And the measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... man and his children close to him ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day. The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance. creteis@yahoo.com Behold in a nighmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was shown a man ...who lived in the wilderness that is now the world ...and a very dangerous place ...like the wilds thereof ...with wolves and bears and mountain lions ...all who would be predatory ...upon any
and the man had children ...and these he kept close to him and close to his house ...and even as is said ...he kept his children on a short leash ...
and the man kept his house well fenced in ...within ..against the beasts of the wildness ...
evenso often the mans son would tangle himself up in the short leash that his father had him on ...
and his father would see him all tangled up ...and come to him and show him ...and get him untangled ...from being ...in tangled ...within tangled of his keeping ...
and then as a warning ...he would spank the child ...with a single stoke ...the rod upon the childs ...lower parts ...namely his ass ...or his leg ...
and again only enough to get the boy to ...keep attention ...and to not get all tangled up in the short leash again and again ...
and the young son would dispute with the father ...about being ...being kept on the short leash ...and within the fenced area of the house ...
and still the father would tell him ...of the dangers of the wolves and bears and mountain lions ...of the wild place ...
and how these beasts ...would consume ...his flesh ...if he did not keep diligence
even unto death ...
nevertheless the youth ...found out that those in authority ...would prison the father ...if the son only told them of his father spanking him ...
and i saw the authority waiting ...for any chance to do such a thing ...for they had been taught also that ...any spanking of the child ...or keeping the children on a short leash ...was against the law ...
the law of man ...
The Proverbs of Solomon 23 Apply thine heart unto learning, and thine ear to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beatest him with the rod, he will not die thereof.
Thou smitest him with the rod, but thou deliverest his soul from hell.
My son, if thy heart receive wisdom, my heart also shall rejoice: yee my reins shall be very glad, if thy lips speak the thing that is right.
Let not thine heart be jealous to follow sinners, but keep thee still in the fear of the Lord all the day long: For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.
My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way.
Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh: for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.
Give ear unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
*Labor for to get the truth: sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding, for a righteous father is marvelous glad of a wise son, and delighteth in him, so shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.
For an whore is a deep grave, and an harlot is a narrow pit.
She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not aware she bringeth unto her.
Where is woe? where is sorrow? where is strife? where is brawling? where are wounds without cause? where be red eyes?
Even among those that be ever at wine, and seek out were the best is.
Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.
It goeth down softly, but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.
So shall thine eyes look unto strange women, and thine heart shall muse upon froward things.
Yee, thou shalt be as though thou sleepest in the middest of the sea, or on the top of the mast.
They wounded me ( thou shalt say ) but it hath not hurt me, they smote me, but i felt it not.
When I a well awakened, I will go to drink again.
*marvelous heart. * that is a heart that marvels at the works of man, worldly things. RN *perbrake : to vomit up. perbrake = per; each one, break ; expel. *lese = 1) lose 2) lease; rent out the mouth 3) an insult to his truth. *Labor for to get the truth: * kjv and other bibles of man =Buy the truth: and sell it not,
Chapter 24 Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.
For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lips talk of mischief.
and the more of the rod of God
The Second Book of Moses 4 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law again and said unto him: let me go (I pray thee) and turn again unto my brethren which are in Egypt, that I may see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses: go in peace. And the Lord said unto Moses in Madian: return again into Egypt for they are dead which went about to kill thee. And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass, and went again to Egypt, and took the rod of God in his hand.
And the Lord said unto Moses: when thou art come into Egypt again, see that thou do all the wonders before Pharao which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, so that he shall not let the people go. And tell Pharao, thus saith the Lord: Israel is mine eldest son, and therefore saith unto thee: let my son go, that he may serve me. If thou wilt not let him go: behold, I will slay thine eldest son.
The Second Book of Moses 7 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them. And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty three when they spake unto Pharao. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: when Pharao speaketh unto you and saith: shew a wonder, then shalt thou say unto Aaron, take the rod and cast it before Pharao, and it shall turn to a serpent. Then went Moses and Aaron in unto Pharao, and did even as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharao and before his servants, and it turned to a serpent. Then Pharao called for the wise men and enchanters of Egypt: and they did in like manner with their sorcery. And they cast down every man his rod, and they turned to serpents: but Aarons rod ate up their rods: and yet for all that Pharaos heart was hardened, so that he hearkened not unto them, even as the Lord had said. Then said the Lord unto Moses: Pharaos heart is hardened, and he refuseth to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharao in the morning, for he will come unto the water, and stand thou upon the rivers brink against he come, and the rod which turned to a serpent take in thine hand. And say unto him: the Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee saying: let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: but hitherto thou wouldest not hear. Wherefore thus saith the Lord: hereby thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will smite with the staff that is in mine hand upon the waters that are in the river, and they shall turn to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink: so that it shall grieve the Egyptians to drink of the water of the river.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, say unto Aaron: take thy staff and stretch out thine hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, rivers, ponds and all pools of water, that they may be blood, and that there may be blood in all the land of Egypt: both in vessels of wood and also of stone.
And Moses and Aaron did even as the Lord commanded. And he lifted up the staff and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharao and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the river, turned into blood. And the fish that was in the river died, and the river stank: so that the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river. And there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the enchanters of Egypt did likewise with their enchantments, so that Pharaos heart was hardened and did not regard them as the Lord had said. And Pharao turned himself and went into his house, and set not his heart thereunto. And the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river. And it continued a week after that the Lord had smite the river.
The Second Book of Moses 17 And Moses did even so before the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place: Massa and Meriba: because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord saying: is the Lord among us or not?
Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Raphidim. And Moses said unto Josua: choose out men and go fight with Amelech. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill and the rod of God in mine hand. And Josua did as Moses bade him, and fought with the Amalekites. And Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And when Moses held up his hand, Israel had the better. And when he let his hand down, Amelech had the better. When Moses hands were weary, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down there on. And Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side and the other on the other side. And his hands were steady until the *son was down. And Josua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of his sword.
And the Lord said unto Moses, write this for a remembrance in a book and tell it unto Josua, for I will put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses made an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi, for he said: the hand is on the seat of the Lord, that the Lord will have war with Amalek throughout all generations.
