
tongue1 and let us give no heed to all  
his words4  #ah3ai4 ,give heed to me1 ,o
 ,lord1 and hear the voice of my        
adversaries4  #ah3bj4 ,shall evil be    
rendered for good1 because they have    
digged a pit for my soul8  ,remember    
that ,i have stood in thy sight1 to     
speak good for them1 and to turn away   
thy indignation from them4  ,remember1  
etc4 4 4,this is spoken in the person of
 ,christ1 persecuted by the ,jews1 and  

prophetically denouncing the evils that 
should fall upon them in punishment of  
their crimes4  #ah3ba4 ,therefore       
deliver up their children to famine1 and
 bring them into the hands of the sword3
  let their wives be bereaved of        
children and widows3  and let their     
husbands be slain by death3  let their  
young men be stabbed with the sword in  
battle4  #ah3bb4 ,let a cry be heard out
 of their houses3  for thou shalt bring 
the robber upon them suddenly3  because 
they have digged a pit to take me1 and  
have hid snares for my feet4  #ah3bc4   
,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 knowest all their  
counsel against me unto death3  not     
their iniquity1 and let not their sin be
 blotted out from thy sight3  let them  
be overthrown before thy eyes1 in the   
time of thy wrath do thou destroy them4 
,jeremias ,chapter #ai   ,under the type
 of breaking a potter's vessel1 the     
prophet foresheweth the desolation of   
the ,jews for their sins4  #ai3a4 ,thus 
saith the ,lord3  ,go1 and take a       

potter's earthen bottle1 and take of the
 ancients of the people1 and of the     
ancients of the priests3  #ai3b4 ,and go
 forth into the valley of the son of    
,ennom1 which is by the entry of the    
earthen gate3  and there thou shalt     
proclaim the words that ,i shall tell   
thee4  #ai3c4 ,and thou shalt say3      
,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,o ye kings
 of ,juda1 and ye inhabitants of        
,jerusalem3  ,thus saith the ,lord of   
hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold ,i 
will bring an affliction upon this      
place3 so that whosoever shall hear it1 
his ears shall tingle3  #ai3d4 ,because 
they have forsaken me1 and have profaned
 this place 3  and have sacrificed      
therein to strange gods1 whom neither   
they nor their fathers knew1 nor the    
kings of ,juda3  and they have filled   
this place with the blood of innocents4 
#ai3e4 ,and they have built the high    
places of ,baalim1 to burn their        
children with fire for a holocaust to   
,baalim3  which ,i did not command1 nor 

speak of1 neither did it once come into 
my mind4  #ai3f4 ,therefore behold the  
days come1 saith the ,lord1 that this   
place shall no more be called ,topheth1 
nor the valley of the son of ,ennom1 but
 the valley of slaughter4  #ai3g4 ,and  
,i will defeat the counsel of ,juda and 
of ,jerusalem in this place3  and ,i    
will destroy them with the sword in the 
sight of their enemies1 and by the hands
 of them that seek their lives3  and ,i 
will give their carcasses to be meat for
 the fowls of the air1 and for the      
beasts of the earth4  #ai3h4 ,and ,i    
will make this city an astonishment1 and
 a hissing3  every one that shall pass  
by it1 shall be astonished1 and shall   
hiss because of all the plagues thereof4
  #ai3i4 ,and ,i will feed them with the
 flesh of their sons1 and with the flesh
 of their daughters3  and they shall eat
 every one the flesh of his friend in   
the siege1 and in the distress wherewith
 their enemies1 and they that seek their
 lives1 shall straiten them4  #ai3aj4   

,and thou shalt break the bottle in the 
sight of the men that shall go with     
thee4  #ai3aa4 ,and thou shalt say to   
them3  ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  
,even so will ,i break this people1 and 
this city1 as the potter's vessel is    
broken1 which cannot be made whole      
again3  and they shall be buried in     
,topheth1 because there is no other     
place to bury in4  #ai3ab4 ,thus will ,i
 do to this place1 saith the ,lord1 and 
to the inhabitants thereof3  and ,i will
 make this city as ,topheth4  #ai3ac4   
,and the houses of ,jerusalem1 and the  
houses of the kings of ,juda shall be   
unclean as the place of ,topheth3  all  
the houses upon whose roofs they have   
sacrificed to all the host of heaven1   
and have poured out drink offerings to  
strange gods4  #ai3ad4 ,then ,jeremias  
came from ,topheth1 whither the ,lord   
had sent him to prophesy1 and he stood  
in the court of the house of the ,lord1 
and said to all the people3  #ai3ae4    
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god

 of ,israel3  ,behold ,i will bring in  
upon this city1 and upon all the cities 
thereof all the evils that ,i have      
spoken against it3  because they have   
hardened their necks1 that they might   
not hear my words4    ,jeremias ,chapter
 #bj   ,the prophet is persecuted3  he  
denounces captivity to his persecutors1 
and bemoans himself4  #bj3a4 ,now       
,phassur the son of ,emmer1 the priest1 
who was appointed chief in the house of 
the ,lord1 heard ,jeremias prophesying  
these words4  #bj3b4 ,and ,phassur      
struck ,jeremias the prophet1 and put   
him in the stocks1 that were in the     
upper gate of ,benjamin1 in the house of
 the ,lord4  #bj3c4 ,and when it was    
light the next day1 ,phassur brought    
,jeremias out of the stocks4  ,and      
,jeremias said to him3  ,the ,lord hath 
not called thy name ,phassur1 but fear  
on every side4  ,phassur4 4 4,this name 
signifies increase and principality3    
and therefore is here changed to        
,magor-,missabib1 or fear on every side3

  to denote the evils that should come  
upon him in punishment of his opposing  
the word of ,god4  #bj3d4 ,for thus     
saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will       
deliver thee up to fear1 thee and all   
thy friends3  and they shall fall by the
 sword of their enemies1 and thy eyes   
shall see it1 and ,i will give all ,juda
 into the hand of the king of ,babylon3 
and he shall carry them away to         
,babylon1 and shall strike them with the
 sword4  #bj3e4 ,and ,i will give all   
the substance of this city1 and all its 
labour1 and every precious thing        
thereof1 and all the treasures of the   
kings of ,juda will ,i give into the    
hands of their enemies3  and they shall 
pillage them1 and take them away1 and   
carry them to ,babylon4  #bj3f4 ,but    
thou ,phassur1 and all that dwell in thy
 house1 shall go into captivity1 and    
thou shalt go to ,babylon1 and there    
thou shalt die1 and there thou shalt be 
buried1 thou and all thy friends1 to    
whom thou hast prophesied a lie4  #bj3g4

 ,thou hast deceived me1 ,o ,lord1 and  
,i am deceived3  thou hast been stronger
 than ,i1 and thou hast prevailed4  ,i  
am become a laughingstock all the day1  
all scoff at me4  ,thou hast deceived1  
etc4 4 4,the meaning of the prophet1 is 
not to charge ,god with any untruth2 but
 what he calls deceiving1 was only the  
concealing from him1 when he accepted of
 the prophetical commission1 the        
greatness of the evils which the        
execution of that commission was to     
bring upon him4  #bj3h4 ,for ,i am      
speaking now this long time1 crying out 
against iniquity1 and ,i often proclaim 
devastation3  and the word of the ,lord 
is made a reproach to me1 and a derision
 all the day4  #bj3i4 ,then ,i said3  ,i
 will not make mention of him1 nor speak
 any more in his name3  and there came  
in my heart as a burning fire1 shut up  
in my bones1 and ,i was wearied1 not    
being able to bear it4  #bj3aj4 ,for ,i 
heard the reproaches of many1 and terror
 on every side3 ,persecute him1 and let 

us persecute him3  from all the men that
 were my familiars1 and continued at my 
side3  if by any means he may be        
deceived1 and we may prevail against    
him1 and be revenged on him4  #bj3aa4   
,but the ,lord is with me as a strong   
warrior3  therefore they that persecute 
me shall fall1 and shall be weak3  they 
shall be greatly confounded1 because    
they have not understood the everlasting
 reproach1 which never shall be effaced4
  #bj3ab4 ,and thou1 ,o ,lord of hosts1 
prover of the just1 who seest the reins 
and the heart3  let me see1 ,i beseech  
thee1 thy vengeance on them3 for to thee
 ,i have laid open my cause4  ,let me   
see1 etc4 4 4,this prayer proceeded not 
from hatred or ill will1 but zeal of    
justice4  #bj3ac4 ,sing ye to the ,lord1
 praise the ,lord3  because he hath     
delivered the soul of the poor out of   
the hand of the wicked4  #bj3ad4 ,cursed
 be the day wherein ,i was born3  let   
not the day in which my mother bore me1 
be blessed4  ,cursed be the day1 etc4 4 

4,in these1 and the following words of  
the prophet1 there is a certain figure  
of speech to express with more energy   
the greatness of the evils to which his 
birth had exposed him4  #bj3ae4 ,cursed 
be the man that brought the tidings to  
my father1 saying3 ,a man child is born 
to thee3  and made him greatly rejoice4 
#bj3af4 ,let that man be as the cities  
which the ,lord hath overthrown1 and    
hath not repented3  let him hear a cry  
in the morning1 and howling at noontide3
  #bj3ag4 ,who slew me not from the     
womb1 that my mother might have been my 
grave1 and her womb an everlasting      
conception4  #bj3ah4 ,why came ,i out of
 the womb1 to see labour and sorrow1 and
 that my days should be spent in        
confusion8    ,jeremias ,chapter #ba    
,the prophet's answer to the messengers 
of ,sedecias1 when ,jerusalem was       
besieged4  #ba3a4 ,the word that came to
 ,jeremias from the ,lord1 when king    
,sedecias sent unto him ,phassur1 the   
son of ,melchias1 and ,sophonias1 the   

son of ,maasias the priest1 saying3     
#ba3b4 ,inquire of the ,lord for us1 for
 ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon maketh
 war against us3  if so be the ,lord    
will deal with us according to all his  
wonderful works1 that he may depart from
 us4  #ba3c4 ,and ,jeremias said to     
them3  ,thus shall you say to ,sedecias3
  #ba3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god
 of ,israel3  ,behold ,i will turn back 
the weapons of war that are in your     
hands1 and with which you fight against 
the king of ,babylon1 and the           
,chaldeans1 that besiege you round about
 the walls3  and ,i will gather them    
together in the midst of this city4     
#ba3e4 ,and ,i myself will fight against
 you with an outstretched hand1 and with
 a strong arm1 and in fury1 and in      
indignation1 and in great wrath4  #ba3f4
 ,and ,i will strike the inhabitants of 
this city1 men and beasts shall die of a
 great pestilence4  #ba3g4 ,and after   
this1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will give     
,sedecias the king of ,juda1 and his    

servants1 and his people1 and such as   
are left in this city from the          
pestilence1 and the sword1 and the      
famine1 into the hand of ,nabuchodonosor
 the king of ,babylon1 and into the hand
 of their enemies1 and into the hand of 
them that seek their life1 and he shall 
strike them with the edge of the sword1 
and he shall not be moved to pity1 nor  
spare them1 nor shew mercy to them4     
#ba3h4 ,and to this people thou shalt   
say3  ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i
 set before you the way of life1 and the
 way of death4  #ba3i4 ,he that shall   
abide in this city1 shall die by the    
sword1 and by the famine1 and by the    
pestilence3  but he that shall go out   
and flee over to the ,chaldeans1 that   
besiege you1 shall live1 and his life   
shall be to him as a spoil4  #ba3aj4    
,for ,i have set my face against this   
city for evil1 and not for good1 saith  
the ,lord3  it shall be given into the  
hand of the king of ,babylon1 and he    
shall burn it with fire4  #ba3aa4 ,and  

to the house of the king of ,juda3      
,hear ye the word of the ,lord1  #ba3ab4
 ,o house of ,david1 thus saith the     
,lord3  ,judge ye judgment in the       
morning1 and deliver him that is        
oppressed by violence out of the hand of
 the oppressor3  lest my indignation go 
forth like a fire1 and be kindled1 and  
there be none to quench it1 because of  
the evil of your ways4  #ba3ac4 ,behold 
,i come to thee that dwellest in a      
valley upon a rock above a plain1 saith 
the ,lord3  and you say3  ,who shall    
strike us and who shall enter into our  
houses8  ,to thee that dwellest1 etc4 4 
4,he speaks to ,jerusalem1 confiding in 
the strength of her situation upon      
rocks1 surrounded with a deep valley4   
#ba3ad4 ,but ,i will visit upon you     
according to the fruit of your doings1  
saith the ,lord3  and ,i will kindle a  
fire in the forest thereof3  and it     
shall devour all things round about it4 
,jeremias ,chapter #bb   ,an exhortation
 both to king and people to return of   

,god4  ,the sentence of ,god upon       
,joachaz1 ,joakim1 and ,jechonias4      
#bb3a4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,go down 
to the house of the king of ,juda1 and  
there thou shalt speak this word1  ,go  
down1 etc4 4 4,the contents of this     
chapter are of a more ancient date than 
those of the foregoing chapter3  for the
 order of time is not always observed in
 the writings of the prophets4  #bb3b4  
,and thou shalt say3  ,hear the word of 
the ,lord1 king of ,juda1 that sittest  
upon the throne of ,david3  thou and thy
 servants1 and thy people1 who enter in 
by these gates4  #bb3c4 ,thus saith the 
,lord3  ,execute judgment and justice1  
and deliver him that is oppressed out of
 the hand of the oppressor3  and afflict
 not the stranger1 the fatherless1 and  
the widow1 nor oppress them unjustly3   
and shed not innocent blood in this     
place4  #bb3d4 ,for if you will do this 
thing indeed1 then shall there enter in 
by the gates of this house1 kings of the
 race of ,david sitting upon his throne1

 and riding in chariots and on horses1  
they and their servants1 and their      
people4  #bb3e4 ,but if you will not    
hearken to these words3  ,i swear by    
myself1 saith the ,lord1 that this house
 shall become a desolation4  #bb3f4 ,for
 thus saith the ,lord to the house of   
the king of ,juda3  ,thou art to me     
,galaad the head of ,libanus3  yet      
surely ,i will make thee a wilderness1  
and cities not habitable4  ,galaad the  
head of ,libanus4 4 4,by ,galaad1 a rich
 and fruitful country1 is here signified
 the royal palace of the kings of the   
house of ,david3 by ,libanus1 a high    
mountain abounding in cedar trees1 the  
populous city of ,jerusalem4  #bb3g4    
,and ,i will prepare against thee the   
destroyer and his weapons3 and they     
shall cut down thy chosen cedars1 and   
shall cast them headlong into the fire4 
,prepare4 4 4,literally1 sanctify4      
#bb3h4 ,and many nations shall pass by  
this city3  and they shall say every man
 to his neighbour3  ,why hath the ,lord 

done so to this great city8  #bb3i4 ,and
 they shall answer3  ,because they have 
forsaken the covenant of the ,lord their
 ,god1 and have adored strange gods1 and
 served them4  #bb3aj4 ,weep not for him
 that is dead1 nor bemoan him with your 
tears3 lament him that goeth away1 for  
he shall return no more1 nor see his    
native country4  ,weep not for him that 
is dead1 etc4 4 4,he means the good king
 ,josias1 who by death was taken away1  
so as not to see the miseries of his    
country4--,ibid4  ,him that goeth away4 
4 4,viz41 sellum1 alias ,joachaz1 who   
was carried captive into ,egypt4        
#bb3aa4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to    
,sellum the son of ,josias the king of  
,juda1 who reigned instead of his       
father1 who went forth out of this      
place3  ,he shall return hither no more3
  #bb3ab4 ,but in the place1 to which ,i
 have removed him1 there shall he die1  
and he shall not see this land any more4
  #bb3ac4 ,woe to him that buildeth up  
his house by injustice1 and his chambers

 not in judgment3  that will oppress his
 friend without cause1 and will not pay 
him his wages4  #bb3ad4 ,who saith3  ,i 
will build me a wide house1 and large   
chambers3  who openeth to himself       
windows1 and maketh roofs of cedar1 and 
painteth them with vermilion4  #bb3ae4  
,shalt thou reign1 because thou         
comparest thyself to the cedar8 did not 
thy father eat and drink1 and do        
judgment and justice1 and it was then   
well with him8  #bb3af4 ,he judged the  
cause of the poor and needy for his own 
good3  was it not therefore because he  
knew me1 saith the ,lord8  #bb3ag4 ,but 
thy eyes and thy heart are set upon     
covetousness1 and upon shedding innocent
 blood1 and upon oppression1 and running
 after evil works4  #bb3ah4 ,therefore  
thus saith the ,lord concerning ,joakim 
the son of ,josias king of ,juda3  ,they
 shall not mourn for him1 ,alas1 my     
brother1 and1 ,alas1 sister3  they shall
 not lament for him1 ,alas1 my lord1 or1
 ,alas1 the noble one4  #bb3ai4 ,he     

shall be buried with the burial of an   
ass1 rotten and cast forth without the  
gates of ,jerusalem4  #bb3bj4 ,go up to 
,libanus1 and cry3  and lift up thy     
voice in ,basan1 and cry to them that   
pass by1 for all thy lovers are         
destroyed4  #bb3ba4 ,i spoke to thee in 
thy prosperity3  and thou saidst3  ,i   
will not hear3  this hath been thy way  
from thy youth1 because thou hast not   
heard my voice4  #bb3bb4 ,the wind shall
 feed all thy pastors1 and thy lovers   
shall go into captivity and then shalt  
thou be confounded1 and ashamed of all  
thy wickedness4  #bb3bc4 ,thou that     
sittest in ,libanus1 and makest thy nest
 in the cedars1 how hast thou mourned   
when sorrows came upon thee1 as the     
pains of a woman in labour8  #bb3bd4 ,as
 ,i live1 saith the ,lord1 if ,jechonias
 the son of ,joakim the king of ,juda   
were a ring on my right hand1 ,i would  
pluck him thence4  #bb3be4 ,and ,i will 
give thee into the hand of them that    
seek thy life1 and into the hand of them

 whose face thou fearest1 and into the  
hand of ,nabuchodonosor king of         
,babylon1 and into the hand of the      
,chaldeans4  #bb3bf4 ,and ,i will send  
thee1 and thy mother that bore thee1    
into a strange country1 in which you    
were not born1 and there you shall die3 
#bb3bg4 ,and they shall not return into 
the land1 whereunto they lift up their  
mind to return thither4  #bb3bh4 ,is    
this man ,jechonias an earthen and a    
broken vessel8  is he a vessel wherein  
is no pleasure8  why are they cast out1 
he and his seed1 and are cast into a    
land which they know not8  #bb3bi4 ,o   
earth1 earth1 earth1 hear the word of   
the ,lord4  #bb3cj4 ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,write this man barren1 a man   
that shall not prosper in his days3  for
 there shall not be a man of his seed   
that shall sit upon the throne of       
,david1 and have power any more in      
,juda4  ,write this man barren4 4 4,that
 is1 childless3  not that he had no     
children1 but that his children should  

never sit on the throne of ,juda4       
,jeremias ,chapter #bc   ,god reproves  
evil governors2 and promises to send    
good pastors2 and ,christ himself the   
prince of the pastors4  ,he inveighs    
against false prophets preaching without
 being sent4  #bc3a4 ,woe to the        
pastors1 that destroy and tear the sheep
 of my pasture1 saith the ,lord4  #bc3b4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord the    
,god of ,israel to the pastors that feed
 my people3  ,you have scattered my     
flock1 and driven them away1 and have   
not visited them3  behold ,i will visit 
upon you for the evil of your doings1   
saith the ,lord4  #bc3c4 ,and ,i will   
gather together the remnant of my flock1
 out of all the lands into which ,i have
 cast them out3  and ,i will make them  
return to their own fields1 and they    
shall increase and be multiplied4       
#bc3d4 ,and ,i will set up pastors over 
them1 and they shall feed them3 they    
shall fear no more1 and they shall not  
be dismayed3  and none shall be wanting 

of their number1 saith the ,lord4       
#bc3e4 ,behold the days come1 saith the 
,lord1 and ,i will raise up to ,david a 
just branch3  and a king shall reign1   
and shall be wise3  and shall execute   
judgment and justice in the earth4      
#bc3f4 ,in those days shall ,juda be    
saved1 and ,israel shall dwell          
confidently3  and this is the name that 
they shall call him3  ,the ,lord our    
just one4  #bc3g4 ,therefore behold the 
days come1 saith the ,lord1 and they    
shall say no more3  ,the ,lord liveth1  
who brought up the children of ,israel  
out of the land of ,egypt3  #bc3h4 ,but1
 ,the ,lord liveth1 who hath brought    
out1 and brought hither the seed of the 
house of ,israel from the land of the   
north1 and out of all the lands1 to     
which ,i had cast them forth3  and they 
shall dwell in their own land4  #bc3i4  
,to the prophets3  ,my heart is broken  
within me1 all my bones tremble3  ,i am 
become as a drunken man1 and as a man   
full of wine1 at the presence of the    

,lord1 and at the presence of his holy  
words4  #bc3aj4 ,because the land is    
full of adulterers1 because the land    
hath mourned by reason of cursing1 the  
fields of the desert are dried up3 and  
their course is become evil1 and their  
strength unlike4  #bc3aa4 ,for the      
prophet and the priest are defiled3  and
 in my house ,i have found their        
wickedness1 saith the ,lord4  #bc3ab4   
,therefore their way shall be as a      
slippery way in the dark3  for they     
shall be driven on1 and fall therein3   
for ,i will bring evils upon them1 the  
year of their visitation1 saith the     
,lord4  #bc3ac4 ,and ,i have seen folly 
in the prophets of ,samaria3  they      
prophesied in ,baal and deceived my     
people ,israel4  #bc3ad4 ,and ,i have   
seen the likeness of adulterers1 and the
 way of lying in the prophets of        
,jerusalem3  and they strengthened the  
hands of the wicked1 that no man should 
return from his evil doings1 they are   
all become unto me as ,sodom1 and the   

inhabitants thereof as ,gomorrha4       
#bc3ae4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord 
of hosts to the prophets3  ,behold ,i   
will feed them with wormwood1 and will  
give them gall to drink3  for from the  
prophets of ,jerusalem corruption is    
gone forth into all the land4  #bc3af4  
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3         
,hearken not to the words of the        
prophets that prophesy to you1 and      
deceive you3  they speak a vision of    
their own heart1 and not out of the     
mouth of the ,lord4  #bc3ag4 ,they say  
to them that blaspheme me3  ,the ,lord  
hath said3  ,you shall have peace3  and 
to every one that walketh in the        
perverseness of his own heart1 they have
 said3  ,no evil shall come upon you4   
#bc3ah4 ,for who hath stood in the      
counsel of the ,lord1 and hath seen and 
heard his word8  ,who hath considered   
his word and heard it8  #bc3ai4 ,behold 
the whirlwind of the ,lord's indignation
 shall come forth1 and a tempest shall  
break out and come upon the head of the 

wicked4  #bc3bj4 ,the wrath of the ,lord
 shall not return till he execute it1   
and till he accomplish the thought of   
his heart3  in the latter days you shall
 understand his counsel4  #bc3ba4 ,i did
 not send prophets1 yet they ran3  ,i   
have not spoken to them1 yet they       
prophesied4  #bc3bb4 ,if they had stood 
in my counsel1 and had made my words    
known to my people1 ,i should have      
turned them from their evil way1 and    
from their wicked doings4  #bc3bc4 ,am  
,i1 think ye1 a ,god at hand1 saith the 
,lord1 and not a ,god afar off8  #bc3bd4
 ,shall a man be hid in secret places1  
and ,i not see him1 saith the ,lord8  do
 not ,i fill heaven and earth1 saith the
 ,lord8  #bc3be4 ,i have heard what the 
prophets said1 that prophesy lies in my 
name1 and say3  ,i have dreamed1 ,i have
 dreamed4  #bc3bf4 ,how long shall this 
be in the heart of the prophets that    
prophesy lies1 and that prophesy the    
delusions of their own heart8  #bc3bg4  
,who seek to make my people forget my   

name through their dreams1 which they   
tell every man to his neighbour3  as    
their fathers forgot my name for ,baal4 
#bc3bh4 ,the prophet that hath a dream1 
let him tell a dream3  and he that hath 
my word1 let him speak my word with     
truth3  what hath the chaff to do with  
the wheat1 saith the ,lord8  #bc3bi4    
,are not my words as a fire1 saith the  
,lord3  and as a hammer that breaketh   
the rock in pieces8  #bc3cj4 ,therefore 
behold ,i am against the prophets1 saith
 the ,lord3  who steal my words every   
one from his neighbour4  #bc3ca4 ,behold
 ,i am against the prophets1 saith the  
,lord3  who use their tongues1 and say3 
,the ,lord saith it4  #bc3cb4 ,behold ,i
 am against the prophets that have lying
 dreams1 saith the ,lord3  and tell     
them1 and cause my people to err by     
their lying1 and by their wonders3  when
 ,i sent them not1 nor commanded them1  
who have not profited this people at    
all1 saith the ,lord4  #bc3cc4 ,if      
therefore this people1 or the prophet1  

or the priest shall ask thee1 saying3   
,what is the burden of the ,lord8  thou 
shalt say to them3  ,you are the burden3
  for ,i will cast you away1 saith the  
,lord4  #bc3cd4 ,and as for the prophet1
 and the priest1 and the people that    
shall say3  ,the burden of the ,lord3   
,i will visit upon that man1 and upon   
his house4  ,burden of the ,lord4 4     
4,this expression is here rejected and  
disallowed1 at least for those times3   
because it was then used in mockery and 
contempt by the false prophets1 and     
unbelieving people1 who ridiculed the   
repeated threats of ,jeremias under the 
name of his burdens4  #bc3ce4 ,thus     
shall you say every one to his          
neighbour1 and to his brother1 ,what    
hath the ,lord answered8  and what hath 
the ,lord spoken8  #bc3cf4 ,and the     
burden of the ,lord shall be mentioned  
no more1 for every man's word shall be  
his burden3  for you have perverted the 
words of the living ,god1 of the ,lord  
of hosts our ,god4  #bc3cg4 ,thus shalt 

thou say to the prophet3  ,what hath the
 ,lord answered thee8  and what hath the
 ,lord spoken8  #bc3ch4 ,but if you     
shall say3  ,the burden of the ,lord3   
therefore thus saith the ,lord3         
,because you have said this word3  ,the 
burden of the ,lord3  and ,i have sent  
to you1 saying3  ,say not1 ,the burden  
of the ,lord3  #bc3ci4 ,therefore behold
 ,i will take you away carrying you1 and
 will forsake you1 and the city which ,i
 gave to you1 and to your fathers1 out  
of my presence4  ,out of my presence4 4 
4,that is1 the ,lord declares that out  
of his presence he will cast them1 and  
bring them to captivity for their       
transgressions4  #bc3dj4 ,and ,i will   
bring an everlasting reproach upon you1 
and a perpetual shame which shall never 
be forgotten4    ,jeremias ,chapter #bd 
,under the type of good and bad figs1 he
 foretells the restoration of the ,jews 
that had been carried away captive with 
,jechonias1 and the desolation of those 
that were left behind4  #bd3a4 ,the     

,lord shewed me3  and behold two baskets
 full of figs1 set before the temple of 
the ,lord3  after that ,nabuchodonosor  
king of ,babylon had carried away       
,jechonias the son of ,joakim the king  
of ,juda1 and his chief men1 and the    
craftsmen1 and engravers of ,jerusalem1 
and had brought them to ,babylon4       
#bd3b4 ,one basket had very good figs1  
like the figs of the first season3 and  
the other basket had very bad figs1     
which could not be eaten1 because they  
were bad4  #bd3c4 ,and the ,lord said to
 me3  ,what seest thou1 ,jeremias8  ,and
 ,i said3 ,figs1 the good figs1 very    
good3  and the bad figs1 very bad1 which
 cannot be eaten because they are bad4  
#bd3d4 ,and the word of the ,lord came  
to me1 saying3  #bd3e4 ,thus saith the  
,lord the ,god of ,israel3  ,like these 
good figs1 so will ,i regard the        
captives of ,juda1 whom ,i have sent    
forth out of this place into the land of
 the ,chaldeans1 for their good4  #bd3f4
 ,and ,i will set my eyes upon them to  

be pacified1 and ,i will bring them     
again into this land3  and ,i will build
 them up1 and not pull them down3  and  
,i will plant them1 and not pluck them  
up4  #bd3g4 ,and ,i will give them a    
heart to know me1 that ,i am the ,lord3 
and they shall be my people1 and ,i will
 be their ,god3  because they shall     
return to me with their whole heart4    
#bd3h4 ,and as the very bad figs1 that  
cannot be eaten1 because they are bad3  
thus saith the ,lord3  ,so will ,i give 
,sedecias the king of ,juda1 and his    
princes1 and the residue of ,jerusalem1 
that have remained in this city1 and    
that dwell in the land of ,egypt4       
#bd3i4 ,and ,i will deliver them up to  
vexation1 and affliction1 to all the    
kingdoms of the earth3  to be a         
reproach1 and a byword1 and a proverb1  
and to be a curse in all places1 to     
which ,i have cast them out4  #bd3aj4   
,and ,i will send among them the sword1 
and the famine1 and the pestilence3     
till they be consumed out of the land   

which ,i gave to them1 and their        
fathers4    ,jeremias ,chapter #be      
,the prophet foretells the seventy years
 captivity2 after that the destruction  
of ,babylon1 and other nations4  #be3a4 
,the word that came to ,jeremias        
concerning all the people of ,juda1 in  
the fourth year of ,joakim the son of   
,josias king of ,juda1 7the same is the 
first year of ,nabuchodonosor king of   
,babylon17  #be3b4 ,which ,jeremias the 
prophet spoke to all the people of      
,juda1 and to all the inhabitants of    
,jerusalem1 saying3  #be3c4 ,from the   
thirteenth year of ,josias the son of   
,ammon king of ,juda until this day3    
this is the three and twentieth year1   
the word of the ,lord hath come to me1  
and ,i have spoken to you1 rising before
 day1 and speaking1 and you have not    
hearkened4  #be3d4 ,and the ,lord hath  
sent to you all his servants the        
prophets1 rising early1 and sending1 and
 you have not hearkened1 nor inclined   
your ears to hear4  #be3e4 ,when he     

said3  ,return ye1 every one from his   
evil way1 and from your wicked devices1 
and you shall dwell in the land which   
the ,lord hath given to you1 and your   
fathers for ever and ever4  #be3f4 ,and 
go not after strange gods to serve them1
 and adore them3  nor provoke me to     
wrath by the works of your hands1 and ,i
 will not afflict you4  #be3g4 ,and you 
have not heard me1 saith the ,lord1 that
 you might provoke me to anger with the 
works of your hands1 to your own hurt4  
#be3h4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord  
of hosts3  ,because you have not heard  
my words3  #be3i4 ,behold ,i will send1 
and take all the kindreds of the north1 
saith the ,lord1 and ,nabuchodonosor the
 king of ,babylon my servant3  and ,i   
will bring them against this land1 and  
against the inhabitants thereof1 and    
against all the nations that are round  
about it3  and ,i will destroy them1 and
 make them an astonishment and a        
hissing1 and perpetual desolations4  ,my
 servant4 4 4,so this wicked king is    

here called2 because ,god made him his  
instrument in punishing the sins of his 
people4  #be3aj4 ,and ,i will take away 
from them the voice of mirth1 and the   
voice of gladness1 the voice of the     
bridegroom1 and the voice of the bride1 
the sound of the mill and the light of  
the lamp4  #be3aa4 ,and all this land   
shall be a desolation1 and an           
astonishment3 and all these nations     
shall serve the king of ,babylon seventy
 years4  #be3ab4 ,and when the seventy  
years shall be expired1 ,i will punish  
the king of ,babylon1 and that nation1  
saith the ,lord1 for their iniquity1 and
 the land of the ,chaldeans3  and ,i    
will make it perpetual desolations4     
,punish4 4 4,literally1 visit upon4     
#be3ac4 ,and ,i will bring upon that    
land all my words1 that ,i have spoken  
against it1 all that is written in this 
book1 all that ,jeremias hath prophesied
 against all nations3  #be3ad4 ,for they
 have served them1 whereas they were    
many nations1 and great kings3  and ,i  

will repay them according to their      
deeds1 and according to the works of    
their hands4  #be3ae4 ,for thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 
,take the cup of wine of this fury at my
 hand3  and thou shalt make all the     
nations to drink thereof1 into which ,i 
shall send thee4  #be3af4 ,and they     
shall drink1 and be troubled1 and be mad
 because of the sword1 which ,i shall   
send among them4  #be3ag4 ,and ,i took  
the cup at the hand of the ,lord1 and ,i
 presented it to all the nations to     
drink of it1 to which the ,lord sent me3
  #be3ah4 ,to wit1 ,jerusalem1 and the  
cities of ,juda1 and the kings thereof1 
and the princes thereof3  to make them a
 desolation1 and an astonishment1 and a 
hissing1 and a curse1 as it is at this  
day4  #be3ai4 ,pharao the king of       
,egypt1 and his servants1 and his       
princes1 and all his people1  #be3bj4   
,and all in general3  all the kings of  
the land of ,ausitis1 and all the kings 
of the land of the ,philistines1 and    

,ascalon1 and ,gaza1 and ,accaron1 and  
the remnant of ,azotus4  #be3ba4 ,and   
,edom1 and ,moab1 and the children of   
,ammon4  #be3bb4 ,and all the kings of  
,tyre1 and all the kings of ,sidon3  and
 the kings of the land of the islands   
that are beyond the sea4  #be3bc4 ,and  
,dedan1 and ,thema1 and ,buz1 and all   
that have their hair cut round4  #be3bd4
 ,and all the kings of ,arabia1 and all 
the kings of the west1 that dwell in the
 desert4  #be3be4 ,and all the kings of 
,zambri1 and all the kings of ,elam1 and
 all the kings of the ,medes3  #be3bf4  
,and all the kings of the north far and 
near1 every one against his brother3    
and all the kingdoms of the earth1 which
 are upon the face thereof3  and the    
king of ,sesac shall drink after them4  
,sesac4 4 4,that is1 ,babel1 or         
,babylon2 which after bringing all these
 people under her yoke1 should quickly  
fall and be destroyed herself4  #be3bg4 
,and thou shalt say to them3  ,thus     
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    

,israel3  ,drink ye1 and be drunken1 and
 vomit3  and fall1 and rise no more1    
because of the sword1 which ,i shall    
send among you4  #be3bh4 ,and if they   
refuse to take the cup at thy hand to   
drink1 thou shalt say to them3  ,thus   
saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,drinking you
 shall drink3  #be3bi4 ,for behold ,i   
begin to bring evil on the city wherein 
my name is called upon3  and shall you  
be as innocent and escape free8  you    
shall not escape free3  for ,i will call
 for the sword upon all the inhabitants 
of the earth1 saith the ,lord of hosts4 
#be3cj4 ,and thou shalt prophesy unto   
them all these words1 and thou shalt say
 to them3  ,i ,the ,lord shall roar from
 on high1 and shall utter his voice from
 his holy habitation3  roaring he shall 
roar upon the place of his beauty3  the 
shout as it were of them that tread     
grapes shall be given out against all   
the inhabitants of the earth4  #be3ca4  
,the noise is come even to the ends of  
the earth3  for the ,lord entereth into 

judgment with the nations3  he entereth 
into judgment with all flesh2 the wicked
 ,i have delivered up to the sword1     
saith the ,lord4  #be3cb4 ,thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts3  ,behold evil shall 
go forth from nation to nation3  and a  
great whirlwind shall go forth from the 
ends of the earth4  #be3cc4 ,and the    
slain of the ,lord shall be at that day 
from one end of the earth even to the   
other end thereof3  they shall not be   
lamented1 and they shall not be gathered
 up1 nor buried3  they shall lie as dung
 upon the face of the earth4  #be3cd4   
,howl1 ye shepherds1 and cry3  and      
sprinkle yourselves with ashes1 ye      
leaders of the flock3  for the days of  
your slaughter and your dispersion are  
accomplished1 and you shall fall like   
precious vessels4  #be3ce4 ,and the     
shepherds shall have no way to flee1 nor
 the leaders of the flock to save       
themselves4  #be3cf4 ,a voice of the cry
 of the shepherds1 and a howling of the 
principal of the flock3  because the    

,lord hath wasted their pastures4       
#be3cg4 ,and the fields of peace have   
been silent because of the fierce anger 
of the ,lord4  #be3ch4 ,he hath forsaken
 his covert as the lion1 for the land is
 laid waste because of the wrath of the 
dove1 and because of the fierce anger of
 the ,lord4  ,the dove4 4 4,this is     
commonly understood of ,nabuchodonosor1 
whose military standard1 it is said1 was
 a dove4  ,but the ,hebrew word ,jonah1 
which is here rendered a dove1 may also 
signify a waster or oppressor1 which    
name better agrees to that unmerciful   
prince2 or by comparison1 as a dove's   
flight is the swiftest1 so would their  
destruction come upon them4    ,jeremias
 ,chapter #bf   ,the prophet is         
apprehended and accused by the priests3 
but discharged by the princes4  #bf3a4  
,in the beginning of the reign of       
,joakim the son of ,josias king of      
,juda1 came this word from the ,lord1   
saying3  #bf3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  
stand in the court of the house of the  

,lord1 and speak to all the cities of   
,juda1 out of which they come1 to adore 
in the house of the ,lord1 all the words
 which ,i have commanded thee to speak  
unto them3  leave not out one word4     
#bf3c4 ,if so be they will hearken and  
be converted every one from his evil    
way2 that ,i may repent me of the evil  
that ,i think to do unto them for the   
wickedness of their doings4  #bf3d4 ,and
 thou shalt say to them3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord3  ,if you will not hearken to 
me to walk in my law1 which ,i have     
given you3  #bf3e4 ,to give ear to the  
words of my servants the prophets1 whom 
,i sent to you rising up early3  and    
sending1 and you have not hearkened3    
#bf3f4 ,i will make this house like     
,silo3  and ,i will make this city a    
curse to all the nations of the earth4  
#bf3g4 ,and the priests1 and the        
prophets1 and all the people heard      
,jeremias speaking these words in the   
house of the ,lord4  #bf3h4 ,and when   
,jeremias had made an end of speaking   

all that the ,lord had commanded him to 
speak to all the people1 the priests1   
and the prophets1 and all the people    
laid hold on him1 saying3  ,let him be  
put to death4  #bf3i4 ,why hath he      
prophesied in the name of the ,lord1    
saying3  ,this house shall be like      
,silo2 and this city shall be made      
desolate1 without an inhabitant8  ,and  
all the people were gathered together   
against ,jeremias in the house of the   
,lord4  #bf3aj4 ,and the princes of     
,juda heard these words3  and they went 
up from the king's house into the house 
of the ,lord1 and sat in the entry of   
the new gate of the house of the ,lord4 
#bf3aa4 ,and the priests and the        
prophets spoke to the princes1 and to   
all the people1 saying3  ,the judgment  
of death is for this man3  because he   
hath prophesied against this city1 as   
you have heard with your ears4  #bf3ab4 
,then ,jeremias spoke to all the        
princes1 and to all the people1 saying3 
,the ,lord sent me to prophesy          

concerning this house1 and concerning   
this city all the words that you have   
heard4  #bf3ac4 ,now therefore amend    
your ways1 and your doings1 and hearken 
to the voice of the ,lord your ,god3    
and the ,lord will repent him of the    
evil that he hath spoken against you4   
#bf3ad4 ,but as for me1 behold ,i am in 
your hands3  do with me what is good and
 right in your eyes3  #bf3ae4 ,but know 
ye1 and understand1 that if you put me  
to death1 you will shed innocent blood  
against your own selves1 and against    
this city1 and the inhabitants thereof4 
,for in truth the ,lord sent me to you1 
to speak all these words in your        
hearing4  #bf3af4 ,then the princes1 and
 all the people said to the priests1 and
 to the prophets3  ,there is no judgment
 of death for this man3  for he hath    
spoken to us in the name of the ,lord   
our ,god4  #bf3ag4 ,and some of the     
ancients of the land rose up3  and they 
spoke to all the assembly of the people1
 saying3  #bf3ah4 ,micheas of ,morasthi 

was a prophet in the days of ,ezechias  
king of ,juda1 and he spoke to all the  
people of ,juda1 saying3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts3  ,sion shall be     
ploughed like a field1 and ,jerusalem   
shall be a heap of stones3  and the     
mountain of the house the high places of
 woods4  #bf3ai4 ,did ,ezechias king of 
,juda1 and all ,juda1 condemn him to    
death8 did they not fear the ,lord1 and 
beseech the face of the ,lord3  and the 
,lord repented of the evil that he had  
spoken against them8  therefore we are  
doing a great evil against our souls4   
#bf3bj4 ,there was also a man that      
prophesied in the name of the ,lord1    
,urias the son of ,semei of             
,cariathiarim3  and he prophesied       
against this city1 and against this     
land1 according to all the words of     
,jeremias4  #bf3ba4 ,and ,joakim1 and   
all his men in power1 and his princes   
heard these words3  and the king sought 
to put him to death4  ,and ,urias heard 
it1 and was afraid1 and fled and went   

into ,egypt4  #bf3bb4 ,and king ,joakim 
sent men into ,egypt1 ,elnathan the son 
of ,achobor1 and men with him into      
,egypt4  #bf3bc4 ,and they brought      
,urias out of ,egypt3  and brought him  
to king ,joakim1 and he slew him with   
the sword3  and he cast his dead body   
into the graves of the common people4   
#bf3bd4 ,so the hand of ,ahicam the son 
of ,saphan was with ,jeremias1 that he  
should not be delivered into the hands  
of the people1 to put him to death4     
,jeremias ,chapter #bg   ,the prophet   
sends chains to divers kings1 signifying
 that they must bend their necks under  
the yoke of the king of ,babylon4  ,the 
vessels of the temple shall not be      
brought back till all the rest are      
carried away4  #bg3a4 ,in the beginning 
of the reign of ,joakim the son of      
,josias king of ,juda1 this word came to
 ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3      
,joakim4 4 4,this revelation was made to
 the prophet in the beginning of the    
reign of ,joakim3  but the bands were   

not sent to the princes here named      
before the reign of ,sedecias1 ver4 #c4 
#bg3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord to me3     
,make thee bands1 and chains3  and thou 
shalt put them on thy neck4  #bg3c4 ,and
 thou shalt send them to the king of    
,edom1 and to the king of ,moab1 and to 
the king of the children of ,ammon1 and 
to the king of ,tyre1 and to the king of
 ,sidon3  by the hand of the messengers 
that are come to ,jerusalem to ,sedecias
 the king of ,juda4  #bg3d4 ,and thou   
shalt command them to speak to their    
masters3  ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts
 the ,god of ,israel3  ,thus shall you  
say to your masters3  #bg3e4 ,i made the
 earth1 and the men and the beasts that 
are upon the face of the earth1 by my   
great power1 and by my stretched out    
arm3  and ,i have given it to whom it   
seemed good in my eyes4  #bg3f4 ,and now
 ,i have given all these lands into the 
hand of ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon
 my servant3  moreover also the beasts  
of the field ,i have given him to serve 

him4  #bg3g4 ,and all nations shall     
serve him1 and his son1 and his son's   
son3 till the time come for his land and
 himself3  and many nations and great   
kings shall serve him4  ,his son4 4     
4,viz41 ,evilmerodach2 and his son's    
son1 ,nabonydus1 or ,nabonadius1 the    
,baltassar of ,daniel1 chap4 #e41 and   
the last of the ,chaldean kings4  #bg3h4
 ,but the nation and kingdom that will  
not serve ,nabuchodonosor king of       
,babylon1 and whosoever will not bend   
his neck under the yoke of the king of  
,babylon3  ,i will visit upon that      
nation with the sword1 and with famine1 
and with pestilence1 saith the ,lord3   
till ,i consume them by his hand4       
#bg3i4 ,therefore hearken not to your   
prophets1 and diviners1 and dreamers1   
and soothsayers1 and sorcerers1 that say
 to you3  ,you shall not serve the king 
of ,babylon4  #bg3aj4 ,for they prophesy
 lies to you3  to remove you far from   
your country1 and cast you out1 and to  
make you perish4  #bg3aa4 ,but the      

nation that shall bend down their neck  
under the yoke of the king of ,babylon1 
and shall serve him3  ,i will let them  
remain in their own land1 saith the     
,lord3  and they shall till it1 and     
dwell in it4  #bg3ab4 ,and ,i spoke to  
,sedecias the king of ,juda according to
 all these words1 saying3  ,bend down   
your necks under the yoke of the king of
 ,babylon1 and serve him1 and his       
people1 and you shall live4  #bg3ac4    
,why will you die1 thou and thy people  
by the sword1 and by famine1 and by the 
pestilence1 as the ,lord hath spoken    
against the nation that will not serve  
the king of ,babylon8  #bg3ad4 ,hearken 
not to the words of the prophets that   
say to you3  ,you shall not serve the   
king of ,babylon3  for they tell you a  
lie4  #bg3ae4 ,for ,i have not sent     
them1 saith the ,lord3  and they        
prophesy in my name falsely3  to drive  
you out1 and that you may perish1 both  
you1 and the prophets that prophesy to  
you4  #bg3af4 ,i spoke also to the      

priests1 and to this people1 saying3    
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,hearken not to 
the words of your prophets1 that        
prophesy to you1 saying3  ,behold the   
vessels of the ,lord shall now in a     
short time be brought again from        
,babylon3  for they prophesy a lie unto 
you4  #bg3ag4 ,therefore hearken not to 
them1 but serve the king of ,babylon1   
that you may live4  ,why should this    
city be given up to desolation8  #bg3ah4
 ,but if they be prophets1 and the word 
of the ,lord be in them3 let them       
interpose themselves before the ,lord of
 hosts1 that the vessels which were left
 in the house of the ,lord1 and in the  
house of the king of ,juda1 and in      
,jerusalem1 may not go to ,babylon4     
#bg3ai4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of    
hosts to the pillars1 and to the sea1   
and to the bases1 and to the rest of the
 vessels that remain in this city3      
#bg3bj4 ,which ,nabuchodonosor the king 
of ,babylon did not take1 when he       
carried away ,jechonias the son of      

,joakim the king of ,juda1 from         
,jerusalem to ,babylon1 and all the     
great men of ,juda and ,jerusalem4      
#bg3ba4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of    
hosts the ,god of ,israel1 to the       
vessels that are left in the house of   
the ,lord1 and in the house of the king 
of ,juda and ,jerusalem3  #bg3bb4 ,they 
shall be carried to ,babylon1 and there 
they shall be until the day of their    
visitation1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i    
will cause them to be brought1 and to be
 restored in this place4    ,jeremias   
,chapter #bh   ,the false prophecy of   
,hananias3  he dies that same year1 as  
,jeremias foretold4  #bh3a4 ,and it came
 to pass in that year1 in the beginning 
of the reign of ,sedecias king of ,juda1
 in the fourth year1 in the fifth month1
 that ,hananias the son of ,azur1 a     
prophet of ,gabaon spoke to me1 in the  
house of the ,lord before the priests1  
and all the people1 saying3  #bh3b4     
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god 
of ,israel3  ,i have broken the yoke of 

the king of ,babylon4  #bh3c4 ,as yet   
two years of days1 and ,i will cause all
 the vessels of the house of the ,lord  
to be brought back into this place1     
which ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon  
took away from this place1 and carried  
them to ,babylon4  #bh3d4 ,and ,i will  
bring back to this place ,jechonias the 
son of ,joakim king of ,juda1 and all   
the captives of ,juda1 that are gone to 
,babylon1 saith the ,lord3  for ,i will 
break the yoke of the king of ,babylon4 
#bh3e4 ,and ,jeremias the prophet said  
to ,hananias the prophet in the presence
 of the priests1 and in the presence of 
all the people that stood in the house  
of the ,lord3  #bh3f4 ,and ,jeremias the
 prophet said3  ,amen1 the ,lord do so3 
the ,lord perform thy words1 which thou 
hast prophesied3  that the vessels may  
be brought again into the house of the  
,lord1 and all the captives may return  
out of ,babylon to this place4  #bh3g4  
,nevertheless hear this word that ,i    
speak in thy ears1 and in the ears of   

all the people3  #bh3h4 ,the prophets   
that have been before me1 and before    
thee from the beginning1 and have       
prophesied concerning many countries1   
and concerning great kingdoms1 of war1  
and of affliction1 and of famine4       
#bh3i4 ,the prophet that prophesied     
peace3  when his word shall come to     
pass1 the prophet shall be known1 whom  
the hath sent in truth4  #bh3aj4 ,and   
,hananias the prophet took the chain    
from the neck of ,jeremias the prophet1 
and broke it4  #bh3aa4 ,and ,hananias   
spoke in the presence of all the people1
 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,even  
so will ,i break the yoke of            
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon    
after two full years from off the neck  
of all the nations4  #bh3ab4 ,and       
,jeremias the prophet went his way4     
,and the word of the ,lord came to      
,jeremias1 after that ,hananias the     
prophet had broken the chain from off   
the neck of ,jeremias the prophet1      
saying3  #bh3ac4 ,go1 and tell          

,hananias3  ,thus saith the ,lord3      
,thou hast broken chains of wood1 and   
thou shalt make for them chains of iron4
  #bh3ad4 ,for thus saith the ,lord of  
hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,i have put 
a yoke of iron upon the neck of all     
these nations1 to serve ,nabuchodonosor 
king of ,babylon1 and they shall serve  
him3  moreover also ,i have given him   
the beasts of the earth4  #bh3ae4 ,and  
,jeremias the prophet said to ,hananias 
the prophet3  ,hear now1 ,hananias3  the
 ,lord hath not sent thee1 and thou hast
 made this people to trust in a lie4    
#bh3af4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3
  ,behold ,i will send thee away from   
off the face of the earth3  this year   
shalt thou die3  for thou hast spoken   
against the ,lord4  #bh3ag4 ,and        
,hananias the prophet died in that year1
 in the seventh month4    ,jeremias     
,chapter #bi   ,jeremias writeth to the 
captives in ,babylon1 exhorting them to 
be easy there1 and not to hearken to    
false prophets4  ,that they shall be    

delivered after seventy years4  ,but    
those that remain in ,jerusalem shall   
perish by the sword1 famine1 and        
pestilence4  ,and that ,achab1          
,sedecias1 and ,semeias1 false prophets1
 shall die miserably4  #bi3a4 ,now these
 are the words of the letter which      
,jeremias the prophet sent from         
,jerusalem to the residue of the        
ancients that were carried into         
captivity1 and to the priests1 and to   
the prophets1 and to all the people1    
whom ,nabuchodonosor had carried away   
from ,jerusalem to ,babylon3  #bi3b4    
,after that ,jechonias the king1 and the
 queen1 and the eunuchs1 and the princes
 of ,juda1 and of ,jerusalem1 and the   
craftsmen1 and the engravers were       
departed out of ,jerusalem3  #bi3c4 ,by 
the hand of ,elasa the son of ,saphan1  
and ,gamarias the son of ,helcias1 whom 
,sedecias king of ,juda sent to ,babylon
 to ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1   
saying3  #bi3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord of
 hosts the ,god of ,israel1 to all that 

are carried away captives1 whom ,i have 
caused to be carried away from          
,jerusalem to ,babylon3  #bi3e4 ,build  
ye houses1 and dwell in them3  and plant
 orchards1 and eat the fruit of them4   
#bi3f4 ,take ye wives1 and beget sons   
and daughters3  and take wives for your 
sons1 and give your daughters to        
husbands1 and let them bear sons and    
daughters3  and be ye multiplied there1 
and be not few in number4  #bi3g4 ,and  
seek the peace of the city1 to which ,i 
have caused you to be carried away      
captives2 and pray to the ,lord for it3 
for in the peace thereof shall be your  
peace4  #bi3h4 ,for thus saith the ,lord
 of hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,let not
 your prophets that are in the midst of 
you1 and your diviners deceive you3 and 
give no heed to your dreams which you   
dream3  #bi3i4 ,for they prophesy       
falsely to you in my name3  and ,i have 
not sent them1 saith the ,lord4  #bi3aj4
 ,for thus saith the ,lord3  ,when the  
seventy years shall begin to be         

accomplished in ,babylon1 ,i will visit 
you3  and ,i will perform my good word  
in your favour1 to bring you again to   
this place4  #bi3aa4 ,for ,i know the   
thoughts that ,i think towards you1     
saith the ,lord1 thoughts of peace1 and 
not of affliction1 to give you an end   
and patience4  #bi3ab4 ,and you shall   
call upon me1 and you shall go4  and you
 shall pray to me1 and ,i will hear you4
  #bi3ac4 ,you shall seek me1 and shall 
find me3  when you shall seek me with   
all your heart4  #bi3ad4 ,and ,i will be
 found by you1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i 
will bring back your captivity1 and ,i  
will gather you out of all nations1 and 
from all the places to which ,i have    
driven you out1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i
 will bring you back from the place to  
which ,i caused you to be carried away  
captive4  #bi3ae4 ,because you have     
said3  ,the ,lord hath raised us up     
prophets in ,babylon3  #bi3af4 ,for thus
 saith the ,lord to the king that       
sitteth upon the throne of ,david1 and  

to all the people that dwell in this    
city1 to your brethren that are not gone
 forth with you into captivity4  #bi3ag4
 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3        
,behold ,i will send upon them the      
sword1 and the famine1 and the          
pestilence3  and ,i will make them like 
bad figs that cannot be eaten1 because  
they are very bad4  #bi3ah4 ,and ,i will
 persecute them with the sword1 and with
 famine1 and with the pestilence3  and  
,i will give them up unto affliction to 
all the kingdoms of the earth3  to be a 
curse1 and an astonishment1 and a       
hissing1 and a reproach to all the      
nations to which ,i have driven them    
out3  #bi3ai4 ,because they have not    
hearkened to my words1 saith the ,lord3 
which ,i sent to them by my servants the
 prophets1 rising by night1 and sending3
  and you have not heard1 saith the     
,lord4  #bi3bj4 ,hear ye therefore the  
word of the ,lord1 all ye of the        
captivity1 whom ,i have sent out from   
,jerusalem to ,babylon4  #bi3ba4 ,thus  

saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel1 to ,achab the son of ,colias1  
and to ,sedecias the son of ,maasias1   
who prophesy unto you in my name        
falsely3  ,behold ,i will deliver them  
up into the hands of ,nabuchodonosor the
 king of ,babylon3  and he shall kill   
them before your eyes4  #bi3bb4 ,and of 
them shall be taken up a curse by all   
the captivity of ,juda1 that are in     
,babylon1 saying3  ,the ,lord make thee 
like ,sedecias1 and like ,achab1 whom   
the king of ,babylon fried in the fire3 
#bi3bc4 ,because they have acted folly  
in ,israel1 and have committed adultery 
with the wives of their friends1 and    
have spoken lying words in my name1     
which ,i commanded them not3  ,i am the 
judge and the witness1 saith the ,lord4 
#bi3bd4 ,and to ,semeias the ,nehelamite
 thou shalt say3  #bi3be4 ,thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 
,because thou hast sent letters in thy  
name to all the people that are in      
,jerusalem1 and to ,sophonias the son of

 ,maasias the priest1 and to all the    
priests1 saying3  #bi3bf4 ,the ,lord    
hath made thee priest instead of ,joiada
 the priest1 that thou shouldst be ruler
 in the house of the ,lord1 over every  
man that raveth and prophesieth1 to put 
him in the stocks1 and into prison4     
#bi3bg4 ,and now why hast thou not      
rebuked ,jeremias the ,anathothite1 who 
prophesieth to you8  #bi3bh4 ,for he    
hath also sent to us in ,babylon1       
saying3  ,it is a long time3  build ye  
houses1 and dwell in them3  and plant   
gardens1 and eat the fruits of them4    
#bi3bi4 ,so ,sophonias the priest read  
this letter1 in the hearing of ,jeremias
 the prophet4  #bi3cj4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3    
#bi3ca4 ,send to all them of the        
captivity1 saying3  ,thus saith the     
,lord to ,semeias the ,nehelamite3      
,because ,semeias hath prophesied to    
you1 and ,i sent him not3  and hath     
caused you to trust in a lie3  #bi3cb4  
,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  behold

 ,i will visit upon ,semeias the        
,nehelamite1 and upon his seed3  he     
shall not have a man to sit in the midst
 of this people1 and he shall not see   
the good that ,i will do to my people1  
saith the ,lord3  because he hath spoken
 treason against the ,lord4    ,jeremias
 ,chapter #cj   ,god will deliver his   
people from their captivity3  ,christ   
shall be their king3  and his church    
shall be glorious for ever4  #cj3a4     
,this is the word that came to ,jeremias
 from the ,lord1 saying3  #cj3b4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1   
saying3  ,write thee all the words that 
,i have spoken to thee1 in a book4      
#cj3c4 ,for behold the days come1 saith 
the ,lord1 and ,i will bring again the  
captivity of my people ,israel and      
,juda1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i will    
cause them to return to the land which  
,i gave to their fathers1 and they shall
 possess it4  #cj3d4 ,and these are the 
words that the ,lord hath spoken to     
,israel and to ,juda3  #cj3e4 ,for thus 

saith the ,lord3  ,we have heard a voice
 of terror3  there is fear and no peace4
  #cj3f4 ,ask ye1 and see if a man bear 
children8  why then have ,i seen every  
man with his hands on his loins1 like a 
woman in labour1 and all faces are      
turned yellow8  #cj3g4 ,alas1 for that  
day is great1 neither is there the like 
to it2 and it is the time of tribulation
 to ,jacob1 but he shall be saved out of
 it4  #cj3h4 ,and it shall come to pass 
in that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts1  
that ,i will break his yoke from off thy
 neck1 and will burst his bands3 and    
strangers shall no more rule over him3  
#cj3i4 ,but they shall serve the ,lord  
their ,god1 and ,david their king1 whom 
,i will raise up to them4  ,david4 4    
4,that is1 ,christ of the house of      
,david4  #cj3aj4 ,therefore fear thou   
not1 my servant ,jacob1 saith the ,lord1
 neither be dismayed1 ,o ,israel3  for  
behold1 ,i will save thee from a country
 afar off1 and thy seed from the land of
 their captivity3  and ,jacob shall     

return1 and be at rest1 and abound with 
all good things1 and there shall be none
 whom he may fear3  #cj3aa4 ,for ,i am  
with thee1 saith the ,lord1 to save     
thee3  for ,i will utterly consume all  
the nations1 among which ,i have        
scattered thee3  but ,i will not utterly
 consume thee3  but ,i will chastise    
thee in judgment1 that thou mayst not   
seem to thyself innocent4  #cj3ab4 ,for 
thus saith the ,lord3  ,thy bruise is   
incurable1 thy wound is very grievous4  
#cj3ac4 ,there is none to judge thy     
judgment to bind it up3  thou hast no   
healing medicines4  #cj3ad4 ,all thy    
lovers have forgotten thee1 and will not
 seek after thee3  for ,i have wounded  
thee with the wound of an enemy1 with   
cruel chastisement3  by reason of the   
multitude of thy iniquities1 thy sins   
are hardened4  #cj3ae4 ,why criest thou 
for thy affliction8  thy sorrow is      
incurable3  for the multitude of thy    
iniquity1 and for thy hardened sins ,i  
have done these things to thee4  #cj3af4

 ,therefore all they that devour thee1  
shall be devoured3  and all thy enemies 
shall be carried into captivity3  and   
they that waste thee shall be wasted1   
and all that prey upon thee will ,i give
 for a prey4  #cj3ag4 ,for ,i will close
 up thy scar1 and will heal thee of thy 
wounds1 saith the ,lord4  ,because they 
have called thee1 ,o ,sion1 an outcast3 
,this is she that hath none to seek     
after her4  #cj3ah4 ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,behold ,i will bring back the  
captivity of the pavilions of ,jacob1   
and will have pity on his houses1 and   
the city shall be built in her high     
place1 and the temple shall be founded  
according to the order thereof4  #cj3ai4
 ,and out of them shall come forth      
praise1 and the voice of them that play3
  and ,i will multiply them1 and they   
shall not be made few3 and ,i will      
glorify them1 and they shall not be     
lessened4  #cj3bj4 ,and their children  
shall be as from the beginning1 and     
their assembly shall be permanent before

 me3  and ,i will visit against all that
 afflict them4  #cj3ba4 ,and their      
leader shall be of themselves3  and     
their prince shall come forth from the  
midst of them3  and ,i will bring him   
near1 and he shall come to me3  for who 
is this that setteth his heart to       
approach to me1 saith the ,lord8        
#cj3bb4 ,and you shall be my people3    
and ,i will be your ,god4  #cj3bc4      
,behold the whirlwind of the ,lord1 his 
fury going forth1 a violent storm1 it   
shall rest upon the head of the wicked4 
#cj3bd4 ,the ,lord will not turn away   
the wrath of his indignation1 till he   
have executed and performed the thought 
of his heart3  in the latter days you   
shall understand these things4          
,jeremias ,chapter #ca   ,the           
restoration of ,israel4  ,rachel shall  
cease from morning4  ,the new covenant4 
,the church shall never fail4  #ca3a4   
,at that time1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will 
be the ,god of all the families of      
,israel1 and they shall be my people4   

#ca3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,the     
people that were left and escaped from  
the sword1 found grace in the desert3   
,israel shall go to his rest4  #ca3c4   
,the ,lord hath appeared from afar to   
me4  ,yea ,i have loved thee with an    
everlasting love1 therefore have ,i     
drawn thee1 taking pity on thee4  #ca3d4
 ,and ,i will build thee again1 and thou
 shalt be built1 ,o virgin of ,israel3  
thou shalt again be adorned with thy    
timbrels1 and shalt go forth in the     
dances of them that make merry4  #ca3e4 
,thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the  
mountains of ,samaria3  the planters    
shall plant1 and they shall not gather  
the vintage before the time4  #ca3f4    
,for there shall be a day1 in which the 
watchmen on mount ,ephraim1 shall cry3  
,arise1 and let us go up to ,sion to the
 ,lord our ,god4  #ca3g4 ,for thus saith
 the ,lord3  ,rejoice ye in the joy of  
,jacob1 and neigh before the head of the
 ,gentiles3  shout ye1 and sing1 and    
say3 ,save1 ,o ,lord1 thy people1 the   

remnant of ,israel4  #ca3h4 ,behold ,i  
will bring them from the north country1 
and will gather them from the ends of   
the earth and among them shall be the   
blind1 and the lame1 the woman with     
child1 and she that is bringing forth1  
together1 a great company of them       
returning hither4  #ca3i4 ,they shall   
come with weeping3  and ,i will bring   
them back in mercy3  and ,i will bring  
them through the torrents of waters in a
 right way1 and they shall not stumble  
in it3  for ,i am a father to ,israel1  
and ,ephraim is my firstborn4  #ca3aj4  
,hear the word of the ,lord1 ,o ye      
nations1 and declare it in the islands  
that are afar off1 and say3  ,he that   
scattered ,israel will gather him3  and 
he will keep him as the shepherd doth   
his flock4  #ca3aa4 ,for the ,lord hath 
redeemed ,jacob1 and delivered him out  
of the hand of one that was mightier    
than he4  #ca3ab4 ,and they shall come1 
and shall give praise in mount ,sion3   
and they shall flow together to the good

 things of the ,lord1 for the corn1 and 
wine1 and oil1 and the increase of      
cattle and herds1 and their soul shall  
be as a watered garden1 and they shall  
be hungry no more4  #ca3ac4 ,then shall 
the virgin rejoice in the dance1 the    
young men and old men together3  and ,i 
will turn their mourning into joy1 and  
will comfort them1 and make them joyful 
after their sorrow4  #ca3ad4 ,and ,i    
will fill the soul of the priests with  
fatness3  and my people shall be filled 
with my good things1 saith the ,lord4   
#ca3ae4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,a voice
 was heard on high of lamentation1 of   
mourning1 and weeping1 of ,rachel       
weeping for her children and refusing to
 be comforted for them1 because they are
 not4  #ca3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3   
,let thy voice cease from weeping1 and  
thy eyes tears3  for there is a reward  
for thy work1 saith the ,lord3  and they
 shall return out of the land of the    
enemy4  #ca3ag4 ,and there is hope for  
thy last end1 saith the ,lord3  and the 

children shall return to their own      
borders4  #ca3ah4 ,hearing ,i heard     
,ephraim when he went into captivity3   
thou hast chastised me1 and ,i was      
instructed1 as a young bullock          
unaccustomed to the yoke4  ,convert me1 
and ,i shall be converted1 for thou art 
the ,lord my ,god4  #ca3ai4 ,for after  
thou didst convert me1 ,i did penance3  
and after thou didst shew unto me1 ,i   
struck my thigh3  ,i am confounded and  
ashamed1 because ,i have borne the      
reproach of my youth4  #ca3bj4 ,surely  
,ephraim is an honourable son to me1    
surely he is a tender child3  for since 
,i spoke of him1 ,i will still remember 
him4  ,therefore are my bowels troubled 
for him3  pitying ,i will pity him1     
saith the ,lord4  #ca3ba4 ,set thee up a
 watchtower1 make to thee bitterness3   
direct thy heart into the right way1    
wherein thou hast walked3  return1 ,o   
virgin of ,israel1 return to these thy  
cities4  #ca3bb4 ,how long wilt thou be 
dissolute in deliciousness1 ,o wandering

 daughter8  for the ,lord hath created a
 new thing upon the earth3  ,a ,,woman  
,,shall ,,compass ,a ,,man4  #ca3bc4    
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god
 of ,israel3  ,as yet shall they say    
this word in the land of ,juda1 and in  
the cities thereof1 when ,i shall bring 
back their captivity3  ,the ,lord bless 
thee1 the beauty of justice1 the holy   
mountain4  #ca3bd4 ,and ,juda and all   
his cities shall dwell therein together3
  the husbandman and they that drive the
 flocks4  #ca3be4 ,for ,i have          
inebriated the weary soul3  and ,i have 
filled every hungry soul4  #ca3bf4 ,upon
 this ,i was as it were awaked out of a 
sleep1 and ,i saw1 and my sleep was     
sweet to me4  #ca3bg4 ,behold the days  
come1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i will sow 
the house of ,israel and the house of   
,juda with the seed of men1 and with the
 seed of beasts4  #ca3bh4 ,and as ,i    
have watched over them1 to pluck up1 and
 to throw down1 and to scatter1 and     
destroy1 and afflict3  so will ,i watch 

over them1 to build up1 and to plant    
them1 saith the ,lord4  #ca3bi4 ,in     
those days they shall say no more3  ,the
 fathers have eaten a sour grape1 and   
the teeth of the children are set on    
edge4  #ca3cj4 ,but every one shall die 
for his own iniquity3  every man that   
shall eat the sour grape1 his teeth     
shall be set on edge4  #ca3ca4 ,behold  
the days shall come1 saith the ,lord1   
and ,i will make a new covenant with the
 house of ,israel1 and with the house of
 ,juda3  #ca3cb4 ,not according to the  
covenant which ,i made with their       
fathers1 in the day that ,i took them by
 the hand to bring them out of the land 
of ,egypt1 the covenant which they made 
void1 and ,i had dominion over them1    
saith the ,lord4  #ca3cc4 ,but this     
shall be the covenant that ,i will make 
with the house of ,israel1 after those  
days1 saith the ,lord3  ,i will give my 
law in their bowels1 and ,i will write  
it in their heart3  and ,i will be their
 ,god1 and they shall be my people4     

#ca3cd4 ,and they shall teach no more   
every man his neighbour1 and every man  
his brother1 saying3  ,know the ,lord3  
for all shall know me from the least of 
them even to the greatest1 saith the    
,lord3  for ,i will forgive their       
iniquity1 and ,i will remember their sin
 no more4  #ca3ce4 ,thus saith the      
,lord1 who giveth the sun for the light 
of the day1 the order of the moon and of
 the stars1 for the light of the night3 
who stirreth up the sea1 and the waves  
thereof roar1 the ,lord of hosts is his 
name4  #ca3cf4 ,if these ordinances     
shall fail before me1 saith the ,lord3  
then also the seed of ,israel shall     
fail1 so as not to be a nation before me
 for ever4  #ca3cg4 ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,if the heavens above can be    
measured1 and the foundations of the    
earth searched out beneath1 ,i also will
 cast away all the seed of ,israel1 for 
all that they have done1 saith the      
,lord4  #ca3ch4 ,behold the days come1  
saith the ,lord1 that the city shall be 

built to the ,lord from the tower of    
,hanameel even to the gate of the       
corner4  #ca3ci4 ,and the measuring line
 shall go out farther in his sight upon 
the hill ,gareb3  and it shall compass  
,goatha1  #ca3dj4 ,and the whole valley 
of dead bodies1 and of ashes1 and all   
the country of death1 even to the       
torrent ,cedron1 and to the corner of   
the horse gate towards the east1 the    
,holy of the ,lord3  it shall not be    
plucked up1 and it shall not be         
destroyed any more for ever4            
,jeremias ,chapter #cb   ,jeremias by   
,god's commandment purchases a field of 
his kinsman3  and prophesies the return 
of the people out of captivity3  and the
 everlasting covenant ,god will make    
with his church4  #cb3a4 ,the word that 
came to ,jeremias from the ,lord in the 
tenth year of ,sedecias king of ,juda3  
the same is the eighteenth year of      
,nabuchodonosor4  #cb3b4 ,at that time  
the army of the king of ,babylon        
besieged ,jerusalem3 and ,jeremias the  

prophet was shut up in the court of the 
prison1 which was in the house of the   
king of ,juda4  #cb3c4 ,for ,sedecias   
king of ,juda had shut him up1 saying3  
,why dost thou prophesy1 saying3  ,thus 
saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will give  
this city into the hand of the king of  
,babylon1 and he shall take it8  #cb3d4 
,and ,sedecias king of ,juda shall not  
escape out of the hand of the           
,chaldeans3  but he shall be delivered  
into the hands of the king of ,babylon3 
and he shall speak to him mouth to      
mouth1 and his eyes shall see his eyes4 
#cb3e4 ,and he shall lead ,sedecias to  
,babylon3  and he shall be there till ,i
 visit him1 saith the ,lord4  ,but if   
you will fight against the ,chaldeans1  
you shall have no success4  #cb3f4 ,and 
,jeremias said3  ,the word of the ,lord 
came to me1 saying3  #cb3g4 ,behold1    
,hanameel the son of ,sellum thy cousin 
shall come to thee1 saying3  ,buy thee  
my field1 which is in ,anathoth1 for it 
is thy right to buy it1 being next akin4

  #cb3h4 ,and ,hanameel my uncle's son  
came to me1 according to the word of the
 ,lord1 to the entry of the prison1 and 
said to me3  ,buy my field1 which is in 
,anathoth in the land of ,benjamin3  for
 the right of inheritance is thine1 and 
thou art next of kin to possess it4     
,and ,i understood that this was the    
word of the ,lord4  #cb3i4 ,and ,i      
bought the field of ,hanameel my uncle's
 son1 that is in ,anathoth3  and ,i     
weighed him the money1 seven staters1   
and ten pieces of silver4  #cb3aj4 ,and 
,i wrote it in a book and sealed it1 and
 took witnesses3  and ,i weighed him the
 money in the balances4  #cb3aa4 ,and ,i
 took the deed of the purchase that was 
sealed1 and the stipulations1 and the   
ratifications with the seals that were  
on the outside4  #cb3ab4 ,and ,i gave   
the deed of the purchase to ,baruch the 
son of ,neri the son of ,maasias in the 
sight of ,hanameel my uncle's son1 in   
the presence of the witnesses that      
subscribed the book of the purchase1 and

 before all the ,jews that sat in the   
court of the prison4  #cb3ac4 ,and ,i   
charged ,baruch before them1 saying3    
#cb3ad4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts  
the ,god of ,israel3  ,take these       
writings1 this deed of the purchase that
 is sealed up1 and this deed that is    
open3  and put them in an earthen       
vessel1 that they may continue many     
days4  #cb3ae4 ,for thus saith the ,lord
 of hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,houses1
 and fields1 and vineyards shall be     
possessed again in this land4  #cb3af4  
,and after ,i had delivered the deed of 
purchase to ,baruch the son of ,neri1 ,i
 prayed to the ,lord1 saying3  #cb3ag4  
,alas1 alas1 alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 behold
 thou hast made heaven and earth by thy 
great power1 and thy stretched out arm3 
no word shall be hard to thee3  #cb3ah4 
,thou shewest mercy unto thousands1 and 
returnest the iniquity of the fathers   
into the bosom of their children after  
them3  ,o most mighty1 great1 and       
powerful1 the ,lord of hosts is thy     

name4  #cb3ai4 ,great in counsel1 and   
incomprehensible in thought3  whose eyes
 are open upon all the ways of the      
children of ,adam1 to render unto every 
one according to his ways1 and according
 to the fruit of his devices4  #cb3bj4  
,who hast set signs and wonders in the  
land of ,egypt even until this day1 and 
in ,israel1 and amongst men1 and hast   
made thee a name as at this day4        
#cb3ba4 ,and hast brought forth thy     
people ,israel1 out of the land of      
,egypt with signs1 and with wonders1 and
 with a strong hand1 and a stretched out
 arm1 and with great terror4  #cb3bb4   
,and hast given them this land which    
thou didst swear to their fathers1 to   
give them a land flowing with milk and  
honey4  #cb3bc4 ,and they came in1 and  
possessed it3  but they obeyed not thy  
voice1 and they walked not in thy law3  
and they did not any of those things    
that thou didst command them to do1 and 
all these evils are come upon them4     
#cb3bd4 ,behold works are built up      

against the city to take it3  and the   
city is given into the hands of the     
,chaldeans1 who fight against it1 by the
 sword1 and the famine1 and the         
pestilence3  and what thou hast spoken1 
is all come to pass1 as thou thyself    
seest4  #cb3be4 ,and sayest thou to me1 
,o ,lord ,god3  ,buy a field for money1 
and take witnesses1 whereas the city is 
given into the hands of the ,chaldeans8 
#cb3bf4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to ,jeremias1 saying3  #cb3bg4 ,behold  
,i am the ,lord the ,god of all flesh3  
shall any thing be hard for me8  #cb3bh4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3       
,behold ,i will deliver this city into  
the hands of the ,chaldeans1 and into   
the hands of the king of ,babylon1 and  
they shall take it4  #cb3bi4 ,and the   
,chaldeans that fight against this city1
 shall come and set it on fire1 and burn
 it1 with the houses upon whose roofs   
they offered sacrifice to ,baal1 and    
poured out drink offerings to strange   
gods1 to provoke me to wrath4  #cb3cj4  

,for the children of ,israel1 and the   
children of ,juda1 have continually done
 evil in my eyes from their youth3  the 
children of ,israel who even till now   
provoke me with the work of their hands1
 saith the ,lord4  #cb3ca4 ,for this    
city hath been to me a provocation and  
indignation from the day that they built
 it1 until this day1 in which it shall  
be taken out of my sight4  #cb3cb4      
,because of all the evil of the children
 of ,israel1 and of the children of     
,juda1 which they have done1 provoking  
me to wrath1 they and their kings1 their
 princes1 and their priests1 and their  
prophets1 the men of ,juda1 and the     
inhabitants of ,jerusalem4  #cb3cc4 ,and
 they have turned their backs to me1 and
 not their faces3 when ,i taught them   
early in the morning1 and instructed    
them1 and they would not hearken to     
receive instruction4  #cb3cd4 ,and they 
have set their idols in the house1 in   
which my name is called upon1 to defile 
it4  #cb3ce4 ,and they have built the   

high places of ,baal1 which are in the  
valley of the son of ,ennom1 to         
consecrate their sons and their         
daughters to ,moloch3  which ,i         
commanded them not1 neither entered it  
into my heart1 that they should do this 
abomination1 and cause ,juda to sin4    
#cb3cf4 ,and now1 therefore1 thus saith 
the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to this   
city1 whereof you say that it shall be  
delivered into the hands of the king of 
,babylon by the sword1 and by famine1   
and by pestilence3  #cb3cg4 ,behold ,i  
will gather them together out of all the
 lands to which ,i have cast them out in
 my anger1 and in my wrath1 and in my   
great indignation3  and ,i will bring   
them again into this place1 and will    
cause them to dwell securely4  #cb3ch4  
,and they shall be my people1 and ,i    
will be their ,god4  #cb3ci4 ,and ,i    
will give them one heart1 and one way1  
that they may fear me all days3  and    
that it may be well with them1 and with 
their children after them4  #cb3dj4 ,and

 ,i will make an everlasting covenant   
with them1 and will not cease to do them
 good3  and ,i will give my fear in     
their heart1 that they may not revolt   
from me4  #cb3da4 ,and ,i will rejoice  
over them1 when ,i shall do them good3  
and ,i will plant them in this land in  
truth1 with my whole heart1 and with all
 my soul4  #cb3db4 ,for thus saith the  
,lord3  ,as ,i have brought upon this   
people all this great evil3  so will ,i 
bring upon them all the good that ,i now
 speak to them4  #cb3dc4 ,and fields    
shall be purchased in this land3        
whereof you say that it is desolate1    
because there remaineth neither man nor 
beast1 and it is given into the hands of
 the ,chaldeans4  #cb3dd4 ,fields shall 
be bought for money1 and deeds shall be 
written1 and sealed1 and witnesses shall
 be taken1 in the land of ,benjamin1 and
 round about ,jerusalem1 in the cities  
of ,juda1 and in the cities on the      
mountains1 and in the cities of the     
plains1 and in the cities that are      

towards the south3  for ,i will bring   
back their captivity1 saith the ,lord4  
,jeremias ,chapter #cc   ,god promises  
reduction from captivity1 and other     
blessings3  especially the coming of    
,christ1 whose reign in his church shall
 be glorious and perpetual4  #cc3a4 ,and
 the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias
 the second time1 while he was yet shut 
up in the court of the prison1 saying3  
#cc3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 who will  
do1 and will form it1 and prepare it1   
the ,lord is his name4  #cc3c4 ,cry to  
me and ,i will hear thee3  and ,i will  
shew thee great things1 and sure things 
which thou knowest not4  #cc3d4 ,for    
thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel
 to the houses of this city1 and to the 
houses of the king of ,juda1 which are  
destroyed1 and to the bulwarks1 and to  
the sword4  #cc3e4 ,of them that come to
 fight with the ,chaldeans1 and to fill 
them with the dead bodies of the men    
whom ,i have slain in my wrath1 and in  
my indignation1 hiding my face from this

 city because of all their wickedness4  
#cc3f4 ,behold ,i will close their      
wounds and give them health1 and ,i will
 cure them3  and ,i will reveal to them 
the prayer of peace and truth4  ,the    
prayer of peace4 4 4,that is1 the peace 
and welfare which they pray for4  #cc3g4
 ,and ,i will bring back the captivity  
of ,juda1 and the captivity of          
,jerusalem3  and ,i will build them as  
from the beginning4  #cc3h4 ,and ,i will
 cleanse them from all their iniquity1  
whereby they have sinned against me3    
and ,i will forgive all their           
iniquities1 whereby they have sinned    
against me1 and despised me4  #cc3i4    
,and it shall be to me a name1 and a    
joy1 and a praise1 and a gladness before
 all the nations of the earth1 that     
shall hear of all the good things which 
,i will do to them3  and they shall fear
 and be troubled for all the good       
things1 and for all the peace that ,i   
will make for them4  #cc3aj4 ,thus saith
 the ,lord3  ,there shall be heard again

 in this place 7which you say is        
desolate1 because there is neither man  
nor beast3  in the cities of ,juda1 and 
without ,jerusalem1 which are desolate  
without man1 and without inhabitant1 and
 without beast7  #cc3aa4 ,the voice of  
joy and the voice of gladness1 the voice
 of the bridegroom and the voice of the 
bride1 the voice of them that shall say3
  ,give ye glory to the ,lord of hosts1 
for the ,lord is good1 for his mercy    
endureth for ever3  and of them that    
shall bring their vows into the house of
 the ,lord3  for ,i will bring back the 
captivity of the land as at the first1  
saith the ,lord4  #cc3ab4 ,thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts3  ,there shall be    
again in this place that is desolate    
without man1 and without beast1 and in  
all the cities thereof1 an habitation of
 shepherds causing their flocks to lie  
down4  #cc3ac4 ,and in the cities on the
 mountains1 and in the cities of the    
plains1 and in the cities that are      
towards the south3  and in the land of  

,benjamin1 and round about ,jerusalem1  
and in the cities of ,juda shall the    
flocks pass again under the hand of him 
that numbereth them1 saith the ,lord4   
#cc3ad4 ,behold the days come1 saith the
 ,lord1 that ,i will perform the good   
word that ,i have spoken to the house of
 ,israel1 and to the house of ,juda4    
#cc3ae4 ,in those days1 and at that     
time1 ,i will make the bud of justice to
 spring forth unto ,david1 and he shall 
do judgment and justice in the earth4   
#cc3af4 ,in those days shall ,juda be   
saved1 and ,jerusalem shall dwell       
securely3  and this is the name that    
they shall call him1 ,the ,lord our just
 one4  #cc3ag4 ,for thus saith the      
,lord3  ,there shall not be cut off from
 ,david a man to sit upon the throne of 
the house of ,israel4  ,there shall not 
be cut off from ,david1 etc4 4 4,this   
was verified in ,christ1 who is of the  
house of ,david2 and whose kingdom in   
his church shall have no end4  #cc3ah4  
,neither shall there be cut off from the

 priests and ,levites a man before my   
face to offer holocausts1 and to burn   
sacrifices1 and to kill victims         
continually4  ,neither shall there be   
cut off from the priests1 etc4 4 4,this 
promise relates to the ,christian       
priesthood2 which shall also continue   
for ever3  the functions of which 7more 
especially the great sacrifice of the   
altar7 are here expressed by the name of
 holocausts1 and other offerings of the 
law1 which were so many figures of the  
,christian sacrifice4  #cc3ai4 ,and the 
word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1    
saying3  #cc3bj4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 
if my covenant1 with the day can be made
 void1 and my covenant with the night1  
that there should not be day and night  
in their season3  #cc3ba4 ,also my      
covenant with ,david my servant may be  
made void1 that he should not have a son
 to reign upon his throne1 and with the 
,levites and priests my ministers4      
#cc3bb4 ,as the stars of heaven cannot  
be numbered1 nor the sand of the sea be 

measured3  so will ,i multiply the seed 
of ,david my servant1 and the ,levites  
my ministers4  #cc3bc4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord came to ,jeremias1 saying3    
#cc3bd4 ,hast thou not seen what this   
people hath spoken1 saying3  ,the two   
families which the ,lord had chosen1 are
 cast off3  and they have despised my   
people1 so that it is no more a nation  
before them8  ,two families1 etc4 4     
4,viz41 the families of the kings and   
priests4  #cc3be4 ,thus saith the ,lord4
  ,if ,i have not set my covenant       
between day and night1 and laws to      
heaven and earth3  #cc3bf4 ,surely ,i   
will also cast off the seed of ,jacob1  
and of ,david my servant1 so as not to  
take any of his seed to be rulers of the
 seed of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3  
for ,i will bring back their captivity1 
and will have mercy on them4            
,jeremias ,chapter #cd   ,the prophet   
foretells that ,sedecias shall fall into
 the hands of ,nabuchodonosor3  ,god's  
sentence upon the princes and people    

that had broken his covenant4  #cd3a4   
,the word that came to ,jeremias from   
the ,lord1 when ,nabuchodonosor king of 
,babylon1 and all his army1 and all the 
kingdoms of the earth1 that were under  
the power of his hand1 and all the      
people fought against ,jerusalem and    
against all the cities thereof1 saying3 
#cd3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god  
of ,israel3  ,go1 and speak to ,sedecias
 king of ,juda1 and say to him3  ,thus  
saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will       
deliver this city into the hands of the 
king of ,babylon1 and he shall burn it  
with fire4  #cd3c4 ,and thou shalt not  
escape out of his hand3  but thou shalt 
surely be taken1 and thou shalt be      
delivered into his hand3  and thy eyes  
shall see the eyes of the king of       
,babylon1 and his mouth shall speak with
 thy mouth1 and thou shalt go to        
,babylon4  #cd3d4 ,yet hear the word of 
the ,lord1 ,o ,sedecias king of ,juda3  
,thus saith the ,lord to thee3  ,thou   
shalt not die by the sword4  #cd3e4 ,but

 thou shalt die in peace1 and according 
to the burnings of thy fathers1 the     
former kings that were before thee1 so  
shall they burn thee3  and they shall   
mourn for thee1 saying3  ,alas1 ,lord3  
for ,i have spoken the word1 saith the  
,lord4  ,die in peace4 4 4,that is1 by a
 natural death4  #cd3f4 ,and ,jeremias  
the prophet spoke all these words to    
,sedecias the king of ,juda in          
,jerusalem4  #cd3g4 ,and the army of the
 king of ,babylon fought against        
,jerusalem1 and against all the cities  
of ,juda that were left1 against        
,lachis1 and against ,azecha3  for these
 remained of the cities of ,juda1 fenced
 cities4  #cd3h4 ,the word that came to 
,jeremias from the ,lord1 after that    
king ,sedecias had made a covenant with 
all the people in ,jerusalem making a   
proclamation3  #cd3i4 ,that every man   
should let his manservant1 and every man
 his maidservant1 being ,hebrew man or a
 ,hebrew woman1 go free3  and that they 
should not lord it over them1 to wit1   

over the ,jews their brethren4  #cd3aj4 
,and all the princes1 and all the people
 who entered into the covenant1 heard   
that every man should let his           
manservant1 and every man his           
maidservant go free1 and should no more 
have dominion over them3 and they       
obeyed1 and let them go free4  #cd3aa4  
,but afterwards they turned3  and       
brought back again their servants and   
their handmaids1 whom they had let go   
free1 and brought them into subjection  
as menservants and maidservants4        
#cd3ab4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to ,jeremias from the ,lord1 saying3    
#cd3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god  
of ,israel3  ,i made a covenant with    
your fathers in the day that ,i brought 
them out of the land of ,egypt1 out of  
the house of bondage1 saying3  #cd3ad4  
,at the end of seven years1 let ye go   
every man his brother being a ,hebrew1  
who hath been sold to thee1 so he shall 
serve thee six years3 and thou shalt let
 him go free from thee3  and your       

fathers did not hearken to me1 nor did  
they incline their ear4  #cd3ae4 ,and   
you turned to day1 and did that which   
was right in my eyes1 in proclaiming    
liberty every one to his brother3  and  
you made a covenant in my sight1 in the 
house upon which my name is invocated4  
#cd3af4 ,and you are fallen back1 and   
have defiled my name3  and you have     
brought back again every man his        
manservant1 and every man his           
maidservant1 whom you had let go free1  
and set at liberty3  and you have       
brought them into subjection to be your 
servants and handmaids4  #cd3ag4        
,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  ,you  
have not hearkened to me1 in proclaiming
 liberty every man to his brother and   
every man to his friend3  behold ,i     
proclaim a liberty for you1 saith the   
,lord1 to the sword1 to the pestilence1 
and to the famine3  and ,i will cause   
you to be removed to all the kingdoms of
 the earth4  #cd3ah4 ,and ,i will give  
the men that have transgressed my       

covenant1 and have not performed the    
words of the covenant which they agreed 
to in my presence1 when they cut the    
calf in two and passed between the parts
 thereof3  #cd3ai4 ,the princes of      
,juda1 and the princes of ,jerusalem1   
the eunuchs1 and the priests1 and all   
the people of the land that passed      
between the parts of the calf3  #cd3bj4 
,and ,i will give them into the hands of
 their enemies1 and into the hands of   
them that seek their life3  and their   
dead bodies shall be for meat to the    
fowls of the air1 and to the beasts of  
the earth4  #cd3ba4 ,and ,sedecias the  
king of ,juda1 and his princes1 ,i will 
give into the hands of their enemies1   
and into the hands of them that seek    
their lives1 and into the hands of the  
armies of the king of ,babylon1 which   
are gone from you4  #cd3bb4 ,behold ,i  
will command1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i   
will bring them again to this city1 and 
they shall fight against it1 and take   
it1 and burn it with fire3  and ,i will 

make the cities of ,juda a desolation1  
without an inhabitant4    ,jeremias     
,chapter #ce   ,the obedience of the    
,rechabites condemns the disobedience of
 the ,jews4 ,the reward of the          
,rechabites4  #ce3a4 ,the word that came
 to ,jeremias from the ,lord in the days
 of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of  
,juda1 saying3  #ce3b4 ,go to the house 
of the ,rechabites3  and speak to them1 
and bring them into the house of the    
,lord1 into one of the chambers of the  
treasures1 and thou shalt give them wine
 to drink4  ,rechabites4 4 4,these were 
of the race of ,jethro1 father in law to
 ,moses4  #ce3c4 ,and ,i took ,jezonias 
the son of ,jeremias the son of         
,habsanias1 and his brethren1 and all   
his sons1 and the whole house of the    
,rechabites4  #ce3d4 ,and ,i brought    
them into the house of the ,lord1 to the
 treasure house of the sons of ,hanan1  
the son of ,jegedelias the man of ,god1 
which was by the treasure house of the  
princes1 above the treasure of ,maasias 

the son of ,sellum1 who was keeper of   
the entry4  #ce3e4 ,and ,i set before   
the sons of the house of the ,rechabites
 pots full of wine1 and cups3  and ,i   
said to them3  ,drink ye wine4  #ce3f4  
,and they answered 3  ,we will not drink
 wine3  because ,jonadab the son of     
,rechab1 our father1 commanded us1      
saying3  ,you shall drink no wine1      
neither you1 nor your children1 for     
ever3  #ce3g4 ,neither shall ye build   
houses1 nor sow reed1 nor plant         
vineyards1 nor have any3  but you shall 
dwell in tents all your days1 that you  
may live many days upon the face of the 
earth1 in which you are strangers4      
#ce3h4 ,therefore we have obeyed the    
voice of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1   
our father1 in all things that he       
commanded us3  so as to drink no wine   
all our days3  neither we1 nor our      
wives1 nor our sons1 nor our daughters3 
#ce3i4 ,nor to build houses to dwell in1
 nor to have vineyard1 or field1 or     
seed3  #ce3aj4 ,but we have dwelt in    

tents1 and have been obedient according 
to all that ,jonadab our father         
commanded us4  #ce3aa4 ,but when        
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon came up
 to our land1 we said3  ,come1 let us go
 into ,jerusalem from the face of the   
army of the ,chaldeans1 and from the    
face of the army of ,syria3  and we have
 remained in ,jerusalem4  #ce3ab4 ,and  
the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias1
 saying3  #ce3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord 
of hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,go1 and 
say to the men of ,juda1 and to the     
inhabitants of ,jerusalem3  ,will you   
not receive instruction1 to obey my     
words1 saith the ,lord8  #ce3ad4 ,the   
words of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab1 by
 which he commanded his sons not to     
drink wine1 have prevailed3  and they   
have drunk none to this day1 because    
they have obeyed the commandment of     
their father3  but ,i have spoken to    
you1 rising early and speaking1 and you 
have not obeyed me4  #ce3ae4 ,and ,i    
have sent to you all my servants the    

prophets1 rising early1 and sending and 
saying3  ,return ye every man from his  
wicked way1 and make your ways good3    
and follow not strange gods1 nor worship
 them1 and you shall dwell in the land1 
which ,i gave you and your fathers3  and
 you have not inclined your ear1 nor    
hearkened to me4  #ce3af4 ,so the sons  
of ,jonadab the son of ,rechab have     
constantly kept the commandment of their
 father1 which he commanded them3  but  
this people hath not obeyed me4  #ce3ag4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of     
hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold ,i  
will bring upon ,juda1 and upon all the 
inhabitants of ,jerusalem all the evil  
that ,i have pronounced against them1   
because ,i have spoken to them1 and they
 have not heard3  ,i have called to     
them1 and they have not answered me4    
#ce3ah4 ,and ,jeremias said to the house
 of the ,rechabites3  ,thus saith the   
,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3     
,because you have obeyed the commandment
 of ,jonadab your father1 and have kept 

all his precepts1 and have done all that
 he commanded you3  #ce3ai4 ,therefore  
thus saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god  
of ,israel3  ,there shall not be wanting
 a man of the race of ,jonadab the son  
of ,rechab1 standing before me for ever4
    ,jeremias ,chapter #cf   ,jeremias  
sends ,baruch to read his prophecies in 
the temple2 the book is brought to king 
,joakim1 who burns it4  ,the prophet    
denounces his judgment1 and causes      
,baruch to write a new copy4  #cf3a4    
,and it came to pass in the fourth year 
of ,joakim the son of ,josias king of   
,juda1 that this word came to ,jeremias 
by the ,lord1 saying3  #cf3b4 ,take thee
 a roll of a book1 and thou shalt write 
in it all the words that ,i have spoken 
to thee against ,israel and ,juda1 and  
against all the nations from the day    
that ,i spoke to thee1 from the days of 
,josias even to this day4  #cf3c4 ,if so
 be1 when the house of ,juda shall hear 
all the evils that ,i purpose to do unto
 them1 that they may return every man   

from his wicked way3  and ,i will       
forgive their iniquity1 and their sin4  
#cf3d4 ,so ,jeremias called ,baruch the 
son of ,nerias3  and ,baruch wrote from 
the mouth of ,jeremias all the words of 
the ,lord1 which he spoke to him1 upon  
the roll of a book4  #cf3e4 ,and        
,jeremias commanded ,baruch1 saying3  ,i
 am shut up1 and cannot go into the     
house of the ,lord4  ,shut up4 4 4,not  
that the prophet was now in prison2 for 
the contrary appears from ver4 #ai1 but 
that he kept himself shut up1 by reason 
of the persecutions he had lately met   
with4  ,see chap4 #bf4  #cf3f4 ,go thou 
in therefore1 and read out of the       
volume1 which thou hast written from my 
mouth1 the words of the ,lord1 in the   
hearing of all the people in the house  
of the ,lord on the fasting day3  and   
also thou shalt read them in the hearing
 of all ,juda that come out of their    
cities3  #cf3g4 ,if so be they may      
present their supplication before the   
,lord1 and may return every one from his

 wicked way3  for great is the wrath and
 indignation which the ,lord hath       
pronounced against this people4  #cf3h4 
,and ,baruch the son of ,nerias did     
according to all that ,jeremias the     
prophet 1had commanded him1 reading out 
of the volume the words of the ,lord in 
the house of the ,lord4  #cf3i4 ,and it 
came to pass in the fifth year of       
,joakim the son of ,josias king of      
,juda1 in the ninth month1 that they    
proclaimed a fast before the ,lord to   
all the people in ,jerusalem1 and to all
 the people that were come together out 
of the cities of ,juda to ,jerusalem4   
#cf3aj4 ,and ,baruch read out of the    
volume the words of ,jeremias in the    
house of the ,lord1 in the treasury of  
,gamarias the son of ,saphan the scribe1
 in the upper court1 in the entry of the
 new gate of the house of the ,lord1 in 
the hearing of all the people4  #cf3aa4 
,and when ,micheas the son of ,gamarias 
the son of ,saphan had heard out of the 
book all the words of the ,lord1        

#cf3ab4 ,he went down into the king's   
house to the secretary's chamber3 and   
behold all the princes sat there1       
,elisama the scribe1 and ,dalaias the   
son of ,semeias1 and ,elnathan the son  
of ,achobor1 and ,gamarias the son of   
,saphan1 and ,sedecias the son of       
,hananias1 and all the princes4  #cf3ac4
 ,and ,micheas told them all the words  
that he had heard when ,baruch read out 
of the volume in the hearing of the     
people4  #cf3ad4 ,therefore all the     
princes sent ,judi the son of           
,nathanias1 the son of ,selemias1 the   
son of ,chusi1 to ,baruch1 saying3      
,take in thy hand the volume in which   
thou hast read in the hearing of the    
people1 and come4  ,so ,baruch the son  
of ,nerias took the volume in his hand1 
and came to them4  #cf3ae4 ,and they    
said to him3  ,sit down and read these  
things in our hearing4  ,and ,baruch    
read in their hearing4  #cf3af4 ,and    
when they had heard all the words1 they 
looked upon one another with            

astonishment1 and they said to ,baruch3 
,we must tell the king all these words4 
#cf3ag4 ,and they asked him1 saying3    
,tell us how didst thou write all these 
words from his mouth4  #cf3ah4 ,and     
,baruch said to them3  ,with his mouth  
he pronounced all these words as if he  
were reading to me3  and ,i wrote in a  
volume with ink4  #cf3ai4 ,and the      
princes said to ,baruch3  ,go1 and hide 
thee1 both thou and ,jeremias1 and let  
no man know where you are4  #cf3bj4 ,and
 they went in to the king into the      
court3  but they laid up the volume in  
the chamber of ,elisama the scribe3  and
 they told all the words in the hearing 
of the king4  #cf3ba4 ,and the king sent
 ,judi that he should take the volume3  
who bringing it out of the chamber of   
,elisama the scribe1 read it in the     
hearing of the king1 and of all the     
princes that stood about the king4      
#cf3bb4 ,now the king sat in the winter 
house1 in the ninth month3  and there   
was a hearth before him full of burning 

coals4  #cf3bc4 ,and when ,judi had read
 three or four pages1 he cut it with the
 penknife1 and he cast it into the fire1
 that was upon the hearth1 till all the 
volume was consumed with the fire that  
was on the hearth4  #cf3bd4 ,and the    
king and all his servants that heard all
 these words were not afraid1 nor did   
they rend their garments4  #cf3be4 ,but 
yet ,elnathan1 and ,dalaias1 and        
,gamarias spoke to the king1 not to burn
 the book3  and he heard them not4      
#cf3bf4 ,and the king commanded         
,jeremiel the son of ,amelech1 and      
,saraias the son of ,ezriel1 and        
,selemias the son of ,abdeel1 to take up
 ,baruch the scribe1 and ,jeremias the  
prophet3  but the ,lord hid them4       
#cf3bg4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to ,jeremias the prophet1 after that the
 king had burnt the volume1 and the     
words that ,baruch had written from the 
mouth of ,jeremias1 saying3  #cf3bh4    
,take thee again another volume3  and   
write in it all the former words that   

were in the first volume which ,joakim  
the king of ,juda both burnt4  #cf3bi4  
,and thou shalt say to ,joakim the king 
of ,juda3  ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,thou
 hast burnt that volume1 saying3  ,why  
hast thou written therein1 and said3    
,the king of ,babylon shall come        
speedily1 and shall lay waste this land3
  and shall cause to cease from thence  
man and beast8  #cf3cj4 ,therefore thus 
saith the ,lord against ,joakim the king
 of ,juda3 ,he shall have none to sit   
upon the throne of ,david3  and his dead
 body shall be cast out to the heat by  
day1 and to the frost by night4  ,he    
shall have none1 etc4 4 4,because his   
son ,joachin or ,jechonias1 within three
 months after the death of his father1  
was carried away to ,babylon1 so that   
his reign is not worthy of notice4      
#cf3ca4 ,and ,i will punish him1 and his
 seed and his servants1 for their       
iniquities1 and ,i will bring upon them1
 and upon the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1
 and upon the men of ,juda all the evil 

that ,i have pronounced against them1   
but they have not heard4  #cf3cb4 ,and  
,jeremias took another volume1 and gave 
it to ,baruch the son of ,nerias the    
scribe3  who wrote in it from the mouth 
of ,jeremias all the words of the book  
which ,joakim the king of ,juda had     
burnt with fire3  and there were added  
besides many more words than had been   
before4    ,jeremias ,chapter #cg       
,jeremias prophesies that the           
,chaldeans1 who had departed from       
,jerusalem1 would return and burn the   
city4  ,he is cast into prison4  ,his   
conference with ,sedecias4  #cg3a4 ,now 
king ,sedecias the son of ,josias       
reigned instead of ,jechonias the son of
 ,joakim3  whom ,nabuchodonosor king of 
,babylon made king in the land of ,juda4
  #cg3b4 ,but neither he1 nor his       
servants1 nor the people of the land did
 obey the words of the ,lord1 that he   
spoke in the hand of ,jeremias the      
prophet4  #cg3c4 ,and king ,sedecias    
sent ,juchal the son of ,selemias1 and  

,sophonias the son of ,maasias the      
priest to ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3
  ,pray to the ,lord our ,god for us4   
#cg3d4 ,now ,jeremias walked freely in  
the midst of the people3  for they had  
not as yet cast him into prison4  ,and  
the army of ,pharao was come out of     
,egypt3  and the ,chaldeans that        
besieged ,jerusalem1 hearing these      
tidings1 departed from ,jerusalem4      
#cg3e4 ,and the word of the ,lord came  
to ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3       
#cg3f4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of
 ,israel3  ,thus shall you say to the   
king of ,juda1 who sent you to inquire  
of me3  ,behold the army of ,pharao1    
which is come forth to help you1 shall  
return into their own land1 into ,egypt4
  #cg3g4 ,and the ,chaldeans shall come 
again1 and fight against this city1 and 
take it1 and burn it with fire4  #cg3h4 
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,deceive not    
your souls1 saying3  ,the ,chaldeans    
shall surely depart and go away from us3
  for they shall not go away4  #cg3i4   

,but if you should even beat all the    
army of the ,chaldeans that fight       
against you1 and there should be left of
 them some wounded men3 they shall rise 
up1 every man from his heart1 and burn  
this city with fire4  #cg3aj4 ,now when 
the army of the ,chaldeans was gone away
 from ,jerusalem1 because of ,pharao's  
army1  #cg3aa4 ,jeremias went forth out 
of ,jerusalem to go into the land of    
,benjamin3  and to divide a possession  
there in the presence of the citizens1  
#cg3ab4 ,and when he was come to the    
gate of ,benjamin1 the captain of the   
gate1 who was there in his turn1 was one
 named ,jerias1 the son of ,selemias1   
the son of ,hananias3  and he took hold 
of ,jeremias the prophet1 saying3  ,thou
 art fleeing to the ,chaldeans4  #cg3ac4
 ,and ,jeremias answered3  ,it is not   
so1 ,i am not fleeing to the ,chaldeans4
  ,but he hearkened not to him3  so     
,jerias took ,jeremias and brought him  
to the princes4  #cg3ad4 ,wherefore the 
princes were angry with ,jeremias1 and  

they beat him1 and cast him into the    
prison that was in the house of         
,jonathan the scribe3  for he was chief 
over the prison4  #cg3ae4 ,so ,jeremias 
went into the house of the prison1 and  
into the dungeon3  and ,jeremias        
remained there many days4  #cg3af4 ,then
 ,sedecias the king1 sending1 took him3 
and asked him secretly in his house1 and
 said3  ,is there1 thinkest thou1 any   
word from the ,lord8  ,and ,jeremias    
said4  ,there is4  ,and he said3  ,thou 
shalt be delivered into the hands of the
 king of ,babylon4  #cg3ag4 ,and        
,jeremias said to king ,sedecias3  ,in  
what have ,i offended against thee1 or  
thy servants1 or thy people1 that thou  
hast cast me into prison8  #cg3ah4      
,where are your prophets that prophesied
 to you1 and said3  ,the king of        
,babylon shall not come against you1 and
 against this land8  #cg3ai4 ,now       
therefore hear1 ,i beseech thee1 my lord
 the king3  let my petition be accepted 
in thy sight3  and send me not back into

 the house of ,jonathan the scribe1 lest
 ,i die there4  #cg3bj4 ,then king      
,sedecias commanded that ,jeremias      
should be committed into the entry of   
the prison3  and that they should give  
him daily a piece of bread1 beside      
broth1 till all the bread in the city   
were spent3  and ,jeremias remained in  
the entry of the prison4    ,jeremias   
,chapter #ch   ,the prophet at the      
instance of the great men is cast into a
 filthy dungeon3  he is drawn out by    
,abdemelech1 and has another conference 
with the king4  #ch3a4 ,now ,saphatias  
the son of ,mathan1 and ,gedelias the   
son of ,phassur1 and ,juchal the son of 
,selemias1 and ,phassur the son of      
,melchias heard the words that ,jeremias
 spoke to all the people1 saying3       
#ch3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord3           
,whosoever shall remain in this city1   
shall die by the sword1 and by famine1  
and by pestilence3  but he that shall go
 forth to the ,chaldeans1 shall live1   
and his life shall be safe1 and he shall

 live4  #ch3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord3   
,this city shall surely be delivered    
into the hand of the army of the king of
 ,babylon1 and he shall take it4  #ch3d4
 ,and the princes said to the king4  ,we
 beseech thee that this man may be put  
to death3  for on purpose he weakeneth  
the hands of the men of war1 that remain
 in this city1 and the hands of the     
people1 speaking to them according to   
these words3  for this man seeketh not  
peace to this people1 but evil4  #ch3e4 
,and king ,sedecias said3  ,behold he is
 in your hands3  for it is not lawful   
for the king to deny you any thing4     
#ch3f4 ,then they took ,jeremias and    
cast him into the dungeon of ,melchias  
the son of ,amelech1 which was in the   
entry of the prison3  and they let down 
,jeremias by ropes into the dungeon1    
wherein there was no water1 but mire4   
,and ,jeremias sunk into the mire4      
#ch3g4 ,now ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian1 
an eunuch that was in the king's house1 
heard that they had put ,jeremias in the

 dungeon3  but the king was sitting in  
the gate of ,benjamin4  #ch3h4 ,and     
,abdemelech went out of the king's      
house1 and spoke to the king1 saying3   
#ch3i4 ,my lord the king1 these men have
 done evil in all that they have done   
against ,jeremias the prophet1 casting  
him into the dungeon to die there with  
hunger1 for there is no more bread in   
the city4  #ch3aj4 ,then the king       
commanded ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian1   
saying3  ,take from hence thirty men    
with thee1 and draw up ,jeremias the    
prophet out of the dungeon1 before he   
die4  #ch3aa4 ,so ,abdemelech taking the
 men with him1 went into the king's     
house that was under the storehouse3    
and he took from thence old rags1 and   
old rotten things1 and he let them down 
by cords to ,jeremias into the dungeon4 
#ch3ab4 ,and ,abdemelech the ,ethiopian 
said to ,jeremias3  ,put these old rags 
and these rent and rotten things under  
thy arms1 and upon the cords3  and      
,jeremias did so4  #ch3ac4 ,and they    

drew up ,jeremias with the cords1 and   
brought him forth out of the dungeon4   
,and ,jeremias remained in the entry of 
the prison4  #ch3ad4 ,and king ,sedecias
 sent1 and took ,jeremias the prophet to
 him to the third gate1 that was in the 
house of the ,lord3  and the king said  
to ,jeremias3  ,i will ask thee a thing1
 hide nothing from me4  #ch3ae4 ,then   
,jeremias said to ,sedecias3  ,if ,i    
shall declare it to thee1 wilt thou not 
put me to death8  and if ,i give thee   
counsel1 thou wilt not hearken to me4   
#ch3af4 ,then king ,sedecias swore to   
,jeremias1 in private1 saying3  ,as the 
,lord liveth1 that1 made us this soul1  
,i will not put thee to death1 nor will 
,i deliver thee into the hands of these 
men that seek thy life4  #ch3ag4 ,and   
,jeremias said to ,sedecias3  ,thus     
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel3  ,if thou wilt take a          
resolution and go out to the princes of 
the king of ,babylon1 thy soul shall    
live1 and this city shall not be burnt  

with fire3  and thou shalt be safe1 and 
thy house4  #ch3ah4 ,but if thou wilt   
not go out to the princes of the king of
 ,babylon1 this city shall be delivered 
into the hands of the ,chaldeans1 and   
they shall burn it with fire3  and thou 
shalt not escape out of their hand4     
#ch3ai4 ,and king ,sedecias said to     
,jeremias3  ,i am afraid because of the 
,jews that are fled over to the         
,chaldeans3  lest ,i should be delivered
 into their hands1 and they should abuse
 me4  #ch3bj4 ,but ,jeremias answered3  
,they shall not deliver thee3  hearken1 
,i beseech thee1 to the word of the     
,lord1 which ,i speak to the1 and it    
shall be well with thee1 and thy soul   
shall live4  #ch3ba4 ,but if thou wilt  
not go forth1 this is the word which the
 ,lord hath shewn me3  #ch3bb4 ,behold  
all the women that are left in the house
 of the king of ,juda1 shall be brought 
out to the princes of the king of       
,babylon3  and they shall say3  ,thy men
 of peace have deceived thee1 and have  

prevailed against thee1 they have       
plunged thy feet in the mire1 and in a  
slippery place and they have departed   
from thee4  ,thy men of peace4 4 4,viri 
pacifici tui4  ,that is thy false       
friends promising thee peace and        
happiness1 and by their evil counsels   
involving thee in misery4  #ch3bc4 ,and 
all thy wives1 and thy children shall be
 brought out to the ,chaldeans1 and thou
 shalt not escape their hands1 but thou 
shalt be taken by the hand of the king  
of ,babylon3  and he shall burn this    
city with fire4  #ch3bd4 ,then ,sedecias
 said to ,jeremias3  ,let no man know   
these words1 and thou shalt not die4    
#ch3be4 ,but if the princes shall hear  
that ,i have spoken with thee1 and shall
 come to thee1 and say to thee3  ,tell  
us what thou hast said to the king1 hide
 it not from us1 and we will not kill   
thee3  and also what the king said to   
thee3  #ch3bf4 ,thou shalt say to them3 
,i presented my supplication before the 
king1 that he would not command me to be

 carried back into the house of         
,jonathan1 to die there4  #ch3bg4 ,so   
all the princes came to ,jeremias1 and  
asked him3  and he spoke to them        
according to all the words that the king
 had commanded him3  and they left him3 
for nothing had been heard4  #ch3bh4    
,but ,jeremias remained in the entry of 
the prison1 until the day that          
,jerusalem was taken3  and it came to   
pass that ,jerusalem was taken4         
,jeremias ,chapter #ci   ,after two     
years' siege ,jerusalem is taken4       
,sedecias is carried before             
,nabuchodonosor1 who kills his sons in  
his sight1 and then puts out his eyes4  
,jeremias is set at liberty4  #ci3a4 ,in
 the ninth year of ,sedecias king of    
,juda1 in the tenth month1 came         
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and   
all his army to ,jerusalem1 and they    
besieged it4  #ci3b4 ,and in the        
eleventh year of ,sedecias1 in the      
fourth month1 the fifth day of the      
month1 the city was opened4  #ci3c4 ,and

 all the princes of the king of ,babylon
 came in1 and sat in the middle gate3   
,neregel1 ,sereser1 ,semegarnabu1       
,sarsachim1 ,rabsares1 ,neregel1        
,serezer1 ,rebmag1 and all the rest of  
the princes of the king of ,babylon4    
#ci3d4 ,and when ,sedecias the king of  
,juda and all the men of war saw them1  
they fled3  and they went forth in the  
night out of the city by the way of the 
king's garden1 and by the gate that was 
between the two walls1 and they went out
 to the way of the desert4  #ci3e4 ,but 
the army of the ,chaldeans pursued after
 them3  and they took ,sedecias in the  
plain of the desert of ,jericho1 and    
when they had taken him1 they brought   
him to ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon 
to ,reblatha1 which is in the land of   
,emath3  and he gave judgment upon him4 
#ci3f4 ,and the king of ,babylon slew   
the sons of ,sedecias1 in ,reblatha1    
before his eyes3  and the king of       
,babylon slew all the nobles of ,juda4  
#ci3g4 ,he also put out the eyes of     

,sedecias3  and bound him with fetters1 
to be carried to ,babylon4  #ci3h4 ,and 
the ,chaldeans burnt the king's house1  
and the houses of the people with fire1 
and they threw down the wall of         
,jerusalem4  #ci3i4 ,and ,nabuzardan the
 general of the army carried away       
captive to ,babylon the remnant of the  
people that remained in the city1 and   
the fugitives that had gone over to him1
 and the rest of the people that        
remained4  #ci3aj4 ,but ,nabuzardan the 
general left some of the poor people    
that had nothing at all1 in the land of 
,juda1 and he gave them vineyards1 and  
cisterns at that time4  #ci3aa4 ,now    
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon had    
given charge to ,nabuzardan the general 
concerning ,jeremias1 saying3  #ci3ab4  
,take him1 and set thy eyes upon him1   
and do him no harm3  but as he hath a   
mind1 so do with him4  #ci3ac4          
,therefore ,nabuzardan the general sent1
 and ,nabuzardan1 and ,rabsares1 and    
,neregel1 and ,sereser1 and ,rebmag1 and

 all the nobles of the king of ,babylon1
  #ci3ad4 ,sent and took ,jeremias out  
of the court of the prison1 and         
committed him to ,godolias the son of   
,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 that he     
might go home1 and dwell among the      
people4  #ci3ae4 ,but the word of the   
,lord came to ,jeremias1 when he was yet
 shut up in the court of the prison1    
saying3  ,go1 and tell ,abdemelech the  
,ethiopian1 saying3  #ci3af4 ,thus saith
 the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3
  ,behold ,i will bring my words upon   
this city unto evil1 and not unto good3 
and they shall be accomplished in thy   
sight in that day4  #ci3ag4 ,and ,i will
 deliver thee in that day1 saith the    
,lord3  and thou shalt not be given into
 the hands of the men whom thou fearest3
  #ci3ah4 ,but delivering1 ,i will      
deliver thee1 and thou shalt not fall by
 the sword3  but thy life shall be saved
 for thee1 because thou hast put thy    
trust in me1 saith the ,lord4           
,jeremias ,chapter #dj   ,jeremias      

remains with ,godolias the governor2 who
 receives all the ,jews that resort to  
him4  #dj3a4 ,the word that came to     
,jeremias from the ,lord1 after that    
,nabuzardan the general had let him go  
from ,rama1 when he had taken him1 being
 bound with chains1 among all them that 
were carried away from ,jerusalem and   
,juda1 and were carried to ,babylon4    
#dj3b4 ,and the general of the army     
taking ,jeremias1 said to him3  ,the    
,lord thy ,god hath pronounced this evil
 upon this place1  #dj3c4 ,and he hath  
brought it3  and the ,lord hath done as 
he hath said3 because you have sinned   
against the ,lord1 and have not         
hearkened to his voice1 and this word is
 come upon you4  #dj3d4 ,now then behold
 ,i have loosed thee this day from the  
chains which were upon thy hands3  if it
 please thee to come with me to         
,babylon1 come3  and ,i will set my eyes
 upon thee3  but if it do not please    
thee to come with me to ,babylon1 stay  
here3  behold all the land is before    

thee1 as thou shalt choose1 and whither 
it shall please thee to go1 thither go4 
#dj3e4 ,and come not with me3  but dwell
 with ,godolias the son of ,ahicam the  
son of ,saphan1 whom the king of        
,babylon hath made governor over the    
cities of ,juda3  dwell therefore with  
him in the midst of the people3  or     
whithersoever it shall please thee to   
go1 go4  ,and the general of the army   
gave him victuals and presents1 and let 
him go4  #dj3f4 ,and ,jeremias went to  
,godolias the son of ,ahicam to         
,masphath3  and dwelt with him in the   
midst of the people that were left in   
the land4  #dj3g4 ,and when all the     
captains of the army that were scattered
 through the countries1 they and their  
companions1 had heard that the king of  
,babylon had made ,godolias the son of  
,ahicam governor of the country1 and    
that he had committed unto him men and  
women1 and children1 and of the poor of 
the land1 them that had not been carried
 away captive to ,babylon3  #dj3h4 ,they

 came to ,godolias to ,masphath3  and   
,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and     
,johanan1 and ,jonathan1 the sons of    
,caree1 and ,sareas the son of          
,thanehumeth1 and the children of ,ophi1
 that were of ,netophathi1 and ,jezonias
 the son of ,maachati1 they and their   
men4  #dj3i4 ,and ,godolias the son of  
,ahicam the son of ,saphan swore to them
 and to their companions1 saying3  ,fear
 not to serve the ,chaldeans3  dwell in 
the land1 and serve the king of         
,babylon1 and it shall be well with you4
  #dj3aj4 ,behold ,i dwell in ,masphath1
 that ,i may answer the commandment of  
the ,chaldeans that are sent to us3  but
 as for you1 gather ye the vintage1 and 
the harvest1 and the oil1 and lay it up 
in your vessels1 and abide in your      
cities which you hold4  #dj3aa4         
,moreover all the ,jews that were in    
,moab1 and among the children of ,ammon1
 and in ,edom1 and in all the countries1
 when they heard that the king of       
,babylon had left a remnant in ,judea1  

and that he had made ,godolias the son  
of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan ruler over
 them3  #dj3ab4 ,all the ,jews1 ,i say1 
returned out of all the places to which 
they had fled1 and they came into the   
land of ,juda to ,godolias to ,masphath3
  and they gathered wine1 and a very    
great harvest4  #dj3ac4 ,then ,johanan  
the son of ,caree1 and all the captains 
of the army1 that had been scattered    
about in the countries1 came to         
,godolias to ,masphath4  #dj3ad4 ,and   
they said to him3  ,know that ,baalis   
the king of the children of ,ammon hath 
sent ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias to  
kill thee4  ,and ,godolias the son of   
,ahicam believed them not4  #dj3ae4 ,but
 ,johanan the son of ,caree1 spoke to   
,godolias privately in ,masphath1       
saying3  ,i will go1 and ,i will kill   
,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and no  
man shall know it1 lest he kill thee1   
and all the ,jews be scattered1 that are
 gathered unto thee1 and the remnant of 
,juda perish4  #dj3af4 ,and ,godolias   

the son of ,ahicam said to ,johanan the 
son of ,caree3 ,do not this thing3  for 
what thou sayst of ,ismahel is false4   
,jeremias ,chapter #da   ,godolias is   
slain3  the ,jews that were with him are
 apprehensive of the ,chaldeans4  #da3a4
 ,and it came to pass in the seventh    
month1 that ,ismahel the son of         
,nathanias1 the son of ,elisama of the  
royal blood1 and the nobles of the king1
 and ten men with him1 came to ,godolias
 the son of ,ahicam into ,masphath3  and
 they ate bread there together in       
,masphath4  #da3b4 ,and ,ismahel the son
 of ,nathanias arose1 and the ten men   
that were with him1 and they struck     
,godolias the son of ,ahicam1 the son of
 ,saphan with the sword1 and slew him   
whom the king of ,babylon had made      
governor over the land4  #da3c4 ,ismahel
 slew also all the ,jews that were with 
,godolias in ,masphath1 and the         
,chaldeans that were found there1 and   
the soldiers4  #da3d4 ,and on the second
 day after he had killed ,godolias1 no  

man yet knowing it1  #da3e4 ,there came 
some from ,sichem1 and from ,silo1 and  
from ,samaria1 fourscore men1 with their
 beards shaven1 and their clothes rent1 
and mourning3  and they had offerings   
and incense in their hand1 to offer in  
the house of the ,lord4  #da3f4 ,and    
,ismahel the son of ,nathanias went     
forth from ,masphath to meet them1      
weeping all along as he went3  and when 
he had met them1 he said to them3  ,come
 to ,godolias1 the son of ,ahicam4      
#da3g4 ,and when they were come to the  
midst of the city1 ,ismahel the son of  
,nathanias1 slew them1 and cast them    
into the midst of the pit1 he and the   
men that were with him4  #da3h4 ,but ten
 men were found among them1 that said to
 ,ismahel3  ,kill us not3  for we have  
stores in the field1 of wheat1 and      
barley1 and oil1 and honey4  ,and he    
forbore1 and slew them not with their   
brethren4  #da3i4 ,and the pit into     
which ,ismahel cast all the dead bodies 
of the men whom he slew because of      

,godolias1 is the same that king ,asa   
made1 for fear of ,baasa the king of    
,israel3  the same did ,ismahel the son 
of ,nathanias fill with them that were  
slain4  #da3aj4 ,then ,ismahel carried  
away captive all the remnant of the     
people that were in ,masphath3  the     
king's daughters1 and all the people    
that remained in ,masphath3  whom       
,nabuzardan the general of the army had 
committed to ,godolias the son of       
,ahicam4  ,and ,ismahel the son of      
,nathanias took them1 and he departed1  
to go over to the children of ,ammon4   
#da3aa4 ,but ,johanan the son of ,caree1
 and all the captains of the fighting   
men that were with him1 heard of the    
evil that ,ismahel the son of ,nathanias
 had done4  #da3ab4 ,and taking all the 
men1 they went out to fight against     
,ismahel the son of ,nathanias1 and they
 found him by the great waters that are 
in ,gabaon4  #da3ac4 ,and when all the  
people that were with ,ismahel1 had seen
 ,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the

 captains of the fighting men that were 
with him1 they rejoiced4  #da3ad4 ,and  
all the people whom ,ismahel had taken1 
went back to ,masphath3  and they       
returned and went to ,johanan the son of
 ,caree4  #da3ae4 ,but ,ismahel the son 
of ,nathanias fled with eight men1 from 
the face of ,johanan1 and went to the   
children of ,ammon4  #da3af4 ,then      
,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the 
captains of the soldiers that were with 
him1 took all the remnant of the people 
whom they had recovered from ,ismahel   
the son of ,nathanias1 from ,masphath1  
after that he had slain ,godolias the   
son of ,ahicam3  valiant men for war1   
and the women1 and the children1 and the
 eunuchs whom he had brought back from  
,gabaon4  #da3ag4 ,and they departed1   
and sat as sojourners in ,chamaam1 which
 is near ,bethlehem3  in order to go    
forward1 and enter into ,egypt1  #da3ah4
 ,from the face of the ,chaldeans3  for 
they were afraid of them1 because       
,ismahel the son of ,nathanias had slain

 ,godolias the son of ,ahicam1 whom the 
king of ,babylon had made governor in   
the land of ,juda4    ,jeremias ,chapter
 #db   ,jeremias assures the remnant of 
the people1 that if they will stay in   
,juda1 they shall be safe2 but if they  
go down into ,egypt1 they shall perish4 
#db3a4 ,then all the captains of the    
warriors1 and ,johanan the son of       
,caree1 and ,jezonias1 the son of       
,osaias1 and the rest of the people from
 the least to the greatest came near3   
#db3b4 ,and they said to ,jeremias the  
prophet3  ,let our supplication fall    
before thee3  and pray thou for us to   
the ,lord thy ,god for all this remnant1
 for we are left but a few of many1 as  
thy eyes do behold us4  #db3c4 ,and let 
the ,lord thy ,god shew us the way by   
which we may walk1 and the thing that we
 must do4  #db3d4 ,and ,jeremias the    
prophet said to them3  ,i have heard    
you3  behold ,i will pray to the ,lord  
your ,god according to your words3  and 
whatsoever thing he shall answer me1 ,i 

will declare it to you3  and ,i will    
hide nothing from you4  #db3e4 ,and they
 said to ,jeremias3  ,the ,lord be      
witness between us of truth and         
faithfulness1 if we do not according to 
every thing for which the ,lord thy ,god
 shall send thee to us4  #db3f4 ,whether
 it be good or evil1 we will obey the   
voice of the ,lord our ,god1 to whom we 
send thee3  that it may be well with us 
when we shall hearken to the voice of   
the ,lord our ,god4  ,good or evil4 4   
4,that is1 agreeable or disagreeable4   
#db3g4 ,now after ten days1 the word of 
the ,lord came to ,jeremias4  #db3h4    
,and he called ,johanan the son of      
,caree1 and all the captains of the     
fighting men that were with him1 and all
 the people from the least to the       
greatest4  #db3i4 ,and he said to them3 
,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of       
,israel1 to whom you sent me1 to present
 your supplications before him3  #db3aj4
 ,if you will be quiet and remain in    
this land1 ,i will build you up1 and not

 pull you down3  ,i will plant you1 and 
not pluck you up3  for now ,i am        
appeased for the evil that ,i have done 
to you4  ,i am appeased for the evil    
that ,i have done to you4 4 4,that is1  
,i am appeased1 as ,i have sufficiently 
punished you1 and now ,i am reconciled  
with you4  #db3aa4 ,fear not because of 
the king of ,babylon1 of whom you are   
greatly afraid3  fear him not1 saith the
 ,lord3  for ,i am with you1 to save    
you1 and to deliver you from his hand4  
#db3ab4 ,and ,i will shew mercies to    
you1 and will take pity on you1 and will
 cause you to dwell in your own land4   
#db3ac4 ,but if you say3  ,we will not  
dwell in this land1 neither will we     
hearken to the voice of the ,lord our   
,god1  #db3ad4 ,saying3  ,no1 but we    
will go into the land of ,egypt3  where 
we shall see no war1 nor hear the sound 
of the trumpet1 nor suffer hunger3 and  
there we will dwell4  #db3ae4 ,for this 
now hear the word of the ,lord1 ye      
remnant of ,juda3  ,thus saith the ,lord

 of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3  ,if you
 set your faces to go into ,egypt1 and  
enter in to dwell there3  #db3af4 ,the  
sword which you fear1 shall overtake you
 there in the land of ,egypt3  and the  
famine1 whereof you are afraid1 shall   
cleave to you in ,egypt1 and there you  
shall die4  #db3ag4 ,and all the men    
that set their faces to go into ,egypt1 
to dwell there1 shall die by the sword1 
and by famine1 and by pestilence3  none 
of them shall remain1 nor escape from   
the face of the evil that ,i will bring 
upon them4  #db3ah4 ,for thus saith the 
,lord of hosts1 the ,god of ,israel3    
,as my anger and my indignation hath    
been kindled against the inhabitants of 
,jerusalem3  so shall my indignation be 
kindled against you1 when you shall     
enter into ,egypt1 and you shall be an  
execration1 and an astonishment1 and a  
curse1 and a reproach3  and you shall   
see this place no more4  #db3ai4 ,this  
is the word of the ,lord concerning you1
 ,o ye remnant of ,juda3  ,go ye not    

into ,egypt3  know certainly that ,i    
have adjured you this day4  #db3bj4 ,for
 you have deceived your own souls3  for 
you sent me to the ,lord our ,god1      
saying3  ,pray for us to the ,lord our  
,god1 and according to all that the     
,lord our ,god shall say to thee1 so    
declare unto us1 and we will do it4     
#db3ba4 ,and now ,i have declared it to 
you this day1 and you have not obeyed   
the voice of the ,lord your ,god1 with  
regard to all the things for which he   
hath sent me to you4  #db3bb4 ,now      
therefore know certainly that you shall 
die by the sword1 and by famine1 and by 
pestilence in the place to which you    
desire to go to dwell there4            
,jeremias ,chapter #dc   ,the ,jews1    
contrary to the orders of ,god by the   
prophet1 go into ,egypt1 carrying       
,jeremias with them4  ,he foretells the 
devastation of that land by the king of 
,babylon4  #dc3a4 ,and it came to pass1 
that when ,jeremias had made an end of  
speaking to the people all the words of 

the ,lord their ,god1 for which the     
,lord their ,god had sent him to them1  
all these words3  #dc3b4 ,azarias the   
son of ,osaias1 and ,johanan the son of 
,caree1 and all the proud men1 made     
answer1 saying to ,jeremias3  ,thou     
tellest a lie3  the ,lord our ,god hath 
not sent thee1 saying3  ,go not into    
,egypt1 to dwell there4  #dc3c4 ,but    
,baruch the son of ,nerias setteth thee 
on against us1 to deliver us into the   
hands of the ,chaldeans1 to kill us1 and
 to cause us to be carried away captives
 to ,babylon4  #dc3d4 ,so ,johanan the  
son of ,caree1 and all the captains of  
the soldiers1 and all the people1 obeyed
 not the voice of the ,lord1 to remain  
in the land of ,juda4  #dc3e4 ,but      
,johanan the son of ,caree1 and all the 
captains of the soldiers took all the   
remnant of ,juda1 that were returned out
 of all nations1 to which they had      
before been scattered1 to dwell in the  
land of ,juda3  #dc3f4 ,men1 and women1 
and children1 and the king's daughters1 

and every soul1 which ,nabuzardan the   
general had left with ,godolias the son 
of ,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 and      
,jeremias the prophet1 and ,baruch the  
son of ,nerias4  #dc3g4 ,and they went  
into the land of ,egypt1 for they obeyed
 not the voice of the ,lord3  and they  
came as far as ,taphnis4  #dc3h4 ,and   
the word of the ,lord came to ,jeremias 
in ,taphnis1 saying3  #dc3i4 ,take great
 stones in thy hand1 and thou shalt hide
 them in the vault that is under the    
brick wall at the gate of ,pharao's     
house in ,taphnis3  in the sight of the 
men of ,juda4  #dc3aj4 ,and thou shalt  
say to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord of  
hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold ,i  
will send1 and take ,nabuchodonosor the 
king of ,babylon my servant3  and ,i    
will set his throne over these stones   
which ,i have hid1 and he shall set his 
throne over them4  #dc3aa4 ,and he shall
 come and strike the land of ,egypt3    
such as are for death1 to death3  and   
such as are for captivity1 to captivity3

  and such as are for the sword1 to the 
sword4  #dc3ab4 ,and he shall kindle a  
fire in the temples of the gods of      
,egypt1 and he shall burn them1 and he  
shall carry them away captives3  and he 
shall array himself with the land of    
,egypt1 as a shepherd putteth on his    
garment3  and he shall go forth from    
thence in peace4  #dc3ac4 ,and he shall 
break the statues of the house of the   
sun1 that are in the land of ,egypt2 and
 the temples of the gods of ,egypt he   
shall burn with fire4    ,jeremias      
,chapter #dd   ,the prophet's admonition
 to the ,jews in ,egypt against idolatry
 is not regarded3  he denounces to them 
their destruction4  #dd3a4 ,the word    
that came to ,jeremias1 concerning all  
the ,jews that dwelt in the land of     
,egypt1 dwelling in ,magdal1 and in     
,taphnis1 and in ,memphis1 and in the   
land of ,phatures1 saying3  #dd3b4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of   
,israel3  ,you have seen all this evil  
that ,i have brought upon ,jerusalem1   

and upon all the cities of ,juda3  and  
behold they are desolate this day1 and  
there is not an inhabitant in them3     
#dd3c4 ,because of the wickedness which 
they have committed1 to provoke me to   
wrath1 and to go and offer sacrifice1   
and worship other gods1 which neither   
they1 nor you1 nor your fathers knew4   
#dd3d4 ,and ,i sent to you all my       
servants the prophets1 rising early1 and
 sending1 and saying3  ,do not commit   
this abominable thing1 which ,i hate4   
#dd3e4 ,but they heard not1 nor inclined
 their ear to turn from their evil ways1
 and not to sacrifice to strange gods4  
#dd3f4 ,wherefore my indignation and my 
fury was poured forth1 and was kindled  
in the cities of ,juda1 and in the      
streets of ,jerusalem3  and they are    
turned to desolation and waste1 as at   
this day4  #dd3g4 ,and now thus saith   
the ,lord of hosts the ,god of ,israel3 
,why do you commit this great evil      
against your own souls1 that there      
should die of you man and woman1 child  

and suckling out of the midst of ,juda1 
and no remnant should be left you3      
#dd3h4 ,in that you provoke me to wrath 
with the works of your hands1 by        
sacrificing to other gods in the land of
 ,egypt1 into which you are come to     
dwell there3  and that you should       
perish1 and be a curse1 and a reproach  
to all the nations of the earth8  #dd3i4
 ,have you forgotten the evils of your  
fathers1 and the evils of the kings of  
,juda1 and the evils of their wives1 and
 your evils1 and the evils of your      
wives1 that they have done in the land  
of ,juda1 and in the streets of         
,jerusalem8  #dd3aj4 ,they are not      
cleansed even to this day3  neither have
 they feared1 nor walked in the law of  
the ,lord1 nor in my commandments1 which
 ,i set before you and your fathers4    
#dd3aa4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord 
of hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold  
,i will set my face upon you for evil3  
and ,i will destroy all ,juda4  #dd3ab4 
,and ,i will take the remnant of ,juda  

that have set their faces to go into the
 land of ,egypt1 and to dwell there2 and
 they shall be all consumed in the land 
of ,egypt3  they shall fall by the      
sword1 and by the famine3  and they     
shall be consumed from the least even to
 the greatest1 by the sword1 and by the 
famine shall they die3  and they shall  
be for an execration1 and for a wonder1 
and for a curse1 and for a reproach4    
#dd3ac4 ,and ,i will visit them that    
dwell in the land of ,egypt1 as ,i have 
visited ,jerusalem by the sword1 and by 
famine and by pestilence4  #dd3ad4 ,and 
there shall be none that shall escape1  
and remain of the remnant of the ,jews  
that are gone to sojourn in the land of 
,egypt3  and that shall return into the 
land of ,juda1 to which they have a     
desire to return to dwell there3  there 
shall none return but they that shall   
flee4  #dd3ae4 ,then all the men that   
knew that their wives sacrificed to     
other gods3  and all the women of whom  
there stood by a great multitude1 and   

all the people of them that dwelt in the
 land of ,egypt in ,phatures1 answered  
,jeremias1 saying3  #dd3af4 ,as for the 
word which thou hast spoken to us in the
 name of the ,lord1 we will not hearken 
to thee3  #dd3ag4 ,but we will certainly
 do every word that shall proceed out of
 our own mouth1 to sacrifice to the     
queen of heaven1 and to pour out drink  
offerings to her1 as we and our fathers 
have done1 our kings1 and our princes in
 the cities of ,juda1 and in the streets
 of ,jerusalem3  and we were filled with
 bread1 and it was well with us1 and we 
saw no evil4  ,the queen of heaven4 4   
4,the moon1 which they worshipped under 
this name4  #dd3ah4 ,but since we left  
off to offer sacrifice to the queen of  
heaven1 and to pour out frank offerings 
to her1 we have wanted all things1 and  
have been consumed by the sword1 and by 
famine4  #dd3ai4 ,and if we offer       
sacrifice to the queen of heaven1 and   
pour out drink offerings to her3  did we
 make cakes to worship her1 to pour out 

drink offerings to her1 without our     
husbands8  #dd3bj4 ,and ,jeremias spoke 
to all the people1 to the men1 and to   
the women1 and to all the people which  
had given him that answer1 saying3      
#dd3ba4 ,was it not the sacrifice that  
you offered in the cities of ,juda1 and 
in the streets of ,jerusalem1 you and   
your fathers1 your kings1 and your      
princes1 and the people of the land1    
which the ,lord hath remembered1 and    
hath it not entered into his heart8     
#dd3bb4 ,so that the ,lord could no     
longer bear1 because of the evil of your
 doings1 and because of the abominations
 which you have committed3 therefore    
your land is become a desolation1 and an
 astonishment1 and a curse1 without an  
inhabitant1 as at this day4  #dd3bc4    
,because you have sacrificed to idols1  
and have sinned against the ,lord3  and 
have not obeyed the voice of the ,lord1 
and have not walked in his law1 and in  
his commandments1 and in his            
testimonies3 therefore are these evils  

come upon you1 as at this day4  #dd3bd4 
,and ,jeremias said to all the people   
and to all the women3  ,hear ye the word
 of the ,lord1 all ,juda1 you that dwell
 in the land of ,egypt3  #dd3be4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel1 saying3  ,you and your wives   
have spoken with your mouth1 and        
fulfilled with your hands1 saying3  ,let
 us perform our vows which we have made1
 to offer sacrifice to the queen of     
heaven1 and to pour out drink offerings 
to her3  you have fulfilled your vows1  
and have performed them indeed4  #dd3bf4
 ,therefore hear ye the word of the     
,lord1 all ,juda1 you that dwell in the 
land of ,egypt3  ,behold ,i have sworn  
by my great name1 saith the ,lord3  that
 my name shall no more be named in the  
mouth of any man of ,juda1 in the land  
of ,egypt1 saying3  ,the ,lord ,god     
liveth4  #dd3bg4 ,behold ,i will watch  
over them for evil1 and not for good3   
and all the men of ,juda that are in the
 land of ,egypt1 shall be consumed1 by  

the sword1 and by famine1 till there be 
an end of them4  #dd3bh4 ,and a few men 
that shall flee from the sword1 shall   
return out of the land of ,egypt into   
the land of ,juda3  and all the remnant 
of ,juda that are gone into the land of 
,egypt to dwell there1 shall know whose 
word shall stand1 mine1 or theirs4      
#dd3bi4 ,and this shall be a sign to    
you1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will      
punish you in this place3  that you may 
know that my words shall be accomplished
 indeed against you for evil4  #dd3cj4  
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will 
deliver ,pharao ,nechao king of ,egypt  
into the hand of his enemies1 and into  
the hand of them that seek his life3  as
 ,i delivered ,sedecias king of ,juda   
into the land of ,nabuchodonosor the    
king of ,babylon his enemy1 and that    
sought his life4    ,jeremias ,chapter  
#de   ,the prophet comforts ,baruch in  
his affliction4  #de3a4 ,the word that  
,jeremias the prophet spoke to ,baruch  
the son of ,nerias1 when he had written 

these words in a book1 out of the mouth 
of ,jeremias1 in the fourth year of     
,joakim the son of ,josias king of      
,juda1 saying3  #de3b4 ,thus saith the  
,lord the ,god of ,israel to thee1      
,baruch3  #de3c4 ,thou hast said3  ,woe 
is me1 wretch that ,i am1 for the ,lord 
hath added sorrow to my sorrow3  ,i am  
wearied with my groans1 and ,i find no  
rest4  #de3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord3    
,thus shalt thou say to him3  ,behold1  
them whom ,i have built1 ,i do destroy3 
and them whom ,i have planted1 ,i do    
pluck up1 and all this land4  #de3e4    
,and dost thou seek great things for    
thyself8  ,seek not3  for behold ,i will
 bring evil upon all flesh1 saith the   
,lord6 but ,i will give thee thy life1  
and save thee in all places             
whithersoever thou shalt go4            
,jeremias ,chapter #df   ,a prophecy    
against ,egypt4  ,the ,jews shall return
 from captivity4  #df3a4 ,the word of   
the ,lord that came to ,jeremias the    
prophet against the ,gentiles1  #df3b4  

,against ,egypt1 against the army of    
,pharao ,nechao king of ,egypt1 which   
was by the river ,euphrates in          
,charcamis1 whom ,nabuchodonosor the    
king of ,babylon defeated1 in the fourth
 year of ,joakim the son of ,josias king
 of ,juda4  #df3c4 ,prepare ye the      
shield and buckler1 and go forth to     
battle4  #df3d4 ,harness the horses1 and
 get up1 ye horsemen3  stand forth with 
helmets1 furbish the spears1 put on     
coats of mail4  #df3e4 ,what then8  ,i  
have seen them dismayed1 and turning    
their backs1 their valiant ones slain3  
they fled apace1 and they looked not    
back3 terror was round about1 saith the 
,lord4  #df3f4 ,let not the swift flee  
away1 nor the strong think to escape3   
they are overthrown1 and fallen down1   
towards the north by the river          
,euphrates4  #df3g4 ,who is this that   
cometh up as a flood3  and his streams  
swell like those of rivers8  #df3h4     
,egypt riseth up like a flood1 and the  
waves thereof shall be moved as rivers1 

and he shall say3  ,i will go up and    
will cover the earth3  ,i will destroy  
the city1 and its inhabitants4  #df3i4  
,get ye up on horses1 and glory in      
chariots1 and let the valiant men come  
forth1 the ,ethiopians1 and the ,libyans
 that hold the shield1 and the ,lydians 
that take1 and shoot arrows4  #df3aj4   
,for this is the day of the ,lord the   
,god of hosts1 a day of vengeance1 that 
he may revenge himself of his enemies3  
the sword shall devour1 and shall be    
filled1 and shall be drunk with their   
blood3  for there is a sacrifice of the 
,lord ,god of hosts in the north        
country1 by the river ,euphrates4       
#df3aa4 ,go up into ,galaad1 and take   
balm1 ,o virgin daughter of ,egypt3  in 
vain dost thou multiply medicines1 there
 shall be no cure for thee4  #df3ab4    
,the nations have heard of thy disgrace1
 and thy howling hath filled the land3  
for the strong hath stumbled against the
 strong1 and both are fallen together4  
#df3ac4 ,the word that the ,lord spoke  

to ,jeremias the prophet1 how           
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon should 
come and strike the land of ,egypt3     
#df3ad4 ,declare ye to ,egypt1 and      
publish it in ,magdal1 and let it be    
known in ,memphis1 and in ,taphnis3  say
 ye3  ,stand up1 and prepare thyself3   
for the sword shall devour all round    
about thee4  #df3ae4 ,why are thy       
valiant men come to nothing8  they stood
 not3  because the ,lord hath overthrown
 them4  #df3af4 ,he hath multiplied them
 that fall1 and one hath fallen upon    
another1 and they shall say3  ,arise1   
and let us return to our own people1 and
 to the land of our nativity1 from the  
sword of the dove4  ,the dove4 4 4,see  
the annotation on chap4 #be41 ver4 #ch4 
#df3ag4 ,call ye the name of ,pharao    
king of ,egypt1 a tumult time hath      
brought4  #df3ah4 ,as ,i live1 saith the
 ,king1 7whose name is the ,lord of     
hosts17 as ,thabor is among the         
mountains1 and as ,carmel by the sea1 so
 shall he come4  #df3ai4 ,furnish       

thyself to go into captivity1 thou      
daughter inhabitant of ,egypt3  for     
,memphis shall be made desolate1 and    
shall be forsaken and uninhabited4      
#df3bj4 ,egypt is like a fair and       
beautiful heifer3  there shall come from
 the north one that shall goad her4     
#df3ba4 ,her hirelings also that lived  
in the midst of her1 like fatted calves 
are turned back1 and are fled away      
together1 and they could not stand1 for 
the day of their slaughter is come upon 
them1 the time of their visitation4     
#df3bb4 ,her voice shall sound like     
brass1 for they shall hasten with an    
army1 and with axes they shall come     
against her1 as hewers of wood4  #df3bc4
 ,they have cut down her forest1 saith  
the ,lord1 which cannot be counted3     
they are multiplied above locusts1 and  
are without number4  #df3bd4 ,the       
daughter of ,egypt is confounded1 and   
delivered into the hand of the people of
 the north4  #df3be4 ,the ,lord of hosts
 the ,god of ,israel hath said3  ,behold

 ,i will visit upon the tumult of       
,alexandria1 and upon ,pharao1 and upon 
,egypt1 and upon her gods1 and upon her 
kings1 and upon ,pharao1 and upon them  
that trust in him4  ,visit upon4 4      
4,that is1 punish4--,ibid4  ,alexandria4
 4 4,in the ,hebrew1 ,no1 which was the 
ancient name of the city1 to which      
,alexander gave afterwards the name of  
,alexandria4  #df3bf4 ,and ,i will      
deliver them into the hand of them that 
seek their lives1 and into the hand of  
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and   
into the hand of his servants3  and     
afterwards it shall be inhabited1 as in 
the days of old1 saith the ,lord4       
#df3bg4 ,and thou my servant ,jacob1    
fear not and be not thou dismayed1 ,o   
,israel3  for behold ,i will save thee  
from afar off1 and thy seed out of the  
land of thy captivity3  and ,jacob shall
 return and be at rest1 and prosper3    
and there shall be none to terrify him4 
#df3bh4 ,and thou1 my servant ,jacob1   
fear not1 saith the ,lord3  because ,i  

am with thee1 for ,i will consume all   
the nations to which ,i have cast thee  
out3  but thee ,i will not consume1 but 
,i will correct thee in judgment1       
neither will ,i spare thee as if thou   
wert innocent4    ,jeremias ,chapter #dg
   ,a prophecy of the desolation of the 
,philistines1 of ,tyre1 ,sidon1 ,gaza1  
and ,ascalon4  #dg3a4 ,the word of the  
,lord that came to ,jeremias the prophet
 against the people of ,palestine1      
before ,pharao took ,gaza4  #dg3b4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord3  ,behold there come up
 waters out of the north1 and they shall
 be as an overflowing torrent1 and they 
shall cover the land1 and all that is   
therein1 the city and the inhabitants   
thereof3  then the men shall cry1 and   
all the inhabitants of the land shall   
howl1  #dg3c4 ,at the noise of the      
marching of arms1 and of his soldiers1  
at the rushing of his chariots1 and the 
multitude of his wheels4  ,the fathers  
have not looked back to the children1   
for feebleness of hands1  #dg3d4        

,because of the coming of the day1 in   
which all the ,philistines shall be laid
 waste1 and ,tyre and ,sidon shall be   
destroyed1 with all the rest of their   
helpers4  ,for the ,lord hath wasted the
 ,philistines1 the remnant of the isle  
of ,cappadocia4  #dg3e4 ,baldness is    
come upon ,gaza3  ,ascalon hath held her
 peace with the remnant of their valley3
  how long shalt thou cut thyself8      
#dg3f4 ,o thou sword of the ,lord1 how  
long wilt thou not be quiet8  ,go into  
thy scabbard1 rest1 and be still4       
#dg3g4 ,how shall it be quiet1 when the 
,lord hath given it a charge against    
,ascalon1 and against the countries     
thereof by the sea side1 and there hath 
made an appointment for it8    ,jeremias
 ,chapter #dh   ,a prophecy of the      
desolation of ,moab for their pride3    
but their captivity shall at last be    
released4  #dh3a4 ,against ,moab thus   
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel3  ,woe to ,nabo1 for it is laid 
waste1 and confounded3  ,cariathaim is  

taken3  the strong city is confounded   
and hath trembled4  #dh3b4 ,there is no 
more rejoicing in ,moab over ,hesebon3  
they have devised evil4  ,come1 and let 
us cut it off from being a nation4      
,therefore shalt thou in silence hold   
thy peace1 and the sword shall follow   
thee4  #dh3c4 ,a voice of crying from   
,oronaim3  waste1 and great destruction4
  #dh3d4 ,moab is destroyed3  proclaim a
 cry for her little ones4  #dh3e4 ,for  
by the ascent of ,luith shall the       
mourner go up with weeping3 for in the  
descent of ,oronaim the enemies have    
heard a howling of destruction4  #dh3f4 
,flee1 save your lives3  and be as heath
 in the wilderness4  #dh3g4 ,for because
 thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks1 and 
in thy treasures1 thou also shalt be    
taken3  and ,chamos shall go into       
captivity1 his priests1 and his princes 
together4  ,chamos4 4 4,the idol of the 
,moabites4  #dh3h4 ,and the spoiler     
shall come upon every city1 and no city 
shall escape3  and the valleys shall    

perish1 and the plains shall be         
destroyed1 for the ,lord hath spoken3   
#dh3i4 ,give a flower to ,moab1 for in  
its flower it shall go out3  and the    
cities thereof shall be desolate1 and   
uninhabited4  #dh3aj4 ,cursed be he that
 doth the work of the ,lord deceitfully3
  and cursed be he that withholdeth his 
sword from blood4  ,deceitfully4 4 4,in 
the ,greek1 negligently4  ,the work of  
,god here spoken of1 is the punishment  
of the ,moabites4  #dh3aa4 ,moab hath   
been fruitful from his youth1 and hath  
rested upon his lees3  and hath not been
 poured out from vessel to vessel1 nor  
hath gone into captivity3  therefore his
 taste hath remained in him1 and his    
scent is not changed4  ,moab hath been  
fruitful4 4 4,that is1 rich and         
flourishing4  ,and hath rested upon his 
lees4 4 4,that is1 remained in its bad  
morals2 as wine not decanted has its    
lees mixed and remains muddy4  #dh3ab4  
,therefore behold the days come1 saith  
the ,lord1 and ,i will send him men that

 shall order and overturn his bottles1  
and they shall cast him down1 and shall 
empty his vessels1 and break their      
bottles one against another4  #dh3ac4   
,and ,moab shall be ashamed of ,chamos1 
as the house of ,israel was ashamed of  
,bethel1 in which they trusted4  ,of    
,bethel4 4 4,that is1 of their golden   
calf which they worshipped in ,bethel4  
#dh3ad4 ,how do you say3  ,we are       
valiant and stout men in battle8        
#dh3ae4 ,moab is laid waste1 and they   
have cast down her cities3  and her     
choice young men are gone down to the   
slaughter3  saith the king1 whose name  
is the ,lord of hosts4  #dh3af4 ,the    
destruction of ,moab is near to come3   
the calamity thereof shall come on      
exceeding swiftly4  #dh3ag4 ,comfort    
him1 all you that are round about him1  
and all you that know his name1 say3    
,how is the strong staff broken1 the    
beautiful rod8  #dh3ah4 ,come down from 
thy glory1 and sit in thirst1 ,o        
dwelling of the daughter of ,dibon3     

because the spoiler of ,moab is come up 
to thee1 he hath destroyed thy bulwarks4
  #dh3ai4 ,stand in the way1 and look   
out1 ,o habitation of ,aroer3  inquire  
of him that fleeth3  and say to him that
 hath escaped3  ,what is done8  #dh3bj4 
,moab is confounded1 because he is      
overthrown3  howl ye1 and cry1 tell ye  
it in ,arnon1 that ,moab is wasted4     
#dh3ba4 ,and judgment is come upon the  
plain country3  upon ,helon1 and upon   
,jasa1 and upon ,mephaath4  #dh3bb4 ,and
 upon ,dibon1 and upon ,nabo1 and upon  
the house of ,deblathaim1  #dh3bc4 ,and 
upon ,cariathaim1 and upon ,bethgamul1  
and upon ,bethmaon1  #dh3bd4 ,and upon  
,carioth1 and upon ,bosra3  and upon all
 the cities of the land of ,moab1 far or
 near4  #dh3be4 ,the horn of ,moab is   
cut off1 and his arm is broken1 saith   
the ,lord4  ,the horn of ,moab is cut   
off4 4 4,that is1 the strength of ,moab 
is cut off4  ,a metaphor drawn from     
animals whose strength is in their      
horns4  #dh3bf4 ,make him drunk1 because

 he lifted up himself against the ,lord3
 and ,moab shall dash his hand in his   
own vomit1 and he also shall be in      
derision4  #dh3bg4 ,for ,israel hath    
been a derision unto them3  as though   
thou hadst found him amongst thieves3   
for thy words therefore1 which thou hast
 spoken against him1 thou shalt be led  
away captive4  #dh3bh4 ,leave the       
cities1 and dwell in the rock1 you that 
dwell in ,moab3 and be ye like the dove 
that maketh her nest in the mouth of the
 hole in the highest place4  #dh3bi4 ,we
 have heard the pride of ,moab1 he is   
exceeding proud3  his haughtiness1 and  
his arrogancy1 and his pride1 and the   
loftiness of his heart4  #dh3cj4 ,i     
know1 saith the ,lord1 his boasting1 and
 that the strength thereof is not       
according to it1 neither hath it        
endeavoured to do according as it was   
able4  #dh3ca4 ,therefore will ,i lament
 for ,moab1 and ,i will cry out to all  
,moab1 for the men of the brick wall    
that mourn4  #dh3cb4 ,o vineyard of     

,sabama1 ,i will weep for thee1 with the
 mourning of ,jazer3  thy branches are  
gone over the sea1 they are come even to
 the sea of ,jazer3  the robber hath    
rushed in upon thy harvest and thy      
vintage4  #dh3cc4 ,joy and gladness is  
taken away from ,carmel1 and from the   
land of ,moab1 and ,i have taken away   
the wine out of the presses3  the       
treader of the grapes shall not sing the
 accustomed cheerful tune4  #dh3cd4     
,from the cry of ,hesebon even to       
,eleale1 and to ,jasa1 they have uttered
 their voice3  from ,segor to ,oronaim1 
as a heifer of three years old3  the    
waters also of ,nemrim shall be very    
bad4  #dh3ce4 ,and ,i will take away    
from ,moab1 saith the ,lord1 him that   
offereth in the high places1 and that   
sacrificeth to his gods4  #dh3cf4       
,therefore my heart shall sound for     
,moab like pipes and my heart shall     
sound like pipes for the men of the     
brick wall3  because he hath done more  
than he could1 therefore they have      

perished4  #dh3cg4 ,for every head shall
 be bald1 and every beard shall be      
shaven3 all hands shall be tied         
together1 and upon every back there     
shall be haircloth4  #dh3ch4 ,upon all  
the housetops of ,moab1 and in the      
streets thereof general mourning3       
because ,i have broken ,moab as an      
useless vessel1 saith the ,lord4        
#dh3ci4 ,how is it overthrown1 and they 
have howled6  ,how hath ,moab bowed down
 the neck1 and is confounded6  ,and     
,moab shall be a derision1 and an       
example to all round about him4  #dh3dj4
 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,behold he     
shall fly as an eagle1 and shall stretch
 forth his wings to ,moab4  #dh3da4     
,carioth is taken1 and the strongholds  
are won3  and the heart of the valiant  
men of ,moab in that day shall be as the
 heart of a woman in labour4  #dh3db4   
,and ,moab shall cease to be a people3  
because he hath gloried against the     
,lord4  #dh3dc4 ,fear1 and the pit1 and 
the snare come upon thee1 ,o inhabitant 

of ,moab1 saith the ,lord4  ,fear4 4    
4,that is1 the sword of the enemy4  ,the
 pit4 4 4,that is1 unforeseen           
calamities4  ,the snare4 4 4,that is1   
the ambushes laid by the enemy4  #dh3dd4
 ,he that shall flee from the fear1     
shall fall into the pit3  and he that   
shall get up out of the pit1 shall be   
taken in the snare3  for ,i will bring  
upon ,moab the year of their visitation1
 saith the ,lord4  #dh3de4 ,they that   
fled from the snare stood in the shadow 
of ,hesebon3 but there came a fire out  
of ,hesebon1 and a flame out of the     
midst of ,seon1 and it shall devour part
 of ,moab1 and the crown of the head of 
the children of tumult4  #dh3df4 ,woe to
 thee1 ,moab1 thou hast persisted1 ,o   
people of ,chamos3  for thy sons1 and   
thy daughters are taken captives4       
#dh3dg4 ,and ,i will bring back the     
captivity of ,moab in the last days1    
saith the ,lord4  ,hitherto the         
judgments of ,moab4    ,jeremias        
,chapter #di   ,the like desolation of  

,ammon1 of ,idumea1 of the ,syrians1 of 
the ,agarenes1 and of the ,elamites4    
#di3a4 ,against the children of ,ammon4 
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,hath ,israel no
 sons8  or hath he no heir8  ,why then  
hath ,melchom inherited ,gad3  and his  
people dwelt in his cities8  ,melchom4 4
 4,the idol of the ,ammonites4  #di3b4  
,therefore behold the days come1 saith  
the ,lord1 and ,i will cause the noise  
of war to be heard in ,rabbath of the   
children of ,ammon1 and it shall be     
destroyed into a heap1 and her daughters
 shall be burnt with fire1 and ,israel  
shall possess them that have possessed  
him1 saith the ,lord4  #di3c4 ,howl1 ,o 
,hesebon1 for ,hai is wasted4  ,cry1 ye 
daughters of ,rabbath1 gird yourselves  
with haircloth3  mourn and go about by  
the hedges3  for ,melchom shall be      
carried into captivity1 his priests1 and
 his princes together4  #di3d4 ,why     
gloriest thou in the valleys8  thy      
valley hath flowed away1 ,o delicate    
daughter1 that hast trusted in thy      

treasures1 and hast said3 ,who shall    
come to me8  #di3e4 ,behold ,i will     
bring a fear upon thee1 saith the ,lord 
,god of hosts1 from all that are round  
about thee3  and you shall be scattered 
every one out of one another's sight1   
neither shall there be any to gather    
together them that flee4  #di3f4 ,and   
afterwards ,i will cause the captives of
 the children of ,ammon to return1 saith
 the ,lord4  #di3g4 ,against ,edom4     
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,is    
wisdom no more in ,theman8  counsel is  
perished from her children3  their      
wisdom is become unprofitable4  #di3h4  
,flee and turn your backs1 go down into 
the deep hole1 ye inhabitants of ,dedan3
  for ,i have brought the destruction of
 ,esau upon him1 the time of his        
visitation4  #di3i4 ,if grapegatherers  
had come to thee1 would they not have   
left a bunch8  if thieves in the night1 
they would have taken what was enough   
for them4  #di3aj4 ,but ,i have made    
,esau bare1 ,i have revealed his        

secrets1 and he cannot be hid3  his seed
 is laid waste1 and his brethren1 and   
his neighbours1 and he shall not be4    
#di3aa4 ,leave thy fatherless children3 
,i will make them live3  and thy widows 
shall hope in me4  #di3ab4 ,for thus    
saith the ,lord3  ,behold they whose    
judgment was not to drink of the cup1   
shall certainly drink3  and shalt thou  
come off as innocent8  thou shalt not   
come off as innocent1 but drinking thou 
shalt drink4  #di3ac4 ,for ,i have sworn
 by myself1 saith the ,lord1 that ,bosra
 shall become a desolation1 and a       
reproach1 and a desert1 and a curse3    
and all her cities shall be everlasting 
wastes4  #di3ad4 ,i have heard a rumour 
from the ,lord1 and an ambassador is    
sent to the nations3  ,gather yourselves
 together1 and come against her1 and let
 us rise up to battle4  #di3ae4 ,for    
behold ,i have made thee a little one   
among the nations1 despicable among men4
  #di3af4 ,thy arrogancy hath deceived  
thee1 and the pride of thy heart3  ,o   

thou that dwellest in the clefts of the 
rock1 and endeavourest to lay hold on   
the height of the hill3  but though thou
 shouldst make thy nest as high as an   
eagle1 ,i will bring thee down from     
thence1 saith the ,lord4  #di3ag4 ,and  
,edom shall be desolate3  every one that
 shall pass by it1 shall be astonished1 
and shall hiss at all its plagues4      
#di3ah4 ,as ,sodom was overthrown and   
,gomorrha1 and the neighbours thereof1  
saith the ,lord3  there shall not a man 
dwell there1 and there shall no son of  
man inhabit it4  #di3ai4 ,behold one    
shall come up as a lion from the        
swelling of the ,jordan1 against the    
strong and beautiful3  for ,i will make 
him run suddenly upon her3  and who     
shall be the chosen one whom ,i may     
appoint over her8  for who is like to   
me8  and who shall abide me8  and who is
 that shepherd that can withstand my    
countenance8  #di3bj4 ,therefore hear ye
 the counsel of the ,lord1 which he hath
 taken concerning ,edom3  and his       

thoughts which he hath thought          
concerning the inhabitants of ,theman3  
surely the little ones of the flock     
shall cast them down1 of a truth they   
shall destroy them with their           
habitation4  #di3ba4 ,the earth is moved
 at the noise of their fall3  the cry of
 their voice is heard in the ,red ,sea4 
#di3bb4 ,behold he shall come up as an  
eagle1 and fly3  and he shall spread his
 wings over ,bosra3  and in that day the
 heart of the valiant ones of ,edom     
shall be as the heart of a woman in     
labour4  #di3bc4 ,against ,damascus4    
,emath is confounded and ,arphad3  for  
they have heard very bad tidings1 they  
are troubled as in the sea3  through    
care they could not rest4  #di3bd4      
,damascus is undone1 she is put to      
flight1 trembling hath seized on her3   
anguish and sorrows have taken her as a 
woman in labour4  #di3be4 ,how have they
 forsaken the city of renown1 the city  
of joy6  #di3bf4 ,therefore her young   
men shall fall in her streets3  and all 

the men of war shall be silent in that  
day1 saith the ,lord of hosts4  #di3bg4 
,and ,i will kindle a fire in the wall  
of ,damascus1 and it shall devour the   
strong holds of ,benadad4  #di3bh4      
,against ,cedar and against the kingdoms
 of ,asor1 which ,nabuchodonosor king of
 ,babylon destroyed4  ,thus saith the   
,lord3  ,arise1 and go ye up to ,cedar1 
and waste the children of the east4     
,cedar and ,asor4 4 4,were parts of     
,arabia2 which with ,moab1 ,ammon1      
,edom1 etc41 were all brought under the 
yoke of ,nabuchodonosor4  #di3bi4 ,they 
shall take their tents1 and their       
flocks3  and shall carry off for        
themselves their curtains1 and all their
 vessels1 and their camels3  and they   
shall call fear upon them round about4  
#di3cj4 ,flee ye1 get away speedily1 sit
 in deep holes1 you that inhabit ,asor1 
saith the ,lord3  for ,nabuchodonosor   
king of ,babylon hath taken counsel     
against you1 and hath conceived designs 
against you4  #di3ca4 ,arise1 and go up 

to a nation that is at ease1 and that   
dwelleth securely1 saith the ,lord3     
they have neither gates1 nor bars3  they
 dwell alone4  #di3cb4 ,and their camels
 shall be for a spoil and the multitude 
of their cattle for a booty1 and ,i will
 scatter into every wind them that have 
their hair cut round1 and ,i will bring 
destruction upon them from all their    
confines1 saith the ,lord4  #di3cc4 ,and
 ,asor shall be a habitation for        
dragons1 desolate for ever3 no man shall
 abide there1 nor son of man inhabit it4
  #di3cd4 ,the word of the ,lord that   
came to ,jeremias the prophet against   
,elam1 in the beginning of the reign of 
,sedecias king of ,juda1 saying3  ,elam4
 4 4,a part of ,persia4  #di3ce4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,behold ,i   
will break the bow of ,elam1 and their  
chief strength4  #di3cf4 ,and ,i will   
bring upon ,elam the four winds from the
 four quarters of heaven3  and ,i will  
scatter them into all these winds3  and 
there shall be no nation1 to which the  

fugitives of ,elam shall not come4      
#di3cg4 ,and ,i will cause ,elam to be  
afraid before their enemies1 and in the 
sight of them that seek their life3  and
 ,i will bring evil upon them1 my fierce
 wrath1 saith the ,lord3  and ,i will   
send the sword after them1 till ,i      
consume them4  #di3ch4 ,and ,i will set 
my throne in ,elam1 and destroy kings   
and princes from thence1 saith the      
,lord4  #di3ci4 ,but in the latter days 
,i will cause the captives of ,elam1 to 
return1 saith the ,lord4    ,jeremias   
,chapter #ej   ,babylon1 which hath     
afflicted the ,israelites1 after their  
restoration1 shall be utterly destroyed4
  #ej3a4 ,the word that the ,lord hath  
spoken against ,babylon1 and against the
 land of the ,chaldeans in the hand of  
,jeremias the prophet4  #ej3b4 ,declare 
ye among the nations1 and publish it1   
lift up a standard3 proclaim1 and       
conceal it not3  say3  ,babylon is      
taken1 ,bel is confounded1 ,merodach is 
overthrown1 their graven things are     

confounded1 their idols are overthrown4 
,bel1 etc4 4 4,bel and ,merodach were   
worshipped for gods by the men of       
,babylon4  #ej3c4 ,for a nation is come 
up against her out of the north1 which  
shall make her land desolate3  and there
 shall be none to dwell therein1 from   
man even to beast3  yea they are        
removed1 and gone away4  ,a nation1 etc4
 4 4,viz41 the ,medes4  #ej3d4 ,in those
 days1 and at that time1 saith the      
,lord1 the children of ,israel shall    
come1 they and the children of ,juda    
together3  going and weeping they shall 
make haste1 and shall seek the ,lord    
their ,god4  #ej3e4 ,they shall ask the 
way to ,sion1 their faces are           
hitherward4  ,they shall come1 and shall
 be joined to the ,lord by an           
everlasting covenant1 which shall never 
be forgotten4  #ej3f4 ,my people have   
been a lost flock1 their shepherds have 
caused them to go astray1 and have made 
them wander in the mountains3  they have
 gone from mountain to hill1 they have  

forgotten their resting place4  #ej3g4  
,all that found them1 have devoured     
them3  and their enemies said3 ,we have 
not sinned in so doing3  because they   
have sinned against the ,lord the beauty
 of justice1 and against the ,lord the  
hope of their fathers4  #ej3h4 ,remove  
out of the midst of ,babylon1 and go    
forth out of the land of the ,chaldeans3
  and be ye as kids at the head of the  
flock4  #ej3i4 ,for behold ,i raise up1 
and will bring against ,babylon an      
assembly of great nations from the land 
of the north3  and they shall be        
prepared against her1 and from thence   
she shall be taken3  their arrows1 like 
those of a mighty man1 a destroyer1     
shall not return in vain4  #ej3aj4 ,and 
,chaldea shall be made a prey3  all that
 waste her shall be filled1 saith the   
,lord4  #ej3aa4 ,because you rejoice1   
and speak great things1 pillaging my    
inheritance3  because you are spread    
abroad as calves upon the grass1 and    
have bellowed as bulls4  #ej3ab4 ,your  

mother is confounded exceedingly1 and   
she that bore you is made even with the 
dust3  behold she shall be the last     
among the nations1 a wilderness         
unpassable1 and dry4  #ej3ac4 ,because  
of the wrath of the ,lord it shall not  
be inhabited1 but shall be wholly       
desolate3  every one that shall pass by 
,babylon1 shall be astonished1 and shall
 hiss at all her plagues4  #ej3ad4      
,prepare yourselves against ,babylon    
round about1 all you that bend the bow3 
fight against her1 spare not arrows3    
because she hath sinned against the     
,lord4  #ej3ae4 ,shout against her1 she 
hath every where given her hand1 her    
foundations are fallen1 her walls are   
thrown down1 for it is the vengeance of 
the ,lord4  ,take vengeance upon her3   
as she hath done1 so do to her4  #ej3af4
 ,destroy the sower out of ,babylon1 and
 him that holdeth the sickle in the time
 of harvest3  for fear of the sword of  
the dove every man shall return to his  
people1 and every one shall flee to his 

own land4  ,the dove4 4 4,or the        
destroyer2 for the ,hebrew word         
signifies either the one or the other4  
#ej3ag4 ,israel is a scattered flock1   
the lions have driven him away3 first   
the king of ,assyria devoured him3  and 
last this ,nabuchodonosor king of       
,babylon hath broken his bones4  #ej3ah4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord of     
hosts the ,god of ,israel3  ,behold ,i  
will visit the king of ,babylon and his 
land1 as ,i have visited the king of    
,assyria4  #ej3ai4 ,and ,i will bring   
,israel again to his habitation3  and he
 shall feed on ,carmel1 and ,bason1 and 
his soul shall be satisfied in mount    
,ephraim1 and ,galaad4  #ej3bj4 ,in     
those days1 and at that time1 saith the 
,lord1 the iniquity of ,israel shall be 
sought for1 and there shall be none3    
and the sin of ,juda1 and there shall   
none be found3  for ,i will be merciful 
to them1 whom ,i shall leave4  #ej3ba4  
,go up against the land of the rulers1  
and punish the inhabitants thereof1     

waste1 and destroy all behind them1     
saith the ,lord3  and do according to   
all that ,i have commanded thee4        
#ej3bb4 ,a noise of war in the land1 and
 a great destruction4  #ej3bc4 ,how is  
the hammer of the whole earth broken1   
and destroyed6 how is ,babylon turned   
into a desert among the nations6        
#ej3bd4 ,i have caused thee to fall into
 a snare1 and thou art taken1 ,o        
,babylon1 and thou wast not aware of it3
  thou art found and caught1 because    
thou hast provoked the ,lord4  #ej3be4  
,the ,lord hath opened his armoury1 and 
hath brought forth the weapons of his   
wrath3  for the ,lord the ,god of hosts 
hath a work to be done in the land of   
the ,chaldeans4  #ej3bf4 ,come ye       
against her from the uttermost borders3 
open that they may go forth that shall  
tread her down3  take the stones out of 
the way1 and make heaps1 and destroy    
her3  and let nothing of her be left4   
#ej3bg4 ,destroy all her valiant men1   
let them go down to the slaughter3 woe  

to them1 for their day is come1 the time
 of their visitation4  #ej3bh4 ,the     
voice of them that flee1 and of them    
that have escaped out of the land of    
,babylon3  to declare in ,sion the      
revenge of the ,lord our ,god1 the      
revenge of his temple4  #ej3bi4 ,declare
 to many against ,babylon1 to all that  
bend the bow3  stand together against   
her round about1 and let none escape2   
pay her according to her work3          
according to all that she hath done1 do 
ye to her3  for she hath lifted up      
herself against the ,lord1 against the  
,holy ,one of ,israel4  #ej3cj4         
,therefore shall her young men fall in  
her streets3  and all her men of war    
shall hold their peace in that day1     
saith the ,lord4  #ej3ca4 ,behold ,i    
come against thee1 ,o proud one1 saith  
the ,lord the ,god of hosts3  for thy   
day is come1 the time of thy visitation4
  #ej3cb4 ,and the proud one shall fall1
 he shall fall down1 and there shall be 
none to lift him up3  and ,i will kindle

 a fire in his cities1 and it shall     
devour all round about him4  #ej3cc4    
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,the   
children of ,israel1 and the children of
 ,juda are oppressed together3  all that
 have taken them captives1 hold them    
fast1 they will not let them go4        
#ej3cd4 ,their redeemer is strong1 the  
,lord of hosts is his name3  he will    
defend their cause in judgment1 to      
terrify the land1 and to disquiet the   
inhabitants of ,babylon4  #ej3ce4 ,a    
sword is upon the ,chaldeans1 saith the 
,lord1 and upon the inhabitants of      
,babylon1 and upon her princes1 and upon
 her wise men4  #ej3cf4 ,a sword upon   
her diviners1 and they shall be foolish3
  a sword upon her valiant ones1 and    
they shall be dismayed4  #ej3cg4 ,a     
sword upon their horses1 and upon their 
chariots1 and upon all the people that  
are in the midst of her3  and they shall
 become as women3  a sword upon her     
treasures1 and they shall be made a     
spoil4  #ej3ch4 ,a drought upon her     

waters1 and they shall be dried up3     
because it is a land of idols1 and they 
glory in monstrous things4  #ej3ci4     
,therefore shall dragons dwell there    
with the fig fauns3  and ostriches shall
 dwell therein1 and it shall be no more 
inhabited for ever1 neither shall it be 
built up from generation to generation4 
,fig fauns4 4 4,monsters of the desert1 
or demons in monstrous shapes3 such as  
the ancients called fauns and satyrs2   
and as they imagined them to live upon  
wild figs1 they called them fauni       
ficarii or fig fauns4  #ej3dj4 ,as the  
,lord overthrew ,sodom and ,gomorrha1   
and their neighbour cities1 saith the   
,lord3  no man shall dwell there1       
neither shall the son of man inhabit it4
  #ej3da4 ,behold a people cometh from  
the north1 and a great nation1 and many 
kings shall rise from the ends of the   
earth4  #ej3db4 ,they shall take the bow
 and the shield3  they are cruel and    
unmerciful3  their voice shall roar like
 the sea1 and they shall ride upon      

horses3  like a man prepared for battle 
against thee1 ,o daughter of ,babylon4  
#ej3dc4 ,the king of ,babylon hath heard
 the report of them1 and his hands are  
grown feeble3  anguish hath taken hold  
of him1 pangs as a woman in labour4     
#ej3dd4 ,behold he shall come up like a 
lion from the swelling of the ,jordan to
 the strong and beautiful3  for ,i will 
make him run suddenly upon her3  and who
 shall be the chosen one whom ,i may    
appoint over her8 for who is like to me8
  and who shall bear up against me8  and
 who is that shepherd that can withstand
 my countenance8  #ej3de4 ,therefore    
hear ye the counsel of the ,lord1 which 
he hath taken against ,babylon3  and his
 thoughts which he hath thought against 
the land of the ,chaldeans3  surely the 
little ones of the flocks shall pull    
them down1 of a truth their habitation  
shall be destroyed with them4  #ej3df4  
,at the noise of the taking of ,babylon 
the earth is moved1 and the cry is heard
 amongst the nations4    ,jeremias      

