12 The fmith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the ftrength of his arins: yea, he is hungry, and his ftrength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.

have seen the fire.

17 And the refidue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and faith; Deliver me, for thou art my God.

18 They have not known 13 The carpenter ftretch-nor understood: for he hath eth out his rule: he marketh fhut their eyes, that they it out with a line: he fitteth cannot fee; and their hearts, it with planes, and he mark- that they cannot understand. eth it out with the compass, 19 And none confidereth and maketh it after the figure in his heart, neither is there of a man, according to the knowledge nor understandbeauty of a man; that it may ing to fay, I have burnt part remain in the house. of it in the fire, yea, alfo I

14 He heweth him down have baked bread upon the cedars, and taketh the cy-coals thereof: I have roafted prefs and the oak, which he flesh, and eaten it, and shall ftrengtheneth for himfelf a- I make the refidue thereof mong the trees of the foreft: an abomination? fhall I fall he planteth an afh, and the down to the flock of a rain doth nourish it. tree?

20 He feedeth on afhes; a deceived heart hath turned

15 Then fhall it be for a
man to burn: for he will
take thereof, and warm him-him afide, that he cannot de-
felf; yea, he kindleth it, and liver his foul, nor fay, Is
baketh bread; yea, he ma-there not a lie in my right
keth a god, and worshippeth hand?

it: he maketh it a graven 21 Remember thefe, O
image, and falleth down Jacob and Ifrael; for thou
thereto.
art my fervant; I have form-
16 He burneth part thereof ed thee, thou art my fervant:
in the fire with part there- O Ifrael, thou fhalt not be
of he eateth flesh: he roaft-forgotten of me:

eth roaft, and is fatisfied: 22 I have blotted out as
yea, he warmeth himself, and a thick cloud, thy tranfgref-
faith, Aha, I am warm, Ilfions; and as a cloud, thy

fins: return unto me, for I even faying to Jerufalem, have redeemed thee. Thou shalt be built; and to

23 Sing, O ye heavens; the temple, Thy foundation for the Lord hath done it: fhall be laid.

CHAP. XLVI.
EL boweth down, Ne-

bo stoopeth, their idols. were upon the beafts and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beaft.

2 They floop, they bow down together: they could

24 Thus faith the Lord thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things, that stretcheth not deliver the burden, but forth the heavens alone, that themfelves are gone into capspreadeth abroad the earth by tivity. myself:

3 Hearken unto me, O 25 That fruftrateth the house of Jacob, and all the tokens of the liars, and ma- remnant of the house of Isketh diviners mad, that rael, which are borne by me turneth wife men backward, from the belly, which are and maketh their knowledge carried from the womb. foolish.

26 That confirmeth the word of his fervant, and performeth the counfel of his meffengers; that faith to Jerufalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye fhall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

4 And even to your old age, I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you? I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

27 That faith to the deep, 6 They lavish gold out of Be dry, and I will dry up the bag, and weigh filver in thy rivers:

28 That faith of Cyrus, He is my thepherd, and fhall perform all my pleasure

the balance, and hire a goldfmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

2

I will alfo give thee for a
light to the Gentiles, that
thou mayeft be my falvation
unto the end of the earth.
7. Thus faith the Lord,
the redeemer of Ifracl, and
his Holy One, to him whom
man defpifeth, to him whom
the nation abhorreth, to a
fervant of rulers; Kings fhall
fee and arife; princes alfo
fhall worship, becaufe of
the Lord that is faithful, and
the Holy One of Ifrael, and
he fhall choose thee.

8 Thus faith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of falvation have I helped thee: and I will preferve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to caufe to inherit the defolate heritages;

high-ways fhall be exalted.

12 Behold, these fhall come from far: and lo, these from the north and from the

weft, and these from the land of Sinim.

13 Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into finging, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

14 But Zion faid, The Lord hath forfaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

15 Can a woman forget her fucking child, that the fhould not have compaffion on the fon of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, thy walls are continually before me.

17 Thy children fhall make hafte; thy deftroyers, and they that made thee wafte, fhall go forth of thee.

9 That thou mayeft fay to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darknefs, Shew yourselves. They fhall feed in the ways, and their paftures shall be in all high places. 18 Lift up thine eyes 10 They fhall not hun-round about, and behold: ger nor thirst; neither fhall all thefe gather themselves the heat nor fun fmite them: together, and come to thee: for he that hath mercy on as I live, faith the Lord, thou them fhall lead them, even fhalt furely clothe thee with by the fprings of water fhall them all, as with an ornahe guide them. ment, and bind them on thee as a bride doth.

II And I will make all my mountains a way, and my

8.

19 For thy wafte and thy defolate