The fourth Book of Moses 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel and take of them, for every principal house a rod, of their princes over the houses of their fathers: even twelve rods, and write every mans name upon his rod. And write Aarons name upon the staff of Levi: for every headman over the houses of their fathers shall have a rod. And put them in the tabernacle of witness where I will meet you. And his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all the princes gave him for every prince over their fathers houses, a rod: even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among the rods. And Moses put the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. And on the morrow, Moses went into the tabernacle: and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi was budded and bare blossoms and almonds. And Moses brought out all the staves from before the Lord, unto all the children of Israel, and they looked upon them, and took every man his staff.
And the Lord said unto Moses: bring Aarons rod again before the witness to be kept for a token unto the children of rebellion, that their murmurings may cease from me, that they die not. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses saying: behold, we are destroyed and all come to nought: for whosoever cometh nigh the dwelling of the Lord, dieth. Shall we utterly consume away?
The Book of Job 21 Job answered, and said: O' hear my words, and amend yourselves. Suffer me a little, that I may speak also, and then laugh my words to scorn, if you will. Is it with a man, that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit be in sore trouble? Mark me well, be abashed, and lay your hand upon your mouth. For when I ponder and consider this, I am afraid, and my flesh is smitten with fear. Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosper, come to their old age, and increase in riches? Their childrens children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes. Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God does not smite them. Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful.
They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance. They bare with them taberetts and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure. They spend their days in wealthiness: but suddenly they go down to hell. They say unto God: go from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit our selves unto him? Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly. How often shall the candle of the wicked put out? How often cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath. Yee they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.
And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it. Their own destruction and misery shall they see with their own eyes, and drink of the fearful wrath of the Almighty. For what careth he, what be come of his household after his death? Whose months pass away swifter than an arrow. In as much then as God hath the highest power of all, who can teach him any knowledge? One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich, and in prosperity: even when his bowels are at the fattest, and his bones full of merry. An other dieth in sorrow and heaviness, and never had good days. Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them. But I know what ye think, yee and what yee imagine against me unrighteously. For ye say: Where is the Princes palace? where is the dwelling of the ungodly: Ask any man that goeth by the way, and ( if ye will not regard their tokens and deeds) he shall tell you, that the wicked is kept unto the day of destruction, and that the ungodly shall be brought forth in the day of wrath. Who dare reprove him for his ways to his face? Who rewardeth him for the ungraciousness that he doth? Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and watch among the heap of the dead. Then shall he be *faine to be buried among the stones by the brook side. All men must follow him, and there are innumerable gone before him. O how vain is the comfort that ye give me? Are not your answers clean contrary to right and truth?
The Psalmes of David 89 My song shall be alway of the lovingkindness of the Lord, with my mouth will I ever be showing my faithfulness from one generation to another. Eternal life RN
For I have said: Mercy shall be set up for ever, thy faithfulness shalt thou stablish in the heavens for ever. I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant. Thy seed will I stablish forever, and set up thy throne from one generations to another. Selah.
O' Lord the very heavens shall praise thy wonderous works, yee and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
For who is he among the clouds, that is like unto the Lord?
Yee what is he among the gods, that is like unto the Lord?
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. O' Lord God of Hosts, who is like unto thee in power? thy truth is round about thee.
Thou rulest the pride of the sea, thou fillest the waves thereof, when they arise.
Thou breakest the proud, like one that is wounded, thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.
The heavens are thine, the earth is thine: thou hast layed the foundation of the round world and all that therin is. Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Thou hast a mighty arm, strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Righteousness and equity is the habitation of thy seat, mercy and truth go before thy face. Blessed is the people, O' Lord, that can rejoice in thee, and walketh in the light of thy countenance. Their delight is in thy name all the day long, and through thy righteousness they shall be exalted.
For thou art the glory of their strength, and through thy favour shalt thou lift up our horns. The Lord is our defence, and the holy one of Israel is our King.
Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one out chosen of the people.
I have found David my servant, with my *holy oil have I anointed him.
My hand shall hold him fast, and mine arm shall strengthen him.
The enemy shall not overcome him, and the *son of wickedness shall not hurt him.
I smite down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
My truth also my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the floods.
He shall call me: Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.
And I will make him my first born, higher than the kings of the earth.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed will I make to endure for ever, yee and his throne as the days of heaven.
But if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgements.
If they break my ordinances, statutes, and keep not my commandments.
*I visit their offenses with the rod, and their sins with scourges.
Nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my truth to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor disannull the thing that is gone out of my lips. I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David.
His seed shall endure forever, and his seat also like as the sun before me.
He shall standfast for evermore as the moon, and as the faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
But now thou foresakest and abhorrest thine annointed, and art displeased with him. Thou hast turned back the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground. Thou hast over thrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds.
All they that go by, spoil him, he is become a rebuke to his neighbors.
Thou settest up the right hand of his enemies, and makest all his adversaries to rejoice. Thou hast taken away the strength of his sword, and givest him not strength in the battle. Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his Throne down to the ground.
The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonor.
Selah.
Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
O' remember how short my time is, hast thou made all men for naught? What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his soul own soul from hell? Selah.
Lord, where are thy old loving kindnesses, which thou sworest unto David in thy truth?
Remember Lord the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom. Wherewith thine enemies blaspheme thee, and slander the foresteps of thine anointed.
Thanks be to the Lord for evermore: Amen: Amen.
*Ethan = Hebrew: enduring destruction. RN note *son of wickedness shall not hurt him. *By the holy oil is understand the holy ghost, the grace mercy and word of God: by the which the soul is refreshed and delivered from pain to spiritual joy. Psal 14, John 3, 1 John 2 . MN *I visit their offenses; *That is will punish. MN
The Psalmes of David 110 The Lord said unto my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion, be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies.
In the day of thy power shall thy people offer the free will offerings with an holy worship, the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.
The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord upon thy right hand, shall smite even kings in the day of his wrath.
He shall judge among the Heathen, he shall fill them with dead bodies, and smite in sunder the heads over diverse countries.
He shall drink of the brook in the way, therefore shall he lift up his head.
Melchizedek = "my king is Sedek": my king is righteousness RN
The Psalmes of David 125 They that trust in the Lord, are even as the *mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.