,chapter #ea   ,the miseries that shall 
fall upon ,babylon from the ,medes3  the
 destruction of her idols4  #ea3a4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will raise
 up as it were a pestilential wind      
against ,babylon and against the        
inhabitants thereof1 who have lifted up 
their heart against me4  #ea3b4 ,and ,i 
will send to ,babylon fanners1 and they 
shall fan her1 and shall destroy her    
land3  for they are come upon her on    
every side in the day of her affliction4
  #ea3c4 ,let not him that bendeth1 bend
 his bow1 and let not him go up that is 
armed with a coat of mail3  spare not   
her young men1 destroy all her army4    
#ea3d4 ,and the slain shall fall in the 
land of the ,chaldeans1 and the wounded 
in the regions thereof4  #ea3e4 ,for    
,israel and ,juda have not been forsaken
 by their ,god the ,lord of hosts3  but 
their land hath been filled with sin    
against the ,holy ,one of ,israel4      
#ea3f4 ,flee ye from the midst of       
,babylon1 and let every one save his own

 life3  be not silent upon her iniquity3
  for it is the time of revenge from the
 ,lord1 he will render unto her what she
 hath deserved4  #ea3g4 ,babylon hath   
been a golden cup in the hand of the    
,lord1 that made all the earth drunk3   
the nations have drunk of her wine1 and 
therefore they have staggered4  #ea3h4  
,babylon is suddenly fallen1 and        
destroyed3  howl for her1 take balm for 
her pain1 if so she may be healed4      
#ea3i4 ,we would have cured ,babylon1   
but she is not healed3  let us forsake  
her1 and let us go every man to his own 
land3  because her judgment hath reached
 even to the heavens1 and is lifted up  
to the clouds4  #ea3aj4 ,the ,lord hath 
brought forth our justices3  ,come1 and 
let us declare in ,sion the work of the 
,lord our ,god4  #ea3aa4 ,sharpen the   
arrows1 fill the quivers1 the ,lord hath
 raised up the spirit of the kings of   
the ,medes3  and his mind is against    
,babylon to destroy it1 because it is   
the vengeance of the ,lord1 the         

vengeance of his temple4  #ea3ab4 ,upon 
the walls of ,babylon set up the        
standard1 strengthen the watch3  set up 
the watchmen1 prepare the ambushes3  for
 the ,lord hath both purposed1 and done 
all that he spoke against the           
inhabitants of ,babylon4  #ea3ac4 ,o    
thou that dwellest upon many waters1    
rich in treasures1 thy end is come for  
thy entire destruction4  #ea3ad4 ,the   
,lord of hosts hath sworn by himself1   
saying3  ,i will fill thee with men as  
with locusts1 and they shall lift up a  
joyful shout against thee4  #ea3ae4 ,he 
that made the earth by his power1 that  
hath prepared the world by his wisdom1  
and stretched out the heavens by his    
understanding4  #ea3af4 ,when he        
uttereth his voice the waters are       
multiplied in heaven3 he lifteth up the 
clouds from the ends of the earth1 he   
hath turned lightning into rain3  and   
hath brought forth the wind out of his  
treasures4  #ea3ag4 ,every man is become
 foolish by his knowledge3  every       

founder is confounded by his idol1 for  
what he hath cast is a lie1 and there is
 no breath in them4  #ea3ah4 ,they are  
vain works1 and worthy to be laughed at1
 in the time of their visitation they   
shall perish4  #ea3ai4 ,the portion of  
,jacob is not like them3  for he that   
made all things he it is1 and ,israel is
 the sceptre of his inheritance3  the   
,lord of hosts is his name4  #ea3bj4    
,thou dashest together for me the       
weapons of war1 and with thee ,i will   
dash nations together1 and with thee ,i 
will destroy kingdoms3  #ea3ba4 ,and    
with thee ,i will break in pieces the   
horse1 and his rider1 and with thee ,i  
will break in pieces the chariot1 and   
him that getteth up into it3  #ea3bb4   
,and with thee ,i will break in pieces  
man and woman1 and with thee ,i will    
break in pieces the old man and the     
child1 and with thee ,i will break in   
pieces the young man and the virgin3    
#ea3bc4 ,and with thee ,i will break in 
pieces the shepherd and his flock1 and  

with thee ,i will break in pieces the   
husbandman and his yoke of oxen1 and    
with thee ,i will break in pieces       
captains and rulers4  #ea3bd4 ,and ,i   
will render to ,babylon1 and to all the 
inhabitants of ,chaldea all their evil1 
that they have done in ,sion1 before    
your eyes1 saith the ,lord4  #ea3be4    
,behold ,i come against thee1 thou      
destroying mountain1 saith the ,lord1   
which corruptest the whole earth3  and  
,i will stretch out my hand upon thee1  
and will roll thee down from the rocks1 
and will make thee a burnt mountain4    
#ea3bf4 ,and they shall not take of thee
 a stone for the corner1 nor a stone for
 foundations1 but thou shalt be         
destroyed for ever1 saith the ,lord4    
#ea3bg4 ,set ye up a standard in the    
land3  sound with the trumpet among the 
nations3  prepare the nations against   
her3  call together against her the     
kings of ,ararat1 ,menni1 and ,ascenez3 
number ,taphsar against her1 bring the  
horse as the stinging locust4  #ea3bh4  

,prepare the nations against her1 the   
kings of ,media1 their captains1 and all
 their rulers1 and all the land of their
 dominion4  #ea3bi4 ,and the land shall 
be in a commotion1 and shall be         
troubled3  for the design of the ,lord  
against ,babylon shall awake1 to make   
the land of ,babylon desert and         
uninhabitable4  #ea3cj4 ,the valiant men
 of ,babylon have forborne to fight1    
they have dwelt in holds3  their        
strength hath failed1 and they are      
become as women3  her dwelling places   
are burnt1 her bars are broken4  #ea3ca4
 ,one running post shall meet another1  
and messenger shall meet messenger3  to 
tell the king of ,babylon that his city 
is taken from one end to the other3     
#ea3cb4 ,and that the fords are taken1  
and the marshes are burnt with fire1 and
 the men of war are affrighted4  #ea3cc4
 ,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts the 
,god of ,israel3  ,the daughter of      
,babylon is like a thrashingfloor1 this 
is the time of her thrashing3 yet a     

little while1 and the time of her       
harvest shall come4  #ea3cd4            
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon hath   
eaten me up1 he hath devoured me3  he   
hath made me as an empty vessel3  he    
hath swallowed me up like a dragon1 he  
hath filled his belly with my delicate  
meats1 and he hath cast me out4  #ea3ce4
 ,the wrong done to me1 and my flesh be 
upon ,babylon1 saith the habitation of  
,sion3  and my blood upon the           
inhabitants of ,chaldea1 saith          
,jerusalem4  #ea3cf4 ,therefore thus    
saith the ,lord3  ,behold ,i will judge 
thy cause1 and will take vengeance for  
thee1 and ,i will make her sea desolate1
 ,i and will dry up her spring4  #ea3cg4
 ,and ,babylon shall be reduced to      
heaps1 a dwelling place for dragons1 an 
astonishment and a hissing1 because     
there is no inhabitant4  #ea3ch4 ,they  
shall roar together like lions1 they    
shall shake their manes like young      
lions4  #ea3ci4 ,in their heat ,i will  
set them drink3  and ,i will make them  

drunk1 that they may slumber1 and sleep 
an everlasting sleep1 and awake no more1
 saith the ,lord4  #ea3dj4 ,i will bring
 them down like lambs to the slaughter1 
and like rams with kids4  #ea3da4 ,how  
is ,sesach taken1 and the renowned one  
of all the earth surprised8  ,how is    
,babylon become an astonishment among   
the nations8  #ea3db4 ,the sea is come  
up over ,babylon 3  she is covered with 
the multitude of the waves thereof4     
#ea3dc4 ,her cities are become an       
astonishment1 a land uninhabited and    
desolate1 a land wherein none can dwell1
 nor son of man pass through it4        
#ea3dd4 ,and ,i will visit against ,bel 
in ,babylon1 and ,i will bring forth out
 of his mouth that which he had         
swallowed down3  and the nations shall  
no more flow together to him1 for the   
wall also of ,babylon shall fall4       
#ea3de4 ,go out of the midst of her1 my 
people3  that every man may save his    
life from the fierce wrath of the ,lord4
  #ea3df4 ,and lest your hearts faint1  

and ye fear for the rumour that shall be
 heard in the land3  and a rumour shall 
come in one year1 and after this year   
another rumour3  and iniquity in the    
land1 and ruler upon ruler4  #ea3dg4    
,therefore behold the days come1 and ,i 
will visit the idols of ,babylon3  and  
her whole land shall be confounded1 and 
all her slain shall fall in the midst of
 her4  #ea3dh4 ,and the heavens and the 
earth1 and all things that are in them  
shall give praise for ,babylon3  for    
spoilers shall come to her from the     
north1 saith the ,lord4  #ea3di4 ,and as
 ,babylon caused that there should fall 
slain in ,israel3  so of ,babylon there 
shall fall slain in all the earth4      
#ea3ej4 ,you that have escaped the      
sword1 come away1 stand not still3      
remember the ,lord afar off1 and let    
,jerusalem come into your mind4  #ea3ea4
 ,we are confounded1 because we have    
heard reproach3  shame hath covered our 
faces3  because strangers are come upon 
the sanctuaries of the house of the     

,lord4  #ea3eb4 ,therefore behold the   
days come1 saith the ,lord1 and ,i will 
visit her graven things1 and in all her 
land the wounded shall groan3  #ea3ec4  
,if ,babylon should mount up to heaven1 
and establish her strength on high3     
from me there should come spoilers upon 
her1 saith the ,lord4  #ea3ed4 ,the     
noise of a cry from ,babylon1 and great 
destruction from the land of the        
,chaldeans3  #ea3ee4 ,because the ,lord 
hath laid ,babylon waste1 and destroyed 
out of her the great voice3  and their  
wave shall roar like many waters3  their
 voice hath made a noise3  #ea3ef4      
,because the spoiler is come upon her1  
that is1 upon ,babylon1 and her valiant 
men are taken1 and their bow is         
weakened1 because the ,lord1 who is a   
strong revenger1 will surely repay4     
#ea3eg4 ,and ,i will make her princes   
drunk1 and her wise men1 and her        
captains1 and her rulers1 and her       
valiant men3  and they shall sleep an   
everlasting sleep1 and shall awake no   

more1 saith the king whose name is ,lord
 of hosts4  #ea3eh4 ,thus saith the     
,lord of hosts3  ,that broad wall of    
,babylon shall be utterly broken down1  
and her high gates shall be burnt with  
fire1 and the labours of the people     
shall come to nothing1 and of the       
nations shall go to the fire1 and shall 
perish4  #ea3ei4 ,the word that         
,jeremias the prophet commanded ,saraias
 the son of ,nerias1 the son of         
,maasias1 when he went with king        
,sedecias to ,babylon1 in the fourth    
year of his reign3  now ,saraias was    
chief over the prophecy4  #ea3fj4 ,and  
,jeremias wrote in one book all the evil
 that was to come upon ,babylon3  all   
these words that are written against    
,babylon4  #ea3fa4 ,and ,jeremias said  
to ,saraias3  ,when thou shalt come into
 ,babylon1 and shalt see1 and shalt read
 all these words1  #ea3fb4 ,thou shalt  
say3  ,o ,lord1 thou hast spoken against
 this place to destroy it3  so that     
there should be neither man nor beast to

 dwell therein1 and that it should be   
desolate for ever4  #ea3fc4 ,and when   
thou shalt have made an end of reading  
this book1 thou shalt tie a stone to it1
 and shalt throw it into the midst of   
the ,euphrates3  #ea3fd4 ,and thou shalt
 say3  ,thus shall ,babylon sink1 and   
she shall not rise up from the          
affliction that ,i will bring upon her1 
and she shall be utterly destroyed4     
,thus far are the words of ,jeremias4   
,jeremias ,chapter #eb   ,a             
recapitulation of the reign of          
,sedecias1 and the destruction of       
,jerusalem4  ,the number of the         
captives4  #eb3a4 ,sedecias was one and 
twenty years old when he began to reign3
  and he reigned eleven years in        
,jerusalem3  and the name of his mother 
was ,amital1 the daughter of ,jeremias  
of ,lobna4  #eb3b4 ,and he did that     
which was evil in the eyes of the ,lord1
 according to all that ,joakim had done4
  #eb3c4 ,for the wrath of the ,lord was
 against ,jerusalem1 and against ,juda1 

till he cast them out from his presence3
  and ,sedecias revolted from the king  
of ,babylon4  #eb3d4 ,and it came to    
pass in the ninth year of his reign1 in 
the tenth month1 the tenth day of the   
month1 that ,nabuchodonosor the king of 
,babylon came1 he and all his army1     
against ,jerusalem1 and they besieged   
it1 and built forts against it round    
about4  #eb3e4 ,and the city was        
besieged until the eleventh year of king
 ,sedecias4  #eb3f4 ,and in the fourth  
month1 the ninth day of the month1 a    
famine overpowered the city3  and there 
was no food for the people of the land4 
#eb3g4 ,and the city was broken up1 and 
the men of war fled1 and went out of the
 city in the night by the way of the    
gate that is between the two walls1 and 
leadeth to the king's garden1 7the      
,chaldeans besieging the city round     
about17 and they went by the way that   
leadeth to the wilderness4  #eb3h4 ,but 
the army of the ,chaldeans pursued after
 the king3  and they overtook ,sedecias 

in the desert which is near ,jericho3   
and all his companions were scattered   
from him4  #eb3i4 ,and when they had    
taken the king1 they carried him to the 
king of ,babylon to ,reblatha1 which is 
in the land of ,emath3  and he gave     
judgment upon him4  #eb3aj4 ,and the    
king of ,babylon slew the sons of       
,sedecias before his eyes3  and he slew 
all the princes of ,juda in ,reblatha4  
#eb3aa4 ,and he put out the eyes of     
,sedecias1 and bound him with fetters1  
and the king of ,babylon brought him    
into ,babylon1 and he put him in prison 
till the day of his death4  #eb3ab4 ,and
 in the fifth month1 the tenth day of   
the month1 the same is the nineteenth   
year of ,nabuchodonosor1 king of        
,babylon1 came ,nabuzardan the general  
of the army1 who stood before the king  
of ,babylon in ,jerusalem4  #eb3ac4 ,and
 he burnt the house of the ,lord1 and   
the king's house1 and all the houses of 
,jerusalem1 and every great house he    
burnt with fire4  #eb3ad4 ,and all the  

army of the ,chaldeans that were with   
the general broke down all the wall of  
,jerusalem round about4  #eb3ae4 ,but   
,nabuzardan the general carried away    
captives some of the poor people1 and of
 the rest of the common sort who        
remained in the city1 and of the        
fugitives that were fled over to the    
king of ,babylon1 and the rest of the   
multitude4  #eb3af4 ,but of the poor of 
the land1 ,nabuzardan the general left  
some for vinedressers1 and for          
husbandmen4  #eb3ag4 ,the ,chaldeans    
also broke in pieces the brazen pillars 
that were in the house of the ,lord1 and
 the bases1 and the sea of brass that   
was in the house of the ,lord3  and they
 carried all the brass of them to       
,babylon4  #eb3ah4 ,and they took the   
caldrons1 and the fleshhooks1 and the   
psalteries1 and the bowls1 and the      
little mortars1 and all the brazen      
vessels that had been used in the       
ministry3  and  #eb3ai4 ,the general    
took away the pitchers1 and the censers1

 and the pots1 and the basins1 and the  
candlesticks1 and the mortars1 and the  
cups3  as many as were of gold1 in gold3
  and as many as were of silver1 in     
silver3  #eb3bj4 ,and the two pillars1  
and one sea1 and twelve oxen of brass   
that were under the bases1 which king   
,solomon had made in the house of the   
,lord3  there was no weight of the brass
 of all these vessels4  #eb3ba4 ,and    
concerning the pillars1 one pillar was  
eighteen cubits high3 and a cord of     
twelve cubits compassed it about3  but  
the thickness thereof was four fingers1 
and it was hollow within4  #eb3bb4 ,and 
chapiters of brass were upon both3  and 
the height of one chapiter was five     
cubits3  and network1 and pomegranates  
were upon the chapiters round about1 all
 of brass4  ,the same of the second     
pillar1 and the pomegranates4  #eb3bc4  
,and there were ninety-six pomegranates 
hanging down3  and the pomegranates     
being a hundred in all1 were compassed  
with network4  #eb3bd4 ,and the general 

took ,saraias the chief priest1 and     
,sophonias the second priest1 and the   
three keepers of the entry4  #eb3be4 ,he
 also took out of the city one eunuch   
that was chief over the men of war3  and
 seven men of them that were near the   
king's person1 that were found in the   
city3  and a scribe1 an officer of the  
army who exercised the young soldiers3  
and threescore men of the people of the 
land1 that were found in the midst of   
the city4  #eb3bf4 ,and ,nabuzardan the 
general took them1 and brought them to  
the king of ,babylon1 to ,reblatha4     
#eb3bg4 ,and the king of ,babylon struck
 them1 and put them to death in         
,reblatha1 in the land of ,emath3  and  
,juda was carried away captive out of   
his land4  #eb3bh4 ,this is the people  
whom ,nabuchodonosor carried away       
captive3  in the seventh year1 three    
thousand and twenty-three ,jews4        
#eb3bi4 ,in the eighteenth year of      
,nabuchodonosor1 eight hundred and      
thirty-two souls from ,jerusalem4       

#eb3cj4 ,in the three and twentieth year
 of ,nabuchodonosor1 ,nabuzardan the    
general carried away of the ,jews seven 
hundred and forty-five souls4  ,so all  
the souls were four thousand six        
hundred4  #eb3ca4 ,and it came to pass  
in the seven and thirtieth year of the  
captivity of ,joachin king of ,juda1 in 
the twelfth month1 the five and         
twentieth day of the month1 that        
,evilmerodach king of ,babylon1 in the  
first year of his reign1 lifted up the  
head of ,joachin king of ,juda1 and     
brought him forth out of prison4        
#eb3cb4 ,and he spoke kindly to him1 and
 he set his throne above the thrones of 
the kings that were with him in         
,babylon4  #eb3cc4 ,and he changed his  
prison garments1 and he ate bread before
 him always all the days of his life4   
#eb3cd4 ,and for his diet a continual   
provision was allowed him by the king of
 ,babylon1 every day a portion1 until   
the day of his death1 all the days of   
his life4     ,,the ,,lamentations ,,of 

,,jeremias    ,in these ,,jeremias      
laments in a most pathetical manner the 
miseries of his people1 and the         
destruction of ,,jerusalem and the      
temple1 in ,hebrew verses1 beginning    
with different letters according to the 
order of the ,hebrew alphabet4          
,lamentations ,chapter #a   ,,preface3  
,and it came to pass1 after ,israel was 
carried into captivity1 and ,jerusalem  
was desolate1 that ,jeremias the prophet
 sat weeping1 and mourned with this     
lamentation over ,jerusalem1 and with a 
sorrowful mind1 sighing and moaning1 he 
said3  ,and it came to pass1 etc4 4     
4,this preface was not written by       
,jeremias1 but was added by the seventy 
interpreters1 to give the reader to     
understand upon what occasion the       
,lamentations were published4  #a3a4    
,aleph4  ,how doth the city sit solitary
 that was full of people6 how is the    
mistress of the ,gentiles become as a   
widow3  the princes of provinces made   
tributary6  #a3b4 ,beth4  ,weeping1 she 

hath wept in the night1 and her tears   
are on her cheeks3  there is none to    
comfort her among all them that were    
dear to her3  all her friends have      
despised her1 and are become her        
enemies4  #a3c4 ,ghimel4  ,juda hath    
removed her dwelling place1 because of  
her affliction1 and the greatness of her
 bondage2 she hath dwelt among the      
nations1 and she hath found no rest2 all
 her persecutors have taken her in the  
midst of straits4  #a3d4 ,daleth4  ,the 
ways of ,sion mourn1 because there are  
none that come to the solemn feast3  all
 her gates are broken down2 her priests 
sigh2 her virgins are in affliction2 and
 she is oppressed with bitterness4      
#a3e4 ,he4  ,her adversaries are become 
her lords2 her enemies are enriched2    
because the ,lord hath spoken against   
her for the multitude of her iniquities2
 her children are led into captivity1   
before the face of the oppressor4  #a3f4
 ,vau4  ,and from the daughter of ,sion1
 all her beauty is departed2 her princes

 are become like rams that find no      
pastures2 and they are gone away without
 strength before the face of the        
pursuer4  #a3g4 ,zain4  ,jerusalem hath 
remembered the days of her affliction1  
and prevarication of all her desirable  
things which she had from the days of   
old1 when her people fell in the enemy's
 hand1 and there was no helper2 the     
enemies have seen her1 and have mocked  
at her sabbaths4  #a3h4 ,heth4          
,jerusalem hath grievously sinned1      
therefore is she become unstable2 all   
that honoured her1 have despised her1   
because they have seen her shame2 but   
she sighed1 and turned backward4  #a3i4 
,teth4  ,her filthiness is on her feet1 
and she hath not remembered her end2 she
 is wonderfully cast down1 not having a 
comforter3  behold1 ,o ,lord1 my        
affliction1 because the enemy is lifted 
up4  #a3aj4 ,jod4  ,the enemy hath put  
out his hand to all her desirable       
things3 for she hath seen the ,gentiles 
enter into her sanctuary1 of whom thou  

gavest commandment that they should not 
enter into thy church4  #a3aa4 ,caph4   
,all her people sigh1 they seek bread3  
they have given all their precious      
things for food to relieve the soul3    
see1 ,o ,lord1 and consider1 for ,i am  
become vile4  #a3ab4 ,lamed4  ,o all ye 
that pass by the way1 attend1 and see if
 there be any sorrow like to my sorrow3 
for he hath made a vintage of me1 as the
 ,lord spoke in the day of his fierce   
anger4  #a3ac4 ,mem4  ,from above he    
hath sent fire into my bones1 and hath  
chastised me3  he hath spread a net for 
my feet1 he hath turned me back3 he hath
 made me desolate1 wasted with sorrow   
all the day long4  #a3ad4 ,nun4  ,the   
yoke of my iniquities hath watched3     
they are folded together in his hand1   
and put upon my neck3  my strength is   
weakened3 the ,lord hath delivered me   
into a hand1 out of which ,i am not able
 to rise4  #a3ae4 ,samech4  ,the ,lord  
hath taken away all my mighty men out of
 the midst of me3  he hath called       

against me the time1 to destroy my      
chosen men3  the ,lord hath trodden the 
winepress for the virgin daughter of    
,juda4  #a3af4 ,ain4  ,therefore do ,i  
weep1 and my eyes run down with water3  
because the comforter1 the relief of my 
soul1 is far from me3  my children are  
desolate because the enemy hath         
prevailed4  #a3ag4 ,phe4  ,sion hath    
spread forth her hands1 there is none to
 comfort her3  the ,lord hath commanded 
against ,jacob1 his enemies are round   
about him3  ,jerusalem is as a          
menstruous woman among them4  #a3ah4    
,sade4  ,the ,lord is just1 for ,i have 
provoked his mouth to wrath3 hear1 ,i   
pray you1 all ye people1 and see my     
sorrow3  my virgins1 and my young men   
are gone into captivity4  #a3ai4 ,coph4 
,i called for my friends1 but they      
deceived me3  my priests and my ancients
 pined away in the city3  while they    
sought their food1 to relieve their     
souls4  #a3bj4 ,res4  ,behold1 ,o ,lord1
 for ,i am in distress1 my bowels are   

troubled3  my heart is turned within me1
 for ,i am full of bitterness3 abroad   
the sword destroyeth and at home there  
is death alike4  #a3ba4 ,sin4  ,they    
have heard that ,i sigh1 and there is   
none to comfort me3  all my enemies have
 heard of my evil1 they have rejoiced   
that thou hast done it3  thou hast      
brought a day of consolation1 and they  
shall be like unto me4  #a3bb4 ,thau4   
,let all their evil be present before   
thee3  and make vintage of them1 as thou
 hast made vintage of me for all my     
iniquities3  for my sighs are many1 and 
my heart is sorrowful4    ,lamentations 
,chapter #b   #b3a4 ,aleph4  ,how hath  
the ,lord covered with obscurity the    
daughter of ,sion in his wrath6 how hath
 he cast down from heaven to the earth  
the glorious one of ,israel1 and hath   
not remembered his footstool in the day 
of his anger4  #b3b4 ,beth4  ,the ,lord 
hath cast down headlong1 and hath not   
spared1 all that was beautiful in       
,jacob3  he hath destroyed in his wrath 

the strong holds of the virgin of ,juda1
 and brought them down to the ground3   
he hath made the kingdom unclean1 and   
the princes thereof4  #b3c4 ,ghimel4    
,he hath broken in his fierce anger all 
the horn of ,israel3 he hath drawn back 
his right hand from before the enemy3   
and he hath kindled in ,jacob as it were
 a flaming fire devouring round about4  
#b3d4 ,daleth4  ,he hath bent his bow as
 an enemy1 he hath fixed his right hand 
as an adversary3  and he hath killed all
 that was fair to behold in the         
tabernacle of the daughter of ,sion1 he 
hath poured out his indignation like    
fire4  #b3e4 ,he4  ,the ,lord is become 
as an enemy3  he hath cast down ,israel 
headlong1 he hath overthrown all the    
walls thereof3  he hath destroyed his   
strong holds1 and hath multiplied in the
 daughter of ,juda the afflicted1 both  
men and women4  #b3f4 ,vau4  ,and he    
hath destroyed his tent as a garden1 he 
hath thrown down his tabernacle3  the   
,lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to

 be forgotten in ,sion3  and hath       
delivered up king and priest to         
reproach1 and to the indignation of his 
wrath4  #b3g4 ,zain4  ,the ,lord hath   
cast off his altar1 he hath cursed his  
sanctuary3  he hath delivered the walls 
of the towers thereof into the hand of  
the enemy3  they have made a noise in   
the house of the ,lord1 as in the day of
 a solemn feast4  ,he hath cursed his   
sanctuary4 4 4,that is1 he permitted his
 sanctuary to be destroyed1 as if it had
 not been consecrated1 but execrable4   
#b3h4 ,heth4  ,the ,lord hath purposed  
to destroy the wall of the daughter of  
,sion3  he hath stretched out his line1 
and hath not withdrawn his hand from    
destroying3  and the bulwark hath       
mourned1 and the wall hath been         
destroyed together4  #b3i4 ,teth4  ,her 
gates are sunk into the ground3  he hath
 destroyed1 and broken her bars3  her   
king and her princes are among the      
,gentiles3  the law is no more1 and her 
prophets have found no vision from the  

,lord4  #b3aj4 ,jod4  ,the ancients of  
the daughter of ,sion sit upon the      
ground1 they have held their peace3     
they have sprinkled their heads with    
dust1 they are girded with haircloth1   
the virgins of ,jerusalem hang down     
their heads to the ground4  #b3aa4      
,caph4  ,my eyes have failed with       
weeping1 my bowels are troubled3 my     
liver is poured out upon the earth1 for 
the destruction of the daughter of my   
people1 when the children1 and the      
sucklings1 fainted away in the streets  
of the city4  #b3ab4 ,lamed4  ,they said
 to their mothers3  ,where is corn and  
wine8  when they fainted away as the    
wounded in the streets of the city3     
when they breathed out their souls in   
the bosoms of their mothers4  #b3ac4    
,mem4  ,to what shall ,i compare thee8  
or to what shall ,i liken thee1 ,o      
daughter of ,jerusalem8  to what shall  
,i equal thee1 that ,i may comfort thee1
 ,o virgin daughter of ,sion8  for great
 as the sea is thy destruction3  who    

shall heal thee8  #b3ad4 ,nun4  ,thy    
prophets have seen false and foolish    
things for thee3 and they have not laid 
open thy iniquity1 to excite thee to    
penance3 but they have seen for thee    
false revelations and banishments4      
#b3ae4 ,samech4  ,all they that passed  
by the way have clapped their hands at  
thee3  they have hissed1 and wagged     
their heads at the daughter of          
,jerusalem1 saying3  ,is this the city  
of perfect beauty1 the joy of all the   
earth8  #b3af4 ,phe4  ,all thy enemies  
have opened their month against thee3   
they have hissed1 and gnashed with the  
teeth1 and have said3  ,we will swallow 
her up3  lo1 this is the day which we   
looked for3  we have found it1 we have  
seen it4  #b3ag4 ,ain4  ,the ,lord hath 
done that which he purposed1 he hath    
fulfilled his word1 which he commanded  
in the days of old3  he hath destroyed1 
and hath not spared1 and he hath caused 
the enemy to rejoice over thee1 and hath
 set up the horn of thy adversaries4    

#b3ah4 ,sade4  ,their heart cried to the
 ,lord upon the walls of the daughter of
 ,sion3  ,let tears run down like a     
torrent day and night3  give thyself no 
rest1 and let not the apple of thy eye  
cease4  #b3ai4 ,coph4  ,arise1 give     
praise in the night1 in the beginning of
 the watches3  pour out thy heart like  
water1 before the face of the ,lord3    
lift up thy hands to him for the life of
 thy little children1 that have fainted 
for hunger at the top of all the        
streets4  #b3bj4 ,res4  ,behold1 ,o     
,lord1 and consider whom thou hast thus 
dealt with3 shall women then eat their  
own fruit1 their children of a span     
long8 shall the priest and the prophet  
be slain in the sanctuary of the ,lord8 
#b3ba4 ,sin4  ,the child and the old man
 lie without on the ground3  my virgins 
and my young men are fallen by the      
sword3  thou hast slain them in the day 
of thy wrath3  thou hast killed1 and    
shewn them no pity4  #b3bb4 ,thau4      
,thou hast called as to a festival1     

those that should terrify me round      
about1 and there was none in the day of 
the wrath of the ,lord that escaped and 
was left3  those that ,i brought up1 and
 nourished1 my enemy hath consumed them4
    ,lamentations ,chapter #c   #c3a4   
,aleph4  ,i am the man that see my      
poverty by the rod of his indignation4  
#c3b4 ,aleph4  ,he hath led me1 and     
brought me into darkness1 and not into  
light4  #c3c4 ,aleph4  ,only against me 
he hath turned1 and turned again his    
hand all the day4  #c3d4 ,beth4  ,my    
skin and my flesh he hath made old1 he  
hath broken my bones4  #c3e4 ,beth4  ,he
 hath built round about me1 and he hath 
compassed me with gall1 and labour4     
#c3f4 ,beth4  ,he hath set me in dark   
places as those that are dead for ever4 
#c3g4 ,ghimel4  ,he hath built against  
me round about1 that ,i may not get out3
  he hath made my fetters heavy4  #c3h4 
,ghimel4  ,yea1 and when ,i cry1 and    
entreat1 he hath shut out my prayer4    
#c3i4 ,ghimel4  ,he hath shut up my ways

 with square stones1 he hath turned my  
paths upside down4  #c3aj4 ,daleth4  ,he
 is become to me as a bear lying in     
wait3  as a lion in secret places4      
#c3aa4 ,daleth4  ,he hath turned aside  
my paths1 and hath broken me in pieces1 
he hath made me desolate4  #c3ab4       
,daleth4  ,he hath bent his bow1 and set
 me as a mark for his arrows4  #c3ac4   
,he4  ,he hath shot into my reins the   
daughters of his quiver4  #c3ad4 ,he4   
,i am made a derision to all my people1 
their song all the day long4  #c3ae4    
,he4  ,he hath filled me with           
bitterness1 he hath inebriated me with  
wormwood4  #c3af4 ,vau4  ,and he hath   
broken my teeth one by one1 he hath fed 
me with ashes4  #c3ag4 ,vau4  ,and my   
soul is removed far off from peace1 ,i  
have forgotten good things4  #c3ah4     
,vau4  ,and ,i said3  ,my end and my    
hope is perished from the ,lord4  #c3ai4
 ,zain4  ,remember my poverty1 and      
transgression1 the wormwood and the     
gall4  #c3bj4 ,zain4  ,i will be mindful

 and remember1 and my soul shall        
languish within me4  #c3ba4 ,zain4      
,these things ,i shall think over in my 
heart1 therefore will ,i hope4  #c3bb4  
,heth4  ,the mercies of the ,lord that  
we are not consumed3  because his       
commiserations have not failed4  #c3bc4 
,heth4  ,they are new every morning1    
great is thy faithfulness4  #c3bd4      
,heth4  ,the ,lord is my portion1 said  
my soul3  therefore will ,i wait for    
him4  #c3be4 ,teth4  ,the ,lord is good 
to them that hope in him1 to the soul   
that seeketh him4  #c3bf4 ,teth4  ,it is
 good to wait with silence for the      
salvation of ,god4  #c3bg4 ,teth4  ,it  
is good for a man1 when he hath borne   
the yoke from his youth4  #c3bh4 ,jod4  
,he shall sit solitary1 and hold his    
peace3  because he hath taken it up upon
 himself4  #c3bi4 ,jod4  ,he shall put  
his mouth in the dust1 if so be there   
may be hope4  #c3cj4 ,jod4  ,he shall   
give his cheek to him that striketh him1
 he shall be filled with reproaches4    

#c3ca4 ,caph4  ,for the ,lord will not  
cast off for ever4  #c3cb4 ,caph4  ,for 
if he hath cast off1 he will also have  
mercy1 according to the multitude of his
 mercies4  #c3cc4 ,caph4  ,for he hath  
not willingly afflicted1 nor cast off   
the children of men4  #c3cd4 ,lamed4    
,to crush under his feet all the        
prisoners of the land1  #c3ce4 ,lamed4  
,to turn aside the judgment of a man    
before the face of the most ,high1      
#c3cf4 ,lamed4  ,to destroy a man       
wrongfully in his judgment1 the ,lord   
hath not approved4  #c3cg4 ,mem4  ,who  
is he that hath commanded a thing to be 
done1 when the ,lord commandeth it not8 
#c3ch4 ,mem4  ,shall not both evil and  
good proceed out of the mouth of the    
,highest8  #c3ci4 ,mem4  ,why hath a    
living man murmured1 man suffering for  
his sins8  #c3dj4 ,nun4  ,let us search 
our ways1 and seek1 and return to the   
,lord4  #c3da4 ,nun4  ,let us lift up   
our hearts with our hands to the ,lord  
in the heavens4  #c3db4 ,nun4  ,we have 

done wickedly1 and provoked thee to     
wrath3  therefore thou art inexorable4  
#c3dc4 ,samech4  ,thou hast covered in  
thy wrath1 and hast struck us3  thou    
hast killed and hast not spared4  #c3dd4
 ,samech4  ,thou hast set a cloud before
 thee1 that our prayer may not pass     
through4  #c3de4 ,samech4  ,thou hast   
made me as an outcast1 and refuse in the
 midst of the people4  #c3df4 ,phe4     
,all our enemies have opened their      
mouths against us4  #c3dg4 ,phe4        
,prophecy is become to us a fear1 and a 
snare1 and destruction4  #c3dh4 ,phe4   
,my eye hath run down with streams of   
water1 for the destruction of the       
daughter of my people4  #c3di4 ,ain4    
,my eye is afflicted1 and hath not been 
quiet1 because there was no rest3       
#c3ej4 ,ain4  ,till the ,lord regarded  
and looked down from the heavens4       
#c3ea4 ,ain4  ,my eye hath wasted my    
soul because of all the daughters of my 
city4  #c3eb4 ,sade4  ,my enemies have  
chased me and caught me like a bird1    

without cause4  #c3ec4 ,sade4  ,my life 
is fallen into the pit1 and they have   
laid a stone over me4  #c3ed4 ,sade4    
,waters have flowed over my head3  ,i   
said3  ,i am cut off4  #c3ee4 ,coph4  ,i
 have called upon thy name1 ,o ,lord1   
from the lowest pit4  #c3ef4 ,coph4     
,thou hast heard my voice3  turn not    
away thy ear from my sighs1 and cries4  
#c3eg4 ,coph4  ,thou drewest near in the
 day1 when ,i called upon thee1 thou    
saidst3  ,fear not4  #c3eh4 ,res4  ,thou
 hast judged1 ,o ,lord1 the cause of my 
soul1 thou the ,redeemer of my life4    
#c3ei4 ,res4  ,thou hast seen1 ,o ,lord1
 their iniquity against me3  judge thou 
my judgment4  #c3fj4 ,res4  ,thou hast  
seen all their fury1 and all their      
thoughts against me4  #c3fa4 ,sin4      
,thou hast heard their reproach1 ,o     
,lord1 all their imaginations against   
me4  #c3fb4 ,sin4  ,the lips of them    
that rise up against me3  and their     
devices against me all the day4  #c3fc4 
,sin4  ,behold their sitting down1 and  

their rising up1 ,i am their song4      
#c3fd4 ,thau4  ,thou shalt render them a
 recompense1 ,o ,lord1 according to the 
works of their hands4  #c3fe4 ,thau4    
,thou shalt give them a buckler of      
heart1 thy labour4  #c3ff4 ,thau4  ,thou
 shalt persecute them in anger1 and     
shalt destroy them from under the       
heavens1 ,o ,lord4    ,lamentations     
,chapter #d   #d3a4 ,aleph4  ,how is the
 gold become dim1 the finest colour is  
changed1 the stones of the sanctuary are
 scattered in the top of every street8  
#d3b4 ,beth4  ,the noble sons of ,sion1 
and they that were clothed with the best
 gold3  how are they esteemed as earthen
 vessels1 the work of the potter's      
hands8  #d3c4 ,ghimel4  ,even the sea   
monsters have drawn out the breast1 they
 have given suck to their young3  the   
daughter of my people is cruel1 like the
 ostrich in the desert4  #d3d4 ,daleth4 
,the tongue of the sucking child hath   
stuck to the roof of his mouth for      
thirst3  the little ones have asked for 

bread1 and there was none to break it   
unto them4  #d3e4 ,he4  ,they that were 
fed delicately have died in the streets3
  they that were brought up in scarlet  
have embraced the dung4  #d3f4 ,vau4    
,and the iniquity of the daughter of my 
people is made greater than the sin of  
,sodom1 which was overthrown in a       
moment1 and hands took nothing in her4  
#d3g4 ,zain4  ,her ,nazarites were      
whiter than snow1 purer than milk1 more 
ruddy than the old ivory1 fairer than   
the sapphire4  #d3h4 ,heth4  ,their face
 is now made blacker than coals1 and    
they are not known in the streets3      
their skin hath stuck to their bones1 it
 is withered1 and is become like wood4  
#d3i4 ,teth4  ,it was better with them  
that were slain by the sword1 than with 
them that died with hunger3  for these  
pined away being consumed for want of   
the fruits of the earth4  #d3aj4 ,jod4  
,the hands of the pitiful women have    
sodden their own children3  they were   
their meat in the destruction of the    

daughter of my people4  #d3aa4 ,caph4   
,the ,lord hath accomplished his wrath1 
he hath poured out his fierce anger3    
and he hath kindled a fire in ,sion1 and
 it hath devoured the foundations       
thereof4  #d3ab4 ,lamed4  ,the kings of 
the earth1 and all the inhabitants of   
the world would not have believed1 that 
the adversary and the enemy should enter
 in by the gates of ,jerusalem4  #d3ac4 
,mem4  ,for the sins of her prophets1   
and the iniquities of her priests1 that 
have shed the blood of the just in the  
midst of her4  #d3ad4 ,nun4  ,they have 
wandered as blind men in the streets1   
they were defiled with blood3  and when 
they could not help walking in it1 they 
held up their skirts4  #d3ae4 ,samech4  
,depart you that are defiled1 they cried
 out to them3 ,depart1 get ye hence1    
touch not3  for they quarrelled1 and    
being removed1 they said among the      
,gentiles3  ,he will no more dwell among
 them4  #d3af4 ,phe4  ,the face of the  
,lord hath divided them1 he will no more

 regard them3  they respected not the   
persons of the priests1 neither had they
 pity on the ancient4  #d3ag4 ,ain4     
,while we were yet standing1 our eyes   
failed1 expecting help for us in vain1  
when we looked attentively towards a    
nation that was not able to save4       
#d3ah4 ,sade4  ,our steps have slipped  
in the way of our streets1 our end      
draweth near3  our days are fulfilled1  
for our end is come4  #d3ai4 ,coph4     
,our persecutors were swifter than the  
eagles of the air3 they pursued us upon 
the mountains1 they lay in wait for us  
in the wilderness4  #d3bj4 ,res4  ,the  
breath of our mouth1 ,christ the ,lord1 
is taken in our sins3  to whom we said3 
,under thy shadow we shall live among   
the ,gentiles4  ,christ1 etc4 4 4,this1 
according to the letter1 is spoken of   
their king1 who is called the ,christ1  
that is1 the ,anointed of the ,lord4    
,but it also relates1 in the spiritual  
sense1 to ,christ our ,lord1 suffering  
for our sins4  #d3ba4 ,sin4  ,rejoice1  

and be glad1 ,o daughter of ,edom1 that 
dwellest in the land of ,hus3  to thee  
also shall the cup come1 thou shalt be  
made drunk1 and naked4  #d3bb4 ,thau4   
,thy iniquity is accomplished1 ,o       
daughter of ,sion1 he will no more carry
 thee away into captivity3  he hath     
visited thy iniquity1 ,o daughter of    
,edom1 he hath discovered thy sins4     
,,the ,,prayer ,,of ,,jeremias ,,the    
,,prophet    ,lamentations ,chapter #e  
#e3a4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 what is come 
upon us3  consider and behold our       
reproach4  #e3b4 ,our inheritance is    
turned to aliens3  our houses to        
strangers4  #e3c4 ,we are become orphans
 without a father3  our mothers are as  
widows4  #e3d4 ,we have drunk our water 
for money3  we have bought our wood4    
#e3f4 ,we were dragged by the necks1 we 
were weary and no rest was given us4    
#e3f4 ,we have given our hand to ,egypt1
 and to the ,assyrians1 that we might be
 satisfied with bread4  #e3g4 ,our      
fathers have sinned1 and are not3  and  

we have borne their iniquities4  #e3h4  
,servants have ruled over us3  there was
 none to redeem us out of their hand4   
#e3i4 ,we fetched our bread at the peril
 of our lives1 because of the sword in  
the desert4  #e3aj4 ,our skin was burnt 
as an oven1 by reason of the violence of
 the famine4  #e3aa4 ,they oppressed the
 women in ,sion1 and the virgins in the 
cities of ,juda4  #e3ab4 ,the princes   
were hanged up by their hand3  they did 
not respect the persons of the ancients4
  #e3ac4 ,they abused the young men     
indecently3  and the children fell under
 the wood4  #e3ad4 ,the ancients have   
ceased from the gates3  the young men   
from the choir of the singers4  #e3ae4  
,the joy of our heart is ceased1 our    
dancing is turned into mourning4  #e3af4
 ,the crown is fallen from our head3    
woe to us1 because we have sinned4      
#e3ag4 ,therefore is our heart          
sorrowful1 therefore are our eyes become
 dim4  #e3ah4 ,for mount ,sion1 because 
it is destroyed1 foxes have walked upon 

it4  #e3ai4 ,but thou1 ,o ,lord1 shalt  
remain for ever1 thy throne from        
generation to generation4  #e3bj4 ,why  
wilt thou forget us for ever8  why wilt 
thou forsake us for a long time8  #e3ba4
 ,convert us1 ,o ,lord1 to thee1 and we 
shall be converted3  renew our days1 as 
from the beginning4  #e3bb4 ,but thou   
hast utterly rejected us1 thou art      
exceedingly angry with us4     ,,the    
,,prophecy ,,of ,,baruch    ,,baruch was
 a man of noble extraction1 and learned 
in the law1 secretary and disciple to   
the prophet ,,jeremias1 and a sharer in 
his labours and persecutions3  which is 
the reason why the ancient fathers have 
considered this book as a part of the   
prophecy of ,,jeremias1 and have usually
 quoted it under his name4    ,baruch   
,chapter #a   ,the ,jews of ,babylon    
send the book of ,baruch with money to  
,jerusalem1 requesting their brethren   
there to offer sacrifice1 and to pray   
for the king and for them1 acknowledging
 their manifold sins4  #a3a4 ,and these 

are the words of the book1 which ,baruch
 the son of ,nerias1 the son of         
,maasias1 the son of ,sedecias1 the son 
of ,sedei1 the son ,helcias1 wrote in   
,babylonia4  #a3b4 ,in the fifth year1  
in the seventh day of the month1 at the 
time that the ,chaldeans took           
,jerusalem1 and burnt it with fire4     
#a3c4 ,and ,baruch read the words of    
this book in the hearing of ,jechonias  
the son of ,joakim king of ,juda1 and in
 the hearing of all the people that came
 to hear the book4  #a3d4 ,and in the   
hearing of the nobles1 the sons of the  
kings1 and in the hearing of the        
ancients1 and in the hearing of the     
people1 from the least even to the      
greatest of them that dwelt in          
,babylonia1 by the river ,sedi4  #a3e4  
,and when they heard it they wept1 and  
fasted1 and prayed before the ,lord4    
#a3f4 ,and they made a collection of    
money according to every man's power4   
#a3g4 ,and they sent it to ,jerusalem to
 ,joakim the priest1 the son of         

,helcias1 the son of ,salom1 and to the 
priests1 and to all the people1 that    
were found with him in ,jerusalem3      
#a3h4 ,at the time when he received the 
vessels of the temple of the ,lord1     
which had been taken away out of the    
temple1 to return them into the land of 
,juda the tenth day of the month ,sivan1
 the silver vessels1 which ,sedecias the
 son of ,josias king of ,juda had made1 
#a3i4 ,after that ,nabuchodonosor the   
king of ,babylon had carried away       
,jechonias1 and the princes1 and all the
 powerful men1 and the people of the    
land from ,jerusalem1 and brought them  
bound to ,babylon4  #a3aj4 ,and they    
said3  ,behold we have sent you money1  
buy with it holocausts1 and             
frankincense1 and make meat offerings1  
and offerings for sin at the altar of   
the ,lord our ,god3  #a3aa4 ,and pray ye
 for the life of ,nabuchodonosor the    
king of ,babylon1 and for the life of   
,balthasar his son1 that their days may 
be upon earth as the days of heaven3    

#a3ab4 ,and that the ,lord may give us  
strength1 and enlighten our eyes1 that  
we may live under the shadow of         
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon1   
and under the shadow of ,balthasar his  
son1 and may serve them many days1 and  
may find favour in their sight4  #a3ac4 
,and pray ye for us to the ,lord our    
,god3  for we have sinned against the   
,lord our ,god1 and his wrath is not    
turned away from us even to this day4   
#a3ad4 ,and read ye this book1 which we 
have sent to you to be read in the      
temple of the ,lord1 on feasts1 and     
proper days4  #a3ae4 ,and you shall say3
  ,to the ,lord our ,god belongeth      
justice1 but to us confusion of our     
face3  as it is come to pass at this day
 to all ,juda1 and to the inhabitants of
 ,jerusalem1  #a3af4 ,to our kings1 and 
to our princes1 and to our priests1 and 
to our prophets1 and to our fathers4    
#a3ag4 ,we have sinned before the ,lord 
our ,god1 and have not believed him1 nor
 put our trust in him3  #a3ah4 ,and we  

were not obedient to him1 and we have   
not hearkened to the voice of the ,lord 
our ,god1 to walk in his commandments   
which he hath given us4  #a3ai4 ,from   
the day that he brought our fathers out 
of the land of ,egypt1 even to this day1
 we were disobedient to the ,lord our   
,god3  and going astray we turned away  
from hearing his voice4  #a3bj4 ,and    
many evils have cleaved to us1 and the  
curses which the ,lord foretold by      
,moses his servant3  who brought our    
fathers out of the land of ,egypt1 to   
give us a land flowing with milk and    
honey1 as at this day4  #a3ba4 ,and we  
have not hearkened to the voice of the  
,lord our ,god according to all the     
words of the prophets whom he sent to   
us3  #a3bb4 ,and we have gone away every
 man after the inclinations of his own  
wicked heart1 to serve strange gods1 and
 to do evil in the sight of the ,lord   
our ,god4    ,baruch ,chapter #b   ,a   
further confession of the sins of the   
people1 and of the justice of ,god4     

#b3a4 ,wherefore the ,lord our ,god hath
 made good his word1 that he spoke to   
us1 and to our judges that have judged  
,israel1 and to our kings1 and to our   
princes1 and to all ,israel and ,juda3  
#b3b4 ,that the ,lord would bring upon  
us great evils1 such as never happened  
under heaven1 as they have come to pass 
in ,jerusalem1 according to the things  
that are written in the law of ,moses3  
#b3c4 ,that a man should eat the flesh  
of his own son1 and the flesh of his own
 daughter4  #b3d4 ,and he hath delivered
 them up to be under the hand of all the
 kings that are round about us1 to be a 
reproach1 and desolation among all the  
people1 among whom the ,lord hath       
scattered us4  #b3e4 ,and we are brought
 under1 and are not uppermost3  because 
we have sinned against the ,lord our    
,god1 by not obeying his voice4  #b3f4  
,to the ,lord our ,god belongeth        
justice3  but to us1 and to our fathers 
confusion of face1 as at this day4      
#b3g4 ,for the ,lord hath pronounced    

against us all these evils that are come
 upon us3  #b3h4 ,and we have not       
entreated the face of the ,lord our     
,god1 that we might return every one of 
us from our most wicked ways4  #b3i4    
,and the ,lord hath watched over us for 
evil1 and hath brought it upon us3  for 
the ,lord is just in all his works which
 he hath commanded us3  #b3aj4 ,and we  
have not hearkened to his voice to walk 
in the commandments of the ,lord which  
he hath set before us4  #b3aa4 ,and now1
 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 who hast     
brought thy people out of the land of   
,egypt with a strong hand1 and with     
signs1 and with wonders1 and with thy   
great power1 and with a mighty arm1 and 
hast made thee a name as at this day1   
#b3ab4 ,we have sinned1 we have done    
wickedly1 we have acted unjustly1 ,o    
,lord our ,god1 against all thy         
justices4  #b3ac4 ,let thy wrath be     
turned away from us3  for we are left a 
few among the nations where thou hast   
scattered us4  #b3ad4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1  

our prayers1 and our petitions1 and     
deliver us for thy own sake3  and grant 
that we may find favour in the sight of 
them that have led us away3  #b3ae4     
,that all the earth may know that thou  
art the ,lord our ,god1 and that thy    
name is called upon ,israel1 and upon   
his posterity4  #b3af4 ,look down upon  
us1 ,o ,lord1 from thy holy house1 and  
incline thy ear1 and hear us4  #b3ag4   
,open thy eyes1 and behold3  for the    
dead that are in hell1 whose spirit is  
taken away from their bowels1 shall not 
give glory and justice to the ,lord3    
,justice1 etc4 4 4,they that are in hell
 shall not give justice to ,god2 that   
is1 they shall not acknowledge and      
glorify his justice as penitent sinners 
do upon earth4  #b3ah4 ,but the soul    
that is sorrowful for the greatness of  
evil she hath done1 and goeth bowed     
down1 and feeble1 and the eyes that     
fail1 and the hungry soul giveth glory  
and justice to thee the ,lord4  #b3ai4  
,for it is not for the justices of our  

fathers that we pour out our prayers1   
and beg mercy in thy sight1 ,o ,lord our
 ,god3  #b3bj4 ,but because thou hast   
sent out thy wrath1 and thy indignation 
upon us1 as thou hast spoken by the hand
 of thy servants the prophets1 saying3  
#b3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord3  ,bow down
 your shoulder1 and your neck1 and serve
 the king of ,babylon3  and you shall   
remain in the land which ,i have given  
to your fathers4  #b3bb4 ,but if you    
will not hearken to the voice of the    
,lord your ,god1 to serve the king of   
,babylon3  ,i will cause you to depart  
out of the cities of ,juda1 and from    
without ,jerusalem4  #b3bc4 ,and ,i will
 take away from you the voice of mirth1 
and the voice of joy1 and the voice of  
the bridegroom1 and the voice of the    
bride1 and all the land shall be without
 any footstep of inhabitants4  #b3bd4   
,and they hearkened not to thy voice1 to
 serve the king of ,babylon3  and thou  
hast made good thy words1 which thou    
spokest by the hands of thy servants the

 prophets1 that the bones of our kings1 
and the bones of our fathers should be  
removed out of their place3  #b3be4 ,and
 behold they are cast out to the heat of
 the sun1 and to the frost of the night3
  and they have died in grievous pains1 
by famine1 and by the sword1 and in     
banishment4  #b3bf4 ,and thou hast made 
the temple1 in which thy name was called
 upon1 as it is at this day1 for the    
iniquity of the house of ,israel1 and   
the house of ,juda4  #b3bg4 ,and thou   
hast dealt with us1 ,o ,lord our ,god1  
according to all thy goodness1 and      
according to all that great mercy of    
thine3  #b3bh4 ,as thou spokest by the  
hand of thy servant ,moses1 in the day  
when thou didst command him to write thy
 law before the children of ,israel1    
#b3bi4 ,saying3  ,if you will not hear  
my voice1 this great multitude shall be 
turned into a very small number among   
the nations1 where ,i will scatter them3
  #b3cj4 ,for ,i know that the people   
will not hear me1 for they are a people 

of a stiff neck3  but they shall turn to
 their heart in the land of their       
captivity3  #b3ca4 ,and they shall know 
that ,i am the ,lord their ,god3  and ,i
 will give them a heart1 and they shall 
understand3  and ears1 and they shall   
hear4  #b3cb4 ,and they shall praise me 
in the land of their captivity1 and     
shall be mindful of my name4  #b3cc4    
,and they shall turn away themselves    
from their stiff neck1 and from their   
wicked deeds3  for they shall remember  
the way of their fathers1 that sinned   
against me4  #b3cd4 ,and ,i will bring  
them back again into the land which ,i  
promised with an oath to their fathers1 
,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and they  
shall be masters thereof3  and ,i will  
multiply them1 and they shall not be    
diminished4  #b3ce4 ,and ,i will make   
with them another covenant that shall be
 everlasting1 to be their ,god1 and they
 shall be my people3  and ,i will no    
more remove my people1 the children of  
,israel1 out of the land that ,i have   

given them4    ,baruch ,chapter #c      
,they pray for mercy1 acknowledging that
 they are justly punished for forsaking 
true wisdom4  ,a prophecy of ,christ4   
#c3a4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,almighty1 the 
,god of ,israel1 the soul in anguish1   
and the troubled spirit crieth to thee3 
#c3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 and have mercy1  
for thou art a merciful ,god1 and have  
pity on us3  for we have sinned before  
thee4  #c3c4 ,for thou remainest for    
ever1 and shall we perish everlastingly8
  #c3d4 ,o ,lord ,almighty1 the ,god of 
,israel1 hear now the prayer of the dead
 of ,israel1 and of their children1 that
 have sinned before thee1 and have not  
hearkened to the voice of the ,lord     
their ,god1 wherefore evils have cleaved
 fast to us4  #c3e4 ,remember not the   
iniquities of our fathers1 but think    
upon thy hand1 and upon thy name at this
 time3  #c3f4 ,for thou art the ,lord   
our ,god1 and we will praise thee1 ,o   
,lord3  #c3g4 ,because for this end thou
 hast put thy fear in our hearts1 to the

 intent that we should call upon thy    
name1 and praise thee in our captivity1 
for we are converted from the iniquity  
of our fathers1 who sinned before thee4 
#c3h4 ,and behold we are at this day in 
our captivity1 whereby thou hast        
scattered us to be a reproach1 and a    
curse1 and an offence1 according to all 
the iniquities of our fathers1 who      
departed from thee1 ,o ,lord our ,god4  
#c3i4 ,hear1 ,o ,israel1 the            
commandments of life3  give ear1 that   
thou mayst learn wisdom4  #c3aj4 ,how   
happeneth it1 ,o ,israel1 that thou art 
in thy enemies' land8  #c3aa4 ,thou art 
grown old in a strange country1 thou art
 defiled with the dead3  thou art       
counted with them that go down into     
hell4  #c3ab4 ,thou hast forsaken the   
fountain of wisdom3  #c3ac4 ,for if thou
 hadst walked in the way of ,god1 thou  
hadst surely dwelt in peace for ever4   
#c3ad4 ,learn where is wisdom1 where is 
strength1 where is understanding3 that  
thou mayst know also where is length of 

days and life1 where is the light of the
 eyes1 and peace4  #c3ae4 ,who hath     
found out her place8  and who hath gone 
in to her treasures8  #c3af4 ,where are 
the princes of the nations1 and they    
that rule over the beasts that are upon 
the earth8  #c3ag4 ,that take their     
diversion with the birds of the air4    
#c3ah4 ,that hoard up silver and gold1  
wherein men trust1 and there is no end  
of their getting8  who work in silver   
and are solicitous1 and their works are 
unsearchable4  #c3ai4 ,they are cut off1
 and are gone down to hell1 and others  
are risen up in their place4  #c3bj4    
,young men have seen the light1 and     
dwelt upon the earth3  but the way of   
knowledge they have not known1  #c3ba4  
,nor have they understood the paths     
thereof1 neither have their children    
received it1 it is far from their face4 
#c3bb4 ,it hath not been heard of in the
 land of ,chanaan1 neither hath it been 
seen in ,theman4  ,theman4 4 4,the      
capital city of ,edom4  #c3bc4 ,the     

children of ,agar also1 that search     
after the wisdom that is of the earth1  
the merchants of ,merrha1 and of        
,theman1 and the tellers of fables1 and 
searchers of prudence and understanding3
  but the way of wisdom they have not   
known1 neither have they remembered her 
paths4  ,agar4 4 4,the mother of the    
,ismaelites4  #c3bd4 ,o ,israel1 how    
great is the house of ,god1 and how vast
 is the place of his possession6  #c3be4
 ,it is great1 and hath no end3  it is  
high and immense4  #c3bf4 ,there were   
the giants1 those renowned men that were
 from the beginning1 of great stature1  
expert in war4  #c3bg4 ,the ,lord chose 
not them1 neither did they find the way 
of knowledge3  therefore did they       
perish4  #c3bh4 ,and because they had   
not wisdom1 they perished through their 
folly4  #c3bi4 ,who hath gone up into   
heaven1 and taken her1 and brought her  
down from the clouds8  #c3cj4 ,who hath 
passed over the sea1 and found her1 and 
brought her preferably to chosen gold8  

#c3ca4 ,there is none that is able to   
know her ways1 nor that can search out  
her paths3  #c3cb4 ,but he that knoweth 
all things1 knoweth her1 and hath found 
her out with his understanding3  he that
 prepared the earth for evermore1 and   
filled it with cattle and fourfooted    
beasts3  #c3cc4 ,he that sendeth forth  
the light1 and it goeth3  and hath      
called it1 and it obeyeth him with      
trembling4  #c3cd4 ,and the stars have  
given light in their watches1 and       
rejoiced3  #c3ce4 ,they were called1 and
 they said3  ,here we are3  and with    
cheerfulness they have shined forth to  
him that made them4  #c3cf4 ,this is our
 ,god1 and there shall no other be      
accounted of in comparison of him4      
#c3cg4 ,he found out all the way of     
knowledge1 and gave it to ,jacob his    
servant1 and to ,israel his beloved4    
#c3ch4 ,afterwards he was seen upon     
earth1 and conversed with men4  ,was    
seen upon earth1 etc4 4 4viz41 by the   
mystery of the incarnation1 by means of 

which the son of ,god came visibly      
amongst us1 and conversed with men4     
,the prophets often speak of things to  
come as if they were past1 to express   
the certainty of the event of the things
 foretold4    ,baruch ,chapter #d   ,the
 prophet exhorts to the keeping of the  
law of wisdom1 and encourages the people
 to be patient1 and to hope for their   
deliverance4  #d3a4 ,this is the book of
 the commandments of ,god1 and the law1 
that is for ever3  all they that keep   
it1 shall come to life3  but they that  
have forsaken it1 to death4  #d3b4      
,return1 ,o ,jacob1 and take hold of it1
 walk in the way by its brightness1 in  
the presence of the light thereof4      
#d3c4 ,give not thy honour to another1  
nor thy dignity to a strange nation4    
#d3d4 ,we are happy1 ,o ,israel3        
because the things that are pleasing to 
,god1 are made known to us4  #d3e4 ,be  
of good comfort1 ,o people of ,god1 the 
memorial of ,israel3  #d3f4 ,you have   
been sold to the ,gentiles1 not for your

 destruction3  but because you provoked 
,god to wrath1 you are delivered to your
 adversaries4  #d3g4 ,for you have      
provoked him who made you1 the eternal  
,god1 offering sacrifice to devils1 and 
not to ,god4  #d3h4 ,for you have       
forgotten ,god1 who brought you up1 and 
you have grieved ,jerusalem that nursed 
you4  #d3i4 ,for she saw the wrath of   
,god coming upon you1 and she said3     
,give ear1 all you that dwell near      
,sion1 for ,god hath brought upon me    
great mourning3  #d3aj4 ,for ,i have    
seen the captivity of my people1 of my  
sons1 and my daughters1 which the       
,eternal hath brought upon them4  #d3aa4
 ,for ,i nourished them with joy3  but  
,i sent them away with weeping and      
mourning4  #d3ab4 ,let no man rejoice   
over me1 a widow1 and desolate3  ,i am  
forsaken of many for the sins of my     
children1 because they departed from the
 law of ,god4  #d3ac4 ,and they have not
 known his justices1 nor walked by the  
ways of ,god's commandments1 neither    

have they entered by the paths of his   
truth and justice4  #d3ad4 ,let them    
that dwell about ,sion come1 and        
remember the captivity of my sons and   
daughters1 which the ,eternal hath      
brought upon them4  #d3ae4 ,for he hath 
brought a nation upon them from afar1 a 
wicked nation1 and of a strange tongue3 
#d3af4 ,who have neither reverenced the 
ancient1 nor pitied children1 and have  
carried away the beloved of the widow1  
and have left me all alone without      
children4  #d3ag4 ,but as for me1 what  
help can ,i give you8  #d3ah4 ,but he   
that hath brought the evils upon you1 he
 will deliver you out of the hands of   
your enemies4  #d3ai4 ,go your way1 my  
children1 go your way3  for ,i am left  
alone4  #d3bj4 ,i have put off the robe 
of peace1 and have put upon me the      
sackcloth of supplication1 and ,i will  
cry to the most ,high in my days4       
#d3ba4 ,be of good comfort1 my children1
 cry to the ,lord1 and he will deliver  
you out of the hand of the princes your 

enemies4  #d3bb4 ,for my hope is in the 
,eternal that he will save you3  and joy
 is come upon me from the ,holy ,one1   
because of the mercy which shall come to
 you from our everlasting ,saviour4     
#d3bc4 ,for ,i sent you forth with      
mourning and weeping3  but the ,lord    
will bring you back to me with joy and  
gladness for ever4  #d3bd4 ,for as the  
neighbours of ,sion have now seen your  
captivity from ,god3  so shall they also
 shortly see your salvation from ,god1  
which shall come upon you with great    
honour1 and everlasting glory4  #d3be4  
,my children1 suffer patiently the wrath
 that is come upon you3 for thy enemy   
hath persecuted thee1 but thou shalt    
quickly see his destruction3  and thou  
shalt get up upon his neck4  #d3bf4 ,my 
delicate ones have walked rough ways1   
for they were taken away as a flock made
 a prey by the enemies4  #d3bg4 ,be of  
good comfort1 my children1 and cry to   
the ,lord3  for you shall be remembered 
by him that hath led you away4  #d3bh4  

,for as it was your mind to go astray   
from ,god2 so when you return again you 
shall seek him ten times as much4       
#d3bi4 ,for he that hath brought evils  
upon you1 shall bring you everlasting   
joy again with your salvation4  #d3cj4  
,be of good heart1 ,o ,jerusalem3  for  
he exhorteth thee1 that named thee4     
#d3ca4 ,the wicked that have afflicted  
thee1 shall perish3  and they that have 
rejoiced at thy ruin1 shall be punished4
  #d3cb4 ,the cities which thy children 
have served1 shall be punished3  and she
 that received thy sons4  ,she that     
received1 etc4 4 4viz41 ,babylon4       
#d3cc4 ,for as she rejoiced at thy ruin1
 and was glad of thy fall3  so shall she
 be grieved for her own desolation4     
#d3cd4 ,and the joy of her multitude    
shall be cut off3  and her gladness     
shall be turned to mourning4  #d3ce4    
,for fire shall come upon her from the  
,eternal1 long to endure1 and she shall 
be inhabited by devils for a great time4
  #d3cf4 ,look about thee1 ,o           

,jerusalem1 towards the east1 and behold
 the joy that cometh to thee from ,god4 
#d3cg4 ,for behold thy children come1   
whom thou sentest away scattered1 they  
come gathered together from the east    
even to the west1 at the word of the    
,holy ,one rejoicing for the honour of  
,god4    ,baruch ,chapter #e            
,jerusalem is invited to rejoice and    
behold the return of her children out of
 their captivity4  #e3a4 ,put off1 ,o   
,jerusalem1 the garment of thy mourning1
 and affliction3 and put on the beauty1 
and honour of that everlasting glory    
which thou hast from ,god4  #e3b4 ,god  
will clothe thee with the double garment
 of justice1 and will set a crown on thy
 head of everlasting honour4  #e3c4 ,for
 ,god will shew his brightness in thee1 
to every one under heaven4  #e3d4 ,for  
thy name shall be named to thee by ,god 
for ever3  the peace of justice1 and    
honour of piety4  #e3e4 ,arise1 ,o      
,jerusalem1 and stand on high3  and look
 about towards the east1 and behold thy 

children gathered together from the     
rising to the setting sun1 by the word  
of the ,holy ,one rejoicing in the      
remembrance of ,god4  #e3f4 ,for they   
went out from thee on foot1 led by the  
enemies3  but the ,lord will bring them 
to thee exalted with honour as children 
of the kingdom4  #e3g4 ,for ,god hath   
appointed to bring down every high      
mountain1 and the everlasting rocks1 and
 to fill up the valleys to make them    
even with the ground3  that ,israel may 
walk diligently to the honour of ,god4  
#e3h4 ,moreover the woods1 and every    
sweetsmelling tree have overshadowed    
,israel by the commandment of ,god4     
#e3i4 ,for ,god will bring ,israel with 
joy in the light of his majesty1 with   
mercy1 and justice1 that cometh from    
him4    ,baruch ,chapter #f   ,the      
epistle of ,jeremias to the captives1 as
 a preservative against idolatry4  ,a   
copy of the epistle that ,jeremias sent 
to them that were to be led away        
captives into ,babylon1 by the king of  

,babylon1 to declare to them according  
to what was commanded him by ,god4      
#f3a4 ,for the sins that you have       
committed before ,god1 you shall be     
carried away captives into ,babylon by  
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon4   
#f3b4 ,and when you are come into       
,babylon1 you shall be there many years1
 and for a long time1 even to seven     
generations3  and after that ,i will    
bring you away from thence with peace4  
,seven generations4 4 4,that is1 seventy
 years4  #f3c4 ,but now1 you shall see  
in ,babylon gods of gold1 and of silver1
 and of stone1 and of wood borne upon   
shoulders1 causing fear to the          
,gentiles4  #f3d4 ,beware therefore that
 you imitate not the doings of others1  
and be afraid1 and the fear of them     
should seize upon you4  #f3e4 ,but when 
you see the multitude behind1 and       
before1 adoring them1 say you in your   
hearts3  ,thou oughtest to be adored1 ,o
 ,lord4  #f3f4 ,for my angel is with    
you3  ,and ,i myself will demand an     

account of your souls4  #f3g4 ,for their
 tongue that is polished by the         
craftsman1 and themselves laid over with
 gold and silver1 are false things1 and 
they cannot speak4  #f3h4 ,and as if it 
were for a maiden that loveth to go gay3
  so do they take gold and make them up4
  #f3i4 ,their gods have golden crowns  
upon their heads3  whereof the priests  
secretly convey away from them gold1 and
 silver1 and bestow it on themselves4   
#f3aj4 ,yea and they give thereof to    
prostitutes1 and they dress out harlots3
  and again when they receive it of the 
harlots1 they adorn their gods4  #f3aa4 
,and these gods cannot defend themselves
 from the rust1 and the moth4  #f3ab4   
,but when they have covered them with a 
purple garment1 they wipe their face    
because of the dust of the house1 which 
is very much among them4  #f3ac4 ,this  
holdeth a sceptre as a man1 as a judge  
of the country1 but cannot put to death 
one that offendeth him4  #f3ad4 ,and    
this hath in his hand a sword1 or an    

axe1 but cannot save himself from war1  
or from robbers1 whereby be it known to 
you1 that they are not gods4  #f3ae4    
,therefore fear them not4  ,for as a    
vessel that a man uses when it is broken
 becometh useless1 even so are their    
gods3  #f3af4 ,when they are placed in  
the house1 their eyes are full of dust  
by the feet of them that go in4  #f3ag4 
,and as the gates are made sure on every
 side upon one that hath offended the   
king1 or like a dead man carried to the 
grave1 so do the priests secure the     
doors with bars and locks1 lest they be 
stripped by thieves4  #f3ah4 ,they light
 candles to them1 and in great number1  
of which they cannot see one3  but they 
are like beams in the house4  #f3ai4    
,and they say that the creeping things  
which are of the earth1 gnaw their      
hearts1 while they eat them and their   
garments1 and they feel it not4  #f3bj4 
,their faces are black with the smoke   
that is made in the house4  #f3ba4      
,owls1 and swallows1 and other birds fly

 upon their bodies1 and upon their      
heads1 and cats in like manner4  #f3bb4 
,whereby you may know that they are no  
gods4  ,therefore fear them not4  #f3bc4
 ,the gold also which they have1 is for 
shew1 but except a man wipe off the     
rust1 they will not shine3  for neither 
when they were molten1 did they feel it4
  #f3bd4 ,men buy them at a high price1 
whereas there is no breath in them4     
#f3be4 ,and having not the use of feet  
they are carried upon shoulders1        
declaring to men how vile they are4  ,be
 they confounded also that worship them4
  #f3bf4 ,therefore if they fall to the 
ground1 they rise not up again of       
themselves1 nor if a man set them       
upright1 will they stand by themselves1 
but their gifts shall be set before     
them1 as to the dead4  #f3bg4 ,the      
things that are sacrificed to them1     
their priests sell and abuse3  in like  
manner also their wives take part of    
them1 but give nothing of it either to  
the sick1 or to the poor4  #f3bh4 ,the  

childbearing and menstruous women touch 
their sacrifices3 knowing1 therefore1 by
 these things that they are not gods1   
fear them not4  #f3bi4 ,for how can they
 be called gods8  because women set     
offerings before the gods of silver1 and
 of gold1 and of wood3  #f3cj4 ,and     
priests sit in their temples1 having    
their garments rent1 and their heads and
 beards shaven1 and nothing upon their  
heads4  #f3ca4 ,and they roar and cry   
before their gods1 as men do at the     
feast when one is dead4  #f3cb4 ,the    
priests take away their garments1 and   
clothe their wives and their children4  
#f3cc4 ,and whether it be evil that one 
doth unto them1 or good1 they are not   
able to recompense it3  neither can they
 set up a king1 nor put him down3       
#f3cd4 ,in like manner they can neither 
give riches1 nor requite evil4  ,if a   
man make a vow to them1 and perform it  
not3  they cannot require it4  #f3ce4   
,they cannot deliver a man from death1  
nor save the weak from the mighty4      

#f3cf4 ,they cannot restore the blind   
man to his sight3  nor deliver a man    
from distress4  #cf3g4 ,they shall not  
pity the widow1 nor do good to the      
fatherless4  #f3ch4 ,their gods1 of     
wood1 and of stone1 and of gold1 and of 
silver1 are like the stones that are    
hewn out of the mountains3  and they    
that worship them shall be confounded4  
#f3ci4 ,how then is it to be supposed1  
or to be said1 that they are gods8      
#f3dj4 ,even the ,chaldeans themselves  
dishonor them3  who when they here of   
one dumb that cannot speak1 they present
 him to ,bel1 entreating him1 that he   
may speak4  #f3da4 ,as though they could
 be sensible that have no motion        
themselves3 and they1 when they shall   
perceive this1 will leave them3  for    
their gods themselves have no sense4    
#f3db4 ,the women also1 with cords about
 them1 sit in the ways1 burning         
olive-stones4  #f3dc4 ,and when any one 
of them1 drawn away by some passenger1  
lieth with him1 she upbraideth her      

neighbor1 that she was not thought as   
worthy as herself1 nor her cord broken4 
#f3dd4 ,but all things that are done    
about them1 are false3  how is it then  
to be thought1 or to be said1 that they 
are gods8  #f3de4 ,and they are made by 
workmen1 and by goldsmiths4  ,they shall
 be nothing else but what the priests   
will have them to be4  #f3df4 ,for the  
artificers themselves that make them1   
are of no long continuance4  ,can those 
things then that are made by them1 be   
gods8  #f3dg4 ,but they have left false 
things and reproach to them that come   
after4  #f3dh4 ,for when war cometh upon
 them 1 or evils3  the priests consult  
with themselves1 where they may hide    
themselves with them4  #f3di4 ,how then 
can they be thought to be gods1 that can
 neither deliver themselves from war1   
nor save themselves from evils8  #f3ej4 
,for seeing they are but of wood1 and   
laid over with gold1 and with silver1 it
 shall be known hereafter that they are 
false things1 by all nations1 and kings3

  and it shall be manifest that they are
 no gods1 but the work of men's hands1  
and that there is no work of ,god in    
them4  #f3ea4 ,whence1 therefore1 is it 
known that they are not gods1 but the   
work of men's hands1 and no work of ,god
 is in them8  #f3eb4 ,they cannot set up
 a king over the land1 nor give rain to 
men4  #f3ec4 ,they determine no causes1 
nor deliver countries from oppression3  
because they can do nothing1 and are as 
daws between heaven and earth4  #f3ed4  
,for when fire shall fall upon the house
 of these gods of wood1 and of silver1  
and of gold1 their priests indeed will  
flee away1 and be saved3  but they      
themselves shall be burnt in the midst  
like beams4  #f3ee4 ,and they cannot    
withstand a king and war4  ,how then can
 it be supposed1 or admitted1 that they 
are gods8  #f3ef4 ,neither are these    
gods of wood1 and of stone1 and laid    
over with gold1 and with silver1 able to
 deliver themselves from thieves or     
robbers3  they that are stronger than   

them1  ,they that are stronger than     
them4 4 4,that is1 robbers and thieves  
are stronger than these idols1 being    
things without life or motion4  #f3eg4  
,shall take from them the gold1 and     
silver1 and the raiment wherewith they  
are clothed1 and shall go their way1    
neither shall they help themselves4     
#f3eh4 ,therefore it is better to be a  
king that sheweth his power3  or else a 
profitable vessel in the house1 with    
which the owner thereof will be well    
satisfied3  or a door in the house1 to  
keep things safe that are therein1 than 
such false gods4  #f3ei4 ,the sun1 and  
the moon1 and the stars being bright1   
and sent forth for profitable uses1 are 
obedient4  #f3fj4 ,in like manner the   
lightning1 when it breaketh forth1 is   
easy to be seen3  and after the same    
manner the wind bloweth in every        
country4  #f3fa4 ,and the clouds1 when  
,god commandeth them to go over the     
whole world1 do that which is commanded 
them4  #f3fb4 ,the fire also being sent 

from above to consume mountains1 and    
woods1 doth as it is commanded4  ,but   
these neither in shew1 nor in power1 are
 alike to any one of them4  #f3fc4      
,wherefore it is neither to be thought1 
nor to be said1 that they are gods3     
since they are neither able to judge    
causes1 nor to do any good to men4      
#f3fd4 ,knowing1 therefore1 that they   
are not gods1 fear them not4  #f3fe4    
,for neither can they curse kings1 nor  
bless them4  #f3ff4 ,neither do they    
shew signs in the heaven to the nations1
 nor shine as the sun1 nor give light as
 the moon4  #f3fg4 ,beasts are better   
than they1 which can fly under a covert1
 and help themselves4  #f3fh4 ,therefore
 there is no manner of appearance that  
they are gods3  so fear them not4       
#f3fi4 ,for as a scarecrow in a garden  
of cucumbers keepeth nothing1 so are    
their gods of wood1 and of silver1 and  
laid over with gold4  #f3gj4 ,they are  
no better than a white thorn in a       
garden1 upon which every bird sitteth4  

,in like manner also their gods of wood1
 and laid over with gold1 and with      
silver1 are like to a dead body cast    
forth in the dark4  #f3ga4 ,by the      
purple also and the scarlet which are   
motheaten upon them1 you shall know that
 they are not gods4  ,and they          
themselves at last are consumed1 and    
shall be a reproach in the country4     
#f3gb4 ,better1 therefore1 is the just  
man that hath no idols3  for he shall be
 far from reproach4     ,,the ,,prophecy
 ,,of ,,ezechiel    ,,ezechiel1 whose   
name signifies the ,,strength ,,of      
,,god1 was of the priestly race2 and of 
the number of captives that were carried
 away to ,babylon with king ,,joachin4  
,he was contemporary with ,,jeremias1   
and prophesied to the same effect in    
,babylon1 as ,,jeremias did in          
,jerusalem2 and is said to have ended   
his days in like manner1 by martyrdom4  
,ezechiel ,chapter #a   ,the time of    
,ezechiel's prophecy3  he sees a        
glorious vision4  #a3a4 ,now it came to 

pass in the thirtieth year1 in the      
fourth month1 on the fifth day of the   
month1 when ,i was in the midst of the  
captives by the river ,chobar1 the      
heavens were opened1 and ,i saw the     
visions of ,god4  ,the thirtieth year4 4
 4,either of the age of ,ezechiel2 or1  
as others will have it1 from the solemn 
covenant made in the eighteenth year of 
the reign of ,josias4  #d ,kings #bc4   
#a3b4 ,on the fifth day of the month1   
the same was the fifth year of the      
captivity of king ,joachin1  #a3c4 ,the 
word of the ,lord came to ,ezechiel the 
priest the son of ,buzi in the land of  
the ,chaldeans1 by the river ,chobar3   
and the hand of the ,lord was there upon
 him4  #a3d4 ,and ,i saw1 and behold a  
whirlwind came out of the north3  and a 
great cloud1 and a fire infolding it1   
and brightness was about it3  and out of
 the midst thereof1 that is1 out of the 
midst of the fire1 as it were the       
resemblance of amber3  #a3e4 ,and in the
 midst thereof the likeness of four     

living creatures3 and this was their    
appearance3  there was the likeness of a
 man in them4  ,living creatures4 4     
4,cherubims 7as appears from            
,ecclesiasticus #di4aj7 represented to  
the prophet under these mysterious      
shapes1 as supporting the throne of     
,god1 and as it were drawing his        
chariot4  ,all this chapter appeared so 
obscure1 and so full of mysteries to the
 ancient ,hebrews1 that1 as we learn    
from ,st4 ,jerome1 7,ep4 ad ,paulin417  
they suffered none to read it before    
they were thirty years old4  #a3f4      
,every one had four faces1 and every one
 four wings4  #a3g4 ,their feet were    
straight feet1 and the sole of their    
foot was like the sole of a calf's foot1
 and they sparkled like the appearance  
of glowing brass4  #a3h4 ,and they had  
the hands of a man under their wings on 
their four sides3  and they had faces1  
and wings on the four sides1  #a3i4 ,and
 the wings of one were joined to the    
wings of another4  ,they turned not when

 they went3  but every one went straight
 forward4  #a3aj4 ,and as for the       
likeness of their faces3  there was the 
face of a man1 and the face of a lion on
 the right side of all the four3  and   
the face of an ox1 on the left side of  
all the four3  and the face of an eagle 
over all the four4  #a3aa4 ,and their   
faces1 and their wings were stretched   
upward3  two wings of every one were    
joined1 and two covered their bodies3   
#a3ab4 ,and every one of them went      
straight forward3  whither the impulse  
of the spirit was to go1 thither they   
went3  and they turned not when they    
went4  #a3ac4 ,and as for the likeness  
of the living creatures1 their          
appearance was like that of burning     
coals of fire1 and like the appearance  
of lamps4  ,this was the vision running 
to and fro in the midst of the living   
creatures1 a bright fire1 and lightning 
going forth from the fire4  #a3ad4 ,and 
the living creatures ran and returned   
like flashes of lightning4  #a3ae4 ,now 

as ,i beheld the living creatures1 there
 appeared upon the earth by the living  
creatures one wheel with four faces4    
#a3af4 ,and the appearance of the       
wheels1 and the work of them was like   
the appearance of the sea3  and the four
 had all one likeness3  and their       
appearance and their work was as it were
 a wheel in the midst of a wheel4       
#a3ag4 ,when they went1 they went by    
their four parts3  and they turned not  
when they went4  ,when they went1 they  
went by their four parts4 4 4,that is1  
indifferently to any of their sides     
either forward or backward3  to the     
right or to the left4  #a3ah4 ,the      
wheels had also a size1 and a height1   
and a dreadful appearance3  and the     
whole body was full of eyes round about 
all the four4  #a3ai4 ,and1 when the    
living creatures went1 the wheels also  
went together by them3  and when the    
living creatures were lifted up from the
 earth1 the wheels also were lifted up  
with them4  #a3bj4 ,withersoever the    

spirit went1 thither as the spirit went 
the wheels also were lifted up withal1  
and followed it3  for the spirit of life
 was in the wheels4  #a3ba4 ,when those 
went these went1 and when those stood   
these stood1 and when those were lifted 
up from the earth1 the wheels were      
lifted up together1 and followed them3  
for the spirit of life was in the       
wheels4  #a3bb4 ,and over the heads of  
the living creatures was the likeness of
 the firmament1 the appearance of       
crystal terrible to behold1 and         
stretched out over their heads above4   
#a3bc4 ,and under the firmament were    
their wings straight1 the one toward the
 other1 every one with two wings covered
 his body1 and the other was covered in 
like manner4  #a3bd4 ,and ,i heard the  
noise of their wings1 like the noise of 
many waters1 as it were the voice of the
 most high ,god3  when they walked1 it  
was like the voice of a multitude1 like 
the noise of an army1 and when they     
stood1 their wings were let down4       

#a3be4 ,for when a voice came from above
 the firmament1 that was over their     
heads1 they stood1 and let down their   
wings4  #a3bf4 ,and above the firmament 
that was over their heads1 was the      
likeness of a throne1 as the appearance 
of the sapphire stone1 and upon the     
likeness of the throne1 was the likeness
 of the appearance of a man above upon  
it4  #a3bg4 ,and ,i saw as it were the  
resemblance of amber as the appearance  
of fire within it round about3  from his
 loins and upward1 and from his loins   
downward1 ,i saw as it were the         
resemblance of fire shining round about4
  #a3bh4 ,as the appearance of the      
rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy
 day3  this was the appearance of the   
brightness round about4    ,ezechiel    
,chapter #b   ,the prophet receives his 
commission4  #b3a4 ,this was the vision 
of the likeness of the glory of the     
,lord1 and ,i saw1 and ,i fell upon my  
face1 and ,i heard the voice of one that
 spoke1 and he said to me3  ,son of man1

 stand upon thy feet1 and ,i will speak 
to thee4  #b3b4 ,and the spirit entered 
into me after that he spoke to me1 and  
he set me upon my feet3  and ,i heard   
him speaking to me1  #b3c4 ,and saying3 
,son of man1 ,i send thee to the        
children of ,israel1 to a rebellious    
people1 that hath revolted from me1     
they1 and their fathers1 have           
transgressed my covenant even unto this 
day4  #b3d4 ,and they to whom ,i send   
thee are children of a hard face1 and of
 an obstinate heart3  and thou shalt say
 to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
#b3e4 ,if so be they at least will hear1
 and if so be they will forbear1 for    
they are a provoking house3  and they   
shall know that there hath been a       
prophet in the midst of them4  #b3f4    
,and thou1 ,o son of man1 fear not1     
neither be thou afraid of their words3  
for thou art among unbelievers and      
destroyers1 and thou dwellest with      
scorpions4  ,fear not their words1      
neither be thou dismayed at their looks3

  for they are a provoking house4  #b3g4
 ,and thou shalt speak my words to them1
 if perhaps they will hear1 and forbear3
  for they provoke me to anger4  #b3h4  
,but thou1 ,o son of man1 hear all that 
,i say to thee3  and do not thou provoke
 me1 as that house provoketh me3  open  
thy mouth1 and eat what ,i give thee4   
#b3i4 ,and ,i looked1 and behold1 a hand
 was sent to me1 wherein was a book     
rolled up3  and he spread it before me1 
and it was written within and without3  
and there were written in it            
lamentations1 and canticles1 and woe4   
,ezechiel ,chapter #c   ,the prophet    
eats the book1 and receives further     
instructions3  the office of a watchman4
  #c3a4 ,and he said to me3  ,son of    
man1 eat all that thou shalt find3  eat 
this book1 and go speak to the children 
of ,israel4  ,eat this book1 and go     
speak to the children of ,israel4 4 4,by
 this eating of the book was signified  
the diligent attention and affection    
with which we are to receive1 and       

embrace the word of ,god2 and to let it1
 as it were1 sink into our interior by  
devout meditation4  #c3b4 ,and ,i opened
 my mouth1 and he caused me to eat that 
book3  #c3c4 ,and he said to me3  ,son  
of man1 thy belly shall eat1 and thy    
bowels shall be filled with this book1  
which ,i give thee1 and ,i did eat it3  
and it was sweet as honey in my mouth4  
#c3d4 ,and he said to me3  ,son of man1 
go to the house of ,israel1 and thou    
shalt speak my words to them4  #c3e4    
,for thou art not sent to a people of a 
profound speech1 and of an unknown      
tongue1 but to the house of ,israel3    
#c3f4 ,nor to many nations of a strange 
speech1 and of an unknown tongue1 whose 
words thou canst not understand3  and if
 thou wert sent to them1 they would     
hearken to thee4  #c3g4 ,but the house  
of ,israel will not hearken to thee3    
because they will not hearken to me3    
for all the house of ,israel are of a   
hard forehead and an obstinate heart4   
#c3h4 ,behold ,i have made thy face     

stronger than their faces3  and thy     
forehead harder than their foreheads4   
#c3i4 ,i have made thy face like an     
adamant and like flint3  fear them not1 
neither be thou dismayed at their       
presence3  for they are a provoking     
house4  #c3aj4 ,and he said to me3  ,son
 of man1 receive in thy heart1 and hear 
with thy ears1 all the words that ,i    
speak to thee3  #c3aa4 ,and go get thee 
in to them of the captivity1 to the     
children of thy people1 and thou shalt  
speak to them1 and shalt say to them3   
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,if so be they  
will hear1 and will forbear4  #c3ab4    
,and the spirit took me up1 and ,i heard
 behind me the voice of a great         
commotion1 saying3  ,blessed be the     
glory of the ,lord1 from his place4     
#c3ac4 ,the noise of the wings of the   
living creatures striking one against   
another1 and the noise of the wheels    
following the living creatures1 and the 
noise of a great commotion4  #c3ad4 ,the
 spirit also lifted me1 and took me up3 

and ,i went away in bitterness in the   
indignation of my spirit3  for the hand 
of the ,lord was with me1 strengthening 
me4  #c3ae4 ,and ,i came to them of the 
captivity1 to the heap of new corn1 to  
them that dwelt by the river ,chobar1   
and ,i sat where they sat3  and ,i      
remained there seven days mourning in   
the midst of them4  ,the heap of new    
corn4 4 4,it was the name of a place3   
in ,hebrew1 tel abib4  #c3af4 ,and at   
the end of seven days the word of the   
,lord came to me1 saying3  #c3ag4 ,son  
of man1 ,i have made thee a watchman to 
the house of ,israel3 and thou shalt    
hear the word out of my mouth1 and shalt
 tell it them from me4  #c3ah4 ,if1 when
 ,i say to the wicked1 ,thou shalt      
surely die3  thou declare it not to him1
 nor speak to him1 that he may be       
converted from his wicked way1 and live3
  the same wicked man shall die in his  
iniquity1 but ,i will require his blood 
at thy hand4  #c3ai4 ,but if thou give  
warning to the wicked1 and he be not    

converted from his wickedness1 and from 
his evil way3  he indeed shall die in   
his iniquity1 but thou hast delivered   
thy soul4  #c3bj4 ,moreover if the just 
man shall turn away from his justice1   
and shall commit iniquity3  ,i will lay 
a stumblingblock before him1 he shall   
die1 because thou hast not given him    
warning3  he shall die in his sin1 and  
his justices which he hath done1 shall  
not be remembered3  but ,i will require 
his blood at thy hand4  #c3ba4 ,but if  
thou warn the just man1 that the just   
may not sin1 and he doth not sin3       
living he shall live1 because thou hast 
warned him1 and thou hast delivered thy 
soul4  #c3bb4 ,and the hand of the ,lord
 was upon me1 and he said to me3  ,rise 
and go forth into the plain1 and there  
,i will speak to thee4  #c3bc4 ,and ,i  
rose up1 and went forth into the plain3 
and behold the glory of the ,lord stood 
there1 like the glory which ,i saw by   
the river ,chobar3  and ,i fell upon my 
face4  #c3bd4 ,and the spirit entered   

into me1 and set me upon my feet3  and  
he spoke to me1 and said to me3  ,go in2
 and shut thyself up in the midst of thy
 house4  #c3be4 ,and thou1 ,o son of    
man1 behold they shall put bands upon   
thee1 and they shall bind thee with     
them3  and thou shalt not go forth from 
the midst of them4  #c3bf4 ,and ,i will 
make thy tongue stick fast to the roof  
of thy mouth1 and thou shalt be dumb1   
and not as a man that reproveth3        
because they are a provoking house4     
#c3bg4 ,but when ,i shall speak to thee1
 ,i will open thy mouth1 and thou shalt 
say to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord     
,god3  ,he that heareth1 let him hear3  
and he that forbeareth1 let him forbear3
  for they are a provoking house4       
,ezechiel ,chapter #d   ,a prophetic    
description of the siege of ,jerusalem1 
and the famine that shall reign there4  
#d3a4 ,and thou1 ,o son of man1 take    
thee a tile1 and lay it before thee3 and
 draw upon it the plan of the city of   
,jerusalem4  #d3b4 ,and lay siege       

against it1 and build forts1 and cast up
 a mount1 and set a camp against it1 and
 place battering rams round about it4   
#d3c4 ,and take unto thee an iron pan1  
and set it for a wall of iron between   
thee and the city3  and set thy face    
resolutely against it1 and it shall be  
besieged1 and thou shalt lay siege      
against it3  it is a sign to the house  
of ,israel4  #d3d4 ,and thou shalt sleep
 upon thy left side1 and shalt lay the  
iniquities of the house of ,israel upon 
it1 according to the number of the days 
that thou shalt sleep upon it1 and thou 
shalt take upon thee their iniquity4    
#d3e4 ,and ,i have laid upon thee the   
years of their iniquity1 according to   
the number of the days three hundred and
 ninety days3  and thou shalt bear the  
iniquity of the house of ,israel4  #d3f4
 ,and when thou hast accomplished this1 
thou shalt sleep again upon thy right   
side1 and thou shalt take upon thee the 
iniquity of the house of ,juda forty    
days3  a day for a year1 yea1 a day for 

a year ,i have appointed to thee4  #d3g4
 ,and thou shalt turn thy face to the   
siege of ,jerusalem and thy arm shall be
 stretched out3  and thou shalt prophesy
 against it4  #d3h4 ,behold ,i have     
encompassed thee with bands3  and thou  
shalt not turn thyself from one side to 
the other1 till thou hast ended the days
 of thy siege4  #d3i4 ,and take to thee 
wheat and barley1 and beans1 and        
lentils1 and millet1 and fitches1 and   
put them in one vessel1 and make thee   
bread thereof according to the number of
 the days that thou shalt lie upon thy  
side3  three hundred and ninety days    
shalt thou eat thereof4  #d3aj4 ,and thy
 meat that thou shalt eat1 shall be in  
weight twenty staters a day3  from time 
to time thou shalt eat it4  #d3aa4 ,and 
thou shalt drink water by measure1 the  
sixth part of a hin3 from time to time  
thou shalt drink it1  ,hin4 4 4,that is1
 a measure of liquids containing about  
ten pints4  #d3ab4 ,and thou shalt eat  
it as barley bread baked under the      

ashes3  and thou shalt cover it1 in     
their sight1 with the dung that cometh  
out of a man4  #d3ac4 ,and the ,lord    
said3  ,so shall the children of ,israel
 eat their bread all filthy among the   
nations whither ,i will cast them out4  
#d3ad4 ,and ,i said3  ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,o   
,lord ,god1 behold my soul hath not been
 defiled1 and from my infancy even till 
now1 ,i have not eaten any thing that   
died of itself1 or was torn by beasts1  
and no unclean flesh hath entered into  
my mouth4  #d3ae4 ,and he said to me3   
,behold ,i have given thee neat's dung  
for man's dung1 and thou shalt make thy 
bread therewith4  #d3af4 ,and he said to
 me3  ,son of man3  ,behold1 ,i will    
break in pieces the staff of bread in   
,jerusalem3  and they shall eat bread by
 weight1 and with care3  and they shall 
drink water by measure1 and in distress4
  #d3ag4 ,so that when bread and water  
fail1 every man may fall against his    
brother1 and they may pine away in their
 iniquities4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #e   

,the judgments of ,god upon the ,jews   
are foreshewn under the type of the     
prophet's hair4  #e3a4 ,and thou1 son of
 man1 take thee a sharp knife that      
shaveth the hair3  and cause it to pass 
over thy head1 and over thy beard3  and 
take thee a balance to weigh in1 and    
divide the hair4  #e3b4 ,a third part   
thou shalt burn with fire in the midst  
of the city1 according to the fulfilling
 of the days of the siege3  and thou    
shalt take a third part1 and cut it in  
pieces with the knife all round about3  
and the other third part thou shalt     
scatter in the wind1 and ,i will draw   
out the sword after them4  #e3c4 ,and   
thou shalt take thereof a small number3 
and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy 
cloak4  #e3d4 ,and thou shalt take of   
them again1 and shalt cast them in the  
midst of the fire1 and shalt burn them  
with fire3  and out of it shall come    
forth a fire into all the house of      
,israel4  #e3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord   
,god3  ,this is ,jerusalem1 ,i have set 

her in the midst of the nations1 and the
 countries round about her4  #e3f4 ,and 
she hath despised my judgments1 so as to
 be more wicked than the ,gentiles2 and 
my commandments1 more than the countries
 that are round about her3  for they    
have cast off my judgments1 and have not
 walked in my commandments4  #e3g4      
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,because you have surpassed the         
,gentiles that are round about you1 and 
have not walked in my commandments1 and 
have not kept my judgments1 and have not
 done according to the judgments of the 
nations that are round about you3  #e3h4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,behold ,i come against thee1 and ,i    
myself will execute judgments in the    
midst of thee in the sight of the       
,gentiles4  #e3i4 ,and ,i will do in    
thee that which ,i have not done3  and  
the like to which ,i will do no more1   
because of all thy abominations4  #e3aj4
 ,therefore the fathers shall eat the   
sons in the midst of thee1 and the sons 

shall eat their fathers3  and ,i will   
execute judgments in thee1 and ,i will  
scatter thy whole remnant into every    
wind4  #e3aa4 ,therefore as ,i live1    
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because thou    
hast violated my sanctuary with all thy 
offences1 and with all thy abominations3
  ,i will also break thee in pieces1 and
 my eye shall not spare1 and ,i will not
 have any pity4  #e3ab4 ,a third part of
 thee shall die with the pestilence1 and
 shall be consumed with famine in the   
midst of thee3  and a third part of thee
 shall fall by the sword round about    
thee3  and a third part of thee will ,i 
scatter into every wind1 and ,i will    
draw out a sword after them4  #e3ac4    
,and ,i will accomplish my fury1 and    
will cause my indignation to rest upon  
them1 and ,i will be comforted3  and    
they shall know that ,i the ,lord have  
spoken it in my zeal1 when ,i shall have
 accomplished my indignation in them4   
#e3ad4 ,and ,i will make thee desolate1 
and a reproach among the nations that   

are round about thee1 in the sight of   
every one that passeth by4  #e3ae4 ,and 
thou shalt be a reproach1 and a scoff1  
an example1 and an astonishment amongst 
the nations that are round about thee1  
when ,i shall have executed judgments in
 thee in anger1 and in indignation1 and 
in wrathful rebukes4  #e3af4 ,i the     
,lord have spoken it3  ,when ,i shall   
send upon them the grievous arrows of   
famine1 which shall bring death1 and    
which ,i will send to destroy you3  and 
,i will gather together famine against  
you3  and ,i will break among you the   
staff of bread4  #e3ag4 ,and ,i will    
send in upon you famine1 and evil beasts
 unto utter destruction3  and           
pestilence1 and blood shall pass through
 thee1 and ,i will bring in the sword   
upon thee4  ,i the ,lord have spoken it4
    ,ezechiel ,chapter #f   ,the        
punishment of ,israel for their         
idolatry3  a remnant shall be saved4    
#f3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to
 me1 saying3  #f3b4 ,son of man set thy 

face towards the mountains of ,israel1  
and prophesy against them4  #f3c4 ,and  
say3  ,ye mountains of ,israel1 hear the
 word of the ,lord ,god3 ,thus saith the
 ,lord ,god to the mountains1 and to the
 hills1 and to the rocks1 and the       
valleys3  ,behold1 ,i will bring upon   
you the sword1 and ,i will destroy your 
high places4  #f3d4 ,and ,i will throw  
down your altars1 and your idols shall  
be broken in pieces3  and ,i will cast  
down your slain before your idols4      
#f3e4 ,and ,i will lay the dead         
carcasses of the children of ,israel    
before your idols3  and ,i will scatter 
your bones round about your altars1     
#f3f4 ,in all your dwelling places4     
,the cities shall be laid waste1 and the
 high places shall be thrown down1 and  
destroyed1 and your altars shall be     
abolished1 and shall be broken in       
pieces3  and your idols shall be no     
more1 and your temples shall be         
destroyed1 and your works shall be      
defaced4  #f3g4 ,and the slain shall    

fall in the midst of you3  and you shall
 know that ,i am the ,lord4  #f3h4 ,and 
,i will leave in you some that shall    
escape the sword among the nations1 when
 ,i shall have scattered you through the
 countries4  #f3i4 ,and they that are   
saved of you shall remember me amongst  
the nations1 to which they are carried  
captives3  because ,i have broken their 
heart that was faithless1 and revolted  
from me3  and their eyes that went a    
fornicating after their idols3  and they
 shall be displeased with themselves    
because of the evils which they have    
committed in all their abominations4    
#f3aj4 ,and they shall know that ,i the 
,lord have not spoken in vain that ,i   
would do this evil to them4  #f3aa4     
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,strike    
with thy hand and stamp with thy foot1  
and say3  ,alas1 for all the            
abominations of the evils of the house  
of ,israel3  for they shall fall by the 
sword1 by the famine1 and by the        
pestilence4  #f3ab4 ,he that is far off 

shall die of the pestilence3  and he    
that is near1 shall fall by the sword3  
and he that remaineth1 and is besieged1 
shall die by the famine3  and ,i will   
accomplish my indignation upon them4    
#f3ac4 ,and you shall know that ,i am   
the ,lord1 when your slain shall be     
amongst your idols1 round about your    
altars1 in every high hill1 and on all  
the tops of mountains1 and under every  
woody tree1 and under every thick oak1  
the place where they burnt sweet        
smelling frankincense to all their      
idols4  #f3ad4 ,and ,i will stretch     
forth my hand upon them3  and ,i will   
make the land desolate1 and abandoned   
from the desert of ,deblatha in all     
their dwelling places3  and they shall  
know that ,i am the ,lord4    ,ezechiel 
,chapter #g   ,the final desolation of  
,israel3  from which few shall escape4  
#g3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to
 me1 saying3  #g3b4 ,and thou son of    
man1 thus saith the ,lord ,god to the   
land of ,israel3  ,the end is come1 the 

end is come upon the four quarters of   
the land4  #g3c4 ,now is an end come    
upon thee1 and ,i will send my wrath    
upon thee1 and ,i will judge thee       
according to thy ways3  and ,i will set 
all thy abominations against thee4      
#g3d4 ,and my eye shall not spare thee1 
and ,i will shew thee no pity3  but ,i  
will lay thy ways upon thee1 and thy    
abominations shall be in the midst of   
thee3  and you shall know that ,i am the
 ,lord4  #g3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord    
,god3  ,one affliction1 behold an       
affliction is come4  #g3f4 ,an end is   
come1 the end is come1 it hath awaked   
against thee3 behold it is come4  #g3g4 
,destruction is come upon thee that     
dwellest in the land3  the time is come1
 the day of slaughter is near1 and not  
of the joy of mountains4  #g3h4 ,now    
very shortly ,i will pour out my wrath  
upon thee1 and ,i will accomplish my    
anger in thee3  and ,i will judge thee  
according to thy ways1 and ,i will lay  
upon thee all thy crimes4  #g3i4 ,and my

 eye shall not spare1 neither will ,i   
shew mercy3  but ,i will lay thy ways   
upon thee1 and thy abominations shall be
 in the midst of thee3  and you shall   
know that ,i am the ,lord that strike4  
#g3aj4 ,behold the day1 behold it is    
come3  destruction is gone forth1 the   
rod hath blossomed1 pride hath budded4  
#g3aa4 ,iniquity is risen up into a rod 
of impiety3  nothing of them shall      
remain1 nor of their people1 nor of the 
noise of them3  and there shall be no   
rest among them4  #g3ab4 ,the time is   
come1 the day is at hand3  let not the  
buyer rejoice3 nor the seller mourn3    
for wrath is upon all the people        
thereof4  #g3ac4 ,for the seller shall  
not return to that which he hath sold1  
although their life be yet among the    
living4  ,for the vision which regardeth
 all the multitude thereof1 shall not go
 back3  neither shall man be            
strengthened in the iniquity of his     
life4  #g3ad4 ,blow the trumpet1 let all
 be made ready1 yet there is none to go 

to the battle3  for my wrath shall be   
upon all the people thereof4  #g3ae4    
,the sword without3  and the pestilence1
 and the famine within3  he that is in  
the field shall die by the sword3  and  
they that are in the city1 shall be     
devoured by the pestilence1 and the     
famine4  #g3af4 ,and such of them as    
shall flee shall escape3  and they shall
 be in the mountains like doves of the  
valleys1 all of them trembling1 every   
one for his iniquity4  #g3ag4 ,all hands
 shall be made feeble1 and all knees    
shall run with water4  #g3ah4 ,and they 
shall gird themselves with haircloth1   
and fear shall cover them and shame     
shall be upon every face1 and baldness  
upon all their heads4  #g3ai4 ,their    
silver shall be cast forth1 and their   
gold shall become a dunghill4  ,their   
silver and their gold shall not be able 
to deliver them in the day of the wrath 
of the ,lord4  ,they shall not satisfy  
their soul1 and their bellies shall not 
be filled3  because it hath been the    

stumblingblock of their iniquity4       
#g3bj4 ,and they have turned the        
ornament of their jewels into pride1 and
 have made of it the images of their    
abominations1 and idols3  therefore ,i  
have made it an uncleanness to them4    
#g3ba4 ,and ,i will give it into the    
hands of strangers for spoil1 and to the
 wicked of the earth for a prey1 and    
they shall defile it4  #g3bb4 ,and ,i   
will turn away my face from them1 and   
they shall violate my secret place3  and
 robbers shall enter into it1 and defile
 it4  ,secret place1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the 
inward sanctuary1 the holy of holies4   
#g3bc4 ,make a shutting up3  for the    
land is full of the judgment of blood1  
and the city is full of iniquity4  ,make
 a shutting up4 4 4,in ,hebrew1 a chain1
 viz41 for imprisonment and captivity4  
#g3bd4 ,and ,i will bring the worst of  
the nations1 and they shall possess     
their houses3  and ,i will make the     
pride of the mighty to cease1 and they  
shall possess their sanctuary4  #g3be4  

,when distress cometh upon them1 they   
will seek for peace and there shall be  
none4  #g3bf4 ,trouble shall come upon  
trouble1 and rumour upon rumour1 and    
they shall seek a vision of the prophet1
 and the law shall perish from the      
priest1 and counsel from the ancients4  
#g3bg4 ,the king shall mourn1 and the   
prince shall be clothed with sorrow1 and
 the hands of the people of the land    
shall be troubled4  ,i will do to them  
according to their way1 and will judge  
them according to their judgments3  and 
they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4   
,ezechiel ,chapter #h   ,the prophet    
sees in a vision the abominations       
committed in ,jerusalem2 which determine
 the ,lord to spare them no longer4     
#h3a4 ,and it came to pass in the sixth 
year1 in the sixth month1 in the fifth  
day of the month1 as ,i sat in my house1
 and the ancients of ,juda sat before   
me1 that the hand of the ,lord ,god fell
 there upon me4  #h3b4 ,and ,i saw1 and 
behold a likeness as the appearance of  

fire3  from the appearance of his loins1
 and downward1 fire3  and from his      
loins1 and upward1 as the appearance of 
brightness1 as the appearance of amber4 
#h3c4 ,and the likeness of a hand was   
put forth and took me by a lock of my   
head3  and the spirit lifted me up      
between the earth and the heaven1 and   
brought me in the vision of ,god into   
,jerusalem1 near the inner gate1 that   
looked toward the north1 where was set  
the idol of jealousy to provoke to      
jealousy4  #h3d4 ,and behold the glory  
of the ,god of ,israel was there1       
according to the vision which ,i had    
seen in the plain4  #h3e4 ,and he said  
to me3  ,son of man1 lift up thy eyes   
towards the way of the north1 and ,i    
lifted up my eyes towards the way of the
 north3  and behold on the north side of
 the gate of the altar the idol of      
jealousy in the very entry4  #h3f4 ,and 
he said to me3  ,son of man1 dost thou  
see1 thinkest thou1 what these are      
doing1 the great abominations that the  

house of ,israel committeth here1 that  
,i should depart far off from my        
sanctuary8  and turn thee yet again and 
thou shalt see greater abominations4    
#h3g4 ,and he brought me in to the door 
of the court3  and ,i saw1 and behold a 
hole in the wall4  #h3h4 ,and he said to
 me3  ,son of man1 dig in the wall1 and 
when ,i had digged in the wall1 behold a
 door4  #h3i4 ,and he said to me3  ,go  
in1 and see the wicked abominations     
which they commit here4  #h3aj4 ,and ,i 
went in and saw1 and behold every form  
of creeping things1 and of living       
creatures1 the abominations1 and all the
 idols of the house of ,israel1 were    
painted on the wall all round about4    
#h3aa4 ,and seventy men of the ancients 
of the house of ,israel1 and ,jezonias  
the son of ,saaphan stood in the midst  
of them1 that stood before the pictures3
  and every one had a censer in his     
hand3  and a cloud of smoke went up from
 the incense4  #h3ab4 ,and he said to   
me3  ,surely thou seest1 ,o son of man1 

what the ancients of the house of       
,israel do in the dark1 every one in    
private in his chamber3  for they say3  
,the ,lord seeth us not1 the ,lord hath 
forsaken the earth4  #h3ac4 ,and he said
 to me3  ,if thou turn thee again1 thou 
shalt see greater abominations which    
these commit4  #h3ad4 ,and he brought me
 in by the door of the gate of the      
,lord's house1 which looked to the      
north3  and behold women sat there      
mourning for ,adonis4  ,adonis4 4 4,the 
favourite of ,venus1 slain by a wild    
boar1 as feigned by the heathen poets1  
and which being here represented by an  
idol1 is lamented by the female         
worshippers of that goddess4  ,in the   
,hebrew1 the name is ,tammuz4  #h3ae4   
,and he said to me3  ,surely thou hast  
seen1 ,o son of man3  but turn thee     
again1 thou shalt see greater           
abominations than these4  #h3af4 ,and he
 brought me into the inner court of the 
house of the ,lord3 and behold at the   
door of the temple of the ,lord1 between

 the porch and the altar1 were about    
five and twenty men having their backs  
towards the temple of the ,lord1 in     
their faces to the east3  and they      
adored towards the rising of the sun4   
#h3ag4 ,and he said to me3  ,surely thou
 hast seen1 ,o son of man3  is this a   
light thing to the house of ,juda1 that 
they should commit these abominations   
which they have committed here3  because
 they have filled the land with         
iniquity1 and have turned to provoke me 
to anger8  and behold they put a branch 
to their nose4  #h3ah4 ,therefore ,i    
also will deal with them in my wrath3   
my eye shall not spare them1 neither    
will ,i shew mercy3  and when they shall
 cry to my ears with a loud voice1 ,i   
will not hear them4    ,ezechiel        
,chapter #i   ,all are ordered to be    
destroyed that are not marked in their  
foreheads4 ,god will not be entreated   
for them4  #i3a4 ,and he cried in my    
ears with a loud voice1 saying3  ,the   
visitations of the city are at hand1 and

 every one hath a destroying weapon in  
his hand4  #i3b4 ,and behold six men    
came from the way of the upper gate1    
which looketh to the north3  and each   
one had his weapon of destruction in his
 hand3  and there was one man in the    
midst of them clothed with linen1 with a
 writer's inkhorn at his reins3  and    
they went in1 and stood by the brazen   
altar4  #i3c4 ,and the glory of the     
,lord of ,israel went up from the       
cherub1 upon which he was1 to the       
threshold of the house3  and he called  
to the man that was clothed with linen1 
and had a writer's inkhorn at his loins4
  #i3d4 ,and the ,lord said to him3  ,go
 through the midst of the city1 through 
the midst of ,jerusalem3  and mark ,thau
 upon the foreheads of the men that     
sigh1 and mourn for all the abominations
 that are committed in the midst        
thereof4  ,mark ,thau4 4 4,thau1 or     
,tau1 is the last letter in the ,hebrew 
alphabet1 and signifies a sign1 or a    
mark2 which is the reason why some      

translators render this place set a     
mark1 or mark a mark without specifying 
what this mark was4  ,but ,st4 ,jerome1 
and other interpreters1 conclude it was 
the form of the letter ,thau1 which in  
the ancient ,hebrew character1 was the  
form of a cross4  #i3e4 ,and to the     
others he said in my hearing3  ,go ye   
after him through the city1 and strike3 
let not your eyes spare1 nor be ye moved
 with pity4  #i3f4 ,utterly destroy old 
and young1 maidens1 children and women3 
but upon whomsoever you shall see ,thau1
 kill him not1 and begin ye at my       
sanctuary4  ,so they began at the       
ancient men who were before the house4  
#i3g4 ,and he said to them3  ,defile the
 house1 and fill the courts with the    
slain3  go ye forth4  ,and they went    
forth1 and slew them that were in the   
city4  #i3h4 ,and the slaughter being   
ended ,i was left2 and ,i fell upon my  
face1 and crying1 ,i said3  ,alas1 alas1
 alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 wilt thou then    
destroy all the remnant of ,israel1 by  

pouring out thy fury upon ,jerusalem8   
#i3i4 ,and he said to me3  ,the iniquity
 of the house of ,israel1 and of ,juda1 
is exceeding great1 and the land is     
filled with blood1 and the city is      
filled with perverseness3  for they have
 said3  ,the ,lord hath forsaken the    
earth1 and the ,lord seeth not4  #i3aj4 
,therefore neither shall my eye spare1  
nor will ,i have pity3  ,i will requite 
their way upon their head4  #i3aa4 ,and 
behold the man that was clothed with    
linen1 that had the inkhorn at his back1
 returned the word1 saying3  ,i have    
done as thou hast commanded me4         
,ezechiel ,chapter #aj   ,fire is taken 
from the midst of the wheels under the  
cherubims1 and scattered over the city4 
,a description of the cherubims4  #aj3a4
 ,and ,i saw and behold in the firmament
 that was over the heads of the         
cherubims1 there appeared over them as  
it were the sapphire stone1 as the      
appearance of the likeness of a throne4 
#aj3b4 ,and he spoke to the man1 that   

was clothed with linen1 and said3 ,go in
 between the wheels that are under the  
cherubims and fill thy hand with the    
coals of fire that are between the      
cherubims1 and pour them out upon the   
city4  ,and he went in1 in my sight3    
#aj3c4 ,and the cherubims stood on the  
right side of the house1 when the man   
went in1 and a cloud filled the inner   
court4  #aj3d4 ,and the glory of the    
,lord was lifted up from above the      
cherub to the threshold of the house3   
and the house was filled with the cloud1
 and the court was filled with the      
brightness of the glory of the ,lord4   
#aj3e4 ,and the sound of the wings of   
the cherubims was heard even to the     
outward court as the voice of ,god      
,almighty speaking4  #aj3f4 ,and when he
 had commanded the man that was clothed 
with linen1 saying3  ,take fire from the
 midst of the wheels that are between   
the cherubims3  he went in and stood    
beside the wheel4  #aj3g4 ,and one      
cherub stretched out his arm from the   

midst of the cherubims to the fire that 
was between the cherubims3  and he took1
 and put it into the hands of him that  
was clothed with linen3  who took it and
 went forth4  #aj3h4 ,and there appeared
 in the cherubims the likeness of a     
man's hand under their wings4  #aj3i4   
,and ,i saw1 and behold there were four 
wheels by the cherubims3 one wheel by   
one cherub1 and another wheel by another
 cherub3  and the appearance of the     
wheels was to the sight like the        
chrysolite stone3  #aj3aj4 ,and as to   
their appearance1 all four were alike3  
as if a wheel were in the midst of a    
wheel4  #aj3aa4 ,and when they went1    
they went by four ways3  and they turned
 not when they went3  but to the place  
whither they first turned1 the rest also
 followed1 and did not turn back4  ,by  
four ways4 4 4,that is1 by any of the   
four ways1 forward1 backward1 to the    
right or to the left4  #aj3ab4 ,and     
their whole body1 and their necks1 and  
their hands1 and their wings1 and the   

circles were full of eyes1 round about  
the four wheels4  #aj3ac4 ,and these    
wheels he called voluble1 in my hearing4
  ,voluble4 4 4,that is1 rolling wheels1
 galgal4  #aj3ad4 ,and every one had    
four faces3  one face was the face of a 
cherub1 and the second face1 the face of
 a man3  and in the third was the face  
of a lion3  and in the fourth the face  
of an eagle4  #aj3ae4 ,and the cherubims
 were lifted up3  this is the living    
creature that ,i had seen by the river  
,chobar4  #aj3af4 ,and when the         
cherubims went1 the wheels also went by 
them3  and when the cherubims lifted up 
their wings1 to mount up from the earth1
 the wheels stayed not behind1 but were 
by them4  #aj3ag4 ,when they stood1     
these stood3  and when they were lifted 
up1 these were lifted up3  for the      
spirit of life was in them4  #aj3ah4    
,and the glory of the ,lord went forth  
from the threshold of the temple3  and  
stood over the cherubims4  #aj3ai4 ,and 
the cherubims lifting up their wings1   

were raised from the earth before me3   
and as they went out1 the wheels also   
followed3  and it stood in the entry of 
the east gate of the house of the ,lord3
  and the glory of the ,god of ,israel  
was over them4  #aj3bj4 ,this is the    
living creature1 which ,i saw under the 
,god of ,israel by the river ,chobar3   
and ,i understood that they were        
cherubims4  #aj3ba4 ,each one had four  
faces1 and each one had four wings3  and
 the likeness of a man's hand was under 
their wings4  #aj3bb4 ,and as to the    
likeness of their faces1 they were the  
same faces which ,i had seen by the     
river ,chobar1 and their looks1 and the 
impulse of every one to go straight     
forward4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #aa   ,a 
prophecy against the presumptuous       
assurance of the great ones4  ,a remnant
 shall be saved1 and receive a new      
spirit1 and a new heart4  #aa3a4 ,and   
the spirit lifted me up1 and brought me 
into the east gate of the house of the  
,lord1 which looketh towards the rising 

of the sun3  and behold in the entry of 
the gate five and twenty men3  and ,i   
saw in the midst of them ,jezonias the  
son of ,azur1 and ,pheltias the son of  
,banaias1 princes of the people4  #aa3b4
 ,and he said to me3  ,son of man1 these
 are the men that study iniquity1 and   
frame a wicked counsel in this city1    
#aa3c4 ,saying3  ,were not houses lately
 built8  ,this city is the caldron1 and 
we the flesh4  ,were not houses lately  
built1 etc4 4 4,these men despised the  
predictions and threats of the prophets2
 who declared to them from ,god1 that   
the city should be destroyed1 and the   
inhabitants carried into captivity3 and 
they made use of this kind of argument  
against the prophets1 that the city1 so 
far from being like to be destroyed1 had
 lately been augmented by the building  
of new houses2 from whence they further 
inferred1 by way of a proverb1 using the
 similitude of a cauldron1 out of which 
the flesh is not taken1 till it is      
thoroughly boiled1 and fit to be eaten1 

that they should not be carried away out
 of their city1 but there end their days
 in peace4  #aa3d4 ,therefore prophesy  
against them1 prophesy1 thou son of man4
  #aa3e4 ,and the spirit of the ,lord   
fell upon me1 and said to me3  ,speak3  
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,thus have you  
spoken1 ,o house of ,israel1 for ,i know
 the thoughts of your heart4  #aa3f4    
,you have killed a great many in this   
city1 and you have filled the streets   
thereof with the slain4  #aa3g4         
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,your slain1 whom you have laid in the  
midst thereof1 they are the flesh1 all  
this is the caldron3  and ,i will bring 
you forth out of the midst thereof4     
#aa3h4 ,you have feared the sword1 and  
,i will bring the sword upon you1 saith 
the ,lord ,god4  #aa3i4 ,and ,i will    
cast you out of the midst thereof1 and  
,i will deliver you into the hand of the
 enemies1 and ,i will execute judgments 
upon you4  #aa3aj4 ,you shall fall by   
the sword3  ,i will judge you in the    

borders of ,israel1 and you shall know  
that ,i am the ,lord4  ,in the borders  
of ,israel4 4 4,they pretended that they
 should die in peace in ,jerusalem2 ,god
 tells them it should not be so2 but    
that they should be judged and          
condemned1 and fall by the sword in the 
borders of ,israel3  viz41 in ,reblatha 
in the land of ,emath1 where all their  
chief men were put to death by          
,nabuchodonosor4  #d ,kings #be41 and   
,jer4 #eb4aj1 #bg4  #aa3aa4 ,this shall 
not be as a caldron to you1 and you     
shall not be as flesh in the midst      
thereof3  ,i will judge you in the      
borders of ,israel4  #aa3ab4 ,and you   
shall know that ,i am the ,lord3        
because you have not walked in my       
commandments1 and have not done my      
judgments1 but you have done according  
to the judgments of the nations that are
 round about you4  #aa3ac4 ,and it came 
to pass1 when ,i prophesied1 that       
,pheltias the son of ,banaias died3  and
 ,i fell down upon my face1 and ,i cried

 with a loud voice3  and said3  ,alas1  
alas1 alas1 ,o ,lord ,god3  wilt thou   
make an end of all the remnant of       
,israel8  #aa3ad4 ,and the word of the  
,lord came to me1 saying3  #aa3ae4 ,son 
of man1 thy brethren1 thy brethren1 thy 
kinsmen1 and all the house of ,israel1  
all they to whom the inhabitants of     
,jerusalem have said3  ,get ye far from 
the ,lord1 the land is given in         
possession to us4  ,thy brethren1 etc4 4
 4,he speaks of them that had been      
carried away captives before2 who were  
despised by them that remained in       
,jerusalem3 but as the prophet here     
declares to them from ,god1 should be in
 a more happy condition than they1 and  
after some time return from their       
captivity4  #aa3af4 ,therefore thus     
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because ,i have 
removed them far off among the          
,gentiles1 and because ,i have scattered
 them among the countries3  ,i will be  
to them a little sanctuary in the       
countries whither they are come4        

#aa3ag4 ,therefore speak to them3  ,thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,i will gather  
you from among the peoples1 and assemble
 you out of the countries wherein you   
are scattered1 and ,i will give you the 
land of ,israel4  #aa3ah4 ,and they     
shall go in thither1 and shall take away
 all the scandals1 and all the          
abominations thereof from thence4       
#aa3ai4 ,and ,i will give them one      
heart1 and will put a new spirit in     
their bowels3  and ,i will take away the
 stony heart out of their flesh1 and    
will give them a heart of flesh3        
#aa3bj4 ,that they may walk in my       
commandments1 and keep my judgments1 and
 do them3  and that they may be my      
people1 and ,i may be their ,god4       
#aa3ba4 ,but as for them whose heart    
walketh after their scandals and        
abominations1 ,i will lay their way upon
 their head1 saith the ,lord ,god4      
#aa3bb4 ,and the cherubims lifted up    
their wings1 and the wheels with them3  
and the glory of the ,god of ,israel was

 over them4  #aa3bc4 ,and the glory of  
the ,lord went up from the midst of the 
city1 and stood over the mount that is  
on the east side of the city4  #aa3bd4  
,and the spirit lifted me up1 and       
brought me into ,chaldea1 to them of the
 captivity1 in vision1 by the spirit of 
,god3  and the vision which ,i had seen 
was taken up from me4  #aa3be4 ,and ,i  
spoke to them of the captivity all the  
words of the ,lord1 which he had shewn  
me4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ab   ,the    
prophet forsheweth1 by signs1 the       
captivity of ,sedecias1 and the         
desolation of the people3  all which    
shall quickly come to pass4  #ab3a4 ,and
 the word of the ,lord came to me1      
saying3  #ab3b4 ,son of man1 thou       
dwellest in the midst of a provoking    
house3  who have eyes to see1 and see   
not3  and ears to hear1 and hear not3   
for they are a provoking house4  #ab3c4 
,thou1 therefore1 ,o son of man1 prepare
 thee all necessaries for removing1 and 
remove by day into their sight3  and    

thou shalt remove out of thy place to   
another place in their sight1 if so be  
they will regard it3  for they are a    
provoking house4  #ab3d4 ,and thou shalt
 bring forth thy furniture as the       
furniture of one that is removing by day
 in their sight3  and thou shalt go     
forth in the evening in their presence1 
as one goeth forth that removeth his    
dwelling4  #ab3e4 ,dig thee a way       
through the wall before their eyes3  and
 thou shalt go forth through it4  #ab3f4
 ,in their sight thou shalt be carried  
out upon men's shoulders1 thou shalt be 
carried out in the dark3  thou shalt    
cover thy face1 and shalt not see the   
ground3  for ,i have set thee for a sign
 of things to come to the house of      
,israel4  #ab3g4 ,i did therefore as he 
had commanded me3  ,i brought forth my  
goods by day1 as the goods of one that  
removeth3  and in the evening ,i digged 
through the wall with my hand1 and ,i   
went forth in the dark1 and was carried 
on men's shoulders in their sight4      

#ab3h4 ,and the word of the ,lord came  
to me in the morning1 saying3  #ab3i4   
,son of man1 hath not the house of      
,israel1 the provoking house1 said to   
thee3  ,what art thou doing8  #ab3aj4   
,say to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord    
,god3  ,this burden concerneth my prince
 that is in ,jerusalem1 and all the     
house of ,israel1 that are among them4  
#ab3aa4 ,say3  ,i am a sign of things to
 come to you3  as ,i have done1 so shall
 it be done to them3  they shall be     
removed from their dwellings1 and go    
into captivity4  #ab3ab4 ,and the prince
 that is in the midst of them1 shall be 
carried on shoulders1 he shall go forth 
in the dark3  they shall dig through the
 wall to bring him out3  his face shall 
be covered1 that he may not see the     
ground with his eyes4  #ab3ac4 ,and ,i  
will spread my net over him1 and he     
shall be taken in my net3  and ,i will  
bring him into ,babylon1 into the land  
of the ,chaldeans1 and he shall not see 
it1 and there he shall die4  ,he shall  

not see it4 4 4,because his eyes shall  
be put out by ,nabuchodonosor4  #ab3ad4 
,and all that are about him1 his guards1
 and his troops ,i will scatter into    
every wind3  and ,i will draw out the   
sword after them4  #ab3ae4 ,and they    
shall know that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i
 shall have dispersed them among the    
nations1 and scattered them in the      
countries4  #ab3af4 ,and ,i will leave a
 few men of them from the sword1 and    
from the famine1 and from the           
pestilence3  that they may declare all  
their wicked deeds among the nations    
whither they shall go3  and they shall  
know that ,i am the ,lord4  #ab3ag4 ,and
 the word of the ,lord came to me1      
saying3  #ab3ah4 ,son of man1 eat thy   
bread in trouble and drink thy water in 
hurry and sorrow4  #ab3ai4 ,and say to  
the people of the land3  ,thus saith the
 ,lord ,god to them that dwell in       
,jerusalem in the land of ,israel3      
,they shall eat their bread in care1 and
 drink their water in desolation3  that 

the land may become desolate from the   
multitude that is therein1 for the      
iniquity of all that dwell therein4     
#ab3bj4 ,and the cities that are now    
inhabited shall be laid waste1 and the  
land shall be desolate3  and you shall  
know that ,i am the ,lord4  #ab3ba4 ,and
 the word of the ,lord came to me1      
saying3  #ab3bb4 ,son of man1 what is   
this proverb that you have in the land  
of ,israel8  saying3  ,the days shall be
 prolonged1 and every vision shall fail4
  #ab3bc4 ,say to them therefore3  ,thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,i will make    
this proverb to cease1 neither shall it 
be any more a common saying in ,israel3 
and tell them that the days are at hand1
 and the effect of every vision4        
#ab3bd4 ,for there shall be no more any 
vain visions1 nor doubtful divination in
 the midst of the children of ,israel4  
#ab3be4 ,for ,i the ,lord will speak3   
and what word soever ,i shall speak1 it 
shall come to pass1 and shall not be    
prolonged any more3  but in your days1  

ye provoking house1 ,i will speak the   
word1 and will do it1 saith the ,lord   
,god4  #ab3bf4 ,and the word of the     
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ab3bg4 ,son 
of man1 behold the house of ,israel1    
they that say3  ,the visions that this  
man seeth1 is for many days to come3    
and this man prophesieth of times afar  
off4  #ab3bh4 ,therefore say to them3   
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  not one    
word of mine shall be prolonged any     
more3  the word that ,i shall speak     
shall be accomplished1 saith the ,lord  
,god4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ac   ,god  
declares against false prophets and     
prophetesses1 that deceive the people   
with lies4  #ac3a4 ,and the word of the 
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ac3b4 ,son  
of man1 prophesy thou against the       
prophets of ,israel that prophesy3  and 
thou shalt say to them that prophesy out
 of their own heart3  ,hear ye the word 
of the ,lord3  #ac3c4 ,thus saith the   
,lord ,god3  ,woe to the foolish        
prophets that follow their own spirit1  

and see nothing4  #ac3d4 ,thy prophets1 
,o ,israel1 were like foxes in the      
deserts4  #ac3e4 ,you have not gone up  
to face the enemy1 nor have you set up a
 wall for the house of ,israel1 to stand
 in battle in the day of the ,lord4     
#ac3f4 ,they see vain things1 and they  
foretell lies1 saying3  ,the ,lord      
saith3  whereas the ,lord hath not sent 
them3  and they have persisted to       
confirm what they have said4  #ac3g4    
,have you not seen a vain vision and    
spoken a lying divination3 and you say3 
,the ,lord saith3  whereas ,i have not  
spoken4  #ac3h4 ,therefore thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  ,because you have      
spoken vain things1 and have seen lies3 
therefore behold ,i come against you1   
saith the ,lord ,god4  #ac3i4 ,and my   
hand shall be upon the prophets that see
 vain things1 and that divine lies3     
they shall not be in the council of my  
people1 nor shall they be written in the
 writing of the house of ,israel1       
neither shall they enter into the land  

of ,israel1 and you shall know that ,i  
am the ,lord ,god4  #ac3aj4 ,because    
they have deceived my people1 saying3   
,peace1 and there is no peace3  and the 
people built up a wall1 and they daubed 
it with dirt without straw4  #ac3aa4    
,say to them that daub without          
tempering1 that it shall fall3  for     
there shall be an overflowing shower1   
and ,i will cause great hailstones to   
fall violently from above1 and a stormy 
wind to throw it down4  #ac3ab4 ,behold1
 when the wall is fallen3  shall it not 
be said to you3 ,where is the daubing   
wherewith you have daubed it8  #ac3ac4  
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,lo1 ,i will cause a stormy wind to     
break forth in my indignation1 and there
 shall be an overflowing shower in my   
anger3  and great hailstones in my wrath
 to consume4  #ac3ad4 ,and ,i will break
 down the wall that you have daubed with
 untempered mortar3  and ,i will make it
 even with the ground1 and the          
foundation thereof shall be laid bare3  

and it shall fall1 and shall be consumed
 in the midst thereof3  and you shall   
know that ,i am the ,lord4  #ac3ae4 ,and
 ,i will accomplish my wrath upon the   
wall1 and upon them that daub it without
 tempering the mortar1 and ,i will say  
to you3  ,the wall is no more1 and they 
that daub it are no more4  #ac3af4 ,even
 the prophets of ,israel that prophesy  
to ,jerusalem1 and that see visions of  
peace for her3  and there is no peace1  
saith the ,lord ,god4  #ac3ag4 ,and     
thou1 son of man1 set thy face against  
the daughters of thy people that        
prophesy out of their own heart3  and do
 thou prophesy against them1  #ac3ah4   
,and say3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,woe to them that sew cushions under    
every elbow3  and make pillows for the  
heads of persons of every age to catch  
souls3  and when they caught the souls  
of my people1 they gave life to their   
souls4  ,sew cushions1 etc4 4 4,viz41 by
 making people easy in their sins1 and  
promising them impunity4--,ibid4  ,they 

gave life to their souls4 4 4,that is1  
they flattered them with promises of    
life1 peace1 and security4  #ac3ai4 ,and
 they violated me among my people1 for a
 handful of barley1 and a piece of      
bread1 to kill souls which should not   
die1 and to save souls alive which      
should not live1 telling lies to my     
people that believe lies4  ,violated me4
 4 4,that is1 dishonoured and           
discredited me4  ,ibid4  ,to kill souls1
 etc4 4 4,that is1 to sentence souls to 
death1 which are not to die2 and to     
promise life to them who are not to     
live4  #ac3bj4 ,therefore thus saith the
 ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i declare against
 your cushions1 wherewith you catch     
flying souls3  and ,i will tear them off
 from your arms3  and ,i will let go the
 soul that you catch1 the souls that    
should fly4  #ac3ba4 ,and ,i will tear  
your pillows1 and will deliver my people
 out of your hand1 neither shall they be
 any more in your hands to be a prey3   
and you shall know that ,i am the ,lord4

  #ac3bb4 ,because with lies you have   
made the heart of the just to mourn1    
whom ,i have not made sorrowful3  and   
have strengthened the hands of the      
wicked1 that he should not return from  
his evil way1 and live4  #ac3bc4        
,therefore you shall not see vain       
things1 nor divine divinations any more1
 and ,i will deliver my people out of   
your hand3  and you shall know that ,i  
am the ,lord4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ad 
,god suffers the wicked to be deceived  
in punishment of their wickedness4  ,the
 evils that shall come upon them for    
their sins3  for which they shall not be
 delivered by the prayers of ,noe1      
,daniel1 and ,job4  ,but a remnant shall
 be preserved4  #ad3a4 ,and some of the 
ancients of ,israel came to me1 and sat 
before me4  #ad3b4 ,and the word of the 
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ad3c4 ,son  
of man1 these men have placed their     
uncleannesses in their hearts1 and have 
set up before their face the            
stumblingblock of their iniquity3  and  

shall ,i answer when they inquire of me8
  ,uncleanness4 4 4,that is1 their      
filthy idols1 upon which they have set  
their hearts3  and which are a          
stumblingblock to their souls4  #ad3d4  
,therefore speak to them1 and say to    
them3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3      
,man1 man of the house of ,israel that  
shall place his uncleannesses in his    
heart1 and set up the stumblingblock of 
his iniquity before his face1 and shall 
come to the prophet inquiring of me by  
him3  ,i the ,lord will answer him      
according to the multitude of his       
uncleannesses3  ,man1 man4 4 4,that is1 
every man1 an ,hebrew expression4       
#ad3e4 ,that the house of ,israel may be
 caught in their own heart1 with which  
they have departed from me through all  
their idols4  #ad3f4 ,therefore say to  
the house of ,israel3  ,thus saith the  
,lord ,god3  ,be converted1 and depart  
from your idols1 and turn away your     
faces from all your abominations4       
#ad3g4 ,for every man of the house of   

,israel1 and every stranger among the   
proselytes in ,israel1 if he separate   
himself from me1 and place his idols in 
his heart1 and set the stumblingblock of
 his iniquity before his face1 and come 
to the prophet to inquire of me by him3 
,i the ,lord will answer him by myself4 
#ad3h4 ,and ,i will set my face against 
that man1 and will make him an example1 
and a proverb1 and will cut him off from
 the midst of my people3  and you shall 
know that ,i am the ,lord4  #ad3i4 ,and 
when the prophet shall err1 and speak a 
word3  ,i the ,lord have deceived that  
prophet3  and ,i will stretch forth my  
hand upon him1 and will cut him off from
 the midst of my people ,israel4  ,the  
prophet shall err1 etc4 4 4,he speaks of
 false prophets1 answering out of their 
own heads and according to their own    
corrupt inclinations4--,ibid4  ,i have  
deceived that prophet4 4 4,god ,almighty
 deceives false prophets1 partly by     
withdrawing his light from them2 and    
abandoning them to their own corrupt    

inclinations1 which push them on to     
prophesy such things as are agreeable to
 those who consult them3  and partly by 
disappointing them1 and causing all     
thing to happen contrary to what they   
have said4  #ad3aj4 ,and they shall bear
 their iniquity3  according to the      
iniquity of him that inquireth1 so shall
 the iniquity of the prophet be4        
#ad3aa4 ,that the house of ,israel may  
go no more astray from me1 nor be       
polluted with all their transgressions3 
but may be my people1 and ,i may be     
their ,god1 saith the ,lord of hosts4   
#ad3ab4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to me1 saying3  #ad3ac4 ,son of man1    
when a land shall sin against me1 so as 
to transgress grievously1 ,i will       
stretch forth my hand upon it1 and will 
break the staff of the bread thereof3   
and ,i will send famine upon it1 and    
will destroy man and beast out of it4   
#ad3ad4 ,and if these three men1 ,noe1  
,daniel1 and ,job1 shall be in it3 they 
shall deliver their own souls by their  

justice1 saith the ,lord of hosts4      
#ad3ae4 ,and if ,i shall bring          
mischievous beasts also upon the land to
 waste it1 and it be desolate1 so that  
there is none that can pass because of  
the beasts3  #ad3af4 ,if these three men
 shall be in it1 as ,i live1 saith the  
,lord1 they shall deliver neither sons  
nor daughters3  but they only shall be  
delivered1 and the land shall be made   
desolate4  #ad3ag4 ,or if ,i bring the  
sword upon that land1 and say to the    
sword3 ,pass through the land3  and ,i  
destroy man and beast out of it3        
#ad3ah4 ,and these three men be in the  
midst thereof3  as ,i live1 saith the   
,lord ,god1 they shall deliver neither  
sons nor daughters1 but they themselves 
alone shall be delivered4  #ad3ai4 ,or  
if ,i also send the pestilence upon that
 land1 and pour out my indignation upon 
it in blood1 to cut off from it man and 
beast3  #ad3bj4 ,and ,noe1 and ,daniel1 
and ,job be in the midst thereof3  as ,i
 live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 they shall 

deliver neither son nor daughter3  but  
they shall only deliver their own souls 
by their justice4  #ad3ba4 ,for thus    
saith the ,lord3  ,although ,i shall    
send in upon ,jerusalem my four grievous
 judgments1 the sword1 and the famine1  
and the mischievous beasts1 and the     
pestilence1 to destroy out of it man and
 beast1  #ad3bb4 ,yet there shall be    
left in it some that shall be saved1 who
 shall bring away their sons and        
daughters3  behold they shall come among
 you1 and you shall see their way1 and  
their doings3  and you shall be         
comforted concerning the evil that ,i   
have brought upon ,jerusalem1 in all    
things that ,i have brought upon it4    
#ad3bc4 ,and they shall comfort you1    
when you shall see their ways1 and their
 doings3  and you shall know that ,i    
have not done without cause all that ,i 
have done in it1 saith the ,lord ,god4  
,ezechiel ,chapter #ae   ,as a vine cut 
down is fit for nothing but the fire2 so
 it shall be with ,jerusalem1 for her   

sins4  #ae3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord
 came to me1 saying3  #ae3b4 ,son of    
man1 what shall be made of the wood of  
the vine1 out of all the trees of the   
woods that are among the trees of the   
forests8  #ae3c4 ,shall wood be taken of
 it1 to do any work1 or shall a pin be  
made of it for any vessel to hang       
thereon8  #ae3d4 ,behold it is cast into
 the fire for fuel3  the fire hath      
consumed both ends thereof1 and the     
midst thereof is reduced to ashes3      
shall it be useful for any work8  #ae3e4
 ,even when it was whole it was not fit 
for work3  how much less1 when the fire 
hath devoured and consumed it1 shall any
 work be made of it8  #ae3f4 ,therefore 
thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,as the vine
 tree among the trees of the forests    
which ,i have given to the fire to be   
consumed1 so will ,i deliver up the     
inhabitants of ,jerusalem4  #ae3g4 ,and 
,i will set my face against them3  they 
shall go out from fire1 and fire shall  
consume them3  and you shall know that  

,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall have set 
my face against them4  #ae3h4 ,and ,i   
shall have made their land a wilderness1
 and desolate1 because they have been   
transgressors1 saith the ,lord ,god4    
,ezechiel ,chapter #af   ,under the     
figure of an unfaithful wife1 ,god      
upbraids ,jerusalem with her ingratitude
 and manifold disloyalties3  but        
promiseth mercy by a new covenant4      
#af3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came  
to me1 saying3  #af3b4 ,son of man1 make
 known to ,jerusalem her abominations4  
,make known to ,jerusalem4 4 4,that is1 
by letters1 for the prophet was then in 
,babylon4  #af3c4 ,and thou shalt say3  
,thus saith the ,lord ,god to           
,jerusalem3  ,thy root1 and thy nativity
 is of the land of ,chanaan1 thy father 
was an ,amorrhite1 and thy mother a     
,cethite4  #af3d4 ,and when thou wast   
born1 in the day of thy nativity thy    
navel was not cut1 neither wast thou    
washed with water for thy health1 nor   
salted with salt1 nor swaddled with     

clouts4  #af3e4 ,no eye had pity on thee
 to do any of these things for thee1 out
 of compassion to thee3  but thou wast  
cast out upon the face of the earth in  
the abjection of thy soul1 in the day   
that thou wast born4  #af3f4 ,and       
passing by thee1 ,i saw that thou wast  
trodden under foot in thy own blood3    
and ,i said to thee when thou wast in   
thy blood3  ,live3  ,i have said to     
thee3  ,live in thy blood4  #af3g4 ,i   
caused thee to multiply as the bud of   
the field3  and thou didst increase and 
grow great1 and advancedst1 and camest  
to woman's ornament3  thy breasts were  
fashioned1 and thy hair grew3  and thou 
was naked1 and full of confusion4       
#af3h4 ,and ,i passed by thee1 and saw  
thee3  and behold thy time was the time 
of lovers3  and ,i spread my garment    
over thee1 and covered thy ignominy4    
and ,i swore to thee1 and ,i entered    
into a covenant with thee1 saith the    
,lord ,god3  and thou becamest mine4    
#af3i4 ,and ,i washed thee with water1  

and cleansed away thy blood from thee3  
and ,i anointed thee with oil4  #af3aj4 
,and ,i clothed thee with embroidery1   
and shod thee with violet coloured      
shoes3  and ,i girded thee about with   
fine linen1 and clothed thee with fine  
garments4  #af3aa4 ,i decked thee also  
with ornaments1 and put bracelets on thy
 hands1 and a chain about thy neck4  ,i 
decked thee also with ornaments1 etc4 4 
4,that is1 with spiritual benefits1     
giving you a law with sacrifices1       
sacraments1 and other holy rites4       
#af3ab4 ,and ,i put a jewel upon thy    
forehead and earrings in thy ears1 and a
 beautiful crown upon thy head4  #af3ac4
 ,and thou wast adorned with gold1 and  
silver1 and wast clothed with fine      
linen1 and embroidered work1 and many   
colours3  thou didst eat fine flour1 and
 honey1 and oil1 and wast made exceeding
 beautiful3  and wast advanced to be a  
queen4  #af3ad4 ,and thy renown went    
forth among the nations for thy beauty3 
for thou wast perfect through my beauty1

 which ,i had put upon thee1 saith the  
,lord ,god4  #af3ae4 ,but trusting in   
thy beauty1 thou playedst the harlot    
because of thy renown1 and thou hast    
prostituted thyself to every passenger1 
to be his4  #af3af4 ,and taking of thy  
garments thou hast made thee high places
 sewed together on each side3  and hast 
played the harlot upon them1 as hath not
 been done before1 nor shall be         
hereafter4  #af3ag4 ,and thou tookest   
thy beautiful vessels1 of my gold1 and  
my silver1 which ,i gave thee1 and thou 
madest thee images of men1 and hast     
committed fornication with them4        
#af3ah4 ,and thou tookest thy garments  
of divers colours1 and coveredst them3  
and settest my oil and my sweet incense 
before them4  #af3ai4 ,and my bread     
which ,i gave thee1 the fine flour1 and 
oil1 and honey1 wherewith ,i fed thee1  
thou hast set before them for a sweet   
odour2 and it was done1 saith the ,lord 
,god4  #af3bj4 ,and thou hast taken thy 
sons1 and thy daughters1 whom thou hast 

borne to me3  and hast sacrificed the   
same to them to be devoured4  ,is thy   
fornication small8  #af3ba4 ,thou hast  
sacrificed and given my children to     
them1 consecrating them by fire4  ,thou 
hast sacrificed1 etc4 4 4,as there is   
nothing more base and abominable than   
the crimes mentioned throughout this    
chapter2 so the infidelities of the     
,israelites in forsaking ,god1 and      
sacrificing even their children to      
idols1 are strongly figured by these    
allegories4  #af3bb4 ,and after all thy 
abominations1 and fornications1 thou    
hast not remembered the days of thy     
youth1 when thou wast naked1 and full of
 confusion1 trodden under foot in thy   
own blood4  #af3bc4 ,and it came to pass
 after all thy wickedness 7woe1 woe to  
thee1 saith the ,lord ,god7  #af3bd4    
,that thou didst also build thee a      
common stew1 and madest thee a brothel  
house in every street4  #af3be4 ,at     
every head of the way thou hast set up a
 sign of thy prostitution3  and hast    

made thy beauty to be abominable3  and  
hast prostituted thyself to every one   
that passed by1 and hast multiplied thy 
fornications4  #af3bf4 ,and thou hast   
committed fornication with the          
,egyptians thy neighbours1 men of large 
bodies1 and hast multiplied thy         
fornications to provoke me4  #af3bg4    
,behold1 ,i will stretch out my hand    
upon thee1 and will take away thy       
justification3  and ,i will deliver thee
 up to the will of the daughters of the 
,philistines that hate thee1 that are   
ashamed of thy wicked way4  #af3bh4     
,thou hast also committed fornication   
with the ,assyrians1 because thou wast  
not yet satisfied3  and after thou hadst
 played the harlot with them1 even so   
thou wast not contented4  #af3bi4 ,thou 
hast also multiplied thy fornications in
 the land of ,chanaan with the          
,chaldeans3  and neither so wast thou   
satisfied4  #af3cj4 ,wherein shall ,i   
cleanse thy heart1 saith ,lord ,god3    
seeing thou dost all these the works of 

a shameless prostitute8  #af3ca4        
,because thou hast built thy brothel    
house at the head of every way1 and thou
 hast made thy high place in every      
street3  and wast not as a harlot that  
by disdain enhanceth her price1  #af3cb4
 ,but is an adulteress1 that bringeth in
 strangers over her husband4  #af3cc4   
,gifts are given to all harlots3  but   
thou hast given hire to all thy lovers1 
and thou hast given them gifts to come  
to thee from every side1 to commit      
fornication with thee4  #af3cd4 ,and it 
hath happened in thee contrary to the   
custom of women in thy fornications1 and
 after thee there shall be no such      
fornication1 for in that thou gavest    
rewards1 and didst not take rewards1 the
 contrary hath been done in thee4       
#af3ce4 ,therefore1 ,o harlot1 hear the 
word of the ,lord4  #af3cf4 ,thus saith 
the ,lord ,god3  ,because thy money hath
 been poured out1 and thy shame         
discovered through thy fornications with
 thy lovers1 and with the idols of thy  

abominations1 by the blood of thy       
children whom thou gavest them3  #af3cg4
 ,behold1 ,i will gather together all   
thy lovers with whom thou hast taken    
pleasure1 and all whom thou hast loved1 
with all whom thou hast hated3  and ,i  
will gather them together against thee  
on every side1 and will discover thy    
shame in their sight1 and they shall see
 all thy nakedness4  #af3ch4 ,and ,i    
will judge thee as adulteresses1 and    
they that shed blood are judged3  and ,i
 will give thee blood in fury and       
jealousy4  #af3ci4 ,and ,i will deliver 
thee into their hands1 and they shall   
destroy thy brothel house1 and throw    
down thy stews3  and they shall strip   
thee of thy garments1 and shall take    
away the vessels of thy beauty3  and    
leave thee naked1 and full of disgrace4 
#af3dj4 ,and they shall bring upon thee 
a multitude1 and they shall stone thee  
with stones1 and shall slay thee with   
their swords4  #af3da4 ,and they shall  
burn thy houses with fire1 and shall    

execute judgments upon thee in the sight
 of many women3  and thou shalt cease   
from fornication1 and shalt give no hire
 any more4  #af3db4 ,and my indignation 
shall rest in thee3  and my jealousy    
shall depart from thee1 and ,i will     
cease and be angry no more4  #af3dc4    
,because thou hast not remembered the   
days of thy youth1 but hast provoked me 
in all these things3  wherefore ,i also 
have turned all thy ways upon thy head1 
saith the ,lord ,god1 and ,i have not   
done according to thy wicked deeds in   
all thy abominations4  #af3dd4 ,behold  
every one that useth a common proverb1  
shall use this against thee1 saying3    
,as the mother was1 so also is her      
daughter4  #af3de4 ,thou art thy        
mother's daughter1 that cast off her    
husband1 and her children3  and thou art
 the sister of thy sisters1 who cast off
 their husbands1 and their children3    
your mother was a ,cethite1 and your    
father an ,amorrhite4  #af3df4 ,and thy 
elder sister is ,samaria1 she and her   

daughters that dwell at thy left hand3  
and thy younger sister that dwelleth at 
thy right hand is ,sodom1 and her       
daughters4  #af3dg4 ,but neither hast   
thou walked in their ways1 nor hast thou
 done a little less than they according 
to their wickednesses3  thou hast done  
almost more wicked things than they in  
all thy ways4  #af3dh4 ,as ,i live1     
saith the ,lord ,god1 thy sister ,sodom 
herself1 and her daughters1 have not    
done as thou hast done1 and thy         
daughters4  #af3di4 ,behold this was the
 iniquity of ,sodom thy sister1 pride1  
fulness of bread1 and abundance1 and the
 idleness of her1 and of her daughters3 
and they did not put forth their hand to
 the needy1 and the poor4  ,this was the
 iniquity of ,sodom1 etc4 4 4,that is1  
these were the steps by which the       
,sodomites came to fall into those      
abominations for which they were        
destroyed4  ,for pride1 gluttony1 and   
idleness are the highroad to all kinds  
of lust2 especially when they are       

accompanied with a neglect of the works 
of mercy4  #af3ej4 ,and they were lifted
 up1 and committed abominations before  
me3 and ,i took them away as thou hast  
seen4  #af3ea4 ,and ,samaria committed  
not half thy sins3  but thou hast       
surpassed them with thy crimes1 and hast
 justified thy sisters by all thy       
abominations which thou hast done4      
#af3eb4 ,therefore do thou also bear thy
 confusion1 thou that hast surpassed thy
 sisters with thy sins1 doing more      
wickedly than they3  for they are       
justified above thee1 therefore be thou 
also confounded1 and bear thy shame1    
thou that hast justified thy sisters4   
#af3ec4 ,and ,i will bring back and     
restore them by bringing back ,sodom1   
with her daughters1 and by bringing back
 ,samaria1 and her daughters3 and ,i    
will bring those that return of thee in 
the midst of them4  ,i will bring back1 
etc4 4 4,this relates to the conversion 
of the ,gentiles out of all nations1 and
 of many of the ,jews1 to the church of 

,christ4  #af3ed4 ,that thou mayest bear
 thy shame1 and mayest be confounded in 
all that thou hast done1 comforting     
them4  #af3ee4 ,and thy sister ,sodom   
and her daughters shall return to their 
ancient state3  and ,samaria and her    
daughters shall return to their ancient 
state3  and thou and thy daughters shall
 return to your ancient state4  ,ancient
 state4 4 4,that is1 to their former    
state of liberty1 and their ancient     
possessions4  ,in the spiritual sense1  
to the true liberty1 and the happy      
inheritance of the children of ,god1    
through faith in ,christ4  #af3ef4 ,and 
,sodom thy sister was not heard of in   
thy mouth1 in the day of thy pride1     
#af3eg4 ,before thy malice was laid     
open3  as it is at this time1 making    
thee a reproach of the daughters of     
,syria1 and of all the daughters of     
,palestine round about thee1 that       
encompass thee on all sides4  #af3eh4   
,thou hast borne thy wickedness1 and thy
 disgrace1 saith the ,lord ,god4        

#af3ei4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god3 
,i will deal with thee1 as thou hast    
despised the oath1 in breaking the      
covenant3  #af3fj4 ,and ,i will remember
 my covenant with thee in the days of   
thy youth3  and ,i will establish with  
thee an everlasting covenant4  #af3fa4  
,and thou shalt remember thy ways1 and  
be ashamed3  when thou shalt receive thy
 sisters1 thy elder and thy younger3    
and ,i will give them to thee for       
daughters1 but not by thy covenant4     
#af3fb4 ,and ,i will establish my       
covenant with thee3  and thou shalt know
 that ,i am the ,lord1  #af3fc4 ,that   
thou mayest remember1 and be confounded1
 and mayest no more open thy mouth      
because of thy confusion1 when ,i shall 
be pacified toward thee for all that    
thou hast done1 saith the ,lord ,god4   
,ezechiel ,chapter #ag   ,the parable of
 the two eagles and the vine4  ,a       
promise of the cedar of ,christ and his 
church4  #ag3a4 ,and the word of the    
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ag3b4 ,son  

of man1 put forth a riddle1 and speak a 
parable to the house of ,israel1  #ag3c4
 ,and say3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god2 
,a large eagle with great wings1        
long-limbed1 full of feathers1 and of   
variety1 came to ,libanus1 and took away
 the marrow of the cedar4  ,a large     
eagle4 4 4,nabuchodonosor1 king of      
,babylon4--,ibid4  ,came to ,libanus4 4 
4,that is1 to ,jerusalem4--,ibid4  ,took
 away the marrow of the cedar4 4 4,king 
,jechonias4  #ag3d4 ,he cropped off the 
top of the twigs thereof3  and carried  
it away into the land of ,chanaan1 and  
he set it in a city of merchants4       
,chanaan4 4 4,this name1 which signifies
 traffic1 is not taken here for         
,palestine1 but for ,chaldea3  and the  
city of merchants here mentioned is     
,babylon4  #ag3e4 ,and he took of the   
seed of the land1 and put it in the     
ground for seed1 that it might take a   
firm root over many waters3  he planted 
it on the surface of the earth4  ,of the
 seed of the land1 etc4 4 4,viz41       

,sedecias1 whom he made king4  #ag3f4   
,and it sprung up and grew into a       
spreading vine of low stature1 and the  
branches thereof looked towards him3    
and the roots thereof were under him4   
,so it became a vine1 and grew into     
branches1 and shot forth sprigs4        
,towards him4 4 4,nabuchodonosor1 to    
whom ,sedecias swore allegiance4  #ag3g4
 ,and there was another large eagle1    
with great wings1 and many feathers3    
and behold this vine1 bending as it were
 her roots towards him1 stretched forth 
her branches to him1 that he might water
 it by the furrows of her plantation4   
,another large eagle4 4 4,viz41 the king
 of ,egypt4  #ag3h4 ,it was planted in a
 good ground upon many waters1 that it  
might bring forth branches1 and bear    
fruit1 that it might become a large     
vine4  #ag3i4 ,say thou3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  ,shall it prosper then8
  shall he not pull up the roots        
thereof1 and strip off its fruit1 and   
dry up all the branches it hath shot    

forth1 and make it wither3  and this    
without a strong arm1 or many people to 
pluck it up by the root8  #ag3aj4       
,behold1 it is planted3  shall it       
prosper then8  shall it not be dried up 
when the burning wind shall touch it1   
and shall it not wither in the furrows  
where it grew8  #ag3aa4 ,and the word of
 the ,lord came to me1 saying3  #ag3ab4 
,say to the provoking house3  ,know you 
not what these things mean8 ,tell them3 
,behold the king of ,babylon cometh to  
,jerusalem3  and he shall take away the 
king and the princes thereof and carry  
them with him to ,babylon4  ,shall take 
away4 4 4,or1 hath taken away1 etc41 for
 all this was now done4  #ag3ac4 ,and he
 shall take one of the king's seed1 and 
make a covenant with him1 and take an   
oath of him4  ,yea1 and he shall take   
away the mighty men of the land1        
#ag3ad4 ,that it may be a low kingdom   
and not lift itself up1 but keep his    
covenant and observe it4  #ag3ae4 ,but  
he hath revolted from him and sent      

ambassadors to ,egypt1 that it might    
give him horses1 and much people4  ,and 
shall he that hath done thus prosper1 or
 be saved8  and shall he escape that    
hath broken the covenant8  #ag3af4 ,as  
,i live1 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,in the 
place where the king dwelleth that made 
him king1 whose oath he hath made void1 
and whose covenant he broke1 even in the
 midst of ,babylon shall he die4        
#ag3ag4 ,and not with a great army1 nor 
with much people shall ,pharao fight    
against him3  when he shall cast up     
mounts1 and build forts1 to cut off many
 souls4  #ag3ah4 ,for he had despised   
the oath1 breaking his covenant1 and    
behold he hath given his hand3  and     
having done all these things1 he shall  
not escape4  #ag3ai4 ,therefore thus    
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,as ,i live1 ,i  
will lay upon his head the oath he hath 
despised1 and the covenant he hath      
broken4  #ag3bj4 ,and ,i will spread my 
net over him1 and he shall be taken in  
my net3  and ,i will bring him into     

,babylon1 and will judge him there for  
the transgression by which he hath      
despised me4  #ag3ba4 ,and all his      
fugitives with all his bands shall fall 
by the sword3  and the residue shall be 
scattered into every wind3  and you     
shall know that ,i the ,lord have       
spoken4  #ag3bb4 ,thus saith the ,lord  
,god3  ,i myself will take of the marrow
 of the high cedar1 and will set it3  ,i
 will crop off a tender twig from the   
top of the branches thereof1 and ,i will
 plant it on a mountain high and        
eminent4  ,of the marrow of the high    
cedar1 etc4 4 4,of the royal stock of   
,david4--,ibid4  ,a tender twig4 4      
4,viz41 ,jesus ,christ1 whom ,god hath  
planted in mount ,sion1 that is1 the    
high mountain of his church1 to which   
all nations flow4  #ag3bc4 ,on the high 
mountains of ,israel will ,i plant it1  
and it shall shoot forth into branches  
and shall bear fruit1 and it shall      
become a great cedar3  and all birds    
shall dwell under it1 and every fowl    

shall make its nest under the shadow of 
the branches thereof4  #ag3bd4 ,and all 
the trees of the country shall know that
 ,i the ,lord have brought down the high
 tree1 and exalted the low tree3  and   
have dried up the green tree1 and have  
caused the dry tree to flourish4  ,i the
 ,lord have spoken and have done it4    
,ezechiel ,chapter #ah   ,one man shall 
not bear the sins of another1 but every 
one his own2 if a wicked man truly      
repent1 he shall be saved2 and if a just
 man leave his justice1 he shall perish4
  #ah3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came
 to me1 saying3  ,what is the meaning8  
#ah3b4 ,that you use among you this     
parable as a proverb in the land of     
,israel1 saying3  ,the fathers have     
eaten sour grapes1 and the teeth of the 
children are set on edge4  #ah3c4 ,as ,i
 live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 this       
parable shall be no more to you a       
proverb in ,israel4  #ah3d4 ,behold all 
souls are mine3  as the soul of the     
father1 so also the soul of the son is  

mine3  the soul that sinneth1 the same  
shall die4  #ah3e4 ,and if a man be     
just1 and do judgment and justice1      
#ah3f4 ,and hath not eaten upon the     
mountains1 nor lifted up his eyes to the
 idols of the house of ,israel3  and    
hath not defiled his neighbour's wife1  
nor come near to a menstruous woman3    
,not eaten upon the mountains4 4 4,that 
is1 of the sacrifices there offered to  
idols4  #ah3g4 ,and hath not wronged any
 man3  but hath restored the pledge to  
the debtor1 hath taken nothing away by  
violence3  hath given his bread to the  
hungry1 and hath covered the naked with 
a garment3  #ah3h4 ,hath not lent upon  
usury1 nor taken any increase3  hath    
withdrawn his hand from iniquity1 and   
hath executed true judgment between man 
and man3  #ah3i4 ,hath walked in my     
commandments1 and kept my judgments1 to 
do truth3  he is just1 he shall surely  
live1 saith the ,lord ,god4  ,to do     
truth4 4 4,that is1 to act according to 
truth2 for the ,hebrews called          

everything that was just1 truth4        
#ah3aj4 ,and if he beget a son that is a
 robber1 a shedder of blood1 and that   
hath done some one of these things3     
#ah3aa4 ,though he doth not all these   
things1 but that eateth upon the        
mountains1 and that defileth his        
neighbour's wife3  #ah3ab4 ,that        
grieveth the needy and the poor1 that   
taketh away by violence1 that restoreth 
not the pledge1 and that lifteth up his 
eyes to idols1 that comitteth           
abomination3  #ah3ac4 ,that giveth upon 
usury1 and that taketh an increase3     
shall such a one live8  he shall not    
live4  ,seeing he hath done all these   
detestable things1 he shall surely die1 
his blood shall be upon him4  #ah3ad4   
,but if he beget a son1 who1 seeing all 
his father's sins1 which he hath done1  
is afraid1 and shall not do the like to 
them3  #ah3ae4 ,that hath not eaten upon
 the mountains1 nor lifted up his eyes  
to the idols of the house of ,israel1   
and hath not defiled his neighbour's    

wife3  #ah3af4 ,and hath not grieved any
 man1 nor withholden the pledge1 nor    
taken away with violence1 but hath given
 his bread to the hungry1 and covered   
the naked with a garment3  #ah3ag4 ,that
 hath turned away his hand from injuring
 the poor1 hath not taken usury and     
increase1 but hath executed my          
judgments1 and hath walked in my        
commandments3  this man shall not die   
for the iniquity of his father1 but     
living he shall live4  #ah3ah4 ,as for  
his father1 because he oppressed and    
offered violence to his brother1 and    
wrought evil in the midst of his people1
 behold he is dead in his own iniquity4 
#ah3ai4 ,and you say3  ,why hath not the
 son borne the iniquity of his father8  
,verily1 because the son hath wrought   
judgment and justice1 hath kept all my  
commandments1 and done them1 living1 he 
shall live4  #ah3bj4 ,the soul that     
sinneth1 the same shall die3  the son   
shall not bear the iniquity of the      
father1 and the father shall not bear   

the iniquity of the son3  the justice of
 the just shall be upon him1 and the    
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon  
him4  #ah3ba4 ,but if the wicked do     
penance for all his sins which he hath  
committed1 and keep all my commandments1
 and do judgment1 and justice1 living he
 shall live1 and shall not die4  #ah3bb4
 ,i will not remember all his iniquities
 that he hath done3  in his justice     
which he hath wrought1 he shall live4   
#ah3bc4 ,is it my will that a sinner    
should die1 saith the ,lord ,god1 and   
not that he should be converted from his
 ways1 and live8  #ah3bd4 ,but if the   
just man turn himself away from his     
justice1 and do iniquity according to   
all the abominations which the wicked   
man useth to work1 shall he live8  all  
his justices which he hath done1 shall  
not be remembered3  in the              
prevarication1 by which he hath         
prevaricated1 and in his sin1 which he  
hath committed1 in them he shall die4   
#ah3be4 ,and you have said3  ,the way of

 the ,lord is not right4  ,hear ye1     
therefore1 ,o house of ,israel3  ,is it 
my way that is not right1 and are not   
rather your ways perverse8  #ah3bf4 ,for
 when the just turneth himself away from
 his justice1 and comitteth iniquity1 he
 shall die therein3  in the injustice   
that he hath wrought he shall die4      
#ah3bg4 ,and when the wicked turneth    
himself away from his wickedness1 which 
he hath wrought1 and doeth judgment1 and
 justice3  he shall save his soul alive4
  #ah3bh4 ,because he considereth and   
turneth away himself from all his       
iniquities which he hath wrought1 he    
shall surely live1 and not die4  #ah3bi4
 ,and the children of ,israel say3  ,the
 way of the ,lord is not right4  ,are   
not my ways right1 ,o house of ,israel1 
and are not rather your ways perverse8  
#ah3cj4 ,therefore will ,i judge every  
man according to his ways1 ,o house of  
,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god4  ,be     
converted1 and do penance for all your  
iniquities3  and iniquity shall not be  

your ruin4  #ah3ca4 ,cast away from you 
all your transgressions1 by which you   
have transgressed1 and make to          
yourselves a new heart1 and a new       
spirit3  and why will you die1 ,o house 
of ,israel8  #ah3cb4 ,for ,i desire not 
the death of him that dieth1 saith the  
,lord ,god1 return ye and live4         
,ezechiel ,chapter #ai   ,the parable of
 the young lions1 and of the vineyard   
that is wasted4  #ai3a4 ,moreover take  
thou up a lamentation for the princes of
 ,israel1  #ai3b4 ,and say3  ,why did   
thy mother the lioness lie down among   
the lions1 and bring up her whelps in   
the midst of young lions8  ,thy mother  
the lioness4 4 4,jerusalem4  #ai3c4 ,and
 she brought out one of her whelps1 and 
he became a lion3  and he learned to    
catch the prey1 and to devour men4  ,one
 of her whelps4 4 4,viz41 ,joachaz1     
alias ,sellum4  #ai3d4 ,and the nations 
heard of him1 and took him1 but not     
without receiving wounds3  and they     
brought him in chains into the land of  

