1God's judgments against the enemies of Zion. 13The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly.
1WOE to athee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! bwhen thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
a ch. 5.26-30; 10.5,6. 2Ch. 28.16,20,21. 2Ki. 18.13-17. Je. 25.9-26. Da. 8.13,24,25; 11.21-29. Re. 6; 12; 13; 20. b ch. 21.2; 37.36-38. Na. 1-3. Je. 25.12,14. Hab. 2.8. Zec. 12.3. Re. 13.10; 16.6. Mat. 7.2. Ju. 1.7. ch. 13; 14. Je. 50; 51. Zec. 9.1. Re. 6; 8; 13; 16; 18.
2O LORD, cbe gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: dbe thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
c ch. 8.17; 25.9; 26.8; 30.18,19. Ps. 90.14; 6.2; 57.1. Ho. 14.2. d ch. 25.4; 30.30; 51.9; 12.2. Ps. 46.1,5; 22.4,5; 90.14; 143.8; 118.14,21; 74; 79; 80; 83; 94; 123. Ex. 14.27.
3eAt the noise of the tumult the people fled; fat the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
e ch. 9.4,5; 17.12-14; 37.36,37. Zec. 9.13,14; 14.13. Re. 6.14-17; 8.5; 11.15-19; 19.15-21; 20.9. v.10-12. f Ps. 68.1.
4And gyour spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
g v.23. 2Ch. 20.25. 2Ki. 7.15,16. Ps. 68.12.
5hThe LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath ifilled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
h v.10. ch. 2.11,17; 12.4; 57.15; 66.1. Ps. 97.9; 118.16; 2.4,5; 11.4-6; 93.4; 115.3. i Ro. 3.26. ch. 31.9; 1.27. Ps. 48.10,11; 94.2,15. ch. 32.16-18; 24.21. Da. 11.35; 12.10. Zec. 13.9.
6And jwisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of 1salvation: kthe fear of the LORD is his treasure.
1Heb. salvations.
j 2Ch. 32.27-29. Jn. 17.3. Mat. 6.33. 1Ti. 4.8; 6.6. Ec. 7.12. 2Ch. 20.20. ch. 7.9. k Pr. 14.27; 9.10; 8.18; 24.3. Da. 12.3. Ro. 2.7,10.
7Behold, their 2valiant ones shall cry without: lthe ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
2Or, messengers. ch. 36.3,22; 37.12.
l 2Ki. 18.37.
8mThe highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
m Ju. 5.6. ch. 32.13,14; 10.6,7,22,28-32. 2Ki. 18.14-17. ch. 36.1,12,14. Da. 8.24; 11.28,30,31,33. Lu. 18.2.
9nThe earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and 3*hewn down: oSharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
3Or, withered away.
*hewn-cut.
n ch. 1.6-8; 2.12-16; 5.30; 7.17-25; 8.7,8,21,22; 14.8; 37.24; 24.1-12; 27.9-11; 32.10-14. Da. 11.33; 9.27. Ro. 8.20. o ch. 35.2.
10Now pwill I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
p Ps. 46.10; 12.5; 44.4,23,26; 94.1,2; 7.6; 102.13; 78.65. De. 32.36. ch. 59.16; 30.17,18; 2.11; 5.16; 26.11. Zep. 3.8.
11Ye qshall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
q Ps. 2.1-5; 7.11-16; 1.4; 9.15,16; 83.1-18. ch. 5.23-30; 10.7-19; 17.12-14; 29.5-8; 30.27-33; 9.4,5; 31.8,9; 14.25; 37.23-36. ch. 26.18; 66.10; 59.18.
12And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: ras thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
r ch. 9.18.
13¶Hear, sye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
s ch. 18.3; 49.1; 29.9. Ps. 49.1,2. Nu. 14.21. Mi. 6.9.
14tThe sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised uthe hypocrites. vWho among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
t Mat. 22.12. ch. 28.14,15,17,18; 29.13,14; 5.8-23; 24.5; 1.28; 10.6; 32.6. Am. 9.10. Je. 23.15. Job 15.24; 18.11. u ch. 9.17. v Ps. 76.7; 90.11. Na. 1.2-6. De. 4.24. He. 12.29. 2Th. 1.8,9. Mat. 25.41,46. Mar. 9.44,46. Re. 14.10,11; 20.10,15; 21.8.