The hills stand about Jerusalem, even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
That the rod of the ungodly come not into the lot of the righteous, least the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.
Do well, O' Lord, unto those that be good and true of heart.
As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers: but peace be upon Israel.
*Note: They that trust in the Lord, are even as the mount Sion ...even as it is today RN
The Proverbs of Solomon 22 A good name is more worth than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
Whether riches or poverty do meet us, it cometh all of God.
A wise man seeth the plague and hideth himself, but the foolish go on still and are punished.
The end of lowliness and the fear of God, is riches honor, prosperity and health.
Spears and snares are in the way of the froward, but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.
If thou teacheth a child in his youth what way he should go, he shall not leave it when he is old.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow, and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.
A loving eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread unto the poor.
Cast out the scornful man, and so shall strife go out with him, yee variance and sclander shall cease.
Who so delighteth to be of a clean heart and of gracious lips, the king shall be his friend.
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, but as for the words of the despiteful, he bringeth them to naught.
The slothful body sayeth: There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street.
The mouth of an harlot is a open pit, wherein he falleth that the Lord is angry withal.
Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad, but the rod of correction driveth it away.
Who so doeth a poor man wrong to increase his own riches, giveth (commonly) unto the rich, and at the last cometh to poverty himself.
My son bow down thine ear, and harken unto the words of wisdom, apply thine mind unto my doctrine: for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth: that thou mayest always put thy trust in the Lord.
Have not I warned thee very often with the counsel of learning?
That I might show thee the truth and that thou with verity mightest answer them that lay anything against thee?
See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgement: for the Lord himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.
Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious: lest thou learn his ways, and receive hurt unto thy soul.
Be not thou one of them that bind their hand upon promise, and are surety for debt: for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.
Thou shalt not remove the landmark, which thy fore elders have set.
Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple folk?
The Proverbs of Solomon 29 He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.
Where the righteous have the over hand, the people are in prosperity: but where the ungodly beareth rule, there the people mourn.
Whoso loveth wisdom, maketh his father a glad man: but he that keepeth harlots spendeth away that he hath.
With true judgment the king setteth up the land, but he be a man that taketh gifts, he turneth it upside down.
Who so flattereth his neighbor, layeth a net for his feet.
The sin of the wicked is his own snare, but the righteous shall be glad and rejoice.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor, but the ungodly regardeth no understanding.
Wicked people bring a city in decay, but wise men set it up again.
If a wise man go to the law with a fool ( whether he deal with him friendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.
The bloodthirsty hate the righteous, but the just seek his soul.
A fool poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
If a prince delight in lies, all his servants are ungodly.
The poor and the lender meet together, the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
The fear of the King that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.
the rod and correction minister wisdom, but if a child be not looked unto, he bringeth his mother to shame.
When the ungodly come up, wickedness increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee, yee, he shall do the good at thine heart.
Where no Prophet is, there the people perish: but well is him
the Prophet Esai 9 Even like as in time past it hath been well seen, that the land of Zabulon and the land of Nephtali ( where through the sea way goeth over Jordan in to the land of Galilee ) was at the first in little trouble, but afterwards sore vexed.
Nevertheless the people that have dwelt in darkness, shall see a great light. As for them that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them shall the light shine. Shalt thou multiply the people, and not increase the joy also? They shall rejoice before thee even as men make marry in the harvest, and as men that have gotten the victory, when they deal the spoil. For thou shalt break the yoke of the peoples burden: the staff of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Madian.
Moreover all *temerarious and seditious power ( yee where there is but a coat spilled with blood ) shall be burnt, and fed the fire. For unto us a child shall be born, and unto us a son shall be given. Upon his shoulders shall the kingdom lay, and he shall be called with his own name: the wondrous giver of counsel, the mighty God, the everlasting father, the prince of peace, he shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same, to stablish it with equity and righteousness, from thenceforth for evermore..This shall the jealousy of the Lord bring to pass.
The Lord sent a word in to Jacob, the same is come in to Israel. And the people also of Ephraim, and they that dwell in Samaria, can say with pride and high stomachs, on this manner: The tile work is fallen down, but we will build it with harder stones. The Mulberry timber is broken, but we shall set it up again with Cedar. Nevertheless, the Lord shall prepare Razin the enemy against them, and so order their adversaries, that the Sirians shall lay hold upon them before, and the Philistines behind, and so devour Israel with open mouth.
After all this, the wrath of the Lord shall not cease, but yet his hand shall be stretched out still. For the people turneth not unto him, that chastiseth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts. Therefore the Lord shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day.
By the head, is understand the Senator and honorable man, and by the tail, the Prophet that preacheth lies. For all they which enforme the people that they be in a right cause, such be deceivers.
Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast away.
Therefore shall the Lord have no pleasure in their young men, neither favor their fatherless and widows. For they are all together hypocrites and wicked, and all their mouths speak folly. After all this shall not the Lords wrath cease, but yet his hand is stretched out still. For the ungodly burn, as a fire in the briers and thorns: And as it were out of a fire in the wood or a ready bush, so ascendeth the smoke of their pride.
For this cause shall the wrath of the Lord of Hosts fall upon the land, and the people shall be consumed, as it were with fire, no man shall spare his brother. If a man do turn him to the right hand, he shall famish, or to the left hand to eat, he shall not have enough. Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm: Manasses shall eat Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses, and they both shall eat Juda. After all this shall not the Lords wrath cease, but yet shall his hand be stretched out still.
.*temerarious as of teeming with activity, a street teeming with pedestrians; a garden abounding with flowers; roofs blanketing a city a highway crawling with carts; a house overflowing with guests; a parade route swarming with spectators. RN
the Prophet Esai 10 Woe unto you that make unrighteous laws, and devise things, which be hard for to keep: where through the poor are oppressed, on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgement: the widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless. What will ye do in the time of the visitation and destruction, that shall come from far? To whom will ye run for help? Or to whom will ye give your honor, that he may keep it? That ye come not among the prisoners, or lie among the dead? After all this shall not the wrath of the Lord cease, but yet shall his hand be stretched out still.