,egypt4  #ai3e4 ,but she seeing herself 
weakened1 and that her hope was lost1   
took one of her young lions1 and set him
 up for a lion4  ,one of her young      
lions4 4 4,joakim4  #ai3f4 ,and he went 
up and down among the lions1 and became 
a lion3  and he learned to catch the    
prey1 and to devour men4  #ai3g4 ,he    
learned to make widows1 and to lay waste
 their cities3  and the land became     
desolate1 and the fulness thereof by the
 noise of his roaring4  #ai3h4 ,and the 
nations came together against him on    
every side out of the provinces1 and    
they spread their net over him1 in their
 wounds he was taken4  #ai3i4 ,and they 
put him into a cage1 they brought him in
 chains to the king of ,babylon3  and   
they cast him into prison1 that his     
voice should no more be heard upon the  
mountains of ,israel4  #ai3aj4 ,thy     
mother is like a vine in thy blood      
planted by the water3  her fruit and her
 branches have grown out of many waters4
  #ai3aa4 ,and she hath strong rods to  

make sceptres for them that bear rule1  
and her stature was exalted among the   
branches3  and she saw her height in the
 multitude of her branches4  #ai3ab4    
,but she was plucked up in wrath1 and   
cast on the ground1 and the burning wind
 dried up her fruit3  her strong rods   
are withered1 and dried up3  the fire   
hath devoured her4  #ai3ac4 ,and now she
 is transplanted into the desert1 in a  
land not passable1 and dry4  #ai3ad4    
,and a fire is gone out from a rod of   
her branches1 which hath devoured her   
fruit3  so that she now hath no strong  
rod1 to be a sceptre of rulers4  ,this  
is a lamentation1 and it shall be for a 
lamentation4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #bj  
,god refuses to answer the ancients of  
,israel inquiring by the prophet3 but by
 him setteth his benefits before their  
eyes1 and their heinous sins3           
threatening yet greater punishments3    
but still mixed with mercy4  #bj3a4 ,and
 it came to pass in the seventh year1 in
 the fifth month1 the tenth day of the  

month3  there came men of the ancients  
of ,israel to inquire of the ,lord1 and 
they sat before me4  #bj3b4 ,and the    
word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3   
#bj3c4 ,son of man1 speak to the        
ancients of ,israel and say to them3    
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,are you   
come to inquire of me8  ,as ,i live1 ,i 
will not answer you1 saith the ,lord    
,god4  #bj3d4 ,if thou judgest them1 if 
thou judgest1 ,o son of man1 declare to 
them the abominations of their fathers4 
,if thou judgest them4 4 4,or1 if thou  
wilt enter into the cause and plead     
against them4  #bj3e4 ,and say to them3 
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,in the day
 when ,i chose ,israel1 and lifted up my
 hand for the race of the house of      
,jacob3  and appeared to them in the    
land of ,egypt1 and lifted up my hand   
for them1 saying3  ,i am the ,lord your 
,god3  #bj3f4 ,in that day ,i lifted up 
my hand for them to bring them out of   
the land of ,egypt1 into a land which ,i
 had provided for them1 flowing with    

milk and honey1 which excelled amongst  
all lands4  #bj3g4 ,and ,i said to them3
  ,let every man cast away the scandals 
of his eyes1 and defile not yourselves  
with the idols of ,egypt3  ,i am the    
,lord your ,god4  ,scandals1 etc4 4     
4,offensiones4  ,that is1 the           
abominations or idols1 to the worship of
 which they were allured by their eyes4 
#bj3h4 ,but they provoked me1 and would 
not hearken to me3  they did not every  
man cast away the abominations of his   
eyes1 neither did they forsake the idols
 of ,egypt3  and ,i said ,i would pour  
out my indignation upon them1 and       
accomplish my wrath against them in the 
midst of the land of ,egypt4  #bj3i4    
,but ,i did otherwise for my name's     
sake1 that it might not be violated     
before the nations1 in the midst of whom
 they were1 and among whom ,i made      
myself known to them1 to bring them out 
of the land of ,egypt4  #bj3aj4         
,therefore ,i brought them out from the 
land of ,egypt1 and brought them into   

the desert4  #bj3aa4 ,and ,i gave them  
my statutes1 and ,i shewed them my      
judgments1 which if a man do1 he shall  
live in them4  #bj3ab4 ,moreover ,i gave
 them also my sabbaths1 to be a sign    
between me and them3  and that they     
might know that ,i am the ,lord that    
sanctify them4  #bj3ac4 ,but the house  
of ,israel provoked me in the desert3   
they walked not in my statutes1 and they
 cast away my judgments1 which if a man 
do he shall live in them3  and they     
grievously violated my sabbaths4  ,i    
said therefore that ,i would pour out my
 indignation upon them in the desert1   
and would consume them4  #bj3ad4 ,but ,i
 spared them for the sake of my name1   
lest it should be profaned before the   
nations1 from which ,i brought them out1
 in their sight4  #bj3ae4 ,so ,i lifted 
up my hand over them in the desert1 not 
to bring them into the land which ,i had
 given them flowing with milk and honey1
 the best of all lands4  #bj3af4        
,because they cast off my judgments1 and

 walked not in my statutes1 and violated
 my sabbaths3  for their heart went     
after idols4  #bj3ag4 ,yet my eye spared
 them1 so that ,i destroyed them not3   
neither did ,i consume them in the      
desert4  #bj3ah4 ,and ,i said to their  
children in the wilderness3  ,walk not  
in the statutes of your fathers1 and    
observe not their judgments1 nor be ye  
defiled with their idols3  #bj3ai4 ,i am
 the ,lord your ,god3  walk ye in my    
statutes1 and observe my judgments1 and 
do them4  #bj3bj4 ,and sanctify my      
sabbaths1 that they may be a sign       
between me and you3  and that you may   
know that ,i am the ,lord your ,god4    
#bj3ba4 ,but their children provoked me1
 they walked not in my commandments1 nor
 observed my judgments to do them3      
which if a man do1 he shall live in     
them3  and they violated my sabbaths3   
and ,i threatened to pour out my        
indignation upon them1 and to accomplish
 my wrath in them in the desert4        
#bj3bb4 ,but ,i turned away my hand1 and

 wrought for my name's sake1 that it    
might not be violated before the        
nations1 out of which ,i brought them   
forth in their sight4  #bj3bc4 ,again ,i
 lifted up my hand upon them in the     
wilderness1 to disperse them among the  
nations1 and scatter them through the   
countries3  #bj3bd4 ,because they had   
not done my judgments1 and had cast off 
my statutes1 and had violated my        
sabbaths1 and their eyes had been after 
the idols of their fathers4  #bj3be4    
,therefore ,i also gave them statutes   
that were not good1 and judgments1 in   
which they shall not live4  ,statutes   
that were not good1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the  
laws and ordinances of their enemies2 or
 those imposes upon them by that cruel  
tyrant the devil1 to whose power they   
were delivered up for their sins4       
#bj3bf4 ,and ,i polluted them in their  
own gifts1 when they offered all that   
opened the womb1 for their offences3    
and they shall know that ,i am the      
,lord4  ,i polluted them1 etc4 4 4,that 

is1 ,i gave them up to such blindness in
 punishment of their offences1 as to    
pollute themselves with the blood of all
 their firstborn1 whom they offered up  
to their idols in compliance with their 
wicked devices4  #bj3bg4 ,wherefore     
speak to the house of ,israel1 ,o son of
 man1 and say to them3  ,thus saith the 
,lord ,god3  ,moreover in this also your
 fathers blaspheme me1 when they had    
despised and contemned me2  #bj3bh4 ,and
 ,i had brought them into the land1 for 
which ,i lifted up my hand to give it   
them3  they saw every high hill1 and    
every shady tree1 and there they        
sacrificed their victims3  and there    
they presented the provocation of their 
offerings1 and there they set their     
sweet odours1 and poured forth their    
libations4  #bj3bi4 ,and ,i said to     
them3  ,what meaneth the high place to  
which you go8 and the name thereof was  
called ,high-place even to this day4    
#bj3cj4 ,wherefore say to the house of  
,israel3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3   

,verily1 you are defiled in the way of  
your fathers1 and you commit fornication
 with their abominations4  #bj3ca4 ,and 
you defile yourselves with all your     
idols unto this day1 in the offering of 
your gifts1 when you make your children 
pass through the fire3  and shall ,i    
answer you1 ,o house of ,israel8  ,as ,i
 live1 saith the ,lord ,god1 ,i will not
 answer you4  #bj3cb4 ,neither shall the
 thought of your mind come to pass1 by  
which you say3  ,we will be as the      
,gentiles1 and as the families of the   
earth1 to worship stocks and stones4    
#bj3cc4 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord    
,god1 ,i will reign over you with a     
strong hand1 and with a stretched out   
arm1 and with fury poured out4  #bj3cd4 
,and ,i will bring you out from the     
people1 and ,i will gather you out of   
the countries1 in which you are         
scattered1 ,i will reign over you with a
 strong hand and with a stretched out   
arm1 and with fury poured out4  #bj3ce4 
,and ,i will bring you into the         

wilderness of people1 and there will ,i 
plead with you face to face4  ,the      
wilderness of people4 4 4,that is1 a    
desert in which there are no people4    
#bj3cf4 ,as ,i pleaded against your     
fathers in the desert of the land of    
,egypt2 even so will ,i judge you1 saith
 the ,lord ,god4  #bj3cg4 ,and ,i will  
make you subject to my sceptre1 and will
 bring you into the bands of the        
covenant4  #bj3ch4 ,and ,i will pick out
 from among you the transgressors1 and  
the wicked1 and will bring them out of  
the land where they sojourn1 and they   
shall not enter into the land of        
,israel3  and you shall know that ,i am 
the ,lord4  #bj3ci4 ,and as for you1 ,o 
house of ,israel3  thus saith the ,lord 
,god3  ,walk ye every one after your    
idols1 and serve them4  ,but if in this 
also you hear me not1 but defile my holy
 name any more with your gifts1 and with
 your idols2  ,walk ye every one1 etc4 4
 4,it is not an allowance1 much less a  
commandment to serve idols2 but a figure

 of speech1 by which ,god would have    
them to understand that if they would   
walk after their idols1 they must not   
pretend to serve him at the same time3  
for that he would by no means suffer    
such a mixture of worship4  #bj3dj4 ,in 
my holy mountain1 in the high mountain  
of ,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god1 there 
shall all the house of ,israel serve me2
 all of them ,i say1 in the land in     
which they shall please me1 and there   
will ,i require your firstfruits1 and   
the chief of your tithes with all your  
sanctifications4  ,in my holy mountain1 
etc4 4 4,the foregoing verse1 to make   
the sense complete1 must be understood  
so as to condemn and reject that mixture
 of worship which the ,jews then        
followed4  ,in this verse1 ,god promises
 to the true ,israelites1 especially to 
those of the ,christian church1 that    
they shall serve him in another manner1 
in his holy mountain1 the spiritual     
,sion3  and shall by accepted of by him4
  #bj3da4 ,i will accept of you for an  

odour of sweetness1 when ,i shall have  
brought you out from the people1 and    
shall have gathered you out of the lands
 into which you are scattered1 and ,i   
will be sanctified in you in the sight  
of the nations4  #bj3db4 ,and you shall 
know that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall
 have brought you into the land of      
,israel1 into the land for which ,i     
lifted up my hand to give it to your    
fathers4  #bj3dc4 ,and there you shall  
remember your ways1 and all your wicked 
doings with which you have been defiled2
 and you shall be displeased with       
yourselves in your own sight1 for all   
your wicked deeds which you committed4  
#bj3dd4 ,and you shall know that ,i am  
the ,lord1 when ,i shall have done well 
by you for my own name's sake1 and not  
according to your evil ways1 nor        
according to your wicked deeds1 ,o house
 of ,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god4      
#bj3de4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to me1 saying3  #bj3df4 ,son of man1 set
 thy face against the way of the south1 

and drop towards the south1 and prophesy
 against the forest of the south field4 
,of the south4 4 4,jerusalem lay towards
 the south of ,babylon1 7where the      
prophet then was17 and is here called   
the forest of the south field1 and is   
threatened with utter desolation4       
#bj3dg4 ,and say to the south forest3   
,hear the word of the ,lord3  ,thus     
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i will  
kindle a fire in thee1 and will burn in 
thee every green tree1 and every dry    
tree3  the flame of the fire shall not  
be quenched3  and every face shall be   
burned in it1 from the south even to the
 north4  #bj3dh4 ,and all flesh shall   
see1 that ,i the ,lord have kindled it1 
and it shall not be quenched4  #bj3di4  
,and ,i said3  ,ah1 ah1 ah1 ,o ,lord    
,god3  they say of me3  ,doth not this  
man speak by parables8    ,ezechiel     
,chapter #ba   ,the destruction of      
,jerusalem by the sword is further      
described3  the ruin also of the        
,ammonites is forshewn4  ,and finally   

,babylon1 the destroyer of others1 shall
 be destroyed4  #ba3a4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord came to me1 saying3  #ba3b4   
,son of man1 set thy face toward        
,jerusalem1 and let thy speech flow     
towards the holy places1 and prophesy   
against the land of ,israel3  #ba3c4    
,and say to the land of ,israel1 ,thus  
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i come  
against thee1 and ,i will draw forth my 
sword out of its sheath1 and will cut   
off in thee the just1 and the wicked4   
#ba3d4 ,and forasmuch as ,i have cut off
 in thee the just and the wicked1       
therefore shall my sword go forth out of
 its sheath against all flesh1 from the 
south even to the north4  #ba3e4 ,that  
all flesh may know that ,i the ,lord    
have drawn my sword out of its sheath   
not to be turned back4  #ba3f4 ,and     
thou1 son of man1 mourn with the        
breaking of thy loins1 and with         
bitterness sigh before them4  #ba3g4    
,and when they shall say to thee3  ,why 
mournest thou8  thou shalt say3  ,for   

that which ,i hear3  because it cometh1 
and every heart shall melt1 and all     
hands shall be made feeble1 and every   
spirit shall faint1 and water shall run 
down every knee3  behold it cometh1 and 
it shall be done1 saith the ,lord ,god4 
#ba3h4 ,and the word of the ,lord came  
to me1 saying3  #ba3i4 ,son of man1     
prophesy1 and say3  ,thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,say3  ,the sword1 the     
sword is sharpened1 and furbished4      
#ba3aj4 ,it is sharpened to kill        
victims3  it is furbished that it may   
glitter3  thou removest the sceptre of  
my son1 thou hast cut down every tree4  
,thou removest the sceptre of my son4 4 
4,he speaks 7according to ,st4 ,jerome7 
to the sword of ,nabuchodonosor3  which 
was about to remove the sceptre of      
,israel1 whom ,god here calls his son4  
#ba3aa4 ,and ,i have given it to be     
furbished1 that it may be handled3 this 
sword is sharpened1 and it is furbished1
 that it may be in the hand of the      
slayer4  #ba3ab4 ,cry1 and howl1 ,o son 

of man1 for this sword is upon my       
people1 it is upon all the princes of   
,israel1 that are fled3  they are       
delivered up to the sword with my       
people1 strike therefore upon thy thigh1
  #ba3ac4 ,because it is tried3  and    
that when it shall overthrow the        
sceptre1 and it shall not be1 saith the 
,lord ,god4  #ba3ad4 ,thou therefore1 ,o
 son of man1 prophesy1 and strike thy   
hands together1 and let the sword be    
doubled1 and let the sword of the slain 
be tripled3  this is the sword of a     
great slaughter1 that maketh them stand 
amazed1  #ba3ae4 ,and languish in heart1
 and that multiplieth ruins4  ,in all   
their gates ,i have set the dread of the
 sharp sword1 the sword that is         
furbished to glitter1 that is made ready
 for slaughter4  #ba3af4 ,be thou       
sharpened1 go to the right hand1 or to  
the left1 which way soever thou hast a  
mind to set thy face4  #ba3ag4 ,and ,i  
will clap my hands together1 and will   
satisfy my indignation3  ,i the ,lord   

have spoken4  #ba3ah4 ,and the word of  
the ,lord came to me1 saying3  #ba3ai4  
,and thou son of man1 set thee two ways1
 for the sword of the king of ,babylon  
to come3  both shall come forth out of  
one land3  and with his hand he shall   
draw lots1 he shall consult at the head 
of the way of the city4  #ba3bj4 ,thou  
shalt make a way that the sword may come
 to ,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 
and to ,juda unto ,jerusalem the strong 
city4  #ba3ba4 ,for the king of ,babylon
 stood in the highway1 at the head of   
two ways1 seeking divination1 shuffling 
arrows3  he inquired of the idols1 and  
consulted entrails4  #ba3bb4 ,on his    
right hand was the divination for       
,jerusalem1 to set battering rams1 to   
open the mouth in slaughter1 to lift up 
the voice in howling1 to set engines    
against the gates1 to cast up a mount1  
to build forts4  #ba3bc4 ,and he shall  
be in their eyes as one consulting the  
oracle in vain1 and imitating the       
leisure of sabbaths3  but he will call  

to remembrance the iniquity that they   
may be taken4  #ba3bd4 ,therefore thus  
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because you have
 remembered your iniquity1 and have     
discovered your prevarications1 and your
 sins have appeared in all your devices3
  because1 ,i say1 ,you have remembered1
 you shall be taken with the hand4      
#ba3be4 ,but thou profane wicked prince 
of ,israel1 whose day is come that hath 
been appointed in the time of iniquity3 
,thou profane1 etc4 4 4,he speaks to    
king ,sedecias1 who had broken his oath1
 and was otherwise a wicked prince4     
#ba3bf4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3     
,remove the diadem1 take off the crown3 
is it not this that hath exalted the low
 one1 and brought down him that was     
high8  ,is it not this that hath exalted
 the low one4 4 4,the royal crown of    
,juda had exalted ,sedecias from a      
private state and condition to the      
sovereign power1 as the loss of it had  
brought down ,jechonias1 etc4  #ba3bg4  
,i will shew it to be iniquity1         

iniquity1 iniquity3  but this was not   
done till he came to whom judgment      
belongeth1 and ,i will give it him4  ,i 
will shew it to be iniquity1 etc4 4     
4,or1 ,i will overturn it1 viz41 the    
crown of ,juda for the manifold         
iniquities of the kings3  but it shall  
not be utterly removed1 till ,christ    
come whose right it is3  and who shall  
reign in the spiritual house of ,jacob1 
that is1 in his church1 for evermore4   
#ba3bh4 ,and thou son of man1 prophesy1 
and say3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god    
concerning the children of ,ammon1 and  
concerning their reproach1 and thou     
shalt say3  ,o sword1 ,o sword1 come out
 of the scabbard to kill1 be furbished  
to destroy1 and to glitter1  ,concerning
 their reproach4 4 4,by which they had  
reproached and insulted over the ,jews1 
at the time of the destruction of       
,jerusalem4  #ba3bi4 ,whilst they see   
vain things in thy regard1 and they     
divine lies3 to bring thee upon the     
necks of the wicked that are wounded1   

whose appointed day is come in the time 
of iniquity4  #ba3cj4 ,return into thy  
sheath4  ,i will judge thee in the place
 wherein thou wast created1 in the land 
of thy nativity4  ,return into thy      
sheath1 etc4 4 4,the sword of ,babylon1 
after raging against many nations1 was  
shortly to be judged and destroyed at   
home by the ,medes and ,persians4       
#ba3ca4 ,and ,i will pour out upon thee 
my indignation3  in the fire of my rage 
will ,i blow upon thee1 and will give   
thee into the hands of men that are     
brutish and contrive thy destruction4   
#ba3cb4 ,thou shalt be fuel for the     
fire1 thy blood shall be in the midst of
 the land1 thou shalt be forgotten3  for
 ,i the ,lord have spoken it4           
,ezechiel ,chapter #bb   ,the general   
corruption of the inhabitants of        
,jerusalem3  for which ,god will consume
 them as dross in his furnace4  #bb3a4  
,and the word of the ,lord came to me1  
saying3  #bb3b4 ,and thou son of man1   
dost thou not judge1 dost thou not judge

 the city of blood8  #bb3c4 ,and thou   
shalt shew her all her abominations1 and
 shalt say3  ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3
  ,this is the city that sheddeth blood 
in the midst of her1 that her time may  
come3  and that hath made idols against 
herself1 to defile herself4  #bb3d4     
,thou art become guilty in thy blood    
which thou hast shed3  and thou art     
defiled in thy idols which thou hast    
made3  and thou hast made thy days to   
draw near1 and hast brought on the time 
of thy years3 therefore have ,i made    
thee a reproach to the ,gentiles1 and a 
mockery to all countries4  #bb3e4 ,those
 that are near1 and those that are far  
from thee1 shall triumph over thee3     
thou filthy one1 infamous1 great in     
destruction4  #bb3f4 ,behold the princes
 of ,israel1 every one hath employed his
 arm in thee to shed blood4  #bb3g4     
,they have abused father and mother in  
thee1 they have oppressed the stranger  
in the midst of thee1 they have grieved 
the fatherless and widow in thee4       

#bb3h4 ,thou hast despised my           
sanctuaries1 and profaned my sabbaths4  
#bb3i4 ,slanderers have been in thee to 
shed blood1 and they have eaten upon the
 mountains in thee1 they have committed 
wickedness in the midst of thee4        
#bb3aj4 ,they have discovered the       
nakedness of their father in thee1 they 
have humbled the uncleanness of the     
menstruous woman in thee4  #bb3aa4 ,and 
every one hath committed abomination    
with his neighbour's wife1 and the      
father in law hath wickedly defiled his 
daughter in law1 the brother hath       
oppressed his sister the daughter of his
 father in thee4  #bb3ab4 ,they have    
taken gifts in thee to shed blood3  thou
 hast taken usury and increase1 and hast
 covetously oppressed thy neighbours3   
and thou hast forgotten me1 saith the   
,lord ,god4  #bb3ac4 ,behold1 ,i have   
clapped my hands at thy covetousness1   
which thou hast exercised3  and at the  
blood that hath been shed in the midst  
of thee4  #bb3ad4 ,shall thy heart      

endure1 or shall thy hands prevail in   
the days which ,i will bring upon thee3 
,i the ,lord have spoken1 and will do   
it4  #bb3ae4 ,and ,i will disperse thee 
in the nations1 and will scatter thee   
among the countries1 and ,i will put an 
end to thy uncleanness in thee4  #bb3af4
 ,and ,i will possess thee in the sight 
of the ,gentiles1 and thou shalt know   
that ,i am the ,lord4  #bb3ag4 ,and the 
word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3   
#bb3ah4 ,son of man1 the house of       
,israel is become dross to me3  all     
these are brass1 and tin1 and iron1 and 
lead1 in the midst of the furnace3 they 
are become the dross of silver4  #bb3ai4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,because you are all turned into dross1 
therefore behold ,i will gather you     
together in the midst of ,jerusalem4    
#bb3bj4 ,as they gather silver1 and     
brass1 and tin1 and iron1 and lead in   
the midst of the furnace3  that ,i may  
kindle a fire in it to melt it3  so will
 ,i gather you together in my fury and  

in my wrath1 and will take my rest1 and 
,i will melt you down4  #bb3ba4 ,and    
will gather you together1 and will burn 
you in the fire of my wrath1 and you    
shall be melted in the midst thereof4   
#bb3bb4 ,as silver is melted in the     
midst of the furnace1 so shall you be in
 the midst thereof3  and you shall know 
that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i have      
poured out my indignation upon you4     
#bb3bc4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to me1 saying3  #bb3bd4 ,son of man1 say
 to her3  ,thou art a land that is      
unclean1 and not rained upon in the day 
of wrath4  #bb3be4 ,there is a          
conspiracy of prophets in the midst     
thereof3  like a lion that roareth and  
catcheth the prey1 they have devoured   
souls1 they have taken riches and hire1 
they have made many widows in the midst 
thereof4  #bb3bf4 ,her priests have     
despised my law1 and have defiled my    
sanctuaries3  they have put no          
difference between holy and profane3    
nor have distinguished between the      

polluted and the clean3  and they have  
turned away their eyes from my sabbaths1
 and ,i was profaned in the midst of    
them4  #bb3bg4 ,her princes in the midst
 of her1 are like wolves ravening the   
prey to shed blood1 and to destroy      
souls1 and to run after gains through   
covetousness4  #bb3bh4 ,and her prophets
 have daubed them without tempering the 
mortar1 seeing vain things1 and divining
 lies unto them1 saying3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  when the ,lord hath not
 spoken4  #bb3bi4 ,the people of the    
land have used oppression1 and committed
 robbery3  they afflicted the needy and 
poor1 and they oppressed the stranger by
 calumny without judgment4  #bb3cj4 ,and
 ,i sought among them for a man that    
might set up a hedge1 and stand in the  
gap before me in favour of the land1    
that ,i might not destroy it3  and ,i   
found none4  #bb3ca4 ,and ,i poured out 
my indignation upon them1 in the fire of
 my wrath ,i consumed them3  ,i have    
rendered their way upon their own head1 

saith the ,lord ,god4    ,ezechiel      
,chapter #bc   ,under the names of the  
two harlots1 ,oolla and ,ooliba1 are    
described the manifold disloyalties of  
,samaria and ,jerusalem1 with the       
punishment of them both4  #bc3a4 ,and   
the word of the ,lord came to me1       
saying3  #bc3b4 ,son of man1 there were 
two women1 daughters of one mother4     
#bc3c4 ,and they committed fornication  
in ,egypt1 in their youth they committed
 fornication3  there were their breasts 
pressed down1 and the teats of their    
virginity were bruised4  ,committed     
fornication4 4 4,that is1 idolatry4     
#bc3d4 ,and their names were ,oolla the 
elder1 and ,ooliba her younger sister3  
and ,i took them1 and they bore sons and
 daughters4  ,now for their names1      
,samaria is ,oolla1 and ,jerusalem is   
,ooliba4  ,oolla and ,ooliba4 4 4,god   
calls the kingdom of ,israel ,oolla1    
which signifies their own habitation1   
because they separated themselves from  
his temple3  and the kingdom of ,juda1  

,ooliba1 which signifies his habitation 
in her1 because of his temple among them
 in ,jerusalem4  #bc3e4 ,and ,oolla     
committed fornication against me1 and   
doted on her lovers1 on the ,assyrians  
that came to her1  ,on the ,assyraians1 
etc4 4 4,that is1 the idols of the      
,assyrians3  for all that is said in    
this chapter of the fornications of     
,israel and ,juda1 is to be understood  
in a spiritual sense1 of their          
disloyalty to the ,lord1 by worshipping 
strange gods4  #bc3f4 ,who were clothed 
with blue1 princes1 and rulers1         
beautiful youths1 all horsemen1 mounted 
upon horses4  #bc3g4 ,and she committed 
her fornications with those chosen men1 
all sons of the ,assyrians3  and she    
defiled herself with the uncleanness of 
all them on whom she doted4  #bc3h4     
,moreover also she did not forsake her  
fornications which she had committed in 
,egypt3  for they also lay with her in  
her youth1 and they bruised the breasts 
of her virginity1 and poured out their  

fornication upon her4  #bc3i4 ,therefore
 have ,i delivered her into the hands of
 her lovers1 into the hands of the sons 
of the ,assyrians1 upon whose lust she  
doted4  #bc3aj4 ,they discovered her    
disgrace1 took away her sons and        
daughters1 and slew her with the sword3 
and they became infamous women1 and they
 executed judgments in her4  #bc3aa4    
,and when her sister ,ooliba saw this1  
she was mad with lust more than she3    
and she carried her fornication beyond  
the fornication of her sister4  #bc3ab4 
,impudently prostituting herself to the 
children of the ,assyrians1 the princes1
 and rulers that came to her1 clothed   
with divers colours1 to the horsemen    
that rode upon horses1 and to young men 
all of great beauty4  #bc3ac4 ,and ,i   
saw that she was defiled1 and that they 
both took one way4  #bc3ad4 ,and she    
increased her fornications3  and when   
she had seen men painted on the wall1   
the images of the ,chaldeans set forth  
in colours1  #bc3ae4 ,and girded with   

girdles about their reins1 and with dyed
 turbans on their heads1 the resemblance
 of all the captains1 the likeness of   
the sons of ,babylon1 and of the land of
 the ,chaldeans wherein they were born1 
#bc3af4 ,she doted upon them with the   
lust of her eyes1 and she sent          
messengers to them into ,chaldea4       
#bc3ag4 ,and when the sons of ,babylon  
were come to her to the bed of love1    
they defiled her with their             
fornications1 and she was polluted by   
them1 and her soul was glutted with     
them4  #bc3ah4 ,and she discovered her  
fornications1 and discovered her        
disgrace3  and my soul was alienated    
from her1 as my soul was alienated from 
her sister4  #bc3ai4 ,for she multiplied
 her fornications1 remembering the days 
of her youth1 in which she played the   
harlot in the land of ,egypt4  #bc3bj4  
,and she was mad with lust after lying  
with them whose flesh is as the flesh of
 asses3  and whose issue as the issue of
 horses4  #bc3ba4 ,and thou hast renewed

 the wickedness of thy youth1 when thy  
breasts were pressed in ,egypt1 and the 
paps of thy virginity broken4  #bc3bb4  
,therefore1 ,ooliba1 thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i will raise up   
against thee all thy lovers with whom   
thy soul hath been glutted3 and ,i will 
gather them together against thee round 
about4  #bc3bc4 ,the children of        
,babylon1 and all the ,chaldeans1 the   
nobles1 and the kings1 and princes1 all 
the sons of the ,assyrians1 beautiful   
young men1 all the captains1 and rulers1
 the princes of princes1 and the        
renowned horsemen4  #bc3bd4 ,and they   
shall come upon thee well appointed with
 chariot and wheel1 a multitude of      
people3  they shall be armed against    
thee on every side with breastplate1 and
 buckler1 and helmet3  and ,i will set  
judgment before them1 and they shall    
judge thee by their judgments4  #bc3be4 
,and ,i will set my jealousy against    
thee1 which they shall execute upon thee
 with fury3  they shall cut off thy nose

 and thy ears3 and what remains shall   
fall by the sword3  they shall take thy 
sons1 and thy daughters1 and thy residue
 shall be devoured by fire4  #bc3bf4    
,and they shall strip thee of thy       
garments1 and take away the instruments 
of thy glory4  #bc3bg4 ,and ,i will put 
an end to thy wickedness in thee1 and   
thy fornication brought out of the land 
of ,egypt3  neither shalt thou lift up  
thy eyes to them1 nor remember ,egypt   
any more4  #bc3bh4 ,for thus saith the  
,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i will deliver   
thee into the hands of them whom thou   
hatest1 into their hands with whom thy  
soul hath been glutted4  #bc3bi4 ,and   
they shall deal with thee in hatred1 and
 they shall take away all thy labours1  
and shall let thee go naked1 and full of
 disgrace1 and the disgrace of thy      
fornication shall be discovered1 thy    
wickedness1 and thy fornications4       
#bc3cj4 ,they have done these things to 
thee1 because thou hast played the      
harlot with the nations among which thou

 wast defiled with their idols4  #bc3ca4
 ,thou hast walked in the way of thy    
sister and ,i will give her cup into thy
 hand4  #bc3cb4 ,thus saith the ,lord   
,god3  ,thou shalt drink thy sister's   
cup1 deep and wide3  thou shalt be had  
in derision and scorn1 which containeth 
very much4  #bc3cc4 ,thou shalt be      
filled with drunkenness1 and sorrow3    
with the cup of grief and sadness1 with 
the cup of thy sister ,samaria4  #bc3cd4
 ,and thou shalt drink it1 and shalt    
drink it up even to the dregs1 and thou 
shalt devour the fragments thereof1 thou
 shalt rend thy breasts3  because ,i    
have spoken it1 saith the ,lord ,god4   
#bc3ce4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord 
,god3  ,because thou hast forgotten me1 
and hast cast me off behind thy back1   
bear thou also thy wickedness1 and thy  
fornications4  #bc3cf4 ,and the ,lord   
spoke to me1 saying3  ,son of man1 dost 
thou judge ,oolla1 and ,ooliba1 and dost
 thou declare to them their wicked      
deeds8  #bc3cg4 ,because they have      

committed adultery1 and blood is in     
their hands1 and they have committed    
fornication with their idols3  moreover 
also their children1 whom they bore to  
me1 they have offered to them to be     
devoured4  #bc3ch4 ,yea1 and they have  
done this to me4  ,they polluted my     
sanctuary on the same day1 and profaned 
my sabbaths4  #bc3ci4 ,and when they    
sacrificed their children to their      
idols1 and went into my sanctuary the   
same day to profane it3  they did these 
things even in the midst of my house4   
#bc3dj4 ,they sent for men coming from  
afar1 to whom they had sent a messenger3
  and behold they came3  for whom thou  
didst wash thyself1 and didst paint thy 
eyes1 and wast adorned with women's     
ornaments4  #bc3da4 ,thou sattest on a  
very fine bed1 and a table was decked   
before thee3  whereupon thou didst set  
my incense1 and my ointment4  #bc3db4   
,and there was in her the voice of a    
multitude rejoicing3  and to some that  
were brought of the multitude of men1   

and that came from the desert1 they put 
bracelets on their hands1 and beautiful 
crowns on their heads4  #bc3dc4 ,and ,i 
said to her that was worn out in her    
adulteries3  ,now will this woman still 
continue in her fornication4  #bc3dd4   
,and they went in to her1 as to a       
harlot3  so went they in unto ,oolla1   
and ,ooliba1 wicked women4  #bc3de4     
,they therefore are just men3  these    
shall judge them as adulteresses are    
judged1 and as shedders of blood are    
judged3  because they are adulteresses1 
and blood is in their hands4  #bc3df4   
,for thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,bring 
a multitude upon them1 and deliver them 
over to tumult and rapine3  #bc3dg4 ,and
 let the people stone them with stone1  
and let them be stabbed with their      
swords3  they shall kill their sons and 
daughters1 and their houses they shall  
burn with fire4  #bc3dh4 ,and ,i will   
take away wickedness out of the land3   
and all women shall learn1 not to do    
according to the wickedness of them4    

#bc3di4 ,and they shall render your     
wickedness upon you1 and you shall bear 
the sins of your idols3  and you shall  
know that ,i am the ,lord ,god4         
,ezechiel ,chapter #bd   ,under the     
parable of a boiling pot is shewn the   
utter destruction of ,jerusalem3  for   
which the ,jews at ,babylon shall not   
dare to mourn4  #bd3a4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord came to me in the ninth year1 
in the tenth month1 the tenth day of the
 month1 saying3  #bd3b4 ,son of man1    
write thee the name of this day1 on     
which the king of ,babylon hath set     
himself against ,jerusalem to day4      
#bd3c4 ,and thou shalt speak by a figure
 a parable to the provoking house1 and  
say to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord     
,god3  ,set on a pot1 set it on1 ,i say1
 and put water in it4  #bd3d4 ,heap     
together into it the pieces thereof1    
every good piece1 the thigh and the     
shoulder1 choice pieces and full of     
bones4  #bd3e4 ,take the fattest of the 
flock1 and lay together piles of bones  

under it3  the seething thereof is      
boiling hot1 and the bones thereof are  
thoroughly sodden in the midst of it4   
#bd3f4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord  
,god3  ,woe to the bloody city1 to the  
pot whose rust is in it1 and its rust is
 not gone out of it3  cast it out piece 
by piece1 there hath no lot fallen upon 
it4  #bd3g4 ,for her blood is in the    
midst of her1 she hath shed it upon the 
smooth rock3  she hath not shed it upon 
the ground1 that it might be covered    
with dust4  #bd3h4 ,and that ,i might   
bring my indignation upon her1 and take 
my vengeance3  ,i have shed her blood   
upon the smooth rock1 that it should not
 be covered4  #bd3i4 ,therefore thus    
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,woe to the      
bloody city1 of which ,i will make a    
great bonfire4  #bd3aj4 ,heap together  
the bones1 which ,i will burn with fire3
  the flesh shall be consumed1 and the  
whole composition shall be sodden1 and  
the bones shall be consumed4  #bd3aa4   
,then set it empty upon burning coals1  

that it may be hot1 and the brass       
thereof may be melted3  and let the     
filth of it be melted in the midst      
thereof1 and let the rust of it be      
consumed4  #bd3ab4 ,great pains have    
been taken1 and the great rust thereof  
is not gone out1 not even by fire4      
#bd3ac4 ,thy uncleanness is execrable3  
because ,i desired to cleanse thee1 and 
thou art not cleansed from thy          
filthiness3  neither shalt thou be      
cleansed1 before ,i cause my indignation
 to rest in thee4  #bd3ad4 ,i the ,lord 
have spoken3  it shall come to pass1 and
 ,i will do it3 ,i will not pass by1 nor
 spare1 nor be pacified3  ,i will judge 
thee according to thy ways1 and         
according to thy doings1 saith the      
,lord4  #bd3ae4 ,and the word of the    
,lord came to me1 saying3  #bd3af4 ,son 
of man1 behold ,i take from thee the    
desire of thy eyes with a stroke1 and   
thou shall not lament1 nor weep2 neither
 shall thy tears run down4  #bd3ag4     
,sigh in silence1 make no mourning for  

the dead3  let the tire of thy head be  
upon thee1 and thy shoes on thy feet1   
and cover not thy face1 nor eat the meat
 of mourners4  #bd3ah4 ,so ,i spoke to  
the people in the morning1 and my wife  
died in the evening3  and ,i did in the 
morning as he had commanded me4  #bd3ai4
 ,and the people said to me3  ,why dost 
thou not tell us what these things mean 
that thou doest8  #bd3bj4 ,and ,i said  
to them3  ,the word of the ,lord came to
 me1 saying3  #bd3ba4 ,speak to the     
house of ,israel3  ,thus saith the ,lord
 ,god3  ,behold ,i will profane my      
sanctuary1 the glory of your realm1 and 
the thing that your eyes desire1 and for
 which your soul feareth3  your sons1   
and your daughters1 whom you have left1 
shall fall by the sword4  #bd3bb4 ,and  
you shall do as ,i have done3  you shall
 not cover your faces1 nor shall you eat
 the meat of mourners4  #bd3bc4 ,you    
shall have crowns on your heads1 and    
shoes on your feet3  you shall not      
lament nor weep1 but you shall pine away

 for your iniquities1 and every one     
shall sigh with his brother4  #bd3bd4   
,and ,ezechiel shall be unto you for a  
sign of things to come3 according to all
 that he hath done1 so shall you do1    
when this shall come to pass3  and you  
shall know that ,i am the ,lord ,god4   
#bd3be4 ,and thou1 ,o son of man1 behold
 in the day wherein ,i will take away   
from them their strength1 and the joy of
 their glory1 and the desire of their   
eyes1 upon which their souls rest1 their
 sons and their daughters4  #bd3bf4 ,in 
that day when he that escapeth shall    
come to thee1 to tell thee3  #bd3bg4 ,in
 that day1 ,i say1 shall thy mouth be   
opened to him that hath escaped1 and    
thou shalt speak1 and shalt be silent no
 more3  and thou shalt be unto them for 
a sign of things to come1 and you shall 
know that ,i am the ,lord4    ,ezechiel 
,chapter #be   ,a prophecy against the  
,ammonites1 ,moabites1 ,edomites1 and   
,philistines1 for their malice against  
the ,israelites4  #be3a4 ,and the word  

of the ,lord came to me1 saying3  #be3b4
 ,son of man1 set thy face against the  
children of ,ammon1 and thou shalt      
prophesy of them4  #be3c4 ,and thou     
shalt say to the children of ,ammon3    
,hear ye the word of the ,lord ,god3    
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because   
thou hast said3  ,ha1 ha1 upon my       
sanctuary1 because it was profaned3  and
 upon the land of ,israel1 because it   
was laid waste3  and upon the house of  
,juda1 because they are led into        
captivity3  #be3d4 ,therefore will ,i   
deliver thee to the men of the east for 
an inheritance1 and they shall place    
their sheepcotes in thee1 and shall set 
up their tents in thee3  they shall eat 
thy fruits3  and they shall drink thy   
milk4  #be3e4 ,and ,i will make ,rabbath
 a stable for camels1 and the children  
of ,ammon a couching place for flocks3  
and you shall know that ,i am the ,lord4
  ,rabbath4 4 4,the capital city of the 
,ammonites3  it was afterwards called   
,philadelphia4  #be3f4 ,for thus saith  

the ,lord ,god3  ,because thou hast     
clapped thy hands and stamped with thy  
foot1 and hast rejoiced with all thy    
heart against the land of ,israel3      
#be3g4 ,therefore behold ,i will stretch
 forth my hand upon thee1 and will      
deliver thee to be the spoil of nations1
 and will cut thee off from among the   
people1 and destroy thee out of the     
lands1 and break thee in pieces3  and   
thou shalt know that ,i am the ,lord4   
#be3h4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3      
,because ,moab and ,seir have said3     
,behold the house of ,juda is like all  
other nations3  #be3i4 ,therefore behold
 ,i will open the shoulder of ,moab from
 the cities1 from his cities1 ,i say1   
and his borders1 the noble cities of the
 land of ,bethiesimoth1 and ,beelmeon1  
and ,cariathaim1  #be3aj4 ,to the people
 of the east with the children of       
,ammon1 and ,i will give it them for an 
inheritance3  that there may be no more 
any remembrance of the children of      
,ammon among the nations4  #be3aa4 ,and 

,i will execute judgments in ,moab3  and
 they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4  
#be3ab4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3     
,because ,edom hath taken vengeance to  
revenge herself of the children of      
,juda1 and hath greatly offended1 and   
hath sought revenge of them3  #be3ac4   
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,i will stretch forth my hand upon      
,edom1 and will take away out of it man 
and beast1 and will make it desolate    
from the south3  and they that are in   
,dedan shall fall by the sword4  #be3ad4
 ,and ,i will lay my vengeance upon     
,edom by the hand of my people ,israel3 
and they shall do in ,edom according to 
my wrath1 and my fury3 and they shall   
know my vengeance1 saith the ,lord ,god4
  #be3ae4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,because the ,philistines have taken    
vengeance1 and have revenged themselves 
with all their mind1 destroying and     
satisfying old enmities3  #be3af4       
,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,behold ,i will stretch forth my hand   

upon the ,philistines1 and will kill the
 killers1 and will destroy the remnant  
of the sea coast4  #be3ag4 ,and ,i will 
execute great vengeance upon them1      
rebuking them in fury3  and they shall  
know that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall
 lay my vengeance upon them4            
,ezechiel ,chapter #bf   ,a prophecy of 
the destruction of the famous city of   
,tyre by ,nabuchodonosor4  #bf3a4 ,and  
it came to pass in the eleventh year1   
the first day of the month1 that the    
word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3   
#bf3b4 ,son of man1 because ,tyre hath  
said of ,jerusalem3  ,aha1 the gates of 
the people are broken1 she is turned to 
me3  ,i shall be filled1 now she is laid
 waste4  #bf3c4 ,therefore thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  ,behold ,i come against
 thee1 ,o ,tyre1 and ,i will cause many 
nations to come up to thee1 as the waves
 of the sea rise up4  #bf3d4 ,and they  
shall break down the walls of ,tyre1 and
 destroy the towers thereof3  and ,i    
will scrape her dust from her1 and make 

her like a smooth rock4  #bf3e4 ,she    
shall be a drying place for nets in the 
midst of the sea1 because ,i have spoken
 it1 saith the ,lord ,god3  and she     
shall be a spoil to the nations4  #bf3f4
 ,her daughters also that are in the    
field1 shall be slain by the sword3  and
 they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4  
#bf3g4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,behold ,i will bring against ,tyre     
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 the   
king of kings1 from the north1 with     
horses1 and chariots1 and horsemen1 and 
companies1 and much people4  #bf3h4 ,thy
 daughters that are in the field1 he    
shall kill with the sword3  and he shall
 compass thee with forts1 and shall cast
 up a mount round about3  and he shall  
lift up the buckler against thee4       
#bf3i4 ,and he shall set engines of war 
and battering rams against thy walls1   
and shall destroy thy towers with his   
arms4  #bf3aj4 ,by reason of the        
multitude of his horses1 their dust     
shall cover thee3  thy walls shall shake

 at the noise of the horsemen1 and      
wheels1 and chariots1 when they shall go
 in at thy gates1 as by the entrance of 
a city that is destroyed4  #bf3aa4 ,with
 the hoofs of his horses he shall tread 
down all thy streets1 thy people he     
shall kill with the sword1 and thy      
famous statues shall fall to the ground4
  #bf3ab4 ,they shall waste thy riches1 
they shall make a spoil of thy          
merchandise3  and they shall destroy thy
 walls1 and pull down thy fine houses3  
and they shall lay thy stones and thy   
timber1 and thy dust in the midst of the
 waters4  #bf3ac4 ,and ,i will make the 
multitude of thy songs to cease1 and the
 sound of thy harps shall be heard no   
more4  #bf3ad4 ,and ,i will make thee   
like a naked rock1 thou shalt be a      
drying place for nets1 neither shalt    
thou be built any more3  for ,i have    
spoken it1 saith the ,lord ,god4        
#bf3ae4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god to   
,tyre3  ,shall not the islands shake at 
the sound of thy fall1 and the groans of

 thy slain when they shall be killed in 
the midst of thee8  #bf3af4 ,then all   
the princes of the sea shall come down  
from their thrones3  and take off their 
robes1 and cast away their broidered    
garments1 and be clothed with           
astonishment3  they shall sit on the    
ground1 and with amazement shall wonder 
at thy sudden fall4  #bf3ag4 ,and taking
 up a lamentation over thee1 they shall 
say to thee3 ,how art thou fallen1 that 
dwellest in the sea1 renowned city that 
wast strong in the sea1 with thy        
inhabitants whom all did dread8  #bf3ah4
 ,now shall the ships be astonished in  
the day of thy terror3  and the islands 
in the sea shall be troubled because no 
one cometh out of thee4  #bf3ai4 ,for   
thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,when ,i    
shall make thee a desolate city like the
 cities that are not inhabited3  and    
shall bring the deep upon thee1 and many
 waters shall cover thee3  #bf3bj4 ,and 
when ,i shall bring thee down with those
 that descend into the pit to the       

everlasting people1 and shall set thee  
in the lowest parts of the earth1 as    
places desolate of old1 with them that  
are brought down into the pit1 that thou
 be not inhabited3  and when ,i shall   
give glory in the land of the living1   
#bf3ba4 ,i will bring thee to nothing1  
and thou shalt not be1 and if thou be   
sought for1 thou shalt not be found any 
more for ever1 saith the ,lord ,god4    
,ezechiel ,chapter #bg   ,a description 
of the glory and riches of ,tyre3  and  
of her irrecoverable fall4  #bg3a4 ,and 
the word of the ,lord came to me1       
saying3  #bg3b4 ,thou therefore1 ,o son 
of man1 take up a lamentation for ,tyre3
  #bg3c4 ,and say to ,tyre that dwelleth
 at the entry of the sea1 being the mart
 of the people for many islands3  ,thus 
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,o ,tyre1 thou   
hast said3  ,i am of perfect beauty1    
#bg3d4 ,and situate in the heart of the 
sea4  ,thy neighbours1 that built thee1 
have perfected thy beauty3  #bg3e4 ,with
 fir trees of ,sanir they have built    

thee with all sea planks3 they have     
taken cedars from ,libanus to make thee 
masts4  ,sea planks4 4 4,that is1 timber
 brought by sea to build the city4      
#bg3f4 ,they have cut thy oars out of   
the oaks of ,basan3  and they have made 
thee benches of ,indian ivory and cabins
 with things brought from the islands of
 ,italy4  #bg3g4 ,fine broidered linen  
from ,egypt was woven for thy sail1 to  
be spread on thy mast3  blue and purple 
from the islands of ,elisa1 were made   
thy covering4  #bg3h4 ,the inhabitants  
of ,sidon1 and the ,arabians were thy   
rowers3  thy wise men1 ,o ,tyre1 were   
thy pilots4  #bg3i4 ,the ancients of    
,gebal1 and the wise men thereof        
furnished mariners for the service of   
thy various furniture3  all the ships of
 the sea1 and their mariners were thy   
factors4  #bg3aj4 ,the ,persians1 and   
,lydians1 and the ,libyans were thy     
soldiers in thy army3  they hung up the 
buckler and the helmet in thee for thy  
ornament4  #bg3aa4 ,the men of ,arad    

were with thy army upon thy walls round 
about3 the ,pygmeans also that were in  
thy towers1 hung up their quivers on thy
 walls round about3  they perfected thy 
beauty4  ,pygmeans4 4 4,that is1 strong 
and valiant men4  ,in ,hebrew1          
,gammadim4  #bg3ab4 ,the ,carthaginians 
thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a 
multitude of all kinds of riches1 with  
silver1 iron1 tin1 and lead1  #bg3ac4   
,greece1 ,thubal1 and ,mosoch1 they were
 thy merchants1 they brought to thy     
people slaves and vessels of brass4     
#bg3ad4 ,from the house of ,thogorma    
they brought horses1 and horsemen1 and  
mules to thy market4  #bg3ae4 ,the men  
of ,dedan were thy merchants3  many     
islands were the traffic of thy hand1   
they exchanged for thy price teeth of   
ivory and ebony4  #bg3af4 ,the ,syrian  
was thy merchant3  by reason of the     
multitude of thy works1 they set forth  
precious stories1 and purple1 and       
broidered works1 and fine linen1 and    
silk1 and chodchod in thy market4       

,chodchod4 4 4,it is the ,hebrew name   
for some precious stone2 but of what    
kind in particular interpreters are not 
agreed4  #bg3ag4 ,juda and the land of  
,israel1 they were thy merchants with   
the best corn3  they set forth balm1 and
 honey1 and oil and rosin in thy fairs4 
#bg3ah4 ,the men of ,damascus were thy  
merchants in the multitude of thy works1
 the multitude of divers riches1 in rich
 wine1 in wool of the best colour4      
#bg3ai4 ,dan1 and ,greece1 and ,mosel   
have set forth in thy marts wrought     
iron3  stacte1 and calamus were in thy  
market4  #bg3bj4 ,the men of ,dedan were
 thy merchants in tapestry for seats4   
#bg3ba4 ,arabia1 and all the princes of 
,cedar1 they were the merchants of thy  
hand3  thy merchants came to thee with  
lambs1 and rams1 and kids4  #bg3bb4 ,the
 sellers of ,saba1 and ,reema1 they were
 thy merchants3  with all the best      
spices1 and precious stones1 and gold1  
which they set forth in thy market4     
#bg3bc4 ,haran1 and ,chene1 and ,eden   

were thy merchants2 ,saba1 ,assur1 and  
,chelmad sold to thee4  #bg3bd4 ,they   
were thy merchants in divers manners1   
with bales of blue cloth1 and of        
embroidered work1 and of precious       
riches1 which were wrapped up and bound 
with cords3  they had cedars also in thy
 merchandise4  #bg3be4 ,the ships of the
 sea1 were thy chief in thy merchandise3
  and thou wast replenished1 and        
glorified exceedingly in the heart of   
the sea4  #bg3bf4 ,thy rowers have      
brought thee into great waters3  the    
south wind hath broken thee in the heart
 of the sea4  #bg3bg4 ,thy riches1 and  
thy treasures1 and thy manifold         
furniture1 thy mariners1 and thy pilots1
 who kept thy goods1 and were chief over
 thy people3  thy men of war also1 that 
were in thee1 with all thy multitude    
that is in the midst of thee3  shall    
fall in the heart of the sea in the day 
of thy ruin4  #bg3bh4 ,thy fleets shall 
be troubled at the sound of the cry of  
thy pilots4  #bg3bi4 ,and all that      

handled the oar shall come down from    
their ships3 the mariners1 and all the  
pilots of the sea shall stand upon the  
land3  #bg3cj4 ,and they shall mourn    
over thee with a loud voice and shall   
cry bitterly3  and they shall cast up   
dust upon their heads and shall be      
sprinkled with ashes4  #bg3ca4 ,and they
 shall shave themselves bald for thee1  
and shall be girded with haircloth3  and
 they shall weep for thee with          
bitterness of soul1 with most bitter    
weeping4  #bg3cb4 ,and they shall take  
up a mournful song for thee1 and shall  
lament thee3  ,what city is like ,tyre1 
which is become silent in the midst of  
the sea8  #bg3cc4 ,which by thy         
merchandise that went from thee by sea  
didst fill many people3  which by the   
multitude of thy riches1 and of thy     
people didst enrich the kings of the    
earth4  #bg3cd4 ,now thou art destroyed 
by the sea1 thy riches are in the bottom
 of the waters1 and all the multitude   
that was in the midst of thee is fallen4

  #bg3ce4 ,all the inhabitants of the   
islands are astonished at thee3  and all
 their kings being struck with the storm
 have changed their countenance4        
#bg3cf4 ,the merchants of people have   
hissed at thee3  thou art brought to    
nothing1 and thou shalt never be any    
more4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #bh   ,the  
king of ,tyre1 who affected to be like  
to ,god1 shall fall under the like      
sentence with ,lucifer4  ,the judgment  
of ,sidon4  ,the restoration of ,israel4
  #bh3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came
 to me1 saying3  #bh3b4 ,son of man1 say
 to the prince of ,tyre3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3 ,because thy heart is   
lifted up1 and thou hast said3  ,i am   
,god1 and ,i sit in the chair of ,god in
 the heart of the sea3  whereas thou art
 a man1 and not ,god3  and hast set thy 
heart as if it were the heart of ,god4  
#bh3c4 ,behold thou art wiser than      
,daniel3  no secret is hid from thee4   
,thou art wiser than ,daniel4 4 4,viz41 
in thy own conceit4  ,the wisdom of     

,daniel was so much celebrated in his   
days1 that it became a proverb amongst  
the ,chaldeans1 when any one would      
express an extraordinary wisdom1 to say 
he was as wise as ,daniel4  #bh3d4 ,in  
thy wisdom and thy understanding thou   
hast made thyself strong3  and hast     
gotten gold an silver into thy          
treasures4  #bh3e4 ,by the greatness of 
thy wisdom1 and by thy traffic thou hast
 increased thy strength3  and thy heart 
is lifted up with thy strength4  #bh3f4 
,therefore1 thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,because thy heart is lifted up as the  
heart of ,god3  #bh3g4 ,therefore       
behold1 ,i will bring upon thee         
strangers3  the strongest of the        
nations3  and they shall draw their     
swords against the beauty of thy wisdom1
 and they shall defile thy beauty4      
#bh3h4 ,they shall kill thee1 and bring 
thee down3  and thou shalt die the death
 of them that are slain in the heart of 
the sea4  #bh3i4 ,wilt thou yet say     
before them that slay thee3  ,i am ,god2

 whereas thou art a man1 and not ,god1  
in the hand of them that slay thee8     
#bh3aj4 ,thou shalt die the death of the
 uncircumcised by the hand of strangers3
  for ,i have spoken it1 saith the ,lord
 ,god4  #bh3aa4 ,and the word of the    
,lord came to me1 saying3  ,son of man1 
take up a lamentation upon the king of  
,tyre3  #bh3ab4 ,and say to him3  ,thus 
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,thou wast the   
seal of resemblance1 full of wisdom1 and
 perfect in beauty4  ,thou wast the seal
 of resemblance4 4 4,the king of ,tyre1 
by his dignity and his natural          
perfections1 bore in himself a certain  
resemblance to ,god1 by reason of which 
he might be called the seal of          
resemblance1 etc4  ,but what is here    
said to him is commonly understood of   
,lucifer1 the king over all the children
 of pride4  #bh3ac4 ,thou wast in the   
pleasures of the paradise of ,god3      
every precious stone was thy covering3  
the sardius1 the topaz1 and the jasper1 
the chrysolite1 and the onyx1 and the   

beryl1 the sapphire1 and the carbuncle1 
and the emerald3  gold the work of thy  
beauty3  and thy pipes were prepared in 
the day that thou wast created4  #bh3ad4
 ,thou a cherub stretched out1 and      
protecting1 and ,i set thee in the holy 
mountain of ,god1 thou hast walked in   
the midst of the stones of fire4  ,a    
cherub stretched out4 4 4,that is1 thy  
wings extended4  ,this alludes to the   
figure of the cherubims in the          
sanctuary1 which with stretched out     
wings covered the ark4--,ibid4  ,the    
stones of fire4 4 4,that is1 bright and 
precious stones which sparkle like fire4
  #bh3ae4 ,thou wast perfect in thy ways
 from the day of thy creation1 until    
iniquity was found in thee4  #bh3af4 ,by
 the multitude of thy merchandise1 thy  
inner parts were filled with iniquity1  
and thou hast sinned3  and ,i cast thee 
out from the mountain of ,god1 and      
destroyed thee1 ,o covering cherub1 out 
of the midst of the stones of fire4     
#bh3ag4 ,and thy heart was lifted up    

with thy beauty3  thou hast lost thy    
wisdom in thy beauty1 ,i have cast thee 
to the ground3  ,i have set thee before 
the face of kings1 that they might      
behold thee4  #bh3ah4 ,thou hast defiled
 thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy
 iniquities1 and by the iniquity of thy 
traffic3  therefore ,i will bring forth 
a fire from the midst of thee1 to devour
 thee1 and ,i will make thee as ashes   
upon the earth in the sight of all that 
see thee4  #bh3ai4 ,all that shall see  
thee among the nations1 shall be        
astonished at thee3  thou art brought to
 nothing1 and thou shalt never be any   
more4  #bh3bj4 ,and the word of the     
,lord came to me1 saying3  #bh3ba4 ,son 
of man1 set thy face against ,sidon3    
and thou shalt prophesy of it1  #bh3bb4 
,and shalt say3  ,thus saith the ,lord  
,god3  ,behold ,i come against thee1    
,sidon1 and ,i will be glorified in the 
midst of thee3  and they shall know that
 ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall execute 
judgments in her1 and shall be          

sanctified in her4  #bh3bc4 ,and ,i will
 send into her pestilence1 and blood in 
her streets3 and they shall fall being  
slain by the sword on all sides in the  
midst thereof3  and they shall know that
 ,i am the ,lord4  #bh3bd4 ,and the     
house of ,israel shall have no more a   
stumblingblock of bitterness1 nor a     
thorn causing pain on every side round  
about them1 of them that are against    
them3  and they shall know that ,i am   
the ,lord ,god4  #bh3be4 ,thus saith the
 ,lord ,god3  ,when ,i shall have       
gathered together the house of ,israel  
out of the people among whom they are   
scattered3  ,i will be sanctified in    
them before the ,gentiles3  and they    
shall dwell in their own land1 which ,i 
gave to my servant ,jacob4  #bh3bf4 ,and
 they shall dwell therein secure1 and   
they shall build houses1 and shall plant
 vineyards1 and shall dwell with        
confidence1 when ,i shall have executed 
judgments upon all that are their       
enemies round about3  and they shall    

know that ,i am the ,lord their ,god4   
,ezechiel ,chapter #bi   ,the king of   
,egypt shall be overthrown1 and his     
kingdom wasted3  it shall be given to   
,nabuchodonosor for his service against 
,tyre4  #bi3a4 ,in the tenth year1 the  
tenth month1 the eleventh day of the    
month1 the word of the ,lord came to me1
 saying3  #bi3b4 ,son of man1 set thy   
face against ,pharao king of ,egypt3    
and thou shalt prophesy of him1 and of  
all ,egypt3  #bi3c4 ,speak1 and say3    
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i
 come against thee1 ,pharao king of     
,egypt1 thou great dragon that liest in 
the midst of thy rivers1 and sayest3    
,the river is mine1 and ,i made myself4 
#bi3d4 ,but ,i will put a bridle in thy 
jaws3  and ,i will cause the fish of thy
 rivers to stick to thy scales3  and ,i 
will draw thee out of the midst of thy  
rivers1 and all thy fish shall stick to 
thy scales4  #bi3e4 ,and ,i will cast   
thee forth into the desert1 and all the 
fish of thy river3  thou shalt fall upon

 the face of the earth1 thou shalt not  
be taken up1 nor gathered together3  ,i 
have given thee for meat to the beasts  
of the earth1 and to the fowls of the   
air4  #bi3f4 ,and all the inhabitants of
 ,egypt shall know that ,i am the ,lord3
 because thou hast been a staff of a    
reed to the house of ,israel4  #bi3g4   
,when they took hold of thee with the   
hand thou didst break1 and rent all     
their shoulder3  and when they leaned   
upon thee1 thou brokest1 and weakenest  
all their loins4  #bi3h4 ,therefore thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i will
 bring the sword upon thee3  and cut off
 man and beast out of thee4  #bi3i4 ,and
 the land of ,egypt shall become a      
desert1 and a wilderness3 and they shall
 know that ,i am the ,lord1 because thou
 hast said3  ,the river is mine1 and ,i 
made it4  #bi3aj4 ,therefore1 behold ,i 
come against thee1 and thy rivers3  and 
,i will make the land of ,egypt utterly 
desolate1 and wasted by the sword1 from 
the tower of ,syene1 even to the borders

 of ,ethiopia4  #bi3aa4 ,the foot of man
 shall not pass through it1 neither     
shall the foot of beasts go through it3 
nor shall it be inhabited during forty  
years4  #bi3ab4 ,and ,i will make the   
land of ,egypt desolate in the midst of 
the lands that are desolate1 and the    
cities thereof in the midst of the cites
 that are destroyed1 and they shall be  
desolate for forty years3 and ,i will   
scatter the ,egyptians among the        
nations1 and will disperse them through 
the countries4  #bi3ac4 ,for thus saith 
the ,lord ,god3  ,at the end of forty   
years ,i will gather the ,egyptians from
 the people among whom they had been    
scattered4  #bi3ad4 ,and ,i will bring  
back the captivity of ,egypt1 and will  
place them in the land of ,phatures1 in 
the land of their nativity1 and they    
shall be there a low kingdom3  #bi3ae4  
,it shall be the lowest among other     
kingdoms1 and it shall no more be       
exalted over the nations1 and ,i will   
diminish them that they shall rule no   

more over the nations4  #bi3af4 ,and    
they shall be no more a confidence to   
the house of ,israel1 teaching iniquity1
 that they may flee1 and follow them3   
and they shall know that ,i am the ,lord
 ,god4  #bi3ag4 ,and it came to pass in 
the seven and twentieth year in the     
first month1 in the first of the month3 
that the word of the ,lord came to me1  
saying3  #bi3ah4 ,son of man1           
,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon hath   
made his army to undergo hard service   
against ,tyre3  every head was made     
bald1 and every shoulder was peeled and 
there hath been no reward given him1 nor
 his army for ,tyre1 for the service    
that he rendered me against it4  #bi3ai4
 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,behold1 ,i will set ,nabuchodonosor the
 king of ,babylon in the land of ,egypt3
  and he shall take her multitude1 and  
take the booty thereof for a prey1 and  
rifle the spoils thereof3  and it shall 
be wages for his army4  #bi3bj4 ,and for
 the service that he hath done me       

against it3  ,i have given him the land 
of ,egypt1 because he hath laboured for 
me1 saith the ,lord ,god4  #bi3ba4 ,in  
that day a horn shall bud forth to the  
house of ,israel1 and ,i will give thee 
an open mouth in the midst of them3  and
 they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4  
,ezechiel ,chapter #cj   ,the desolation
 of ,egypt and her helpers3  all her    
cities shall be wasted4  #cj3a4 ,and the
 word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3  
#cj3b4 ,son of man prophesy1 and say3   
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,howl ye1  
,woe1 woe to the day3  #cj3c4 ,for the  
day is near1 yea the day of the ,lord is
 near3  a cloudy day1 it shall be the   
time of the nations4  #cj3d4 ,and the   
sword shall come upon ,egypt3  and there
 shall be dread in ,ethiopia1 when the  
wounded shall fall in ,egypt1 and the   
multitude thereof shall be taken away1  
and the foundations thereof shall be    
destroyed4  #cj3e4 ,ethiopia1 and       
,libya1 and ,lydia1 and all the rest of 
the crowd1 and ,chub1 and the children  

of the land of the covenant1 shall fall 
with them by the sword4  #cj3f4 ,thus   
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,they also that  
uphold ,egypt shall fall1 and the pride 
of her empire shall be brought down3    
from the tower of ,syene shall they fall
 in it by the sword1 saith the ,lord the
 ,god of hosts4  #cj3g4 ,and they shall 
be desolate in the midst of the lands   
that are desolate1 and the cities       
thereof shall be in the midst of the    
cities that are wasted4  #cj3h4 ,and    
they shall know that ,i am the ,lord3   
when ,i shall have set a fire in ,egypt1
 and all the helpers thereof shall be   
destroyed4  #cj3i4 ,in that day shall   
messengers go forth from my face in     
ships to destroy the confidence of      
,ethiopia1 and there shall be dread     
among them in the day of ,egypt3        
because it shall certainly come4        
#cj3aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,i 
will make the multitude of ,egypt to    
cease by the hand of ,nabuchodonosor the
 king of ,babylon4  #cj3aa4 ,he and his 

people with him1 the strongest of       
nations1 shall be brought to destroy the
 land3  and they shall draw their swords
 upon ,egypt3  and shall fill the land  
with the slain4  #cj3ab4 ,and ,i will   
make the channels of the rivers dry1 and
 will deliver the land into the hand of 
the wicked3  and will lay waste the land
 and all that is therein by the hands of
 strangers1 ,i the ,lord have spoken it4
  #cj3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,i will also destroy the idols1 and ,i  
will make an end of the idols of        
,memphis3  and there shall3  be no more 
a prince of the land of ,egypt and ,i   
will cause a terror in the land of      
,egypt4  #cj3ad4 ,and ,i will destroy   
the land of ,phatures1 and will make a  
fire in ,taphnis1 and will execute      
judgments in ,alexandria4  ,alexandria4 
4 4,in the ,hebrew1 ,no3  which was the 
ancient name of that city1 which was    
afterwards rebuilt by ,alexander the    
,great1 and from his name called        
,alexandria4  #cj3ae4 ,and ,i will pour 

out my indignation upon ,pelusium the   
strength of ,egypt1 and will cut off the
 multitude of ,alexandria4  #cj3af4 ,and
 ,i will make a fire in ,egypt3         
,pelusium shall be in pain like a woman 
in labour1 and ,alexandria shall be laid
 waste1 and in ,memphis there shall be  
daily distresses4  #cj3ag4 ,the young   
men of ,heliopolis1 and of ,bubastus    
shall fall by the sword1 and they       
themselves shall go into captivity4     
#cj3ah4 ,and in ,taphnis the day shall  
be darkened1 when ,i shall break there  
the sceptres of ,egypt1 and the pride of
 her power shall cease in her3  a cloud 
shall cover her1 and her daughters shall
 be led into captivity4  #cj3ai4 ,and ,i
 will execute judgments in ,egypt3  and 
they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4   
#cj3bj4 ,and it came to pass in the     
eleventh year1 in the first month1 in   
the seventh day of the month1 that the  
word of the ,lord came1 me1 saying3     
#cj3ba4 ,son of man1 ,i have broken the 
arm of ,pharao king of ,egypt3  and     

behold it is not bound up1 to be healed1
 to be tied up with clothes1 and swathed
 with linen1 that it might recover      
strength1 and hold the sword4  #cj3bb4  
,therefore1 thus saith the ,lord ,god3  
,behold1 ,i come against ,pharao king of
 ,egypt1 and ,i will break into pieces  
his strong arm1 which is already broken3
  and ,i will cause the sword to fall   
out of his hand3  #cj3bc4 ,and ,i will  
disperse ,egypt among the nations1 and  
scatter them through the countries4     
#cj3bd4 ,and ,i will strengthen the arms
 of the king of ,babylon1 and will put  
my sword in his hand3  and ,i will break
 the arms of ,pharao1 and they shall    
groan bitterly being slain before his   
face4  #cj3be4 ,and ,i will strengthen  
the arms of the king of ,babylon1 and   
the arms of ,pharao shall fall3  and    
they shall know that ,i am the ,lord1   
when ,i shall have given my sword into  
the hand of the king of ,babylon1 and he
 shall have stretched it forth upon the 
land of ,egypt4  #cj3bf4 ,and ,i will   

disperse ,egypt among the nations1 and  
will scatter them through the countries1
 and they shall know that ,i am the     
,lord4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ca   ,the 
,assyrian empire fell for their pride3  
the ,egyptian shall fall in like manner4
  #ca3a4 ,and it came to pass1 in the   
eleventh year1 the third month the first
 day of the month1 that the word of the 
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ca3b4 ,son  
of man1 speak to ,pharao king of ,egypt1
 and to his people3  ,to whom art thou  
like in thy greatness8  #ca3c4 ,behold1 
the ,assyrian like a cedar in ,libanus1 
with fair branches1 and full of leaves1 
of a high stature1 and his top was      
elevated among the thick boughs4  #ca3d4
 ,the waters nourished him1 the deep set
 him tip on high1 the streams thereof   
ran round about his roots1 and it sent1 
forth its rivulets to all the trees of  
the country4  #ca3e4 ,therefore was his 
height exalted above all the trees of   
the country and his branches were       
multiplied1 and his boughs were elevated

 because of many waters4  #ca3f4 ,and   
when he had spread forth his shadow1 all
 the fowls of the air made their nests  
in his boughs1 and all the beasts of the
 forest brought forth their young under 
his branches1 and the assembly of many  
nations dwelt under his shadow4  #ca3g4 
,and he was most beautiful for his      
greatness1 and for the spreading of his 
branches3  for his root was near great  
waters4  #ca3h4 ,the cedars in the      
paradise of ,god were not higher than   
he1 the fir trees did not equal his top1
 neither were the plane trees to be     
compared with him for branches3  no tree
 in the paradise of ,god was like him in
 his beauty4  #ca3i4 ,for ,i made him   
beautiful and thick set with many       
branches3  and all the trees of         
pleasure1 that were in the paradise of  
,god1 envied him4  #ca3aj4 ,therefore   
thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because he 
was exalted in height1 and shot up his  
top green and thick1 and his heart was  
lifted up in his height3  #ca3aa4 ,i    

have delivered him into the hands of the
 mighty one of the nations1 he shall    
deal with him3  ,i have cast him out    
according to his wickedness4  ,i have   
delivered4 4 4,here the time past is put
 for the future1 i4  e41 ,i shall       
deliver4--,ibid4  ,the mighty one1 etc4 
4 4,viz41 ,nabuchodonosor1 who conquered
 both the ,assyrians and ,egyptians4    
#ca3ab4 ,and strangers1 and the most    
cruel of the nations shall cut him down1
 and cast him away upon the mountains1  
and his boughs shall fall in every      
valley1 and his branches shall be broken
 on every rock of the country3  and all 
the people of the earth shall depart    
from his shadow1 and leave him4  #ca3ac4
 ,all the fowls of the air dwelt upon   
his ruins1 and all the beasts of the    
field were among his branches4  #ca3ad4 
,for which cause none of the trees by   
the waters shall exalt themselves for   
their height3  nor shoot up their tops  
among the thick branches and leaves1    
neither shall any of them that are      

watered stand up in their height3  for  
they are all delivered unto death to the
 lowest parts of the earth1 in the midst
 of the children of men1 with them that 
go down into the pit4  #ca3ae4 ,thus    
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,in the day when 
he went down to hell1 ,i brought in     
mourning1 ,i covered him with the deep3 
and ,i withheld its rivers1 and         
restrained the many waters3  ,libanus   
grieved for him1 and all the trees of   
the field trembled4  #ca3af4 ,i shook   
the nations with the sound of his fall1 
when ,i brought him down to hell with   
them that descend into the pit3  and all
 the trees of pleasure1 the choice and  
best in ,libanus1 all that were         
moistened with waters1 were comforted in
 the lowest parts of the earth4  #ca3ag4
 ,for they also shall go down with him  
to hell to them that are slain by the   
sword2 and the arm of every one shall   
sit down under his shadow in the midst  
of the nations4  #ca3ah4 ,to whom art   
thou like1 ,o thou that art famous and  

lofty among the trees of pleasure8      
,behold1 thou art brought down with the 
trees of pleasure to the lowest parts of
 the earth3  thou shalt sleep in the    
midst of the uncircumcised1 with them   
that are slain by the sword3  this is   
,pharao1 and all his multitude1 saith   
the ,lord ,god4    ,ezechiel ,chapter   
#cb   ,the prophet's lamentation for the
 king of ,egypt4  #cb3a4 ,and it came to
 pass in the twelfth year1 in the       
twelfth month1 in the first day of the  
month1 that the word of the ,lord came  
to me1 saying3  #cb3b4 ,son of man1 take
 up a lamentation for ,pharao the king  
of ,egypt1 and say to him3  ,thou art   
like the lion of the nations1 and the   
dragon that is in the sea3  and thou    
didst push with the horn in thy rivers1 
and didst trouble the waters with thy   
feet1 and didst trample upon their      
streams4  #cb3c4 ,therefore1 thus saith 
the ,lord ,god3  ,i will spread out my  
net over thee with the multitude of many
 people1 and ,i will draw thee up in my 

net4  #cb3d4 ,and ,i will throw thee out
 on the land1 ,i will cast thee away    
into the open field and ,i will cause   
all the fowls of the air to dwell upon  
thee1 and ,i will fill the beasts of all
 the earth with thee4  #cb3e4 ,and ,i   
will lay thy flesh upon the mountains1  
and will fill thy hills with thy        
corruption1  #cb3f4 ,and ,i will water  
the earth with thy stinking blood upon  
the mountains1 and the valleys shall be 
filled with thee4  #cb3g4 ,and ,i will  
cover the heavens1 when thou shalt be   
put out1 and ,i will make the stars     
thereof dark3  ,i will cover the sun    
with a cloud1 and the moon shall not    
give her light4  #cb3h4 ,i will make all
 the lights of heaven to mourn over thee
 and ,i will cause darkness upon thy    
land1 saith the ,lord ,god1 when thy    
wounded shall fall in the midst of the  
land1 saith the ,lord ,god4  #cb3i4 ,and
 ,i shall provoke to anger the heart of 
many people1 when ,i shall have brought 
in thy destruction among the nations    

upon the lands1 which thou knowest not4 
#cb3aj4 ,and ,i will make many people to
 be amazed at thee1 and their kings     
shall be horribly afraid for thee1 when 
my sword shall begin to fly upon their  
faces3  and they shall be astonished on 
a sudden1 every one for his own life1 in
 the day of their ruin4  #cb3aa4 ,for   
thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,the sword  
of the king of ,babylon shall come upon 
thee1  #cb3ab4 ,by the swords of the    
mighty ,i will overthrow thy multitude3 
all these nations are invincible3  and  
they shall waste the pride of ,egypt1   
and the multitude thereof shall be      
destroyed4  #cb3ac4 ,i will destroy also
 all the beasts thereof that were beside
 the great waters3  and the foot of man 
shall trouble them no more1 neither     
shall the hoof of beasts trouble them4  
#cb3ad4 ,then will ,i make their waters 
clear1 and cause their rivers to run    
like oil1 saith the ,lord ,god3  #cb3ae4
 ,when ,i shall have made the land of   
,egypt desolate3  and the land shall be 

destitute of her fulness1 when ,i shall 
have struck all the inhabitants thereof 
and they shall know that ,i am the      
,lord4  #cb3af4 ,this is the            
lamentation1 and they shall lament      
therewith3  the daughters of the nations
 shall lament therewith for ,egypt1 and 
for the multitude thereof they shall    
lament therewith1 saith the ,lord ,god4 
#cb3ag4 ,and it came to pass in the     
twelfth year1 in the fifteenth day of   
the month1 that the word of the ,lord   
came to me saying3  #cb3ah4 ,son of man1
 sing a mournful song for the multitude 
of ,egypt3  and cast her down1 both her1
 and the daughters of the mighty nations
 to the lowest part of the earth1 with  
them that go down into the pit4  #cb3ai4
 ,whom dost thou excel in beauty8  go   
down and sleep with the uncircumcised4  
#cb3bj4 ,they shall fall in the midst of
 them that are slain with the sword3    
the sword is given1 they have drawn her 
down1 and all her people4  #cb3ba4 ,the 
most mighty among the strong ones shall 

speak to him from the midst of hell1    
they that went down with his helpers and
 slept uncircumcised1 slain by the      
sword4  #cb3bb4 ,assur is there1 and all
 his multitude3  their graves are round 
about him1 all of them slain1 and that  
fell by the sword4  #cb3bc4 ,whose      
graves are set in the lowest parts of   
the pit3  and his multitude lay round   
about his grave3  all of them slain1 and
 fallen by the sword1 they that         
heretofore spread terror in the land of 
the living4  #cb3bd4 ,there is ,elam and
 all his multitude round about his      
grave1 all of them slain1 and fallen by 
the sword2 that went down uncircumcised 
to the lowest parts of the earth3  that 
caused their terror in the land of the  
living1 and they have borne their shame 
with them that go down into the pit4    
#cb3be4 ,in the midst of the slain they 
have set him a bed among all his people3
  their graves are round about him3  all
 these are uncircumcised1 and slain by  
the sword3  for they spread their terror

 in the land of the living1 and have    
borne their shame with them that descend
 into the pit3 they are laid in the     
midst of the slain4  #cb3bf4 ,there is  
,mosoch1 and ,thubal1 and all their     
multitude3  their graves are round about
 him3  all of them uncircumcised and    
slain1 and fallen by the sword3  though 
they spread their terror in the land of 
the living4  #cb3bg4 ,and they shall not
 sleep with the brave1 and with them    
that fell uncircumcised1 that went down 
to hell with their weapons1 and laid    
their swords under their heads1 and     
their iniquities were in their bones1   
because they were the terror of the     
mighty in the land of the living4       
#cb3bh4 ,so thou also shalt be broken in
 the midst of the uncircumcised1 and    
shalt sleep with them that are slain by 
the sword4  #cb3bi4 ,there is ,edom1 and
 her kings1 and all her princes1 who    
with their army are joined with them    
that are slain by the sword3  and have  
slept with the uncircumcised1 and with  

them that go down into the pit4  #cb3cj4
 ,there are all the princes of the      
north1 and all the hunters3  who were   
brought down with the slain1 fearing1   
and confounded in their strength3  who  
slept uncircumcised with them that are  
slain by the sword1 and have borne their
 shame with them that go down into the  
pit4  #cb3ca4 ,pharao saw them1 and he  
was comforted concerning all his        
multitude1 which was slain by the sword3
  ,pharao1 and all his army1 saith the  
,lord ,god3  #cb3cb4 ,because ,i have   
spread my terror in the land of the     
living1 and he hath slept in the midst  
of the uncircumcised with them that are 
slain by the sword3  ,pharao and all his
 multitude1 saith the ,lord ,god4       
,ezechiel ,chapter #cc   ,the duty of   
the watchman appointed by ,god3  the    
justice of ,god's ways3 his judgments   
upon the ,jews4  #cc3a4 ,and the word of
 the ,lord came to me1 saying3  #cc3b4  
,son of man1 speak to the children of   
thy people1 and say to them3 ,when ,i   

bring the sword upon a land1 if the     
people of the land take a man1 one of   
their meanest1 and make him a watchman  
over them3  #cc3c4 ,and he sees the     
sword coming upon the land1 and sound   
the trumpet1 and tell the people3       
#cc3d4 ,then he that heareth the sound  
of the trumpet1 whosoever he be1 and    
doth not look to himself1 if the sword  
come1 and cut him off3  his blood shall 
be upon his own head4  #cc3e4 ,he heard 
the sound of the trumpet1 and did not   
look to himself1 his blood shall be upon
 him3  but if he look to himself1 he    
shall save his life4  #cc3f4 ,and if the
 watchman see the sword coming1 and     
sound not the trumpet3  and the people  
look not to themselves1 and the sword   
come1 and cut off a soul from among     
them3  he indeed is taken away in his   
iniquity1 but ,i will require his blood 
at the hand of the watchman4  #cc3g4 ,so
 thou1 ,o son of man1 ,i have made thee 
a watchman to the house of ,israel3     
therefore thou shalt hear the word from 

my mouth1 and shalt tell it them from   
me4  #cc3h4 ,when ,i say to the wicked3 
,o wicked man1 thou shalt surely die3   
if thou dost not speak to warn the      
wicked man from his way3  that wicked   
man shall die in his iniquity1 but ,i   
will require his blood at thy hand4     
#cc3i4 ,but if thou tell the wicked man1
 that he may be converted from his ways1
 and he be not converted from his way he
 shall die in his iniquity3  but thou   
hast delivered thy soul4  #cc3aj4 ,thou 
therefore1 ,o son of man1 say to the    
house of ,israel3  ,thus you have       
spoken1 saying3  ,our iniquities1 and   
our sins are upon us1 and we pine away  
in them3  how then can we live8  #cc3aa4
 ,say to them3  ,as ,i live1 saith the  
,lord ,god1 ,i desire not the death of  
the wicked1 but that the wicked turn    
from his way1 and live4 ,turn ye1 turn  
ye from your evil ways3  and why will   
you die1 ,o house of ,israel8  #cc3ab4  
,thou therefore1 ,o son of man1 say to  
the children of thy people3 ,the justice

 of the just shall not deliver him1 in  
what day soever he shall sin3  and the  
wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt 
him1 in what day soever he shall turn   
from his wickedness3  and the just shall
 not be able to live in his justice1 in 
what day soever he shall sin4  #cc3ac4  
,yea1 if ,i shall say to the just that  
he shall surely live1 and he1 trusting  
in his justice1 commit iniquity3  all   
his justices shall be forgotten1 and his
 iniquity1 which he hath committed1 in  
the same shall he die4  #cc3ad4 ,and it 
,i shall say to the wicked3  ,thou shalt
 surely die3  and he do penance for his 
sin1 and do judgment and justice1       
#cc3ae4 ,and if that wicked man restore 
the pledge1 and render what he had      
robbed1 and walk in the commandments of 
life1 and do no unjust thing3  he shall 
surely live1 and shall not die4  #cc3af4
 ,none of his sins1 which he hath       
committed1 shall be imputed to him3  he 
hath done judgment and justice1 he shall
 surely live4  #cc3ag4 ,and the children

 of thy people have said3  ,the way of  
the ,lord is not equitable3  whereas    
their own way is unjust4  #cc3ah4 ,for  
when the just shall depart from his     
justice1 and commit iniquities1 he shall
 die in them4  #cc3ai4 ,and when the    
wicked shall depart from his wickedness1
 and shall do judgments1 and justice1 he
 shall live in them4  #cc3bj4 ,and you  
say3  ,the way of the ,lord is not      
right1 ,i will judge every one of you   
according to his ways1 ,o house of      
,israel4  #cc3ba4 ,and it came to pass  
in the twelfth year of our captivity1 in
 the tenth month1 in the fifth day of   
the month1 that there came to me one    
that was fled from ,jerusalem1 saying3  
,the city is laid waste4  #cc3bb4 ,and  
the hand of the ,lord had been upon me  
in the evening1 before he that was fled 
came3  and he opened my mouth till he   
came to me in the morning1 and my mouth 
being opened1 ,i was silent no more4    
#cc3bc4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to me1 saying3  #cc3bd4 ,son of man1    

they that dwell in these ruinous places 
in the land of ,israel1 speak1 saying3  
,abraham was one1 and he inherited the  
land1 but we are many1 the land is given
 us in possession4  #cc3be4 ,therefore  
say to them3  ,thus saith the ,lord     
,god3  ,you that eat with the blood and 
lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses1
 and that shed blood3  shall you possess
 the land by inheritance8  #cc3bf4 ,you 
stood on your swords1 you have committed
 abominations1 and every one hath       
defiled his neighbours wife2 and shall  
you possess the land by inheritance8    
#cc3bg4 ,say thou thus to them3  ,thus  
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,as ,i live1 they
 that dwell in the ruinous places1 shall
 fall by the sword3  and he that is in  
the field1 shall be given to the beasts 
to be devoured3  and they that are in   
holds1 and caves1 shall die of the      
pestilence4  #cc3bh4 ,and ,i will make  
the land a wilderness1 and a desert1 and
 the proud strength thereof shall fail1 
and the mountains of ,israel shall be   

desolate1 because there is none to pass 
by them1  #cc3bi4 ,and they shall know  
that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall have
 made their land waste and desolate1 for
 all their abominations which they have 
committed4  #cc3cj4 ,and thou son of    
man3  the children of thy people1 that  
talk of thee by the walls1 and in the   
doors of the houses1 and speak one to   
another each man to his neighbour1      
saying3  ,come1 and let us hear what is 
the word that cometh forth from the     
,lord4  #cc3ca4 ,and they come to thee1 
as if people were coming in1 and my     
people sit before thee3  and hear thy   
words1 and do them not3  for they turn  
them into a song of their mouth1 and    
their heart goeth after their           
covetousness4  #cc3cb4 ,and thou art to 
them as a musical song which is sung    
with a sweet and agreeable voice3  and  
they hear thy words1 and do them not4   
#cc3cc4 ,and when that which was        
foretold shall come to pass1 for behold 
it is coming1 then shall they know that 

a prophet hath been among them4         
,ezechiel ,chapter #cd   ,evil pastors  
are reproved4  ,christ the true pastor  
shall come1 and gather together his     
flock from all parts of the earth1 and  
preserve it for ever4  #cd3a4 ,and the  
word of the ,lord came to me1 it saying3
  #cd3b4 ,son of man1 prophesy          
concerning the shepherds of ,israel3    
prophesy1 and say to the shepherds3     
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,woe to the
 shepherds of ,israel1 that fed         
themselves3  should not the flocks be   
fed by the shepherds8  ,shepherds4 4    
4,that is1 princes1 magistrates1 chief  
priests1 and scribes4  #cd3c4 ,you ate  
the milk1 and you clothed yourselves    
with the wool1 and you killed that which
 was fat3  but my flock you did not     
feed4  #cd3d4 ,the weak you have not    
strengthened1 and that which was sick   
you have not healed1 that which was     
broken you have not bound up1 and that  
which was driven away you have not      
brought again1 neither have you sought  

that which was lost3  but you ruled over
 them with rigour1 and with a high hand4
  #cd3e4 ,and my sheep were scattered1  
because there was no shepherd and they  
became the prey of all the beasts of the
 field1 and were scattered4  #cd3f4 ,my 
sheep have wandered in every mountain1  
and in every high hill3 and my flocks   
were scattered upon the face of the     
earth1 and there was none that sought   
them1 there was none1 ,i say1 that      
sought them4  #cd3g4 ,therefore1 ye     
shepherds1 hear the word of the ,lord3  
#cd3h4 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord     
,god1 forasmuch as my flocks have been  
made a spoil1 and my sheep are become a 
prey to all the beasts of the field1    
because there was no shepherd3  for my  
shepherds did not seek after my flock1  
but the shepherds fed themselves1 and   
fed not my flocks3  #cd3i4 ,therefore1  
ye shepherds1 hear the word of the      
,lord3  #cd3aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord   
,god3  ,behold ,i myself come upon the  
shepherds1 ,i will require my flock at  

their hand1 and ,i will cause them to   
cease from feeding the flock any more1  
neither shall the shepherds feed        
themselves any more3  and ,i will       
deliver my flock from their mouth1 and  
it shall no more be meat for them4      
#cd3aa4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god3 
,behold ,i myself will seek my sheep1   
and will visit them4  #cd3ab4 ,as the   
shepherd visiteth his flock in the day  
when he shall be in the midst of his    
sheep that were scattered1 so will ,i   
visit my sheep1 and will deliver them   
out of all the places where they have   
been scattered in the cloudy and dark   
day4  #cd3ac4 ,and ,i will bring them   
out from the peoples1 and will gather   
them out of the countries1 and will     
bring them to their own land3  and ,i   
will feed them in the mountains of      
,israel1 by the rivers1 and in all the  
habitations of the land4  #cd3ad4 ,i    
will feed them in the most fruitful     
pastures1 and their pastures shall be in
 the high mountains of ,israel3  there  

shall they rest on the green grass1 and 
be fed in fat pastures upon the         
mountains of ,israel4  #cd3ae4 ,i will  
feed my sheep3  and ,i will cause them  
to lie down1 saith the ,lord ,god4      
#cd3af4 ,i will seek that which was     
lost3  and that which was driven away1  
,i will bring again3  and ,i will bind  
up that which was broken1 and ,i will   
strengthen that which was weak1 and that
 which was fat and strong ,i will       
preserve1 and ,i will feed them in      
judgment4  #cd3ag4 ,and as for you1 ,o  
my flocks1 thus saith the ,lord ,god3   
,behold ,i judge between cattle and     
cattle1 of rams and of he goats4        
#cd3ah4 ,was it not enough for you to   
feed upon good pastures8  but you must  
also tread down with your feet the      
residue of your pastures3  and when you 
drank the clearest water1 you troubled  
the rest with your feet4  #cd3ai4 ,and  
my sheep were fed with that which you   
had trodden with your feet3  and they   
drank what your feet had troubled4      

#cd3bj4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord 
,god to you3  ,behold1 ,i myself will   
judge between the fat cattle and the    
lean4  #cd3ba4 ,because you thrusted    
with sides and shoulders1 and struck all
 the weak cattle with your horns1 till  
they were scattered abroad3  #cd3bb4 ,i 
will save my flock1 and it shall be no  
more a spoil1 and ,i will judge between 
cattle and cattle4  #cd3bc4 ,and ,i     
,,will ,,set ,,up ,,one ,,shepherd      
,,over ,,them1 and he shall feed them1  
even my servant ,david3  he shall feed  
them1 and he shall be their shepherd4   
,david4 4 4,christ1 who is of the house 
of ,david4  #cd3bd4 ,and ,i the ,lord   
will be their ,god3  and my servant     
,david the prince in the midst of them3 
,i the ,lord have spoken it4  #cd3be4   
,and ,i will make a covenant of peace   
with them1 and will cause the evil      
beasts to cease out of the land3  and   
they that dwell in the wilderness shall 
sleep secure in the forests4  #cd3bf4   
,and ,i will make them a blessing round 

about my hill3  and ,i will send down   
the rain in its season1 there shall be  
showers of blessing4  #cd3bg4 ,and the  
tree of the field shall yield its fruit1
 and the earth shall yield her increase1
 and they shall be in their land without
 fear3 and they shall know that ,i am   
the ,lord1 when ,i shall have broken the
 bonds of their yoke1 and shall have    
delivered them out of the hand of those 
that rule over them4  #cd3bh4 ,and they 
shall be no more for a spoil to the     
nations1 neither shall the beasts of the
 earth devour them3  but they shall     
dwell securely without1 any terror4     
#cd3bi4 ,and ,i will raise up for them a
 bud of renown3  and they shall be no   
more consumed with famine in the land1  
neither shall they bear any more the    
reproach of the ,gentiles4  ,a bud of   
renown4 4 4,germen nominatum4  ,he      
speaks of ,christ our ,lord1 the        
illustrious bud of the house of ,david1 
renowned over all the earth4  ,see ,jer4
 #cc4ae4  #cd3cj4 ,and they shall know  

that ,i the ,lord their ,god am with    
them1 and that they are my people the   
house of ,israel3  saith the ,lord ,god4
  #cd3ca4 ,and you my flocks1 the flocks
 of my pasture are men3  and ,i am the  
,lord your ,god1 saith the ,lord ,god4  
,ezechiel ,chapter #ce   ,the judgment  
of mount ,seir1 for their hatred of     
,israel4  #ce3a4 ,and the word of the   
,lord came to me1 saying3  #ce3b4 ,son  
of man1 set thy face against mount      
,seir1 and prophesy concerning it1 and  
say to it3  #ce3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord
 ,god3  ,behold ,i come against thee1   
mount ,seir1 and ,i will stretch forth  
my hand upon thee1 and ,i will make thee
 desolate and waste4  #ce3d4 ,i will    
destroy thy cities1 and thou shalt be   
desolate3  and thou shalt know that ,i  
am the ,lord4  #ce3e4 ,because thou hast
 been an everlasting enemy1 and hast    
shut up the children of ,israel in the  
hands of the sword in the time of their 
affliction1 in the time of their last   
iniquity4  #ce3f4 ,therefore as ,i live1

 saith the ,lord ,god1 ,i will deliver  
thee up to blood1 and blood shall pursue
 thee3  and whereas thou hast hated     
blood1 blood shall pursue thee4  #ce3g4 
,and ,i will make mount ,seir waste and 
desolate3  and ,i will take away from it
 him that goeth and him that returneth4 
#ce3h4 ,and ,i will fill his mountains  
with his men that are slain3  in thy    
hills1 and in thy valleys1 and in thy   
torrents they shall fall that are slain 
with the sword4  #ce3i4 ,i will make    
thee everlasting desolations1 and thy   
cities shall not be inhabited3  and thou
 shalt know that ,i am the ,lord ,god4  
#ce3aj4 ,because thou hast said3  ,the  
two nations1 and the two lands shall be 
mine1 and ,i will possess them by       
inheritance3  whereas the ,lord was     
there4  #ce3aa4 ,therefore as ,i live1  
saith the ,lord ,god1 ,i will do        
according to thy wrath1 and according to
 thy envy1 which thou hast exercised in 
hatred to them3  and ,i will be made    
known by them1 when ,i shall have judged

 thee4  #ce3ab4 ,and thou shalt know    
that ,i the ,lord have heard all thy    
reproaches1 that thou hast spoken       
against the mountains of ,israel1       
saying4  ,they are desolate1 they are   
given to us to consume4  #ce3ac4 ,and   
you rose up against me with your mouth1 
and have derogated from me by your      
words3  ,i have heard them4  #ce3ad4    
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,when the  
whole earth shall rejoice1 ,i will make 
thee a wilderness4  #ce3ae4 ,as thou    
hast rejoiced over the inheritance of   
the house of ,israel1 because it was    
laid waste1 so will ,i do to thee3  thou
 shalt be laid waste1 ,o mount ,seir1   
and all ,idumea3  and they shall know   
that ,i am the ,lord4    ,ezechiel      
,chapter #cf   ,the restoration of      
,israel1 not for their merits1 but by   
,god's special grace4  ,christ's        
baptism4  #cf3a4 ,and thou son of man1  
prophesy to the mountains of ,israel1   
and say3  ,ye mountains of ,israel1 hear
 the word of the ,lord3  #cf3b4 ,thus   

saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because the     
enemy hath said to you3  ,aha1 the      
everlasting heights are given to us for 
an inheritance4  #cf3c4 ,therefore      
prophesy1 and say3  ,thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,because you have been     
desolate1 and trodden under foot on     
every side1 and made an inheritance to  
the rest of the nations1 and are become 
the subject of the talk1 and the        
reproach of the people3  #cf3d4         
,therefore1 ye mountains of ,israel1    
hear the word of the ,lord ,god3 ,thus  
saith the ,lord ,god to the mountains1  
and to the hills1 to the brooks1 and to 
the valleys1 and to desolate places1 and
 ruinous walls1 and to the cities that  
are forsaken1 that are spoiled1 and     
derided by the rest of the nations round
 about4  #cf3e4 ,therefore thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  ,in the fire of my zeal
 ,i have spoken of the rest of the      
nations1 and of all ,edom1 who have     
taken my land to themselves1 for an     
inheritance with joy1 and with all the  

heart1 and with the mind3  and have cast
 it out to lay it waste4  #cf3f4        
,prophesy therefore concerning the land 
of ,israel1 and say to the mountains1   
and to the hills1 to the ridges1 and to 
the valleys3  ,thus saith the ,lord     
,god3  ,behold ,i have spoken in my     
zeal1 and in my indignation1 because you
 have borne the shame of the ,gentiles4 
#cf3g4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord  
,god3  ,i have lifted up my hand1 that  
the ,gentiles who are round about you1  
shall themselves bear their shame4      
#cf3h4 ,but as for you1 ,o mountains of 
,israel1 shoot ye forth your branches1  
and yield your fruit to my people of    
,israel3  for they are at hand to come4 
#cf3i4 ,for ,i1 ,i am for you1 and ,i   
will turn to you1 and you shall be      
ploughed and sown4  #cf3aj4 ,and ,i will
 multiply men upon you1 and all the     
house of ,israel3 and the cities ball be
 inhabited1 and the ruinous places shall
 be repaired4  #cf3aa4 ,and ,i will make
 you abound with men and with beasts3   

and they shall be multiplied1 and       
increased3  and ,i will settle you as   
from the beginning1 and will give you   
greater gifts1 than you had from the    
beginning3  and you shall know that ,i  
am the ,lord4  #cf3ab4 ,and ,i will     
bring men upon you1 my people ,israel1  
and they shall possess thee for their   
inheritance3  and thou shalt be their   
inheritance1 and shalt no more          
henceforth be without them4  #cf3ac4    
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,because   
thy say of you3  ,thou art a devourer of
 men1 and one that suffocatest thy      
nation3  #cf3ad4 ,therefore thou shalt  
devour men no more nor destroy thy      
nation any more1 saith the ,lord ,god4  
#cf3ae4 ,neither will ,i cause men to   
hear in thee the shame of the nations   
any more1 nor shalt thou bear the       
reproach of the people1 nor lose thy    
nation any more1 saith the ,lord ,god4  
,nor lose thy nation any more4 4 4,this 
whole promise principally relates to the
 church of ,christ1 and ,god's perpetual

 protection of her3  for as the carnal  
,jews1 they have been removed out of    
their land these sixteen hundred years4 
#cf3af4 ,and the word of the ,lord came 
to me1 saying3  #cf3ag4 ,son of man1    
when the house of ,israel dwelt in their
 own land1 they defiled it with their   
ways1 and with their doings3  their way 
was before me like the uncleanness of a 
menstruous woman4  #cf3ah4 ,and ,i      
poured out my indignation upon them for 
the blood which they had shed upon the  
land1 and with their idols they defiled 
it4  #cf3ai4 ,and ,i scattered them     
among the nations1 and they are         
dispersed through the countries3  ,i    
have judged them according to their     
ways1 and their devices4  #cf3bj4 ,and  
when they entered among the nations     
whither they went1 they profaned my holy
 name1 when it was said of them3  ,this 
is the people of the ,lord1 and they are
 come forth out of his land4  #cf3ba4   
,and ,i have regarded my own holy name1 
which the house of ,israel hath profaned

 among the nations to which they went   
in4  #cf3bb4 ,therefore thou shalt say  
to the house of ,israel3  ,thus saith   
the ,lord ,god3  ,it is not for your    
sake that ,i will do this1 ,o house of  
,israel1 but for my holy name's sake1   
which you have profaned among the       
nations whither you went4  #cf3bc4 ,and 
,i will sanctify my great name1 which   
was profaned among the ,gentiles1 which 
you have profaned in the midst of them3 
that the ,gentiles may know that ,i am  
the ,lord1 saith the ,lord of hosts1    
when ,i shall be sanctified in you      
before their eyes4  #cf3bd4 ,for ,i will
 take you from among the ,gentiles1 and 
will gather you together out of all the 
countries1 and will bring you into your 
own land4  #cf3be4 ,and ,i will pour    
upon you clean water1 and you shall be  
cleansed from all your filthiness1 and  
,i will cleanse you from all your idols4
  #cf3bf4 ,and ,i will give you a new   
heart1 and put a new spirit within you3 
and ,i will take away the stony heart   

out of your flesh1 and will give you a  
heart of flesh4  #cf3bg4 ,and ,i will   
put my spirit in the midst of you3  and 
,i will cause you to walk in my         
commandments1 and to keep my judgments1 
and do them4  #cf3bh4 ,and you shall    
dwell in the land which ,i gave to your 
fathers1 and you shall be my people1 and
 ,i will be your ,god4  #cf3bi4 ,and ,i 
will save you from all your             
uncleannesses3  and ,i will call for    
corn1 and will multiply it1 and will lay
 no famine upon you4  #cf3cj4 ,and ,i   
will multiply the fruit of the tree1 and
 the increase of the field1 that you    
bear no more the reproach of famine     
among the nations4  #cf3ca4 ,and you    
shall remember your wicked ways1 and    
your doings that were not good3  and    
your iniquities1 and your wicked deeds  
shall displease you4  #cf3cb4 ,it is not
 for your sakes that ,i will do this1   
saith the ,lord ,god1 be it known to    
you3  be confounded1 and ashamed at your
 own ways1 ,o house of ,israel4  #cf3cc4

 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,in the   
day that ,i shall cleanse you from all  
your iniquities1 and shall cause the    
cities to be inhabited1 and shall repair
 the ruinous places1  #cf3cd4 ,and the  
desolate land shall be tilled1 which    
before was waste in the sight of all    
that passed by1  #cf3ce4 ,they shall    
say3  ,this land that was untilled is   
become as a garden of pleasure3  and the
 cities that were abandoned1 and        
desolate1 and destroyed1 are peopled and
 fenced4  #cf3cf4 ,and the nations1 that
 shall be left round about you1 shall   
know that ,i the ,lord have built up    
what was destroyed1 and planted what was
 desolate1 that ,i the ,lord have spoken
 and done it4  #cf3cg4 ,thus saith the  
,lord ,god3  ,moreover in this shall the
 house of ,israel find me1 that ,i will 
do it for them3  ,i will multiply them  
as a flock of men1  #cf3ch4 ,as a holy  
flock1 as the flock of ,jerusalem in her
 solemn feasts3 so shall the waste      
cities be full of flocks of men3  and   

they shall know that ,i am the ,lord4   
,ezechiel ,chapter #cg   ,a vision of   
the resurrection of dry bones1          
foreshewing the deliverance of the      
people from their captivity4  ,juda and 
,israel shall be all one kingdom under  
,christ4  ,god's everlasting covenant   
with the church4  #cg3a4 ,the hand of   
the ,lord was upon me1 and brought me   
forth in the spirit of the ,lord3  and  
set me down in the midst of a plain that
 was full of bones4  #cg3b4 ,and he led 
me about through them on every side3    
now they were very many upon the face of
 the plain1 and they were exceeding dry4
  #cg3c4 ,and he said to me3  ,son of   
man1 dost thou think these bones shall  
live and ,i answered3  ,o ,lord ,god1   
thou knowest4  #cg3d4 ,and he said to   
me3  ,prophesy concerning these bones2  
and say to them3  ,ye dry bones1 hear   
the word of the ,lord4  #cg3e4 ,thus    
saith the ,lord ,god to these bones3    
,behold1 ,i will send spirit into you1  
and you shall live4  ,spirit4 4 4,that  

is1 soul1 life1 and breath4  #cg3f4 ,and
 ,i will lay sinews upon you1 and will  
cause flesh to grow over you1 and will  
cover you with skin3  and ,i will give  
you spirit and you shall live1 and you  
shall know that ,i am the ,lord4  #cg3g4
 ,and ,i prophesied as he had commanded 
me3  and as ,i prophesied there was a   
noise1 and behold a commotion3  and the 
bones came together1 each one1 its      
joint4  #cg3h4 ,and ,i saw1 and behold  
the sinews1 and the flesh came up upon  
them3  and the skin was stretched out   
over them1 but there was no spirit in   
them4  #cg3i4 ,and he said to me3       
,prophesy to the spirit1 prophesy1 ,o   
son of man1 and say to the spirit3      
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,come1     
spirit1 from the four winds1 and blow   
upon these slain1 and let them live     
again4  #cg3aj4 ,and ,i prophesied as he
 had commanded me3  and the spirit came 
into them1 and they lived3  and they    
stood up upon their feet1 an exceeding  
great army4  #cg3aa4 ,and he said to me3

  ,son of man3  ,all these bones are the
 house of ,israel3  they say3  ,our     
bones are dried up1 and our hope is     
lost1 and we are cut off4  #cg3ab4      
,therefore prophesy1 and say to them3   
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3 ,behold ,i  
will open your graves1 and will bring   
you out of your sepulchres1 ,o my       
people3  and will bring you into the    
land of ,israel4  #cg3ac4 ,and you shall
 know that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i     
shall have opened your sepulchres1 and  
shall have brought you out of your      
graves1 ,o my people3  #cg3ad4 ,and     
shall have put my spirit in you1 and you
 shall live1 and ,i shall make you rest 
upon your own land3  and you shall know 
that ,i the ,lord have spoken1 and done 
it1 saith the ,lord ,god3  #cg3ae4 ,and 
the word of the ,lord came to me1       
saying3  #cg3af4 ,and thou son of man1  
take thee a stick3  and write upon it3  
,of ,juda1 and of the children of       
,israel his associates3  and take       
another stick and write upon it3  ,for  

,joseph the stick of ,ephraim1 and for  
all the house of ,israel1 and of his    
associates4  #cg3ag4 ,and join them one 
to the other into one stick1 and they   
shall become one in thy hand4  #cg3ah4  
,and when the children of thy people    
shall speak to thee1 saying3 ,wilt thou 
not tell us what thou meanest by this8  
#cg3ai4 ,say to them3  ,thus saith the  
,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i will take the  
stick of ,joseph1 which is in the hand  
of ,ephraim1 and the tribes of ,israel  
that are associated with him1 and ,i    
will put them together with the stick of
 ,juda1 and will make them one stick3   
and they shall be one in his hand4      
#cg3bj4 ,and the sticks whereon thou    
hast written1 shall be in thy hand1     
before their eyes4  #cg3ba4 ,and thou   
shalt say to them3  ,thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i will take of   
the children of ,israel from the midst  
of the nations whither they are gone3   
and ,i will gather them on every side1  
and will bring them to their own land4  

#cg3bb4 ,and ,i will make them one      
nation in the land on the mountains of  
,israel1 and one king shall be king over
 them all3  and they shall no more be   
two nations1 neither shall they be      
divided any more into two kingdoms4     
#cg3bc4 ,nor shall they be defiled any  
more with their idols1 nor with their   
abominations1 nor with all their        
iniquities3  and ,i will save them out  
of all the places in which they have    
sinned1 and ,i will cleanse them3  and  
they shall be my people1 and ,i will be 
their ,god4  #cg3bd4 ,and my servant    
,david shall be king over them1 and they
 shall have one shepherd3  they shall   
walk in my judgments1 and shall keep my 
commandments1 and shall do them4        
#cg3be4 ,and they shall dwell in the    
land which ,i gave to my servant ,jacob1
 wherein your fathers dwelt1 and they   
shall dwell in it1 they and their       
children1 and their children's children1
 for ever3  and ,david my servant shall 
be their prince for ever4  #cg3bf4 ,and 

,i will make a covenant of peace with   
them1 it shall be an everlasting        
covenant with them3  and ,i will        
establish them1 and will multiply them1 
and will set my sanctuary in the midst  
of them for ever4  #cg3bg4 ,and my      
tabernacle shall be with them3  and ,i  
will be their ,god1 and they shall be my
 people4  #cg3bh4 ,and the nations shall
 know that ,i am the ,lord the          
sanctifier of ,israel1 when my sanctuary
 shall be in the midst of them for ever4
    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ch   ,gog shall 
persecute the church in the latter days4
  ,he shall be overthrown4  #ch3a4 ,and 
the word of the ,lord came to me1       
saying3  #ch3b4 ,son of man1 set thy    
face against ,gog1 the land of ,magog1  
the chief prince of ,mosoch and ,thubal3
  and prophesy of him1  ,gog4 4 4,this  
name1 which signifies hidden or covered1
 is taken in this place1 either for the 
persecutors of the church of ,god in    
general1 or some arch-persecutor in     
particular3  such as ,antichrist shall  

be in the latter days4  ,see ,apoc4     
#bj4h4  ,and what is said of the        
punishment of ,gog1 is verified by the  
unhappy ends of persecutors4--,ibid4    
,magog4 4 4,scythia or ,tartary1 from   
whence the ,turks1 and other enemies of 
the church of ,christ1 originally       
sprung4  #ch3c4 ,and say to him3  ,thus 
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i come 
against thee1 ,o ,gog1 the chief prince 
of ,mosoch and ,thubal4  #ch3d4 ,and ,i 
will turn thee about1 and ,i will put a 
bit in thy jaws3  and ,i will bring thee
 forth1 and all thy army1 horses and    
horsemen all clothed with coats of mail1
 a great multitude1 armed with spears   
and shields and swords4  #ch3e4 ,the    
,persians1 ,ethiopians1 and ,libyans    
with them1 all with shields and helmets4
  #ch3f4 ,gomer1 and all his bands1 the 
house of ,thogorma1 the northern parts  
and all his strength1 and many peoples  
with thee4  #ch3g4 ,prepare and make    
thyself ready1 and all thy multitude    
that is assembled about thee1 and be    

thou commander over them4  #ch3h4 ,after
 many days thou shalt be visited3  at   
the end of years thou shalt come to the 
land that is returned from the sword1   
and is gathered out of many nations1 to 
the mountains of ,israel which have been
 continually waste3  but it hath been   
brought forth out of the nations1 and   
they shall all of them dwell securely in
 it4  #ch3i4 ,and thou shalt go up and  
come like a storm1 and like a cloud to  
cover the land1 thou and all thy bands  
and many people with thee4  #ch3aj4     
,thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,in that   
day projects shall enter into thy heart1
 and thou shalt conceive a mischievous  
design4  #ch3aa4 ,and thou shalt say3   
,i will go up to the land which is      
without a wall1 ,i will come to them    
that are at rest1 and dwell securely3   
all these dwell without a wall1 they    
have no bars nor gates3  #ch3ab4 ,to    
take spoils1 and lay hold on the prey1  
to lay thy hand upon them that had been 
wasted1 and afterwards restored1 and    

upon the people that is gathered        
together out of the nations1 which hath 
begun to possess and to dwell in the    
midst of the earth4  #ch3ac4 ,saba1 and 
,dedan1 and the merchants of ,tharsis1  
and all the lions thereof shall say to  
thee3  ,art thou come to take spoils8   
behold1 thou hast gathered thy multitude
 to take a prey1 to take silver1 and    
gold1 and to carry away goods and       
substance1 and to take rich spoils4     
#ch3ad4 ,therefore1 thou son of man1    
prophesy and say to ,gog3  ,thus saith  
the ,lord ,god3  ,shalt thou not know1  
in that day1 when my people of ,israel  
shall dwell securely8  #ch3ae4 ,and thou
 shalt come out of thy place from the   
northern parts1 thou and many people    
with thee1 all of them riding upon      
horses1 a great company and a mighty    
army4  #ch3af4 ,and thou shalt come upon
 my people of ,israel like a cloud1 to  
cover the earth4  ,thou shalt be in the 
latter days1 and ,i will bring thee upon
 my land3  that the nations may know me1

 when ,i shall be sanctified in thee1 ,o
 ,gog1 before their eyes4  #ch3ag4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord ,god3  ,thou then art  
he1 of whom ,i have spoken in the days  
of old1 by my servants the prophets of  
,israel1 who prophesied in the days of  
those times that ,i would bring thee    
upon them4  #ch3ah4 ,and it shall come  
to pass in that day1 in the day of the  
coming of ,gog upon the land of ,israel1
 saith the ,lord ,god1 that my          
indignation shall come up in my wrath4  
#ch3ai4 ,and ,i have spoken in my zeal1 
and in the fire of my anger1 that in    
that day there shall be a great         
commotion upon the land of ,israel3     
#ch3bj4 ,so that the fishes of the sea1 
and the birds of the air1 and the beasts
 of the field1 and every creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the ground1 and all  
men that are upon the face of the earth1
 shall be moved at my presence3  and the
 mountains shall be thrown down1 and the
 hedges shall fall1 and every wall shall
 fall to the ground4  #ch3ba4 ,and ,i   

will call in the sword against him in   
all my mountains1 saith the ,lord ,god3 
every man's sword shall be pointed      
against his brother4  #ch3bb4 ,and ,i   
will judge him with pestilence1 and with
 blood1 and with violent rain1 and vast 
hailstones3  ,i will rain fire and      
brimstone upon him1 and upon his army1  
and upon the many nations that are with 
him4  #ch3bc4 ,and ,i will be magnified1
 and ,i will be sanctified3  and ,i will
 be known in the eyes of many nations   
and they shall know that ,i am the      
,lord4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #ci        
,god's judgments upon ,gog4  ,god's     
people were punished for their sins3 but
 shall be favoured with everlasting     
kindness4  #ci3a4 ,and thou1 son of man1
 prophesy against ,gog1 and say3  ,thus 
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,behold1 ,i come 
against thee1 ,o ,gog1 the chief prince 
of ,mosoch and ,thubal4  #ci3b4 ,and ,i 
will turn thee round1 and ,i will lead  
thee out1 and will make thee go up from 
the northern parts3  and will bring thee

 upon the mountains of ,israel4  #ci3c4 
,and ,i will break thy bow in thy left  
hand1 and ,i will cause thy arrows to   
fall out of thy right hand4  #ci3d4     
,thou shalt fall upon the mountains of  
,israel1 thou and all thy bands1 and thy
 nations that are with thee3  ,i have   
given thee to the wild beasts1 to the   
birds1 and to every fowl1 and to the    
beasts of the earth to be devoured4     
#ci3e4 ,thou shalt fall upon the face of
 the field3  for ,i have spoken it1     
saith the ,lord ,god4  #ci3f4 ,and ,i   
will send a fire on ,magog1 and on them 
that dwell confidently in the islands3  
and they shall know that ,i am the      
,lord4  #ci3g4 ,and ,i will make my holy
 name known in the midst of my people   
,israel1 and my holy name shall be      
profaned no more3  and the ,gentiles    
shall know that ,i am the ,lord1 the    
,holy ,one of ,israel4  #ci3h4 ,behold  
it cometh1 and it is done1 saith the    
,lord ,god3  this is the day whereof ,i 
have spoken4  #ci3i4 ,and the           

inhabitants shall go forth of the cities
 of ,israel1 and shall set on fire and  
burn the weapons1 the shields1 and the  
spears1 the bows and the arrows1 and the
 handstaves and the pikes3  and they    
shall burn them with fire seven years4  
#ci3aj4 ,and they shall not bring wood  
out of the countries1 nor cut down out  
of the forests3  for they shall burn the
 weapons with fire1 and shall make a    
prey of them to whom they had been a    
prey1 and they shall rob those that     
robbed them1 saith the ,lord ,god4      
#ci3aa4 ,and it shall come to pass in   
that day1 that ,i will give ,gog a noted
 place for a sepulchre in ,israel3  the 
valley of the passengers on the east of 
the sea1 which shall cause astonishment 
in them that pass by3  and there shall  
they bury ,gog1 and all his multitude1  
and it shall be called the valley of the
 multitude of ,gog4  #ci3ab4 ,and the   
house of ,israel shall bury them for    
seven months to cleanse the land4       
#ci3ac4 ,and all the people of the land 

shall bury him1 and it shall be unto    
them a noted day1 wherein ,i was        
glorified1 saith the ,lord ,god4        
#ci3ad4 ,and they shall appoint men to  
go continually about the land1 to bury  
and to seek out them that were remaining
 upon the face of the earth1 that they  
may cleanse it3  and after seven months 
they shall begin to seek4  #ci3ae4 ,and 
they shall go about passing through the 
land3  and when they shall see the bone 
of a man1 they shall set up sign by it1 
till the buriers bury it in the valley1 
of the multitude of ,gog4  #ci3af4 ,and 
the name of the city shall be ,amona1   
and they shall cleanse the land4        
#ci3ag4 ,and thou1 ,o son of man1 saith 
the ,lord ,god1 say to every fowl1 and  
to all the birds1 and to all the beasts 
of the field3  ,assemble yourselves1    
make haste1 come together from every    
side to my victim1 which ,i slay for    
you1 a great victim upon the mountains  
of ,israel3  to eat flesh1 and drink    
blood4  #ci3ah4 ,you shall eat the flesh

 of the mighty1 and you shall drink the 
blood of the princes of the earth1 of   
rams1 and of lambs1 and of he goats1 and
 bullocks1 and of all that are well fed 
and fat4  #ci3ai4 ,and you shall eat the
 fat till you be full1 and shall drink  
blood till you be drunk of the victim   
which ,i shall slay for you4  #ci3bj4   
,and you shall be filled at my table    
with horses1 and mighty horsemen1 and   
all the men of war1 saith the ,lord     
,god4  #ci3ba4 ,and ,i will set my glory
 among the nations3  and all nations    
shall see my judgment that ,i have      
executed1 and my hand that ,i have laid 
upon them4  #ci3bb4 ,and the house of   
,israel shall know that ,i am the ,lord 
their ,god from that day and forward4   
#ci3bc4 ,and the nations shall know that
 the house of ,israel were made captives
 for their iniquity1 because they       
forsook me1 and ,i hid my face from     
them3  and ,i delivered them into the   
hands of their enemies1 and they fell   
all by the sword4  #ci3bd4 ,i have dealt

 with them according to their           
uncleanness1 and wickedness1 and hid my 
face from them4  #ci3be4 ,therefore1    
thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,now will ,i
 bring back the captivity of ,jacob1 and
 will have mercy on all the house of    
,israel and ,i will be jealous for my   
holy name4  #ci3bf4 ,and they shall bear
 their confusion1 and all the           
transgressions wherewith they have      
transgressed against me1 when they shall
 dwell in their land securely fearing no
 man3  #ci3bg4 ,and ,i shall have       
brought them back from among the        
nations1 and shall have gathered them   
together out of the lands of their      
enemies1 and shall be sanctified in     
them1 in the sight of many nations4     
#ci3bh4 ,and they shall know that ,i am 
the ,lord their ,god1 because ,i caused 
them to be carried away among the       
nations2 and ,i have gathered them      
together unto their own land1 and have  
not left any of them there4  #ci3bi4    
,and ,i will hide my face no more from  

them1 for ,i have poured out my spirit  
upon all the house of ,israel1 saith the
 ,lord ,god4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #dj  
,the prophet sees in a vision the       
rebuilding of the temple3  the          
dimensions of several parts thereof4    
#dj3a4 ,in the five and twentieth year  
of our captivity1 in the beginning of   
the year1 the tenth day of the month1   
the fourteenth year after the city was  
destroyed3  in the selfsame day the hand
 of the ,lord was upon me1 and he       
brought me thither4  #dj3b4 ,in the     
visions of ,god he brought me into the  
land of ,israel1 and set me upon a very 
high mountain3  upon which there was as 
the building of a city1 bending towards 
the south4  #dj3c4 ,and he brought me in
 thither1 and behold a man1 whose       
appearance was like the appearance of   
brass1 with a line of flax in his hand1 
and a measuring reed in his hand1 and he
 stood in the gate4  #dj3d4 ,and this   
man said to me3  ,son of man1 see with  
thy eyes1 and hear with thy ears1 and   

set thy heart upon all that ,i shall    
shew thee3  for thou art brought hither 
that they may be shewn to thee3  declare
 all that thou seest1 to the house of   
,israel4  #dj3e4 ,and behold there was a
 wall on the outside of the house round 
about1 and in the man's hand a measuring
 reed of six cubits and a handbreadth3  
and he measured the breadth of the      
building one reed1 and the height one   
reed4  #dj3f4 ,and he came to the gate  
that looked toward the east1 and he went
 up the steps thereof3  and he measured 
the breadth of the threshold of the gate
 one reed1 that is1 one threshold was   
one reed broad2  #dj3g4 ,and every      
little chamber was one reed long1 and   
one reed broad3 and between the little  
chambers were five cubits3  #dj3h4 ,and 
the threshold of the gate by the porch  
of the gate within1 was one reed4       
#dj3i4 ,and he measured the porch of the
 gate eight cubits1 and the front       
thereof two cubits3  and the porch of   
the gate was inward4  #dj3aj4 ,and the  

little chambers of the gate that looked 
eastward were three on this side1 and   
three on that side3  all three were of  
one measure1 and the fronts of one      
measure1 on both parts4  #dj3aa4 ,and he
 measured the breadth of the threshold  
of the gate ten cubits3  and the length 
of the gate thirteen cubits3  #dj3ab4   
,and the border before the little       
chambers one cubit3  and one cubit was  
the border on both sides3  and the      
little chambers were six cubits on this 
side and that side4  #dj3ac4 ,and he    
measured the gate from the roof of one  
little chamber to the roof of another1  
in breadth five and twenty cubits3  door
 against door4  #dj3ad4 ,he made also   
fronts of sixty cubits3  and to the     
front the court of the gate on every    
side round about4  #dj3ae4 ,and before  
the face of the gate which reached even 
to the face of the porch of the inner   
gate1 fifty cubits4  #dj3af4 ,and       
slanting windows in the little chambers1
 and in their fronts1 which were within 

the gate on every side round about3  and
 in like manner there were also in the  
porches windows round about within1 and 
before the fronts the representation of 
palm trees4  #dj3ag4 ,and he brought me 
into the outward court1 and behold there
 were chambers1 and a pavement of stone 
in the court round about3  thirty       
chambers encompassed the pavement4      
,there were chambers4 4 4,gazophylacia1 
so called1 because the priests and      
,levites kept in them the stores and    
vessels that belonged to the temple4    
#dj3ah4 ,and the pavement in the front  
of the gates according to the length of 
the gates was lower4  #dj3ai4 ,and he   
measured the breadth from the face of   
the lower gate to the front of the inner
 court without1 a hundred cubits to the 
east1 and to the north4  #dj3bj4 ,he    
measured also both the length and the   
breadth of the gate of the outward      
court1 which looked northward4  #dj3ba4 
,and the little chambers thereof three  
on this side1 and three on that side3   

and the front thereof1 and the porch    
thereof according to the measure of the 
former gate1 fifty cubits long1 and five
 and twenty cubits broad4  #dj3bb4 ,and 
the windows thereof1 and the porch1 and 
the gravings according to the measure of
 the gate that looked to the east1 and  
they went up to it by seven steps1 and a
 porch was before it4  #dj3bc4 ,and the 
gate of the inner court was over against
 the gate of the north1 and that of the 
east3  and he measured from gate to gate
 a hundred cubits4  #dj3bd4 ,and he     
brought me out to the way of the south1 
and behold the gate that looked to the  
south3  and he measured the front       
thereof1 and the porch thereof according
 to the former measures4  #dj3be4 ,and  
the windows thereof1 and the porches    
round about1 as the other windows3  the 
length was fifty cubits1 and the breadth
 five and twenty cubits4  #dj3bf4 ,and  
there were seven steps to go up to it3  
and a porch before the doors thereof3   
and there were graven palm trees1 one on

 this side1 and another on that side in 
the front thereof4  #dj3bg4 ,and there  
was a gate of the inner court towards   
the south3  and he measured from gate to
 gate towards the south1 a hundred      
cubits4  #dj3bh4 ,and he brought me into
 the inner court at the south gate3  and
 he measured the gate according to the  
former measures4  #dj3bi4 ,the little   
chamber thereof1 and the front thereof1 
and the porch thereof with the same     
measures3  and the windows thereof1 and 
the porch thereof round about it was    
fifty cubits in length1 and five and    
twenty cubits in breadth4  #dj3cj4 ,and 
the porch round about was five and      
twenty cubits long1 and five cubits     
broad4  #dj3ca4 ,and the porch thereof  
to the outward court1 and the palm trees
 thereof in the front3  and there were  
eight steps to go up to it4  #dj3cb4    
,and he brought me into the inner court 
by the way of the east3 and he measured 
the gate according to the former        
measures4  #dj3cc4 ,the little chamber  

thereof1 and the front thereof1 and the 
porch thereof as before3  and the       
windows thereof1 and the porches thereof
 round about it was fifty cubits long1  
and five and twenty cubits broad4       
#dj3cd4 ,and the porch thereof1 that is1
 of the outward court3  and the graven  
palm trees in the front thereof on this 
side and on that side3 and the going up 
thereof was by eight steps4  #dj3ce4    
,and he brought me into the gate that   
looked to the north3  and he measured   
according to the former measures4       
#dj3cf4 ,the little chamber thereof1 and
 the front thereof1 and the porch       
thereof1 and the windows thereof round  
about it was fifty cubits long1 and five
 and twenty cubits broad4  #dj3cg4 ,and 
the porch thereof looked to the outward 
court3  and the graving of palm trees in
 the front thereof was on this side and 
on that side3  and the going up to it   
was by eight steps4  #dj3ch4 ,and at    
every chamber was a door in the         
forefronts of the gates3 there they     

washed the holocaust4  #dj3ci4 ,and in  
the porch of the gate were two tables on
 this side1 and two tables on that side3
  that the holocaust1 and the sin       
offering1 and the trespass offering     
might be slain thereon4  #dj3dj4 ,and on
 the outward side1 which goeth up to the
 entry of the gate that looketh toward  
the north1 were two tables3  and at the 
other side before the porch of the gate 
were two tables1  #dj3da4 ,four tables  
were on this side1 and four tables on   
that side at the sides of the gate were 
eight tables1 upon which they slew the  
victims4  #dj3db4 ,and the four tables  
for the holocausts were made of square  
stones3  one cubit and a half long1 and 
one cubit and a half broad1 and one     
cubit high3  to lay the vessels upon1 in
 which the holocaust and the victim is  
slain4  #dj3dc4 ,and the borders of them
 were of one handbreadth1 turned inwards
 round about3  and upon the tables was  
the flesh of the offering4  #dj3dd4 ,and
 without the inner gate were the        

chambers of the singing men in the inner
 court1 which was on the side of the    
gate that looketh to the north3  and    
their prospect was towards the south1   
one at the side of the east gate1 which 
looketh toward the north4  #dj3de4 ,and 
he said to me3  ,this chamber1 which    
looketh toward the south shall be for   
the priests that watch in the wards of  
the temple4  #dj3df4 ,but the chamber   
that looketh towards the north shall be 
for the priests that watch over the     
ministry of the altar4  ,these are the  
sons of ,sadoc1 who among the sons of   
,levi1 come near to the ,lord1 to       
minister to him4  #dj3dg4 ,and he       
measured the court a hundred cubits     
long1 and a hundred cubits broad        
foursquare3  and the altar that was     
before the face of the temple4  #dj3dh4 
,and he brought me into the porch of the
 temple3  and he measured the porch five
 cubits on this side1 and five cubits on
 that side3  and the breadth of the gate
 three cubits on this side1 and three   

cubits on that side4  #dj3di4 ,and the  
length of the porch was twenty cubits1  
and the breadth eleven cubits1 and there
 were eight steps to go up to it4  ,and 
there were pillars in the fronts3  one  
on this side1 and another on that side4 
,ezechiel ,chapter #da   ,a description 
of the temple1 and of all the parts of  
it4  #da3a4 ,and he brought me into the 
temple1 and he measured the fronts six  
cubits broad on this side1 and six      
cubits on that side1 the breadth of the 
tabernacle4  ,the temple4 4 4,this plan 
of a temple1 which was here shewn to the
 prophet in a vision1 partly had        
relation to the material temple1 which  
was to be rebuilt3  and partly1 in a    
mystical sense1 to the spiritual temple 
of ,god1 the church of ,christ4  #da3b4 
,and the breadth of the gate was ten    
cubits3  and the sides of the gate five 
cubits on this side1 and five cubits on 
that side3  and he measured the length  
thereof forty cubits1 and the breadth   
twenty cubits4  #da3c4 ,then going      

inward he measured the front of the gate
 two cubits3 and the gate six cubits1   
and the breadth of the gate seven       
cubits4  #da3d4 ,and he measured the    
length thereof twenty cubits1 and the   
breadth twenty cubits1 before the face  
of the temple3  and he said to me3      
,this is the holy of holies4  #da3e4    
,and he measured the wall of the house  
six cubits3  and the breadth of every   
side chamber four cubits round about the
 house on every side4  #da3f4 ,and the  
side chambers one by another1 were twice
 thirty-three3 and they bore outwards1  
that they might enter in through the    
wall of the house in the sides round    
about1 to hold in1 and not to touch the 
wall of the temple4  ,one by another4 4 
4,or one over another2 literally1 side  
to side1 or side upon side4  #da3g4 ,and
 there was a broad passage round about1 
going up by winding stairs1 and it led  
into the upper loft of the temple all   
round3 therefore was the temple broader 
in the higher parts3  and so from the   

lower parts they went to the higher by  
the midst4  #da3h4 ,and ,i saw in the   
house the height round about1 the       
foundations of the side chambers which  
were the measure of a reed the space of 
six cubits3  #da3i4 ,and the thickness  
of the wall for the side chamber        
without1 which was five cubits3  and the
 inner house was within the side        
chambers of the house1  ,and the inner  
house was within the side chambers of   
the house4 4 4,because these side       
chambers were in the very walls of the  
temple all round4  ,or1 it may also be  
rendered 7more agreeably to the ,hebrew7
 so as to signify that the thickness of 
the wall for the side chamber within1   
was the same as that of the wall        
without2 that is1 equally five cubits4  
#da3aj4 ,and between the chambers was   
the breadth of twenty cubits round about
 the house on every side4  #da3aa4 ,and 
the door of the side chambers was turned
 towards the place of prayer3  one door 
was toward the north1 and another door  

was toward the south3  and the breadth  
of the place for prayer1 was five cubits
 round about4  #da3ab4 ,and the building
 that was separate1 and turned to the   
way that looked toward the sea1 was     
seventy cubits broad and the wall of the
 building1 five cubits thick round      
about3  and ninety cubits long4  #da3ac4
 ,and he measured the length of the     
house1 a hundred cubits3  and the       
separate building1 and the walls        
thereof1 a hundred cubits in length4    
#da3ad4 ,and the breadth before the face
 of the house1 and of the separate place
 toward the east1 a hundred cubits4     
#da3ae4 ,and he measured the length of  
the building over against it1 which was 
separated at the back of it3  and the   
galleries on both sides a hundred       
cubits3  and the inner temple1 and the  
porches of the court4  #da3af4 ,the     
thresholds1 and the oblique windows1 and
 the galleries round about on three     
sides1 over against the threshold of    
every one1 and floored with wood all    

round about3  and the ground was up to  
the windows1 and the windows were shut  
over the doors4  #da3ag4 ,and even to   
the inner house1 and without all the    
wall round about within and without1 by 
measure4  #da3ah4 ,and there were       
cherubims and palm trees wrought1 so    
that a palm tree was between a cherub   
and a cherub1 and every cherub had two  
faces4  #da3ai4 ,the face of a man was  
toward the palm tree on one side1 and   
the face of a lion was toward the palm  
tree on the other side3  set forth      
through all the house round about4      
#da3bj4 ,from the ground even to the    
upper parts of the gate1 were cherubims 
and palm trees wrought in the wall of   
the temple4  #da3ba4 ,the threshold was 
foursquare1 and the face of the         
sanctuary sight to sight4  ,the         
threshold was foursquare4 4 4,that is1  
the gate of the temple was foursquare3  
and so placed as to answer the gate of  
the sanctuary within4  #da3bb4 ,the     
altar of wood was three cubits high3    

and the length thereof was two cubits3  
and the corners thereof1 aid the length 
thereof1 and the walls thereof1 were of 
wood4  ,and he said to me3  ,this is the
 table before the ,lord4  #da3bc4 ,and  
there were two doors in the temple1 and 
in the sanctuary4  #da3bd4 ,and in the  
two doors on both sides were two little 
doors1 which were folded within each    
other3  for there were two wickets on   
both sides of the doors4  #da3be4 ,and  
there were cherubims also wrought in the
 doors of the temple1 and the figures of
 palm trees1 like as were made on the   
walls3 for which cause also the planks  
were thicker in the front of the porch  
without4  #da3bf4 ,upon which were the  
oblique windows1 and the representation 
of palm trees on this side1 and on that 
side in the sides of the porch1         
according to the sides of the house1 and
 the breadth of the walls4    ,ezechiel 
,chapter #db   ,a description of the    
courts1 chambers1 and other places      
belonging to the temple4  #db3a4 ,and he

 brought me forth into the outward court
 by the way that leadeth to the north1  
and he brought me into the chamber that 
was over against the separate building1 
and over against the house toward the   
north4  #db3b4 ,in the face of the north
 door was the length of hundred cubits1 
and the breadth of fifty cubits4  #db3c4
 ,over against the twenty cubits of the 
inner court1 and over against the       
pavement of the outward court that was  
paved with stone1 where there was a     
gallery joined to a triple gallery4     
#db3d4 ,and before the chambers was a   
walk ten cubits broad1 looking to the   
inner parts of a way of one cubit4  ,and
 their doors were toward the north4     
#db3e4 ,where were the store chambers   
lower above3  because they bore up the  
galleries1 which appeared above out of  
them from he lower parts1 and from the  
midst of the building4  #db3f4 ,for they
 were of three stories1 and had not     
pillars1 as the pillars of the courts3  
therefore did they appear above out of  

the lower places1 and out of the middle 
places1 fifty cubits from the ground4   
#db3g4 ,and the outward wall that went  
about by the chambers1 which were       
towards the outward court on the        
forepart of the chambers1 was fifty     
cubits long4  #db3h4 ,for the length of 
the chambers of the outward court was   
fifty cubits3  and the length before the
 face of the temple1 a hundred cubits4  
#db3i4 ,and there was under these       
chambers1 an entrance from the east1 for
 them that went into them out of the    
outward court4  #db3aj4 ,in the breadth 
of the outward wall of the court that   
was toward the east1 over against the   
separate building1 and there were       
chambers before the building4  #db3aa4  
,and the way before them was like the   
chambers which were toward the north3   
they were as long as they1 and as broad 
as they3  and all the going in to them1 
and their fashions1 and their doors were
 alike4  #db3ab4 ,according to the doors
 of the chambers that were towards the  

south3  there was a door in the head of 
the way1 which way was before the porch1
 separated towards the east as one      
entereth in4  #db3ac4 ,and he said to   
me3  ,the chambers of the north1 and the
 chambers of the south1 which are before
 the separate building3  they are holy  
chambers1 in which the priests shall    
eat1 that approach to the ,lord into the
 holy of holies3  there they shall lay  
the most holy things1 and the offering  
for sin1 and for trespass3  for it is a 
holy place4  #db3ad4 ,and when the      
priests shall have entered in1 they     
shall not go out of the holy places into
 the outward court3  but there they     
shall lay their vestments1 wherein they 
minister1 for they are holy3  and they  
shall put on other garments1 and so they
 shall go forth to the people4  #db3ae4 
,now when he had made an end of         
measuring the inner house1 he brought me
 out by the way of the gate that looked 
toward the east3  and he measured it on 
every side round about4  #db3af4 ,and he

 measured toward the east with the      
measuring reed1 five hundred reeds with 
the measuring reed round about4  #db3ag4
 ,and he measured toward the north five 
hundred reeds with the measuring reed   
round about4  #db3ah4 ,and towards the  
south he measured five hundred reeds    
with the measuring reed round about4    
#db3ai4 ,and toward the west he measured
 five hundred reeds1 with the measuring 
reed4  #db3bj4 ,by the four winds he    
measured the wall thereof on every side 
round about1 five hundred cubits and    
five hundred cubits broad1 making a     
separation between the sanctuary and the
 place of the people4    ,ezechiel      
,chapter #dc   ,the glory of ,god       
returns to the new temple4  ,the        
,israelites shall no more profane ,god's
 name by idolatry3  the prophet is      
commanded to shew them the dimensions1  
and form of the temple1 and of the      
altar1 with the sacrifices to be offered
 thereon4  #dc3a4 ,and he brought me to 
the gate that looked towards the east4  

#dc3b4 ,and behold the glory of the ,god
 of ,israel came in by the way of the   
east3  and his voice was like the noise 
of many waters1 and the earth shone with
 his majesty4  #dc3c4 ,and ,i saw the   
vision according to the appearance which
 ,i had seen when he came to destroy the
 city3  and the appearance was according
 to the vision which ,i had seen by the 
river ,chobar3  and ,i fell upon my     
face4  #dc3d4 ,and the majesty of the   
,lord went into the temple by the way of
 the gate that looked to the east4      
#dc3e4 ,and the spirit lifted me up and 
brought me into the inner court3 and    
behold the house was filled with the    
glory of the ,lord4  #dc3f4 ,and ,i     
heard one speaking to me out of the     
house1 and the man that stood by me1    
#dc3g4 ,said to me3  ,son of man1 the   
place of my throne1 and the place of the
 soles of my feet1 where ,i dwell in the
 midst of the children of ,israel for   
ever3  and the house of ,israel shall no
 more profane my holy name1 they and    

their kings by their fornications1 and  
by the carcasses of their kings1 and by 
the high places4  #dc3h4 ,they who have 
set their threshold by my threshold1 and
 their posts by my posts3  and there was
 but a wall between me1 and them3  and  
they profaned my holy name by the       
abominations which they committed3 for  
which reason ,i consumed them in my     
wrath4  #dc3i4 ,now therefore let them  
put away their fornications1 and the    
carcasses of their kings far from me3   
and ,i will dwell in the midst of them  
for ever4  #dc3aj4 ,but thou1 son of    
man1 shew to the house of ,israel the   
temple1 and let them be ashamed of their
 iniquities1 and let them measure the   
building3  #dc3aa4 ,and be ashamed of   
all that they have done4  ,shew them the
 form of the house1 and of the fashion  
thereof1 the goings out and the comings 
in1 and the whole plan thereof1 and all 
its ordinances1 and all its order1 and  
all its laws1 and thou shalt write it in
 their sight3  that they may keep the   

whole form thereof1 and its ordinances1 
and do them4  #dc3ab4 ,this is the law  
of the house upon the top of the        
mountain3  ,all its border round about2 
most holy3  this then is the law of the 
house4  #dc3ac4 ,and these are the      
measures of the altar by the truest     
cubit1 which is a cubit and a           
handbreadth3  the bottom thereof was a  
cubit1 and the breadth a cubit3  and the
 border thereof unto its edge1 and round
 about1 one handbreadth3  and this was  
the trench of the altar4  #dc3ad4 ,and  
from the bottom of the ground to the    
lowest brim two cubits1 and the breadth 
of one cubit3  and from the lesser brim 
to the greater brim four cubits1 and the
 breadth of one cubit4  #dc3ae4 ,and the
 ,ariel itself was four cubits3  and    
from the ,ariel upward were four horns4 
,the ,ariel4 4 4,that is1 the altar     
itself1 or rather the highest part of   
it1 upon which the burnt offerings were 
laid4  ,in the ,hebrew it is ,harel1    
that is1 the mountain of ,god3  but in  

the following verse ,haariel1 that is1  
the lion of ,god2 a figure1 from its    
consuming1 and as it were devouring the 
sacrifices1 as a lion devours its prey4 
#dc3af4 ,and the ,ariel was twelve      
cubits long1 and twelve cubits broad1   
foursquare1 with equal sides4  #dc3ag4  
,and the brim was fourteen cubits long1 
and fourteen cubits broad in the four   
corners thereof3  and the crown round   
about it was half a cubit1 and the      
bottom of it one cubit round about3  and
 its steps turned toward the east4      
#dc3ah4 ,and he said to me3  ,son of    
man1 thus saith the ,lord ,god3  ,these 
are the ceremonies of the altar1 in what
 day soever it shall be made3 that      
holocausts may be offered upon it1 and  
blood poured out4  #dc3ai4 ,and thou    
shalt give to the priests1 and the      
,levites1 that are of the race of       
,sadoc1 who approach to me1 saith the   
,lord ,god1 to offer to me a calf of the
 herd for sin4  #dc3bj4 ,and thou shalt 
take of his blood1 and shalt put it upon

 the four horns thereof1 and upon the   
four corners of the brim1 and upon the  
crown round about3  and thou shalt      
cleanse1 and expiate it4  #dc3ba4 ,and  
thou shalt take the calf1 that is       
offered for sin3  and thou shalt burn   
him in a separate place of the house    
without the sanctuary4  #dc3bb4 ,and in 
the second day thou shalt offer a he    
goat without blemish for sin3  and they 
shall expiate the altar1 as they        
expiated it with the calf4  #dc3bc4 ,and
 when thou shalt have made an end of the
 expiation thereof1 thou shalt offer a  
calf of the herd without blemish1 and a 
ram of the flock without blemish4       
#dc3bd4 ,and thou shalt offer them in   
the sight of the ,lord1 and the priests 
shall put salt upon them1 and shall     
offer them a holocaust to the ,lord4    
#dc3be4 ,seven days shalt thou offer a  
he goat for sin daily3  they shall offer
 also a calf of the herd1 and a ram of  
the flock without blemish4  #dc3bf4     
,seven days shall they expiate the      

altar1 and shall cleanse it3 and they   
shall consecrate it4  ,consecrate it4 4 
4,literally1 fill its hand1 that is1    
dedicate and apply it to holy service4  
#dc3bg4 ,and the days being expired1 on 
the eighth day and thenceforward1 the   
priests shall offer your holocausts upon
 the altar1 and the peace offerings3    
and ,i will be pacified towards you1    
saith the ,lord ,god4    ,ezechiel      
,chapter #dd   ,the east gate of the    
sanctuary shall be always shut4  ,the   
uncircumcised shall not enter into the  
sanctuary3  nor the ,levites that have  
served idols3  but the sons of ,sadoc   
shall do the priestly functions1 who    
stood firm in the worst of times4       
#dd3a4 ,and he brought me back to the   
way of the gate of the outward          
sanctuary1 which looked towards the     
east3  and it was shut4  #dd3b4 ,and the
 ,lord said to me3  ,this gate shall be 
shut1 it shall not be opened1 and no man
 shall pass through it3  because the    
,lord the ,god of ,israel hath entered  

in by it1 and it shall be shut  #dd3c4  
,for the prince4  ,the prince himself   
shall sit in it1 to eat bread before the
 ,lord3  he shall enter in by the way of
 the porch of the gate1 and shall go out
 by the same way4  #dd3d4 ,and he       
brought me by the way of the north gate1
 in the sight of the house3  and ,i saw1
 and behold the glory of the ,lord      
filled the house of the ,lord3  and ,i  
fell on my face4  #dd3e4 ,and the ,lord 
said to me3  ,son of man1 attend with   
thy heart and behold with thy eyes1 and 
hear with thy ears1 all that ,i say to  
thee concerning all the ceremonies of   
the house of the ,lord1 and concerning  
all the laws thereof3  and mark well the
 ways of the temple1 with all the goings
 out of the sanctuary4  #dd3f4 ,and thou
 shalt say to the house of ,israel that 
provoketh me3  ,thus saith the ,lord    
,god3  ,let all your wicked doings      
suffice you1 ,o house of ,israel3       
#dd3g4 ,in that you have brought in     
strangers uncircumcised in heart1 and   

uncircumcised in flesh1 to be in my     
sanctuary1 and to defile my house3 and  
you offer my bread1 the fat1 and the    
blood3  and you have broken my covenant 
by all your wicked doings4  #dd3h4 ,and 
you have not kept the ordinances of my  
sanctuary3  but you have set keepers of 
my charge in my sanctuary for           
yourselves4  #dd3i4 ,thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,no stranger uncircumcised 
in heart1 and uncircumcised in flesh1   
shall enter into my sanctuary1 no       
stranger that is in the midst of the    
children of ,israel4  #dd3aj4 ,moreover 
the ,levites that went away far from me1
 when the children of ,israel went      
astray1 and have wandered from me after 
their idols1 and have borne their       
iniquity3  #dd3aa4 ,they shall be       
officers in my sanctuary1 and           
doorkeepers of the gates of the house1  
and ministers to the house3  they shall 
slay the holocausts1 and the victims of 
the people3  and they shall stand in    
their sight1 to minister to them4       

#dd3ab4 ,because they ministered to them
 before their idols1 and were a         
stumblingblock of iniquity to the house 
of ,israel3  therefore have ,i lifted up
 my hand against them1 saith the ,lord  
,god1 and they shall bear their         
iniquity3  #dd3ac4 ,and they shall not  
come near to me1 to do the office of    
priest to me1 neither shall they come   
near to any of my holy things that are  
by the holy of holies3  but they shall  
bear their shame1 and their wickednesses
 which they have committed4  #dd3ad4    
,and ,i will make them doorkeepers of   
the house1 for all the service thereof1 
and for all that shall be done therein4 
#dd3ae4 ,but the priests1 and ,levites1 
the sons of ,sadoc1 who kept the        
ceremonies of my sanctuary1 when the    
children of ,israel went astray from me1
 they shall come near to me1 to minister
 to me3  and they shall stand before me1
 to offer me the fat1 and the blood1    
saith the ,lord ,god4  #dd3af4 ,they    
shall enter into my sanctuary1 and they 

shall come near to my table1 to minister
 unto me1 and to keep my ceremonies4    
#dd3ag4 ,and when they shall enter in at
 the gates of the inner court1 they     
shall be clothed with linen garments3   
neither shall any woollen come upon     
them1 when they minister in the gates of
 the inner court and within4  #dd3ah4   
,they shall have linen mitres on their  
heads1 and linen breeches on their      
loins1 and they shall not be girded with
 any thing that causeth sweat4  #dd3ai4 
,and when they shall go forth to the    
outward court to the people1 they shall 
put off their garments wherein they     
ministered1 and lay them up in the store
 chamber of the sanctuary1 and they     
shall clothe themselves with other      
garments3  and they shall not sanctify  
the people with their vestments4  ,shall
 not sanctify the people with their     
vestments4 4 4,by exposing them to the  
danger of touching the sacred vestments1
 which none were to touch but they that 
were sanctified4  #dd3bj4 ,neither shall

 they shave their heads1 nor wear long  
hair3  but they shall only poll their   
heads4  #dd3ba4 ,and no priest shall    
drink wine when he is to go into the    
inner court4  #dd3bb4 ,neither shall    
they take to wife a widow1 nor one that 
is divorced1 but they shall take virgins
 of the seed of the house of ,israel3   
but they may take a widow also1 that is1
 the widow of a priest4  #dd3bc4 ,and   
they shall teach my people the          
difference between holy and profane1 and
 shew them how to discern between clean 
and unclean4  #dd3bd4 ,and when there   
shall be a controversy1 they shall stand
 in my judgments1 and shall judge3  they
 shall keep my laws1 and my ordinances  
in all my solemnities1 and sanctify my  
sabbaths4  #dd3be4 ,and they shall come 
near no dead person1 lest they be       
defiled1 only their father and mother1  
and son and daughter1 and brother and   
sister1 that hath not had another       
husband3  for whom they may become      
unclean4  #dd3bf4 ,and after one is     

cleansed1 they shall reckon unto him    
seven days4  #dd3bg4 ,and in the day    
that he goeth into the sanctuary1 to the
 inner court1 to minister unto me in the
 sanctuary1 he shall offer for his sin1 
saith the ,lord ,god4  #dd3bh4 ,and they
 shall have no inheritance1 ,i am their 
inheritance3 neither shall you give them
 any possession in ,israel1 for ,i am   
their possession4  #dd3bi4 ,they shall  
eat the victim both for sin and for     
trespass3  and every vowed thing in     
,israel shall be theirs4  #cj4 ,and the 
firstfruits of all the firstborn1 and   
all the libations of all things that are
 offered1 shall be the priest's3  and   
you shall give the firstfruits of your  
meats to the priest1 that he may return 
a blessing upon thy house4  #dd3ca4 ,the
 priests shall not eat of any thing that
 is dead of itself or caught by a beast1
 whether it be fowl or cattle4          
,ezechiel ,chapter #de   ,portions of   
land for the sanctuary1 for the city1   
and for the prince4 ,ordinances for the 

prince4  #de3a4 ,and when you shall     
begin to divide the land by lot1        
separate ye firstfruits to the ,lord1 a 
portion of the land to be holy1 in      
length twenty-five thousand and in      
breadth ten thousand3  it shall be holy 
in all the borders thereof round about4 
,twenty-five thousand4 4 4,viz41 reeds  
or cubits4  #de3b4 ,and there shall be  
for the sanctuary on every side five    
hundred by five hundred1 foursquare     
round about3  and fifty cubits for the  
suburbs thereof round about4  #de3c4    
,and with this measure thou shalt       
measure the length of five and twenty   
thousand1 and the breadth of ten        
thousand1 and in it shall be the temple 
and the holy of holies4  #de3d4 ,the    
holy portion of the land shall be for   
the priests the ministers of the        
sanctuary1 who come near to the ministry
 of the ,lord3 and it shall be a place  
for their houses1 and for the holy place
 of the sanctuary4  #de3e4 ,and five and
 twenty thousand of length1 and ten     

thousand of breadth shall be for the    
,levites1 that minister in the house3   
they shall possess twenty store         
chambers4  #de3f4 ,and you shall appoint
 the possession of the city five        
thousand broad1 and five and twenty     
thousand long1 according to the         
separation of the sanctuary1 for the    
whole house of ,israel4  #de3g4 ,for the
 prince also on the one side and on the 
other side1 according to the separation 
of the sanctuary1 and according to the  
possession of the city1 over against the
 separation of the sanctuary1 and over  
against the possession of the city3     
from the side of the sea even to the    
sea1 and from the side of the east even 
to the east4  ,and the length according 
to every part from the west border to   
the east border4  #de3h4 ,he shall have 
a portion of the land in ,israel3  and  
the princes shall no more rob my people3
  but they shall give the land to the   
house of ,israel according to their     
tribes3  #de3i4 ,thus saith the ,lord   

,god3  ,let it suffice you1 ,o princes  
of ,israel3 cease from iniquity and     
robberies1 and execute judgment and     
justice1 separate your confines from my 
people1 saith the ,lord ,god4  #de3aj4  
,you shall have just balances1 and a    
just ephi1 and a just bate4  #de3aa4    
,the ephi and the bate shall be equal1  
and of one measure3  that the bate may  
contain the tenth part of a core1 and   
the ephi the tenth part of a core3      
their weight shall be equal according to
 the measure of a core4  ,the ephi and  
the bate4 4 4,these measures were of    
equal capacity1 but the bate served for 
liquids1 and the ephi for dry things4   
#de3ab4 ,and the sicle hath twenty      
obols4  ,now twenty sicles1 and five and
 twenty sicles1 and fifteen sicles1 make
 a mna1  #de3ac4 ,and these are the     
firstfruits1 which you shall take3  the 
sixth part of an ephi of a core of      
wheat1 and the sixth part of an ephi of 
a core of barley4  #de3ad4 ,the measure 
of oil also1 a bate of oil is the tenth 

part of a core3  and ten bates make a   
core3  for ten bates fill a core4       
#de3ae4 ,and one ram out of a flock of  
two hundred1 of those that ,israel      
feedeth for sacrifice1 and for          
holocausts1 and for peace offerings1 to 
make atonement for them1 saith the ,lord
 ,god4  #de3af4 ,all the people of the  
land shall be bound to these firstfruits
 for the prince in ,israel4  #de3ag4    
,and the prince shall give the          
holocaust1 and the sacrifice1 and the   
libations on the feasts1 and on the new 
moons1 and on the sabbaths1 and on all  
the solemnities of the house of ,israel3
  he shall offer the sacrifice for sin1 
and the holocaust1 and the peace        
offerings to make expiation for the     
house of ,israel4  #de3ah4 ,thus saith  
the ,lord ,god3  ,in the first month1   
the first of the month1 thou shalt take 
a calf of the herd without blemish1 and 
thou shalt expiate the sanctuary4       
#de3ai4 ,and the priest shall take of   
the blood of the sin offering3  and he  

shall put it on the posts of the house1 
and on the four corners of the brim of  
the altar1 and oil the posts of the gate
 of the inner court4  #de3bj4 ,and so   
shalt thou do in the seventh day of the 
month1 for every one that hath been     
ignorant1 and hath been deceived by     
error1 and thou shalt make expiation for
 the house4  #de3ba4 ,in the first      
month1 the fourteenth day of the month1 
you shall observe the solemnity of the  
pasch3  seven days unleavened bread     
shall be eaten4  #de3bb4 ,and the prince
 on that day shall offer for himself1   
and for all the people of the land1 a   
calf for sin4  #de3bc4 ,and in the      
solemnity of the seven days he shall    
offer for a holocaust to the ,lord1     
seven calves1 and seven rams without    
blemish daily for seven days3  and for  
sin a he goat daily4  #de3bd4 ,and he   
shall offer the sacrifice of an ephi for
 every calf1 and an ephi for every ram3 
and a hin of oil for every ephi4        
#de3be4 ,in the seventh month1 in the   

fifteenth day of the month1 in the      
solemn feast1 he shall do the like for  
the seven days3  as well in regard to   
the sin offering1 as to the holocaust1  
and the sacrifice1 and the oil4         
,ezechiel ,chapter #df   ,other         
ordinances for the prince and for the   
sacrifices4  #df3a4 ,thus saith the     
,lord ,god3  ,the gate of the inner     
court that looketh toward the east1     
shall be shut the six days1 on which    
work is done2 but on the sabbath day it 
shall be opened1 yea and on the day of  
the new moon it shall be opened4  #df3b4
 ,and the prince shall enter by the way 
of the porch of the gate from without1  
and he shall stand at the threshold of  
the gate3  and the priests shall offer  
his holocaust1 and his peace offerings3 
and he shall adore upon the threshold of
 the gate1 and shall go out3  but the   
gate shall not be shut till the evening4
  #df3c4 ,and the people of the land    
shall adore at the door of that gate    
before the ,lord on the sabbaths1 and on

 the new moons4  #df3d4 ,and the        
holocaust that the prince shall offer to
 the ,lord on the sabbath day1 shall be 
six lambs without blemish1 and a ram    
without blemish4  #df3e4 ,and the       
sacrifice of all ephi for a ram3  but   
for the lambs what sacrifice his hand   
shall allow3  and a hin of oil for every
 ephi4  #df3f4 ,and on the day of the   
new moon a calf of the herd without     
blemish3  and the six lambs1 and the    
rams shall be without blemish4  #df3g4  
,and he shall offer in sacrifice an ephi
 for calf1 an ephi also for a ram3  but 
for the lambs1 as his hand shall find3  
and a hin of oil for every ephi4  #df3h4
 ,and when the prince is to go in1 let  
him go in by the way of the porch of the
 gate1 and let him go out the same way4 
#df3i4 ,but when the people of the land 
shall go in before the ,lord in the     
solemn feasts1 he that goeth in by the  
north gate to adore1 shall go out by the
 way of the south gate2 and he that     
goeth in by the way of the south gate1  

shall go out by the way of the north    
gate3  he shall not return by the way of
 the gate whereby he came in1 but shall 
go out at that over against it4  #df3aj4
 ,and the prince in the midst of them1  
shall go in when they go in1 and go out 
when they go out4  #df3aa4 ,and in the  
fairs1 and in the solemnities there     
shall be the sacrifice of an ephi to a  
calf1 and an ephi to a ram3  and to the 
lambs1 the sacrifice shall be as his    
hand shall find3  and a hin of oil to   
every ephi4  #df3ab4 ,but when the      
prince shall offer a voluntary          
holocaust1 or voluntary peace offering  
to the ,lord3  the gate that looketh    
towards the east shall be opened to him1
 and he shall offer his holocaust1 and  
his peace offerings1 as it is wont to be
 done on the sabbath day3  and he shall 
go out1 and the gate shall be shut after
 he is gone forth4  #df3ac4 ,and he     
shall offer every day for a holocaust to
 the ,lord1 a lamb of the same year     
without blemish3  he shall offer it     

always in the morning4  #df3ad4 ,and he 
shall offer the sacrifice for it morning
 by morning1 the sixth part of an ephi3 
and the third part of a hin of oil to be
 mingled with the fine flour3  a        
sacrifice to the ,lord by ordinance     
continual and everlasting4  #df3ae4 ,he 
shall offer the lamb1 and the sacrifice1
 and the oil morning by morning3  an    
everlasting holocaust4  #df3af4 ,thus   
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,if the prince   
give a gift to any of his sons3  the    
inheritance of it shall go to his       
children1 they shall possess it by      
inheritance4  #df3ag4 ,but if he give a 
legacy out of his inheritance to one of 
his servants1 it shall be his until the 
year of release1 and it shall return to 
the prince3  but his inheritance shall  
go to his sons4  #df3ah4 ,and the prince
 shall not take of the people's         
inheritance by violence1 nor of their   
possession3  but out of his own         
possession he shall give an inheritance 
to his sons3  that my people be not     

dispersed every man from his possession4
  #df3ai4 ,and he brought me in by the  
entry that was at the side of the gate1 
into the chambers of the sanctuary that 
were for the priests1 which looked      
toward the north4  ,and there was a     
place bending to the west4  #df3bj4 ,and
 he said to me3  ,this is the place     
where the priests shall boil the sin    
offering1 and the trespass offering3    
where they shall dress the sacrifice1   
that they may not bring it out into the 
outward court1 and the people be        
sanctified4  #df3ba4 ,and he brought me 
into the outward court1 and he led me   
about by the four corners of the court3 
and behold there was a little court in  
the corner of the court1 to every corner
 of the court there was a little court4 
#df3bb4 ,in the four corners of the     
court were little courts disposed1 forty
 cubits long1 and thirty broad1 all the 
four were of one measure4  #df3bc4 ,and 
there was a wall round about compassing 
the four little courts1 and there were  

kitchens built under the rows round     
about4  #df3bd4 ,and he said to me3     
,this is the house of the kitchens      
wherein the ministers of the house of   
the ,lord shall boil the victims of the 
people4    ,ezechiel ,chapter #dg   ,the
 vision of the holy waters issuing out  
from under the temple3  the borders of  
the land to be divided among the twelve 
tribes4  #dg3a4 ,and he brought me again
 to the gate of the house1 and behold   
waters issued out from under the        
threshold of the house toward the east3 
for the forefront of the house looked   
toward the east3  but the waters came   
down to the right side of the temple to 
the south part of the altar4  ,waters4 4
 4,these waters are not to be understood
 literally 7for there were none such    
that flowed from the temple72 but       
mystically1 of the baptism of ,christ1  
and of his doctrine and his grace3  the 
trees that grow on the banks are        
,christian virtues3  the fishes are     
,christians1 that spiritually live in   

and by these holy waters1 the fishermen 
are the apostles1 and apostolic         
preachers3  the fenny places1 where     
there is no health1 are such as by being
 out of the church are separated from   
these waters of life4  #dg3b4 ,and he   
led me out by the way of the north gate1
 and he caused me to turn to the way    
without the outward gate to the way that
 looked toward the east3  and behold    
there ran out waters on the right side4 
#dg3c4 ,and when the man that had the   
line in his hand went out towards the   
east1 he measured a thousand cubits3    
and he brought me through the water up  
to the ankles4  #dg3d4 ,and again he    
measured a thousand1 and he brought me  
through the water up to the knees4      
#dg3e4 ,and he measured a thousand1 and 
he brought me through the water up to   
the loins4  ,and he measured a thousand1
 and it was a torrent1 which ,i could   
not pass over3  for the waters were     
risen so as to make a deep torrent1     
which could not be passed over4  #dg3f4 

,and he said to me3  ,surely thou hast  
seen1 ,o son of man4  ,and he brought me
 out1 and he caused me to turn to the   
bank of the torrent4  #dg3g4 ,and when  
,i had turned myself1 behold on the bank
 of the torrent were very many trees on 
both sides4  #dg3h4 ,and he said to me3 
,these waters that issue forth toward   
the hillocks of sand to the east1 and go
 down to the plains of the desert1 shall
 go into the sea1 and shall go out1 and 
the waters shall be healed4  #dg3i4 ,and
 every living creature that creepeth    
whithersoever the torrent shall come1   
shall live3  and there shall be fishes  
in abundance after these waters shall   
come thither1 and they shall be healed1 
and all things shall live to which the  
torrent shall come4  #dg3aj4 ,and the   
fishers shall stand over these waters1  
from ,engaddi even to ,engallim there   
shall be drying of nets3  there shall be
 many sorts of the fishes thereof1 as   
the fishes of the great sea1 a very     
great multitude3  #dg3aa4 ,but on the   

shore thereof1 and in the fenny places  
they shall not be healed1 because they  
shall be turned into saltpits4  #dg3ab4 
,and by the torrent on the banks thereof
 on both sides shall grow all trees that
 bear fruit3  their leaf shall not fall 
off1 and their fruit shall not fail3    
every month shall they bring forth      
firstfruits1 because the waters thereof 
shall issue out of the sanctuary3  and  
the fruits thereof shall be for food1   
and the leaves thereof for medicine4    
#dg3ac4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3     
,this is the border1 by which you shall 
possess the land according to the twelve
 tribes of ,israel3  for ,joseph hath a 
double portion4  #dg3ad4 ,and you shall 
possess it1 every man in like manner as 
his brother3  concerning which ,i lifted
 up my hand to give it to your fathers3 
and this land shall fall unto you for a 
possession4  #dg3ae4 ,and this is the   
border of the land3  toward the north   
side1 from the great sea by the way of  
,hethalon1 as men go to ,sedada1        

#dg3af4 ,emath1 ,berotha1 ,sabarim1     
which is between the border of ,damascus
 and the border of ,emath the house of  
,tichon1 which is by the border of      
,auran4  #dg3ag4 ,and the border from   
the sea even to the court of ,enan1     
shall be the border of ,damascus1 and   
from the north to the north3  the border
 of ,emath1 this is the north side4     
#dg3ah4 ,and the east side is from the  
midst of ,auran1 and from the midst of  
,damascus1 and from the midst of        
,galaad1 and from the midst of the land 
of ,israel1 ,jordan making the bound to 
the east sea1 and thus you shall measure
 the east side4  #dg3ai4 ,and the south 
side southward is1 from ,thamar even to 
the waters of contradiction of ,cades3  
and1 the torrent even to the great sea3 
and this is the south side southward4   
#dg3bj4 ,and the side toward the sea1 is
 the great sea from the borders straight
 on1 till thou come to ,emath3  this is 
the side of the sea4  #dg3ba4 ,and you  
shall divide this land unto you by the  

tribes of ,israel3  #dg3bb4 ,and you    
shall divide it by lot for an           
inheritance to you1 and to the strangers
 that shall come over to you1 that shall
 beget children among you3  and they    
shall be unto you as men of the same    
country born among the children of      
,israel3  they shall divide the         
possession with you in the midst of the 
tribes of ,israel4  #dg3bc4 ,and in what
 tribe soever the stranger shall be1    
there shall you give him possession1    
saith the ,lord ,god4    ,ezechiel      
,chapter #dh   ,the portions of the     
twelve tribes1 of the sanctuary1 of the 
city1 and of the prince4  ,the          
dimensions and gates of the city4       
#dh3a4 ,and these are the names of the  
tribes from the borders of the north1 by
 the way of ,hethalon1 as they go to    
,emath1 the court of ,enan the border of
 ,damascus northward1 by the way off    
,emath4  ,and from the east side thereof
 to the sea shall be one portion for    
,dan4  #dh3b4 ,and by the border of     

,dan1 from the east side even to the    
side of the sea1 one portion for ,aser3 
#dh3c4 ,and by the border of ,aser1 from
 the east side even to the side of the  
sea one portion for ,nephthali4  #dh3d4 
,and by the border of ,nephthali1 from  
the east side even to the side of the   
one portion for ,manasses4  #dh3e4 ,and 
by the border of ,manasses1 from the    
east side even to the side of the sea1  
one portion for ,ephraim4  #dh3f4 ,and  
by the border of ,ephraim1 from the east
 side even to the side of the sea1 one  
portion for ,ruben4  #dh3g4 ,and by the 
border of ,ruben1 from the east side    
even to the side of the sea1 one portion
 for ,juda4  #dh3h4 ,and by the border  
of ,juda1 from the east side even to the
 side of the sea1 shall be the          
firstfruits which you shall set apart1  
five and twenty thousand in breadth1 and
 length1 as every one of the portions   
from the east side to the side of the   
sea3  and the sanctuary shall be in the 
midst thereof4  #dh3i4 ,the firstfruits 

which you shall set apart for the ,lord 
will be the length of five and twenty   
thousand1 and the breadth of ten        
thousand4  #dh3aj4 ,and these shall be  
the firstfruits of the sanctuary for the
 priests3  toward the north five and    
twenty thousand in length1 and toward   
the sea ten thousand in breadth1 and    
toward the east also ten thousand in    
breadth1 and toward the south five and  
twenty thousand in length3  and the     
sanctuary of the ,lord shall be in the  
midst thereof4  #dh3aa4 ,the sanctuary  
shall be for the priests of the sons of 
,sadoc1 who kept my ceremonies1 and went
 not astray when the children of ,israel
 went astray1 as the ,levites also went 
astray4  #dh3ab4 ,and for them shall be 
the firstfruits of the firstfruits of   
the land holy of holies1 by the border  
of the ,levites1  #dh3ac4 ,and the      
,levites in like manner shall have by   
the borders of the priests five and     
twenty thousand in length1 and ten      
thousand in breadth4  ,all the length   

shall be five and twenty thousand1 and  
the breadth ten thousand4  #dh3ad4 ,and 
they shall not sell thereof1 nor        
exchange1 neither shall the firstfruits 
of the land be alienated1 because they  
are sanctified to the ,lord4  #dh3ae4   
,but the five thousand that remain in   
the breadth over against the five and   
twenty thousand1 shall be a profane     
place for the city for dwelling1 and for
 suburbs and the city shall be in the   
midst thereof4  #dh3af4 ,and these are  
the measures thereof3  on the north side
 four thousand and five hundred3  and on
 the south side four thousand and five  
hundred3  and on the east side four     
thousand and five hundred3  and on the  
west side four thousand and five        
hundred4  #dh3ag4 ,and the suburbs of   
the city shall be to the north two      
hundred and fifty1 and the south two    
hundred and fifty1 and to the east two  
hundred and fifty1 and to the sea two   
hundred and fifty4  #dh3ah4 ,and the    
residue in length by the firstfruits of 

the sanctuary1 ten thousand toward the  
east1 and ten thousand toward the west1 
shall be as the firstfruits of the      
sanctuary3  and the fruit thereof shall 
be for bread to them that serve the     
city4  #dh3ai4 ,and they that serve the 
city1 shall serve it out of all the     
tribes of ,israel4  #dh3bj4 ,all the    
firstfruits1 of five and twenty         
thousand1 by five and twenty thousand   
foursquare1 shall be set apart for the  
firstfruits of the sanctuary1 and for   
the possession of the city4  #dh3ba4    
,and the residue shall be for the prince
 on every side of the firstfruits of the
 sanctuary1 and of the possession of the
 city over against the five and twenty  
thousand of the firstfruits unto the    
east border3  toward the sea also over  
against the five and twenty thousand1   
unto the border of the sea1 shall       
likewise be the portion of the prince3  
and the firstfruits of the sanctuary1   
and the sanctuary of the temple shall be
 in the midst thereof4  #dh3bb4 ,and    

from the possession of the ,levites1 and
 from the possession of the city which  
are in the midst of the prince's        
portions3  what shall be to the border  
of ,juda1 and to the border of          
,benjamin1 shall also belong to the     
prince4  #dh3bc4 ,and for the rest of   
the tribes3  from the east side to the  
west side1 one portion for ,benjamin4   
#dh3bd4 ,and over against the border of 
,benjamin1 from the east side to the    
west side1 one portion for ,simeon4     
#dh3be4 ,and by the border of ,simeon1  
from the east side to the west side1 one
 portion for ,issachar4  #dh3bf4 ,and by
 the border of ,issachar1 from the east 
side to the west side1 one portion for  
,zabulon4  #dh3bg4 ,and by the border of
 ,zabulon1 from the east side to the    
side of the sea1 one portion for ,gad4  
#dh3bh4 ,and by the border of ,gad1 the 
south side southward3  and the border   
shall be from ,thamar1 even to the      
waters of contradiction of ,cades1 the  
inheritance over against the great sea4 

