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21 That thou hast slain my children, CHRIST and delivered them to cause them to

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Jer. 2. 2. ver. 43, 60, Hos. 11. 1.

tver. 4, 5, 6.

u ver. 31.

Or, brothel house.

1. 57.5.7.

Jer. 2. 20. & 3.2.

y Prov. 9. 14.

ch 8.10.14.&

20. 7. 8. & 23.

19, 20, 21.

pass through the fire for them?

22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, twhen thou vast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD,)

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

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

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

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

19.
ver. 57.

Or, citics,

b2 Kings 16. 7.10.

2 Chr. 24. 23.

Jer. 2. 18,36,

ch. 23.12, &c.

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

29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan ech.23.14,&c. unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast

Or. In thy daughters is thine, fe.

d ver. 24, 39.

Is. 30. 6.

Hos. 8. 9.

† Heb.bribest.

not satisfied herewith.

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

31 In that dthou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

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

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

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

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

Her grievous judgment.

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

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

38 And I will judge thee, fas h women that break we redloc ek and ished blood

are judged; and I will

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fver. 20. Jer. 2. 34.

Jer. 13. 22.

26.

Lam. 1. 8.

ch. 23. 9, 10,

22.29. Hos. 2. 10. &

8. 10.

Nah, 3, 5.

Heb, wirk judgments of.

h Lev. 20. 10. Deut. 22. 22 ch. 23. 45.

Εκ. 21. 12. See ver. 20, 20,

give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw Gen. 9. 6. down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: Ithey shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

k ver. 24, 31.

1 ch. 23. 26, Hos. 2. 3. Heb. instruments of thine or nament,

n John 8. 5, 7.

o Deut, 13, 16, 2 Kin. 15, 9. Jer. 39. 8. & 12. 13.

40m They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust mch.23.46,47, thee through with their swords. 41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and Pexecute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

peh. 5. 8. & 23. 10, 48. q eh. 23. 27.

reh. 5. 13.

ver. 22.

tch. 9. 10. & 11.21.422.31.

43 Because thou hast not remem- Ps. 78. 42. bered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

441 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverbagainst thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: "your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

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a Gen. 13. 10.

50 And they were haughty, and b Gen. 13 13. bcommitted abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

& 18. 20. & 19. 5.

cGen. 19. 24.

d Jer. 3. 11. Matt. 12. 41, 42.

e See Is, 1. 9. & ver. 60,61. fJer, 20, 16.

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

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

54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that

gch. 14.22,23. thou art a comfort unto them.

† Heb for a report, or, hearing.

† Heb.

prides, or. excellencies.

h 2 Kin. 16.5.

2 Chr. 28. 18.

Ia. 7. 1. & 14.

28.

+ Heb. Aram.

i ver. 27.

Or, spoil,

kch. 23. 49.

+ Heb, borne them.

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

56 For thy sister Sodom was not + mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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

LORD.

59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast 1 despised the

1 ch. 17. 13,16. oath in breaking the covenant.

m Deut. 29.

12, 14.

n Ps. 106. 45.

50.5.

60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish o Jer. 32.40. & unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

pch. 20. 43. &

36. 31.

q Is. 54. 1. & 60. 4.

Gal. 4.26, &c.

Jer. 31. 31,

&c.

Hos. 2.19,20.

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

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

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, long winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.

k ver. 3.

12 Say now to ithe rebellious house, ich. 2.5.& 12. Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

2 Kin, 24. 11 -16.

m2 Chr.36.13.

13 And hath taken of the king's 12 Kin. 24.17. seed, and made a covenant with him, mand hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

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

+ Heb. brought kim to an cath.

nver. 6. ch. 29. 14.

† Heb. to brep Ais covenant. to stand to it.

15 But he rebelled against him in CHRIST sending his ambassadors into Egypt,

about 604.

2 Kin. 24.20.

2 Chr. 36. 13,

p Dent. 17. 18.

Is. 31. 1.3.&

36. 6, 9.

q ver. 9.

Jer. 32. 5. &

34.3.& 52. 11. ch. 12. 13.

Jer. 37. 7.