Woe be unto Assur, which is the staff of my wrath, in whos hand is the rod of my punishment. For I will send him among those hypocratish people, among the people that have deserved my disfavor shall I send him: that he may utterly rob them, spoil them, and tread them down like the mire of the street. Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart of this fashion. But he imagineth only, how he may overthrow and destroy much people, for he saith: Are not my princes all Kings? Is not Calno as easy to win, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquer *Antiochia then Arphad? or is it lighter to over come *Damascus then *Samaria? As woe say: I were able to win the kingdom of the Idolaters and their gods, but not Jerusalem and Samaria. Shall I not do unto *Jerusalem and her Images, as I did unto *Samaria and her Images?
Wherefore the Lord sayeth: As soon as I have performed my whole work upon the hill of Sion and Jerusalem, then will I also visit the noble and stout king of Assiria, with his wisdom and pride. For he standeth thus in his own conceit: This do I through the power of my own hand, and through my wisdom: For I am wise, I am he that remove the lands of the people, I rob their princes: and ( like one of the worthies) I drive them from their high seats. My hand hath found out the Hosts of the people, as it were a nest. And like as eggs, that were layed here and there, are gathered together: So do I gather all countries. And there is no man, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper.
But doth the axe boast itself, against him that heweth therewith? or doth the saw make any cracking, against him that ruleth it? That were even like, as if the rod did exalt itself against him that beareth it: or as though the staff should magnify itself, as who say: it were not wood. Therefore shall the Lord of hosts send him poverty in his riches, and burn up his power, as it were with a fire. But the light Israel shall be that fire, and his Sanctuary shall be the flame, and it shall kindle, and burn up his thorns and briers in one day. Yee all that glory of his woods and fields shall be consumed with *body and *soul. As for himself, he shall be as one chased away. The trees also of his field will be of such a number that a child may tell them.
After that day shall the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, seek no more comfort at him that smote them, but shall comfort themselves with faithfulness and truth in the Lord, the holy one of Israel. The remnant, yee and the Posterity of Jacob, shall convert unto God the mighty one. For though thy people ( O Israel ) be as the sand of the sea, yet shall but the remnant of them only convert unto him. Perfect is the judgement of him that floweth in righteousness, and therefore the Lord of Hosts shall perfectly fulfil the thing, that he hath determined in the midst of the whole world. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: Thou my people, that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid for the king of the Assirians: He shall wag his staff at thee, yee and beat thee with the rod, as the Egyptians did some time: But soon after, shall my wrath and mine indignation be fulfilled against their blasphemes.
Moreover the Lord of Hosts shall prepare a scourge for him, like as was the punishment of Madian upon the mount of Oreb. And he shall lift up his rod over the sea, as he did sometime over the Egyptians. The shall his burden be taken from thy shoulders, and his yoke from thy neck, yee the same yoke shall be corrupt for very fatness. He shall come to Aiath, and go through toward Migron. But at Machmas shall he muster his Host, and go over the fiord. Gabaah will be their resting place, Rhamah shall be afraid, Gabaah Saul shall flee away. The voice of the noise of thy horses, (O daughter of Gallim ) shall be heard unto Laish and to Anathoth, which also shall be in trouble. Madmena shall tremble for fear, but the citizens Gabin are manly, yet shall he remain at Nob that day. After that, shall he lift up his hand against the mount Sion, against the hill of Jerusalem. But see, the Lord God of Hosts shall take away the proud from thence, with fear. He shall hew down the proud, and fell the high minded. The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Libanus shall have a mighty fall.
*Antiochia (kjv and other bibles of man = Hamath) *Damascus then *Samaria? (reversed in kjv and other bibles of man )shall be consumed with *body and *soul. * (reversed in kjv and other bibles of man )Shall I not do unto *Jerusalem and her Images, as I did unto *Samaria and her Images? * (reversed in kjv and other bibles of man )
the Prophet Esai 14 But the lord will be merciful unto Jacob, and take up Israel again, and set them in their own land. Strangers shall cleave unto them, and get them to the house of Jacob. They shall take the people, and carry them home with them. And the house of Israel shall have them in possession for servants and maidens in the land of the Lord. They shall take those prisoners, whose captives they had been afore: and rule those that had oppressed them. When the Lord shall bring thee to rest, from the travail, fear, and hard bondage that thou wast ladened with all: Then thou shalt use this mocking upon the King of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end? Doubtless the Lord hath broken the staff of the ungodly, and the scepter of the lordly. Which when he is wroth smiteth the people with durable strokes, and in his wonders he persecuteth them, and tameth them continually. And therefore the whole world is at rest and quietness, and men sing for joy.
Yee, even the fir trees and the Cedars of Libanus rejoice at your fall, saying: Now that thou art laid down, there come no more up to destroy us. Hell also trembleth at thy coming, all mighty men and Princes of the earth, step forth be fore thee. All Kings of the earth, stand up from their seats, that they may all ( one after another ) sing and speak unto thee. Art thou wounded also as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be layed under thee, and worms *shall be thy covering.
*Now art thou fallen from heaven,( O Lucifer ) thou fair morning child? hast thou gotten a fall even to the ground, thou that ( not withstanding ) didest subdue the people? And yet thou thoughtest in thine heart: I will climb up into heaven, and make my seat above the stars of God, I will sit upon the glorious mount toward the North, I will climb up above the clouds, and will be like the highest of all. Yet dare I lay, that thou shalt be brought down to the deep of hell. They that see thee, shall narrowly look upon thee, and think in themselves, saying: Is this the man, that brought all lands in fear, and made the kingdoms afraid: Is this he that made the world in a manner waste, and layed the cities to the ground, which let not his prisoners go home?
Now happeneth it, that the Kings of all people lay, every one at home in his own palace, with worship, and thou art cast out of thy grave like a wild branch: like as dead mens raiment that are shot through with the sword: as they that go down to the stones of the deep: as a dead corpse that is trodden under feet: and are not buried with them? Even because that thou hast not wasted thy land, and destroyed thy people. For the generation of the wicked shall be without honor, forever. There shall away be sought to destroy their children, for their fathers wickedness: They shall not rise up again to possess the land, and fill the world with castles and towns.