#dh3bi4 ,this is the land which you     
shall divide by lot to the tribes of    
,israel3  and these are the portions of 
them1 saith the ,lord ,god4  #dh3cj4    
,and these are the goings out of the    
city3  on the north side thou shalt     
measure four thousand and five hundred4 
#dh3ca4 ,and the gates of the city      
according to the names of the tribes of 
,israel1 three gates on the north side1 
the gate of ,ruben one1 the gate of     
,juda one1 the gate of ,levi one4       
#dh3cb4 ,and at the east side1 four     
thousand and five hundred3  and three   
gates1 the gate of ,joseph one1 the gate
 of ,benjamin one1 the gate of ,dan one4
  #dh3cc4 ,and at the south side1 thou  
shalt measure four thousand and five    
hundred3  and three gates1 the gate of  
,simeon one1 the gate of ,issachar one1 
the gate of ,zabulon one4  #dh3cd4 ,and 
at the west side1 four thousand and five
 hundred1 and their three gates1 the    
gate of ,gad one1 the gate of ,aser one1
 the gate of ,nephthali one4  #dh3ce4   

,its circumference was eighteen         
thousand3  and the name of the city from
 that day1 ,the ,lord is there4  ,the   
,lord is there4 4 4  ,this name is here 
given to the city1 that is1 to the      
church of ,christ3  because the ,lord is
 always with her till the end of the    
world4  ,matt4 #bh4bj4     ,,the        
,,prophecy ,,of ,,daniel    ,,daniel1   
whose name signifies ,,the ,,judgment   
,,of ,,god1 was of the royal blood of   
the kings of ,juda3  and one of those   
that were first of all carried away into
 captivity4  ,he was so renowned for    
wisdom and knowledge1 that it became a  
proverb among the ,babylonians1 ,,as    
,,wise ,,as ,,daniel 7,ezech4 #bh4c74   
,and his holiness was so great from his 
very childhood1 that at the time when he
 was as yet but a young man1 he is      
joined by the ,,spirit of ,,god with    
,,noe and ,,job1 as three persons most  
eminent for virtue and sanctity1 ,ezech4
 #ad4  ,he is not commonly numbered by  
the ,hebrews among ,,the ,,prophets3    

because he lived at court1 and in high  
station in the world3  but if we        
consider his many clear predictions of  
things to come1 we shall find that no   
one better deserves the name and title  
of ,a ,,prophet3  which also has been   
given him by the ,,son of ,,god himself1
 ,matt4 #bd1 ,mark #ac41 ,luke #ba4     
,daniel ,chapter #a   ,daniel and his   
companions are taken into the palace of 
the king of ,babylon3  they abstain from
 his meat and wine1 and succeed better  
with pulse and water4  ,their excellence
 and wisdom4  #a3a4 ,in the third year  
of the reign of ,joakim1 king of ,juda1 
,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came 
to ,jerusalem1 and beseiged it4  #a3b4  
,and the ,lord delivered into his hands 
,joakim1 the king of ,juda1 and part of 
the vessels of the house of ,god3  and  
he carried them away into the land of   
,sennaar1 to the house of his god1 and  
the vessels he brought into the treasure
 house of his god4  ,his god4 4 4,bel or
 ,belus1 the principal idol of the      

,chaldeans4  #a3c4 ,and the king spoke  
to ,asphenez1 the master of the eunuchs1
 that he should bring in some of the    
children of ,israel1 and of the king's  
seed1 and of the princes1  #a3d4        
,children in whom there was no blemish1 
well favoured1 and skilful in all       
wisdom1 acute in knowledge1 and         
instructed in science1 and such as might
 stand in the king's palace1 that he    
might teach them the learning1 and      
tongue of the ,chaldeans4  #a3e4 ,and   
the king appointed them a daily         
provision1 of his own meat1 and of the  
wine of which he drank himself1 that    
being nourished three years1 afterwards 
they might stand before the king4  #a3f4
 ,now there was among them of the       
children of ,juda1 ,daniel1 ,ananias1   
,misael1 and ,azarias4  #a3g4 ,and the  
master of the eunuchs gave them names3  
to ,daniel1 ,baltassar3  to ,ananias1   
,sidrach3  to ,misael1 ,misach3  and to 
,azarias1 ,abdenago4  #a3h4 ,but ,daniel
 purposed in his heart that he would not

 be defiled with the king's table1 nor  
with the wine which he drank3  and he   
requested the master of the eunuchs that
 he might not be defiled4  ,be defiled1 
etc4 4 4,viz41 either by eating meat    
forbidden by the law1 or which had      
before been offered to idols4  #a3i4    
,and ,god gave to ,daniel grace and     
mercy in the sight of the prince of the 
eunuchs4  #a3aj4 ,and the prince of the 
eunuchs said to ,daniel3  ,i fear my    
lord1 the king1 who hath appointed you  
meat and drink3  who if he should see   
your faces leaner than those of the     
other youths1 your equals1 you shall    
endanger my head to the king4  #a3aa4   
,and ,daniel said to ,malasar1 whom the 
prince of the eunuchs had appointed over
 ,daniel1 ,ananias1 ,misael1 and        
,azarias3  #a3ab4 ,try1 ,i beseech thee1
 thy servants for ten days1 and let     
pulse be given us to eat1 and water to  
drink3  ,pulse4 4 4,that is1 pease1     
beans1 and such like4  #a3ac4 ,and look 
upon our faces1 and the faces of the    

children that eat of the king's meat3   
and as thou shalt see1 deal with thy    
servants4  #a3ad4 ,and when he had heard
 these words1 he tried them for ten     
days4  #a3ae4 ,and after ten days1 their
 faces appeared fairer and fatter than  
all the children that ate of the king's 
meat4  #a3af4 ,so ,malasar took their   
portions1 and the wine that they should 
drink3  and he gave them pulse4  #a3ag4 
,and to these children ,god gave        
knowledge1 and understanding in every   
book1 and wisdom3  but to ,daniel the   
understanding also of all visions and   
dreams4  #a3ah4 ,and when the days were 
ended1 after which the king had ordered 
they should be brought in3  the prince  
of the eunuchs brought them in before   
,nabuchodonosor4  #a3ai4 ,and when the  
king had spoken to them1 there were not 
found among them all such as ,daniel1   
,ananias1 ,misael1 and ,azarias3  and   
they stood in the king's presence4      
#a3bj4 ,and in all matters of wisdom and
 understanding1 that the king enquired  

of them1 he found them ten times better 
than all the diviners1 and wise men1    
that were in all his kingdom4  #a3ba4   
,and ,daniel continued even to the first
 year of king ,cyrus4    ,daniel        
,chapter #b   ,daniel1 by divine        
revelation1 declares the dream of       
,nabuchodonosor1 and the interpretation 
of it4  ,he is highly honoured by the   
king4  #b3a4 ,in the second year of the 
reign of ,nabuchodonosor1               
,nabuchodonosor had a dream1 and his    
spirit was terrified1 and his dream went
 out of his mind4  ,the second year4 4  
4,viz41 from the death of his father    
,nabopolassar2 for he had reigned before
 as partner with his father in the      
empire4  #b3b4 ,then the king commanded 
to call together the diviners and the   
wise men1 and the magicians1 and the    
,chaldeans3  to declare to the king his 
dreams3  so they came and stood before  
the king4  ,the ,chaldeeans4 4 4,that   
is1 the astrologers1 that pretended to  
divine by stars4  #b3c4 ,and the king   

said to them3  ,i saw a dream3  and     
being troubled in mind ,i know not what 
,i saw4  #b3d4 ,and the ,chaldeans      
answered the king in ,syriac3  ,o king1 
live for ever3  tell to thy servants thy
 dream1 and we will declare the         
interpretation thereof4  #b3e4 ,and the 
king1 answering1 said to the ,chaldeans3
  ,the thing is gone out of my mind3    
unless you tell me the dream1 and the   
meaning thereof1 you shall be put to    
death1 and your houses shall be         
confiscated4  #b3f4 but if you tell the 
dream1 and the meaning of it1 you shall 
receive of me rewards1 and gifts1 and   
great honour3  therefore1 tell me the   
dream1 and the interpretation thereof4  
#b3g4 ,they answered again and said3    
,let the king tell his servants the     
dream1 and we will declare the          
interpretation of it4  #b3h4 ,the king  
answered and said3  ,i know for certain1
 that you seek to gain time1 since you  
know that the thing is gone from me4    
#b3i4 ,if1 therefore1 you tell me not   

the dream1 there is one sentence        
concerning you1 that you have also      
framed a lying interpretation1 and full 
of deceit1 to speak before me till the  
time pass away4  ,tell me1 therefore1   
the dream1 that ,i may know that you    
also give a true interpretation thereof4
  #b3aj4 ,then the ,chaldeans answered  
before the king1 and said3  ,there is no
 man upon earth1 that can accomplish thy
 word1 ,o king2 neither doth any king1  
though great and mighty1 ask such a     
thing of any diviner1 or wise man1 or   
,chaldean4  #b3aa4 ,for the thing that  
thou asketh1 ,o king1 is difficult3  nor
 can any one be found that can shew it  
before the king1 except the gods1 whose 
conversation is not with men4  #b3ab4   
,upon hearing this1 the king in fury1   
and in great wrath1 commanded that all  
the wise men of ,babylon should be put  
to death4  #b3ac4 ,and the decree being 
gone forth1 the wise men were slain3    
and ,daniel and his companions were     
sought for1 to be put to death4  #b3ad4 

,then ,daniel inquired concerning the   
law and the sentence1 of ,arioch1 the   
general of the king's army1 who was gone
 forth to kill the wise men of ,babylon4
  #b3ae4 ,and he asked him that had     
received the orders of the king1 why so 
cruel a sentence was gone forth from the
 face of the king4  ,and when ,arioch   
had told the matter to ,daniel1  #b3af4 
,daniel went in1 and desired of the     
king1 that he would give him time to    
resolve the question1 and declare it to 
the king4  #b3ag4 ,and he went into his 
house1 and told the matter to ,ananias1 
and ,misael1 and ,azarias1 his          
companions3  #b3ah4 ,to the end that    
they should ask mercy at the face of the
 ,god of heaven1 concerning this secret1
 and that ,daniel and his companions    
might not perish with the rest of the   
wise men of ,babylon4  #b3ai4 ,then was 
the mystery revealed to ,daniel by a    
vision in the night3 and ,daniel blessed
 the ,god of heaven1  #b3bj4 ,and       
speaking1 he said3  ,blessed be the name

 of the ,lord from eternity and for     
evermore3  for wisdom and fortitude are 
his4  #b3ba4 ,and he changeth times and 
ages3  taketh away kingdoms1 and        
establisheth them3  giveth wisdom to the
 wise1 and knowledge to them that have  
understanding3  #b3bb4 ,he revealeth    
deep and hidden things1 and knoweth what
 is in darkness3  and light is with him4
  #b3bc4 ,to thee1 ,o ,god of our       
fathers1 ,i give thanks1 and ,i praise  
thee3 because thou hast given me wisdom 
and strength3  and now thou hast shewn  
me what we desired of thee1 for thou    
hast made known to us the king's        
discourse4  #b3bd4 ,after this ,daniel  
went in to ,arioch1 to whom the king had
 given orders to destroy the wise men of
 ,babylon1 and he spoke thus to him3    
,destroy not the wise men of ,babylon3  
bring me in before the king1 and ,i will
 tell the solution to the king4  #b3be4 
,then ,arioch in haste brought in       
,daniel to the king1 and said to him3   
,i have found a man of the children of  

the captivity of ,juda1 that will       
resolve the question to the king4       
#b3bf4 ,the king answered1 and said to  
,daniel1 whose name was ,baltassar3     
,thinkest thou indeed that thou canst   
tell me the dream that ,i saw1 and the  
interpretation thereof8  #b3bg4 ,and    
,daniel made answer before the king1 and
 said3  ,the secret that the king       
desireth to know1 none of the wise men1 
or the philosophers1 or the diviners1 or
 the soothsayers1 can declare to the    
king4  #b3bh4 ,but there is a ,god in   
heaven that revealeth mysteries1 who    
hath shewn to thee1 ,o king             
,nabuchodonosor1 what is to come to pass
 in the latter times4  ,thy dream1 and  
the visions of thy head upon thy bed1   
are these3  #b3bi4 ,thou1 ,o king1 didst
 begin to think in thy bed1 what should 
come to pass hereafter3  and he that    
revealeth mysteries shewed thee what    
shall come to pass4  #b3cj4 ,to me also 
this secret is revealed1 not by any     
wisdom that ,i have more than all men   

alive3  but that the interpretation     
might be made manifest to the king1 and 
thou mightest know the thought of thy   
mind4  #b3ca4 ,thou1 ,o king1 sawest1   
and behold there was as it were a great 
statue3  this statue1 which was great   
and high1 tall of stature1 stood before 
thee1 and the look thereof was terrible4
  #b3cb4 ,the head of this statue was of
 fine gold1 but the breast and the arms 
of silver1 and the belly and the thighs 
of brass4  #b3cc4 ,and the legs of iron1
 the feet part of iron and part of clay4
  #b3cd4 ,thus thou sawest1 till a stone
 was cut out of a mountain without      
hands3  and it struck the statue upon   
the feet thereof that were of iron and  
clay1 and broke them in pieces4  #b3ce4 
,then was the iron1 the clay1 the brass1
 the silver1 and the gold broken to     
pieces together1 and became like the    
chaff of a summer's threshing floor1 and
 they were carried away by the wind3    
and there was no place found for them3  
but the stone that struck the statue    

became a great mountain1 and filled the 
whole earth4  #b3cf4 ,this is the dream3
  we will also tell the interpretation  
thereof before thee1 ,o king4  #b3cg4   
,thou art a king of kings3  and the ,god
 of heaven hath given thee a kingdom1   
and strength1 and power1 and glory3     
#b3ch4 ,and all places wherein the      
children of men1 and the beasts of the  
field do dwell3  he hath also given the 
birds of the air into thy hand1 and hath
 put all things under thy power3  thou1 
therefore1 art the head of gold4  #b3ci4
 ,and after thee shall rise up another  
kingdom1 inferior to thee1 of silver3   
and another third kingdom of brass1     
which shall rule over all the world4    
,another kingdom4 4 4,viz41 that of the 
,medes and ,persians4  ,ibid4  ,third   
kingdom4 4 4,viz41 that of ,alexander   
the ,great4  #b3dj4 ,and the fourth     
kingdom shall be as iron4  ,as iron     
breaketh into pieces1 and subdueth all  
things1 so shall that break1 and destroy
 all these4  ,the fourth kingdom1 etc4 4

 4,some understand this of the          
successors of ,alexander1 the kings of  
,syria and ,egypt1 others of the ,roman 
empire1 and its civil wars4  #b3da4 ,and
 whereas thou sawest the feet1 and the  
toes1 part of potter's clay1 and part of
 iron3  the kingdom shall be divided1   
but yet it shall take its origin from   
the iron1 according as thou sawest the  
iron mixed with the miry clay4  #b3db4  
,and as the toes of the feet were part  
of iron1 and part of clay3 the kingdom  
shall be partly strong1 and partly      
broken4  #b3dc4 ,and whereas thou sawest
 the iron mixed with miry clay1 they    
shall be mingled indeed together with   
the seed of man1 but they shall not     
stick fast one to another1 as iron      
cannot be mixed with clay4  #b3dd4 ,but 
in the days of those kingdoms1 the ,god 
of heaven will set up a kingdom that    
shall never by destroyed1 and his       
kingdom shall not be delivered up to    
another people3  and it shall break in  
pieces1 and shall consume all these     

kingdoms3  and itself shall stand for   
ever4  ,a kingdom4 4 4,viz41 the kingdom
 of ,christ in the ,catholic ,church    
which cannot be destroyed4  #b3de4      
,according as thou sawest1 that the     
stone was cut out of the mountain       
without hands1 and broke in pieces the  
clay and the iron1 and the brass1 and   
the silver1 and the gold1 the great ,god
 hath shewn the king what shall come to 
pass hereafter1 and the dream is true1  
and the interpretation thereof is       
faithful4  #b3df4 ,then king            
,nabuchodonosor fell on his face1 and   
worshipped ,daniel1 and commanded that  
they should offer in sacrifice to him   
victims and incense4  #b3dg4 ,and the   
king spoke to ,daniel1 and said3        
,verily1 your ,god is the ,god of gods1 
and ,lord of kings1 and a revealer of   
hidden things3  seeing thou couldst     
discover this secret4  #b3dh4 ,then the 
king advanced ,daniel to a high station1
 and gave him many and great gifts3  and
 he made him governor over all the      

provinces of ,babylon3  and chief of the
 magistrates over all the wise men of   
,babylon4  #b3di4 ,and ,daniel requested
 of the king1 and he appointed ,sidrach1
 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 over the works 
of the province of ,babylon3  but       
,daniel himself was in the king's       
palace4    ,daniel ,chapter #c          
,nabuchodonosor set up a golden statue2 
which he commands all to adore3 the     
three children for refusing to do it are
 cast into the fiery furnace2 but are   
not hurt by the flames4  ,their prayer  
and canticle of praise4  #c3a4 ,king    
,nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold1  
of sixty cubits high1 and six cubits    
broad1 and he set it up in the plain of 
,dura1 of the province of ,babylon4     
#c3b4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor1 the king1  
sent to call together the nobles1 the   
magistrates1 and the judges1 the        
captains1 the rulers1 and governors1 and
 all the chief men of the provinces1 to 
come to the dedication of the statue    
which king ,nabuchodonosor had set up4  

#c3c4 ,then the nobles1 the magistrates1
 and the judges1 the captains1 and      
rulers1 and the great men that were     
placed in authority1 and all the princes
 of the provinces1 were gathered        
together to come to the dedication of   
the statue1 which king ,nabuchodonosor  
had set up4  ,and they stood before the 
statue which king ,nabuchodonosor had   
set up4  #c3d4 ,then a herald cried with
 a strong voice3  ,to you it is         
commanded1 ,o nations1 tribes and       
languages3  #c3e4 ,that in the hour that
 you shall hear the sound of the        
trumpet1 and of the flute1 and of the   
harp1 of the sackbut1 and of the        
psaltery1 and of the symphony1 and of   
all kind of music1 ye fall down and     
adore the golden statue which king      
,nabuchodonosor hath set up4  #c3f4 ,but
 if any man shall not fall down and     
adore1 he shall the same hour be cast   
into a furnace of burning fire4  #c3g4  
,upon this1 therefore1 at the time when 
all the people heard the sound of the   

trumpet1 the flute1 and the harp1 of the
 sackbut1 and the psaltery1 of the      
symphony1 and of all kind of music1 all 
the nations1 tribes1 and languages fell 
down and adored the golden statue which 
king ,nabuchodonosor had set up4  #c3h4 
,and presently at that very time some   
,chaldeans came and accused the ,jews1  
#c3i4 ,and said to king ,nabuchodonosor3
  ,o king1 live for ever3  #c3aj4 ,thou1
 ,o king1 hast made a decree1 that every
 man that shall hear the sound of the   
trumpet1 the flute1 and the harp1 of the
 sackbut1 and the psaltery1 of the      
symphony1 and of all kind of music1     
shall prostrate himself1 and adore the  
golden statue3  #c3aa4 ,and that if any 
man shall not fall down and adore1 he   
should be cast into a furnace of burning
 fire4  #c3ab4 ,now there are certain   
,jews1 whom thou hast set over the works
 of the province of ,babylon1 ,sidrach1 
,misach1 and ,abdenago3  these men1 ,o  
king1 have slighted thy decree3  they   
worship not thy gods1 nor do they adore 

the golden statue which thou hast set   
up4  #c3ac4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor in    
fury1 and in wrath1 commanded that      
,sidrach1 ,misach1 ad ,abdenago should  
be brought3  who immediately were       
brought before the king4  #c3ad4 ,and   
,nabuchodonosor1 the king1 spoke to     
them1 and said3  ,is it true1 ,o        
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 that  
you do not worship my gods1 nor adore   
the golden statue that ,i have set up8  
#c3ae4 ,now1 therefore1 if you be ready1
 at what hour soever1 you shall hear the
 sound of the trumpet1 flute1 harp1     
sackbut1 and psaltery1 and symphony1 and
 of all kind of music1 prostrate        
yourselves1 and adore the statue which  
,i have made3  but if you do not adore1 
you shall be cast the same hour into the
 furnace of burning fire3  and who is   
the ,god that shall deliver you out of  
my hand8  #c3af4 ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and 
,abdenago1 answered1 and said to king   
,nabuchodonosor3  ,we have no occasion  
to answer thee concerning this matter4  

#c3ag4 ,for behold our ,god1 whom we    
worship1 is able to save us from the    
furnace of burning fire1 and to deliver 
us out of thy hands1 ,o king4  #c3ah4   
,but if he will not1 be it known to     
thee1 ,o king1 that we will not worship 
thy gods1 nor adore the golden statue   
which thou hast set up4  #c3ai4 ,then   
was ,nabuchodonosor filled with fury3   
and the countenance of his face was     
changed against ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and  
,abdenago1 and he commanded that the    
furnace should be heated seven times    
more than it had been accustomed to be  
heated4  #c3bj4 ,and he commanded the   
strongest men that were in his army1 to 
bind the feet of ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and 
,abdenago1 and to cast them into the    
furnace of burning fire4  #c3ba4 ,and   
immediately these men were bound1 and   
were cast into the furnace of burning   
fire1 with their coats1 and their caps1 
and their shoes1 and their garments4    
#c3bb4 ,for the king's commandment was  
urgent1 and the furnace was heated      

exceedingly4  ,and the flame of the fire
 slew those men that had cast in        
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago4       
#c3bc4 ,but these three men1 that is1   
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 fell  
down bound in the midst of the furnace  
of burning fire4  #c3bd4 ,and they      
walked in the midst of the flame1       
praising ,god1 and blessing the ,lord4  
,and they walked1 etc4 4 4,here ,st4    
,jerome takes notice1 that from this    
verse1 to ver4 #ia1 was not in the      
,hebrew in his time4  ,but as it was in 
all the ,greek ,bibles1 7which were     
originally translated from the ,hebrew17
 it is more than probable that it had   
been formerly in the ,hebrew or rather  
in the ,chaldaic1 in which the book of  
,daniel was written4  ,but this is      
certain3  that it is1 and has been of   
old1 received by the church1 and read as
 canonical scripture in her liturgy1 and
 divine offices4  #c3be4 ,then ,azarias 
standing up1 prayed in this manner1 and 
opening his mouth in the midst of the   

fire1 he said3  #c3bf4 ,blessed art     
thou1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of our fathers1
 and thy name is worthy of praise1 and  
glorious for ever3  #c3bg4 ,for thou art
 just in all that thou hast done to us1 
and all thy works are true1 and thy ways
 right1 and all thy judgments true4     
#c3bh4 ,for thou hast executed true     
judgments in all the things that thou   
hast brought upon us1 and upon          
,jerusalem1 the holy city of our        
fathers3 for according to truth and     
judgment1 thou hast brought all these   
things upon us for our sins4  #c3bi4    
,for we have sinned1 and committed      
iniquity1 departing from thee3 and we   
have trespassed in all things3  #c3cj4  
,and we have not hearkened to thy       
commandments1 nor have we observed nor  
done as thou hadst commanded us1 that it
 might go well with us4  #c3ca4         
,wherefore1 all that thou hast brought  
upon us1 and every thing that thou hast 
done to us1 thou hast done in true      
judgment3  #c3cb4 ,and thou hast        

delivered us into the hands of our      
enemies that are unjust1 and most       
wicked1 and prevaricators1 and to a king
 unjust1 and most wicked beyond all that
 are upon the earth4  #c3cc4 ,and now we
 cannot open our mouths3  we are become 
a shame1 and a reproach to thy servants1
 and to them that worship thee4  #c3cd4 
,deliver us not up for ever1 we beseech 
thee1 for thy name's sake1 and abolish  
not thy covenant4  #c3ce4 ,and take not 
away thy mercy from us1 for the sake of 
,abraham1 thy beloved1 and ,isaac1 thy  
servant1 and ,israel1 thy holy one3     
#c3cf4 ,to whom thou hast spoken1       
promising that thou wouldst multiply    
their seed as the stars of heaven1 and  
as the sand that is on the sea shore4   
#c3cg4 ,for we1 ,o ,lord1 are diminished
 more than any nation1 and are brought  
low in all the earth this day for our   
sins4  #c3ch4 ,neither is there at this 
time prince1 or leader1 or prophet1 or  
holocaust1 or sacrifice1 or oblation1 or
 incense1 or place of first fruits      

before thee1  #c3ci4 ,that we may find  
thy mercy3  nevertheless1 in a contrite 
heart and humble spirit let us be       
accepted4  #c3dj4 ,as in holocausts of  
rams1 and bullocks1 and as in thousands 
of fat lambs3  so let our sacrifice be  
made in thy sight this day1 that it may 
please thee3  for there is no confusion 
to them that trust in thee4  #c3da4 ,and
 now we follow thee with all our heart1 
and we fear thee1 and seek thy face4    
#c3db4 ,put us not to confusion1 but    
deal with us according to thy meekness1 
and according to the multitude of thy   
mercies4  #c3dc4 ,and deliver us1       
according to thy wonderful works1 and   
give glory to thy name1 ,o ,lord3       
#c3dd4 ,and let all them be confounded  
that shew evils to thy servants1 let    
them be confounded in all thy might1 and
 let their strength be broken3  #c3de4  
,and let them know that thou art the    
,lord1 the only ,god1 and glorious over 
all the world4  #c3df4 ,now the king's  
servants that had cast them in1 ceased  

not to heat the furnace with brimstone  
and tow1 and pitch1 and dry sticks1     
#c3dg4 ,and the flame mounted up above  
the furnace nine and forth cubits3      
#c3dh4 ,and it broke forth1 and burnt   
such of the ,chaldeans as it found near 
the furnace4  #c3di4 ,but the angel of  
the ,lord went down with ,azarias and   
his companions into the furnace3  and he
 drove the flame of the fire out of the 
furnace1  #c3ej4 ,and made the midst of 
the furnace like the blowing of a wind  
bringing dew1 and the fire touched them 
not at all1 nor troubled them1 nor did  
them any harm4  #c3ea4 ,then these      
three1 as with one mouth1 praised and   
glorified and blessed ,god1 in the      
furnace1 saying3  #c3eb4 ,blessed art   
thou1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of our fathers2
 and worthy to be praised1 and          
glorified1 and exalted above all for    
ever3  and blessed is the holy name of  
thy glory3  and worthy to be praised and
 exalted above all1 in all ages4  #c3ec4
 ,blessed art thou in the holy temple of

 thy glory3  and exceedingly to be      
praised and exalted above all for ever4 
#c3ed ,blessed art thou on the throne of
 thy kingdom1 and exceedingly to be     
praised1 and exalted above all forever4 
#c3ee4 ,blessed art thou that beholdest 
the depths1 and sittest upon the        
cherubims3  and worthy to be praised and
 exalted above all for ever4  #c3ef4    
,blessed art thou in the firmament of   
heaven3  and worthy of praise1 and      
glorious for ever4  #c3eg4 ,all ye works
 of the ,lord1 bless the ,lord3  praise 
and exalt him above all for ever4       
#c3eh4 ,o ye angels of the ,lord1 bless 
the ,lord3  praise and exalt him above  
all for ever4  #c3ei4 ,o ye heavens1    
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3fj4 ,o all ye   
waters that are above the heavens1 bless
 the ,lord3 praise and exalt him above  
all for ever4  #c3fa4 ,o all ye powers  
of the ,lord1 bless the ,lord3  praise  
and exalt him above all for ever4       
#c3fb4 ,o ye sun and moon1 bless the    

,lord3  praise and exalt him above all  
for ever4  #c3fc4 ,o ye stars of heaven1
 bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him 
above all for ever4  #c3fd4 ,o every    
shower and dew1 bless ye the ,lord3     
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3fe4 ,o all ye spirits of ,god1     
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3ff4 ,o ye fire  
and heat1 bless the ,lord3  praise and  
exalt him above all for ever4  #c3fg4 ,o
 ye cold and heat1 bless the ,lord1     
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3fh4 ,o ye dews and hoar frost1     
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3fi4 ,o ye frost 
and cold1 bless the ,lord3  praise and  
exalt him above all for ever4  #c3gj4 ,o
 ye ice and snow1 bless the ,lord3      
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3ga4 ,o ye nights and days1 bless   
the ,lord3  praise and exalt him above  
all for ever4  #c3gb4 ,o ye light and   
darkness1 bless the ,lord3  praise and  
exalt him above all for ever4  #c3gc4 ,o

 ye lightnings and clouds1 bless the    
,lord3  praise and exalt him above all  
for ever4  #c3gd4 ,o let the earth bless
 the ,lord3  let it praise and exalt him
 above all for ever4  #c3ge ,o ye       
mountains and hills1 bless the ,lord3   
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3gf4 ,o all ye things that spring up
 in the earth1 bless the ,lord3 praise  
and exalt him above all for ever4       
#c3gg4 ,o ye fountains1 bless the ,lord3
  praise and exalt him above all for    
ever4  #c3gh4 ,o ye seas and rivers1    
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3gi4 ,o ye       
whales1 and all that move in the waters1
 bless the ,lord3 praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3hj4 ,o all ye   
fowls of the air1 bless the ,lord3      
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3ha4 ,o all ye beasts and cattle1   
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3hb4 ,o ye sons  
of men1 bless the ,lord3  praise and    
exalt him above all for ever4  #c3hc4 ,o

 let ,israel bless the ,lord3  let them 
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3hd4 ,o ye priests of the ,lord1    
bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt him  
above all for ever4  #c3he4 ,o ye       
servants of the ,lord1 bless the ,lord3 
praise and exalt him above all for ever4
  #c3hf4 ,o ye spirits and souls of the 
just1 bless the ,lord3  praise and exalt
 him above all for ever4  #c3hg4 ,o ye  
holy and humble of heart1 bless the     
,lord3  praise and exalt him above all  
for ever4  #c3hh4 ,o ,ananias1 ,azarias1
 ,misael1 bless ye the ,lord3  praise   
and exalt him above all for ever4  ,for 
he hath delivered us from hell1 ad saved
 us out of the hand of death1 and       
delivered us out of the midst of the    
burning flame1 and saved us out of the  
midst of the fire4  #c3hi4 ,o give      
thanks to the ,lord1 because he is good3
  because his mercy endureth for ever   
and ever4  #c3ij4 ,o all ye religious1  
bless the ,lord1 the ,god of gods3      
praise him1 and give him thanks1 because

 his mercy endureth for ever and ever4  
#c3ia4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor1 the king1 
was astonished1 and rose up in haste1   
and said to his nobles3  ,did we not    
cast three men bound into the midst of  
the fire8  ,they answered the king1 and 
said3  ,true1 ,o king4  #c3ib4 ,he      
answered1 and said3  ,behold1 ,i see    
four men loose1 and walking in the midst
 of the fire1 and there is no hurt in   
them1 and the form of the fourth is like
 the son of ,god4  #c3ic4 ,then         
,nabuchodonosor came to the door of the 
burning fiery furnace1 and said3        
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 ye    
servants of the most high ,god1 go ye   
forth1 and come4  ,and immediately      
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 went  
out from the midst of the fire4  #c3id4 
,and the nobles1 and the magistrates1   
and the judges1 and the great men of the
 king1 being gathered together1         
considered these men1 that the fire had 
no power on their bodies1 and that not a
 hair of their head had been singed1 nor

 their garments altered1 nor the smell  
of the fire had passed on them4  #c3ie4 
,then ,nabuchodonosor breaking forth1   
said3  ,blessed be the ,god of them1 to 
wit1 of ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and          
,abdenago1 who hath sent his angel1 and 
delivered his servants that believed in 
him3  and they changed the king's word1 
and delivered up their bodies1 that they
 might not serve nor adore any god      
except their own ,god4  #c3if4 ,by me1  
therefore1 this decree is made3  ,that  
every people1 tribe1 and tongue1 which  
shall speak blasphemy against the ,god  
of ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1    
shall be destroyed1 and their houses    
laid waste3 for there is no other ,god  
that can save in this manner4  #c3ig4   
,then the king promoted ,sidrach1       
,misach1 and ,abdenago1 in the province 
of ,babylon4  #c3ih4 ,nabuchodonosor1   
the king1 to all peoples1 nations1 and  
tongues1 that dwell in all the earth1   
peace be multiplied unto you4           
,nabuchodonosor1 etc4 4 4,these last    

three verses are a kind of preface to   
the following chapter1 which is written 
in the style of an epistle from the     
king4  #c3ii4 ,the most high ,god hath  
wrought signs and wonders towards me4   
,it hath seemed good to me1 therefore1  
to publish  #c3ajj4 ,his signs1 because 
they are great3  and his wonders1       
because they are mighty3  and his       
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and  
his power to all generations4    ,daniel
 ,chapter #d   ,nabuchodonosor's dream1 
by which the judgments of ,god are      
denounced against him for his pride1 is 
interpreted by ,daniel1 and verified by 
the event4  #d3a4 ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1  
was at rest in my house1 and flourishing
 in my palace3  #d3b4 ,i saw a dream    
that affrighted me3  and my thoughts in 
my bed1 and the visions of my head1     
troubled me4  #d3c4 ,then ,i set forth a
 decree1 that all the wise men of       
,babylon should be brought in before me1
 and that they should shew me the       
interpretation of the dream4  #d3d4     

,then came in the diviners1 the wise    
men1 the ,chaldeans1 and the            
soothsayers1 and ,i told the dream      
before them3  but they did not shew me  
the interpretation thereof4  #d3e4 ,till
 their colleague1 ,daniel1 came in      
before me1 whose name is ,baltassar1    
according to the name of my god1 who    
hath in him the spirit of the holy gods3
  and ,i told the dream before him4     
,baltassar1 according to the name of my 
god4 4 4,he says this1 because the name 
of ,baltassar1 or ,belteshazzar1 is     
derived from the name of ,bel1 the chief
 god of the ,babylonians4  #d3f4        
,baltassar1 prince of the diviners1     
because ,i know that thou hast in thee  
the spirit of the holy gods1 and that no
 secret is impossible to thee1 tell me  
the visions of my dreams that ,i have   
seen1 and the interpretation of them8   
#d3g4 ,this was the vision of my head in
 my bed3  ,i saw1 and behold a tree in  
the midst of the earth1 and the height  
thereof was exceeding great4  #d3h4 ,the

 tree was great and strong1 and the     
height thereof reached unto heaven3  the
 sight thereof was even to the ends of  
all the earth4  #d3i4 ,its leaves were  
most beautiful1 and its fruit exceeding 
much3  and in it was food for all3      
under it dwelt cattle and beasts1 and in
 the branches thereof the fowls of the  
air had their abode3  and all flesh did 
eat of it4  #d3aj4 ,i saw in the vision 
of my head upon my bed1 and behold a    
watcher1 and a holy one came down from  
heaven4  ,a watcher4 4 4,a vigilant     
angel1 perhaps the guardian of ,israel4 
#d3aa4 ,he cried aloud1 and said thus3  
,cut down the tree1 and chop off the    
branches thereof3  shake off its leaves1
 and scatter its fruits3  let the beasts
 fly away that are under it1 and the    
birds from its branches4  #d3ab4        
,nevertheless1 leave the stump of its   
roots in the earth1 and let it be tied  
with a band of iron and of brass1 among 
the grass1 that is without1 and let it  
be wet with the dew of heaven1 and let  

its portion be with the wild beasts in  
the grass of the earth4  #d3ac4 ,let his
 heart be changed from man's1 and let a 
beast's heart be given him3  and let    
seven times pass over him4  ,let his    
heart be changed1 etc4 4 4,it does not  
appear by scripture that ,nabuchodonosor
 was changed from human shape2 much less
 that he was changed into an ox2 but    
only that he lost his reason1 and became
 mad2 and in this condition remained    
abroad in the company of beasts1 eating 
grass like an ox1 till his hair grew in 
such manner as to resemble the feathers 
of eagles1 and his nails to be like     
birds' claws4  #d3ad4 ,this is the      
decree by the sentence of the watchers1 
and the word and demand of the holy     
ones3  till the living know1 that the   
most ,high ruleth in the kingdom of men3
  and he will give it to whomsoever it  
shall please him1 and he will appoint   
the basest man over it4  #d3ae4 ,i1 king
 ,nabuchodonosor1 saw this dream3  thou1
 therefore1 ,o ,baltassar1 tell me      

quickly the interpretation3  for all the
 wise men of my kingdom are not able to 
declare the meaning of it to me3  but   
thou art able1 because the spirit of the
 holy gods is in thee4  #d3af4 ,then    
,daniel1 whose name was ,baltassar1     
began silently to think within himself  
for about one hour3  and his thought    
troubled him4  ,but the king answering1 
said3  ,baltassar1 let not the dream and
 the interpretation thereof trouble     
thee4  ,baltassar answered1 and said3   
,my lord1 the dream be to them that hate
 thee1 and the interpretation thereof to
 thy enemies4  #d3ag4 ,the tree which   
thou sawest1 which was high and strong1 
whose height reached to the skies1 and  
the sight thereof into all the earth3   
#d3ah4 ,and the branches thereof were   
most beautiful1 and its fruit exceeding 
much1 and in it was food for all1 under 
which the beasts of the field dwelt1 and
 the birds of the air had their abode in
 its branches4  #d3ai4 ,it is thou1 ,o  
king1 who art grown great1 and become   

mighty3  for thy greatness hath grown1  
and hath reached to heaven1 and thy     
power unto the ends of the earth4       
#d3bj4 ,and whereas the king saw a      
watcher1 and a holy one come down from  
heaven1 and say3  ,cut down the tree1   
and destroy it1 but leave the stump of  
the roots thereof in the earth1 and let 
it be bound with iron and brass1 among  
the grass without1 and let it be        
sprinkled with the dew of heaven1 and   
let his feeding be with the wild beasts1
 till seven times pass over him4  #d3ba4
 ,this is the interpretation of the     
sentence of the most ,high1 which is    
come upon my lord1 the king4  #d3bb4    
,they shall cast thee out from among    
men1 and thy dwelling shall be with     
cattle1 and with wild beasts1 and thou  
shalt eat grass1 as an ox1 and shalt be 
wet with the dew of heaven3  and seven  
times shall pass over thee1 till thou   
know that the most ,high ruleth over the
 kingdom of men1 and giveth it to       
whomsoever he will4  #d3bc4 ,but whereas

 he commanded1 that the stump of the    
roots thereof1 that is1 of the tree1    
should be left3  thy kingdom shall      
remain to thee1 after thou shalt have   
known that power is from heaven4  #d3bd4
 ,wherefore1 ,o king1 let my counsel be 
acceptable to thee1 and redeem thou thy 
sins with alms1 and thy iniquities with 
works of mercy to the poor3  perhaps he 
will forgive thy offences4  #d3be4 ,all 
these things came upon king             
,nabuchodonosor4  #d3bf4 ,at the end of 
twelve months he was walking in the     
palace of ,babylon4  #d3bg4 ,and the    
king answered1 and said3  ,is not this  
the great ,babylon1 which ,i have built1
 to be the seat of the kingdom1 by the  
strength of my power1 and in the glory  
of my excellence8  #d3bh4 ,and while the
 word was yet in the king's mouth1 a    
voice came down from heaven3  ,to thee1 
,o king ,nabuchodonosor1 it is said3    
,thy kingdom shall pass from thee4      
#d3bi4 ,and they shall cast thee out    
from among men1 and thy dwelling shall  

be with cattle and wild beasts3  thou   
shalt eat grass like an ox1 and seven   
times shall pass over thee1 till thou   
know that the most ,high ruleth in the  
kingdom of men1 and giveth it to        
whomsoever he will4  #d3cj4 ,the same   
hour the word was fulfilled upon        
,nabuchodonosor1 and he was driven away 
from among men1 and did eat grass1 like 
an ox1 and his body was wet with the dew
 of heaven3  till his hairs grew like   
the feathers of eagles1 and his nails   
like birds' claws4  #d3ca4 ,now at the  
end of the days1 ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1   
lifted up my eyes to heaven1 and my     
sense was restored to me3  and ,i       
blessed the most ,high1 and ,i praised  
and glorified him that liveth for ever3 
for his power is an everlasting power1  
and his kingdom is to all generations4  
#d3cb4 ,and all the inhabitants of the  
earth are reputed as nothing before him3
  for he doth according to his will1 as 
well with the powers of heaven1 as among
 the inhabitants of the earth3  and     

there is none that can resist his hand1 
and say to him3  ,why hast thou done it8
  #d3cc4 ,at the same time my sense     
returned to me1 and ,i came to the      
honour and glory of my kingdom3  and my 
shape returned to me3  and my nobles1   
and my magistrates1 sought for me1 and  
,i was restored to my kingdom3  and     
greater majesty was added to me4  #d3cd4
 ,therefore ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1 do now 
praise1 and magnify1 and glorify the    
,king of heaven3  because all his works 
are true1 and his ways judgments1 and   
them that walk in pride he is able to   
abase4  ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1 do now1    
etc4 4 4,from this place some           
commentators infer that this king became
 a true convert1 and dying not long     
after1 was probably saved4    ,daniel   
,chapter #e   ,baltasar's profane       
banquet3  his sentence is denounced by a
 handwriting on the wall1 which ,daniel 
reads and interprets4  #e3a4 ,baltasar1 
the king1 made a great feast for a      
thousand of his nobles3  and every one  

drank according to his age4  ,baltasar4 
4 4,he is believed to be the same as    
,nabonydus1 the last of the ,chaldean   
kings1 grandson to ,nabuchodonosor4  ,he
 is called his son1 ver4 #b1 #aa1 etc41 
according to the style of the           
scriptures1 because he was a descendant 
from him4  #e3b4 ,and being now drunk1  
he commanded that they should bring the 
vessels of gold and silver1 which       
,nabuchodonosor1 his father1 had brought
 away out of the temple1 that was in    
,jerusalem1 that the king and his       
nobles1 and his wives1 and his          
concubines1 might drink in them4  #e3c4 
,then were the golden and silver vessels
 brought1 which he had brought away out 
of the temple that was in ,jerusalem3   
and the king and his nobles1 his wives1 
and his concubines1 drank in them4      
#e3d4 ,they drank wine1 and praised     
their gods of gold1 and of silver1 of   
brass1 of iron1 and of wood1 and of     
stone4  #e3e4 ,in the same hour there   
appeared fingers1 as it were of the hand

 of a man1 writing over against the     
candlestick1 upon the surface of the    
wall of the king's palace3  and the king
 beheld the joints of the hand that     
wrote4  #e3f4 ,then was the king's      
countenance changed1 and his thoughts   
troubled him3  and the joints of his    
loins were loosed1 and his knees struck 
one against the other4  #e3g4 ,and the  
king cried out aloud to bring in the    
wise men1 the ,chaldeans1 and the       
soothsayers4  ,and the king spoke1 and  
said to the wise men of ,babylon3       
,whosoever shall read this writing1 and 
shall make known to me the              
interpretation thereof1 shall be clothed
 with purple1 and shall have a golden   
chain on his neck1 and shall be the     
third man in my kingdom4  #e3h4 ,then   
came in all the king's wise men1 but    
they could neither read the writing1 nor
 declare the interpretation to the king4
  #e3i4 ,wherewith king ,baltasar was   
much troubled1 and his countenance was  
changed3  and his nobles also were      

troubled4  #e3aj4 ,then the queen1 on   
occasion of what had happened to the    
king1 and his nobles1 came into the     
banquet-house3  and she spoke1 and said3
  ,o king1 live for ever3  let not thy  
thoughts trouble thee1 neither let thy  
countenance be changed4  ,the queen4 4  
4,not the wife1 but the mother of the   
king4  #e3aa4 ,there is a man in thy    
kingdom that hath the spirit of the holy
 gods in him3  and in the days of thy   
father knowledge and wisdom were found  
in him3  for king ,nabuchodonosor1 thy  
father1 appointed him prince of the wise
 men1 enchanters1 ,chaldeans1 and       
soothsayers1 thy father1 ,i say1 ,o     
king3  #e3ab4 ,because a greater spirit1
 and knowledge1 and understanding1 and  
interpretation of dreams1 and shewing of
 secrets1 and resolving of difficult    
things1 were found in him1 that is1 in  
,daniel3  whom the king named           
,baltassar4  ,now1 therefore1 let       
,daniel be called for1 and he will tell 
the interpretation4  #e3ac4 ,then       

,daniel was brought in before the king4 
,and the king spoke1 and said to him3   
,art thou ,daniel1 of the children of   
the captivity of ,juda1 whom my father1 
the king1 brought out of ,judea8  #e3ad4
 ,i have heard of thee1 that thou hast  
the spirit of the gods1 and excellent   
knowledge1 and understanding1 and wisdom
 are found in thee4  #e3ae4 ,and now the
 wise men1 the magicians1 have come in  
before me1 to read this writing1 and    
shew me the interpretation thereof2 and 
they could not declare to me the meaning
 of this writing4  #e3af4 ,but ,i have  
heard of thee1 that thou canst interpret
 obscure things1 and resolve difficult  
things3  now if thou art able to read   
the writing1 and to shew me the         
interpretation thereof1 thou shalt be   
clothed with purple1 and shalt have a   
chain of gold about thy neck1 and shalt 
be the third prince in my kingdom4      
#e3ag4 ,to which ,daniel made answer1   
and said before the king3  thy rewards  
be to thyself1 and the gifts of thy     

house give to another3  but the writing 
,i will read to thee1 ,o king1 and shew 
thee the interpretation thereof4  #e3ah4
 ,o king1 the most high ,god gave to    
,nabuchodonosor1 thy father1 a kingdom1 
and greatness1 and glory1 and honour4   
#e3ai4 ,and for the greatness that he   
gave to him1 all people1 tribes1 and    
languages trembled1 and were afraid of  
him3  whom he would1 he slew3 and whom  
he would1 he destroyed3  and whom he    
would1 he set up3  and whom he would1 he
 brought down4  #e3bj4 ,but when his    
heart was lifted up1 and his spirit     
hardened unto pride1 he was put down    
from the throne of his kingdom1 and his 
glory was taken away4  #e3ba4 ,and he   
was driven out from the sons of men1 and
 his heart was made like the beasts1 and
 his dwelling was with the wild asses1  
and he did eat grass like an ox1 and his
 body was wet with the dew of heaven3   
till he knew that the most ,high ruled  
in the kingdom of men1 and that he will 
set over it whomsoever it shall please  

him4  #e3bb4 ,thou also1 his son1 ,o    
,baltasar1 hast not humbled thy heart1  
whereas thou knewest all these things3  
#e3bc4 ,but hast lifted thyself up      
against the ,lord of heaven3  and the   
vessels of his house have been brought  
before thee3  and thou1 and thy nobles1 
and thy wives1 and thy concubines1 have 
drunk wine in them3  and thou hast      
praised the gods of silver1 and of gold1
 and of brass1 of iron1 and of wood1 and
 of stone1 that neither see1 nor hear1  
nor feel3 but the ,god who hath thy     
breath in his hand1 and all thy ways1   
thou hast not glorified4  #e3bd4        
,wherefore1 he hath sent the part of the
 hand which hath written this that is   
set down4  #e3be4 ,and this is the      
writing that is written3  ,,mane1       
,,thecel1 ,,phares4  #e3bf4 ,and this is
 the interpretation of the word4        
,,mane3  ,god hath numbered thy kingdom1
 and hath finished it4  #e3bg4 ,,thecel3
  thou art weighed in the balance1 and  
art found wanting4  #e3bh4 ,,phares3    

thy kingdom is divided1 and is given to 
the ,medes and ,persians4  #e3bi4 ,then 
by the king's command1 ,daniel was      
clothed with purple1 and a chain of gold
 was put about his neck3  and it was    
proclaimed of him that he had power as  
the third man in the kingdom4  #e3cj4   
,the same night ,baltasar1 the ,chaldean
 king1 was slain4  #e3ca4 ,and ,darius1 
the ,mede1 succeeded to the kingdom1    
being threescore and two years old4     
,darius4 4 4,he is called ,cyaxares by  
the historians2 and was the son of      
,astyages1 and uncle to ,cyrus4         
,daniel ,chapter #f   ,daniel is        
promoted by ,darius3  his enemies       
procure a law forbidding prayer2 for the
 transgression of this law ,daniel is   
cast into the lions' den3  but          
miraculously delivered4  #f3a4 ,it      
seemed good to ,darius1 and he appointed
 over the kingdom a hundred and twenty  
governors1 to be over his whole kingdom4
  #f3b4 ,and three princes over them of 
whom ,daniel was one3  that the         

governors might give an account to them1
 and the king might have no trouble4    
#f3c4 ,and ,daniel excelled all the     
princes1 and governors3  because a      
greater spirit of ,god was in him4      
#f3d4 ,and the king thought to set him  
over all the kingdom2 whereupon the     
princes1 and the governors1 sought to   
find occasion against ,daniel1 with     
regard to the king3  and they could find
 no cause1 nor suspicion1 because he was
 faithful1 and no fault1 nor suspicion  
was found in him4  #f3e4 ,then these men
 said3  ,we shall not find any occasion 
against this ,daniel1 unless perhaps    
concerning the law of his ,god4  #f3f4  
,then the princes1 and the governors1   
craftily suggested to the king1 and     
spoke thus unto him3  ,king ,darius1    
live for ever3  #f3g4 ,all the princes  
of the kingdom1 the magistrates1 and    
governors1 the senators1 and judges1    
have consulted together1 that an        
imperial decree1 and an edict be        
published3  ,that whosoever shall ask   

any petition of any god1 or man1 for    
thirty days1 but of thee1 ,o king1 shall
 be cast into the den of the lions4     
#f3h4 ,now1 therefore1 ,o king1 confirm 
the sentence1 and sign the decree3 that 
what is decreed by the ,medes and       
,persians may not be altered1 nor any   
man be allowed to transgress it4  #f3i4 
,so king ,darius set forth the decree1  
and established it4  #f3aj4 ,now1 when  
,daniel knew this1 that is to say1 that 
the law was made1 he went into his      
house3  and opening the windows in his  
upper chamber towards ,jerusalem1 he    
knelt down three times a day1 and adored
 and gave thanks before his ,god1 as he 
had been accustomed to do before4       
#f3aa4 ,wherefore those men carefully   
watching him1 found ,daniel praying and 
making supplication to his ,god4  #f3ab4
 ,and they came and spoke to the king   
concerning the edict3  ,o king1 hast    
thou not decreed1 that every man that   
should make a request to any of the     
gods1 or men1 for thirty days1 but to   

thyself1 ,o king1 should be cast into   
the den of the lions8  ,and the king    
answered them1 saying3  ,the word is    
true1 according to the decree of the    
,medes and ,persians1 which it is not   
lawful to violate4  #f3ac4 ,then they   
answered1 and said before the king3     
,daniel1 who is of the children of the  
captivity of ,juda1 hath not regarded   
thy law1 nor the decree that thou hast  
made3  but three times a day he maketh  
his prayer4  #f3ad4 ,now when the king  
had heard these words1 he was very much 
grieved1 and in behalf of ,daniel he set
 his heart to deliver him1 and even till
 sunset he laboured to save him4  #f3ae4
 ,but those men perceiving the king's   
design1 said to him3  ,know thou1 ,o    
king1 that the law of the ,medes and    
,persians is1 that no decree which the  
king hath made1 may be altered4  #f3af4 
,then the king commanded1 and they      
brought ,daniel1 and cast him into the  
den of the lions4  ,and the king said to
 ,daniel3  ,thy ,god1 whom thou always  

servest1 he will deliver thee4  #f3ag4  
,and a stone was brought1 and laid upon 
the mouth of the den3 which the king    
sealed with his own ring1 and with the  
ring of his nobles1 that nothing should 
be done against ,daniel4  #f3ah4 ,and   
the king went away to his house1 and    
laid himself down without taking supper1
 and meat was not set before him1 and   
even sleep departed from him4  #f3ai4   
,then the king rising very early in the 
morning1 went in haste to the lions'    
den3  #f3bj4 ,and coming near to the    
den1 cried with a lamentable voice to   
,daniel1 and said to him3  ,daniel1     
servant of the living ,god1 hath thy    
,god1 whom thou servest always1 been    
able1 thinkest thou1 to deliver thee    
from the lions8  #f3ba4 ,and ,daniel    
answering the king1 said3  ,o king1 live
 for ever3  #f3bb4 ,my ,god hath sent   
his angel1 and hath shut up the mouths  
of the lions1 and they have not hurt me3
  forasmuch as before him justice hath  
been found in me3  yea1 and before thee1

 ,o king1 ,i have done no offence4      
#f3bc4 ,then was the king exceeding glad
 for him1 and he commanded that ,daniel 
should be taken out of the den3  and    
,daniel was taken out of the den1 and no
 hurt was found in him1 because he      
believed in his ,god4  #f3bd4 ,and by   
the king's commandment1 those men were  
brought that had accused ,daniel3  and  
they were cast into the lions' den1 they
 and their children1 and their wives3   
and they did not reach the bottom of the
 den1 before the lions caught them1 and 
broke all their bones in pieces4  #f3be4
 ,then king ,darius wrote to all people1
 tribes1 and languages1 dwelling in the 
whole earth3  ,,peace be multiplied unto
 you4  #f3bf4 ,it is decreed by me1 that
 in all my empire and my kingdom1 all   
men dread and fear the ,god of ,daniel4 
,for he is the living and eternal ,god  
for ever3  and his kingdom shall not be 
destroyed1 and his power shall be for   
ever4  #f3bg4 ,he is the deliverer1 and 
saviour1 doing signs and wonders in     

heaven1 and in earth3  who hath         
delivered ,daniel out of the lions' den4
  #f3bh4 ,now ,daniel continued unto the
 reign of ,darius1 and the reign of     
,cyrus1 the ,persian4    ,daniel        
,chapter #g   ,daniel's vision of the   
four beasts1 signifying four kingdoms3  
of ,god sitting on his throne3  and of  
the opposite kingdoms of ,christ and    
,antichrist4  #g3a4 ,in the first year  
of ,baltasar1 king of ,babylon1 ,daniel 
saw a dream3  and the vision of his head
 was upon his bed3  and writing the     
dream1 he comprehended it in a few      
words3  and relating the sum of it in   
short1 he said3  #g3b4 ,i saw in my     
vision by night1 and behold the four    
winds of the heavens strove upon the    
great sea4  #g3c4 ,and four great       
beasts1 different one from another1 came
 up out of the sea4  ,four great beasts4
 4 4,viz41 the ,chaldean1 ,persian1     
,grecian1 and ,roman empires4  ,but some
 rather choose to understand the fourth 
beast of the successors of ,alexander   

the ,great1 more especially of them that
 reigned in ,asia and ,syria4  #g3d4    
,the first was like a lioness1 and had  
the wings of an eagle3  ,i beheld till  
her wings were plucked off1 and she was 
lifted up from the earth1 and stood upon
 her feet as a man1 and the heart of a  
man was given to her4  #g3e4 ,and behold
 another beast1 like a bear1 stood up on
 one side3  and there were three rows in
 the mouth thereof1 and in the teeth    
thereof1 and thus they said to it3      
,arise1 devour much flesh4  #g3f4 ,after
 this ,i beheld1 and lo1 another like a 
leopard1 and it had upon it four wings1 
as of a fowl1 and the beast had four    
heads1 and power was given to it4  #g3g4
 ,after this ,i beheld in the vision of 
the night1 and lo1 a fourth beast1      
terrible and wonderful1 and exceeding   
strong1 it had great iron teeth1 eating 
and breaking in pieces1 and treading    
down the rest with his feet3  and it was
 unlike to the other beasts which ,i had
 seen before it1 and had ten horns4     

,ten horns4 4 4,that is1 ten kingdoms1  
7as ,apoc4 #ag4ab17 among which the     
empire of the fourth beast shall be     
parcelled4  ,or ten kings of the number 
of the successors of ,alexander2 as     
figures of such as shall be about the   
time of ,antichrist4  #g3h4 ,i          
considered the horns1 and behold another
 little horn sprung out of the midst of 
them3  and three of the first horns were
 plucked up at the presence thereof3    
and behold eyes like the eyes of a man  
were in this horn1 and a mouth speaking 
great things4  ,another little horn4 4  
4,this is commonly understood of        
,antichrist4  ,it may also be applied to
 that great persecutor ,antiochus       
,epiphanes1 as a figure of ,antichrist4 
#g3i4 ,i beheld till thrones were       
placed1 and the ancient of days sat3 his
 garment was white as snow1 and the hair
 of his head like clean wool3  his      
throne like flames of fire3  the wheels 
of it like a burning fire4  #g3aj4 ,a   
swift stream of fire issued forth from  

before him3  thousands of thousands     
ministered to him1 and ten thousand     
times a hundred thousand stood before   
him3  the judgment sat1 and the books   
were opened4  #g3aa4 ,i beheld1 because 
of the voice of the great words which   
that horn spoke3  and ,i saw that the   
beast was slain1 and the body thereof   
was destroyed1 and given to the fire to 
be burnt3  #g3ab4 ,and that the power of
 the other beasts was taken away3  and  
that times of life were appointed them  
for a time1 and a time4  #g3ac4 ,i      
beheld1 therefore1 in the vision of the 
night1 and lo1 one like the ,son of man 
came with the clouds of heaven1 and he  
came even to the ancient of days3  and  
they presented him before him4  #g3ad4  
,and he gave him power1 and glory1 and a
 kingdom3  and all peoples1 tribes1 and 
tongues shall serve him3  his power is  
an everlasting power that shall not be  
taken away3  and his kingdom that shall 
not be destroyed4  #g3ae4 ,my spirit    
trembled2 ,i1 ,daniel1 was affrighted at

 these things1 and the visions of my    
head troubled me4  #g3af4 ,i went near  
to one of them that stood by1 and asked 
the truth of him concerning all these   
things1 and he told me the              
interpretation of the words1 and        
instructed me3  #g3ag4 ,these four great
 beasts1 are four kingdoms1 which shall 
arise out of the earth4  #g3ah4 ,but the
 saints of the most high ,god shall take
 the kingdom3  and they shall possess   
the kingdom for ever and ever4  #g3ai4  
,after this ,i would diligently learn   
concerning the fourth beast1 which was  
very different from all1 and exceeding  
terrible3  his teeth and claws were of  
iron3  he devoured and broke in pieces1 
and the rest he stamped upon with his   
feet3  #g3bj4 ,and concerning the ten   
horns that he had on his head3  and     
concerning the other that came up1      
before which three horns fell3  and of  
that horn that had eyes1 and a mouth    
speaking great things1 and was greater  
than the rest4  #g3ba4 ,i beheld1 and   

lo1 that horn made war against the      
saints1 and prevailed over them1  #g3bb4
 ,till the ancient of days came and gave
 judgment to the saints of the most     
,high1 and the time came1 and the saints
 obtained the kingdom4  #g3bc4 ,and thus
 he said3  ,the fourth beast shall be   
the fourth kingdom upon earth1 which    
shall be greater than all the kingdoms1 
and shall devour the whole earth1 and   
shall tread it down1 and break it in    
pieces4  #g3bd4 ,and the ten horns of   
the same kingdom1 shall be ten kings3   
and another shall rise up after them1   
and he shall be mightier than the       
former1 and he shall bring down three   
kings4  #g3be4 ,and he shall speak words
 against the ,high ,one1 and shall crush
 the saints of the most ,high3  and he  
shall think himself able to change times
 and laws1 and they shall be delivered  
into his hand until a time1 and times1  
and half a time4  ,a time1 and times1   
and half a time4 4 4,that is1 three     
years and a half2 which is supposed to  

be the length of the duration of the    
persecution of ,antichrist4  #g3bf4 ,and
 a judgment shall sit1 that his power   
may be taken away1 and be broken in     
pieces1 and perish even to the end4     
#g3bg4 ,and that the kingdom1 and power1
 and the greatness of the kingdom1 under
 the whole heaven1 may be given to the  
people of the saints of the most ,high3 
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1
 and all kings shall serve him1 and     
shall obey him4  #g3bh4 ,hitherto is the
 end of the word4  ,i1 ,daniel1 was much
 troubled with my thoughts1 and my      
countenance was changed in me3  but ,i  
kept the word in my heart4    ,daniel   
,chapter #h   ,daniel's vision of the   
ram and the he goat interpreted by the  
angel ,gabriel4  #h3a4 ,in the third    
year of the reign of king ,baltasar1 a  
vision appeared to me4  ,i1 ,daniel1    
after what ,i had seen in the beginning1
  #h3b4 ,saw in my vision when ,i was in
 the castle of ,susa1 which is in the   
province of ,elam3  and ,i saw in the   

vision that ,i was over the gate of     
,ulai4  #h3c4 ,and ,i lifted up my eyes1
 and saw3  and behold a ram stood before
 the water1 having two high horns1 and  
one higher than the other1 and growing  
up4  ,afterward  ,a ram4 4 4,the empire 
of the ,medes and ,persians4  #h3d4 ,i  
saw the ram pushing with his horns      
against the west1 and against the north1
 and against the south3  and no beasts  
could withstand him1 nor be delivered   
out of his hand3  and he did according  
to his own will1 and became great4      
#h3e4 ,and ,i understood3  and behold a 
he goat came from the west on the face  
of the whole earth1 and he touched not  
the ground1 and the he goat had a       
notable horn between his eyes4  ,a he   
goat4 4 4,the empire of the ,greeks1 or 
,macedonians4  ,ibid4  ,he touched not  
the ground4 4 4,he conquered all before 
him1 with so much rapidity1 that he     
seemed rather to fly1 than to walk upon 
the earth4--,ibid4  ,a notable horn4 4  
4,alexander the ,great4  #h3f4 ,and he  

went up to the ram that had the horns1  
which ,i had seen standing before the   
gate1 and he ran towards him in the     
force of his strength4  #h3g4 ,and when 
he was come near the ram1 he was enraged
 against him1 and struck the ram3  and  
broke his two horns1 and the ram could  
not withstand him3  and when he had cast
 him down on the ground1 he stamped upon
 him1 and none could deliver the ram out
 of his hand4  #h3h4 ,and the he goat   
became exceeding great3  and when he was
 grown1 the great horn was broken1 and  
there came up four horns under it       
towards the four winds of heaven4  ,four
 horns4 4 4,seleucus1 ,antigonus1       
,philip1 and ,ptolemeus1 the successors 
of ,alexander1 who divided his empire   
among them4  #h3i4 ,and out of one of   
them came forth a little horn3  and it  
became great against the south1 and     
against the east1 and against the       
strength4  ,a little horn4 4 4,antiochus
 ,epiphanes1 a descendant of ,seleucus4 
,he grew against the south1 and the     

east1 by his victories over the kings of
 ,egypt and ,armenia3  and against the  
strength1 that is1 against ,jerusalem   
and the people of ,god4  #h3aj4 ,and it 
was magnified even unto the strength of 
heaven3  and it threw down of the       
strength1 and of the stars1 and trod    
upon them4  ,unto the strength of       
heaven4 4 4or1 against the strength of  
heaven4  ,so are here called the army of
 the ,jews1 the people of ,god4  #h3aa4 
,and it was magnified even to the prince
 of the strength3  and it took away from
 him the continual sacrifice1 and cast  
down the place of his sanctuary4  #h3ab4
 ,and strength was given him against the
 continual sacrifice1 because of sins3  
and truth shall be cast down on the     
ground1 and he shall do and shall       
prosper4  #h3ac4 ,and ,i heard one of   
the saints speaking1 and one saint said 
to another ,i know not to whom1 that was
 speaking3  ,how long shall be the      
vision1 concerning the continual        
sacrifice1 and the sin of the desolation

 that is made3  and the sanctuary1 and  
the strength be trodden under foot8     
#h3ad4 ,and he said to him3  ,unto      
evening and morning two thousand three  
hundred days3  and the sanctuary shall  
be cleansed4  ,unto evening and morning 
two thousand three hundred days4 4      
4,that is1 six years and almost four    
months3  which was the whole time from  
the beginning of the persecution of     
,antiochus till his death4  #h3ae4 ,and 
it came to pass when ,i1 ,daniel1 saw   
the vision1 and sought the meaning1 that
 behold there stood before me as it were
 the appearance of a man4  #h3af4 ,and  
,i heard the voice of a man between     
,ulai3  and he called1 and said3        
,gabriel1 make this man to understand   
the vision4  #h3ag4 ,and he came1 and   
stood near where ,i stood3  and when he 
was come1 ,i fell on my face1 trembling1
 and he said to me3  ,understand1 ,o son
 of man1 for in the time of the end the 
vision shall be fulfilled4  #h3ah4 ,and 
when he spoke to me1 ,i fell flat on the

 ground3  and he touched me1 and set me 
upright4  #h3ai4 ,and he said to me3  ,i
 will shew thee what things are to come 
to pass in the end of the malediction3  
for the time hath its end4  #h3bj4 ,the 
ram1 which thou sawest with horns1 is   
the king of the ,medes and ,persians4   
#h3ba4 ,and the he goat1 is the king of 
the ,greeks1 and the great horn that was
 between his eyes1 the same is the first
 king4  #h3bb4 ,but whereas when that   
was broken1 there arose up four for it1 
four kings shall rise up of his nation1 
but not with his strength4  #h3bc4 ,and 
after their reign1 when iniquities shall
 be grown up1 there shall arise a king  
of a shameless face1 and understanding  
dark sentences4  #h3bd4 ,and his power  
shall be strengthened1 but not by his   
own force3 and he shall lay all things  
waste1 and shall prosper1 and do more   
than can be believed4  ,and he shall    
destroy the mighty1 and the people of   
the saints1  #h3be4 ,according to his   
will1 and craft shall be successful in  

his hand3 and his heart shall be puffed 
up1 and in the abundance of all things  
he shall kill many3  and he shall rise  
up against the prince of princes1 and   
shall be broken without hand4  #h3bf4   
,and the vision of the evening and the  
morning1 which was told1 is true3  thou1
 therefore1 seal up the vision1 because 
it shall come to pass after many days4  
#h3bg4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel1 languished1 and
 was sick for some days3  and when ,i   
was risen up1 ,i did the king's         
business1 and ,i was astonished at the  
vision1 and there was none that could   
interpret it4    ,daniel ,chapter #i    
,daniel's confession and prayer3        
,gabriel informs him concerning the     
seventy weeks to the coming of ,christ4 
#i3a4 ,in the first year of ,darius1 the
 son of ,assuerus1 of the seed of the   
,medes1 who reigned over the kingdom of 
the ,chaldeans3  #i3b4 ,the first year  
of his reign ,i1 ,daniel1 understood by 
books the number of the years1          
concerning which the word of the ,lord  

came to ,jeremias1 the prophet1 that    
seventy years should be accomplished of 
the desolation of ,jerusalem4  #i3c4    
,and ,i set my face to the ,lord1 my    
,god1 to pray and make supplication with
 fasting1 and sackcloth1 and ashes4     
#i3d4 ,and ,i prayed to the ,lord1 my   
,god1 and ,i made my confession1 and    
said3  ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord ,god1  
great and terrible1 who keepest the     
covenant1 and mercy to them that love   
thee1 and keep thy commandments4  #i3e4 
,we have sinned1 we have committed      
iniquity1 we have done wickedly1 and    
have revolted3  and we have gone aside  
from thy commandments1 and thy          
judgments4  #i3f4 ,we have not hearkened
 to thy servants1 the prophets1 that    
have spoken in thy name to our kings1 to
 our princes1 to our fathers1 and to all
 the people of the land4  #i3g4 ,to     
thee1 ,o ,lord1 justice3  but to us     
confusion of face1 as at this day to the
 men of ,juda1 and to the inhabitants of
 ,jerusalem1 and to all ,israel1 to them

 that are near1 and to them that are far
 off1 in all the countries whither thou 
hast driven them1 for their iniquities1 
by which they have sinned against thee4 
#i3h4 ,o ,lord1 to us belongeth         
confusion of face1 to our princes1 and  
to our fathers1 that have sinned4  #i3i4
 ,but to thee1 the ,lord our ,god1 mercy
 and forgiveness1 for we have departed  
from thee3  #i3aj4 ,and we have not     
hearkened to the voice of the ,lord1 our
 ,god1 to walk in his law1 which he set 
before us by his servants1 the prophets4
  #i3aa4 ,and all ,israel have          
transgressed thy law1 and have turned   
away from hearing thy voice1 and the    
malediction1 and the curse1 which is    
written in the book of ,moses1 the      
servant of ,god1 is fallen upon us1     
because we have sinned against him4     
#i3ab4 ,and he hath confirmed his words 
which he spoke against us1 and against  
our princes that judged us1 that he     
would bring in upon us a great evil1    
such as never was under all the heaven1 

according to that which hath been done  
in ,jerusalem4  #i3ac4 ,as it is written
 in the law of ,moses1 all this evil is 
come upon us3  and we entreated not thy 
face1 ,o ,lord our ,god1 that we might  
turn from our iniquities1 and think on  
thy truth4  #i3ad4 ,and the ,lord hath  
watched upon the evil1 and hath brought 
it upon us3  the ,lord1 our ,god1 is    
just in all his works which he hath     
done3  for we have not hearkened to his 
voice4  #i3ae4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 our  
,god1 who hast brought forth thy people 
out of the land of ,egypt1 with a strong
 hand1 and hast made thee a name as at  
this day3  we have sinned1 we have      
committed iniquity1  #i3af4 ,o ,lord1   
against all thy justice3  let thy wrath 
and thy indignation be turned away1 ,i  
beseech thee1 from thy city1 ,jerusalem1
 and from thy holy mountain4  ,for by   
reason of our sins1 and the iniquities  
of our fathers1 ,jerusalem1 and thy     
people1 are a reproach to all that are  
round about us4  #i3ag4 ,now1 therefore1

 ,o our ,god1 hear the supplication of  
thy servant1 and his prayers3  and shew 
thy face upon thy sanctuary1 which is   
desolate1 for thy own sake4  #i3ah4     
,incline1 ,o my ,god1 thy ear1 and hear3
  open thy eyes1 and see our desolation1
 and the city upon which thy name is    
called3  for it is not for our          
justifications that we present our      
prayers before thy face1 but for the    
multitude of thy tender mercies4  #i3ai4
 ,o ,lord1 hear3  ,o ,lord1 be appeased3
  hearken1 and do3  delay not1 for thy  
own sake1 ,o my ,god3  because thy name 
is invocated upon thy city1 and upon thy
 people4  #i3bj4 ,now while ,i was yet  
speaking1 and praying1 and confessing my
 sins1 and the sins of my people of     
,israel1 and presenting my supplications
 in the sight of my ,god1 for the holy  
mountain of my ,god3  #i3ba4 ,as ,i was 
yet speaking in prayer1 behold the man1 
,gabriel1 whom ,i had seen in the vision
 at the beginning1 flying swiftly1      
touched me at the time of the evening   

sacrifice4  ,the man ,gabriel4 4 4,the  
angel ,gabriel in the shape of a man4   
#i3bb4 ,and he instructed me1 and spoke 
to me1 and said3  ,o ,daniel1 ,i am now 
come forth to teach thee1 and that thou 
mightest understand4  #i3bc4 ,from the  
beginning of thy prayers the word came  
forth3  and ,i am come to shew it to    
thee1 because thou art a man of desires3
  therefore1 do thou mark the word1 and 
understand the vision4  ,man of desires4
 4 4that is1 ardently praying for the   
,jews then in captivity4  #i3bd4        
,seventy weeks are shortened upon thy   
people1 and upon thy holy city1 that    
transgression may be finished1 and sin  
may have an end1 and iniquity may be    
abolished2 and everlasting justice may  
be brought2 and vision and prophecy may 
be fulfilled2 and the ,saint of saints  
may be anointed4  ,seventy weeks4 4     
4,viz41 of years1 7or seventy times     
seven1 that is1 #dij years17 are        
shortened2 that is1 fixed and           
determined1 so that the time shall be no

 longer4  #i3be4 ,know thou1 therefore1 
and take notice3  that from the going   
forth of the word1 to build up          
,jerusalem again1 unto ,christ1 the     
prince1 there shall be seven weeks1 and 
sixty-two weeks3  and the street shall  
be built again1 and the walls1 in       
straitness of times4  ,from the going   
forth of the word1 etc4 4 4,that is1    
from the twentieth year of king         
,artaxerxes1 when by his commandment    
,nehemias rebuilt the walls of          
,jerusalem1 #b ,esd4 #b4  ,from which   
time1 according to the best chronology1 
there were just sixty-nine weeks of     
years1 that is1 #dhc years to the       
baptism of ,christ1 when he first began 
to preach and execute the office of     
,messias4--,ibid4  ,in straitness of    
times4 4 4angustia temporum3  which may 
allude both to the difficulties and     
opposition they met with in building3   
and to the shortness of the time in     
which they finished the wall1 viz41     
fifty-two days4  #i3bf4 ,and after      

sixty-two weeks ,christ shall be slain3 
and the people that shall deny him shall
 not be his4  ,and a people1 with their 
leader1 that shall come1 shall destroy  
the city1 and the sanctuary3  and the   
end thereof shall be waste1 and after   
the end of the war the appointed        
desolation4  ,a people with their       
leader4 4 4,the ,romans under ,titus4   
#i3bg4 ,and he shall confirm the        
covenant with many1 in one week3  and in
 the half of the week the victim and the
 sacrifice shall fail3  and there shall 
be in the temple the abomination of     
desolation3  and the desolation shall   
continue even to the consummation1 and  
to the end4  ,in the half of the week4 4
 4or1 in the middle of the week1 etc4   
,because ,christ preached three years   
and a half3  and then by his sacrifice  
upon the cross abolished all the        
sacrifices of the law4--,ibid4  ,the    
abomination of desolation4 4 4,some     
understand this of the profanation of   
the temple by the crimes of the ,jews1  

and by the bloody faction of the        
zealots4  ,others of the bringing in    
thither the ensigns and standard of the 
pagan ,romans4  ,others1 in fine1       
distinguish three different times of    
desolation3  viz41 that under           
,antiochus2 that when the temple was    
destroyed by the ,romans2 and the last  
near the end of the world under         
,antichrist4  ,to all which1 as they    
suppose1 this prophecy may have a       
relation4    ,daniel ,chapter #aj       
,daniel having humbled himself by       
fasting and penance seeth a vision1 with
 which he is much terrified2 but he is  
comforted by an angel4  #aj3a4 ,in the  
third year of ,cyrus1 king of the       
,persians1 a word was revealed to       
,daniel1 surnamed ,baltassar1 and a true
 word1 and great strength3  and he      
understood the word3  for there is need 
of understanding in a vision4  #aj3b4   
,in those days ,i1 ,daniel1 mourned the 
days of three weeks4  #aj3c4 ,i ate no  
desirable bread1 and neither flesh1 nor 

wine1 entered into my mouth1 neither was
 ,i anointed with ointment3  till the   
days of three weeks were accomplished4  
#aj3d4 ,and in the four and twentieth   
day of the first month1 ,i was by the   
great river1 which is the ,tigris4      
#aj3e4 ,and ,i lifted up my eyes1 and ,i
 saw3  and behold a man clothed in      
linen1 and his loins were girded with   
the finest gold3  #aj3f4 ,and his body  
was like the chrysolite1 and his face as
 the appearance of lightning1 and his   
eyes as a burning lamp3  and his arms1  
and all downward even to the feet1 like 
in appearance to glittering brass3  and 
the voice of his word like the voice of 
a multitude4  #aj3g4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel   
alone1 saw the vision3  for the men that
 were with me saw it not3  but an       
exceeding great terror fell upon them1  
and they fled away1 and hid themselves4 
#aj3h4 ,and ,i1 being left alone1 saw   
this great vision3  and there remained  
no strength in me1 and the appearance of
 my countenance was changed in me1 and  

,i fainted away1 and retained no        
strength4  #aj3i4 ,and ,i heard the     
voice of his words3  and when ,i heard  
,i lay in a consternation upon my face1 
and my face was close to the ground4    
#aj3aj4 ,and behold a hand touched me1  
and lifted me up upon my knees1 and upon
 the joints of my hands4  #aj3aa4 ,and  
he said to me3  ,daniel1 thou man of    
desires1 understand the words that ,i   
speak to thee1 and stand upright3  for  
,i am sent now to thee4  ,and when he   
had said this word to me1 ,i stood      
trembling4  #aj3ab4 ,and he said to me3 
,fear not1 ,daniel3  for from the first 
day that thou didst set thy heart to    
understand1 to afflict thyself in the   
sight of thy ,god1 thy words have been  
heard3  and ,i am come for thy words4   
#aj3ac4 ,but the prince of the kingdom  
of the ,persians resisted me one and    
twenty days3  and behold ,michael1 one  
of the chief princes1 came to help me1  
and ,i remained there by the king of the
 ,persians4  ,the prince1 etc4 4 4,that 

is1 the angel guardian of ,persia3  who 
according to his office1 seeking the    
spiritual good of the ,persians was     
desirous that many of the ,jews should  
remain among them4  #aj3ad4 ,but ,i am  
come to teach thee what things shall    
befall thy people in the latter days1   
for as yet the vision is for days4      
#aj3ae4 ,and when he was speaking such  
words to me1 ,i cast down my countenance
 to the ground1 and held my peace4      
#aj3af4 ,and behold as it were the      
likeness of a son of man touched my     
lips3  then ,i opened my mouth and      
spoke1 and said to him that stood before
 me3  ,o my lord1 at the sight of thee  
my joints are loosed1 and no strength   
hath remained in me4  #aj3ag4 ,and how  
can the servant of my lord speak with my
 lord8  for no strength remaineth in me2
 moreover1 my breath is stopped4        
#aj3ah4 ,therefore1 he that looked like 
a man1 touched me again1 and            
strengthened me4  #aj3ai4 ,and he said3 
,fear not1 ,o man of desires1 peace be  

to thee3  take courage1 and be strong4  
,and when he spoke to me1 ,i grew       
strong1 and ,i said3  ,speak1 ,o my     
lord1 for thou hast strengthened me4    
#aj3bj4 ,and he said3  ,dost thou know  
wherefore ,i am come to thee8  ,and now 
,i will return1 to fight against the    
prince of the ,persians4  ,when ,i went 
forth1 there appeared the prince of the 
,greeks coming4  #aj3ba4 ,but ,i will   
tell thee what is set down in the       
scripture of truth3 and none is my      
helper in all these things1 but ,michael
 your prince4  ,michael your prince4 4  
4,the guardian general of the church of 
,god4    ,daniel ,chapter #aa   ,the    
angel declares to ,daniel many things to
 come1 with regard to the ,persian and  
,grecian kings3  more especially with   
regard to ,antiochus as a figure of     
,antichrist4  #aa3a4 ,and from the first
 year of ,darius1 the ,mede1 ,i stood   
up1 that he might be strengthened1 and  
confirmed4  #aa3b4 ,and now ,i will shew
 thee the truth4  ,behold1 there shall  

stand yet three kings in ,persia1 and   
the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly
 above them all3  and when he shall be  
grown mighty by his riches1 he shall    
stir up all against the kingdom of      
,greece4  ,three kings4 4 4,viz41       
,cambyses1 ,smerdes ,magus1 and ,darius1
 the son of ,hystaspes4--,ibid4  ,the   
fourth4 4 4,xerxes4  #aa3c4 ,but there  
shall rise up a strong king1 and shall  
rule with great power3  and he shall do 
what he pleaseth4  ,a strong king4 4    
4,alexander4  #aa3d4 ,and when he shall 
come to his height1 his kingdom shall be
 broken1 and it shall be divided towards
 the four winds of the heaven3 but not  
to his posterity1 nor according to his  
power with which he ruled4  ,for his    
kingdom shall be rent in peices1 even   
for strangers1 besides these4  #aa3e4   
,and the king of the south shall be     
strengthened1 and one of his princes    
shall prevail over him1 and he shall    
rule with great power3  for his         
dominions shall be great4  ,the king of 

the south4 4 4,ptolemeus the son of     
,lagus1 king of ,egypt1 which lies south
 of ,jerusalem4--,ibid4  ,one of his    
princes4 4 4that is1 one of ,alexander's
 princes1 shall prevail over him3  that 
is1 shall be stronger than the king of  
,egypt4  ,he speaks of ,seleucus        
,nicator1 king of ,asia and ,syria1     
whose successors are here called the    
kings of the north1 because their       
dominions lay to the north in respect to
 ,jerusalem4  #aa3f4 ,and after the end 
of years they shall be in league        
together3  and the daughter of the king 
of the south shall come to the king of  
the north to make friendship1 but she   
shall not obtain the strength of the    
arm1 neither shall her seed stand3  and 
she shall be given up1 and her young men
 that brought her1 and they that        
strengthened her in these times4  ,the  
daughter of the king of the south4 4    
4,viz41 ,berenice1 daughter of          
,ptolemeus ,philadelphus1 given in      
marriage to ,antiochus ,theos1 grandson 

of ,seleucus4  #aa3g4 ,and a plant of   
the bud of her roots shall stand up3    
and he shall come with an army1 and     
shall enter into the province of the    
king of the north3  and he shall abuse  
them1 and shall prevail4  ,a plant1 etc4
 4 4,ptolemeus ,evergetes1 the son of   
,philadelphus4  #aa3h4 ,and he shall    
also carry away captive into ,egypt     
their gods1 and their graven things1 and
 their precious vessels of gold and     
silver3  he shall prevail against the   
king of the north4  ,the king of the    
north4 4 4,seleucus ,callinicus4  #aa3i4
 ,and the king of the south shall enter 
into the kingdom1 and shall return to   
his own land4  #aa3aj4 ,and his sons    
shall be provoked1 and they shall       
assemble a multitude of great forces3   
and he shall come with haste like a     
flood3 and he shall return1 and be      
stirred up1 and he shall join battle    
with his force4  ,his sons4 4 4,seleucus
 ,ceraunius1 and ,antiochus the ,great1 
the sons of ,callinicus4--,ibid4  ,he   

shall come4 4 4,viz41 ,antiochus the    
,great4  #aa3aa4 ,and the king of the   
south being provoked1 shall go forth1   
and shall fight against the king of the 
north1 and shall prepare an exceeding   
great multitude1 and a multitude shall  
be given into his hands4  ,the king of  
the south4 4 4,ptolemeus ,philopator1   
son of ,evergetes4  #aa3ab4 ,and he     
shall take a multitude1 and his heart   
shall be lifted up1 and he shall cast   
down many thousands3  but he shall not  
prevail4  #aa3ac4 ,for the king of the  
north shall return1 and shall prepare a 
multitude much greater than before3  and
 in the end of times1 and years1 he     
shall come in haste with a great army1  
and much riches4  #aa3ad4 ,and in those 
times many shall rise up against the    
king of the south1 and the children of  
prevaricators of thy people shall lift  
up themselves to fulfil the vision1 and 
they shall fall4  #aa3ae4 ,and the king 
of the north shall come1 and shall cast 
up a mount1 and shall take the best     

fenced cities3  and the arms of the     
south shall not withstand1 and his      
chosen ones shall rise up to resist1 and
 they shall not have strength4  #aa3af4 
,and he shall come upon him1 and do     
according to his pleasure1 and there    
shall be none to stand against his face3
  and he shall stand in the glorious    
land1 and it shall be consumed by his   
hand4  ,he shall come upon him4 4       
4,viz41 ,antiochus shall come upon the  
king of the south4--,ibid4  ,the        
glorious land4 4 4,judea4  #aa3ag4 ,and 
he shall set his face to come to possess
 all his kingdom1 and he shall make     
upright conditions with him3  and he    
shall give him a daughter of women1 to  
overthrow it3  and she shall not stand1 
neither shall she be for him4  ,all his 
kingdom4 4 4,viz41 all the kingdom of   
,ptolemeus ,epiphanes1 son of           
,philopator4--,ibid4  ,a daughter of    
women4 4 4,that is1 a most beautiful    
woman1 viz41 his daughter               
,cleopatra4--,ibid4  ,to overthrow it4 4

 4,viz41 the kingdom of ,epiphanes3  but
 his policy shall not succeed2 for      
,cleopatra shall take more to heart the 
interest of her husband1 than that of   
her father4  #aa3ah4 ,and he shall turn 
his face to the islands1 and shall take 
many3 and he shall cause the prince of  
his reproach to cease1 and his reproach 
shall be turned upon him4  ,the prince  
of his reproach4 4 4,seipio the ,roman  
general1 called the prince of his       
reproach1 because he overthrew          
,antiochus1 and obliged him to submit to
 very dishonourable terms1 before he    
would cease from the war4  #aa3ai4 ,and 
he shall turn his face to the empire of 
his own land1 and he shall stumble1 and 
fall1 ans shall not be found4  #aa3bj4  
,and there shall stand up in his place  
one most vile1 and unworthy of kingly   
honour3  and in a few days he shall be  
destroyed1 not in rage nor in battle4   
,one most vile4 4 4,seleucus            
,philopator1 who sent ,heliodorus to    
plunder the temple3  and was shortly    

after slain by the same ,heliodorus4    
#aa3ba4 ,and there shall stand up in his
 place one despised1 and the kingly     
honour shall not be given him3  and he  
shall come privately1 and shall obtain  
the kingdom by fraud4  ,one despised4 4 
4,viz41 ,antiochus ,epiphanes1 who at   
first was despised and not received for 
king4  ,what is here said of this       
prince1 is accommodated by ,st4 ,jerome 
and others to ,antichrist2 of whom this 
,antiochus was a figure4  #aa3bb4 ,and  
the arms of the fighter shall be        
overcome before his face1 and shall be  
broken3  yea1 also the prince of the    
covenant4  ,of the fighter4 4 4,that is1
 of them that shall oppose him1 and     
shall fight against him4--,ibid4  ,the  
prince of the covenant4 4 4or1 of the   
league4  ,the chief of them that        
conspired against him3  or the king of  
,egypt his most powerful adversary4     
#aa3bc4 ,and after friendships1 he will 
deal deceitfully with him3  and he shall
 go up1 and shall overcome with a small 

people4  #aa3bd4 ,and he shall enter    
into rich and plentiful cities3  and he 
shall do that which his fathers never   
did1 nor his fathers' fathers3  he shall
 scatter their spoils1 and their prey1  
and their riches1 and shall forecast    
devices against the best fenced places3 
and this until a time4  #aa3be4 ,and his
 strength1 and his heart1 shall be      
stirred up against the king of the      
south1 with a great army3  and the king 
of the south shall be stirred up to     
battle with many and very strong        
succours3  and they shall not stand1 for
 they shall form designs against him4   
,the king4 4 4,ptolemeus ,philometor4   
#aa3bf4 ,and they that eat bread with   
him1 shall destroy him1 and his army    
shall be overthrown3  and many shall    
fall down slain4  #aa3bg4 ,and the heart
 of the two kings shall be to do evil1  
and they shall speak lies at one table1 
and they shall not prosper3  because as 
yet the end is unto another time4       
#aa3bh4 ,and he shall return into his   

land with much riches3  and his heart   
shall be against the holy covenant1 and 
he shall succeed1 and shall return into 
his own land4  #aa3bi4 ,at the time     
appointed he shall return1 and he shall 
come to the south1 but the latter time  
shall not be like the former4  #aa3cj4  
,and the galleys and the ,romans shall  
come upon him1 and he shall be struck1  
and shall return1 and shall have        
indignation against the covenant of the 
sanctuary1 and he shall succeed3  and he
 shall return1 and shall devise against 
them that have forsaken the covenant of 
the sanctuary4  ,the galleys and the    
,romans4 4 4,popilius1 and the other    
,roman ambassadors1 who came in galleys1
 and obliged him to depart from ,egypt4 
#aa3ca4 ,and arms shall stand on his    
part1 and they shall defile the         
sanctuary of strength1 and shall take   
away the continual sacrifice3  and they 
shall place there the abomination unto  
desolation4  ,they shall place there the
 abomination1 etc4 4 4,the idol of      

,jupiter ,olympius1 which ,antiochus    
ordered to be set up in the sanctuary of
 the temple3  which is here called the  
sanctuary of strength1 from the         
,almighty that was worshipped there4    
#aa3cb4 ,and such as deal wickedly      
against the covenant shall deceitfully  
dissemble3  but the people that know    
their ,god shall prevail and succeed4   
#aa3cc4 ,and they that are learned among
 the people shall teach many3  and they 
shall fall by the sword1 and by fire1   
and by captivity1 and by spoil for many 
days4  #aa3cd4 ,and when they shall have
 fallen1 they shall be relieved with a  
small help3  and many shall be joined to
 them deceitfully4  #aa3ce4 ,and some of
 the learned shall fall1 that they may  
be tried1 and may be chosen1 and made   
white1 even to the appointed time3      
because yet there shall be another time4
  #aa3cf4 ,and the king shall do        
according to his will1 and he shall be  
lifted up1 and shall magnify himself    
against every god3  and he shall speak  

great things against the ,god of gods1  
and shall prosper1 till the wrath be    
accomplished4  ,for the determination is
 made4  #aa3cg4 ,and he shall make no   
account of the ,god of his fathers3  and
 he shall follow the lust of women1 and 
he shall not regard any gods3  for he   
shall rise up against all things4       
#aa3ch4 ,but he shall worship the god   
,maozim1 in his place3  and a god whom  
his fathers knew not1 he shall worship  
with gold1 and silver1 and precious     
stones1 and things of great price4  ,the
 god ,maozim4 4 4,that is1 the god of   
forces or strong holds4  #aa3ci4 ,and he
 shall do this to fortify ,maozim with a
 strange god1 whom he hath acknowledged1
 and he shall increase glory1 and shall 
give them power over many1 and shall    
divide the land gratis4  ,and he shall  
increase glory1 etc4 4 4,he shall bestow
 honours1 riches and lands1 upon them   
that shall worship his god4  #aa3dj4    
,and at the time prefixed the king of   
the south shall fight against him1 and  

the king of the north shall come against
 him like a tempest1 with chariots1 and 
with horsemen1 and with a great navy1   
and he shall enter into the countries1  
and shall destroy1 and pass through4    
#aa3da4 ,and he shall enter into the    
glorious land1 and many shall fall3 and 
these only shall be saved out of his    
hand1 ,edom1 and ,moab1 and the         
principality of the children of ,ammon4 
#aa3db4 ,and he shall lay his hand upon 
the lands3  and the land of ,egypt shall
 not escape4  #aa3dc4 ,and he shall have
 power over the treasures of gold1 and  
of silver1 and all the precious things  
of ,egypt3  and he shall pass through   
,lybia1 and ,ethiopia4  #aa3dd4 ,and    
tidings out of the east1 and out of the 
north1 shall trouble him3  and he shall 
come with a great multitude to destroy  
and slay many4  #aa3de4 ,and he shall   
fix his tabernacle1 ,apadno1 between the
 seas1 upon a glorious and holy         
mountain3  and he shall come even to the
 top thereof1 and none shall help him4  

,apadno4 4 4,some take it for the proper
 name of a place3  others1 from the     
,hebrew1 translate it his palace4       
,daniel ,chapter #ab   ,michael shall   
stand up for the people of ,god3  with  
other things relating to ,antichrist1   
and the end of the world4  #ab3a4 ,but  
at that time shall ,michael rise up1 the
 great prince1 who standeth for the     
children of thy people3  and a time     
shall come1 such as never was from the  
time that nations began1 even until that
 time4  ,and at that time shall thy     
people be saved1 every one that shall be
 found written in the book4  #ab3b4 ,and
 many of those that sleep in the dust of
 the earth1 shall awake3  some unto life
 everlasting1 and others unto reproach1 
to see it always4  #ab3c4 ,but they that
 are learned1 shall shine as the        
brightness of the firmament3  and they  
that instruct many to justice1 as stars 
for all eternity4  ,learned4 4 4,viz41  
in the law of ,god and true wisdom1     
which consists in knowing and loving    

,god4  #ab3d4 ,but thou1 ,o ,daniel1    
shut up the words1 and seal the book1   
even to the time appointed3  many shall 
pass over1 and knowledge shall be       
manifold4  #ab3e4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel1     
looked1 and behold as it were two others
 stood3 one on this side upon the bank  
of the river1 and another on that side1 
on the other bank of the river4  #ab3f4 
,and ,i said to the man that was clothed
 in linen1 that stood upon the waters of
 the river3  ,how long shall it be to   
the end of these wonders8  #ab3g4 ,and  
,i heard the man that was clothed in    
linen1 that stood upon the waters of the
 river1 when he had lifted up his right 
hand1 and his left hand to heaven1 and  
had sworn by him that liveth for ever1  
that it should be unto a time1 and      
times1 and half a time4  ,and when the  
scattering of the band of the holy      
people shall be accomplished1 all these 
things shall be finished4  #ab3h4 ,and  
,i heard1 and understood not4  ,and ,i  
said3  ,o my lord1 what shall be after  

these things8  #ab3i4 ,and he said3     
,go1 ,daniel1 because the words are shut
 up1 and sealed until the appointed     
time4  #ab3aj4 ,many shall be chosen1   
and made white1 and shall be tried as   
fire3  and the wicked shall deal        
wickedly1 and none of the wicked shall  
understand1 but the learned shall       
understand4  #ab3aa4 ,and from the time 
when the continual sacrifice shall be   
taken away1 and the abomination unto    
desolation shall be set up1 there shall 
be a thousand two hundred ninety days4  
#ab3ab4 ,blessed is he that waiteth1 and
 cometh unto a thousand three hundred   
thirty-five days4  #ab3ac4 ,but go thou 
thy ways until the time appointed3  and 
thou shalt rest1 and stand in thy lot   
unto the end of the days4    ,daniel    
,chapter #ac   ,the history of ,susanna 
and the two elders4  ,this history of   
,susanna1 in all the ancient ,greek and 
,latin ,bibles1 was placed in the       
beginning of the book of ,daniel3  till 
,st4 ,jerome1 in his translation1       

detached it from thence2 because he did 
not find it in the ,hebrew3  which is   
also the case of the history of ,bel and
 the ,dragon4 ,but both the one and the 
other are received by the ,catholic     
,church3  and were from the very        
beginning a part of the ,christian      
,bible4  #ac3a4 ,now there was a man    
that dwelt in ,babylon1 and his name was
 ,joakim3  #ac3b4 ,and he took a wife1  
whose name was ,susanna1 the daughter of
 ,helcias1 a very beautiful woman1 and  
one that feared ,god4  #ac3c4 ,for her  
parents being just1 had instructed their
 daughter according to the law of       
,moses4  #ac3d4 ,now ,joakim was very   
rich1 and had an orchard near his house3
  and the ,jews resorted to him1 because
 he was the most honourable of them all4
  #ac3e4 ,and there were two of the     
ancients of the people appointed judges 
that year1 of whom the ,lord said3      
,that iniquity came out from ,babylon1  
from the ancient judges1 that seemed to 
govern the people4  #ac3f4 ,these men   

frequented the house of ,joakim1 and all
 that hand any matters of judgment came 
to them4  #ac3g4 ,and when the people   
departed away at noon1 ,susanna went in1
 and walked in her husband's orchard4   
#ac3h4 ,and the old men saw her going in
 every day1 and walking3  and they were 
inflamed with lust towards her3  #ac3i4 
,and they perverted their own mind1 and 
turned away their eyes1 that they might 
not look unto heaven1 nor remember just 
judgments4  #ac3aj4 ,so they were both  
wounded with the love of her1 yet they  
did not make known their grief one to   
the other4  #ac3aa4 ,for they were      
ashamed to declare to one another their 
lust1 being desirous to have to do with 
her3  #ac3ab4 ,and they watched         
carefully every day to see her4  ,and   
one said to the other3  #ac3ac4 ,let us 
now go home1 for it is dinner time4  ,so
 going out1 they departed one from      
another4  #ac3ad4 ,and turning back     
again1 they came both to the same place3
  and asking one another the cause1 they

 acknowledged their lust3  and then they
 agreed together upon a time1 when they 
might find her alone4  #ac3ae4 ,and it  
fell out1 as they watched a fit day1 she
 went in on a time1 as yesterday and the
 day before1 with two maids only1 and   
was desirous to wash herself in the     
orchard3  for it was hot weather4       
#ac3af4 ,and there was nobody there1 but
 the two old men that had hid           
themselves1 and were beholding her4     
#ac3ag4 ,so she said to the maids3      
,bring me oil1 and washing balls1 and   
shut the doors of the orchard1 that ,i  
may wash me4  #ac3ah4 ,and they did as  
she bade them3  and they shut the doors 
of the orchard1 and went out by a back  
door to fetch what she had commanded    
them1 and they knew not that the elders 
were hid within4  #ac3ai4 ,now when the 
maids were gone forth1 the two elders   
arose1 and ran to her1 and said3        
#ac3bj4 ,behold the doors of the orchard
 are shut1 and nobody seeth us1 and we  
are in love with thee3  wherefore       

consent to us1 and lie with us4  #ac3ba4
 ,but if thou wilt not1 we will bear    
witness against thee1 that a young man  
was with thee1 and therefore thou didst 
send away thy maids form thee4  #ac3bb4 
,susanna sighed1 and said3  ,i am       
straitened on every side3  for if ,i do 
this thing1 it is death to me3  and if  
,i do it not1 ,i shall not escape your  
hands4  #ac3bc4 ,but it is better for me
 to fall into your hands without doing  
it1 than to sin in the sight of the     
,lord4  #ac3bd4 ,with that ,susanna     
cried out with a loud voice3  and the   
elders also cried out against her4      
#ac3be4 ,and one of them ran to the door
 of the orchard1 and opened it4  #ac3bf4
 ,so when the servants of the house     
heard the cry in the orchard1 they      
rushed in by the back door1 to see what 
was the matter4  #ac3bg4 ,but after the 
old men had spoken1 the servants were   
greatly ashamed3  for never had there   
been any such word said of ,susanna4    
,and on the next day1  #ac3bh4 ,when the

 people were come to ,joakim1 her       
husband1 the two elders also came full  
of wicked device against ,susanna1 to   
put her to death4  #ac3bi4 ,and they    
said before the people3  ,send to       
,susanna1 daughter of ,helcias1 the wife
 of ,joakim4  ,and presently they sent4 
#ac3cj4 ,and she came with her parents1 
and children and all her kindred4       
#ac3ca4 ,now ,susanna was exceeding     
delicate1 and beautiful to behold4      
#ac3cb4 ,but those wicked men commanded 
that her face should be uncovered1 7for 
she was covered7 that so at least they  
might be satisfied with her beauty4     
#ac3cc4 ,therefore her friends1 and all 
her acquaintance wept4  #ac3cd4 ,but the
 two elders rising up in the midst of   
the people1 laid their hands upon her   
head4  #ac3ce4 ,and she weeping1 looked 
up to heaven1 for her heart had         
confidence in the ,lord4  #ac3cf4 ,and  
the elders said3  ,as we walked in the  
orchard alone1 this woman came in with  
two maids1 and shut the doors of the    

orchard1 ans sent away the maids from   
her4  #ac3cg4 ,then a young man that was
 there hid came to her1 and lay with    
her4  #ac3ch4 ,but we that were in a    
corner of the orchard1 seeing this      
wickedness1 ran up to them1 and we saw  
them lie together4  #ac3ci4 ,and him    
indeed we could not take1 because he was
 stronger than us1 and opening the      
doors1 he leaped out3  #ac3dj4 ,but     
having taken this woman1 we asked who   
the young man was1 but she would not    
tell us3  of this thing we are          
witnesses4  #ac3da4 ,the multitude      
believed them1 as being the elders1 and 
the judges of the people1 and they      
condemned her to death4  #ac3db4 ,then  
,susanna cried out with a loud voice1   
and said3  ,o eternal ,god1 who knowest 
hidden things1 who knowest all things   
before they come to pass1  #ac3dc4 ,thou
 knowest that they have borne false     
witness against me3  and behold ,i must 
die1 whereas ,i have done none of these 
things1 which these men have maliciously

 forged against me4  #ac3dd4 ,and the   
,lord heard her voice4  #ac3de4 ,and    
when she was led to be put to death1 the
 ,lord raised up the holy spirit of a   
young boy1 whose name was ,daniel3      
#ac3df4 ,and he cried out with a loud   
voice3  ,i am clear from the blood of   
this woman4  #ac3dg4 ,then all the      
people turning themselves towards him1  
said3  ,what meaneth this word that thou
 hast spoken8  #ac3dh4 ,but he standing 
in the midst of them1 said3  ,are ye so 
foolish1 ye children of ,israel1 that   
without examination or knowledge of the 
truth1 you have condemned a daughter of 
,israel8  #ac3di4 ,return to judgment1  
for they have borne false witness       
against her4  #ac3ej4 ,so all the people
 turned again in haste1 and the old men 
said to him3  ,come1 and sit thou down  
among us1 and shew it us3  seeing ,god  
hath given thee the honour of old age4  
#ac3ea4 ,and ,daniel said to the people3
  ,separate these two far from one      
another1 and ,i will examine them4      

#ac3eb4 ,so when they were put asunder  
one from the other1 he called one of    
them1 and said to him3  ,o thou that art
 grown old in evil days1 now are thy    
sins come out1 which thou hast committed
 before3  #ac3ec4 ,in judging unjust    
judgments1 oppressing the innocent1 and 
letting the guilty to go free1 whereas  
the ,lord saith3  ,the innocent and the 
just thou shalt not kill4  #ac3ed4 ,now 
then if thou sawest her1 tell me under  
what tree thou sawest them conversing   
together3  ,he said3  ,under a mastic   
tree4  #ac3ee4 ,and ,daniel said3  ,well
 hast thou lied against thy own head3   
for behold the angel of ,god having     
received the sentence of him1 shall cut 
thee in two4  #ac3ef4 ,and having put   
him aside1 he commanded that the other  
should come1 and he said to him3  ,o    
thou seed of ,chanaan1 and not of ,juda1
 beauty hath deceived tee1 and lust hath
 perverted thy heart3  #ac3eg4 ,thus did
 you do to the daughters of ,israel1 and
 they for fear conversed with you3  but 

a daughter of ,juda would not abide your
 wickedness4  #ac3eh4 ,now1 therefore1  
tell me1 under what tree didst thou take
 them conversing together4  ,and he     
answered3  ,under a holm tree4  #ac3ei4 
,and ,daniel said to him3  ,well hast   
thou also lied against thy own head3    
for the angel of the ,lord waiteth with 
a sword to cut thee in two1 and to      
destroy you4  #ac3fj4 ,with that all the
 assembly cried out with a loud voice1  
and they blessed ,god1 who saveth them  
that trust in him4  #ac3fa4 ,and they   
rose up against the two elders1 7for    
,daniel had convicted them of false     
witness by their own mouth7 and they did
 to them as they had maliciously dealt  
against their neighbour1  #ac3fb4 ,to   
fulfil the law of ,moses3  and they put 
them to death1 and innocent blood was   
saved in that day4  #ac3fc4 ,but        
,helcias1 and his wife1 praised ,god1   
for their daughter1 ,susanna1 with      
,joakim1 her husband1 and all her       
kindred1 because there was no dishonesty

 found in her4  #ac3fd4 ,and ,daniel    
became great in the sight of the people 
from that day1 and thence forward4      
#ac3fe4 ,and king ,astyages was gathered
 to his fathers2 and ,cyrus1 the        
,persian1 received his kingdom4         
,daniel ,chapter #ad   ,the history of  
,bel1 and of the great serpent          
worshipped by the ,babylonians4  #ad3a4 
,and ,daniel was the king's guest1 and  
was honoured above all his friends4     
,the king's guest4 4 4,it seems most    
probable1 that the king here spoken of  
was ,evilmerodach1 the son and successor
 of ,nabuchodonosor1 and a great        
favourer of the ,jews4  #ad3b4 ,now the 
,babylonians had an idol called ,bel3   
and there was spent upon him every day  
twelve great measures of fine flour1 and
 forty sheep1 and six vessels of wine4  
#ad3c4 ,the king also worshipped him1   
and went every day to adore him3 but    
,daniel adored his ,god4  ,and the king 
said to him3  ,why dost thou not adore  
,bel8  #ad3d4 ,and he answered1 and said

 to him3  ,because ,i do not worship    
idols made with hands1 but the living   
,god1 that created heaven and earth1 and
 hath power over all flesh4  #ad3e4 ,and
 the king said to him3  ,doth not ,bel  
seem to thee to be a living god8  ,seest
 thou not how much he eateth and        
drinketh every day8  #ad3f4 ,then       
,daniel smiled1 and said3  ,o king1 be  
not deceived3  for this is but clay     
within1 and brass without1 neither hath 
he eaten at any time4  #ad3g4 ,and the  
king being angry1 called for his        
priests1 and said to them3  ,if you tell
 me not who it is that eateth up these  
expenses1 you shall die4  #ad3h4 ,but if
 you can shew that ,bel eateth these    
things1 ,daniel shall die1 because he   
hath blasphemed against ,bel4  ,and     
,daniel said to the king3  ,be it done  
according to thy word4  #ad3i4 ,now the 
priests of ,bel were seventy1 beside    
their wives1 and little ones1 and       
children4  ,and the king went with      
,daniel into the temple of ,bel4        

#ad3aj4 ,and the priests of ,bel said3  
,behold1 we go out3  and do thou1 ,o    
king1 set on the meats1 and make ready  
the wine1 and shut the door fast1 and   
seal it with thy own ring3  #ad3aa4 ,and
 when thou comest in the morning1 if    
thou findest not that ,bel hath eaten up
 all1 we will suffer death1 or else     
,daniel1 that hath lied against us4     
#ad3ab4 ,and they little regarded it1   
because they had made under the table a 
secret entrance1 and they always came in
 by it1 and consumed those things4      
#ad3ac4 ,so it came to pass after they  
were gone out1 the king set the meats   
before ,bel3  and ,daniel commanded his 
servants1 and they brought ashes1 and he
 sifted them all over the temple before 
the king3  and going forth1 they shut   
the door1 and having sealed it with the 
king's ring1 they departed4  #ad3ad4    
,but the priests went in by night1      
according to their custom1 with their   
wives1 and their children3  and they eat
 and drank up all4  #ad3ae4 ,and the    

king arose early in the morning1 and    
,daniel with him4  #ad3af4 ,and the king
 said3  ,are the seals whole1 ,daniel8  
,and he answered3 ,they are whole1 ,o   
king4  #ad3ag4 ,and as soon as he had   
opened the door1 the king looked upon   
the table1 and cried out with a loud    
voice3  ,great art thou1 ,o ,bel1 and   
there is not any deceit with thee4      
#ad3ah4 ,and ,daniel laughed3  and he   
held the king1 that he should not go in3
  and he said3  ,behold the pavement1   
mark whose footsteps these are4  #ad3ai4
 ,and the king said3  ,i see the        
footsteps of men1 and women1 and        
children4  ,and the king was angry4     
#ad3bj4 ,then he took the priests1 and  
their wives1 and their children3 and    
they shewed him the private doors by    
which they came in1 and consumed the    
things that were on the table4  #ad3ba4 
,the king1 therefore1 put them to death1
 and delivered ,bel into the power of   
,daniel3  who destroyed him and his     
temple4  #ad3bb4 ,and there was a great 

dragon in that place1 and the           
,babylonians worshipped him4  #ad3bc4   
,and the king said to ,daniel3  ,behold1
 thou canst not say now1 that this is   
not a living god3  adore him1 therefore4
  #ad3bd4 ,and ,daniel said3  ,i adore  
the ,lord1 my ,god3  for he is the      
living ,god3  but that is no living god4
  #ad3be4 ,but give me leave1 ,o king1  
and ,i will kill this dragon without    
sword or club4  ,and the king said1 ,i  
give thee leave4  #ad3bf4 ,then ,daniel 
took pitch1 and fat1 and hair1 and      
boiled them together3  and he made      
lumps1 and put them into the dragon's   
mouth1 and the dragon burst asunder4    
,and he said3  ,behold him whom you     
worship4  #ad3bg4 ,and when the         
,babylonians had heard this1 they took  
great indignation3  and being gathered  
together against the king1 they said3   
,the king is become a ,jew4  ,he hath   
destroyed ,bel1 he hath killed the      
dragon1 and he hath put the priests to  
death4  #ad3bh4 ,and they came to the   

king1 and said3  ,deliver us ,daniel1 or
 else we will destroy thee and thy      
house4  #ad3bi4 ,and the king saw that  
they pressed upon him violently3  and   
being constrained by necessity3  he     
delivered ,daniel to them4  #ad3cj4 ,and
 they cast him into the den of lions1   
and he was there six days4  ,the den of 
lions4 4 4,daniel was twice cast into   
the den of lions2 one under ,darius the 
,mede1 because he had transgressed the  
king's edict1 by praying three times a  
day3  and another time under            
,evilmerodach by a sedition of the      
people4  ,this time he remained six days
 in the lions' den2 the other time only 
one night4  #ad3ca4 ,and in the den     
there were seven lions1 and they had    
given to them two carcasses every day1  
and two sheep3  but then they were not  
given unto them1 that they might devour 
,daniel4  #ad3cb4 ,now there was in     
,judea a prophet called ,habacuc1 and he
 had boiled pottage1 and had broken     
bread in a bowl3  and was going into the

 field1 to carry it to the reapers4     
,habacuc4 4 4,the same1 as some think   
whose prophecy is found among the lesser
 prophets but others believe him to be  
different4  #ad3cc4 ,and the angel of   
the ,lord said to ,habacuc3  ,carry the 
dinner which thou hast into ,babylon1 to
 ,daniel1 who is in the lions' den4     
#ad3cd4 ,and ,habacuc said3  ,lord1 ,i  
never saw ,babylon1 nor do ,i know the  
den4  #ad3ce4 ,and the angel of the     
,lord took him by the top of his head1  
and carried him by the hair of his head1
 and set him in ,babylon1 over the den1 
in the force of his spirit4  #ad3cf4    
,and ,habacuc cried1 saying3  ,o        
,daniel1 thou servant of ,god1 take the 
dinner that ,god hath sent thee4        
#ad3cg4 ,and ,daniel said1 ,thou hast   
remembered me1 ,o ,god1 and thou hast   
not forsaken them that love thee4       
#ad3ch4 ,and ,daniel arose1 and eat4    
,and the angel of the ,lord presently   
set ,habacuc again in his own place4    
#ad3ci4 ,and upon the seventh day the   

king came to bewail ,daniel3  and he    
came to the den1 and looked in1 and     
behold ,daniel was sitting in the midst 
of the lions4  #ad3dj4 ,and the king    
cried out with a loud voice1 saying3    
,great art thou1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of  
,daniel4  ,and he drew him out of the   
lions' den4  #ad3da4 ,but those that had
 been the cause of his destruction1 he  
cast into the den1 and they were        
devoured in a moment before him4        
#ad3db4 ,then the king said3  ,let all  
the inhabitants of the whole earth fear 
the ,god of ,daniel3  for he is the     
,saviour1 working signs1 and wonders in 
the earth3  who hath delivered ,daniel  
out of the lions' den4     ,,the        
,,prophecy ,,of ,,osee    ,,osee1 or    
,hosea1 whose name signifies ,a saviour1
 was the first in the order of time     
among those who are commonly called     
lesser prophets1 because their          
prophecies are short4  ,he prophesied in
 the kingdom of ,israel1 that is1 of the
 ten tribes1 about the same time that   

,isaias prophesied in the kingdom of    
,juda4    ,osee ,chapter #a   ,by       
marrying a harlot1 and by the names of  
his children1 the prophet sets forth the
 crimes of ,israel and their punishment4
  ,he foretells their redemption by     
,christ4  #a3a4 ,the word of the ,lord1 
that came to ,osee1 the son of ,beeri1  
in the days of ,ozias1 ,joathan1 ,achaz1
 and ,ezechias1 kings of ,juda1 and in  
the days of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,joas1
 king of ,israel4  #a3b4 ,the beginning 
of the ,lord's speaking by ,osee3  and  
the ,lord said to ,osee3  ,go1 take thee
 a wife of fornications1 and have of her
 children of fornications3  for the land
 by fornication shall depart from the   
,lord4  ,a wife of fornications4 4      
4,that is1 a wife that has been given to
 fornication4  ,this was to represent   
the ,lord's proceedings with his people 
,israel1 who1 by spiritual fornication1 
were continually offending him4--,ibid4 
,children of fornications4 4 4,so called
 from the character of their mother1 if 

not also from their own wicked          
dispositions4  #a3c4 ,so he went and    
took ,gomer1 the daughter of ,debelaim3 
and she conceived1 and bore him a son4  
#a3d4 ,and the ,lord said to him3  ,call
 his name ,jezrahel3  for yet a little  
while1 and ,i will visit the blood of   
,jezrahel upon the house of ,jehu1 and  
,i will cause to cease the kingdom of   
the house of ,israel4  #a3e4 ,and in    
that day ,i will break in pieces the bow
 of ,israel in the valley of ,jezrahel4 
#a3f4 ,and she conceived again1 and bore
 a daughter1 and he said to him3 ,call  
her name1 ,without mercy3  for ,i will  
not add any more to have mercy on the   
house of ,israel1 but ,i will utterly   
forget them4  ,without mercy4 4         
4,lo-,ruhamah4  #a3g4 ,and ,i will have 
mercy on the house of ,juda1 and ,i will
 save them by the ,lord1 their ,god3    
and ,i will not save them by bow1 nor by
 sword1 nor by battle1 nor by horses1   
nor by horsemen4  #a3h4 ,and she weaned 
her that was called ,without mercy4     

,and she conceived1 and bore a son4     
#a3i4 ,and he said3  ,call his name1    
,not my people3  for you are not my     
people1 and ,i will not be yours4  ,not 
my people4 4 4,lo-ammi4  #a3aj4 ,and the
 number of the children of ,israel shall
 be as the sand of the sea1 that is     
without measure1 and shall not be       
numbered4  ,and it shall be in the place
 where it shall be said to them3  ,you  
are not my people3  it shall be said to 
them3  ,ye are the sons of the living   
,god4  ,the number1 etc4 4 4,viz41 of   
the true ,israelites1 the children of   
the church of ,christ4  #a3aa4 ,and the 
children of ,juda1 and the children of  
,israel1 shall be gathered together3    
and they shall appoint themselves one   
head1 and shall come up out of the land3
  for great is the day of ,jezrahel4    
,one head4 4 4viz41 ,christ4--,ibid4    
,great is the day of ,jezrahel4 4 4,that
 is1 of the seed of ,god2 for ,jezrahel 
signifies the seed of ,god4    ,osee    
,chapter #b   ,israel is justly punished

 for leaving ,god4  ,the abundance of   
grace in the church of ,christ4  #b3a4  
,say ye to your brethren3  ,you are my  
people3  and to your sister3 ,thou hast 
obtained mercy4  ,say to your brethren1 
etc4 4 4or1 ,call your brethren1 ,my    
people3  and your sister1 ,her that hath
 obtained mercy4  ,this is connected    
with the latter end of the foregoing    
chapter1 and relates to the converts of 
,israel4  #b3b4 ,judge your mother1     
judge her3  because she is not my wife1 
and ,i am not her husband4  ,let her put
 away her fornications from her face1   
and her adulteries from between her     
breasts4  ,your mother4 4 4,the         
synagogue4  #b3c4 ,lest ,i strip her    
naked1 and set her as in the day that   
she was born3  and ,i will make her as a
 wilderness1 and will set her as a land 
that none can pass through and will kill
 her with drought4  #b3d4 ,and ,i will  
not have mercy on her children4  for    
they are the children of fornications4  
#b3e4 ,for their mother hath committed  

fornication1 she that conceived them is 
covered with shame3  for she said3  ,i  
will go after my lovers1 that give me my
 bread1 and my water1 my wool1 and my   
flax1 my oil1 and my drink4  #b3f4      
,wherefore1 behold1 ,i will hedge up thy
 way with thorns1 and ,i will stop it up
 with a wall1 and she shall not find her
 paths4  #b3g4 ,and she shall follow    
after her lovers1 and shall not overtake
 them3  and she shall seek them1 and    
shall not find1 and she shall say3  ,i  
will go1 and return to my first husband3
  because it was better with me then    
than now4  #b3h4 ,and she did not know  
that ,i gave her corn1 and wine1 and    
oil1 and multiplied her silver1 and     
gold1 which they have used in the       
service of ,baal4  #b3i4 ,therefore will
 ,i return1 and take away my corn in its
 season1 and my wine in its season1 and 
,i will set at liberty my wool1 and my  
flax1 which covered her disgrace4       
#b3aj4 ,and now ,i will lay open her    
folly in the eyes of her lovers3  and no

 man shall deliver her out of my hand3  
#b3aa4 ,and ,i will cause all her mirth 
to cease1 her solemnities1 her new      
moons1 her sabbaths1 and all her        
festival times4  #b3ab4 ,and ,i will    
destroy her vines1 and her fig trees1 of
 which she said3  ,these are my rewards1
 which my lovers have given me3  and ,i 
will make her as a forest and the beasts
 of the field shall devour her4  #b3ac4 
,and ,i will visit upon her the days of 
,baalim1 to whom she burnt incense1 and 
decked herself out with her earrings1   
and with her jewels1 and went after her 
lovers1 and forgot me1 saith the ,lord4 
#b3ad4 ,therefore1 behold ,i will allure
 her1 and will lead her into the        
wilderness3  and ,i will speak to her   
heart4  ,i will allure her1 etc4 4      
4,after all her disloyalties1 ,i will   
still allure her by my grace etc41 and  
send her vinedressers1 viz41 the        
apostles3  originally her own children1 
who shall open to her the gates of hope2
 as heretofore at her coming into the   

land of promise1 she had all good       
success after she had satisfied the     
divine justice by the execution of      
,achan in the valley of ,achor4  ,jos4  
#g4  #b3ae4 ,and ,i will give her       
vinedressers out of the same place1 and 
the valley of ,achor for an opening of  
hope3  and she shall sing there         
according to the days of her youth1 and 
according to the days of her coming up  
out of the land of ,egypt4  #b3af4 ,and 
it shall be in that day1 saith the      
,lord3  ,that she shall call me3  ,my   
husband1 and she shall call me no more  
,banli4  ,my husband4 4 4,in ,hebrew1   
,ishi4  ,baali1 my lord4  ,the meaning  
of this verse is3  that whereas ,ishi   
and ,baali were used indifferently in   
those days by wives speaking to their   
husbands2 the synagogue1 whom ,god was  
pleased to consider as his spouse1      
should call him only ,ishi1 and abstain 
from the name of ,baali1 because of its 
affinity with the idol ,baal4  #b3ag4   
,and ,i will take away the names of     

,baalim out of her mouth1 and she shall 
no more remember their name4  ,baalim4 4
 4,it is the plural number of ,baal3    
for there were divers idols of ,baal4   
#b3ah4 ,and in that day ,i will make a  
covenant with them1 with the beasts of  
the field1 and with the fowls of the    
air1 and with the creeping things of the
 earth3  and ,i will destroy the bow1   
and the sword1 and war out of the land3 
and ,i will make them sleep secure4     
#b3ai4 ,and ,i will espouse thee to me  
for ever3  and ,i will espouse thee to  
me in justice1 and judgment1 and in     
mercy1 and in commiserations4  ,i will  
espouse thee1 etc4 4 4,this relates to  
the happy espousals of ,christ with his 
church3  which shall never be dissolved4
  #b3bj4 ,and ,i will espouse thee to me
 in faith3  and thou shalt know that ,i 
am the ,lord4  #b3ba4 ,and it shall come
 to pass in that day3  ,i will hear1    
saith the ,lord1 ,i will hear the       
heavens1 and they shall hear the earth4 
,hear the heavens1 etc4 4 4,all shall   

conspire in favour of the church1 which 
in the following verse is called        
,jezrahel1 that is1 the seed of ,god4   
#b3bb4 ,and the earth shall hear the    
corn1 and the wine1 and the oil1 and    
these shall hear ,jezrahel4  #b3bc4 ,and
 ,i will sow her unto me in the earth1  
and ,i will have mercy on her that was  
without mercy4  #b3bd4 ,and ,i will say 
to that which is not my people3  ,thou  
art my people3  and they shall say3     
,thou art my ,god4  ,that which was not 
my people1 etc4 4 4,this relates to the 
conversion of the ,gentiles4    ,osee   
,chapter #c   ,the prophet is commanded 
again to love an adulteress2 to signify 
,god's love to the synagogue4  ,the     
wretched state of the ,jews for a long  
time1 till at last they shall be        
converted4  #c3a4 ,and the ,lord said to
 me3  ,go yet again1 and love a woman   
beloved of her friend1 and an           
adulteress3  as the ,lord loveth the    
children of ,israel1 and they look to   
strange gods1 and love the husks of the 

grapes4  #c3b4 ,and ,i bought her to me 
for fifteen pieces of silver1 and for a 
core of barley1 and for half a core of  
barley4  #c3c4 ,and ,i said to her3     
,thou shalt wait for me many days3  thou
 shalt not play the harlot1 and thou    
shalt be no man's1 and ,i also will wait
 for thee4  #c3d4 ,for the children of  
,israel shall sit many days without     
king1 and without prince1 and without   
sacrifice1 and without altar1 and       
without ephod1 and without theraphim4   
,theraphim4 4 4,images or               
representations4  #c3e4 ,and after this 
the children of ,israel shall return and
 shall seek the ,lord1 their ,god1 and  
,david1 their king3  and they shall fear
 the ,lord1 and his goodness1 in the    
last days4  ,david their king4 4 4,that 
is1 ,christ1 who is of the house of     
,david4    ,osee ,chapter #d   ,god's   
judgment against the sins of ,israel3   
,juda is warned not to follow their     
example4  #d3a4 ,hear the word of the   
,lord1 ye children of ,israel1 for the  

,lord shall enter into judgment with the
 inhabitants of the land3  for there is 
no truth1 and there is no mercy1 and    
there is no knowledge of ,god in the    
land4  #d3b4 ,cursing1 and lying1 and   
killing1 and theft1 and adultery1 have  
overflowed1 and blood hath touched      
blood4  #d3c4 ,therefore shall the land 
mourn1 and every one that dwelleth in it
 shall languish with the heat of the    
field1 and with the fowls of the air3   
yea1 the fishes of the sea also shall be
 gathered together4  #d3d4 ,but yet let 
not any man judge3  and let not a man be
 rebuked3  for thy people are as they   
that contradict the priest4  ,let not   
any man judge1 etc4 4 4,as if he would  
say3  ,it is in vain to strive with     
them1 or reprove them1 they are so      
obstinate in evil4  #d3e4 ,and thou     
shalt fall today1 and the prophet also  
shall fall with thee3  in the night ,i  
have made thy mother to be silent4      
#d3f4 ,my people have been silent1      
because they had no knowledge3  because 

thou hast rejected knowledge1 ,i will   
reject thee1 that thou shalt not do the 
office of priesthood to me3  and thou   
hast forgotten the law of thy ,god1 ,i  
also will forget thy children4  #d3g4   
,according to the multitude of them1 so 
have they sinned against me3  ,i will   
change their glory into shame4  #d3h4   
,they shall eat the sins of my people1  
and shall lift up their souls to their  
iniquity4  #d3i4 ,and there shall be    
like people like priest3  and ,i will   
visit their ways upon them1 and ,i will 
repay them their devices4  #d3aj4 ,and  
they shall eat and shall not be filled3 
they have committed fornication1 and    
have not ceased3  because they have     
forsaken the ,lord in not observing the 
law4  #d3aa4 ,fornication1 and wine1 and
 drunkenness1 take away the             
understanding4  #d3ab4 ,my people have  
consulted their stocks1 and their staff 
hath declared unto them3  for the spirit
 of fornication hath deceived them1 and 
they have committed fornication against 

their ,god4  #d3ac4 ,they offered       
sacrifice upon the tops of the          
mountains1 and burnt incense upon the   
hills3  under the oak1 and the poplar1  
and the turpentine tree1 because the    
shadow thereof was good3  therefore     
shall your daughters commit fornication1
 aud your spouses shall be adulteresses4
  #d3ad4 ,i will not visit upon your    
daughters1 when they shall commit       
fornication1 and upon your spouses when 
they shall commit adultery3 because     
themselves conversed with harlots1 and  
offered sacrifice with the effeminate1  
and the people that doth not understand 
shall be beaten4  #d3ae4 ,if thou play  
the harlot1 ,o ,israel1 at least let not
 ,juda offend3 and go ye not into       
,galgal1 and come not up into ,bethaven1
 and do not swear3  ,the ,lord liveth4  
,galgal and ,bethaven4 4 4,places where 
idols were worshipped4  ,bethel1 which  
signifies the house of ,god1 is called  
by the prophet1 ,bethaven1 that is1 the 
house of vanity1 from ,jeroboam's golden

 calf that was worshipped there4  #d3af4
 ,for ,israel hath gone astray like a   
wanton heifer now will the ,lord feed   
them1 as a lamb in a spacious place4    
#d3ag4 ,ephraim is a partaker with      
idols1 let him alone4  #d3ah4 ,their    
banquet is separated1 they have gone    
astray by fornication3 they that should 
have protected them have loved to bring 
shame upon them4  #d3ai4 ,the wind hath 
bound them up in its wings1 and they    
shall be confounded because of their    
sacrifices4    ,osee ,chapter #e        
,god's threats against the priests1 the 
people1 and princes of ,israel1 for     
their idolatry4  #e3a4 ,hear ye this1 ,o
 priests1 and hearken1 ,o ye house of   
,israel1 and give ear1 ,o house of the  
king3  for there is a judgment against  
you1 because you have been a snare to   
them whom you should have watched over  
and a net spread upon ,thabor4  ,o      
priests4 4 4,what is said of priests in 
this prophecy is chiefly understood of  
the priests of the kingdom of ,israel2  

who were not true priests of the race of
 ,aaron2 but served the calves at       
,bethel and ,dan4  #e3b4 ,and you have  
turned aside victims into the depth and 
,i am the teacher of them all4  #e3c4 ,i
 know ,ephraim1 and ,israel is not hid  
from me for now ,ephraim hath committed 
fornication1 ,israel is defiled4  #e3d4 
,they will not set their thoughts to    
return to their ,god3  for the spirit of
 fornication is in the midst of them1   
and they have not known the ,lord4      
#e3e4 ,and the pride of ,israel shall   
answer in his face3  and ,israel1 and   
,ephraim shall fall in their iniquity1  
,juda also shall fall with them4  #e3f4 
,with their flocks and with their herds1
 they shall go to seek the ,lord1 and   
shall not find him3  he is withdrawn    
from them4  #e3g4 ,they have            
transgressed against the ,lord3  for    
they have begotten children that are    
strangers3  now shall a month devour    
them with their portions4  ,children    
that are strangers4 4 4,that is1 aliens 

from ,god3  and therefore they are      
threatened with speedy destruction4     
#e3h4 ,blow ye the cornet in ,gabaa1 the
 trumpet in ,rama3  howl ye in          
,bethaven1 behind thy back1 ,o          
,benjamin4  #e3i4 ,ephraim shall be in  
desolation in the day of rebuke3  among 
the tribes of ,israel ,i have shewn that
 which shall surely be4  #e3aj4 ,the    
princes of ,juda are become as they that
 take up the bound3  ,i will pour out my
 wrath upon them like water4  ,as they  
that take up the bound4 4 4,that is1    
they that remove the boundary1          
encroaching on the property of their    
neighbors3  figuratively3 going beyond  
the boundary of the laws of ,god4       
#e3aa4 ,ephraim is under oppression1 and
 broken in judgment3  because he began  
to go after filthiness4  #e3ab4 ,and ,i 
will be like a moth to ,ephraim3  and   
like rottenness to the house of ,juda4  
#e3ac4 ,and ,ephraim saw his sickness1  
and ,juda his band3  and ,ephraim went  
to the ,assyrian1 and sent to the       

avenging king3  and he shall not be able
 to heal you1 neither shall he be able  
to take off the band from you4  #e3ad4  
,for ,i will be like a lioness to       
,ephraim1 and like a lion's whelp to the
 house of ,juda3  ,i1 ,i will catch1 and
 go3  ,i will take away1 and there is   
none that can rescue4  #e3ae4 ,i will go
 and return to my place3  until you are 
consumed1 and seek my face4    ,osee    
,chapter #f   ,affliction shall be a    
means to bring many to ,christ1 a       
complaint of the untowardness of the    
,jews4  ,god loves mercy more than      
sacrifice4  #f3a4 ,in their affliction  
they will rise early to me3  ,come1 and 
let us return to the ,lord4  #f3b4 ,for 
he hath taken us1 and he will heal us3  
he will strike1 and he will cure us4    
#f3c4 ,he will revive us after two days3
  on the third day he will raise us up1 
and we shall live in his sight4  ,we    
shall know1 and we shall follow on1 that
 we may know the ,lord4  ,his going     
forth is prepared as the morning light1 

and he will come to us as the early and 
the latter rain to the earth4  #f3d4    
,what shall ,i do to thee1 ,o ,ephraim8 
what shall ,i do to thee1 ,o ,juda8     
your mercy is as a morning cloud1 and as
 the dew that goeth away in the morning4
  #f3e4 ,for this reason have ,i hewed  
them by the prophets1 ,i have slain them
 by the words of my mouth3  and thy     
judgments shall go forth as the light4  
#f3f4 ,for ,i desired mercy1 and not    
sacrifice3  and the knowledge of ,god   
more than holocausts4  #f3g4 ,but they1 
like ,adam1 have transgressed the       
covenant1 there have they dealt         
treacherously against me4  #f3h4 ,galaad
 is a city of workers of idols1         
supplanted with blood4  ,supplanted with
 blood4 4 4that is1 undermined and      
brought to ruin1 for shedding of blood3 
and1 as it is signified in the following
 verse1 for conspiring with the priests 
7of ,bethel7 like robbers1 to murder in 
the way such as passed out of ,sichem to
 go towards the temple of ,jerusalem4   

,or else 4 4 4upplanted with blood4 4   
4signifies flowing in such manner with  
blood1 as to suffer none to walk there  
without imbruing the soles of their feet
 in blood4  #f3i4 ,and like the jaws of 
highway robbers1 they conspire with the 
priests who murder in the way those that
 pass out of ,sichem3  for they have    
wrought wickedness4  #f3aj4 ,i have seen
 a horrible thing in the house of       
,israel3  the fornications of ,ephraim  
there3  ,israel is defiled4  #f3aa4 ,and
 thou also1 ,o ,juda1 set thee a        
harvest1 when ,i shall bring back the   
captivity of my people4    ,osee        
,chapter #g   ,the manifold sins of     
,israel1 and of their kings1 hinder the 
,lord from healing them4  #g3a4 ,when ,i
 would have healed ,israel1 the iniquity
 of ,ephraim was discovered1 and the    
wickedness of ,samaria1 for they have   
committed falsehood1 and the thief is   
come in to steal1 the robber is without4
  #g3b4 ,and lest they may say in their 
hearts1 that ,i remember all their      

wickedness3  their own devices now have 
beset them about1 they have been done   
before my face4  #g3c4 ,they have made  
the king glad with their wickedness3    
and the princes with their lies4  ,made 
the king glad1 etc4 4 4,to please       
,jeroboam1 and their other kings they   
have given themselves up to the wicked  
worship of idols1 which are mere        
falsehood and lies4  #g3d4 ,they are all
 adulterers1 like an oven heated by the 
baker3  the city rested a little from   
the mingling of the leaven1 till the    
whole was leavened4  #g3e4 ,the day of  
our king1 the princes began to be mad   
with wine3  he stretched out his hand   
with scorners4  #g3f4 ,because they have
 applied their heart like an oven1 when 
he laid snares for them3  he slept all  
the night baking them1 in the morning he
 himself was heated as a flaming fire4  
#g3g4 ,they were all heated like an     
oven1 and have devoured their judges3   
all their kings have fallen3  there is  
none amongst them that calleth unto me4 

#g3h4 ,ephraim himself is mixed among   
the nations3  ,ephraim is become as     
bread baked under the ashes1 that is not
 turned4  #g3i4 ,strangers have devoured
 his strength1 and he knew it not3  yea1
 grey hairs also are spread about upon  
him1 and he is ignorant of it4  #g3aj4  
,and the pride of ,israel shall be      
humbled before his face3  and they have 
not returned to the ,lord their ,god1   
nor have they sought him in all these4  
#g3aa4 ,and ,ephraim is become as a dove
 that is decoyed1 not having a heart3   
they called upon ,egypt1 they went to   
the ,assyrians4  #g3ab4 ,and when they  
shall go1 ,i will spread my net upon    
them3  ,i will bring them down as the   
fowl of the air1 ,i will strike them as 
their congregation hath heard4  #g3ac4  
,woe to them1 for they have departed    
from me3  they shall be wasted because  
they have transgressed against me3  and 
,i redeemed them3  and they have spoken 
lies against me4  #g3ad4 ,and they have 
not cried to me with their heart1 but   

they howled in their beds3  they have   
thought upon wheat and wine1 they are   
departed from me4  #g3ae4 ,and ,i have  
chastised them1 and strengthened their  
arms3  and they have imagined evil      
against me4  #g3af4 ,they returned1 that
 they might be without yoke3  they      
became like a deceitful bow3  their     
princes shall fall by the sword1 for the
 rage of their tongue4  ,this is their  
derision in the land of ,egypt4    ,osee
 ,chapter #h   ,the ,israelites are     
threatened with destruction for their   
impiety and idolatry4  #h3a4 ,let there 
be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle
 upon the house of the ,lord3  because  
they have transgressed my covenant1 and 
have violated my law4  #h3b4 ,they shall
 call upon me3  ,o my ,god1 we1 ,israel1
 know thee4  #h3c4 ,israel hath cast off
 the thing that is good1 the enemy shall
 pursue him4  #h3d4 ,they have reigned1 
but not by me3  they have been princes1 
and ,i knew not3  of their silver and   
their gold they have made idols to      

themselves1 that they might perish4     
#h3e4 ,thy calf1 ,o ,samaria1 is cast   
off1 my wrath is kindled against them4  
,how long will they be incapable of     
being cleansed8  #h3f4 ,for itself also 
is the invention of ,israel3  a workman 
made it1 and it is no god3  for the calf
 of ,samaria shall be turned to spiders'
 webs4  #h3g4 ,for they shall sow wind1 
and reap a whirlwind1 there is no       
standing stalk in it1 the bud shall     
yield no meal2 and if it should yield1  
strangers shall eat it4  #h3h4 ,israel  
is swallowed up3  now is he become among
 the nations like an unclean vessel4    
#h3i4 ,for they are gone up to ,assyria1
 a wild ass alone by himself3 ,ephraim  
hath given gifts to his lovers4  #h3aj4 
,but even though they shall have hired  
the nations1 now will ,i gather them    
together3  and they shall rest a while  
from the burden of the king1 and the    
princes4  #h3aa4 ,because ,ephraim hath 
made many altars to sin3  altars are    
become to him unto sin4  #h3ab4 ,i shall

 write to him my manifold laws1 which   
have been accounted as foreign4  #h3ac4 
,they shall offer victims1 they shall   
sacrifice flesh1 and shall eat it1 and  
the ,lord will not receive them3  now   
will he remember their iniquity1 and    
will visit their sins3  they shall      
return to ,egypt4  #h3ad4 ,and ,israel  
hath forgotten his ,maker1 and hath     
built temples3  and ,juda hath built    
many fenced cities3  and ,i will send a 
fire upon his cities1 and it shall      
devour the houses thereof4    ,osee     
,chapter #i   ,the distress and         
captivity of ,israel for their sins and 
idolatry4  #i3a4 ,rejoice not1 ,o       
,israel3  rejoice not as the nations do3
  for thou hast committed fornication   
against thy ,god1 thou hast loved a     
reward upon every cornfloor4  #i3b4 ,the
 floor and the winepress shall not feed 
them1 and the wine shall deceive them4  
#i3c4 ,they shall not dwell in the      
,lord's land3  ,ephraim is returned to  
,egypt1 and hath eaten unclean things   

among the ,assyrians4  #i3d4 ,they shall
 not offer wine to the ,lord1 neither   
shall they please him3  their sacrifices
 shall be like the bread of mourners3   
all that shall eat it shall be defiled3 
for their bread is life for their soul1 
it shall not enter into the house of the
 ,lord4  #i3e4 ,what will you do in the 
solemn day1 in the day of the feast of  
the ,lord8  #i3f4 ,for behold they are  
gone because of destruction3  ,egypt    
shall gather them together1 ,memphis    
shall bury them3  nettles shall inherit 
their beloved silver1 the bur shall be  
in their tabernacles4  #i3g4 ,the days  
of visitation are come1 the days of     
repaying are come3 know ye1 ,o ,israel1 
that the prophet was foolish1 the       
spiritual man was mad1 for the multitude
 of thy iniquity1 and the multitude of  
thy madness4  #i3h4 ,the watchman of    
,ephraim was with my ,god3  the prophet 
is become a snare of ruin upon all his  
ways1 madness is in the house of his    
,god4  #i3i4 ,they have sinned deeply1  

as in the days of ,gabaa3  he will      
remember their iniquity1 and will visit 
their sin4  #i3aj4 ,i found ,israel like
 grapes in the desert1 ,i saw their     
fathers like the firstfruits of the fig 
tree in the top thereof3  but they went 
in to ,beelphegor1 and alienated        
themselves to that confusion1 and became
 abominable1 as those things were1 which
 they loved4  #i3aa4 ,as for ,ephraim1  
their glory hath flown away like bird   
from the birth1 and from the womb1 and  
from the conception4  #i3ab4 ,and though
 they should bring up their children1 ,i
 will make them without children among  
men3  yea1 and woe to them1 when ,i     
shall depart from them4  #i3ac4         
,ephraim1 as ,i saw1 was a ,tyre1       
founded in beauty3  and ,ephraim shall  
bring out his children to the murderer4 
#i3ad4 ,give them1 ,o ,lord4  ,what wilt
 thou give them8  ,give them a womb     
without children1 and dry breasts4      
#i3ae4 ,all their wickedness is in      
,galgal1 for there ,i hated them3  for  

the wickedness of their devices ,i will 
cast them forth out of my house3 ,i will
 love them no more1 all their princes   
are revolters4  #i3af4 ,ephraim is      
struck1 their root is dried up1 they    
shall yield no fruit4  ,and if they     
should have issue1 ,i will slay the best
 beloved fruit of their womb4  #i3ag4   
,my ,god will cast them away1 because   
they hearkened not to him3 and they     
shall be wanderers among the nations4   
,osee ,chapter #aj   ,after many        
benefits1 great affliction shall fall   
upon the ten tribes1 for their          
ingratitude to ,god4  #aj3a4 ,israel a  
vine full of branches1 the fruit is     
agreeable to it3 according to the       
multitude of his fruit1 he hath         
multiplied altars1 according to the     
plenty of his land he hath abounded with
 idols4  #aj3b4 ,their heart is divided3
  now they shall perish3  he shall break
 down their idols1 he shall destroy     
their altars4  #aj3c4 ,for now they     
shall say3  ,we have no king3  because  

we fear not the ,lord3  and what shall a
 king do to us8  #aj3d4 ,you speak words
 of an unprofitable vision1 and you     
shall make a covenant3  and judgment    
shall spring up as bitterness in the    
furrows of the field4  #aj3e4 ,the      
inhabitants of ,samaria have worshipped 
the kine of ,bethaven3 for the people   
thereof have mourned over it1 and the   
wardens of its temple that rejoiced over
 it in its glory because it is departed 
from it4  ,the kine of ,bethaven4 4     
4,the golden calves of ,jeroboam4       
#aj3f4 ,for itself also is carried into 
,assyria1 a present to the avenging     
king3  shame shall fall upon ,ephraim1  
and ,israel shall be confounded in his  
own will4  ,itself also is carried1 etc4
 4 4,one of the golden calves was given 
by king ,manahem1 to ,phul1 king of the 
,assyrians1 to engage him to stand by   
him4  #aj3g4 ,samaria hath made her king
 to pass as froth upon the face of the  
water4  #aj3h4 ,and the high places of  
the idol1 the sin of ,israel shall be   

destroyed3  the bur and the thistle     
shall grow up over their altars3  and   
they shall say to the mountains ,cover  
us2 and to the hills3  ,fall upon us4   
#aj3i4 ,from the days of ,gabaa1 ,israel
 hath sinned1 there they stood3  the    
battle in ,gabaa against the children of
 iniquity shall not overtake them4      
#aj3aj4 ,according to my desire1 ,i will
 chastise them3  and the nations shall  
be gathered together against them1 when 
they shall be chastised for their two   
iniquities4  ,their two iniquities4 4   
4,their two calves4  #aj3aa4 ,ephraim is
 a heifer taught to love to tread out   
corn1 but ,i passed over upon the beauty
 of her neck3  ,i will ride upon        
,ephraim1 ,juda shall plough1 ,jacob    
shall break the furrows for himself4    
#aj3ab4 ,sow for yourselves in justice1 
and reap in the mouth of mercy1 break up
 your fallow ground3  but the time to   
seek the ,lord is1 when he shall come   
that shall teach you justice4  #aj3ac4  
,you have ploughed wickedness1 you have 

reaped iniquity1 you have eaten the     
fruit of lying3  because thou hast      
trusted in thy ways1 in the multitude of
 thy strong ones4  #aj3ad4 ,a tumult    
shall arise among thy people3  and all  
thy fortresses shall be destroyed as    
,salmana was destroyed1 by the house of 
him that judged ,baal in the day of     
battle1 the mother being dashed in      
pieces upon her children4  ,as ,salmana1
 king of the ,midianites1 was destroyed 
by the house1 that is1 by the followers 
of him that judged ,baal2 that is1 of   
,gideon1 who threw down the altar of    
,baal2 and was therefore called         
,jerubaal4  ,see ,judges #f and #h4     
#aj3ae4 ,so hath ,bethel done to you1   
because of the evil of your iniquities4 
,osee ,chapter #aa   ,god proceeds in   
threatening ,israel for their           
ingratitude3  yet he will not utterly   
destroy them4  #aa3a4 ,as the morning   
passeth1 so hath the king of ,israel    
passed away4 ,because ,israel was a     
child1 and ,i loved him3  and ,i called 

my son out of ,egypt4  ,i called my son4
 4 4,viz41 ,israel4  ,but as the calling
 of ,israel out of ,egypt1 was a figure 
of the calling of ,christ from thence2  
therefore this text is also applicable  
to ,christ1 as we learn from ,matthew   
#b4ae4  #aa3b4 ,as they called them1    
they went away from before their face3  
they offered victims to ,baalim1 and    
sacrificed to idols4  ,they called4 4   
4,viz41 ,moses and ,aaron called2 but   
they went away after other gods and     
would not hear4  #aa3c4 ,and ,i was like
 a foster father to ,ephraim1 ,i carried
 them in my arms3  and they knew not    
that ,i healed them4  #aa3d4 ,i will    
draw them with the cords of ,adam1 with 
the bands of love3 and ,i will be to    
them as one that taketh off the yoke on 
their jaws3 and ,i put his meat to him  
that he might eat4  #aa3e4 ,he shall not
 return into the land of ,egypt1 but the
 ,assyrian shall be his king3  because  
they would not be converted4  #aa3f4    
,the sword hath begun in his cities1 and

 it shall consume his chosen men1 and   
shall devour their heads4  #aa3g4 ,and  
my people shall long for my return3  but
 a yoke shall be put upon them together1
 which shall not be taken off4  #aa3h4  
,how shall ,i deal with thee1 ,o        
,ephraim1 shall ,i protect thee1 ,o     
,israel8  how shall ,i make thee as     
,adama1 shall ,i set thee as ,seboim8   
my heart is turned within me1 my        
repentance is stirred up4  ,adama1 etc4 
4 4,adama and ,seboim were two cities in
 the neighborhood of ,sodom3  and       
underwent the like destruction4  #aa3i4 
,i will not execute the fierceness of my
 wrath3  ,i will not return to destroy  
,ephraim3  because ,i am ,god1 and not  
man3  the holy one in the midst of thee1
 and ,i will not enter into the city4   
#aa3aj4 ,they shall walk after the      
,lord1 he shall roar as a lion3  because
 he shall roar1 and the children of the 
sea shall fear4  #aa3aa4 ,and they shall
 fly away like a bird out of ,egypt1 and
 like a dove out of the land of the     

,assyrians3  and ,i will place them in  
their own houses1 saith the ,lord4      
#aa3ab4 ,ephraim hath compassed me about
 with denials1 and the house of ,israel 
with deceit3  but ,juda went down as a  
witness with ,god1 and is faithful with 
the saints4    ,osee ,chapter #ab       
,israel is reproved for sin4  ,god's    
favours to them4  #ab3a4 ,ephraim       
feedeth on the wind1 and followeth the  
burning heat3  all the day long he      
multiplied lies and desolation3  and he 
hath made a covenant with the           
,assyrians1 and carried oil into ,egypt4
  #ab3b4 ,therefore there is a judgment 
of the ,lord with ,juda1 and a          
visitation for ,jacob3  he will render  
to him according to his ways1 and       
according to his devices4  #ab3c4 ,in   
the womb he supplanted his brother3  and
 by his strength he had success with an 
angel4  #ab3d4 ,and he prevailed over   
the angel1 and was strengthened3  he    
wept1 and made supplication to him3  he 
found him in ,bethel1 and there he spoke

 with us4  #ab3e4 ,even the ,lord ,god  
of hosts1 the ,lord is his memorial4    
#ab3f4 ,therefore turn thou to thy ,god3
  keep mercy and judgment1 and hope in  
thy ,god always4  #ab3g4 ,he is like    
,chanaan1 there is a deceitful balance  
in his hand1 he hath loved oppression4  
#ab3h4 ,and ,ephraim said3  ,but yet ,i 
am become rich1 ,i have found me an     
idol3  all my labours shall not find me 
the iniquity that ,i have committed4    
#ab3i4 ,and ,i that am the ,lord thy    
,god from the land of ,egypt1 will yet  
cause thee to dwell in tabernacles1 as  
in the days of the feast4  #ab3aj4 ,and 
,i have spoken by the prophets1 and ,i  
have multiplied visions1 and ,i have    
used similitudes by the ministry of the 
prophets4  #ab3aa4 ,if ,galaad be an    
idol1 then in vain were they in ,galgal 
offering sacrifices with bullocks3  for 
their altars also are as heaps in the   
furrows of the field4  ,if ,galaad be an
 idol1 etc4 4 4,that is1 if ,galaad with
 all its idols and sacrifices be like a 

mere idol itself1 being brought to      
nothing by ,theglathphalasar3  how vain 
is it to expect1 that the idols         
worshipped in ,galgal shall be of any   
service to the tribes that remain4      
#ab3ab4 ,jacob fled into the country of 
,syria1 and ,israel served for a wife1  
and was a keeper for a wife4  #ab3ac4   
,but the ,lord by a prophet brought     
,israel out of ,egypt3  and he was      
preserved by a prophet4  #ab3ad4        
,ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with 
his bitterness1 and his blood shall come
 upon him1 and his ,lord will render his
 reproach unto him4    ,osee ,chapter   
#ac   ,the judgments of ,god upon       
,israel for their sins4  ,christ shall  
one day redeem them4  #ac3a4 ,when      
,ephraim spoke1 a horror seized ,israel3
  and he sinned in ,baal1 and died4     
#ac3b4 ,and now they have sinned more   
and more3  and they have made to        
themselves a molten thing of their      
silver as the likeness of idols3  the   
whole is the work of craftsmen3  to     

these that say3  ,sacrifice men1 ye that
 adore calves4  #ac3c4 ,therefore they  
shall be as a morning cloud1 and as the 
early dew that passeth away1 as the dust
 that is driven with a whirlwind out of 
the floor1 and as the smoke out of the  
chimney4  #ac3d4 ,but ,i am the ,lord   
thy ,god from the land of ,egypt3  and  
thou shalt know no ,god but me1 and     
there is no saviour beside me4  #ac3e4  
,i knew thee in the desert1 in the land 
of the wilderness4  #ac3f4 ,according to
 their pastures they were filled1 and   
were made full3 and they lifted up their
 heart1 and have forgotten me4  #ac3g4  
,and ,i will be to them as a lioness1 as
 a leopard in the way of the ,assyrians4
  #ac3h4 ,i will meet them as a bear    
that is robbed of her whelps1 and ,i    
will rend the inner parts of their      
liver3  and ,i will devour them there as
 a lion1 the beast of the field shall   
tear them4  #ac3i4 ,destruction is thy  
own1 ,o ,israel3  thy help is only in   
me4  #ac3aj4 ,where is thy king8  now   

especially let him save thee in all thy 
cities3  and thy judges1 of whom thou   
saidst3  ,give me kings and princes4    
#ac3aa4 ,i will give thee a king in my  
wrath1 and will take him away in my     
indignation4  #ac3ab4 ,the iniquity of  
,ephraim is bound up1 his sin is hidden4
  #ac3ac4 ,the sorrows of a woman in    
labour shall come upon him1 he is an    
unwise son3  for now he shall not stand 
in the breach of the children4  #ac3ad4 
,i will deliver them out of the hand of 
death4  ,i will redeem them from death3 
,o death1 ,i will be thy death2 ,o hell1
 ,i will be thy bite3 comfort is hidden 
from my eyes4  #ac3ae4 ,because he shall
 make a separation between brothers3    
the ,lord will bring a burning wind that
 shall rise from the desert1 and it     
shall dry up his springs1 and shall make
 his fountain desolate1 and he shall    
carry off the treasure of every         
desirable vessel4    ,osee ,chapter #ad 
,samaria shall be destroyed4  ,an       
exhortation to repentance3  ,god's      

favour through ,christ to the penitent4 
#ad3a4 ,let ,samaria perish1 because she
 hath stirred up her ,god to bitterness3
  let them perish by the sword1 let     
their little ones be dashed1 and let the
 women with child be ripped up4         
,perish1 because she hath stirred up her
 ,god to bitterness4 4 4,it is not a    
curse or imprecation1 but a prophecy of 
what should come to pass4  #ad3b4       
,return1 ,o ,israel1 to the ,lord thy   
,god3  for thou hast fallen down by thy 
iniquity4  #ad3c4 ,take with you words1 
and return to the ,lord1 and say to him3
  ,take away all iniquity1 and receive  
the good3  and we will render the calves
 of our lips4  #ad3d4 ,assyria shall not
 save us1 we will not ride upon horses1 
neither will we say any more3  ,the     
works of our hands are our gods3  for   
thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless  
that is in thee4  #ad3e4 ,i will heal   
their breaches1 ,i will love them       
freely3  for my wrath is turned away    
from them4  #ad3f4 ,i will be as the    

dew1 ,israel shall spring as the lily1  
and his root shall shoot forth as that  
of ,libanus4  #ad3g4 ,his branches shall
 spread1 and his glory shall be as the  
olive tree3  and his smell as that of   
,libanus4  #ad3h4 ,they shall be        
converted that sit under his shadow3    
they shall live upon wheat1 and they    
shall blossom as a vine3  his memorial  
shall be as the wine of ,libanus4       
#ad3i4 ,ephraim shall say1 ,what have ,i
 to do any more with idols8  ,i will    
hear him1 and ,i will make him flourish 
like a green fir tree3  from me is thy  
fruit found4  #ad3aj4 ,who is wise1 and 
he shall understand these things8       
prudent1 and he shall know these things8
  for the ways of the ,lord are right1  
and the just shall walk in them3  but   
the transgressors shall fall in them4   
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,joel    ,,joel1 
whose name1 according to ,,st4 ,,jerome1
 signifies ,,the ,,lord ,,god3  or1 as  
others say1 ,,the ,,coming ,,down ,,of  
,,god3  prophesied about the same time  

in the kingdom of ,judea1 as ,,osee did 
in the kingdom of ,israel4  ,he         
foretells under figure the great evils  
that were coming upon the people for    
their sins3  earnestly exhorts them to  
repentance3  and comforts them with the 
promise of a ,,teacher ,,of ,,justice1  
viz41 ,,christ ,,jesus ,,our ,,lord1 and
 of the coming down of his holy         
,,spirit4    ,joel ,chapter #a   ,the   
prophet describes the judgments that    
shall fall upon the people1 and invites 
them to fasting and prayer4  #a3a4 ,the 
word of the ,lord1 that came to ,joel1  
the son of ,phatuel4  #a3b4 ,hear this1 
ye old men1 and give ear1 all ye        
inhabitants of the land3  did this ever 
happen in your days1 or in the days of  
your fathers8  #a3c4 ,tell ye of this to
 your children1 and let your children   
tell their children1 and their children 
to another generation4  #a3d4 ,that     
which the palmerworm hath left1 the     
locust hath eaten3  and that which the  
locust hath left1 the bruchus hath      

eaten3  and that which the bruchus hath 
left1 the mildew hath destroyed4  ,that 
which the palmerworm hath left1 etc4 4  
4,some understand this literally of the 
desolation of the land by these insects3
  others understand it of the different 
invasions of the ,chaldeans1 or other   
enemies4  #a3e4 ,awake1 ye that are     
drunk1 and weep1 and mourn all ye that  
take delight2 in drinking sweet wine3   
for it is cut off from your mouth4      
#a3f4 ,for a nation come up upon my     
land1 strong1 and without number3  his  
teeth are like the teeth of a lion3  and
 his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp4  
#a3g4 ,he hath laid my vineyard waste1  
and hath pilled off the bark of my fig  
tree3  he hath stripped it bare1 and    
cast it away2 the branches thereof are  
made white4  #a3h4 ,lament like a virgin
 girded with sackcloth for the husband  
of her youth4  #a3i4 ,sacrifice and     
libation is cut off from the house of   
the ,lord3  the priests1 the ,lord's    
ministers1 have mourned3  #a3aj4 ,the   

country is destroyed1 the ground hath   
mourned3  for the corn is wasted1 the   
wine is confounded1 the oil hath        
languished4  #a3aa4 ,the husbandmen are 
ashamed1 the vinedressers have howled   
for the wheat1 and for the barley1      
because the harvest of the field is     
perished4  #a3ab4 ,the vineyard is      
confounded1 and the fig tree hath       
languished3  the pomegranate tree1 and  
the palm tree1 and the apple tree1 and  
all the trees of the field are withered3
  because joy is withdrawn from the     
children of men4  #a3ac4 ,gird          
yourselves1 and lament1 ,o ye priests1  
howl1 ye ministers of the altars3  go   
in1 lie in sackcloth1 ye ministers of my
 ,god3  because sacrifice and libation  
is cut off from the house of your ,god4 
#a3ad4 ,sanctify ye a fast1 call an     
assembly1 gather together the ancients1 
all the inhabitants of the land into the
 house of your ,god3 and cry ye to the  
,lord3  #a3ae4 ,ah1 ah1 ah1 for the day3
  because the day of the ,lord is at    

hand1 and it shall come like destruction
 from the mighty4  #a3af4 ,is not your  
food cut off before your eyes1 joy and  
gladness from the house of our ,god8    
#a3ag4 ,the beasts have rotted in their 
dung1 the barns are destroyed1 the      
storehouses are broken down3  because   
the corn is confounded4  #a3ah4 ,why did
 the beasts groan1 why did the herds of 
cattle low8 because there is no pasture 
for them3  yea1 and the flocks of sheep 
are perished4  #a3ai4 ,to thee1 ,o      
,lord1 will ,i cry3  because fire hath  
devoured the beautiful places of the    
wilderness3  and the flame hath burnt   
all the trees of the country4  #a3bj4   
,yea1 and the beasts of the field have  
looked up to thee1 as a garden bed that 
thirsteth after rain1 for the springs of
 waters are dried up1 and fire hath     
devoured the beautiful places of the    
wilderness4    ,joel ,chapter #b   #b3a4
 ,blow ye the trumpet in ,sion1 sound an
 alarm in my holy mountain1 let all the 
inhabitants of the land tremble3        

because the day of the ,lord cometh1    
because it is nigh at hand4  ,the day of
 the ,lord4 4 4,that is1 the time when  
he will execute justice upon sinners4   
#b3b4 ,a day of darkness1 and of        
gloominess1 a day of clouds and         
whirlwinds3  a numerous and strong      
people as the morning spread upon the   
mountains3  the like to it hath not been
 from the beginning1 nor shall be after 
it1 even to the years of generation and 
generation4  ,a numerous and strong     
people4 4 4,the ,assyrians1 or          
,chaldeans4  ,others understand all this
 of an army of locusts laying waste the 
land4  #b3c4 ,before the face thereof a 
devouring fire1 and behind it a burning 
flame3  the land is like a garden of    
pleasure before it1 and behind it a     
desolate wilderness1 neither is there   
any one that can escape it4  #b3d4 ,the 
appearance of them is as the appearance 
of horses1 and they shall run like      
horsemen4  #b3e4 ,they shall leap like  
the noise of chariots upon the tops of  

mountains1 like the noise of a flame of 
fire devouring the stubble1 as a strong 
people prepared to battle4  #b3f4 ,at   
their presence the people shall be in   
grievous pains3  all faces shall be made
 like a kettle4  #b3g4 ,they shall run  
like valiant men3  like men of war they 
shall scale the wall3  the men shall    
march every one on his way1 and they    
shall not turn aside from their ranks4  
#b3h4 ,no one shall press upon his      
brother3  they shall walk every one in  
his path3  yea1 and they shall fall     
through the windows1 and shall take no  
harm4  #b3i4 ,they shall enter into the 
city3  they shall run upon the wall1    
they shall climb up the houses1 they    
shall come in at the windows1 as a      
thief4  #b3aj4 ,at their presence the   
earth hath trembled1 the heavens are    
moved3 the sun and moon are darkened1   
and the stars have withdrawn their      
shining4  #b3aa4 ,and the ,lord hath    
uttered his voice before the face of his
 army3 for his armies are exceedingly   

great1 for they are strong1 and execute 
his word3  for the day of the ,lord is  
great and very terrible3  and who can   
stand it8  #b3ab4 ,now1 therefore1 saith
 the ,lord4  ,be converted to me with   
all your heart1 in fasting1 and in      
weeping1 and mourning4  #b3ac4 ,and rend
 your hearts1 and not your garments and 
turn to the ,lord your ,god3  for he is 
gracious and merciful1 patient and rich 
in mercy1 and ready to repent of the    
evil4  #b3ad4 ,who knoweth but he will  
return1 and forgive1 and leave a        
blessing behind him1 sacrifice and      
libation to the ,lord your ,god8  #b3ae4
 ,blow the trumpet in ,sion1 sanctify a 
fast1 call a solemn assembly1  #b3af4   
,gather together the people1 sanctify   
the church1 assemble the ancients1      
gather together the little ones1 and    
them that suck at the breasts3  let the 
bridegroom go forth from his bed1 and   
the bride out of her bridal chamber4    
#b3ag4 ,between the porch and the altar 
the priests1 the ,lord's ministers1     

shall weep1 and shall say3  ,spare1 ,o  
,lord1 spare thy people3 and give not   
thy inheritance to reproach1 that the   
heathens should rule over them4  ,why   
should they say among the nations3      
,where is their ,god8  #b3ah4 ,the ,lord
 hath been zealous for his land1 and    
hath spared his people4  #b3ai4 ,and the
 ,lord answered1 and said to his people3
  ,behold ,i will send you corn1 and    
wine1 and oil1 and you shall be filled  
with them3  and ,i will no more make you
 a reproach among the nations4  #b3bj4  
,and ,i will remove far off from you the
 northern enemy3  and ,i will drive him 
into a land unpassable1 and desert1 with
 his face towards the east sea1 and his 
hinder part towards the utmost sea3  and
 his stench shall ascend1 and his       
rottenness shall go up1 because he hath 
done proudly4  ,the northern enemy4 4   
4,some understand this of ,holofernes   
and his army3 others1 of the locusts4   
#b3ba4 ,fear not1 ,o land1 be glad1 and 
rejoice3  for the ,lord hath done great 

things4  #b3bb4 ,fear not1 ye beasts of 
the fields3  for the beautiful places of
 the wilderness are sprung1 for the tree
 hath brought forth its fruit1 the fig  
tree1 and the vine have yielded their   
strength4  #b3bc4 ,and you1 ,o children 
of ,sion1 rejoice1 and be joyful in the 
,lord your ,god3  because he hath given 
you a teacher of justice1 and he will   
make the early and the latter rain to   
come down to you as in the beginning4   
#b3bd4 ,and the floors shall be filled  
with wheat1 and the presses shall       
overflow with wine1 and oil4  #b3be4    
,and ,i will restore to you the years   
which the locust1 and the bruchus1 and  
the mildew1 and the palmerworm hath     
eaten2 my great host which ,i sent upon 
you4  #b3bf4 ,and you shall eat in      
plenty1 and shall be filled and you     
shall praise the name of the ,lord your 
,god2 who hath done wonders with you1   
and my people shall not be confounded   
for ever4  #b3bg4 ,and you shall know   
that ,i am in the midst of ,israel3  and

 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 and there is
 none besides3  and my people shall not 
be confounded forever4  #b3bh4 ,and it  
shall come to pass after this1 that ,i  
will pour out my spirit upon all flesh3 
and your sons and your daughters shall  
prophesy3 your old men shall dream      
dreams1 and your young men shall see    
visions4  #b3bi4 ,moreover1 upon my     
servants and handmaids in those days ,i 
will pour forth my spirit4  #b3cj4 ,and 
,i will shew wonders in heaven2 and in  
earth1 blood1 and fire1 and vapour of   
smoke4  #b3ca4 ,the sun shall be turned 
into darkness1 and the moon into blood3 
before the great and dreadful day of the
 ,lord doth come4  #b3cb4 ,and it shall 
come to pass1 that every one that shall 
call upon the name of the ,lord1 shall  
be saved3  for in ,mount ,sion1 and in  
,jerusalem shall be salvation1 as the   
,lord hath said1 and in the residue whom
 the ,lord shall call4    ,joel ,chapter
 #c   #c3a4 ,for behold in those days1  
and in that time when ,i shall bring    

back the captivity of ,juda1 and        
,jerusalem3  #c3b4 ,i will gather       
together all nations and will bring them
 down into the valley of ,josaphat3  and
 ,i will plead with them there for my   
people1 and for my inheritance1 ,israel1
 whom they have scattered among the     
nations1 and have parted my land4  #c3c4
 ,and they have cast lots upon my       
people3  and the boy they have put in   
the stews1 and the girl they have sold  
for wine1 that they might drink4  #c3d4 
,but what have you to do with me1 ,o    
,tyre1 and ,sidon1 and all the coast of 
the ,philistines8  will you revenge     
yourselves on me8  and if you revenge   
yourselves on me1 ,i will very soon     
return you a recompense upon your own   
head4  #c3e4 ,for you have taken away my
 silver1 and my gold3  and my desirable1
 and most beautiful things you have     
carried into your temples4  #c3f4 ,and  
the children of ,juda1 and the children 
of ,jerusalem1 you have sold to the     
children of the ,greeks1 that you might 

remove them far off from their own      
country4  #c3g4 ,behold1 ,i will raise  
them up out of the place wherein you    
have sold them3  and ,i will return your
 recompense upon your own heads4  #c3h4 
,and ,i will sell your sons1 and your   
daughters1 by the hands of the children 
of ,juda1 and they shall sell them to   
the ,sabeans1 a nation far off1 for the 
,lord hath spoken it4  #c3i4 ,proclaim  
ye this among the nations3  ,prepare    
war1 raise up the strong3  let them     
come1 let all the men of war come up4   
#c3aj4 ,cut your ploughshares into      
swords1 and your spades into spears4    
,let the weak say3  ,i am strong4       
#c3aa4 ,break forth1 and come1 all ye   
nations from round about1 and gather    
yourselves together3  there will the    
,lord cause all thy strong ones to fall 
down4  #c3ab4 ,let them arise1 and let  
the nations come up into the valley of  
,josaphat3  for there ,i will sit to    
judge all nations round about4  #c3ac4  
,put ye in the sickles1 for the harvest 

is ripe3  come and go down1 for the     
press is full1 the fats run over3  for  
their wickedness is multiplied4  #c3ad4 
,nations1 nations in the valley of      
destruction3  for the day of the ,lord  
is near in the valley of destruction4   
#c3ae4 ,the sun and the moon are        
darkened1 and the stars have withdrawn  
their shining4  #c3af4 ,and the ,lord   
shall roar out of ,sion1 and utter his  
voice from ,jerusalem3  and the heavens 
and the earth shall be moved1 and the   
,lord shall be the hope of his people1  
and the strength of the children of     
,israel4  #c3ag4 ,and you shall know    
that ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 dwelling
 in ,sion1 my holy mountain3  and       
,jerusalem shall be holy1 and strangers 
shall pass through it no more4  #c3ah4  
,and it shall come to pass in that day1 
that the mountains shall drop down      
sweetness1 aud the hills shall flow with
 milk3  and waters shall flow through   
all the rivers of ,juda3  and a fountain
 shall come forth of the house of the   