15He that wwalketh 4righteously, and speaketh 5uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of 6oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of 7blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
4Heb. in righteousnesses.
5Heb. uprightnesses.
6Or, deceits.
7Heb. bloods.
w Col. 2.6. ch. 56.1,2. Tit. 2.11,12. Ro. 2.13. Ps. 15.2-5; 26.11; 24.4; 106.3; 19.11; 119.37. Mi. 2.7. 1Jn. 2.29. Ro. 6.18. Le. 19.13. Ps. 101.2-8. Job 31.1. Mat. 5.28. Eze. 18.5-9.
16xHe shall dwell on 8high: his place of defence shall be the *munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; yhis waters shall be sure.
8Heb. heights or high places. Ps. 18.33.
*munitions-fortresses, strongholds.
x Ps. 91.1-9; 90.1. 1Jn. 4.16. Lu. 16.9. Jn. 14.2,3. He. 11.10. Pr. 18.10. 1Ti. 4.8; 6.6. Mat. 6.33. 1Co. 3.22. 2Pe. 1.3. Ro. 8.24. ch. 15.2. y 2Ch. 32.30.
17Thine eyes shall zsee the king in his beauty: they shall behold 9the land that is very far off.
9Heb. the land of far distances. Ps. 31.8; 119.45. ch. 11.14; 26.15. Ob. 17-20. Zep. 2.9. He. 11.16.
z Not as ch. 37.1, but 2Ch. 32.23. v.22. Zec. 14.9,16. Ca. 3.11; 5.10-16. 1Jn. 3.2. ch. 6.5.
18Thine heart shall meditate terror. aWhere is the scribe? where is the 10receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
10Heb. weigher.
a 1Co. 1.20. ch. 10.16-19; 17.12-14; 37.36.
19bThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people cof a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a 11stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
11Or, ridiculous.
b ch. 9.4,5; 10.16-19; 17.12-14; 29.5-8; 30.27-33. v.10-12. ch. 37.36,37. Ex. 14.13. 2Ki. 19.32. c ch. 28.11; 36.11. 2Ki. 18.26. Eze. 3.5,6. De. 28.49. Je. 5.15. Da. 8.23. ch. 19.18. Zep. 3.9.
20dLook upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a *tabernacle that shall not be taken down; enot one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
*tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
d Ps. 48.12,13. ch. 5.26-30; 10.7-15. Ps. 46.1-11; 125.1,2; 78.69; 122.1-4. Zec. 2.4-12; 8.3. Mat. 16.18. ch. 54.2,3. Jn. 10.1-18,28. Re. 3.12. e ch. 37.33.
21But fthere the glorious LORD will be unto us a place 12of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
12Heb. broad of spaces or hands.
f Zec. 2.5. Ps. 46.4,5; 91.1-10; 125.1,2.
22For the LORD is our gjudge, the LORD is hour 13lawgiver, the LORD is iour king; he will save us.
13Heb. statute-maker.
g Ju. 2.16. Ps. 7.6,8,11; 9.4; 26.1; 75.7; 94.2. h Ja. 4.12. Ps. 147.19,20. De. 33.2. Ne. 9.14. Mat. 23.8,10. i Ps. 44.4; 74.12; 89.18; 2.6; 72.12-14; 22.27-30. ch. 9.6,7. Zec. 9.9,10. ch. 25.9.
2314Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then jis the *prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
14Or, They have forsaken thy tacklings. 2Ch. 32.21. v.21. Ps. 48.7. ch. 37.36. v.1,3.
*prey-spoil, plunder.
j v.1,4. 2Ch. 20.25. 2Ki. 7.15,16. Zep. 2.9. ch. 11.14,15. Ps. 68.12. Re. 19.18. 1Co. 1.27.
24kAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
k ch. 24.23. Re. 22.2; 21.4. Je. 50.20. ch. 44.22. Mi. 7.18,19. 1Jn. 1.7,9. Ps. 103.3. ch. 38.1-8; 40.1,2; 51.3; 61.1,2. Ac. 9.31; 2.46.