I will stand up against them, ( saith the Lord of hosts ) and root out the name and generation of Babylon ( saith the Lord ) and well give it to the Otters, and will make water puddles of it. and I will sweep it with the *besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn an oath, saying: It shall come to pass as I have determined: and shall be fulfilled as I have devised. The Assyrians shall be destroyed in my land, and upon my mountains will I tread them under foot. Where through his yoke shall be taken from your shoulders. This devise hath God taken through the whole world, and thus his hand stretched out over all the people. For if the Lord of Hosts determines a thing, who will disannul it? And if he stretch forth his hand, who will hold it in again?
The same year that King Ahaz died, God threatened by Esai on this manner: Rejoice not ( thou whole Palestina ) as though the rod of him that beateth thee were broken: For out of the serpents root, there shall wax a cockatrice, and the fruit shall be a fiery *worm. But the poor shall feed of the best things, and the simple shall dwell in safety. Thy roots shall I destroy with hunger, and it shall slay thy remnant. Mourn yee ports, weep ye cities, and fear thou ( O whole Palestina ) for there shall come from the North a smoke, whos power no man may abide. Who shall then maintain the messages of the Gentiles? But the Lord stablishes Sion, and the poor of my people shall put their trust in him.
*shall be thy covering. Note this word "covering"; there is..Yet one covering, our Lord and redeemer Christ unto our father God only. RN *Now art thou fallen from heaven,( O Lucifer ) thou fair morning child? (kjv and other bibles of man = son of the morning.) *besom (broom) *worm. (kjv and other bibles of man = flying serpent)
the Prophet Esai 30 Woe be unto those shrinking children ( saith the Lord ) which seek counsel, but not at me: which take a web in hand, but not after my will: that they may heap one sin upon another. They go down into Egypt, ( and ask me on counsel ) to seek help at he power of Pharaoh, and comfort in the shadow of the Egyptians. But Pharaohs help shall be your confusion, and the comfort in the Egyptians shadow shall be your own shame. Your rulers have been at Zoan, and your messengers came unto Hanes. But ye shall all be ashamed of the people that may not help you, which shall not bring you strength or comfort, but shame and confusion.
Your beasts have born burdens upon their backs toward the South, through the way that is full of peril and trouble, because of the lion and lions, of the Cockatrice and shutting dragon. Yee the Mules bear your substance, and the Camels brought your treasure upon their crooked backs, unto a people that can not help you. For the Egyptians help shall be but vain and lost. Therefore I told you also that your pride should have an end. Wherefore go hence and write them this in their tables, a note in a book: that it may remain by their posterity, and be still kept. For it is an obstinate people, unfaithful children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord.
They dare say to the Prophets: *Intromit yourselves with nothing, and unto the Soothsayers: tell us nothing for to come, but speak friendly words unto us, and preach us false things. Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us. Therefore thus saith the holy one of Israel: In so much as ye have cast off your beauty, and comforted yourselves with power and nimbleness, and put your confidence therin: therefore shall ye have this mischief again for your destruction and fall, like as an high wall, that falleth because of some rift ( or blast ) whose breaking cometh suddenly.
And your destruction shall be like as an earthen pot, which breaketh no man touching it, yee and breaketh so sore, that a man shall not find a *shever of it to fetch fire in, or to take water withal out of the pit. For the Lord God, even the holy one of Israel hath promised this: With still setting and rest shall ye be healed, in quietness and hope shall your strength lay. Notwithstanding ye regard it not, but ye will say: No, for thus we are constrained to flee upon horses. And therefore shall ye flee, we must ride upon swift beasts, and therefore your persecutors shall yet be swifter. A thousand of you shall flee for one, or at the most for five, which do but only give you evil words: until ye be desolate, as a ship mast upon an high mountain, and as a beacon on a high hill.
Yet standeth the Lord waiting, that he may have mercy upon you, and lifteth himself up, that he may receive you to grace. For the Lord God is righteous. Happy are all they that wait for him. For thus ( O thou people of Sion and ye citizens of Jerusalem ) shall ye never be in heaviness, for doubtless he will have mercy upon thee. As soon as he heareth the voice of thy cry, he will help thee. The Lord giveth you the bread of adversity, and the water of trouble. But thine instructor flyeth not far from thee, if thine eyes look unto thine instructor, and thine ears harken to his word, that cryeth after thee and sayeth: this is the way, go this, and turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
Moreover, if ye destroy the silver works of your Idols, and cast away the golden *coapes that deck them withal ( as filthiness ) and say get you hence: Then well he give rain to the seed, that ye shall sow in the earth, and give you bread of increase of earth, so that all shall be plenteous and abundant. Thy cattle also shall he feed in the broad meadows, yee thine oxen and Mules that till the ground, shall eat good fodder, which is purged with the fan. Goodly rivers shall flow out of all his mountains and hills. In the day of the great slaughter when the towers shall fall, the moon shall shine as the sun, and the sunshine shall be seven fold, and have as much shine, as in seven days beside.
In that day shall the Lord bind up the bruised sores of his people, and heal their wounds. Behold, the glory of the Lord shall come from far, his face shall burn, that no man shall be able to abide it, his lips shall wag for very indignation, and his tongue shall be as a consuming fire. His breath like a vehement flood of water, which goeth up to the throat. That he may take away the people, which have turned themselves to vanity, and the bridle of error, that lieth in other folks *chawes. But ye shall sing, as the use is in the night of the holy *solempnite. Ye shall rejoice from your heart, as they that come the pipe, when they go up to the mount of the Lord, unto the rock of Israel. The Lord also shall set up the power of his voice, and declare his terrible arm, with his angry countenance, yee and the flame of the consuming fire, with earthquake, tempest of wind, and hailstones. Then shall the Assyrians fear also because of the voice of the Lord, which shall smite him with the rod. And the same rod which the Lord will send upon him, shall move the whole foundation: with trumpet, with noise of war and battle to destroy. For he hath prepared the fire of pain since the beginning, yee even for Kings also. This hath he made deep and wide, the nourishing thereof is fire and wood innumerable which the breath of the Lord kindleth, as it were a match of brimstone.