,lord1 and shall water the torrent of   
thorns4  ,a fountain shall come forth of
 the house of the ,lord1 etc4 4 4,viz41 
the fountain of grace in the church     
militant1 and of glory in the church    
triumphant3  which shall water the      
torrent or valley of thorns1 that is1   
the souls that before1 like barren      
ground brought forth nothing but thorns2
 or that were afflicted with the thorns 
of crosses and tribulations4  #c3ai4    
,egypt shall be a desolation1 and ,edom 
a wilderness destroyed3 because they    
have done unjustly against the children 
of ,juda1 and have shed innocent blood  
in their land4  #c3bj4 ,and ,judea shall
 be inhabited for ever1 and ,jerusalem  
to generation and generation4           
,judea--and ,jerusalem4 4 4,that is1 the
 spiritual ,jerusalem1 viz41 the church 
of ,christ4  #c3ba4 ,and ,i will cleanse
 their blood1 which ,i had not cleansed3
  and the ,lord will dwell in ,sion4    
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,amos    ,,amos  
prophesied in ,israel about the same    

time as ,,osee3  and was called from    
following the cattle to denounce        
,,god',s judgments to the people of     
,israel1 and the neighbouring nations1  
for their repeated crimes1 in which they
 continued without repentance4    ,amos 
,chapter #a   ,the prophet threatens    
,damascus1 ,gaza1 ,tyre1 ,edom1 and     
,ammon with the judgments of ,god1 for  
their obstinacy in sin4  #a3a4 ,the     
words of ,amos1 who was among the       
herdsmen of ,thecua3  which he saw      
concerning ,israel in the days of ,ozias
 king of ,juda1 and in the days of      
,jeroboam the son of ,joas king of      
,israel two years before the earthquake4
  ,the earthquake4 4 4,many understand  
this of a great earthquake1 which they  
say was felt at the time that king      
,ozias attempted to offer incense in the
 temple4  ,but the best chronologists   
prove that the earthquake here spoken of
 must have been before that time3       
because ,jeroboam the second1 under whom
 ,amos prophesied1 was dead long before 

that attempt of ,ozias4  #a3b4 ,and he  
said3  ,the ,lord will roar from ,sion1 
and utter his voice from ,jerusalem3    
and the beautiful places of the         
shepherds have mourned1 and the top of  
,carmel is withered4  #a3c4 ,thus saith 
the ,lord3  ,for three crimes of        
,damascus1 and for four ,i will not     
convert it3  because they have thrashed 
,galaad with iron wains4  ,for three    
crimes--and for four4 4 4,that is1 for  
their many unrepented of crimes4--,ibid4
  ,i will not convert it4 4 4,that is1  
,i will not spare them1 nor turn away   
the punishments ,i design to inflict    
upon them4  #a3d4 ,and ,i will send a   
fire into the house of ,azael1 and it   
shall devour the houses of ,benadad4    
#a3e4 ,and ,i will break the bar of     
,damascus3  and ,i will cut off the     
inhabitants from the plain of the idol1 
and him that holdeth the sceptre from   
the house of pleasure3  and the people  
of ,syria shall be carried away to      
,cyrene1 saith the ,lord4  #a3f4 ,thus  

saith the ,lord3  ,for three crimes of  
,gaza1 and for four ,i will not convert 
it3  because they have carried away a   
perfect captivity to shut them up in    
,edom4  #a3g4 ,and ,i will send a fire  
on the wall of ,gaza1 and it shall      
devour the houses thereof4  #a3h4 ,and  
,i will cut off the inhabitant from     
,azotus1 and him that holdeth the       
sceptre from ,ascalon3  and ,i will turn
 my hand against ,accaron1 and the rest 
of the ,philistines shall perish1 saith 
the ,lord ,god4  #a3i4 ,thus saith the  
,lord3  ,for three crimes of ,tyre1 and 
for four ,i will not convert it3        
because they have shut up an entire     
captivity in ,edom1 and have not        
remembered the covenant of brethren4    
#a3aj4 ,and ,i will send a fire upon the
 wall of ,tyre1 and it shall devour the 
houses thereof4  #a3aa4 ,thus saith the 
,lord3  ,for three crimes of ,edom1 and 
for four ,i will not convert him3       
because he hath pursued his brother with
 the sword1 and hath carried on his     

fury1 and hath kept his wrath to the    
end4  #a3ab4 ,i will send a fire into   
,theman3  and it shall devour the houses
 of ,bosra4  #a3ac4 ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,for three crimes of the        
children of ,ammon1 and for four ,i will
 not convert him3  because he hath      
ripped up the women with child of       
,galaad to enlarge his border4  #a3ad4  
,and ,i will kindle a fire in the wall  
of ,rabba3  and it shall devour the     
houses thereof with shouting in the day 
of battle1 and with a whirlwind in the  
day of trouble4  #a3ae4 ,and ,melchom   
shall go into captivity1 both he1 and   
his princes together1 saith the ,lord4  
,melchom4 4 4,the god or idol of the    
,ammonites1 otherwise called ,moloch1   
and ,melech3  which in ,hebrew signifies
 a king1 and ,melchom their king4       
,amos ,chapter #b   ,the judgments with 
which ,god threatens ,moab1 ,juda1 and  
,israel for their sins1 and their       
ingratitude4  #b3a4 ,thus saith the     
,lord3  ,for three crimes of ,moab1 and 

for four ,i will not convert him3       
because he hath burnt the bones of the  
king of ,edom even to ashes4  #b3b4 ,and
 ,i will send a fire into ,moab1 and it 
shall devour the houses of ,carioth3    
and ,moab shall die with a noise1 with  
the sound of the trumpet3  #b3c4 ,and ,i
 will cut off the judge from the midst  
thereof1 and will slay all his princes  
with him1 saith the ,lord4  #b3d4 ,thus 
saith the ,lord3  ,for three crimes of  
,juda1 and for four ,i will not convert 
him3  because he hath cast away the law 
of the ,lord1 and hath not kept his     
commandments3  for their idols have     
caused them to err1 after which their   
fathers have walked4  #b3e4 ,and ,i will
 send a fire into ,juda1 and it shall   
devour the houses of ,jerusalem4  #b3f4 
,thus saith the ,lord3  ,for three      
crimes of ,israel1 and for four ,i will 
not convert him3  because he hath sold  
the just man for silver1 and the poor   
man for a pair of shoes4  #b3g4 ,they   
bruise the heads of the poor upon the   

dust of the earth1 and turn aside the   
way of the humble3  and the son and his 
father have gone to the same young      
woman1 to profane my holy name4  #b3h4  
,and they sat down upon garments laid to
 pledge by every altar3  and drank the  
wine of the condemned in the house of   
their ,god4  #b3i4 ,yet ,i cast out the 
,amorrhite before their face3  whose    
height was like the height of cedars1   
and who was strong as an oak3  and ,i   
destroyed his fruit from above1 and his 
roots beneath4  #b3aj4 ,it is ,i that   
brought you up out of the land of       
,egypt1 and ,i led you forty years      
through the wilderness1 that you might  
possess the land of the ,amorrhite4     
#b3aa4 ,and ,i raised up of your sons   
for prophets1 and of your young men for 
,nazarites4  ,is it not so1 ,o ye       
children of ,israel1 saith the ,lord8   
#b3ab4 ,and you will present wine to the
 ,nazarites3  and command the prophets1 
saying3  ,prophesy not4  #b3ac4 ,behold1
 ,i will screak under you as a wain     

screaketh that is laden with hay4  ,i   
will screak4 4 4,unable to bear any     
longer the enormous load of your sins1  
etc4  ,the spirit of ,god1 as ,st4      
,jerome takes notice1 accommodates      
himself to the education of the prophet 
and inspires him with comparisons taken 
from country affairs4  #b3ad4 ,and      
flight shall perish from the swift1 and 
the valiant shall not possess his       
strength1 neither shall the strong save 
his life4  #b3ae4 ,and he that holdeth  
the bow shall not stand1 and the swift  
of foot shall not escape1 neither shall 
the rider of the horse save his life4   
#b3af4 ,and the stout of heart among the
 valiant shall flee away naked in that  
day1 saith the ,lord4    ,amos ,chapter 
#c   ,the evils that shall fall upon    
,israel for their sins4  #c3a4 ,hear the
 word that the ,lord hath spoken        
concerning you1 ,o ye children of       
,israel3  concerning the whole family   
that ,i brought up out of the land of   
,egypt1 saying3  #c3b4 ,you only have ,i

 known of all the families of the earth3
  therefore will ,i visit upon you all  
your iniquities4  ,visit upon4 4 4,that 
is1 punish4  #c3c4 ,shall two walk      
together except they be agreed8  #c3d4  
,will a lion roar in the forest1 if he  
have no prey8  will the lion's whelp cry
 out of his den1 if he have taken       
nothing8  #c3e4 ,will the bird fall into
 the snare upon the earth1 if there be  
no fowler8  ,shall the snare be taken up
 from the earth1 before it hath taken   
somewhat8  #c3f4 ,shall the trumpet     
sound in a city1 and the people not be  
afraid8 ,shall there be evil in a city1 
which the ,lord hath not done8  ,evil in
 a city4 4 4,he speaks of the evil of   
punishments of war1 famine1 pestilence1 
desolation1 etc41 but not of the evil of
 sin1 of which ,god is not the author4  
#c3g4 ,for the ,lord ,god doth nothing  
without revealing his secret to his     
servants the prophets4  #c3h4 ,the lion 
shall roar1 who will not fear8  ,the    
,lord ,god hath spoken1 who shall not   

prophesy8  #c3i4 ,publish it in the     
houses of ,azotus1 and in the houses of 
the land of ,egypt1 and say3  ,assemble 
yourselves upon the mountains of        
,samaria1 and behold the many follies in
 the midst thereof1 and them that suffer
 oppression in the inner rooms thereof4 
#c3aj4 ,and they have not known to do   
the right thing1 saith the ,lord1       
storing up iniquity1 and robberies in   
their houses4  #c3aa4 ,therefore thus   
saith the ,lord ,god3  ,the land shall  
be in tribulation1 and shall be         
compassed about3  and thy strength shall
 be taken away from thee1 and thy houses
 shall be spoiled4  #c3ab4 ,thus saith  
the ,lord3  ,as if a shepherd should get
 out of the lion's mouth two legs1 or   
the tip of the ear3  so shall the       
children of ,israel be taken out that   
dwell in ,samaria1 in a place of a bed1 
and in the couch of ,damascus4  #c3ac4  
,hear ye1 and testify in the house of   
,jacob1 saith the ,lord the ,god of     
hosts3  #c3ad4 ,that in the day when ,i 

shall begin to visit the transgressions 
of ,israel1 ,i will visit upon him1 and 
upon the altars of ,bethel3  and the    
horns of the altars shall be cut off1   
and shall fall to the ground4  #c3ae4   
,and ,i will strike the winter house    
with the summer house3  and the houses  
of ivory shall perish1 and many houses  
shall be destroyed1 saith the ,lord4    
,amos ,chapter #d   ,the ,israelites are
 reproved for their oppressing the poor1
 for their idolatry1 and their          
incorrigibleness4  #d3a4 ,hear this     
word1 ye fat kine that are in the       
mountains of ,samaria3 you that oppress 
the needy1 and crush the poor3  that say
 to your masters3  ,bring1 and we will  
drink4  ,fat kine4 4 4,he means the     
great ones that lived in plenty and     
wealth4  #d3b4 ,the ,lord ,god hath     
sworn by his holiness1 that lo1 the days
 shall come upon you1 when they shall   
lift you up on pikes1 and what shall    
remain of you in boiling pots4  #d3c4   
,and you shall go out at the breaches   

one over against the other1 and you     
shall be cast forth into ,armon1 saith  
the ,lord4  ,armon4 4 4,a foreign       
country2 some understand it of ,armenia4
  #d3d4 ,come ye to ,bethel1 and do     
wickedly3  to ,galgal1 and multiply     
transgressions3  and bring in the       
morning your victims1 your tithes in    
three days4  #d3e4 ,and offer a         
sacrifice of praise with leaven3  and   
call free offerings1 and proclaim it3   
for so you would do1 ,o children of     
,israel1 saith the ,lord ,god4  #d3f4   
,whereupon ,i also have given you       
dulness of teeth in all your cities1 and
 want of bread in all your places3  yet 
you have not returned to me1 saith the  
,lord4  #d3g4 ,i also have withholden   
the rain from you1 when there were yet  
three months to the harvest3  and ,i    
caused it to rain upon on city1 and     
caused it not to rain upon another city3
  one piece was rained upon3  and the   
piece whereupon ,i rained not1 withered4
  #d3h4 ,and two and three cities went  

to one city to drink water1 and were not
 filled3  yet you returned not to me1   
saith the ,lord4  #d3i4 ,i struck you   
with a burning wind1 and with mildew1   
the palmerworm hath eaten up your many  
gardens1 and your vineyards3  your olive
 groves1 and fig groves3  yet you       
returned not to me1 saith the ,lord4    
#d3aj4 ,i sent death upon you in the way
 of ,egypt1 ,i slew your young men with 
the sword1 even to the captivity of your
 horses3  and ,i made the stench of your
 camp to come up into your nostrils3    
yet you returned not to me1 saith the   
,lord4  #d3aa4 ,i destroyed some of you1
 as ,god destroyed ,sodom and ,gomorrha1
 and you were as a firebrand plucked out
 of the burning3  yet you returned not  
to me1 saith the ,lord4  #d3ab4         
,therefore ,i will do these things to   
thee1 ,o ,israel3  and after ,i shall   
have done these things to thee1 be      
prepared to meet thy ,god1 ,o ,israel4  
#d3ac4 ,for behold he that formeth the  
mountains and createth the wind1 and    

declareth his word to man1 he that      
maketh the morning mist1 and walketh    
upon the high places of the earth3  the 
,lord the ,god of hosts is his name4    
,amos ,chapter #e   ,a lamentation for  
,israel3  an exhortation to return to   
,god4  #e3a4 ,hear ye this word1 which  
,i take up concerning you for a         
lamentation4  ,the house of ,israel is  
fallen1 and it shall rise no more4      
#e3b4 ,the virgin of ,israel is cast    
down upon her land1 there is none to    
raise her up4  #e3c4 ,for thus saith the
 ,lord ,god3  ,the city1 out of which   
came forth a thousand1 there shall be   
left in it a hundred3  and out of which 
there came a hundred1 there shall be    
left in it ten1 in the house of ,israel4
  #e3d4 ,for thus saith the ,lord to the
 house of ,israel3  ,seek ye me1 and you
 shall live4  #e3e4 ,but seek not       
,bethel1 and go not into ,galgal1       
neither shall you pass over to          
,bersabee3  for ,galgal shall go into   
captivity1 and ,bethel shall be         

unprofitable4                           
,bethel1--,galgal1--,bersabee4 4 4,the  
places where they worshipped their      
idols4  #e3f4 ,seek ye the ,lord1 and   
live3  lest the house of ,joseph be     
burnt with fire1 and it shall devour1   
and there shall be none to quench       
,bethel4  #e3g4 ,you that turn judgment 
into wormwood1 and forsake justice in   
the land1  #e3h4 ,seek him that maketh  
,arcturus1 and ,orion1 and that turneth 
darkness into morning1 and that changeth
 day into night3  that calleth the      
waters of the sea1 and poureth them out 
upon the face of the earth3 ,the ,lord  
is his name4  ,arcturus and ,orion4 4   
4,arcturus is a bright star in the      
north3  ,orion a beautiful constellation
 in the south4  #e3i4 ,he that with a   
smile bringeth destruction upon the     
strong1 and waste upon the mighty4      
,with a smile4 4 4,that is1 with all    
ease1 and without making any effort4    
#e3aj4 ,they have hated him that        
rebuketh in the gate3  and have abhorred

 him that speaketh perfectly4  #e3aa4   
,therefore because you robbed the poor1 
and took the choice prey from him3  you 
shall build houses with square stone1   
and shall not dwell in them3  you shall 
plant most delightful vineyards1 and    
shall not drink the wine of them4       
#e3ab4 ,because ,i know your manifold   
crimes1 and your grievous sins3 enemies 
of the just1 taking bribes1 and         
oppressing the poor in the gate4  #e3ac4
 ,therefore the prudent shall keep      
silence at that time1 for it is an evil 
time4  #e3ad4 ,seek ye good1 and not    
evil1 that you may live3  and the ,lord 
the ,god of hosts will be with you1 as  
you have said4  #e3ae4 ,hate evil1 and  
love good1 and establish judgment in the
 gate3  it may be the ,lord the ,god of 
hosts may have mercy on the remnant of  
,joseph4  #e3af4 ,therefore thus saith  
the ,lord the ,god of hosts the         
sovereign ,lord3  ,in every street there
 shall be wailing3  and in all places   
that are without1 they shall say3       

,alas1 alas6 and they shall call the    
husbandman to mourning1 and such as are 
skilful in lamentation to lament4       
#e3ag4 ,and in all vineyards there shall
 be wailing3  because ,i will pass      
through in the midst of thee1 saith the 
,lord4  #e3ah4 ,woe to them that desire 
the day of the ,lord3  to what end is it
 for you8  the day of the ,lord is      
darkness1 and not light4  #e3ai4 ,as if 
a man should flee from the face of a    
lion1 and a bear should meet him3  or   
enter into the house1 and lean with his 
hand upon the wall1 and a serpent should
 bite him4  #e3bj4 ,shall not the day of
 the ,lord be darkness1 and not light3  
and obscurity1 and no brightness in it8 
#e3ba4 ,i hate1 and have rejected your  
festivities3  and ,i will not receive   
the odour of your assemblies4  #e3bb4   
,and if you offer me holocausts1 and    
your gifts1 ,i will not receive them3   
neither will ,i regard the vows of your 
fat beasts4  #e3bc4 ,take away from me  
the tumult of thy songs3  and ,i will   

not hear the canticles of thy harp4     
#e3bd4 ,but judgment shall be revealed  
as water1 and justice as a mighty       
torrent4  #e3be4 ,did you offer victims 
and sacrifices to me in the desert for  
forty years1 ,o house of ,israel8  ,did 
you offer1 etc4 4 4,except the          
sacrifices that were offered at the     
first1 in the dedication of the         
tabernacle1 the ,israelites offered no  
sacrifices in the desert4  #e3bf4;,but  
you carried a tabernacle for your       
,moloch1 and the image of your idols1   
the star of your god1 which you made to 
yourselves4  ,a tabernacle1 etc4 4 4,all
 this alludes to the idolatry which they
 committed1 when they were drawn away by
 the daughters of ,moab to the worship  
of their gods4  ,num4 #be4  #e3bg4 ,and 
,i will cause you to go into captivity  
beyond ,damascus1 saith the ,lord1 the  
,god of hosts is his name4    ,amos     
,chapter #f   ,the desolation of ,israel
 for their pride and luxury4  #f3a4 ,woe
 to you that are wealthy in ,sion1 and  

to you that have confidence in the      
mountain of ,samaria3  ye great men1    
heads of the people1 that go in with    
state into the house of ,israel4  #f3b4 
,pass ye over to ,chalane1 and see1 and 
go from thence into ,emath the great3   
and go down into ,geth of the           
,philistines1 and to all the best       
kingdoms of these3  if their border be  
larger than your border4  #f3c4 ,you    
that are separated unto the evil day3   
and that approach to the throne of      
iniquity2  #f3d4 ,you that sleep upon   
beds of ivory1 and are wanton on your   
couches3 that eat the lambs out of the  
flock1 and the calves out of the midst  
of the herd2  #f3e4 ,you that sing to   
the sound of the psaltery3  they have   
thought themselves to have instruments  
of music like ,david2  #f3f4 ,that drink
 wine in bowls1 and anoint themselves   
with the best ointments3  and they are  
not concerned for the affliction of     
,joseph4  #f3g4 ,wherefore now they     
shall go captive at the head of them    

that go into captivity3  and the faction
 of the luxurious ones shall be taken   
away4  #f3h4 ,the ,lord ,god hath sworn 
by his own soul1 saith the ,lord the    
,god of hosts3  ,i detest the pride of  
,jacob1 and ,i hate his houses1 and ,i  
will deliver up the city with the       
inhabitants thereof4  #f3i4 ,and if     
there remain ten men in one house1 they 
also shall die4  #f3aj4 ,and a man's    
kinsman shall take him up1 and shall    
burn him1 that he may carry the bones   
out of the house2 and he shall say to   
him that is in the inner rooms of the   
house3  ,is there yet any with thee8    
#f3aa4 ,and he shall answer3  ,there is 
an end4  ,and he shall say to him3 ,hold
 thy peace1 and mention not the name of 
the ,lord4  #f3ab4 ,for behold the ,lord
 hath commanded1 and he will strike the 
greater house with breaches1 and the    
lesser house with clefts4  #f3ac4 ,can  
horses run upon the rocks1 or can any   
one plough with buffles8  for you have  
turned judgment into bitterness1 and the

 fruit of justice into wormwood4  #f3ad4
 ,you that rejoice in a thing of nought3
  you that say3  ,have we not taken unto
 us horns by our own strength8  #f3ae4  
,but behold1 ,i will raise up a nation  
against you1 ,o house of ,israel1 saith 
the ,lord the ,god of hosts2 and they   
shall destroy you from the entrance of  
,emath1 even to the torrent of the      
desert4    ,amos ,chapter #g   ,the     
prophet sees1 in three visions1 evils   
coming upon ,israel3  he is accused of  
treason by the false priest of ,bethel4 
#g3a4 ,these things the ,lord ,god      
shewed to me3  and behold the locust was
 formed in the beginning of the shooting
 up of the latter rain1 and lo1 it was  
the latter rain after the king's mowing4
  ,the locust1 etc4 4 4,these judgments 
by locusts and fire1 which1 by the      
prophet's intercession1 were moderated1 
signify the former invasions of the     
,assyrians under ,phul and              
,theglathphalasar1 before the utter     
desolation of ,israel by ,salmanasar4   

#g3b4 ,and it came to pass1 that when   
they had made an end of eating the grass
 of the land1 ,i said3  ,o ,lord ,god1  
be merciful1 ,i beseech thee3  who shall
 raise up ,jacob1 for he is very little8
  #g3c4 ,the ,lord had pity upon this3  
,it shall not be1 said the ,lord4  #g3d4
 ,these things the ,lord ,god shewed to 
me3  and behold the ,lord called for    
judgment unto fire1 and it devoured the 
great deep1 and ate up a part at the    
same time4  #g3e4 ,and ,i said3  ,o     
,lord ,god1 cease1 ,i beseech thee1 who 
shall raise up ,jacob1 for he is a      
little one8  #g3f4 ,the ,lord had pity  
upon this4  ,yea this also shall not be1
 said the ,lord ,god4  #g3g4 ,these     
things the ,lord shewed to me3  and     
behold the ,lord was standing upon a    
plastered wall1 and in his hand a       
mason's trowel4  #g3h4 ,and the ,lord   
said to me3  ,what seest thou1 ,amos8   
,and ,i said3  ,a mason's trowel4  ,and 
the ,lord said3  ,behold1 ,i will lay   
down the trowel in the midst of my      

people ,israel4  ,i will plaster them   
over no more4  #g3i4 ,and the high      
places of the idol shall be thrown down1
 and the sanctuaries of ,israel shall be
 laid waste3  and ,i will rise up       
against the house of ,jeroboam with the 
sword4  #g3aj4 ,and ,amasias the priest 
of ,bethel sent to ,jeroboam king of    
,israel1 saying3  ,amos hath rebelled   
against thee in the midst of the house  
of ,israel3  the land is not able to    
bear all his words4  #g3aa4 ,for thus   
saith ,amos3  ,jeroboam shall die by the
 sword1 and ,israel shall be carried    
away captive out of their own land4     
,jeroboam shall die by the sword4 4     
4,the prophet did not say this2 but that
 the ,lord would rise up against the    
house of ,jeroboam with the sword3      
which was verified1 when ,zacharias1 the
 son and successor of ,jeroboam1 was    
slain by the sword4  #d ,kings #ae4aj4  
#g3ab4 ,and ,amasias said to ,amos3     
,thou seer1 go1 flee away into the land 
of ,juda3  and eat bread there1 and     

prophesy there4  #g3ac4 ,but prophesy   
not again any more in ,bethel3  because 
it is the king's sanctuary1 and it is   
the house of the kingdom4  #g3ad4 ,and  
,amos answered and said to ,amasias3  ,i
 am not a prophet1 nor am ,i the son of 
a prophet3  but ,i am a herdsman        
plucking wild figs4  ,i am not a        
prophet4 4 4,that is1 ,i am not a       
prophet by education3  nor is           
prophesying my calling or profession3   
but ,i am a herdsman1 whom ,god was     
pleased to send hither to prophesy to   
,israel4  #g3ae4 ,and the ,lord took me 
when ,i followed the flock1 and the     
,lord said to me3  ,go1 prophesy to my  
people ,israel4  #g3af4 ,and now hear   
thou the word of the ,lord3  ,thou      
sayest1 thou shalt not prophesy against 
,israel1 and thou shalt not drop thy    
word upon the house of the idol4  ,the  
house of the idol4 4 4,viz41 of the calf
 worshipped in ,bethel4  #g3ag4         
,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  ,thy  
wife shall play the harlot in the city1 

and thy sons and thy daughters shall    
fall by the sword1 and thy land shall be
 measured by a line3  and thou shalt die
 in a polluted land1 and ,israel shall  
go into captivity out of their land4    
,amos ,chapter #h   ,under the figure of
 a hook1 which bringeth down the fruit1 
the approaching desolation of ,israel is
 foreshewed for their avarice and       
injustices4  #h3a4 ,these things the    
,lord shewed to me3  and behold a hook  
to draw down the fruit4  #h3b4 ,and he  
said3  ,what seest thou1 ,amos8  ,and ,i
 said3  ,a hook to draw down fruit4     
,and the ,lord said to me3  ,the end is 
come upon my people ,israel3  ,i will   
not again pass by them any more4  #h3c4 
,and the hinges of the temple shall     
screak in that day1 saith the ,lord     
,god3  many shall die3  silence shall be
 cast in every place4  #h3d4 ,hear this1
 you that crush the poor1 and make the  
needy of the land to fail1  #h3e4       
,saying3  ,when will the month be over1 
and we shall sell our wares3 and the    

sabbath1 and we shall open the corn3    
that we may lessen the measure1 and     
increase the sicle1 and may convey in   
deceitful balances1  #h3f4 ,that we may 
possess the needy for money1 and the    
poor for a pair of shoes1 and may sell  
the refuse of the corn8  #h3g4 ,the     
,lord hath sworn against the pride of   
,jacob3  surely ,i will never forget all
 their works4  #h3h4 ,shall not the land
 tremble for this1 and every one mourn  
that dwelleth therein3  and rise up     
altogether as a river1 and be cast out1 
and run down as the river of ,egypt8    
#h3i4 ,and it shall come to pass in that
 day1 saith the ,lord ,god1 that the sun
 shall go down at midday1 and ,i will   
make the earth dark in the day of light3
  #h3aj4 ,and ,i will turn your feasts  
into mourning1 and all your songs into  
lamentation3  and ,i will bring up      
sackcloth upon every back of yours1 and 
baldness upon every head3  and ,i will  
make it as the mourning of an only son1 
and the latter end thereof as a bitter  

day4  #h3aa4 ,behold the days come1     
saith the ,lord1 and ,i will send forth 
a famine into the land3  not a famine of
 bread1 nor a thirst of water1 but of   
hearing the word of the ,lord4  #h3ab4  
,and they shall move from sea to sea1   
and from the north to the east3  they   
shall go about seeking the word of the  
,lord1 and shall not find it4  #h3ac4   
,in that day the fair virgins1 and the  
young men shall faint for thirst4       
#h3ad4 ,they that swear by the sin of   
,samaria1 and say3  ,thy ,god1 ,o ,dan1 
liveth3  and the way of ,bersabee       
liveth3  and they shall fall1 and shall 
rise no more4    ,amos ,chapter #i      
,the certainty of the desolation of     
,israel3  the restoring of the          
tabernacle of ,david1 and the conversion
 of the ,gentiles to the church2 which  
shall flourish for ever4  #i3a4 ,i saw  
the ,lord standing upon the altar1 and  
he said3  ,strike the hinges1 and let   
the lintels be shook3  for there is     
covetousness in the head of them all1   

and ,i will slay the last of them with  
the sword3 there shall be no flight for 
them3  they shall flee1 and he that     
shall flee of them shall not be         
delivered4  #i3b4 ,though they go down  
even to hell1 thence shall my hand bring
 them out3  and though they climb up to 
heaven1 thence will ,i bring them down4 
#i3c4 ,and though they be hid in the top
 of ,carmel1 ,i will search and take    
them away from thence3  and though they 
hide themselves from my eyes in the     
depth of the sea1 there will ,i command 
the serpent and he shall bite them4     
#i3d4 ,and if they go into captivity    
before their enemies1 there will ,i     
command the sword1 and it shall kill    
them4  ,and ,i will set my eyes upon    
them for evil1 and not for good4  #i3e4 
,and the ,lord the ,god of hosts is he  
who toucheth the earth1 and it shall    
melt3  and all that dwell therein shall 
mourn3  and it shall rise up as a river1
 and shall run down as the river of     
,egypt4  #i3f4 ,he that buildeth his    

ascension in heaven1 and hath founded   
his bundle upon the earth3  who calleth 
the waters of the sea1 and poureth them 
out upon the face of the earth1 the     
,lord is his name4  ,his ascension4 4   
4,that is1 his high throne4--,ibid4     
,his bundle4 4 4,that is1 his church    
bound up together by the bands of one   
faith and communion4  #i3g4 ,are not you
 as the children of the ,ethiopians unto
 me1 ,o children of ,israel1 saith the  
,lord8  did not ,i bring up ,israel1 out
 of the land of ,egypt3  and the        
,philistines out of ,cappadocia1 and the
 ,syrians out of ,cyrene8  ,as the      
children of the ,ethiopians4 4 4,that   
is1 as black as they1 by your           
iniquities4  #i3h4 ,behold the eyes of  
the ,lord ,god are upon the sinful      
kingdom1 and ,i will destroy it from the
 face of the earth3  but yet ,i will not
 utterly destroy the house of ,jacob1   
saith the ,lord4  #i3i4 ,for behold ,i  
will command1 and ,i will sift the house
 of ,israel among all nations1 as corn  

is sifted in a sieve3  and there shall  
not a little stone fall to the ground4  
#i3aj4 ,all the sinners of my people    
shall fall by the sword3  who say3 ,the 
evils shall not approach1 and shall not 
come upon us4  #i3aa4 ,in that day ,i   
will raise up the tabernacle of ,david1 
that is fallen3  and ,i will close up   
the breaches of the walls thereof1 and  
repair what was fallen3  and ,i will    
rebuild it as in the days of old4       
#i3ab4 ,that they may possess the       
remnant of ,edom1 and all nations1      
because my name is invoked upon them3   
saith the ,lord that doth these things4 
#i3ac4 ,behold the days come1 saith the 
,lord1 when the ploughman shall overtake
 the reaper1 and the treader of grapes  
him that soweth seed3 and the mountains 
shall drop sweetness1 and every hill    
shall be tilled4  ,shall overtake1 etc4 
4 4,by this is meant the great abundance
 of spiritual blessings2 which1 as it   
were1 by a constant succession1 shall   
enrich the church of ,christ4  #i3ad4   

,and ,i will bring back the captivity of
 my people ,israel3  and they shall     
build the abandoned cities1 and inhabit 
them3  and they shall plant vineyards1  
and drink the wine of them3  and shall  
make gardens1 and eat the fruits of     
them4  ,and ,i will plant them upon     
their own land3 and ,i will no more     
pluck them out of their land which ,i   
have given them1 saith the ,lord thy    
,god4     ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,abdias
    ,,abdias1 whose name is interpreted 
,,the ,,servant ,,of ,,the ,,lord1 is   
believed to have prophesied about the   
same time as ,,osee1 ,,joel1 and ,,amos3
  though some of the ,hebrews1 who      
believe him to be the same with         
,,achab's steward1 make him much more   
ancient4  ,his prophecy is the shortest 
of any in number of words1 but yields to
 none1 says ,,st4 ,,jerome1 in the      
sublimity of mysteries4  ,it contains   
but one chapter4    ,abdias ,chapter #a 
,the destruction of ,edom for their     
pride3  and the wrongs they did to      

,jacob3  the salvation and victory of   
,israel4  #a3a4 ,the vision of ,abdias4 
,thus saith the ,lord ,god to ,edom3    
,we have heard a rumour from the ,lord1 
and he hath sent an ambassador to the   
nations3  ,arise1 and let us rise up to 
battle against him4  #a3b4 ,behold ,i   
have made thee small among the nations3 
thou art exceeding contemptible4  #a3c4 
,the pride of thy heart hath lifted thee
 up1 who dwellest in the clefts of the  
rocks1 and settest up thy throne on     
high3  who sayest in thy heart3  ,who   
shall bring me down to the ground8      
#a3d4 ,though thou be exalted as an     
eagle1 and though thou set thy nest     
among the stars3  thence will ,i bring  
thee down1 saith the ,lord4  #a3e4 ,if  
thieves had gone in to thee1 if robbers 
by night1 how wouldst thou have held thy
 peace8  would they not have stolen till
 they had enough8  if the grapegatherers
 had come in to thee1 would they not    
have left thee at the least a cluster8  
#a3f4 ,how have they searched ,esau1 how

 have they sought out his hidden things8
  #a3g4 ,they have sent thee out even to
 the border3  all the men of thy        
confederacy have deceived thee3  the men
 of thy peace have prevailed against    
thee3  they that eat with thee shall lay
 snares under thee3 there is no wisdom  
in him4  #a3h4 ,shall not ,i in that    
day1 saith the ,lord1 destroy the wise  
out of ,edom1 and understanding out of  
the mount of ,esau8  #a3i4 ,and thy     
valiant men of the south shall be       
afraid1 that man may be cut off from the
 mount of ,esau4  #a3aj4 ,for the       
slaughter1 and for the iniquity against 
thy brother ,jacob1 confusion shall     
cover thee1 and thou shalt perish for   
ever4  #a3aa4 ,in the day when thou     
stoodest against him1 when strangers    
carried away his army captive1 and      
foreigners entered into his gates1 and  
cast lots upon ,jerusalem3  thou also   
wast as one of them4  #a3ab4 ,but thou  
shalt not look on in the day of thy     
brother1 in the day of his leaving his  

country3  and thou shalt not rejoice    
over the children of ,juda1 in the day  
of their destruction3  and thou shalt   
not magnify thy mouth in the day of     
distress4  ,thou shalt not look1 etc4 4 
4or1 thou shouldst not1 etc4  ,it is a  
reprehension for what they had done1 and
 at the same time a declaration that    
these things should not pass            
unpunished4--,ibid4  ,thou shalt not    
magnify thy mouth4 4 4,that is1 thou    
shalt not speak arrogantly against the  
children of ,juda as insulting them in  
their distress4  #a3ac4 ,neither shalt  
thou enter into the gate of my people in
 the day of their ruin3  neither shalt  
thou also look on in his evils in the   
day of his calamity3  and thou shalt not
 be sent out against his army in the day
 of his desolation4  #a3ad4 ,neither    
shalt thou stand in the crossways to    
kill them that flee3 and thou shalt not 
shut up them that remain of him in the  
day of tribulation4  #a3ae4 ,for the day
 of the ,lord is at hand upon all       

nations3  as thou hast done1 so shall it
 be done to thee3  he will turn thy     
reward upon thy own head4  #a3af4 ,for  
as you have drunk upon my holy mountain1
 so all nations shall drink continually3
  and they shall drink1 and sup up1 and 
they shall be as though they were not4  
#a3ag4 ,and in mount ,sion shall be     
salvation1 and it shall be holy1 and the
 house of ,jacob shall possess those    
that possessed them4  #a3ah4 ,and the   
house of ,jacob shall be a fire1 and the
 house of ,joseph a flame1 and the house
 of ,esau stubble3  and they shall be   
kindled in them1 and shall devour them3 
and there shall be no remains of the    
house of ,esau1 for the ,lord hath      
spoken it4  #a3ai4 ,and they that are   
toward the south1 shall inherit the     
mount of ,esau1 and they that are in the
 plains1 the ,philistines3  and they    
shall possess the country of ,ephraim1  
and the country of ,samaria3  and       
,benjamin shall possess ,galaad4  #a3bj4
 ,and the captivity of this host of the 

children of ,israel1 all the places of  
the ,chanaanites even to ,sarepta3  and 
the captivity of ,jerusalem that is in  
,bosphorus1 shall possess the cities of 
the south4  #a3ba4 ,and saviours shall  
come up into mount ,sion to judge the   
mount of ,esau3  and the kingdom shall  
be for the ,lord4     ,,the ,,prophecy  
,,of ,,jonas    ,,jonas prophesied in   
the reign of ,,jereboam the second3  as 
we learn from #d ,kings #ad4be4 ,to whom
 also he foretold his success in        
restoring all the borders of ,israel4   
,he was of ,,geth ,,opher in the tribe  
of ,,zabulon1 and consequently of       
,,galilee3  which confutes that         
assertion of the ,pharisees1 ,john      
#g4eb1 that no prophet ever rose out of 
,,galilee4  ,he prophesied and          
prefigured in his own person the death  
and resurrection of ,,christ3  and was  
the only one among the prophets that was
 sent to preach to the ,gentiles4       
,jonas ,chapter #a   ,jonas being sent  
to preach in ,ninive1 fleeth away by    

sea3  a tempest riseth3  of which he    
being found1 by lot1 to be the cause1 is
 cast into the sea1 which thereupon is  
calmed4  #a3a4 ,now the word of the     
,lord came to ,jonas1 the son of        
,amathi1 saying3  #a3b4 ,arise and go to
 ,ninive1 the great city1 and preach in 
it3  ,for the wickedness thereof is come
 up before me4  ,nineve4 4 4,the capital
 city of the ,assyrian empire4  #a3c4   
,and ,jonas rose up to flee into        
,tharsis from the face of the ,lord1 and
 he went down to ,joppe1 and found a    
ship going to ,tharsis3  and he paid the
 fare thereof1 and went down into it1 to
 go with them to ,tharsis from the face 
of the ,lord1  ,tharsis4 4 4,which some 
take to be ,tharsus of ,cilicia1 others 
to be ,tartessus of ,spain1 others to be
 ,carthage4  #a3d4 ,but the ,lord sent a
 great wind to the sea3  and a great    
tempest was raised in the sea1 and the  
ship was in danger to be broken4  #a3e4 
,and the mariners were afraid1 and the  
men cried to their god3  and they cast  

forth the wares that were in the ship1  
into the sea1 to lighten it of them3    
and ,jonas went down into the inner part
 of the ship1 and fell into a deep      
sleep4  ,a deep sleep4 4 4,this is a    
lively image of the insensibility of    
sinners1 fleeing from ,god1 and         
threatened on every side with his       
judgments3  and yet sleeping as if they 
were secure4  #a3f4 ,and the ship master
 came to him and said to him3  ,why art 
thou fast asleep8  rise up call upon thy
 ,god1 if so be that ,god will think of 
us that we may not perish4  #a3g4 ,and  
they said every one to his fellow3      
,come and let us cast lots1 that we may 
know why this evil is upon us4  ,and    
they cast lots1 and the lot fell upon   
,jonas4  #a3h4 ,and they said to him3   
,tell us for what cause this evil is    
upon us1 what is thy business8  of what 
country art thou8  and whither goest    
thou8 or of what people art thou8  #a3i4
 ,and he said to them3  ,i am a ,hebrew1
 and ,i fear the ,lord1 and the ,god of 

heaven1 who made both the sea and the   
dry land4  #a3aj4 ,and the men were     
greatly afraid1 and they said to him3   
,why hast thou done this8  7,for the men
 knew that he fled from the face of the 
,lord3  because he had told them47      
#a3aa4 ,and they said to him3  ,what    
shall we do with thee1 that the sea may 
be calm to us8  for the sea flowed and  
swelled4  #a3ab4 ,and he said to them3  
take me up1 and cast me into the sea1   
and the sea shall be calm to you3  for  
,i know for my sake this great tempest  
is upon you4  #a3ac4 ,and the men rowed 
hard to return the land1 but they were  
not able3  because the sea tossed and   
swelled upon them4  #a3ad4 ,and they    
cried to the ,lord1 and said3  ,we      
beseech thee1 ,o ,lord let us not perish
 for this man's life1 and lay not upon  
us innocent blood3 for thou1 oh ,lord1  
hast done as it pleased thee4  #a3ae4   
,and they took ,jonas1 and cast him into
 the sea1 and the sea ceased from       
raging4  #a3af4 ,and the men feared the 

,lord exceedingly1 and sacrificed       
victims to the ,lord1 and made vows4    
,jonas ,chapter #b   ,jonas is swallowed
 up by a great fish3  he prayeth with   
confidence in ,god2 and the fish casteth
 him out on the dry land4  #b3a4 ,now   
the ,lord prepared a great fish to      
swallow up ,jonas3  and ,jonas was in   
the belly of a fish for three days and  
three nights4  #b3b4 ,and ,jonas prayed 
to the ,lord1 his ,god1 out of the belly
 of the fish4  #b3c4 ,and he said3  ,i  
cried out of my affliction to the ,lord1
 and he heard me3  ,i cried out of the  
belly of hell1 and thou hast heard my   
voice4  #b3d4 ,and thou hast cast me    
forth into the deep1 in the heart of the
 sea1 and a flood hast compassed me3    
all thy billows1 and thy waves have     
passed over me4  #b3e4 ,and ,i said3  ,i
 am cast away out of the sight of thy   
eyes3  but yet ,i shall see the holy    
temple again4  #b3f4 ,the waters        
compassed me about even to the soul3    
the deep hath closed me round about1 the

 sea hath covered my head4  #b3g4 ,i    
went down to the lowest parts of the    
mountains3  the bars of the earth have  
shut me up for ever3  and thou wilt     
bring up my life from corruption1 ,o    
,lord1 my ,god4  #b3h4 ,when my soul was
 in distress within me1 ,i remembered   
the ,lord3 that my prayer may come to   
thee1 unto the holy temple4  #b3i4 ,they
 that in vain observe vanities1 forsake 
their own mercy4  #b3aj4 ,but ,i with   
the voice of praise will sacrifice to   
thee3  ,i will pay whatsoever ,i have   
vowed for my salvation to the ,lord4    
#b3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to the fish3
  and it vomited out ,jonas upon the dry
 land4  ,spoke to the fish4 4 4,god's   
speaking to the fish1 was nothing else  
but his will1 which all things obey4    
,jonas ,chapter #c   ,jonas is sent     
again to preach in ,ninive4  ,upon their
 fasting and repentance1 ,god recalleth 
the sentence by which they were to be   
destroyed4  #c3a4 ,and the word of the  
,lord came to ,jonas the second time    

saying3  #c3b4 ,arise1 and go to        
,ninive1 the great city3  and preach in 
it the preaching that ,i bid thee4      
#c3c4 ,and ,jonas arose1 and went to    
,ninive1 according to the word of the   
,lord3  now ,ninive was a great city of 
three days' journey4  ,of three days'   
journey4 4 4,by the computation of some 
ancient historians1 ,ninive was about   
fifty miles round3  so that to go       
through all the chief streets and public
 places was three days' journey4  #c3d4 
,and ,jonas began to enter into the city
 one day's journey3  and he cried and   
said3  ,yet forty days and ,ninive shall
 be destroyed4  #c3e4 ,and the men of   
,ninive believed in ,god3  and they     
proclaimed a fast1 and put on sackcloth 
from the greatest to the least4  #c3f4  
,and the word came to the king of       
,ninive3  and he rose up out of his     
throne1 and cast away his robe from him1
 and was clothed in sackcloth1 and sat  
in ashes4  #c3g4 ,and he caused it to be
 proclaimed and published in ,ninive1   

from the mouth of the king and of his   
princes1 saying3  ,let neither men nor  
beasts1 oxen1 nor sheep taste anything3 
let them not feed1 nor drink water4     
#c3h4 ,and let men and beasts be covered
 with sackcloth1 and cry to the ,lord   
with all their strength1 and let them   
turn every one from his evil way1 and   
from the iniquity that is in their      
hands4  #c3i4 ,who can tell if ,god will
 turn1 and forgive3  and will turn away 
from his fierce anger1 and we shall not 
perish8  #c3aj4 ,and ,god saw their     
works1 that they were turned from their 
evil way3  and ,god had mercy with      
regard to the evil which he had said    
that he would do to them1 and he did it 
not4    ,jonas ,chapter #d   #d3a4 ,and 
,jonas was exceedingly troubled1 and was
 angry3  ,was exceedingly troubled1 etc4
 4 4,his concern was lest he should pass
 for a false prophet2 or rather1 lest   
,god's word1 by this occasion1 might    
come to be slighted and disbelieved4    
#d3b4 ,and he prayed to the ,lord1 and  

said3  ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 is not
 this what ,i said1 when ,i was yet in  
my own country8  therefore ,i went      
before to flee into ,tharsis3  for ,i   
know that thou art a gracious and       
merciful ,god1 patient1 and of much     
compassion1 and easy to forgive evil4   
#d3c4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 ,i beseech    
thee take my life from me3  for it is   
better for me to die than to live4      
#d3d4 ,and the ,lord said3  ,dost thou  
think thou hast reason to be angry8     
#d3e4 ,then ,jonas went out of the city1
 and sat toward the east side of the    
city3  and he made himself a booth      
there1 and he sat under it in the       
shadow1 till he might see what would    
befall the city4  #d3f4 ,and the ,lord  
,god prepared an ivy1 and it came up    
over the head of ,jonas1 to be a shadow 
over his head1 and to cover him 7for he 
was fatigued73  and ,jonas was exceeding
 glad of the ivy4  ,the ,lord ,god      
prepared an ivy4 4 4,hederam4  ,in the  
,hebrew it is ,kikajon1 which some      

render a gourd3  others a palmerist1 or 
palma ,christi4  #d3g4 ,but ,god        
prepared a worm1 when the morning arose 
on the following day3  and it struck the
 ivy and it withered4  #d3h4 ,and when  
the sun was risen1 the ,lord commanded a
 hot and burning wind3  and the sun beat
 upon the head of ,jonas1 and he broiled
 with the heat3  and he desired for his 
soul that he might die1 and said3  ,it  
is better for me to die than to live4   
#d3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,jonas3    
,dost thou think thou hast reason to be 
angry1 for the ivy8  ,and he said3  ,i  
am angry with reason even unto death4   
#d3aj4 ,and the ,lord said3  ,thou art  
grieved for the ivy1 for which thou hast
 not laboured1 nor made it to grow1     
which in one night came up1 and in one  
night perished4  #d3aa4 ,and shall ,i   
not spare ,ninive1 that great city1 in  
which there are more than a hundred and 
twenty thousand persons1 that know not  
how to distinguish between their right  
hand and their left1 and many beasts8   

,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,micheas         
,,micheas1 of ,morasti1 a little town in
 the tribe of ,,juda1 was contemporary  
with the prophet ,,isaias3  whom he     
resembles both in his spirit and his    
style4  ,he is different from the       
prophet ,,micheas mentioned in the third
 book of ,kings1 chap4 #bb4  ,for that  
,,micheas lived in the days of king     
,,achab1 one hundred and fifty years    
before the time of ,,ezechias1 under    
whom this ,,micheas prophesied4         
,micheas ,chapter #a   ,samaria for her 
sins shall be destroyed by the          
,assyrians2 they shall also invade ,juda
 and ,jerusalem4  #a3a4 ,the word of the
 ,lord1 that came to ,micheas1 the      
,morasthite1 in the days of ,joathan1   
,achaz1 and ,ezechias1 kings of ,juda3  
which he saw concerning ,samaria and    
,jerusalem4  #a3b4 ,hear1 all ye people3
  and let the earth give ear1 and all   
that is therein3  and let the ,lord ,god
 be a witness to you1 the ,lord from his
 holy temple4  #a3c4 ,for behold the    

,lord will come forth out of his place3 
and he will come down1 and will tread   
upon the high places of the earth4      
#a3d4 ,and the mountains shall be melted
 under him3  and the valleys shall be   
cleft1 as wax before the fire1 and as   
waters that run down a steep place4     
#a3e4 ,for the wickedness of ,jacob is  
all this1 and for the sins of the house 
of ,israel4  ,what is the wickedness of 
,jacob8  is it not ,samaria8 and what   
are the high places of ,juda8  are they 
not ,jerusalem8  #a3f4 ,and ,i will make
 ,samaria as a heap of stones in the    
field when a vineyard is planted3  and  
,i will bring down the stones thereof   
into the valley1 and will lay her       
foundations bare4  #a3g4 ,and all her   
graven things shall be cut in pieces1   
and all her wages shall be burnt with   
fire1 and ,i will bring to destruction  
all her idols3  for they were gathered  
together of the hire of a harlot1 and   
unto the hire of a harlot they shall    
return4  ,her wages4 4 4,that is1 her   

donaries or presents offered to her     
idols3  or the hire of all her traffic  
and labour4--,ibid4  ,of the hire of a  
harlot1 etc4 4 4,they were gathered     
together by one idolatrous city1 viz41  
,samaria3  and they shall be carried    
away to another idolatrous city1 viz41  
,ninive4  #a3h4 ,therefore will ,i      
lament1 and howl3  ,i will go stript and
 naked3  ,i will make a wailing like the
 dragons1 and a mourning like the       
ostriches4  #a3i4 ,because her wound is 
desperate1 because it is come even to   
,juda1 it hath touched the gate of my   
people1 even to ,jerusalem4  ,it hath   
touched the gate1 etc4 4 4,that is1 the 
destruction of ,samaria shall be        
followed by the invasion of my people of
 ,juda1 and the ,assyrians shall come   
and lay all waste even to the confines  
of ,jerusalem4  #a3aj4 ,declare ye it   
not in ,geth1 weep ye not with tears3   
in the house of ,dust sprinkle          
yourselves with dust4  ,declare ye it   
not in ,geth4 4 4,viz41 amongst the     

,philistines1 lest they rejoice at your 
calamity4--,ibid4  ,weep ye not1 etc4 4 
4,keep in your tears1 that you may not  
give your enemies an occasion of        
insulting over you2 but in your own     
houses1 or in your house of dust1 your  
earthly habitation1 sprinkle yourselves 
with dust1 and put on the habit of      
penitents4  ,some take the house of dust
 7in ,hebrew1 ,aphrah7 to be the proper 
name of a city4  #a3aa4 ,and pass away1 
,o thou that dwellest in the beautiful  
place1 covered with thy shame3  she went
 not forth that dwelleth in the         
confines3  the house adjoining shall    
receive mourning from you1 which stood  
by herself4  ,thou that dwellest in the 
,beautiful place1 viz41 in ,samaria4    
,in the ,hebrew the ,beautiful place is 
expressed by the word ,sapir1 which some
 take for the proper name of a          
city4--,ibid4  ,she went not forth1 etc4
 4 4that is1 they that dwelt in the     
confines came not forth1 but kept       
themselves within1 for fear4--,ibid4    

,the house adjoining1 etc4 4 4,viz41    
,judea and ,jerusalem1 neighbours to    
,samaria1 and partners in her sins1     
shall share also in her mourning and    
calamity2 though they have pretended to 
stand by themselves1 trusting in their  
strength4  #a3ab4 ,for she is become    
weak unto good that dwelleth in         
bitterness3  for evil is come down from 
the ,lord into the gate of ,jerusalem4  
,she is become weak1 etc4 4 4,jerusalem 
is become weak unto any good2 because   
she dwells in the bitterness of sin4    
#a3ac4 ,a tumult of chariots hath       
astonished the inhabitants of ,lachis3  
it is the beginning of sin to the       
daughter of ,sion for in thee were found
 the crimes of ,israel4  ,it is the     
beginning1 etc4 4 4,that is1 ,lachis was
 the first city of ,juda that learned   
from ,samaria the worship of idols1 and 
communicated it to ,jerusalem4  #a3ad4  
,therefore shall she send messengers to 
the inheritance of ,geth3 the houses of 
lying to deceive the kings of ,israel4  

,therefore shall she send1 etc4 4       
4,lachis shall send to ,geth for help3  
but in vain3  for ,geth1 instead of     
helping1 shall be found to be a house of
 lying and deceit to ,israel4  #a3ae4   
,yet will ,i bring an heir to thee that 
dwellest in ,maresa3  even to ,odollam  
shall the glory of ,israel come4  ,an   
heir1 etc4 4 4,maresa 7which was the    
name of a city of ,juda7 signifies      
inheritance3  but here ,god by his      
prophet tells the ,jews1 that he will   
bring them an heir to take possession of
 their inheritance3  and that the glory 
of ,israel shall be obliged to give     
place1 and to retire even to ,odollam1 a
 city in the extremity of their         
dominions4  ,and therefore he exhorts   
them to penance in the following verse4 
#a3af4 ,make thee bald1 and be polled   
for thy delicate children3  enlarge thy 
baldness as the eagle3  for they are    
carried into captivity from thee4       
,micheas ,chapter #b   ,the ,israelites 
by their crying injustices provoke ,god 

to punish them4 ,he shall at last       
restore ,jacob4  #b3a4 ,woe to you that 
devise that which is unprofitable1 and  
work evil in your beds3  in the morning 
light they execute it1 because their    
hand is against ,god4  #b3b4 ,and they  
have coveted fields1 and taken them by  
violence1 and houses they have forcibly 
taken away3  and oppressed a man and his
 house1 a man and his inheritance4      
#b3c4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  
,behold ,i devise an evil against this  
family3  from which you shall not       
withdraw your necks1 and you shall not  
walk haughtily1 for this is a very evil 
time4  #b3d4 ,in that day a parable     
shall be taken up upon you1 and a song  
shall be sung with melody by them that  
say3  ,we are laid waste and spoiled3   
the portion of my people is changed3    
how shall he depart from me1 whereas he 
is returning that will divide our land8 
,how shall he depart1 etc4 4 4,how do   
you pretend to say that the ,assyrian is
 departing2 when indeed he is coming to 

divide our lands amongst his subjects8  
#b3e4 ,therefore thou shalt have none   
that shall cast the cord of a lot in the
 assembly of the ,lord4  ,thou shalt    
have none1 etc4 4 4,thou shalt have no  
longer any lot or inheritance in the    
land of the people of the ,lord4  #b3f4 
,speak ye not1 saying3  ,it shall not   
drop upon these1 confusion shall not    
take them4  ,it shall not drop1 etc4 4  
4,that is1 the prophecy shall not come  
upon these4  ,such were the sentiments  
of the people that were unwilling to    
believe the threats of the prophets4    
#b3g4 ,the house of ,jacob saith3  ,is  
the ,spirit of the ,lord straitened or  
are these his thoughts8  ,are not my    
words good to him that walketh          
uprightly8  #b3h4 ,but my people1 on the
 contrary1 are risen up as an enemy3    
you have taken away the cloak off from  
the coat3  and them that passed harmless
 you have turned to war4  ,you have     
taken away1 etc4 4 4,you have even      
stripped people of their necessary      

garments3  and have treated such as were
 innocently passing on the way1 as if   
they were at war with you4  #b3i4 ,you  
have cast out the women of my people    
from their houses1 in which they took   
delight3  you have taken my praise      
forever from their children4  ,you have 
cast out1 etc4 4 4either by depriving   
them of their houses3  or1 by your      
crimes1 given occasion to their being   
carried away captives1 and their        
children1 by that means1 never learning 
to praise the ,lord4  #b3aj4 ,arise ye1 
and depart1 for there is no rest here   
for you4  ,for that uncleanness of the  
land1 it shall be corrupted with a      
grievous corruption4  #b3aa4 ,would ,god
 ,i were not a man that hath the spirit1
 and that ,i rather spoke a lie3  ,i    
will let drop to thee of wine1 and of   
drunkenness3  and it shall be this      
people upon whom it shall drop4  ,would 
,god1 etc4 4 4,the prophet could have   
wished1 out of his love to his people1  
that he might be deceived in denouncing 

to them these evils that were to fall   
upon them3  but by conforming himself to
 the will of ,god1 he declares to them1 
that he is sent to prophesy1 literally  
to let drop upon them1 the wine of      
,god's indignation1 with which they     
should be made drunk2 that is1 stupified
 and cast down4  #b3ab4 ,i will assemble
 and gather together all of thee1 ,o    
,jacob3  ,i will bring together the     
remnant of ,israel1 ,i will put them    
together as a flock in the fold1 as     
sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes1   
they shall make a tumult by reason of   
the multitude of men4  #b3ac4 ,for he   
shall go up that shall open the way     
before them3  they shall divide and pass
 through the gate1 and shall come in by 
it3  and their king shall pass before   
them1 and the ,lord at the head of them4
    ,micheas ,chapter #c   ,for the sins
 of the rich oppressing the poor1 of    
false prophets flattering for lucre1 and
 of judges perverting justice1          
,jerusalem and the temple shall be      

destroyed4  #c3a4 ,and ,i said3  ,hear1 
,o ye princes of ,jacob1 and ye chiefs  
of the house of ,israel3  ,is it not    
your part to know judgment1  #c3b4 ,you 
that hate good1 and love evil3  that    
violently pluck off their skins from    
them and their flesh from their bones8  
#c3c4 ,who have eaten the flesh of my   
people1 and have flayed their skin off  
them3  and have broken1 and chopped     
their bones as for the kettle1 and as   
flesh in the midst of the pot4  #c3d4   
,then shall they cry to the ,lord1 and  
he will not hear them3  and he will hide
 his face from them at that time1 as    
they have behaved wickedly in their     
devices4  #c3e4 ,thus saith the ,lord   
concerning the prophets that make my    
people err3  that bite with their teeth1
 and preach peace3  and if a man give   
not something into their mouth1 they    
prepare war against him4  #c3f4         
,therefore night shall be to you instead
 of vision1 and darkness to you instead 
of divination3  and the sun shall go    

down upon the prophets1 and the day     
shall be darkened over them4  #c3g4 ,and
 they shall be confounded that see      
visions1 and the diviners shall be      
confounded3  and they shall all cover   
their faces1 because there is no answer 
of ,god4  #c3h4 ,but yet ,i am filled   
with the strength of the spirit of the  
,lord1 with judgment and power3  to     
declare unto ,jacob his wickedness and  
to ,israel his sin4  #c3i4 ,hear this1  
ye princes of the house of ,jacob1 and  
ye judges of the house of ,israel3  you 
that abhor judgment and pervert all that
 is right4  #c3aj4 ,you that build up   
,sion with blood1 and ,jerusalem with   
iniquity4  #c3aa4 ,her princes have     
judged for bribes3  and her priests have
 taught for hire1 and her prophets      
divined for money3  and they leaned upon
 the ,lord1 saying3  ,is not the ,lord  
in the midst of us8  no evil shall come 
among us4  #c3ab4 ,therefore because of 
you1 ,sion shall be ploughed as a field1
 and ,jerusalem shall be as a heap of   

stones1 and the mountain of the temple  
as the high places of the forests4      
,micheas ,chapter #d   ,the glory of the
 church of ,christ1 by the conversion of
 the ,gentiles4 ,the ,jews shall be     
carried captives to ,babylon1 and be    
delivered again4  #d3a4 ,and it shall   
come to pass in the last days1 that the 
mountain of the house of the ,lord shall
 be prepared in the top of the          
mountains1 and high above the hills3    
and people shall flow to it4  #d3b4 ,and
 many nations shall come in haste1 and  
say3  ,come1 let us go up to the        
mountain of the ,lord1 and to the house 
of the ,god of ,jacob3  and he will     
teach us of his ways1 and we will walk  
in his paths3  for the law shall go     
forth out of ,sion1 and the word of the 
,lord out of ,jerusalem4  #d3c4 ,and he 
shall judge among many people1 and      
rebuke strong nations afar off3  and    
they shall beat their swords into       
ploughshares1 and their spears into     
spades3  nation shall not take sword    

against nation3  neither shall they     
learn war anymore4  ,neither shall they 
learn1 etc4 4 4,the law of ,christ is a 
law of peace2 and all his true subjects1
 as much as lies in them love and keep  
peace with all the world4  #d3d4 ,and   
every man shall sit under his vine1 and 
under his fig tree1 and there shall be  
none to make them afraid1 for the mouth 
of the ,lord of hosts hath spoken4      
#d3e4 ,for all people will walk every   
one in the name of his god3  but we will
 walk in the name of the ,lord1 our     
,god1 for ever and ever4  #d3f4 ,in that
 day1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will gather up
 her that halteth3 and her that ,i had  
cast out1 ,i will gather up3  and her   
whom ,i had afflicted4  #d3g4 ,and ,i   
will make her that halted1 a remnant3   
and her that had been afflicted1 a      
mighty nation3  and the ,lord will reign
 over them in ,mount ,sion1 from this   
time now and forever4  #d3h4 ,and thou1 
,o cloudy tower of the flock1 of the    
daughter of ,sion1 unto thee shall it   

come3  yea the first power shall come1  
the kingdom to the daughter of          
,jerusalem4  #d3i4 ,now1 why art thou   
drawn together with grief8  ,hast thou  
no king in thee1 or is thy counselor    
perished1 because sorrow hath taken thee
 as a woman in labour4  #d3aj4 ,be in   
pain and labour1 ,o daughter of ,sion1  
as a woman that bringeth forth3  for now
 shalt thou go out of the city1 and     
shalt dwell in the country1 and shalt   
come even to ,babylon1 there thou shalt 
be delivered3  there the ,lord will     
redeem thee out of the hand of thy      
enemies4  #d3aa4 ,and now many nations  
are gathered together against thee1 and 
they say3  ,let her be stoned3  and let 
our eye look upon ,sion4  #d3ab4 ,but   
they have not known the thoughts of the 
,lord1 and have not understood his      
counsel3  because he hath gathered them 
together as the hay of the floor4       
#d3ac4 ,arise1 and tread1 ,o daughter of
 ,sion3  for ,i will make thy horn iron1
 and thy hoofs ,i will make brass3  and 

thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples1 
and shalt immolate the spoils of them to
 the ,lord1 and their strength to the   
,lord of the whole earth4    ,micheas   
,chapter #e   ,the birth of ,christ in  
,bethlehem3  his reign and spiritual    
conquests4  #e3a4 ,now shalt thou be    
laid waste1 ,o daughter of the robber3  
they have laid siege against us1 with a 
rod shall they strike the cheek of the  
judge of ,israel4  ,daughter of the     
robber4 4 4,some understand this of     
,babylon2 which robbed and pillaged the 
temple of ,god3  others understand it of
 ,jerusalem2 by reason of the many      
rapines and oppressions committed there4
  #e3b4 ,and thou ,bethlehem ,ephrata1  
art a little one among the thousands of 
,juda1 out of thee shall he come forth  
unto me that is to be the ruler in      
,israel3  and his going forth is from   
the beginning1 from the days of         
eternity4  ,his going forth1 etc4 4     
4,that is1 he who as man shall be born  
in thee1 as ,god was born of his ,father

 from all eternity4  #e3c4 ,therefore   
will he give them up even till the time 
wherein she that travaileth shall bring 
forth3  and the remnant of his brethren 
shall be converted to the children of   
,israel4  #e3d4 ,and he shall stand1 and
 feed in the strength of the ,lord1 in  
the height of the name of the ,lord1 his
 ,god3  and they shall be converted1 for
 now shall he be magnified even to the  
ends of the earth4  #e3e4 ,and this man 
shall be our peace1 when the ,assyrian  
shall come into our land1 and when he   
shall set his foot in our houses3  and  
we shall raise against him seven        
shepherds1 and eight principal men4     
,the ,assyrian4 4 4,that is1 the        
persecutors of the church3  who are here
 called ,assyrians by the prophet3      
because the ,assyrians were at that time
 the chief enemies and persecutors of   
the people of ,god4--,ibid4 ,seven      
shepherds1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the pastors of
 ,god's church1 and the defenders of the
 faith4  ,the number seven in scripture 

is taken to signify many3  and when     
eight is joined with it1 we are to      
understand that the number will be very 
great4  #e3f4 ,and they shall feed the  
land of ,assyria with the sword1 and the
 land of ,nemrod with the spears        
thereof3  and he shall deliver us from  
the ,assyrian when he shall come into   
our land1 and when he shall tread in our
 borders4  ,they shall feed1 etc4 4     
4,they shall make spiritual conquests in
 the lands of their persecutors1 with   
the word of the spirit1 which is the    
word of ,god4  ,eph4 #f4ag4  #e3g4 ,and 
the remnant of ,jacob shall be in the   
midst of many peoples1 as a dew from the
 ,lord1 and as drops upon the grass1    
which waiteth not for man1 nor tarrieth 
for the children of men4  ,the remnant  
of ,jacob4 4 4,viz41 the apostles1 and  
the first preachers of the ,jewish      
nation2 whose doctrine1 like dew1 shall 
make the plants of the converted        
,gentiles grow up1 without waiting for  
any man to cultivate them by human      

learning4  #e3h4 ,and the remnant of    
,jacob shall be among the ,gentiles1 in 
the midst of many peoples1 as a lion    
among the beasts of the forests1 and as 
a young lion among the flocks of sheep3 
who1 when he shall go through1 and tread
 down1 and take there is none to        
deliver4  ,as a lion1 etc4 4 4,this     
denotes the fortitude of these first    
preachers2 and their success in their   
spiritual enterprises4  #e3i4 ,thy hand 
shall be lifted up over thy enemies1 and
 all thy enemies shall be cut off4      
#e3aj4 ,and it shall come to pass in    
that day1 saith the ,lord1 that ,i will 
take away thy horses out of the midst of
 thee1 and will destroy thy chariots4   
,i will take away thy horses1 etc4 4    
4,some understand this1 and all that    
follows to the end of the chapter1 as   
addressed to the enemies of the church4 
,but it may as well be understood of the
 converts to the church3 who should no  
longer put their trust in any of these  
things4  #e3aa4 ,and ,i will destroy the

 cities of thy land1 and will throw down
 all thy strong holds1 and ,i will take 
away sorceries out of thy hand1 and     
there shall be no divinations in thee4  
#e3ab4 ,and ,i will destroy thy graven  
things1 and thy statues1 out of the     
midst of thee3  and thou shalt no more  
adore the works of thy hands4  #e3ac4   
,and ,i will pluck up thy groves out of 
the midst of thee3  and will crush thy  
cities4  #e3ad4 ,and ,i will execute    
vengeance in wrath1 and in indignation1 
among all the nations that have not     
given ear4    ,micheas ,chapter #f      
,god expostulates with the ,jews for    
their ingratitude and sins3  for which  
they shall be punished4  #f3a4 ,hear ye 
what the ,lord saith3  ,arise1 contend  
thou in judgment against the mountains1 
and let the hills hear thy voice4  ,the 
mountains1 etc4 4 4,that is1 the great  
ones1 the princes of the people4  #f3b4 
,let the mountains hear the judgment of 
the ,lord1 and the strong foundations of
 the earth3  for the ,lord will enter   

into judgment with his people1 and he   
will plead against ,israel4  #f3c4 ,o my
 people1 what have ,i done to thee1 or  
in what have ,i molested thee8  answer  
thou me4  #f3d4 ,for ,i brought thee up 
out of the land of ,egypt1 and delivered
 thee out of the house of slaves3  and  
,i sent before thy face ,moses1 and     
,aaron1 and ,mary4  #f3e4 ,o my people1 
remember1 ,i pray thee1 what ,balach1   
the king of ,moab1 purposed3  and what  
,balaam1 the son of ,beor1 answered him1
 from ,setim to ,galgal1 that thou      
mightest know the justice of the ,lord4 
,from ,setim to ,galgal4 4 4,he puts    
them in mind of the favour he did them1 
in not suffering them to be quite       
destroyed by the evil purpose of        
,balach1 and the wicked counsel of      
,balaam3  and then gives them a hint of 
the wonders he wrought1 in order to     
bring them into the land of ,promise1 by
 stopping the course of the ,jordan1 in 
their march from ,setim to ,galgal4     
#f3f4 ,what shall ,i offer to the ,lord 

that is worthy8  wherewith shall ,i     
kneel before the high ,god8  shall ,i   
offer holocausts unto him1 and calves of
 a year old8  ,what shall ,i offer1 etc4
 4 4,this is spoken in the person of the
 people1 desiring to be informed what   
they are to do to please ,god4  #f3g4   
,may the ,lord be appeased with         
thousands of rams1 or with many         
thousands of fat he goats8  shall ,i    
give my firstborn for my wickedness1 the
 fruit of my body for the sin of my     
soul8  #f3h4 ,i will shew thee1 ,o man1 
what is good1 and what the ,lord        
requireth of thee3  ,verily to do       
judgment1 and to love mercy1 and to walk
 solicitous with thy ,god4  #f3i4 ,the  
voice of the ,lord crieth to the city1  
and salvation shall be to them that fear
 thy name3  hear ,o ye tribes1 and who  
shall approve it8  #f3aj4 ,as yet there 
is a fire in the house of the wicked1   
the treasures of iniquity1 and a scant  
measure full of wrath4  ,full of wrath1 
etc4 4 4,that is1 highly provoking in   

the sight of ,god4  #f3aa4 ,shall ,i    
justify wicked balances1 and the        
deceitful weights of the bag8  #f3ab4   
,by which her rich men were filled with 
iniquity1 and the inhabitants thereof   
have spoken lies1 and their tongue was  
deceitful in their mouth4  #f3ac4 ,and  
,i therefore began to strike thee with  
desolation for thy sins4  #f3ad4 ,thou  
shalt eat1 but shalt not be filled3  and
 thy humiliation shall be in the midst  
of thee3  and thou shalt take hold1 but 
shalt not save3  and those whom thou    
shalt save1 ,i will give up to the      
sword4  #f3ae4 ,thou shalt sow1 but     
shalt not reap3  thou shalt tread the   
olives1 but shalt not be anointed with  
oil3  and the new wine1 but shalt not   
drink the wine4  #f3af4 ,for thou hast  
kept the statutes of ,amri1 and all the 
works of the house of ,achab3  and thou 
hast walked according their wills1 that 
,i should make thee a desolation1 and   
the inhabitants thereof a hissing1 and  
you shall bear the reproach of my       

people4  ,the statutes of ,amri1 etc4 4 
4,the wicked ways of ,amri and ,achab1  
idolatrous kings4    ,micheas ,chapter  
#g   ,the prophet laments1 that         
notwithstanding all his preaching1 the  
generality are still corrupt in their   
manners3  therefore their desolation is 
at hand3  but they shall be restored    
again and prosper2 and all mankind shall
 be redeemed by ,christ4  #g3a4 ,woe is 
me1 for ,i am become as one that        
gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the    
vintage3  there is no cluster to eat1 my
 soul desired the first ripe figs4      
#g3b4 ,the holy man is perished out of  
the earth1 and there is none upright    
among men3  they all lie in wait for    
blood1 every one hunteth his brother to 
death4  #g3c4 ,the evil of their hands  
they call good3  the prince requireth1  
and the judge is for giving3  and the   
great man hath uttered the desire of his
 soul1 and they have troubled it4  #g3d4
 ,he that is best among them1 is as a   
brier1 and he that is righteous1 as the 

thorn of the hedge4  ,the day of thy    
inspection1 thy visitation cometh3  now 
shall be their destruction4  #g3e4      
,believe not a friend1 and trust not in 
a prince3  keep the doors of thy mouth  
from her that sleepeth in thy bosom4    
#g3f4 ,for the son dishonoureth the     
father1 and the daughter riseth up      
against her mother1 the daughter in law 
against her mother in law3  and a man's 
enemies are they of his own household4  
#g3g4 ,but ,i will look towards the     
,lord1 ,i will wait for ,god1 my        
saviour3 my ,god will hear me4  #g3h4   
,rejoice not1 thou my enemy1 over me1   
because ,i am fallen3  ,i shall arise1  
when ,i sit in darkness1 the ,lord is my
 light4  #g3i4 ,i will bear the wrath of
 the ,lord1 because ,i have sinned      
against him3  until he judge my cause1  
and execute judgement for me3  he will  
bring me forth into the light1 ,i shall 
behold his justice4  #g3aj4 ,and my     
enemy shall behold1 and she shall be    
covered with shame1 who saith to me3    

,where is the ,lord thy ,god8  my eyes  
shall look down upon her3  now shall she
 be trodden under foot as the mire of   
the streets4  ,she shall be covered1    
etc4 4 4,viz41 ,babylon my enemy4       
#g3aa4 ,the day shall come1 that thy    
walls may be built up3  in that day     
shall the law be far removed4  ,the law4
 4 4,viz41 of thy enemies1 who have     
tyrannized over thee4  #g3ab4 ,in that  
day they shall come even from ,assyria  
to thee1 and to the fortified cities3   
and from the fortified cities even to   
the river1 and from sea to sea1 and from
 mountain to mountain4  #g3ac4 ,and the 
land shall be made desolate because of  
the inhabitants thereof1 and for the    
fruit of their devices4  ,the land1 etc4
 4 4,viz41 of ,babylon4  #g3ad4 ,feed   
thy people with thy rod1 the flock of   
thy inheritance1 them that dwell alone  
in the forest1 in the midst of ,carmel3 
they shall feed in ,basan and ,galaad1  
according to the days of old4  #g3ae4   
,according to the days of thy coming out

 of the land of ,egypt1 ,i will shew him
 wonders4  #g3af4 ,the nations shall    
see1 and shall be confounded at all     
their strength3  they shall put the hand
 upon the mouth1 their ears shall be    
deaf4  #g3ag4 ,they shall lick the dust 
like serpents1 as the creeping things of
 the earth1 they shall be disturbed in  
their houses3  they shall dread the     
,lord1 our ,god1 and shall fear thee4   
#g3ah4 ,who is a ,god like to thee1 who 
takest away iniquity1 and passest by the
 sin of the remnant of thy inheritance8 
he will send his fury in no more1       
because he delighteth in mercy4  #g3ai4 
,he will turn again1 and have mercy on  
us3  he will put away our iniquities3   
and he will cast all our sins into the  
bottom of the sea4  #g3bj4 ,thou wilt   
perform the truth to ,jacob1 the mercy  
to ,abraham3  which thou hast sworn to  
our fathers from the days of old4       
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,nahum           
,,nahum1 whose name signifies ,a        
,,comforter1 was a native of ,elcese1 or

 ,elcesai1 supposed to be a little town 
in ,galilee4  ,he prophesied1 after the 
ten tribes were carried into captivity1 
and foretold the utter destruction of   
,ninive1 by the ,babylonians and ,medes3
  which happened in the reign of        
,,josias4    ,nahum ,chapter #a   ,the  
majesty of ,god1 his goodness to his    
people1 and severity to his enemies4    
#a3a4 ,the burden of ,ninive4  ,the book
 of the vision of ,nahum1 the ,elcesite4
  #a3b4 ,the ,lord is a jealous ,god1   
and a revenger3  the ,lord is a         
revenger1 and hath wrath3  the ,lord    
taketh vengeance on his adversaries1 and
 he is angry with his enemies4  #a3c4   
,the ,lord is patient1 and great in     
power1 and will not cleanse and acquit  
the guilty4  ,the ,lord's ways are in a 
tempest1 and a whirlwind1 and clouds are
 the dust of his feet4  #a3d4 ,he       
rebuketh the sea and drieth it up3  and 
bringeth all the rivers to be a desert4 
,basan languisheth and ,carmel3  and the
 flower of ,libanus fadeth away4  #a3e4 

,the mountains tremble at him1 and the  
hills are made desolate3  and the earth 
hath quaked at his presence1 and the    
world1 and all that dwell therein4      
#a3f4 ,who can stand before the face of 
his indignation8  and who shall resist  
in the fierceness of his anger8  his    
indignation is poured out like fire3    
and the rocks are melted by him4  #a3g4 
,the ,lord is good1 and giveth strength 
in the day of trouble3  and knoweth them
 that hope in him4  #a3h4 ,but with a   
flood that passeth by1 he will make an  
utter end of the place thereof3  and    
darkness shall pursue his enemies4  ,of 
the place thereof4 4 4,viz41 of ,ninive4
  #a3i4 ,what do ye devise against the  
,lord8  he will make an utter end3 there
 shall not rise a double affliction4    
#a3aj4 ,for as thorns embrace one       
another3  so while they are feasting and
 drinking together1 they shall be       
consumed as stubble that is fully dry4  
#a3aa4 ,out of thee shall come forth one
 that imagineth evil against the ,lord1 

contriving treachery in his mind4       
,shall come forth one1 etc4 4 4,some    
understand this of ,sennacherib4  ,but  
as his attempt against the people seems 
to have been prior to the prophecy of   
,nahum1 we may better understand it of  
,holofernes4  #a3ab4 ,thus saith the    
,lord3  ,though they were perfect3  and 
many of them so1 yet thus shall they be 
cut off1 and he shall pass3  ,i have    
afflicted thee1 and ,i will afflict thee
 no more4  ,though they were perfect1   
etc4 4 4,that is1 however strong or     
numerous their forces may be1 they shall
 be cut off2 and their prince or leader 
shall pass away and disappear4  #a3ac4  
,and now ,i will break in pieces his rod
 with which he struck thy back1 and ,i  
will burst thy bonds asunder4  #a3ad4   
,and the ,lord will give a commandment  
concerning thee1 that no more of thy    
name shall be sown3  ,i will destroy the
 graven and molten thing out of the     
house of thy ,god1 ,i will make it thy  
grave1 for thou art disgraced4  ,will   

give a commandment4 4 4,that is1 a      
decree1 concerning thee1 ,o king of     
,ninive1 thy seed shall fail1 etc4      
#a3ae4 ,behold upon the mountains the   
feet of him that bringeth good tidings1 
and that preacheth peace3  ,o ,juda1    
keep thy festivals1 and pay thy vows3   
for ,belial shall no more pass through  
thee again1 he is utterly cut off4      
,belial4 4 4,the wicked one1 viz41 the  
,assyrian4    ,nahum ,chapter #b   ,god 
sends his armies against ,ninive to     
destroy it4  #b3a4 ,he is come up that  
shall destroy before thy face1 that     
shall keep the siege3  watch the way1   
fortify thy loins1 strengthen thy power 
exceedingly4  #b3b4 ,for the ,lord hath 
rendered the pride of ,jacob1 as the    
pride of ,israel3  because the spoilers 
have laid them waste1 and have marred   
their vine branches4  ,hath rendered the
 pride of ,jacob1 etc4 4 4,he hath      
punished ,jacob for his pride2 and      
therefore ,ninive must not expect to    
escape4  ,or else1 rendering the pride  

of ,jacob means rewarding1 that is1     
punishing ,ninive for the pride they    
exercised against ,jacob4  #b3c4 ,the   
shield of his mighty men is like fire1  
the men of the army are clad in scarlet1
 the reins of the chariot are flaming in
 the day of his preparation1 and the    
drivers are stupefied4  ,of his mighty  
men1 etc4 4 4,he speaks of the          
,chaldeans and ,medes sent to destroy   
,ninive4--,ibid4  ,stupefied4 4         
4consopiti4  ,that is1 they drive on    
furiously like men intoxicated with     
wine4  #b3d4 ,they are in confusion in  
the ways1 the chariots jostle one       
against another in the streets3  their  
looks are like torches1 like lightning  
running to and fro4  #b3e4 ,he will     
muster up his valiant men1 they shall   
stumble in their march3  they shall     
quickly get upon the walls thereof3  and
 a covering shall be prepared4  ,stumble
 in their march4 4 4,by running hastily 
on4  #b3f4 ,the gates of the rivers are 
opened1 and the temple is thrown down to

 the ground4  #b3g4 ,and the soldier is 
led away captive3  and her bondwomen    
were led away mourning as doves1        
murmuring in their hearts4  #b3h4 ,and  
as for ,ninive1 her waters are like a   
great pool3  but the men flee away4     
,they cry3  ,stand1 stand1 but there is 
none that will return back4  #b3i4 ,take
 ye the spoil of the silver1 take the   
spoil of the gold3  for there is no end 
of the riches of all the precious       
furniture4  #b3aj4 ,she is destroyed1   
and rent1 and torn3  the heart melteth1 
and the knees fail1 and all the loins   
lose their strength3  and the faces of  
them all are as the blackness of a      
kettle4  #b3aa4 ,where is now the       
dwelling of the lions1 and the feeding  
place of the young lions1 to which the  
lion went1 to enter in thither1 the     
young lion1 and there was none to make  
them afraid8  #b3ab4 ,the lion caught   
enough for his whelps1 and killed for   
his lionesses3  and he filled his holes 
with prey1 and his den with rapine4     

#b3ac4 ,behold ,i come against thee1    
saith the ,lord of hosts1 and ,i will   
burn thy chariots even to smoke1 and the
 sword shall devour thy young lions3    
and ,i will cut off thy prey out of the 
land1 and the voice of thy messengers   
shall be heard no more4    ,nahum       
,chapter #c   ,the miserable destruction
 of ,ninive4  #c3a4 ,woe to thee1 ,o    
city of blood1 all full of lies and     
violence3 rapine shall not depart from  
thee4  #c3b4 ,the noise of the whip1 and
 the noise of the rattling of the       
wheels1 and of the neighing horse2 and  
of the running chariot1 and of the      
horsemen coming up1  #c3c4 ,and of the  
shining sword1 and of the glittering    
spear1 and of a multitude slain1 and of 
a grievous destruction3  and there is no
 end of carcasses1 and they shall fall  
down on their dead bodies4  #c3d4       
,because of the multitude of the        
fornications of the harlot that was     
beautiful and agreeable1 and that made  
use of witchcraft1 that sold nations    

through her fornications1 and families  
through her witchcrafts4  #c3e4 ,behold 
,i come against thee1 saith the ,lord of
 hosts3  and ,i will discover thy shame 
to thy face1 and will shew thy nakedness
 to the nations1 and thy shame to       
kingdoms4  #c3f4 ,and ,i will cast      
abominations upon thee1 and will        
disgrace thee1 and will make an example 
of thee4  #c3g4 ,and it shall come to   
pass that every one that shall see thee1
 shall flee from thee1 and shall say3   
,ninive is laid waste3  who shall bemoan
 thee8  whence shall ,i seek a comforter
 for thee8  #c3h4 ,art thou better than 
the populous ,alexandria1 that dwelleth 
among the rivers8  waters are round     
about it3  the sea is its riches3  the  
waters are its walls4  ,populous        
,alexandria4 4 4,no-,ammon4  ,a populous
 city of ,egypt destroyed by the        
,chaldeans1 and afterwards rebuilt by   
,alexander1 and called ,alexandria4     
,others suppose ,no-,ammon to be the    
same as ,diospolis4  #c3i4 ,ethiopia and

 ,egypt were the strength thereof1 and  
there is no end3 ,africa and the        
,libyans were thy helpers4  #c3aj4 ,yet 
she also was removed and carried into   
captivity3  her young children were     
dashed in pieces at the top of every    
street1 and they cast lots upon her     
nobles1 and all her great men were bound
 in fetters4  #c3aa4 ,therefore thou    
also shalt be made drunk1 and shalt be  
despised3 and thou shalt seek help from 
the enemies4  #c3ab4 ,all thy strong    
holds shall be like fig trees with their
 green figs3  if they be shaken1 they   
shall fall into the mouth of the eater4 
#c3ac4 ,behold thy people in the midst  
of thee are women3  the gates of thy    
land shall be set wide open to thy      
enemies1 the fire shall devour thy bars4
  #c3ad4 ,draw thee water for the siege1
 build up thy bulwarks3  go into the    
clay1 and tread1 work it and make brick4
  #c3ae4 ,there shall the fire devour   
thee3  thou shalt perish by the sword1  
it shall devour thee like the bruchus3  

assemble together like the bruchus1 make
 thyself many like the locust4  #c3af4  
,thou hast multiplied thy merchandises  
above the stars of heaven3 the bruchus  
hath spread himself and flown away4     
#c3ag4 ,thy guards are like the locusts3
  and thy little ones like the locusts  
of locusts which swarm on the hedges in 
the day of cold3  the sun arose1 and    
they flew away1 and their place was not 
known where they were4  ,locusts of     
locusts4 4 4,the young locusts4  #c3ah4 
,thy shepherds have slumbered1 ,o king  
of ,assyria1 thy princes shall be       
buried3  thy people are hid in the      
mountains1 and there is none to gather  
them4  #c3ai4 ,thy destruction is not   
hidden1 thy wound is grievous3  all that
 have heard the fame of thee1 have      
clapped their hands over thee3  for upon
 whom hath not thy wickedness passed    
continually8     ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of  
,,habacuc    ,,habacuc was a native of  
,bezocher1 and prophesied in ,,juda1    
some time before the invasion of the    

,,chaldeans1 which he foretold4  ,he    
lived to see this prophecy fulfilled1   
and for many years after1 according to  
the general opinion1 which supposes him 
to be the same that was brought by the  
,,angel to ,,daniel in ,,babylon1 ,dan4 
#ad4    ,habacuc ,chapter #a   ,the     
prophet complains of the wickedness of  
the people3  ,god reveals to him the    
vengeance he is going to take of them by
 the ,chaldeans4  #a3a4 ,the burden that
 ,habacuc the prophet saw4  ,burden4 4  
4,such prophecies more especially are   
called burdens1 as threaten grievous    
evils and punishments4  #a3b4 ,how long1
 ,o ,lord1 shall ,i cry1 and thou wilt  
not hear8  shall ,i cry out to thee     
suffering violence1 and thou wilt not   
save8  #a3c4 ,why hast thou shewn me    
iniquity and grievance1 to see rapine   
and injustice before me8  and there is a
 judgment1 but opposition is more       
powerful4  #a3d4 ,therefore the law is  
torn in pieces1 and judgment cometh not 
to the end3  because the wicked         

prevaileth against the just1 therefore  
wrong judgment goeth forth4  #a3e4      
,behold ye among the nations1 and see3  
wonder1 and be astonished3 for a work is
 done in your days1 which no man will   
believe when it shall be told4  #a3f4   
,for behold1 ,i will raise up the       
,chaldeans1 a bitter and swift nation1  
marching upon the breadth of the earth1 
to possess the dwelling places that are 
not their own4  #a3g4 ,they are         
dreadful1 and terrible3  from themselves
 shall their judgment1 and their burden 
proceed4  #a3h4 ,their horses are       
lighter than leopards1 and swifter than 
evening wolves2 and their horsemen shall
 be spread abroad3  for their horsemen  
shall come from afar1 they shall fly as 
an eagle that maketh haste to eat4      
#a3i4 ,they shall all come to the prey1 
their face is like a burning wind3  and 
they shall gather together captives as  
the sand4  #a3aj4 ,and their prince     
shall triumph over kings1 and princes   
shall be his laughingstock3  and he     

shall laugh at every strong hold1 and   
shall cast up a mount1 and shall take   
it4  #a3aa4 ,then shall his spirit be   
changed1 and he shall pass1 and fall3   
this is his strength of his god4  ,then 
shall his spirit1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the    
spirit of the king of ,babylon4 ,it     
alludes to the judgment of ,god upon    
,nabuchodonosor1 recorded ,dan4 #d41 and
 to the speedy fall of the ,chaldean    
empire4  #a3ab4 ,wast thou not from the 
beginning1 ,o ,lord my ,god1 my holy    
one1 and we shall not die8  ,lord1 thou 
hast appointed him for judgment3  and   
made him strong for correction4  #a3ac4 
,thy eyes are too pure to behold evil1  
and thou canst not look on iniquity4    
,why lookest thou upon them that do     
unjust things1 and holdest thy peace    
when the wicked devoureth the man that  
is more just than himself8  #a3ad4 ,and 
thou wilt make men as the fishes of the 
sea1 and as the creeping things that    
have no ruler4  #a3ae4 ,he lifted up all
 them with his hook1 he drew them in his

 drag1 and gathered them into his net3  
for this he will be glad and rejoice4   
#a3af4 ,therefore will he offer victims 
to his drag1 and he will sacrifice to   
his net3  because through them his      
portion is made fat1 and his meat       
dainty4  #a3ag4 ,for this cause         
therefore he spreadeth his net1 and will
 not spare continually to slay the      
nations4    ,habacuc ,chapter #b   ,the 
prophet is admonished to wait with      
faith4  ,the enemies of ,god's people   
shall assuredly be punished4  #b3a4 ,i  
will stand upon my watch1 and fix my    
foot upon the tower3  and ,i will watch1
 to see what will be said to me1 and    
what ,i may answer to him that reproveth
 me4  ,will stand1 etc4 4 4,waiting to  
see what the ,lord will answer to my    
complaint1 viz41 that the ,chaldeans1   
who are worse than the ,jews1 and who   
attribute all their success to their own
 strength1 or to their idols1 should    
nevertheless prevail over the people of 
the ,lord4  ,the ,lord's answer is1 that

 the prophet must wait with patience and
 faith3 that all should be set right in 
due time2 and the enemies of ,god and   
his people punished according to their  
deserts4  #b3b4 ,and the ,lord answered 
me1 and said3  ,write the vision1 and   
make it plain upon tables3  that he that
 readeth it may run over it4  #b3c4 ,for
 as yet the vision is far off1 and it   
shall appear at the end1 and shall not  
lie3  if it make any delay1 wait for it3
  for it shall surely come1 and it shall
 not be slack4  #b3d4 ,behold1 he that  
is unbelieving1 his soul shall not be   
right in himself3  but the just shall   
live in his faith4  #b3e4 ,and as wine  
deceiveth him that drinketh it3  so     
shall the proud man be1 and he shall not
 be honoured3  who hath enlarged his    
desire like hell3  and is himself like  
death1 and he is never satisfied3  but  
will gather together unto him all       
nations1 and heap together unto him all 
people4  ,as wine deceiveth1 etc4 4     
4,viz41 by affording only a short       

passing pleasure2 followed by the evils 
and disgrace that are the usual         
consequences of drunkenness2 so shall it
 be with the proud enemies of the people
 of ,god2 whose success affordeth them  
only a momentary pleasure1 followed by  
innumerable and everlasting evils4      
#b3f4 ,shall not all these take up a    
parable against him1 and a dark speech  
concerning him3  and it shall be said3  
,woe to him that heapeth together that  
which is not his own8  how long also    
doth he load himself with thick clay8   
,thick clay4 4 4,ill-gotten goods1 that1
 like mire1 both burden and defile the  
soul4  #b3g4 ,shall they not rise up    
suddenly that shall bite thee3  and they
 be stirred up that shall tear thee1 and
 thou shalt be a spoil to them8  #b3h4  
,because thou hast spoiled many nations1
 all that shall be left of the people   
shall spoil thee3  because of men's     
blood1 and for the iniquity of the land1
 of the city1 and of all that dwell     
therein4  #b3i4 ,woe to him that        

gathereth together an evil covetousness 
to his house1 that his nest may be on   
high1 and thinketh he may be delivered  
out of the hand of evil4  #b3aj4 ,thou  
hast devised confusion to thy house1    
thou hast cut off many people1 and thy  
soul hath sinned4  #b3aa4 ,for the stone
 shall cry out of the wall3  and the    
timber that is between the joints of the
 building1 shall answer4  #b3ab4 ,woe to
 him that buildeth a town with blood1   
and prepareth a city by iniquity4       
#b3ac4 ,are not these things from the   
,lord of hosts8  for the people shall   
labour in a great fire3  and the nations
 in vain1 and they shall faint4  ,are   
not these things1 etc4 4 4,that is1     
shall not these punishments that are    
here recorded1 come from the ,lord upon 
him that is guilty of such              
crimes4--,ibid4  ,the people shall      
labour1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the enemies of   
,god's people4  #b3ad4 ,for the earth   
shall be filled1 that men may know the  
glory of the ,lord1 as waters covering  

the sea4  #b3ae4 ,woe to him that giveth
 drink to his friend1 and presenteth his
 gall1 and maketh him drunk1 that he may
 behold his nakedness4  #b3af4 ,thou art
 filled with shame instead of glory3    
drink thou also1 and fall fast asleep3  
the cup of the right hand of the ,lord  
shall compass thee1 and shameful        
vomiting shall be on thy glory4  #b3ag4 
,for the iniquity of ,libanus shall     
cover thee1 and the ravaging of beasts  
shall terrify them because of the blood 
of men1 and the iniquity of the land1   
and of the city1 and of all that dwell  
therein4  ,the iniquity of ,libanus4 4  
4,that is1 the iniquity committed by the
 ,chaldeans against the temple of ,god1 
signified here by the name of ,libanus4 
#b3ah4 ,what doth the graven thing      
avail1 because the maker thereof hath   
graven it1 a molten1 and a false image8 
because the forger thereof hath trusted 
in a thing of his own forging1 to make  
dumb idols4  #b3ai4 ,woe to him that    
saith to wood3  ,awake3  to the dumb    

stone3  ,arise3 can it teach8  ,behold1 
it is laid over with gold1 and silver1  
and there is no spirit in the bowels    
thereof4  #b3bj4 ,but the ,lord is in   
his holy temple3  let all the earth keep
 silence before him4    ,habacuc        
,chapter #c   #c3a4 ,a ,,prayer ,,of    
,,habacuc ,,the ,,prophet ,,for         
,,ignorances4  ,for ignorances4 4 4,that
 is1 for the sins of his people4  ,in   
the ,hebrew1 it is ,sigionoth3  which   
some take to signify a musical          
instrument1 or tune2 with which this    
sublime prayer and canticle was to be   
sung4  #c3b4 ,o ,lord1 ,i have heard thy
 hearing1 and was afraid4  ,o ,lord1 thy
 work1 in the midst of the years bring  
it to life3  ,in the midst of the years 
thou shalt make it known3  when thou art
 angry1 thou wilt remember mercy4  ,thy 
hearing1 etc4 4 4,that is1 thy oracles1 
the great and wonderful things thou hast
 revealed to me2 and ,i was struck with 
a reverential fear and awe4--,ibid4     
,thy work4 4 4,the great work of the    

redemption of man1 which thou wilt bring
 to life and light in the midst of the  
years1 when our calamities and miseries 
shall be at their height4  #c3c4 ,god   
will come from the south1 and the holy  
one from mount ,pharan3 ,his glory      
covered the heavens1 and the earth is   
full of his praise4  ,god will come from
 the south1 etc4 4 4,god himself will   
come to give us his law1 and to conduct 
us into the true land of promise3  as   
heretofore he came from the ,south 7in  
the ,hebrew ,theman7 and from mount     
,pharan to give his law to his people in
 the desert4  ,see ,deut4 #cc4b4  #c3d4 
,his brightness shall be as the light3  
horns are in his hands3 ,there is his   
strength hid3  ,horns1 etc4 4 4,that is1
 strength and power1 which1 by a ,hebrew
 phrase1 are called horns4  ,or beams of
 light1 which come forth from his hands4
 ,or it may allude to the cross1 in the 
horns of which the hands of ,christ were
 fastened1 where his strength was       
hidden1 by which he overcame the world1 

and drove out death and the devil4      
#c3e4 ,death shall go before his face4  
,and the devil shall go forth before his
 feet4  ,death shall go before his face1
 etc4 4 4,both death and the devil shall
 be the executioners of his justice     
against his enemies3  as they were      
heretofore against the ,egyptians and   
,chanaanites4  #c3f4 ,he stood and      
measured the earth4  ,he beheld1 and    
melted the nations3  and the ancient    
mountains were crushed to pieces4  ,the 
hills of the world were bowed down by   
the journeys of his eternity4  ,he      
beheld1 etc4 4 4,one look of his eye is 
enough to melt all the nations1 and to  
reduce them to nothing4  ,for all heaven
 and earth disappear when they come     
before his light4  ,apoc4 #bj4aa4       
,ibid4  ,the ancient mountains1 etc4 4  
4,by the mountains and hills are        
signified the great ones of the world1  
that persecute the church1 whose power  
was quickly crushed by the ,almighty4   
#c3g4 ,i saw the tents of ,ethiopia for 

their iniquity1 the curtains of the land
 of ,madian shall be troubled4          
,ethiopia4 4 4the land of the ,blacks1  
and ,madian1 are here taken for the     
enemies of ,god and his people3  who    
shall perish for their iniquity4  #c3h4 
,wast thou angry1 ,o ,lord1 with the    
rivers8  or was thy wrath upon the      
rivers8  or thy indignation in the sea8 
,who will ride upon thy horses3  and thy
 chariots are salvation4  ,with the     
rivers1 etc4 4 4,he alludes to the      
wonders wrought heretofore by the ,lord 
in favour of his people ,israel1 when   
the waters of the rivers1 viz41 of      
,arnon and ,jordan1 and of the ,red     
,sea1 retired before their face3  when  
he came as it were with his horses and  
chariots to save them when he took up   
his bow for their defence1 in           
consequence of the oath he had made to  
their tribes3  when the mountains       
trembled1 and the deep stood with its   
waves raised up in a heap1 as with hands
 lifted up to heaven3  when the sun and 

the moon stood still at his command1    
etc41 to comply with his anger1 not     
against the rivers and sea1 but against 
the enemies of his people4  ,how much   
more will he do in favour of his ,son3  
and against the enemies of his church8  
#c3i4 ,thou wilt surely take up thy bow3
  according to the oaths which thou hast
 spoken to the tribes4  ,thou wilt      
divide the rivers of the earth4  #c3aj4 
,the mountains saw thee1 and were       
grieved3  the great body of waters      
passed away4  ,the deep put forth its   
voice3  the deep lifted up its hands4   
#c3aa4 ,the sun and the moon stood still
 in their habitation1 in the light of   
thy arrows1 they shall go in the        
brightness of thy glittering spear4     
#c3ab4 ,in thy anger thou wilt tread the
 earth under foot3  in thy wrath thou   
wilt astonish the nations4  #c3ac4 ,thou
 wentest forth for the salvation of thy 
people3  for salvation with thy ,christ4
  ,thou struckest the head of the house 
of the wicked3 thou hast laid bare his  

foundation even to the neck4  ,the head 
of the house of the wicked4 4 4,such was
 ,pharao heretofore3  such shall        
,antichrist be hereafter4  #c3ad4 ,thou 
hast cursed his sceptres1 the head of   
his warriors1 them that came out as a   
whirlwind to scatter me4  ,their joy was
 like that of him that devoureth the    
poor man in secret4  #c3ae4 ,thou madest
 a way in the sea for thy horses1 in the
 mud of many waters4  ,thou madest a way
 in the sea1 etc4 4 4,to deliver thy    
people from the ,egyptian bondage3  and 
thou shalt work the like wonders in the 
spiritual way1 to rescue the children of
 the church from their enemies4  #c3af4 
,i have heard and my bowels were        
troubled3  my lips trembled at the      
voice4  ,let rottenness enter into my   
bones1 and swarm under me4  ,that ,i may
 rest in the day of tribulation3  that  
,i may go up to our people that are     
girded4  ,i have heard1 etc4 4 4,viz41  
the evils that are now coming upon the  
,israelites for their sins2 and that    

shall come hereafter upon all impenitent
 sinners2 and the foresight that ,i have
 of these miseries makes me willing to  
die1 that ,i may be at rest1 before this
 general tribulation comes1 in which all
 good things shall be withdrawn from the
 wicked4--,ibid4  ,that ,i may go up to 
our people1 etc4 4 4,that ,i may join   
the happy company in the bosom of       
,abraham1 that are girded1 that is1     
prepared for their journey1 by which    
they shall attend their ,lord1 when he  
shall ascend into heaven4  ,to which    
high and happy place1 my ,jesus1 that   
is1 my ,saviour1 the great conqueror of 
death and hell1 shall one day conduct me
 rejoicing and singing psalms of praise1
 ver4 #ah and #ai4  #c3ag4 ,for the fig 
tree shall not blossom3  and there shall
 be no spring in the vines4  ,the labour
 of the olive tree shall fail3  and the 
fields shall yield no food3  the flock  
shall be cut off from the fold1 and     
there shall be no herd in the stalls4   
#c3ah4 ,but ,i will rejoice in the      

,lord3  and ,i will joy in ,god my      
,jesus4  #c3ai4 ,the ,lord ,god is my   
strength3  and he will make my feet like
 the feet of harts3  and he the         
conqueror will lead me upon my high     
places singing psalms4     ,,the        
,,prophecy ,,of ,,sophonias             
,,sophonias1 whose name1 saith ,st4     
,jerome1 signifies ,the ,watchman of the
 ,lord1 or ,the hidden of the ,lord1    
prophesied in the beginning of the reign
 of ,josias4  ,he was a native of       
,sarabatha1 and of the tribe of ,simeon1
 according to the more general opinion4 
,he prophesied the punishments of the   
,jews1 for their idolatry and other     
crimes2 also the punishments that were  
to come on divers nations2 the coming of
 ,christ1 the conversion of the         
,gentiles1 the blindness of the ,jews1  
and their conversion towards the end of 
the world4    ,sophonias ,chapter #a    
,for divers enormous sins1 the kingdom  
of ,juda is threatened with severe      
judgment4  #a3a4 ,the word of the ,lord 

that came to ,sophonias the son of      
,chusi1 the son of ,godolias1 the son of
 ,amarias1 the son of ,ezechias1 in the 
days of ,josias1 the son of ,amon king  
of ,juda4  #a3b4 ,gathering1 ,i will    
gather together all things from off the 
face of the land1 saith the ,lord3      
,gathering1 ,i will gather1 etc4 4      
4,that is1 ,i will assuredly take away1 
and wholly consume1 either by captivity1
 or death1 both men and beasts out of   
this land4  #a3c4 ,i will gather man1   
and beast1 ,i will gather the birds of  
the air1 and the fishes of the sea3  and
 the ungodly shall meet with ruin3  and 
,i will destroy men from off the face of
 the land1 saith the ,lord4  #a3d4 ,and 
,i will stretch out my hand upon ,juda1 
and upon all the inhabitants of         
,jerusalem3  and ,i will destroy out of 
this place the remnant of ,baal1 and the
 names of the wardens of the temples    
with the priests3  ,the wardens1 etc4 4 
4,viz41 of the temples of the idols4    
,a,edituos1 in ,hebrew1 the ,chemarims1 

that is1 such as kindle the fires1 or   
burn incense4  #a3e4 ,and them that     
worship the host of heaven upon the tops
 of houses1 and them that adore1 and    
swear by the ,lord1 and swear by        
,melchom4  ,melchom4 4 4,the idol of the
 ,ammonites4  #a3f4 ,and them that turn 
away from following after the ,lord1 and
 that have not sought the ,lord1 nor    
searched after him4  #a3g4 ,be silent   
before the face of the ,lord ,god3  for 
the day of the ,lord is near1 for the   
,lord hath prepared a victim1 he hath   
sanctified his guests4  #a3h4 ,and it   
shall come to pass in the day of the    
victim of the ,lord1 that ,i will visit 
upon the princes1 and upon the king's   
sons1 and upon all such as are clothed  
with strange apparel3  #a3i4 ,and ,i    
will visit in that day upon every one   
that entereth arrogantly over the       
threshold3  them that fill the house of 
the ,lord their ,god with iniquity and  
deceit4  #a3aj4 ,and there shall be in  
that day1 saith the ,lord1 the noise of 

a cry from the fish gate1 and a howling 
from the ,second1 and a great           
destruction from the hills4  ,the       
,second4 4 4,a part of the city so      
called4  #a3aa4 ,howl1 ye inhabitants of
 the ,morter4  ,all the people of       
,chanaan is hush1 all are cut off that  
were wrapped up in silver4  ,the        
,morter4 4 4,maktesh4  ,a valley in or  
near ,jerusalem4  ,ibid4  ,the people of
 ,chanaan4 4 4,so he calls the ,jews1   
from their following the wicked ways of 
the ,chanaanites4  #a3ab4 ,and it shall 
come to pass at that time1 that ,i will 
search ,jerusalem with lamps1 and will  
visit upon the men that are settled on  
their lees3  that say in their hearts3  
,the ,lord will not do good1 nor will he
 do evil4  ,settled on their lees4 4    
4,that is1 the wealthy1 and such as live
 at their ease1 resting upon their      
riches1 like wine upon the lees4  #a3ac4
 ,and their strength shall become a     
booty1 and their houses as a desert3    
and they shall build houses1 and shall  

not dwell in them3  and they shall plant
 vineyards1 and shall not drink the wine
 of them4  #a3ad4 ,the great day of the 
,lord is near1 it is near and exceeding 
swift3  the voice of the day of the     
,lord is bitter1 the mighty man shall   
there meet with tribulation4  #a3ae4    
,that day is a day of wrath1 a day of   
tribulation and distress1 a day of      
calamity and misery1 a day of darkness  
and obscurity1 a day of clouds and      
whirlwinds1  #a3af4 ,a day of the       
trumpet and alarm against the fenced    
cities1 and against the high bulwarks4  
#a3ag4 ,and ,i will distress men1 and   
they shall walk like blind men1 because 
they have sinned against the ,lord3  and
 their blood shall be poured out as     
earth1 and their bodies as dung4  #a3ah4
 ,neither shall their silver and their  
gold be able to deliver them in the day 
of the wrath of the ,lord3  all the land
 shall be devoured by the fire of his   
jealousy3  for he shall make even a     
speedy destruction of all them that     

dwell in the land4    ,sophonias        
,chapter #b   ,an exhortation to        
repentance4  ,the judgment of the       
,philistines1 of the ,moabites1 and the 
,ammonites2 of the ,ethiopians and the  
,assyrians4  #b3a4;,assemble yourselves 
together1 be gathered together1 ,o      
nation not worthy to be loved3  #b3b4   
,before the decree bring forth the day  
as dust passing away1 before the fierce 
anger of the ,lord come upon you1 before
 the day of the ,lord's indignation come
 upon you4  #b3c4 ,seek the ,lord1 all  
ye meek of the earth1 you that have     
wrought his judgment3  seek the just1   
seek the meek3  if by any means you may 
be hid in the day of the ,lord's        
indignation4  #b3d4 ,for ,gaza shall be 
destroyed1 and ,ascalon shall be a      
desert1 they shall cast out ,azotus at  
noonday1 and ,accaron shall be rooted   
up4  #b3e4 ,woe to you that inhabit the 
sea coast1 ,o nation of reprobates3  the
 word of the ,lord upon you1 ,o         
,chanaan1 the land of the ,philistines1 

and ,i will destroy thee1 so that there 
shall not be an inhabitant4  #b3f4 ,and 
the sea coast shall be the resting place
 of shepherds1 and folds for cattle3    
#b3g4 ,and it shall be the portion of   
him that shall remain of the house of   
,juda1 there they shall feed3  in the   
houses of ,ascalon they shall rest in   
the evening3  because the ,lord their   
,god will visit them1 and bring back    
their captivity4  #b3h4 ,i have heard   
the reproach of ,moab1 and the          
blasphemies of the children of ,ammon1  
with which they reproached my people1   
and have magnified themselves upon their
 borders4  #b3i4 ,therefore as ,i live1 
saith the ,lord of hosts the ,god of    
,israel1 ,moab shall be as ,sodom1 and  
the children of ,ammon as ,gomorrha1 the
 dryness of thorns1 and heaps of salt1  
and a desert even for ever3  the remnant
 of my people shall make a spoil of     
them1 and the residue of my nation shall
 possess them4  #b3aj4 ,this shall      
befall them for their pride3  because   

they have blasphemed1 and have been     
magnified against the people of the     
,lord of hosts4  #b3aa4 ,the ,lord shall
 be terrible upon them1 and shall       
consume all the gods of the earth3  and 
they shall adore him every man from his 
own place1 all the islands of the       
,gentiles4  #b3ab4 ,you ,ethiopians1    
also shall be slain with my sword4      
#b3ac4 ,and he will stretch out his hand
 upon the north1 and will destroy       
,assyria3  and he will make the         
beautiful city a wilderness1 and as a   
place not passable1 and as a desert4    
,the beautiful city1 viz4 4 4,ninive1   
which was destroyed soon after this1    
viz41 in the sixteenth year of the reign
 of ,josias4  #b3ad4 ,and flocks shall  
lie down in the midst thereof1 all the  
beasts of the nations3  and the bittern 
and the urchin shall lodge in the       
threshold thereof3  the voice of the    
singing bird in the window1 the raven on
 the upper post1 for ,i will consume her
 strength4  #b3ae4 ,this is the glorious

 city that dwelt in security3  that said
 in her heart3  ,i am1 and there is none
 beside me3  how is she become a desert1
 a place for beasts to lie down in8     
every one that passeth by her shall     
hiss1 and wag his hand4    ,sophonias   
,chapter #c   ,a woe to ,jerusalem for  
her sins4  ,a prophecy of the conversion
 of the ,gentiles1 and of the poor of   
,israel3  ,god shall be with them4  ,the
 ,jews shall be converted at last4      
#c3a4 ,woe to the provoking and redeemed
 city1 the dove4  #c3b4 ,she hath not   
hearkened to the voice1 neither hath she
 received discipline3  she hath not     
trusted in the ,lord1 she drew not near 
to her ,god4  #c3c4 ,her princes are in 
the midst of her as roaring lions3  her 
judges are evening wolves1 they left    
nothing for the morning4  #c3d4 ,her    
prophets are senseless1 men without     
faith3  her priests have polluted the   
sanctuary1 they have acted unjustly     
against the law4  #c3e4 ,the just ,lord 
is in the midst thereof1 he will not do 

iniquity3  in the morning1 in the       
morning he will bring his judgment to   
light1 and it shall not be hid3  but the
 wicked man hath not known shame4  #c3f4
 ,i have destroyed the nations1 and     
their towers are beaten down3  ,i have  
made their ways desert1 so that there is
 none that passeth by3 their cities are 
desolate1 there is not a man remaining1 
nor any inhabitant4  #c3g4 ,i said3     
,surely thou wilt fear me1 thou wilt    
receive correction3 and her dwelling    
shall not perish1 for all things wherein
 ,i have visited her3  but they rose    
early1 and corrupted all their thoughts4
  #c3h4 ,wherefore expect me1 saith the 
,lord1 in the day of my resurrection    
that is to come1 for my judgment is to  
assemble the ,gentiles1 and to gather   
the kingdoms3  and to pour upon them my 
indignation1 all my fierce anger3  for  
with the fire of my jealousy shall all  
the earth be devoured4  #c3i4 ,because  
then ,i will restore to the people a    
chosen lip1 that all may call upon the  

name of the ,lord1 and may serve him    
with one shoulder4  #c3aj4 ,from beyond 
the rivers of ,ethiopia1 shall my       
suppliants1 the children of my dispersed
 people1 bring me an offering4  #c3aa4  
,in that day thou shalt not be ashamed  
for all thy doings1 wherein thou hast   
transgressed against me for then ,i will
 take away out of the midst of thee thy 
proud boasters1 and thou shalt no more  
be lifted up because of my holy         
mountain4  #c3ab4 ,and ,i will leave in 
the midst of thee a poor and needy      
people3 and they shall hope in the name 
of the ,lord4  #c3ac4 ,the remnant of   
,israel shall not do iniquity1 nor speak
 lies1 nor shall a deceitful tongue be  
found in their mouth3  for they shall   
feed1 and shall lie down1 and there     
shall be none to make them afraid4      
#c3ad4 ,give praise1 ,o daughter of     
,sion3  shout1 ,o ,israel3  be glad1 and
 rejoice with all thy heart1 ,o daughter
 of ,jerusalem4  #c3ae4 ,the ,lord hath 
taken away thy judgment1 he hath turned 

away thy enemies3  the king of ,israel1 
the ,lord1 is in the midst of thee1 thou
 shalt fear evil no more4  #c3af4 ,in   
that day it shall be said to ,jerusalem3
  ,fear not3  to ,sion3 ,let not thy    
hands be weakened4  #c3ag4 ,the ,lord   
thy ,god in the midst of thee is mighty1
 he will save3  he will rejoice over    
thee with gladness1 he will be silent in
 his love1 he will be joyful over thee  
in praise4  #c3ah4 ,the triflers that   
were departed from the law1 ,i will     
gather together1 because they were of   
thee3  that thou mayest no more suffer  
reproach for them4  #c3ai4 ,behold ,i   
will cut off all that have afflicted    
thee at that time3 and ,i will save her 
that halteth1 and will gather her that  
was cast out3  and ,i will get them     
praise1 and a name1 in all the land     
where they had been put to confusion4   
#c3bj4 ,at that time1 when ,i will bring
 you3  and at the time that ,i will     
gather you3  for ,i will give you a     
name1 and praise among all the people of

 the earth1 when ,i shall have brought  
back your captivity before your eyes1   
saith the ,lord4     ,,the ,,prophecy   
,,of ,,aggeus    ,,aggeus was one of    
those that returned from the captivity  
of ,babylon1 in the first year of the   
reign of king ,cyrus4  ,he was sent by  
the ,lord1 in the second year of the    
reign of king ,darius1 the son of       
,hystaspes1 to exhort ,zorobabel the    
prince of ,juda1 and ,jesus the high    
priest1 to the building of the temple2  
which they had begun1 but left off again
 through the opposition of the          
,samaritans4  ,in consequence of this   
exhortation they proceeded in the       
building and finished the temple4  ,and 
the prophet was commissioned by the     
,lord to assure them that this second   
temple should be more glorious than the 
former1 because the ,messiah should     
honour it with his presence3  signifying
 withal how much the church of the ,new 
,testament should excel that of the ,old
 ,testament4    ,aggeus ,chapter #a     

,the people are reproved for neglecting 
to build the temple4  ,they are         
encouraged to set about the work4  #a3a4
 ,in the second year of ,darius the     
king1 in the sixth month1 in the first  
day of the month1 the word of the ,lord 
came by the hand of ,aggeus the prophet1
 to ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1   
governor of ,juda1 and to ,jesus the son
 of ,josedec the high priest1 saying3   
#a3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1   
saying3  ,this people saith3  ,the time 
is not yet come for building the house  
of the ,lord4  #a3c4 ,and the word of   
the ,lord came by the hand of ,aggeus   
the prophet1 saying3  #a3d4 ,is it time 
for you to dwell in ceiled houses1 and  
this house lie desolate8  #a3e4 ,and now
 thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,set   
your hearts to consider your ways4      
#a3f4 ,you have sowed much1 and brought 
in little3  you have eaten1 but have not
 had enough3  you have drunk1 but have  
not been filled with drink3  you have   
clothed yourselves1 but have not been   

warmed3  and he that hath earned wages1 
put them into a bag with holes4  #a3g4  
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,set   
your hearts upon your ways3  #a3h4 ,go  
up to the mountain1 bring timber1 and   
build the house3  and it shall be       
acceptable to me1 and ,i shall be       
glorified1 saith the ,lord4  #a3i4 ,you 
have looked for more1 and behold it     
became less1 and you brought it home1   
and ,i blowed it away3  why1 saith the  
,lord of hosts8 because my house is     
desolate1 and you make haste every man  
to his own house4  #a3aj4 ,therefore the
 heavens over you were stayed from      
giving dew1 and the earth was hindered  
from yielding her fruits3  #a3aa4 ,and  
,i called for a drought upon the land1  
and upon the mountains1 and upon the    
corn1 and upon the wine1 and upon the   
oil1 and upon all that the ground       
bringeth forth1 and upon men1 and upon  
beasts1 and upon all the labour of the  
hands4  #a3ab4 ,then ,zorobabel the son 
of ,salathiel1 and ,jesus the son of    

,josedec the high priest1 and all the   
remnant of the people hearkened to the  
voice of the ,lord their ,god1 and to   
the words of ,aggeus the prophet1 as the
 ,lord their ,god sent him to them3  and
 the people feared before the ,lord4    
#a3ac4 ,and ,aggeus the messenger of the
 ,lord1 as one of the messengers of the 
,lord1 spoke1 saying to the people3  ,i 
am with you1 saith the ,lord4  #a3ad4   
,and the ,lord stirred up the spirit of 
,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel        
governor of ,juda1 and the spirit of    
,jesus the son of ,josedec the high     
priest1 and the spirit of all the rest  
of the people3  and they went in1 and   
did the work in the house of the ,lord  
of ,hosts their ,god4    ,aggeus        
,chapter #b   ,christ by his coming     
shall make the latter temple more       
glorious than the former4  ,the blessing
 of ,god shall reward their labour in   
building4 ,god's promise to ,zorobabel4 
#b3a4 ,in the four and twentieth day of 
the month1 in the sixth month1 in the   

second year of ,darius the king1 they   
began4  #b3b4 ,and in the seventh month1
 the word of the ,lord came by the hand 
of ,aggeus the prophet1 saying3  #b3c4  
,speak to ,zorobabel the son of         
,salathiel the governor of ,juda1 and to
 ,jesus the son of ,josedec the high    
priest1 and to the rest of the people1  
saying3  #b3d4 ,who is left among you1  
that saw this house in its first glory8 
and how do you see it now8  is it not in
 comparison to that as nothing in your  
eyes8  #b3e4 ,yet now take courage1 ,o  
,zorobabel1 saith the ,lord1 and take   
courage1 ,jesus the son of ,josedec the 
high priest1 and take courage1 all ye   
people of the land1 saith the ,lord of  
hosts3  and perform 7for ,i am with you1
 saith the ,lord of hosts7  #b3f4 ,the  
word that ,i convenanted with you when  
you came out of the land of ,egypt3  and
 my spirit shall be in the midst of you3
  fear not4  #b3g4 ,for thus saith the  
,lord of hosts3  ,yet one little while1 
and ,i will move the heaven and the     

earth1 and the sea1 and the dry land4   
#b3h4 ,and ,i will move all nations3    
,,and ,,the ,,desired ,,of ,,all        
,,nations ,,shall ,,come3  and ,i will  
fill this house with glory3  saith the  
,lord of hosts4  #b3i4 ,the silver is   
mine1 and the gold is mine1 saith the   
,lord of hosts4  #b3aj4 ,great shall be 
the glory of this last house more than  
of the first1 saith the ,lord of hosts3 
and in this place ,i will give peace1   
saith the ,lord of hosts4  #b3aa4 ,in   
the four and twentieth day of the ninth 
month1 in the second year of ,darius the
 king1 the word of the ,lord came to    
,aggeus the prophet1 saying3  #b3ab4    
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,ask   
the priests the law1 saying3  #b3ac4 ,if
 a man carry sanctified flesh in the    
skirt of his garment1 and touch with his
 skirt1 bread1 or pottage1 or wine1 or  
oil1 or any meat3 shall it be           
sanctified8  ,and the priests answered1 
and said3  ,no4  #b3ad4 ,and ,aggeus    
said3  ,if one that is unclean by       

occasion of a soul touch any of all     
these things1 shall it be defiled8  ,and
 the priests answered1 and said3  ,it   
shall be defiled4  ,by occasion of a    
soul4 4 4,that is1 by having touched the
 dead2 in which case1 according to the  
prescription of the law1 ,num4 #ai4ac1  
#bb1 a person not only became unclean   
himself1 but made every thing that he   
touched unclean4  ,the prophet applies  
all this to the people1 whose souls     
remained unclean by neglecting the      
temple of ,god2 and therefore were not  
sanctified by the flesh they offered in 
sacrifice3  but rather defiled their    
sacrifices by approaching to them in the
 state of uncleanness4  #b3ae4 ,and     
,aggeus answered1 and said3  ,so is this
 people1 and so is this nation before my
 face1 saith the ,lord1 and so is all   
the work of their hands3  and all that  
they have offered there1 shall be       
defiled4  #b3af4 ,and now consider in   
your hearts1 from this day and upward1  
before there was a stone laid upon a    

stone in the temple of the ,lord4       
#b3ag4 ,when you went to a heap of      
twenty bushels1 and they became ten3 and
 you went into the press1 to press out  
fifty vessels1 and they became twenty4  
#b3ah4 ,i struck you with a blasting    
wind1 and all the works of your hand    
with the mildew and with hail1 yet there
 was none among you that returned to me1
 saith the ,lord4  #b3ai4 ,set your     
hearts from this day1 and henceforward1 
from the four and twentieth day of the  
ninth month3  from the day that the     
foundations of the temple of the ,lord  
were laid1 and lay it up in your hearts4
  #b3bj4 ,is the seed as yet sprung up8 
or hath the vine1 and the fig tree1 and 
the pomegranate1 and the olive tree as  
yet flourished8  from this day ,i will  
bless you4  #b3ba4 ,and the word of the 
,lord came a second time to ,aggeus in  
the four and twentieth day of the month1
 saying3  #b3bb4 ,speak to ,zorobabel   
the governor of ,juda1 saying3  ,i will 
move both heaven and earth4  #b3bc4 ,and

 ,i will overthrow the throne of        
kingdoms1 and will destroy the strength 
of the kingdom of the ,gentiles3  and ,i
 will overthrow the chariot1 and him    
that rideth therein3  and the horses and
 their riders shall come down1 every one
 by the sword of his brother4  #b3bd4   
,in that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 
,i will take thee1 ,o ,zorobabel the son
 of ,salathiel1 my servant1 saith the   
,lord1 and will make thee as a signet1  
for ,i have chosen thee1 saith the ,lord
 of hosts4  ,o ,zorobabel4 4 4,this     
promise principally relates to ,christ1 
who was of the race of ,zorobabel4      
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,zacharias       
,,zacharias began to prophesy in the    
same year as ,aggeus1 and upon the same 
occasion4  ,his prophecy is full of     
mysterious figures and promises of      
blessings1 partly relating to the       
synagogue1 and partly to the church of  
,christ4    ,zacharias ,chapter #a      
,the prophet exhorts the people to      
return to ,god1 and declares his        

visions1 by which he puts them in hopes 
of better times4  #a3a4 ,in the eighth  
month1 in the second year of king       
,darius1 the word of the ,lord came to  
,zacharias the son of ,barachias1 the   
son of ,addo1 the prophet1 saying3      
#a3b4 ,the ,lord hath been exceeding    
angry with your fathers4  #a3c4 ,and    
thou shalt say to them3  ,thus saith the
 ,lord of hosts3  ,turn ye to me1 saith 
the ,lord of hosts3  and ,i will turn to
 you1 saith the ,lord of hosts4  #a3d4  
,be not as your fathers1 to whom the    
former prophets have cried1 saying3     
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,turn  
ye from your evil ways1 and from your   
wicked thoughts3  but they did not give 
ear1 neither did they hearken to me1    
saith the ,lord4  #a3e4 ,your fathers1  
where are they8  and the prophets1 shall
 they live always8  #a3f4 ,but yet my   
words1 and my ordinances1 which ,i gave 
in charge to my servants the prophets1  
did they not take hold of your fathers1 
and they returned1 and said3  ,as the   

,lord of hosts thought to do to us      
according to our ways1 and according to 
our devices1 so he hath done to us4     
#a3g4 ,in the four and twentieth day of 
the eleventh month which is called      
,sabath1 in the second year of ,darius1 
the word of the ,lord came to ,zacharias
 the son of ,barachias1 the son of      
,addo1 the prophet1 saying3  #a3h4 ,i   
saw by night1 and behold a man riding   
upon a red horse1 and he stood among the
 myrtle trees1 that were in the bottom3 
and behind him were horses1 red1        
speckled1 and white4  ,a man4 4 4,an    
angel in the shape of a man4  ,it was   
probably ,michael1 the guardian angel of
 the church of ,god4  #a3i4 ,and ,i     
said3  ,what are these1 my ,lord8  and  
the angel that spoke in me1 said to me3 
,i will shew thee what these are3       
#a3aj4 ,and the man that stood among the
 myrtle trees answered1 and said3 ,these
 are they1 whom the ,lord hath sent to  
walk through the earth4  ,these are     
they1 etc4 4 4,the guardian angels of   

provinces and nations4  #a3aa4 ,and they
 answered the angel of the ,lord1 that  
stood among the myrtle trees1 and said3 
,we have walked through the earth1 and  
behold all the earth is inhabited1 and  
is at rest4  #a3ab4 ,and the angel of   
the ,lord answered1 and said3  ,o ,lord 
of hosts1 how long wilt thou not have   
mercy on ,jerusalem1 and on the cities  
of ,juda1 with which thou hast been     
angry8  this is now the seventieth year4
  ,the seventieth year4 4 4,viz41 from  
the beginning of the seige of           
,jerusalem1 in the ninth year of king   
,sedecias1 to the second year of king   
,darius4  ,these seventy years of the   
desolation of ,jerusalem and the cities 
of ,juda1 are different from the seventy
 years of captivity foretold by         
,jeremias2 which began in the fourth    
year of ,joakim1 and ended in the first 
year of king ,cyrus4  #a3ac4 ,and the   
,lord answered the angel1 that spoke in 
me1 good words1 comfortable words4      
#a3ad4 ,and the angel that spoke in me1 

said to me3  ,cry thou1 saying3 ,thus   
saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,i am zealous
 for ,jerusalem1 and ,sion with a great 
zeal4  #a3ae4 ,and ,i am angry with a   
great anger with the wealthy nations3   
for ,i was angry a little1 but they     
helped forward the evil4  #a3af4        
,therefore thus saith the ,lord3  ,i    
will return to ,jerusalem in mercies3   
my house shall be built in it1 saith the
 ,lord of hosts3  and the building line 
shall be stretched forth upon           
,jerusalem4  #a3ag4 ,cry yet1 saying3   
,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,my    
cities shall yet flow with good things3 
and the ,lord will yet comfort ,sion1   
and he will yet choose ,jerusalem4      
#a3ah4 ,and ,i lifted up my eyes1 and   
saw3  and behold four horns4  ,four     
horns4 4 4,the four horns represent the 
empires1 or kingdoms1 that persecute and
 oppress the kingdom of ,god4  #a3ai4   
,and ,i said to the angel that spoke in 
me3  ,what are these8  ,and he said to  
me3  ,these are the horns that have     

scattered ,juda1 and ,israel1 and       
,jerusalem4  #a3bj4 ,and the ,lord      
shewed me four smiths4  ,four smiths4 4 
4,the four smiths1 or carpenters 7 for  
faber may signify either7 represent     
those whom ,god makes his instruments in
 bringing to nothing the power of       
persecutors4  #a3ba4 ,and ,i said3      
,what come these to do8  and he spoke1  
saying3  ,these are the horns which have
 scattered ,juda every man apart1 and   
none of them lifted up his head3  and   
these are come to fray them1 to cast    
down the horns of the nations1 that have
 lifted up the horn upon the land of    
,juda to scatter it4    ,zacharias      
,chapter #b   ,under the name of        
,jerusalem1 he prophesieth the progress 
of the church of ,christ1 by the        
conversion of some ,jews and many       
,gentiles4  #b3a4 ,and ,i lifted up my  
eyes1 and saw1 and behold a man1 with a 
measuring line in his hand4  #b3b4 ,and 
,i said3  ,whither goest thou8  and he  
said to me3  ,to measure ,jerusalem1 and

 to see how great is the breadth        
thereof1 and how great the length       
thereof4  #b3c4 ,and behold the angel   
that spoke in me went forth1 and another
 angel went out to meet him4  #b3d4 ,and
 he said to him3  ,run1 speak to this   
young man1 saying3 ,jerusalem shall be  
inhabited without walls1 by reason of   
the multitude of men1 and of the beasts 
in the midst thereof4  ,jerusalem shall 
be inhabited without walls4 4 4,this    
must be understood of the spiritual     
,jerusalem1 the church of ,christ4      
#b3e4 ,and ,i will be to it1 saith the  
,lord1 a wall of fire round about3 and  
,i will be in glory in the midst        
thereof4  #b3f4 ,o1 ,o flee ye out of   
the land of the north1 saith the ,lord1 
for ,i have scattered you into the four 
winds of heaven1 saith the ,lord4  #b3g4
 ,o ,sion1 flee1 thou that dwellest with
 the daughter of ,babylon3  #b3h4 ,for  
thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,after  
the glory he hath sent me to the nations
 that have robbed you3  for he that     

toucheth you1 toucheth the apple of my  
eye3  #b3i4 ,for behold1 ,i lift up my  
hand upon them1 and they shall be a prey
 to those that served them3  and you    
shall know that the ,lord of hosts sent 
me4  #b3aj4 ,sing praise1 and rejoice1  
,o daughter of ,sion3  for behold ,i    
come1 and ,i will dwell in the midst of 
thee3  saith the ,lord4  #b3aa4 ,and    
many nations shall be joined to the     
,lord in that day1 and they shall be my 
people1 and ,i will dwell in the midst  
of thee3  and thou shalt know that the  
,lord of hosts hath sent me to thee4    
#b3ab4 ,and the ,lord shall possess     
,juda his portion in the sanctified     
land3  and he shall yet choose          
,jerusalem4  #b3ac4 ,let all flesh be   
silent at the presence of the ,lord3    
for he is risen up out of his holy      
habitation4    ,zacharias ,chapter #c   
,in a vision ,satan appeareth accusing  
the high priest4  ,he is cleansed from  
his sins4  ,christ is promised1 and     
great fruit from his passion4  #c3a4    

,and the ,lord shewed me ,jesus the high
 priest standing before the angel of the
 ,lord3  and ,satan stood on his right  
hand to be his adversary4  ,jesus4 4    
4,alias1 ,josue1 the son of ,josedec1   
the high priest of that time4  #c3b4    
,and the ,lord said to ,satan3  ,the    
,lord rebuke thee1 ,o ,satan3  and the  
,lord that chose ,jerusalem rebuke thee3
  ,is not this a brand plucked out of   
the fire8  #c3c4 ,and ,jesus was clothed
 with filthy garments3  and he stood    
before the face of the angel4  ,with    
filthy garments4 4 4,negligences and    
sins4  #c3d4 ,who answered1 and said to 
them that stood before him1 saying3     
,take away the filthy garments from him4
  ,and he said to him3  ,behold ,i have 
taken away thy iniquity1 and have       
clothed thee with change of garments4   
#c3e4 ,and he said3  ,put a clean mitre 
upon his head3  and they put a clean    
mitre upon his head1 and clothed him    
with garments1 and the angel of the     
,lord stood4  #c3f4 ,and the angel of   

the ,lord protested to ,jesus1 saying3  
#c3g4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3   
,if thou wilt walk in my ways1 and keep 
my charge1 thou also shalt judge my     
house1 and shalt keep my courts1 and ,i 
will give thee some of them that are now
 present here to walk with thee4  ,i    
will give thee1 etc4 4 4,angels to      
attend and assist thee4  #c3h4 ,hear1 ,o
 ,jesus thou high priest1 thou and thy  
friends that dwell before thee1 for they
 are portending men3  for behold1 ,i    
,,will ,,bring ,,my ,,servant ,,the     
,,orient4  ,portending men4 4 4,that is1
 men1 who by words and actions are to   
foreshew wonders that are to            
come4--,ibid4  ,my servant the ,orient4 
4 4,christ1 who according to his        
humanity is the servant of ,god1 is     
called the ,orient from his rising like 
the sun in the east to enlighten the    
world4  #c3i4 ,for behold the stone that
 ,i have laid before ,jesus3  upon one  
stone there are seven eyes3  behold ,i  
will grave the graving thereof1 saith   

the ,lord of hosts3  and ,i will take   
away the iniquity of that land in one   
day4  ,the stone4 4 4,another emblem of 
,christ1 the rock1 foundation1 and      
corner stone of his church4--,ibid4     
,seven eyes4 4 4,the manifold providence
 of ,christ over his church1 or the     
seven gifts of the spirit of            
,god4--,ibid4 ,one day4 4 4,viz41 the   
day of the passion of ,christ1 the      
source of all our good3  when this      
precious stone shall be graved1 that is1
 cut and pierced1 with whips1 thorns1   
nails1 and spear4  #c3aj4 ,in that day1 
saith the ,lord of hosts1 every man     
shall call his friend under the vine and
 under the fig tree4    ,zacharias      
,chapter #d   ,the vision of the golden 
candlestick and seven lamps1 and of the 
two olive trees4  #d3a4 ,and the angel  
that spoke in me came again3  and he    
waked me1 as a man that is wakened out  
of his sleep4  #d3b4 ,and he said to me3
  ,what seest thou8  ,and ,i said3  ,i  
have looked1 and behold a candlestick   

all of gold1 and its lamp upon the top  
of it3 and the seven lights thereof upon
 it3  and seven funnels for the lights  
that were upon the top thereof4  ,a     
candlestick1 etc4 4 4,the temple of ,god
 that was then in building2 and in a    
more sublime sense1 the church of       
,christ4  #d3c4 ,and two olive trees    
over it3  one upon the right side of the
 lamp1 and the other upon the left side 
thereof4  #d3d4 ,and ,i answered1 and   
said to the angel that spoke in me1     
saying3 ,what are these things1 my lord8
  #d3e4 ,and the angel that spoke in me 
answered1 and said to me3  ,knowest thou
 not what these things are8  ,and ,i    
said3  ,no1 my lord4  #d3f4 ,and he     
answered1 and spoke to me1 saying3      
,this is the word of the ,lord to       
,zorobabel1 saying3  ,not with an army1 
nor by might1 but by my spirit1 saith   
the ,lord of hosts4  ,to ,zorobabel4 4  
4,this vision was in favour of          
,zorobabel3  to assure him of success in
 the building of the temple1 which he   

had begun1 signified by the candlestick2
 the lamp of which1 without any other   
industry1 was supplied with oil1        
dropping from the two olive trees1 and  
distributed by the seven funnels or     
pipes1 to maintain the seven lights4    
#d3g4 ,who art thou1 ,o great mountain1 
before ,zorobabel8  thou shalt become a 
plain3  and he shall bring out the chief
 stone1 and shall give equal grace to   
the grace thereof4  ,great mountain4 4  
4,so he calls the opposition made by the
 enemies of ,god's people2 which        
nevertheless1 without an army or might  
on their side1 was quashed by divine    
providence4--,ibid4  ,shall give equal  
grace1 etc4 4 4,shall add grace to      
grace1 or beauty to beauty4  #d3h4 ,and 
the word of the ,lord came to me1       
saying3  #d3i4 ,the hands of ,zorobabel 
have laid the foundations of this house1
 and his hands shall finish it3  and you
 shall know that the ,lord of hosts hath
 sent me to you4  #d3aj4 ,for who hath  
despised little days8  and they shall   

rejoice1 and shall see the tin plummet  
in the hand of ,zorobabel4  ,these are  
the seven eyes of the ,lord1 that run to
 and fro through the whole earth4       
,little days4 4 4,that is1 these small  
and feeble beginnings of the temple of  
,god4--,ibid4  ,the tin plummet4 4      
4,literally1 the stone of tin4  ,he     
means the builder's plummet1 which      
,zorobabel shall hold in his hand for   
the finishing the building4--,ibid4     
,the seven eyes4 4 4,the providence of  
,god1 that oversees and orders all      
things4  #d3aa4 ,and ,i answered1 and   
said to him3  ,what are these two olive 
trees upon the right side of the        
candlestick1 and upon the left side     
thereof 8  #d3ab4 ,and ,i answered      
again1 and said to him3  ,what are the  
two olive branches1 that are by the two 
golden beaks1 in which are the funnels  
of gold8  #d3ac4 ,and he spoke to me1   
saying3  ,knowest thou not what these   
are8  ,and ,i said3  ,no1 my lord4      
#d3ad4 ,and he said3  ,these are two    

sons of oil who stand before the ,lord  
of the whole earth4  ,two sons of oil4 4
 4,that is1 the two anointed ones of the
 ,lord2 viz41 ,jesus the high priest1   
and ,zorobabel the prince4    ,zacharias
 ,chapter #e   ,the vision of the flying
 volume1 and of the woman in the vessel4
  #e3a4 ,and ,i turned and lifted up my 
eyes3  and ,i saw1 and behold a volume  
flying4  ,a volume4 4 4,that is1 a      
parchment1 according to the form of the 
ancient books1 which1 from being rolled 
up1 were called volumes4  #e3b4 ,and he 
said to me3  ,what seest thou8  ,and ,i 
said3  ,i see a volume flying3  the     
length thereof is twenty cubits1 and the
 breadth thereof ten cubits4  #e3c4 ,and
 he said to me3  ,this is the curse that
 goeth forth over the face of the earth3
  for every thief shall be judged as is 
there written3 and every one that       
sweareth in like manner shall be judged 
by it4  #e3d4 ,i will bring it forth1   
saith the ,lord of hosts3  and it shall 
come to the house of the thief1 and to  

the house of him that sweareth falsely  
by my name3  and it shall remain in the 
midst of his house1 and shall consume   
it1 with the timber thereof1 and the    
stones thereof4  #e3e4 ,and the angel   
went forth that spoke in me1 and he said
 to me3  ,lift up thy eyes1 and see what
 this is1 that goeth forth4  #e3f4 ,and 
,i said3  ,what is it8  ,and he said3   
,this is a vessel going forth4  ,and he 
said3  ,this is their eye in all the    
earth4  ,this is their eye4 4 4,this is 
what they fix their eye upon3  or this  
is a resemblance and figure of them1    
viz41 of sinners4  #e3g4 ,and behold a  
talent of lead was carried1 and behold a
 woman sitting in the midst of the      
vessel4  #e3h4 ,and he said3  ,this is  
wickedness4  ,and he cast her into the  
midst of the vessel1 and cast the weight
 of lead upon the mouth thereof4  #e3i4 
,and ,i lifted up my eyes and looked3   
and behold there came out two women1 and
 wind was in their wings1 and they had  
wings like the wings of a kite3  and    

they lifted up the vessel between the   
earth and the heaven4  #e3aj4 ,and ,i   
said to the angel that spoke in me3     
,whither do these carry the vessel8     
#e3aa4 ,and he said to me3  ,that a     
house may be built for it in the land of
 ,sennaar1 and that it may be           
established1 and set there upon its own 
basis4  ,the land of ,sennaar4 4 4,where
 ,babel or ,babylon was built1 ,gen4    
#aa41 where note1 that ,babylon in holy 
writ is often taken for the city of the 
devil3  that is1 for the whole          
congregation of the wicked3  as         
,jerusalem is taken for the city and    
people of ,god4    ,zacharias ,chapter  
#f   ,the vision of the four chariots4  
,crowns are ordered for ,jesus the high 
priest1 as a type of ,christ4  #f3a4    
,and ,i turned1 and lifted up my eyes1  
and saw3  and behold four chariots came 
out from the midst of two mountains3    
and the mountains were mountains of     
brass4  ,four chariots4 4 4,the four    
great empires of the ,chaldeans1        

,persians1 ,grecians1 and ,romans4  ,or 
perhaps by the fourth chariot are       
represented the kings of ,egypt and of  
,asia1 the descendants of ,ptolemeus and
 ,seleucus4  #f3b4 ,in the first chariot
 were red horses1 and in the second     
chariot black horses4  #f3c4 ,and in the
 third chariot white horses1 and in the 
fourth chariot grisled horses1 and      
strong ones4  #f3d4 ,and ,i answered1   
and said to the angel that spoke in me3 
,what are these1 my lord8  #f3e4 ,and   
the angel answered1 and said to me3     
,these are the four winds of the heaven1
 which go forth to stand before the     
,lord of all the earth4  #f3f4 ,that in 
which were the black horses went forth  
into the land of the north1 and the     
white went forth after them3  and the   
grisled went forth to the land the      
south4  ,the land of the north4 4 4,so  
,babylon is called2 because it lay to   
the north in respect of ,jerusalem4     
,the black horses1 that is1 the ,medes  
and ,persians3  and after them          

,alexander and his ,greeks1 signified by
 the white horses1 went thither because 
they conquered ,babylon1 executed upon  
it the judgments of ,god1 which is      
signified1 ver4 #h1 by the expression of
 quieting his spirit4--,ibid4  ,the land
 of the south4 4 4,egypt1 which lay to  
the south of ,jerusalem1 and was        
occupied first by ,ptolemeus1 and then  
by the ,romans4  #f3g4 ,and they that   
were most strong1 went out1 and sought  
to go1 and to run to and fro through all
 the earth4  ,and he said3  ,go1 walk   
throughout the earth3  and they walked  
throughout the earth4  #f3h4 ,and he    
called me1 and spoke to me1 saying3     
,behold they that go forth into the land
 of the north1 have quieted my spirit in
 the land of the north4  #f3i4 ,and the 
word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3   
#f3aj4 ,take of them of the captivity1  
of ,holdai1 and of ,tobias1 and of      
,idaias2 thou shalt come in that day1 a 
shalt go into the house of ,josias1 the 
son of ,sophonias1 who came out of      

,babylon4  #f3aa4 ,and thou shalt take  
gold and silver3  and shalt make crowns1
 and thou shalt set them on the head of 
,jesus the son of ,josedec1 the high    
priest4  #f3ab4 ,and thou shalt speak to
 him1 saying3  ,thus saith the ,lord of 
hosts1 saying3  ,,behold ,a ,,man1 ,,the
 ,,orient ,,is ,,his ,,name3  and under 
him shall he spring up1 a shall build a 
temple to the ,lord4  #f3ac4 ,yea1 he   
shall build a temple to the ,lord3  and 
he shall bear the glory1 and shall sit1 
and rule upon his throne3  and he shall 
be a priest upon his throne1 and the    
counsel of peace shall be between them  
both4  ,between them both4 4 4,that is1 
he shall unite in himself the two       
offices or dignities of king and priest4
  #f3ad4 ,and the crowns shall be to    
,helem1 and ,tobias1 and ,idaias1 and to
 ,hem1 the son of ,sophonias1 a memorial
 in the temple of the ,lord4  #f3ae4    
,and they that are far off1 shall come  
and shall build in the temple of the    
,lord3  and you shall know that the     

,lord of hosts sent me to you4  ,but    
this shall come to pass1 if hearing you 
will hear the voice of the ,lord your   
,god4    ,zacharias ,chapter #g   ,the  
people inquire concerning fasting3  they
 are admonished to fast from sin4  #g3a4
 ,and it came to pass in the fourth year
 of king ,darius1 that the word of the  
,lord came to ,zacharias1 in the fourth 
day of the ninth month1 which is        
,casleu4  #g3b4 ,when ,sarasar1 and     
,rogommelech1 and the men that were with
 him1 sent to the house of ,god1 to     
entreat the face of the ,lord3  #g3c4   
,to speak to the priests of the house of
 the ,lord of hosts1 and to the         
prophets1 saying3  ,must ,i weep in the 
fifth month1 or must ,i sanctify myself 
as ,i have now done for many years8     
,the fifth month4 4 4,they fasted on the
 tenth day of the fifth month2 because  
on that day the temple was burnt4       
,therefore they inquire whether they are
 to continue the fast1 after the temple 
is rebuilt4  ,see this query answered in

 the #aith verse of the following       
chapter4  #g3d4 ,and the word of the    
,lord of hosts came to me1 saying3      
#g3e4 ,speak to all the people of the   
land1 and to the priests1 saying3 ,when 
you fasted1 and mourned in the fifth and
 the seventh month for these seventy    
years3  did you keep a fast unto me8    
#g3f4 ,and when you did eat and drink1  
did you not eat for yourselves1 and     
drink for yourselves8  #g3g4 ,are not   
these the words which the ,lord spoke by
 the hand of the former prophets1 when  
,jerusalem as yet was inhabited1 and was
 wealthy1 both itself and the cities    
round about it1 and there were          
inhabitants towards the south1 and in   
the plain8  #g3h4 ,and the word of the  
,lord came to ,zacharias1 saying3  #g3i4
 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1 saying3
  ,judge ye true judgment1 and shew ye  
mercy and compassion every man to his   
brother4  #g3aj4 ,and oppress not the   
widow1 and the fatherless1 and the      
stranger1 and the poor3  and let not a  

man devise evil in his heart against his
 brother4  #g3aa4 ,but they would not   
hearken1 and they turned away the       
shoulder to depart3  and they stopped   
their ears1 not to hear4  #g3ab4 ,and   
they made their heart as the adamant    
stone1 lest they should hear the law1   
and the words which the ,lord of hosts  
sent in his spirit by the hand of the   
former prophets3  so a great indignation
 came from ,lord of hosts4  #g3ac4 ,and 
it came to pass that as he spoke1 and   
they heard not3  so shall they cry1 and 
,i will not hear1 saith the ,lord of    
hosts4  #g3ad4 ,and ,i dispersed them   
throughout all kingdoms1 which they know
 not3  and the land was left desolate   
behind them1 so that no man passed      
through or returned3  and they changed  
the delightful land into a wilderness4  
,zacharias ,chapter #h   ,joyful        
promises to ,jerusalem3  fully verified 
in the church of ,christ4  #h3a4 ,and   
the word of the ,lord of hosts came to  
me1 saying3  #h3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord

 of hosts3  ,i have been jealous for    
,sion with a great jealousy1 and with a 
great indignation have ,i been jealous  
for her4  #h3c4 ,thus saith the ,lord of
 hosts3  ,i am returned to ,sion1 and ,i
 will dwell in the midst of ,jerusalem3 
and ,jerusalem shall be called ,the city
 of truth1 and the mountain of the ,lord
 of hosts1 ,the sanctified mountain4    
#h3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3   
,there shall yet old men and old women  
dwell in the streets of ,jerusalem3  and
 every man with his staff in his hand   
through multitude of days4  #h3e4 ,and  
the streets of the city shall be full of
 boys and girls1 playing in the streets 
thereof4  #h3f4 ,thus saith the ,lord of
 hosts3  ,if it seem hard in the eyes of
 the remnant of this people in those    
days3  shall it be hard in my eyes1     
saith the ,lord of hosts8  #h3g4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,behold ,i   
will save my people from the land of the
 east1 and from the land of the going   
down of the sun4  #h3h4 ,and ,i will    

bring them1 and they shall dwell in the 
midst of ,jerusalem3  and they shall be 
my people1 and ,i will be their ,god in 
truth and in justice4  #h3i4 ,thus saith
 the ,lord of hosts3  ,let your hands be
 strengthened1 you that hear in these   
days these words by the mouth of the    
prophets1 in the day that the house of  
the ,lord of hosts was founded1 that the
 temple might be built4  #h3aj4 ,for    
before those days there was no hire for 
men1 neither was there hire for beasts1 
neither was there peace to him that came
 in1 nor to him that went out1 because  
of the tribulation3  and ,i let all men 
go every one against his neighbour4     
#h3aa4 ,but now ,i will not deal with   
the remnant of this people according to 
the former days1 saith the ,lord of     
hosts4  #h3ab4 ,but there shall be the  
seed of peace3  the vine shall yield her
 fruit1 and the earth shall give her    
increase1 and the heavens shall give    
their dew3  and ,i will cause the       
remnant of this people to possess all   

these things4  #h3ac4 ,and it shall come
 to pass1 that as you were a curse among
 the ,gentiles1 ,o house of ,juda1 and  
house of ,israel3  so will ,i save you1 
and you shall be a blessing3  fear not1 
let your hands be strengthened4  #h3ad4 
,for thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  ,as
 ,i purposed io afflict you1 when your  
fathers had provoked me to wrath1 saith 
the ,lord1  #h3ae4 ,and ,i had no mercy3
  so turning again ,i have thought in   
these days to do good to the house of   
,juda1 and ,jerusalem3  fear not4       
#h3af4 ,these then are the things1 which
 you shall do3  ,speak ye truth every   
one to his neighbour2 judge ye truth and
 judgment of peace in your gates4       
#h3ag4 ,and let none of you imagine evil
 in your hearts against his friend3  and
 love not a false oath3  for all these  
are the things that ,i hate1 saith the  
,lord4  #h3ah4 ,and the word of the     
,lord of hosts came to me1 saying3      
#h3ai4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  
,the fast of the fourth month1 and the  

fast of the fifth1 and the fast of the  
seventh1 and the fast of the tenth shall
 be to the house of ,juda1 joy1 and     
gladness1 and great solemnities3  only  
love ye truth and peace4  ,the fast of  
the fourth month1 etc4 4 4,they fasted1 
on the ninth day of the fourth month1   
because on that day ,nabuchodonosor took
 ,jerusalem1 ,jer4 #eb4f4  ,on the tenth
 day of the fifth month1 because on that
 day the temple was burnt1 ,jer4 #eb4ab4
  ,on the third day of the seventh      
month1 for the murder of ,godolias1     
,jer4 #da4b4  ,and on the tenth day of  
the tenth month1 because on that day the
 ,chaldeans began to besiege ,jerusalem1
 #d ,kings #be4a4  ,all these fasts1 if 
they will be obedient for the future1   
shall be changed1 as is here promised1  
into joyful solemnities4  #h3bj4 ,thus  
saith the ,lord of hosts1 until people  
come and dwell in many cities1  #h3ba4  
,and the inhabitants go one to another1 
saying3  ,let us go1 and entreat the    
face of the ,lord1 and let us seek the  

,lord of hosts3  ,i also will go4       
#h3bb4 ,and many peoples1 and strong    
nations shall come to seek the ,lord of 
hosts in ,jerusalem1 and to entreat the 
face of the ,lord4  #h3bc4 ,thus saith  
the ,lord of hosts3  ,in those days1    
wherein ten men of all languages of the 
,gentiles shall take hold1 and shall    
hold fast the skirt of one that is a    
,jew1 saying3  ,we will go with you3    
for we have heard that ,god is with you4
  ,ten men1 etc4 4 4,many of the        
,gentiles became proselytes to the      
,jewish religion before ,christ3  but   
many more were converted to ,christ by  
the apostles and other preachers of the 
,jewish nation4    ,zacharias ,chapter  
#i   ,god will defend his church1 and   
bring over even her enemies to the      
faith4  ,the meek coming of ,christ1 to 
bring peace1 to deliver the captives by 
his blood1 and to give us all good      
things4  #i3a4 ,the burden of the word  
of the ,lord in the land of ,hadrach1   
and of ,damascus the rest thereof3  for 

the eye of man1 and of all the tribes of
 ,israel is the ,lord's4  ,hadrach4 4   
4,syria4  #i3b4 ,emath also in the      
borders thereof1 and ,tyre1 and ,sidon3 
for they have taken to themselves to be 
exceeding wise4  #i3c4 ,and ,tyre hath  
built herself a strong hold1 and heaped 
together silver as earth1 and gold as   
the mire of the streets4  #i3d4 ,behold 
the ,lord shall possess her1 and shall  
strike her strength in the sea1 and she 
shall be devoured with fire4  #i3e4     
,ascalon shall see1 and shall fear1 and 
,gaza1 and shall be very sorrowful3  and
 ,accaron1 because her hope is          
confounded3  and the king shall perish  
from ,gaza1 and ,ascalon shall not be   
inhabited4  #i3f4 ,and the divider shall
 sit in ,azotus1 and ,i will destroy the
 pride of the ,philistines4  #i3g4 ,and 
,i will take away his blood out of his  
mouth1 and his abominations from between
 his teeth3  and even he shall be left  
to our ,god1 and he shall be as a       
governor in ,juda1 and ,accaron as a    

,jebusite4  ,his blood4 4 4,it is spoken
 of the ,philistines1 and particularly  
of ,azotus1 7where the temple of ,dagon 
was17 and contains a prophecy of the    
conversion of that people from their    
bloody sacrifices and abominations to   
the worship of the true ,god4  #i3h4    
,and ,i will encompass my house with    
them that serve me in war1 going and    
returning1 and the oppressor shall no   
more pass through them3 for now ,i have 
seen with my eyes4  ,that serve me in   
war4 4 4,viz41 the ,machabees4  #i3i4   
,rejoice greatly1 ,o daughter of ,sion1 
shout for joy1 ,o daughter of           
,jerusalem3  ,,behold ,,thy ,,king will 
come to thee1 the just and saviour3  he 
is poor1 and riding upon an ass1 and    
upon a colt1 the foal of an ass4  #i3aj4
 ,and ,i will destroy the chariot out of
 ,ephraim1 and the horse out of         
,jerusalem1 and the bow for war shall be
 broken3  and he shall speak peace to   
the ,gentiles1 and his power shall be   
from sea to sea1 and from the rivers    

even to the end of the earth4  #i3aa4   
,thou also by the blood of thy testament
 hast sent forth thy prisoners out of   
the pit1 wherein is no water4  #i3ab4   
,return to the strong hold1 ye prisoners
 of hope1 ,i will render thee double as 
,i declare today4  #i3ac4 ,because ,i   
have bent ,juda for me as a bow1 ,i have
 filled ,ephraim3 and ,i will raise up  
thy sons1 ,o ,sion1 above thy sons1 ,o  
,greece1 and ,i will make thee as the   
sword of the mighty4  ,thy sons1 ,o     
,sion1 etc4 4 4,viz41 the apostles1 who1
 in the spiritual way1 conquered the    
,greeks1 and subdued them to ,christ4   
#i3ad4 ,and the ,lord ,god shall be seen
 over them1 and his dart shall go forth 
as lightning3  and the ,lord ,god will  
sound the trumpet1 and go in the        
whirlwind of the south4  #i3ae4 ,the    
,lord of hosts will protect them3  and  
they shall devour1 and subdue with the  
stones of the sling3  and drinking they 
shall be inebriated as it were with     
wine1 and they shall be filled as bowls1

 and as the horns of the altar4  #i3af4 
,and the ,lord their ,god will save them
 in that day1 as the flock of his       
people3  for holy stones shall be lifted
 up over his land4  ,holy stones4 4     
4,the apostles1 who shall be as pillars 
and monuments in the church4  #i3ag4    
,for what is the good thing of him1 and 
what is his beautiful thing1 but the    
corn of the elect1 and wine springing   
forth virgins8  ,the corn1 etc4 4 4,his 
most excellent gift is the blessed      
,eucharist1 called here ,the corn1 that 
is1 the bread of the elect1 and the wine
 springing forth virgins2 that is1      
maketh virgins to bud1 or spring forth1 
as it were1 like flowers among thorns2  
because it has a wonderful efficacy to  
give and preserve purity4    ,zacharias 
,chapter #aj   ,god is to be sought to1 
and not idols4  ,the victories of his   
church1 which shall arise originally    
from the ,jewish nation4  #aj3a4 ,ask ye
 of the ,lord rain in the latter season1
 and the ,lord will make snows1 and will

 give them showers of rain1 to every one
 grass in the field4  #aj3b4 ,for the   
idols have spoken what was unprofitable1
 and the diviners have seen a lie1 and  
the dreamers have spoken vanity3  they  
comforted in vain3  therefore they were 
led away as a flock3  they shall be     
afflicted1 because they have no         
shepherd4  #aj3c4 ,my wrath is kindled  
against the shepherds1 and ,i will visit
 upon the buck goats3  for the ,lord of 
hosts hath visited his flock1 the house 
of ,juda1 and hath made them as the     
horse of his glory in the battle4       
#aj3d4 ,out of him shall come forth the 
corner1 out of him the pin1 out of him  
the bow of battle1 out of him ever      
exacter together4  #aj3e4 ,and they     
shall be as mighty men1 treading under  
foot the mire of the ways in battle3    
and they shall fight1 because the ,lord 
is with them1 and the riders of horses  
shall be confounded4  #aj3f4 ,and ,i    
will strengthen the house of ,juda1 and 
save the house of ,joseph3  and ,i will 

bring them back again1 because ,i will  
have mercy on them3  and they shall be  
as they were when ,i had not cast them  
off1 for ,i am the ,lord their ,god1 and
 will hear them4  #aj3g4 ,and they shall
 be as the valiant men of ,ephraim1 and 
their heart shall rejoice as through    
wine3  and their children shall see1 and
 shall rejoice1 and their heart shall be
 joyful in the ,lord4  #aj3h4 ,i will   
whistle for them1 and ,i will gather    
them together1 because ,i have redeemed 
them3  and ,i will multiply them as they
 were multiplied before4  #aj3i4 ,and ,i
 will sow them among peoples3  and from 
afar they shall remember me3  and they  
shall live with their children1 and     
shall return4  #aj3aj4 ,and ,i will     
bring them back out of the land of      
,egypt1 and ,i will gather them from    
among the ,assyrians3  and will bring   
them to the land of ,galaad1 and        
,libanus1 and place shall not be found  
for them4  #aj3aa4 ,and he shall pass   
over the strait of the sea1 and shall   

strike the waves in the sea1 and all the
 depths of the river shall be           
confounded1 and the pride of ,assyria   
shall be humbled1 and the sceptre of    
,egypt shall depart4  #aj3ab4 ,i will   
strengthen them in the ,lord1 and they  
shall walk in his name1 saith the ,lord4
    ,zacharias ,chapter #aa   ,the      
destruction of ,jerusalem and the       
temple4  ,god's dealings with the ,jews1
 and their reprobation4  #aa3a4 ,open   
thy gates1 ,o ,libanus1 and let fire    
devour thy cedars4  ,o ,libanus4 4 4,so 
,jerusalem1 and more particularly the   
temple1 is called by the prophets1 from 
its height1 and from its being built of 
the cedars of ,libanus4--,ibid4  ,thy   
cedars4 4 4,thy princes and chief men4  
#aa3b4 ,howl1 thou fir tree1 for the    
cedar is fallen1 for the mighty are laid
 waste3  howl1 ye oaks of ,basan1       
because the fenced forest is cut down4  
#aa3c4 ,the voice of the howling of the 
shepherds1 because their glory is laid  
waste3  the voice of the roaring of the 

lions1 because the pride of the ,jordan 
is spoiled4  #aa3d4 ,thus saith the     
,lord my ,god3  ,feed the flock of the  
slaughter1  #aa3e4 ,which they that     
possessed1 slew1 and repented not1 and  
they sold them1 saying3  ,blessed be the
 ,lord1 we are become rich3  and their  
shepherds spared them not4  #aa3f4 ,and 
,i will no more spare the inhabitants of
 the land1 saith the ,lord3  behold ,i  
will deliver the men1 every one into his
 neighbour's hand1 and into the hand of 
his king3  and they shall destroy the   
land1 and ,i will not deliver it out of 
their hand4  ,every one into his        
neighbour's hand1 etc4 4 4,this alludes 
to the last siege of ,jerusalem1 in     
which the different factions of the     
,jews destroyed one another2 and they   
that remained fell into the hands of    
their king1 that is1 of the ,roman      
emperor1 of whom they had said1 ,john   
#ai4ae1 we have no king but ,caesar4    
#aa3g4 ,and ,i will feed the flock of   
slaughter for this1 ,o ye poor of the   

flock4  ,and ,i took unto me two rods1  
one ,i called ,beauty1 and the other ,i 
called a ,cord1 and ,i fed the flock4   
,two rods4 4 4,or shepherd's staves1    
meaning the different ways of ,god's    
dealing with his people2 the one1 by    
sweet means1 called the rod of ,beauty3 
the other1 by bands and punishments1    
called the ,cord4  ,and where both these
 rods are made of no use or effect by   
the obstinacy of sinners1 the rods are  
broken1 and such sinners are given up to
 a reprobate sense1 as the ,jews were4  
#aa3h4 ,and ,i cut off three shepherds  
in one month1 and my soul was straitened
 in their regard3  for their soul also  
varied in my regard4  ,three shepherds  
in one month4 4 4,that is1 in a very    
short time4  ,by these three shepherds  
probably are meant the latter princes   
and high priests of the ,jews1 whose    
reign was short4  #aa3i4 ,and ,i said3  
,i will not feed you3  that which dieth1
 let it die3 and that which is cut off1 
let it be cut off3  and let the rest    

devour every one the flesh of his       
neighbour4  #aa3aj4 ,and ,i took my rod 
that was called ,beauty1 and ,i cut it  
asunder to make void my covenant1 which 
,i had made with all people4  #aa3aa4   
,and it was made void in that day3  and 
so the poor of the flock that keep for  
me1 understood that it is the word of   
the ,lord4  #aa3ab4 ,and ,i said to     
them3  ,if it be good in your eyes1     
bring hither my wages3  and if not1 be  
quiet4  ,and they weighed for my wages  
thirty pieces of silver4  #aa3ac4 ,and  
the ,lord said to me3  ,cast it to the  
statuary1 a handsome price1 that ,i was 
prized at by them4  ,and ,i took the    
thirty pieces of silver1 and ,i cast    
them into the house of the ,lord to the 
statuary4  ,the statuary4 4 4,the       
,hebrew word signifies also a potter4   
#aa3ad4 ,and ,i cut off my second rod   
that was called a ,cord1 that ,i might  
break the brotherhood between ,juda and 
,israel4  #aa3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to
 me3  ,take to thee yet the instruments 

of a foolish shepherd4  ,a foolish      
shepherd4 4 4,this was to represent the 
foolish1 that is1 the wicked princes and
 priests that should rule the people1   
before their utter desolation4  #aa3af4 
,for behold ,i will raise up a shepherd 
in the land1 who shall not visit what is
 forsaken1 nor seek what is scattered1  
nor heal what is broken1 nor nourish    
that which standeth1 and he shall eat   
the flesh of the fat ones1 and break    
their hoofs4  #aa3ag4 ,o shepherd1 and  
idol1 that forsaketh the flock3  the    
sword upon his arm and upon his right   
eye3  his arm shall quite wither away1  
and his right eye shall be utterly      
darkened4    ,zacharias ,chapter #ab    
,god shall protect his church against   
her persecutors4  ,the mourning of      
,jerusalem4  #ab3a4 ,the burden of the  
word of the ,lord upon ,israel4  ,thus  
saith the ,lord1 who stretcheth forth   
the heavens1 and layeth the foundations 
of the earth1 and formeth the spirit of 
man in him3  #ab3b4 ,behold ,i will make

 ,jerusalem a lintel of surfeiting to   
all the people round about3  and ,juda  
also shall be in the siege against      
,jerusalem4  ,a lintel of surfeiting4 4 
4,that is1 a door into which they shall 
seek to enter1 to glut themselves with  
blood2 but they shall stumble1 and fall 
like men stupefied with wine4  ,it seems
 to allude to the times of ,antiochus1  
and to the victories of the ,machabees4 
#ab3c4 ,and it shall come to pass in    
that day1 that ,i will make ,jerusalem a
 burdensome stone to all people3  all   
that shall lift it up shall be rent and 
torn1 and all the kingdoms of the earth 
shall be gathered together against her4 
#ab3d4 ,in that day1 saith the ,lord1 ,i
 will strike every horse with           
astonishment1 and his rider with        
madness3  and ,i will open my eyes upon 
the house of ,juda1 and will strike     
every horse of the nations with         
blindness4  #ab3e4 ,and the governors of
 ,juda shall say in their heart3  ,let  
the inhabitants of ,jerusalem be        

strengthened for me in the ,lord of     
hosts1 their ,god4  #ab3f4 ,in that day 
,i will make the governors of ,juda like
 a furnace of fire amongst wood1 and as 
a firebrand amongst hay3  and they shall
 devour all the people round about1 to  
the right hand1 and to the left3 and    
,jerusalem shall be inhabited again in  
her own place in ,jerusalem4  #ab3g4    
,and the ,lord shall save the           
tabernacles of ,jada1 as in the         
beginning3  that the house of ,david1   
and the glory of the inhabitants of     
,jerusalem1 may not boast and magnify   
themselves against ,juda4  #ab3h4 ,in   
that day shall the ,lord protect the    
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and he that  
hath offended among them in that day    
shall be as ,david3  and the house of   
,david1 as that of ,god1 as an angel of 
the ,lord in their sight4  #ab3i4 ,and  
it shall come to pass in that day1 that 
,i will seek to destroy all the nations 
that come against ,jerusalem4  #ab3aj4  
,and ,i will pour out upon the house of 

,david1 and upon the inhabitants of     
,jerusalem1 the spirit of grace1 and of 
prayers3  and they shall look upon me1  
whom they have pierced3  and they shall 
mourn for him as one mourneth for an    
only son1 and they shall grieve over    
him1 as the manner is to grieve for the 
death of the firstborn4  #ab3aa4 ,in    
that day there shall be a great         
lamentation in ,jerusalem like the      
lamentation of ,adadremmon in the plain 
of ,mageddon4  ,adadremmon4 4 4,a place 
near ,mageddon1 where the good king     
,josias was slain1 and much lamented by 
his people4  #ab3ab4 ,and the land shall
 mourn3  families and families apart3   
the families of the house of ,david     
apart1 and their women apart3  #ab3ac4  
,the families of the house of ,nathan   
apart1 and their women apart3  the      
families of the house of ,levi apart1   
and their women apart3 the families of  
,semei apart1 and their women apart4    
#ab3ad4 ,all the rest of the families1  
families and families apart1 and their  

women apart4    ,zacharias ,chapter #ac 
,the fountain of ,christ4  ,idols and   
false prophets shall be extirpated3     
,christ shall suffer3  his people shall 
be tried by fire4  #ac3a4 ,in that day  
there shall be a fountain open to the   
house of ,david1 and to the inhabitants 
of ,jerusalem3  for the washing of the  
sinner1 and of the unclean woman4       
#ac3b4 ,and it shall come to pass in    
that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 that
 ,i will destroy the names of idols out 
of the earth1 and they shall be         
remembered no more3  and ,i will take   
away the false prophets1 and the unclean
 spirit out of the earth4  #ac3c4 ,and  
it shall come to pass1 that when any man
 shall prophesy any more1 his father and
 his mother that brought him into the   
world1 shall say to him3  ,thou shalt   
not live3  because thou hast spoken a   
lie in the name of the ,lord4  ,and his 
father1 and his mother1 his parents1    
shall thrust him through1 when he shall 
prophesy4  #ac3d4 ,and it shall come to 

pass in that day1 that the prophets     
shall be confounded1 every one by his   
own vision1 when he shall prophesy1     
neither shall they be clad with a       
garment of sackcloth1 to deceive3       
#ac3e4 ,but he shall say3  ,i am no     
prophet1 ,i am a husbandman3  for ,adam 
is my example from my youth4  #ac3f4    
,and they shall say to him3  ,what are  
these wounds in the midst of thy hands8 
,and he shall say3  ,with these ,i was  
wounded in the house of them that loved 
me4  #ac3g4 ,awake1 ,o sword1 against my
 shepherd1 and against the man that     
cleaveth to me1 saith the ,lord of      
hosts3  strike the shepherd1 and the    
sheep shall be scattered3  and ,i will  
turn my hand to the little ones4  #ac3h4
 ,and there shall be in all the earth1  
saith the ,lord1 two parts in it shall  
be scattered1 and shall perish3  but the
 third part shall be left therein4      
#ac3i4 ,and ,i will bring the third part
 through the fire1 and will refine them 
as silver is refined3  and ,i will try  

them as gold is tried4  ,they shall call
 on my name1 and ,i will hear them4  ,i 
will say3  ,thou art my people3  and    
they shall say3  ,the ,lord is my ,god4 
,zacharias ,chapter #ad   ,after the    
persecutions of the church shall follow 
great prosperity4 ,persecutors shall be 
punished3  so shall all that will not   
serve ,god in his church4  #ad3a4       
,behold the days of the ,lord shall     
come1 and thy spoils shall be divided in
 the midst of thee4  #ad3b4 ,and ,i will
 gather all nations to ,jerusalem to    
battle1 and the city shall be taken1 and
 the houses shall be rifled1 and the    
women shall be defiled3  and half of the
 city shall go forth into captivity1 and
 the rest of the people shall not be    
taken away out of the city4  ,i will    
gather1 etc4 4 4,this seems to be a     
prophecy of what was done by ,antiochus4
  #ad3c4 ,then the ,lord shall go forth1
 and shall fight against those nations1 
as when he fought in the day of battle4 
#ad3d4 ,and his feet shall stand in that

 day upon the mount of ,olives1 which is
 over against ,jerusalem towards the    
east3  and the mount of ,olives shall be
 divided in the midst thereof to the    
east1 and to the west with a very great 
opening1 and half of the mountain shall 
be separated to the north1 and half     
thereof to the south4  #ad3e4 ,and you  
shall flee to the valley of those       
mountains1 for the valley of the        
mountains shall be joined even to the   
next1 and you shall flee as you fled    
from the face of the earthquake in the  
days of ,ozias king of ,juda3  and the  
,lord my ,god shall come1 and all the   
saints with him4  #ad3f4 ,and it shall  
come to pass in that day1 that there    
shall be no light1 but cold and frost4  
,no light4 4 4,viz41 in that dismal time
 of persecution of ,antiochus1 when it  
was neither day nor night3  7ver4 #g7   
because they neither had the comfortable
 light of the day1 nor the repose of the
 night4  #ad3g4 ,and there shall be one 
day1 which is known to the ,lord1 not   

day nor night3  and in the time of the  
evening there shall be light3  ,in the  
time of the evening there shall be      
light4 4 4,an unexpected light shall    
arise by the means of the ,machabees1   
when things shall seem to be at the     
worst4  #ad3h4 ,and it shall come to    
pass in that day1 that living waters    
shall go out from ,jerusalem3  half of  
them to the east sea1 and half of them  
to the last sea3  they shall be in      
summer and in winter4  ,living waters4 4
 4,viz41 the gospel of ,christ4  #ad3i4 
,and the ,lord shall be king over all   
the earth3  in that day there shall be  
one ,lord1 and his name shall be one4   
#ad3aj4 ,and all the land shall return  
even to the desert1 from the hill to    
,remmon to the south of ,jerusalem3  and
 she shall be exalted1 and shall dwell  
in her own place1 from the gate of      
,benjamin even to the place of the      
former gate1 and even to the gate of the
 corners3  and from the tower of        
,hananeel even to the king's            

winepresses4  ,all the land shall       
return1 etc4 4 4,this1 in some measure1 
was verified by the means of the        
,machabees3  but is rather to be taken  
in a spiritual sense1 as relating to the
 propagation of the church1 and kingdom 
of ,christ1 the true ,jerusalem1 which  
alone shall never fall under the        
anathema of destruction1 or ,god's      
curse4  #ad3aa4 ,and people shall dwell 
in it1 and there shall be no more an    
anathema3  but ,jerusalem shall sit     
secure4  #ad3ab4 ,and this shall be the 
plague wherewith the ,lord shall strike 
all nations that have fought against    
,jerusalem3  the flesh of every one     
shall consume away while they stand upon
 their feet1 and their eyes shall       
consume away in their holes1 and their  
tongue shall consume away in their      
mouth4  ,the flesh of every one shall   
consume1 etc4 4 4,such judgments as     
these have often fallen upon the        
persecutors of ,god's church1 as appears
 by many instances in history4  #ad3ac4 