Jer. 52. 4.

ch. 4. 2.

Lam. 5. 6.

Pthat they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such thingst or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

16 As I live, saith the Lord Gon, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by cast

ing up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

18 Secing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he ul Chr. 20.24. had "given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

ch. 12. 13, & 32.3.

y ch. 20. 36.

ch. 12. 14.

a Is. 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5.

Zech. 3. 8.

b Is. 53. 2.

c Ps. 2. 6.

d Is. 2. 2, 3.

ch. 20. 40.

Mic. 4. 1.

20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath tres passed against me.

21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

221 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs ba tender one, and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent:

23 d In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, e See ch. 31. 6. and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

Dan. 4. 12.

f Luke 1.52.

24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to g ch. 22. 14. & flourish: I the LORD have spoken

24. 14

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CHAPTER XVIII.

1 God reproveth the unjust parable of sour

God's just dealings with men.

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proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The "fathers have eat- CHRIST en sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

3 As I live, saith the Lord GoD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

4

Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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Jer. 31. 29. Lam. 5. 7.

b ver. 20. Rom. 6. 23.

+ Heb. judg ment and jus

fice

5 But if a man be just, and do I that which is lawful and right, 6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath d defiled his neigh- 4 Lev. 18. 20, bour's wife, neither hath come near

to

any,

a menstruous woman, 7 And hath not foppressed 7 but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath bgiven his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, khath executed true judgment between man and man, 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

101 If he beget a son that is a || robber, ma shedder of blood, and || that doeth the like to any one of these things,

11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

ech. 22. 9.

& 20, 10.

e Lev. 18. 19. & 20. 18.

fEx. 22. 21.

Lev. 19. 15.& 25. 14.

Ex. 22. 28.

Deut. 24. 12, 13,

h Deut. 15. 7, 8.

Is 58.7.

Matt. 25, 35, 36.

i Ex. 22. 25. Lev 25.36,37. Deut. 21, 19. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5.

k Deut. 1. 16.

Zech. 8. 16.

1ch. 20. 11.
Amos 5. 4.
10r.

breaker up
of a house.

m Gen. 9. 6. Ex. 21. 12. Num. 35. 31.

[Or, that doeth to his brother besides any of these.

with a just father: 10 with a wicked son of a just father: 14 with a just son of a wicked father: 19 with a wicked man repenting: 24 with a just man revolting. 25 He defendeth his justice, 31 and exhorteth to repentance.

THE word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

T

2 What mean ye, that ye use this

neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the in

pver. 6, &c.

Heb. hath pledge.

not plodyed the pledge, or, taken to

God defendeth his justice.

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iquity of his father, he shall surely

CHRIST live.

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cch. 3. 18. г Еx. 20. 5. Deut. 5. 9. 2 Kin. 23.26.

& 24. 3, 4.

s ver. 4.

t Deut. 24. 16.

2 Kings 14 6.

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

18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

191 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done thêm, he shall surely live.

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the

u Is. 3. 10, 11. son: "the righteousness of the right

x Rom, 2, 9.

y ver. 27.

ch. 33. 12,19.

zch. 33. 16.

A ver. 32.

ch. 33. 11.

1 Tim. 2. 4.

2 Pet. 3. 9.

b ch. 3, 20, &

33. 12, 13, 18.

eous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

222 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his rightcousness that he hath done he shall live.

23a Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

24 But b when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he 2 Pet. 2. 20. live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

d ver. 29.

251 Yet ye say, dThe way of the ch. 33. 17,20. Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

e ver. 24.

f ver. 21.

gver. 11.

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

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

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

29 h Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? ich. 7.3.& 33. 30 i Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn || yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1Eph.4.22.21. m Jer. 32. 39. ch. 11. 19. & 36. 26.

n Lam. 3, 33.
ver. 23.

ch. 33. 11.
2 Pet. 3. 9.

Or, others

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ach. 26. 17. & 27.2.

bver. 6.

2 Kings 23. 31. 22

c 2 Kin. 23.33. 2 Chr. 36, 4. Jer.22.11.12

9 i And they put him in ward in 12 Chr 36.6. chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

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

1l And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.