*intormit To cause or permit to enter; introduce or admit. *shever (shard) *coapes (glorifying cape, robes ect. ) *chawes (jaws). *solempnite. (solemn night)
the Prophet Jeremie 10 Hear the word of the Lord, that he speaketh unto thee, O thou house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Ye shall not learn after the manner of the Heathen, and ye shall not be afraid for the tokens of heaven: for the Heathen are afraid of such: yee all the customs and laws of the Gentiles are nothing, but vanity. They hew down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workman, and fashion it with the axe: they cover it over with gold or silver, they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not. It standeth as still as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be ye not afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil. But there is none like unto thee, O' Lord, and great is the name of thy power. Who would not fear thee? Or what king of the Gentiles would not obey thee?
For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is none that may be likened unto thee. They are all together unlearned and unwise. All their conning is but vanity: namely, wood, silver, which is brought out of Tharsis, and beaten to plates: and gold from Ophir, a work that is made with the hand of the craftsman and the caster, clothed with yellow silk and scarlet: even so is the work of their wise men altogether. But the Lord is a true God, a living God, and an everlasting king. If he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Gentiles may not abide his indignation.
As for their gods, it may well be said of them: they are gods, that made neither heaven ner earth: therefore shall they perish from the earth, and from all things under heaven. But ( as for our God ) he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdom hath he finished the whole compass of the world, with his discretion hath he spread out the heavens. At his voice the waters gather together in the air, he draweth up the clouds from the utmost parts of the earth: he turneth lighting to rain, and bringeth forth the winds out of their treasures: His wisdom maketh all men fools. And confounded be all the casters of images, for that they cast, is but a vain thing, and hath no life. The vain craftsmen with their works, that they in their vanity hath made, shall perish one with another in the time of visitation. Nevertheless, Jacobs portion is not such: but it is he, that hath made all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of Hosts is his name. Put away thine uncleanness out of the land, thou that art in the strong cities. For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will now thrust out the inhabitors of this land a great way off, and trouble them of such a fashion, that they shall no more be found.
Alas how am I hurt? Alas, how painful are my scourges unto me? For I consider this sorrow by myself, and I must suffer it. My tabernacle is destroyed, and all may coards are broken. My children are gone from me, and can no where be found. Now have I none to spread out my tent, or to set up my hangings. For the herdsmen have done foolishly, that they have not sought the Lord. Therefore have they dealt unwisely with their cattle, and all are scattered abroad. Behold, the noise is hard at hand, and the great sedition out of the north: to make the cities of Juda a wilderness, and a dwelling place for dragons. Now I know ( O' Lord ) that it is not in mans power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings. Therefore chasten thou us, O' Lord, but with favor and not in thy wrath, bring us not utterly to naught. Pour out thine indignation rather upon the Gentiles, that know thee not, and upon the people that call not on thy name: And that because they have consumed, devoured and destroyed Jacob, and have rooted out his glory.
the Prophet Jeremie 51 Thus hath the Lord said: Behold, I will raise up a perilous wind against Babylon and her citizens, that bear evil will against me. I will send also into Babylon fanners, to fan her out, and destroy her land: for in the day of her trouble they shall be about her an every side: Moreover, the Lord hath said unto the bow men, and to them that climb over the walls in breast plates: He shall not spare her young men, kill down all her host. Thus the slain shall fall down in the land of the Caldees, and the wounded in the streets. As for Israel and Juda, they shall not be forsaken of their God, of the Lord of Hosts, of the holy one of Israel: no, though they have filled all their land full of sin. Fly away from Babylon, every man save his life. Let no man hold his tongue to her wickedness, for the time of the Lords vengeance is come, yee he shall reward her again. Babylon hath been in the Lords hand a golden cup, that maketh all lands drunken. Of her wine have all people drunken, therefore are they out of their wits. But suddenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed. Mourn for her, bring plasters for her wounds, if she may peradventure be healed again. We would have made Babylon whole ( sayeth they ) but she is not recovered. Therefore will we let her alone, and go every man into his own country. For her judgment is come in to heaven, and is gone up to the clouds. And therefore come on, we will show Sion the work of the Lord our God.
Make sharp arrows, and fill the quivers: for the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the king of the Meedes, which hath already a desire to destroy Babylon. This shall be the vengeance of the Lords, and the vengeance of his temple.
Set up tokens upon the walls of Babylon, make your watch strong, set your watchmen in array, yee hold private watches: and yet for all that shall the Lord go forth with the devise, which he hath taken upon them that dwell in Babylon.
O thou that dwellest by the great waters, O thou that hast so great treasure and riches, thine end is come: and the raking of thy winnings. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn by himself, that he will over whelm thee with men like grasshoppers in number, which with courage shall cry Alarm, Alarm against the. Yee even the Lord of Hosts, that with his power made the earth, with his wisdom prepared the round world, and with his discretion spied out the heavens. As soon as he letteth his voice be heard, the waters in the air wax fierce: He draweth up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He turneth the lightnings to rain, he bringeth the winds out of their secret places. By the reason of wisdom, all men are become fools. Confounded are all the casters of images: for the thing that they make is but deceit, and hath no breath. Vain is it and worthy to be laughed at: and in the time of visitation it shall perish.
Nevertheless, the portion of Jacob is none such: but he that made all things, whose name is the Lord of Hosts, he is the rod of his inheritance. Thou breakest my weapons of war, and yet through thee I have scattered the nations and kingdoms: Through thee have I scattered horse and horse man, yee the chariots, and such as sat upon them: through thee I have scattered man and woman, old and young, bachelor and maiden. Through thee I have scattered the shepherd and his flock, the husband man and his cattle, the princes and rulers. Therefore will I reward the city of Babylon and all her citizens the Caldees, with all the evil which they have done unto Sion: yee that ye yourselves shall see it, sayeth the Lord. Behold, I come upon thee ( thou noisesome hill ) sayeth the Lord, thou that destroyest all lands. I will stretch out my hand over thee, and cast down from the stoney rocks: and will make thee a brunt hill, so that neither corner stones, ner pinnacles, ner foundation stones shall be taken any more out of thee, but waste and desolate shalt thou lie for evermore, sayeth the Lord.
Set up a token in the land, blow the trumpets among the Heathen, provoke the nations against her, call the kingdoms of Ararat, Menni, and Ascanes against her: number out Taphsar against her, bring as great a sort of horses against her, as if they were grasshoppers. Prepare against them the people of the Meedes with their kings princes and all their chief rulers, yee and the whole land that is under them.