,in that day there shall be a great     
tumult from the ,lord among them3  and a
 man shall take the hand of his         
neighbour1 and his hand shall be clasped
 upon his neighbour's hand4  #ad3ad4    
,and even ,juda shall fight against     
,jerusalem3  and the riches of all      
nations round about shall be gathered   
together1 gold1 and silver1 and garments
 in great abundance4  ,even ,juda1 etc4 
4 4,the carnal ,jews1 and other false   
brothers1 shall join in persecuting the 
church4  #ad3ae4 ,and the destruction of
 the horse1 and of the mule1 and of the 
camel1 and of the ass1 and of all the   
beasts1 that shall be in those tents1   
shall be like this destruction4  ,shall 
be like this destruction4 4 4,that is1  
the beasts shall be destroyed as well as
 the men3  the common soldiers as well  
as their leaders4  #ad3af4 ,and all they
 that shall be left of all nations that 
came against ,jerusalem1 shall go up    
from year to year1 to adore the ,king1  
the ,lord of hosts1 and to keep the     

feast of tabernacles4  ,they that shall 
be left1 etc4 4 4,that is1 many of them 
that persecuted the church shall be     
converted to its faith and              
communion4--,ibid4  ,to keep the feast  
of tabernacles4 4 4,this feast was kept 
by the ,jews in memory of their         
sojourning forty years in the desert1 in
 their way to the land of promise4  ,and
 in the spiritual sense is duly kept by 
all such ,christians as in their earthly
 pilgrimage are continually advancing   
toward their true home1 the heavenly    
,jerusalem2 by the help of the          
sacraments and sacrifice of the church4 
,and they that neglect this must not    
look for the kind showers of divine     
grace1 to give fruitfulness to their    
souls4  #ad3ag4 ,and it shall come to   
pass1 that he that shall not go up of   
the families of the land to ,jerusalem1 
to adore the ,king1 the ,lord of hosts1 
there shall be no rain upon them4       
#ad3ah4 ,and if the family of ,egypt go 
not up nor come3  neither shall it be   

upon them1 but there shall be           
destruction wherewith the ,lord will    
strike all nations that will not go up  
to keep the feast of tabernacles4       
#ad3ai4 ,this shall be the sin of       
,egypt1 and this the sin of all nations1
 that will not go up to keep the feast  
of tabernacles4  #ad3bj4 ,in that day   
that which is upon the bridle of the    
horse shall be holy to the ,lord3  and  
the caldrons in the house of the ,lord  
shall be as the phials before the altar4
  ,that which is upon the bridle1 etc4 4
 4,the golden ornaments of the bridles1 
etc41 shall be turned into offerings in 
the house of ,god4  ,and there shall be 
an abundance of caldrons and phials for 
the sacrifices of the temple2 by which  
is meant1 under a figure1 the great     
resort there shall be to the temple1    
that is1 to the church of ,christ1 and  
her sacrifice4  #ad3ba4 ,and every      
caldron in ,jerusalem and ,juda shall be
 sanctified to the ,lord of hosts3  and 
all that sacrifice shall come1 and take 

of them1 and shall seethe in them3  and 
the merchant shall be no more in the    
house of the ,lord of hosts in that day4
  ,the merchant shall be no more1 etc4 4
 4,or1 as some render it1 ,the          
,chanaanite shall be no more1 etc41 that
 is1 the profane and unbelievers shall  
have no title to be in the house of the 
,lord4  ,or there shall be no occasion  
for buyers or sellers of oxen1 or sheep1
 or doves1 in the house of ,god1 such as
 ,jesus ,christ cast out of the temple4 
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,malachias       
,,malachias1 whose name signifies ,the  
,angel of the ,lord1 was contemporary   
with ,,nehemias1 and by some is believed
 to have been the same person as        
,,esdras4  ,he was the last of the      
prophets1 in the order of time1 and     
flourished about four hundred years     
before ,christ4  ,he foretells the      
coming of ,christ2 the reprobation of   
the ,jews and their sacrifices2 and the 
calling of the ,gentiles1 who shall     
offer up to ,god in every place an      

acceptable sacrifice4    ,malachias     
,chapter #a   ,god reproaches the ,jews 
with their ingratitude3  and the priests
 for not offering pure sacrifices4  ,he 
will accept of the sacrifice that shall 
be offered in every place among the     
,gentiles4  #a3a4 ,the burden of the    
word of the ,lord to ,israel by the hand
 of ,malachias4  #a3b4 ,i have loved    
you1 saith the ,lord3  and you have     
said3  ,wherein hast thou loved us8     
,was not ,esau brother to ,jacob1 saith 
the ,lord1 and ,i have loved ,jacob1  ,i
 have loved ,jacob1 etc4 4 4,i have     
preferred his posterity1 to make them my
 chosen people1 and to lead them with my
 blessings1 without any merit on their  
part1 and though they have been always  
ungrateful2 whilst ,i have rejected     
,esau1 and executed severe judgments    
upon his posterity4 ,not that ,god      
punished ,esau1 or his posterity1 beyond
 their desert3  but that by his free    
election and grace he loved ,jacob1 and 
favoured his posterity above their      

deserts4  ,see the annotations upon     
,rom4 #i4  #a3c4 ,but have hated ,esau8 
and ,i have made his mountains a        
wilderness1 and given his inheritance to
 the dragons of the desert4  #a3d4 ,but 
if ,edom shall say3  ,we are destroyed1 
but we will return and build up what    
hath been destroyed3  thus saith the    
,lord of hosts3  ,they shall build up1  
and ,i will throw down3  and they shall 
be called the borders of wickedness1 and
 the people with whom the ,lord is angry
 for ever4  #a3e4 ,and your eyes shall  
see3  and you shall say3  ,the ,lord be 
magnified upon the border of ,israel4   
#a3f4 ,the son honoureth the father1 and
 the servant his master3  if then ,i be 
a father1 where is my honour8  and if ,i
 be a master1 where is my fear3  saith  
the ,lord of hosts4  #a3g4 ,to you1 ,o  
priests1 that despise my name1 and have 
said3  ,wherein have we despised thy    
name8  ,you offer polluted bread upon my
 altar1 and you say3  ,wherein have we  
polluted thee8  ,in that you say3  ,the 

table of the ,lord is contemptible4     
#a3h4 ,if you offer the blind for       
sacrifice1 is it not evil8  and if you  
offer the lame and the sick1 is it not  
evil8  offer it to thy prince1 if he    
will be pleased with it1 or if he will  
regard thy face1 saith the ,lord of     
hosts4  #a3i4 ,and now beseech ye the   
face of ,god1 that he may have mercy on 
you1 7for by your hand hath this been   
done17 if by any means he will receive  
your faces1 saith the ,lord of hosts4   
#a3aj4 ,who is there among you1 that    
will shut the doors1 and will kindle the
 fire on my altar gratis8  ,i have no   
pleasure in you1 saith the ,lord of     
hosts3  and ,i will not receive a gift  
of your hand4  #a3aa4 ,for from the     
rising of the sun even to the going     
down1 my name is great among the        
,gentiles1 and in every place there is  
sacrifice1 and there is offered to my   
name a clean oblation3  for my name is  
great among the ,gentiles1 saith the    
,lord of hosts4  ,a clean oblation4 4   

4,viz41 the precious body and blood of  
,christ in the eucharistic sacrifice4   
#a3ab4 ,and you have profaned it in that
 you say3  ,the table of the ,lord is   
defiled3  and that which is laid        
thereupon is contemptible with the fire 
that devoureth it4  #a3ac4 ,and you have
 said3  ,behold of our labour1 and you  
puffed it away1 saith the ,lord of      
hosts1 and you brought in of rapine the 
lame1 and the sick1 and brought in an   
offering3  shall ,i accept it at your   
hands1 saith the ,lord8  ,behold of our 
labour1 etc4 4 4,you pretended labour   
and weariness1 when you brought your    
offering2 and so made it of no value1 by
 offering it with an evil mind4         
,moreover1 what you offered was both    
defective in itself1 and gotten by      
rapine and extortion4  #a3ad4 ,cursed is
 the deceitful man that hath in his     
flock a male1 and making a vow offereth 
in sacrifice that which is feeble to the
 ,lord3 for ,i am a great ,king1 saith  
the ,lord of hosts1 and my name is      

dreadful among the ,gentiles4           
,malachias ,chapter #b   ,the priests   
are sharply reproved for neglecting     
their covenant4  ,the evil of marrying  
with idolaters3  and too easily putting 
away their wives4  #b3a4 ,and now1 ,o ye
 priests1 this commandment is to you4   
#b3b4 ,if you will not hear1 and if you 
will not lay it to heart1 to give glory 
to my name1 saith the ,lord of hosts3   
,i will send poverty upon you1 and will 
curse your blessings1 yea ,i will curse 
them1 because you have not laid it to   
heart4  #b3c4 ,behold1 ,i will cast the 
shoulder to you1 and will scatter upon  
your face the dung of your solemnities1 
and it shall take you away with it4  ,i 
will cast the shoulder to you4 4 4,i    
will cast away the shoulder1 which in   
the law was appointed to be your        
portion1 and fling it at you in my      
anger3  and will reject both you and    
your festivals like dung4  #b3d4 ,and   
you shall know that ,i sent you this    
commandment1 that my covenant might be  

with ,levi1 saith the ,lord of hosts4   
#b3e4 ,my covenant was with him of life 
and peace3  and ,i gave him fear3 and he
 feared me1 and he was afraid before my 
name4  #b3f4 ,the law of truth was in   
his mouth1 and iniquity was not found in
 his lips3  he walked with me in peace1 
and in equity1 and turned many away from
 iniquity4  #b3g4 ,for the lips of the  
priests shall keep knowledge1 and they  
shall seek the law at his mouth3        
because he is the angel of the ,lord of 
hosts4  ,the angel4 4 4,viz41 the       
minister and messenger4  #b3h4 ,but you 
have departed out of the way1 and have  
caused many to stumble at the law3  you 
have made void the covenant of ,levi1   
saith the ,lord of hosts4  #b3i4        
,therefore have ,i also made you        
contemptible1 and base before all       
people1 as you have not kept my ways1   
and have accepted persons in the law4   
#b3aj4 ,have we not all one father8     
hath not one ,god created us8  why then 
doth every one of us despise his        

brother1 violating the covenant of our  
fathers8  #b3aa4 ,juda hath             
transgressed1 and abomination hath been 
committed in ,israel1 and in ,jerusalem3
  for ,juda hath profaned the holiness  
of the ,lord1 which he loved1 and hath  
married the daughter of a strange god4  
#b3ab4 ,the ,lord will cut off the man  
that hath done this1 both the master1   
and the scholar1 out of the tabernacles 
of ,jacob1 and him that offereth an     
offering to the ,lord of hosts4  #b3ac4 
,and this again have you done1 you have 
covered the altar of the ,lord with     
tears1 with weeping1 and bellowing1 so  
that ,i have no more a regard to        
sacrifice1 neither do ,i accept any     
atonement at your hands4  ,with tears4 4
 4,viz41 by occasion of your wives1 whom
 you have put away3 and who came to weep
 and lament before the altar4  #b3ad4   
,and you have said3  ,for what cause8   
,because the ,lord hath been witness    
between thee1 and the wife of thy youth1
 whom thou hast despised3  yet she was  

thy partner1 and the wife of thy        
covenant4  #b3ae4 ,did not one make her1
 and she is the residue of his spirit8  
,and what doth one seek1 but the seed of
 ,god8  ,keep then your spirit1 and     
despise not the wife of thy youth4      
#b3af4 ,when thou shalt hate her put her
 away1 saith the ,lord1 the ,god of     
,israel3  but iniquity shalt cover his  
garment1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 keep 
your spirit1 and despise not4  ,iniquity
 shall cover his garment4 4 4,viz41 of  
every man that putteth away his wife    
without just cause2 notwithstanding that
 ,god permitted it in the law1 to       
prevent the evil of murder4  #b3ag4 ,you
 have wearied the ,lord with your words1
 and you said3  ,wherein have we wearied
 him8  ,in that you say3  ,every one    
that doth evil1 is good in the sight of 
the ,lord1 and such please him3  or     
surely where is the ,god of judgment8   
,malachias ,chapter #c   ,christ shall  
come to his temple1 and purify the      
priesthood4  ,they that continue in     

their evil ways shall be punished3  but 
true penitents shall receive a blessing4
  #c3a4 ,behold ,i send my angel1 and he
 shall prepare the way before my face4  
,and presently the ,lord1 whom you seek1
 and the angel of the testament1 whom   
you desire1 shall come to his temple4   
,behold1 he cometh1 saith the ,lord of  
hosts4  ,my angel4 4 4,viz41 ,john the  
,baptist1 the messenger of ,god1 and    
forerunner of ,christ4  #c3b4 ,and who  
shall be able to think of the day of his
 coming8  and who shall stand to see    
him8  for he is like a refining fire1   
and like the fuller's herb3  #c3c4 ,and 
he shall sit refining and cleansing the 
silver1 and he shall purify the sons of 
,levi1 and shall refine them as gold1   
and as silver1 and they shall offer     
sacrifices to the ,lord in justice4     
#c3d4 ,and the sacrifice of ,juda and of
 ,jerusalem shall please the ,lord1 as  
in the days of old1 and in the ancient  
years4  #c3e4 ,and ,i will come to you  
in judgment1 and will be a speedy       

witness against sorcerers1 and          
adulterers1 and false swearers1 and them
 that oppress the hireling in his wages1
 the widows1 and the fatherless3  and   
oppress the stranger1 and have not      
feared me1 saith the ,lord of hosts4    
#c3f4 ,for ,i am the ,lord1 and ,i      
change not3  and you the sons of ,jacob 
are not consumed4  #c3g4 ,for from the  
days of your fathers you have departed  
from my ordinances1 and have not kept   
them3  ,return to me1 and ,i will return
 to you1 saith the ,lord of hosts4  ,and
 you have said3  ,wherein shall we      
return8  #c3h4 ,shall a man afflict     
,god1 for you afflict me4  ,and you have
 said3 ,wherein do we afflict thee8  in 
tithes and in firstfruits4  #c3i4 ,and  
you are cursed with want1 and you       
afflict me1 even the whole nation of    
you4  #c3aj4 ,bring all the tithes into 
the storehouse1 that there may be meat  
in my house1 and try me in this1 saith  
the ,lord3  if ,i open not unto you the 
flood-gates of heaven1 and pour you out 

a blessing even to abundance4  #c3aa4   
,and ,i will rebuke for your sakes the  
devourer1 and he shall not spoil the    
fruit of your land3  neither shall the  
vine in the field be barren1 saith the  
,lord of hosts4  #c3ab4 ,and all nations
 shall call you blessed3  for you shall 
be a delightful land1 saith the ,lord of
 hosts4  #c3ac4 ,your words have been   
unsufferable to me1 saith the ,lord4    
#c3ad4 ,and you have said3  ,what have  
we spoken against thee8  ,you have said3
  ,he laboureth in vain that serveth    
,god1 and what profit is it that we have
 kept his ordinances1 and that we have  
walked sorrowful before the ,lord of    
hosts8  #c3ae4 ,wherefore now we call   
the proud people happy1 for they that   
work wickedness are built up1 and they  
have tempted ,god and are preserved4    
#c3af4 ,then they that feared the ,lord1
 spoke every one with his neighbour3    
and the ,lord gave ear1 and heard it3   
and a book of remembrance was written   
before him for them that fear the ,lord1

 and think on his name4  #c3ag4 ,and    
they shall be my special possession1    
saith the ,lord of hosts1 in the day    
that ,i do judgment3  and ,i will spare 
them1 as a man spareth his son that     
serveth him4  #c3ah4 ,and you shall     
return1 and shall see the difference    
between the just and the wicked3  and   
between him that serveth ,god1 and him  
that serveth him not4    ,malachias     
,chapter #d   ,the judgment of the      
wicked1 and reward of the just4  ,an    
exhortation to observe the law4  ,elias 
shall come for the conversion of the    
,jews4  #d3a4 ,for behold the day shall 
come kindled as a furnace3  and all the 
proud1 and all that do wickedly shall be
 stubble3  and the day that cometh shall
 set them on fire1 saith the ,lord of   
hosts1 it shall not leave them root1 nor
 branch4  #d3b4 ,but unto you that fear 
my name1 the ,sun of justice shall      
arise1 and health in his wings3  and you
 shall go forth1 and shall leap like    
calves of the herd4  #d3c4 ,and you     

shall tread down the wicked when they   
shall be ashes under the sole of your   
feet in the day that ,i do this1 saith  
the ,lord of hosts4  #d3d4 ,remember the
 law of ,moses my servant1 which ,i     
commanded him in ,horeb for all ,israel1
 the precepts1 and judgments4  #d3e4    
,behold1 ,i will send you ,elias the    
prophet1 before the coming of the great 
and dreadful day of the ,lord4  #d3f4   
,and he shall turn the heart of the     
fathers to the children1 and the heart  
of the children to their fathers3  lest 
,i come1 and strike the earth with      
anathema4  ,he shall turn the heart1    
etc4 4 4,by bringing over the ,jews to  
the faith of ,christ1 he shall reconcile
 them to their fathers1 viz41 the       
partiarchs and prophets2 whose hearts   
for many ages have been turned away from
 them1 because of their refusing to     
believe in ,christ4--,ibid4 ,with       
anathema4 4 4,in the ,hebrew1 ,cherem1  
that is1 with utter destruction4        
,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,machabees   

,these books are so called1 because they
 contain the history of the people of   
,god under the command of ,judas        
,machabeus and his brethren3 and he1 as 
some will have it1 was surnamed         
,machabeus1 from carrying in his        
ensigns1 or standards1 those words of   
,exodus #ae4aa1 ,who is like to thee    
among the strong1 ,o ,lord3  in which   
the initial letters1 in the ,hebrew1 are
 ,m4 ,c4 ,b4 ,e4 ,i4  ,it is not known  
who is the author of these books4  ,but 
as to their authority1 though they are  
not received by the ,jews1 saith ,st4   
,augustine1 7lib4 #ah1 ,de ,civ4 ,dei1  
c4 #cf17 they are received by the       
church3  who1 in settling her canon of  
the scriptures1 chose rather to be      
directed by the tradition she had       
received from the apostles of ,christ1  
than by that of the scribes and         
,pharisees4  ,and as the church has     
declared these two ,books canonical1    
even in two general councils1 viz41     
,florence and ,trent1 there can be no   

doubt of their authenticity4    #a      
,machabees ,chapter #a   ,the reign of  
,alexander and his successors3          
,antiochus rifles and profanes the      
temple of ,god3  and persecutes unto    
death all that will not forsake the law 
of ,god1 and the religion of their      
fathers4  #a3a4 ,now it came to pass1   
after that ,alexander the son of ,philip
 the ,macedonian1 who first reigned in  
,greece1 coming out of the land of      
,cethim1 had overthrown ,darius1 king of
 the ,persians and ,medes3  #a3b4 ,he   
fought many battles1 and took the strong
 holds of all1 and slew the kings of the
 earth3  #a3c4 ,and he went through even
 to the ends of the earth3  and took the
 spoils of many nations3  and the earth 
was quiet before him4  #a3d4 ,and he    
gathered a power1 and a very strong     
army3  and his heart was exalted and    
lifted up3  #a3e4 ,and he subdued       
countries of nations1 and princes2 and  
they became tributaries to him4  #a3f4  
,and after these things1 he fell down   

upon his bed1 and knew that he should   
die4  #a3g4 ,and he called his servants1
 the nobles that were brought up with   
him from his youth3  and he divided his 
kingdom among them1 while he was yet    
alive4  ,divided his kingdom1 etc4 4    
4,this is otherwise related by ,q4      
,curtius2 though he acknowledges that   
divers were of that opinion1 and that it
 had been delivered by some authors1    
lib4 #aj4  ,but here we find from the   
sacred text1 that he was in error4      
#a3h4 ,and ,alexander reigned twelve    
years1 and he died4  #a3i4 ,and his     
servants made themselves kings1 every   
one in his place3  #a3aj4 ,and they all 
put crowns upon themselves after his    
death1 and their sons after them1 many  
years2 and evils were multiplied in the 
earth4  #a3aa4 ,and there came out of   
them a wicked root1 ,antiochus the      
,illustrious1 the son of king           
,antiochus1 who had been a hostage at   
,rome3 and he reigned in the hundred and
 thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of  

the ,greeks4  ,antiochus the            
,illustrius4 4 4,epiphanes1 the younger 
son of ,antiochus the ,great1 who       
usurped the kingdom1 to the prejudice of
 his nephew ,demetrius1 son of his elder
 brother ,seleucus ,philopater4--,ibid4 
,of the kingdom of the ,greeks4 4       
4,counting1 not from the beginning of   
the reign of ,alexander1 but from the   
first year of ,seleucus ,nicator4       
#a3ab4 ,in those days there went out of 
,israel wicked men1 and they persuaded  
many1 saying3  ,let us go and make a    
covenant with the heathens that are     
round about us3  for since we departed  
from them1 many evils have befallen us4 
#a3ac4 ,and the word seemed good in     
their eyes4  #a3ad4 ,and some of the    
people determined to do this1 and went  
to the king3  and he gave them license  
to do after the ordinances of the       
heathens4  #a3ae4 ,and they built a     
place of exercise in ,jerusalem1        
according to the laws of the nations3   
#a3af4 ,and they made themselves        

prepuces1 and departed from the holy    
covenant1 and joined themselves to the  
heathens1 and were sold to do evil3     
#a3ag4 ,and the kingdom was established 
before ,antiochus1 and he had a mind to 
reign over the land of ,egypt1 that he  
might reign over two kingdoms4  #a3ah4  
,and he entered into ,egypt with a great
 multitude1 with chariots1 and          
elephants1 and horsemen1 and a great    
number of ships3  #a3ai4 ,and he made   
war against ,ptolemee king of ,egypt2   
but ,ptolemee was afraid at his presence
 and fled1 and many were wounded unto   
death4  #a3bj4 ,and he took the strong  
cities in the land of ,egypt3  and he   
took the spoils of the land of ,egypt4  
#a3ba4 ,and after ,antiochus had ravaged
 ,egypt1 in the hundred and forty-third 
year1 he returned and went up against   
,israel4  #a3bb4 ,and he went up to     
,jerusalem1 with a great multitude4     
#a3bc4 ,and he proudly entered into the 
sanctuary1 and took away the golden     
altar1 and the candlestick of light1 and

 all the vessels thereof1 and the table 
of proposition1 and the pouring vessels1
 and the vials1 and the little mortars  
of gold1 and the veil1 and the crowns1  
and the golden ornament that was before 
the temple3  and he broke them all in   
pieces4  #a3bd4 ,and he took the silver 
and gold1 and the precious vessels3  and
 he took the hidden treasures1 which he 
found3  and when he had taken all away1 
he departed into his own country4       
#a3be4 ,and he made a great slaughter of
 men1 and spoke very proudly4  #a3bf4   
,and there was great mourning in        
,israel1 and in every place where they  
were3  #a3bg4 ,and the princes1 and the 
ancients mourned1 and the virgins and   
the young men were made feeble1 and the 
beauty of the women was changed4  #a3bh4
 ,every bridegroom took up lamentation3 
and the bride that sat in the marriage  
bed1 mourned3  #a3bi4 ,and the land was 
moved for the inhabitants thereof1 and  
all the house of ,jacob was covered with
 confusion4  #a3cj4 ,and after two full 

years1 the king sent the chief collector
 of his tributes to the cities of ,juda1
 and he came to ,jerusalem with a great 
multitude4  ,the chief collector1 etc4 4
 4,apollonius4  #a3ca4 ,and he spoke to 
them peaceable words in deceit2 and they
 believed him4  #a3cb4 ,and he fell upon
 the city suddenly1 and struck it with a
 great slaughter1 and destroyed much    
people in ,israel4  #a3cc4 ,and he took 
the spoils of the city1 and burnt it    
with fire1 and threw down the houses    
thereof1 and the walls thereof round    
about3  #a3cd4 ,and they took the women 
captive1 and the children1 and the      
cattle they possessed4  #a3ce4 ,and they
 built the city of ,david with a great  
and strong wall1 and with strong towers1
 and made it a fortress for them3  ,the 
city of ,david4 4 4,that is1 the castle 
of ,sion4  #a3cf4 ,and they placed there
 a sinful nation1 wicked men1 and they  
fortified themselves therein3  and they 
stored up armour2 and victuals1 and     
gathered together the spoils of         

,jerusalem2  #a3cg4 ,and laid them up   
there3  and they became a great snare4  
#a3ch4 ,and this was a place to lie in  
wait against the sanctuary1 and an evil 
devil in ,israel4  ,an evil devil4 4    
4,that is1 an adversary watching        
constantly to do harm1 as the evil      
spirit is always watching and seeking   
whom he may devour4  #a3ci4 ,and they   
shed innocent blood round about the     
sanctuary1 and defiled the holy place4  
#a3dj4 ,and the inhabitants of          
,jerusalem fled away by reason of them  
and the city was made the habitation of 
strangers1 and she became a stranger to 
her own seed1 and her children forsook  
her4  #a3da4 ,her sanctuary was desolate
 like a wilderness1 her festival days   
were turned into mourning1 her sabbaths 
into reproach1 her honours were brought 
to nothing4  #a3db4 ,her dishonour was  
increased according to her glory1 and   
her excellency was turned into mourning4
  #a3dc4 ,and king ,antiochus wrote to  
all his kingdom1 that all the people    

should be one3  and every one should    
leave his own law4  #a3dd4 ,and all     
nations consented1 according to the word
 of king ,antiochus4  #a3de4 ,and many  
of ,israel consented to his service1 and
 they sacrificed to idols1 and profaned 
the sabbath4  #a3df4 ,and the king sent 
letters by the hands of messengers to   
,jerusalem1 and to all the cities of    
,juda2 that they should follow the law  
of the nations of the earth4  #a3dg4    
,and should forbid holocausts and       
sacrifices1 and atonements to be made in
 the temple of ,god4  #a3dh4 ,and should
 prohibit the sabbath1 and the festival 
days to be celebrated4  #a3di4 ,and he  
commanded the holy places to be         
profaned1 and the holy people of        
,israel4  #a3ej4 ,and he commanded      
altars to be built1 and temples1 and    
idols1 and swine's flesh to be          
immolated1 and unclean beasts1  #a3ea4  
,and that they should leave their       
children uncircumcised1 and let their   
souls be defiled with all uncleannesses1

 and abominations1 to the end that they 
should forget the law1 and should change
 all the justifications of ,god4  #a3eb4
 ,and that whosoever would not do       
according to the word of king           
,antiochus1 should be put to death4     
#a3ec4 ,according to all these words he 
wrote to his whole kingdom3  and he     
appointed rulers over the people that   
should force them to do these things4   
#a3ed4 ,and they commanded the cities of
 ,juda to sacrifice4  #a3ee4 ,then many 
of the people were gathered to them that
 had forsaken the law of the ,lord3  and
 they committed evils in the land3      
#a3ef4 ,and they drove away the people  
of ,israel into lurking holes1 and into 
the secret places of fugitives4  #a3eg4 
,on the fifteenth day of the month1     
,casleu1 in the hundred and forty-fifth 
year1 king ,antiochus set up the        
abominable idol of desolation upon the  
altar of ,god1 and they built altars    
throughout all the cities of ,juda round
 about3  ,the abominable idol1 etc4 4   

4,viz41 the statue of ,jupiter          
,olympius4  #a3eh4 ,and they burnt      
incense1 and sacrificed at the doors of 
the houses and in the streets4  #a3ei4  
,and they cut in pieces1 and burnt with 
fire the books of the law of ,god3      
#a3fj4 ,and every one with whom the     
books of the testament of the ,lord were
 found1 and whosoever observed the law  
of the ,lord1 they put to death1        
according to the edict of the king4     
#a3fa4 ,thus by their power did they    
deal with the people of ,israel1 that   
were found in the cities month after    
month4  #a3fb4 ,and on the five and     
twentieth day of the month they         
sacrificed upon the altar of the idol   
that was over against the altar of ,god4
  #a3fc4 ,now the women that circumcised
 their children were slain according to 
the commandment of king ,antiochus1     
#a3fd4 ,and they hanged the children    
about their neck in all their houses3   
and those that had circumcised them1    
they put to death4  #a3fe4 ,and many of 

the people of ,israel determined with   
themselves1 that they would not eat     
unclean things3  and they chose rather  
to die1 than to be defiled with unclean 
meats3  #a3ff4 ,and they would not break
 the holy law of ,god and they were put 
to death3  #a3fg4 ,and there was very   
great wrath upon the people4    #a      
,machabees ,chapter #b   ,the zeal and  
success of ,mathathias4  ,his           
exhortation to his sons at his death4   
#b3a4 ,in those days arose ,mathathias1 
the son of ,john1 the son of ,simeon1 a 
priest of the sons of ,joarib1 from     
,jerusalem1 and he abode in the mountain
 of ,modin3  #b3b4 ,and he had five     
sons3  ,john1 who was surnamed ,gaddis3 
#b3c4 ,and ,simon1 who was surnamed     
,thasi2  #b3d4 ,and ,judas1 who was     
called ,machabeus2  #b3e4 ,and ,eleazar1
 who was surnamed ,abaron2 and          
,jonathan1 who was surnamed ,apphus4    
#b3f4 ,these saw the evils that were    
done in the people of ,juda1 and in     
,jerusalem4  #b3g4 ,and ,mathathias     

said3  ,woe is me1 wherefore was ,i born
 to see the ruin of my people1 and the  
ruin of the holy city1 and to dwell     
there1 when it is given into the hands  
of the enemies8  #b3h4 ,the holy places 
are come into the hands of strangers her
 temple is become as a man without      
honour4  #b3i4 ,the vessels of her glory
 are carried away captive2 her old men  
are murdered in the streets1 and her    
young men are fallen by the sword of the
 enemies4  #b3aj4 ,what nation hath not 
inherited her kingdom1 and gotten of her
 spoils8  #b3aa4 ,all her ornaments are 
taken away4  ,she that was free is made 
a slave4  #b3ab4 ,and behold our        
sanctuary1 and our beauty1 and our glory
 is laid waste1 and the ,gentiles have  
defiled them4  #b3ac4 ,to what end then 
should we live any longer8  #b3ad4 ,and 
,mathathias and his sons rent their     
garments1 and they covered themselves   
with haircloth1 and made great          
lamentation4  #b3ae4 ,and they that were
 sent from king ,antiochus1 came        

thither1 to compel them that were fled  
into the city of ,modin1 to sacrifice1  
and to burn incense1 and to depart from 
the law of ,god4  #b3af4 ,and many of   
the people of ,israel consented and came
 to them3  but ,mathathias and his sons 
stood firm4  #b3ag4 ,and they that were 
sent from ,antiochus1 answering1 said to
 ,mathathias3  ,thou art a ruler1 and an
 honourable1 and great man in this city1
 and adorned with sons1 and brethren4   
#b3ah4 ,therefore1 come thou first1 and 
obey the king's commandment1 as all     
nations have done1 and the men of ,juda1
 and they that remain in ,jerusalem3    
and thou1 and thy sons shall be in the  
number of the king's friends1 and       
enriched with gold1 and silver1 and many
 presents4  #b3ai4 ,then ,mathathias    
answered1 and said with a loud voice3   
,although all nations obey king         
,antiochus1 so as to depart every man   
from the service of the law of his      
fathers1 and consent to his             
commandments3  #b3bj4 ,i and my sons1   

and my brethren will obey the law of our
 fathers4  #b3ba4 ,god be merciful unto 
us3  it is not profitable for us to     
forsake the law1 and the justices of    
,god3  #b3bb4 ,we will not hearken to   
the words of king ,antiochus1 neither   
will we sacrifice and transgress the    
commandments of our law1 to go another  
way4  #b3bc4 ,now as he left off        
speaking these words1 there came a      
certain ,jew in the sight of all to     
sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in
 the city of ,modin1 according to the   
king's commandment4  #b3bd4 ,and        
,mathathias saw1 and was grieved1 and   
his reins trembled1 and his wrath was   
kindled according to the judgment of the
 law1 and running upon him he slew him  
upon the altar3  #b3be4 ,moreover the   
man whom king ,antiochus had sent1 who  
compelled them to sacrifice1 he slew at 
the same time1 and pulled down the      
altar1  #b3bf4 ,and shewed zeal for the 
law1 as ,phinees did by ,zamri1 the son 
of ,salomi4  #b3bg4 ,and ,mathathias    

cried out in the city with a loud voice1
 saying3 ,every one that hath zeal for  
the law1 and maintaineth the testament1 
let him follow me4  #b3bh4 ,so he and   
his sons fled into the mountains1 and   
left all that they had in the city4     
#b3bi4 ,then many that sought after     
judgment1 and justice1 went down into   
the desert  #b3cj4 ,and they abode      
there1 they and their children1 and     
their wives1 and their cattle3  because 
afflictions increased upon them4  #b3ca4
 ,and it was told to the king's men1 and
 to the army that was in ,jerusalem1 in 
the city of ,david1 that certain men1   
who had broken the king's commandment1  
were gone away into the secret places in
 the wilderness1 and that many were gone
 after them4  #b3cb4 ,and forthwith they
 went out towards them1 and made war    
against them on the sabbath day4  #b3cc4
 ,and they said to them3  ,do you still 
resist8  come forth1 and do according to
 the edict of king ,antiochus1 and you  
shall live4  #b3cd4 ,and they said3  ,we

 will not come forth1 neither will we   
obey the king's edict1 to profane the   
sabbath day4  #b3ce4 ,and they made     
haste to give them battle4  #b3cf4 ,but 
they answered them not1 neither did they
 cast a stone at them1 nor stopped up   
the secret places1  #b3cg4 ,saying3     
,let us all die in our innocency3  and  
heaven and earth shall be witnesses for 
us1 that you put us to death wrongfully4
  #b3ch4 ,so they gave them battle on   
the sabbath3  and they were slain1 with 
their wives1 and their children1 and    
their cattle1 to the number of a        
thousand persons4  #b3ci4 ,and          
,mathathias and his friends heard of it1
 and they mourned for them exceedingly4 
#b3dj4 ,and every man said to his       
neighbour3  ,if we shall all do as our  
brethren have done1 and not fight       
against the heathens for our lives1 and 
our justifications1 they will now       
quickly root us out of the earth4       
#b3da4 ,and they determined in that day1
 saying3  ,whosoever shall come up      

against us to fight on the sabbath day1 
we will fight against him3  and we will 
not all die1 as our brethren that were  
slain in the secret places4  #b3db4     
,then was assembled to them the         
congregation of the ,assideans1 the     
stoutest of ,israel1 every one that had 
a good will for the law4  ,the          
,assideans4 4 4,a set of men that led a 
religious life2 and were zealous for the
 law and worship of ,god4  #b3dc4 ,and  
all they that fled from the evils1      
joined themselves to them1 and were a   
support to them4  #b3dd4 ,and they      
gathered an army1 and slew the sinners  
in their wrath1 and the wicked men in   
their indignation3  and the rest fled to
 the nations for safety4  #b3de4 ,and   
,mathathias and his friends went round  
about1 and they threw down the altars3  
#b3df4 ,and they circumcised all the    
children whom they found in the confines
 of ,israel that were uncircumcised3    
and they did valiantly4  #b3dg4 ,and    
they pursued after the children of      

pride1 and the work prospered in their  
hands3  #b3dh4 ,and they recovered the  
law out of the hands of the nations1 and
 out of the hands of the kings3  and    
they yielded not the horn to the sinner4
  ,they yielded not the horn1 etc4 4    
4,that is1 they suffered not the power  
of ,antiochus1 that man of sin1 to      
abolish the law and religion of ,god4   
#b3di4 ,now the days drew near that     
,mathathias should die1 and he said to  
his sons3  ,now hath pride and          
chastisement gotten strength1 and the   
time of destruction1 and the wrath of   
indignation3  #b3ej4 ,now1 therefore1 ,o
 my sons1 be ye zealous for the law1 and
 give your lives for the covenant of    
your fathers4  #b3ea4 ,and call to      
remembrance the works of the fathers1   
which they have done in their           
generations3  and you shall receive     
great glory1 and an everlasting name4   
#b3eb4 ,was not ,abraham found faithful 
in temptation1 and it was reputed to him
 unto justice8  #b3ec4 ,joseph1 in the  

time of his distress1 kept the          
commandment1 and he was made lord of    
,egypt4  #b3ed4 ,phinees1 our father1 by
 being fervent in the zeal of ,god1     
received the covenant of an everlasting 
priesthood4  #b3ee4 ,jesus1 whilst he   
fulfilled the word1 was made ruler in   
,israel4  ,jesus4 4 4,that is1 ,josue4  
#b3ef4 ,caleb1 for bearing witness      
before the congregation1 received an    
inheritance4  #b3eg4 ,david1 by his     
mercy1 obtained the throne of an        
everlasting kingdom4  #b3eh4 ,elias1    
while he is full of zeal for the law1   
was taken up into heaven4  #b3ei4       
,ananias and ,azarias and ,misael1 by   
believing1 were delivered out of the    
flame4  #b3fj4 ,daniel1 in his          
innocency1 was delivered out of the     
mouth of the lions4  #b3fa4 ,and thus   
consider1 through all generations3  that
 none that trust in him1 fail in        
strength4  #b3fb4 ,and fear not the     
words of a sinful man1 for his glory is 
dung and worms3  #b3fc4 ,today he is    

lifted up1 and tomorrow he shall not be 
found1 because he is returned into his  
earth and his thought is come to        
nothing4  #b3fd4 ,you1 therefore1 my    
sons1 take courage1 and behave manfully 
in the law3  for by it you shall be     
glorious4  #b3fe4 ,and behold1 ,i know  
that your brother ,simon is a man of    
counsel3 give ear to him always1 and he 
shall be a father to you4  #b3ff4 ,and  
,judas ,machabeus1 who is valiant and   
strong from his youth up1 let him be the
 leader of your army1 and he shall      
manage the war of the people4  #b3fg4   
,and you shall take to you all that     
observe the law3  and revenge ye the    
wrong of your people4  #b3fh4 ,render to
 the ,gentiles their reward1 and take   
heed to the precepts of the law4  #b3fi4
 ,and he blessed them1 and was joined to
 his fathers4  #b3gj4 ,and he died in   
the hundred and forty-sixth year3  and  
he was buried by his sons in the        
sepulchres of his fathers1 in ,modin1   
and all ,israel mourned for him with    

great mourning4    #a ,machabees        
,chapter #c   ,judas ,machabeus succeeds
 his father1 and overthrows ,apollonius 
and ,seron4  ,a great army is sent      
against him out of ,syria4  ,he prepares
 his people for battle by fasting and   
prayer4  #c3a4 ,then his son ,judas1    
called ,machabeus1 rose up in his stead4
  #c3b4 ,and all his brethren helped    
him1 and all they that had joined       
themselves to his father1 and they      
fought with cheerfulness the battle of  
,israel4  #c3c4 ,and he got his people  
great honour1 and put on a breastplate  
as a giant1 and girt his warlike armour 
about him in battles1 and protected the 
camp with his sword4  #c3d4 ,in his acts
 he was like a lion1 and like a lion's  
whelp roaring for his prey4  #c3e4 ,and 
he pursued the wicked and sought them   
out1 and them that troubled his people  
he burnt with fire3  #c3f4 ,and his     
enemies were driven away for fear of    
him1 and all the workers of iniquity    
were troubled3  and salvation prospered 

in his hand4  #c3g4 ,and he grieved many
 kings1 and made ,jacob glad with his   
works1 and his memory is blessed for    
ever4  #c3h4 ,and he went through the   
cities of ,juda1 and destroyed the      
wicked out of them1 and turned away     
wrath from ,israel4  #c3i4 ,and he was  
renowned even to the utmost part of the 
earth1 and he gathered them that were   
perishing4  #c3aj4 ,and ,apollonius     
gathered together the ,gentiles1 and a  
numerous and great army from ,samaria1  
to make war against ,israel4  #c3aa4    
,and ,judas understood it1 and went     
forth to meet him3  and he overthrew    
him1 and killed him3  and many fell down
 slain1 and the rest fled away4  #c3ab4 
,and he took their spoils1 and ,judas   
took the sword of ,apollonius1 and      
fought with it all his lifetime4  #c3ac4
 ,and ,seron1 captain of the army of    
,syria1 heard that ,judas had assembled 
a company of the faithful1 and a        
congregation with him1  #c3ad4 ,and he  
said ,i will get me a name1 and will be 

glorified in the kingdom1 and will      
overthrow ,judas1 and those that are    
with him1 that have despised the edict  
of the king4  #c3ae4 ,and he made       
himself ready2 and the host of the      
wicked went up with him1 strong         
succours1 to be revenged of the children
 of ,israel4  #c3af4 ,and they          
approached even as far as ,bethoron3    
and ,judas went forth to meet him1 with 
a small company4  #c3ag4 ,but when they 
saw the army coming to meet them1 they  
said to ,judas3  ,how shall we1 being   
few1 be able to fight against so great a
 multitude1 and so strong1 and we are   
ready to faint with fasting today8      
#c3ah4 ,and ,judas said3  ,it is an easy
 matter for many to be shut up in the   
hands of a few3  and there is no        
difference in the sight of the ,god of  
heaven to deliver with a great          
multitude1 or with a small company3     
#c3ai4 ,for the success of war is not in
 the multitude of the army1 but strength
 cometh from heaven4  #c3bj4 ,they come 

against us with an insolent multitude1  
and with pride1 to destroy us1 and our  
wives1 and our children1 and to take our
 spoils4  #c3ba4 ,but we will fight for 
our lives1 and our laws3  #c3bb4 ,and   
the ,lord himself will overthrow them   
before our face1 but as for you1 fear   
them not  #c3bc4 ,and as soon as he had 
made an end of speaking1 he rushed      
suddenly upon them3  and ,seron1 and his
 host were overthrown before him3       
#c3bd4 ,and he pursued him by the       
descent of ,bethoron1 even to the plain1
 and there fell of them eight hundred   
men1 and the rest fled into the land of 
the ,philistines4  #c3be4 ,and the fear 
of ,judas1 and of his brethren1 and the 
dread of them1 fell upon all the nations
 round about them4  #c3bf4 ,and his fame
 came to the king1 and all nations told 
of the battles of ,judas4  #c3bg4 ,now  
when king ,antiochus heard these words1 
he was angry in his mind3  and he sent1 
and gathered the forces of all his      
kingdom1 an exceeding strong army4      

#c3bh4 ,and he opened his treasury1 and 
gave out pay to the army for a year3    
and he commanded them1 that they should 
be ready for all things4  #c3bi4 ,and he
 perceived that the money of his        
treasures failed1 and that the tributes 
of the country were small1 because of   
the dissension1 and the evil that he had
 brought upon the land1 that he might   
take away the laws of old times3  #c3cj4
 ,and he feared that he should not have 
as formerly enough for charges and      
gifts1 which he had given before with a 
liberal hand3  for he had abounded more 
than the kings that had been before him4
  #c3ca4 ,and he was greatly perplexed  
in mind1 and purposed to go into        
,persia1 and to take tributes of the    
countries1 and to gather much money4    
#c3cb4 ,and he left ,lysias1 a nobleman 
of the blood royal to oversee the       
affairs of the kingdom from the river   
,euphrates even to the river of ,egypt3 
#c3cc4 ,and to bring up his son1        
,antiochus1 till he came again4  #c3cd4 

,and he delivered to him half the army1 
and the elephants3  and he gave him     
charge concerning all that he would have
 done1 and concerning the inhabitants of
 ,judea1 and ,jerusalem4  #c3ce4 ,and   
that he should send an army against them
 to destroy and root out the strength of
 ,israel1 and the remnant of ,jerusalem1
 and to take away the memory of them    
from that place4  #c3cf4 ,and that he   
should settle strangers1 to dwell in all
 their coasts1 and divide their land by 
lot4  #c3cg4 ,so the king took the half 
of the army that remained1 and went     
forth from ,antioch1 the chief city of  
his kingdom1 in the hundred and         
forty-seventh year3  and he passed over 
the river ,euphrates1 and went through  
the higher countries4  #c3ch4 ,then     
,lysias chose ,ptolemee1 the son of     
,dorymenus1 and ,nicanor1 and ,gorgias1 
mighty men of the king's friends4       
#c3ci4 ,and he sent with them forty     
thousand men1 and seven thousand        
horsemen3  to go into the land of ,juda1

 and to destroy it1 according to the    
king's orders4  #c3dj4 ,so they went    
forth with all their power1 and came1   
and pitched near ,emmaus1 in the plain  
country4  #c3da4 ,and the merchants of  
the countries heard the fame of them3   
and they took silver and gold in        
abundance1 and servants3  and they came 
into the camp1 to buy the children of   
,israel for slaves3  and there were     
joined to them the forces of ,syria1 and
 of the land of the strangers4  #c3db4  
,and ,judas1 and his brethren1 saw that 
evils were multiplied1 and that the     
armies approached to their borders3  and
 they knew the orders the king had given
 to destroy the people1 and utterly     
abolish them4  #c3dc4 ,and they said1   
every man to his neighbour3  ,let us    
raise up the low condition of our       
people1 and let us fight for our people1
 and our sanctuary4  #c3dd4 ,and the    
assembly was gathered1 that they might  
be ready for battle1 and that they might
 pray1 and ask mercy and compassion4    

#c3de4 ,now ,jerusalem was not          
inhabited1 but was like a desert3  there
 was none of her children that went in  
or out3  and the sanctuary was trodden  
down3  and the children of strangers    
were in the castle1 there was the       
habitation of the ,gentiles3  and joy   
was taken away from ,jacob1 and the pipe
 and harp ceased there4  #c3df4 ,and    
they assembled together1 and came to    
,maspha1 over against ,jerusalem3  for  
in ,maspha was a place of prayer        
heretofore in ,israel4  #c3dg4 ,and they
 fasted that day1 and put on haircloth1 
and put ashes upon their heads3  and    
they rent their garments3  #c3dh4 ,and  
they laid open the books of the law1 in 
which the ,gentiles searched for the    
likeness of their idols3  #c3di4 ,and   
they brought the priestly ornaments1 and
 the first fruits and tithes1 and       
stirred up the ,nazarites that had      
fulfilled their days3  #c3ej4 ,and they 
cried with a loud voice toward heaven1  
saying3  ,what shall we do with these1  

and whither shall we carry them8  #c3ea4
 ,for thy holies are trodden down1 and  
are profaned1 and thy priests are in    
mourning1 and are brought low4  #c3eb4  
,and behold the nations are come        
together against us1 to destroy us3     
thou knowest what they intend against   
us4  #c3ec4 ,how shall we be able to    
stand before their face1 unless thou1 ,o
 ,god1 help us8  #c3fd4 ,then they      
sounded with trumpets1 and cried out    
with a loud voice4  #c3ff4 ,and after   
this1 ,judas appointed captains over the
 people1 over thousands1 and over       
hundreds1 and over fifties1 and over    
tens4  #c3ff4 ,and he said to them that 
were building houses1 or had betrothed  
wives1 or were planting vineyards1 or   
were fearful1 that they should return   
every man to his house1 according to the
 law4  #c3fg4 ,so they removed the camp1
 and pitched on the south side of       
,emmaus4  #c3fh4 ,and ,judas said3      
,gird yourselves1 and be valiant men1   
and be ready against the morning1 that  

you may fight with these nations that   
are assembled against us to destroy us  
and our sanctuary4  #c3ei4 ,for it is   
better for us to die in battle1 than to 
see the evils of our nation1 and of the 
holies3  #c3fj4 ,nevertheless1 as it    
shall be the will of ,god in heaven1 so 
be it done4    #a ,machabees ,chapter #d
   ,judas routs the king's army4        
,gorgias flies before him4  ,lysias     
comes against him with a great army1 but
 is defeated4  ,judas cleanses the      
temple1 sets up a new altar1 and        
fortifies the sanctuary4  #d3a4 ,then   
,gorgias took five thousand men1 and a  
thousand of the best horsemen2 and they 
removed out of the camp by night4  #d3b4
 ,that they might come upon the camp of 
the ,jews and strike them suddenly3  and
 the men that were of the castle were   
their guides4  #d3c4 ,and ,judas heard  
of it1 and rose up1 he and the valiant  
men1 to attack the king's forces that   
were in ,emmaus4  #d3d4 ,for as yet the 
army was dispersed from the camp  ,the  

army was dispersed4 4 4,that is1 in     
different divisions1 not altogether     
encamped4  #d3e4 ,and ,gorgias came by  
night into the camp of ,judas1 and found
 no man2 and he sought them in the      
mountains3  for he said3  ,these men    
flee from us4  #d3f4 ,and when it was   
day1 ,judas shewed himself in the plain 
with three thousand men only1 who       
neither had armour nor swords3  ,who    
neither had armour nor swords4 4 4,such 
as they wished for4  #d3g4 ,and they saw
 the camp of the ,gentiles that it was  
strong1 and the men in breastplates1 and
 the horsemen round about them1 and     
these were trained up to war4  #d3h4    
,and ,judas said to the men that were   
with him3  ,fear ye not their multitude1
 neither be ye afraid of their assault4 
#d3i4 ,remember in what manner our      
fathers were saved in the ,red ,sea1    
when ,pharaoh pursued them with a great 
army4  #d3aj4 ,and now let us cry to    
heaven1 and the ,lord will have mercy on
 us1 and will remember the covenant of  

our fathers1 and will destroy this army 
before our face this day3  #d3aa4 ,and  
all nations shall know that there is one
 that redeemeth and delivereth ,israel4 
#d3ab4 ,and the strangers lifted up     
their eyes1 and saw them coming against 
them4  #d3ac4 ,and they went out of the 
camp to battle1 and they that were with 
,judas sounded the trumpet4  #d3ad4 ,and
 they joined battle3  and the ,gentiles 
were routed1 and fled into the plain4   
#d3ae4 ,but all the hindmost of them    
fell by the sword and they pursued them 
as far as ,gezeron1 and even to the     
plains of ,idumea1 and of ,azotus1 and  
of ,jamnia3  and there fell of them to  
the number of three thousand men4       
#d3af4 ,and ,judas returned again with  
his army that followed him4  #d3ag4 ,and
 he said to the people3  ,be not greedy 
of the spoils2 for there is war before  
us3  #d3ah4 ,and ,gorgias and his army  
are near us in the mountain3  but stand 
ye now against our enemies1 and         
overthrow them1 and you shall take the  

spoils afterwards with safety4  #d3ai4  
,and as ,judas was speaking these words1
 behold part of them appeared1 looking  
forth from the mountain4  #d3bj4 ,and   
,gorgias saw that his men were put to   
flight1 and that they had set fire to   
the camp3  for the smoke that was seen  
declared what was done4  #d3ba4 ,and    
when they had seen this1 they were      
seized with great fear1 seeing at the   
same time ,judas and his army in the    
plain ready to fight4  #d3bb4 ,so they  
all fled away into the land of the      
strangers4  #d3bc4 ,and ,judas returned 
to take the spoils of the camp1 and they
 got much gold1 and silver1 and blue    
silk1 and purple of the sea1 and great  
riches4  #d3bd4 ,and returning home1    
they sung a hymn1 and blessed ,god in   
heaven1 because he is good1 because his 
mercy endureth for ever4  #d3be4 ,so    
,israel had a great deliverance that    
day4  #d3bf4 ,and such of the strangers 
as escaped1 went and told ,lysias all   
that had happened4  #d3bg4 ,and when he 

heard these things1 he was amazed and   
discouraged3 because things had not     
succeeded in ,israel according to his   
mind1 and as the king had commanded4    
#d3bh4 ,so the year following1 ,lysias  
gathered together threescore thousand   
chosen men1 and five thousand horsemen1 
that he might subdue them4  #d3bi4 ,and 
they came into ,judea1 and pitched their
 tents in ,bethoron1 and ,judas met them
 with ten thousand men4  #d3cj4 ,and    
they saw that the army was strong1 and  
he prayed and said3 ,blessed art thou1  
,o ,saviour of ,israel1 who didst break 
the violence of the mighty by the hand  
of thy servant ,david1 and didst deliver
 up the camp of the strangers into the  
hands of ,jonathan the son of ,saul1 and
 of his armour bearer4  #d3ca4 ,shut up 
this army in the hands of thy people    
,israel1 and let them be confounded in  
their host and their horsemen4  #d3cb4  
,strike them with fear1 and cause the   
boldness of their strength to languish1 
and let them quake at their own         

destruction4  #d3cc4 ,cast them down    
with the sword of them that love thee3  
and let all that know thy name praise   
thee with hymns4  #d3cd4 ,and they      
joined battle3  and there fell of the   
army of ,lysias five thousand men4      
#d3ce4 ,and when ,lysias saw that his   
men were put to flight1 and how bold the
 ,jews were1 and that they were ready   
either to live1 or to die manfully1 he  
went to ,antioch1 and chose soldiers1   
that they might come again into ,judea  
with greater numbers4  #d3cf4 ,then     
,judas1 and his brethren said3  ,behold 
our enemies are discomfited3  let us go 
up now to cleanse the holy places1 and  
to repair them4  #d3cg4 ,and all the    
army assembled together1 and they went  
up into ,mount ,sion4  #d3ch4 ,and they 
saw the sanctuary desolate1 and the     
altar profaned1 and the gates burnt1 and
 shrubs growing up in the courts as in a
 forest1 or on the mountains1 and the   
chambers joining to the temple thrown   
down4  #d3ci4 ,and they rent their      

garments1 and made great lamentation1   
and put ashes on their heads3  #d3dj4   
,and they fell down to the ground on    
their faces1 and they sounded with the  
trumpets of alarm1 and they cried       
towards heaven4  #d3da4 ,then ,judas    
appointed men to fight against them that
 were in the castle1 till they had      
cleansed the holy places1  #d3db4 ,and  
he chose priests without blemish1 whose 
will was set upon the law of ,god4      
#d3dc4 ,and they cleansed the holy      
places1 and took away the stones that   
had been defiled into an unclean place4 
#d3dd4 ,and he considered about the     
altar of holocausts that had been       
profaned1 what he should do with it4    
#d3de4 ,and a good counsel came into    
their minds1 to pull it down3  lest it  
should be a reproach to them1 because   
the ,gentiles had defiled it2 so they   
threw it down4  #d3df4 ,and they laid up
 the stones in the mountain of the      
temple1 in a convenient place1 till     
there should come a prophet1 and give   

answer concerning them4  #d3dg4 ,then   
they took whole stones1 according to the
 law and built a new altar1 according to
 the former3  #d3dh4 ,and they built up 
the holy places1 and the things that    
were within the temple3  and they       
sanctified the temple and the courts4   
#d3di4 ,and they made new holy vessels1 
and brought in the candlestick1 and the 
altar of incense1 and the table1 into   
the temple4  #d3ej4 ,and they put       
incense upon the altar1 and lighted up  
the lamps that were upon the            
candlestick1 and they gave light in the 
temple4  #d3ea4 ,and they set the loaves
 upon the table1 and hung up the veils1 
and finished all the works that they had
 begun to make4  #d3eb4 ,and they arose 
before the morning on the five and      
twentieth day of the ninth month1 7which
 is the month of ,casleu7 in the hundred
 and forty-eighth year4  #d3ec4 ,and    
they offered sacrifice1 according to the
 law1 upon the new altar of holocausts  
which they had made4  #d3ed4 ,according 

to the time1 and according to the day   
wherein the heathens had defiled it1 in 
the same was it dedicated anew with     
canticles1 and harps1 and lutes1 and    
cymbals4  #d3ee4 ,and all the people    
fell upon their faces1 and adored1 and  
blessed up to heaven1 him that had      
prospered them4  #d3ef4 ,and they kept  
the dedication of the altar eight days1 
and they offered holocausts with joy1   
and sacrifices of salvation1 and of     
praise4  #d3eg4 ,and they adorned the   
front of the temple with crowns of gold1
 and escutcheons1 and they renewed the  
gates1 and the chambers1 and hanged     
doors upon them4  #d3eh4 ,and there was 
exceeding great joy among the people1   
and the reproach of the ,gentiles was   
turned away4  #d3ei4 ,and ,judas1 and   
his brethren1 and all the church of     
,israel decreed1 that the day of the    
dedication of the altar should be kept  
in its season from year to year for     
eight days1 from the five and twentieth 
day of the month of ,casleu1 with joy   

and gladness4  #d3fj4 ,they built up    
also at that time ,mount ,sion1 with    
high walls1 and strong towers round     
about1 lest the ,gentiles should at any 
time come1 and tread it down1 as they   
did before4  #d3fa4 ,and he placed a    
garrison there1 to keep it1 and he      
fortified it1 to secure ,bethsura1 that 
the people might have a defence against 
,idumea4    #a ,machabees ,chapter #e   
,judas and his brethren attack the      
enemies of their country1 and deliver   
them that were distressed4  ,josephus   
and ,azarius1 attempting contrary to    
order to fight against their enemies1   
are defeated4  #e3a4 ,now it came to    
pass1 when the nations round about heard
 that the altar and the sanctuary were  
built up1 as before1 that they were     
exceeding angry4  #e3b4 ,and they       
thought to destroy the generation of    
,jacob that were among them1 and they   
began to kill some of the people1 and to
 persecute them4  #e3c4 ,then ,judas    
fought against the children of ,esau in 

,idumea1 and them that were in          
,acrabathane3  because they beset the   
,israelites round about1 and he made a  
great slaughter of them4  #e3d4 ,and he 
remembered the malice of the children of
 ,bean3  who were a snare and a         
stumblingblock to the people1 by lying  
in wait for them in the way4  #e3e4 ,and
 they were shut up by him in towers1 and
 he set upon them1 and devoted them to  
utter destruction1 and burnt their      
towers with fire1 and all that were in  
them4  #e3f4 ,then he passed over to the
 children of ,ammon1 where he found a   
mighty power1 and much people1 and      
,timotheus was their captain3  #e3g4    
,and he fought many battles with them1  
and they were discomfited in their      
sight1 and he smote them3  #e3h4 ,and he
 took the city of ,gazer and her towns1 
and returned into ,judea4  #e3i4 ,and   
the ,gentiles that were in ,galaad1     
assembled themselves together against   
the ,israelites that were in their      
quarters1 to destroy them3  and they    

fled into the fortress of ,datheman4    
#e3aj4 ,and they sent letters to ,judas1
 and his brethren1 saying3  ,the        
heathens that are round about are       
gathered together against us to destroy 
us3  #e3aa4 ,and they are preparing to  
come1 and to take the fortress into     
which we are fled3  and ,timotheus is   
the captain of their host4  #e3ab4 ,now 
therefore come1 and deliver us out of   
their hands1 for many of us are slain4  
#e3ac4 ,and all our brethren that were  
in the places of ,tubin1 are killed3    
and they have carried away their wives1 
and their children1 captives1 and taken 
their spoils1 and they have slain there 
almost a thousand men4  #e3ad4 ,and     
while they were yet reading these       
letters1 behold there came other        
messengers out of ,galilee with their   
garments rent1 who related according to 
these words3  #e3ae4 ,saying1 that they 
of ,ptolemais1 and of ,tyre1 and of     
,sidon1 were assembled against them1 and
 all ,galilee is filled with strangers1 

in order to consume us4  #e3af4 ,now    
when ,judas and the people heard these  
words1 a great assembly met together to 
consider what they should do for their  
brethren that were in trouble1 and were 
assaulted by them4  #e3ag4 ,and ,judas  
said to ,simon1 his brother3  ,choose   
thee men1 and go1 and deliver thy       
brethren in ,galilee3  and ,i1 and my   
brother ,jonathan1 will go into the     
country of ,galaad3  #e3ah4 ,and he left
 ,joseph1 the son of ,zacharias1 and    
,azarias1 captains of the people1 with  
the remnant of the army in ,judea1 to   
keep it3  #e3ai4 ,and he commanded them1
 saying3  ,take ye the charge of this   
people2 but make no war against the     
heathens1 till we return4  #e3bj4 ,now  
three thousand men were allotted to     
,simon1 to go into ,galilee3  and eight 
thousand to ,judas1 to go into the land 
of ,galaad4  #e3ba4 ,and ,simon went    
into ,galilee1 and fought many battles  
with the heathens3  and the heathens    
were discomfited before his face1 and he

 pursued them even to the gate of       
,ptolemais4  #e3bb4 ,and there fell of  
the heathens almost three thousand men1 
and he took the spoils of them4  #e3bc4 
,and he took with him those that were in
 ,galilee and in ,arbatis1 with their   
wives1 and children1 and all that they  
had1 and he brought them into ,judea    
with great joy4  #e3bd4 ,and ,judas     
,machabeus1 and ,jonathan1 his brother1 
passed over the ,jordan1 and went three 
days' journey through the desert4       
#e3be4 ,and the ,nabutheans met them1   
and received them in a peaceable manner1
 and told them all that happened to     
their brethren in the land of ,galaad1  
#e3bf4 ,and that many of them were shut 
up in ,barasa1 and in ,bosor1 and in    
,alima1 and in ,casphor1 and in ,mageth1
 and in ,carnaim2 all these strong and  
great cities4  #e3bg4 ,yea1 and that    
they were kept shut up in the rest of   
the cities of ,galaad1 and that they had
 appointed to bring their army on the   
morrow near to these cities1 and to take

 them1 and to destroy them all in one   
day4  #e3bh4 ,then ,judas and his army  
suddenly turned their march into the    
desert1 to ,bosor1 and took the city3   
and he slew every male by the edge of   
the sword1 and took all their spoils1   
and burnt it with fire4  #e3bi4 ,and    
they removed from thence by night1 and  
went till they came to the fortress4    
#e3cj4 ,and it came to pass that early  
in the morning1 when they lifted up     
their eyes1 behold there were people    
without number1 carrying ladders and    
engines to take the fortress1 and       
assault them4  #e3ca4 ,and ,judas saw   
that the fight was begun1 and the cry of
 the battle went up to heaven like a    
trumpet1 and a great cry out of the     
city3  #e3cb4 ,and he said to his host3 
,fight ye today for your brethren4      
#e3cc4 ,and he came with three companies
 behind them1 and they sounded their    
trumpets1 and cried out in prayer4      
#e3cd4 ,and the host of ,timotheus      
understood that it was ,machabeus1 and  

they fled away before his face and they 
made a great slaughter of them1 and     
there fell of them in that day almost   
eight thousand men4  #e3ce4 ,and ,judas 
turned aside to ,maspha1 and assaulted1 
and took it1 and he slew every male     
thereof1 and took the spoils thereof1   
and burnt it with fire4  #e3cf4 ,from   
thence he marched1 and took ,casbon1 and
 ,mageth1 and ,bosor1 and the rest of   
the cities of ,galaad4  #e3cg4 ,but     
after this ,timotheus gathered another  
army1 and camped over against ,raphon1  
beyond the torrent4  #e3ch4 ,and ,judas 
sent men to view the army3  and they    
brought him word1 saying3  ,all the     
nations1 that are round about us1 are   
assembled unto him an army exceeding    
great3  #e3ci4 ,and they have hired the 
,arabians to help them1 and they have   
pitched their tents beyond the torrent1 
ready to come to fight against thee4    
,and ,judas went to meet them4  #e3dj4  
,and ,timotheus said to the captains of 
his army3  ,when ,judas and his army    

come near the torrent of water1 if he   
pass over unto us first1 we shall not be
 able to withstand him3  for he will    
certainly prevail over us4  #e3da4 ,but 
if he be afraid to pass over1 and camp  
on the other side of the river1 we will 
pass over to them1 and shall prevail    
against him4  #e3db4 ,now when ,judas   
came near the torrent of water1 he set  
the scribes of the people by the        
torrent1 and commanded them1 saying3    
,suffer no man to stay behind3  but let 
all come to the battle4  #e3dc4 ,and he 
passed over to them first1 and all the  
people after him1 and all the heathens  
were discomfited before them1 and they  
threw away their weapons1 and fled to   
the temple that was in ,carnaim4  #e3dd4
 ,and he took that city1 and the temple 
he burnt with fire1 with all things that
 were therein3  and ,carnaim was        
subdued1 and could not stand against the
 face of ,judas4  #e3de4 ,and ,judas    
gathered together all the ,israelites   
that were in the land of ,galaad1 from  

the least even to the greatest1 and     
their wives and children1 and an army   
exceeding great1 to come into the land  
of ,juda4  #e3df4 ,and they came as far 
as ,ephron3  now this was a great city1 
situate in the way1 strongly fortified1 
and there was no means to turn from it  
on the right hand or on the left1 but   
the way was through the midst of it4    
#e3dg4 ,and they that were in the city  
shut themselves in1 and stopped up the  
gates with stones3  and ,judas sent to  
them with peaceable words1  #e3dh4      
,saying3  ,let us pass through your     
land1 to go into our own country1 and no
 man shall hurt you2 we will only pass  
through on foot4 ,but they would not    
open to them4  #e3di4 ,then ,judas      
commanded proclamation to be made in the
 camp1 that they should make an assault1
 every man in the place where he was4   
#e3ej4 ,and the men of the army drew    
near1 and he assaulted that city all the
 day1 and all the night2 and the city   
was delivered into his hands3  #e3ea4   

,and they slew every male with the edge 
of the sword1 and he razed the city1 and
 took the spoils thereof1 and passed    
through all the city over them that were
 slain4  #e3eb4 ,then they passed over  
the ,jordan to the great plain that is  
over against ,bethsan4  #e3ec4 ,and     
,judas gathered together the hindmost1  
and he exhorted the people1 all the way 
through1 till they came into the land of
 ,juda4  #e3ed4 ,and they went up to    
mount ,sion with joy and gladness1 and  
offered holocausts1 because not one of  
them was slain1 till they had returned  
in peace4  #e3ee4 ,now in the days that 
,judas and ,jonathan were in the land of
 ,galaad1 and ,simon his brother in     
,galilee1 before ,ptolemais1  #e3ef4    
,joseph1 the son of ,zacharias1 and     
,azarias1 captain of the soldiers1 heard
 of the good success1 and the battles   
that were fought1  #e3eg4 ,and he said3 
,let us also get us a name1 and let us  
go fight against the ,gentiles that are 
round about us4  #e3eh4 ,and he gave    

charge to them that were in his army1   
and they went towards ,jamnia4  #e3ei4  
,and ,gorgias and his men went out of   
the city1 to give them battle4  #e3fj4  
,and ,joseph and ,azarias were put to   
flight1 and were pursued unto the       
borders of ,judea3  and there fell on   
that day1 of the people of ,israel1     
about two thousand men1 and there was a 
great overthrow of the people3  #e3fa4  
,because they did not hearken to ,judas 
and his brethren1 thinking that they    
should do manfully4  #e3fb4 ,but they   
were not of the seed of those men by    
whom salvation was brought to ,israel4  
#e3fc4 ,and the men of ,juda were       
magnified exceedingly in the sight of   
all ,israel1 and of all the nations     
where their name was heard4  #e3fd4 ,and
 the people assembled to them with      
joyful acclamations4  #e3fe4 ,then      
,judas and his brethren went forth and  
attacked the children of ,esau1 in the  
land towards the south1 and he took     
,chebron and her towns3  and he burnt   

the walls thereof1 and the towers all   
round it4  #e3ff4 ,and he removed his   
camp to go into the land of the aliens1 
and he went through ,samaria4  #e3fg4   
,in that day some priests fell in       
battle1 while desiring to do manfully   
they went out unadvisedly to fight4     
#e3fh4 ,and ,judas turned to ,azotus1   
into the land of the strangers1 and he  
threw down their altars1 and he burnt   
the statues of their gods with fire3    
and he took the spoils of the cities1   
and returned into the land of ,juda4    
#a ,machabees ,chapter #f   ,the        
fruitless repentance and death of       
,antiochus4  ,his son comes against     
,judas with a formidable army4  ,he     
besieges ,sion3  but at last makes peace
 with the ,jews4  #f3a4 ,now king       
,antiochus was going through the higher 
countries1 and he heard that the city of
 ,elymais in ,persia1 was greatly       
renowned1 and abounding in silver and   
gold1  #f3b4 ,and that there was in it a
 temple exceeding rich2 and coverings of

 gold1 and breastplates1 and shields1   
which king ,alexander1 son of ,philip1  
the ,macedonian1 that reigned first in  
,greece1 had left there4  #f3c4 ,so he  
came1 and sought to take the city and to
 pillage it2 but he was not able1       
because the design was known to them    
that were in the city4  #f3d4 ,and they 
rose up against him in battle1 and he   
fled away from thence1 and departed with
 great sadness1 and returned towards    
,babylonia4  #f3e4 ,and whilst he was in
 ,persia there came one that told him   
how the armies that were in the land of 
,juda were put to flight3  #f3f4 ,and   
that ,lysias went with a very great     
power1 and was put to flight before the 
face of the ,jews1 and that they were   
grown strong by the armour1 and power1  
and store of spoils which they had      
gotten out of the camps which they had  
destroyed3  #f3g4 ,and that they had    
thrown down the abomination which he had
 set up upon the altar in ,jerusalem1   
and that they had compassed about the   

sanctuary with high walls as before1 and
 ,bethsura also1 his city4  #f3h4 ,and  
it came to pass1 when the king heard    
these words1 that he was struck with    
fear1 and exceedingly moved3  and he    
laid himself down upon his bed1 and fell
 sick for grief1 because it had not     
fallen out to him as he imagined4  #f3i4
 ,and he remained there many days3  for 
great grief came more and more upon him1
 and he made account that he should die4
  #f3aj4 ,and he called for all his     
friends1 and said to them3  ,sleep is   
gone from my eyes1 and ,i am fallen     
away1 and my heart is cast down for     
anxiety3  #f3aa4 ,and ,i said in my     
heart3  ,into how much tribulation am ,i
 come1 and into what floods of sorrow   
wherein now ,i am3  ,i that was pleasant
 and beloved in my power6  #f3ab4 ,but  
now ,i remember the evils that ,i did in
 ,jerusalem1 from whence also ,i took   
away all the spoils of gold1 and of     
silver1 that were in it1 and ,i sent to 
destroy the inhabitants of ,juda without

 cause4  #f3ac4 ,i know1 therefore1 that
 for this cause these evils have found  
me3 and behold ,i perish with great     
grief in a strange land4  #f3ad4 ,then  
he called ,philip1 one of his friends1  
and he made him regent over all his     
kingdom4  #f3ae4 ,and he gave him the   
crown1 and his robe1 and his ring1 that 
he should go to ,antiochus1 his son1 and
 should bring him up for the kingdom4   
#f3af4 ,so king ,antiochus died there in
 the year one hundred and forty-nine4   
#f3ag4 ,and ,lysias understood that the 
king was dead1 and he set up ,antiochus1
 his son1 to reign1 whom he had brought 
up young3  and he called his name       
,eupator4  #f3ah4 ,now they that were in
 the castle1 had shut up the ,israelites
 round about the holy places3  and they 
were continually seeking their hurt1 and
 to strengthen the ,gentiles4  #f3ai4   
,and ,judas purposed to destroy them3   
and he called together all the people1  
to besiege them4  #f3bj4 ,and they came 
together1 and besieged them in the year 

one hundred and fifty1 and they made    
battering slings and engines4  #f3ba4   
,and some of the besieged got out3  and 
some wicked men of ,israel joined       
themselves unto them4  #f3bb4 ,and they 
went to the king1 and said3  ,how long  
dost thou delay to execute judgment1 and
 to revenge our brethren8  #f3bc4 ,we   
determined to serve thy father1 and to  
do according to his orders1 and obey his
 edicts3  #f3bd4 ,and for this they of  
our nation are alienated from us1 and   
have slain as many of us as they could  
find1 and have spoiled our inheritances4
  #f3be4 ,neither have they put forth   
their hand against us only1 but also    
against all our borders4  #f3bf4 ,and   
behold they have approached this day to 
the castle of ,jerusalem to take it1 and
 they have fortified the strong hold of 
,bethsura3  #f3bg4 ,and unless thou     
speedily prevent them1 they will do     
greater things than these1 and thou     
shalt not be able to subdue them4       
#f3bh4 ,now when the king heard this1 he

 was angry3  and he called together all 
his friends1 and the captains of his    
army1 and them that were over the       
horsemen4  #f3bi4 ,there came also to   
him from other realms1 and from the     
islands of the sea1 hired troops4       
#f3cj4 ,and the number of his army was  
an hundred thousand footmen1 and twenty 
thousand horsemen1 and thirty-two       
elephants trained to battle4  #f3ca4    
,and they went through ,idumea1 and     
approached to ,bethsura1 and fought many
 days1 and they made engines3  but they 
sallied forth1 and burnt them with fire1
 and fought manfully4  ,but they sallied
 forth4 4 4,that is1 the citizens of    
,bethsura sallied forth and burnt them1 
that is1 burnt the engines of the       
besiegers4  #f3cb4 ,and ,judas departed 
from the castle1 and removed the camp to
 ,bethzacharam1 over against the king's 
camp4  #f3cc4 ,and the king rose before 
it was light1 and made his troops march 
on fiercely towards the way of          
,bethzacharam3  and the armies made     

themselves ready for the battle1 and    
they sounded the trumpets3  #f3cd4 ,and 
they shewed the elephants the blood of  
grapes1 and mulberries1 to provoke them 
to fight4  #f3ce4 ,and they distributed 
the beasts by the legions3  and there   
stood by every elephant a thousand men  
in coats of mail1 and with helmets of   
brass on their heads3  and five hundred 
horsemen set in order were chosen for   
every beast4  #f3cf4 ,these before the  
time wheresoever the beast was they were
 there3 and whithersoever it went1 they 
went1 and they departed not from it4    
,these before the time4 4 4,that is1    
these were ready for every occasion4    
#f3cg4 ,and upon the beast1 there were  
strong wooden towers which covered every
 one of them3  and engines upon them1   
and upon every one thirty-two valiant   
men1 who fought from above3  and an     
,indian to rule the beast4  #f3ch4 ,and 
the rest of the horsemen he placed on   
this side and on that side1 at the two  
wings1 with trumpets to stir up the     

army1 and to hasten them forward that   
stood thick together in the legions     
thereof4  #f3ci4 ,now when the sun shone
 upon the shields of gold1 and of brass1
 the mountains glittered therewith1 and 
they shone like lamps of fire4  #f3dj4  
,and part of the king's army was        
distinguished by the high mountains1 and
 the other part by the low places3  and 
they marched on warily and orderly4     
#f3da4 ,and all the inhabitants of the  
land were moved at the noise of their   
multitude1 and the marching of the      
company1 and the rattling of the armour1
 for the army was exceeding great and   
strong4  #f3db4 ,and ,judas and his army
 drew near for battle3  and there fell  
of the king's army six hundred men4     
#f3dc4 ,and ,eleazar1 the son of ,saura1
 saw one of the beasts harnessed with   
the king's harness3  and it was higher  
than the other beasts2 and it seemed to 
him that the king was on it3  #f3dd4    
,and he exposed himself to deliver his  
people1 and to get himself an           

everlasting name4  #f3de4 ,and he ran up
 to it boldly in the midst of the       
legion1 killing on the right hand1 and  
on the left1 and they fell by him on    
this side and that side4  #f3df4 ,and he
 went between the feet of the elephant1 
and put himself under it3  and slew it1 
and it fell to the ground upon him1 and 
he died there4  #f3dg4 ,then they seeing
 the strength of the king and the       
fierceness of his army1 turned away from
 them4  #f3dh4 ,but the king's army went
 up against them to ,jerusalem3  and the
 king's army pitched their tents against
 ,judea and ,mount ,sion4  #f3di4 ,and  
he made peace with them that were in    
,bethsura3  and they came forth out of  
the city1 because they had no victuals1 
being shut up there1 for it was the year
 of rest to the land4  #f3ej4 ,and the  
king took ,bethsura3  and he placed     
there a garrison to keep it4  #f3ea4    
,and he turned his army against the     
sanctuary for many days3  and he set up 
there battering slings1 and engines1 and

 instruments to cast fire1 and engines  
to cast stones and javelins1 and pieces 
to shoot arrows1 and slings4  #f3eb4    
,and they also made engines against     
their engines1 and they fought for many 
days4  #f3ec4 ,but there were no        
victuals in the city1 because it was the
 seventh year3  and such as had stayed  
in ,judea of them that came from among  
the nations1 had eaten the residue of   
all that which had been stored up4      
#f3ed4 ,and there remained in the holy  
places but a few1 for the famine had    
prevailed over them3  and they were     
dispersed every man to his own place4   
#f3ee4 ,now ,lysias heard that ,philip2 
whom king ,antiochus while he lived had 
appointed to bring up his son1          
,antiochus1 and to reign1  #f3ef4 ,was  
returned from ,persia1 and ,media1 with 
the army that went with him and that he 
sought to take upon him the affairs of  
the kingdom3  #f3eg4 ,wherefore he made 
haste to go1 and say to the king and to 
the captains of the army3  ,we decay    

daily1 and our provision of victuals is 
small1 and the place that we lay siege  
to is strong1 and it lieth upon us to   
take order for the affairs of the       
kingdom4  #f3eh4 ,now1 therefore1 let us
 come to an agreement with these men1   
and make peace with them and with all   
their nation4  #f3ei4 ,and let us       
covenant with them1 that they may live  
according to their own laws1 as before4 
,for because of our despising their     
laws1 they have been provoked1 and have 
done all these things4  #f3fj4 ,and the 
proposal was acceptable in the sight of 
the king1 and of the princes3  and he   
sent to them to make peace3  and they   
accepted of it4  #f3fa4 ,and the king   
and the princes swore to them3  and they
 came out of the strong hold4  #f3fb4   
,then the king entered into ,mount      
,sion1 and saw the strength of the      
place3  and he quickly broke the oath   
that he had taken1 and gave commandment 
to throw down the wall round about4     
#f3fc4 ,and he departed in haste and    

returned to ,antioch1 where he found    
,philip master of the city3  and he     
fought against him1 and took the city4  
#a ,machabees ,chapter #g   ,demetrius  
is made king1 and sends ,bacchides and  
,alcimus the priest into ,judea1 and    
after them ,nicanor1 who is slain by    
,judas with all his army4  #g3a4 ,in the
 hundred and fifty-first year1          
,demetrius1 the son of ,seleucus1       
departed from the city of ,rome1 and    
came up with few men into a city of the 
sea coast1 and reigned there4  #g3b4    
,and it came to pass as he entered into 
the house of the kingdom of his fathers1
 that the army seized upon ,antiochus1  
and ,lysias1 to bring them unto him4    
#g3c4 ,and when he knew it1 he said3    
,let me not see their face4  #g3d4 ,so  
the army slew them4  ,and ,demetrius sat
 upon the throne of his kingdom3  #g3e4 
,and there came to him the wicked and   
ungodly men of ,israel3  and ,alcimus   
was at the head of them1 who desired to 
be made high priest4  #g3f4 ,and they   

accused the people to the king1 saying3 
,judas and his brethren have destroyed  
all thy friends1 and he hath driven us  
out of our land4  #g3g4 ,now1 therefore1
 send some men whom thou trustest1 and  
let him go1 and see all the havoc he    
hath made amongst us1 and in the king's 
lands3 and let him punish all his       
friends and their helpers4  #g3h4 ,then 
the king chose ,bacchides1 one of his   
friends1 that ruled beyond the great    
river in the kingdom1 and was faithful  
to the king3 and he sent him1  #g3i4 ,to
 see the havoc that ,judas had made3    
and the wicked ,alcimus he made high    
priest1 and commanded him to take       
revenge upon the children of ,israel4   
#g3aj4 ,and they arose1 and came with a 
great army into the land of ,juda3 and  
they sent messengers1 and spoke to      
,judas and his brethren with peaceable  
words1 deceitfully4  #g3aa4 ,but they   
gave no heed to their words3  for they  
saw that they were come with a great    
army4  #g3ab4 ,then there assembled to  

,alcimus and ,bacchides a company of the
 scribes1 to require things that are    
just3  #g3ac4 ,and first the ,assideans1
 that were among the children of        
,israel1 and they sought peace of them4 
#g3ad4 ,for they said3  ,one that is a  
priest of the seed of ,aaron is come1 he
 will not deceive us4  #g3ae4 ,and he   
spoke to them peaceably3  and he swore  
to them1 saying3  ,we will do you no    
harm1 nor your friends4  #g3af4 ,and    
they believed him4  ,and he took        
threescore of them1 and slew them in one
 day1 according to the word that is     
written3  #g3ag4 ,the flesh of thy      
saints1 and the blood of them they have 
shed round about ,jerusalem1 and there  
was none to bury them4  #g3ah4 ,then    
fear and trembling fell upon all the    
people3  for they said3 ,there is no    
truth1 nor justice among them3  for they
 have broken the covenant1 and the oath 
which they made4  #g3ai4 ,and ,bacchides
 removed the camp from ,jerusalem1 and  
pitched in ,bethzecha3  and he sent1 and

 took many of them that were fled away  
from him1 and some of the people he     
killed1 and threw them into a great pit4
  #g3bj4 ,then he committed the country 
to ,alcimus1 and left with him troops to
 help him4  ,so ,bacchides went away to 
the king4  #g3ba4 ,but ,alcimus did what
 he could to maintain his chief         
priesthood4  #g3bb4 ,and they that      
disturbed the people resorted to him1   
and they got the land of ,juda into     
their power1 and did much hurt in       
,israel4  #g3bc4 ,and ,judas saw all the
 evils that ,alcimus1 and they that were
 with him1 did to the children of       
,israel1 much more than the ,gentiles4  
#g3bd4 ,and he went out into all the    
coasts of ,judea round about1 and took  
vengeance upon the men that had         
revolted1 and they ceased to go forth   
any more into the country4  #g3be4 ,and 
,alcimus saw that ,judas and they that  
were with him1 prevailed3  and he knew  
that he could not stand against them1   
and he went back to the king1 and       

accused them of many crimes4  #g3bf4    
,and the king sent ,nicanor1 one of his 
principal lords1 who was a great enemy  
to ,israel3  and he commanded him to    
destroy the people4  #g3bg4 ,and        
,nicanor came to ,jerusalem with a great
 army1 and he sent to ,judas and to his 
brethren deceitfully1 with friendly     
words1  #g3bh4 ,saying3  ,let there be  
no fighting between me and you3  ,i will
 come with a few men1 to see your faces 
with peace4  #g3bi4 ,and he came to     
,judas1 and they saluted one another    
peaceably3  and the enemies were        
prepared to take away ,judas by force4  
#g3cj4 ,and the thing was known to      
,judas that he was come to him with     
deceit3  and he was much afraid of him1 
and would not see his face any more4    
#g3ca4 ,and ,nicanor knew that his      
counsel was discovered3  and he went out
 to fight against ,judas1 near          
,capharsalama4  #g3cb4 ,and there fell  
of ,nicanor's army almost five thousand 
men1 and they fled into the city of     

,david4  #g3cc4 ,and after this ,nicanor
 went up into mount ,sion3  and some of 
the priests and the people came out to  
salute him peaceably1 and to shew him   
the holocausts that were offered for the
 king4  #g3cd4 ,but he mocked and       
despised them1 and abused them3  and he 
spoke proudly1  #g3ce4 ,and swore in    
anger1 saying3  ,unless ,judas and his  
army be delivered into my hands1 as soon
 as ever ,i return in peace1 ,i will    
burn this house4  ,and he went out in a 
great rage4  #g3cf4 ,and the priests    
went in1 and stood before the face of   
the altar and the temple3  and weeping1 
they said3  #g3cg4 ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 hast
 chosen this house for thy name to be   
called upon therein1 that it might be a 
house of prayer and supplication for thy
 people4  #g3ch4 ,be avenged of this    
man1 and his army1 and let them fall by 
the sword3  remember their blasphemies1 
and suffer them not to continue any     
longer4  #g3ci4 ,then ,nicanor went out 
from ,jerusalem1 and encamped near to   

,bethoron3  and an army of ,syria joined
 him4  #g3dj4 ,but ,judas pitched in    
,adarsa with three thousand men3  and   
,judas prayed1 and said3  #g3da4 ,o     
,lord1 when they that were sent by king 
,sennacherib blasphemed thee1 an angel  
went out1 and slew of them a hundred and
 eighty-five thousand3  #g3db4 ,even so 
destroy this army in our sight today and
 let the rest know that he hath spoken  
ill against thy sanctuary3  and judge   
thou him according to his wickedness4   
#g3dc4 ,and the armies joined battle on 
the thirteenth day of the month1 ,adar3 
and the army of ,nicanor was defeated1  
and he himself was first slain in the   
battle4  #g3dd4 ,and when his army saw  
that ,nicanor was slain they threw away 
their weapons1 and fled3  #g3de4 ,and   
they pursued after them one day's       
journey from ,adazer1 even till ye come 
to ,gazara1 and they sounded the        
trumpets after them with signals4       
#g3df4 ,and they went forth out of all  
the towns of ,judea round about1 and    

they pushed them with the horns1 and    
they turned again to them1 and they were
 all slain with the sword1 and there was
 not left of them so much as one4       
#g3dg4 ,and they took the spoils of them
 for a booty1 and they cut off          
,nicanor's head1 and his right hand1    
which he had proudly stretched out1 and 
they brought it1 and hung it up over    
against ,jerusalem4  #g3dh4 ,and the    
people rejoiced exceedingly1 and they   
spent that day with great joy4  #g3di4  
,and he ordained that this day should be
 kept every year1 being the thirteenth  
of the month of ,adar  #g3ej4 ,and the  
land of ,juda was quiet for a short     
time4    #a ,machabees ,chapter #h      
,judas hears of the great character of  
the ,romans3  he makes a league with    
them4  #h3a4 ,now ,judas heard of the   
fame of the ,romans1 that they are      
powerful and strong1 and willingly agree
 to all things that are requested of    
them3  and that whosoever have come to  
them1 they have made amity with them1   

and that they are mighty in power4      
#h3b4 ,and they heard of their battles1 
and their noble acts which they had done
 in ,galatia1 how they had conquered    
them1 and brought them under tribute3   
,they heard1 etc4 4 4,what is here set  
down of the history and character of the
 ancient ,romans1 is not an assertion1  
or affirmation of the sacred writer3    
but only a relation of what ,judas had  
heard of them4  #h3c4 ,and how great    
things they had done in the land of     
,spain1 and that they had brought under 
their power the mines of silver and of  
gold that are there1 and had gotten     
possession of all the place by their    
counsel and patience3  #h3d4 ,and had   
conquered places that were very far off 
from them1 and kings that came against  
them from the ends of the earth1 and had
 overthrown them with great slaughter3  
and the rest pay them tribute every     
year4  #h3e4 ,and that they had defeated
 in battle ,philip and ,perses the king 
of the ,ceteans1 and the rest that had  

borne arms against them1 and had        
conquered them3  ,ceteans4 4 4,that is1 
the ,macedonians4  #h3f4 ,and how       
,antiochus1 the great king of ,asia1 who
 went to fight against them1 having a   
hundred and twenty elephants1 with      
horsemen1 and chariots1 and a very great
 army1 was routed by them4  #h3g4 ,and  
how they took him alive1 and appointed  
to him1 that both he and they that      
should reign after him1 should pay a    
great tribute1 and that he should give  
hostages1 and that which was agreed     
upon1  #h3h4 ,and the country of the    
,indians1 and of the ,medes1 and of the 
,lydians1 some of their best provinces3 
and those which they had taken from     
them1 they gave to king ,eumenes4       
,eumenes4 4 4,king of ,pergamus4  #h3i4 
,and that they who were in ,greece1 had 
a mind to go and to destroy them3  and  
they had knowledge thereof1  #h3aj4 ,and
 they sent a general against them1 and  
fought with them1 and many of them were 
slain1 and they carried away their      

wives1 and their children captives1 and 
spoiled them1 and took possession of    
their land1 and threw down their walls1 
and brought them to be their servants   
unto this day4  #h3aa4 ,and the other   
kingdoms1 and islands1 that at any time 
had resisted them1 they had destroyed   
and brought under their power4  #h3ab4  
,but with their friends1 and such as    
relied upon them1 they kept amity1 and  
had conquered kingdoms that were near1  
and that were far off3  for all that    
heard their name1 were afraid of them4  
#h3ac4 ,that whom they had a mind to    
help to a kingdom1 those reigned3 and   
whom they would1 they deposed from the  
kingdom3  and they were greatly exalted4
  #h3ad4 ,and none of all these wore a  
crown1 or was clothed in purple1 to be  
magnified thereby4  #h3ae4 ,and that    
they had made themselves a senate house1
 and consulted daily three hundred and  
twenty men1 that sat in counsel always  
for the people1 that they might do the  
things that were right3  #h3af4 ,and    

that they committed their government to 
one man every year1 to rule over all    
their country1 and they all obey one1   
and there is no envy nor jealousy       
amongst them4  ,to one man4 4 4,there   
were two consuls3  but one only ruled at
 one time1 each in his day4--,ibid4  ,no
 envy1 etc4 4 4,so ,judas had heard3    
and it was so far true1 with regard to  
the ancient ,romans1 that as yet no envy
 or jealousy had divided them into such 
open factions and civil wars1 as they   
afterwards experienced in the time of   
,marius and ,sylla1 etc4  #h3ag4 ,so    
,judas chose ,eupolemus1 the son of     
,john1 the son of ,jacob1 and ,jason1   
the son of ,eleazar1 and he sent them to
 ,rome to make a league of amity and    
confederacy with them3  #h3ah4 ,and that
 they might take off from them the yoke 
of the ,grecians1 for they saw that they
 oppressed the kingdom of ,israel with  
servitude4  #h3ai4 ,and they went to    
,rome1 a very long journey1 and they    
entered into the senate house1 and said3

  #h3bj4 ,judas ,machabeus1 and his     
brethren1 and the people of the ,jews1  
have sent us to you to make alliance and
 peace with you1 and that we may be     
registered your confederates and        
friends4  #h3ba4 ,and the proposal was  
pleasing in their sight4  #h3bb4 ,and   
this is the copy of the writing that    
they wrote back again1 graven in tables 
of brass1 and sent to ,jerusalem1 that  
it might be with them there for a       
memorial of the peace1 and alliance4    
#h3bc4 ,,good ,,success ,,be ,,to ,,the 
,,romans1 and to the people of the ,jews
 by sea1 and by land1 for ever3  and far
 be the sword and enemy from them4      
#h3bd4 ,but if there come first any war 
upon the ,romans1 or any of their       
confederates1 in all their dominions3   
#h3be4 ,the nation of the ,jews shall   
help them according as the time shall   
direct1 with all their heart3  #h3bf4   
,neither shall they give them1 whilst   
they are fighting1 or furnish them with 
wheat1 or arms1 or money1 or ships1 as  

it hath seemed good to the ,romans3  and
 they shall obey their orders1 without  
taking any thing of them4  #h3bg4 ,in   
like manner also if war shall come first
 upon the nation of the ,jews1 the      
,romans shall help them with all their  
heart1 according as the time shall      
permit them3  #h3bh4 ,and there shall   
not be given to them that come to their 
aid1 either wheat1 or arms1 or money1 or
 ships1 as it hath seemed good to the   
,romans3  and they shall observe their  
orders without deceit4  #h3bi4          
,according to these articles did the    
,romans covenant with the people of the 
,jews4  #h3cj4 ,and1 if after this1 one 
party or the other shall have a mind to 
add to these articles1 or take away any 
thing1 they may do it at their pleasure3
  and whatsoever they shall add1 or take
 away1 shall be ratified4  #h3ca4       
,moreover1 concerning the evils that    
,demetrius1 the king1 hath done against 
them1 we have written to him1 saying3   
,why hast thou made thy yoke heavy upon 

our friends and allies1 the ,jews4      
#h3cb4 ,if1 therefore1 they come again  
to us complaining of thee1 we will do   
them justice1 and will make war against 
thee by sea and land4    #a ,machabees  
,chapter #i   ,bacchides is sent again  
into ,judea3  ,judas fights against him 
with eight hundred men and is slain4    
,jonathan succeeds him and revenges the 
murder of his brother ,john4  ,he fights
 against ,bacchides4  ,alcimus dies     
miserably4  ,bacchides besieges         
,bethbessen4  ,he is forced to raise the
 siege and leave the country4  #i3a4 ,in
 the mean time1 when ,demetrius heard   
that ,nicanor and his army were fallen  
in battle1 he sent again ,bacchides and 
,alcimus into ,judea2 and the right wing
 of his army with them4  #i3b4 ,and they
 took the road that leadeth to ,galgal1 
and they camped in ,masaloth1 which is  
in ,arabella3  and they made themselves 
masters of it1 and slew many people4    
#i3c4 ,in the first month of the hundred
 and fifty-second year they brought the 

army to ,jerusalem3  #i3d4 ,and they    
arose and went to ,berea1 with twenty   
thousand men1 and two thousand horsemen4
  #i3e4 ,now ,judas had pitched his     
tents in ,laisa1 and three thousand     
chosen men with him3  #i3f4 ,and they   
saw the multitude of the army that they 
were many1 and they were seized with    
great fear3  and many withdrew          
themselves out of the camp1 and there   
remained of them no more than eight     
hundred men4  #i3g4 ,and ,judas saw that
 his army slipped away1 and the battle  
pressed upon him1 and his heart was cast
 down3  because he had not time to      
gather them together1 and he was        
discouraged4  #i3h4 ,then he said to    
them that remained3  ,let us arise1 and 
go against our enemies1 if we may be    
able to fight against them4  #i3i4 ,but 
they dissuaded him1 saying3  ,we shall  
not be able1 but let us save our lives  
now1 and return to our brethren1 and    
then we will fight against them3  for we
 are but few4  #i3aj4 ,then ,judas said3

  ,god forbid we should do this thing1  
and flee away from them3  but if our    
time be come1 let us die manfully for   
our brethren1 and let us not stain our  
glory4  #i3aa4 ,and the army removed out
 of the camp1 and they stood over       
against them3  and the horsemen were    
divided into two troops1 and the        
slingers1 and the archers1 went before  
the army1 and they that were in the     
front were all men of valour4  #i3ab4   
,and ,bacchides was in the right wing1  
and the legion drew near on two sides1  
and they sounded the trumpets3  #i3ac4  
,and they also that were on ,judas's    
side1 even they also cried out1 and the 
earth shook at the noise of the armies3 
and the battle was fought from morning  
even unto the evening4  #i3ad4 ,and     
,judas perceived that the stronger part 
of the army of ,bacchides was on the    
right side1 and all the stout of heart  
came together with him3  #i3ae4 ,and the
 right wing was discomfited by them1 and
 he pursued them even to the mount      

,azotus4  #i3af4 ,and they that were in 
the left wing saw that the right wing   
was discomfited1 and they followed after
 ,judas1 and them that were with him1 at
 their back3  #i3ag4 ,and the battle was
 hard fought1 and there fell many       
wounded of the one side and of the      
other4  #i3ah4 ,and ,judas was slain1   
and the rest fled away4  #i3ai4 ,and    
,jonathan and ,simon took ,judas1 their 
brother1 and buried him in the sepulchre
 of their fathers1 in the city of       
,modin4  #i3bj4 ,and all the people of  
,israel bewailed him with great         
lamentation1 and they mourned for him   
many days4  #i3ba4 ,and said3  ,how is  
the mighty man fallen1 that saved the   
people of ,israel6  #i3bb4 ,but the rest
 of the words of the wars of ,judas1 and
 of the noble acts that he did1 and of  
his greatness1 are not written3  for    
they were very many4  #i3bc4 ,and it    
came to pass1 after the death of ,judas1
 that the wicked began to put forth     
their heads in all the confines of      

,israel1 and all the workers of iniquity
 rose up4  #i3bd4 ,in those days there  
was a very great famine1 and they and   
all their country yielded to ,bacchides4
  #i3be4 ,and ,bacchides chose the      
wicked men1 and made them lords of the  
country3  #i3bf4 ,and they sought out1  
and made diligent search after the      
friends of ,judas1 and brought them to  
,bacchides1 and he took vengeance of    
them1 and abused them4  #i3bg4 ,and     
there was a great tribulation in        
,israel1 such as was not since the day1 
that there was no prophet seen in       
,israel4  #i3bh4 ,and all the friends of
 ,judas came together1 and said to      
,jonathan3  #i3bi4 ,since thy brother   
,judas died there is not a man like him 
to go forth against our enemies1        
,bacchides1 and them that are the       
enemies of our nation4  #i3cj4 ,now1    
therefore1 we have chosen thee this day 
to be our prince1 and captain1 in his   
stead1 to fight our battles4  #i3ca4 ,so
 ,jonathan took upon him the government 

at that time1 and rose up in the place  
of ,judas1 his brother  #i3cb4 ,and     
,bacchides had knowledge of it1 and     
sought to kill him4  #i3cc4 ,and        
,jonathan1 and ,simon1 his brother1 knew
 it1 and all that were with them3  and  
they fled into the desert of ,thecua1   
and they pitched by the water of the    
lake ,asphar1  #i3cd4 ,and ,bacchides   
understood it1 and he came himself1 with
 all his army1 over the ,jordan1 on the 
sabbath day4  #i3ce4 ,and ,jonathan sent
 his brother1 a captain of the people1  
to desire the ,nabutheans his friends1  
that they would lend them their         
equipage1 which was copious4  #i3cf4    
,and the children of ,jambri came forth 
out of ,madaba1 and took ,john1 and all 
that he had1 and went away with them4   
#i3cg4 ,after this it was told          
,jonathan1 and ,simon1 his brother1 that
 the children of ,jambri made a great   
marriage1 and were bringing the bride   
out of ,madaba1 the daughter of one of  
the great princes of ,chanaan1 with     

great pomp4  #i3ch4 ,and they remembered
 the blood of ,john1 their brother3  and
 they went up1 and hid themselves under 
the covert of the mountain4  #i3ci4 ,and
 they lifted up their eyes1 and saw3    
and behold a tumult1 and great          
preparation3  and the bridegroom came   
forth1 and his friends1 and his brethren
 to meet them with timbrels1 and musical
 instruments and many weapons4  #i3dj4  
,and they rose up against them from the 
place where they lay in ambush1 and slew
 them1 and there fell many wounded1 and 
the rest fled into the mountains1 and   
they took all their spoils3  #i3da4 ,and
 the marriage was turned into mourning1 
and the noise of their musical          
instruments into lamentation4  #i3db4   
,and they took revenge for the blood of 
their brother3  and they returned to the
 bank of the ,jordan4  #i3dc4 ,and      
,bacchides heard it1 and he came on the 
sabbath day even to the bank of the     
,jordan1 with a great power4  #i3dd4    
,and ,jonathan said to his company3     

,let us arise1 and fight against our    
enemies3  for it is not now as          
yesterday1 and the day before4  #i3de4  
,for behold the battle is before us1 and
 the water of the ,jordan on this side  
and on that side1 and banks1 and        
marshes1 and woods3  and there is no    
place for us to turn aside4  #i3df4     
,now1 therefore1 cry ye to heaven1 that 
ye may be delivered from the hand of    
your enemies4  ,and they joined battle4 
#i3dg4 ,and ,jonathan stretched forth   
his hand to strike ,bacchides1 but he   
turned away from him backwards4  #i3dh4 
,and ,jonathan1 and they that were with 
him1 leapt into the ,jordan1 and swam   
over the ,jordan to them4  #i3di4 ,and  
there fell of ,bacchides' side that day 
a thousand men3  and they returned to   
,jerusalem1  #i3ej4 ,and they built     
strong cities in ,judea1 the fortress   
that was in ,jericho1 and in ,ammaus1   
and in ,bethoron1 and in ,bethel1 and   
,thamnata1 and ,phara1 and ,thopo1 with 
high walls1 and gates1 and bars4  #i3ea4

 ,and he placed garrisons in them1 that 
they might wage war against ,israel3    
#i3eb4 ,and he fortified the city of    
,bethsura1 and ,gazara1 and the castle1 
and set garrisons in them1 and          
provisions of victuals3  #i3ec4 ,and he 
took the sons of the chief men of the   
country for hostages1 and put them in   
the castle in ,jerusalem in custody4    
#i3ed4 ,now in the year one hundred and 
fifty-three1 the second month1 ,alcimus 
commanded the walls of the inner court  
of the sanctuary to be thrown down1 and 
the works of the prophets to be         
destroyed3  and he began to destroy4    
#i3ee4 ,at that time ,alcimus was       
struck3  and his works were hindered1   
and his mouth was stopped1 and he was   
taken with a palsy1 so that he could no 
more speak a word1 nor give order       
concerning his house4  #i3ef4 ,and      
,alcimus died at that time in great     
torment4  #i3eg4 ,and ,bacchides saw    
that ,alcimus was dead3  and he returned
 to the king1 and the land was quiet for

 two years4  #i3eh4 ,and all the wicked 
held a council1 saying3  ,behold        
,jonathan1 and they that are with him1  
dwell at ease and without fear3  now1   
therefore1 let us bring ,bacchides      
hither1 and he shall take them all in   
one night4  #i3ei4 ,so they went1 and   
gave him counsel4  #i3fj4 ,and he arose 
to come with a great army3  and he sent 
secretly letters to his adherents that  
were in ,judea to seize upon ,jonathan1 
and them that were with him3  but they  
could not1 for their design was known to
 them4  #i3fa4 ,and he apprehended of   
the men of the country1 that were the   
principal authors of the mischief1 fifty
 men1 and he slew them4  #i3fb4 ,and    
,jonathan1 and ,simon1 and they that    
were with him1 retired into ,bethbessen1
 which is in the desert3  and he        
repaired the breaches thereof1 and they 
fortified it4  #i3fc4 ,and when         
,bacchides knew it1 he gathered together
 all his multitude3  and sent word to   
them that were of ,judea4  #i3fd4 ,and  

he came1 and camped above ,bethbessen1  
and fought against it many days1 and    
made engines4  #i3fe4 ,but ,jonathan    
left his brother1 ,simon1 in the city   
and went forth into the country1 and    
came with a number of men1  #i3ff4 ,and 
struck ,odares1 and his brethren1 and   
the children of ,phaseron1 in their     
tents1 and he began to slay1 and to     
increase in forces4  #i3fg4 ,but ,simon1
 and they that were with him1 sallied   
out of the city1 and burnt the engines1 
#i3fh4 ,and they fought against         
,bacchides1 and he was discomfited by   
them3  and they afflicted him           
exceedingly1 for his counsel1 and his   
enterprise was in vain4  #i3fi4 ,and he 
was angry with the wicked men that had  
given him counsel to come into their    
country1 and he slew many of them3  and 
he purposed to return with the rest into
 their country4  #i3gj4 ,and ,jonathan  
had knowledge of it1 and he sent        
ambassadors to him to make peace with   
him1 and to restore to him the          

prisoners4  #i3ga4 ,and he accepted it  
willingly1 and did according to his     
words1 and swore that he would do him no
 harm all the days of his life4  #i3gb4 
,and he restored to him the prisoners   
which he before had taken out of the    
land of ,juda3  and he returned1 and    
went away into his own country1 and he  
came no more into their borders4  #i3gc4
 ,so the sword ceased from ,israel3  and
 ,jonathan dwelt in ,machmas1 and       
,jonathan began there to judge the      
people1 and he destroyed the wicked out 
of ,israel4    #a ,machabees ,chapter   
#aj   ,alexander ,bales sets himself up 
for king3  both he and ,demetrius seek  
to make ,jonathan their friend4         
,alexander kills ,demetrius in battle1  
and honours ,jonathan4  ,his victory    
over ,apollonius4  #aj3a4 ,now in the   
hundred and sixtieth year1 ,alexander1  
the son of ,antiochus1 surnamed the     
,illustrious1 came up and took          
,ptolemais1 and they received him1 and  
he reigned there4  #aj3b4 ,and king     

,demetrius heard of it1 and gathered    
together an exceeding great army1 and   
went forth against him to fight4  #aj3c4
 ,and ,demetrius sent a letter to       
,jonathan1 with peaceable words1 to     
magnify him4  #aj3d4 ,for he said3  ,let
 us first make a peace with him1 before 
he make one with ,alexander against us4 
#aj3e4 ,for he will remember all the    
evils that we have done against him1 and
 against his brother1 and against his   
nation4  #aj3f4 ,and he gave him        
authority to gather together a army1 and
 to make arms1 and that he should be his
 confederate3  and the hostages that    
were in the castle1 he commanded to be  
delivered to him4  #aj3g4 ,and ,jonathan
 came to ,jerusalem1 and read the       
letters in the hearing of all the       
people1 and of them that were in the    
castle4  #aj3h4 ,and they were struck   
with great fear1 because they heard that
 the king had given him authority to    
gather together an army4  #aj3i4 ,and   
the hostages were delivered to          

,jonathan1 and he restored them to their
 parents4  #aj3aj4 ,and ,jonathan dwelt 
in ,jerusalem1 and began to build1 and  
to repair the city4  #aj3aa4 ,and he    
ordered workmen to build the walls1 and 
mount ,sion round about with square     
stones for fortification3  and so they  
did4  #aj3ab4 ,then the strangers that  
were in the strong holds1 which         
,bacchides had built1 fled away4        
#aj3ac4 ,and every man left his place1  
and departed into his own country3      
#aj3ad4 ,only in ,bethsura there        
remained some of them1 that had forsaken
 the law1 and the commandments of ,god3 
for this was a place of refuge for them4
  #aj3ae4 ,and king ,alexander heard of 
the promises that ,demetrius had made   
,jonathan3  and they told him of the    
battles1 and the worthy acts that he and
 his brethren had done1 and the labours 
that they had endured4  #aj3af4 ,and he 
said3  ,shall we find such another man8 
now1 therefore1 we will make him our    
friend and our confederate4  #aj3ag4 ,so

 he wrote a letter1 and sent it to him  
according to these words1 saying3       
#aj3ah4 ,king ,alexander to his brother1
 ,jonathan1 greetings4  #aj3ai4 ,we have
 heard of thee1 that thou art a man of  
great power1 and fit to be our friend3  
#aj3bj4 ,now therefore1 we make thee    
this day high priest of thy nation1 and 
that thou be called the king's friend1  
7and he sent him a purple robe1 and a   
crown of gold7 and that thou be of one  
mind with us in our affairs1 and keep   
friendship with us4  #aj3ba4 ,then      
,jonathan put on the holy vestment in   
the seventh month1 in the year one      
hundred and threescore1 at the feast day
 of the tabernacles3  and he gathered   
together an army1 and made a great      
number of arms4  #aj3bb4 ,and ,demetrius
 heard these words1 and was exceeding   
sorry1 and said3  #aj3bc4 ,what is this 
that we have done1 that ,alexander hath 
prevented us to gain the friendship of  
the ,jews to strengthen himself8        
#aj3bd4 ,i also will write to them words

 of request1 and offer dignities1 and   
gifts3  that they may be with me to aid 
me4  #aj3be4 ,and he wrote to them in   
these words3  ,king ,demetrius to the   
nation of the ,jews1 greeting4  #aj3bf4 
,whereas you have kept covenant with us1
 and have continued in our friendship1  
and have not joined with our enemies1 we
 have heard of it1 and are glad4        
#aj3bg4 ,wherefore now continue still to
 keep fidelity towards us1 and we will  
reward you with good things1 for what   
you have done in our behalf4  #aj3bh4   
,and we will remit to you many charges1 
and will give you gifts4  #aj3bi4 ,and  
now ,i free you1 and all the ,jews1 from
 tributes1 and ,i release you from the  
customs of salt1 and remit the crowns1  
and the thirds of the seed3  #aj3cj4    
,and the half of the fruit of trees1    
which is my share1 ,i leave to you from 
this day forward1 so that it shall not  
be taken of the land of ,juda1 and of   
the three cities that are added thereto 
out of ,samaria and ,galilee1 from this 

day forth1 and for ever3  #aj3ca4 ,and  
let ,jerusalem be holy and free1 with   
the borders thereof3 and let the tenths1
 and tributes be for itself4  #aj3cb4 ,i
 yield up also the power of the castle  
that is in ,jerusalem1 and ,i give it to
 the high priest1 to place therein such 
men as he shall choose1 to keep it4     
#aj3cc4 ,and every soul of the ,jews    
that hath been carried captive from the 
land of ,juda in all my kingdom1 ,i set 
at liberty freely1 that all be          
discharged from tributes1 even of their 
cattle4  #aj3cd4 ,and ,i will that all  
the feasts1 and the sabbaths1 and the   
new moons1 and the days appointed1 and  
three days before the solemn day1 and   
three days after the solemn day1 be all 
days of immunity and freedom1 for all   
the ,jews that are in my kingdom3       
#aj3ce4 ,and no man shall have power to 
do any thing against them1 or to molest 
any of them1 in any cause4  #aj3cf4 ,and
 let there be enrolled in the king's    
army to the number of thirty thousand of

 the ,jews3  and allowance shall be made
 them1 as is due to all the king's      
forces and certain of them shall be     
appointed to be in the fortresses of the
 great king3  #aj3cg4 ,and some of them 
shall be set over the affairs of the    
kingdom1 that are of trust1 and let the 
governors be taken from among           
themselves1 and let them walk in their  
own laws1 as the king hath commanded in 
the land of ,juda4  #aj3ch4 ,and the    
three cities that are added to ,judea1  
out of the country of ,samaria1 let them
 be accounted with ,judea3  that they   
may be under one1 and obey no other     
authority but that of the high priest3  
#aj3ci4 ,ptolemais and the confines     
thereof1 ,i give as a free gift to the  
holy places that are in ,jerusalem1 for 
the necessary charges of the holy       
things4  #aj3dj4 ,and ,i give every year
 fifteen thousand sickles of silver out 
of the king's accounts1 of what belongs 
to me3  #aj3da4 ,and all that is above1 
which they that were over the affairs   

the years before1 had not paid1 from    
this time they shall give it to the     
works of the house4  #aj3db4 ,moreover1 
the five thousand sickles of silver1    
which they received from the account of 
the holy places1 every year1 shall also 
belong to the priests that execute the  
ministry4  #aj3dc4 ,and whosoever shall 
flee into the temple that is in         
,jerusalem1 and in all the borders      
thereof1 being indebted to the king for 
any matter1 let them be set at liberty1 
and all that they have in my kingdom1   
let them have it free4  #aj3dd4 ,for the
 building also1 or repairing the works  
of the holy places1 the charges shall be
 given out of the king's revenues3      
#aj3de4 ,for the building also of the   
walls of ,jerusalem1 and the fortifying 
thereof round about1 the charges shall  
be given out of the king's account1 as  
also for the building of the walls in   
,judea4  #aj3df4 ,now when ,jonathan and
 the people heard these words1 they gave
 no credit to them1 nor received them   

because they remembered the great evil  
that he had done in ,israel1 for he had 
afflicted them exceedingly4  #aj3dg4    
,and their inclinations were towards    
,alexander1 because he had been the     
chief promoter of peace in their regard1
 and him they always helped4  #aj3dh4   
,and king ,alexander gathered together a
 great army1 and moved his camp near to 
,demetrius4  #aj3di4 ,and the two kings 
joined battle1 and the army of          
,demetrius fled away1 and ,alexander    
pursued after him1 and pressed them     
close4  #aj3ej4 ,and the battle was hard
 fought1 till the sun went down3  and   
,demetrius was slain that day4  #aj3ea4 
,and ,alexander sent ambassadors to     
,ptolemee king of ,egypt1 with words to 
this effect1 saying3  ,ptolemee4 4      
4,surnamed ,philometer4  #aj3eb4        
,forasmuch as ,i am returned into my    
kingdom and am set in the throne of my  
ancestors1 and have gotten the dominion1
 and have overthrown ,demetrius and     
possessed our country1  #aj3ec4 ,and    

have joined battle with him1 and both he
 and his army have been destroyed by us1
 and we are placed in the throne of his 
kingdom3  #aj3ed4 ,now1 therefore1 let  
us make friendship one with another3    
and give me now thy daughter to wife1   
and ,i will be thy son in law1 and ,i   
will give both thee and her gifts worthy
 of thee4  #aj3ee4 ,and king ,ptolomee  
answered1 saying3  ,happy is the day    
wherein thou didst return to the land of
 thy fathers1 and sattest in the throne 
of their kingdom4  #aj3ef4 ,and now ,i  
will do to thee as thou hast written but
 meet me at ,ptolemais1 that we may see 
one another1 and ,i may give her to thee
 as thou hast said4  #aj3eg4 ,so        
,ptolemee went out of ,egypt1 with      
,cleopatra his daughter1 and he came to 
,ptolemais1 in the hundred and          
sixty-second year4  #aj3eh4 ,and king   
,alexander met him1 and he gave him his 
daughter1 ,cleopatra3  and he celebrated
 her marriage at ,ptolemais with great  
glory1 after the manner of kings4       

#aj3ei4 ,and king ,alexander wrote to   
,jonathan1 that he should come and meet 
him4  #aj3fj4 ,and he went honourably to
 ,ptolemais1 and he met there the two   
kings1 and he gave them much silver1 and
 gold1 and presents3  and he found      
favour in their sight4  #aj3fa4 ,and    
some pestilent men of ,israel1 men of a 
wicked life1 assembled themselves       
against him1 to accuse him3  and the    
king gave no heed to them4  #aj3fb4 ,and
 he commanded that ,jonathan's garments 
should be taken off1 and that he should 
be clothed with purple3  and they did   
so4  ,and the king made him sit by      
himself4  #aj3fc4 ,and he said to his   
princes3  ,go out with him into the     
midst of the city1 and make             
proclamation1 that no man complain      
against him of any matter1 and that no  
man trouble him for any manner of cause4
  #aj3fd4 ,so when his accusers saw his 
glory proclaimed1 and him clothed with  
purple1 they all fled away4  #aj3fe4    
,and the king magnified him1 and        

enrolled him amongst his chief friends1 
and made him governor1 and partaker of  
his dominion4  #aj3ff4 ,and ,jonathan   
returned into ,jerusalem with peace and 
joy4  #aj3fg4 ,in the year one hundred  
and sixty-five1 ,demetrius1 the son of  
,demetrius1 came from ,crete into the   
land of his fathers4  #aj3fh4 ,and king 
,alexander heard of it1 and was much    
troubled1 and returned to ,antioch4     
#aj3fi4 ,and king ,demetrius made       
,apollonius his general1 who was        
governor of ,celesyria3  and he gathered
 together a great army1 and came to     
,jamnia3  and he sent to ,jonathan1 the 
high priest1  #aj3gj4 ,saying3  ,thou   
alone standest against us1 and ,i am    
laughed at and reproached1 because thou 
shewest thy power against us in the     
mountains4  #aj3ga4 ,now1 therefore1 if 
thou trustest in thy forces1 come down  
to us into the plain1 and there let us  
try one another3  for with me is the    
strength of war4  #aj3gb4 ,ask1 and     
learn who ,i am1 and the rest that help 

me1 who also say that your foot cannot  
stand before our face1 for thy fathers  
have twice been put to flight in their  
own land3  #aj3gc4 ,and now how wilt    
thou be able to abide the horsemen1 and 
so great an army in the plain1 where    
there is no stone1 nor rock1 nor place  
to flee to8  #aj3gd4 ,now when ,jonathan
 heard the words of ,apollonius1 he was 
moved in his mind3  and he chose ten    
thousand men1 and went out of           
,jerusalem1 and ,simon1 his brother1 met
 him to help him4  #aj3ge4 ,and they    
pitched their tents near ,joppe1 but    
they shut him out of the city3  because 
a garrison of ,apollonius was in ,joppe1
 and he laid siege to it4  #aj3gf4 ,and 
they that were in the city being        
affrighted1 opened the gates to him3  so
 ,jonathan took ,joppe4  #aj3gg4 ,and   
,apollonius heard of it1 and he took    
three thousand horsemen1 and a great    
army4  #aj3gh4 ,and he went to ,azotus1 
as one that was making a journey1 and   
immediately he went forth into the      

plain3  because he had a great number of
 horsemen1 and he trusted in them4  ,and
 ,jonathan followed after him to        
,azotus1 and they joined battle4        
#aj3gi4 ,and ,apollonius left privately 
in the camp a thousand horsemen behind  
them4  #aj3hj4 ,and ,jonathan knew that 
there was an ambush behind him1 and they
 surrounded his army1 and cast darts at 
the people from morning till evening4   
#aj3ha4 ,but the people stood still1 as 
,jonathan had commanded them3  and so   
their horses were fatigued4  #aj3hb4    
,then ,simon drew forth his army1 and   
attacked the legion3  for the horsemen  
were wearied3  and they were discomfited
 by him1 and fled4  #aj3hc4 ,and they   
that were scattered about the plain fled
 into ,azotus1 and went into ,bethdagon1
 their idol's temple1 there to save     
themselves4  #aj3hd4 ,but ,jonathan set 
fire to ,azotus1 and the cities that    
were round about it1 and took the spoils
 of them and the temple of ,dagon3  and 
all them that were fled into it1 he     

burnt with fire4  #aj3he4 ,so they that 
were slain by the sword1 with them that 
were burnt1 were almost eight thousand  
men4  #aj3hf4 ,and ,jonathan1 removed   
his army from thence and camped against 
,ascalon3  and they went out of the city
 to meet him with great honour4  #aj3hg4
 ,and ,jonathan returned into ,jerusalem
 with his people1 having many spoils4   
#aj3hh4 ,and it came to pass1 when      
,alexander1 the king heard these words1 
that he honoured ,jonathan yet more4    
#aj3hi4 ,and he sent him a buckle of    
gold1 as the custom is1 to be given to  
such as are of the royal blood4  ,and he
 gave him ,accaron1 and all the borders 
thereof1 in possession4    #a ,machabees
 ,chapter #aa   ,ptolemee invades the   
kingdom of ,alexander3  the latter is   
slain3  and the former dies soon after4 
,demetrius honours ,jonathan1 and is    
rescued by the ,jews from his own       
subjects in ,antioch4  ,antiochus the   
younger favours ,jonathan4  ,his        
exploits in divers places4  #aa3a4 ,and 

the king of ,egypt gathered together an 
army1 like the sand that lieth upon the 
sea shore1 and many ships3  and he      
sought to get the kingdom of ,alexander 
by deceit1 and join it to his own       
kingdom4  #aa3b4 ,and he went out into  
,syria with peaceable words and they    
opened to him the cities1 and met him3  
for king ,alexander had ordered them to 
go forth to meet him1 because he was his
 father in law4  #aa3c4 ,now when       
,ptolemee entered into the cities1 he   
put garrisons of soldiers in every city4
  #aa3d4 ,and when he came near to      
,azotns1 they shewed him the temple of  
,dagon that was burnt with fire1 and    
,azotus1 and the suburbs thereof1 that  
were destroyed1 and the bodies that were
 cast abroad1 and the graves of them    
that were slain in the battle1 which    
they had made near the way4  #aa3e4 ,and
 they told the king that ,jonathan had  
done these things1 to make him odious3  
but the king held his peace4  #aa3f4    
,and ,jonathan came to meet the king at 

,joppe with glory1 and they saluted one 
another1 and they lodged there4  #aa3g4 
,and ,jonathan went with the king as far
 as the river1 called ,eleutherus3  and 
he returned into ,jerusalem4  #aa3h4    
,and king ,ptolemee got the dominion of 
the cities by the sea side1 even to     
,seleucia1 and he devised evil designs  
against ,alexander4  #aa3i4 ,and he sent
 ambassadors to ,demetrius1 saying3     
,come1 let us make a league between us1 
and ,i will give thee my daughter whom  
,alexander hath1 and thou shalt reign in
 the kingdom of thy father4  #aa3aj4    
,for ,i repent that ,i have given him my
 daughter3  for he hath sought to kill  
me4  #aa3aa4 ,and he slandered him1     
because he coveted his kingdom1  #aa3ab4
 ,and he took away his daughter1 and    
gave her to ,demetrius1 and alienated   
himself from ,alexander1 and his        
enmities were made manifest4  #aa3ac4   
,and ,ptolemee entered into ,antioch1   
and set two crowns upon his head1 that  
of ,egypt1 and that of ,asia4  #aa3ad4  

,now king ,alexander was in ,cilicia at 
that time3  because they that were in   
those places had rebelled4  #aa3ae4 ,and
 when ,alexander heard of it1 he came to
 give him battle3  and king ,ptolemee   
brought forth his army1 and met him with
 a strong power1 and put him to flight4 
#aa3af4 ,and ,alexander fled into       
,arabia1 there to be protected3  and    
king ,ptolemee was exalted4  #aa3ag4    
,and ,zabdiel the ,arabian took off     
,alexander's head1 and sent it to       
,ptolemee4  #aa3ah4 ,and king ,ptolemee 
died the third day after3  and they that
 were in the strong holds were destroyed
 by them that were within the camp4     
#aa3ai4 ,and ,demetrius reigned in the  
hundred and sixty-seventh year4  #aa3bj4
 ,in those days ,jonathan gathered      
together them that were in ,judea1 to   
take the castle that was in ,jerusalem3 
and they made many engines of war       
against it4  #aa3ba4 ,then some wicked  
men that hated their own nation1 went   
away to king ,demetrius1 and told him   

that ,jonathan was besieging the castle4
  #aa3bb4 ,and when he heard it1 he was 
angry3  and forthwith he came to        
,ptolemais1 and wrote to ,jonathan that 
he should not besiege the castle1 but   
should come to him in haste1 and speak  
to him4  #aa3bc4 ,but when ,jonathan    
heard this1 he bade them besiege it     
still3  and he chose some of the        
ancients of ,israel1 and of the priests1
 and put himself in danger  #aa3bd4 ,and
 he took gold1 and silver1 and raiment1 
and many other presents1 and went to the
 king to ,ptolemais and he found favour 
in his sight4  #aa3be4 ,and certain     
wicked men of his nation made complaints
 against him4  #aa3bf4 ,and the king    
treated him as his predecessors had done
 before3 and he exalted him in the sight
 of all his friends4  #aa3bg4 ,and he   
confirmed him in the high priesthood and
 all the honours he had before1 and he  
made him the chief of his friends4      
#aa3bh4 ,and ,jonathan requested of the 
king that he would make ,judea free from

 tribute1 and the three governments1 and
 ,samaria1 and the confines thereof3    
and he promised him three hundred       
talents4  #aa3bi4 ,and the king         
consented3  and he wrote letters to     
,jonathan of all these things1 to this  
effect4  #aa3cj4 ,king ,demetrius to his
 brother1 ,jonathan1 and to the nation  
of the ,jews1 greeting4  #aa3ca4 ,we    
send you here a copy of the letter which
 we have written to ,lasthenes1 our     
parent1 concerning you1 that you might  
know it4  #aa3cb4 ,king ,demetrius to   
,lasthenes1 his parent1 greetings4      
#aa3cc4 ,we have determined to do good  
to the nation of the ,jews1 who are our 
friends1 and keep the things that are   
just with us1 for their good will which 
they bear towards us4  #aa3cd4 ,we have 
ratified1 therefore1 unto them all the  
borders of ,judea1 and the three cities1
 ,apherema1 ,lydda1 and ,ramatha1 which 
are added to ,judea1 out of ,samaria1   
and all their confines1 to be set apart 
to all them that sacrifice in           

,jerusalem1 instead of the payments     
which the king received of them every   
year1 and for the fruits of the land1   
and of the trees4  ,apherema4 4 4is     
found only in the ,greek version4       
#aa3ce4 ,and as for other things that   
belonged to us of the tithes1 and of the
 tributes1 from this time we discharge  
them of them3  the saltpans also1 and   
the crowns that were presented to us4   
#aa3cf4 ,we give all to them1 and       
nothing hereof shall be revoked from    
this time forth and for ever4  #aa3cg4  
,now1 therefore1 see that thou make a   
copy of these things1 and let it be     
given to ,jonathan1 and set upon the    
holy mountain1 in a conspicuous place4  
#aa3ch4 ,and king ,demetrius1 seeing    
that the land was quiet before him1 and 
nothing resisted him1 sent away all his 
forces1 every man to his own place1     
except the foreign army1 which he had   
drawn together from the islands of the  
nations3  so all the troops of his      
fathers hated him4  #aa3ci4 ,now there  

was one ,tryphon who had been of        
,alexander's party before3  who seeing  
that all the army murmured against      
,demetrius1 went to ,emalchuel1 the     
,arabian1 who brought up ,antiochus1 the
 son of ,alexander3  #aa3dj4 ,and he    
pressed him much to deliver him to him1 
that he might be king in his father's   
place3  and he told him all that        
,demetrius had done1 and how his        
soldiers hated him4  ,and he remained   
there many days4  #aa3da4 ,and ,jonathan
 sent to king ,demetrius1 desiring that 
he would cast out them that were in the 
castle in ,jerusalem1 and those that    
were in the strong holds3  because they 
fought against ,israel4  #aa3db4 ,and   
,demetrius sent to ,jonathan1 saying3   
,i will not only do this for thee1 and  
for thy people1 but ,i will greatly     
honour thee1 and thy nation1 when       
opportunity shall serve4  #aa3dc4 ,now1 
therefore1 thou shalt do well if thou   
send me men to help me3  for all my army
 is gone from me4  #aa3dd4 ,and         

,jonathan sent him three thousand       
valiant men to ,antioch3  and they came 
to the king1 and the king was very glad 
of their coming4  #aa3de4 ,and they that
 were of the city assembled themselves  
together1 to the number of a hundred and
 twenty thousand men1 and would have    
killed the king4  #aa3df4 ,and the king 
fled into the palace3  and they of the  
city kept the passages of the city1 and 
began to fight4  #aa3dg4 ,and the king  
called the ,jews to his assistance3  and
 they came to him all at once1 and they 
all dispersed themselves through the    
city4  #aa3dh4 ,and they slew in that   
day a hundred thousand men1 and they set
 fire to the city1 and got many spoils  
that day1 and delivered the king4       
#aa3di4 ,and they that were of the city 
saw that the ,jews had got the city as  
they would3  and they were discouraged  
in their mind1 and cried to the king1   
making supplication1 and saying  #a3ej4 
,grant us peace1 and let the ,jews cease
 from assaulting us1 and the city4      

#aa3ea4 ,and they threw down their arms1
 and made peace1 and the ,jews were     
glorified in the sight of the king1 and 
in the sight of all that were in his    
realm1 and were renowned throughout the 
kingdom1 and returned to ,jerusalem with
 many spoils4  #aa3eb4 ,so king         
,demetrius sat in the throne of his     
kingdom3  and the land was quiet before 
him4  #aa3ec4 ,and he falsified all     
whatsoever he had said1 and alienated   
himself from ,jonathan1 and did not     
reward him according to the benefits he 
had received from him1 but gave him     
great trouble4  #aa3ed4 ,and after this 
,tryphon returned1 and with him         
,antiochus1 the young boy1 who was made 
king1 and put on the diadem4  #aa3ee4   
,and there assembled unto him all the   
hands which ,demetrius had sent away1   
and they fought against ,demetrius who  
turned his back and fled4  #aa3ef4 ,and 
,tryphon took the elephants1 and made   
himself master of ,antioch4  #aa3eg4    
,and young ,antiochus wrote to          

,jonathan1 saying3  ,i confirm thee in  
the high priesthood1 and ,i appoint thee
 ruler over the four cities1 and to be  
one of the king's friends4  #aa3eh4 ,and
 he sent him vessels of gold for his    
service1 and he gave him leave to drink 
in gold1 and to be clothed in purple1   
and to wear a golden buckle3  #aa3ei4   
,and he made his brother1 ,simon1       
governor1 from the borders of ,tyre even
 to the confines of ,egypt4  #aa3fj4    
,then ,jonathan went forth1 and passed  
through the cities beyond the river1 and
 all the forces of ,syria gathered      
themselves to him to help him1 and he   
came to ,ascalon1 and they met him      
honourably out of the city4  #aa3fa4    
,and he went from thence to ,gaza3  and 
they that were in ,gaza shut him out3   
and he besieged it1 and burnt all the   
suburbs round about1 and took the       
spoils4  #aa3fb4 ,and the men of ,gaza  
made supplication to ,jonathan1 and he  
gave them the right hand3  and he took  
their sons for hostages1 and sent them  

to ,jerusalem3  and he went through the 
country1 as far as ,damascus4  #aa3fc4  
,and ,jonathan heard that the generals  
of ,demetrius were come treacherously to
 ,cades1 which is in ,galilee1 with a   
great army1 purposing to remove him from
 the affairs of the kingdom4  #aa3fd4   
,and he went against them3  but left his
 brother1 ,simon1 in the country4       
#aa3fe4 ,and ,simon encamped against    
,bethsura1 and assaulted it many days1  
and shut them up4  #aa3ff4 ,and they    
desired him to make peace1 and he       
granted it them3  and he cast them out  
from thence1 and took the city1 and     
placed a garrison in it4  #aa3fg4 ,and  
,jonathan and his army encamped by the  
water of ,genesar1 and before it was    
light they were ready in the plain of   
,asor4  #aa3fh4 ,and behold the army of 
the strangers met him in the plain1 and 
they laid an ambush for him in the      
mountains3  but he went out against     
them4  #aa3fi4 ,and they that lay in    
ambush rose out of their places1 and    

joined battle4  #aa3gj4 ,and all that   
were on ,jonathan's side fled1 and none 
was left of them1 but ,mathathias1 the  
son of ,absalom1 and ,judas1 the son of 
,calphi1 chief captain of the army4     
#aa3ga4 ,and ,jonathan rent his         
garments1 and cast earth upon his head1 
and prayed4  #aa3gb4 ,and ,jonathan     
turned again to them to battle1 and he  
put them to flight1 and they fought4    
#aa3gc4 ,and they of his part that fled 
saw this1 and they turned again to him1 
and they all with him pursued the       
enemies1 even to ,cades1 to their own   
camp1 and they came even thither4       
#aa3gd4 ,and there fell of the aliens in
 that day three thousand men3  and      
,jonathan returned to ,jerusalem4    #a 
,machabees ,chapter #ab   ,jonathan     
renews his league with the ,romans and  
,lacedemonians4  ,the forces of         
,demetrius flee away from him4  ,he is  
deceived and made prisoner by ,tryphon4 
#ab3a4 ,and ,jonathan saw that the time 
served him1 and he chose certain men1   

and sent them to ,rome1 to confirm and  
to renew the amity with them3  #ab3b4   
,and he sent letters to the ,spartans1  
and to other places1 according to the   
same form4  #ab3c4 ,and they went to    
,rome1 and entered into the senate      
house1 and said3  ,jonathan1 the high   
priest1 and the nation of the ,jews1    
have sent us to renew the amity1 and    
alliance1 as it was before4  #ab3d4 ,and
 they gave them letters to their        
governors in every place1 to conduct    
them into the land of ,juda with peace4 
#ab3e4 ,and this is a copy of the       
letters which ,jonathan wrote to the    
,spartans3  #ab3f4 ,jonathan1 the high  
priest1 and the ancients of the nation1 
and the priests1 and the rest of the    
people of the ,jews1 to the ,spartans1  
their brethren1 greeting4  #ab3g4 ,there
 were letters sent long ago to ,onias   
the high priest1 from ,arius1 who       
reigned then among you to signify that  
you are our brethren1 as the copy here  
underwritten doth specify4  #ab3h4 ,and 

,onias received the ambassador with     
honour and received the letters1 wherein
 there was mention made of the alliance1
 and amity4  #ab3i4 ,we1 though we      
needed none of these things having for  
our comfort the holy books that are in  
our hands1  #ab3aj4 ,chose rather to    
send to you to renew the brotherhood and
 friendship1 lest we should become      
stranger to you altogether3  for there  
is a long time passed since you sent to 
us4  #ab3aa4 ,we1 therefore1 at all     
times without ceasing1 both in our      
festivals1 and other days wherein it is 
convenient1 remember you in the         
sacrifices that we offer1 and in our    
observances1 as it is meet and becoming 
to remember brethren4  #ab3ab4 ,and we  
rejoice at your glory4  #ab3ac4 ,but we 
have had many troubles and wars on every
 side2 and the kings that are round     
about us have fought against us4        
#ab3ad4 ,but we would not be troublesome
 to you1 nor to the rest of our allies  
and friends1 in these wars4  #ab3ae4    

,for we have had help from heaven1 and  
we have been delivered1 and our enemies 
are humbled4  #ab3af4 ,we have chosen1  
therefore1 ,numenius the son of         
,antiochus1 and ,antipater1 the son of  
,jason1 and have sent them to the       
,romans1 to renew with them the former  
amity and alliance4  #ab3ag4 ,and we    
have commanded them to go also to you1  
and salute you1 and to deliver you our  
letters1 concerning the renewing of our 
brotherhood4  #ab3ah4 ,and now you shall
 do well to give us an answer hereto4   
#ab3ai4 ,and this is the copy of the    
letter which he had sent to ,onias3     
#ab3bj4 ,arius1 king of the ,spartans1  
to ,onias1 the high priest1 greeting4   
#ab3ba4 ,it is found in writing         
concerning the ,spartans1 and the ,jews1
 that they are brethren1 and that they  
are of the stock of ,abraham4  #ab3bb4  
,and now since this is come to our      
knowledge1 you do well to write to us of
 your prosperity4  #ab3bc4 ,and we also 
have written back to you1 ,that our     

cattle1 and our possessions1 are yours3 
and yours1 ours4  ,we1 therefore1 have  
commanded that these things should be   
told you4  #ab3bd4 ,now ,jonathan heard 
that the generals of ,demetrius were    
come again with a greater army than     
before to fight against him4  #ab3be4   
,so he went out from ,jerusalem1 and met
 them in the land of ,amath3  for he    
gave them no time to enter into his     
country4  #ab3bf4 ,and he sent spies    
into their camp1 and they came back1 and
 brought him word that they designed to 
come upon them in the night4  #ab3bg4   
,and when the sun was set1 ,jonathan    
commanded his men to watch1 and to be in
 arms all night long ready to fight1 and
 he set sentinels round about the camp4 
#ab3bh4 ,and the enemies heard that     
,jonathan and his men were ready for    
battle3  and they were struck with fear 
and dread in their heart3  and they     
kindled fires in their camp4  #ab3bi4   
,but ,jonathan1 and they that were with 
him1 knew it not till the morning3  for 

they saw the lights burning4  #ab3cj4   
,and ,jonathan pursued after them1 but  
overtook them not3  for they had passed 
the river ,eleutherus4  #ab3ca4 ,and    
,jonathan turned upon the ,arabians1    
that are called ,zabadeans3  and he     
defeated them1 and took the spoils of   
them4  #ab3cb4 ,and he went forward1 and
 came to ,damascus1 and passed through  
all that country4  #ab3cc4 ,simon also  
went forth1 and came as far as ,ascalon1
 and the neighbouring fortresses1 and he
 turned aside to ,joppe1 and took       
possession of it1  #ab3cd4 7,for he     
heard that they designed to deliver the 
hold to them that took part with        
,demetrius7 and he put a garrison there 
to keep it4  #ab3ce4 ,and ,jonathan came
 back1 and called together the ancients 
of the people2 and he took a resolution 
with them to build fortresses in ,judea1
  #ab3cf4 ,and to build up walls in     
,jerusalem1 and raise a mount between   
the castle and the city1 to separate it 
from the city1 that so it might have no 

communication1 and that they might      
neither buy nor sell4  #ab3cg4 ,and they
 came together to build up the city3    
for the wall that was upon the brook1   
towards the east1 was broken down1 and  
he repaired that which is called        
,caphetetha3  #ab3ch4 ,and ,simon built 
,adiada in ,sephela1 and fortified it1  
and set up gates and bars4  #ab3ci4 ,now
 when ,tryphon had conceived a design to
 make himself king of ,asia and to take 
the crown1 and to stretch out his hand  
against king ,antiochus3  #ab3dj4       
,fearing lest ,jonathan would not suffer
 him1 but would fight against him3  he  
sought to seize upon him1 and to kill   
him4  ,so he rose up and came to        
,bethsan4  #ab3da4 ,and ,jonathan went  
out to meet him with forty thousand men 
chosen for battle1 and came to ,bethsan4
  #ab3db4 ,now when ,tryphon saw that   
,jonathan came with a great army1 he    
durst not stretch forth his hand against
 him4  #ab3dc4 ,but received him with   
honour1 and commended him to all his    

friends1 and gave him presents3  and he 
commanded his troops to obey him1 as    
himself4  #ab3dd4 ,and he said to       
,jonathan3  ,why hast thou troubled all 
the people1 whereas we have no war8     
#ab3de4 ,now1 therefore1 send them back 
to their own houses3  and choose thee a 
few men that may be with thee1 and come 
with me to ,ptolemais1 and ,i will      
deliver it to thee1 and the rest of the 
strong holds1 and the army1 and all that
 have any charge1 and ,i will return and
 go away3 for this is the cause of my   
coming4  #ab3df4 ,and ,jonathan believed
 him1 and did as he said3  and sent away
 his army1 and they departed into the   
land of ,juda3  #ab3dg4 ,but he kept    
with him three thousand men3  of whom he
 sent two thousand into ,galilee1 and   
one thousand went with him4  #ab3dh4    
,now as soon as ,jonathan entered into  
,ptolemais1 they of ,ptolemais shut the 
gates of the city1 and took him3  and   
all them that came in with him they slew
 with the sword4  #ab3di4 ,then ,tryphon

 sent an army and horsemen into         
,galilee1 and into the great plain1 to  
destroy all ,jonathan's company4        
#ab3ej4 ,but they1 when they understood 
that ,jonathan1 and all that were with  
him1 were taken and slain1 encouraged   
one another1 and went out ready for     
battle4  #ab3ea4 ,then they that had    
come after them1 seeing that they stood 
for their lives1 returned back4  #ab3eb4
 ,whereupon they all came peaceably into
 the land of ,juda and they bewailed    
,jonathan1 and them that had been with  
him1 exceedingly3  and ,israel mourned  
with great lamentation4  #ab3ec4 ,then  
all the heathens that were round about  
them1 sought to destroy them4  ,for they
 said3  #ab3ed4 ,they have no prince1   
nor any to help them3  now therefore1   
let us make war upon them1 and take away
 the memory of them from amongst men4   
#a ,machabees ,chapter #ac   ,simon is  
made captain general in the room of his 
brother4  ,jonathan is slain by         
,tryphon4  ,simon is favoured by        

,demetrius3  he taketh ,gaza1 and the   
castle of ,jerusalem4  #ac3a4 ,now      
,simon heard that ,tryphon was gathering
 together a very great army to invade   
the land of ,juda1 and to destroy it4   
#ac3b4 ,and seeing that the people was  
in dread and in fear1 he went up to     
,jerusalem1 and assembled the people1   
#ac3c4 ,and exhorted them1 saying3  ,you
 know what great battles ,i and my      
brethren1 and the house of my father1   
have fought for the laws1 and the       
sanctuary1 and the distresses that we   
have seen3  #ac3d4 ,by reason whereof   
all my brethren have lost their lives   
for ,israel's sake1 and ,i am left      
alone4  #ac3e4 ,and now far be it from  
me to spare my life in any time of      
trouble3  for ,i am not better than my  
brethren4  #ac3f4 ,i will avenge then my
 nation and the sanctuary1 and our      
children1 and wives3  for all the       
heathens are gathered together to       
destroy us out of mere malice4  #ac3g4  
,and the spirit of the people was       

enkindled as soon as they heard these   
words3  #ac3h4 ,and they answered with a
 loud voice1 saying3  ,thou art our     
leader in the place of ,judas1 and      
,jonathan1 thy brother3  #ac3i4 ,fight  
thou our battles1 and we will do        
whatsoever thou shalt say to us4        
#ac3aj4 ,so gathering together all the  
men of war1 he made haste to finish all 
the walls of ,jerusalem1 and he         
fortified it round about4  #ac3aa4 ,and 
he sent ,jonathan1 the son of ,absalom1 
and with him a new army1 into ,joppe1   
and he cast out them that were in it1   
and himself remained there4  #ac3ab4    
,and ,tryphon removed from ,ptolemais   
with a great army1 to invade the land of
 ,juda1 and ,jonathan was with him in   
custody4  #ac3ac4 ,but ,simon pitched in
 ,addus1 over against the plain4        
#ac3ad4 ,and when ,tryphon understood   
that ,simon was risen up in the place of
 his brother1 ,jonathan1 and that he    
meant to join battle with him1 he sent  
messengers to him1  #ac3ae4 ,saying3    

,we have detained thy brother1          
,jonathan1 for the money that he owed in
 the king's account1 by reason of the   
affairs which he had the management of4 
#ac3af4 ,but now send a hundred talents 
of silver1 and his two sons for         
hostages1 that when he is set at liberty
 he may not revolt from us1 and we will 
release him4  #ac3ag4 ,now ,simon knew  
that he spoke deceitfully to him2       
nevertheless1 he ordered the money and  
the children to be sent1 lest he should 
bring upon himself a great hatred of the
 people of ,israel1 who might have said3
  #ac3ah4 ,because he sent not the money
 and the children therefore is he lost4 
#ac3ai4 ,so he sent the children and the
 hundred talents and he lied1 and did   
not let ,jonathan go4  #ac3bj4 ,and     
after this1 ,tryphon entered within the 
country1 to destroy it3  and they went  
about by the way that leadeth to ,ador3 
and ,simon and his army marched to every
 place whithersoever they went4  ,simon 
and his army marched to every place     

whithersoever they went4 4 4,that is1   
whithersoever ,tryphon and his horsemen 
went in order to oppose them4  #ac3ba4  
,and they that were in the castle1 sent 
messengers to ,tryphon1 that he should  
make haste to come through the desert1  
and send them victuals4  #ac3bb4 ,and   
,tryphon made ready all his horsemen to 
come that night2 but there fell a very  
great snow1 and he came not into the    
country of ,galaad4  #ac3bc4 ,and when  
he approached to ,bascama1 he slew      
,jonathan and his sons there4  #ac3bd4  
,and ,tryphon returned1 and went into   
his own country4  #ac3be4 ,and ,simon   
sent1 and took the bones of ,jonathan1  
his brother1 and buried them in ,modin1 
the city of his fathers4  #ac3bf4 ,and  
all ,israel bewailed him with great     
lamentation3  and they mourned for him  
many days4  #ac3bg4 ,and ,simon built   
over the sepulchre of his father and of 
his brethren1 a building lofty to the   
sight1 of polished stone1 behind and    
before3  #ac3bh4 ,and he set up seven   

pyramids1 one against another1 for his  
father1 and his mother1 and his four    
brethren3  #ac3bi4 ,and round about     
these he set great pillars2 and upon the
 pillars1 arms1 for a perpetual memory2 
and by the arms1 ships carved1 which    
might be seen by all that sailed on the 
sea4  #ac3cj4 ,this is the sepulchre    
that he made in ,modin1 even unto this  
day4  #ac3ca4 ,but ,tryphon1 when he was
 upon a journey with the young king1    
,antiochus1 treacherously slew him4     
#ac3cb4 ,and he reigned in his place1   
and put on the crown of ,asia3  and     
brought great evils upon the land4      
#ac3cc4 ,and ,simon built up the strong 
holds of ,judea1 fortifying them with   
high towers1 and great walls1 and gates 
and bars3  and he stored up victuals in 
the fortresses4  #ac3cd4 ,and ,simon    
chose men1 and sent to king ,demetrius1 
to the end that he should grant an      
immunity to the land2 for all that      
,tryphon did1 was to spoil4  #ac3ce4    
,and king ,demetrius1 in answer to this 

request1 wrote a letter in this manner3 
#ac3cf4 ,king ,demetrius to ,simon1 the 
high priest1 and friend of kings1 and to
 the ancients1 and to the nation of the 
,jews1 greeting3  #ac3cg4 ,the golden   
crown1 and the palm1 which you sent1 we 
have received3  and we are ready to make
 a firm peace with you1 and to write to 
the king's chief officers to release you
 the things that we have released4      
#ac3ch4 ,for all that we have decreed in
 your favour shall stand in force4  ,the
 strong holds that you have built1 shall
 be your own4  #ac3ci4 ,and as for any  
oversight or fault committed unto this  
day1 we forgive it3  and the crown which
 you owed3  and if any other thing were 
taxed in ,jerusalem1 now let it not be  
taxed4  #ac3dj4 ,and if any of you be   
fit to be enrolled among ours1 let them 
be enrolled1 and let there be peace     
between us4  #ac3da4 ,in the year one   
hundred and seventy1 the yoke of the    
,gentiles was taken off from ,israel4   
#ac3db4 ,and the people of ,israel began

 to write in the instruments1 and public
 records1 ,the first year under ,simon1 
the high priest1 the great captain1 and 
prince of the ,jews4  #ac3dc4 ,in those 
days ,simon besieged ,gaza1 and camped  
round about it1 and he made engines1 and
 set them to the city1 and he struck one
 tower1 and took it4  #ac3dd4 ,and they 
that were within the engine leapt into  
the city3  and there was a great uproar 
in the city4  #ac3de4 ,and they that    
were in the city went up1 with their    
wives and children1 upon the wall1 with 
their garments rent1 and they cried with
 a loud voice1 beseeching ,simon to     
grant them peace4  #ac3df4 ,and they    
said3  ,deal not with us according to   
our evil deeds1 but according to thy    
mercy4  #ac3dg4 ,and ,simon being moved1
 did not destroy them but yet he cast   
them out of the city1 and cleansed the  
houses wherein there had been idols1 and
 then he entered into it with hymns1    
blessing the ,lord3  #ac3dh4 ,and having
 cast out of it all uncleanness1 he     

placed in it men that should observe the
 law3  and he fortified it1 and made it 
his habitation4  #ac3di4 ,but they that 
were in the castle of ,jerusalem were   
hindered from going out and coming into 
the country1 and from buying and        
selling3  and they were straitened with 
hunger1 and many of them perished       
through famine4  #ac3ej4 ,and they cried
 to ,simon for peace1 and he granted it 
to them3 and he cast them out from      
thence and cleansed the castle from     
uncleannesses4  #ac3ea4 ,and they       
entered into it the three and twentieth 
day of the second month1 in the year one
 hundred and seventy-one1 with          
thanksgiving1 and branches of palm      
trees1 and harps1 and cymbals1 and      
psalteries1 and hymns1 and canticles1   
because the great enemy was destroyed   
out of ,israel4  #ac3eb4 ,and he        
ordained that these days should be kept 
every year with gladness4  #ac3ec4 ,and 
he fortified the mountain of the temple 
that was near the castle1 and he dwelt  

there himself1 and they that were with  
him4  #ac3ed4 ,and ,simon saw that      
,john1 his son1 was a valiant man for   
war3  and he made him captain of all the
 forces3  and he dwelt in ,gazara4    #a
 ,machabees ,chapter #ad   ,demetrius is
 taken by the king of ,persia4  ,judea  
flourishes under the government of      
,simon4  #ad3a4 ,in the year one hundred
 and seventy-two king ,demetrius        
assembled his army1 and went into ,media
 to get him succours to fight against   
,tryphon4  #ad3b4 ,and ,arsaces1 the    
king of ,persia and ,media1 heard that  
,demetrius was entered within his       
borders1 and he sent one of his princes 
to take him alive1 and bring him to him4
  #ad3c4 ,and he went1 and defeated the 
army of ,demetrius3  and took him1 and  
brought him to ,arsaces1 and he put him 
into custody4  #ad3d4 ,and all the land 
of ,juda was at rest all the days of    
,simon1 and he sought the good of his   
nation3  and his power1 and his glory   
pleased them well all his days4  #ad3e4 

,and with all his glory he took ,joppe  
for a haven1 and made an entrance to the
 isles of the sea4  #ad3f4 ,and he      
enlarged the bounds of his nation1 and  
made himself master of the country4     
#ad3g4 ,and he gathered together a great
 number of captives1 and had the        
dominion of ,gazara1 and of ,bethsura1  
and of the castle3  and took away all   
uncleanness out of it1 and there was    
none that resisted him4  #ad3h4 ,and    
every man tilled his land with peace1   
and the land of ,juda yielded her       
increase1 and the trees of the fields   
their fruit4  #ad3i4 ,the ancient men   
sat all in the streets1 and treated     
together of the good things of the land1
 and the young men put on them glory1   
and the robes of war4  #ad3aj4 ,and he  
provided victuals for the cities1 and he
 appointed that they should be furnished
 with ammunition1 so that the fame of   
his glory was renowned even to the end  
of the earth4  #ad3aa4 ,he made peace in
 the land1 and ,israel rejoiced with    

great joy4  #ad3ab4 ,and every man sat  
under his vine1 and under his fig tree3 
and there was none to make them afraid4 
#ad3ac4 ,there was none left in the land
 to fight against them3  kings were     
discomfited in those days4  #ad3ad4 ,and
 he strengthened all those of his people
 that were brought low1 and he sought   
the law1 and took away every unjust and 
wicked man4  #ad3ae4 ,he glorified the  
sanctuary1 and multiplied the vessels of
 the holy places4  #ad3af4 ,and it was  
heard at ,rome1 and as far as ,sparta1  
that ,jonathan was dead3  and they were 
very sorry4  #ad3ag4 ,but when they     
heard that ,simon1 his brother1 was made
 high priest in his place1 and was      
possessed of all the country1 and the   
cities therein3  #ad3ah4 ,they wrote to 
him in tables of brass1 to renew the    
friendship and alliance which they had  
made with ,judas and with ,jonathan1 his
 brethren4  #ad3ai4 ,and they were read 
before the assembly in ,jerusalem4  ,and
 this is the copy of the letters that   

the ,spartans sent4  #ad3bj4 ,the       
princes and the cities of the ,spartans1
 to ,simon1 the high priest1 and to the 
ancients1 and the priests1 and the rest 
of the people of the ,jews1 their       
brethren1 greeting4  #ad3ba4 ,the       
ambassadors that were sent to our       
people1 have told us of your glory1 and 
honour1 and joy3  and we rejoiced at    
their coming4  #ad3bb4 ,and we          
registered what was said by them in the 
councils of the people1 in this manner3 
,numenius1 the son of ,antiochus1 and   
,antipater1 the son of ,jason1          
ambassadors of the ,jews1 came to us to 
renew the former friendship with us4    
#ad3bc4 ,and it pleased the people to   
receive the men honourably1 and to put a
 copy of their words in the public      
records1 to be a memorial to the people 
of the ,spartans4  ,and we have written 
a copy of them to ,simon1 the high      
priest4  #ad3bd4 ,and after this ,simon 
sent ,numenius to ,rome1 with a great   
shield of gold1 of the weight of a      

thousand pounds1 to confirm the league  
with them4  ,and when the people of     
,rome had heard  #ad3be4 ,these words1  
they said3  ,what thanks shall we give  
to ,simon1 and his sons3  #ad3bf4 ,for  
he hath restored his brethren1 and hath 
driven away in fight the enemies of     
,israel from them3  and they decreed him
 liberty1 and registered it in tables of
 brass1 and set it upon pillars in mount
 ,sion4  #ad3bg4 ,and this is a copy of 
the writing4  ,the eighteenth day of the
 month ,elul1 in the year one hundred   
and seventy-two1 being the third year   
under ,simon1 the high priest1 at       
,asaramel1  #ad3bh4 ,in a great assembly
 of the priests1 and of the people1 and 
the princes of the nation1 and the      
ancients of the country1 these things   
were notified3  ,forasmuch as there have
 often been wars in our country1        
#ad3bi4 ,and ,simon1 the son of         
,mathathias1 of the children of ,jarib1 
and his brethren1 have put themselves in
 danger1 and resisted the enemies of    

their nation1 for the maintenance of    
their holy places1 and the law3 and have
 raised their nation to great glory4    
#ad3cj4 ,and ,jonathan gathered together
 his nation1 and was made their high    
priest1 and he was laid to his people4  
#ad3ca4 ,and their enemies desired to   
tread down and destroy their country1   
and to stretch forth their hands against
 their holy places4  #ad3cb4 ,then      
,simon resisted and fought for his      
nation1 and laid out much of his money1 
and armed the valiant men of his nation1
 and gave them wages4  #ad3cc4 ,and he  
fortified the cities of ,judea and      
,bethsura that lieth in the borders of  
,judea1 where the armour of the enemies 
was before3  and he placed there a      
garrison of ,jews4  #ad3cd4 ,and he     
fortified ,joppe1 which lieth by the    
sea3  and ,gazara1 which bordereth upon 
,azotus1 wherein the enemies dwelt      
before1 and he placed ,jews here3  and  
furnished them with all things          
convenient for their reparation4        

#ad3ce4 ,and the people seeing the acts 
of ,simon1 and to what glory he meant to
 bring his nation1 made him their prince
 and high priest1 because he had done   
all these things1 and for the justice   
and faith which he kept to his nation1  
and for that he sought by all means to  
advance his people4  #ad3cf4 ,and in his
 days things prospered in his hands1 so 
that the heathens were taken away out of
 their country1 and they also that were 
in the city of ,david1 in ,jerusalem1 in
 the castle1 out of which they issued   
forth1 and profaned all places round    
about the sanctuary1 and did much evil  
to purity4  #ad3cg4 ,and he placed      
therein ,jews for the defence of the    
country1 and of the city1 and he raised 
up the walls of ,jerusalem4  #ad3ch4    
,and king ,demetrius confirmed him in   
the high priesthood4  #ad3ci4 ,according
 to these things he made him his friend1
 and glorified him with great glory4    
#ad3dj4 ,for he had heard that the      
,romans had called the ,jews their      

friends1 and confederates1 and brethren1
 and that they had received ,simon's    
ambassadors with honour3  #ad3da4 ,and  
that the ,jews1 and their priests1 had  
consented that he should be their prince
 and high priest for ever1 till there   
should arise a faithful prophet3        
#ad3db4 ,and that he should be chief    
over them1 and that he should have the  
charge of the sanctuary1 and that he    
should appoint rulers over their works1 
and over the country1 and over the      
armour1 and over the strong holds2      
#ad3dc4 ,and that he should have care of
 the holy places2 and that he should be 
obeyed by all1 and that all the writings
 in the country should be made in his   
name2 and that he should be clothed with
 purple and gold3  #ad3dd4 ,and that it 
should not be lawful for any of the     
people1 or of the priests1 to disannul  
any of these things1 or to gainsay his  
words1 or to call together an assembly  
in the country without him3  or to be   
clothed with purple1 or to wear a buckle

 of gold4  #ad3de4 ,and whosoever shall 
do otherwise1 or shall make void any of 
these things1 shall be punished4        
#ad3df4 ,and it pleased all the people  
to establish ,simon1 and to do according
 to these words4  #ad3dg4 ,and ,simon   
accepted thereof1 and was well pleased  
to execute the office of the high       
priesthood1 and to be captain1 and      
prince of the nation of the ,jews1 and  
of the priests1 and to be chief over    
all4  #ad3dh4 ,and they commanded that  
this writing should be put in tables of 
brass1 and that they should be set up   
within the compass of the sanctuary1 in 
a conspicuous place3  #ad3di4 ,and that 
a copy thereof should be put in the     
treasury1 that ,simon1 and his sons1 may
 have it4    #a ,machabees ,chapter #ae 
,antiochus son of ,demetrius honours    
,simon4  ,the ,romans write to divers   
nations in favour of the ,jews4         
,antiochus quarrels with ,simon1 and    
sends troops to annoy him4  #ae3a4 ,and 
king ,antiochus1 the son of ,demetrius1 

sent letters from the isles of the sea  
to ,simon1 the priest1 and prince of the
 nation of the ,jews1 and to all the    
people3  #ae3b4 ,and the contents were  
these3  ,king ,antiochus to ,simon1 the 
high priest1 and to the nation of the   
,jews1 greeting4  #ae3c4 ,forasmuch as  
certain pestilent men have usurped the  
kingdom of our fathers1 and my purpose  
is to challenge the kingdom1 and to     
restore it to its former estate2 and ,i 
have chosen a great army1 and have built
 ships of war4  #ae3d4 ,and ,i design to
 go through the country1 that ,i may    
take revenge of them that have destroyed
 our country1 and that have made many   
cities desolate in my realm4  #ae3e4    
,now1 therefore1 ,i confirm unto thee   
all the oblations which all the kings   
before me remitted to thee1 and what    
other gifts soever they remitted to     
thee3  #ae3f4 ,and ,i give thee leave to
 coin thy own money in thy country3     
#ae3g4 ,and let ,jerusalem be holy and  
free1 and all the armour that hath been 

made1 and the fortresses which thou hast
 built1 and which thou keepest in thy   
hands1 let them remain to thee4  #ae3h4 
,and all that is due to the king1 and   
what should be the king's hereafter1    
from this present and for ever1 is      
forgiven thee4  #ae3i4 ,and when we     
shall have recovered our kingdom1 we    
will glorify thee1 and thy nation1 and  
the temple1 with great glory1 so that   
your glory shall be made manifest in all
 the earth4  #ae3aj4 ,in the year one   
hundred and seventy-four1 ,antiochus    
entered into the land of his fathers1   
and all the forces assembled to him1 so 
that few were left with ,tryphon4       
#ae3aa4 ,and king ,antiochus pursued    
after him1 and he fled along by the sea 
coast and came to ,dora4  #ae3ab4 ,for  
he perceived that evils were gathered   
together upon him1 and his troops had   
forsaken him4  #ae3ac4 ,and ,antiochus  
camped above ,dora with a hundred and   
twenty thousand men of war1 and eight   
thousand horsemen3  #ae3ad4 ,and he     

invested the city1 and the ships drew   
near by sea3  and they annoyed the city 
by land1 and by sea1 and suffered none  
to come in1 or to go out4  #ae3ae4 ,and 
,numenius1 and they that had been with  
him1 came from the city of ,rome1 having
 letters written to the kings1 and      
countries1 the contents whereof were    
these3  #ae3af4 ,lucius1 the consul of  
the ,romans1 to king ,ptolemee1         
greeting4  ,ptolemee4 4 4,surnamed      
,physeon1 brother and successor to      
,philometer4  #ae3ag4 ,the ambassadors  
of the ,jews1 our friends1 came to us1  
to renew the former friendship and      
alliance1 being sent from ,simon1 the   
high priest1 and the people of the      
,jews4  #ae3ah4 ,and they brought also a
 shield of gold of a thousand pounds4   
#ae3ai4 ,it hath seemed good therefore  
to us1 to write to the kings and        
countries1 that they should do them no  
harm1 nor fight against them1 their     
cities1 or countries3  and that they    
should give no aid to them that fight   

against them4  #ae3bj4 ,and it hath     
seemed good to us to receive the shield 
of them4  #ae3ba4 ,if1 therefore1 any   
pestilent men are fled out of their     
country to you1 deliver them to ,simon1 
the high priest1 that he may punish them
 according to their law4  #ae3bb4 ,these
 same things were written to king       
,demetrius1 and to ,attalus1 and to     
,ariarathes1 and to ,arsaces1  ,attalus1
 etc4 4 4,attalus was king of ,pergamus2
 ,ariarathes was king of ,cappadocia2   
and ,arsaces was king of the ,parthians4
  #ae3bc4 ,and to all the countries3    
and to ,lampsacus and to the ,spartans1 
and to ,delus1 and ,myndus1 and ,sicyon1
 and ,caria1 and ,samus1 and ,pamphylia1
 and ,lycia1 and ,alicarnassus1 and     
,cos1 and ,side1 and ,aradus1 and       
,rhodes1 and ,phaselis1 and ,gortyna1   
and ,gnidus1 and ,cyprus1 and ,cyrene4  
#ae3bd4 ,and they wrote a copy thereof  
to ,simon1 the high priest1 and to the  
people of the ,jews4  #ae3be4 ,but king 
,antiochus moved his camp to ,dora the  

second time1 assaulting it continually1 
and making engines3  and he shut up     
,tryphon1 that he could not go out4     
#ae3bf4 ,and ,simon sent to him two     
thousand chosen men to aid him1 silver  
also1 and gold1 and abundance of        
furniture4  #ae3bg4 ,and he would not   
receive them1 but broke all the covenant
 that he had made with him before1 and  
alienated himself from him4  #ae3bh4    
,and he sent to him ,athenobius1 one of 
his friends1 to treat with him1 saying3 
,you hold ,joppe and ,gazara1 and the   
castle that is in ,jerusalem1 which are 
cities of my kingdom3  #ae3bi4 ,their   
borders you have wasted1 and you have   
made great havoc in the land1 and have  
got the dominion of many places in my   
kingdom4  #ae3cj4 ,now1 therefore1      
deliver up the cities that you have     
taken1 and the tributes of the places   
whereof you have gotten the dominion    
without the borders of ,judea4  #ae3ca4 
,but if not1 give me for them five      
hundred talents of silver1 and for the  

havoc that you have made1 and the       
tributes of the cities1 other five      
hundred talents3  or else we will come  
and fight against you4  #ae3cb4 ,so     
,athenobius1 the king's friend came to  
,jerusalem1 and saw the glory of ,simon 
and his magnificence in gold1 and       
silver1 and his great equipage1 and he  
was astonished1 and told him the king's 
words4  #ae3cc4 ,and ,simon answered    
him1 and said to him3  ,we have neither 
taken other men's land1 neither do we   
hold that which is other men's1 but the 
inheritance of our fathers1 which was   
for some time unjustly possessed by our 
enemies4  #ae3cd4 ,but we having        
opportunity1 claim the inheritance of   
our fathers4  #ae3ce4 ,and as to thy    
complaints concerning ,joppe and        
,gazara1 they did great harm to the     
people1 and to our country3  yet for    
these we will give a hundred talents4   
,and ,athenobius answered him not a     
word4  #ae3cf4 ,but returning in a rage 
to the king1 made report to him of these

 words1 and of the glory of ,simon1 and 
of all that he had seen1 and the king   
was exceeding angry4  #ae3cg4 ,and      
,tryphon fled away by ship to           
,orthosias4  #ae3ch4 ,and the king      
appointed ,cendebeus captain of the sea 
coast1 and gave him an army of footmen  
and horsemen4  #ae3ci4 ,and he commanded
 him to march with his army towards     
,judea3  and he commanded him to build  
up ,gedor1 and to fortify the gates of  
the city1 and to war against the people4
  ,but the king himself pursued after   
,tryphon4  #ae3dj4 ,and ,cendebeus came 
to ,jamnia1 and began to provoke the    
people1 and to ravage ,judea1 and to    
take the people prisoners1 and to kill1 
and to build ,gedor4  #ae3da4 ,and he   
placed there horsemen1 and an army3     
that they might issue forth1 and make   
incursions upon the ways of ,judea1 as  
the king had commanded him4    #a       
,machabees ,chapter #af   ,the sons of  
,simon defeat the troops of ,antiochus4 
,simon with two of his sons are         

treacherously murdered by ,ptolemee his 
son in law4  #af3a4 ,then ,john came up 
from ,gazara1 and told ,simon1 his      
father1 what ,cendebeus had done against
 their people4  ,john4 4 4,he was       
afterwards surnamed ,hircanus1 and      
succeeded his father in both his        
dignities of high priest and prince4    
,he conquered the ,edomites1 and obliged
 them to a conformity with the ,jews in 
religion2 and destroyed the schismatical
 temple of the ,samaritans4  #af3b4 ,and
 ,simon called his two eldest sons1     
,judas and ,john1 and said to them3  ,i 
and my brethren1 and my father's house1 
have fought against the enemies of      
,israel from our youth even to this day3
  and things have prospered so well in  
our hands1 that we have delivered       
,israel oftentimes4  #af3c4 ,and now ,i 
am old1 but be you instead of me1 and my
 brethren1 and go out1 and fight for our
 nation3  and the help from heaven be   
with you4  #af3d4 ,then he chose out of 
the country twenty thousand fighting    

men1 and horsemen1 and they went forth  
against ,cendebeus3  and they rested in 
,modin4  #af3e4 ,and they arose in the  
morning1 and went into the plain3  and  
behold a very great army of footmen and 
horsemen came against them1 and there   
was a running river between them4       
#af3f4 ,and he and his people pitched   
their camp over against them1 and he saw
 that the people were afraid to go over 
the river1 so he went over first3  then 
the men seeing him1 passed over after   
him4  ,he4 4 4,viz41 ,john4  #af3g4 ,and
 he divided the people1 and set the     
horsemen in the midst of the footmen3   
but the horsemen of the enemies were    
very numerous4  #af3h4 ,and they sounded
 the holy trumpets3  and ,cendebeus and 
his army were put to flight3  and there 
fell many of them wounded1 and the rest 
fled into the strong hold4  #af3i4 ,at  
that time1 ,judas1 ,john's brother1 was 
wounded3  but ,john pursued after them1 
till he came to ,cedron1 which he had   
built3  ,cedron4 4 4,otherwise called   

,gedon1 the city that ,cendebeus was    
fortifying4  #af3aj4 ,and they fled even
 to the towers that were in the fields  
of ,azotus1 and he burnt them with fire4
  ,and there fell of them two thousand  
men1 and he returned into ,judea in     
peace4  #af3aa4 ,now ,ptolemee1 the son 
of ,abobus1 was appointed captain in the
 plain of ,jericho1 and he had abundance
 of silver and gold4  #af3ab4 ,for he   
was son in law of the high priest4      
#af3ac4 ,and his heart was lifted up1   
and he designed to make himself master  
of the country1 and he purposed         
treachery against ,simon and his sons1  
to destroy them4  #af3ad4 ,now ,simon1  
as he was going through the cities that 
were in the country of ,judea1 and      
taking care for the good ordering of    
them1 went down to ,jericho1 he and     
,mathathias and ,judas1 his sons1 in the
 year one hundred and seventy-seven1 the
 eleventh month3  the same is the month 
,sabath4  #af3ae4 ,and the son of       
,abobus received them deceitfully into a

 little fortress1 that is called ,doch1 
which he had built3  and he made them a 
great feast1 and hid men there4  #af3af4
 ,and when ,simon and his sons had drunk
 plentifully1 ,ptolemee and his men rose
 up1 and took their weapons1 and entered
 into the banqueting place1 and slew    
him1 and his two sons1 and some of his  
servants4  #af3ag4 ,and he committed a  
great treachery in ,israel1 and rendered
 evil for good4  #af3ah4 ,and ,ptolemee 
wrote these things1 and sent to the king
 that he should send him an army to aid 
him1 and he would deliver him the       
country1 and their cities1 and tributes4
  #af3ai4 ,and he sent others to ,gazara
 to kill ,john3  and to the tribunes he 
sent letters to come to him1 and that he
 would give them silver1 and gold1 and  
gifts4  #af3bj4 ,and he sent others to  
take ,jerusalem1 and the mountain of the
 temple4  #af3ba4 ,now one running      
before1 told ,john in ,gazara1 that his 
father and his brethren were slain1 and 
that he hath sent men to kill thee also4

  #af3bb4 ,but when he heard it1 he was 
exceedingly afraid3  and he apprehended 
the men that came to kill him1 and he   
put them to death3 for he knew that they
 sought to make him away4  #af3bc4 ,and 
as concerning the rest of the acts of   
,john1 and his wars1 and the worthy     
deeds1 which he bravely achieved1 and   
the building of the walls1 which he     
made1 and the things that he did3       
#af3bd4 ,behold1 these are written in   
the book of the days of his priesthood1 
from the time that he was made high     
priest after his father4     ,,the      
,,second ,,book ,,of ,,machabees        
,this second book of ,,machabees is not 
a continuation of the history contained 
in the first3  nor does is come down so 
low as the first does3 but relates many 
of the same facts more at large1 and    
adds other remarkable particulars1      
omitted in the first book1 relating to  
the state of the ,jews1 as well before  
as under the persecution of ,,antiochus4
  ,the author1 who is not the same with 

that of the first book1 has given 7as we
 learn from chap4 #b4bj1 etc47 a short  
abstract of what ,,jason of ,cyrene had 
written in the five volumes1 concerning 
,,judas and his brethren4  ,he wrote in 
,greek1 and begins with two letters1    
sent by the ,jews of ,jerusalem to their
 brethren in ,egypt4    #b ,machabees   
,chapter #a   ,letters of the ,jews of  
,jerusalem to them that were in ,egypt4 
,they give thanks for their delivery    
from ,antiochus3  and exhort their      
brethren to keep the feast of the       
dedication of the altar1 and of the     
miraculous fire4  #a3a4 ,to the         
brethren1 the ,jews that are throughout 
,egypt2 the brethren1 the ,jews that are
 in ,jerusalem1 and in the land of      
,judea1 send health and good peace4     
#a3b4 ,may ,god be gracious to you1 and 
remember his covenant that he made with 
,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 his   
faithful servants3  #a3c4 ,and give you 
all a heart to worship him1 and to do   
his will with a great heart1 and a      

willing mind4  #a3d4 ,may he open your  
heart in his law1 and in his            
commandments1 and send you peace4  #a3e4
 ,may he hear your prayers1 and be      
reconciled unto you1 and never forsake  
you in the evil time4  #a3f4 ,and now   
here we are praying for you4  #a3g4     
,when ,demetrius reigned1 in the year   
one hundred and sixty-nine1 we ,jews    
wrote to you in the trouble and violence
 that came upon us in those years1 after
 ,jason withdrew himself from the holy  
land1 and from the kingdom4  #a3h4 ,they
 burnt the gate1 and shed innocent      
blood3  then we prayed to the ,lord1 and
 were heard1 and we offered sacrifices1 
and fine flour1 and lighted the lamps1  
and set forth the loaves4  #a3i4 ,and   
now celebrate ye the days of ,scenopegia
 in the month of ,casleu4  ,scenopegia4 
4 4,viz41 the ,encenia1 or feast of the 
dedication of the altar1 called here    
,scenopegia1 or feast of tabernacles1   
from being celebrated with the like     
solemnity4  #a3aj4 ,in the year one     

hundred and eighty-eight1 the people    
that is at ,jerusalem1 and in ,judea1   
and the senate1 and ,judas1 to          
,aristobolus1 the preceptor of king     
,ptolemee1 who is of the stock of the   
anointed priests1 and to the ,jews that 
are in ,egypt1 health and welfare4      
#a3aa4 ,having been delivered by ,god   
out of great dangers1 we give him great 
thanks1 forasmuch as we have been in war
 with such a king4  ,such a king4 4     
4,viz41 ,antiochus ,sidetes1 who began  
to make war upon the ,jews1 whilst      
,simon was yet alive4  #a ,mac4 #ae4ci4 
,and afterwards besieged ,jerusalem     
under ,john ,hircanus4  ,so that the    
,judas here mentioned1 ver4 #aj1 is not 
,judas ,machabeus1 who was dead long    
before the year #ahh of the kingdom of  
the ,greeks1 for he died in the year    
#adf of that epoch1 7see above #a ,mac4 
chap4 #b41 ver4 #gj1 also the note on   
chap4 #a1 ver4 #b17 but either ,judas   
the eldest son of ,john ,hircanus1 or   
,judas the ,essene1 renowned for the    

gift of prophecy1 who flourished about  
that time4  #a3ab4 ,for he made numbers 
of men swarm out of ,persia1 that have  
fought against us1 and the holy city4   
#a3ac4 ,for when the leader himself was 
in ,persia1 and with him a very great   
army1 he fell in the temple of ,nanea1  
being deceived by the counsel of the    
priests of ,nanea4  ,nanea4 4 4,a       
,persian goddess1 which some have taken 
for ,diana1 others for ,venus4  #a3ad4  
,for ,antiochus1 with his friends1 came 
to the place as though he would marry   
her1 and that he might receive great    
sums of money under the title of a      
dowry4  #a3ae4 ,and when the priests of 
,nanea had set it forth1 and he with a  
small company had entered into the      
compass of the temple1 they shut the    
temple1  #a3af4 ,when ,antiochus was    
come in3  and opening a secret entrance 
of the temple1 they cast stones and slew
 the leader1 and them that were with    
him1 and hewed them in pieces2 and      
cutting off their heads1 they threw them

 forth4  #a3ag4 ,blessed be ,god in all 
things1 who hath delivered up the       
wicked4  #a3ah4 ,therefore1 whereas we  
purpose to keep the purification of the 
temple on the five and twentieth day of 
the month of ,casleu1 we thought it     
necessary to signify it to you3  that   
you also may keep the day of            
,scenopegia1 and the day of the fire1   
that was given when ,nehemias offered   
sacrifice1 after the temple and the     
altar was built4  #a3ai4 ,for when our  
fathers were led into ,persia1 the      
priests that then were worshippers of   
,god1 took privately the fire from the  
altar1 and hid it in a valley where     
there was a deep pit without water1 and 
there they kept it safe1 so that the    
place was unknown to all men4  ,persia4 
4 4,babylonia1 called here ,persia1 from
 being afterwards a part of the ,persian
 empire4  #a3bj4 ,but when many years   
had passed1 and it pleased ,god that    
,nehemias should be sent by the king of 
,persia1 he sent some of the posterity  

of those priests that had hid it1 to    
seek for the fire3  and as they told us1
 they found no fire1 but thick water4   
#a3ba4 ,then he bade them draw it up1   
and bring it to him3  and the priest1   
,nehemias1 commanded the sacrifices that
 were laid on1 to be sprinkled with the 
same water1 both the wood1 and the      
things that were laid upon it4  #a3bb4  
,and when this was done1 and the time   
came that the sun shone out1 which      
before was in a cloud1 there was a great
 fire kindled1 so that all wondered4    
#a3bc4 ,and all the priests made prayer1
 while the sacrifice was consuming1     
,jonathan beginning1 and the rest       
answering4  #a3bd4 ,and the prayer of   
,nehemias was after this manner3  ,o    
,lord ,god1 ,creator of all things1     
dreadful and strong1 just and merciful1 
who alone art the good king1  #a3be4    
,who alone art gracious1 who alone art  
just1 and almighty1 and eternal1 who    
deliverest ,israel from all evil1 who   
didst choose the fathers1 and didst     

sanctify them3  #a3bf4 ,receive the     
sacrifice for all thy people ,israel1   
and preserve thy own portion1 and       
sanctify it4  #a3bg4 ,gather together   
our scattered people1 deliver them that 
are slaves to the ,gentiles1 and look   
upon them that are despised and         
abhorred3  that the ,gentiles may know  
that thou art our ,god  #a3bh4 ,punish  
them that oppress us1 and that treat us 
injuriously with pride4  #a3bi4         
,establish thy people in thy holy place1
 as ,moses hath spoken4  #a3cj4 ,and the
 priests sung hymns till the sacrifice  
was consumed4  #a3ca4 ,and when the     
sacrifice was consumed1 ,nehemias       
commanded the water that was left to be 
poured out upon the great stones4       
#a3cb4 ,which being done1 there was     
kindled a flame from them3  but it was  
consumed by the light that shined from  
the altar4  #a3cc4 ,and when this matter
 became public1 it was told to the king 
of ,persia1 that in the place where the 
priests that were led away1 had hid the 

fire1 there appeared water1 with which  
,nehemias and they that were with him   
had purified the sacrifices4  #a3cd4    
,and the king considering1 and          
diligently examining the matter1 made a 
temple for it1 that he might prove what 
had happened4  ,a temple4 4 4,that is1  
an enclosure1 or a wall round about the 
place where the fire was hid1 to        
separate it from profane uses1 to the   
end that it might be respected as a holy
 place4  #a3ce4 ,and when he had proved 
it1 he gave the priests many goods1 and 
divers presents1 and he took and        
distributed them to them with his own   
hand4  #a3cf4 ,and ,nehemias called this
 place ,nephthar1 which is interpreted  
purification4  ,but many call it ,nephi4
    #b ,machabees ,chapter #b   ,a      
continuation of the second letter4  ,of 
,jeremias' hiding the ark at the time of
 the captivity4  ,the author's preface4 
#b3a4,now it is found in the            
descriptions of ,jeremias1 the prophet1 
that he commanded them that went into   

captivity1 to take the fire1 as it hath 
been signified1 and how he gave charge  
to them that were carried away into     
captivity4  ,the descriptions4 4 4,that 
is1 the records or memoirs of ,jeremias1
 a work that is now lost4  #b3b4 ,and   
how he gave them the law1 that they     
should not forget the commandments of   
the ,lord1 and that they should not err 
in their minds1 seeing the idols of     
gold1 and silver1 and the ornaments of  
them4  #b3c4 ,and with other such like  
speeches1 he exhorted them that they    
would not remove the law from their     
heart4  #b3d4 ,it was also contained in 
the same writing1 how the prophet1 being
 warned by ,god1 commanded that the     
tabernacle and the ark should accompany 
him1 till he came forth to the mountain 
where ,moses went up1 and saw the       
inheritance of ,god4  #b3e4 ,and when   
,jeremias came thither he found a hollow
 cave3  and he carried in thither the   
tabernacle1 and the ark1 and the altar  
of incense1 and so stopped the door4    

#b3f4 ,then some of them that followed  
him1 came up to mark the place3 but they
 could not find it4  #b3g4 ,and when    
,jeremias perceived it1 he blamed them1 
saying3  ,the place shall be unknown1   
till ,god gather together the           
congregation of the people1 and receive 
them to mercy4  #b3h4 ,and then the     
,lord will shew these things1 and the   
majesty of the ,lord shall appear1 and  
there shall be a cloud as it was also   
shewed to ,moses1 and he shewed it when 
,solomon prayed that the place might be 
sanctified to the great ,god4  #b3i4    
,for he treated wisdom in a magnificent 
manner3  and like a wise man1 he offered
 the sacrifice of the dedication1 and of
 the finishing of the temple4  #b3aj4   
,and as ,moses prayed to the ,lord1 and 
fire came down from heaven1 and consumed
 the holocaust3  so ,solomon also       
prayed1 and fire came down from heaven  
and consumed the holocaust4  #b3aa4 ,and
 ,moses said3  ,because the sin offering
 was not eaten1 it was consumed4  #b3ab4

 ,so ,solomon also celebrated the       
dedication eight days4  #b3ac4 ,and     
these same things were set down in the  
memoirs1 and commentaries of ,nehemias3 
and how he made a library1 and gathered 
together out of the countries1 the books
 both of the prophets1 and of ,david1   
and the epistles of the kings1 and      
concerning the holy gifts4  #b3ad4 ,and 
in like manner ,judas also gathered     
together all such things as were lost by
 the war we had1 and they are in our    
possession4  #b3ae4 ,wherefore1 if you  
want these things1 send some that may   
fetch them to you4  #b3af4 ,as we are   
then about to celebrate the             
purification1 we have written unto you3 
and you shall do well1 if you keep the  
same days4  ,the purification4 4 4,that 
is1 the feast of the purifying or       
cleansing of the temple4  #b3ag4 ,and we
 hope that ,god1 who hath delivered his 
people1 and hath rendered to all the    
inheritance1 and the kingdom1 and the   
priesthood1 and the sanctuary1  #b3ah4  

,as he promised in the law1 will shortly
 have mercy upon us1 and will gather us 
together from every land under heaven   
into the holy place4  #b3ai4 ,for he    
hath delivered us out of great perils1  
and hath cleansed the place4  #b3bj4    
,now as concerning ,judas ,machabeus1   
and his brethren1 and the purification  
of the great temple1 and the dedication 
of the altar3  #b3ba4 ,as also the wars 
against ,antiochus1 the ,illustrious1   
and his son1 ,eupator3  #b3bb4 ,and the 
manifestations that came from heaven to 
them1 that behaved themselves manfully  
on the behalf of the ,jews1 so that1    
being but a few they made themselves    
masters of the whole country1 and put to
 flight the barbarous multitude3  #b3bc4
 ,and recovered again the most renowned 
temple in all the world1 and delivered  
the city1 and restored the laws that    
were abolished1 the ,lord with all      
clemency shewing mercy to them4  #b3bd4 
,and all such things as have been       
comprised in five books by ,jason1 of   

,cyrene1 we have attempted to abridge in
 one book4  #b3be4 ,for considering the 
multitude of books1 and the difficulty  
that they find that desire to undertake 
the narrations of histories1 because of 
the multitude of the matter1  #b3bf4 ,we
 have taken care for those indeed that  
are willing to read1 that it might be a 
pleasure of mind3  and for the studious1
 that they may more easily commit to    
memory3  and that all that read might   
receive profit4  #b3bg4 ,and as to      
ourselves indeed1 in undertaking this   
work of abridging1 we have taken in hand
 no easy task2 yea1 rather a business   
full of watching and sweat4  ,no easy   
task1 etc4 4 4,the spirit of ,god1 that 
assists the sacred penmen1 does not     
exempt them from labour in seeking out  
the matter which they are to treat of1  
and the order and manner in which they  
are to deliver it4  ,so ,st4 ,luke writ 
the gospel having diligently attained to
 all things4  ,luke #a4 ver4 #c4  #b3bh4
 ,but as they that prepare a feast1 and 

seek to satisfy the will of others3  for
 the sake of many1 we willingly undergo 
the labour4  #b3bi4 ,leaving to the     
authors the exact handling of every     
particular1 and as for ourselves1       
according to the plan proposed1 studying
 to be brief4  #b3cj4 ,for as the master
 builder of a new house must have care  
of the whole building3  but he that     
taketh care to paint it1 must seek out  
fit things for the adorning of it3  so  
must it be judged of us4  #b3ca4 ,for to
 collect all that is to be known1 to put
 the discourse in order1 and curiously  
to discuss every particular point1 is   
the duty of the author of a history3    
#b3cb4 ,but to pursue brevity of speech1
 and to avoid nice declarations of      
things1 is to be granted to him that    
maketh an abridgment4  #b3cc4 ,here then
 we will begin the narration3  let this 
be enough by way of a preface3  for it  
is a foolish thing to make a long       
prologue1 and to be short in the story  
itself4    #b ,machabees ,chapter #c    

,heliodorus is sent by king ,seleucus to
 take away the treasures deposited in   
the temple4  ,he is struck by ,god1 and 
healed by the prayers of the high       
priest4  #c3a4 ,therefore1 when the holy
 city was inhabited with all peace1 and 
the laws as yet were very well kept1    
because of the godliness of ,onias1 the 
high priest and the hatred his soul had 
of evil1  #c3b4 ,it came to pass that   
even the kings themselves and the       
princes esteemed the place worthy of the
 highest honour1 and glorified the      
temple with very great gifts3  #c3c4 ,so
 that ,seleucus1 king of ,asia1 allowed 
out of his revenues all the charges     
belonging to the ministry of the        
sacrifices4  ,seleucus4 4 4,son of      
,antiochus the ,great1 and elder brother
 of ,antiochus ,epiphanes4  #c3d4 ,but  
one ,simon1 of the tribe of ,benjamin1  
who was appointed overseer of the       
temple1 strove in opposition to the high
 priest1 to bring about some unjust     
thing in the city4  #c3e4 ,and when he  

could not overcome ,onias1 he went to   
,apollonius1 the son of ,tharseas1 who  
at that time was governor of ,celesyria1
 and ,phenicia3  #c3f4 ,and told him1   
that the treasury in ,jerusalem was full
 of immense sums of money1 and the      
common store was infinite1 which did not
 belong to the account of the           
sacrifices3  and that it was possible to
 bring all into the king's hands4  #c3g4
 ,now when ,apollonius had given the    
king notice concerning the money that he
 was told of1 he called for ,heliodorus1
 who had the charge over his affairs1   
and sent him with commission to bring   
him the foresaid money4  #c3h4 ,so      
,heliodorus forthwith began his journey1
 under a colour of visiting the cities  
of ,celesyria and ,phenicia1 but indeed 
to fulfil the king's purpose4  #c3i4    
,and when he was come to ,jerusalem1 and
 had been courteously received in the   
city by the high priest1 he told him    
what information had been given         
concerning the money3  and declared the 

cause for which he was come3  and asked 
if these things were so indeed4  #c3aj4 
,then the high priest told him that     
these were sums deposited1 and          
provisions for the subsistence of the   
widows and the fatherless3  #c3aa4 ,and 
that some part of that which wicked     
,simon had given intelligence of        
belonged to ,hircanus1 son of ,tobias1 a
 man of great dignity2 and that the     
whole was four hundred talents of       
silver1 and two hundred of gold4  #c3ab4
 ,but that to deceive them who had      
trusted to the place and temple which is
 honoured throughout the whole world1   
for the reverence and holiness of it1   
was a thing which could not by any means
 be done4  #c3ac4 ,but he1 by reason of 
the orders he had received from the     
king1 said1 that by all means the money 
must be carried to the king4  #c3ad4 ,so
 on the day he had appointed1           
,heliodorus entered in to order this    
matter4  ,but there was no small terror 
throughout the whole city4  #c3ae4 ,and 

the priests prostrated themselves before
 the altar in their priests' vestments1 
and called upon him from heaven1 who    
made the law concerning things given to 
be kept1 that he would preserve them    
safe1 for them that had deposited them4 
#c3af4 ,now whosoever saw the           
countenance of the high priest1 was     
wounded in heart3  for his face1 and the
 changing of his colour1 declared the   
inward sorrow of his mind4  #c3ag4 ,for 
the man was so compassed with sadness   
and horror of the body1 that it was     
manifest to them that beheld him1 what  
sorrow he had in his heart4  #c3ah4     
,others also came flocking together out 
of their houses1 praying and making     
public supplication1 because the place  
was like to come into contempt4  #c3ai4 
,and the women1 girded with haircloth   
about their breasts1 came together in   
the streets4  ,and the virgins also that
 were shut up1 came forth1 some to      
,onias1 and some to the walls1 and      
others looked out of the windows4       

#c3bj4 ,and all holding up their hands  
towards heaven made supplication4       
#c3ba4 ,for the expectation of the mixed
 multitude1 and of the high priest1 who 
was in an agony1 would have moved any   
one to pity4  #c3bb4 ,and these indeed  
called upon almighty ,god1 to preserve  
the things that had been committed to   
them safe and sure for those that had   
committed them4  #c3bc4 ,but ,heliodorus
 executed that which he had resolved on1
 himself being present in the same place
 with his guard about the treasury4     
#c3bd4 ,but the spirit of the ,almighty 
,god gave a great evidence of his       
presence1 so that all that had presumed 
to obey him1 falling down by the power  
of ,god1 were struck with fainting and  
dread4  #c3be4 ,for there appeared to   
them a horse1 with a terrible rider upon
 him1 adorned with a very rich covering3
  and he ran fiercely and struck        
,heliodorus with his fore feet1 and he  
that sat upon him seemed to have armour 
of gold4  #c3bf4 ,moreover there        

appeared two other young men1 beautiful 
and strong1 bright and glorious1 and in 
comely apparel3  who stood by him1 on   
either side1 and scourged him without   
ceasing with many stripes4  #c3bg4 ,and 
,heliodorus suddenly fell to the ground1
 and they took him up1 covered with     
great darkness1 and having put him into 
a litter1 they carried him out4  #c3bh4 
,so he that came with many servants1 and
 all his guard1 into the aforesaid      
treasury1 was carried out1 no one being 
able to help him1 the manifest power of 
,god being known4  #c3bi4 ,and he       
indeed1 by the power of ,god1 lay       
speechless1 and without all hope of     
recovery4  #c3cj4 ,but they praised the 
,lord1 because he had glorified his     
place3 and the temple1 that a little    
before was full of fear and trouble1    
when the ,almighty ,lord appeared1 was  
filled with joy and gladness4  #c3ca4   
,then some of the friends of ,heliodorus
 forthwith begged of ,onias1 that he    
would call upon the ,most ,high to grant

 him his life1 who was ready to give up 
the ghost4  #c3cb4 ,so the high priest1 
considering that the king might perhaps 
suspect that some mischief had been done
 to ,heliodorus by the ,jews1 offered a 
sacrifice of health for the recovery of 
the man4  #c3cc4 ,and when the high     
priest was praying1 the same young men  
in the same clothing stood by           
,heliodorus1 and said to him3  ,give    
thanks to ,onias the priest3  because   
for his sake the ,lord hath granted thee
 life4  #c3cd4 ,and thou having been    
scourged by ,god1 declare unto all men  
the great works and the power of ,god4  
,and having spoken thus1 they appeared  
no more4  #c3ce4 ,so ,heliodorus1 after 
he had offered a sacrifice to ,god1 and 
made great vows to him1 that had granted
 him life1 and given thanks to ,onias1  
taking his troops with him1 returned to 
the king4  #c3cf4 ,and he testified to  
all men the works of the great ,god1    
which he had seen with his own eyes4    
#c3cg4 ,and when the king asked         

,heliodorus1 who might be a fit man to  
be sent yet once more to ,jerusalem1 he 
said3  #c3ch4 ,if thou hast any enemy1  
or traitor to thy king dom1 send him    
thither1 and thou shalt receive him     
again scourged1 if so be he escape3 for 
there is undoubtedly in that place a    
certain power of ,god4  #c3ci4 ,for he  
that hath his dwelling in the heavens1  
is the visitor and protector of that    
place1 and he striketh and destroyeth   
them that come to do evil to it4  #c3dj4
 ,and the things concerning ,heliodorus1
 and the keeping of the treasury1 fell  
out in this manner4    #b ,machabees    
,chapter #d   ,onias has recourse to the
 king4  ,the ambition and wickedness of 
,jason and ,menelaus4  ,onias is        
treacherously murdered4  #d3a4 ,but     
,simon1 of whom we spoke before1 who was
 the betrayer of the money1 and of his  
country1 spoke ill of ,onias1 as though 
he had incited ,heliodorus to do these  
things1 and had been the promoter of    
evils3  #d3b4 ,and he presumed to call  

him a traitor to the kingdom1 who       
provided for the city1 and defended his 
nation1 and was zealous for the law of  
,god4  #d3c4 ,but when the enmities     
proceeded so far1 that murders also were
 committed by some of ,simon's friends3 
#d3d4 ,onias1 considering the danger of 
this contention1 and that ,apollonius1  
who was the governor of ,celesyia1 and  
,phenicia1 was outrageous1 which        
increased the malice of ,simon1 went to 
the king1  #d3e4 ,not to be an accuser  
of his countrymen1 but with view to the 
common good of all the people4  #d3f4   
,for he saw that1 except the king took  
care1 it was impossible that matters    
should be settled in peace1 or that     
,simon would cease from his folly4      
#d3g4 ,but after the death of ,seleucus1
 when ,antiochus1 who was called the    
,illustrious1 had taken possession of   
the kingdom1 ,jason1 the brother of     
,onias1 ambitiously sought the high     
priesthood3  #d3h4 ,and went to the     
king1 promising him three hundred and   

sixty talents of silver1 and out of     
other revenues fourscore talents4  #d3i4
 ,besides this he promised also a       
hundred and fifty more1 if he might have
 license to set him up a place for      
exercise1 and a place for youth1 and to 
entitle them that were at ,jerusalem1   
,antiochians4  #d3aj4 ,which when the   
king had granted1 and he had gotten the 
rule into his hands1 forthwith he began 
to bring over his countrymen to the     
fashion of the heathens4  #d3aa4 ,and   
abolishing those things1 which had been 
decreed of special favour by the kings  
in behalf of the ,jews1 by the means of 
,john1 the father of that ,eupolemus1   
who went ambassador to ,rome to make    
amity and alliance1 he disannulled the  
lawful ordinances of the citizens1 and  
brought in fashions that were perverse4 
#d3ab4 ,for he had the boldness to set  
up1 under the very castle1 a place of   
exercise1 and to put all the choicest   
youths in brothel houses4  #d3ac4 ,now  
this was not the beginning1 but an      

increase1 and progress of heathenish and
 foreign manners1 through the abominable
 and unheard of wickedness of ,jason1   
that impious wretch1 and no priest4     
#d3ad4 ,insomuch that the priests were  
not now occupied about the offices of   
the altar1 but despising the temple and 
neglecting the sacrifices1 hastened to  
be partakers of the games1 and of the   
unlawful allowance thereof1 and of the  
exercise of the discus4  #d3ae4 ,and    
setting nought by the honours of their  
fathers1 they esteemed the ,grecian     
glories for the best3  #d3af4 ,for the  
sake of which they incurred a dangerous 
contention1 and followed earnestly their
 ordinances1 and in all things they     
coveted to be like them1 who were their 
enemies and murderers4  #d3ag4 ,for     
acting wickedly against the laws of ,god
 doth not pass unpunished3  but this the
 time following will declare4  #d3ah4   
,now when the game that was used every  
fifth year was kept at ,tyre1 the king  
being present1  #d3ai4 ,the wicked      

,jason sent from ,jerusalem sinful men1 
to carry three hundred didrachmas of    
silver for the sacrifice of ,hercules2  
but the bearers thereof desired it might
 not be bestowed on the sacrifices1     
because it was not necessary1 but might 
be deputed for other charges4  #d3bj4   
,so the money was appointed by him that 
sent it to the sacrifice of ,hercules3  
but because of them that carried it was 
employed for the making of galleys4     
#d3ba4 ,now when ,apollonius1 the son of
 ,mnestheus was sent into ,egypt to     
treat with the nobles of king           
,philometor1 and ,antiochus understood  
that he was wholly excluded from the    
affairs of the kingdom1 consulting his  
own interest1 he departed thence and    
came to ,joppe1 and from thence to      
,jerusalem4  #d3bb4 ,where he was       
received in a magnificent manner by     
,jason1 and the city1 and came in with  
torch lights1 and with praises1 and from
 thence he returned with his army into  
,phenicia4  #d3bc4 ,three years         

afterwards ,jason sent ,menelaus1       
brother of the aforesaid ,simon1 to     
carry money to the king1 and to bring   
answers from him concerning certain     
necessary affairs4  #d3bd4 ,but he being
 recommended to the king1 when he had   
magnified the appearance of his power1  
got the high priesthood for himself1 by 
offering more than ,jason by three      
hundred talents of silver4  #d3be4 ,so  
having received the king's mandate1 he  
returned1 bringing nothing worthy of the
 high priesthood3  but having the mind  
of a cruel tyrant1 and the rage of a    
savage beast4  #d3bf4 ,then ,jason1 who 
had undermined his own brother1 being   
himself undermined1 was driven out a    
fugitive into the country of the        
,ammonites4  #d3bg4 ,so ,menelaus got   
the principality3  but as for the money 
he had promised to the king1 he took no 
care1 when ,sostratus1 the governor of  
the castle1 called for it4  #d3bh4 ,for 
to him appertained the gathering of the 
taxes3  wherefore they were both called 

before the king4  #d3bi4 ,and ,menelaus 
was removed from the priesthood1        
,lysimachus1 his brother1 succeeding3   
and ,sostratus alas made governor of the
 ,cyprians4  #d3cj4 ,when these things  
were in doing1 it fell out that they of 
,tharsus1 and ,mallos1 raised a         
sedition1 because they were given for a 
gift to ,antiochus1 the king's          
concubine4  #d3ca4 ,the king1 therefore1
 went in all haste to appease them1     
leaving ,andronicus1 one of his nobles1 
for his deputy4  #d3cb4 ,then ,menelaus 
supposing that he had found a convenient
 time1 having stolen certain vessels of 
gold out of the temple1 gave them to    
,andronicus1 and others he had sold at  
,tyre1 and in the neighbouring cities3  
#d3cc4 ,which when ,onias understood    
most certainly1 he reproved him1 keeping
 himself in a safe place at ,antioch1   
beside ,daphne4  #d3cd4 ,whereupon      
,menelaus coming to ,andronicus1 desired
 him to kill ,onias4  ,and he went to   
,onias1 and gave him his right hand with

 an oath1 and 7though he were suspected 
by him7 persuaded him to come forth out 
of the sanctuary1 and immediately slew  
him1 without any regard to justice4     
#d3ce4 ,for which cause not only the    
,jews1 but also the other nations1      
conceived indignation1 and were much    
grieved for the unjust murder of so     
great a man4  #d3cf4 ,and when the king 
was come back from the places of        
,cilicia1 the ,jews that were at        
,antioch1 and also the ,greeks1 went to 
him3 complaining of the unjust murder of
 ,onias4  #d3cg4 ,antiochus1 therefore1 
was grieved in his mind for ,onias1 and 
being moved to pity1 shed tears1        
remembering the sobriety and modesty of 
the deceased4  #d3ch4 ,and being        
inflamed to anger1 he commanded         
,andronicus to be stripped of his       
purple1 and to be led about through all 
the city3  and that in the same place   
wherein he had committed the impiety    
against ,onias1 the sacrilegious wretch 
should be put to death1 the ,lord       

repaying him his deserved punishment4   
#d3ci4 ,now when many sacrileges had    
been committed by ,lysimachus in the    
temple1 by the counsel of ,menelaus1 and
 the rumour of it was spread abroad1 the
 multitude gathered themselves together 
against ,lysimachus1 a great quantity of
 gold being already carried away4       
#d3dj4 ,wherefore the multitude making  
an insurrection1 and their minds being  
filled with anger1 ,lysimachus armed    
about three thousand men1 and began to  
use violence1 one ,tyrannus being       
captain1 a man far gone both in age and 
in madness4  #d3da4 ,but when they      
perceived the attempt of ,lysimachus1   
some caught up stones1 some strong      
clubs1 and some threw ashes upon        
,lysimachus4  #d3db4 ,and many of them  
were wounded1 and some struck down to   
the ground1 but all were put to flight3 
and as for the sacrilegious fellow      
himself1 they slew him beside the       
treasury4  #d3dc4 ,now concerning these 
matters1 an accusation was laid against 

,menelaus4  #d3dd4 ,and when the king   
was come to ,tyre1 three men were sent  
from the ancients to plead the cause    
before him4  #d3de4 ,but ,menelaus being
 convicted1 promised ,ptolemee to give  
him much money to persuade the king to  
favour him4  ,ptolemee4 4 4,the son of  
,dorymenus1 a favourite of the king4    
#d3df4 ,so ,ptolemee went to the king in
 a certain court where he was1 as it    
were to cool himself1 and brought him to
 be of another mind3  #d3dg4 ,so        
,menelaus1 who was guilty of all the    
evil1 was acquitted by him of the       
accusations3  and those poor men1 who1  
if they had pleaded their cause even    
before ,scythians1 should have been     
judged innocent1 were condemned to      
death4  #d3dh4 ,thus they that          
persecuted the cause for the city1 and  
for the people1 and the sacred vessels1 
did soon suffer unjust punishment4      
#d3di4 ,wherefore even the ,tyrians1    
being moved with indignation1 were very 
liberal towards their burial4  #d3ej4   

,and so through the covetousness of them
 that were in power1 ,menelaus continued
 in authority1 increasing in malice to  
the betraying of the citizens4    #b    
,machabees ,chapter #e   ,wonderful     
signs are seen in the air4  ,jason's    
wickedness and end4 ,antiochus takes    
,jerusalem1 and plunders the temple4    
#e3a4 ,at the same time ,antiochus      
prepared for a second journey into      
,egypt4  #e3b4 ,and it came to pass1    
that through the whole city of          
,jerusalem1 for the space of forty days1
 there were seen horsemen running in the
 air1 in gilded raiment1 and armed with 
spears1 like bands of soldiers4  #e3c4  
,and horses set in order by ranks1      
running one against another1 with the   
shakings of shields1 and a multitude of 
men in helmets1 with drawn swords1 and  
casting of darts1 and glittering of     
golden armour1 and of harnesses of all  
sorts4  #e3d4 ,wherefore all men prayed 
that these prodigies might turn to good4
  #e3e4 ,now when there was gone forth a

 false rumour as though ,antiochus had  
been dead1 ,jason taking with him no    
fewer than a thousand men1 suddenly     
assaulted the city3  and though the     
citizens ran together to the wall1 the  
city at length was taken1 and ,menelaus 
fled into the castle4  #e3f4 ,but ,jason
 slew his countrymen without mercy1 not 
considering that prosperity against     
one's own kindred is a very great evil1 
thinking they had been enemies1 and not 
citizens1 whom he conquered4  #e3g4 ,yet
 he did not get the principality1 but   
received confusion at the end1 for the  
reward of his treachery1 and fled again 
into the country of the ,ammonites4     
#e3h4 ,at the last1 having been shut up 
by ,aretas1 the king of the ,arabians1  
in order for his destruction1 flying    
from city to city1 hated by all men1 as 
a forsaker of the laws and execrable1 as
 an enemy of his country and countrymen1
 he was thrust out into ,egypt3  #e3i4  
,and he that had driven many out of     
their country perished in a strange     

land1 going to ,lacedemon1 as if for    
kindred sake he should have refuge      
there3  #e3aj4 ,but he that had cast out
 many unburied1 was himself cast forth  
both unlamented and unburied1 neither   
having foreign burial1 nor being        
partaker of the sepulchre of his        
fathers4  #e3aa4 ,now when these things 
were done1 the king suspected that the  
,jews would forsake the alliance3       
whereupon departing out of ,egypt with a
 furious mind1 he took the city by force
 of arms1  #e3ab4 ,and commanded the    
soldiers to kill1 and not to spare any  
that came in their way1 and to go up    
into the houses to slay4  #e3ac4 ,thus  
there was a slaughter of young and old1 
destruction of women and children1 and  
killing of virgins and infants4  #e3ad4 
,and there were slain in the space of   
three whole days fourscore thousand1    
forty thousand were made prisoners1 and 
as many sold4  #e3ae4 ,but this was not 
enough1 he presumed also to enter into  
the temple1 the most holy in all the    

world ,menelaus1 that traitor to the    
laws1 and to his country1 being his     
guide4  #e3af4 ,and taking in his wicked
 hands the holy vessels1 which were     
given by other kings and cities1 for the
 ornament and the glory of the place1 he
 unworthily handled and profaned them4  
#e3ag4 ,thus ,antiochus going astray in 
mind1 did not consider that ,god was    
angry for a while1 because of the sins  
of the inhabitants of the city3  and    
therefore this contempt had happened to 
the place3  #e3ah4 ,otherwise had they  
not been involved in many sins1 as      
,heliodorus1 who was sent by king       
,seleucus to rob the treasury1 so this  
man also1 as soon as he had come1 had   
been forthwith scourged1 and put back   
from his presumption4  #e3ai4 ,but ,god 
did not choose the people for the       
place's sake1 but the place for the     
people's sake4  #e3bj4 ,and1 therefore1 
the place also itself was made partaker 
of the evils of the people3  but        
afterwards shall communicate in the good

 things thereof1 and as it was forsaken 
in the wrath of ,almighty ,god1 shall be
 exalted again with great glory1 when   
the great ,lord shall be reconciled4    
#e3ba4 ,so when ,antiochus had taken    
away out of the temple a thousand and   
eight hundred talents1 he went back in  
all haste to ,antioch1 thinking through 
pride that he might now make the land   
navigable1 and the sea passable on foot3
  such was the haughtiness of his mind4 
#e3bb4 ,he left also governors to       
afflict the people3  at ,jerusalem1     
,philip1 a ,phrygian by birth1 but in   
manners more barbarous than he that set 
him there3  #e3bc4 ,and in ,gazarim1    
,andronicus and ,menelaus1 who bore a   
more heavy hand upon the citizens than  
the rest4  #e3bd4 ,and whereas he was   
set against the ,jews1 he sent that     
hateful prince1 ,apollonius1 with an    
army of two and twenty thousand men1    
commanding him to kill all that were of 
perfect age1 and to sell the women and  
the younger sort4  #e3be4 ,who1 when he 

was come to ,jerusalem1 pretending      
peace1 rested till the holy day of the  
sabbath3  and then the ,jews keeping    
holiday1 he commanded his men to take   
arms4  #e3bf4 ,and he slew all that were
 come forth to flee3  and running       
through the city with armed men1 he     
destroyed a very great multitude4       
#e3bg4 ,but ,judas ,machabeus1 who was  
the tenth1 had withdrawn himself into a 
desert place1 and there lived amongst   
wild beasts in the mountains with his   
company3  and they continued feeding on 
herbs1 that they might not be partakers 
of the pollution4  ,was the tenth4 4    
4,that is1 he had nine others in his    
company4    #b ,machabees ,chapter #f   
,antiochus commands the law to be       
abolished1 sets up an idol in the       
temple1 and persecutes the faithful4    
,the martyrdom of ,eleazar4  #f3a4 ,but 
not long after the king sent a certain  
old man of ,antioch1 to compel the ,jews
 to depart from the laws of their       
fathers and of ,god3  #f3b4 ,and to     

defile the temple that was in           
,jerusalem1 and to call it the temple of
 ,jupiter ,olympius3  and that in       
,garazim of ,jupiter ,hospitalis1       
according as they were that inhabited   
the place4  ,that in ,gazarim4 4 4,viz41
 the temple of the ,samaritans4  ,and as
 they were originally strangers1 the    
name of ,hospitalis 7which signifies of 
or belonging to strangers7 was          
applicable to the idol set up in their  
temple4  #f3c4 ,and very bad was this   
invasion of evils1 and grievous to all4 
#f3d4 ,for the temple was full of the   
riot and revellings of the ,gentiles3   
and of men lying with lewd women4  ,and 
women thrust themselves of their accord 
into the holy places1 and brought in    
things that were not lawful4  #f3e4 ,the
 altar also was filled with unlawful    
things1 which were forbidden by the     
laws4  #f3f4 ,and neither were the      
sabbaths kept1 nor the solemn days of   
the fathers observed1 neither did any   
man plainly profess himself to be a     

,jew4  #f3g4 ,but they were led by      
bitter constraint on the king's birthday
 to the sacrifices3  and when the feast 
of ,bacchus was kept1 they were         
compelled to go about crowned with ivy  
in honour of ,bacchus4  #f3h4 ,and there
 went out a decree into the neighbouring
 cities of the ,gentiles1 by the        
suggestion of the ,ptolemeans1 that they
 also should act in like manner against 
the ,jews1 to oblige them to sacrifice3 
#f3i4 ,and whosoever would not conform  
themselves to the ways of the ,gentiles1
 should be put to death3  then was      
misery to be seen4  #f3aj4 ,for two     
women were accused to have circumcised  
their children3 whom1 when they had     
openly led about through the city1 with 
the infants hanging at their breasts1   
they threw down headlong from the walls4
  #f3aa4 ,and others that had met       
together in caves that were near1 and   
were keeping the sabbath day privately1 
being discovered by ,philip1 were burnt 
with fire1 because they made a          

conscience to help themselves with their
 hands1 by reason of the religious      
observance of the day4  ,philip4 4 4,the
 governor of ,jerusalem4  #f3ab4 ,now ,i
 beseech those that shall read this     
book1 that they be not shocked at these 
calamities1 but that they consider the  
things that happened1 not as being for  
the destruction1 but for the correction 
of our nation4  #f3ac4 ,for it is a     
token of great goodness1 when sinners   
are not suffered to go on in their ways 
for a long time1 but are presently      
punished4  #f3ad4 ,for1 not as with     
other nations1 7whom the ,lord patiently
 expecteth1 that when the day of        
judgment shall come1 he may punish them 
in the fulness of their sins37  #f3ae4  
,doth he also deal with us1 so as to    
suffer our sins to come to their height1
 and then take vengeance on us4  #f3af4 
,and therefore he never withdraweth his 
mercy from us3  but though he chastise  
his people with adversity he forsaketh  
them not4  #f3ag4 ,but let this suffice 

in a few words for a warning to the     
readers4 ,and now we must come to the   
narration4  #f3ah4 ,eleazar one of the  
chief of the scribes1 a man advanced in 
years1 and of a comely countenance1 was 
pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's
 flesh4  #f3ai4 ,but he1 choosing rather
 a most glorious death than a hateful   
life1 went forward voluntarily to the   
torment4  #f3bj4 ,and considering in    
what manner he was to come to it1       
patiently bearing1 he determined not to 
do any unlawful things for the love of  
life4  #f3ba4 ,but they that stood by1  
being moved with wicked pity1 for the   
old friendship they had with the man1   
taking him aside1 desired that flesh    
might be brought which it was lawful for
 him to eat1 that he might make as if he
 had eaten1 as the king had commanded1  
of the flesh of the sacrifice3  ,wicked 
pity4 4 4,their pity was wicked1        
inasmuch as it suggested that wicked    
proposal of saving his life by          
dissimulation4  #f3bb4 ,that by so doing

 he might be delivered from death2 and  
for the sake of their old friendship    
with the man1 they did him this         
courtesy4  #f3bc4 ,but he began to      
consider the dignity of his age1 and his
 ancient years1 and the inbred honour of
 his grey head1 and his good life and   
conversation from a child2 and he       
answered without delay1 according to the
 ordinances of the holy law made by     
,god1 saying1 that he would rather be   
sent into the other world4  #f3bd4 ,for 
it doth not become our age1 said he1 to 
dissemble3  whereby many young persons  
might think that ,eleazar1 at the age of
 fourscore and ten years1 was gone over 
to the life of the heathens3  #f3be4    
,and so they1 through my dissimulation1 
and for a little time of a corruptible  
life1 should be deceived1 and hereby ,i 
should bring a stain and a curse upon my
 old age4  #f3bf4 ,for though1 for the  
present time1 ,i should be delivered    
from the punishments of men1 yet should 
,i not escape the hand of the ,almighty 

neither alive nor dead4  #f3bg4         
,wherefore1 by departing manfully out of
 this life1 ,i shall shew myself worthy 
of my old age3  #f3bh4 ,and ,i shall    
leave an example of fortitude to young  
men1 if with a ready mind and constancy 
,i suffer an honourable death1 for the  
most venerable and most holy laws4  ,and
 having spoken thus1 he was forthwith   
carried to execution4  #f3bi4 ,and they 
that led him1 and had been a little     
before more mild1 were changed to wrath 
for the words he had spoken1 which they 
thought were uttered out of arrogancy4  
#f3cj4 ,but when be was now ready to die
 with the stripes1 he groaned3 and said3
  ,o ,lord1 who hast the holy knowledge1
 thou knowest manifestly that whereas ,i
 might be delivered from death1 ,i      
suffer grievous pains in body3  but in  
soul am well content to suffer these    
things1 because ,i fear thee4  #f3ca4   
,thus did this man die1 leaving not only
 to young men1 but also to the whole    
nation1 the memory of his death1 for an 

example of virtue and fortitude4    #b  
,machabees ,chapter #g   ,the glorious  
martyrdom of the seven brethren and     
their mother4  #g3a4 ,it came to pass   
also1 that seven brethren1 together with
 their mother1 were apprehended1 and    
compelled by the king to eat swine's    
flesh against the law1 for which end    
they were tormented with whips and      
scourges4  #g3b4 ,but one of them1 who  
was the eldest1 said thus3  ,what       
wouldst thou ask1 or learn of us8  we   
are ready to die1 rather than to        
transgress the laws of ,god1 received   
from our fathers4  #g3c4 ,then the king 
being angry1 commanded fryingpans and   
brazen caldrons to be made hot3  which  
forthwith being heated1  #g3d4 ,he      
commanded to cut out the tongue of him  
that had spoken first3 and the skin of  
his head being drawn off1 to chop off   
also the extremities of his hands and   
feet1 the rest of his brethren and his  
mother looking on4  #g3f4 ,and when he  
was now maimed in all parts1 he         

commanded him1 being yet alive1 to be   
brought to the fire1 and to be fried in 
the fryingpan3 and while he was         
suffering therein long torments1 the    
rest1 together with the mother1 exhorted
 one another to die manfully1  #g3f4    
,saying3  ,the ,lord ,god will look upon
 the truth1 and will take pleasure in   
us1 as ,moses declared in the profession
 of the canticle2 ,and in his servants  
he will take pleasure4  #g3g4 ,so when  
the first was dead after this manner1   
they brought the next to make him a     
mocking stock3  and when they had pulled
 off the skin of his head with the hair1
 they asked him if he would eat1 before 
he were punished throughout the whole   
body in every limb4  #g3h4 ,but he      
answered in his own language1 and said3 
,i will not do it4 ,wherefore he also1  
in the next place1 received the torments
 of the first3  #g3i4 ,and when he was  
at the last gasp1 he said thus3  ,thou  
indeed1 ,o most wicked man1 destroyest  
us out of this present life3  but the   

,king of the world will raise us up1 who
 die for his laws1 in the resurrection  
of eternal life4  #g3aj4 ,after him the 
third was made a mocking-stock1 and when
 he was required1 he quickly put forth  
his tongue1 and courageously stretched  
out his hands3  #g3aa4 ,and said with   
confidence3  ,these ,i have from heaven1
 but for the laws of ,god ,i now despise
 them1 because ,i hope to receive them  
again from him4  #g3ab4 ,so that the    
king1 and they that were with him1      
wondered at the young man's courage1    
because he esteemed the torments as     
nothing4  #g3ac4 ,and after he was thus 
dead1 they tormented the fourth in the  
like manner4  #g3ad4 ,and when he was   
now ready to die1 he spoke thus3  ,it is
 better1 being put to death by men1 to  
look for hope from ,god1 to be raised up
 again by him2 for1 as to thee1 thou    
shalt have no resurrection unto life4   
#g3ae4 ,and when they had brought the   
fifth1 they tormented him4  ,but he1    
looking upon the king1  #g3af4 ,said3   

,whereas thou hast power among men      
though thou art corruptible1 thou dost  
what thou wilt but think not that our   
nation is forsaken by ,god4  #g3ag4 ,but
 stay patiently a while1 and thou shalt 
see his great power1 in what manner he  
will torment thee and thy seed4  #g3ah4 
,after him they brought the sixth1 and  
he being ready to die1 spoke thus3  ,be 
not deceived without cause3  for we     
suffer these things for ourselves1      
having sinned against our ,god1 and     
things worthy of admiration are done to 
us3  #g3ai4 ,but do not think that thou 
shalt escape unpunished1 for that thou  
hast attempted to fight against ,god4   
#g3bj4 ,now the mother was to be admired
 above measure1 and worthy to be        
remembered by good men1 who beheld her  
seven sons slain in the space of one    
day1 and bore it with a good courage1   
for the hope that she had in ,god3      
#g3ba4 ,and she bravely exhorted every  
one of them in her own language1 being  
filled with wisdom2 and joining a man's 

heart to a woman's thought1  #g3bb4 ,she
 said to them3  ,i know not how you were
 formed in my womb2 for ,i neither gave 
you breath1 nor soul1 nor life1 neither 
did ,i frame the limbs of every one of  
you4  #g3bc4 ,but the ,creator of the   
world1 that formed the nativity of man1 
and that found out the origin of all1 he
 will restore to you again1 in his      
mercy1 both breath and life1 as now you 
despise yourselves for the sake of his  
laws4  #g3bd4 ,now ,antiochus1 thinking 
himself despised1 and withal despising  
the voice of the upbraider1 when the    
youngest was yet alive1 did not only    
exhort him by words1 but also assured   
him with an oath1 that he would make him
 a rich and a happy man1 and1 if he     
would turn from the laws of his fathers1
 would take him for a friend1 and       
furnish him with things necessary4      
#g3be4 ,but when the young man was not  
moved with these things1 the king called
 the mother1 and counselled her to deal 
with the young man to save his life4    

#g3bf4 ,and when he had exhorted her    
with many words she promised that she   
would counsel her son4  #g3bg4 ,so      
bending herself towards him1 mocking the
 cruel tyrant1 she said in her own      
language3  ,my son have pity upon me1   
that bore thee nine months in my womb1  
and gave thee suck three years1 and     
nourished thee1 and brought thee up unto
 this age4  #g3bh4 ,i beseech thee1 my  
son1 look upon heaven and earth1 and all
 that is in them1 and consider that ,god
 made them out of nothing1 and mankind  
also3  #g3bi4 ,so thou shalt not fear   
this tormentor1 but being made a worthy 
partner with thy brethren1 receive      
death1 that in that mercy ,i may receive
 thee again with thy brethren4  #g3cj4  
,while she was yet speaking these words1
 the young man said3  ,for whom do you  
stay8  ,i will not obey the commandment 
of the king1 but the commandment of the 
law which was given us by ,moses4       
#g3ca4 ,but thou that hast been the     
author of all mischief against the      

,hebrews1 shalt not escape the hand of  
,god4  #g3cb4 ,for we suffer thus for   
our sins4  #g3cc4 ,and though the ,lord1
 our ,god1 is angry with us a little    
while1 for our chastisement and         
correction1 yet he will be reconciled   
again to his servants4  #g3cd4 ,but     
thou1 ,o wicked1 and of all men most    
flagitious1 be not lifted up without    
cause with vain hopes1 whilst thou art  
raging against his servants4  #g3ce4    
,for thou hast not yet escaped the      
judgment of the ,almighty ,god1 who     
beholdeth all things4  #g3cf4 ,for my   
brethren having now undergone a short   
pain1 are under the covenant of eternal 
life3  but thou1 by the judgment of     
,god1 shalt receive just punishment for 
thy pride4  #g3cg4 ,but ,i1 like my     
brethren1 offer up my life and my body  
for the laws of our fathers3  calling   
upon ,god to be speedily merciful to our
 nation1 and that thou by torments and  
stripes mayst confess that he alone is  
,god4  #g3ch4 ,but in me1 and in my     

brethren1 the wrath of the ,almighty1   
which hath justly been brought upon all 
our nation1 shall cease4  #g3ci4 ,then  
the king being incensed with anger1     
raged against him more cruelly than all 
the rest1 taking it grievously that he  
was mocked4  #g3dj4 ,so this man also   
died undefiled1 wholly trusting in the  
,lord4  #g3da4 ,and last of all1 after  
the sons1 the mother also was consumed4 
#g3db4 ,but now there is enough said of 
the sacrifices and of the excessive     
cruelties4    #b ,machabees ,chapter #h 
,judas ,machabeus gathering an army     
gains divers victories4  #h3a4 ,but     
,judas ,machabeus1 and they that were   
with him1 went privately into the towns3
  and calling together their kinsmen and
 friends1 and taking unto them such as  
continued in the ,jews' religion1 they  
assembled six thousand men4  #h3b4 ,and 
they called upon the ,lord1 that he     
would look upon his people that was     
trodden down by all and would have pity 
on the temple1 that was defiled by the  

wicked3  #h3c4 ,that he would have pity 
also upon the city that was destroyed1  
that was ready to be made even with the 
ground1 and would hear the voice of the 
blood that cried to him3  #h3d4 ,that he
 would remember also the most unjust    
deaths of innocent children1 and the    
blasphemies offered to his name1 and    
would shew his indignation on this      
occasion4  #h3e4 ,now when ,machabeus   
had gathered a multitude1 he could not  
be withstood by the heathens3  for the  
wrath of the ,lord was turned into      
mercy4  #h3f4 ,so coming unawares upon  
the towns and cities1 he set them on    
fire1 and taking possession of the most 
commodious places1 he made no small     
slaughter of the enemies3  #h3g4 ,and   
especially in the nights he went upon   
these expeditions1 and the fame of his  
valour was spread abroad every where4   
#h3h4 ,then ,philip seeing that the man 
gained ground by little and little1 and 
that things for the most part succeeded 
prosperously with him1 wrote to         

,ptolemee1 the governor of ,celesyria   
and ,phenicia1 to send aid to the king's
 affairs4  ,philip seeing1 etc4 4 4,the 
governor of ,jerusalem found himself    
unable to contend with ,judas1          
especially after the victories he had   
obtained over ,apollonius and ,seron4   
#a ,mac4 #c4  #h3i4 ,and he with all    
speed sent ,nicanor1 the son of         
,patroclus1 one of his special friends1 
giving him no fewer than twenty thousand
 armed men of different nations1 to root
 out the whole race of the ,jews1       
joining also with him ,gorgias1 a good  
soldier1 and of great experience in     
matters of war4  ,twenty thousand4 4    
4,the whole number of the forces sent at
 that time into ,judea1 was #dj1jjj     
footmen1 and #gjjj horsemen1 #a ,mac4   
#c4cj4  ,but only #bj1jjj are here taken
 notice of1 because there were no more  
with ,nicanor at the time of the battle4
  #h3aj4 ,and ,nicanor purposed to raise
 for the king the tribute of two        
thousand talents1 that was to be given  

to the ,romans1 by making so much money 
of the captive ,jews3  #h3aa4 ,wherefore
 he sent immediately to the cities upon 
the sea coast1 to invite men together to
 buy up the ,jewish slaves1 promising   
that they should have ninety slaves for 
one talent1 not reflecting on the       
vengeance which was to follow him from  
the ,almighty4  #h3ab4 ,now when ,judas 
found that ,nicanor was coming1 he      
imparted to the ,jews that were with    
him1 that the enemy was at hand4  #h3ac4
 ,and some of them being afraid1 and    
distrusting the justice of ,god1 fled   
away4  #h3ad4 ,others sold all that they
 had left1 and withal besought the      
,lord1 that he would deliver them from  
the wicked ,nicanor1 who had sold them  
before he came near them3  #h3ae4 ,and  
if not for their sakes1 yet for the     
covenant that he had made with their    
fathers1 and for the sake of his holy   
and glorious name that was invoked upon 
them4  #h3af4 ,but ,machabeus calling   
together seven thousand that were with  

him1 exhorted them not to be reconciled 
to the enemies1 nor to fear the         
multitude of the enemies who came       
wrongfully against them1 but to fight   
manfully3  ,seven thousand4 4 4,in the  
,greek it is six thousand4  ,but then   
three thousand of them had no arms4  #a 
,mac4 #d4f4  #h3ag4 ,setting before     
their eyes the injury they had unjustly 
done the holy place1 and also the injury
 they had done to the city1 which had   
been shamefully abused1 besides their   
destroying the ordinances of the        
fathers4  #h3ah4 ,for1 said he1 they    
trust in their weapons1 and in their    
boldness3 but we trust in the ,almighty 
,lord1 who at a beck can utterly destroy
 both them that come against us1 and the
 whole world4  #h3ai4 ,moreover1 he put 
them in mind also of the helps their    
fathers had received from ,god3  and    
how1 under ,sennacherib1 a hundred and  
eighty-five thousand had been destroyed4
  #h3bj4 ,and of the battle that they   
had fought against the ,galatians1 in   

,babylonia2 how they1 being in all but  
six thousand1 when it came to the point1
 and the ,macedonians1 their companions1
 were at a stand1 slew a hundred and    
twenty thousand1 because of the help    
they had from heaven1 and for this they 
received many favours4  ,galatians4 4   
4,that is1 the ,gauls1 who having       
ravaged ,italy and ,greece1 poured      
themselves in upon ,asia1 in immense    
multitudes1 where also they founded the 
kingdom of ,galatia or ,gallo ,graecia4 
#h3ba4 ,with these words they were      
greatly encouraged and disposed even to 
die for the laws and their country4     
#h3bb4 ,so he appointed his brethren    
captains over each division of his army2
 ,simon1 and ,joseph1 and ,jonathan1    
giving to each one fifteen hundred men4 
#h3bc4 ,and after the holy book had been
 read to them by ,esdras1 and he had    
given them for a watchword1 ,the help of
 ,god3  himself leading the first band1 
he joined battle with ,nicanor3  #h3bd4 
,and the ,almighty being their helper1  

they slew above nine thousand men3  and 
having wounded and disabled the greater 
part of ,nicanor's army1 they obliged   
them to fly4  ,above nine thousand4 4   
4,viz41 including the three thousand    
slain in the pursuit4  #h3be4 ,and they 
took the money of them that came to buy 
them1 and they pursued them on every    
side4  #h3bf4 ,but they came back for   
want of time3  for it was the day before
 the sabbath3  and therefore they did   
not continue the pursuit4  #h3bg4 ,but  
when they had gathered together their   
arms and their spoils1 they kept the    
sabbath3  blessing the ,lord who had    
delivered them that day1 distilling the 
beginning of mercy upon them4  #h3bh4   
,then after the sabbath they divided the
 spoils to the feeble and the orphans1  
and the widows1 and the rest they took  
for themselves and their servants4      
#h3bi4 ,when this was done1 and they had
 all made a common supplication1 they   
besought the merciful ,lord1 to be      
reconciled to his servants unto the end4

  #h3cj4 ,moreover1 they slew above     
twenty thousand of them that were with  
,timotheus and ,bacchides1 who fought   
against them1 and they made themselves  
masters of the high strong holds3  and  
they divided amongst them many spoils1  
giving equal portions to the feeble1 the
 fatherless1 and the widows2 yea1 and   
the aged also  #h3ca4 ,and when they had
 carefully gathered together their arms1
 they laid them all up in convenient    
places1 and the residue of their spoils 
they carried to ,jerusalem3  #h3cb4     
,they slew also ,philarches1 who was    
with ,timotheus1 a wicked man1 who had  
many ways afflicted the ,jews4  #h3cc4  
,and when they kept the feast of the    
victory at ,jerusalem1 they burnt       
,callisthenes1 that had set fire to the 
holy gates1 who had taken refuge in a   
certain house1 rendering to him a worthy
 reward for his impieties3  #h3cd4 ,but 
as for that most wicked man1 ,nicanor1  
who had brought a thousand merchants to 
the sale of the ,jews1  #h3ce4 ,being1  

through the help of the ,lord1 brought  
down by them1 of whom he had made no    
account1 laying aside his garment of    
glory1 fleeing through the midland      
country1 he came alone to ,antioch1     
being rendered very unhappy by the      
destruction of his army4  ,laying aside 
his garment of glory4 4 4,that is1 his  
splendid apparel1 which he wore through 
ostentation2 he now throws it off1 lest 
he should be known on his flight4       
#h3cf4 ,and he that had promised to levy
 the tribute for the ,romans1 by the    
means of the captives of ,jerusalem1 now
 professed that the ,jews had ,god for  
their protector1 and therefore they     
could not be hurt1 because they followed
 the laws appointed by him4    #b       
,machabees ,chapter #i   ,the wretched  
end1 and fruitless repentance of king   
,antiochus4  #i3a4 ,at that time        
,antiochus returned with dishonour out  
of ,persia4  #i3b4 ,for he had entered  
into the city called ,persepolis1 and   
attempted to rob the temple1 and to     

oppress the city1 but the multitude     
running together to arms1 put them to   
flight3  and so it fell out that        
,antiochus being put to flight1 returned
 with disgrace4  ,persepolis4 4         
4,otherwise called ,elymais4  #i3c4 ,now
 when he was come about ,ecbatana1 he   
received the news of what had happened  
to ,nicanor and ,timotheus4  #i3d4 ,and 
swelling with anger1 he thought to      
revenge upon the ,jews the injury done  
by them that had put him to flight4     
,and therefore he commanded his chariot 
to be driven1 without stopping in his   
journey1 the judgment of heaven urging  
him forward1 because he had spoken so   
proudly1 that he would come to          
,jerusalem1 and make it a common burying
 place of the ,jews4  #i3e4 ,but the    
,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 that seeth  
all things1 struck him with an incurable
 and an invisible plague4  ,for as soon 
as he had ended these words1 a dreadful 
pain in his bowels came upon him1 and   
bitter torments of the inner parts4     

#i3f4 ,and indeed very justly1 seeing he
 had tormented the bowels of others with
 many and new torments1 albeit he by no 
means ceased from his malice4  #i3g4    
,moreover1 being filled with pride1     
breathing out fire in his rage against  
the ,jews1 and commanding the matter to 
be hastened1 it happened as he was going
 with violence1 that he fell from the   
chariot1 so that his limbs were much    
pained by a grievous bruising of the    
body4  #i3h4 ,thus he that seemed to    
himself to command even the waves of the
 sea1 being proud above the condition of
 man1 and to weigh the heights of the   
mountains in a balance1 now being cast  
down to the ground1 was carried in a    
litter1 bearing witness to the manifest 
power of ,god in himself3  #i3i4 ,so    
that worms swarmed out of the body of   
this man1 and whilst he lived in sorrow 
and pain1 his flesh fell off1 and the   
filthiness of his smell was noisome to  
the army4  #i3aj4 ,and the man that     
thought a little before he could reach  

to the stars of heaven1 no man could    
endure to carry1 for the intolerable    
stench4  #i3aa4 ,and by this means1     
being brought from his great pride1 he  
began to come to the knowledge of       
himself1 being admonished by the scourge
 of ,god1 his pains increasing every    
moment4  #i3ab4 ,and when he himself    
could not now abide his own stench1 he  
spoke thus3  ,it is just to be subject  
to ,god1 and that a mortal man should   
not equal himself to ,god4  #i3ac4 ,then
 this wicked man prayed to the ,lord1 of
 whom he was not like to obtain mercy4  
,of whom he was not like to obtain      
mercy4 4 4,because his repentance was   
not for the offence committed against   
,god3  but barely on account of his     
present sufferings4  #i3ad4 ,and the    
city1 to which he was going in haste to 
lay it even with the ground1 and to make
 it a common burying place1 he now      
desireth to make free3  #i3ae4 ,and the 
,jews1 whom he said he would not account
 worthy to be so much as buried1 but    

would give them up to be devoured by the
 birds and wild beasts1 and would       
utterly destroy them with their         
children1 he now promiseth to make equal
 with the ,athenians4  #i3af4 ,the holy 
temple also1 which before he had        
spoiled1 he promised to adorn with      
goodly gifts1 and to multiply the holy  
vessels1 and to allow out of his        
revenues the charges pertaining to the  
sacrifices4  #i3ag4 ,yea also1 that he  
would become a ,jew himself1 and would  
go through every place of the earth1 and
 declare the power of ,god4  #i3ah4 ,but
 his pains not ceasing1 7for the just   
judgment of ,god was come upon him7     
despairing of life1 he wrote to the     
,jews1 in the manner of a supplication1 
a letter in these words3  #i3ai4 ,to his
 very good subjects the ,jews1          
,antiochus1 king and ruler1 wisheth much
 health1 and welfare1 and happiness4    
#i3bj4 ,if you and your children are    
well1 and if all matters go with you to 
your mind1 we give very great thanks4   

#i3ba4 ,as for me1 being infirm1 but yet
 kindly remembering you1 returning out  
of the places of ,persia1 and being     
taken with a grievous disease1 ,i       
thought it necessary to take care for   
the common good3  #i3bb4 ,not           
distrusting my life1 but having great   
hope to escape the sickness4  #i3bc4    
,but considering that my father also1 at
 what time he led an army into the      
higher countries1 appointed who should  
reign after him3  #i3bd4 ,to the end    
that if any thing contrary to           
expectation should fall out1 or any bad 
tidings should be brought1 they that    
were in the countries1 knowing to whom  
the whole government was left1 might not
 be troubled4  #i3be4 ,moreover1        
considering that neighbouring princes1  
and borderers1 wait for opportunities1  
and expect what shall be the event1 ,i  
have appointed my son1 ,antiochus1 king1
 whom ,i often recommended to many of   
you1 when ,i went into the higher       
provinces3  and ,i have written to him  

what ,i have joined here below4  #i3bf4 
,i pray you1 therefore1 and request of  
you1 that1 remembering favours both     
public and private1 you will every man  
of you continue to be faithful to me and
 to my son4  #i3bg4 ,for ,i trust that  
he will behave with moderation and      
humanity1 and following my intentions1  
will be gracious unto you4  #i3bh4 ,thus
 the murderer and blasphemer being      
grievously struck1 as himself had       
treated others1 died a miserable death  
in a strange country1 among the         
mountains4  #i3bi4 ,but ,philip1 that   
was brought up with him1 carried away   
his body3 and out of fear of the son of 
,antiochus1 went into ,egypt to         
,ptolemee ,philometor4    #b ,machabees 
,chapter #aj   ,the purification of the 
temple and city4  ,other exploits of    
,judas4  ,his victory over ,timotheus4  
#aj3a4 ,but ,machabeus1 and they that   
were with him1 by the protection of the 
,lord1 recovered the temple and the city
 again4  #aj3b4 ,but he threw down the  

altars which the heathens had set up in 
the streets1 as also the temples of the 
idols4  #aj3c4 ,and having purified the 
temple1 they made another altar3  and   
taking fire out of the fiery stones1    
they offered sacrifices after two years1
 and set forth incense1 and lamps1 and  
the loaves of proposition4  #aj3d4 ,and 
when they had done these things1 they   
besought the ,lord1 lying prostrate on  
the ground1 that they might no more fall
 into such evils2 but if they should at 
any time sin1 that they might be        
chastised by him more gently1 and not be
 delivered up to barbarians and         
blasphemous men4  #aj3e4 ,now upon the  
same day that the temple had been       
polluted by the strangers on the very   
same day it was cleansed again2 to wit1 
on the five and twentieth day of the    
month of ,casleu4  #aj3f4 ,and they kept
 eight days with joy1 after the manner  
of the feast of the tabernacles1        
remembering that not long before they   
had kept the feast of the tabernacles   

when they were in the mountains1 and in 
dens like wild beasts4  #aj3g4          
,therefore they now carried boughs and  
green branches and palms1 for him that  
had given them good success in cleansing
 his place4  #aj3h4 ,and they ordained  
by a common statute1 and decree1 that   
all the nation of the ,jews should keep 
those days every year4  #aj3i4 ,and this
 was the end of ,antiochus1 that was    
called the ,illustrious4  #aj3aj4 ,but  
now we will repeat the acts of ,eupator1
 the son of that wicked ,antiochus1     
abridging the account of the evils that 
happened in the wars4  #aj3aa4 ,for when
 he was come to the crown1 he appointed 
over the affairs of his realm one       
,lysias1 general of the army of         
,phenicia and ,syria4  #aj3ab4 ,for     
,ptolemee1 that was called ,macer1 was  
determined to be strictly just to the   
,jews and especially by reason of the   
wrong that had been done them1 and to   
deal peaceably with them4  #aj3ac4 ,but 
being accused for this to ,eupator by   

his friends1 and being oftentimes called
 traitor1 because he had left ,cyprus1  
which ,philometor had committed to him1 
and coming over to ,antiochus the       
,illustrious1 had revolted also from    
him1 he put an end to his life by       
poison4  #aj3ad4 ,but ,gorgias1 who was 
governor of the holds1 taking with him  
the strangers1 often fought against the 
,jews4  #aj3ae4 ,and the ,jews that     
occupied the most commodious holds1     
received those that were driven out of  
,jerusalem1 and attempted to make war4  
,the ,jews1 etc4 4 4,he speaks of them  
that had fallen from their religion1 and
 were enemies of their country1 who     
joining with the ,idumeans or ,edomites1
 kept possession of the strong holds1   
and from thence annoyed their           
countrymen4  #aj3af4 ,then they that    
were with ,machabeus1 beseeching the    
,lord by prayers to be their helper1    
made a strong attack upon the strong    
holds of the ,idumeans3  #aj3ag4 ,and   
assaulting them with great force1 won   

the holds1 killed them that came in the 
way1 and slew altogether no fewer than  
twenty thousand4  #aj3ah4 ,and whereas  
some were fled into very strong towers1 
having all manner of provision to       
sustain a siege1  #aj3ai4 ,machabeus    
left ,simon and ,joseph1 and ,zacheus1  
and them that were with them1 in        
sufficient number to besiege them1 and  
departed to those expeditions which     
urged more4  #aj3bj4 ,now they that were
 with ,simon1 being led with            
covetousness1 were persuaded for the    
sake of money by some that were in the  
towers3  and taking seventy thousand    
didrachmas1 let some of them escape4    
#aj3ba4 ,but when it was told ,machabeus
 what was done1 he assembled the rulers 
of the people1 and accused those men    
that they had sold their brethren for   
money1 having let their adversaries     
escape4  #aj3bb4 ,so he put these       
traitors to death1 and forthwith took   
the two towers4  #aj3bc4 ,and having    
good success in arms1 and all things he 

took in hand1 he slew more than twenty  
thousand in the two holds4  #aj3bd4 ,but
 ,timotheus1 who before had been        
overcome by the ,jews1 having called    
together a multitude of foreign troops1 
and assembled horsemen out of ,asia1    
came as though he would take ,judea by  
force of arms4  #aj3bf4 ,but ,machabeus1
 and they that were with him1 when he   
drew near1 prayed to the ,lord1         
sprinkling earth upon their heads1 and  
girding their loins with haircloth1     
#aj3bf4 ,and lying prostrate at the foot
 of the altar1 besought him to be       
merciful to them1 and to be an enemy to 
their enemies1 and an adversary to their
 adversaries1 as the law saith4  #aj3bg4
 ,and so after prayer taking their arms1
 they went forth further from the city1 
and when they were come very near the   
enemies they rested4  #aj3bh4 ,but as   
soon as the sun was risen both sides    
joined battle3  the one part having1    
with their valour1 the ,lord for a      
surety of victory1 and success3  but the

 other side making their rage their     
leader in battle4  #aj3bi4 ,but when    
they were in the heat of the engagement1
 there appeared to the enemies from     
heaven five men upon horses1 comely1    
with golden bridles1 conducting the     
,jews3  #aj3cj4 ,two of them took       
,machabeus between them1 and covered him
 on every side with their arms1 and kept
 him safe2 but cast darts and fireballs 
against the enemy1 so that they fell    
down1 being both confounded with        
blindness1 and filled with trouble4     
#aj3ca4 ,and there were slain twenty    
thousand five hundred1 and six hundred  
horsemen4  #aj3cb4 ,but ,timotheus fled 
into ,gazara1 a strong hold where       
,chereas was governor4  #aj3cc4 ,then   
,machabeus1 and they that were with him 
cheerfully laid siege to the fortress   
four days4  #aj3cd4 ,but they that were 
within1 trusting to the strength of the 
place1 blasphemed exceedingly1 and cast 
forth abominable words4  #aj3ce4 ,but   
when the fifth day appeared1 twenty     

young men of them that were with        
,machabeus1 inflamed in their minds1    
because of the blasphemy1 approached    
manfully to the wall1 and pushing       
forward with fierce courage1 got up upon
 it3  #aj3cf4 ,moreover1 others also    
getting up after them1 went to set fire 
to the towers and the gates1 and to burn
 the blasphemers alive4  #aj3cg4 ,and   
having for two days together pillaged   
and sacked the fortress1 they killed    
,timotheus1 who was found hid in a      
certain place3 they slew also his       
brother ,chereas1 and ,apollophanes4    
,timotheus4 4 4,this man1 who was killed
 at the taking of ,gazara1 is different 
from that ,timotheus who is mentioned in
 the fifth chapter of the first book of 
,machabees1 and of whom there is mention
 in the following chapter4  #aj3ch4 ,and
 when this was done1 they blessed the   
,lord with hymns and thanksgiving1 who  
had done great things in ,israel1 and   
given them the victory4    #b ,machabees
 ,chapter #aa   ,lysias is overthrown by

 ,judas4  ,he sues for peace4  #aa3a4 ,a
 short time after this ,lysias1 the     
king's lieutenant1 and cousin1 and who  
had chief charge over all the affairs1  
being greatly displeased with what had  
happened1  #aa3b4 ,gathered together    
fourscore thousand men1 and all the     
horsemen1 and came against the ,jews1   
thinking to take the city1 and make it a
 habitation of the ,gentiles3  #aa3c4   
,and to make a gain of the temple1 as of
 the other temples of the ,gentiles and 
to set the high priesthood to sale every
 year3  #aa3d4 ,never considering the   
power of ,god1 but puffed up in mind1   
and trusting in the multitude of his    
foot soldiers1 and the thousands of his 
horsemen1 and his fourscore elephants4  
#aa3e4 ,so he came into ,judea1 and     
approaching to ,bethsura1 which was in a
 narrow place1 the space of five        
furlongs from ,jerusalem1 he laid siege 
to that fortress4  #aa3f4 ,but when     
,machabeus1 and they that were with him1
 understood that the strong holds were  

besieged1 they and all the people       
besought the ,lord with lamentations and
 tears1 that he would send a good angel 
to save ,israel4  #aa3g4 ,then          
,machabeus himself first taking his     
arms1 exhorted the rest to expose       
themselves together with him1 to the    
danger1 and to succour their brethren4  
#aa3h4 ,and when they were going forth  
together with a willing mind1 there     
appeared at ,jerusalem a horseman going 
before them in white clothing1 with     
golden armour1 shaking a spear4  #aa3i4 
,then they all together blessed the     
merciful ,lord1 and took great courage3 
being ready to break through not only   
men1 but also the fiercest beasts1 and  
walls of iron4  #aa3aj4 ,so they went on
 courageously1 having a helper from     
heaven1 and the ,lord1 who shewed mercy 
to them4  #aa3aa4 ,and rushing violently
 upon the enemy1 like lions1 they slew  
of them eleven thousand footmen1 and one
 thousand six hundred horsemen3  #aa3ab4
 ,and put all the rest to flight2 and   

many of them being wounded1 escaped     
naked3  ,yea1 and ,lysias himself fled  
away shamefully1 and escaped4  #aa3ac4  
,and as he was a man of understanding1  
considering with himself the loss he had
 suffered1 and perceiving that the      
,hebrews could not be overcome1 because 
they relied upon the help of the        
,almighty ,god1 he sent to them3        
#aa3ad4 ,and promised that he would     
agree to all things that are just1 and  
that he would persuade the king to be   
their friend4  #aa3ae4 ,then ,machabeus 
consented to the request of ,lysias1    
providing for the common good in all    
things2 and whatsoever ,machabeus wrote 
to ,lysias1 concerning the ,jews1 the   
king allowed of4  #aa3af4 ,for there    
were letters written to the ,jews from  
,lysias1 to this effect3  ,lysias1 to   
the people of the ,jews1 greeting4      
#aa3ag4 ,john1 and ,abesalom1 who were  
sent from you1 delivering your writings1
 requested that ,i would accomplish     
those things which were signified by    

them4  #aa3ah4 ,therefore whatsoever    
things could be reported to the king1 ,i
 have represented to him3  and he hath  
granted as much as the matter permitted4
  #aa3ai4 ,if1 therefore1 you will keep 
yourselves loyal in affairs1 hereafter  
also ,i will endeavour to be a means of 
your good4  #aa3bj4 ,but as concerning  
other particulars1 ,i have given orders 
by word both to these1 and to them that 
are sent by me1 to commune with you4    
#aa3ba4 ,fare ye well4  ,in the year one
 hundred and forty-eight1 the four and  
twentieth day of the month of           
,dioscorus4  ,in the year #adh4 4       
4,viz41 according to the computation    
followed by the ,greeks2 which was      
different from that of the ,hebrews1    
followed by the writer of the first book
 of ,machabees4  ,however1 by this date1
 as well as by other circumstances1 it  
appears that the expedition of ,lysias1 
mentioned in this chapter1 is different 
from that which is recorded1 #a ,mac4   
#f4  #aa3bb4 ,but the king's letter     

contained these words ,king ,antiochus  
to ,lysias1 his brother1 greeting4      
#aa3bc4 ,our father being translated    
amongst the gods we are desirous that   
they that are in our realm should live  
quietly1 and apply themselves diligently
 to their own concerns4  #aa3bd4 ,and we
 have heard that the ,jews would not    
consent to my father to turn to the     
rites of the ,greeks but that they would
 keep to their own manner of living and 
therefore that they request us to allow 
them to live after their own laws4      
#aa3be4 ,wherefore being desirous that  
this nation also should be at rest1 we  
have ordained and decreed1 that the     
temple should be restored to them1 and  
that they may live according to the     
custom of their ancestors4  #aa3bf4     
,thou shalt do well1 therefore1 to send 
to them1 and grant them peace1 that our 
pleasure being known1 they may be of    
good comfort1 and look to their own     
affairs4  #aa3bg4 ,but the king's letter
 to the ,jews was in this manner3  ,king

 ,antiochus to the senate of the ,jews1 
and to the rest of the ,jews1 greeting4 
#aa3bh4 ,if you are well1 you are as we 
desire3  we ourselves also are well4    
#aa3bi4 ,menelaus came to us1 saying    
that you desired to come down to your   
countrymen1 that are with us4  #aa3cj4  
,we grant1 therefore1 a safe conduct to 
all that come and go1 until the         
thirtieth day of the month of           
,xanthicus1  #aa3ca4 ,that the ,jews may
 use their own kind of meats1 and their 
own laws1 as before3  and that none of  
them any manner of ways be molested for 
things which have been done by          
ignorance4  #aa3cb4 ,and we have sent   
also ,menelaus to speak to you4  #aa3cc4
 ,fare ye well4  ,in the year one       
hundred and forty-eight1 the fifteenth  
day of the month of ,xanthicus4  #aa3cd4
 ,the ,romans also sent them a letter1  
to this effect3  ,quintus ,memmius1 and 
,titus ,manilius1 ambassadors of the    
,romans1 to the people of the ,jews1    
greeting4  #aa3ce4 ,whatsoever ,lysias1 

the king's cousin1 hath granted to you1 
we also have granted4  #aa3cf4 ,but     
touching such things as he thought      
should be referred to the king1 after   
you have diligently conferred among     
yourselves1 send some one forthwith1    
that we may decree as it is convenient  
for you3  for we are going to ,antioch4 
#aa3cg4 ,and therefore make haste to    
write back1 that we may know of what    
mind you are4  #aa3ch4 ,fare ye well4   
,in the year one hundred and            
forty-eight1 the fifteenth day of the   
month of ,xanthicus4    #b ,machabees   
,chapter #ab   ,the ,jews are still     
molested by their neighbours4  ,judas   
gains divers victories over them4  ,he  
orders sacrifice and prayers for the    
dead4  #ab3a4 ,when these covenants were
 made1 ,lysias went to the king1 and the
 ,jews gave themselves to husbandry4    
#ab3b4 ,but they that were behind1 viz4 
,timotheus1 and ,apollonius1 the son of 
,genneus1 also ,hieronymus1 and         
,demophon1 and besides them ,nicanor1   

the governor of ,cyprus1 would not      
suffer them to live in peace1 and to be 
quiet4  #ab3c4 ,the men of ,joppe also  
were guilty of this kind of wickedness3 
they desired the ,jews1 who dwelt among 
them1 to go with their wives and        
children into the boats1 which they had 
prepared1 as though they had no enmity  
to them4  #ab3d4 ,which when they had   
consented to1 according to the common   
decree of the city1 suspecting nothing1 
because of the peace3  when they were   
gone forth into the deep1 they drowned  
no fewer than two hundred of them4      
#ab3e4 ,but as soon as ,judas heard of  
this cruelty done to his countrymen1 he 
commanded the men that were with him3   
and after having called upon ,god1 the  
just judge1  #ab3f4 ,he came against    
those murderers of his brethren1 and set
 the haven on fire in the night1 burnt  
the boats1 and slew with the sword them 
that escaped from the fire4  #ab3g4 ,and
 when he had done these things in this  
manner1 he departed as if he would      

return again1 and root out all the      
,joppites4  #ab3h4 ,but when he         
understood that the men of ,jamnia also 
designed to do in like manner to the    
,jews that dwelt among them1  #ab3i4 ,he
 came upon the ,jamnites also by night1 
and set the haven on fire1 with the     
ships1 so that the light of the fire was
 seen at ,jerusalem1 two hundred and    
forty furlongs off4  #ab3aj4 ,and when  
they were now gone from thence nine     
furlongs1 and were marching towards     
,timotheus1 five thousand footmen1 and  
five hundred horsemen of the ,arabians1 
set upon them4  #ab3aa4 ,and after a    
hard fight1 in which1 by the help of    
,god1 they got the victory1 the rest of 
the ,arabians being overcome1 besought  
,judas for peace1 promising to give him 
pastures1 and to assist him in other    
things4  #ab3ab4 ,and ,judas thinking   
that they might be profitable indeed in 
many things1 promised them peace1 and   
after having joined hands1 they departed
 to their tents4  #ab3ac4 ,he also laid 

siege to a certain strong city1         
encompassed with bridges and walls1 and 
inhabited by multitudes of different    
nations1 the name of which is ,casphin4 
#ab3ad4 ,but they that were within it1  
trusting in the strength of the walls1  
and the provision of victuals1 behaved  
in a more negligent manner1 and provoked
 ,judas with railing and blaspheming1   
and uttering such words as were not to  
be spoken4  #ab3ae4 ,but ,machabeus     
calling upon the great ,lord of the     
world1 who without any rams or engines  
of war threw down the walls of ,jericho1
 in the time of ,josue1 fiercely        
assaulted the walls4  ,rams4 4 4,that   
is1 engines for battering walls1 etc41  
which were used in sieges in those      
times4  #ab3af4 ,and having taken the   
city by the will of the ,lord1 he made  
an unspeakable slaughter1 so that a pool
 adjoining1 of two furlongs broad1      
seemed to run with the blood of the     
slain4  #ab3ag4 ,from thence they       
departed seven hundred and fifty        

furlongs1 and came to ,characa1 to the  
,jews that are called ,tubianites4      
#ab3ah4 ,but as for ,timotheus1 they    
found him not in those places1 for      
before he had dispatched any thing he   
went back1 having left a very strong    
garrison in a certain hold3  #ab3ai4    
,but ,dositheus1 and ,sosipater1 who    
were captains with ,machabeus1 slew them
 that were left by ,timotheus in the    
hold1 to the number of ten thousand men4
  #ab3bj4 ,and ,machabeus having set in 
order about him six thousand men1 and   
divided them by bands1 went forth       
against ,timotheus1 who had with him a  
hundred and twenty thousand footmen1 and
 two thousand five hundred horsemen4    
#ab3ba4 ,now when ,timotheus had        
knowledge of the coming of ,judas1 he   
sent the women and children1 and the    
other baggage1 before him into a        
fortress1 called ,carnion3  for it was  
impregnable1 and hard to come at1 by    
reason of the straitness of the places4 
#ab3bb4 ,but when the first band of     

,judas came in sight1 the enemies were  
struck with fear1 by the presence of    
,god1 who seeth all things1 and they    
were put to flight one from another1 so 
that they were often thrown down by     
their own companions1 and wounded with  
the strokes of their own swords4        
#ab3bc4 ,but ,judas pursued them close1 
punishing the profane1 of whom he slew  
thirty thousand men4  #ab3bd4 ,and      
,timotheus himself fell into the hands  
of the band of ,dositheus and           
,sosipater1 and with many prayers he    
besought them to let him go with his    
life1 because he had the parents and    
brethren of many of the ,jews1 who1 by  
his death1 might happen to be deceived4 
#ab3be4 ,and when he had given his faith
 that he would restore them according to
 the agreement1 they let him go without 
hurt1 for the saving of their brethren4 
#ab3bf4 ,then ,judas went away to       
,carnion1 where he slew five and twenty 
thousand persons4  #ab3bg4 ,and after he
 had put to flight and destroyed these1 

he removed his army to ,ephron1 a strong
 city1 wherein there dwelt a multitude  
of divers nations3  and stout young men 
standing upon the walls1 made a vigorous
 resistance3  and in this place there   
were many engines of war1 and a         
provision of darts4  #ab3bh4 ,but when  
they had invocated the ,almighty1 who   
with his power breaketh the strength of 
the enemies1 they took the city3  and   
slew five and twenty thousand of them   
that were within4  #ab3bi4 ,from thence 
they departed to ,scythopolis1 which    
lieth six hundred furlongs from         
,jerusalem4  ,scythopolis4 4 4,formerly 
called ,bethsan4  #ab3cj4 ,but the ,jews
 that were among the ,scythopolitans    
testifying that they were used kindly by
 them1 and that even in the times of    
their adversity they had treated them   
with humanity3  #ab3ca4 ,they gave them 
thanks1 exhorting them to be still      
friendly to their nation1 and so they   
came to ,jerusalem1 the feast of the    
weeks being at hand4  #ab3cb4 ,and after

 ,pentecost they marched against        
,gorgias1 the governor of ,idumea4      
#ab3cc4 ,and he came out with three     
thousand footmen and four hundred       
horsemen4  #ab3cd4 ,and when they had   
joined battle1 it happened that a few of
 the ,jews were slain4  #ab3ce4 ,but    
,dositheus1 a horseman1 one of          
,bacenor's band1 a valiant man1 took    
hold of ,gorgias3  and when he would    
have taken him alive1 a certain horseman
 of the ,thracians came upon him1 and   
cut off his shoulder3  and so ,gorgias  
escaped to ,maresa4  #ab3cf4 ,but when  
they that were with ,esdrin had fought  
long1 and were weary1 ,judas called upon
 the ,lord to be their helper1 and      
leader of the battle3  #ab3cg4 ,then    
beginning in his own language1 and      
singing hymns with a loud voice1 he put 
,gorgias's soldiers to flight4  #ab3ch4 
,so ,judas having gathered together his 
army1 came into the city ,odollam3  and 
when the seventh day came1 they purified
 themselves according to the custom1 and

 kept the sabbath in the same place4    
#ab3ci4 ,and the day following ,judas   
came with his company1 to take away the 
bodies of them that were slain1 and to  
bury them with their kinsmen1 in the    
sepulchres of their fathers4  #ab3dj4   
,and they found under the coats of the  
slain1 some of the donaries of the idols
 of ,jamnia1 which the law forbiddeth to
 the ,jews3 so that all plainly saw1    
that for this cause they were slain4    
,of the donaries1 etc4 4 4,that is1 of  
the votive offerings1 which had been    
hung up in the temples of the idols1    
which they had taken away when they     
burnt the port of ,jamnia1 ver4 #i41    
contrary to the prohibition of the law1 
,deut4 #g4be4  #ab3da4 ,then they all   
blessed the just judgment of the ,lord1 
who had discovered the things that were 
hidden4  #ab3db4 ,and so betaking       
themselves to prayers1 they besought    
him1 that the sin which had been        
committed might be forgotten4  ,but the 
most valiant ,judas exhorted the people 

to keep themselves from sin1 forasmuch  
as they saw before their eyes what had  
happened1 because of the sins of those  
that were slain4  #ab3dc4 ,and making a 
gathering1 he sent twelve thousand      
drachms of silver to ,jerusalem for     
sacrifice to be offered for the sins of 
the dead1 thinking well and religiously 
concerning the resurrection4  #ab3dd4   
7,for if he had not hoped that they that
 were slain should rise again1 it would 
have seemed superfluous and vain to pray
 for the dead17  #ab3de4 ,and because he
 considered that they who had fallen    
asleep with godliness1 had great grace  
laid up for them4  ,with godliness4 4   
4,judas hoped that these men who died   
fighting for the cause of ,god and      
religion1 might find mercy3  either     
because they might be excused from      
mortal sin by ignorance2 or might have  
repented of their sin1 at least at their
 death4  #ab3df4 ,it is therefore a holy
 and wholesome thought to pray for the  
dead1 that they may be loosed from sins4

  ,it is therefore a holy and wholesome 
thought to pray for the dead4 4 4,here  
is an evident and undeniable proof of   
the practice of praying for the dead    
under the old law1 which was then       
strictly observed by the ,jews1 and     
consequently could not be introduced at 
that time by ,judas1 their chief and    
high priest1 if it had not been always  
their custom4    #b ,machabees ,chapter 
#ac   ,antiochus and ,lysias again      
invade ,judea4  ,menelaus is put to     
death4  ,the king's great army is       
worsted twice4  ,the peace is renewed4  
#ac3a4 ,in the year one hundred and     
forty-nine1 ,judas understood that      
,antiochus ,eupator was coming with a   
multitude against ,judea1  #ac3b4 ,and  
with him ,lysias1 the regent1 who had   
charge over the affairs of the realm1   
having with him a hundred and ten       
thousand footmen1 five thousand         
horsemen1 twenty-two elephants1 and     
three hundred chariots4  ,a hundred and 
ten thousand1 etc4 4 4,the difference   

between the numbers here set down1 and  
those recorded1 #a ,mac4 #d1 is easily  
accounted for2 if we consider that such 
armies as these are liable to be at one 
time more numerous than at another2     
either by sending away large            
detachments1 or being diminished by     
sickness2 or increased by receiving     
fresh supplies of troops1 according to  
different exigencies or occurrences4    
#ac3c4 ,menelaus also joined himself    
with them3  and with great deceitfulness
 besought ,antiochus1 not for the       
welfare of his country1 but in hopes    
that he should be appointed chief ruler4
  #ac3d4 ,but the ,king of kings stirred
 up the mind of ,antiochus against the  
sinner1 and upon ,lysias suggesting that
 he was the cause of all the evils1 he  
commanded 7as the custom is with them7  
that he should be apprehended and put to
 death in the same place4  #ac3e4 ,now  
there was in that place a tower fifty   
cubits high1 having a heap of ashes on  
every side3  this had a prospect steep  

down4  #ac3f4 ,from thence he commanded 
the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown    
down into the ashes1 all men thrusting  
him forward unto death4  #ac3g4 ,and by 
such a law it happened that ,menelaus   
the transgressor of the law1 was put to 
death3  not having so much as burial in 
the earth4  #ac3h4 ,and indeed very     
justly1 for insomuch as he had committed
 many sins against the altar of ,god1   
the fire and ashes of which were holy3  
he was condemned to die in ashes4       
#ac3i4 ,but the king1 with his mind full
 of rage1 came on to shew himself worse 
to the ,jews than his father was4       
#ac3aj4 ,which when ,judas understood1  
he commanded the people to call upon the
 ,lord day and night1 that as he had    
always done1 so now also he would help  
them3  #ac3aa4 ,because they were afraid
 to be deprived of the law1 and of their
 country1 and of the holy temple3  and  
that he would not suffer the people1    
that had of late taken breath for a     
little while1 to be again in subjection 

to blasphemous nations4  #ac3ab4 ,so    
when they had all done this together1   
and had craved mercy of the ,lord with  
weeping and fasting1 lying prostrate on 
the ground for three days continually1  
,judas exhorted them to make themselves 
ready4  #ac3ac4 ,but he1 with the       
ancients1 determined before the king    
should bring his army into ,judea1 and  
make himself master of the city1 to go  
out1 and to commit the event of the     
thing to the judgment of the ,lord4     
#ac3ad4 ,so committing all to ,god1 the 
,creator of the world1 and having       
exhorted his people to fight manfully1  
and to stand up even to death for the   
laws1 the temple1 the city1 their       
country1 and citizens3  he placed his   
army about ,modin4  #ac3ae4 ,and having 
given his company for a watchword1 ,the 
victory of ,god1 with most valiant      
chosen young men1 he set upon the king's
 quarter by night1 and slew four        
thousand men in the camp1 and the       
greatest of the elephants1 with them    

that had been upon him1  #ac3af4 ,and   
having filled the camp of the enemies   
with exceeding great fear and tumult1   
they went off with good success4        
#ac3ag4 ,now this was done at the break 
of day1 by the protection and help of   
the ,lord4  #ac3ah4 ,but the king having
 taken a taste of the hardiness of the  
,jews1 attempted to take the strong     
places by policy3  #ac3ai4 ,and he      
marched with his army to ,bethsura1     
which was a strong hold of the ,jews3   
but he was repulsed1 he failed1 he lost 
his men4  #ac3bj4 ,now ,judas sent      
necessaries to them that were within    
#ac3ba4 ,but ,rhodocus1 one of the      
,jews' army1 disclosed the secrets to   
the enemies1 so he was sought out1 and  
taken up1 and put in prison4  #ac3bb4   
,again the king treated with them that  
were in ,bethsura3  gave his right hand3
  took theirs3  and went away4  #ac3bc4 
,he fought with ,judas3  and was        
overcome4  ,and when he understood that 
,philip1 who had been left over the     

affairs1 had rebelled at ,antioch1 he   
was in a consternation of mind1 and     
entreating the ,jews1 and yielding to   
them1 he swore to all things that seemed
 reasonable1 and1 being reconciled1     
offered sacrifice1 honoured the temple1 
and left gifts4  #ac3bd4 ,he embraced   
,machabeus1 and made him governor and   
prince from ,ptolemais unto the         
,gerrenians4  #ac3be4 ,but when he was  
come to ,ptolemais1 the men of that city
 were much displeased with the          
conditions of the peace1 being angry for
 fear they should break the covenant4   
#ac3bf4 ,then ,lysias went up to the    
judgment seat1 and set forth the reason1
 and appeased the people1 and returned  
to ,antioch3  and thus matters went with
 regard to the king's coming and his    
return4    #b ,machabees ,chapter #ad   
,demetrius challenges the kingdom4      
,alcimus applies to him to be made high 
priest3  ,nicanor is sent into ,judea3  
his dealings with ,judas3  his threats4 
,the history of ,razias4  #ad3a4 ,but   

after the space of three years ,judas1  
and they that were with him1 understood 
that ,demetrius1 the son of ,seleucus1  
was come up with a great power1 and a   
navy by the haven of ,tripolis1 to      
places proper for his purpose1  #ad3b4  
,and had made himself master of the     
countries against ,antiochus1 and his   
general1 ,lysias4  #ad3c4 ,now one      
,alcimus1 who had been chief priest1 but
 had wilfully defiled himself in the    
time of mingling with the heathens1     
seeing that there was no safety for him1
 nor access to the altar1  ,now         
,alcimus1 who had been chief priest4 4  
4,this ,alcimus was of the stock of     
,aaron1 but for his apostasy here       
mentioned was incapable of the high     
priesthood1 but king ,antiochus ,eupator
 appointed him in place of the high     
priest1 7see above1 #a ,mac4 chap4 #g41 
ver4 #i17 as ,menelaus had been before  
him1 set up by ,antiochus 7above chap4  
#d471 yet neither of them were truly    
high priests2 for the true high         

priesthood was amongst the ,machabees1  
who were also of the stock of ,aaron1   
and had strictly held their religion1   
and were ordained according to the rites
 commanded in the law of ,moses4--,ibid4
  ,mingling4 4 4with the heathens2 that 
is1 in their idolatrous worship4  #ad3d4
 ,came to king ,demetrius in the year   
one hundred and fifty1 presenting unto  
him a crown of gold1 and a palm1 and    
besides these1 some boughs that seemed  
to belong to the temple4  ,and that day 
indeed he held his peace4  #ad3e4 ,but  
having gotten a convenient time to      
further his madness1 being called to    
counsel by ,demetrius1 and asked what   
the ,jews relied upon1 and what were    
their counsels1  #ad3f4 ,he answered    
thereunto3  ,they among the ,jews that  
are called ,assideans1 of whom ,judas   
,machabeus is captain1 nourish wars1 and
 raise seditions1 and will not suffer   
the realm to be in peace4  #ad3g4 ,for  
,i also being deprived of my ancestor's 
glory 7,i mean of the high priesthood7  

am now come hither3  #ad3h4 ,principally
 indeed out of fidelity to the king's   
interests1 but in the next place also to
 provide for the good of my countrymen3 
for all our nation suffereth much from  
the evil proceedings of these men4      
#ad3i4 ,wherefore1 ,o king1 seeing thou 
knowest all these things1 take care1 ,i 
beseech thee1 both of the country1 and  
of our nation1 according to thy humanity
 which is known to all men4  #ad3aj4    
,for as long as ,judas liveth it is not 
possible that the state should be quiet4
  #ad3aa4 ,now when this man had spoken 
to this effect the rest also of the     
king's friends1 who were enemies of     
,judas1 incensed ,demetrius against him4
  #ad3ab4 ,and forthwith he sent        
,nicanor1 the commander over the        
elephants1 governor into ,judea3        
#ad3ac4 ,giving him in charge1 to take  
,judas himself3  and disperse all them  
that were with him1 and to make ,alcimus
 the high priest of the great temple4   
#ad3ad4 ,then the ,gentiles who had fled

 out of ,judea1 from ,judas1 came to    
,nicanor by flocks1 thinking the        
miseries and calamities of the ,jews to 
be the welfare of their affairs4        
#ad3ae4 ,now when the ,jews heard of    
,nicanor's coming1 and that the nations 
were assembled against them1 they cast  
earth upon their heads1 and made        
supplication to him who chose his people
 to keep them for ever1 and who         
protected his portion by evident signs4 
#ad3af4 ,then at the commandment of     
their captain1 they forthwith removed   
from the place where they were1 and went
 to the town of ,dessau1 to meet them4  
#ad3ag4 ,now ,simon1 the brother of     
,judas1 had joined battle with ,nicanor3
 but was frightened with the sudden     
coming of the adversaries4  #ad3ah4     
,nevertheless ,nicanor hearing of the   
valour of ,judas's companions1 and the  
greatness of courage1 with which they   
fought for their country1 was afraid to 
try the matter by the sword4  #ad3ai4   
,wherefore he sent ,posidonius1 and     

,theodotius and ,matthias before to     
present and receive the right hands4    
#ad3bj4 ,and when there had been a      
consultation thereupon1 and the captain 
had acquainted the multitude with it1   
they were all of one mind to consent to 
covenants4  #ad3ba4 ,so they appointed a
 day upon which they might come together
 by themselves3  and seats were brought 
out1 and set for each one4  #ad3bb4 ,but
 ,judas ordered armed men to be ready in
 convenient places1 lest some mischief  
might be suddenly practised by the      
enemies3  so they made an agreeable     
conference4  #ad3bc4 ,and ,nicanor abode
 in ,jerusalem1 and did no wrong1 but   
sent away the flocks of the multitudes  
that had been gathered together4        
#ad3bd4 ,and ,judas was always dear to  
him from the heart1 and he was well     
affected to the man4  #ad3be4 ,and he   
desired him to marry a wife1 and to have
 children4  ,so he married3  he lived   
quietly1 and they lived in common4      
#ad3bf4 ,but ,alcimus seeing the love   

they had one to another1 and the        
covenants1 came to ,demetrius1 and told 
him that ,nicanor had assented to the   
foreign interest1 for that he meant to  
make ,judas1 who was a traitor to the   
kingdom1 his successor4  #ad3bg4 ,then  
the king1 being in a rage1 and provoked 
with this man's wicked accusation1 wrote
 to ,nicanor1 signifying that he was    
greatly displeased with the covenant of 
friendship3  and that he commanded him  
nevertheless to send ,machabeus prisoner
 in all haste to ,antioch4  #ad3bh4     
,when this was known1 ,nicanor was in a 
consternation1 and took it grievously   
that he should make void the articles   
that were agreed upon1 having received  
no injury from the man4  #ad3bi4 ,but   
because he could not oppose the king1 he
 watched an opportunity to comply with  
the orders  #ad3cj4 ,but when ,machabeus
 perceived that ,nicanor was more stern 
to him1 and that when they met together 
as usual he behaved himself in a rough  
manner2 and was sensible that this rough

 behaviour came not of good1 he gathered
 together a few of his men1 and hid     
himself from ,nicanor4  #ad3ca4 ,but he 
finding himself notably prevented by the
 man1 came to the great and holy temple3
  and commanded the priests that were   
offering the accustomed sacrifices1 to  
deliver him the man4  #ad3cb4 ,and when 
they swore unto him1 that they knew not 
where the man was whom he sought1 he    
stretched out his hand to the temple1   
#ad3cc4 ,and swore1 saying3  ,unless you
 deliver ,judas prisoner to me1 ,i will 
lay this temple of ,god even with the   
ground1 and will beat down the altar1   
and ,i will dedicate this temple to     
,bacchus4  #ad3cd4 ,and when he had     
spoken thus1 he departed4  ,but the     
priests stretching forth their hands to 
heaven1 called upon him that was ever   
the defender of their nation1 saying in 
this manner3  #ad3ce4 ,thou1 ,o ,lord of
 all things1 who wantest nothing1 wast  
pleased that the temple of thy          
habitation should be amongst us4        

#ad3cf4 ,therefore now1 ,o ,lord1 the   
holy of all holies1 keep this house for 
ever undefiled1 which was lately        
cleansed4  #ad3cg4 ,now ,razias1 one of 
the ancients of ,jerusalem1 was accused 
to ,nicanor1 a man that was a lover of  
the city1 and of good report1 who for   
his kindness was called the father of   
the ,jews4  #ad3ch4 ,this man1 for a    
long time1 had held fast his purpose of 
keeping himself pure in the ,jews'      
religion1 and was ready to expose his   
body and life1 that he might persevere  
therein4  #ad3ci4 ,so ,nicanor being    
willing to declare the hatred that he   
bore the ,jews1 sent five hundred       
soldiers to take him4  #ad3dj4 ,for he  
thought by ensnaring him to hurt the    
,jews very much4  #ad3da4 ,now as the   
multitude sought to rush into his house1
 and to break open the door1 and to set 
fire to it1 when he was ready to be     
taken1 he struck himself with his sword3
  ,he struck himself1 etc4 4 4,st4      
,augustine1 7,epist4 #fa1 ad ,dulcitium1

 et lib4 #b1 cap4 #bc1 ad ,epist4 #b1   
,gaud47 discussing this fact of ,razias1
 says1 that the holy scripture relates  
it1 but doth not praise it1 as to be    
admired or imitated1 and that either it 
was not well done by him1 or at least   
not proper in this time of grace4       
#ad3db4 ,choosing to die nobly rather   
than to fall into the hands of the      
wicked1 and to suffer abuses unbecoming 
his noble birth4  #ad3dc4 ,but whereas  
through haste he missed of giving a sure
 wound1 and the crowd was breaking into 
the doors1 he ran boldly to the wall1   
and manfully threw himself down to the  
crowd3  #ad3dd4 ,but they quickly making
 room for his fall1 he came upon the    
midst of the neck4  ,he came upon the   
midst of the neck4 4 4,venit per mediam 
cervicem4  ,in the ,greek it is keneona1
 which signifies a void place1 where    
there is no building4  #ad3de4 ,and as  
he had yet breath in him1 being inflamed
 in mind1 he arose3  and while his blood
 ran down with a great stream1 and he   

was grievously wounded1 he ran through  
the crowd3  #ad3df4 ,and standing upon a
 steep rock1 when he was now almost     
without blood1 grasping his bowels1 with
 both hands he cast them upon the       
throng1 calling upon the ,lord of life  
and spirit1 to restore these to him     
again3  and so he departed this life4   
#b ,machabees ,chapter #ae   ,judas     
encouraged by a vision gains a glorious 
victory over ,nicanor4  ,the conclusion4
  #ae3a4 ,but when ,nicanor understood  
that ,judas was in the places of        
,samaria1 he purposed to set upon him   
with all violence1 on the sabbath day4  
#ae3b4 ,and when the ,jews that were    
constrained to follow him1 said3  ,do   
not act so fiercely and barbarously1 but
 give honour to the day that is         
sanctified3  and reverence him that     
beholdeth all things3  #ae3c4 ,that     
unhappy man asked1 if there were a      
mighty ,one in heaven1 that had         
commanded the sabbath day to be kept4   
#ae3d4 ,and when they answered3  ,there 

is the living ,lord himself in heaven1  
the mighty ,one1 that commanded the     
seventh day to be kept4  #ae3e4 ,then he
 said3  ,and ,i am mighty upon the      
earth1 and ,i command to take arms1 and 
to do the king's business4              
,nevertheless he prevailed not to       
accomplish his design4  #ae3f4 ,so      
,nicanor being puffed up with exceeding 
great pride1 thought to set up a public 
monument of his victory over ,judas4    
#ae3g4 ,but ,machabeus ever trusted with
 all hope that ,god would help them4    
#ae3h4 ,and he exhorted his people not  
to fear the coming of the nations1 but  
to remember the help they had before    
received from heaven1 and now to hope   
for victory from the ,almighty4  #ae3i4 
,and speaking to them out of the law1   
and the prophets1 and withal putting    
them in mind of the battles they had    
fought before1 he made them more        
cheerful3  #ae3aj4 ,then after he had   
encouraged them1 he shewed withal the   
falsehood of the ,gentiles1 and their   

breach of oaths4  #ae3aa4 ,so he armed  
every one of them1 not with defence of  
shield and spear1 but with very good    
speeches1 and exhortations1 and told    
them a dream worthy to be believed1     
whereby he rejoiced them all4  #ae3ab4  
,now the vision was in this manner4     
,onias1 who had been high priest1 a good
 and virtuous man1 modest in his looks1 
gentle in his manners1 and graceful in  
speech1 and who from a child was        
exercised in virtues holding up his     
hands1 prayed for all the people of the 
,jews3  #ae3ac4 ,after this there       
appeared also another man1 admirable for
 age1 and glory1 and environed with     
great beauty and majesty3  #ae3ad4 ,then
 ,onias answering1 said3  ,this is a    
lover of his brethren1 and of the people
 of ,israel3  this is he that prayeth   
much for the people1 and for all the    
holy city1 ,jeremias1 the prophet of    
,god4  #ae3ae4 ,whereupon ,jeremias     
stretched forth his right hand1 and gave
 to ,judas a sword of gold1 saying3     

#ae3af4 ,take this holy sword1 a gift   
from ,god1 wherewith thou shalt         
overthrow the adversaries of my people  
,israel4  #ae3ag4 ,thus being exhorted  
with the words of ,judas1 which were    
very good1 and proper to stir up the    
courage1 and strengthen the hearts of   
the young men1 they resolved to fight1  
and to set upon them manfully3 that     
valour might decide the matter1 because 
the holy city1 and the temple were in   
danger4  #ae3ah4 ,for their concern was 
less for their wives1 and children1 and 
for their brethren1 and kinsfolks3  but 
their greatest and principal fear was   
for the holiness of the temple4  #ae3ai4
 ,and they also that were in the city1  
had no little concern for them that were
 to be engaged in battle4  #ae3bj4 ,and 
now when all expected what judgment     
would be given1 and the enemies were at 
hand1 and the army was set in array1 the
 beasts and the horsemen ranged in      
convenient places1  #ae3ba4 ,machabeus  
considering the coming of the multitude1

 and the divers preparations of armour1 
and the fierceness of the beasts1       
stretching out his hands to heaven1     
called upon the ,lord1 that worketh     
wonders1 who giveth victory to them that
 are worthy1 not according to the power 
of their arms1 but according as it      
seemeth good to him4  #ae3bb4 ,and in   
his prayer he said after this manner3   
,thou1 ,o ,lord1 who didst send thy     
angel in the time of ,ezechias1 king of 
,juda1 and didst kill a hundred and     
eighty-five thousand of the army of     
,sennacherib3  #ae3bc4 ,send now also1  
,o ,lord of heaven1 thy good angel      
before us1 for the fear and dread of the
 greatness of thy arm1  #ae3bd4 ,that   
they may be afraid1 who come with       
blasphemy against thy holy people4  ,and
 thus he concluded his prayer4  #ae3be4 
,but ,nicanor1 and they that were with  
him came forward1 with trumpets and     
songs4  #ae3bf4 ,but ,judas1 and they   
that were with him1 encountered them1   
calling upon ,god by prayers3  #ae3bg4  

,so fighting with their hands1 but      
praying to the ,lord with their hearts1 
they slew no less than five and thirty  
thousand1 being greatly cheered with the
 presence of ,god4  #ae3bh4 ,and when   
the battle was over1 and they were      
returning with joy1 they understood that
 ,nicanor was slain in his armour4      
#ae3bi4 ,then making a shout1 and a     
great noise1 they blessed the ,almighty 
,lord in their own language4  #ae3cj4   
,and ,judas1 who was altogether ready1  
in body and mind1 to die for his        
countrymen1 commanded that ,nicanor's   
head1 and his hand1 with the shoulder1  
should be cut off1 and carried to       
,jerusalem4  #ae3ca4 ,and when he was   
come thither1 having called together his
 countrymen1 and the priests to the     
altar1 he sent also for them that were  
in the castle1  #ae3cb4 ,and shewing    
them the head of ,nicanor1 and the      
wicked hand1 which he had stretched out1
 with proud boasts1 against the holy    
house of the ,almighty ,god1  #ae3cc4   

,he commanded also1 that the tongue of  
the wicked ,nicanor should be cut out1  
and given by pieces to birds1 and the   
hand of the furious man to be hanged up 
over against the temple4  #ae3cd4 ,then 
all blessed the ,lord of heaven1 saying3
  ,blessed be he that hath kept his own 
place undefiled4  #ae3ce4 ,and he hung  
up ,nicanor's head in the top of the    
castle1 that it might be an evident and 
manifest sign of the help of ,god4      
#ae3cf4 ,and they all ordained by a     
common decree1 by no means to let this  
day pass without solemnity3  #ae3cg4    
,but to celebrate the thirteenth day of 
the month of ,adar1 called in the       
,syrian language1 the day before        
,mardochias' day4  #ae3ch4 ,so these    
things being done with relation to      
,nicanor1 and from that time the city   
being possessed by the ,hebrews1 ,i also
 will here make an end of my narration4 
#ae3ci4 ,which if ,i have done well1 and
 as it becometh the history1 it is what 
,i desired3  but if not so perfectly1 it

 must be pardoned me4  ,if not so       
perfectly1 etc4 4 4,this is not said    
with regard to the truth of the         
narration2 but with regard to the style 
and manner of writing3 which in the     
sacred penmen is not always the most    
accurate4  ,see ,st4 ,paul1 #b ,cor4    
#aa4f4  #ae3dj4 ,for as it is hurtful to
 drink always wine1 or always water1 but
 pleasant to use sometimes the one1 and 
sometimes the other3  so if the speech  
be always nicely framed1 it will not be 
grateful to the readers4 ,but here it   
shall be ended4      ,,appendices       
,these texts come from the #afaj ,doway 
printing of the second tome of the ,old 
,testament 7see the ',history' section  
at the top of the e-text74  ,the primary
 sources provide a glimpse both into the
 history of the ,douay- ,rheims version 
and the ,english language itself4  ,the 
reader will quickly notice that the     
letter 'j' does not appear in the texts1
 rather 'i' functions either as a vowel 
or a consonant4  ,likewise 'u' is not a 

distinct letter2 it is employed         
typographically in the lower-case in    
place of 'v' where not starting a word4 
,the letters 'u' and 'v' both function  
either as vowels or consonants4  ,the   
word 'vniuersity' demonstrates this     
rule4  ,the letter 'w' is often         
employed1 but in some cases the earlier 
form of a double-v 7vv7 appears instead4
  ,the transcriber has done his best to 
render the text accurately4  ,note the  
relaxed spelling standards of the time2 
many variants appear4  ,while the errata
 section from the #afaj edition         
observed3  ,we haue also found some     
other faultes of lesse importance2 and  
feare there be more4  ,but we trust the 
reader may easely correct them1 as they 
occurre4 only obvious errors have been  
amended4  ,where the transcriber has    
doubt between whether an irregular      
spelling is either an error and a       
variant1 the printed text stands4       
#g-;bit ,,ascii cannot fully represent  
the typographical standards of the      

sixteenth and seventeenth centuries1 and
 many special characters have been      
replaced with modern equivalents4 ,where
 verse numbers stand in the margins of  
the printed texts1 they have been       
transferred to the body2 the verse      
numbers in the ',prayer of ,manasses'   
have been supplied from other versions4 
,reference notes have been transferred  
from the margins1 and their             
abbreviations modernized4               
,,additional ,,books    ,the prayer of  
,manasses1 vvith the third  fourth      
,bookes of ,esdras1 extant in most      
,latin and vulgare ,bibles1 are here    
placed after al the ,canonical bookes1  
of the old ,testament3  because they are
 not receiued into the ,canon of ,diuine
 ,scriptures by the ,catholique ,church4
     ,,the ,,prayer ,,of ,,manasses     
,,king ,,of ,,ivda1 ,,when ,,he ,,was   
,,held ,,captive ,,in ,,babylon4        
,,lord omnipotent ,god of our fathers1  
,abraham1  ,isaac1 and ,iacob1 and of   
their iust sede1 7#b ,par #cc3ab7 #b    

which didst make heauen and earth3 with 
al the ornamentes of them1 #c which hast
 bound the sea with the word of thy     
precept1 which hast shut vp the depth1  
and sealed it with thy terrible and     
laudable name3  #d whom al thinges      
dread1  tremble at the countinance of   
thy powre1 #e because the magnificence  
of thy glorie is importable1  the wrath 
of thy threatning vpon sinners is       
intollerable3  #f but the mercie of thy 
promise is infinite and vnsearchable3   
#g because thou art our ,lord1 most     
high1 benigne1 long suffering1 and very 
merciful1 and penitent vpon the         
wickednes of men4 ,thou ,lord according 
to the multitude of thy goodnes hast    
promised penance1 and remission to them 
that haue sinned to thee1 and by the    
multitude of thy mercies thou hast      
decreed penance to sinners1 vnto        
saluation4  #h ,thou therfore ,lord ,god
 of the iust1 hast not appointed penance
 to the iust1 ,abraham1  ,isaac and     
,iacob1 them that haue not sinned to    

thee1 but hast appointed penance for me 
a sinner3  #i because ,i haue sinned    
aboue the number of the sand of the sea4
  ,myne iniquities ,lord be multiplied1 
mine iniquities be multiplied1 and ,i am
 not worthie to behold1  looke vpon the 
height of heauen1 for the multitude of  
mine iniquities4  #aj ,i am made crooked
 with manie a band of yron1 that ,i can 
not lift vp my head1 and ,i haue not    
respiration3  because ,i haue stirred vp
 thy wrath1 and haue done euil before   
thee3  ,i haue not done thy wil1 and thy
 commandmentes ,i haue not kept3  ,i    
haue set vp abominations1 and multiplied
 offenses4  #aa ,and now ,i bowe the    
knee of my hart1 beseeching goodnes of  
thee4  #ab ,i haue sinned ,lord1 ,i haue
 sinned1  ,i acknowlege myne iniquities4
  #ac ,wherefore ,i beseech disiring    
thee1 forgeue me ,lord1 forgeue me3  and
 destroy me not together with myne      
iniquities1 neither reserue thou for    
euer1 being angrie1 euils for me1       
neither damme me into the lowest places 

of the earth3  because thou art ,lord1  
,god1 ,i say1 of the penitent3  #ad in  
me thou shalt shew al thy goodnes       
because thou shalt saue me vnworthie    
according to thy great mercie1 #ae and  
,i wil prayse thee alwayes al the dayes 
of my life3  because al the power of the
 heauens prayseth thee1 and to thee is  
glorie for euer and euer4 ,amen4        
,,the ,,third ,,booke ,,of ,,esdras4    
,for helpe of the readers1 especially   
such as haue not leysure to read al1 vve
 haue gathered the contentes of the     
chapters2 but made no ,annotations3     
because the text it self is but as a    
,commentarie to the ,canonical bookes2  
and therfore we haue only added the     
concordance of other ,scriptures in the 
margin4    ,,chap4 ,i4   ,iosias king of
 ,iuda maketh a great ,pasch1 #g4 geuing
 manie hostes to such as wanted for     
sacrifice3  #ad4 the ,priestes and      
,leuites performing their functions     
therin3  #bb4 in the eightenth yeare of 
his reigne1 #be4 ,he is slayne in battel

 by the king of ,a,egypt1 #cb4 and much 
lamented by the ,iewes4  #cd4 ,his sonne
 ,ieconias succedeth4  #cg4 ,after him  
,ioacim1 #dj4 who is deposed by the king
 of ,babylon4  #dc4 ,ioachim reigneth   
three monethes1 and is caried into      
,babylon4  #df4 ,sedecias reigneth      
eleuen yeares wickedly4  #eb4 and he    
with his people is caried captiue into  
,babylon1 the citie and temple are      
destroyed4  #eg4 so remayned til the    
,monarchie of the ,persians4  ,,and     
,iosias made a ,pasch in ,ierusalem to  
our ,lord  immolated the ,phase the     
fourtenth moone of the moneth3  7#d     
,kings #bc3ba _/ #b ,par #ce3a7 #b      
appointing the ,priestes by courses of  
dayes clothed with stoles in the temple 
of our ,lord4  #c ,and he spake to the  
,leuites the sacred seruantes of        
,isreal1 that they should sanctifie them
 selues to our ,lord in the placing of  
the holie arke of our ,lord in the      
house1 which king ,salomon sonne of     
,dauid built4  #d ,it shal not be for   

you to take it vpon your shoulders4     
,and now serue your ,lord1 and take the 
care of that nation ,israel1 in part    
according to your villages and tribes1  
#e according to the writing of ,dauid   
king of ,israel1 and according to the   
magnificence of ,salomon his sonne1 al  
in the temple1 and according to your    
fathers portion of principalitie1 among 
them that stand in the sight of your    
brethren the children of ,isreal4  #f   
,immolate the ,pasch1 and prepare the   
sacrifices for your bretheren1 and doe  
according to the precept of our ,lord   
which was geuen to ,moyses4  7,ex #ab _/
 ,lev #bc _/ ,num #bh7  #g ,and ,iosias 
gaue vnto the people that was found of  
sheepe1 lambes1 and kiddes1 and goates  
thirtie thousand1 calues there thousand4
  #h ,these thinges were geuen to the   
people of the kinges goodes according to
 promisse3  and to the priestes for the 
,phase1 sheepe in number two thousand1  
and calues an hundred4  #i ,and         
,iechonias1 and ,semeias1 and ,nathanael

 bretheren1 and ,hasabias1 and ,oziel1  
and ,coraba for the ,phase sheepe fiue  
thousand1 calues fiue hundred4  #aj ,and
 when these thinges were done in good   
order1 the ,priestes an the ,leuites    
stood hauing azymes by tribes4  #aa ,and
 according to the portions of their     
fathers principalitie1 in the sight of  
the people they did offer1 to our ,lord 
according to those thinges1 which were  
written in the booke of ,moyses3  #ab   
and rosted the ,phase with fire as it   
ought3  and the hostes they boyled in   
cauldrons1 and in pottes with           
beneuolence3  #ac and they brought to al
 that were of the people3  and afterward
 they prepared for them selues and the  
priestes4  #ad ,for the ,priestes       
offered the fatte1 vntil the houre was  
ended3  and the ,leuites prepared for   
them selues1 and their brethren1 the    
children of ,aaron4 #ae ,and the sacred 
singing men1 the children of ,asaph were
 by order according to the precept of   
,dauid and ,asaph1 and ,zacharias1 and  

,ieddimus1 which was from the king4  #af
 ,and the porters at euerie gate1 so    
that none transgressed his owne3  for   
their brethren prepared for them4  #ag  
,and the thinges were consummate that   
perteyned to the sacrifice of our ,lord4
 #ah ,in that day they celebrated the   
,phase1 and offered hostes vpon the     
sacrifice of our ,lord1 according to the
 precept of king ,iosias4  #ai ,and the 
children of ,israel1 that were found at 
that time1 celebrated the ,phase3  and  
the festiual day of ,azymes for seuen   
dayes3  #bj and there was not celebrated
 such a ,phase in ,isreal1 from the     
times of ,samuel the prophet3  #ba and  
al the kinges of ,israel did not        
celebrate such a ,phase as ,iosias did1 
and the ,priestes1 and the ,leuites1 and
 the ,iewes1 and al ,israel1 that were  
found in their abode at ,ierusalem4  #bb
 ,in the eightenth yeare1 ,iosias       
reigning was the ,phase celebrated4  #bc
 ,and the workes of ,iosias were        
directed in the sight of his ,lord in a 

hart ful of feare3 #bd and the thinges  
concerning him are writen in the ancient
 times1 touching them that sinned1 and  
were irreligous against our ,lord aboue 
al nations1 and that sought not the     
wordes of our ,lord vpon ,israel4  #be  
,and after al this fact of ,iosias1 came
 vp ,pharao the king of ,a,egypt comming
 in ,charcamis from the way vpon        
,euphrates1 and ,iosias went forth to   
meete him4  7#d ,kings #bc3bi _/ #b ,par
 #ce3bj7  #bf ,and the king of ,a,egypt 
sent to ,iosias saying3  ,what is there 
betwen me  thee king of ,iuda8  #bg ,i  
was not sent of the ,lord to fight      
against thee3  for my battel is vpon    
,euphrates1 goe downe in hast4  #bh ,and
 ,iosias did not returne vpon his       
chariote3  but endeuoured to ouerthrow  
him1 not attending the word of the      
prophet from the mouth of our ,lord3    
#bi but he made battel against him in   
the field of ,mageddo4  ,and princes    
went downe to king ,iosias4  #cj ,and   
the king said to his seruantes3  ,remoue

 me from the battel1 for ,i am weakned  
excedingly4  ,and forthwith his         
seruantes remoued him out of the battel4
 #ca ,and he went vp into his second    
chariote3   comming to ,ierusalem1 dyed1
 and was buried in his fathers          
sepulchre4  #cb ,and in al ,iurie they  
mourned for ,iosias1  the rulers with   
their wiues lamented him vntil this day4
  ,and this was geuen out to be done    
alwayes vnto al the stocke of ,israel4  
#cc ,but these thinges were writen      
before in the booke of the histories of 
the kinges of ,iuda3  and al the actes  
of the doing of ,iosias1 and his glorie 
and his vnderstanding in the law of our 
,lord3  and the thinges that were done  
by him1 and that are not writen in the  
booke of the kinges of ,israel and      
,iuda4  #cd ,and they that were of the  
nation1 taking ,iechonias the sonne of  
,iosias1 made him king for ,iosias his  
father1 when he was three and twentie   
yeares old4  7#d ,kings #bc3cj _/ #b    
,par #cf3a7  #ce ,and he reigned ouer   

,israel three monethes4  ,and the king  
of ,a,egypt remoued him1 that he should 
not reigne in ,ierusalem3  #cf and he   
put a taxe vpon the nation of siluer an 
hundred talentes1 and of gold one       
talent4  #cg ,and the king of ,a,egypt  
made ,ioacim his brother king of ,iuda  
and ,ierusalem3  #ch and he bound the   
magistrates of ,ioacim1 and ,zaracel his
 brother1 and taking them brought them  
backe into ,a,egypt4  #ci ,ioacim was   
fiue and twentie yeares old when he     
began to reigne in the land of ,iuda and
 ,ierusalem3  and he did euil in the    
sight of our ,lord4  #dj ,and after this
 man came vp ,nabuchodonosor the king of
 ,babylon1 and binding him with a bande 
of brasse1 brought him into ,babylon4   
#da ,and ,nabuchodonosor tooke the      
sacred vessels of our ,lord1 and carried
 away1 and consecrated them in his      
temple in ,babylon4  #db ,for his       
vncleanes1 and lacke of religion is     
written in the booke of the times of the
 kinges4 #dc ,and ,ioachin his sonne    

reigned for him4  ,and when he was made 
king1 he was eightene yeares old4  #dd  
,and reigned three monethes and ten     
dayes in ,ierusalem1 and did euil in the
 sight of our ,lord3  #de and after a   
yeare ,nabuchodonosor sending1          
transported him into ,babylon together  
with the sacred vessels of our ,lord4   
7#d ,kings #bd3ac7  #df ,and he made    
,sedecias king of ,iuda and ,ierusalem1 
when he was one and twentie yeares old3 
7#d ,kings #bd3ag7  and he reigned      
eleuen yeares4  #dg ,and he did euil in 
the sight of our ,lord1 and was not     
afraid of the wordes which were spoken  
by ,ieremie the prophet from the mouth  
of our ,lord3  7,jer #cg3b7  #dh and    
being sworne of king ,nabuchodonosor1   
forsworne he did reuolt3  and his necke 
being hardened1  his hart1 he           
transgressed the ordinances of our ,lord
 the ,god of ,israel4  #di ,and the     
princes of the people of our ,lord did  
manie thinges wickedly1 and they did    
impiously aboue al the vncleannes of the

 nations3  and they polluted the temple 
of our ,lord that was holie of          
,ierusalem4  #ej ,and the ,god of their 
fathers sent by his messenger to reclame
 them1 for that he would spare them1 and
 his tabernacle4  #ea ,but they scorned 
at his messengers3  and in the day that 
our ,lord spake to them1 they were      
mocking his prophetes4  #eb ,who was    
moued euen vnto wrath vpon his nation   
for their impietie1 and commanded the   
kinges of the ,chaldees to come vp4  #ec
 ,these slewe their yong men with the   
sword1 round about their holie temple1  
and spared not yong man1 and old man1   
and virgin1 and youth3  #ed but al were 
deliuered into their handes3   taking al
 the sacred vessels of our ,lord1 and   
the kinges treasures1 they caried them  
into ,babylon1 #ee and burnt the house  
of our ,lord1 and threwe downe the      
walles of ,ierusalem3  and the towres   
therof they burnt with fire1 #ef and    
consumed al their honorable thinges1 and
 brought them to naught1 and those that 

were left of the sword1 they led into   
,babylon4  #eg ,and they were his       
seruants vntil the ,persians reigned in 
the fulfilling of the word of our ,lord 
by the mouth of ,ieremie3  7,jer #be3ab 
_/ ,jer #bi3aj _/ ,dan #i3b7  #eh as    
long as the land quietly kept her       
sabbathes1 al the time of her desolation
 she sabbathized in the application of  
seuentie yeares4    ,,chap4 ,,ii4       
,cyrus king of ,persia permitteth the   
,iewes to returne into their countrie3  
#aj4 and deliuereth to them the holie   
vessels1 which ,nabuchodonosor had taken
 from the temple4  #af4 ,certaine       
aduersaries writing to king ,artaxerxes1
 hinder those that would repayre the    
ruines of ,ierusalem4  ,,cyrvs king of  
the ,persians reigning for the          
accomplishment of the word of our ,lord 
by the mouth of ,ieremie1 7#b ,par      
#cf3bb _/ #a ,esd #a3a _/ #a ,esd #f3c  
_/ ,jer #be3ab _/ ,jer #bi3aj _/ ,dan   
#i3b7 #b our ,lord raysed vp the spirit 
of ,cyrus king of the ,persians1 and he 

proclaymed in al his kingdomes1 and that
 by writing1 #c saying3  ,thus sayth    
,cyrus king of the ,persians3  ,the     
,lord of ,israel1 the high ,lord1 hath  
made me king ouer the whole earth4  #d  
and hath signified to me to build him a 
house in ,ierusalem1 which is in ,iurie4
  #e ,if there be any of your kinred1   
his ,lord goe vp with him into          
,ierusalem4  #f ,whosoeuer therefore    
dwel about the places1 let them helpe   
them that are in the same place1 in gold
 and siluer1 #g in giftes1 with horses1 
and beastes1 and with other thinges     
which by vowes are added into the temple
 of our ,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem4  
#h ,and the princes of the tribes1 of   
the villages and of ,iurie1 of the tribe
 of ,beniamin1  the ,priestes1 and the  
,leuites standing vp1 whom our ,lord    
moued to goe vp1 and to build the house 
of our ,lord which is in ,ierusalem1 and
 they that were round about them1 #i did
 helpe them with al their gold and      
siluer1 and beastes1 and manie whose    

minde was stirred vp1 with many vowes4  
#aj ,and ,cyrus the king brought forth  
the sacred vessel of our ,lord1 which   
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon    
transported out of ,ierusalem1 and      
consecrated them to his ,idol4  #aa ,and
 ,cyrus the king of ,persians bringing  
them forth1 deliuered them to           
,mithridatus1 who was ouer his          
treasures4 #ab ,and by him they were    
deliuered to ,salmanasar president of   
,iurie4 #ac ,and of these this was the  
number3  ,cuppes for libamentes of      
siluer two thousand foure hundred1      
basens of siluer thirtie3  phials of    
gold thirtie1 also of siluer two        
thousand foure hundred3  and other      
vessels a thousand4  #ad and al the     
vessels of gold and siluer1 were fiue   
thousand eight hundred sixtie4  #ae ,and
 they were numbered to ,salmanasar      
together with them1 that came out of the
 captiuite of ,babylon into ,ierusalem4 
#af ,but in the times of ,artaxerxes    
king of the ,persians1 there wrote to   

him of them that dwelt in ,iurie and    
,ierusalem1 ,balsamus1 and ,mithridatus1
 and ,sabellius1 and ,rathimus1         
,balthemus1 ,sabellius scribe1 and the  
rest dweling in ,samaria1 and other     
places the epistle folowing to king     
,artaxerxes4  7#a ,esd #d3g7  #ag ,,sir1
 thy seruantes ,rathimus ouer           
occurrentes1 and ,sabellius the scribe1 
and the other iudges of thy court in    
,caelesyria1 and ,phenice4  #ah ,and now
 be it knowen to our ,lord the king1    
that ,iewes came vp from you to vs1     
coming into ,ierusalem a rebellious1    
very naughty citie1 do build the        
fornaces thereof1 and set vp the walles1
 and rayse the temple4  #ai ,and if this
 citie1 and the walles shal be finished1
 they wil not onlie not abyde to pay    
tributes1 but also wil resist the       
kinges4  #bj ,and because that is in    
doing about the temple1 we thought it   
should doe wel not to neglect this same 
thing3 #ba but to make it knowen to our 
,lord the king1 that if it shal seme    

good1 o king it may be sought in the    
bookes of thy fathers1 #bb and thou     
shalt find in the recordes1 thinges     
writen of these1 and thou shalt know    
that this citie hath bene rebellious1   
and trubling kinges1 and cities1 #bc and
 the ,iewes rebelles1  making battels in
 it from time out of mind1 for the which
 cause this citie was made desolate4    
#bd ,now therfore we doe thee to        
vnderstand1 ,lord king1 that if this    
citie shal be built1 and the walles     
therof shal be erected1 there wil be no 
comming downe for thee into ,caelesyria1
  ,phenice4  #be ,then wrote the king to
 ,rathimus1 the writer of the           
occurrentes1 and to ,balthemus1 and to  
,sabellius the scribe1 and to the rest  
ioyned with them1 and to the dwellers in
 ,syria1 and ,phenice1 as foloweth3  #bf
 ,i haue read the epistle that you sent 
me4  ,i commanded therfore search to be 
made1  it was found that the same citie 
is from the beginning rebellious to     
kinges1 #bg and the men rebelles1 and   

making battels in it1  there were most  
valient kinges ruling in ,ierusalem1 and
 exacting tributes in ,caelesyria1      
,phenice4  #bh ,now therfore ,i haue    
geuen commandment to forbid those men to
 build the citie1 and to stay them that 
nothing be done more then is3  #bi and  
that they proceeded not farder1 wherof  
are euils1 so that there may be truble  
brougt vpon the kinges4 #cj ,then these 
things being read which were writen of  
king ,artaxerxes1 ,rathimus1 and        
,sabellius the scribe1 and they that    
were apointed with them ioyning together
 in hast came to ,ierusalem with a      
troupe of horsemen1 and multitude1      
companie3  #ca and they begane to forbid
 the builders1 and they ceased from     
building of the temple in ,ierusalem1   
til in the second yeare of the reigne of
 ,darius king of the ,persians4         
,,chap4 ,,iii4   ,after a solemne supper
 made to al the court1 and chief        
princes1 king ,darius sleeping3  #d4    
three esquires of the bodie keeping     

watch1 proposed the question3  #aj4     
,v,vhether wine1 or a ,king1 or wemen1  
or the truth doth excel8  #ag4 ,the     
first prayseth wine4  ,,king ,darius    
made a great supper to al his domestical
 seruantes1 and to al the magistrates of
 ,media and ,persia1 #b and to al that  
were purple1 and to the praetors1 and   
counsuls1 and liuetenantes vnder him    
from ,india vnto ,a,ethiopia1 an hundred
 twentie seuen prouinces4  #c ,and when 
they had eaten and drunken1 and returned
 ful1 then ,darius went vp into his     
chamber1 and slept1 and awaked4  #d     
,then those three youngmen kepers of his
 bodie1 which garded the kings bodie1   
sayd one to an other2 #e ,let euerie one
 of vs say a word that may excel3       
whose word soeuer shal appeare wiser    
then the others1 to him wil king ,darius
 geue great giftes1 #f to be couered    
with purple1  to drinke in gold1 and to 
sleepe vpon gold1  a chariote with a    
bridle of gold1  a bonet of silke1 and a
 cheyne about his necke3  #g and he shal

 sit in the second place next ,darius   
for his wisdome4  ,and he shal be called
 the cosin of ,darius4  #h ,then euerie 
one writing his word signed it1 and they
 put it vnder the pillow of ,darius the 
king1 #i and they sayd4  ,when the king 
shal rise1 we wil geue him our          
writinges3  and which soeuer of the     
three the king shal iudge1 and the      
magistrates of ,persia1 that his word is
 the wiser1 to him shal the victorie be 
geuen as is writen4  #aj ,one wrote3    
,wine is strong4  #aa ,an other wrote1 a
 ,king is stronger4  #ab ,the third     
wrote1 ,wemen are more strong3  but     
aboue al thinges truth ouercometh4  #ac 
,and when the king was risen1 they tooke
 their writinges1 and gaue him1 and he  
read4  #ad ,and sending he called al the
 ,magistrates of ,persians1 and the     
,medes1 and them that weare purple1 and 
the pretors1 and the ouerseers2 #ae and 
they sate in the councel3  and the      
writinges were read before them4  #af   
,and he sayd3  ,cal the youngmen1 and   

they shal declare their owne wordes4    
,and they were called1 and went in4  #ag
 ,and he sayd to them3  ,declare vnto vs
 concerning these thinges which are     
writen4  ,and the first began1 he that  
had spoken of the strength of wine1 #ah 
and sayd3  ,o ye men1 how doth wine     
preuaile ouer al men that drinke6  it   
seduceth the minde4  #ai ,and also the  
mind of king and orphane it maketh      
vaine4  ,also of the bondman and the    
free1 of the rich man and the poore1 #bj
 and euerie mind it turneth into        
securitie and pleasantnes1 and it       
remembreth not any sorow and dewtie1 #ba
 and al hartes it maketh honest1 and it 
remembreth not king1 nor magistrate1 and
 it maketh a man speake al thinges by   
talentes4 #bb ,and when they haue       
drunke1 they remember not frendship1 nor
 brotherhood3  yea and not long after   
they take swordes4  #bc ,and when they  
are recouered and risen from the wine1  
they remember not what they haue done4  
#bd ,o ye men1 doth not wine excel8  who

 thinketh to doe so8  ,and hauing sayd  
this1 he held his peace4    ,,chap4     
,,iiii4   ,the second prayseth the      
excellencie of a king3  #ac4 ,the third 
7which is ,zorobabel7 commendeth wemen3 
#cc4 but preferreth truth aboue al4 #da4
 ,v,vhich is so approued1 and he is     
rewarded4  #db4 ,the king moreouer at   
his request restoreth the holie vessels 
of the temple1 and granteth meanes to   
build the citie of ,ierusalem1 and the  
temple4  ,,and the next began to speake1
 he that spake of the strength of a     
king4 #b ,o ye men doe not the men      
excel1 which obteyne land and sea1 and  
al thinges that are in them8  #c ,but a 
king excelleth aboue al thinges1 and    
hath dominion ouer them3  and euerie    
thing whatsoeuer he shal say to them1   
they doe4  #d ,and if he send them to   
warryers1 they goe1 and throw downe     
mountaines1 and the walles1 and towers4 
#e ,they kil1 and are killed3  and the  
kinges word they transgresse not4  ,for 
if they shal ouercome1 they bring to the

 king al thinges whatsoeuer they haue   
taken for a praye4  #f ,in like maner   
also al others1 for so many as are not  
souldiars1 nor fight1 but til the       
ground3  when they shal reape1 againe   
they bring tributes to the king4  #g    
,and he being one onlie if he say3 ,kil 
ye1 they kil3  say he3  forgeue1 the    
forgeue4  #h say he3  strike3 they      
strike3  say he1 destroy1 they destroy3 
say he build1 they build4 #i say he1 cut
 downe1 they cut downe1 say he plant1   
they plant3  #aj and al the people1     
potestates here him1 and beside this he 
sitteth downe1 and drinketh1 and        
sleepeth4  #aa ,and others gard him     
round about1 and can not goe euerie one1
 and doe their owne workes1 but at a    
word are obedient to him4  #ab ,o ye    
men1 how doth not a king excel that is  
so renowmed8  ,and he held his peace4   
#ac ,the third that spake of wemen and  
truth1 this is ,zorobabel1 began to     
speake4  #ad ,o ye men1 not the great   
king1  many men1 neither is it wine that

 dothe excel4  ,who is it then that hath
 the dominion of them8  #ae ,haue not   
wemen brought forth the king1 and al the
 people1 that ruleth ouer land  sea3    
#af and were they not borne of them1 and
 did not they bring vp them which       
planted the vineyardes1 whereof wine is 
made8  #ag ,and they make the garmentes 
of al men1  they doe honor to al men1   
and men can not be separed from wemen4  
#ah ,if they haue gathered gold and     
siluer1 and euerie beutiful thing1  see 
a woman comelie and fayre1 #ai leauing  
al these thinges they fixe their looke  
vpon her1  with open mouth beholde her1 
and allure her more then gold and       
siluer1 and euerie precious thing4  #bj 
,man forsaketh his father that brought  
him vp1 and his countrie1 and ioyneth   
himself to a woman4  #ba ,and with a    
woman he refresheth his soul3  and      
neither doth he remember father1 nor    
mother1 nor countrie4  #bb ,and hereby  
you must know that wemen rule ouer you4 
,are you not sorie8  #bc ,and a man     

taketh his sword1  goeth into the way to
 commit theftes and murders1  to sayle  
seas  riuers1 #bd and seeth a lyon1 and 
goeth in darkenes3  and when he hath    
committed theft1 and fraude1 and        
spoyles1 he bringeth it to his beloued4 
#be ,and againe1 man loueth his wife    
more then father or mother4  #bf ,and   
many haue become madde for their wiues3 
and haue been made bondmen for them3    
#bg and many haue perished and bene     
slayne1 and haue sinned for wemen4  #bh 
,and now beleue me1 that the king is    
great in his powre3  because al         
countries are afrayd to touch him4  #bi 
,neuertheles ,i saw ,apemes the daughter
 of ,bezaces the concubine of a         
meruelous king1 sitting by the king at  
his right hand1 #cj and taking of the   
crowne from his head1 and putting it    
vpon her self1 and with the palme of her
 left hand she stroke the king4  #ca    
,and beside these thinges he with open  
mouth beheld her3  and if she smiled he 
laugheth1 and if she be angrie with him1

 he flattereth1 til he be reconciled to 
her fauour4  #cb ,o ye men1 why are not 
wemen stronger8 ,great is the earth1 and
 high is the heauen3  who doeth these   
thinges8 #cc ,and then the king and they
 that weare purple looked one vpon an   
other4 ,and he began to speake of truth4
  #cd ,o ye men1 are not wemen strong8  
,the earth is great and heauen is high3 
the swift course of the sunne turneth   
the heauen round into his place in one  
day4  #ce ,is not he magnifical that    
doth these thinges1 and the truth great1
 and stronger aboue al thinges8  #cf ,al
 the earth calleth vpon the truth1      
heauen also blesseth it1 and al workes  
are moued1 and tremble at it1 and there 
is not any thing with it vniust4  #cg   
,wine is vniust1 the king is vniust1    
wemen are vniust1 al the sonnes of men  
are vniust1 and al their workes are     
vniust1 and in them is not truth1 and   
they shal perish in their iniquitie3    
#ch and truth abydeth1 and groweth      
strong for euer1 and liueth1 and        

preuayleth for euer and euer4  #ci      
,neither is there with it acception of  
persons1 nor differences3  but the      
thinges that are iust it doth to al men1
 to the vniust and malignant1 and al men
 are wel pleased in the workes thereof4 
#dj ,and there is no vniust thing in the
 iudgement therof1 but strength1 and    
reigne1 and power1 and maiestie of      
worldes4 ,blessed be the ,god of truth4 
#da ,and he left speaking4  ,and al the 
people cryed1 and sayd3  ,great is truth
 and it preuaileth4  #db ,then the king 
sayd to him3  ,aske1 if thou wilt any   
more1 then the thinges that are writen1 
and ,i wil geue it thee1 according as   
thou art found wiser then thy           
neighbours1  thou shalt sitte next to   
me1 and shalt be called my cosin4  #dc  
,then sayd he to the king3  ,be midful  
of thy vow1 which thou hast vowed1 to   
build ,ierusalem in the day that thou   
didst receiue the kingdom3  #dd and to  
send backe al the vessels that were     
taken out of ,ierusalem1 which ,cyrus   

separated1 when he sacked ,babylon1 and 
would haue sent them backe thither4  #de
 ,and thou hast vowed to build the      
temple1 which the ,idumeians burnt1 when
 ,iurie was destroyed of the ,chaldees4 
#df ,and now this is that which ,i aske 
,lord1  which ,i desire1 this is the    
maiestie which ,i desire of thee1 that  
thou performe the vowe which thou hast  
vowed to the king of heauen by thy      
mouth4  #dg ,then ,darius the king      
rising vp1 kissed him3  and wrote       
letters to al the officers1 and         
ouerseers1 and them that weare purple1  
that they should conduct him1 and them  
that were with him1 al going vp to build
 ,ierusalem4  #dh ,and to al the        
ouerseers that were in ,syria1 and      
,phoenice1 and ,libanus he wrote        
letters1 that they should draw ,ceder   
trees from ,libanus into ,ierusalem1 to 
build the citie with them4  #di ,and he 
wrote to al the ,iewes which went vp    
from the kingdome into ,iurie for       
libertie1 euerie mightie man1           

magistrate1  ouerseer not to come vpon  
them to their gates1 #ej and al the     
countrie which they had obtayned to be  
free vnto them1  that the ,idumeians    
leaue the castels which they possesse of
 the ,iewes1 #ea and to the building of 
the temple to geue euerie yeare twentie 
talentes vntil it were throughly built3 
#eb  vpon the altars to burne holocausts
 dayly1 as they haue commandment3  to   
offer other ten talentes euery yeare1   
#ec  to al that go forth from ,babylon  
to build the citie1 that there should be
 libertie as wel to them as to their    
children1 and to al the priestes that   
goe before4  #ed ,and he wrote a        
quantitie also1 and commanded the sacred
 stole to be geuen1 wherein they should 
serue2 #ee and to the ,leuites he wrote 
to geue preceptes1 vntil the day wherein
 the house shal be finished1 and        
,ierusalem builded4  #ef ,and to al that
 kepe the citie1 he wrote portions and  
wages to be geuen to them4  #eg ,and he 
sent away al the vessels whatsoeuer     

,cyrus had separated from ,babylon1 and 
al thinges whatsoeuer ,cyrus sayd1 he   
also commanded to be donne1 and to be   
sent to ,ierusalem4  #eh ,and when that 
yong man was gone forth1 lyfting vp his 
face toward ,ierusalem1 he blessed the  
king of heauen1 #ei  sayd3  ,of thee is 
victorie1 and of thee is wisdome1 and   
glorie4  ,and ,i am thy seruant4 #fj    
,blessed art thou which hast geuen me   
wisedom1 and ,i wil confesse to thee    
,lord ,god of our fathers4  #fa ,and he 
toke the letters1 and went into         
,babylon4  ,and he came1 and told al his
 brethren that were in ,babylon3 #fb and
 they blessed the ,god of their fathers1
 because he gaue them remission and     
refreshing1 #fc that they should goe vp 
and build ,ierusalem1 and the temple    
wherein his name was renowmed1 and they 
reioyced with musike and ioy seuen      
dayes4    ,,chap4 ,v4   ,those that     
returned from captiuitie of ,bablyon    
into ,ierusalem1 and ,iurie1 are        
recited4  #dg4 ,they restore ,gods      

seruice3  #ff4 but are hindered from    
building4  ,,after these thinges there  
were chosen1 to goe vp the princes of   
townes by their houses1 and tribes1 and 
their wiues1 and their sonnes and       
daughters1 and their men seruantes and  
wemen seruantes1 and their cattel4 7#a  
,esd #b3a7  #b ,and ,darius the king    
sent together with them a thousand      
horsmen1 til they conducted them to     
,ierusalem with peace1  with musicke    
with tymbrels1 and shaulmes3  #c and al 
the brethren were playing1 and he made  
them goe vp together with them4  #d ,and
 these are the names of the men that    
went vp by their townes according to    
tribes1 and according to the portion of 
their principalitie4  #e ,priestes3     
,the children of ,phinees1 the sonne of 
,aaron1 ,iesus the sonne of ,iosedec1   
,ioacim the sonne of ,zorobabel1 the    
sonne of ,salatheil of the house of     
,dauid1 of the progenie of ,phares1 of  
the tribe of ,iuda4  #f ,who spake vnder
 ,darius king of the ,persians the      

meruelous wordes in the second yeare of 
his reigne the first moneth ,nisan4  #g 
,and they are these1 that of ,iurie came
 vp from the captiuitie of the          
transmigration1 whom ,nabuchodonosor the
 king of ,babylon transported into      
,babylon1 and returned into ,ierusalem4 
7#a ,esd #b3b _/ #b ,esd #g3f7  #h ,and 
euerie one sought a part of ,iurie      
according to his owne citie1 they that  
came with ,zorobabel1 and ,iesus1       
,nehemias1 ,areores1 ,elimeo1 ,emmanio1 
,mardocheo1 ,beelsuro1 ,mechpsatochor1  
,olioro1 ,emonia one of their princes4  
#i ,and the number of them of the same  
nation1 of their rulers the children of 
,phares1 two thousand an hundred        
seuentie two3  #aj ,the children of     
,ares1 three thousand an hundred fiftie 
seuen3  #aa ,the children of ,phoemo1 an
 hundred fourtie two3  in the children  
of ,iesus and ,ioabes1 a thousand three 
hundred two3  #ab the children of ,demu1
 two thousand foure hundred seuentie3   
the children of ,choraba1 two hundred   

fiue3  the children of ,banica1 an      
hundred sixtie eight1 #ac the children  
of ,bebech1 foure hundred three3  the   
children of ,archad1 foure hundred      
twentie seuen3  #ad the children of     
,cham1 thirtie seuen3  the children of  
,zoroar1 two thousand sixtie seuen3  the
 children of ,adin1 foure hundred sixtie
 one3  #ae the children of ,aderectes1  
an hundred eight3  the children of      
,ciaso and ,zelas an hundred seuen3  the
 children of ,azoroc1 foure hundred     
thirtie nine3  #af the children of      
,iedarbone1 an hundred thirtie two3  the
 children of ,ananias1 an hundred       
thirtie3  the children of ,asoni1       
ninetie3  #ag the children of ,marsar1  
foure hundred twentie two3  the children
 of ,zabarus1 nintie fiue3  the children
 of ,sepolemon1 an hundred twentie      
three3  #ah the children of ,nepopas1   
fiftie fiue3  the children of           
,hechanatus1 an hundred fiftie eight3   
the children of ,cebethamus1 an hundred 
thirite two3  #ai the children of       

,crearpatros1 which are of ,enocadie and
 ,modia1 foure hundred twentie three3   
they of ,gramas and ,babea1 an hundred  
twentie one4 #bj ,they of ,besselon1 and
 ,ceagge1 sixtie fiue3  they of         
,bastraro1 an hundred twentie two3  #ba 
they of ,bechenobes1 fiftie fiue3  the  
children of ,liptis1 an hundred fiftie  
fiue3  the children of ,labonni1 three  
hundred fiftie seuen3  #bb the children 
of ,sichem1 three hundred seuentie3 the 
children of ,suadon1  ,cliomus1 three   
hundred seuentie eight3  #bc the        
children of ,ericus1 two thousand an    
hundred fourtie fiue3  the children of  
,anaas1 three hundred seuentie4  ,the   
priestes3  #bd the children of ,ieddus1 
the sonne of ,euther1 the sonne of      
,eliasib1 three hundred seuenty two3    
the children of ,emerus1 two hundred    
fiftie two3  #be the children of        
,phasurius1 three hundred fiftie seuen  
the children of ,caree1 two hundred     
twentie seuen4  #bf ,the ,leuites3  ,the
 children of ,iesus in ,caduhel1 and    

,bamis1 and ,serebias1 and ,edias1      
seuentie foure1 the whole number from   
the twelfth yeare1 thiritie thousand    
foure hundred sixtie two4  #bg ,the     
sonnes1 and daughters1 and wiues1 the   
whole number1 fourtie thousand two      
hundred fourtie two4  #bh ,the children 
of the ,priestes1 that sang in the      
temple3  the children of ,asaph1 an     
hundred twentie eight4  #bi ,and the    
porters3  the children of ,esmeni1 the  
children of ,azer1 the children of      
,amon1 the children of ,accuba1 of      
,topa1 the children of ,tobi1 al an     
hundred thirtie nine4  #cj ,priestes    
that serued in the temple3  the children
 of ,sel1 the children of ,gaspha1 the  
children of ,tobloch1 the children of   
,caria1 the children of ,su1 the        
children of ,hellu1 the children of     
,lobana1 the children of ,armacha1 the  
children of ,accub1 the children of     
,vtha1 the children of ,cetha1 the      
children of ,aggab1 the children of     
,obai1 the children of ,anani1 the      

children of ,canna1 the children of     
,geddu1 #ca the children or ,an1 the    
children of ,radin1 the children of     
,desanon1 the children of ,nachoba1 the 
children of ,caseba1 the children of    
,gaze1 the children of ,ozui1 the       
children of ,sinone1 the children of    
,attre1 the children of ,hasten1 the    
children of ,asiana1 the children of    
,manei1 the children of ,nasissim1 the  
children of ,acusu1 the children of     
,agista1 the children of ,azui1 the     
children of ,fauon1 the children of     
,phasalon1 #cb the children of ,meedda1 
the children of ,phusa1 the children of 
,caree1 the children of ,burcus1 the    
children of ,saree1 the children of     
,coesi1 the children of ,nasith1 the    
children of ,agisti1 the children of    
,pedon4  #cc ,salomon his children1 the 
children of ,asophot1 the children of   
,phasida1 the children of ,celi1 the    
children of ,dedon1 the children of     
,gaddehel1 the children of ,sephegi1 #cd
 the children of ,aggia1 the children of

 ,sachareth1 the children of ,sabathen1 
the children of ,caroneth1 the children 
of ,malsith1 the children of ,ama1 the  
children of ,sasus1 the children of     
,addus1 the children of ,suba1 the      
children of ,eura1 the children of      
,rahotis1 the children of ,phasphat1 the
 children of ,malmon4  #ce ,al that     
serued the sanctuarie1 and the seruantes
 of ,salomon1 foure hundred eightie two4
  #cf ,these are the children that came 
vp from ,thelmela1 ,thelharsa3  the     
princes of them1 ,carmellam1 and        
,careth3  #cg and they could not declare
 their cities1 and their progenies1 how 
they are of ,israel4  ,the children of  
,dalari1 the children of ,tubal1 the    
children of ,nechodaici1 #ch of the     
,priestes1 that did the function of     
priesthood3  and there were not found   
the children of ,obia1 the children of  
,achisos1 the children of ,addin1 who   
tooke a wife of the daughters of        
,pargeleu3  #ci and they were called by 
his name1 and the writing of the kinred 

of these was sought in the register1 and
 it was not found1 and they were forbid 
to doe the function of priesthood4  #dj 
,and ,nehemias and ,astharus sayd to    
them3 ,let not the holie thinges be     
participated1 til there arise a hiegh   
priest lerned for declaration and truth4
  #da ,and al ,israel was beside men    
seruantes1 and wemen seruantes1 fourtie 
two thousand three hundred fourtie4  #db
 ,their men seruantes and wemen         
seruantes1 seuen thousand three hundred 
thirtie seuen4  ,singing men and singing
 wemen1 two hundred three score fiue4   
#dc ,camels1 foure hundred thiritie     
fiue4  ,horses1 seuen thousand thirtie  
six4  ,mules1 two hundred thousand      
fourtie fiue4  ,beastes vnder yoke1 fiue
 thousand twentie fiue4  #dd ,and of the
 rulers themselues by their villages1   
when they came into the temple of ,god1 
which was in ,ierusalem1 to renew and   
raise vp the temple in his place1       
according to their power3  #de and to be
 geuen into the temple to the sacred    

treasure of the workes1 of gold twelue  
thousand mnas1 and fiue thousand mnas of
 siluer1 and stoles for ,priestes an    
hundred4  #df ,and the ,priestes and    
,leuites1 and they that came out of the 
people1 dwelt in ,ierusalem1 and in the 
countrie1 and the sacred singingmen1 and
 porters1 and al ,israel in their       
countries4  #dg ,and the seuenth moneth 
being at hand1 and when the children of 
,israel were euerie man in his owne     
affayres1 they came together with one   
minde into the court1 that was before   
the east gate4 7#a ,esd #c3a7  #dh ,and 
,iesus the sonne of ,iosedec1 and his   
brethren the priestes3  ,zorobabel the  
sonne of ,salathiel1 and his brethren   
standing vp1 prepared an altar1 #di that
 they might offer vpon it holocaustes1  
according to the thinges that are writen
 in the booke of ,moyses the man of     
,god4  #ej ,and there assembled there of
 other nations of the land1 and al the  
nations of the land erected the altar in
 his place1 and they offered hostes1 and

 morning holocaustes to our ,lord4  #ea 
,and they celebrated the feast of       
,tabernacles1 and the solemne day1 as it
 is commanded in the lawe3  and         
sacrifices dayly1 as it behoued3  #eb   
and after these the appointed oblations1
 and the hostes of the sabbathes1 and of
 the newmoones1 and of al the solemne   
sanctified dayes4  #ec ,and as manie as 
vowed to our ,lord from the new moone of
 the seuenth moneth1 began to offer the 
hostes to ,god1 and the temple of our   
,lord was not yet built4  #ed ,and they 
gaue monie to the masones and workemen1 
and drinke and victuals with ioy4  #ee  
,and they gaue cartes to the ,sidonians1
 and ,tyrianes1 that with them they     
should carie ceder beames from ,lybanus1
 and should make boates in the hauen    
,ioppe1 according to the decre that was 
writen for them by ,cyrus king of the   
,persians4  #ef ,and in the second yeare
 coming into the temple of ,god in      
,ierusalem1 in the second moneth began  
,zorobel the sonne of ,salathiel1 and   

,iosue the sonne of ,iosedec1 and their 
bretheren1 and the ,priestes and        
,leuites1 and al that were come from the
 captiuitie into ,ierusalem4  #eg and   
they founded the temple of ,god in the  
newmoone of the second moneth of the    
second yeare1 after that they came into 
,iurie and ,ierusalem4  #eh ,and they   
appoynted the ,leuites from twentie     
yeares1 ouer the workes of our ,lord3   
and ,iesus stood and his sonne1 and the 
bretheren1 al ,leuites ioyning together1
  executors of the lawe1 doing the      
workes in the house of our ,lord4  #ei  
,and al the ,priestes stood1 hauing     
stoles with trumpettes3  #fj and        
,leuites the children of ,asaph1 hauing 
cymbals together praysing our ,lord1 and
 blessing him according to ,dauid king  
of ,israel4  #fa ,and they song a song  
to our ,lord1 because his sweetenes1 and
 honour is for euer vpon ,israel4  #fb  
,and al the people sounded with trumpet1
 and cried out with a loud voice1       
praysing our ,lord in the raysing vp of 

the house of our ,lord4  #fc ,and there 
came of the ,priestes and ,leuites1 and 
presidentes by their villages the more  
ancientes1 which had sene the old house3
  #fd and to the building of this with  
crie and great lamentation1 and manie   
with trumpettes and great ioy3 #fe in so
 much that the people heard not the     
trumpettes for the lamentatinon of the  
people4  ,for the multitude was sounding
 with trumpettes magnifically1 so that  
it was heard far of4  #ff ,and the      
enimes of the tribe of ,iuda1 and       
,beniamin heard it1 and they came to    
knowe what the voyce of the trumpettes  
was3  #fg ,and they knew that they which
 were of the captiuitie doe build a     
temple to our ,lord the ,god of ,israel4
 #fh ,and coming to ,zorobabel  ,iesus1 
the ouerseers of the villages1 they sayd
 to them3  ,we will build together with 
you3  7#a ,esd #d3b7  #fi ,for we haue  
in like maner heard your ,lord1  we     
walke like from the dayes of ,asbazareth
 king of the ,assyrians1 who transported

 vs hither4  #gj ,and ,zorobabel1 and   
,iesus1  the princes of the villages of 
,israel1 sayd to them3  #ga ,it is not  
for vs and you to build the house of our
 ,god4  ,for we alone wil build to our  
,lord of ,israel according as ,cyrus the
 king of the ,persians hath commanded4  
#gb ,and the nations of the land lying  
vpon them that are in ,iurie1 and       
lifting vp the worke of the building1   
and bringing ambushmentes1 and peoples1 
prohibited them to build4  #gc and      
practising assaultes hindred them1 that 
the building might not be finished al   
the time of the life of king ,cyrus1 and
 they differred the building for two    
yeares vntil the reigne of ,darius4     
,,chap4 ,,vi4   ,the ,iewes by          
assistance of king ,darius build vp the 
,temple in ,ierusalem4  ,,and in the    
second yeare of the reigne of ,darius   
prophecied ,aggeus1 and ,zacharias the  
sonne of ,addo the prophet to ,iurie and
 ,ierusalem in the name of ,god of      
,israel vpon them4  7#a ,esd #e3a7  #b  

,then ,zorobabel the sonne of ,salathiel
 standing vp1 and ,iesus the sonne of   
,iosedec begane to build the house of   
our ,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem4  #c  
,when the prophetes of our ,lord were   
present with them1 and did helpe them4  
,at the same time came ,sisennes to     
them1 the deputie of ,syria1 and of     
,phenice1 and ,satrabuzanes1 and his    
felowes3  #d and they sayd to them3  ,by
 whose commandment1 build ye this house1
 and this roofe1 and perfite al other   
thinges8  ,and who are the workmen that 
build these thinges8  #e ,and the       
ancientes of the ,iewes1 which were left
 of the captiuitie by our ,lord1 had    
fauoure when the visitation was made    
vpon them4  #f ,and they were not       
hindered from building1 til it was      
signified to ,darius of al these        
thinges1 and answer was receiued4  #g ,a
 copie of the letter1 which they sent to
 ,darius4  ,,sisennes deputie of ,syria 
and ,phenice1 and ,satrabuzanes1 and his
 felowes in ,syria and ,phenice         

presidents1 to king ,darius greetings3  
#h ,be al thinges knowen to our ,lord   
the king1 that when we came into the    
countrie of ,iurie1 and had entered into
 ,ierusalem1 we found them building the 
great house of ,god4  #i ,and the temple
 of polished stones1 and of great and   
precious matter in the walles4  #aj ,and
 the workes to be a doing earnestly1 and
 to succede1 and prosper in their       
handes1 and in al glorie to be perfited 
most diligently4  #aa ,then we asked the
 ancients saying1 by whose permission   
build ye this house1  found these       
workes8  #ab ,and therfore we asked     
them1 that we might doe thee to know the
 men  the ouerseers1 and we required of 
them a rolle of the names of the        
ouerseers4  #ac ,but they answered vs   
saying3  ,we are the seruantes of the   
,lord1 which made heauen and earth4  #ad
 ,and this house was built these manie  
yeares past by a king of ,israel1 that  
was great and most valiant1 and was     
finished4  #ae ,and because our fathers 

were prouoking to wrath1 and sinned     
agaynst ,god of ,israel1 he deliuered   
them into the handes of ,nabuchodonosor 
the king of ,babylon1 king of the       
,chaldees4  #af ,and throwing downe this
 house they burnt it1 and they led the  
people captiue into ,babylon4  #ag ,in  
the first yeare when ,cyrus reigned the 
king of ,babylon1 ,cyrus the king wrote 
to build this house4 #ah ,and these     
sacred vessels of gold and siluer which 
,nabuchodonosor had taken out of the    
house which is in ,ierusalem1 and had   
consecrated them in his owne temple1    
,cyrus brought them forth agayne out of 
the temple which was in ,babylon1 and   
they were deliuered to ,zorobabel1  to  
,salmanasar the deputie4  #ai ,and it   
was commanded them that they should     
offer these vessels1  lay them vp in the
 temple1 which was in ,ierusalem1 and   
build the temple of ,god itself in his  
place4  #bj ,then did ,salmanasar lay   
the fundations of the house of our      
,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem3  and from

 that time vntil now it is a building1  
and is not accomplished4  #ba ,now      
therfore if thou thincke it good o king1
 let it be sought in the kings          
liberaries of ,cyrus the king1 which are
 in ,babylon3  #bb and if it shal be    
found1 that the building of the house of
 the ,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem1     
begane by the counsel of ,cyrus the     
king1 and it be thought good of our     
,lord the king1 let him write to vs of  
these thinges4  #bc ,then ,darius the   
king commanded search to be made in the 
libraries3  and there was found in      
,ecbatana a towne that is in the        
countrie of ,media1 one place wherin    
were writen these wordes3  7#a ,esd     
#f3a7  #bd ,,in ,,the ,,first ,,yeare of
 the reigne of ,cyrus1 king ,cyrus      
commanded to build the house of the     
,lord which is in ,ierusalem1 where they
 did burne incense with dayly fire1 #be 
the height wherof shal be of ten cubits1
  the bredth three score cubites1 foure 
square with three stones polished1 and  

with a loft galerie of wood of the same 
countrie1  one new galerie1 and the     
expenses to be geuen out of the house of
 ,cyrus the king4  #bf ,and the sacred  
vesseles of the house of the ,lord1 as  
wel of gold as of siluer1 which         
,nabuchodonosor tooke from the house of 
our ,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem where 
they were layed1 that they be put there3
  #bg ,and he commanded ,sisennes the   
deputie of ,syria  ,phoenice1 and       
,satrabuzanes1 and his felowes  them    
that were ordayned presidentes in ,syria
  ,phoenice1 that they should refraine  
themselues from that place4  #bh ,and ,i
 also haue geuen commandment to build it
 wholly3  and haue prouided1 that they  
helpe them1 which are of the captiuitie 
of the ,iewes1 til the temple of the    
house of the ,lord be accomplished4  #bi
 ,and from the vexation of the tributes 
of ,coelesyria  ,phoenice1 a quantitie  
to be geuen diligently to these men for 
the sacrifice of the ,lord1 to          
,zorobabel the gouernour1 for oxen1 and 

rammes1 and lambes4  #cj ,and in like   
maner corne also1 and salt1 and wine1   
and oyle continually yeare by yeare1    
according as the priestes which are in  
,ierusalem1 haue prescribed to be spent 
dayly3  #ca that libamentes may be      
offered to the most high ,god for the   
king  his children1  that they may pray 
for their life4  #cb ,and that it be    
denounced1 that whosoeuer shal          
transgresse anie thing of these which   
are writen1 or shal despise it1 a beame 
be taken of theyr owne1  they be hanged1
  their goodes be confiscate to the     
king4  #cc ,therfore the ,lord also1    
whose name is inuocated there1 destroy  
euery king  nation1 that shal extend    
their hand to hinder or to handle il the
 house of the ,lord which is in         
,ierusalem4 #cd ,i ,darius the king haue
 decreed that it be most diligently done
 according to these thinges4    ,,chap4 
,,vii4   ,the house of ,god is finished1
 #g4 and dedicated1 #aj4 the feast of   
,pasch is also celebrated seuen dayes   

with ,azimes4  ,,then ,sisennes the     
deputie of ,coelesyria1 and ,phaenice1  
and ,satrabuzames1 and their felowes1   
obeying those thinges which were decreed
 of ,darius the king1 7#a ,esd #f3ac7 #b
 applied the sacred workes most         
diligently1 working together with the   
ancientes of the ,iewes1 the princes of 
,syria4  #c ,and the sacred workes      
prospered1 ,aggeus  ,zacharias the      
prophetes prophecying4  #d ,and they    
accomplished al thinges by the precept  
of our ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 and by
 the counsel of ,cyrus1  ,darius1 and   
,artaxerxes the king of the ,persians4  
#e ,and our house was a finishing vntil 
the three and twentith day of the moneth
 of ,adar1 the sixth yeare of ,darius   
the king4  #f ,and the children of      
,israel1 and the ,priestes and ,leuites1
 and the rest that were of the          
captiuitie1 which were added did        
according to those thinges that are     
written in the booke of ,moyses4 #g ,and
 they offered for the dedication of the 

temple of our ,lord1 oxen an hundred1   
rammes two hundred1 lambes foure        
hundred4  #h ,and kiddes for the sinnes 
of al ,israel1 twelue1 according to the 
number of the tribes of ,israel4  #i    
,and the ,priestes and ,leuites stood   
clothed with stoles by tribes1 ouer al  
the workes of our ,lord the ,god of     
,israel1 according to the booke of      
,moyses1 and the porters at euerie gate4
  #aj ,and the children of ,israel1 wih 
them that were of the captiuitie        
celebrated the phase of the fourtenth   
moone of the first moneth1 when the     
,priestes and ,leuites were sanctified4 
#aa ,al the children of the captiuitie  
were not sanctified together1 because al
 the ,leuites were sanctified together4 
#ab ,and al the children of the         
captuitie immolated the phase1 both for 
their brethren the ,priestes1 and for   
them selues4  #ac ,and the children of  
,israel did eate1 they that were of the 
captiuitie al that remayned apart from  
al the abominations of the nations of   

the land seeking our ,lord4 #ad ,and    
they celebrated the festiual day of     
,azymes seuen dayes feasting in the     
sight of our ,lord4  #ae ,because he    
turned the counsel of the king of the   
,assirians toward them1 to strengthen   
their handes to the workes of our ,lord 
the ,god of ,israel4    ,,chap4 ,,viii4 
,esdras going from ,babylon to          
,ierusalem1 #i4 carieth king ,artaxerxes
 fauourable letters1 #ad4 with licence  
to take gold1 siluer1 and al thinges    
necessarie at their pleasure4  #ca4 ,the
 chief men that goe with him are        
recited4  #ea4 ,he voweth a fast praying
 for good success in their iorney4 #ef4 
weigheth the gold and siluer1 which he  
deliuereth to the ,priestes1 and        
,leuites4  #fi4 ,and seuerely           
admonisheth the people to repentance1   
for their mariages made with infideles4 
,,and after him when ,artaxerxes king of
 the ,persians reigned1 came ,esdras the
 sonne of ,azarias1 the sonne of        
,helcias the sonne of ,salome1 7#a ,esd 