The land also shall shake and be afraid, when the devise of the Lord shall come forth against Babylon: to make the land of Babylon so waste, that no man shall dwell any more therin. The Worthies of Babylon shall leave the battle, and keep themselves in strongholds, their strength hath failed them, they shall be like women. Their dwelling places shall be burnt up, their bars shall be broken. Orie pursuant shall meet another, yee one post shall come by another, to bring the king of Babylon tidings: that his city is taken in on every side, the *foordes occupied, the *senns brunt up, and the soldiers sore afraid.
For thus saith the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon hath been in her time like as a threshing floor but shortly shall her harvest come. Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath devoured and destroyed me, he hath made me an empty vessel. He swallowed me up like a dragon, and filled his belly with my delicates: he hath cast me out. he hath taken my substance away and the thing that was left me hath he carried unto Babylon, sayeth the daughter that dwelleth in Sion: yee and my blood also unto the Caldees, sayeth Jerusalem. Therefore thus sayeth the Lord: Behold, I will drink up her see, and dry up her water springs.
Babylon shall become an heap of stones a dwelling place for dragons, a fearfulness and wondering, because no man dwelleth there. They shall roar together like lions, and as young lions when they be angry, so shall they bend them selves. In their heat I shall set drink before them, and they shall be drunken for joy: Then shall they sleep an everlasting sleep, and never wake, sayeth the Lord. I shall carry them down to be slain like sheep, like whethers and goats. O how was Sesach won? O, how was the glory of the whole land taken? how happeneth it, that Babylon is so wondered at among the Heathen? The sea is risen over Babylon, and hath covered her with his great waves. Her cities are layed waste, the land lieth unbuilded and void: it is a land where no man dwelleth, and where no man traveleth through. Moreover, I will visit Bel at Babylon: and the thing that he hath swallowed up, that same shall I pluck out of his mouth. The Gentiles also shall run no more unto him, yee and the walls of Babylon shall fall.
O My people, come out of Babylon, that every man may save his life, from the fearful wrath of the Lord. Be not faint hearted, and fear not at every rumor that shall be heard in the land: for every year bringeth new tidings, yee strange wickedness and lordship. And lo, the time cometh that I will visit the images of Babylon, and the whole land shall be confounded, yee and her slain shall lie in the midst of her. Heaven and earth with all that is therin, shall rejoice over Babylon, when the destroyers shall come upon her from the North, sayeth the Lord.
Like as Babylon hath beaten down and the slain many out of Israel, so shall there fall many, and be slain in all her kingdom. Ye that have escaped the sword, haste you, stand not still, remember the Lord afar off: and think upon Jerusalem, for we were ashamed to hear the blasphemes: our faces were covered with shame, because the strange aliens came into the Sanctuary of the Lord. Wherefore, behold, ( sayeth the Lord ) the time cometh, that I will visit the images of Babylon, and through the whole land they shall mourn and fall. Though Babylon climbeth up into heaven, and keep her power an high: yet shall I send her destroyers, saith the Lord.
A piteous cry shall be heard from Babylon, and a great misery from the land of the Caldees: when the Lord destroyeth them, and when he driveth out the high stomach and proud boasting, wherewith they have been as furious as the waves of great water floods, For the destroyers shall come upon her ( even upon Babylon ) which shall take her worthies, and break their bows : for God is disposed to avenge himself upon them, and sufficiently to recompense them. Yee ( sayeth the Lord ) I will make their Princes, their wise men, their chief rulers and all their worthies, drunken: so that they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and never wake: Thus sayeth the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
Moreover, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: The thick wall of Babylon shall be broken, and her proud gates shall be burnt up. And the thing that the Gentiles and the people have wrought with great travail and labor, shall come to naught and be consumed with fire.
This is the charge that Jeremy gave unto Saraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maasiah, when he went toward Babylon with Zedekiah the King of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign. Now this Saraiah was a peaceable Prince. Jeremy wrote in a book all the misery that should come upon Babylon, yee and all these sermons that be written against Babylon, and gave Saraiah this charge: When thou comest unto Babylon, see that you read all these words, and say: O' Lord, thou art determined to root out this place, so that neither people ner cattle shall dwell there any more, but to lie waste for ever: and when thou hast read out the book, bind a stone to it, and cast it in the midst of Euphrates, and say: Even thus shall Babylon sink, and be thrust down with the burden of trouble, that I will bring upon her: so that she shall *uever come up again. Thus far are the preachings of Jeremy.
*foordes = shallow area were a crossing can be made through water, perhaps like a moat. *senns = a swampy area, perhaps defensive; as it is hard to move quickly through a swamp. *uever (never)
Lamentations of Jeremy 3 Aleph
I am the man, that (through the rod of his wrath) have experience of misery.
He drove me forth, and led me: yes into the darkness, but not into the light. Against me only he turned his hand, and layeth ever upon me.
Beth
My flesh and my skin hath he made old, my bones hath he bruised.
He hath builded round about me, and closed me in with gall and travail.
He hath set me in darkness, as they that be dead for ever.
Gimel
He hath so hedged me in, that I cannot get out, and hath laid heavy *linches upon me.
Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
He hath stopped up my ways with four square stones, and made my paths crooked.
Daleth
He lieth wait for me as a bear, and as a lion in a hole.
He hath marred my ways, and broken me in pieces: he hath laid me waste altogether. He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shot at.
Ne
The arrows of his quiver hath he shot, even into my reins.
I am laughed to scorn of all my people, they make songs upon me all the day long.
He hath filled me with bitterness, and given me wormwood to drink.
Uau
He hath smitten my teeth in pieces, and rolled me in the dust.
He hath put my soul out of rest, I forget all good things.
I thought in myself: I am undone, there is no hope for me in the Lord.
Zain
O remember my misery and my trouble, the wormwood and the gall.
Yes thou shalt remember them, for my soul melteth away in me.
While I consider these things in my heart, I get a hope again
Neth
Namely, that the mercies of the Lord are not clean gone, and that his loving kindness ceases not.
His faithfulness is great and reneweth it self in the morning.