#g3a7 #b the sonne of ,sadoc1 the sonne 
of ,achitob1 the sonne of ,ameri1 the   
sonne of ,azahel1 the sonne of ,bocci1  
the sonne of ,abisue1 the sonne of      
,phinees the sonne of ,eleazar1 the     
sonne of ,aaron the first priest4  #c   
,this ,esdras came vp from ,babylon     
being scribe  wise in the law of        
,moyses1 which was geuen of our ,lord   
the ,god of ,israel to teach and to doe4
  #d ,and the king gaue him glorie1     
because he had found grace in al        
dignitie and desire in his sight4  #e   
,and there went vp with him of the      
children of ,israel1 and the ,priestes1 
and the ,leuites1 and the sacred singers
 of the temple1 and the porters1 and the
 seuantes of the temple into ,ierusalem4
  #f ,in the seuenth yeare when         
,artaxerxes reigned in the fifth moneth1
 this is the seuenth yeare of his       
reigne1 going forth of ,babylon in the  
newmoone of the fifth moneth1 #g they   
came to ,ierusalem according to his     
commandment1 according to the           

prosperitie of their iourney1 which     
their ,lord gaue them4  #h ,for in these
 ,esdras had great knowlege1 that he    
would not pretermitte anie of those     
thinges1 which were according to the    
law1 and the preceptes of our ,lord1 and
 in teaching al ,israel al iusticie and 
iudgement4  #i ,and they that wrote the 
writinges of ,araxerxes the king1 coming
 deliuered the writing which was granted
 of ,artaxerxes the king to ,esdras the 
,priest1  the reader of the law of our  
,lord1 the copie wherof here foloweth4  
#aj ,,king ,artaxerxes to ,esdras the   
,priest1 and reader of the law of the   
,lord1 greeting4  #aa ,i of curtesie    
esteming it among benifites1 haue       
commanded them that of their owne accord
 are desirous of the nation of the      
,iewes1 and of the ,priestes and        
,leuites1 which are in my kingdom1 to   
goe with thee into ,ierusalem4  #ab ,if 
anie therfore desire to goe with thee1  
let them come together1 and set forward 
as it hath pleased me1 and my seuen     

freindes my counselers3 #ac that they   
may visite those thinges which are done 
touching ,iurie and ,ierusalem1         
obseruing as thou hast in the law of the
 ,lord4  #ad ,and let them carie the    
giftes to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1
 which ,i haue vowed and my freindes to 
,ierusalem1 and al the gold and siluer1 
that shal be found in the countrie of   
,babylon to the ,lord in ,ierusalem1    
with that1 #ae which is geuen for the   
nation it self vnto the temple of their 
,lord which is in ,ierusalem3  that this
 gold and siluer be gathered for oxen1  
and rammes1 and lambes1 and kiddes1 and 
for the thinges that are agreable to    
these1 #af that they may offer hostes to
 the ,lord vpon the altar of their      
,lord1 which is in ,ierusalem4  #ag ,and
 al thinges whatsoeuer thou with thy    
brethren wilt doe with gold and siluer1 
doe it at thy pleasure according to the 
precept of the ,lord thy ,god4  #ah ,and
 the sacred vessels1 which are geuen    
thee to the workes of the house of the  

,lord thy ,god1 which is in ,ierusalem4 
#ai ,and other thinges whatsoeuer shal  
helpe thee to the workes of the temple  
of thy ,god1 thou shalt geue it out of  
the kings treasure4  #bj ,when thou with
 thy brethren wilt doe ought with gold  
and siluer1 doe according to the wil of 
the ,lord4  #ba ,and ,i king ,artaxerxes
 haue geuen commandment to the keepers  
of the treasure of ,syria and ,phaenice1
 that what thinges soeuer ,esdras the   
,priest and reader of the law of the    
,lord1 shal write for1 they geue him    
vnto an hundred talentes of siluer1     
likewise also of gold4  #bb ,and vnto an
 hundred measures of corne1  an hundred 
vessels of wine1 and other thinges      
whatsoeuer abound without taxing4  #bc  
,let al thinges be done to the most high
 ,god according to the law of ,god1 lest
 perhaps there arise wrath in the reigne
 of the king1 and of his sonne1 and his 
sonnes4  #bd ,and to you it is sayd1    
that vpon al the ,priestes1 and         
,leuites1 and sacred singers1 and       

seruantes of the temple1  scribes of    
this temple #be no tribute1 nor any     
other taxe be sette1 and that no man    
haue auctoritie to obiect any thing to  
them4  #bf ,but thou ,esdras according  
to the wisedom of ,god appoynt iudges1  
and arbitrers in al ,syria and          
,phaenice3  and teach al them that know 
no the law of thy ,god3  #bg that       
whosoeuer shal transgresse the law1 they
 be diligently punished either with     
death1 or with torment1 or els with a   
forfeite of money1 or with banishment4  
#bh ,and ,esdras the scribe sayd3       
,blessed be the ,god of our fathers1    
which hath geuen this wil into the kings
 hart1 to glorifie his house1 which is  
in ,ierusalem4 #bi ,and hath honoured me
 in the sight of the king1 and of his   
counselers1 and freindes1 and them that 
weare purple4  #cj ,and ,i was made     
constant in minde according to the ayde 
of our ,lord my ,god1 and gathered      
together of ,israel men1 that should goe
 vp together with me4  #ca ,and these   

are the princes according to their      
kindredes1 and seueral principalities of
 them that came vp from ,babylon the    
kingdom of ,artaxerxes4  7#a ,esd #h3a7 
#cb ,of the children of ,phares1        
,gerfomus3  and of the children of      
,siemarith1 ,amenus3  of the children of
 ,dauid1 ,acchus the sonne of ,scecilia3
  #cc ,of the children of ,phares1      
,zacharias1 and with him returned an    
hundred fiftie men4  #cd ,of the        
children of leader ,moabilion1 ,zaraei1 
and with him two hundred fiftie men3    
#ce ,of the children of ,zachues1       
,iechonias of ,zechoel1 and with him two
 hundred fiftie men3  #cf of the        
children of ,sala1 ,maasias of          
,gotholia1  with him seuentie men3  #cg 
of the children of ,saphatia1 ,zarias of
 ,michel1 and with him eightie men3  #ch
 of the children of ,iob1 ,abdias of    
,iehel1 and with him two hundred twelue 
men3 #ci of the children of ,bania1     
,salimoth1 the sonne of ,iosaphia1 and  
with him an hundred sixtie men3  #dj of 

the children of ,beer1 ,zacharias       
,bebei1 and with him two hundred eight  
men3  #da of the children of ,ezead1    
,ioannes of ,eccetan1 and with him an   
hundred ten men3  #db of the children of
 ,adonicam1 which were last1 and these  
are their names1 ,eliphalam the sonne of
 ,gebel1 and ,semeias1 and with him     
seuentie men4  #dc ,and ,i gathered them
 together to the riuer that is called   
,thia1 and we camped there three dayes1 
and vewed them againe4  #dd ,and of the 
children of the ,priestes and ,leuites  
,i found not there4  #de ,and ,i sent to
 ,eleazarus1 and ,eccelon1 and ,masman1 
and ,maloban1 and ,enaathan1 and ,samea1
 and ,ioribum1 ,nathan1 ,enuaugam1      
,zacharias1 and ,mosolam the leaders    
them selues1 and that were skilful4  #df
 ,and ,i sayd to them that they should  
come to ,loddeus1 who was at the place  
of the treasurie4  #dg ,and ,i commanded
 them to say to ,loddeus1 and his       
brethren1 and to them that were in the  
treasurie1 that they should send vs them

 that might doe the function of         
priesthood in the house of the ,lord our
 ,god4  #dh ,and they brought vnto vs   
according to the mightie hand of the    
,lord our ,god cunning men3  of the     
children of ,moholi1 the sonne of ,leui1
 the sonne of ,israel1 ,sebebia1  his   
sonnes and brethren1 which were         
eightene3  #di ,asbia1 and ,amin of the 
sonnes of the children of ,chananeus1   
and their children twentie men4  #ej    
,and of them that serued the temple1    
whom ,dauid gaue1 and the princes       
themselues to the ministerie of the     
,leuites of them that serued the temple1
 two hundred twentie4  ,al their names  
were signified in writings4  #ea ,and ,i
 vowed there a fast to the yong men in  
the sight of ,god1 that ,i might aske of
 him a good iourney for vs1 and them    
that were with vs1 and for the children1
 and the cattel because of              
ambushementes4  #eb ,for ,i was ashamed 
to aske of the king footemen and        
horsemen in my companie1 to guard vs1   

against our aduersaries4  #ec ,for we   
sayd to the king that the power of our  
,lord wil be with them that seeke him   
with al affection4  #ed ,and agayne we  
besought the ,lord our ,god according to
 these thinges3  whom also we had       
propicious1 and we obteyned of our ,god4
  #ee ,and ,i separated of the rulers of
 the people1 and of the ,priestes of the
 temple1 twelue men1 and ,sedebia1 and  
,asanna1 and with them of their brethren
 ten men4 #ef ,and ,i weyed to them the 
gold and siluer1 and the vessels of the 
house of our ,god perteyning to the     
,priestes1 which the king had geuen1 and
 his counselers1 and the princes1 and al
 ,israel4  #eg ,and when ,i had weyed   
it1 ,i deliuered of siluer an hundred   
fiftie talentes1 and siluer vessels of  
an hundred talentes1 and of gold an     
hundred talentes4  #eh ,and of vessels  
of gold seuen score and twelue brasen   
vessels good of shyning brasse1         
resembling the forme of gold4  #ei ,and 
,i sayd to them3  ,you are also         

sanctified to our ,lord1 and the vessels
 be holie1 and the gold and siluer is   
vowed to our ,lord the ,god of our      
fathers4  #fj ,watch and keepe1 til you 
deliuer them to some of the rulers of   
the people1 and to the ,priestes1 and   
,leuites1 and to the princes of the     
cities of ,israel in ,ierusalem1 in the 
treasurie of the house of our ,god4  #fa
 ,and those ,priestes and ,leuites that 
receiued the gold and siluer and        
vessels1 brought it to ,ierusalem into  
the temple of our ,lord4  #fb ,and we   
went forward from the riuer ,thia1 the  
twelfth day of the first moneth1 til we 
entred into ,ierusalem4 #fc ,and when   
the third day was come1 in the fourth   
day the gold being weyed1 and the       
siluer1 was deliuered in the house of   
the ,lord our ,god1 to ,marimoth ,priest
 the sonne of ,iori4  #fd ,and with him 
was ,eleazar the sonne of ,phinees3  and
 with them were ,iosadus the sonne of   
,iesus1 and ,medias1 and ,banni the     
sonne of a ,leuite1 by number and weight

 al thinges4  #fe ,and the weight of    
them was writen the same houre4  #ff    
,and they that came out of the          
captiuitie1 offered sacrifice to our    
,lord the ,god of ,israel1 oxen twelue1 
for al ,israel1 rammes eightie six1 #fg 
lambes seuentie two1 bucke goates for   
sinne twelue1 and for health twelue     
kyne1 al for the sacrifice of our ,lord4
  #fh ,and they read againe the         
preceptes of the king to the kinges     
officers1 and to the deputies of        
,coelesyria1 and ,phoenice3  and they   
honored the nation1 and the temple of   
our ,lord4  #fi ,and these thinges being
 finished1 the rulers came to me1       
saying3  ,the stocke of ,isreal1 and the
 princes1 and the ,priestes1 and the    
,leuites1 7#a ,esd #i3a7 #gj and the    
strange people1 and nations of the land 
haue not separated their vncleannes from
 the ,chananeites1 and ,hetheites1 and  
,pherezeites1 and ,iebuseites1 and      
,moobites1  ,a,egyptians1 and           
,idumeians4  #ga ,for they are ioyned to

 their daughters both themselues1 and   
their sonnes3  and the holie sede is    
mingled with the strange nations of the 
earth1 and the rulers and magistrates   
were partakers of that iniquitie from   
the beginning of the reigne it self4    
#gb ,and forthwith as ,i heard these    
thinges1 ,i rent my garmentes and sacred
 tunike3  and tearing the heares of my  
head1 and my beard1 ,i sate sorowful and
 heauie4  #gc ,and there assembled to me
 mourning vpon this iniquitie1 as manie 
as were then moued by the word of our   
,lord the ,god of ,israel1 and ,i sate  
sad vntil the euening sacrifice4  #gd   
,and ,i rising vp from fasting1 hauing  
my garmentes rent and the sacred tunike1
 kneeling1 and stretching forth my      
handes to our ,lord1 #ge ,i sayd3  ,lord
 ,i am confounded1 and ashamed before   
thy face1 #gf for our sinnes are        
multiplied ouer our heades1 and our     
iniquities are exalted euen to heauen4  
#gg ,because from the times of our      
fathers we are in great sinne vnto this 

day4  #gh ,and for the sinnes of vs1 and
 of our fathers we haue bene deliuered  
with our brethren1 and with our         
,priestes to the kinges of the earth1   
into sword and captiuitie1 and spoile   
with confusion vnto this present day4   
#gi ,and now what a great thing is this 
that mercie hath happened to vs from    
thee o ,lord ,god1  leaue thou vnto vs a
 roote1 and a name in the place of thy  
sanctification1 #hj to discouer our     
light in the house of the ,lord our     
,god1 to geue vs meate in al the time of
 our bondage4  #ha ,and when we serued1 
we were not forsaken of the ,lord our   
,god3  but he sette vs in fauour1       
appointing the kinges of the ,persians  
to geue us meate1 #hb and to glorifie   
the temple of the ,lord our ,god1 and to
 build the desolations of ,sion1 to geue
 vs stabilitie in ,iurie1 and           
,ierusalem4  #hc ,and now what say we   
,lord1 hauing these thinges8 ,for we    
haue transgressed thy preceptes1 which  
thou gauest into the handes of thy      

seruantes the prophetes1 #hd saying3    
,that the land into which ye entred to  
possesse the inheritance therof1 is a   
land polluted with the coinquinations of
 the strangers of the land1 and their   
vncleanes hath filled it wholy with     
their filthines4  #he ,and now your     
daughters you shal not match with their 
sonnes1 and their daughters you shal not
 take for your sonnes4  #hf ,and you    
shal not seeke to haue peace with them  
for euer1 that growing strong you may   
eate the best things of the land1 and   
may distribute the inheritance to your  
children for euer4  #hg ,and the thinges
 that happen to vs1 al are done for our 
nauhtie workes1 and our great sinnes4   
#hh ,and thou gauest vs such a roote1   
and we are returned againe to           
transgresse thy ordinances1 that we     
would be mingled with the vncleannes of 
the nations of this land4  #hi ,wilt not
 thou be wrath with vs to destroy vs1   
til there be no roote left nor our name8
  #ij ,lord ,god of ,israel thou art    

true4  ,for there is a roote left vntil 
this present day4  #ia ,behold1 now we  
are in thy sight in our iniquities4     
,for it is not to stand any longer      
before thee in these matters4  #ib ,and 
when ,esdras with adoration confessed   
weeping1 lying flat on the ground before
 the temple1 there were gathered before 
him out of ,ierusalem a verie great     
multitude1 men and wemen1 and yong men  
and yong wemen4  ,for there was great   
weeping in the multitude it self4  7#a  
,esd #aj3a7  #ic ,and when he had cried1
 ,iechonias of ,ieheli of the children  
of ,israel1 sayd to ,esdras3  ,we haue  
sinned against our ,lord1 for that we   
haue taken vnto vs in mariage strange   
wemen of the nations of the land4  #id  
,and now thou art ouer al ,israel1 in   
these therfore let there be an othe from
 our ,lord to expel al our wiues that   
are of strangers with their children4   
#ie ,as it was decreed to thee of the   
ancesters according to the law of our   
,lord1 rising vp declare it4  #if ,for  

to thee the busines perteineth1 and we  
are with thee3  doe manfully4  #ig ,and 
,esdras rysing vp adiured the princes of
 the ,priestes and ,leuites1 and al     
,israel to doe according to these       
thinges and they sware4    ,,chap4 ,,ix4
   ,esdras fasting for the sinnes of the
 people1 commandeth that they separate  
al strange wemen from them4  #ah4 ,the  
,priestes and ,leuites1 which had       
offended herein1 are recited4  #ch ,he  
readeth the law before the people3  #dh 
certaine doe expound to the multitudes  
in seueral places4 #eb ,and so they are 
dismissed with ioy4  ,,and ,esdras      
rysing vp from before the court of the  
temple1 went into the chamber of        
,ionathas the sonne of ,nasabi4  7#a    
,esd #aj3f7  #b ,and lodging there he   
tasted no bread1 nor dranke water for   
the iniquitie of the multitude4  #c ,and
 there was proclamation made in al      
,iurie1  in ,ierusalem to al that were  
of the captiuitie gathered in           
,ierusalem1 #d that whosoeuer shal not  

appeare with in two or three dayes1     
according to the iudgement of the       
ancients sitting vpon it1 their goods   
should be taken away1 and himselfe      
should be iudged an alien from the      
multitude of the captiuitie4 #e ,and al 
were gathered that were of the tribe of 
,iuda1 and of ,beniamin within three    
dayes in ,ierusalem3  this is the ninth 
moneth1 the twentith day of the moneth4 
#f ,and al the multitude sate in the    
court of the temple trembling1 for the  
present winter4  #g ,and ,esdras rysing 
vp sayd to them3  ,you haue done        
vnlawfully taking to you in mariage     
strang wiues1 that you might adde to the
 sinnes of ,israel4  #h ,and now geue   
confession1  magnificence to our ,lord  
the ,god of our fathers3  #i and        
accomplish his wil1 and depart from the 
nations of the land1 and from your wiues
 the strangers4  #aj ,and al the        
multitude cried1 and they sayd with a   
lowde voice3  ,as thou hast sayd1 we wil
 doe4  #aa ,but because the multitude is

 great1 and winter time1 and we can not 
stand in the ayre without succour3 and  
this is a worke for vs not of one day1  
nor of two1 for we haue sinned much in  
these thinges3  #ab ,let the rulers of  
the multitude stand1 and that dwel with 
vs1 and as manie as haue with them      
forreine wiues1 #ac and at a time       
appointed let the priestes out of euerie
 place1 and the iudges assist1 vntil    
they appeaze the wrath of our ,lord     
concerning this busines4 #ad ,and       
,ionathas the sonne of ,ezeli1 and      
,ozias of ,thecam tooke vpon them       
according to these wordes3  and         
,bosoramus1 and ,leuis1 and             
,sabbathaeus1 wrought together with     
them4  #ae ,and al that were of the     
captiuitie stood according to al these  
thinges4  #af ,and ,esdras the priest   
chose vnto him men the great princes of 
their fathers according to their names3 
they sate together in the newmoone of   
the tenth moneth to examine this        
busines4  #ag ,and they determined of   

the men that had outlandish wiues1 vntil
 the newmoone of the first moneth4  #ah 
,and there were found of the priestes   
entermingled that had outlandish wiues4 
#ai ,of the sonnes of ,iesus the sonne  
of ,iosedec1 and his brethren3  ,maseas1
 and ,eleazarus1 and ,ioribus1 and      
,ioadeus1 #bj and they put to their     
handes to expel their wiues3  and to    
offer a ramme to obtayne pardon for     
their ignorance4 #ba ,and the sonnes of 
,semmeri3  ,maseas and ,esses1 ,ieelech1
 and ,azarias4 #bb ,and of the children 
of ,fofere3  ,limosias1 ,hismaenis1 and 
,nathanee1 ,iussio1 ,reddus1 and        
,thalsas4  #bc ,and of the ,leuites3    
,iorabdus1 and ,semeis1 and ,colnis1 and
 ,calitas1 and ,facteas1 and ,coluas1   
and ,eliomas1 #bd and of the sacred     
singing men1 ,eliasib1 ,zaccarus4  #be  
,and of the porters1 ,salumus1 and      
,tolbanes4  #bf ,and of ,israel3  of the
 sonnes of ,foro1 ,ozi1 and ,remias1 and
 ,geddias1  ,melchias1 and ,michelus1   
,eleazarus1 and ,iammebias1 and ,bannas4

  #bg ,and of the sonnes of ,iolaman3   
,chamas1 and ,zacharias1 and ,iezuelus1 
and ,ioddius1 and ,erimoth1 and ,helias4
  #bh ,and of the sonnes of ,zathoim3   
,eliadas1 and ,liasumus1 ,zochias1 and  
,larimoth1  ,zabdis1 and ,thebedias4    
#bi ,and of the sonnes of ,zebes3       
,ioannes1 and ,amanias1 and ,zabdias1   
and ,emeus4  #cj ,and of the sonnes of  
,banni3  ,olamus1  ,maluchus1 and       
,ieddeus1 and ,iasub1 and ,azabus1      
,ierimoth4  #ca ,and of the sonnes of   
,addin3  ,nathus1 and ,moosias1         
,caleus1 and ,raanas1 ,maaseas1         
,mathathias1 and ,beseel1 and ,bonnus1  
and ,manasses4  #cb ,and of the sonnes  
of ,nuae3  ,noneas1 and ,aseas1 and     
,melchias1 and ,sameas1 and ,simon1     
,beniamin1 and ,malchus1 and ,marras4   
#cc ,and of the sonnes of ,asom3        
,carianeus1 ,mathathias1  ,bannus1      
,eliphalach1 and ,manasses1 and ,semei4 
#cd ,and of the sonnes of ,banni3       
,ieremias1 and ,moadias1 and ,abramus1  
,iohel1 and ,baneas1  ,pelias1 and      

,ionas1 and ,marimoth1  ,eliasib1 and   
,matheneus1 and ,eliasis1 and ,orizas1  
and ,dielus1 and ,semedius1  ,zambris1  
and ,iosephus4  #ce ,and of the sonnes  
of ,nobei3  ,idelus1 and ,mathathias1   
and ,sabadus1 and ,zecheda1 ,zedmi1 and 
,iessei1 ,baneas4  #cf ,al these maried 
outlandish wiues1 and did put them away 
with their children4  #cg ,and the      
,priestes and the ,leuites1 and they    
that were of ,israel1 dwelt in          
,ierusalem1 and in the whole countrie in
 the newmoone of the seuenth moneth4    
,and the children of ,israel were in    
their habitations4  #ch ,and al the     
multitude was gathered together into the
 court1 which is on the east of the     
sacred gate3  #ci and they sayd to      
,esdras the high priest1 and reader1    
that he should bring the law of ,moyses1
 which was deliuered of our ,lord the   
,god of ,israel4  #dj ,and ,esdras the  
high priest brought the law to al the   
multitude of them from man vnto woman1  
and to al the priestes to heare the law 

in the newmoone of the seuenth moneth4  
#da ,and he read in the court1 which is 
before the sacred gate of the temple1   
from breake of day vntil euening before 
men and wemen4  ,and they al gaue their 
minde to the law4  #db ,and ,esdras the 
priest1 and reader of the law stoode    
vpon a tribunal of wood1 which was made4
  #dc ,and by him stood ,mathathias1 and
 ,samus1 and ,ananias1 ,azarias1 ,vrias1
 ,ezechias1 and ,balsamus on the right  
hand1 #dd and on the left ,faldeus1     
,misael1 ,malachias1 ,ambusthas1 ,sabus1
 ,nabadias1 and ,zacharias4  #de ,and   
,esdras tooke the booke before al the   
multitude3  for he was chiefe in glorie 
in the sight of al4  #df ,and when he   
had ended the law1 they stood al        
vpright3  and ,esdras blessed our ,lord 
the most high ,god1 the ,god of ,sabaoth
 omnipotent4  #dg ,and al the people    
answered3  ,amen4  ,and lifting vp their
 handes falling on the ground1 they     
adored our ,lord4  #dh ,iesus and       
,banaeus1 and ,sarebias1 and ,iaddimus1 

and ,accubus1 and ,sabbathaeus1 and     
,calithes1  ,azarias1 and ,ioradus1 and 
,ananias1 and ,philias ,leuites1 #di who
 taught the law of our ,lord1 and read  
the same in the multitude1  euerie one  
preferred them that vnderstood the      
lesson4  #ej ,and ,atharathes sayd to   
,esdras the high priest and the reader1 
and to the ,leuites1 that taught the    
multitude1 #ea saying3  ,this day is    
sancitified to our ,lord4  ,and they al 
wept1 when they had heard the law4  #eb 
,and ,esdras sayd1 departing therfore   
eate ye al the fattest thinges1  drinke 
al most swete things1 and send giftes to
 them that haue not4  #ec ,for this is  
the holy day of our ,lord1  be not sad4 
,for our ,lord wil glorifie you4  #ed   
,and the ,leuites denounced openly to   
al1 saying3  ,this day is holie1 be not 
sad4  #ee ,and they went al to eate1 and
 drinke1 and make merie1 and to geue    
giftes to them that had not1 that they  
might make merie1 for they were         
excedingly exalted with the wordes that 

they were taught4  #ef ,and they were al
 gathered in ,ierusalem to celebrate the
 ioy1 according to the testament of our 
,lord the ,god of ,israel4     ,,the    
,,fovrth ,,booke ,,of ,,esdras4         
,,chap4 ,i4   ,esdras is sent to        
expostulate with the vngratful ,iewes   
for neglecting ,gods manie great        
benefites4  ,,the second book of ,esdras
 the prophet1 the sonne of ,sarei1 the  
sonne of ,azarei1 the sonne of ,helcias1
 the sonne of ,sadanias1 the sonne of   
,sadoch1 the sonne of ,achitob1 7#a ,esd
 #g3a7 #b the sonne of ,achias1 the     
sonne of ,phinees1 the sonne of ,heli1  
the sonne of ,amerias1 the sonne of     
,asiel1 the sonne of ,marimoth1 the     
sonne of ,arna1 the sonne of ,ozias1 the
 sonne of ,borith1 the sonne of ,abisei1
 the sonne of ,phinees1 the sonne of    
,eleazar1 #c the sonne of ,aaron of the 
tribe of ,leui2 who was captiue in the  
countrie of the ,medes1 in the reigne of
 ,artaxerxes king of the ,persians4 #d  
,and the word of our ,lord came to me1  

saying3  #e ,goe1 and tel my people     
their wicked deedes1 and their children 
the iniquities1 that they haue done     
against me1 that they may tel their     
childrens children3  #f because the     
sinnes of their parentes are increased  
in them1 for they being forgetful of me 
haue sacrified to strange goddes4  #g   
,did not ,i bring them out of the land  
of ,a,egypt from the house of bondage8  
,but they haue prouoked me1  haue       
despised my counsels4  #h ,but doe thou 
shake of the heare of thy head1 and     
throw al euils vpon them3  because they 
haue not obeyed my law4  ,and it is a   
people without discipline4  #i ,how long
 shal ,i beare with them1 on whom ,i    
haue bestowed so great benefiates8  #aj 
,i haue ouer throwen manie kinges from  
them4  ,i haue stroke ,pharao with his  
seruantes1 and al his hoste4  7,ex #ad7 
#aa ,al nations did ,i destroy before   
their face1  in the ,east ,i dissipated 
the peoples of two prouinces ,tyre and  
,sidon1 and ,i slew al their            

aduersaries4  #ab ,but speake thou to   
them1 saying3  ,thus sayth our ,lord3   
#ac ,i made you passe through the sea1  
and gaue you fensed streates from the   
beginning4  ,i gaue you ,moyses for your
 gouernour1 and ,aaron for the ,priest3 
#ad ,i gaue you light by the piller of  
fire1  did manie meruelous things among 
you3  but you haue forgotten me1 sayth  
our ,lord4  7,ex #ac7  #ae ,thus sayth  
our ,lord omnipotent3  ,the quayle was a
 signe to you1 ,i gaue you a campe for  
defense1 and there you murmured3  #af   
,and you triumphed not in my name for   
the destruction of your enemies1 but yet
 vntil now you haue murmured4  7,ex #af7
  #ag ,where are the benefites1 that ,i 
haue geuen you8  ,did you not crie out  
to me when you were hungrie in the      
desert1 #ah saying3  ,why hast thou     
brought vs into this desert to kil vs8  
it had bene better for vs to serue the  
,a,egyptians1 then to dye in this       
desert4  7,num #ad7  #ai ,i was sorie   
for your mournings1  gaue you manna to  

eate4  ,you did eate bread of ,angels4  
7,ex #af _/ ,wis #af3bj7  #bj ,when you 
thirsted did not ,i cleaue the rocke1   
waters flowed in abundance8  for the    
heates ,i couered you with the leaues of
 trees4  #ba ,i deliuered vnto you fatte
 landes3  ,the ,chananeites1 and        
,pherezeites1 and ,philistheans ,i threw
 out from your face3  what shal ,i yet  
doe to you1 sayth our ,lord8  7,isa     
#i3d7  #bb ,thus sayth our ,lord        
omnipotent3  ,in the desert when you    
were thirstie in the riuer of the       
,amorrheites1 and blasphemeing my name1 
7,ex #ae3be7 #bc ,i gaue you not fire   
for blasphemies1 but casting wood into  
the water1 ,i made the riuer swete4 #bd 
,what shal ,i doe to thee ,iacob8  ,thou
 wouldest not obey o ,iuda4  ,i wil     
transferre my self to other nations1 and
 wil geue them my name1 that they may   
keepe my ordinances4  7,ex #cb7  #be    
,because you haue forsaken me1 ,i aslo  
forsake you3  when you aske mercie of   
me1 ,i wil not haue mercie4 7,isa #a3ae7

  #bf ,when you shal inuocate me1 ,i wil
 not heare you4  ,for you haue defiled  
your handes with bloud1 and your fete   
are quicke to commit murders4  #bg ,not 
as though you haue forsaken me1 but     
yourselues1 sayth our ,lord4  #bh ,thus 
saith our ,lord omnipotent1 haue not ,i 
desired you1 as a father his sonnes1 and
 a mother her daughters1 and as a nurce 
her litle ones1 #bi that you would be my
 people1 and ,i your ,god1 and to me for
 children1 and ,i to you for a father8  
#cj ,so haue ,i gathered you1 as the    
henne her chickenes vnder her winges4   
,but now what shal ,i doe to you8  ,i   
wil throw you from my face4  7,matt     
#bc3cg7  #ca ,when you shal bring me    
oblation1 ,i wil turne away my face from
 you4  7,isa #ff3e7  ,for ,i haue       
refused your festiual dayes1  newmoones1
 and circumcisions4  #cb ,i sent my     
seruantes the prophetes to you1 whom    
being taken you slew1 and mangled their 
bodies1 whose bloud ,i wil require1     
sayth our ,lord4  #cc ,thus sayth our   

,lord omnipotent1 your house is made    
desolate1 ,i wil throw you away1 as the 
winde doth stubble1 #cd and your        
children shal not haue issue3 because   
they haue neglected my commandment1 and 
haue done that which is euil before me4 
#ce ,i wil deliuer your houses to a     
people comming1 who not hearing me do   
beleue3  to whom ,i haue not shewed     
signes1 they wil do the thinges that ,i 
haue commanded4  #cf ,the prophetes they
 haue not sene1 and they wil be mindful 
of their iniquities4  #cg ,i cal to     
witnes the grace of the people comming1 
whose litle ones reioyce with ioy1 not  
seing me with their carnal eyes1 but in 
spirit beleuing the thinges that ,i haue
 sayd4  #ch ,and now brother behold what
 glorie3  and see people comming from   
the east1 #ci to whom ,i wil geue the   
conduction of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and     
,iacob1 and of ,osee1 and ,amos1 and of 
,ioel1 and ,abdias1 and ,ionas1 and     
,michaeas1 #dj and ,naum and ,habacuc1  
of ,sophonias1 ,aggaeus1 ,zacharias1 and

 ,malachias1 who also is called the     
,angel of our ,lord4  7,mal #c3a7       
,,chap4 ,,ii4   ,the ,synagogue         
expostulateth with her children for     
their ingratitude2 #aj4 shewing that    
they shal be forsaken1 and the gentiles 
called4  ,,thvs saith our ,lord3  ,i    
brought this people out of bondage1 to  
whom ,i gaue commandment by my seruantes
 the ,prophetes1 whom they would not    
heare1 but made my counsel frustrate4   
#b ,their mother that bare them1 sayth  
to them3  ,goe children1 because ,i am a
 wydow and forsaken4  #c ,i brought you 
vp with ioy1  haue lost you with        
mourning  sorow1 because you haue sinned
 before our ,lord your ,god1  haue done 
that which is euil before him4  #d ,but 
now what shal ,i doe to you8  ,i am a   
wydow and desolote1 goe my children1    
aske mercie of our ,lord4  #e ,and ,i   
cal thee o father a witnes vpon the     
mother of the children1 that would not  
keepe my testament1 #f that thou geue   
them confusion1  their mother into      

spoile1 that there be no generation of  
them4  #g ,let their names be dispersed 
into the ,gentiles1 let them be         
destroyed out of the land3  because they
 haue despised my sacrament4  #h ,woe be
 to thee ,assur1 which hidest the wicked
 with thee4  ,thou naughtie nation1     
remember what ,i did to ,sodom          
,gomorrha3  7,gen #ai3bd7  #i whose land
 lieth in cloddes of pitch1  heapes of  
ashes3  so wil ,i make them1 that haue  
not heard me1 saith our ,lord           
omnipotent4  #aj ,thus saith our ,lord  
to ,esdras3  ,tel my pople1 that ,i wil 
geue them the kingdom of ,ierusalem1    
which ,i ment to geue to ,isreal4 #aa   
,and ,i wil take to me the glorie of    
them1 and wil geue them eternal         
tabernacles1 which ,i had prepared for  
them4  #ab ,the wood of life shal be to 
them for an odour of oyntment1 and they 
shal not labour1 nor be wearied4  #ac   
,goe  you shal receiue4  ,aske for your 
selues a few dayes1 that they may abide4
  ,now the kingdom is prepared for you1 

watch ye4 #ad ,cal thou heauen and earth
 to witnes3  for ,i haue destroyed euil1
 and haue created good1 because ,i liue 
sayth our ,lord4  #ae ,mother embrace   
thy children1 bring them vp with ioy4   
,as a doue confirme their feete3 because
 ,i haue chosen thee1 sayth our ,lord4  
#af ,and ,i wil raise againe the dead   
out of their places1 and out of the     
monumentes ,i wil bring them forth1     
because ,i haue knowen my name in       
,israel4  #ag ,feare not o mother of the
 children1 because ,i haue chosen thee1 
saith our ,lord4  #ah ,i wil send thee  
ayde1 my seruantes ,i saie1 and         
,ieremie1 at whose counsel ,i haue      
sanctified1 and prepared for thee       
tweleue trees loden with diuerse        
fruites1 #ai and as manie fountaines    
flowing milke and honie3  and seuen huge
 mountaines1 hauing the rose and the    
lilie1 in the which ,i wil fil thy      
children with ioy4  7,ex #ae3bg7  #bj   
,iustifie thou the widow1 iudge for the 
pupil1 geue to the needie1 defend the   

orphane1 cloth the naked1 #ba cure the  
broken  feeble1 mocke not the lame1     
defend the maimed1 and admitte the blind
 to the vision of my glorie4  #bb ,the  
old man  the yong keepe with in thy     
walles3  #bc where thou shalt finde the 
dead1 committe them to the graue signing
 it1  ,i wil geue thee the first seate  
in my resurrection4  7,tob #a3bj7  #bd  
,pause and rest my people1 because thy  
rest shal come4  #be ,as a good nurce   
nourish thy children1 confirme their    
feete4  #bf ,the seruantes that ,i haue 
geuen thee1 none of them shal perish4   
,for ,i wil require them of thy number4 
#bg ,be not wearied4  ,for when the day 
of affliction and distresse shal come1  
others shal weepe1 and be sad1 but thou 
shalt be merie and plenteous4  #bh ,the 
gentiles shal enuie1 and shal be able to
 doe nothing against thee1 sayth our    
,lord4 #bi ,my handes shal couer thee1  
that thy children see not hel4  #cj ,be 
pleasant thou mother with thy children1 
because ,i wil deliuer thee sayth our   

,lord4  #ca ,remember thy children that 
sleepe1 for ,i wil bring them out of the
 sides of the earth1  wil doe mercie    
with them3  because ,i am merciful1     
sayth our ,lord omnipotent4  #cb        
,embrace thy children til ,i come1  shew
 them mercie3  because my fountaines    
runne ouer1 and my grace shal not faile4
  #cc ,i ,esdras receiued commandment of
 our ,lord1 in mount ,oreb2 that ,i     
should goe to ,israel3  to whom when ,i 
came1 they refused me1 and reiected the 
commandement of our ,lord4  #cd ,and    
therfore1 ,i say vnto you gentiles1     
which heare1 and vnderstand1 ,looke for 
your pastor1 he wil geue you the rest of
 eternitie3  because he is at hand1 that
 shal come in the end of the world4  #ce
 ,be ye readie for the rewardes of the  
kingdom1 because perpetual light shal   
shine to you for time euerlasting4  #cf 
,flee from the shadow of this world3    
receiue ye the pleasantnes of your      
glorie4  ,i openly cal to witnes my     
sauiour4  #cg ,receiue the commended    

gift and be pleasant1 geuing thankes to 
him that called you to the heauenlie    
kingdomes4  #ch ,arise1  stand  see the 
number of them that are signed in the   
feast of our ,lord4  #ci ,they that haue
 transferred them selues from the shadow
 of the world1 haue receiued glorious   
garmentes of our ,lord4  #dj ,receiue o 
,sion thy number1 and shut vp thyne made
 white1 which haue accomplished the law 
of our ,lord4  #da ,the number of thy   
children1 which thou didst wish is ful4 
,desire the powre of our ,lord that thy 
people may be sanctified1 which was     
called from the beginning4 #db ,i       
,esdras saw in mount ,sion a great      
multiude1 which ,i could not number1 and
 they did al prayse our ,lord with      
songes4  7,apoc #g3i7  #dc ,and in the  
middes of them was a young man high of  
stature1 appearing aboue ouer them al1  
he put crownes vpon euerie one of their 
heades1 and he was more exalted4  ,and  
,i was astonied at the miracle4  #dd    
,then asked ,i an ,angel1 and sayd3     

,who are these ,lord8  #de ,who         
answering sayd to me3  ,these are they  
that haue laid of the mortal garment1   
and taken an immortal1 and haue         
confessed the name of ,god4  ,now they  
are crowned1 and receiue palmes4  #df   
,and ,i sayd to the ,angel3  ,that      
yongman what is he1 which putteth the   
crownes vpon them1 and geueth palmes    
into their handes8 #dg ,and answering he
 sayd to me3  ,the same is the ,sonne of
 ,god1 whom they did confesse in the    
world3   ,i begane to magnifie them1    
that stood strongly for the name of our 
,lord4  #dh ,then sayd the ,angel to me3
  ,goe1 tel my people1 what maner of    
meruelous thinges and how great1 thou   
hast sene of the ,lord ,god4    ,,chap4 
,,iii4   ,the workes of ,god are        
wonderful from the beginning1 #g4 and   
men vngrateful #ac4 ,in ,abraham ,god   
chose to himself a peculiar people3  who
 neuertheles were froward1 and          
obstinate4  #bc4 ,he also chose ,dauid1 
but stil the people were sinful3  #bh4  

the ,babylonians also1 by whom the are  
afflicted1 are no lesse but rather      
greater sinners4  ,,in the thirteth     
yeare of the ruine of the citie ,i was  
in ,babylon1 and was trubled lying in my
 chamber1 and my cogitations came vp    
ouer my hart3 #b because ,i saw the     
desolation of ,sion1 and the abundance  
of them that dwelt in ,babylon4  #c ,and
 my spirit was tossed excedingly1 and ,i
 began to speake to the highest timorous
 wordes1 #d and sayd3  ,o ,lord         
dominatour thou spakest from the        
beginning1 when thou didst plant the    
earth1 and that alone1 and didst rule   
ouer the people1 7,gen #a7 #e and gauest
 ,adam a dead bodie3  but that also was 
the worke of thy handes1  didst breath  
into him the spirit of life1 and he was 
made to liue before thee3 7,gen #b3g7   
#f and thou broughst him into paradise1 
which thy right hand had planted1 before
 the earth came4  #g ,and him thou didst
 command to loue thy way1 and he        
transgressed it1  forth with thou didst 

institute death in him1 and in his      
posteritie1 and there were borne        
nations1 and tribes1 and peoples1 and   
kindreds1 wherof there is no number4  #h
 ,and euerie nation walked in their owne
 wil1  they did meruelous thinges before
 thee1 and despised thy preceptes4  #i  
,and agane in time thou broughst in the 
floud vpon inhabitantes of the world1   
and didst destroy them4 7,gen #g7  #aj  
,and there was made in euery one of     
them1 as vnto ,adam to dye1 so to them  
the floud1 #aa ,but thou didst leaue one
 of them1 ,noe with his house and of him
 were al the iust4  #ab ,and it came to 
passe1 when they began to be multiplied1
 that dwelt vpon the earth1  multiplied 
children and peoples and manie nations3 
and they begane againe to doe impietie  
more then the former4  #ac ,and it came 
to passe when they did iniquitie before 
thee1 thou didst choose thee a man of   
them whose name was ,abraham4 #ad ,and  
thou didst loue him and to him onlie    
thou didst shew thy wil4 7,gen #ab7  #ae

 ,and thou didst dispose vnto him an    
euerlasting testament1 and toldst him   
that thou wouldst neuer forsake his     
seede4  ,and thou gauest him ,issac1 and
 to ,isaac thou gauest ,iacob and ,esau4
  #af ,and ,iacob thou didst seuer to   
thy selfe1 but ,esau thou didst         
separate4  ,and ,iacob grewe to a great 
multitude4  #ag ,and it came to passe   
when thou didst bring forth his sede out
 of ,a,egypt1 thou broughst it vpon     
mount ,sinai4 7,ex #ai7  #ah ,and thou  
didst bowe the heauens1 and fasten the  
earth1 and didst shake the world1 and   
madest the depthes to tremble1 and      
trubledst the world1 #ai and thy glorie 
passed foure gates of fire1 and of      
earthquake1 and winde1 and frost1 that  
thou mightst geue a law to the seede of 
,iacob1 and to the generation of ,israel
 diligence4  #bj ,and thou didst not    
take away from them a malignant hart1   
that thy law might bring forth fruite in
 them4  #ba ,for ,adam the first bearing
 a vicious hart transgressed and was    

ouercome1 yea and al that were borne of 
him4  #bb ,and it was made a permanent  
infirmitie1 and the law with the hart of
 the people1 with the wickednes of the  
roote1 and that which is good departed1 
and the wicked remayned4  #bc ,and the  
times passed1  the yeares were ended3   
and thou didst raise vp vnto thee a     
seruant named ,dauid1 #bd and spakest   
vnto him to build a citie of thy name1  
and to offer vnto thee in it            
frankencense1 and oblations4  #be ,and  
this was done manie yeares1 and they    
that inhabited the citie forsooke thee1 
#bf in al things as ,adam and al his    
generations4  ,for they also vsed a     
wicked hart4  #bg ,and thou didst       
deliuer thy citie into the hands of     
thyne enimies4  #bh ,why1 doe they      
better thinges1 that inhabite ,babylon8 
,and for this shal she rule ouer ,sion8 
7,jer #ab7  #bi ,it came to passe when  
,i was come hither1 and had sene the    
impieties that can not be numbred3  and 
my soul saw manie offending this        

thirteth yeare1  my hart was astonied3  
#cj because ,i saw how thou bearest with
 their sinne1 and didst spare them that 
did impiously1 and didst destroy thine  
owne people1 and preserue thine enimies1
 and didst not signifie it4  #ca ,i     
nothing remember how this way should be 
forsaken3 doth ,babylon better thinges  
then ,sion8  #cb ,or hath anie nation   
knowen thee beside ,israel3  or what    
tribes haue beleued thy testamentes as  
,iacob8  #cc ,whose reward hath not     
appeared1 nor their labour fructified4  
,for passing through ,i passed among the
 nations1 and ,i saw them abound1 and   
not mindeful of thy commandmentes4  #cd 
,now therfore wey our iniquities in a   
ballance1 and theirs that dwel in the   
world3   thy name shal not be found1 but
 in ,israel4  #ce ,or when haue not they
 sinned in thy sight1 that inhabite the 
earth8  or what nation hath so obserued 
thy commandmentes8  #cf ,these certes by
 their names thou shalt finde to haue   
kept thy commandments1 but the nations  

thou shalt not finde4    ,,chap4 ,,iiii4
   ,mans witte and reason is not able to
 vnderstand the counsel and iudgement of
 ,god1 #bb4 why his people are afflicted
 by wicked nations1 #cc4 nor of times1  
and thinges to come4  ,,and the ,angel  
answered me1 that was sent to me1 whose 
name was ,vriel1 #b and sayd to me3     
,thy hart exceding hath exceded in this 
world1  thou thinkest to comprehend the 
way of the ,highest4  #c ,and ,i sayd3  
,it is so my ,lord4  ,and he answered   
me1  sayd3  ,i am sent to shew thee     
three wayes1  to propose to thee three  
similitudes4  #d ,of the which if thou  
shalt declare to me one of them1 ,i also
 wil shew thee the way which thou       
desirest to see1 and wil teach thee     
whence a wicked hart is4  #e ,and ,i    
sayd1 ,speak my ,lord4  ,and he sayd to 
me3  ,goe1 wey me the weight of the     
fire1 or measure me the blast of the    
winde1 or cal me backe the day that is  
past4  #f ,and ,i answered1 and sayd3   
what man borne can doe it1 that thou    

askest me of these thinges8  #g ,and he 
sayd to me3  ,if ,i should aske thee1   
saying3  ,how great habitations are     
there in the hart of the sea1 or how    
great vaines be there in the beginning  
of the depth1 or how great vaines be    
there aboue the firmament1 and what are 
the issues of paradise3 #h thou wouldest
 perhaps say to me3  ,i haue not        
descended into the depth1 nor into hel  
as yet1 neither haue ,i ascended at anie
 time into heauen4 #i ,but now ,i haue  
not asked thee1 sauing of the fire1 and 
the winde1 and the day by the which thou
 hast passed1 and from the which thou   
canst not be separated3  and thou hast  
not answered me of them4  #aj ,and he   
sayd to me3  ,thou canst not know the   
thinges that are thine which grow       
together with thee3  #aa and how can thy
 vessel comprehend the way of the       
,highest1 and now the world being       
outwardly corrupted1 vnderstand the     
corruption euident in my sight3  #ab ,i 
sayd to him3  ,better were it for vs not

 to be1 then yet liuing to liue in      
impieties1 and to suffer1 and not to    
vnderstand for what thing4  #ac ,and he 
answered me1  said3  ,going forth ,i    
went forward to a wood of trees in the  
filde1 and they deuised a deuise1       
7,judges #i _/ #b ,par #be7 #ad and     
said3  ,come and let vs goe1 and make   
warre against the sea1 that it may      
retyre backe before vs1 and we may make 
vs other woodes4  #ae ,and in like maner
 the waues of the sea they also deuised 
a deuise1 and sayd3  ,come let vs goe   
vp1 let vs ouerthrow the woodes of the  
filde1 that there also we may consummate
 an other countrie for our selues4  #af 
,and the woodes deuise was made vaine1  
for fire came1 and consumed it4  #ag    
,likewise also the deuise of the waues  
of the sea4 ,for the sand stood1  stayed
 them4  #ah ,for if thou wert iudge of  
these1 whom wouldest thou begin to      
iustifie1 or whom to condemne8  #ai ,and
 ,i answered1 and sayd3  ,verely they   
deuised a vayne deuise4  ,for the earth 

is geuen to the wood1 and a place to the
 sea to carie her waues4  #bj ,and he   
answered me1 and sayed3  ,thou hast     
iudged wel1 and why hast thou not iudged
 for thy self8  #ba ,for as the earth is
 geuen to the wood1 and the sea for the 
waues therof3  so they that inhabite    
vpon the earth1 can vnderstand onlie the
 thinges that are vpon the earth3  and  
they vpon the heauens1 the thinges that 
are aboue the height of the heauens4    
#bb ,and ,i answered1 and sayd3  ,i     
besech thee ,lord1 that sense may be    
geuen me to vnderstand4  #bc ,for ,i    
meant not to aske of thy superiour      
thinges1 but of those that passe by vs  
dayly4  ,for what cause ,israel is geuen
 into reproche to the gentiles1 the     
people whom thou hast loued1 is geuen to
 impious tribes1  the law of our fathers
 is brought to destruction1  the written
 ordinances are no where3  #bd and we   
haue passed out of the world1 as        
locustes1 and our life is astonishment  
and dreade1 and we are not worthie to   

obtaine mercie4  #be ,but what wil he   
doe to his name that is inuocated vpon  
vs8  and of these thinges ,i did aske4  
#bf ,and he answered me1 and sayd3  ,if 
thou search very much1 thou shalt often 
meruail3 because the world hastening    
hasteneth to passe1 #bg and can not     
comprehend the thinges which in times to
 come are promised to the iust3  because
 this world is ful of iniustice and     
infirmities4  #bh ,but conerning the    
thinges that thou demandest ,i wil tel  
thee3  for the euil is sowed1 and the   
destruction therof is not yet come4  #bi
 ,if then that which is sowen be not    
turned vp1 and the place depart where   
the euil is sowen1 that shal not come   
where the good is sowen4  #cj ,because  
the grayne of il seede hath bene sowen  
in the hart of ,adam from the beginning3
  and how much impietie hath it         
ingendered vntil now1 and doth ingender 
vntil the floore come8 #ca ,and esteme  
with thy self the graine of the il      
seede1 how much fruite of impietie it   

hath ingendred3  #cb ,when the eares    
shal be cut1 which are innumerable1 what
 a great floore wil they begin to make8 
#cc ,and ,i answered1 and sayd3  ,how1  
and when shal these things be8  why are 
our yeares few and euil8  #cd ,and he   
answered me1 and sayd to me1 ,hasten not
 aboue the ,highest4  ,for thou doest   
hasten in vaine to be aboue him1 for thy
 excesse is much4  #ce ,did not the     
soules of the iust in the cellars1 aske 
of these things1 saying3  ,how hope ,i  
so1 and when shal the fruite come of the
 floore of our reward8  #cf ,and        
,ieremiel the ,archangel answered to    
those things1 and sayd3  ,when the      
number of the sedes in you shal be      
filled1 because he hath weyed the world 
in a balance1 #cg and with a measure    
hath he measured the times1 and in      
number he hath numbered the times1 and  
hath not moued1 nor stirred them1 vntil 
the foresayd measure be filled4  #ch    
,and ,i answered1 and sayd3  ,o ,lord   
,dominatour1 we also are al ful of      

impietie4  #ci ,and left perhaps for vs 
the floores of the iust be not filled1  
for the sinnes of the inhabitantes vpon 
the earth4  #dj ,and he answered me1 and
 sayd3  ,goe1 and aske a woman with     
childe1 if when she hath accomplished   
her nine monethes1 her wombe can yet    
hold the infant within it8  #da ,and ,i 
sayd it can not ,lord4  ,and he sayd to 
me1 in hel the cellars of the soules are
 like to the matrice4  #db ,for as she  
that is3  ,in trauail maketh hast1 to   
escape the necessitie of trauailing3 so 
this also hasteneth to render those     
thinges which are commended to it4 #dc  
,from the beginning it shal be shewed   
thee touching those thinges1 which thou 
doest couet to see4  #dd ,and ,i        
answered1 and sayd3  ,if ,i haue found  
grace before thine eyes1  if it be      
possible1 and if ,i by fitte1 #de shew  
mee if there be more to come then is    
passed1 or more things haue passed1 then
 are to come4  #df ,what passed1 ,i     
know3  but what is to come1 ,i know not4

  #dg ,and he sayd to me3  ,stand vpon  
the right side1 and ,i wil shew thee the
 interpretation of the similitude4  #dh 
,and ,i stood1 and saw3 and behold a    
burning fornace passed before me1  it   
came to passe when the flame passed1 ,i 
saw3  and behold the smoke ouercame4    
#di ,and these thinges there passed     
before me a clowd ful of water1 and with
 violence casting in much raine3  and   
when the violence of raine was cast1 the
 droppes therin ouercame4  #ej ,and he  
sayd to me3  ,thinke with thyself1 as   
the raine increaseth more then the      
droppes1 and the fire then the smoke3 so
 did the measure that passed1 more a    
bound4  ,but the droppes1 and the smoke 
ouercame3  #ea and ,i prayed1  sayd1    
shal ,i liue thinkest thou vntil these  
dayes8  or what shal be in those dayes8 
#eb ,he answered me1 and sayd3  ,of the 
signes wherof thou askest me1 in part ,i
 can tel thee1 howbeit of thy life ,i   
was not sent to tel thee1 neither doe ,i
 know4    ,,chap4 ,v4   ,diuers signes  

of thinges to come are shewed to ,esdras
 by an ,angel3 #af4 for the comforth of 
the people in captiuitie4  ,,bvt        
concerning signes3  behold the dayes    
shal come1 wherin they that inhabite the
 earth shal be taken in a great number3 
and the way of truth shal be hid3  and  
the countrie shal be barren from fayth4 
#b ,and iniustice shal be multiplied    
aboue that which thy self seest1  aboue 
that which thou hast heard in time past4
  7,matt #bd7  #c ,and they shal put    
their foote into the countrie which now 
thou seest to reigne1 and they shal see 
it desolate4  #d ,and if the ,highest   
geue thee life1 thou shalt see after the
 third trumpet1 and the sunne shal      
sodenly shine agayne in the night1 and  
the moone thrise in a day1 #e and out of
 wood bloud shal distil1 and the stone  
shal geue his voice1 and the peoples    
shal be moued3 #f and he reigne1 whom   
they hope not that inhabite vpon the    
earth1 and soules shal make their flight
 away4  #g  the sea of ,sodom shal cast 

the fishes1 and shal make a noise in the
 night1 which manie knew not1 and al    
shal heare the voice therof1 #h and     
there shal be made a confusion in manie 
places1 and the fire shal often be sent 
backe1 and the sauage beastes shal goe  
to other places1 and wemen in their     
monethlie flowers shal bring forth      
monsters1 #i and in swete waters shal   
salt waters be found1 and al frendes    
shal ouerthrow one an other3  and then  
shal witte be hid1 and vnderstanding    
shal be separated into his cellar3  #aj 
and it shal be sought of manie1 and shal
 not be found3  and iniustice shal be   
multiplied1 and incontinencie vpon the  
earth4  #aa ,and one countrie shal aske 
her neighbour1 and shal say3  ,hath     
iustice doing iust passed throught thee8
  and she shal denie it4  #ab ,and it   
shal be in that time1 men shal hope1 and
 shal not obtaine3  they shal labour1   
and their wayes shal not haue successe4 
#ac ,these signes ,i am permitted to tel
 thee3  and if thou pray againe and     

weepe1 as also now1 and fast seuen      
dayes1 thou shalt heare againe greater  
thinges then these4  #ad ,and ,i awaked1
 and my bodie did shiuer excedingly3    
and my soule laboured1 that it fainted3 
#ae and the ,angel that came1 that spake
 in me1 held me1 and strengthened me1   
and sette me vpon my feete4  #af ,and it
 came to passe in the second night1 and 
,salathiel the prince of the people came
 to me1 and sayd to me3 ,where wast     
thou8  and why is thy countenance       
heauie8  #ag ,knowest thou not that     
,isreal is committed to thee in the     
countrie of their transmigration8 #ah   
,rise vp therfore1 and taste bread1 and 
forsake vs not1 as the pastour his      
flocke in the hand of wicked wolues4    
#ai ,and ,i sayd to him3  ,goe from me1 
approch not vnto me4  ,and he heard1 as 
,i sayd3  and he departed from me4  #bj 
,and ,i fasted seuen dayes howling      
weeping1 as ,vriel the ,angel commanded 
me4  #ba ,and it came to passe after    
seuen dayes1 and againe cogitations of  

my hart molested me very much1 #bb and  
my soule resumed the spirit of          
vnderstanding3   agayne ,i began to     
speake wordes before the ,highest3  #bc 
and ,i sayd3  ,lord ,dominatour of      
euerie wood of the earth1  al the trees 
therof1 thou hast chosen one vineyard3  
#bd  of euerie land of the world thou   
hast chosen thee one ditch3   of al the 
flowers of the world thou hast chosen   
thee one lilie3  #be and of al depthes  
of the sea1 thou hast filled thee one   
riuer3  and of al the builded cities1   
thou hast sanctified vnto thyself ,sion3
  #bf and of al created soules1 thou    
hast named thee one doue3  and of al    
beastes that were made1 thou hast       
prouided thee one shepe3  #bg and of al 
multiplied peoples1 thou host purchased 
thee one people3  and a law approued of 
al thou hast geuen to this people1 whom 
thou didst desire4  #bh ,and now ,lord1 
why hast thou deliuered one vnto manie8 
,and thou hast perpared vpon one roote  
others1 and hast dispersed thy onlie one

 in manie3  #bi and they haue troden    
vpon it1 which gainesayd thy couenants1 
and which beleued not thy testamentes4  
#cj ,and if hating thou hatest thy      
people1 it ought to be chastised with   
thy handes4  #ca ,and it came to passe1 
when ,i had spoken the wordes1 and the  
,angel was sent to me1 that came to me  
before the night past1 #cb and he sayd  
to me3  ,heare me1 and ,i wil instruct  
thee3 and harken to me1 and ,i wil adde 
before thee4  #cc ,and ,i sayd3  ,speake
 my ,lord4  ,and he sayd to me3  ,thou  
art become excedingly in excesse of     
minde for ,israel3  hast thou loued it  
more then him that made it8  #cd ,and ,i
 sayd to him3  ,no ,lord1 but for sorow 
,i haue spoken1 for my veynes torment me
 euerie houre1 to apprehend the pathe of
 the ,highest1 and to search part of his
 iudgement4  #ce ,and he sayd to me3    
,thou canst not4  ,and ,i sayd3  ,why   
,lord8  ,to what was ,i borne1 or why   
was not my mothers wombe my graue1 that 
,i might not see the labour of ,iacob1  

the wearines of the stocke of ,israel8  
#cf ,and he sayd to me3  ,number me the 
thinges that are not yet come1 and      
gather me the dispersed droppes1 and    
make me the withered flowers grene      
againe1 #cg and open me the shut        
cellars1  bring me forth the blastes    
inclosed in them1 shew me the image of a
 voice3  and then wil ,i shew thee the  
labour that thou desirest to see4  #ch  
,and ,i sayd3  ,lord ,dominatour1 for   
who is there that can know these        
thinges1 but he that hath not his       
habitation with men8  #ci ,and ,i am    
vnwise1 and how can ,i speake of these  
thinges1 which thou hast asked me8  #dj 
,and he sayd to me3  ,as thou canst not 
doe one of these thiges1 which haue bene
 sayd3 so canst thou not finde my       
iudgement1 or in the end the charitie1  
which ,i haue promised to the people4   
#da ,and ,i sayd3  ,but behold ,lord    
thou art nigh to them that are nere the 
end3  and what shal they doe that haue  
bene before me1 or we1 or they after vs8

  #db ,and he sayd to me3  ,i wil       
resemble my iudgement to a crowne4  ,as 
there shal not be slacknes of the last1 
so neither swiftnes of the former4  #dc 
,and ,i answered1 and sayd3 ,couldst    
thou not make them that haue bene1 and  
that are1 and that shal be1 at once1    
that thou mayst shew thy iudgement the  
quicker8  #dd ,and he answered me1 and  
sayd3  ,the creature can not hasten     
aboue the ,creatour1 nor the world      
sustayne them that are to be created in 
it1 at once4 #de ,and ,i sayd3  ,as thou
 didst say to thy seruant1 that         
quickening thou didst quicken the       
creature created by thee at once1 and   
the creature susteined it3  it may now  
also beare them present at once4  #df   
,and he sayd to me3  ,aske the matrice  
of a woman1  thou shalt say to it3  ,and
 if thou bring forth children1 why by   
times8  ,aske it therfore1 that it geue 
ten at once4  #dg ,and ,i sayd1 it can  
not verily3  but according to time4 #dh 
,and he sayd to me3  ,and ,i haue geuen 

a matrice to the earth for them1 that   
are sowen vpon it by time4  #di ,for as 
the infant bringeth not forth the       
thinges that perteyne to the aged1 so   
haue ,i disposed the world created of   
me4  #ej ,and ,i asked1 and sayd3       
,wheras thou hast now geuen me a way1 ,i
 wil speake before thee3  for our       
mother1 of whom thou toldest me1 yet she
 is yong3  now draweth nigh to old age4 
#ea ,and he answered me1 and sayd3      
,aske her that beareth children1 and she
 wil tel thee4 #eb ,for thou shalt say  
to her3  ,why are not they whom thou    
hast brought forth1 now like to them    
that were before thee1 but lesse of     
stature8 #ec ,and she also wil say vnto 
thee3  ,they that are borne in the youth
 of streingth are of one sort1 and they 
of an other1 that are borne about the   
time of old age1 when the matrice       
fayleth4  #ed ,consider therfore thou   
also1 that you are of lesse stature1    
then they that were before you3 #ee and 
they that are after you1 of lesser then 

you1 as it were creatures now waxing    
old1 and past the strength of youth4    
#ef ,and ,i sayd3  ,i besech thee ,lord1
 if ,i haue found grace before thine    
eyes1 shew vnto thy seruant1 by whom    
thou doest visite thy creature4         
,,chap4 ,,vi4   ,god knowing al thinges 
before they were made1 created them #ed4
 for man3 and considerth the endes of   
al4  ,,and he sayd to me3  ,in the      
beginning of the earthlie world1 and    
before the endes of the world stood1 and
 before the congregation of the windes  
did blow1 7,prov #h7 #b and before the  
voyces of thunders sounded1  before the 
flashinges of lightenings shined1 and   
before the fundations of paradise were  
confirmed1 #c and before beautiful      
flowers were sene1 and before the moued 
powers were established1 and before the 
innumerable hostes of ,angels were      
gathered1 #d and before the heightes of 
the ayre were aduanced1 and before the  
measures of the firmaments were named1  
and before the chymneies were hote in   

,sion1 #e and before the present yeares 
were searched out1 and before their     
inuentions that now sinne1 were put     
away1 and they signed that made fayth   
their treasure3  #f then ,i thought1 and
 they were made by me only1 and not by  
any other3  and the end by me1 and not  
by any other4  #g ,and ,i answered1 and 
sayd3  ,what separation of times shal   
there be8  and when shal the end of the 
former be1 and the begynning of that    
which foloweth8  #h ,and he sayd to me1 
from ,abraham vnto ,isaac1 when ,iacob  
and ,esau were borne of him1 the hand of
 ,iacob held from the begynning the     
heele of ,esau1 #i for the end of this  
world is ,esau1 and the begynning of the
 next ,iacob4  #aj ,the hand of a man   
betwen the heele and the hand4  ,aske no
 other thing ,esdras4  #aa ,and ,i      
answered1 and sayd3 ,o ,lord dominatour1
 if ,i haue found grace before thyne    
eyes1 #ab ,i pray thee shew thy seruant 
the end of thy signes1 wherof thou didst
 shew me part the night before4  #ac    

,and he answered1 and sayd to me3       
,arise vpon thy feete1 and heare a voice
 most ful of sound4  #ad ,and it shal be
 as it were a commotion1 neither shal   
the place be moued wherin thou standest4
 #ae ,therfore when it speaketh be not  
thou afrayd1 because of the end is the  
word1 and the fundation of the earth    
vnderstood1 #af for concerning them the 
word trembleth and is moued1 for it     
knoweth that their end must be changed4 
#ag ,and it came to passe1 when ,i had  
heard1 ,i rose vpon my feete1 and ,i    
heard3  and behold a voice speaking1 and
 the sound therof as the sound of manie 
waters3  #ah and it sayd3  ,behold the  
dayes come1 and the time shal be when ,i
 wil begyne to approch1 that ,i may     
visite the inhabitantes vpon the earth4 
#ai ,and when ,i wil begin to enquire of
 them that vniustly haue hurt with their
 iniustice1 and when the humilitie of   
,sion shal be accomplished4  #bj ,and   
when the world shal be ouersigned that  
shal beginne to passe1 ,i wil doe these 

signes3  ,bookes shal be opened before  
the face of the firmament1 and al shal  
see together1 #ba and infantes of one   
yeare shal speake with their voices1    
wemen with child shal bring forth       
vntimely infantes not ripe of three or  
foure monethes1 and shal liue1 and shal 
be raysed vp4  #bb ,and sodenly shal    
appeare sowen places not sowen1  ful    
cellers shal sodenly be found emptie3   
#bc and a trumpet shal sound2 which when
 al shal heare1 they wil sodenly be     
afrayd4 #bd ,and it shal be in that     
time1 freindes as enimies shal ouerthrow
 freindes1 and the earth shal be afrayd 
with them3   the vaynes of fountaynes   
shal stand1 and shal not runne in three 
howres3  #be and it shal be1 euerie one 
that shal be leaft of al these1 of whom 
,i haue foretold thee1 he shal be saued1
 and shal see my saluation1  the end of 
your world4  #bf ,and the men that are  
receiued1 shal see1 they that tasted not
 death from their natiuitie1 and the    
hart of the inhabitantes shal be turned 

into an other sense4  #bg ,for euil shal
 be put out1 and deceite shal be        
extinguished1 #bh but fayth shal        
florish1 and corruption shal be         
ouercome1 and truth shal be shewed1     
which was without fruite so manie dayes4
  #bi ,and it came to passe1 when he    
spake to me1  ,i loe by litle  litle    
looked on him before whom ,i stood1 #cj 
and he sayd to me these wordes3  ,i am  
come to shew thee the time of the night 
to come4  #ca ,if therfore thou pray    
agayne1 and fast agayne seuen dayes1    
agayne ,i wil tel thee greater thinges  
by the day which ,i haue heard4  #cb    
,for thy voice is heard before the      
,highest4  ,for the strong hath sene thy
 direction1 and hath fore sene the      
chastitie which thou hast had from thy  
youth3  #cc and for this cause he hath  
sent me to shew thee al these thinges1  
and to say to thee1 haue confidence1 and
 feare not1 #cd and hasten not with the 
former times to thinke vayne thinges1   
that thou hasten not from the last      

times4  #ce ,and it came to passe after 
these thinges1 and ,i wept againe1 and  
in like maner ,i fasted seuen dayes1 to 
accomplish the three weekes1 that were  
told me4  #cf ,and it came to passe in  
the eight night1 and my hart was trubled
 againe in me1 and ,i began to speake   
before the ,highest4 #cg ,for my spirit 
was inflamed excedingly1 and my soul was
 distressed4 #ch ,and ,i sayd3  ,o      
,lord1 speaking thou didst speake from  
the beginning of creature from the first
 day1 saying3  ,let heauen be made and  
earth3  and thy word was a perfect      
worke4  #ci ,and then there was spirit1 
and darknesse was caried about1 and     
silence1 the sound of the voyce of man  
was not yet from thee4  #dj ,then thou  
didst command the lighsome light to be  
brought forth of thy treasures1 wherby  
thy worke might appeare4 #da ,and in the
 second day thou didst create the spirit
 of the firmament1 and commandest it to 
diuide1 and to make a diuision betwen   
the waters1 that a certayn part should  

depart vpward1 and part should remaine  
beneth4 #db ,and in the third day thou  
didst command the waters to be gathered 
together in the seuenth part of the     
earth3  but sixe partes thou didst drie 
and preserue1 that of them might be     
seruing before thee thinges sowen of    
,god1 and tilled4  #dc ,for thy word    
proceded1 and the worke forth with was  
made4  #dd ,for sodenly came forth      
fruite of multitude infinite1 and diurse
 tastes of concupiscence1 and flowers of
 vnchangeable colour1 and odours of     
vnsearcheable smel1 and in the third day
 these thinges were made4  #de ,and in  
the fourth day thou didst command to be 
made the brightnesse of the sunne1 the  
light of the moone1 the disposition of  
the starres3  #df and didst command them
 that they should serue man1 that should
 be made4  #dg ,and in the fifth day3   
thou saydst to the seuenth part1 where  
the water was gathered together1 that it
 should bring forth beastes1 and foules1
 and fishes3  and so was it done1 #dh   

the dumme water and without life1 the   
thinges that by ,gods appointement were 
commanded1 made beastes1 that therby the
 nations may declare thy meruelous      
workes4 #di ,and then thou didst        
preserue two soules3  the name of one   
thou didst cal ,henoch1 and the name of 
the second thou didst cal ,leuiathan1   
#ej and thou didst separate them from   
eche other4  ,for the seuenth part1     
where the water was gathered together1  
could not hold them4  #ea ,and thou     
gauest to ,henoch one part1 which was   
dried the third day1 to dwelt therin1   
where are a thousand mountaynes4  #eb   
,but to ,leuiathan thou gauest the      
seuenth part being moyst1 and kepst it1 
that it might be to deuoure whom thou   
wilt1 and when thou wilt4  #ec ,and in  
the sixt day thou didst command the     
earth1 to create before thee cattel1 and
 beastes1 and creeping creatures3 #ed   
and ouer these ,adam1 whom thou madest  
ruler ouer al the workes1 which thou    
didst make1  out of him are al we       

brought forth1 and the people whom thou 
hast chosen4  #ee ,and al these thinges 
,i haue sayd before thee o ,lord1       
because thou didst create the world for 
vs4  #ef ,but the residue of the nations
 borne of ,adam thou saydst that they   
were nothing1 and that they were like to
 spittle1 and as it were the droping out
 of a vessel thou didst liken the       
abundance of them4  #eg ,and now ,lord1 
behold these nations which are reputed  
for nothing1 haue begune to rule ouer   
vs1 and to deuoure vs3  #eh but we thy  
people whom thou didst cal thy first    
onlie begotten emulatour1 are deliuered 
into their handes3  #ei and if the world
 was created for vs1 why doe not we     
possesse inheritance with the world8 how
 long these thinges8    ,,chap4 ,,vii4  
,without tribulations no man can attayne
 immortal life3  #ag4 which the iust    
shal inherite3  and the wicked shal     
perish4  #bh4 ,christ wil come1 and dye 
for mankind4  #cf4 ,prayers of the iust 
shal profite til the end of this world1 

but not after the general iudgement4    
#dh4 ,al sinned in ,adam4 #eb4 and haue 
added more sinnes1 #eg4 but it is in    
mans powre1 #fb4 by ,gods grace1 to liue
 eternally4  ,,and it came to passe when
 ,i had ended to speake these wordes1   
the ,angel was sent to me1 which had    
bene sent to me the first nights1 #b and
 he sayd to me3  ,arise ,esdras1 and    
heare the wordes which ,i am come to    
speake to thee4  #c ,and ,i sayd3       
,speake my ,god4  ,and he sayd to me3   
,the sea is set in a large place1 that  
it might be deepe and wide3  #d but the 
entrance to it shal be set in a straict 
place1 that it might be like to riuers4 
#e ,for who witting wil enter into the  
sea1 and see it1 or rule ouer it3 if he 
passe not the streite1 how shal he come 
into the bredth8  #f ,also an other     
thing3  ,a citie is built1 and set in a 
plaine place1 and it is ful of al       
goodes4  #g ,the entrance therof narrow1
 and set in a stepe place1 so that on   
the right hand there was fire1  on the  

left depe water3  #h and there is one   
onlie pathe set betwen them1 that is1   
betwen the fire and the water1 so that  
the pathe can not conteyne1 but onlie a 
mans steppe4 #i ,and if the citie shal  
be geuen a man for inheritance1 if he   
neuer passe through the peril set before
 it1 how shal he receiue his inhertance8
 #aj ,and ,i sayd3  ,so ,lord4  ,and he 
sayd to me1 ,so it is3  ,israel also a  
part4  #aa ,for ,i made the world for   
them3  and when ,adam transgressed my   
constitution1 that was iudged which was 
done4  #ab ,and the entrance of this    
world were made streite1 and sorowful1  
paynful1 and few and euil1 and ful of   
dangers1  stuffed very much with labour4
  #ac ,for the entrances of the greater 
world are large andsecure1 and making   
fruite of immortalitie4  #ad ,if then   
they that liue entring in enter into    
these streite and vayne thinges3  they  
can not receiue the thinges that are    
layd vp4  #ae ,now therfore why art thou
 trubled1 wheras thou art corruptible8  

and why art thou moued1 wheras thou art 
mortal8  #af ,and why hast thou not     
taken in thy hart that which is to come1
 but that which is present8  #ag ,i     
answered1 and sayd3  ,lord dominatour3  
behold thou hast disposed by thy law    
that the iust shal inherite these       
thinges1 and the impious shal perish4   
7,deut #h7  #ah ,but the iust shal      
suffer the streites1 hoping for the wyde
 places1 for they that haue done        
impiously1 haue both suffered the       
streites1 and shal not see the wide     
places4  #ai ,and he sayd to me3  ,there
 is no iudge aboue ,god1 nor that       
vnderstandeth aboue the ,highest4  #bj  
,for manie present doe perish1 because  
the law of ,god which was set before1 is
 neglected4  #ba ,for ,god commanding   
commanded them that came1 when they     
came1 what doing they should liue1 and  
what obseruing they should not be       
punished4  #bb ,but they were not       
perswaded1 and gaynesayd him1 and made  
to them selues a cogitation of vanitie1 

#bc and proposed to them selues deceites
 of sinnes1  they sayd to the ,highest  
that he was not1 and they knew not his  
wayes1 #bd and dispised his law1 and    
denyed his couenaunces1 and had not     
fidelitie in his ordinances1 and did not
 accomplish his workes4  #be ,for this  
cause ,esdras1 the emptie to the emptie1
 and the ful to the ful4  #bf ,behold   
the time shal come1 and it shal be when 
the signes shal come1 which ,i haue     
foretold thee1 and the bride shal       
appeare1 and appearing she shal be      
shewed that now is hid with the earth3  
#bg and euerie one that is deliuered    
from the foresaid euils1 he shal see my 
meruelous thinges4  #bh ,for my sonne   
,,iesvs shal be reueled with them that  
are with him1 and they shal be merie    
that are leaft in the foure hundred     
yeares4  #bi ,and it shal be after these
 yeares1 and my sonne ,,christ shal dye3
  and al men that haue breath1 #cj and  
the world shal be turned into the old   
silence seuen dayes1 as in the former   

iudgementes1 so that none shal be leaft4
  #ca ,and it shal be after seuen dayes1
 and the world shal be raysed vp that   
yet waketh not1 and shal dye corrupted3 
#cb and the earth shal render the       
thinges that sleepe in it1  the dust    
them that dwel in it with silence1 and  
the cellars shal render the soules that 
are commended to them4  #cc ,and the    
,highest shal be reueled vpon the seate 
of iudgement1 and miseries shal passe1  
and long sufferance shal be gathered    
together4  #cd ,and iudgement onlie shal
 remayne1 truth shal stand1 and fayth   
shal waxe strong1 #ce and the worke shal
 folow1 and the reward shal be shewed1  
and iustice shal awake1 and iniustice   
shal not haue dominion4  ,see note      
below4  #cf ,and ,i sayd3  ,first       
,abraham prayed for the ,sodomites1 and 
,moyses for the fathers that sinned in  
the desert4 7,gen #ah _/ ,ex #cb7  #cg  
,and they that were after him for       
,isreal in the dayes of ,achaz1 and of  
,samuel1 #ch and ,dauid for the         

destruction1 and ,salomon for them that 
came vnto the sanctification4  7#b      
,kings #bd3ag _/ #b ,par #f3ac7 #ci ,and
 ,elias for them that receiued raine1   
and for the dead that he might liue1 7#c
 ,kings #ag  #ah7 #dj and ,ezechias for 
the people in the dayes of ,sennacherib1
 and manie for manie4  7#d ,kings       
#ai3ae7  #da ,if therfore now when      
corruptible did increase1 and iniustice 
was multiplied1 and the iust prayed for 
the impious3  why now also shal it not  
be so8  #db ,and he answered me and     
sayd3  ,this present world is not the   
end1 much glorie remaineth in it3  for  
this cause they prayed for the impotent4
  #dc ,for the day of iudgement shal be 
the end of this time1 and the beginning 
of the immortalitie to come1 wherein    
corruption is past3  #dd intemperance is
 dissolued1 incredulitie is cut of3  and
 iustice hath increased1 truth is       
strong4  #de ,for then no man can saue  
him that hath perished1 nor drowne him  
that hath ouercome4  ,and ,i answered1  

#df and sayd3  ,this is my word the     
first and the last1 that it had bene    
better not to geue the earth to ,adam1  
or when he had now geuen it1 to         
restraine him that he should not sinne4 
#dg ,for what doth it profit men        
presently to liue in sorow1 and being   
dead to hope for punishment8  #dh ,o    
what hast thou done ,adam8  ,for if thou
 didst sinne1 it was not made thy fal   
only1 but ours also which came of thee4 
7,rom #e3ab7  #di ,for what doth it     
profit vs if immortal time be promised  
to vs3  but we haue done mortal workes8 
#ej ,and that euerlasting hope is       
foretold vs3  but we most wicked are    
become vayne8 #ea ,and that habitations 
of health and securitie are reserued for
 vs1 but we haue conuerst naughtely8    
#eb ,and that the glorie of the ,highest
 is reserued to protect them that haue  
slowly conuerst3  but we haue walked in 
most wicked wayes4  #ec ,and that       
paradise shal be shewed1 whose fruite   
continueth incorrupted1 wherin is       

securitie and remedie3  #ed but we shal 
not enter in3  for we haue conuerst in  
vnlawful places4  #ee ,and their faces  
which haue had abstinence1 shal shyne   
aboue the starres3  but our faces blacke
 aboue darkenes4  #ef ,for we did not   
thinke liuing when we did iniquitie1    
that we shal beginne after death to     
suffer4  #eg ,and he answered1 and sayd3
  ,this is the cogitation of the battel 
which man shal fight1 who is borne vpon 
the earth1 #eh that if he shal be       
ouercome1 he suffer that which thou hast
 sayd3  but if he ouercome he shal      
receiue that which ,i say3  #ei for this
 is the life which ,moyses spake of when
 he liued1 to the people1 saying3       
,choose vnto thee life1 that thou mayst 
liue4  7,deut #cj3ai7  #fj ,but they    
beleued him not1 no nor the ,prophetes  
after him1 no nor me which haue spoken  
to them4  #fa ,because there should not 
be sorow vnto their perdition1 as there 
shal be ioy vpon them1 to whom saluation
 is perswaded4  #fb ,and ,i answered1   

and sayd3  ,i know ,lord1 that the      
,highest is called merciful in that1    
that he hath mercie on them which are   
not yet come into the world1 #fc and    
that he hath mercie on them which       
conuerse in his law3  #fd and he is long
 suffering1 because he sheweth long     
sufferance to them that haue sinned1 as 
it were with their owne workes3  #fe and
 he is bountiful1 because he wil geue   
according to exigentes3  #ff and of     
freat mercie1 because he multiplieth    
more mercies to them that are present1  
and that are past1 and that are to come4
 #fg ,for if he shal not multiplie his  
mercies1 the world shal not be made     
aliue with them that did inherite it4   
#fh ,and he geueth3  for if he shal not 
geue of his bountie1 that they may be   
releeued which haue done iniquitie1 the 
tenth thousand part of men can not be   
quickned from their iniquities4  #fi    
,and the iudge if he shal not forgeue   
them that are cured with his word1 and  
wype away a multitude of contentions3   

there should not perhaps be leaft in an 
innumerable multitiude1 but very few4   
,,chap4 ,,viii4   ,god is merciful in   
this world1 yet fewe are saued4  #f4    
,gods workes1 and disposition of his    
creatures are meruelous4  #ae4 ,esdras  
prayeth for the people of ,israel3  #cg4
 and saluation is promised to the iust1 
and punishment threatned to the wicked4 
,,and he answered me1  sayd3  ,this     
world the ,highest made for manie1 but  
that to come for few4  #b ,and ,i wil   
speake a similitude ,esdras before thee4
  ,for as thou shalt aske the earth1 and
 it wil tel thee1 that it wil geue much 
more earth wherof earthen worke may be  
made1 but a litle dust wherof gold is   
made3  so also is the act of this       
present world4  #c ,manie in deede are  
created1 but few shal be saued4  7,matt 
#bj3af7  #d ,and ,i answered1 and sayd3 
,then o soul swallow vp the sense1 and  
deuoure that which is wise4  #e ,for    
thou art agred to obey1 and willing to  
prophecie4 ,for there is no space geuen 

thee but only to liue4  #f ,o ,lord if  
thou wilt not permitte thy seruant1 that
 we pray before thee1 and thou geue vs  
seede to the hart1 and tillage to the   
vnderstanding1 wherof may the fruite be 
made1 wherby euerie corrupt person may  
liue1 that shal beare the place of a    
man8  #g ,for thou art alone1 and we are
 one workmanshippe of thy handes1 as    
thou hast spoken3  #h and as now the    
bodie made in the matrice1 and thou     
doest geue the members1 thy creature is 
preserued in fire  water3  and nine     
monethes thy workemanship doth suffer   
thy creature that is created in it3  #i 
and it self that keepeth1 and that which
 is kept1 both shal be preserued3  and  
the matrice being preserued rendreth    
agayne at some time the thinges that are
 growen in it4  #aj ,for thou hast      
commanded of the members1 that is the   
brestes to geue milke vnto the fruite of
 the brestes1 #aa that the thing which  
is made1 may be nourished til a certayne
 time1 and afterward thou mayst dispose 

him to thy mercie4  #ab ,for thou hast1 
brought him vp in thy iustice1 and hast 
instructed him in thy law1 and hast     
corrected him in thy vnderstanding3 #ac 
and thou shalt mortifie him1 as thy     
creature3  and shalt geue him life1 as  
thy worke4  #ad ,if then thou wilt      
destroy him that is made with so great  
labours3  it is easie by thy commandment
 to be ordayned1 that also which was    
made1 might be preserued4  #ae ,and now 
,lord ,i wil speake1 of euerie man thou 
rather knowest3  but concerning thy     
people1 for which ,i am sorowful3  #af  
and concerning thine inheritance1 for   
which ,i mourne1 and for ,israel for    
whom ,i am pensiue1 and concerning      
,iacob1 for whom ,i am sorowful4  #ag   
,therfore wil ,i begin to pray before   
thee for me1  for them3  because ,i see 
our defaultes that inhabite the earth4  
#ah ,but ,i haue heard of the celeritie 
of the iudge that shal be4  #ai         
,therfore heare my voyce1 and vnderstand
 my word1 and ,i wil speake before thee4

  #bj ,the beginning of the wordes of   
,esdras before he was assumpted3  and ,i
 sayd3 ,lord which inhabitest the world1
 whose eyes are eleuated vnto thinges on
 high and in the ayre3  #ba and whose   
throne is inestimable1 and glorie       
incomprehensible3  by whom standeth an  
host of ,angels with trembling1 #bb     
whose keping is turned in wynde and     
fire1 thou whose word is true1 and      
sayings premanent3  #bc whose           
commandment is strong1 and disposition  
terrible3  whose looke dryeth vp the    
depthes1 and indignation maketh the     
mountaynes to melt1 and truth doth      
testifie4  #bd ,heare the prayer of thy 
seruant1  with thine eares receiue the  
petition of thy creature4  #be ,for     
whiles ,i liue1 ,i wil speake3  and     
whiles ,i vnderstand1 ,i wil answere3   
#bf ,neither doe thou respect the sinnes
 of thy people1 but them that serue thee
 in truth4  #bg ,neither doe thou attend
 the impious endeuours of the nations1  
but them that with sorowes haue kept thy

 testimonies4 #bh ,neither thinke thou  
of them that in thy sight haue conuerst 
falsly1 but remember them that according
 to thy wil haue knowen thy feare4 #bi  
,neither be thou willing to destroy them
 that haue had the maners of beastes3   
but respect them that haue taught thy   
law gloriously4 #cj ,neither haue       
indignation towards them1 which are     
iudged worse then beastes3  but loue    
them that alwayes haue confidence in thy
 iustice1 and glorie4  #ca ,because we  
and our fatheres languish with such     
diseases3  but thou for sinners shalt be
 called merciful4  #cb ,for if thou     
shalt be desirous to haue mercie on vs1 
then thou shalt be called merciful1 to  
vs hauing no workes of iustice4  #cc    
,for the iust which haue manie workes   
layd vp1 of their owne workes shal      
receiue reward4  #cd ,for what is man1  
that thou art angrie with him3  or the  
corruptible kinde1 that thou art so     
bitter touching it8  #ce ,for in truth  
there is no man of them that be borne1  

which hath not done impiously1 and of   
them that confesse1 which haue not      
sinned4  7#c ,kings #h3df _/ #b ,par    
#f3cf7  #cf ,for in this shal thy       
iustice be declared1 and thy goodnes1 o 
,lord1 when thou shalt haue mercie on   
them1 that haue no substance of good    
workes4  #cg ,and he answered me1 and   
sayd3  ,thou hast spoken somethinges    
rightly3  and according to thy wordes1  
so also shal it be done1 #ch because ,i 
wil not in dede thinke vpon the worke of
 them that haue sinned before death1    
before the iudgement1 before perdition3 
#ci but ,i wil reioyce vpon the creature
 of the iust1 and ,i wil remember their 
pilgrimage also1 and saluation1 and     
receiuing of reward4  #dj ,therfore as  
,i haue spoken1 so also it is4  #da ,for
 as the husbandman soweth vpon the      
ground manie seedes1 and planteth manie 
plantes1 but not al which were sowen in 
time1 are preserued1 nor yet al that    
were planted1 shal take roote3  so they 
also that are sowen in the world1 shal  

not al be saued4  7,matt #ac  #bj7  #db 
,and ,i answered1 and sayd3  ,if ,i haue
 found grace1 let me speake4  #dc ,as   
the seede of the husbandman1 if it come 
not vp1 or receiue not the rayne in     
time1 if it be corupted with much rayne1
 perisheth3  #dd so likewise also man   
who made with thy handes1 and thou named
 his image3  because thou art likened to
 him1 for whom thou hast made al        
thinges1 and hast likened him to the    
seede of the husbandman4  #de ,be not   
angrie vpon vs1 but spare thy people1   
and haue mercie on thy inheritance4     
,and thou hast mercie on thy creature4  
#df ,and he answered me1 and sayd3  ,the
 thinges that are present to them that  
are present1 and that shal be1 to them  
that shal be4  #dg ,for thou lackest    
much to be able to loue my creature     
aboue me3  and to thee often times1 euen
 to thyselfe ,i haue approched1 but to  
the vniust neuer4 #dh ,but in this also 
thou art meruelous before the ,highest1 
#di because thou hast humbled thyself as

 becometh thee3   hast not iudged       
thyself1 that among the iust thou maist 
be very much glorified4  #ej ,for which 
cause manie miseries1 and miserable     
thinges shal be done to them that       
inhabite the world in the later dayes3  
because they haue walked in much pride4 
#ea ,but thou for thyselfe vnderstand1  
for them that are like vnto thee seeke  
glorie4  #eb ,for to you paradise is    
open1 the tree of life is planted1 time 
to come is prepared1 abundance is       
prepared1 a citie is builded1 rest is   
approued1 goodnes is perfited1  perfit  
wisdome4  #ec ,the roote of euil is     
signed from you3  infirmitie1 and mothe 
is hid from you3  corruption is fled    
into hel in obliuion4  #ed ,sorowes are 
past1  the treasure of immortalitie is  
shewed in the end4  #ee ,adde not       
therfore inquiring of the multitude of  
them that perish4  #ef ,for they also   
receiuing libertie1 haue despised the   
,highest1 and contemned his lawe1 and   
forsaken his wayes4  #eg ,yea and       

moreouer they haue troden downe his iust
 ones1 #eh and haue sayd in their hart1 
that there is no ,god3  and that1       
knowing that they dye4  7,ps #ac  #eb7  
#ei ,for as the thinges aforesayd shal  
receiue you3  so thirst and torment1    
which are prepared shal take them3  for 
he would not man to be destroyed4  #fj  
,but they them selues also which are    
created1 haue defyled his name which    
made them3   haue bene vnkind to him    
that prepared life4  #fa ,wherfore my   
iudgement now approcheth4  #fb ,which   
thinges ,i haue not shewed to al1 but to
 thee1  to few like vnto thee4  ,and ,i 
answered1 and sayd3  #fc ,behold now    
,lord thou hast shewed me a multitude of
 signes1 which thou wilt beginne to doe 
in the latter times3  but thou hast not 
shewed me at what time4    ,,chap4 ,,ix4
   ,certaine signes shal goe before the 
day of iudgement4  #ad4 ,more shal      
perish then be saued4  #be4 ,prayer with
 other good workes1 are meanes to       
saluation4  ,,and he answered me1 and   

sayd3  ,measuring measure thou the time 
in it selfe3  and it shal be when thou  
seest1 after a certaine part of the     
signes which are spoken of before shal  
passe1 #b then shalt thou vnderstand1   
that the same is the time wherin the    
,highest wil beginne to visite the world
 that was made by him4  #c ,and when    
there shal be sene in the world mouing  
of places1 and truble of peoples1 #d    
then shalt thou vnderstand1 that of     
these spake the ,highest1 from the dayes
 that were before thee1 from the        
beginning4  #e ,for as al that is made  
in the world hath a beginning1 and also 
a consummation1 and the consummation is 
manifest3  #f so also the times of the  
,highest haue the beginning manifest in 
wonders and powers1 and the             
consummations in worke and in signes4 #g
 ,and it shal be1 euery one that shal be
 saued1 and that can escape by his      
workes1 and by fayth1 in which you haue 
beleeued1 #h shal be leaft out of the   
foresayd dangers1 and shal see my       

saluation in my land1 and in my costes1 
because ,i haue sancitifed my selfe from
 the world4  #i ,and then shal they be  
in miserie1 that now haue abused my     
wayes3  and they that haue reiected them
 in contempt1 shal abide in torments4   
#aj ,for they that knew not me1 hauing  
obtained benefits when they liued3  #aa 
and they that loathed my law1 when they 
yet had libertie1 #ab and when as yet   
place of penance was open to them       
vnderstoode not1 but despised3  they    
must after death in torment know it4    
#ac ,thou therfore be not yet curious1  
how the impious shal be tormented3  but 
inquire how the iust shal be saued1 and 
whose the world is1 and for whom the    
world is1 and when4  #ad ,and ,i        
answered1 and sayd3  #ae ,i haue spoken 
hertofore1 and now ,i say1 and hereafter
 wil say3  that they are more which     
perish then that shal be saued3  7,matt 
#aj7  #af as a floud is multiplied      
aboue1 more then a droppe4 #ag ,and he  
ansvvered me1 and sayd3  ,like as the   

field so also the sedes3 and as the     
flovvers1 such also the colours3  and as
 the workeman1 such also the worke3  and
 such as the husbandman1 such is the    
husbandrie3 because it was the time of  
the world4  #ah ,and now when ,i was    
preparing for them1 for these that now  
are before the world was made1 wherin   
they should dwel3  and no man gaynsayd  
me4  #ai ,for then euery man1 and now   
the creator in this world prepared1 and 
haruest not fayling1 and law            
vnsearchable their manners are          
corrupted4  #bj ,and ,i considered the  
world1 and behold there was danger      
because of the cogitations that came in 
it4 #ba ,and ,i saw1 and spared it very 
much3  and ,i kept vnto my selfe a grape
 kernel of a cluster1 and a plant of a  
great trybe4  #bb ,let the multitude    
therfore perish1 which was borne without
 cause1 and let my kernel be kept1  my  
plant3  because ,i finished it with much
 labour4  #bc ,and thou if thou adde yet
 seuen other dayes1 but thou shalt not  

fast in them1 #bd thou shalt goe into a 
field of flowers1 where no house is     
built3   thou shalt eate only of the    
flowers of the field1 and flesh thou    
shalt not tast1 and wine thou shalt not 
drinke1 but only flowers4  #be ,pray to 
the ,highest without intermission1 and  
,i wil come1 and wil speake with thee4  
#bf ,and ,i went forth1 as he sayd to   
me1 into a field which is called        
,ardath1 and ,i sate there among the    
flowers4  ,and ,i did eate of the herbes
 of the field1 and the meate of them    
made me ful4  #bg ,and it came to passe 
after seuen dayes1 and ,i sate downe    
vpon the grasse1 and my hart was trubled
 ayayne as before4  #bh ,and my mouth   
was opened1 and ,i beganne to speake    
before the ,highest1 and sayd3  #bi ,o  
,lord thou shewing thy selfe to vs1 wast
 shewed to our fathers in the desert1   
which is not troden1 and vnfruitful1    
when they came out of ,a,egypt3  and    
saying thou saydst3 7,ex #ai  #bd _/    
,deut #d7  #cj ,thou ,israel heare me1  

and sede of ,iacob attend to my wordes4 
#ca ,for behold1 ,i sow my lawe in you1 
and it shal bring forth fruite in you1  
and you shal be glorified in it for     
euer4  #cb ,for our fathers receiuing   
the law obserued it not1 and kept not my
 ordinances1 and the fruite of the law  
did not appeare3  for it could not1     
because it was thine4  #cc ,for they    
that receiued it1 perished1 not keeping 
that which had bene sowen in them4  7,ex
 #cb7  #cd ,and behold it is the        
custome1 that when the earth hath       
receiued sede1 or the sea a shippe1 or  
some vessel meate or drinke3  when that 
shal be destroyed wherin it was sowne1  
or into the which it was cast3  #ce that
 which was sowne1 or cast in1 or the    
thinges that were receiued1 are         
destroyed withal1 and the thinges       
receiued now tarye not with vs3  but it 
is not so done to vs4 #cf ,we in dede   
that receiued the law1 sinning haue     
perished1 and our hart that receiued it3
  #cg ,for the law hath not perished1   

but hath remayned in his labour4        
7,ezech #dh7  #ch ,and when ,i spake    
these thinges in my hart1 ,i looked     
backe with myne eyes1 and saw a woman on
 the right side1 and behold she mourned1
 and wept with a lowd voice1 and was    
sorrowful in mynde exceedingly1 and her 
garments rent1 and ashes vpon her heade4
 #ci ,and ,i left the cogitations1      
wherin ,i was thinking1 and ,i turned to
 her and sayd to her3  #dj ,why weepest 
thou8  and why art thou sorie in mynde4 
,and she sayd to me3  #da ,suffer me my 
,lord1 that ,i may lament myselfe1  adde
 sorrow3  because ,i am of a very       
pensiue mynde1 and am humbled           
exceedingly4  #db ,and ,i sayd to her1  
,what ayleth thee3  tel me4  ,and she   
sayd to me3  #dc ,i thy seruant haue    
beene barren1 and haue not borne childe1
 hauing a husband thirty yeares4  #dd   
,for ,i euery howre1 and euerie day1 and
 these thirty yeares do beseche the     
,highest night and day4 #de ,and it came
 to passe1 after thirtie yeares ,god    

heard me thy handmayd1 and saw my       
humilitie1 and attended to my           
tribulation1 and gaue me a sonne3  and  
,i was very ioyful vpon him1 and my     
husband1 and al my citizens1 and we did 
glorifie the ,strong exceedingly4  #df  
,and ,i nourished him with much labour4 
#dg ,and it came to passe when he was   
growen1 and came to take a wife1 ,i made
 a feast day4    ,,chap4 ,x4   ,the     
state of ,ierusalem is prefigured by a  
woman mourning1 #be4 and afterwardes    
reioycing4  ,,and it came to passe1 when
 my sonne was entred into his inner     
chamber1 he fel downe1 and dyed3  #b and
 we al ouerthrewe the lights1 and al my 
citizens rose vp to comfort me1 and ,i  
was quiet vntil the other day at night4 
#c ,and it came to passe1 when al were  
quiet to comfort me1 that ,i might be   
quiet3  and ,i arose in the night1 and  
fled3  and came as thou seest into this 
field4  #d ,and ,i meane nowe not to    
returne into the citie1 but to stay     
here3  and neither eate1 nor drinke1 but

 without intermission to mourne1 and to 
fast vntil ,i dye4  #e ,and ,i left the 
talke wherin ,i was1 and with anger     
answered her1  sayd3  #f ,thou foole    
aboue al wemen1 seest thou not our      
mourning1  what thinges chance to vs8   
#g ,because ,sion our mother is         
sorroweful with al sorrowe1 and humbled1
 and mourneth most bitterly4  #h ,and   
now wheras we al mourne1 and are sadde3 
wheras we are sorrowful1 and art thou   
sorrowful for one sonne8  #i ,for aske  
the earth1 and it wil tel thee3  that it
 is she1 that ought to lament the fal of
 so manie thinges that spring vpon it4  
#aj ,and of her were al borne from the  
beginning1 and others shal come3  and   
behold1 almost al walke into perdition1 
and the multitude of them commeth to    
destruction4  #aa ,and who then ought to
 mourne more1 but she that hath lost so 
great a multitude1 rather then thou     
which art sorie for one8  #ab ,and if   
thou say vnto me1 that my mourning is   
not lyke the earthes3  because ,i haue  

lost the fruite of my wombe1 which ,i   
bare with sorrowes1 and brought forth   
with paynes3 #ac but the earth according
 to the maner of the earth1 and the     
present multitude in it hath departed as
 it came3  and ,i saye to thee1 #ad as  
thou hast brought forth with payne1 so  
the earth also geueth her fruite for man
 from the beginning to him that made    
her4  #ae ,now therfore kepe in with thy
 sorrowe1 and beare stoutly the chances 
that haue befallen thee4 #af ,for if    
thou iustifie the end of ,god1 thou     
shalt in time both receiue his counsel1 
and also in such thinges thou shalt be  
praysed4  #ag ,goe in therfore into the 
citie to thy husband4  ,and she sayd to 
me3  #ah ,i wil not doe it1 neither wil 
,i enter into the citie1 but here wil ,i
 dye4 #ai ,and ,i added yet to speake to
 her1  sayd3  #bj ,doe not this word1   
but consent to him that counseleth thee4
  ,for how manie are the chances of     
,sion8  ,take comfort for the sorrowe of
 ,ierusalem4  #ba ,for thou seest that  

our sanctification is made desert1 and  
our altar is throwen downe1 and our     
temple is destroyed1 #bb and our psalter
 is humbled1 and hymne is silent1 and   
our exultation is dissolued1 and the    
light of our candelsticke is            
extinguished1 and the arke of our       
testament is taken for spoyle1  our     
holie thinges are contaminated1 and the 
name that is inuocated vpon vs1 is      
almost prophaned3  and our children haue
 suffred contumelie1 and our ,priestes  
are burnt1  our ,leuites are gone into  
captiuitie1  our virgins are defloured1 
and our wiues haue suffered rape1 and   
our iust men are violently taken1 and   
our litle ones are lost1 and our yong   
men are in bondage1 and our valiants are
 made impotent3 #bc and that which is   
greatest of al1 the seale of ,sion1     
because she is vnsealed of her glorie3  
,for she is also deliuered into the     
handes of them that hate vs4  #bd ,thou 
therfore shake of thy great heauines1   
and lay away from thee the multitude of 

sorrowes1 that the ,strong may be       
propicious to thee agayne1 and the      
,highest wil geue thee rest1 rest from  
thy labours4  #be ,and it came to passe1
 when ,i spake to her1 her face did     
shine suddenly1 and her shape1 and her  
visage was made glistering1 so that ,i  
was afrayde excedingly at her1  thought 
what this thing should be4  #bf ,and    
,behold1 suddenly she put forth a great 
sound of a voyce ful of feare1 that the 
earth was moued at the womans sound4    
,and ,i saw3 #bg and behold1 the woman  
did no more appeare vnto me1 but a citie
 was built1  a place was shewed of great
 fundations3  and ,i was afrayd1  crying
 with a loude voyce ,i sayd3  #bh ,where
 is ,vriel the ,angel1 that from the    
beginning came to me8  for he made me   
come in multitude in excesse of this    
minde1 and my end is made into          
corruption1  my prayer into reproch4 #bi
 ,and when ,i was speaking these        
thinges1 behold he came to me1 and sawe 
me4  #cj ,and behold ,i was layd as     

dead1  my vnderstanding was alienated1  
and he held my right hand1 and          
strengthned me1  set me vpon my feete1  
sayd to me3  #ca ,what ayleth thee8  and
 why is thy vnderstanding1 and the sense
 of thy hart trubled1  why art thou     
trubled8  ,and ,i sayd3 #cb ,because    
thou hast forsaken me1 and ,i in dede   
haue done according to thy wordes1  went
 out into the field3   behold1 ,i haue  
seene1  doe see that which ,i cannot    
vtter4  ,and he sayd to me3  #cc ,stand 
like a man1  ,i wil moue thee4  ,and ,i 
sayd3  #cd ,speake thou my ,lord in me1 
forsake me not1 that ,i die not in      
vaine3  #ce because ,i haue seene       
thinges that ,i knew not1  ,i doe heare 
thinges that ,i know not4  #cf ,or is my
 sense deceiued1  doth my soule dreame8 
#cg ,now therfore ,i besech thee1 that  
thou shew vnto thy seruant concerning   
this trance4  ,and he answered me1      
sayd3  #ch ,heare me1 and ,i wil teach  
thee1 and wil tel thee of what thinges  
thou art afrayd3  because the ,highest  

hath reuealed vnto thee manie mysteries4
  #ci ,he hath seene thy right way1 that
 without intermission thou was forrowful
 for thy people1 and didst mourne       
exceedingly for ,sion4  #dj ,this       
therfore is the vnderstanding of the    
vision which appeared to thee a litle   
before4  #da ,the woman whom thou sawest
 mourning1 thou beganst to comfort her4 
#db ,and now thou seest not the forme of
 the woman1 but there appeared to thee a
 citie to be built4 #dc ,and because she
 tolde thee of the fal of her sonne1    
this is the interpretation4  #dd ,this  
woman which thou sawest1 she is ,sion1  
and wheras she told thee of her1 whom   
now also thou shalt see1 as a citie     
builded4 #de ,and whereas she told thee1
 that she was barren thirtie yeares3    
for the which there were thirtie yeares1
 when there was not yet oblation offered
 in it4  #df ,and it came to passe after
 thirtie yeares1 ,salomon built the     
citie1 and offered oblations3  then it  
was1 when the barren bare a childe4  #dg

 ,and that which she sayd vnto thee1    
that she nourished him with labour1 this
 was the habitation in ,ierusalem4  #dh 
,and wheras she sayd to thee1 that my   
sonne comming into the bryde chamber    
dyed1 and that a fal chanced vnto him1  
this was the ruine of ,ierusalem that is
 made4 #di ,and behold1 thou hast seene 
the similitude of her3  and because she 
lamented her sonne1 thou beganst to     
comfort her3  and of these thinges that 
haue chanced1 these were to be opened to
 thee4  #ej ,and now the ,highest seeth 
that thou wast sorie from the hart3  and
 because with thy whole hart thou       
sufferest for her1 he hath shewed thee  
the clearnes of her glorie1 and the     
fayrenes of her beautie4  #ea ,for      
therfore did he say to thee1 that thou  
shouldest tarie in a field where house  
is not built4 #eb ,for ,i knew that the 
,highest beganne to shew thee these     
thinges3 #ec therfore ,i sayd vnto thee1
 that thou shouldest goe into a field1  
where is no fundation of building4  #ed 

,for the worke of mans building could   
not be borne in the place1 where the    
citie of the ,highest began to be       
shewed4 #ee ,thou therfore feare not1   
neither let thy hart dread3  but goe in1
 and see the beautie1 and greatnes of   
the building1 as much as the sight of   
thyne eyes is capable to see3  #ef      
afterward thou shalt heare as much1 as  
the hearing of thyne eares is capable to
 heare4  #eg ,for thou art blessed aboue
 manie1 and art called with the ,highest
 as few4  #eh ,and to morrow night thou 
shalt tarie here3  #ei and the ,highest 
wil shew thee those visions of the      
thinges on high1 which the ,highest wil 
doe to them that inhabite vpon the earth
 in the later dayes4  #fj ,and ,i slept 
that night1 and the other next1 as he   
had sayd to me4    ,,chap4 ,,xi4   ,an  
eagle appeareth to ,esdras coming forth 
of the sea1 with three heades1 and      
twelue winges3  sometimes one reigning  
in the world1 sometimes an other1 but   
euerie one vanisheth away4  #cf4 ,a lion

 also appeareth coming forth of the     
wood1 to suppresse the eagle4  ,,and ,i 
sawe a dreame1  behold an eagle came vp 
out of the sea3  which had twelue winges
 of fethers1 and three heades4  #b ,and 
,i saw1 and behold she spred her winges 
into al the earth1 and al the windes of 
heauen blew vpon her1 and were gathered 
together4  #c ,and ,i saw1 and of her   
fethers sprang contrarie feathers1 and  
they became litle winges1 and smale4  #d
 ,for her heades were at rest1 and the  
midle head was greater then the other   
heades1 but she rested with them4  #e   
,and ,i saw1 and behold the eagle flew  
with her winges1 and reigned ouer the   
earth1 and ouer them that dwel in it4   
#f ,and ,i saw1 that al thinges vnder   
heauen were subiect to her1 and no man  
gaynesayd her1 no not one of the        
creature that is vpon the earth4 #g ,and
 ,i saw1 and behold the eagle rose vp   
vpon her talons1 and made a voice with  
her winges1 saying3  #h ,watch not al   
together1 sleepe euerie one in his      

place1  watch according to time4  #i    
,but let the heades be preserued to the 
last4  #aj ,and ,i saw1 and behold the  
voice came not out of her heades1 but   
from the middes of her bodie4  #aa ,and 
,i numbered her contrarie winges1 and   
behold they were eight4  #ab ,and ,i    
saw1 and behold on the right side rose  
one wing1 and reighned ouer al the      
earth4  #ac ,and it came to passe1 when 
it reigned1 an end came to it1 and the  
place therof appeared not3  and the next
 rose vp1  reigned1 that held much time4
  #ad ,and it came to passe1 when it    
reigned1  the end of it also came1 that 
it appeared not as the former4  #ae ,and
 behold1 a voice was sent forth to it1  
saying3  #af ,heare thou that hast held 
the earth of long time4  ,thus ,i tel   
thee before thou beginne not to appeare4
  #ag ,none after thee shal hold thy    
time1 no nor the halfe therof4  #ah ,and
 the third lifted vp it selfe1 and held 
the principalitie as also the former3   
and that also appeared not4  #ai ,and so

 it chanced to al the other by one  by  
one to haue the principalitie1  agayne  
to appeare nowhere4  #bj ,and ,i saw1   
and behold in time the rest of the      
winges were sent vp on the right side1  
that they also might hold the           
principalitie3  and of them there were  
that held it1 but yet forthwith they    
appeared not4  #ba ,for some also of    
them stoode vp1 but they held not the   
principalitie4  #bb ,and ,i saw after   
these thinges1 and behold the twelue    
winges1 and two litle winges appeared   
not3  #bc and nothing remayned in the   
bodie of the eagle but two heades       
resting1 and six litle winges4  #bd ,and
 ,i saw1 and behold from the six litle  
winges two were diuided1 and they       
remayned vnder the head1 that is on the 
right side4  ,for foure taried in their 
place4  #be ,and ,i saw1 and behold the 
vnderwinges thought to set vp them      
selues1 and to hold the principalities4 
#bf ,and ,i saw1 and behold one was set 
vp1 but forthwith it appeared not4  #bg 

,and they that were second did sooner   
vanish away then the former4  #bh ,and  
,i saw1 and behold the two that         
remayned1 thought with them selues that 
they also would reigne3  #bi and when   
they were thincking thereon1 behold one 
of the resting heades1 which was the    
midde one awaked1 for this was greater  
then the other two heades4  #cj ,and ,i 
saw that the two heades were complete   
with themselues4  #ca ,and behold the   
head with them that were with him       
turned1 and did eate the two vnderwinges
 that thought to reigne4  #cb ,and this 
head terrified al the earth1  ruled in  
it ouer them that inhabite the earth    
with much labour1 and he that held the  
dominion of the whole world aboue al the
 winges that were4  #cc ,and ,i saw     
after these thinges1 and behold the     
midle head sodenly appeared not1 as did 
the winges4  #cd ,and there remained two
 heads1 which reigned also themselues   
ouer the earth1 and ouer them that dwelt
 therein4  #ce ,and ,i saw1 and behold  

the head on the right side deuoured that
 which was on the left4  #cf ,and ,i    
heard a voice saying to me1 ,looke      
against thee1 and consider what thou    
seest4  #cg ,and ,i saw1  behold as a   
lion raysed out of the wood roaring3    
and ,i saw that he sent out a mans voyce
 to the eagle4  ,and he spake saying4   
#ch ,heare thou1 and ,i wil speake to   
thee1 and the ,highest wil say to thee3 
#ci ,is it not thou that hast ouercome  
of the foure beastes1 which ,i made to  
reigne in my world1 and that by them the
 end of their times might come8  #dj    
,and the fourth coming ouercame al the  
beastes that were past1 and by might    
held the world with much feare1 and al  
the world with most wicked laboure1 and 
he inhabitied the whole earth so long   
time with deceipte4  #da ,and thou hast 
iudged the earth not with truth4  #db   
,for thou hast afflicted the meeke1 and 
hast trubled them that were quiet1 and  
hast loued lyers1  hast destroyed their 
habitations that did fructifie1 and hast

 ouerthrowen their walles that did not  
hurt thee4  #dc ,and thy contumelie is  
ascended euen to the ,highest1 and thy  
pride to the ,strong4  #dd ,and the     
,highest hath looked vpon the proud     
times3  and behold they are ended1 and  
the abominations therof are             
accomplished4  #de ,therfore thou eagle 
appeare no more1 and thy horrible       
winges1  thy litle winges most wicked1  
and thy heades malignant1 and thy talons
 most wicked1 and al thy bodie vayne1   
#df that al the earth may be refreshed1 
and may returne deliuered from thy      
violence1 and may hope for his          
iudgement1 and mercie that made it4     
,,chap4 ,,xii4   ,the eagle vanisheth   
away1 #e4 ,esdras prayeth1 #aj4 and the 
former visions are declared to him4     
,,and it came to passe1 whiles the lyon 
spake these wordes to the eagle3  ,i    
saw1 #b and behold the head that had    
ouercome1 and those foure winges        
appeared not which passed to him1 and   
were set vp to reigne3  and their reigne

 was smal1 and ful of tumult4  #c ,and  
,i saw1 and behold they appeared not1   
and al the bodie of the eagle was burnt1
  the earth was afrayd excedingly1 and  
,i by the tumult and traunce of minde1  
and for great feare awaked1 and sayd to 
my spirit3  #d ,behold thou hast geuen  
me this1 in that1 that thou searchest   
the wayes of the ,highest4  #e ,behold  
yet ,i am wearie in minde1 and in my    
spirit ,i am very feeble1 and there is  
not so much as a litle strength in me   
for the great feare1 that ,i was afrayd 
of this night4  #f ,now therfore ,i wil 
pray the ,highest1 that he strengthen me
 euen to the end4  #g ,and ,i sayd3     
,lord ,dominatour1 if ,i haue found     
grace before thine eyes1 and if ,i am   
iustified before thee aboue manie1 and  
if in deede my prayer be ascended before
 thy face1 #h strengthen me1 and shew   
vnto me thy seruant the interpretation1 
and distinction of this horrible vision1
 that thou mayst comfort my soule most  
fully4  #i ,for thou hast counted me    

worthie to shew vnto me the later times4
  ,and he sayd to me3  #aj ,this is the 
interpretation of this vision4 #aa ,the 
eagle which thou sawest coming vp from  
the sea1 this is the kingdom which was  
sene in a vision to ,daniel thy brother4
  7,dan #g3g7 #ab ,but it was not       
interpreted to him1 therfore ,i do now  
interprete it to thee4  #ac ,behold the 
dayes come1 and there shal rise a       
kingdon vpon the earth1 and the feare   
shal be more terrible then of al the    
kingdomes that were before it4  #ad ,and
 there shal twelue kinges reigne in it1 
one after an other4  #ae ,for the second
 shal beginne to reigne1 and he shal    
continew more time then the rest of the 
twelue4  #af ,this is the interpretation
 of the twelue winges which thou sawest4
  #ag ,and the voice that spake which   
thou heardst1 not coming forth of her   
heads1 but from the middes of her bodie1
 #ah this is the interpretation1 that   
after the time of that kingdom shal rise
 no smal contentions1 and it shal be in 

danger to fal3  and it shal not fal     
then1 but shal be constituted againe    
according to the beginning therof4  #ai 
,and wheras thou sawest eight vnderwings
 cleauing to the wings therof1 #bj this 
is the interpretation1 eight kinges shal
 arise in it1 whose times shal be light1
 and yeares swift1 and two of them shal 
perish4  #ba ,but when the middest time 
approcheth1 foure shal be kept til a    
time1 when the time therof shal beginne 
to approch to be ended1 yet two shal be 
kept to the end4  #bb ,and wheras thou  
sawest three heads resting1 #bc this is 
the interpretation3  in her last dayes  
the ,highest wil rayse vp three         
kingdoms1 and wil cal backe manie       
thinges into them1 and they shal rule   
ouer the earth1 #bd and them that dwel  
in it1 with much labour aboue al them   
that vvere before them4  ,for this cause
 they are called the heads of the eagle4
  #be ,for these shal be they that shal 
recapitulate her impieties1 and that    
shal accomplish her last thinges4  #bf  

,and wheras thou sawest a greater head  
not appearing1 this is the              
interpretation therof3 that one of them 
shal dye vpon his bed1 and yet with     
torments4  #bg ,for the two that shal   
remayne1 the sword shal eate them4  #bh 
,for the sword of one shal deuoure him  
that is with him3  but yet this also at 
the last shal fal by the sword4  #bi    
,and wheras thou sawest two vnderwings  
passing ouer the head that is on the    
right side1 #cj this is the             
interpretation3 these are they whom the 
,highest hath kept to their end1 this is
 a smal kingdom1 and ful of truble4  #ca
 ,as thou sawest the lyon also1 whom    
thou sawest awaking out of the wood1 and
 roaring1 and speaking to the eagle1 and
 rebuking her1 and her iniustices by al 
his wordes as thou hast heard3 #cb this 
is the wynde which the ,highest hath    
kept vnto the end for them1 and their   
impieties3  and he shal rebuke them1 and
 shal cast in their spoyles before them4
  #cc ,for he shal sette them in        

iudgment aliue3  and it shal be1 when he
 hath reproued them1 then shal he       
chastise them4 #cd ,for the rest of my  
people he shal deliuer with miserie1    
them that are saued vpon my borders1 and
 he shal make them ioyful til the end   
shal come1 the day of iudgment1 wherof  
,i haue spoken to thee from the         
beginning4  #ce ,this is the dreame     
which thou sawest1 and these be the     
interpretations4  #cf ,thou therfore    
only hast bene worthie to know this     
secrete of the ,highest4  #cg ,write    
therfore in a booke al these thinges    
which thou hast sene1 and put them in a 
hidden place3  #ch and thou shalt teach 
them the wise men of thy people1 whose  
harts thou knowest able to take1 and to 
kepe these secretes4  #ci ,but doe thou 
stay here yet other seuen dayes1 that   
there may be shewed thee whatsoeuer shal
 seme good to the ,highest to shew thee4
  #dj ,and he departed from me4  ,and it
 came to passe1 when al the people had  
heard that the seuen dayes were past1   

and ,i had not returned into the citie1 
and al gathered them selues together    
from the least vnto the greatest3   came
 to me1  spake to me saying3 #da ,what  
haue we sinned to thee1 or what haue we 
done vniustly against thee1 that leauing
 vs thou hast sitten in this place8  #db
 ,for thou alone art remayning to vs of 
al peoples1 as a cluster of grapes of   
the vineyard1 and as a candle in a darke
 place1 and as an hauen and shippe saued
 from the tempest4  #dc ,or are not the 
euiles that chance1 sufficient for vs8  
#dd ,if then thou shalt forsake vs1 how 
much better had it bene to vs1 if we    
also had bene burnt with the burning of 
,sion8  #de ,for we are not better then 
they that dyed there4  ,and they wept   
with a lowd voice4 ,and ,i answered     
them1 and sayd3  #df ,be of good chere  
,israel1 and be not sorowful thou house 
of ,iacob4  #dg ,for there is remebrance
 of you before the ,highest1 and the    
,strong hath not forgotten you in       
tentation4  #dh ,for ,i haue not        

forsaken you1 neither did ,i depart form
 you3  but ,i came into this place1 to  
pray for the desolation of ,sion1 and to
 seeke mercie for the low estate of your
 sanctification4  #di ,and now goe euery
 one of you into his house1 and ,i wil  
come to you after these dayes4  #ej ,and
 the people departed1 as ,i sayd to     
them1 into the citie3  #ea but ,i sate  
in the fielde seuen dayes1 as he        
commanded me3  and ,i did eate of the   
flowers of the field only1 of the herbes
 was my meate made in those dayes4      
,,chap4 ,,xiii4   ,a vision of a winde  
7as it first semed1 but7 in dede1 v4 #c4
 of a man3 #e4 strong against the       
enimies3  #ba4 with the interpretation4 
,,and it came to passe after seuen      
dayse1 and ,i dreamed a dreame in the   
night4  #b ,and behold there rose a     
winde from the sea1 that trubled al the 
waues therof4  #c ,and ,i saw1 and      
behold that man grew strong with        
thousandes of heauen3  and when he      
turned his countenance to consider1 al  

thinges trembled that were sene vnder   
him3  #d and whersoeuer voyce proceded  
out of his mouth1 al that heard his     
voices begane to burne1 as the earth is 
quiet when it feeleth the fire4  #e ,and
 ,i saw after these1 and behold a       
multitude of men was gathered together1 
of whom there was no number1 from the   
foure windes of heauen1 to fight against
 the man that was come vp out of the    
sea4  #f ,and ,i saw1 and behold he had 
grauen to himself a great mountaine1  he
 flew vpon it4  #g ,and ,i sought to see
 the countrie1 or the place whence the  
mountaine was grauen1  ,i could not4 #h 
,and after these thinges ,i saw1 and    
behold al that were gathered to him1 to 
ouerthrowe him1 feared exceedingly1 yet 
they were bold to fieght4 #i ,and behold
 as he sawe the violence of the         
multitude that came1 he lifted not vp   
his hand1 nor held sword1 nor anie      
warlyke instrument but only as ,i saw1  
#aj that he sent forth out of his mouth 
as it were a blaste of fire1 and from   

his lippes a spirit of flame1  from his 
tongue he sentforth sparkles  tempests1 
and al thinges were mingled together    
with this blast of fire1  spirit of     
flame1  multitude of tempests4  #aa ,and
 it fel with violence vpon the          
multitude1 that was prepared to fight1  
and burned them al1 that suddenly there 
was nothing sene of an innumerable      
multitude1 but only dust1  the sauour of
 smoke3  and ,i saw1 and was afrayd4    
#ab ,and after these thinges ,i saw the 
man himself descending from the         
mountaine1 and calling to him an other  
peaceable multitude1 #ac and there came 
to him the countenance of manie men some
 reioycing1 and some sorrowing3  and    
some bond1 some bringing of them them   
that were offered4 ,and ,i was sicke for
 much feare1 and awaked1 and sayd4  #ad 
,thou from the beginning hast shewed thy
 seruant these meruelous thinges1 and   
hast counted me worthie that thou       
wouldest receiue my petition4  #ae ,and 
now shew me yet the interpretation of   

this dreame4  #af ,for as ,i thinke in  
my iudgement1 woe to them that were     
leaft in those dayes3   much more woe to
 them that were not leaft4  #ag ,for    
they that were not leaft1 were          
sorrowful4  #ah ,i vnderstand now what  
thinges are layde vp in the later dayes1
 and they shal happen to them1 yea and  
to them that are leaft4 #ai ,for        
therefore they came into great dangers1 
and manie necessities1 as these dreames 
do shew4  #bj ,but yet it is easier1    
aduenturing to come into it1 then to    
passe1 as a cloud from the world1 and   
vow to see the thinges that happen in   
the later time4  ,and he answered me1   
and sayd3  #ba ,both the interpretation 
of the vision ,i wil tel thee3  and also
 concerning the thinges that thou hast  
spoken ,i wil open to thee4  #bb ,wheras
 thou speakest of them that were leaft1 
this is the interpretation4  #bc ,he    
that taketh away danger at that time1 he
 hath garded himself4  ,they that haue  
fallen into danger1 these are they that 

haue workes1 and fayth in the           
,strongest4  #bd ,know therefore that   
they are more blessed which are leaft1  
then they that are dead4  #be ,these are
 the interpretations of the vision1     
wheras thou sawest a man coming from the
 hart of the sea1 #bf the same is he    
whom the ,highest preserueth much time1 
which by himself shal deliuer his       
creature3  and he shal dispose them that
 are leaft4  #bg ,and wheras thou sawest
 proceede out of his mouth1 as it were  
winde1 and fire1 and tempest3  #bh and  
wheras he held no sworde1 nor warlike   
instrument3  for his violence destroyed 
the multitude that came to ouerthrow    
him3  this is the interpretation4  #bi  
,behold the dayes come1 when the        
,highest shal begin to deliuer them1    
that are vpon the earth3  #cj and he    
shal come in excesse of minde vpon them 
that inhabit the earth4  #ca ,and one   
shal thinke to ouerthrow an other3  one 
citie an other citie1 one place an other
 place1 and nation against nation1 and  

kingdom against kingdom4 7,matt #bd _/  
,luke #ba7  #cb ,and it shal be1 when   
these thinges shal come to passe1 and   
the signes shal happen1 which ,i shewed 
thee before3  and then shal my sonne be 
reueled1 whom thou sawest1 as a man     
coming vp4  #cc ,and it shal be when al 
nations shal heare his voice3  and euery
 one in his countrie shal leaue their   
warre1 that they haue toward each other3
 #cd and an innumerable multitude shal  
be gathered in one1 as willing to come  
to ouerthrow him4  #ce ,but he shal     
stand vpon the top of mount ,sion4 #cf  
,and ,sion shal come1 and it shal be    
shewed to al prepared and builded1 as   
thou sawest the mountaine to be grauen  
without handes4  #cg ,and the same my   
sonne shal reproue the thinges that the 
gentils haue inuented1 these their      
impieties which came nere to the        
tempest1 because of their euil          
cogitaitons1 and torments wherewith they
 shal begin to be tormented4 #ch ,which 
were likened to the flame1 and he shal  

destroy them without labour by the law  
that was likened to the fyre4  #ci ,and 
wheras thou sawest him gathering vnto   
him an other peaceable multitude4  #dj  
,these are the ten tribes1 which were   
made captiue out of their land in the   
dayes of ,osee the ,king1 whom          
,salmanasar the ,king of the ,assyrians 
led captiue3 and he transported them    
beyond the riuer1 and they were         
transported into an other land4  7#d    
,kings #ag7  #da ,but they gaue         
themselues this counsel1 to forsake the 
multitude of nations1 and to goe forth  
into a farther countrie1 where mankind  
neuer inhabited4  #db ,or there to      
obserue their ordinances1 which they had
 not kept in their countrie4  #dc ,and  
they entred in by the narrow entrances  
of the riuer ,euphrates4  #dd ,for the  
,highest then wrought them signes1 and  
stayed the vaines of the riuer til they 
passed4  7,ex #ad _/ ,jos #c7  #de ,for 
by that countie was a great way to goe1 
of one yeare and a half3  for the       

countrie is called ,arsareth4 #df ,then 
did they inhabite there til in the later
 time3  and now againe when they beginne
 to come1 #dg againe the ,highest shal  
stay the vaines of the riuer1 that they 
may passe3  for these thou sawest a     
multitiude with peace4  #dh ,but they   
also that were leaft of the people1     
these are they that be within my border4
  #di ,in shal come to passe therefore1 
when he shal begine to destroy the      
multitude of these nations1 that are    
gathered1 he shal protect them that haue
 ouercome the people3  #ej and then shal
 he shew them very manie wonders4  #ea  
,and ,i sayd3  ,lord dominatour1 shew me
 this1 why ,i saw a man comming vp from 
the hart of the sea1 and he sayd to me3 
#eb ,as thou canst not either search    
these thinges1 or know what thinges are 
in the depth of the sea3  so can not any
 man vpon the earth see my sonne1 or    
them that are with him1 but in the time 
of a day4 #ec ,this is the              
interpretation of the dreame which thou 

sawest1 and for the which thou only art 
here illuminated4  #ed ,for thou hast   
leaft thyne owne law1 and hast bene     
occupied about my law1 and hast sought  
it4 #ee ,for thou hast disposed thy lyfe
 in wisdom1 and thyne vnderstanding thou
 hast called mother3  #ef and for this  
,i haue shewed thee riches with the     
,highest4  ,for it shal be after other  
three dayes1 ,i wil speake other thinges
 to thee1 and ,i wil expound to thee    
weightie and meruelous thinges4  #eg    
,and ,i went forth1 and passed into the 
fielde1 much glorifying  praising the   
,highest for the meruelous thinges that 
he did by time4  #eh ,and because he    
gouerneth it1 and the thinges that are  
brought in times1  ,i sate there three  
dayes4    ,,chap4 ,,xiiii4   ,god       
appeareth in a bush1 #f4 reuealing some 
thinges to be published1 and some       
thinges to be hid4  #aj4 ,as the world  
waxeth old1 al thinges become worse4    
#bg4 ,the people of ,israel are         
vngratful4  #cb4 ,al shal be iudged in  

the ,resurrection according to their    
deedes4  ,,and it came to passe the     
third day1 and ,i sate vnder an oke4  #b
 ,and behold a voice came forth against 
me out of a bush1 and sayd3  ,esdras1   
,esdras3  and ,i sayd3  ,loe here ,i am 
,lord4  ,and ,i arose vpon my feete4    
,and he sayd to me3  #c ,reueling ,i was
 reueled vpon the bush1 and spake to    
,moyses1 when the people serued in      
,a,egypt1 7,ex #c7 #d and ,i sent him1  
and brought my people out of ,a,egypt1  
and brought him vpon mount ,sina1  held 
him with me manie dayes4  #e ,and ,i    
told him manie meruelous thinges1       
shewed him the secrets of times1 and the
 end3  and ,i commanded him1 saying3  #f
 ,these wordes thou shalt publish       
abroade1 and these thou shalt hyde4  #g 
,and now to thee ,i say3  #h ,the signes
 which ,i haue shewed1 and the dreames  
which thou hast sene1 and the           
interpretations which thou hast sene1   
lay them vp in thy hart4  #i ,for thou  
shalt be receiued of al1 thou shalt be  

conuerted the residue with thy counsel1 
and with the like to thee1 til the times
 be finished3  #aj ,because the world   
hath lost his youth1 and the times draw 
nere to waxe old4  #aa ,for the world is
 diuided by twelue partes1  the tenth   
part1  half of the tenth part are       
passed3 #ab and there remaineth         
hereafter the half of the tenth part4   
#ac ,now therefore dispose thy house1   
and correct thy people1  comfort the    
humble of them1  forsake now corruption1
 #ad and put from thee mortal           
cogitations1 and cast from thee humane  
burdens1 and doe from thee now infirme  
nature1  lay at one side cogitations    
most trublesome to thee1  make speedie  
transmigration from these times1 #ae for
 the euiles which thou hast sene to haue
 chanced now1 worse then these wil they 
doe againe3 7,matt #bd _/ #a ,john #b7  
#af for looke how much the world shal   
become weake by age1 so much shal euiles
 be multiplied vpon the inhabitants4    
#ag ,for truth hath remoued it self     

farther of1 and lying hath approched1   
for now the vision which thou sawest1   
hasteneth to come4  #ah ,and ,i         
answered1 and sayd before thee o ,lord3 
#ai ,for behold ,i wil goe1 as thou hast
 commanded me1  wil rebuke the people   
that now is4  ,but them that shal yet be
 born1 who shal admonish8  #bj ,the     
world therfore is set in darknes1 and   
they that dwel in it without light4  #ba
 ,because thy law is burnt1 therefore no
 man knowth the workes that haue bene   
done by thee1 or that shal begin4 #bb   
,for if ,i haue found grace with thee1  
send the ,holie ,ghost to me1  ,i wil   
write al that hath bene done in the     
world from the beginning1 the thinges   
that were written in thy law1 that men  
may finde the pathe3  and they that wil 
liue in the later times1 may liue4  #bc 
,and he answered me1 and sayd3  ,goe    
gather together the people1 and thou    
shalt say to them1 that they seeke thee 
not for fourtie dayes4  #bd ,and doe    
thou prepare thee manie tables of boxe1 

take with thee ,sarea1 ,dabria1         
,salemia1 ,echanus1 and ,asiel1 these   
fiue which are readie to write sweeftly4
  #be ,and come hither1  ,i wil light in
 thy hart a candle of vnderstanding1    
which shal not be put out til the things
 be finished1 which thou shalt begine to
 write4  #bf ,and then some thinges thou
 shalt open to the perfect1 some thou   
shalt deliuer secretly to the wyse4     
,for to morrow this houre thou shalt    
begine to write4  #bg ,and ,i went as he
 commanded me1  gathered together al the
 people1 and sayd3  #bh ,heare ,israel  
these wordes3  #bi ,our fathers were    
pilgrimes from the beginning in         
,a,egypt1 and were deliuered from       
thence4  7,gen #dg7  #cj ,and they      
receiued the law of life1 which they    
kept not1 which you also after them haue
 transgressed3  7,deut #d _/ ,acts #g7  
#ca and the land was geuen you by lotte1
 and the land of ,sion1 and your        
fathers1 and you haue done iniquitie1   
and haue not kept the wayes which the   

,highest commanded you4  #cb ,and       
whereas he is a iust iudge1 he hath     
taken from you in time that which he had
 geuen4  #cc ,and now you are here1 and 
your brethren are among you4  #cd ,if   
then you wil rule ouer your sense1      
instruct your hart1 you shal be         
preserued aliue1 and after death shal   
obtaine mercie4  #ce ,for the iudgement 
shal come after death1 when we shal     
returne to lyfe againe3  and then the   
names of the iust shal appeare1 and the 
dedes of the impious shal be shewed4    
#cf ,let no man therfore come to me now1
 nor aske for me vntil fourtie dayes4   
#cg ,and ,i tooke the fiue men1 as he   
commandede me1 and we went forth into   
the field1 and taried there4  #ch ,and  
,i was come to the morrow1  behold as   
voice called me1 saying3  ,esdras open  
thy mouth1 and drinke that which ,i wil 
geue thee to drinke4  7,ezech #c7  #ci  
,and ,i opened my mouth1  behold a ful  
cuppe was brought me1 this was ful as it
 were with water3  but the colour therof

 like as fire4  #dj ,and ,i tooke it1   
and dranke2 and when ,i had drunken of  
it1 my hart was tormented with          
vnderstanding1 and wisdome grewe into my
 brest4  ,for my spirit was kept by     
memorie4  #da ,and my mouth was opened1 
and was shut no more4  #db ,the ,highest
 gaue vnderstanding vnto the fiue men1  
and they wrote excesses of the night    
which were spoken1 which they knewe not4
  #dc ,and at night they did eate       
breade1 but ,i spake by day1  by night  
held not my peace4  #dd ,and there were 
written in the fourtie dayes two hundred
 foure bookes4  #de ,and it came to     
passe when they had ended the fourtie   
daies1 the ,highest spake1 saying3  #df 
,the former thinges which thou hast     
written1 set abrode1 and let the worthie
 and vnworthiereade3  but the last      
seuentie bookes thou shalt keepe1 that  
thou mayest deliuer them to the wyse of 
thy people4  #dg ,for in these is the   
vaine of vnderstanding1 and the         
fountaine of wisdome1 and the streame of

 knowledge4  and ,i did soe4    ,,chap4 
,,xv4   ,esdras is bid to denounce1 that
 assuredly manie euiles wil come to the 
world4  #i4 ,god wil protect his people1
 the wicked shal be punished1 and lament
 their final miseries1 ,god reuenging   
for the good4  ,,behold speake into the 
eares of my people the wordes of        
prophecie1 which ,i shal put into thy   
mouth1 sayth our ,lord3  #b and see that
 they be written in paper1 because they 
be faithful and true4  #c ,be not afrayd
 of the cogitations against thee1       
neither let the incredulities truble    
thee of them that speake4  #d ,because  
euerie incredulous person shal dye in   
his incredulitie4  #e ,behold ,i bring  
in1 sayth our ,lord1 vpon the whole     
earth euils1 sword1 and famine1 and     
death1 and destruction4  #f ,because    
iniquitie hath fully polluted ouer al   
the earth1 and their hurtful workes are 
accomplished4  #g ,therefore sayth our  
,lord3  #h ,i wil not now kepe silence  
of their impieties which they doe       

irreligiously1 neither wil ,i beare with
 those thinges1 which they practise     
vniustly4  ,behold the innocent  iust   
bloud crieth to me1  the soules of the  
iust crie continually4  #i ,reuenging ,i
 wil reuenge them1 sayth our ,lord1 and 
,i wil take al innocent bloud out of    
them vnto me4  7,apoc #f3aj  #ai3b7 #aj 
,behold my people is led to slaughter as
 a flocke1 ,i wil no more suffer it to  
dwel in the land of ,a,egypt4  #aa ,but 
,i wil bring them forth in a mightie    
hand and valiant arme1 and wil strike   
with plague as before1 and wil corrupt  
al the land thereof4  #ab ,a,egypt shal 
mourne1 and fundations thereof beaten   
with plague1 and with the chastisement  
which ,god wil bring vpon it4  #ac ,the 
husbandmen that til the ground shal     
mourne1 because their seedes shal perish
 by blasting1 and haile1 and by a       
terible starre4 #ad ,woe to the world   
and them that dwel therein4  #ae        
,because the sword is at hand and the   
destruction of them1 and nation shal    

rise vp against nation to fight1  sword 
in their handes4  7,matt #bd _/ ,luke   
#ba7  #af ,for there shal be            
instabilitie to men1  growing one       
against an other they shal not care for 
their king1  the princes of the way of  
their doinges1 in their might4  #ag ,for
 a man shal desire to go into the citie 
can not4 #ah ,because of their prides   
the cities shal be trubled1 the houses  
raised1 the men shal feare4  #ai ,man   
shal not pitie his neighbour1 to make   
their houses nothing worth in the sword1
 to spoyle their goodes for famine of   
bread1  much tribulation4  #bj ,behold1 
,i cal together sayth ,god1 al the      
kinges of the earth to feare me1 that   
are from the ,orient1  from the ,south1 
from the ,east1  from ,libanus1 to be   
turned vpon themselues1 and to render   
the thinges that they haue geuen them4  
#ba ,as they doe vntil this day to myne 
elect1 so wil ,i doe1 and render in     
their bosome4  ,thus sayth our ,lord    
,god3  #bb ,my right hand shal not spare

 sinners1 neither shal the sword cease  
vpon them that shede innocent bloud vpon
 the earth4 #bc ,fire came forth from   
his wrath1 and hath deuoured the        
fundations of the earth1 and sinners as 
it were straw set on fire4  #bd ,woe to 
them that sinne1 and obserue not my     
comandmentes1 sayth our ,lord4  #be ,i  
wil not spare them3  depart o children  
from the powre4  ,defile not my         
sanctification3  #bf because the ,lord  
knoweth al that sinne against him2      
therefore hath he deliuered them into   
death and into slaughter4  #bg ,for now 
are euils come vpon the world1 and you  
shal tarrie in them4  ,for ,god wil not 
deliuer you1 because you haue sinned    
against him4  #bh ,behold an horrible   
vision1 and the face of it from the     
east4  #bi ,and the nations of dragons  
of ,arabians shal come forth in manie   
chariots1  as a winde the number of them
 is caried vpon the earth1 so that now  
al doe feare and tremble1 that shal     
heare them4  #cj the ,carmonians madde  

for anger1 and they shal goe forth as   
wild boares out of the wood1  they shal 
come with great power1 and shal stand in
 fight with them1  they shal waste the  
portion of the land of the ,assirians4  
#ca ,and after these thinges the dragons
 shal preuaile mindful of their         
natiuitie1 and conspiring shal turne    
themselues in great force to pursue     
them4  #cb ,these shal be trubled and   
hold their peace at their force1 and    
shal turne their fete into flight4  #cc 
,and from the territorie of the         
,assirians the besiegers shal beseige   
them1 and shal consume one of them1 and 
there shal be feare and trembling in    
their armie1 and contention against     
their kinges4  #cd ,behold cloudes from 
the east1 and from the north vnto the   
south1 and their face very horrible1 ful
 of wrath and storme4  #ce ,and they    
shal beate one against an other1 and    
they shal beate downe manie starres1 and
 their starre vpon the earth1 and bloud 
shal be from the sword vnto the bellie4 

#cf ,and mans dung vnto the camels      
litter1 and there shal be much feare1   
and trembling vpon the earth4  #cg ,and 
they shal shake that shal see that      
wrath1 and tremble shal take them3  and 
after these thinges there shal manie    
showers be moued3  #ch from the south1  
and the north3  and an other portion    
from the weast4  #ci ,and the windes    
from the east shal reuaile vpon it1 and 
shal shut it vp1 and the cloudes which  
he raised in wrath1 and the starre to   
make terrour to the east winde1 and the 
west shal be destroyed4  #dj ,and there 
shal be exalted great and mightie       
cloudes ful of wrath1 and a starre to   
terrifie al the earth1 and the          
inhabitantes therof1 and they shal powre
 in vpon euerie high1 and eminent place 
a terrible starre1 #da fire1 and haile1 
and flying swordes1 and manie waters1 so
 that al fildes also shal be filled1 and
 al riuers with the fulnes of manie     
waters4  #db ,and they shal throw downe 
cities1 and walles1 and mountaines1 and 

hilles1 and the trees of the woodes1 and
 the grasse of the medowes1 and their   
corne4  #dc ,and they shal passe        
constant vnto ,babylon1 and shal raise  
her4  7,apoc #ah7  #dd ,they shal come  
together against her1 and shal compasse 
her1 and shal power out the starre1 and 
al wrath vpon her1 and the dust and     
smoke shal goe vp euen into heauen1 and 
round about shal lament her4  #de ,and  
they that shal remaine vnder her1 shal  
serue them that terified her4  #df ,and 
thou ,asia agreeing into the hope of    
,babylon1 and the glorie of her person1 
#dg woe be to thee thou wretch1 because 
thou art like to her1 and hast adorned  
thy daughters in fornication1 to please 
glorie in thy louers1 which haue desired
 alwayes to fornicate with thee4  #dh   
,thou hast imitated the odious in al her
 workes1 and in her inuentions3         
therefore sayth ,god3  #di ,i wil send  
in euils vpon thee1 widowhood1 pouertie1
 and famine1 and sword1 and pestilence1 
to destroy thy houses by violation1 and 

death1 and glorie of thy vertue4  #ej   
,as a flower shal be withered1 when the 
heate shal rise that is sent forth vpon 
thee1 #ea thou shalt be weakned as a    
litle poore soule plaged and chastised  
of wemen1 that the mightie and the      
louers may not receiue thee4  #eb ,wil  
,i be zealous against thee sayth our    
,lord1 #ec vnles thou hadst slayne myne 
elect at al times1 exalting the         
slaughter of the handes1 and saying vpon
 their death1 when thou wast drunken4   
#ed ,adorne the beautie of thy          
countenance4  #ee ,the reward of thy    
fornication is in thy bosome1 therefore 
thou shalt receiue recompence4 #ef ,as  
thou shalt doe to my elect1 sayth our   
,lord1 so shal ,god do to thee1 and shal
 deliuer thee vnto euil4  #eg ,and thy  
children shal dye for famine3  and thou 
shalt fal by the sword1 and thy cities  
shal be destroyed1  al thyne shal fal in
 the filde by the sword4  #eh ,and they 
that are in the mountaines1 shal perish1
 with famine1 and shal eate their owne  

flesh1  drinke bloud1 for the famine of 
bread and thirst of waters4 #ei         
,vnhappie by the seas shalt thou come1  
and againe thou shalt receuie euils4    
#fj ,and in the passage they shal beate 
against the idle citie1 and shal destroy
 some portion of thy land1 and shal     
deface part of thy glorie1 againe       
returning to ,babylon ourethrowen4  #fa 
,and being throwen downe thou shalt be  
to them for stubble1 and they shal be to
 thee fire3 #fb and deuoure thee1 and   
thy cities1 thy land1 and thy           
mountaynes1 al thy woodes and fruitful  
trees they wil burne with fire4  #fc    
,thy children they shal lead captiue1   
shal haue thy goodes for a praye1 and   
the glorie of thy face they shal        
destroy4    ,,chap4 ,,xvi4   ,al are    
admonished1 that extreme calamities shal
 fal vpon this world1 #cf4 the penitent 
returning to iustice shal escape1 #ee4  
as al thinges were made by ,gods        
omnipotent powre at his wil1 so al      
thinges shal serue to the reward of the 

blessed1 and punishment of the wicked4  
,,vvoe to thee ,babylon  ,asia1 woe to  
thee ,a,egypt1 and ,syria4  #b ,gird    
yourselues with sackclothes and shirtes 
of heare1  mourne for your children1  be
 sorie3  because your destruction is at 
hand4  #c ,the sword is sent in vpon    
you1 and who is he that can turne it    
away8  #d ,fire is sent in vpon you1 and
 who is he that can quench it8  #e      
,euiles are sent in vpon you1 and who is
 he that can repel them8  #f ,shal anie 
man repel the lion being hungrie in the 
woode1 or quench the fire in stubble1   
forthwith when it beginneth to burne8   
#g ,shal anie man repel the arrow shot  
of a strong archer8  #h ,our strong     
,lord sendeth in euiles1 and who is he  
that can repel them8  #i ,fire came     
forth from his wrath1 and who is he that
 can quench it8  #aj ,he wil lighten1   
who shal not feare1 he wil thunder1 and 
who shal not be afrayed8  #aa ,our ,lord
 wil threaten1 and who shal not vtterly 
be destroyed before his face8  #ab ,the 

earth hath trembled1 and the fundations 
thereof1 the sea tosseth vp waues from  
the depth1 and the floudes of it shal be
 destroyed1 and the fishes thereof at   
the face of our ,lord1 and at the glorie
 of his powre3  #ac because his right   
hand is strong which bendeth the bow1   
his arrowes be sharpe that are shot of  
him1 they shal not misse1 when they shal
 begine to be shot into the endes of the
 earth4  #ad ,behold euiles are sent1   
and they shal not returne til they come 
vpon the earth4  #ae ,the fire is       
kindled and it shal not be quenched1 til
 it consume the fundations of the earth4
  #af ,for as the arrow shot of a strong
 archer returneth not1 so shal not the  
euils returne backe1 that shal be sent  
vpon the earth4  #ag ,woe is me1 woe is 
me3  who shal deliuer me in those dayes8
  #ah ,the beginning of sorrowes and    
much mourning1 the beginning of famine  
and much destruction4  ,the beginning of
 warres and the potestates shal feare1  
the beginning of euiles and al shal     

tremble4 #ai ,in these what shal ,i doe1
 when the euils shal come8  #bj ,behold 
famine1 and plague1 and tribulation1 and
 distresse are sent al as scourges for  
amendment1 #ba and in al these they wil 
not conuert themselues from their       
iniquities1 neither wil they be alwayes 
mindful of the scourges4 #bb ,behold1   
there shal be good cheape victuals vpon 
the earth1 so that they may thinke that 
peace is directly coming toward them1   
and then shal euiles spring vpon the    
earth1 sword1 famine1 and great         
confusion4  #bc ,for by famine manie    
that inhabit the earth shal dye1 and the
 sword shal destroy the rest that       
remained aliue of the famine1 #bd and   
the dead shal be cast forth as dung1 and
 there shal be none to comfort them4    
,for the earth shal be left desert1 and 
the cities therof shal be throwen downe4
 #be ,there shal not be left a man to   
til the ground and to sow it4  #bf ,the 
trees shal yeeld fruites1 and who shal  
gather them8  #bg ,the grape shal become

 ripe1  who shal tread it8  ,for there  
shal be great desolation to places4  #bh
 ,for a man shal desire to see a man1 or
 to heare his voyce4 #bi ,for there shal
 be leaft ten of a citie1 and two of the
 field that haue hid themselues in      
thicke woodes1 and cliffes of rockes4   
#cj ,as there are left in the oliuet1   
and on euerie tree1 three of foure      
oliues4  #ca ,or as in a vinyeard when  
it is gathered there are grapes left by 
them1 that diligently search the        
vineyard3  #cb so shal there be left in 
those dayes three or foure1 by them that
 search their houses in the sword4  #cc 
,and the earth shal be left desolate1   
and the fildes thereof shal waxe old1   
the wayes thereof1 and al the pathes    
thereof shal bringforth thornes1 because
 no man shal passe by it4  #cd ,virgins 
shal mourne hauing no bridegromes1 wemen
 shal mourne hauing no husbandes1 their 
daughters shal mourne hauing no helpe3  
#ce their bridegromes shal be consumed  
in battel1 and their husbandes be       

destroyed in famine4  #cf ,but heare    
these thinges1 and know them ye         
seruantes of our ,lord4  #cg ,behold the
 word of our ,lord1 receiue it3  beleue 
not the goddes of whom our ,lord        
speaketh4  #ch ,behold the euiles       
approch1 and slacke not4  #ci ,as a     
woman with childe when shee bringeth    
forth her child in the ninth moneth1 the
 houre of her deliuerance approching1   
two or three howres before1 paines come 
about her wombe1 and the infants coming 
out of her wombe1 they wil not tarrie   
one moment4  #dj ,so the euiles shal not
 slacke to come forth vpon the earth1   
and the world shal lament1 and sorowes  
shal hold it round about4 #da ,heare the
 word1 my people3  prepare yourselues   
vnto the fight1  in the euiles so be ye 
as strangers of the earth4  #db ,he that
 selleth as if he should flee1 and he   
that byeth as he that should lose it4   
#dc ,he that playeth the marchant1 as he
 that should take no fruite3  and he    
that buildeth as he that should not     

inhabite4  #dd ,he that soweth1 as he   
that shal not reape3  so he also that   
pruneth a vinyeard1 as if he should not 
haue the vintage4  #de ,they that marie 
so as if they should not get children1  
they that marie not1 so as if were      
widowes4  #df ,wherfore they that       
labour1 labour without cause3  #dg for  
foreners shal reape their fruites1  shal
 violently take their goodes1 and       
ouerthrow their houses1 and lead theire 
children captiue1 because in captiuitie1
 and famine they beget their children4  
#dh ,and they that play the marchantes  
by robrie1 the longer they adorne their 
cities and houses1 and their possessions
 and persons3  #di so much the more wil 
,i be zealous toward them1 vpon their   
sinnes1 sayth our ,lord4  #ej ,as a     
whore enuieth an honest  very good      
woman3  #ea so shal iustice hate        
impietie when she adorneth herselfe1 and
 accuseth her to her face1 when he shal 
come that may defend him that searcheth 
out al vpon the earth4  #eb ,therefore  

be not made like to her1 nor to her     
workes4  #ec ,for yet a little whyle    
iniquitie shal be taken away from the   
earth1  iustice shal reigne ouer you4   
#ed ,let not the sinner say he hath not 
sinned3  because he shal burne coales of
 fire vpon his head1 that sayth ,i haue 
not sinned before our ,lord ,god and his
 glorie4  #ee ,behold our ,lord shal    
know al the workes of men1 and their    
inuentions1  their cogitations1 and     
their hartes4  7,eccli #bc _/ ,luke #af7
 #ef ,for he sayd3  ,let the earth be   
made1 and it was made3  let the heauen  
be made1  it was made4  7,gen #a7  #eg  
,and by his worde the starrs were made1 
he noweth the number of the starres4    
7,ps #adf3d7  #eh ,who searcheth the    
depth and the treasures therof3  who    
hath measured the sea1  capacitie       
therof4  7,job #ch7  #ei ,who hath shut 
vp the sea in the midest of waters1     
hath hanged the earth vpon the waters   
with his word4  #fj ,who hath spred     
heauen as it were a vault1 ouer the     

waters he hath founded it4 #fa ,who hath
 put fountaines of waters in the desert1
 and lakes vpon the toppes of           
mountaines1 to send forth riuers from   
the high rocke to watter the earth4  #fb
 ,who made man  put his hart in the     
midds of the bodie1 and gaue him spirit1
 life and vnderstanding4  #fc ,and the  
inspiration of ,god omnipotent that made
 al thinges1 and searcheth al hid       
thinges1 in the secretes of the earth4  
#fd ,he knoweth your inuention1 and what
 you thinke in your hartes sinning1 and 
willing to hide your sinnes4  #fe       
,wherfore our ,lord in searching hath   
searched al your workes1 and he wil put 
you al to open shame1 #ff and you shal  
be confounded when your sinnes shal come
 forth before men1 and the iniquities   
shal be they1 that shal stand accusers  
in that day4  #fg ,what wil you doe8  or
 how shal you hide your sinnes before   
,god and his ,angels8  #fh ,behold ,god 
is the ,iudge1 feare him4 ,cease from   
your sinnes1 and now forget your        

iniquities to doe them anie more1  ,god 
wil bring you out1 and deliuer you from 
al tribulation4 #fi ,for behold the     
heate of a great multitude is kindled   
ouer you1 and they shal take certaine of
 you by violence1  shal make the slaine 
to be meate for idols4  #gj ,and they   
that shal consent vnto them1 shal be to 
them in derision1 and in reproch1 and in
 conculcation4  #ga ,for there shal be  
place against places1 and against the   
next cities great insurrection vpon them
 that feare our ,lord4  #gb ,they shal  
be as it were madde sparing no bodie1 to
 spoyle and waste yet them that feare   
our ,lord4  #gc because they shal waste 
and spoyle the goodes1 and shal cast    
them out of their houses4  #gd ,then    
shal appeare the probation of mine      
elect1 as gold that is proued by the    
fire4  #ge ,heare be beloued1 sayth our 
,lord3  ,behold the dayes of tribulation
 are come3  and out of them ,i wil      
deliuer you4 #gf ,doe not feare1 nor    
stagger1 because ,god is your guide4    

#gg ,and he that kepeth my              
commandmentes1 and precepts1 sayth our  
,lord ,god3  ,let not your sinnes       
ouerway you1 nor your inquities be      
aduanced ouer you4  #gh ,woe to them    
that are entangled with their sinnes1   
and are couered with their iniquities1  
as a filde is entangled with the wood1  
the path therof couered with thornes1 by
 which no man passeth1  it is closed    
out1  cast to be deuoured of the fire4  
,,finis4    ,note3  ,this translation   
comes from the ,latin text1 usually     
printed in an appendix to editions of   
the ,vulgate1 but these editions miss   
seventy verses between #g3ce and #g3cf4 
,the missing fragment was discovered in 
a ,latin manuscript by ,robert ,lubbock 
,bensly in #ahgd4  ,below is a          
translation of this fragment from a     
revised ,authorized ,version4 ,although 
often numbered #g3cf-g3aje1 they are    
here number as ,a3#a-;,a3#gj to avoid   
any repetition in chapter3verse         
designations4  ,a3#a4 ,and the pit of   

torment shall appear1 and over against  
it shall be the place of rest3  and the 
furnace of hell shall be shewed1 and    
over against it the paradise of delight4
 ,a3#b4 ,and then shall the ,most ,high 
say to the nations that are raised from 
the dead1 ,see ye and understand whom ye
 have denied1 or whom ye have not       
served1 or whose commandments ye have   
despised4 ,a3#c4 ,look on this side and 
on that3  here is delight and rest1 and 
there fire and torments4  ,thus shall he
 speak unto them in the day of          
judgement3 ,a3#d4 ,this is a day that   
hath neither sun1 nor moon1 nor stars1  
,a3#e4 neither cloud1 nor thunder1 nor  
lightning1 neither wind1 nor water1 nor 
air1 neither darkness1 nor evening1 nor 
morning1 ,a3#f4 neither summer1 nor     
spring1 nor heat1 nor winter1 neither   
frost1 nor cold1 nor hail1 nor rain1 nor
 dew1 ,a3#g4 neither noon1 nor night1   
nor dawn1 neither shining1 nor          
brightness1 nor light1 save only the    
splendour of the glory of the ,most     

,high1 whereby all shall see the things 
that are set before them3 ,a3#h4 for it 
shall endure as it were a week of years4
 ,a3#i4 ,this is my judgement and the   
ordinance thereof2 but to thee only have
 ,i shewed these things4 ,a3#aj4 ,and ,i
 answered1 ,i said even then1 ,o ,lord1 
and ,i say now3  ,blessed are they that 
be now alive and keep the statutes      
ordained of thee4 ,a3#aa4 ,but as       
touching them for whom my prayer was    
made1 what shall ,i say8 for who is     
there of them that be alive that hath   
not sinned1 and who of the sons of men  
that hath not transgressed thy covenant8
 ,a3#ab4 ,and now ,i see1 that the world
 to come shall bring delight to few1 but
 torments unto many4 ,a3#ac4 ,for an    
evil heart hath grown up in us1 which   
hath led us astray from these statutes1 
and hath brought us into corruption and 
into the ways of death1 hath shewed us  
the paths of perdition and removed us   
far from life2 and that1 not a few only1
 but well nigh all that have been       

created4 ,a3#ad4 ,and he answered me1   
and said1 ,hearken unto me1 and ,i will 
instruct thee2 and ,i will admonish thee
 yet again3 ,a3#ae4 for this cause the  
,most ,high hath not made one world1 but
 two4 ,a3#af4 ,for whereas thou hast    
said that the just are not many1 but    
few1 and the ungodly abound1 hear the   
answer thereunto4 ,a3#ag4 ,if thou have 
choice stones exceeding few1 wilt thou  
set for thee over against them according
 to their number things of lead and     
clay8 ,a3#ah4 ,and ,i say1 ,lord1 how   
shall this be8 ,a3#ai4 ,and he said unto
 me1 ,not only this1 but ask the earth1 
and she shall tell thee2 intreat her1   
and she shall declare unto thee4 ,a3#bj4
 ,for thou shalt say unto her1 ,thou    
bringest forth gold and silver and      
brass1 and iron also and lead and clay3 
,a3#ba4 but silver is more abundant than
 gold1 and brass than silver1 and iron  
than brass1 lead than iron1 and clay    
than lead4 ,a3#bb4 ,judge thou therefore
 which things are precious and to be    

desired1 whatso is abundant or what is  
rare4 ,a3#bc4 ,and ,i said1 ,o ,lord    
that bearest rule1 that which is        
plentiful is of less worth1 for that    
which is more rare is more precious4    
,a3#bd4 ,and he answered me1 and said1  
,weigh within thyself the things that   
thou hast thought1 for he that hath what
 is hard to get rejoiceth over him that 
hath what is plentiful4 ,a3#be4 ,so also
 is the judgement which ,i have         
promised3  for ,i will rejoice over the 
few that shall be saved1 inasmuch as    
these are they that have made my glory  
now to prevail1 and of whom my name is  
now named4 ,a3#bf4 ,and ,i will not     
grieve over the multitude of them that  
perish2 for these are they that are now 
like unto vapour1 and are become as     
flame and smoke2 they are set on fire   
and burn hotly1 and are quenched4       
,a3#bg4 ,and ,i answered and said1 ,o   
thou earth1 wherefore hast thou brought 
forth1 if the mind is made out of dust1 
like as all other created things8       

,a3#bh4 ,for it were better that the    
dust itself had been unborn1 so that the
 mind might not have been made          
therefrom4 ,a3#bi4 ,but now the mind    
groweth with us1 and by reason of this  
we are tormented1 because we perish and 
know it4 ,a3#cj4 ,let the race of men   
lament and the beasts of the field be   
glad2 let all that are born lament1 but 
let the fourfooted beasts and the cattle
 rejoice4 ,a3#ca4 ,for it is far better 
with them than with us2 for they look   
not for judgement1 neither do they know 
of torments or of salvation promised    
unto them after death4 ,a3#cb4 ,for what
 doth it profit us1 that we shall be    
preserved alive1 but yet be afflicted   
with torment8 ,a3#cc4 ,for all that are 
born are defiled with iniquities1 and   
are full of sins and laden with         
offences3 ,a3#cd4 and if after death we 
were not to come into judgement1        
peradventure it had been better for us4 
,a3#ce4 ,and he answered me1 and said1  
,when the ,most ,high made the world1   

and ,adam and all them that came of him1
 he first prepared the judgement and the
 things that pertain unto the judgement4
 ,a3#cf4 ,and now understand from thine 
own words1 for thou hast said that the  
mind groweth with us4 ,a3#cg4 ,they     
therefore that dwell upon the earth     
shall be tormented for this reason1 that
 having understanding they have wrought 
iniquity1 and receiving commandments    
have not kept them1 and having obtained 
a law they dealt unfaithfully with that 
which they received4 ,a3#ch4 ,what then 
will they have to say in the judgement1 
or how will they answer in the last     
times8 ,a3#ci4 ,for how great a time    
hath the ,most ,high been longsuffering 
with them that inhabit the world1 and   
not for their sakes1 but because of the 
times which he hath foreordained6       
,a3#dj4 ,and ,i answered and said1 ,if  
,i have found grace in thy sight1 ,o    
,lord1 shew this also unto thy servant1 
whether after death1 even now when every
 one of us giveth up his soul1 we shall 

be kept in rest until those times come1 
in which thou shalt renew the creation1 
of whether we shall be tormented        
forthwith4 ,a3#da4 ,and he answered me1 
and said1 ,i will shew thee this also2  
but join not thyself with them that are 
scorners1 nor number thyself with them  
that are tormented4 ,a3#db4 ,for thou   
hast a treasure of good works laid up   
with the ,most ,high1 but it shall not  
be shewed thee until the last times4    
,a3#dc4 ,for concerning death the       
teaching is3  ,when the determinate     
sentence hath gone forth from the ,most 
,high that a man should die1 as the     
spirit leaveth the body to return again 
to him who gave it1 it adoreth the glory
 of the ,most ,high first of all4       
,a3#dd4 ,and if it be one of those that 
have been scorners and have not kept the
 way of the ,most ,high1 and that have  
despised his law1 and that hate them    
that fear ,god1 ,a3#de4 these spirits   
shall not enter into habitations1 but   
shall wander and be in torments         

forthwith1 ever grieving and sad1 in    
seven ways4 ,a3#df4 ,the first way1     
because they have despised the law of   
the ,most ,high4 ,a3#dg4 ,the second    
way1 because they cannot now make a good
 returning that they may live4 ,a3#dh4  
,the third way1 they shall see the      
reward laid up for them that have       
believed the covenants of the ,most     
,high4 ,a3#di4 ,the fourth way1 they    
shall consider the torment laid up for  
themselves in the last days4 ,a3#ej4    
,the fifth way1 they shall see the      
dwelling places of the others guarded by
 angels1 with great quietness4 ,a3#ea4  
,the sixth way1 they shall see how      
forthwith some of them shall pass into  
torment4 ,a3#eb4 ,the seventh way1 which
 is more grievous than all the aforesaid
 ways1 because they shall pine away in  
confusion and be consumed with shame1   
and shall be withered up by fears1      
seeing the glory of the ,most ,high     
before whom they have sinned whilst     
living1 and before whom they shall be   

judged in the last times4 ,a3#ec4 ,now  
this is the order of those who have kept
 the ways of the ,most ,high1 when they 
shall be separated from the corruptible 
vessel4 ,a3#ed4 ,in the time that they  
dwelt therin they painfully served the  
,most ,high1 and were in jeopardy every 
hour1 that they might keep the law of   
the lawgiver perfectly4 ,a3#ee4         
,wherefore this is the teaching         
concerning them3 ,a3#ef4 ,first of all  
they shall see with great joy the glory 
of him who taketh them up1 for they     
shall have rest in seven orders4 ,a3#eg4
 ,the first order1 because they have    
striven with great labour to overcome   
the evil thought which was fashioned    
together with them1 that it might not   
lead them astray from life into death4  
,a3#eh4 ,the second order1 because they 
see the perplexity in which the souls of
 the ungodly wander1 and the punishment 
that awaiteth them4 ,a3#ei4 ,the third  
order1 they see the witness which he    
that fashioned them beareth concerning  

them1 that while they lived they kept   
the law which was given them in trust4  
,a3#fj4 ,the fourth order1 they         
understand the rest which1 being        
gathered in their chambers1 they now    
enjoy with great quietness1 guarded by  
angels1 and the glory that awaiteth them
 in the last days4 ,a3#fa4 ,the fifth   
order1 they rejoice1 seeing how they    
have now escaped from that which is     
corruptible1 and how they shall inherit 
that which is to come1 while they see   
moreover the straitness and the         
painfulness from which they have been   
delivered1 and the large room which they
 shall receive with joy and immortality4
 ,a3#fb4 ,the sixth order1 when it is   
shewed unto them how their face shall   
shine as the sun1 and how they shall be 
made like unto the light of the stars1  
being henceforth incorruptible4 ,a3#fc4 
,the seventh order1 which is greater    
than all the aforesaid orders1 because  
they shall rejoice with confidence1 and 
because they shall be bold without      

confusion1 and shall be glad without    
fear1 for they hasten to behold the face
 of him whom in their lifetime they     
served1 and from whom they shall receive
 their reward in glory4 ,a3#fd4 ,this is
 the order of the souls of the just1 as 
from henceforth is announced unto them1 
and aforesaid are the ways of torture   
which they that would not give heed     
shall suffer from henceforth4 ,a3#fe4   
,and ,i answered and said1 ,shall time  
therefore be given unto the souls after 
they are separated from the bodies1 that
 they may see that whereof thou hast    
spoken unto me8 ,a3#ff4 ,and he said1   
,their freedom shall be for seven days1 
that for seven days they may see the    
things whereof thou hast been told1 and 
afterwards they shall be gathered       
together in their habitations4 ,a3#fg4  
,and ,i answered and said1 ,if ,i have  
found favour in thy sight1 shew further 
unto me thy servant whether in the day  
of judgement the just will be able to   
intercede for the ungodly or to intreat 

the ,most ,high for them1 ,a3#fh4       
whether fathers for children1 or        
children for parents1 or brethren for   
brethren1 or kinsfolk for their next of 
kin1 or friends for them that are most  
dear4 ,a3#fi4 ,and he answered me1 and  
said1 ,since thou hast found favour in  
my sight1 ,i will shew thee this also3  
,the day of judgement is a day of       
decision1 and displayeth unto all the   
seal of truth2 even as now a father     
sendeth not his son1 or a son his       
father1 or a master his slave1 or a     
friend him that is most dear1 that in   
his stead he may be sick1 or sleep1 or  
eat1 or be healed3 ,a3#gj4 so never     
shall any one pray for another in that  
day1 neither shall one lay a burden on  
another1 for then shall all bear every  
one his own righteousness or            
unrighteousness4      ,,book ,,for      
,,comparison     ,,the ,,prophecie ,,of 
,,abdias4    ,,abdias borne in ,sichem1 
of the tribe ,ephraim1 prophecied the   
same time with ,amos2 so briefly that   

his prophecie is not parted into        
chapters3 #a4 against the ,idumeans2    
foreshewing their destruction2 #aj4 for 
their perpetual emnitie against the     
,iewes1 and confederacie with the       
,chaldees4 #ag4 ,the captiuitie and     
relaxation of the ,iewes4  #ai4 ,and    
redemption of the whole world by        
,christ4   ,,the vision of ,abdias4     
,thus sayth our ,lord ,god to ,edom3    
,we haue heard a bruit from our ,lord1  
and he hath sent a legate to the        
,gentils3  ,rise ye1 and let vs arise   
against him into battel4  #b ,behold ,i 
haue geuen thee a litle one in the      
,gentils3  thou art contemptible        
excedingly4  #c ,the pride of thy hart  
hath extolled thee1 dwelling in the     
clefts of rockes1 exalting thy throne3  
which sayst in thy hart3  ,who shal     
plucke me downe to the earth4  #d ,if   
thou shalt be exalted as an eagle1 and  
if thou shalt set thy nest among the    
starres3  thence wil ,i plucke thee     
downe1 sayth our ,lord4  #e ,if theues  

had gone in to thee1 if robbers by      
night1 how hadst thou held thy peace4   
would not they haue stolen thinges      
sufficent for themselues4  if the grape 
gathereres had entered in to thee1 would
 they not haue left thee at the least a 
cluster4  #f ,how haue they searched    
,esau1 haue they sought out his hidden  
thinges4  #g ,euen to the border haue   
they cast thee out3  al the men of thy  
league haue mocked thee3  the men of thy
 peace haue peuailed against thee3  they
 that eate with thee1 shal lay          
embushments vnder thee3  there is no    
wisedom in him4  #h ,why1 shal not ,i in
 that day1 sayth our ,lord1 destroy the 
wise out of ,idumea1 and prudence from  
the mount of ,esau1 #i ,and thy valients
 of the ,south shal feare1 that man may 
perish from the mount of ,esau4  #aj    
,for the slaughter1 and for the         
iniquitie against thy brother ,iacob1   
confusion shal couer thee1 and thou     
shalt perish for euer4  #aa ,in the day 
when thou stoodest against him1 when    

strangers tooke his armie1 and foreners 
entered his gates1 and vpon ,ierusalem  
cast lotte3  thou also wast as one of   
them4 #ab ,and thou shalt not dispise in
 the day of thy brother1 in the day of  
his peregrination3  and thou shalt not  
reioyce ouer the children of ,iuda1 in  
the day of their perdition3   thou shalt
 not magnifie thy mouth in the day of   
distresse4  #ac ,neither shalt thou     
enter the gate of my people in the day  
of their ruine3  neither shalt thou also
 dispise in his euils in the day of his 
distruction3  and thou shalt not be sent
 out against his armie in the day of his
 destruction4  #ad ,neither shalt thou  
stand in the outgoings to kil them that 
flee3  and thou shalt not shut vp his   
remnant in the day of tribulation4  #ae 
,because the day of our ,lord is at hand
 vpon al nations3  as thou hast done1 so
 shal it be done to thee3 thy           
retribution he wil returne vpon thine   
owne head4  #af ,for as you haue drunke 
vpon my holie mount1 shal al ,gentils   

drinke continually3   they shal drinke1 
and swallow vp1 and they shal be as     
though they were not4 #ag ,and in mount 
,sion shal be saluation1 and it shal be 
holie3  and the house of ,iacob shal    
possesse those that had possessed them4 
#ah ,and the house of ,iacob shal be a  
fyre1 and the house of ,ioseph a flame1 
and the house of ,esau stubble3  and    
they shal be kindled in them1 and shal  
deuoure them3  and there shal be no     
remaynes of the house of ,esau1 because 
our ,lord hath spoken4  #ai ,and they   
that are toward the ,south1 shal        
inherite the mount of ,esau1 and they in
 the champaine countries1 ,philisthiims3
  and they shal possesse the region of  
,ephraim1 and the region of ,samaria3   
and ,beniamin shal possesse ,galaad4    
#bj ,and the transmigration of this host
 of the children of ,israel1 al places  
of the ,chananeits euen to ,sarepta3    
and the transmigration of ,ierusalem1   
that is in ,bosphorus1 shal possesse the
 cities of the ,south4  #ba ,and        

sauiours shal ascend into mount ,sion to
 iudge the mount of ,esau3  and the     
kingdom shal be to our ,lord4