The Lord is my portion saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him.
Teth
O how good is the Lord unto them that put their trust in him, and the soul that seeketh after him:
O how good is it with stillness to wait and tarry, for the health of the Lord.
O how good is it for a man, to take the yoke upon him from his youth up.
Fod
He sitteth alone, he holdeth him still, and dwelleth quietly by himself.
He layeth his face upon the earth, if (percase) there happen to be any hope.
He offereth his cheek to the smiter, he will be content with reproves.
Caph
For the Lord will not forsake for ever.
But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.
For he doth not plague, and cast out the children of men from his heart.
Lamed
To tread all the prisoners of the earth under his feet ,
To move the judgement of man before the most highest.
To condemn a man in his cause; The Lord hath no pleasure in such things.
Mem
What is he then that saith: there should something be done without the Lords commandment: Out of the mouth of the most Highest goeth not evil and good?
Wherefore then murmureth the living man: let him murmur at his own sin.
Nun
Let us look well upon our own ways, and remember ourselves, and turn again to the Lord.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto the Lord that is in heaven.
We have been dissemblers, and have offended, will thou therefore not be entreated?
Samech
Thou hast covered us in thy wrath, and persecuted us, thou hast slain us, without any favor.
Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer should go through.
Thou hast made us outcasts, and to be despised among the heathen.
Ain
All our enemies gape upon us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, despite and destruction.
Whole rivers of water gush out of mine eyes, for the great hurt of my people.
Phe
Mine eyes run, and cannot cease, for there is no rest.
O' Lord, when will thou look down from heaven, and consider.
Mine eye breaketh my heart, because of all the daughters of my city.
Zade
Mine enemies hunted me out sharply, like a bird, yes and that without cause.
They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.
They poured water upon my head, then thought I: now I am undone.
Koph
I called upon thy name, O' Lord, out of the deep pit.
Thou hast heard my voice, and hast not turned away thine ears from my sighing and crying.
Thou hast inclined thy self unto me, when I called upon thee, and hast said: fear not.
Res
Thou (O' Lord), hast maintained the cause of my soul, and hast redeemed my life.
O' Lord, thou hast seen my blasphemers, take thou my cause upon thee.
Thou hast well considered how they go about to do me harm, and that all their councils are against me.
Sin
Thou hast heard their despiteful words (O' Lord), yes and all their imaginations against me.
The lips of mine enemies, and their devices that they take against me, all the day long.
Thou seest also their sitting down and their rising up, they make their songs of nothing but me.
Thau
Reward them, (O' Lord), according to the work of their hands.
Give them the thing, that their own heart is afraid of: even thy curse.
Persecute them (O' Lord) with thine indignation, and root them out from under heaven.
*linches (chains).
the Prophet Ezechiel 7 The word of the Lord came unto me on this manner: Thee I call, O thou son of man. Thus sayeth the Lord God unto the land of Israel: The end cometh, yee verily the end cometh upon all the four corners of the earth.
But now shall the end come upon thee: For I will send my wrath upon thee, and will punish thee: according to thy ways, and reward thee after all thy abominations. Mine eye shall not over see thee, neither will I spare thee: but reward thee according to thy ways, and declare thy abominations. Then shall ye know, that I am the Lord.
Thus sayeth the Lord God: Behold, one misery and plague shall come after another: the end is here. The end ( I say ) that waiteth for thee, is come already, the hour is come against thee, that dwellest in the land.
The time is at hand, the day of sedition is hard by, and no glad tidings upon the mountains. Therefore, I will shortly pour out my sore displeasure over thee, and fulfill my wrath upon thee, I will judge thee after thy ways, and recompense the all thy abominations.
Mine eye shall not over see thee, neither will I spare thee: but reward thee after thy ways, and show thy abominations, to learn you for to know, how that I am the Lord that smiteth. Behold, the day is here, the day is come, the hour is run out, the rod flurisheth, willfulness waxes green, malicious violence is grown up, and the ungodly waxen to a staff. Yet shall there no complaint be made for them, nor for the trouble that shall come of these things.
The time cometh, the day draweth nye: Who so buyeth let him not rejoice: he that selleth, let him be not sorry: for why? Trouble shall come in the midest of all rest: so that the seller shall not come again to the buyer, for neither of them both shall live. For the vision shall come so greatly over all, that it shall not be hindered: No man also with his wickedness shall be able to save his own life. The trumpets shall ye blow, and make you all ready, but no man shall go to the battle, for I am wroth with all the whole multitude.
The sword shall be without, pestilence and hunger shall be within: so that who so is in the field, shall be slain with the sword: and he that is in the city, shall perish with hunger and pestilence.
And such as escape and flee from among them, shall be upon the hills, like as the doves in the field: every one shall be afraid, because of his own wickedness.
All hands shall be let down, and all knees shall be weak as the water: they shall gird themselves with sack cloth, fear shall fall upon them. Their faces shall be confounded, and their heads bald: their silver shall lie in the streets, and their gold shall be despised. Yee their silver and gold may not deliver them, in the day of the fearful wrath of the Lord.
They shall not satisfy their hungry souls, neither fill their empty bellies therewith: For it has become their own decay through their wickedness: because they made thereof not only costly Jewels for their pomp and pride, but also abominable images and Idols. For this cause will I make them to be abhorred. Moreover, I will give it into the hands of strangers to be spoiled: and to the wicked for to be robbed, and they shall destroy it. My face will I turn from them, my treasury shall be defiled: for the thieves shall go into it, and suspend it. I will make clean riddance, for the land is whole defiled with unrighteous judgement of innocent blood, and the city is full of abominations. Wherefore, I will bring the most cruel tyrants from among the Heathen, to take their houses in possession. I will make the pomp of the proud to cease, and they shall be taken in their Sanctuary. When this trouble cometh, they shall seek peace, but they shall have none. One mischief and sorrow shall follow another, and one rumor shall come after another: Then shall they seek visions in vain at their Prophets. The law shall be gone from the priests, and wisdom from the elders. The King shall mourn, the Princes shall be clothed in heaviness, and the hands of the people in the land shall tremble with fear. I will do unto them after their own ways, and according to their own judgements will I judge them: to learn them for to know, that I am the Lord.
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